Chapter 19 The last soldier left behind

Wang Qinggui went to many villages and mountain ridges. He searched all the places where the independent group used to be active, but there was no news about the independent group.He also asked many people, and those people also said that they hadn't seen anyone from the Independence Regiment for a long time, and even the Temporary Three Army disappeared without a trace.He has been finding autumn from spring, and the leaves on the mountains are green and yellow. During this period, many changes took place on the Northeast and North China battlefields.The Liaoshen Campaign has ended, and the Pingjin Campaign is also drawing to a close. After Tianjin was liberated, Beiping was also peacefully liberated.In the end, Wang Qinggui found the county committee. He had held meetings in the county committee before and sent notices. When the temporary army was here, the county committee had been fighting guerrillas, staying in this village for a while, and stopping in that village for a while.Finally, he thought of the county party committee. Under the guidance of well-meaning people, he found the county party committee in a small town. The person who met him was a secretary named Zhou.When he learned that he was looking for an independent group, the secretary surnamed Zhou opened his eyes wide in surprise, looked him up and down for a long time, and then he told his name and the reason for falling behind.Secretary Zhou sighed and said: The independent regiment was reorganized half a year ago.

Only then did he know that not only the independent regiment had been reorganized, but many local armies had also been reorganized.The Temporary Army was also recruited by Chiang Kai-shek's troops to participate in the Battle of Pingjin.The independent regiment has been reorganized by the regular army. The county party committee does not know what number it is now and where it is stationed.In the end, Secretary Zhou still told him that the local army had a garrison station in the provincial capital, and if he went there to ask, he might be able to find out about the independent regiment.

Wang Qinggui walked for more than ten days and finally arrived at the provincial capital.The provincial capital has been liberated long ago, free people are everywhere, and red slogans are plastered on the walls. He walked around and asked, and finally saw the sign of the left-behind office in an alley. The full name was: Local Army Reorganized Left-behind Office.When he pushed open the door of the left-behind office, he found that there were not many people inside. A thin man wearing glasses welcomed him in with suspicious eyes.The man asked him what was the matter, and he said he was looking for the Independent Group.Comrade Spectacles looked him up and down again, and seeing the other party's suspicion, he told the story of how he fell behind again, and Comrade Spectacles heaved a sigh of relief.I took out a notebook from the drawer, searched it for a long time before saying: Your original regiment has been reorganized into the 182nd Division.

He seemed to have seen a glimmer of light, and asked impatiently: Where is the 182nd Division now?I'm going to find them. Comrade Glasses shook his head and said, "This is a secret. We don't know about the troops. I heard that the troops are going south again." He has gained a lot in the left-behind place. He knows that the independent regiment is now in the 182nd Division.With such a number, it is possible for him to find the independent group. He came to the street again, only to find that there were many soldiers on the street, singing songs, marching to a certain place.There are also some soldiers practicing assassination and fighting in an open space, and the scene is in full swing.Only then did he realize that his military uniform and those of the soldiers in front of him had changed a lot.When he was in the Independence Regiment, he wore gray cloth clothes, but now the soldiers are all khaki, and many soldiers looked at him strangely.Under the gaze of everyone, his face felt a little red.In a line of soldiers, he saw a man who looked like a chief, and he immediately stepped forward, saluted the military and said: Comrade chief, I want to ask where the 182nd Division is?

The chief looked him over and said: I don't know, we are the 73rd Division. The chief was about to leave again, he grabbed the chief's sleeve and said: Tell me, chief, I am from the independent regiment, the independent regiment has been reorganized into the 182nd division, and I want to find my own team. The chief seemed to be a little more serious, and said again: "I really don't know. The deployment of troops is a military secret. The 182nd Division may be in the south. We are not in the same army. I'm sorry." After the chief finished speaking, he turned and left.

Standing there, looking at the departing team, he suddenly felt very lonely.When he was looking for a team before, he always had a thought that sooner or later he would definitely find his team, but now the team is in front of him, but it is not his team, and no one can recognize him.He was not reconciled, he wanted to find the head of the team, the most official, and the head must know where the 182nd Division was. After inquiring for a long time and walking for a long time, he finally found the office of the military department.There was a guard at the door, and he kept saluting the chief who came in and went out. When he walked over, the guard stopped him and asked politely: "Which department are you from? What's the matter?"

He said: I am from the Independent Regiment, I am looking for your army commander. The guard said: From the Independent Regiment?I haven't heard of it, why are you looking for our army commander?Our commander is very busy. He said: I will just ask where the 182nd Division is, and I will come out after asking. After finishing speaking, he was about to go inside. The guard stopped him, but he refused to listen. He was eager to know where the 182nd Division was currently.The guards pulled him forcibly, and he was torn together with the guards.At this time, a chief came out and shouted: What are you doing?

The guard stopped, and quickly saluted the chief: "Commander, this person is looking for you. He said it was an independent regiment. I have never heard of it." He also saw the army commander, the army commander was very dark, but his face was kind.He ran over and saluted the army commander: "Report to the commander, I am Wang Qinggui, the leader of the third platoon of the fifth company and the third platoon of the Independence Regiment." The army commander looked him over carefully, and it seemed that the army commander had never heard of the name of the independent regiment, so he briefly told the story of how he fell behind and found the army.The army commander seemed to understand, then frowned and said: The 182nd Division you mentioned is the advance unit going south, and they have been setting off for more than ten days.

He seemed to see hope again, and asked eagerly: Then where are they now? The army commander shook his head and said: Only their army commander knows. Where is their military headquarters?He asked unwillingly. The army commander said again: "Their army has all set off, and I don't know the exact location." After finishing speaking, the army commander turned around and was about to walk into the yard. After taking two steps, he stopped and said, "Little comrade, I advise you not to look for it. You can't find it if you look for it. When the whole of China is liberated, the troops will come back. When you arrive there You can look for it later.Now is the time to fight, and the troops will go to one place every day.

He took the commander's words to heart, and what the commander said was the truth, not to mention the 182nd Division, he couldn't even find their independent regiment anywhere in the county, let alone the troops went south again.Thinking of this, he could only wait, and the moment he decided to wait, tears flowed down his face.