Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Turn the gun around

The general offensive of the communist army began. The heavy snow finally stopped, and the plain was covered with snow and frozen for thousands of miles.As soon as the soldiers of the national army, who were suffering from the cold, breathed out thankfully, the communist army began the earth-shattering shelling.Lao Dan was really frightened this time. The communist army launched an attack from three directions almost at the same time, and shells as dense as hailstones hit their heads from all directions.The bombardment lasted for about an hour, knocking the soldiers of the national army who were already hungry and cold, and their eyes were dimmed, crying for their fathers and mothers, and had nowhere to go.

In the two trenches in the attacking direction in the east, nearly a thousand soldiers of the national army who stood firm were turned into a pile of mud by artillery fire, and there were few intact corpses.Lao Dan hid in Tibet under the artillery fire of the communist army, fled desperately, and was finally covered by snow and dirt kicked up by a large-caliber artillery shell.He was dizzy from the shock, and the wet and heavy soil from the blast almost crushed him to death.It took him all his strength to crawl out of the hot soil, spit out a mouthful of mud, and took a deep breath, and then he was so soft that he couldn't move on the ground.In front of the eyes, the first two trenches and machine gun forts of the national army almost completely disappeared.The smoky soil is red and black, half covering countless stumps and broken arms.In the past, there were always people howling in pain after the shelling, but this time, the dying soldiers didn't even have the strength to howl, so they could only lie on the cold and snowy ground, shivering and struggling, waiting for help.Lao Dan touched his whole body up and down, it was so fucking evil, he didn't even hurt his hair!

The Communist army's dark assault troops approached, and the rumbling footsteps reminded Lao Dan of the troops when the devils marched into Changde.The communist army did not howl as loudly as before. Perhaps they felt that shouting was unnecessary after such intense artillery fire?Lao Dan looked around and found that he was one of the few survivors!The broken car used for cover by the trench flew to a distance of 20 meters, with its belly upturned, and the only remaining wheel was still spinning rapidly. With a "snap", one hand slapped Lao Dan's shoulder heavily, and Lao Dan who was about to run away was startled.Looking back, he was so frightened by the person who photographed him that he almost lay down.A man who looked like a blood gourd with only half a face stared at him eagerly. His body was riddled with holes, his cotton-padded clothes were blown into large strips, and his ribs were torn apart by the shock wave. Lao Dan could clearly see that he was broken The yellow fat exposed from the cracked ribs was covered with mud and blood.Half of his leg was gone, half of his face was sliced ​​off obliquely by shell shrapnel, and the torn muscles and scalp hung tremblingly beside his ears. Lao Dan recognized this distinctive ear and Those high cheekbones.

"Wu Baisheng! Is it you? Good brother, why are you like this? Why are you like this?" Lao Dan looked at this unlucky Guangdong brother with great sadness, his heart was pounding but he couldn't cry.He didn't know which of his wounds to take care of. He gestured up and down for a long time, but found that it was all in vain. There were at least four or five serious injuries that caused death!He was not far from death, and the blood gushed out almost radially from his wound, staining the soil under him black.He could only pant and look at the only company commander in front of him who could comfort him before death, his eyes were full of pleading and sadness.Lao Dan hugged him and leaned against a mound. Seeing Wu Baisheng's flagon dropped on the ground not far away, he hurriedly crawled over to retrieve it.

"Brother, take a sip of wine! Drinking a sip of wine will give you strength! Your family's wine! There is more!" Lao Dan fed the wine into Wu Baisheng's mouth, which could no longer be closed, but Wu Baisheng's bloody mouth could neither taste nor swallow, and most of it flowed out from one side.The precious wine dripped onto Wu Baisheng's wound.He twitched in pain, which instead brought a gleam of light to his already dim eyes.He flickered his mouth, spitting out a bunch of blood bubbles and wanted to say something, but the words turned into a "huluhulu" sound at the edge of his mouth. He could only stare at Lao Dan with his eyes, conveying his unspeakable pain and life. nostalgia.

The communist army ran closer and closer, and their panting could almost be heard. Lao Dan held Wu Baisheng in his arms, he couldn't run away, and he didn't want to run away.It was the first time he had this strange feeling, as if the one running across was not a mortal enemy, but brothers all over the mountain.Although the soldier in his arms usually gave him a bad impression, but at this moment, facing the dying comrade in his arms, he was unwilling to leave, not to mention how he was able to eat and drink in his current state. Communist Army! Wu Bai was promoted to the company for more than half a year, but he was notorious for his lack of record.When sharing food and drinks, he was busy in the front, and when fighting and charging, he was busy behind. No matter how Lao Dan scolded, Wu Baisheng always had a fake hob-like flattering smile on his face.He especially likes to borrow flowers to offer Buddha and drive up prices, such as using Xia Qian's cigarettes to honor Lao Dan, taking Lao Dan's chocolate to curry favor with the medical officer, and taking advantage of people's unpreparedness to blame the Communist army killed by others on his own head.When arresting peasants in the village, he didn't care about other soldiers seducing people. He was dedicated to comforting those dying village girls, and occasionally accompanied by a handful of tears emotionally. The accusations sometimes made the abused village girls feel that this Guangdong southern barbarian who was thousands of miles away from home was more pitiful than themselves, and some village girls were really moved.So this guy can always get back some food, drink and medicine that the village girls would not hand over when they are beaten to death, but he still does not forget to show off to the soldiers:

"Mother Diu Lei! Although Kui likes me, I have nothing to do with Kui!" The veterans despised this fellow so much that they could all bury him.However, when the soldiers entered the Central Plains, there was a shortage of supplies, and everyone was sallow and thin, but this guy was still greasy and fat, so he was quite envious of some hairless soldiers.Of course, Wu Baisheng also has times when the gutter capsizes: two months ago in Xuzhuang, facing a village girl who was robbed of rice noodles, hens and men, Wu Baisheng repeated his old tricks, talking about the immorality in troubled times, involuntarily, His chest was pounding, and he said that he must find a way to take care of his man.When the contented Wu Baisheng walked out of the courtyard with his trouser belt in one hand and an old hen in the other, humming a Cantonese tune, he ran into the leaders of the gendarmerie regiment head-on, leading a team into the village to catch dead soldiers as models.The gendarme nearly broke his leg with a cane.If Lao Dan's boss hadn't stepped forward, he would have been killed right then and there for the sake of this little steel cannon's accuracy.Since then, he has been honest a lot, but he still makes a living by swindling and abducting secretly.

At this moment, when he was dying, Lao Dan thought more about the cuteness of this warrior.No matter how difficult it was, Wu Baisheng never complained.Upset Lao Dan and fighters, even chickens?Yang Beiwan, whose hair is not fully grown, can use him as a punching bag, but he has always accepted everything cheerfully and without resistance.Half a year ago, Wu Baisheng could have stayed in the rear, but he followed the army into the battlefield in order to find his brother who had been lost for four years.There was only a little wine left in the jug, but he tried his best to hold back and refused to drink it, saying that it was for his brother!In the middle of the night, a greedy brother wanted to untie the flagon tied around his waist. Wu Baisheng, who woke up, almost fought him desperately. This flagon was left by his younger brother when they broke up, and he would not leave others alone if he was killed. !

Yang Beiwan got out from nowhere, and his face was also unkempt and blood-stained.He ran over to look at Wu Baisheng whose eyes were no longer moving, and then looked at Lao Dan who was in pain, and shouted: "Company Commander, if you don't leave, it will be too late! Baisheng is dead, let's go!" After saying that, he was about to pull Lao Dan up, but Lao Dan stood up and slapped him right away. "Damn you! Who said he was dead, his heart is still beating! You run? Run your mother! Can you run? Several of your brothers are on the side of the Communist army, you still Run a ball? Hurry up and raise your hand for me!"

A slap in the face made Yang Beiwan sober up. He looked at Lao Dan in surprise, and then at the communist army all over the mountains and plains. His legs softened at that moment, and he fell to his knees with a "plop", and raised his hands high. Lao Dan didn't raise his hand.After fighting for so many years, I never thought of raising my hand.Seeing the gleaming bayonets of the communist army getting closer and closer in the light of the snow, he wondered why he didn't feel afraid?In the past, when hundreds of devils rushed up, he would sweat and tremble, but now that thousands of communist troops rushed up, he felt a kind of relief.Regardless of life or death, the bloody journey of these years always seems to be coming to an end.He took out a comb and combed Wu Baisheng's hair slowly. His blood seeped out from the gaps in the comb, stuck to the comb sticky, and soon froze into ice.

The communist army arrived in front of them in the blink of an eye, and those who rushed in front only gave him a sideways glance. They didn't bother to pay attention to the few surrendered national troops on the ground, and rushed directly to the rear of the position.Lao Dan was surprised to see that many of them were holding American-made submachine guns "his mother and grandson" that his army was proud of. Were they brothers from his side before? "Raise your hands! Hand in your guns and don't kill! It's miserable!" Lao Dan was in a daze, and was shocked by this confident scolding.Looking up, a small communist soldier pointed his bayonet majestically at himself.I saw him with hemp rope tied around his waist, felt boots on his feet, and tight leggings tied under his fat cotton trousers, which looked like a woman's shuttle spinning thread.His cotton hat was soaked with sweat, and there were puffs of white steam, and the two big brims flickered up and down, just like the top of Qipin county magistrate.His face was very black, not ordinary black, as if it had been wiped with kang ash, above the high cheekbones, a pair of small eyes were piercing, and the condescending gaze seemed to want to beat the prisoners in front of him to the ground. Looking at this strangely dressed communist soldier, Lao Dan almost laughed out loud.It's not that he is not afraid of death, no matter how hard his belly is, he still has some fear in his heart when facing this murderous communist army.But at this moment, he only felt it was funny. After joining the national army for so many years, he was captured by such a wretched soldier?Still want to raise your hand?fuck you!If you have a feeling, you can stab Lao Tzu with a bayonet.Lao Dan still didn't raise his hand, he was still covering Wu Baisheng's wound, and he was still combing the dead Wu Baisheng's hair.Yang Beiwan raised his hands straight, seeing that Lao Dan didn't respond, the communist soldier's bayonet was getting closer and closer to Lao Dan, so he hurriedly nudged him and knocked the flagon in Lao Dan's hand to the ground. The communist soldiers looked at Lao Dan and Yang Beiwan, wondering why this guy wasn't afraid of him, and walked around them half a circle like a cat seeing a rabbit.He suddenly saw the jug on the ground, bent down to pick it up, and looked at it carefully for a long time.Suddenly, he turned his face to stare at Lao Dan, and held his breath with his mouth open, as if Lao Dan was an impermanent ghost who came out of the broad daylight.Lao Dan was terrified when he saw him.He looked at the dumbfounded Yang Beiwan again, then suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Lao Dan, spit and shouted loudly: "Where did you get this jug? Where did you get it? Tell me! Or I'll kill you!" The face of this young soldier of the communist army suddenly became so ferocious that Yang Beiwan was terrified. Lao Dan hurriedly pointed to Wu Baisheng on the ground.He threw away Lao Dan, rushed forward, rolled over Wu Baisheng's body to look up and down, held his face in his hands, wiped the blood on his face with his sleeve, and took Wu Baisheng's hand to look at him again and again.He stared blankly at Wu Baisheng, and suddenly burst into tears: "Boss, boss, wake up! I'm a cub! Will it be better? Boss..." This is amazing!Lao Dan and Yang Beiwan were very surprised. Although they couldn't understand what he said, even a deaf person could know at this moment that the communist army in front of them was Wu Baisheng's second brother whom he had been looking for for many years, and they unexpectedly met here! Lao Dan sighed with emotion.The brothers had not heard from each other for four years, and finally reunited on the battlefield, but unfortunately Wu Baisheng died in the artillery fire from his younger brother in the communist army. There was only a moment of time lapse, and the two brothers could not even speak a word.Wu Baisheng's blood has been drained, his body heat has dissipated, his body is in his brother's arms, and his soul is already flying to his distant hometown. Wu Baisheng's younger brother cried bitterly while holding him, crying out in pain, and shouting birdsong that Lao Dan could not understand.Wu Baisheng didn't drink the wine that fell into the deflated flagon at his feet until he died.The Huawan rice wine left for his younger brother gurgled on the ground, soaked into the blood-red soil, and wafted out bursts of fragrance. Lao Dan and Yang Beiwan looked at each other, at a loss.Suddenly, Wu Baisheng's younger brother, who was crying like crazy, stood up suddenly, cursed viciously, kicked Yang Beiwan to the ground on his back, and was about to stab him in the head with the bayonet.When Yang Beiwan saw his blood-red eyes shooting murderous intent, and the snow-white bayonet heading straight for his forehead with cold air, he was so frightened that he was frightened out of his wits and defecated.Lao Dan was shocked when he saw this, he took a step forward and rushed over, blocking Yang Beiwan's body.The younger brother's bayonet couldn't hold back, and it stuck firmly on Lao Dan's back. Although he had a thick military overcoat, Lao Dan still felt the coldness of the blade.He turned around in pain and shouted loudly: "Sir, have mercy! Sir, have mercy! We and your elder brother Wu Baisheng are brothers, and this kid was saved by him, I beg you not to kill him... his brothers They are all in your army! If you want to kill me, kill me, he is still a child, you can spare him! Sir! Sir, help me..." "What are you doing? Wu Er Er, what are you doing? Want to make a mistake? Put the gun away!" A majestic voice sounded, and more than a dozen communist troops surrounded them.The bayonet that had pierced into Lao Dan's double skin finally stopped, and Lao Dan was so frightened that his whole body went limp, dripping with cold sweat.And Yang Beiwan, who was under him, was even more frightened and fainted, and the wet stench in his crotch was suffocating. "Squad leader, this is my elder brother. He was killed by our cannons! Squad leader, I'm just such a big brother! I'm just such a big brother! He came here just to find me, how can I explain to my mother? How can I explain to my mother? Ah..." Wu Er Er cried heart-rendingly.Wu Baisheng's death made the squad leader of the communist army who scolded him just now dumbfounded.Looking at the bloody corpse in Wu Lao Er's arms, everyone fell silent for a while, standing around silently, letting Wu Lao Er cry like crazy... "Take them to the back! Hurry up!" the squad leader ordered. At this time, the artillery fire of the national army began to cover the forward positions of the national army in an attempt to destroy the communist assault troops.Lao Dan wanted to carry Wu Baisheng's body, but Wu Er Er pushed it away.He picked up his brother's body and walked back crying.Lao Dan pulled up Yang Beiwan, who was still a little unconscious, and quickly followed behind.Behind him, the communist army began to launch a fierce attack on the second-line positions of the 14th army. Lao Dan turned his back and looked around. When he arrived at the Communist army's position, Lao Dan squatted on the ground with his head in his arms. He saw that there were many soldiers of the national army who were also prisoners, but he didn't recognize any of them.Everyone was gathered and squatted on a low-lying ground, next to a communist barracks.Yang Beiwan had already woken up, tremblingly looking at the Communist soldiers beside him with wide eyes. "You guys! Tell me! Come here and dig a hole and bury this brother!" A Communist soldier said. "I'll dig! Sir! This brother is in my company, and I'll serve him! Son, come too!" Lao Dan hurriedly led Yang Beiwan to get up, and began to dig the ground under his feet seriously with his hands.The topsoil that had been dug and blasted loose by the gunfire was hard frozen soil. Lao Dan dug so hard and resolutely that his fingertips were quickly ground to blood, but he didn't feel any pain at all.Thinking of the humiliating end of the ten-year war career, and not knowing what the next step will be, Lao Dan feels sad.I have killed so many communist troops, they will not let me go, let alone I am still a moderate official?Now that Wu Baisheng is dead, he can still dig a hole for Wu Baisheng to bury him. If he is killed, who can dig a hole for himself?Will I be like those national soldiers who rotted on the battlefield and feed the crows?Wu Baisheng died, but his brother found him in the end, so he should die in peace. Besides Yang Beiwan, who is as timid as a mouse, who else would be sad for his death?Who would think that there are lonely women and children in their own home?Thinking of this, his painful tears fell silently to the ground. Seeing that Lao Dan's hands were covered with blood and tears, several communist soldiers couldn't stand it, so they picked up a few shovels and handed them to him and other prisoners.The prisoners of the national army who often buried the dead quickly dug a standard death pit. Everyone carefully put Wu Baisheng's body down and began to fill in the soil, and soon a bag of soil was filled.Several communist soldiers dragged Wu Er Er desperately and refused to let him pass. This guy cried so hard that he was dying.It wasn't until Lao Dan put the jug on Wu Baisheng's grave that Wu Er Er threw himself on it and burst into tears. The communist soldiers watched the scene in front of them quietly.This sort of thing happens all the time in the army.In many families, brothers joined the army one after another, some voluntarily, some forced, some in the national army, some in the communist army.News during the war was almost cut off, and it was difficult for relatives to get any news from each other, let alone brothers who carried guns in different troops.Half a year ago, a platoon leader of the National Army shot and killed several communist guerrillas when he was carrying out an order. When he shot, he thought one of them looked familiar, but when he fell down and looked at it, he realized that the man was actually his younger brother. The brother of the national army shot himself in pain at that time.As a brother, is there anything more fucking unlucky than this? "Everyone spread out!" Several soldiers walked over surrounded by the two officers.The two officers looked at it for a while, chatted with the two soldiers, pointed to Lao Dan who was still kneeling on the ground, stepped forward and asked: "Are you the head of this company?" "I am, sir!" Lao Dan replied, wiping away tears. "You two come here!" The officer turned his head and left after speaking.Lao Dan and Yang Beiwan followed behind in a panic. They came to the barracks next to them, and there were a few officers who were not tied with hemp ropes, talking, and they looked like officials.Seeing them coming in, several people turned around to look at Lao Dan and Yang Beiwan. "What unit are you in?" the officer in the middle asked. "Report sir, the 4th Reconnaissance Company of the 386th Regiment of the 14th Army of the National Revolutionary Army!" "Oh? I have admired your name for a long time! It took you almost ten days to beat it down. You are quite capable!" The commander of the communist army stood up, pacing with his hands behind his back, while questioning Lao Dan in a nonchalant manner, leaving Lao Dan at a loss as to how to answer.He was wearing a cotton-padded jacket and trousers that were as fat as a soldier's, with dirt all over his face, yellow teeth, and a pile of caustic soda that was not clean after urinating and shaking off his crotch. He didn't have any marks of military rank on his body, except for a bigger belly. Boy, it's indistinguishable to throw him in the lead. "what is it call?" "Report to the officer, Lao Dan!" Whenever the officer asked questions, the most embarrassing moment was when Lao Dan's face immediately turned red. "Old what?" Chief Huang Fang obviously didn't believe his ears. "Dan! It means ball." Lao Dan said with a heartbeat and gritted his teeth. Several officers immediately couldn't help laughing, and an officer who was drinking water spit it out with a "poof". "Your name is really rare, stop squatting, stand up... why don't you run? You don't have any missing arms or legs? There are more than 80,000 people behind you?" "Sir, I don't want to run away, I don't want to fight anymore, my brothers are all dead, I... can't fight anymore!" Lao Dan was in a complicated mood at this time, and he was not afraid of death at this point, but he was afraid that the Communist army would shoot him Humiliate and torture yourself before yourself. Chief Huang Fang took off the whitishly washed blue cloth bag worn by Lao Dan, shook it off on the table, and more than a dozen military medals fell down with a clatter, which aroused the amazement of the Communist soldiers holding guns next to them.Of course, the comb that was about to become bald inside also made them very interesting.Officer Yellow Fang casually picked up a golden blue and white party-state medal, and asked, "Have you been in the army for many years?" "Report sir, I have been a soldier for ten years!" "Where did you get this chapter?" "Report sir, you are calling from Changde!" "Oh, 'Hu Ben' Yu Chengwan's soldiers, no wonder they are so tough! Are you from Henan by the accent?" "Report sir, I am from Henan, and my family is in Banzi Village, Hexi." "Why didn't you surrender with the company? Knowing that they couldn't fight, you would rather let them be blown to death, starved to death, or frozen to death like this?" Officer Huang Fang's tone suddenly changed. "Report sir, I have been fighting for so many years, and I have never thought of surrendering." "You are beating devils. Even a Chinese should not surrender. But what you are facing now is the Communist Party's Liberation Army that fights for our poor people. Why are you so obsessed? If you come here one day earlier, Wu's second brother will not die! You A die-hard reactionary!" Officer Huang Fang was obviously a little angry. "Sir, I don't want to fight this battle for a long time. But I don't know what to do. I don't know why I fought this battle. I only know that I have to finish the fight before I can go back to my hometown. If I don't want to go back, I won't go back. My brethren think so too." "You're talking nonsense, those two soldiers who were coming over the day before yesterday, why did you order them to be killed? Huh?" "..." Chief Huang Fang's two yellow eyes were like the big 200-watt light bulbs in the regiment's headquarters, which made Lao Dan dare not look directly at them, speechless for a moment, and his heart skipped a beat. "Listen to me, sir, those two brothers were killed by the gendarmerie. The company commander beat the officer to save them. Seeing that he will be punished. My three brothers are all on your side, the company commander has already Thinking about letting me come over!" Seeing that Chief Huang Ya was about to lose his temper, Yang Beiwan yelled out his heart. "Three brothers? Are they all on our side? That's strange!" "That's right, sir, they were all from the 110th Division of the 85th Army. Didn't they all surrender here?" Several communist army officers looked at each other and laughed. "Stupid boy, why surrender? That division commander of yours belongs to us, that's called leading an uprising!" Another official-looking person said. "Sir, are they still alive? Are my brothers still alive? My family is so poor that I don't even have a pot. I am willing to go to fight with them to help the poor." As soon as he mentioned brothers, Yang Beiwan immediately crawled over crying , asked loudly. "what's your name?" "My name is Yang Beiwan. My eldest brother is Yang Dongwan, my second brother is Yang Xiwan, and my third brother is Yang Nanwan." Chief Huang Fang found it interesting, these two names are really rare today!He smiled and said to a soldier who was writing next to him: "Go get in touch with the comrades at Si Zong, and find the people he mentioned." "Yes!" The soldier went immediately.Officer Huang Fang continued to ask Lao Dan: "You are considered a fighting hero over there. You deserve credit for beating devils, but it's a pity that you are on the wrong team. We have a policy here, giving preferential treatment to prisoners. If you don't want to be beaten, you can go home. If you are willing to participate The People's Liberation Army, it is also possible after we investigate your situation." "Sir, I want to ask a question!" Hearing what Officer Huang Ya said, Lao Dan immediately had a good impression of him, and his heart jumped wildly with joy. "Say!" "What about my house, do you know?" "Is it in the northwest of Henan? Your family has been liberated. I don't know the specific situation. Anyway, the life of ordinary people must be better than before. Your side was not flooded, but after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, there have been years of care and death. There are quite a few people. Now our Communist Party’s work team is doing sports over there, and there will be no more people starving to death. Have you seen the tens of thousands of migrant workers behind? They are all poor people in the Liberated Areas. People forced no one to chase them away, but they volunteered to be our food transport team. The Kuomintang side not only snatched a few chickens and ducks from ordinary people’s homes, but also depended on American planes to lay a few eggs to feed you, what else is there?” After Lao Dan verified the news from his hometown, the stone in his heart fell to the ground for a while, and his eyes became moist again. "Take them to the prisoner camp to register and receive policy education. Oh! Give them something to eat, don't get sick from hunger, go!" Chief Huang Ya walked over, patted Yang Beiwan on the head generously and said, "If your brothers have a letter, they will tell you." "Thank you, sir!" Yang Beiwan held Officer Huangya's hand gratefully, wishing to kowtow to him a few times, with a bright smile on his face. Lao Dan followed the soldiers out of the barracks, looked back, and saw that Officer Huang Fang was watching him leave with a gentle expression.Lao Dan was very moved, and hurriedly bowed to him, and Chief Huang Fang nodded his head as an acceptance. When passing through the spacious trenches of the communist army with dozens of captives, Lao Dan saw more brothers from the national army being escorted back to the communist army with their hands raised.More than a dozen red flags of the Communist Army were planted on their own positions just now, fluttering and hunting with the wind.On both sides of the trench, many communist soldiers who had returned from victory were smoking cigarettes and screaming at them: "Look at your chicken feathers! Are you convinced...Ah! What are you looking at? I told you to surrender a long time ago, but you didn't listen? You are so hungry that you are fucking like wolves! Live chickens? Damn it!" "Hey, that bare-bottomed bastard! Pick up my penis and let our art troupe see it. What's the matter?" "Don't choke when you're eating buns later, and don't stick them in your crotch. If you're hungry, go back and beat Lao Jiang!" The soldiers of the communist army held their guns between their necks, laughing and laughing at the prisoners in groups, but no one came down to make a rough move.Lao Dan thought of what happened to the brothers who were captured by the Japanese army, and then thought about what happened to the Communist army who was captured by the national army. This is really a world of difference.A more spacious place appeared in front, and more than a hundred prisoners of the national army were already sitting on the ground.There are more than a dozen unrecognizable red and white characters on the earthen wall behind the podium, and the heads of two people in the middle hang high, and they are also unfamiliar faces.Several communist soldiers sat behind the tattered table, watching with smiles as the prisoners sat down one after another. A young officer took a sip of water and began to lecture in a high-pitched voice. "Sit down...I was going to send you to the back for interrogation, this...but you probably know the current battle situation, there are no military secrets to speak of. Within a few days, your troops will be arrested All annihilation, this... soon all the Kuomintang troops on this battlefield will be completely defeated by us. Therefore, you should feel lucky, this... you can break away from the position of the Kuomintang reactionaries earlier, and you can go home one day earlier. happy birthday!" Lao Dan looked around uneasily, not seeing machine guns and a large number of communist troops, so he was relieved.The high-pitched officer continued: "You are the same as the soldiers in our army. You are all poor and unwilling to fight. This... After the People's War led by Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu won the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to Snatching the fruits of the people's victory, this... launched a full-scale civil war. During the anti-Japanese war, he passively resisted the war and let the devils occupy most of China. When we finally drove the devils out, he came to pick peaches and let the Chinese Hitting yourself, this... This is unacceptable to all Chinese people!" The high-pitched officer slammed the table, causing the hearts of the water glasses and the prisoners to jump. Lao Dan was sitting in the crowd, a little puzzled.Passive resistance?To rob the people of the fruits of victory?what does this mean?Tens of thousands of my comrades-in-arms died, and it is true that the devils were defeated in many battles, but this... doesn't seem to be negative?In addition to the national army's own army, is there anyone else fighting against Japan?Why haven't you heard of it?In Wuhan, Changsha, and Hengyang, didn't the common people fight devils with the national army?They donated food and clothing all voluntarily, we... didn't rob the common people?At this time, a soldier next to him was frowning, and he couldn't understand what he heard. Seeing that Lao Dan was an official, he turned his face and asked him stupidly: "Sir, what do you mean by 'Mao Boiled Rice'? What is it?" It was also the first time for Lao Dan to hear these three words.Although the "Handbook for Suppressing Bandits" was originally distributed, Lao Dan, who could not read a few big characters, wiped his ass with it long ago.From the chats among the officers, I learned that the leader of the Communist Party is Mao Zedong, a red bandit with great powers and a Hunan accent. Mr. Jiang chased and chased him for more than ten years and failed to catch him.Many of the baby officers who were added to the army after the Anti-Japanese War were from military academies, and they always looked at themselves sideways, let alone talk about political matters with themselves.Therefore, before fighting against the Communist Army, he believed that the Communist Army was nothing more than a mob like when Deputy Company Commander Xia Qian returned to the army. My imagination is still at the stage of Lishan King in Henan Opera, and I don’t even know what "cooking the banquet" means. After thinking about it, he can only say: "I don't know. The chairman should be an official name. On the side of the Communist army, it is probably about the same age as Generalissimo Jiang's official!" "Don't talk!" A Communist soldier next to him immediately frightened them away. "The Kuomintang likes to arrest people as soldiers. All our soldiers in the People's Liberation Army joined the army voluntarily. This...the Kuomintang reactionaries have plunged the Chinese people into fire and water. Captured as a soldier?" asked the high-pitched sergeant. "I am!" Yang Beiwan jumped up suddenly, which frightened Lao Dan. Lao Dan wanted to pull him to sit down, but how could he hold him! "The brothers in my family were all arrested by them to serve as soldiers. Only my parents are left at home. If we don't come to serve as soldiers, they will cut off my two fingers, saying that they are afraid that we will join the People's Liberation Army!" Yang Bei Wan raised his middle finger and index finger and said loudly angrily. "Me too!" "I was arrested too!" A dozen people immediately stood up one after another, most of them young recruits.The high-pitched officer nodded in satisfaction, waved his hands down, motioned for everyone to sit down, and then continued: "You have all seen how the Kuomintang treats the captured PLA soldiers, and how we... Yes, how do our officers treat comrades. The 600,000 PLA ​​on the battlefield, from commanders to ordinary soldiers, this... everyone eats and wears the same, and they all call comrades. Even our Chairman Mao lives in a cave dwelling , wearing the same padded jacket as me. Do your officers eat the same food as you? Do you wear the same clothes as you? You are an officer, this... tell me! Stand up!" The high-pitched officer suddenly pointed at Lao Dan who was wearing a lieutenant's military uniform coat, scaring Lao Dan to stand up quickly, his nervous heart beating wildly. The high-pitched officer's eyebrows stood upright, his eyes spewed fire, and his righteous eyes almost stripped Lao Dan naked. Lao Dan had never experienced such a cutscene, and his legs were really trembling because of the high-pitched officer's intimidation. "The other soldiers don't even have any trousers on. You're still wearing an officer's coat. What's your name and what's your job?" "Report sir, my name is Lao Dan, and I am the commander of the 4th Reconnaissance Company of the 307th Regiment of the 14th Army!" More than a hundred prisoners immediately started whispering, many of them knew this legendary heroic company commander.I heard that this company commander fought in the South and the North, made countless military achievements, and was very kind to his brothers. He even punched the bastard of the gendarmerie for this.Chief Squealer obviously didn't know about Lao Dan's influence, he still pointed at him and said: "What's your name? Dare to hide your real name?" "No, no! Everyone knows that I am by this name!" While Lao Dan waved his hands in a panic, he looked around for comrades he knew, but he didn't know anyone except Yang Beiwan under his feet.The other soldiers saw that he was in trouble, and those who knew him all nodded their approval.Chief Squealer felt that there was no need to dwell on this question, and continued to ask: "Have you ever bullied ordinary people? Have you ever bullied your soldiers? Have you ever abused PLA soldiers? Tell me!" "I haven't! Never! My family is in the countryside of Henan, and I also came from a poor background. I joined the army when I had no choice but to fight against Japan. There are only women and children left in my family. I have been away from home for ten years, and most of China is I ran all over, but the army wouldn’t let me go back. I treated the soldiers like a brother. Everyone wanted to go home early after the war. If I had known that the People’s Liberation Army fought for the poor and took care of our families, I would have Bring them over here." Lao Dan said a lot with confidence, originally!I thought so too, and Lao Dan cheered herself up. The captives nodded and agreed.The sharp-tongued chief found out that Lao Dan's criticism did not have the expected effect of arousing public anger, so he was thinking about a solution in his heart.But after hearing what Lao Dan said later, I felt that this guy was quite sensible. Although he had experienced many battles, he didn't have any airs, and he didn't look like an officer.Chief Squealer didn't comment on Lao Dan's motivation for joining the army, because at that time he was still wearing crotch pants in northern Shaanxi!He thought about it, and decided to use Lao Dan's example to educate the prisoners. "Well, you sit down first. The Kuomintang reactionaries even lied to your officers. This...in fact, the reason is that he is also a poor man! He is a veteran, and he was born and died to fight devils, but what about Chiang Kai-shek? This...he still has to be sent Come to fight the civil war, and don’t care about his family’s life or death. I can be sure that your family’s life must be difficult these years. The Yellow Flood Zone... the plague is prevalent, and millions of people died of disease and starvation, but it’s all thanks to Chiang Kai-shek Thanks! In order to preserve his strength, he did not dare to engage in direct fire with the devils, and retreated again and again, but he dared to let Tang Enbo blow up the Huayuankou Dam, and the Yellow River was surging... This... blew thousands of miles, but the devils were not washed away, but Let the people of the entire Central Plains suffer a catastrophe! They didn't die under the devil's gun, but they died at the hands of...the... KMT reactionaries headed by Chiang Kai-shek! If there are relatives of Chiang Kai-shek there, if there are reactionary big bureaucrats there My dear, why would he give such an order? Isn't it because we don't care about our... this... poor people's lives!" The high-pitched officer stammered a speech of emotion, which made the eyes of these prisoners who were all poor people wet and their hearts sour.Quite a few Henan brothers like Lao Dan didn't know what was going on at home. The words of the high-pitched officer woke up their hearts. Some began to cry, some began to sob, and some howled.The tense nerves of all the prisoners were provoked by the Henan brothers, and they all burst into tears.Yang Beiwan even cried so much that he bang his head to the ground.Lao Dan wondered, although the People's Liberation Army is taking care of his hometown now, but after so many years, have Tweety and the child come over?He was already filled with grievances in his heart, but when he saw that everyone was crying as if his parents were dead, how could he bear it, he also shrunk his shoulders and sobbed in a low voice. The high-pitched prefect looked satisfied.He took a sip from the steaming water glass, sat down slowly, and raised his chin at another officer. The man understood, stood up and said in Northeast dialect: "Brothers! Wake up, everyone! If the Kuomintang reactionaries are not overthrown, when will we poor people survive? To tell you the truth, I am originally from the Kuomintang, and my family is from the countryside of Liaoning. We were fighting the People's Liberation Army with our lives on the front line, but that bastard Liao Yaoxiang burned my hometown and killed my blind father. I didn't know this until the People's Liberation Army captured me. Brothers, we didn't understand before , Now I understand that only by following the Communist Party can we poor people turn around, and only by supporting Chairman Mao can we go home and live in peace and security!" The officer burst into tears, and what he said made the prisoners feel even more miserable.The recruits are worried and homesick; the veterans are heartbroken and regret that they should have boarded the wrong ship.Then the Squeaky Prefect said: "Don't be sad, everyone. From now on, we are all... this... poor family. If you want to, you can join our People's Liberation Army, defeat Chiang Kai-shek's shit, and support Chairman Mao of the Communist Party... this... established us The new China of the poor will completely eliminate the exploitation and oppression of the working people by landlords, bureaucrats and capitalists. If you don’t want to, go home and farm the land, and the army will pay you travel expenses and...this...to prove it to you. If your hometown is liberated Come on, let's see if your family is doing better than before! You have been hungry for a long time, eat something first... this... let's talk!" As soon as the squeaky-voiced officer beckoned, two small carts rolled over, and the cook in an apron threw off the thick quilt, and piled up white, steaming steamed buns and steamed buns like a hill, almost devouring the gang. The big teeth of the hungry ghosts of the national army are all straight.Everyone lined up to receive two steamed buns and a steamed bun about the size of an infantry mine. They let go of their cheeks and gnawed, crying as they gnawed.Some of them ate too much, stretched their necks and rolled their eyes because they were choked. The soldiers of the communist army had been prepared for a long time, and hurriedly brought over several bowls of water to pour them down. Lao Dan has eaten his fill of steamed buns and steamed buns with both hands crossed, and his dignity at this moment is far less important than these foods.This was the first time in his military career that he was captured. He squatted in the same place as a group of big soldiers, wolfing down the steamed buns in his hands.They were filthy and even smelly.The steamed buns turned as black as coal as soon as they were held in the hand.No one gave in to him. In order to grab a few buns, Lao Dan was even pushed hard, and almost fell in front of several communist army officers.But these are not important anymore. After grabbing a few steamed buns and buns, Lao Dan hid far away, squatted there and gnawed, watching the ugly behavior of these brothers around him while eating, and couldn't help feeling chills in his heart. "The general trend is going!" Lao Dan finally felt disheartened.It seems that the national army is doomed. Even a veteran like himself has lost his courage. His dignity was wiped out by a few steamed buns and a speech from the communist army. How can these recruits bring back the glory of the national government?Alas... that's fine, anyway, the Chinese will finally become emperors, and the Communist Party won the world, so why don't they let themselves go home? A few days of ideological education and political agitation allowed the prisoners of the national army to re-understand the Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army.Lao Dan knew that the two people hanging on the wall were Chairman Mao Zedong and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De.Does he look like an ordinary person?The People's Liberation Army is indeed very different from the national army: the discipline of the People's Liberation Army is like steel, and what they say is unambiguous!They are always enthusiastic, they sing different songs every day when they work, dig trenches and transport equipment, they run forward, no one is lazy, no one complains, and no soldiers do anything wrong.He was amazed to see that the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army running around had natural and confident smiles on their faces, as happy as they were going to fight and marry their wives.When a company entered the starting point before the charge, they were gearing up next to them, talking and laughing, as indifferent as if they were watching a big show.The captives felt that they were bereaved dogs, but none of the PLA soldiers came over to insult them. On the contrary, the surrounding eyes were slightly concerned, and occasionally they even came over to tease fellow villagers.Although the officials of the Communist Army are strict, they don't bully the soldiers like the sons of bitches of the National Army Gendarmerie. Everyone calls them comrades and salutes each other, and they really look like a ball in food and clothing!Comparing the appearance of some national army officers, Lao Dan can see the difference. There are indeed many good officers in the national army, such as Commander Mazi and Yang Tieyun, but there are also many useless wine bags and rice bags. They eat fat and strong in the rear, The small gloves are flicked back and forth to fill the big head, but they are in a mess when they are on the battlefield.That's all, the three who enlightened me in the Chongqing tavern, apart from thinking about how to protect themselves and eliminate dissidents, have they ever thought about winning that war? What should I do? The cultural troupe of the People's Liberation Army gave some performances to the soldiers, and Lao Dan saw the young girls who were full of water and spirit.That play is naturally beautiful.A few people actually acted about things from their hometown in Henan, and one girl still spoke Henan dialect.Lao Dan has never seen such a drama before, and he fell into the drama just watching it.On the stage, a man in a family was arrested as a strong man, and the woman borrowed a usury loan from the landlord because she had nothing to support her children. If she couldn't repay the money, the landlord pulled people to the door, trying to drag the woman into his house to work.The landlord with a moustache on the stage snatched the child from the woman's arms and threw it out of the door. A group of landlord minions dragged the beautiful woman into the landlord's yard, and the woman's hands were tightly clung to the door Without letting go, he let out a shrill cry.Lao Dan, who was once bullied by Xie Dalu's son, had already burst into tears.He actually forgot that what was in front of him was a play, stood up abruptly, and yelled in Henan dialect that he was about to draw a gun to kill the landlord, and he caught nothing!His actions shocked the actors on the stage and the PLA soldiers off the stage. When he came back to his senses, Lao Dan was ashamed, but no one paid any attention to his gaffe. The other brothers in the national army were full of tears and snot.A few actors on the stage looked at him with smiles, making Lao Dan so ashamed that he had nowhere to hide. A few soldiers of the People's Liberation Army next to him suddenly raised their fists and shouted loudly: "Down with landlords and bullies! Down with local tyrants and evil gentry!" The prisoners of the national army who were watching the show in the audience immediately became angry, and they also stood up and shouted loudly.This posture startled the old Dan, but soon he joined the ranks of shouting slogans, vented his heart, and felt much more comfortable.Everyone continued to follow the PLA soldiers and shouted: "Down with the Kuomintang reactionaries! Liberate all of China!" Lao Dan didn't follow up with this slogan, and he still couldn't bear it. Most of the captured soldiers of the national army - especially recruits like Yang Beiwan - gritted their teeth and joined the Communist Army, hoping to go to the battlefield tomorrow to settle new and old accounts with Chiang Kai-shek.Although Lao Dan and many veterans are a little bit uncomfortable, they already know that the Communist Party is really a team that fights the world for the poor, and this cannot be faked.I have been a soldier for the Kuomintang for ten years, going through life and death, going out and in a few times, but I am still a lieutenant and company commander, I don’t have much money, and I won’t even let me go home.Officials with backgrounds rushed up without any military exploits, and all the officers who had taken care of him were killed in battle.When he was in the rear, no one took himself, a Henan hillbilly, seriously.Those little boys who graduated from the military academy, they don’t know anything about football but their nostrils are turned upside down. When they come out of the school gate, they are captains. When they fight devils, they eat, drink, enjoy themselves and play with women. Standing guard and arranging city defenses, it's no wonder that his subordinates feel uncomfortable and act recklessly. Thinking back to the scene of the retreat by the Yellow River ten years ago, Commander Mazi said that at the time, it seems to be to stabilize everyone's morale, and he must also hate old man Jiang to death in his heart.fuck you!In order to keep your throne, dig up the Yellow River and kill millions of people in the Central Plains?In order to block the counterattack of the national army, the Japanese army did not blow up the Yangtze River embankment!After much deliberation, he, Jiang, really didn't take the common people seriously.Half of the world is lost, your woman still wears a fur coat all day, eats hot food, and you even fly around in a small plane called "Meiling", who cares about the life and death of our poor family where? Thinking of the half-month siege in Changde, the entire city's soldiers and civilians swore to the death in a bloody battle, and almost all of them died. The other troops under Lao Jiang's command couldn't make it through, so he only left a sentence for Master Yu Chengwan, "Live and die with Changde!" It's over.When the ammunition and food were exhausted, Master Yu Chengwan led a dozen people to evacuate Changde. He, Lao Jiang, even sent someone to arrest Master Yu, saying that he "evacuated without authorization! Military law!" The surviving 57 brothers Most of them didn't end well either.When I think about it, Lao Dan hates this matter so much that his teeth itch. The soldiers of the People's Liberation Army brought good news to Yang Beiwan. His three older brothers were all still alive and were preparing to go up with the troops to help. Only one of them was injured because of excessive force while carrying the sack fortifications.When Yang Beiwan heard the news, he was so happy that he yelled all over the prisoner camp under discipline. His appetite suddenly increased, and he always picked up the rice in Lao Dan's bowl. Lao Dan was extremely conflicted at this time.At night, while everyone was asleep, he quietly took out the military medals of these years to read, picking up one with care, and then looking at the other.The cold and prickly military medals have been polished to shine, each piece is full of blood, tears and the lives of countless brothers, do they just lose their meaning?Lao Dan felt very sad.He doesn't care about his sense of honor when he becomes a hero from time to time, and he doesn't miss the dignity of his illustrious military. He just feels that in the past ten years, so many brothers have lost their proper meaning in life and death, and the brothers seem to have become dead ghosts who died in vain!Lao Dan felt empty in his heart.What are they fighting for?Why do you fight yourself?Why are you fighting now—to defeat Chiang Kai-shek?In order to overthrow the Kuomintang reactionaries?In order to establish a new China for the poor? Suddenly, he found the fellow's comb again, and after several twists and turns, it still remained by his side. Although it was almost bald, it still combed his hair very smoothly.This comb has combed the heads of countless brothers. Although most of them are dead, it touched their heads and hair before they died. Some were sparse, some were thick, some were stained with blood, and some were full loess.Lao Dan combed his hair skillfully with it, and gradually became clear in his heart...I'm still alive, isn't that good enough?Can those dignity, those tears, those passionate blood compare to the steadfastness of combing his hair at this moment?Home is getting closer, women and children are getting closer, one day, can you use this comb to comb their hair? To go home! Thinking of this, Lao Dan found a happy reason for himself. The war can't be over, and the family can't go back. After going back like this, he doesn't feel at ease. Who knows what new war will be involved tomorrow?Just call home!Wouldn't the world be peaceful if there were no wars? Besides, it now appears that the national army is not an opponent of the Communist Party's Liberation Army at all.Needless to say, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the national army, they were so cold and hungry that they were so weak that they couldn't bear a single blow. Even if there were more steel guys in the national army, it would not help. main force.That's all, what surprised Lao Dan the most was the army of tens of thousands of farmers transporting grain. They pushed all kinds of vehicles, pulled all kinds of animals, and came to help the PLA with drums and gongs. The long team was mighty. , out of sight at a glance, came to the front line continuously from the rear.There are all kinds of people pulling carts and carrying jobs: young sons who are as strong as cows, old women with full breasts, cow babies who have not yet sewn their crotch pants, and even old ladies in their seventies and eighties with small feet, stepping on small baskets. Broken steps are also striding like flying! Why are they doing this?Why should they get involved in this war that they are afraid to avoid? Lao Dan finally connected his own confusion with the phenomenon in front of him with crude logic, and his heart suddenly became clear—isn't it all for home?They believe that the Communist Party can conquer the world, make the world peaceful from now on, protect their homes, so that everyone can cultivate the fields, marry wives and have children, reunite and support their families!Like myself, who ran around and fought foolish wars for ten years, but couldn't even take care of his family. He didn't know the life and death of women and children, so how could he still have the ball skills in war?I fight for the Kuomintang, who will take care of my family for me? When Lao Dan took off his old military uniform and changed into a brand-new PLA cotton-padded military uniform, all the psychological burdens were let go.Simplifying complex issues and finding the most sufficient reasons for yourself is the best way to let yourself follow the trend. That's right, go with the trend! Lao Dan remembered the words of Sun Yat-sen, the ancestor of the Kuomintang: "The trend of the world is mighty and mighty. If you follow it, you will prosper, and if you go against it, you will perish." Being illiterate, I can only vaguely recognize the characters "prosperity" and "death" in it. "Chang" can be seen from the gate of Guo Shiqing's house, the only big family in Banzi Village.Mr. Yuan Bai suffered from white clouding in his eyes that year, and couldn't read clearly. After letting Lao Dan gesticulate in his hands for a long time, he told him with a frown: "You idiot, two suns are stacked together, what do you mean by the sun on the top and the sun on the bottom? Of course it means something good! Doesn't adding a woman on the left mean a bitch?" The other one is shameless. Someone passed away in the village. During the funeral, there were many words on the funeral stickers, so there was no need to bother to ask the pretending old man.But these two words appearing on the wall of the army at the same time made him a little puzzled, so he asked the company commander Yang Tieyun curiously with his thick neck.The company commander was tickled by Lao Dan's question, and talked to him for half the night with a blushing face.He talked about the Republic of China from the Qin Dynasty, from Guangdong to the outside of the customs, counted all kinds of major national events, called out heroes and heroes, and finally told him simply: What President Sun means is that you must be sensible in life! When Lao Dan was in Wuhan, he was not very familiar with people. It was the first time he came to the city from Banzi Village, which is full of scum, and he really saw the grandeur and uprightness of Wuhan.Even though Wuhan at that time had strong walls and clear fields, and there were many swords and guns, it could not conceal its prosperity and prosperity in the eyes of Lao Dan.On the street, Lao Dan and a group of brethren walking along the road, dressed in tattered old military uniforms, stared at the stupid eyes and opened their big mouths, looking in amazement at the feasting and colorful world in front of them.Lao Dan looked enviously at the men in the city ostentatiously passing through the city with their chests and bellies raised, their starched black long clothes were spotless, they took off their brimmed hats to say hello to anyone they saw, and waved their other hand very chicly , that looks very comfortable!The women in the city are even more admirable. Their faces are as tender as freshly cooked dumpling skins, as if they will break if you poke them lightly with chopsticks; ;The tightly wrapped cheongsam squeezed their big breasts like two large grenades, and the upturned buttocks were also tightened to define the outline.When they were looking up and down, a woman with a small umbrella came up with her waist twisted, and squinted at these seductive peasant soldiers with a beautifully painted eye, with a smile on her face. Smiling disapprovingly, several country bumpkins almost fell on their backs because of her white thighs.A brother raised his head carelessly and looked down. The woman let out a piercing scream, and a policeman next to him with a baton stepped forward with his stomach straight, his nostrils turned upside down, and he stared into goldfish eyes and scolded: "Damn it!" Damn! Be sensible! Hurry up!" Farmers in Banzi Village don’t pick places to defecate. On the side of the road, in the ridges of the fields, or even in the vegetable fields in front of their homes, they can just pull down their pants and poop.The public toilet in the city is a scary place. It was the first time he got into it for convenience. He looked around anxiously at the people who were struggling with luck.He squatted until his legs were sore and numb, and the sky suddenly sounded an alarm, and then he panicked.Everyone else hurriedly took out the paper to wipe it, and Lao Dan scratched his head and scratched his head in a hurry because he couldn't find the commonly used tukra or crop pole in the toilet.It wasn't until the people had run away that I reached into the basket next to it, picked up the paper used by others and wiped it a few times indiscriminately.When the old Dan with stinky hands ran onto the street and squeezed into the air-raid shelter with a group of running people, several male and female citizens held their noses and scolded while hiding: "Stinky soldiers! Be sensible! What are you doing?" So, after another half a year, Lao Dan has learned to wear a new military uniform and stand upright in the street to swagger through the market, occasionally nodding politely to upward-eyed w