Chapter 11 Chapter 9 Hanjiang Moon

one After sailing along the Han River for a while, Chen and Liang divisions landed in boats and headed westward.Liang Shuguang took three trucks to form a convoy in order to get in touch with the brother troops.Chen Wenhong led the whole army to trudge through the swampy land densely covered with lakes and rivers. Once in action, Chen Wenhong is full of energy and concentrated.If he usually belongs to himself, but now he belongs to a cell of this fighting body.This is the source of his vigorous strength to inspire the morale of the troops with his belief and will under the scorching sun.He is most afraid of peacefully stationing troops in a big city: first, there are tall buildings here, and there are buildings there, and he feels panicked; second, doing nothing, some personal distractions arise like weeds.Originally, he was born and raised on the big wilderness, but now, when he came to this endless green wilderness, he felt that his whole body was extremely free and unrestrained.However, after a day of marching, a new thought squirmed in my heart: just like when I went from the south to the north, I felt that I was not used to everything in the north, but now I have to familiarize myself with everything in the south when I go from the north to the south.For example, here is not like being on the vast land of the northeast, as long as you align the compass, you can walk with your feet free.Here, the rivers are dense like cobwebs, and the roads are winding. You have to cross the river more than a dozen times a day. It is relatively easy to wade through shallow places.Before and after the crossing, the troops were crowded on the ferry, people screaming, and there was a lot of noise. It is really not easy for you to maintain an orderly march.Chen Wenhong was a little sad, how come the land where he was born has become an unfamiliar land?Water vapor, air, evaporated by the sun, the air is covered with a layer of mist.Yunmengze was called Zeguo in ancient times, and it really is a Zeguo that can never reach the border!The river is so green and the grass is so green. There are neither woods nor bamboo forests. Occasionally, a tree grows crookedly in the puddle, and it looks very lonely.Loneliness, desolation, a few waterfowls are flying silently in the sky, a group of frogs startled in the grass, jumping into the pond, the sound is really monotonous!On the first day of their march, they began to taste the humidity and heat.However, this did not overwhelm most of the fighters from the Northeast. The green mist, the lake, and the neon lights flickering in the distant water vapor made them look curiously like children, and they felt fresh and interesting everywhere.So some of them laughed, some shouted happily, and some even sang... Chen Wenhong felt happy for the good response of the soldiers.Whenever at this time, he thought of the Soviet song sung in Yan'an: "...you are not afraid of burning in the fire, and you will not sink in the water..." Since then, he has made up his mind to create such a song. Team, let him be the leader of this team.His dedication and hard training spirit, as well as his handsome, brave, cheerful, powerful, really left a deep impression on the hearts of the soldiers.When he was the head of the regiment, in a positional battle, the enemy concentrated their superior firepower to attack fiercely, and our army retreated like a tide. He thrust the red flag into the ground fiercely, and let the bullets fly wildly, but he was determined not to move.Seeing him like this, all the retreating officers and soldiers immediately woke up, shouted, and launched a very beautiful counter charge, which played a decisive role in this famous battle.When he was the division commander, once, two American weapon regiments surrounded his battalion. He drew out the Kwantung Army saber, waved it above his head, a silver light flashed, his face flushed, and he shouted fiercely: "Follow me!" Immediately, the flying horse galloped straight to the enemy's position, and the soldiers followed with a cry, killing a bloody road, making the enemy frightened and fled in embarrassment.He has a sacred rule for leading troops, which is to carefully observe a squad, a platoon, and a company to see if there is such a kind of person there who can stand up at a critical moment and drive the overall situation with his personal actions.As long as he found out, he would write down the person's name in a small notebook.Then according to his understanding, in different situations, use different troops, in his words: "to achieve the expected effect of this sharp knife."

Now, as he looked at the characteristics of fighting in the south, he thought about this question again, and his eyes fell on Mou Chunguang. Mou Chunguang, a short, stocky man with a round black and red face and the typical enthusiasm, boldness, and chivalry of Northeast people, was still standing at the ferry, waiting for the ferry.He put his arms on the broken wooden fence where the hay was drying, and squinted into the distance. Chen Wenhong walked over and saw a long clump of daylilies growing under Mou Chunguang's feet, with yellow flowers blooming on the green stems, fluttering in the wind. Mou Chunguang broke one and chewed the petals in his mouth.Chen Wenhong asked:

"Why? The yellow fungus is not as good as yours from Heilongjiang, right?" Mou Chunguang spat out the residue of chewing and said: "No chewing head!" "It's getting farther and farther away from home, what do you think?" Mou Chunguang smiled faintly: "In the past when wandering around the Songhua River, all we could think about was the lump in the northeast." "What now?" "Now, the world is so big. No wonder Yue Pengju said 'eight thousand miles of cloud and moon'. Since ancient times, soldiers have big vision."

"Don't you miss home?" "Home is like pinning it on your trouser belt. Home is wherever you go. It depends on how you think about it." "What are you thinking about now?" "Hey, where there is a family, there is a country; where there is a country, there is a family; without a family, there is no country; without a country, there is no home." Chen Wenhong was secretly happy for Mou Chunguang's generosity, so he said: "Deputy Commander Qin praised you!" "That old man..." He chuckled, "Going into Gongzhuling to see his fierce appearance, I even scolded him behind his back!"

Both of them burst out laughing. Mou Chunguang was overjoyed, and took out two "Lao Maozi" cigarettes from his pocket. Chen Wenhong pushed them back with his hands: "Let's save one and smoke it in Hainan Island!" "Commander Qin told you? This is just such a good old man! The mandarin of a soldier can be heard in his ears. Let alone Song Xilian, even Bai Chongxi is no match for him." "You think so?" Mou Chunguang whispered mysteriously: "If you have time, you can ask Yue Dazhuang and you will understand, but this person is so eloquent, I'm afraid it's not easy to make him laugh,..."

"I said you asked me to ask..." "That's absolutely not possible, we two brothers are hot, don't poke this trick!" He suddenly shook his hand: "Hey! Hey! The second class is on board!" Hearing the squad leader's password, the people in the second squad immediately lined up neatly, with square backpacks on their backs and shiny rifles on their shoulders. Blow, everyone is full of energy. Chen Wenhong was very excited: ——It's a good drive! He threw himself into the ranks of the soldiers at once, like a splinter thrown into a torrent.As soon as his heart plunged into the vortex of warrior emotion, he forgot everything.The ferry boat was rippling in the river, and the bodies of the people on board swayed accordingly.Chen Wenhong was wrapped in the sweat and tobacco smell of the soldiers. He felt warm, comfortable and bright.

two Liang Shuguang and Liang Tianzhu stood side by side on the first truck.After a day of exposure to the sun, the trucks passed by, and the yellow dust swirled up on the road flew high, and then sprinkled on the faces and bodies of the soldiers.The smoke and dust have covered the woods and fields beside the road, making them burnt and brown.This is the scene of a large army pressing down on the border. Just as Bai Chongxi's team passed by in front, the People's Liberation Army troops came behind.There are few villages scattered in the distance, and there are almost no pedestrians. Occasionally, there is a small shed selling tea on the side of the road. If you really drink it, it smells like earth.

When Liang Tianzhu came this time, the organization gave him two tasks. One was to find Mrs. Liang and lead Shuguang's mother and son to meet; the other was to contact the Jiangnan guerrillas to find out Dinah's whereabouts and try to rescue her. Now, he stands on the train, just like standing on the locomotive, showing the majesty of a helmsman and train captain, his capable eyes keep turning, lest he miss this village or that shop, and be in vain.Because his mother was separated, he didn't send it himself, and besides, it has been eight or nine years since he left the hometown where he grew up, and there are still changes in the world, let alone Yedian Desolate Village?During the storm in the liberation of Wuhan, he not only rescued the locomotive and defended the river bank, but also personally drove the locomotive to send the People's Liberation Army into the city, and saw his brother at the celebration meeting.Liang Shuguang left, Tianzhu was still a baby, that day when his elder brother came to the stage to announce his name, he was shocked, the more he thought about it, the more he resembled it, and he quickly recognized it.The one-night talk made him more enlightened, yes!My mother joined the party, and then promoted Tianzhu to join the party, and now my brother is back. The family members of the Communist Party are about to reunite, thinking about being happy.Think about it a few days ago, when he heard that Bai Chongxi was going to destroy the Great Wuhan, and he didn't know whether his mother was alive or dead, he just felt that his mother was dying, crying silently. comfort mother.Now, as the car drove closer and closer to his mother, his heart became weak.Thinking that his mother is so old and frail, but also has a strong fighting spirit, loving mother and loving son, he thinks about throwing himself into her arms and crying for a while!Although Liang Shuguang and Liang Tianzhu have their own experiences and ideas, they exchange glances by chance, and their eyes are full of common worries, anxiety, and expectations.Especially when dusk came from the fields, and the last touch of red cloud in the sky, like a piece of red color dissolved in water, slowly diluted and disappeared, the two of them were even more worried.When it was completely dark, even though the headlights of the truck illuminated the front, Tianzhu was afraid that he would have to look for a place, and Shuguang didn't know where his home was.The night of summer is like breaking into the boundless ancient forest, the sky and the ground are pitch black.The dew gradually poured down, and the people in the car felt cold for a while.At this moment, Liang Tianzhu suddenly slapped the roof of the car with a "bang bang" sound, and Liang Shuguang immediately ordered to stop.

They jumped out of the car and saw that the roadside was as dark as a pile of mountains. At this moment, Liang Shuguang seemed to have a hot current rushing from the bottom of his heart to his throat. When he thought of seeing his mother soon, he couldn't help but cry. Night, where is mother? After all, Tianzhu was a bit confused, so he turned on the flashlight and walked forward. When he looked closer, it turned out that it was not a mountain, but a dense jungle, covered with slopes beside the road.They were in a hurry, so they stepped forward on the grass, smelling a fragrant and moist breath, and circled down from one big tree to another.

Liang Shuguang saw that there was no place where there were people, so he asked: "Do you remember?" Liang Tianzhu said: "Listen, that's not the cry of field frogs. There is a pond behind our house." The forest was dark, and Liang Shuguang burst into tears: hometown! Mother! How many years have you been nostalgic?How many years of suspense? And now, he's back, and he's going to worship at his mother's knees! ——During those catastrophic years, there was no other way. I had to leave my mother behind and go to Yan'an all the way... Mother, mother, your child is now back.

He took a step forward, and his chest thumped. When they came out of the dense forest, it happened that the moon was in the east.A round of bright full moon shrouds houses, bamboo groves, and forests in faint green, and they are reflected in front of the eyes.Liang Shuguang followed Liang Tianzhu towards the door of the house, his heart beat even tighter, and the feeling of reunion after a long time swarmed up, look, that yellow mud hut, the thatched roof was covered with black weeds, it looked like autumn frost The cured leaves have been beaten, the decayed grass has wept through the autumn wind, it is the gate of the hometown!The door is on the wall of the house.Liang Shuguang could no longer restrain himself at this time, he wanted to break in and hug his mother, but when Liang Tianzhu raised his fist to knock on the door, Shuguang was afraid that Ye Jing would frighten the old man even more coldly, so he quickly stopped and patted the old man lightly. He patted the door knocker, his hand was trembling, and the sound of the door knocker was slight... In this deep night, although the sound of the door knocker was slight, the sound of knocking was like a stone being thrown into the middle of the lake, and it slammed. The fish in the pond will jump out of the water in shock, would startle the sleeping birds in their nests to flap their wings, Liang Shuguang waited for the door to open with a creak, and he would blurt out "Mother!" But there was no response in the room, and everything was silent. Liang Tianxiang couldn't bear to call out "Mom!" Only then did he hear a rustling sound inside. Liang Shuguang heard this sound, and he waited for "Yeah" to open the door. The door did open, and Liang Shuguang was about to rush forward. But it was watery and deserted. Looking under the moonlight, it was a middle-aged woman who came out. The faint green fell on her face, and she asked in panic: "Which one are you looking for?" "I am Liang Tianzhu, the son of Mrs. Liang. Wuhan has been liberated. I am here to find the old man." The woman is a little suspicious: "It's so blind..." "The road is hard to drive, the traffic is crowded, so I am a little late." Even though the moonlight is so bright, this woman dare not rush to agree, not to mention that there are seven or eight gun-carrying men behind, and this year's turmoil makes it clear who is red and who is white, and it just keeps making people panic! Liang Tianzhu saw that there was nothing he could do, so he had to say: "Let's talk to the old man Sanqi!" This Sanqi old man was a relationship made by the Wuhan party organization when he arrived. Liang Tianzhu was eager to look after his family and found him first. At this time, disappointment and anxiety hit Liang Shuguang all at once. Thousands of tens of thousands of days and nights, he finally looked forward to this place, but he couldn't find his mother.He quickly stretched out his hand to support the mud wall, and then leaned against the mud wall tightly, like a flash of lightning flashed in his heart, is it possible that his mother is gone? In fact, Sanqi old man was listening through the crack of the door of a warehouse next door. As soon as he heard that Tianzhu had come back, he opened the door and came out to meet him. It was only from his mouth that he revealed the truth. It turned out that a few days ago, Bai Chongxi's troops withdrew from Wuhan and were defeated like a mountain.Afraid of accidents, the Sanqi old man sent someone to drive Aunt Liang into the lake to be resettled. As for which lake, the person who sent him hadn't returned yet, so it's hard to say for a while. Because of the human voice, the field frog stopped singing, as if it was trying to find out what happened. Liang Shuguang stood in a daze under the faint green moonlight, standing in front of his house illuminated by the faint green moonlight, but he had not found his mother yet, how disappointed and miserable he was!Together, the two brothers had no choice but to complete the task of getting in touch with the brother's army first, and then slowly search for their mother, depending on the situation.Liang Shuguang was helpless. He returned to his hometown and left again, so he bid farewell to the old man Sanqi. The old man Sanqi said to the woman: "It's strange that she doesn't recognize you two. She still combs her hair with horns when you leave the house." Where's your little girl!" The two brothers said: "It's late at night, what a disturbance." After expressing their thanks, they got into the truck and drove westward. three Qin Zhen didn't know why Dong Tiannian, commander of the Western Front Corps, asked him to meet him in Fancheng. He originally wanted to hit the ground running and rush to the frontline headquarters south of the Han River in one go, and immediately go to war, but now it seems that he can only stagnate in Jiangbei for a day. The meeting between him and Dong Tiannian was very inspiring and touching. Dong Tiannian sent a staff officer to wait at an intersection outside Fancheng.Seeing a small jeep coming with billowing smoke, the staff officer immediately raised his hand to call, the jeep stopped, Qin Zhen leaned out from his seat, and the staff officer saluted and reported: "Commander Dong sent here to meet Deputy Commander Qin." Qin Zhen immediately felt that this was a special favor and warmth given to him by the old commander. While talking, the medium-sized jeep behind also arrived one after another. The young and clever little consultant boarded the jeep he was sitting on and led the way. I haven't seen each other for decades, I don't know what the old commander has become? Qin Zhen felt extremely impatient to meet Dong Tiannian. Because, within the party and within the Red Army, Dong Tiannian was the one who knew Qin Zhen's entire situation the most.Dong Tiannian met Qin Zhen's parents in Wuhan, and then they experienced the pain of the failure of the Great Revolution and the hardships of the Long March together. The two hugged each other as soon as they met.Dong Tiannian only had one right arm, so he still stretched out his fist and slammed Qin Zhen's back heavily. The two embraced and circled around. Then, Dong Tiannian pushed his shoulders away, looked carefully for a while, and murmured Saying: "No change! No change!" "It's no good, I'm old!" "You can't pretend to be old in front of me, and I dare to call you Xiao Qin! You couldn't tie the red tassels on straw sandals back then, I even moved the needle and thread for you, what do you think? My Deputy Commander Qin!" The last call made Qin Zhen feel panicked, his face flushed, and he hurriedly said: "Old Chief, don't be like this..." "What palms and soles, come, come, let's do the math." He counted with his fingers and said, "Look, it's been thirteen years since I left the grass!" Qin Zhen looked at Dong Tiannian's broken arm.He had heard that Dong Tiannian was wounded in the West Route Army and had his limbs amputated. He went to the Soviet Union, attended the highest Red Army school in the Soviet Union, and received strict and formal military education. Now he is a learned and experienced veteran general up.When they returned to China in the early days of the Liberation War, they were not in the same area and had never met. "Young man! I still thought of you when I was eating black bread in Moscow! But you did a good job, really good!" The two hugged each other tightly again, as if neither of them had time to sit down, they just stood there. Qin Zhen was preoccupied with the decisive battle that was about to unfold. Dong Tiannian didn't mean that, he just talked about irrelevant things. Qin Zhen murmured in his heart: "No wonder people are said to be old and easy to fall in love..." No, Dong Tiannian was absolutely not impulsive, he was enthusiastic but calm, and waved his hand: "We don't talk about war today, we only talk about our private affairs..." This sentence cleared Qin Zhen's doubts. Now he understands that Dong Tiannian's agreement with Fankou is because he doesn't want to meet in the headquarters as the commander and deputy commander. How considerate the old chief is!Thinking of this, Qin Zhen felt warm.So he also revealed all his heart and said: "Old chief, I have a lot of things on my mind!" "Why, is Xiaoding not in good health?" "You're still young, you're already an old man. But, to be honest, her drive is not bad!" "She has always been like that, strict with herself and others." Qin Zhen was very happy with Dong Tiannian's evaluation of Ding Zhenwu.However, his heart was full of thoughts, and he didn't know where to start, and there was only a smile on his rosy cheeks. The two of them sat side by side on a long wooden bench brought from a primary school.Dong Tiannian lit a cigar to smoke, and at the same time threw one to Qin Zhen.Qin Zhen just sent it to the tip of his nose to smell it, and then fiddled with it with both hands without inhaling. Dong Tiannian's gaze settled down: "You have a lot of preoccupations, so I don't have a lot of preoccupations? You said that revisiting the old place, is it okay if you don't move?" "That's right, entering Shenyang and entering Beijing is all about that intention, to defeat Chiang Kai-shek and establish a new China. I don't know how to go south——I think of many people and things..." "We are survivors. Survivors have a heavy burden. Have you thought about it?" Qin Zhen didn't make a sound, he couldn't say he didn't think about it.However, he felt that Commander Dong's words had other meanings at this time. Dong Tiannian, a chubby soldier with a pair of smiling eyes on his round face, gray hair, and an empty sleeve hanging down his left shoulder, flicked the ashes of his cigar and remained silent for a while, wondering what he was thinking.Then, sitting upright, he gave Qin Zhen a serious look: "Qin Zhen, it's not too late to start the battle!" "But the enemy still wants to carry out a partial counter-offensive in central China and establish a resistance position in the southwest." "That's right! I still have to chew the last bite of rice, but..." —but what? Qin Zhen listened quietly. "As history, do you understand? History, the middle page of the entire history has been turned over." Dong Tiannian stood up, put one hand on the table, and tapped the table with his fingernails: "If we were only fighting wars, we wouldn't be quite communists, because that's only half the story..." "This half is expensive!" "The next step may cost even more!" Qin Zhen didn't understand, he only looked at it with inquiring eyes. Dong Tiannian walked back and forth in the room a few times, then stood opposite Qin Zhen, and leaned over from the table: "China! China! Lovely China! Poor China! I said that our Chinese nation has always been great, and its brilliance once shone all over the world. However, after thousands of years of feudal oppression and 100 years of imperial aggression, you have come to Western capitalism. Let the world listen! Take a look, what do they think of us?—opium smokers, slaves! Trash, idiots, sick men of East Asia, Chinese and dogs are not allowed.” He suddenly punched the table, and several enamel The tea mug jumped high and made a ping-pong sound, and the water splashed all over the table.Then, he swept his hands sideways: "I don't believe in that evil!... In this land, they fight, and we fight too. If you don't fight, what do you see all the way from the north to the south?" "Dilapidated..." "Hey, buddy, that's right, it's rotten everywhere. Let's take this Fancheng as an example. I looked around. Why is there the most coffin shops? Is it the year of God's harvest? To hell with it!" He seemed to be telling Qin Zhen about a confidential matter, his voice was low but very weighty: "Man, our good days are in the second half. Have you thought about what to do after the war?" "I discussed with Lao Ding to find a place to plant an orchard." "Haha...'Going back, the countryside will be overgrown, and the tiger will not return', you think so leisurely and at ease! I say you are fantasy, you are cranky. We have fought for so many years, fighting south and north , non-stop, I ask you why?" Qin Zhen knew that Dong Tiannian had something to say, so he just smiled and looked at him without answering. Dong Tiannian said: "Victory is pressing! However, victory in a war is not the end, but the beginning. We destroy for the sake of construction. Think about it, on both sides of the Han River, as far as you can see, there are rocky beaches and abandoned land everywhere. In the future Tens of thousands, tens of thousands of factories have been built, and the rats are pulling the shovel, but the big head is still behind! Besides, the feudalism is decadent, and the semi-colonial servility, these ghosts, can they be cleaned up in one go? Is it clean? It's still sneaky and troublesome. I think you're good at cleaning!" He frowned in pain, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said thoughtfully: "When a person's physical wounds are healed, it doesn't mean that his spiritual wounds are healed. We still have a long way to go to build an ideal society! Didn't the Second Plenary Session of the Party clearly point out: 'We The familiar will be put on hold, and the unfamiliar will force us to become familiar. What does this mean? National victory is only the first step in a long march. Looking at the Chinese people's democracy after decades The victory of the revolution will make people feel like a short prologue in a long drama. The drama must start from the prologue, but the prologue is not the climax. The Chinese revolution is great, but the journey after the revolution is longer, The work is greater and harder.' What does that mean? "Yes, 'We can learn things we didn't know. We're not only good at destroying an old world, we're also good at building a new world.' What does that mean?" "This is a new marching order issued by the party to each of us!" When he said this, his eyes lit up: "Qin Zhen, you don't deserve to live a leisurely life. I am more qualified than you to enjoy leisure and happiness." He patted his pocket, "I still have a second-class disability certificate! It’s natural to fall down. Think about it, think about it, how should we fight now, let him wipe out Chen Guzi’s rotten sesame seeds who counterattacked in Central China and established a resistance position in the Southwest..." Qin Zhen heard this, smiled and said: "It seems that the starting point of my simple wish is too low... However, that is not a wild idea. I really don't want to be rewarded for meritorious service and appointed as an official once I win." Dong Tiannian nodded in agreement: "You sacrificed your parents for the party and the revolution, and you are still making sacrifices. When you have already embarked on the road of senior cadres, it is your virtue of humility that you can think this way, but regardless of what you said, once we worry about I know that you are a character who never relents in the face of difficult tasks!" These words led the heart-to-heart conversation between them to a higher ideological realm.They see far, far. —that seductive distance, —that magical distance, ——The distance where the burning torch is lit. Qin Zhen's alert and wise eyes suddenly brightened. He felt that since he entered Wuhan, he had been involved too much in pain and sorrow.Now, looking at the rustling white hair of the old commander, he felt a burst of shame and a burst of joy. They talked all afternoon, and after dinner, both wanted to go outside for a walk.Walk through a narrow street, turn a corner, and arrive at the Han River. They talked and walked by the river, and saw that a bright moon had risen.Moonlight, river water, cool breeze, so refreshing.They couldn't help but sat down on the embankment of the Han River. Dong Tiannian stretched out his hands to wash his face next to Qin Zhen. Feeling that the water of the Han River was so cool and smooth, he simply took off his shoes and socks, and soaked his feet in the river water. The village that Liang Shuguang visited at night was pale green, but it shone like gold in the sky above the Han River.On the mighty river, the moon is like countless golden snakes shaking, swaying, and flying.At this moment, Qin Zhen's state of mind is as vast and magnanimous as the sky.The moon illuminates everything so clearly. Today’s night is not like night, but it’s also not like day. Everything looks brilliant and bright. Due to the reflection of this brilliance, the whole blue sky is infinitely deep and solemn. It flows without a sound, tenderness is like water, water is like tenderness, there are no waves, no waves, like a river of spring water flowing eastward, penetrating Qin Zhen's heart. Dong Tiannian looked up at the moonlight for a long time, and suddenly said to Qin Zhen: "I completely understand how you feel." "..." "When you came from Beijing, Comrade Enlai talked to me. He suggested that you come to the Western Front Corps." Qin Zhen was agitated for a moment, but then calmed down again. "Forget it, Xiao Qin! I too have experienced pain and sorrow. Forget it! Forget it for now!" Dong Tiannian glanced at Qin Zhen as he spoke, he was surprised, the moonlight shone on his face brightly, and what he saw was the brilliance of joy. Four The bell of war is about to ring. When Qin Zhen came to the headquarters of the Western Front Corps, he became a completely different person.Great changes have taken place on his face, body, and whole person. He is fully focused and his eyes are sharp. From his movements and demeanor, he can feel a huge power and incomparable majesty that controls the war.The trials and tribulations encountered in Wuhan seemed to have been swept away at once, and he devoted himself to the war with full enthusiasm.War, not to mention this is the first decisive battle since going south! There is no doubt that the bell is to be rung by us.It is impossible to let the enemy, absolutely impossible to let the enemy, what qualifications do they have to ring the bell.For them, there are only death knells. If the bell rings, it will be like a terrible hurricane blowing from a steep peak, like a rushing rush on the vast land, like roaring waves on the sea.However, before that moment, everything was absolutely secret, as if there was no sound at all, no light at all, day and night, as usual, but the atmosphere of the commanding headquarters was tense, frequent, witty, and agile.Qin Zhen was like this as soon as he came to the front, as if his eyes were open even when he fell asleep, not to mention that he didn't sleep very much at all, all his organs were active, he was capturing all kinds of information precisely, and was thinking with judgment. At the meeting where the battle plan was finally decided. On Dong Tiannian's chubby round face, his eyes were narrowed as if sleepy, and he turned to Qin Zhen gently: "Deputy Commander Qin! What do you mean?" Dong Tiannian seemed to want to test his new changes because he hadn't fought with Qin Zhen for many years. The headquarters is set up in a middle school, and the war room is a classroom.A map of the situation in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River was hung on the blackboard, and seven or eight desks were assembled into a long table. On the table was a 150,000th map from Xiangyang to Yichang, Jiangling, and Shashi.Qin Zhen kept holding a magnifying glass, leaning over the table, as if looking for any flaws or answers from it.Although the field army had telegrams regarding the combat tasks and specific deployments, there was a sentence in the telegram that "Qin Zhen will present the details in person."Therefore, at the beginning of the military meeting, Qin Zhen relayed the deployment of the decisive battle on the western front in a concise, cautious and modest manner.After that, during the meeting, he did not express any opinions except for an occasional interjection.This was because he had just been transferred from the Eastern Front to the Western Front, so he was not familiar enough with the situation; more importantly, because he was a newcomer, it was inconvenient to talk about it immediately.Dong Tiannian had been sitting on the bench as steadily as Mount Tai, and because his hearing was a bit dull, he put his hands behind his ears, turning to one side and then the other.He also observed Qin Zhen secretly. He felt that Qin Zhen was not as impatient as before, but a sophisticated and mature commander.He felt sincerely happy about this, but because of this, he wanted to hear his opinion even more, so he pryed like that. Qin Zhen got up from the table and looked at Dong Tiannian. At this time, the two of them were not close friends who washed their feet on a moonlit night in the Han River at all, but a relationship between generals who made the final decision and decided the fate of the war.He had thought it over, and he answered immediately: "Considering the conditions of the enemy and ourselves, I think it is very accurate to march on July 6." "Look at the enemy..." The commander struggled to stand up with his fat body, stretched out a thick finger, and tapped on the road from Xiangyang to Shashi. "It may be cut off by them... Director Yao specifically proposed to ensure Shashi." Everyone bent down together vigilantly, and all their eyes were sharply focused on this route. The Yangtze River rushes out from the Three Gorges and spreads out, forming a lake and marsh zone east of Shashi with Honghu Lake in the north and Dongting in the south.The enemy is in the north of the Yangtze River, with Yichang, Jingzhou, and Shashi behind their backs, forming a backwater trend.If our army goes straight from Xiangyang to the Yangtze River, how the enemy's army will react is a move worth considering. "Old Qin! Have you considered, in case the enemy blocks us between Xiangyang and Shashi?" The corners of Qin Zhen's mouth moved slightly, and he smiled lightly: "From the perspective of enemy morale, a major obstruction is unlikely..." "Okay!" The old commander patted the table with his palm: "The plan for starting on the 6th is decided! This game of chess, now depends on how our chess piece plays! You have your way, and I have my plan. Chess, we still have to kill step by step, You have to adapt accordingly. However, I think the overall situation has been decided, so let’s act according to the predetermined plan! Chief of Staff, please inform the regiment, when to issue another order, and wait for the order.” The chief of staff immediately took several staff officers who attended the meeting and walked out. Dong Tiannian looked at everyone again: "We must have the belief that we will win, but the beast will continue to fight. The question is whether we can make sufficient mental preparations." Fives Yes, the question is whether we can adequately prepare ourselves mentally. In this delicate stage before the first shot of the war is fired, Qin Zhen, as usual, can't eat well, and can't sleep well.Dong Tiannian, however, belongs to the type of person who can eat and sleep with certain arrangements.Even when others are watching all kinds of changes nervously, he is always more chic than usual, holding a cigar in his hand and reading his thread-bound book.Qin Zhen thought he was reading "Sun Tzu's Art of War", but when he read it, it turned out to be a collection of poems by Li Changji from the Tang Dynasty.Telegrams came snowing in from the radio, and he glanced at them, signed them, and let them go. The next day, an urgent call came from the field army headquarters: "The enemy relies on the Sha and Yi Jiangbei base areas, and has heavily occupied the Sha and Xiang roads to prevent our troops from crossing the river." After Qin Zhen finished reading the telegram, he took it to find Dong Tiannian upstairs in the former dormitory of the school staff. When he climbed the stairs step by step, he felt that the old commander was indeed far-sighted.However, considering various aspects, he believes that this is possible, but not necessarily necessary. Therefore, when Dong Tiannian finished the telegram and looked up at him, he said: "As long as we don't expose it, we don't let the enemy figure out our intentions and catch us by surprise." "You mean to say that even if the enemy moves out, it will hit our hard nail." Qin Zhen cautiously did not answer, but his demeanor showed that he thought so. Dong Tiannian took Qin Zhen by the hand and said: "Xiao Qin! (Qin Zhen feels that the old commander always has a special sense of intimacy when he calls him 'Xiao Qin') Sit down, have one?" Qin Zhen took the cigar, lit it, and took a puff. He coughed and burst into tears again, and quickly extinguished it. "This thing is really..." "This is a real Cuban cigar. No one wants it when it is thrown on the battlefield. Some soldiers say it is a new type of machine gun bullet. Look! Look! Two big boxes of cigars have been brought to me. Look! Look!" Both of them burst out laughing. The commander stopped laughing, holding back the tears from his laughter, pointed to the telegram and said: "Not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, what do you think?" "The old commander pointed this out yesterday, and I've been thinking about it all night..." "What are you thinking?" The commander's eyes lit up suddenly. "Do you want to act early?" “不管它，不能打草惊蛇，不能让敌人牵住鼻子走，这是兵家最忌！兵家最忌！” "So……" “依我看，让他一着棋，你忘了林教头比武的故事？” 这一天夜里，秦震依旧和衣而卧，在摇曳的灯影里，看一本苏联小说。不知怎么，今天，那些字看到眼里，却不往脑子里去。他叹了一口气，吹熄了蜡烛，翻身朝墙，想睡一下。谁知这一回却果然睡着了，不过，一片脚步声使他立刻惊醒过来，连忙问： “有电报吗？” “总部来电。” 秦震就着参谋的手电筒看了电报，只八个字： “重要消息，注意收听。” 他沉吟了一下： ——要不要叫醒董司令员？ 看了表，已经下半夜两点零五分。 ——是什么重要新闻呢？ 他拧着眉头猜测了一阵，吩咐参谋： “注意收听，一字不漏抄了送我。” 从这以后，他再也没有睡着，有时朦朦胧胧，似睡非睡，有时就睁着两只眼睛。等到晨曦初上，微微放明，他就披了上衣，准备到作战科去。恰好，在门口，见到手电光一闪，走来一人，正是值班参谋。两人站在院落中间一株参天老树下面，秦震来不及戴眼镜，就让参谋念给他听。 这是第四野战军发言人重申五月三十日对敌人发出的警告：如敢破坏沙市江堤，定予严惩不贷。 沙市为长江要冲，如炸毁堤坝，长江洪水就会奔泻而下，就会使江汉平原包括大武汉在内尽入泽国，通通淹没，其后果不堪设想，其险状不堪设想。现在，当白崇禧部队云集宜、沙一带，我军挥戈南下，犁庭扫穴，直捣长江的时候，再一次发出警告，显然是非常重要的举动，同时，不也意味着我们处境有一种潜在的危机吗？ ! 秦震考虑了一下，就上楼去向董天年报告，董天年从酣睡中醒来，侧着头听取报告后，只说了六个字： “按原计划不变。” 说得简洁、明了、果断。 秦震复述了一遍。 董天年清醒地点了点头。 这是董天年指挥上的特点，当事情还未决定时，他再三强调慎重考虑，但经过反复推敲一旦决定，他就轻易不变了。 谁知没过半小时，突然间由前线部队传来通过各种侦察手段汇集的报告。 这一回，正在漱洗的董天年，却急忙揩了把脸，把毛巾一扔，说：“请兵团首长们到会议室议事！”就“咚咚咚”大踏步走下楼梯来。还是那个在黑板上钉着地图的大教室里，一早起就是一股燠闷，有的只穿件衬衣，有的披着外衣，只有秦震从来就没解衣，穿着十分整齐，腰间还扎了三寸宽的皮带，手里却拿着军帽当扇子扇。参谋长读了电报： 敌人集结四个军、一个保安旅，出犯当阳、远安，有重占当、远，进伺襄樊之势。 “吓！胃口不小，要端我们的家底呀！” 司令员命令：“查一查前沿部队有没有暴露行动？” 一个参谋应声出去了。 司令员站起身来，目光在桌面地图上凝视不动。 窗上已露出一片红色阳光。秦震敞开衣领，正俯身桌上，在鄂西荆门与长江之间这片平地上睃巡。现在，他明显地看出了敌人以荆门为目标截断襄沙公路的企图。 当前线急电报告敌人进占远安，那是一九四九年七月六日。