Chapter 5 Fives

He finally returned to his hometown in central Fujian. But Lao Gu only stayed at home for one night, and hurried north with the battalion commander's troops the next day.It seemed that if he stayed at home for a moment longer, his will to go north would be disintegrated. That night was breezy and bright, the night was soft and beautiful, insects were chirping outside the window, and the child bride who became more and more beautiful, even though she was as gentle and charming as possible, failed to retain Lao Gu's determination to go north. . The child bride said: Do you have to go?

Lao Gu said: I have to go. The child bride said: Are you really willing to leave me alone at home? Lao Gu said that if you don't give up, you have to give up. The child's daughter-in-law said, can't I just leave? Lao Gu said, no. The child bride said, so what if I don’t leave? Lao Gu said, I must find the leader. The child's daughter-in-law said that if you want to leave, you can leave. If you are not at home, you will not be able to stay. The child bride-in-law stopped talking, and quietly watched Lao Gu with a pair of deep pool-like eyes.Lao Gu's face was like a hard and sharp rock, reflected in the eyes of the child bride.

Lao Gu suddenly discovered that his child bride-in-law was very similar to the young woman he met by the Yangtze River in every way. Lao Gu followed the battalion commander's troops and fought fierce battles with the bandits in the northeast forest of Baishan Heishui for nearly two years.Living in such a harsh environment, Lao Gu knew that it was impossible for him to find his third regiment and his regiment leader.In the vast and boundless northeast forest, no one could provide him with definite information about the Third Regiment.The whereabouts of Santuan has become more and more uncertain in his heart.He has already begun to waver about whether he can find Santuan.At this time, the Korean War broke out, and many brother troops who had participated in the suppression of bandits had now crossed the Yalu River and went to North Korea to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.The battalion commander's troops did not receive any missions. According to the needs, many of them either returned to their hometowns to participate in local construction, or stayed to participate in the reclamation of the Great Northern Wilderness. Neither the former nor the latter was acceptable to Lao Gu.His heart has never left the third regiment. He thought that if he could not find the regiment leader in this life, even on the day of his death, he would not be able to close his eyes.

Lao Gu inquired about it and found that among the troops who stayed and prepared to transfer to other places to work, there was no third regiment at all, that is to say, the third regiment was very likely to go to the Korean battlefield.This made Lao Gu's heart half cold again.Lao Gu once made many speculations. One possibility is that the Third Regiment went to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, so it would be useless for him to chase him to the Yalu River, and he still couldn’t find the leader of the regiment; the other possibility was that the fellow in central Fujian told him It may not be the truth, or in other words, after the Third Regiment participated in the cross-river operation, they stayed in Fujian to participate in local construction and did not come to the northeast. If that was the case, he still could not find the Third Regiment.

Lao Gu felt that Bai Ji was at a loss and didn't know what to do. Suddenly one day, Lao Gu had a whim, thinking that he should go to Beijing to inquire about the whereabouts of San Tuan.Beijing should know where the three regiments are going. If even Beijing doesn’t know where the three regiments are going, then he will accept his fate. From now on, he will never mention the matter of finding the head of the three regiments, and simply go back to Fujian to live a good life with his child bride-in-law. never mind. Lao Gu told the battalion commander his thoughts.The battalion commander was moved and unbelievable by Lao Gu's persistence.

Lao Gu really went to Beijing.The time is April 1952. Everything seems a little weird.I don't know where Lao Gu has such great ability, but he managed to find the General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army. A young officer received Lao Gu.The young officer was moved by Lao Gu's eagerness to find the Third Regiment. He consulted countless archives and made countless phone calls for Lao Gu. Finally, he told Lao Gu with regret that the Third Regiment I really went abroad and went to the Korean battlefield.He told Lao Gu not to run around and go back and stand by for orders. One day the regiment leader will send someone to find him.

Perhaps the young officer's last words were just casual words, but Lao Gu took them seriously.Lao Gu said, according to what you said, I can only go back and wait for the group leader and the others? The young officer was a little annoyed by Lao Gu, he said, that's the case, otherwise the head of the regiment would not be able to see you even if he went back to look for you. Lao Gu said, what should I do if the leader doesn't go back? The young officer was almost coping.He said that the head of the regiment has promised you to wait for his account, and the head of the regiment will not fail to go back to find you.You are really not good at running around.

The young officer said he was busy with his own affairs. Lao Gu felt that the young officer's words were not unreasonable. Lao Gu really listened to the words of the young officer and decided to go back to Lunan General Temple to wait for the head of the regiment. Lao Gu has been in the first class in that small mountain village in southern Lunan for more than forty years. Lao Gu even had the idea of ​​looking for the head of the group in his hometown, but he didn’t know where the head’s hometown was? Hearing his accent, he thought the head of the group should be from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. As for where in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he said No, where can I find the team leader now?

This idea was also dismissed by him.