Chapter 7 6. Dialogue between soldiers of the Kuomintang and Communist armies

Nie Rongzhen led the troops to Taiyuan in mid-September.When leaving the next day, representatives from all walks of life in Taiyuan, the people and exiled students from Northeast China gathered at the station, sang anti-Japanese songs with tears in their eyes, presented them with various condolences, and warmly sent them off to the battlefield.This situation naturally made Nie Rongzhen and his soldiers emotional and excited. However, the Kuomintang army collapsed in a mess at this time. Groups of defeated soldiers, carrying bullets, grenades, looted packages, hens and other things with rifles, poured down like a tide.Regarding this scene, Mr. Li Gongpu, a patriotic democrat, once said that the defeat of the Kuomintang army was "a spectacle of a long-distance flight".

When the KMT's defeated army saw that the Eighth Route Army was going to the front line, it felt very strange. It seemed that it was just sending them to death, and the Japanese army was so powerful. Some soldiers from the 115th Division argued with them. Qu Bing said: "Don't brag, go up and try!" The Eighth Route Army soldier asked, "Why did you retreat?" The broken soldiers said: "The Japanese have aircraft and tanks, and the shells are more than the bullets of our machine guns." The Eighth Route Army soldier asked: "How many enemies have you killed?"

He replied: "We haven't seen the face of the Japanese devil yet!" Ask again: "Why don't you fight with the devil?" He replied: "I can't find the officer, there is no one to command, I can't fight!" This vivid dialogue truly reflected the situation of the Kuomintang army at that time, and showed that the hope of resisting Japan and saving the country could only be pinned on the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party. "It's really a defeat like a mountain!" Nie Rongzhen said decisively and angrily, "We can't let them affect our marching speed and morale. The troops immediately changed the original marching route from Jingdai County along the main road to Pingxingguan, and detoured to Wutai. Advance on the mountain path!"

The mountain path leading to Wutai is covered with pale yellow fallen leaves.Nie Rongzhen led his team into this world of solemn autumn colors and bleak vegetation, which undoubtedly brought vitality to the mountains and fields.On the mountain road, clumps of gorgeous red leaves are like the flames of enthusiasm of soldiers. Nie Rongzhen's troops arrived in Wutai during the Mid-Autumn Festival.The meeting gift given to them by Mount Wutai was a heavy rain with chills.Seeing the soldiers wearing straw sandals and single military uniforms marching in the heavy rain, how could Nie Rongzhen, who loves soldiers like a child, not feel sorry for them?But the military situation is urgent, so we have to rush on the road in the rain.Bid farewell to Wutai, pass through Longquan Pass, and arrive at Xiaguan and Shangzhai in the southeast of Pingxing Pass on September 23.