Chapter 11 6. Japanese captives

After the guerrillas had weapons, the uncle's military career had a comedic start. The first battle the guerrillas fought was to surprise the devils' grain grabbing team.This is the first blow the devils have received since they occupied Qidi.The guerrillas were all gearing up, panicked before the battle, and fired their guns indiscriminately when they saw the devils, and some people set off firecrackers in foreign iron barrels.The devil didn't know the truth, left the things he grabbed and fled.The military chief of the county party committee who knew a little military knowledge said that it was originally an excellent opportunity to fight a war of annihilation. Due to the premature exposure of the target, only a limited victory was achieved in the battle of defeat.The battle report that has been preserved to this day says: "Three devil soldiers were wounded in this battle, one Dongyang horse was wounded and captured, one '38 big cover', ten steel helmets, ten lunch boxes were seized, and more than two thousand catties of food were taken back. , two steel ball carriages, six mules, two pigs, and ten chickens. No guerrilla casualties."

That oriental horse was the first Japanese prisoner that my uncle personally wounded and captured.The uncle said that he held his breath and strictly followed the shooting principle of "three points in a line", raised his gun and aimed at a devil who was trying to escape on horseback, but the bullet he shot hit the devil's horse at the "third point".The war horse raised its front legs, slapped the edge, and threw the devil down in the ditch.The devil got up in a jiffy, got into the woods and ran away desperately.The uncle chased after him with a gun, and shouted in Japanese: "Good job, don't run, where is your 'Yamato soul'?" The devil ran away and replied: "You speak Japanese very well, you His marksmanship is not good." The uncle was anxious and raised his gun to shoot, but the devil ran around the tree, flickering, making it difficult to catch the target.The uncle chased after him and shouted: "Stop, take out your gun, and I will try again with you!" The devil ran back and said, "I lost my gun, and I like judo." Alright, I will compete with you in Chinese style wrestling." The devil did not stop.The uncle gritted his teeth and chased after him, and the distance was getting closer and closer. Seeing that a contest between Chinese-style wrestling and Japanese-style judo was about to start, another devil came from the woods, and this devil jumped out of the woods and quickly Leaping on the back of the horse, the two little devils leaned over and rode on an oriental horse, smiling strangely and leaving.The uncle fired several shots in a row, but all the bullets missed, and shouted in Japanese: "I told you Doi, I left a bullet for him!" Hu Zi, the captain of the housekeeper, hurried over and said, "What a Meng Da! Young master, how can you leave the queue and chase after him alone?" The uncle asked anxiously, "What's wrong? My gun always has problems on the 'third point'!"

The Dongyang horse wounded by the uncle was not injured, and was taken to the stable of the third grandfather to recover from the wound. He developed a deep affection for the Chinese guerrillas, betrayed the Japanese emperor, and later became the commander of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army. General Peng Xuefeng's mount.However, until his death, Huzi still had a doubt: "Damn it! That Oriental horse might be a spy who pretended to surrender. General Peng was riding on this horse before he was killed by a stray bullet!" I have seen this mighty and tall Oriental horse.Under the scorching sun, an old horse is leading it for a walk in the garden.The coat color of the horse is like a burgundy brocade with dazzling ripples.A group of children surrounded it and shouted to it: "Little Japan, do you miss your mother?" Dongyang horse snorted and rang the bell on its head.Ma  combed the horse's mane with his fingers, and scolded the children: "I'm coaxing it to stay in China, but you keep telling it to miss your mother, what's the matter? Crawl back to find your mother!" Follow the Dongyang horse from afar.I know that it is a good horse that my uncle took back from the devil.That was the first "national pride" born in my childhood.

After the attack on the devils' grain grabbing team, another major event recorded in the annals of "Local Chronicles" occurred in the guest room courtyard: Two guerrilla groups led by the Communist Party, with teachers and students as the main body, came to the guest room courtyard. Join the Qidi guerrillas.Qi Chu, as secretary of the East Henan Special Committee of the Communist Party of China, secretly held a meeting of the Central County Committee of the Eastern Henan Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in the guest room courtyard, announcing the birth of the "East Henan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Third Detachment".It was decided at the meeting that Qi Chu would be the commander, and my uncle and a Red Army battalion commander who had just been dispatched who had experienced the 25,000-mile Long March would be the deputy commanders.

Uncle's tragic ending stemmed from his becoming the unexpected deputy commander. Half a century later, "Local Chronicles" revealed some historical facts that my uncle and third grandfather would never know. For example, the decision to appoint my uncle as the deputy commander was strongly opposed in the secret meeting of the guest room courtyard.Some people say that although he is an undisputed patriotic and progressive person who charged forward and even challenged Doihara, the commander of the Japanese invaders, he is also a member of the Kuomintang who even the Kuomintang cannot put a bridle on him. If some sons of a family with a temperament like a young master are allowed to take up this position, how can the party guarantee the absolute leadership of this anti-Japanese armed force?When the debate was going on fiercely, the "children of the family with a bit of a young master's temper" led the "housekeeping team" and took on the task of guarding the secret meeting, ensuring the smooth progress of the debate.The third grandfather also sold more than 100 acres of land again during the secret meeting, and bought a second batch of guns and ammunition for the newly formed guerrillas.The uncle was also making meals for the conclave participants.A famous food called "sweet potato mash" appeared on the dining table where comrades seldom get together.Perhaps it was the facts before his eyes and on the dining table, coupled with the influence of the Meng family in Qidi, that helped Qi Chu convince his comrades, and at the same time planted the seeds of future disasters.

The mother said that in those days, the third grandpa always felt restless, and the intuition that something was going to happen was beating non-stop on his right eyelid.After the meeting, when the third grandpa heard that my uncle had been appointed as the deputy commander of the red army, he felt a shock in his heart, and there was a dull thunder rolling from the sky.The third grandfather said, how can the Communist Party's ranks accommodate a rebellious person who is not bound by party discipline in its command organization?However, with the determination of "Scholars die for their confidants", the uncle tore off the badge of the "Democracy Movement Instructor" in the Kuomintang Second War Zone, and asked the uncle to sew a two-inch wide strip of cloth on his sleeve, covering the top Stamped "Guerrilla Detachment" and number "03" belonging to him.The third grandpa looked at the number on the cloth strip, his eyelids were still beating non-stop.After the uncle died, my aunt said, why did the number "03" get allocated?We all look forward to his return in one piece, why are people "scattered" before the team starts?The third grandpa didn't think about "scattered", he said that this number is too high, "the heights are too cold".

When the guerrillas were about to set off, the third grandpa called my uncle and Qi Chu to his side and said, "Dianzhang, your brother Cheng is a fierce horse, young and energetic, and difficult to control. You are his elder brother, and you must give him Put on the bridle, and I entrust this big nephew to you." Qi Chu said: "Third teacher, Brother Cheng is concerned about the country and the people, and he is courageous and insightful. Brother Cheng and I are of one heart and one mind, and we will go to the national calamity together." He said , I was moved, and changed my name to "Sanbo", and said: "My brother Cheng and I are the three old people who have grown up with you, so don't worry!" The uncle said: "Sincerely, your elder brother Dianzhang is mature and prudent, and can make up for your shortcomings. Don't be impatient when things happen, and discuss with your elder brother Dianzhang more." The uncle said: "Please rest assured, the third uncle. Don't allow me to act rashly. Brother Dianzhang, in the future, you have to remind me more!" When the uncle and Qi Chu left side by side, the third grandfather said: "Wait, you take the 'housekeeping team' away too Come on, go beat the devils!" Qi Chu said: "The army is in turmoil now, how can you not have many people around you!" The third grandfather waved his hands unquestionably, closed his eyes and said, "Okay, you can go."

I stood on the flagpole pier and watched my uncle and the guerrillas go away singing. In the ranks of the guerrillas, I also saw my uncle.Before the guerrillas set off, my uncle took off his long gown, put on a military uniform left by the defeated Kuomintang soldiers, and pinned a twenty-eight box on his waist, as if he was a soldier and gave my third grandfather a crappy military salute , put a large bunch of keys in the guest room courtyard on the table, "Father, I'm leaving too." The third grandpa waved his hand and said, "I know you're leaving, don't think your father is an old fool, I've already I know that you are also a Communist Party hiding beside your father!"

I looked at the sky for a long time.The figures of the uncle and the uncle squirmed towards the sky along with the long ant colony, and disappeared in the place where the sky and the earth connected.My nose was a little sour, and tears were hanging hot on my face. Mother said that uncle and uncle were the last two figures to leave this big family.Before the two of them, the fifteen children of my grandfather, second grandfather, and their older brothers had all left their hometown.The cousin who left with the uncle was the youngest son of the third grandfather. Their brothers and sisters did not come back after finishing their studies in the provincial capital.Only the third grandpa and his wife were waiting in the manor left by the grandpa to provide for a big family that was about to collapse.One night, the third grandpa walked into the Datong Garden Memorial Hall alone, looked at the portrait of my grandpa and said, "Father, you have a group of self-reliant descendants. They are all rebels and gravediggers of this family. But I must leave Come down and guard the tomb of your old man until the day breaks and the lamp burns out. Are you sad? Father!"