Chapter 19 Heartless

On Nanshan, the guard soldiers fired fiercely and repelled the enemy's charge.Platoon leader Zhao raised his binoculars, and saw Hu Jun huddled together, rushing eastward desperately like crazy. Commander Liu asked, "Director Zhang, is that prisoner still alive?" "Military seat, I'm afraid it won't work." Director Zhang replied. Commander Liu said, "We can't let him die. We should carry him away on a stretcher." The wounded Xiaolong shouted "Kunlun column..." in a coma On Nanshan, the machine gunner was wounded by bullets, and Platoon Leader Zhao replaced him.The enemy's third charge was repulsed again.Platoon Leader Zhao looked through the binoculars, then waved his hand: "Withdraw!"

The soldiers headed east.Platoon Leader Zhao went down the mountain with the machine gunner on his back. After a while, the enemy rushed up from three sides.When approaching the top of the mountain, the enemies in the dark opened fire at each other for a long time, but Master Guo noticed something was wrong and ordered: "Stop shooting!" Sure enough, the hilltop fortifications were empty.Master Guo ordered loudly: "Follow to the east, chase!" Hu Jun climbed mountains and ridges again, and chased eastward in the rain. Before dawn, the enemy entered Wujiawan.The sound of landmine explosions resounded from time to time in the village.

The baby was in rags and drenched all over.The field mouse pushed him into the cave where Chairman Mao lived: "Stay here, and if you run away again, I will shoot you!" The field mouse came out along the passage, locked the door of the kiln, and left in a hurry. Wazi looked around in the cave, but still wanted to escape.He suddenly discovered that there was a white thing in the stove hole.Picking it up and looking at it, I was startled, and couldn't help shouting: "Envelope! Comrade Li Desheng took it." Oops!Maybe Li Desheng is Chairman Mao?What if the enemy sees this envelope?The boy hid the envelope in the east and the west, but it didn't work.Outside the window, the enemy soldiers were noisy and people were coming and going.The field mouse came in again.Wazi hurriedly stuffed the envelope into a pile of grass.

The field mouse said angrily, "Commander Liu asked you to put on your clothes!" "Bah!" Wazi spat and threw the Kuomintang military uniform on him. The field mouse raised his whip to beat him, but he didn't dare to do it, and said fiercely: "Be careful, I've skinned you!" Wazi puffed up his chest, and challenged: "Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up! Hmph, I forgive you for not dare! Give me back the fountain pen! And give me back that big knife!" "Give it back to you?" Vole took the big knife from his back, "Hmph, I'll kill you!"

"If you have one, kill it!" Wazi held his head up, showing no sign of weakness. The field mouse had no choice but to insert the big knife again, took out the pen, and said with a playful smile: "Boy, we have been together for more than two months, let's make friends!" As he said, he lit a match to smoke, but the match was wet by the rain He threw the box of matches on the ground and continued, "Boy, as long as you tell me who gave you this pen, I will return it to you." Wazi looked sideways at the box of matches on the ground, and deliberately eased his tone: "I told you a long time ago, it was my sister who gave it to me."

"Nonsense! It's the person you wrote in your hand called 'Chairman Mao', right? This time, haha, Chairman Mao can't escape. Just wait and see!" The field mouse shook its fist and opened the door again. Locked and gone. As soon as he left, Wazi quickly picked up the box of matches on the ground, took the envelope out of the haystack, and tried to burn it.However, after rubbing one after another, it still can't be wiped.Suddenly there was a "stand up" sound outside the door.Seeing Commander Liu and Master Guo coming, Wazi hurriedly stuffed the letter into the grass, took it out and put it on his chest.No, take it out and hold it in your hand, I don't know what to do.Seeing that the field mouse was about to open the lock, Wazi was quick to pick up a stick, crumpled the envelope and stuffed it into the stove hole, desperately trying to poke it in.However, the clever field mouse still noticed his move, grabbed the stick and asked, "What are you doing?"

Wazi said with a pun: "I'm hitting a mouse!" Commander Liu couldn't help laughing.The field mouse went out in a rage. Wazi sat next to the stove, as if a sentry was watching, for fear that someone would snatch the envelope. Commander Liu whispered, "This kid is very smart." Mr. Guo asked strangely: "Brother Liu, what are you doing raising this kid?" "Human! It is also a kind of comfort and pleasure when I feel empty. Unfortunately, this child is stubborn and runs away at every opportunity. This time I brought him from Yan'an, and within five days, he Just ran three times."

"I will escape 13 more times! Kill him as soon as possible." Commander Liu walked up to Wazi, squinted one eye and said, "Wazi, as long as you listen to me, I will send you to study, to Xi'an, to Nanjing, to the United States, whatever you want." Commander Liu found that Wazi looked nervous. , followed his gaze, and saw a small white ball of paper on the stove hole.He took it out and spread it out: the envelope!It said: "Comrade Li Desheng accepted." Who is this Li Desheng?He asked, "Son, what do you see written on it?" Wazi shook his head pretending to be stupid: "No... I don't know."

At this moment, a stretcher was carried into the cave. "Sir, the prisoner is here." Director Zhang ordered the soldiers to lift Xiaolong up from the stretcher. Xiaolong opened his eyes and looked around in surprise. Commander Liu came over: "Little brother, have you ever lived here? Is the number of your unit called 'Kunlun Column'?... Do you know that Mao Zedong lived in this village? Li Desheng is Mao Zedong, yes Is it?" Commander Liu said, spreading the envelope in front of Xiaolong. Xiaolong, who had been silent all the time, was shocked when he looked at the "Li Desheng" on the envelope.But he still maintained the vigilance and composure that a guard soldier should have.

The field mouse pushed the old man Wu into the cave: "The military seat! We caught this old man in the cave." Commander Liu said with a pleasant face, "Master, you are startled. Please sit down. I want to ask you, who is Li Desheng?" Old man Wu was taken aback when he heard this, but then he looked at Xiaolong, trying to shift his target.Unexpectedly, he looked at Xiaolong and was so excited that he couldn't control himself.Although Commander Liu only had one eye, he could also see the expression on his face, and stepped forward and asked, "Master, do you know him?"

With trembling lips, old man Wu shouted: "Xiaolong!" and rushed forward. Wazi also yelled: "Uncle! Uncle!" and threw himself into Old Man Wu's arms. Old man Wu seemed to wake up from a dream after a while: "My son! My son! My good boy! You...you..." Old man Wu, Xiaolong and Wazi hugged each other tightly, as if no one would want to separate them from now on. Commander Liu, Commander Guo, and others were stunned, looking at each other in blank dismay.What's going on here?After a long time, Commander Liu asked, "Old man, how do you know this little dragon?" Old man Wu looked at Commander Liu: "How did you know him? Xiaolong...he is my son!" Xiaolong also shouted in satisfaction: "Father! Father!" He fell into the arms of old man Wu, crying with excitement. Commander Liu asked again, "Which unit is he in?" The old man Wu hinted: "You are not the one who opened up wasteland in Nanniwan..." "Brigade 359." Xiaolong went on to say. Commander Liu shook his head: "No, the 359th Brigade is fighting in Longlong. How could he come here alone?" The old man Wu asked again: "Xiaolong, where were you caught by them?" Xiaolong said, "At Tianjiacha." Old man Wu smiled slightly: "Sir, Tianjiacha is far away from here!" "That's not the 359 brigade. Grandpa, who lived in this village?" "The People's Liberation Army." "What troops?" "It seems to be called... an independent group." Director Zhang got impatient.He took out a photo and stretched it out in front of old man Wu: "Mao Zedong, have you seen it?" "I've seen it." "Have you seen it in this village?" "I've seen it in paintings. I still have one at home. If you don't believe me, I'll show you." "Bastard!" Director Zhang grabbed old man Wu's lapel, and was about to raise his fist to hit him when the intercom rang. Commander Liu ordered: "Take them down for interrogation!" Xiaolong, Old Man Wu, and Wazi were taken outside the cave.Commander Liu picked up the microphone: "...Well, I am.... Didn't find the Communist Army in the east? Not even fellow villagers? Director Zhang, stop advancing and stand by!" Commander Liu put down the microphone and walked in the cave. start. Director Zhang said: "Army seat! This must be Mao Zedong's headquarters..." "Will Mao Zedong be several hundred miles away from the main force of the Communist Army?" Master Guo sneered. Director Zhang said: "It's entirely possible. Mr. Guo, you were in the Communist Party in the early years, don't you understand Mao Zedong's temper?" Commander Liu raised his voice angrily: "Director Zhang! Are you talking too far? According to your judgment..." Director Zhang pointed out the window: "Mao Zedong may have taken the dark night to go up the mountain to the north, and then to the west. I guess they didn't go very far. That little dragon kept calling 'Kunlun column' in a coma. This Li Desheng , I am afraid it is the code name of Mao Zedong, and the envelope is also very unusual. Please order the military seat to search from mountain to mountain to the north! If there is no one, go west..." Master Guo reminded him: "To the west is the defense line of the Ma family." "Please send a telegram from the military seat and ask Commander Ma to dispatch eight cavalry regiments quickly..." "Director Zhang, didn't you intentionally make things difficult for the military seat? Commander Ma didn't even listen to Commander Hu..." "Then request an order from the Ministry of Defense." Commander Liu pondered: "Director Zhang, although your judgment is very reasonable, it is still lacking in basis. The direction finder of the American radio station has a large error and cannot be believed. It is difficult to prove that Mao Zedong lived in this area based on this envelope alone. After that, he walked out of the cave and said to old man Wu: "Old man, as long as you tell me that Li Desheng is Mao Zedong, we will return your son and nephew to you immediately, and reward you with a hundred taels of gold. Your whole family will be sent to Nanjing to enjoy a lifetime of happiness..." The old man Wu was trembling with anger, grabbed his skirt, and stared angrily: "Is people's hearts bought with money?" Commander Liu broke away old man Wu's hand and yelled, "Come on! Chop off his fingers!" A group of bandit soldiers dragged old man Wu away. Xiaolong shouted: "Father!" Wazi shouted: "Uncle!" and rushed forward. Master Guo grabbed Xiaolong again: "Which unit do you belong to?" Xiaolong replied loudly: "I am a soldier of the Chinese People's Liberation Army!" "Quickly, did Mao Zedong live here? Where is your Party Central Committee?" Xiaolong pointed to his heart and said repeatedly: "Here, here!" Master Guo yelled: "Take him to death!" "Xiaolong!" The old man Wu stretched out his bloody right hand, calling, chasing, running, falling and getting up, climbing and falling... On the hillside, Xiaolong's voice came: "Long live the Communist Party of China!" The gun rang and Xiaolong fell down.Old man Wu is still crawling forward, crawling... Commander Liu ordered: "Master Guo! Immediately go up the mountain and head north. If no one is seen, then go west to encircle and suppress!" Thousands of enemies swarmed northward.