Chapter 15 Chapter 6 Shajiadian (3)

The generals and commanders were all covered in yellow mud, and their eyes were all on Zhong Song.Those eyes were bloodshot, tense, anxious.Only the head of the regiment had mud splashed on his dark face, but he didn't care, as if he was the only one with unique courage and courage among the people present. Suddenly there was a burst of violent machine gunfire, and the air trembled. Several officers moved all over their bodies as if they had been electrocuted, and stretched out their ears to listen.It's annoying, the gunshots after the rain are particularly crisp and irritating.The head of the regiment did not stretch his ears to listen, nor was he surprised.He was looking at Zhong Song.Zhong Song's face was resolute and stern. He was wearing a grass-green khaki military officer's uniform on the outside, a soldier's yellow cloth military uniform on the inside, and a black coarse cotton-padded jacket from a fellow from northern Shaanxi.

"Why is he wearing ordinary people's clothes? Ah, if our team loses the battle, he can escape in disguise! This kid..." This novel discovery made the regiment leader really panic.His nostrils moved one by one. Sometimes Zhong Song put his hand on his forehead and closed his eyes, as if he had a headache.There was a map on the ground. He lay down, glanced at it quickly, and cursed: "Communist Army, hateful! Cunning! Damn it!" The brigade commander said calmly: "The sky is not beautiful! If it hadn't rained, we might have advanced to Wulongbao." Zhong Song complained furiously: "Northern Shaanxi, the most backward! I have been fighting for many years, and I have never seen such an abominable place like Northern Shaanxi! I have never seen it! There are mountains everywhere, the wind and rain are unpredictable, and the people are unreasonable." Very stubborn!"

A person behind the brigade commander interjected: "Now it seems that the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd brigades commanded by Liu Ziqi shouldn't be far away from the main force of our division and advance towards Wulongbao first." Zhong Song said: "I'm not asking you to make unnecessary complaints! These days, Chairman Jiang and Mr. Hu have put great hopes on me and you.... Now, now we must be very calm!" Zhong Song's chief of staff approached the map and said: "Shajiadian is actually surrounded by the enemy--" Zhong Song interrupted the chief of staff and said, "Surrounded? It's too early to say that, now It can only be said that there is a danger of being divided and surrounded. I have ordered Liu Ziqi to risk all sacrifices and lead the 123rd brigade to return from Wulongbao in the rain, and move closer to Shajiadian and to us."

An officer said: "The enemy has been found between Shajiadian and Wulongbao. Brother Ziqi may not be able to approach us." Zhong Song stepped forward and roared like a wolf: "Are you unconscious? Don't we know anything about the strength of the communist army? The enemy between Shajiadian and Wulongbao is only a small number of restraining troops. The communist army, the communist army The army has always been highly concentrated and not dispersed. I want everyone to remain calm and not to exaggerate the enemy's situation, and not to exaggerate the enemy's situation!"

The brigade commander said: "If Commander Liu has the spirit of helping each other in times of trouble and leads his five and a half brigades to follow Liu Ziqi and approach us, we will be safe. But Commander Liu called and said: Heavy rain is blocking us, so we can't move." Zhong Song said: "I can't move because of the heavy rain? I will remember this account... I am not afraid that he will preserve his strength... Mr. Hu has already telegraphed him that if he cannot reach Shajiadian on the 20th - tomorrow afternoon, he will be handed over to the military. Trial in court. Also, Mr. Hu is going to board the plane tomorrow and command my troops over Shajiadian..." He looked around and said, "Everyone, for the sake of caution, we have to fly in Shajiadian. Jiadian insisted not to go east for a day. There is no problem in insisting on a day. My subordinates are capable of fighting and have the spirit of sacrifice. Mr. Hu also promised to send all the air force to support our department!"

The brigade commander asked: "That is to say, stand by and wait for help?" Zhong Song said: "Stick and wait for help. Actively, actively, we try our best to seize the mountain forts around Shajiadian. In this way, if the enemy attacks our army, let him capture the mountain forts one by one, and we can replace them." Time to come. Now, time, time.... After the ministries seize the hill, they must defend... and survive with the position. No matter what level of officer, if they abandon the position without authorization, they will be shot on the spot. It's not that I am ruthless, but that the situation is extremely dangerous. I hope everyone Pass my orders down to the soldiers!"

The urgently convened brigade party committee meeting ended after twenty minutes.The cadres were anxiously waiting for Brigadier Chen to come back, because the brigade commander had gone to the field army headquarters for a meeting. Some cadres were talking about yesterday's heavy rain and future battles, while others were sitting on the ground with their chins in their fists, thinking hard about something. As soon as the brigade commander Chen Xingyun entered the kiln gate, the eyes of the cadres all focused on his face, as if they wanted to see from his face immediately: Yesterday's battle was a mess, but what will we do tomorrow?

A series of questions came to Brigadier Chen's ears: "Brigadier, are you still fighting?" "Brigadier, where is the enemy? Have they slipped away?" ………… Yang Kewen, political commissar of the brigade, asked: "Old Chen, did you see Mr. Peng? What did he say? Continue to beat? Did the beating yesterday cause any changes?" Brigadier Chen laughed out loud.His hearty laughter echoed long and strangely in the cave.He took out a cigarette, bumped the end of the cigarette on the cigarette case, and said leisurely: "I met a comrade at the Field Army Command——Zheng Shide. He used to work at the 120th Division Command. People who know him here Many, he just came from Northwest Shanxi. He said: Commander He Long is busy working by the Yellow River these days. Boss He asked many comrades in our brigade, especially basketball player Wei Yi. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, our 120 The division has a famous basketball team called Combat Team. Wei Yi is No. 10 and plays guard with a big guy Liu. Boss He praised that these two guards are like two reinforced concrete bunkers. Don’t you think so? "

Yang Kewen said: "You are looking at the old imperial calendar. Now Wei Yi is not playing as a defender, but as a striker - charging forward on the Northwest battlefield! Anyway, Boss He has a pretty good impression of Wei Yi." Wei Yi shrugged his shoulders slightly, his honest face was a little red.He smiled honestly and said: "When I just joined the army in the winter of 1937, Boss He took a fancy to me as a big man. Later, he insisted on transferring me from the reconnaissance team to the division headquarters as a staff officer. This is the way to organize the division headquarters. It is convenient for people to play. From the beginning of the Liberation War to the present, I have never seen Boss He again, and I have not even written a letter!"

Brigadier Chen said: "Mr. He will always forgive us. He knows we are busy and lazy!" The cadres were anxious and wanted to know how to fight tomorrow's battle as soon as possible.But from Brigadier Chen's demeanor and facial expressions, it seemed that the situation was not too bad.Brigadier Chen said: "When we arrived at the village where the headquarters of the field army lived, Mr. Peng was still sitting under a tree talking to fellow villagers. Men and women, old and young, surrounded him. There was a child crawling on his back, counting He has white hair on his head. The villagers told Mr. Peng about the crops, the mountains in northern Shaanxi, and the autumn rain. Mr. Peng smiled, as if he had heard it quite interestingly. Later, Mr. Peng and I together He walked to the cave where he lived. He said: Comrade Chen Xingyun, we should be used by the people like a broom, instead of letting the people respect us, praise us, elevate us, and fear us like a clay bodhisattva. The clay bodhisattva looks very It is majestic and scary, but it cannot withstand a broom. Although the broom is a small object, it is not noticeable when lying in the corner of the room, but every house cannot do without it. Mr. Peng also learned to speak the words of northern Shaanxi while walking The local dialect speaks about the human customs here."

The cadres all looked at each other with expressions of excitement, emotion and thought on their faces. Brigadier Chen walked up to the map and said: "Our Mao Liao was on fire, but the people in the headquarters seemed to be on vacation. Comrades, there was no meeting. Mr. Peng just talked to the cadres who went separately. Mr. Peng's determination to concentrate his efforts to destroy the enemy's reorganized 36th Division remains unchanged, the plan remains unchanged, and the overall deployment remains unchanged." Yang Kewen, political commissar of the brigade, asked: "Old Chen, but after the heavy rain interrupted the Chang Gaoshan battle yesterday, our strength and deployment were exposed, and Mr. Peng's intentions were also exposed!" The cadres exchanged glances and nodded with each other, as if to say: What the political commissars of the brigade said was what they were most anxious, worried and anxious about. Brigadier Chen said: "The climate in northern Shaanxi is changing rapidly, and the war situation is changing even faster! Sometimes we can't even understand the changes, but Mr. Peng and the leaders of the field army have grasped the laws of these changes from the very beginning. Today, Mr. Peng When I analyzed the enemy's situation, I realized that he had not only mastered this rule long ago, but also prepared various plans to deal with the changing situation of the battle. After the battle yesterday, the situation of the battle changed rapidly. When our army was in a superior position, we quickly asked Hu Zongnan for instructions. Hu Zongnan, who was sitting thousands of miles away, ordered them: Recklessly shrink their troops, do fortifications on the hills around Shajiadian, and wait for reinforcements." Brigadier Chen pointed to the Three or forty miles east of Shajiadian, said: "This is Wulongbao. The 123rd Brigade, the vanguard of the 36th Division, panicked when they entered here. Because they arrived at Wulongbao They didn't meet up with the five and a half brigades led by Liu Kan. Liu Kan, the commander of the corps, was still wandering around the Yellow River thirty or forty miles east of Wulongbao. The first, second and third brigades felt that they couldn't reach Liu Kan in front of them. There was no way to touch Zhong Song in the back, and they were in a dangerous isolation. Then, the 123rd Brigade also knew that Zhong Song was besieged in Shajiadian. Entire rows of enemies were pushed away by mountains and rivers, but they couldn't stop them from turning around. These gangsters are really struggling desperately." Standing behind the political commissar of the brigade, Zhao Jin said, "Brigade Commander, the 36th Division is actually gathering in Mr. Peng's palm." Li Cheng said: "It's obvious!" He looked at Wei Yi.Wei Yi shrugged and smiled honestly, expressing his agreement with this view. Brigadier Chen said: "Last night, Mr. Peng received information: the 1st, 23rd and 12th Brigades on the Eastern Front turned back for reinforcements, and Liu Kan led the 123rd Brigade at the end of the five and a half brigades to approach the Shajiadian area. Mr. Peng also asked us to form a column He and the brother column resolutely followed the original plan to destroy the enemies in Shajiadian. He only slightly changed his troops according to this new change." He pointed to Changgao Mountain, seven or eight miles east of Shajiadian on the map, and said, "Boss Peng dispatched two brigades to ambush the 123rd Brigade who came back to reinforce Changgao Mountain." He pointed to Wulongbao and Changgao again. In the middle of the mountain, he said, "It turns out that President Peng put the × column and the two regiments of the local troops here. Their task yesterday was to fight against the 1st, 2nd and 3rd brigades that turned back and approached Shajiadian, and ensure that the main force completely wiped out the Shajiadian." Today, their mission is to send the 123rd Brigade back for reinforcements. When the 123rd Brigade enters our Changgao Mountain ambush circle, they will come down from north to south and block the advancing Liu Bei of the 123rd Brigade. For the five and a half brigades, the main force is guaranteed to wipe out the enemies in the 1st, 23rd, and Shajiadian brigades. Comrades, this is the new formation President Peng has set up according to the new situation." The cadres applauded loudly!Then, there was another heated discussion.At this moment, every commander wants to tell his soldiers his eagerness and joy.Eight In the morning, the wind was still blowing hard, but it turned around and blew southeast, blowing away all the dark clouds in the sky.In the blue sky, patches of clouds revealed their faces.Streams of sunlight pierced through the gaps in the clouds like swords.From the top of the mountain to the valley, white mist rises. All the way troops moved in ditches and hills.The main force of the Northwest Field Army approached the Shajiadian area from all directions. A few days ago, on a hill six or seven miles north of Dashajiadian, the frontline command post of the Northwest Field Army issued an order from General Peng Dehuai: Dear comrades: The elimination of the 36th Division is the beginning of the transformation of the Northwest battlefield from strategic defense to strategic counter-offensive.It is also the beginning of the recovery of Yan'an and the liberation of the Northwest. Our frontline commanders and fighters should fight bravely to complete the task of annihilating it by the evening of this day. Peng Dehuai August 20th The strong general has no weak soldiers under his command, and fierce battles unfold on the hills surrounding Shajiadian.Mr. Peng's combat order, which was printed on a small piece of white paper, was flying like snowflakes on our army's position... When the battle just started, the mission of Brigadier Chen's brigade suddenly changed: to jump over a ditch and rush forward to the Zhangjiaping ravine more than ten miles northeast of Shajiadian, preparing to go into battle from there. People and horses flowed forward from the path in the ravine. Brigadier Chen and Political Commissar Yang led the personnel from the brigade command post and stood by a small temple on the bank of the ditch. Political Commissar Yang shouted: "Move quickly! Listen, the gunfire is very close." Brigadier Chen pushed up the hat on his head, swung a small stick, and shouted: "Hurry up and get into battle!" He looked at the steep and roadless hillside on the right, and ordered a regiment commander beside him: "Your troops come up from here!" Then, he stared at the high mountain in front again, hoping that Zhao Jintuan's troops would go up from here. The troops rushed forward.However, the road ahead was crowded with soldiers from fraternal troops, stretcher teams, and animals carrying ammunition.Although Zhao Jintuan's troops pushed forward desperately, their speed of movement was still very slow. Brigadier Chen pointed to the high mountain on the opposite side, and ordered Zhao Jin: "You first send a competent cadre with some capable troops, desperate to seize that mountain. Quick!" Before the words were finished, Wei Yi's tall body appeared on the ridge.With his sleeves rolled up to his elbows and his hands on his waist, he shouted to the soldiers in the reconnaissance platoon: "Run, follow me!" .Commissar Yang pointed to Wei Yi's back and said to Brigadier Chen, "Wei Yi is going up!" Brigadier Chen said: "Oh, Wei Yi going up?" The chief of staff of the brigade said: "Yes, Wei Yi is going up!" The trails in the river channel were crowded with soldiers, artillery, cattle... Some commanders jumped and shouted, angry at those who blocked their way.Commands, shouts, neighing of horses. Wei Yi took more than 20 scouts and climbed up the southern mountain of Zhangjiaping.Wei Yi walked ahead of the scout, and he took big strides, steady and steady, it seemed that he was not walking fast.But the scouts and his guards stooped and ran as fast as they could but couldn't catch up with him. On the top of the mountain, there is fog, and patches of black clouds are flying in the sky.At this time, all the troops in the ditch moved to the root of this mountain, but suddenly on the top of the troops--on the hill that Wei Yi was going up--Zhangjiaping Nanshan, the gunfire became fierce. Wei Yi ran to the top of the mountain with more than 20 scouts in one breath.Hey!Enemies poured in overwhelmingly.They shot and shouted frantically, and rushed towards Wei Yi and the others along the mountain ridge. Wei Yi snatched the submachine gun from the guard, and fired a burst of fire.He pressed his hands down, and the scouts suddenly scattered and fell down, shooting violently. Wei Yi knelt on the ground with one leg, and shouted with all his strength: "Comrades, stand up to the enemy!" He then ordered the messenger: "Call the troops to come up! Run!" The correspondent rolled down the hill and shouted wildly on the hillside: "Hurry up! Run up! Run up!" The troops climbed desperately to the top of the mountain. Wei Yi led the scouts to fight the enemy with grenades. Wei Yi saw very clearly: if the enemy occupied this hill, they would crush most of their brigade in the ditch.In this way, the troops cannot be deployed, and they are nested in the ditch and beaten. What a terrible result!At the same time, it will also affect the entire battle situation.Wei Yi was controlled by a huge sense of responsibility.He felt that he was responsible for the decisive battle in the Northwest Battlefield.He felt that Chairman Mao, Vice Chairman Zhou, Deputy Commander Peng, the soldiers of the brigade, all the soldiers on the Northwest battlefield, and the people of the whole border region who regarded him as their flesh and blood relatives were all looking at him, and they all asked him to show the utmost loyalty. come out. Wei Yi quickly glanced at the enemy, and the enemy was all in a yellowish haze.He threw himself in front of the scout, swung another twenty rounds of his pistol, and shouted: "Never take a step back!" His tiger eyes stared fiercely at the enemy, shooting and commanding. "Swish-swish-swish" the sudden drop in air pressure, interspersed with a short harsh whistling sound and hot air flow, fell from the sky; with the sound of shells, smoke rose. At this time, Wei Yi rushed out of the smoke, his thoughts were stubbornly twisted: "Fight for every second!" He felt that his body was suddenly extraordinarily huge and wide, like a tall bunker with strong firepower, which could block all impacts.The face of the enemy can be seen clearly.The voice of the enemy commander can also be heard.But he felt that the enemy was very small in front of him. He saw a scout next to him who was really good at "fighting the gun": he didn't aim at the flat belly and took up the gun to shoot, just like practicing a bayonet gun.But every bullet did not miss. As soon as he stretched out the tip of the gun, the enemy fell.Wei Yi thought: "After the battle, he must be rewarded!" All of a sudden, the scout who was fighting with the gun fell heavily on Wei Yi's body.Wei Yi was kneeling down to shoot when he suddenly felt something pressing on his back. He straightened his chest, put away the heavy object, and ran forward a few steps. , to reward him. What's the matter, didn't you see him?" Bullets chi-chi-chi-chi-chi-chi-chi-chi-chi-chi, shells exploded beside him.Clouds of black smoke sometimes engulfed Wei Yi, and sometimes spit him out again.The scouts around him kept falling.Right now, he doesn't know how many people are still on hand.He only saw that the enemies coming from the mountains were stopped; an enemy with a telescope in his hand fell down.An enemy with a bayonet ran to a place about ten paces away from him, and was shot down by him.Suddenly an incendiary bomb exploded in front of Wei Yi's eyes; his clothes were on fire, spitting flames, and he rolled back and forth on the ground a few times, the fire was still burning.He took off his clothes, threw them aside, and dropped the bomb shirtless.Suddenly he was hit in the chest, he was thrown to the ground violently, his mind flashed: "Why, I was injured?" He looked at the sky, where black clouds were flying eastward. "Nonsense! I'm not wounded, I can't be wounded!" He saw a soldier jump over him and shouted: "No. 43 was killed! Comrades, follow my command!" "Communist, don't back down!" "Poke! Poke!" "Never take a step back!" The shouts of the soldiers shook the heavens and the earth. Wei Yi's mind turned rapidly: "Well, my soldier!" A force rose from his heart and flowed throughout his body.He got up with his hands on the ground.The sky, the earth, the mountains... everything is green and moving."The warriors need my voice," he thought. He mustered all his strength and shouted: "Comrades, never retreat!" This hot voice flowed from the soldiers' ears to the soldiers' hearts. Suddenly Wei Yi noticed the guards hugging him behind him, he shouted violently: "Go! Participate in the bombing!Stand up to the enemy! " Wei Yi knelt on the ground with one leg, directing, and dropping bombs. When he shouted or threw a grenade, the wound on his chest would bleed.He felt dizzy, the sky was shaking, and black things were spinning in front of his eyes.The body floats up involuntarily.With one hand on the ground, he shot with the other trembling.He shouted, he felt that he was shouting with all his strength, but it seemed that he couldn't hear the shout clearly.Dizzy, swaying, everything disappeared in front of his eyes... But he didn't fall down, he knelt on one leg, propped up on the other leg, put his hands on the ground, his head was lowered on his chest, and he couldn't move at all.The scouts who were fighting felt that the chief of staff was looking at something on his chest. More than a thousand enemies were divided into more than a dozen groups to surround Wei Yi and the others.At this extremely critical moment, Zhao Jin and Li Cheng came up with their troops.When they ran to Wei Yi, seeing Wei Yi's appearance, they understood everything! Zhao Jin rushed past Wei Yi, and rushed forward without looking back.His face was twitching and blue; his fiery eyes looked terrible. "Bayonet!" he cried. The soldiers were covered like a tide... They were like their own regiment leaders, their faces were ashen, their teeth were clenched, and they were furious.They caught up with the enemy. Some soldiers pierced the enemy's bayonet from the back to the front; fall... After Zhao Jin led the troops to rush over, Li Cheng picked up Wei Yi and hugged him tightly with all his strength.The blood flowed down from Wei Yi's chest like a spring, soaked Li Cheng's clothes, and soaked the land that had been repeatedly burned by wars!Although Wei Yi had stopped breathing and his heart was no longer beating, Li Cheng always felt that he was not dead.He shook him, put his face close to Wei Yi's, and called out, he called out with full of hope: "Wei Yi! Wei Yi! Wei Yi..." But Wei Yi could never answer comrade's call! Li Cheng stared straight at Wei Yi's face, and there was something violently hitting in his chest.Cannonballs exploded all around him, bullets thudping underfoot, he couldn't hear or see! Li Cheng shook his head and asked Wei Yi's bodyguard to carry Wei Yi's body on his back.But the guard didn't say a word, and ran forward with his pistol in hand. Li Cheng shouted: "Come back!" The guard shouted: "Commissar, let me go up! Let me go up! I..." He violently pulled the clothes on his chest with his left hand, and tried to rush forward again. Li Cheng shouted: "Come back! I want you to carry him down!" The guard held a pistol and stood there stiffly, with an ugly face and red eyes, letting the bullets pass through him. At this time, a messenger ran over, bent down, and tried to pull Wei Yi's body across the area exposed to enemy fire. Li Cheng shouted angrily: "You, you straighten up and carry him down!" The correspondent said: "Political commissar! Anyway, he--" Li Cheng became angry: "Anyway, what? Straighten up and carry him down!" Zhao Jintuan's troops attacked the enemy violently and took three hills in a row. ... The cannon roared, one after another more violently, and the steel poured down on the enemy's head.The sound of the cannons drowned out the sound of the machine guns.The mountains shook.Thousands of artillery shells fired back by the enemy screamed across the sky, exploded, filled with dust and smoke, and the sun was dimmed. Brigadier Chen and Political Commissar Yang set up the brigade command post on the hill where Wei Yi died.The mountain artillery position is on a hill to the left of the brigade command post. The mountain cannons were firing fiercely at the enemy.Every time the cannon barrel fired a shell, the cannon body retreated and then stretched forward, spewing out tongues of fire and roaring like thunder.The heavy shells flew far away, tearing the air above the enemy's head, screaming horribly.When the troops attack, the shells always explode at the front of the enemy's position; when the troops capture the enemy's position, the artillery fire is extended step by step, and the shells explode deep in the enemy's position; when the enemy is in chaos, the shrapnel explodes on the enemy's head . The brave People's Artillery was sincerely thanked and praised by the soldiers. The enemy was in a hurry that day, and more than a dozen American-made planes strafed and bombed the soldiers in turn.The plane dropped more than 200 bombs on the mountain artillery position.The gunners were shirtless and wore straw hats.The bullets fired by the plane pierced their hats, but they still shouted "four thousand four" and "four thousand five" at the distance and fired shells.The instructor of the artillery battalion was shouting: "Comrades, be quick! Be accurate! Be fierce!" The soldiers encouraged each other: "Slam it! Use Truman's shells!" A pawn of Truman! " The ground was shaken by the explosion, and steel fragments screamed and splashed into the air; smoke and flames rose in the dozens of miles around Shajiadian. Looking up and looking around, the red flag is flickering in the fireworks; there are passionate charging horns everywhere; the heroes of the Northwest Field Army are bravely attacking the enemy. While the battle was raging, General Peng Dehuai was standing on a hill five or six miles north of Shajiadian.There is President Peng's command post. Several leaders of the field army stood on the left and right of Mr. Peng.There are bomb shelters and bunkers around them, and there are one or twenty field army headquarters personnel in the communication trench.On the hills to the left and right of the command post, there were soldiers from the headquarters guard battalion lying on their stomachs. The phone was ringing and people were walking back and forth.During this fierce battle, a tense and peaceful atmosphere formed around Mr. Peng. Mr. Peng stood there quietly and sternly, observing and thinking. One commander put down his phone earphones, jumped out of the trench, stood next to Mr. Peng, observed the Shajiadian area with a telescope, and said, "Just now, I contacted the various columns, and generally speaking, the attack went smoothly. " Holding the binoculars, Mr. Peng pointed to the east side of Shajiadian and said, "East side!" He also paid attention to the sound of guns and guns from the east side. The chief who stood beside Mr. Peng said, "The east side is going well." Mr. Peng sometimes checks the map laid on the ground; sometimes, he talks quietly to the senior commander in front on the special line, listens to the report on the progress of the battle, and gives orders. --He spoke softly in the headset, but every word he said rang out on the battlefield like lightning and thunder.From time to time, he used binoculars to observe the progress of the enemy attacking troops in the Shajiadian area from the main position.Sometimes, with his hands behind his back, he listened to the sound of cannons seven or eight miles east of Shajiadian.Sometimes, he simply laughed at the enemy with a few words: "Hu Zongnan, an ambitious and talented idiot, wanted everything and was reluctant to part with everything, and ended up throwing everything away!" Several leaders around him laughed. Suddenly, after nine planes swooped down and strafed on the hill ahead, they came around from the east. A head of the command post said: "No. 3, the plane is coming. You stand here too prominently." Mr. Peng looked up at the American-made red-headed plane, and said, "He can't care about interfering with us now!" He walked back and forth a few steps, and then said, "Probably, the pilot is also bewildered by Hu Zongnan's scolding. Because Hu Zongnan A moment is like ants on a hot pan." He waved his hands steadily, and a smile flashed across his calm, confident, and solemn face. At noon, a telephone operator stuck his head out of the trench and reported: "Number three, call!" Mr. Peng walked over, sat by the trench, picked up the headset, and said calmly and resolutely, "I, number three." The following words were sent out from the earphones: "No. 3! I, the Bravery Department. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd brigades that came back to reinforce the Eastern Front were all wiped out, and the enemy's brigade commander Liu Ziqi was captured alive... The whole battle lasted less than two hours...." It turned out that I The commanders and fighters of the unit ambushing between Shajiadian and Wulongbao stood on the top of the hill and watched the 123rd Brigade pass in front of them, then cut down from north to south, cutting off the 123rd Brigade and Liu Kan led the five and a half brigades in contact.Then, they were divided into two groups: one unit stopped the troops led by Liu Kan; the other unit sent the 123rd Brigade to a place seven or eight miles east of Shajiadian - our army's ambush circle - to make the 123rd Brigade When the brigade had already seen the troops led by Zhong Song, they were all wiped out, and none of them slipped through the net. Mr. Peng gently put down the phone earphone, stood up, patted the dirt on his body, and the excitement flashed across his face which was difficult for people to detect. On the special line, he reported the progress of the battle to Chairman Mao and Vice Chairman Zhou, and calmly said to a comrade next to him: "Inform all columns of this news." Judging from his solemn and calm face, it seems that this The initial victory was completely expected. After an hour or so, the situation suddenly became tense.This nervousness does not mean that the sound of gunfire in front has become more violent, no, the sound of gunfire has always been as violent as the roar of a strong wind; this nervousness is only reflected in the actions, expressions and eyes of the command post personnel.President Peng stood there, watching with binoculars for a long time; a staff officer reported to him: "On the 3rd, the enemy shouted to Hu Zongnan on the radio: 101, 101, extremely dangerous..." A staff officer reported: "No. 3! Hu Zongnan called out his name and cursed Zhong Song, and he was not allowed to break through..." Mr. Peng said, "That's right, this commander-in-chief, Hu Zongnan, doesn't even care about military secrets!" At two o'clock in the afternoon, our army's troops attacking various hills had already captured several important hills. The brigade command post was constantly moving forward. Brigadier Chen said: "Old Yang, let's move forward!" Commissar Yang said: "Move it, the closer to the front the better!" This is an old habit. Every time they fight, they always move the brigade command post as far as possible. The brigade chief of staff pushed his hat back and ran up and down sweating profusely.He organized the command post in an orderly manner, so that the commanders were handy in their activities, and he was still directing the mountain artillery and other firepower.A chief of staff must be flexible, brave, hardworking, and good at organizing various forces and uniting various people.The brigade chief of staff was such a man. Political commissar Yang pointed to the mountain ridge that Zhao Jin's regiment attacked, patted Brigadier Chen on the back, and shouted happily: "Old Chen, look! Which company is that, and how well commanded it is! Look! Those soldiers moved a lot. Ingenious! Good, good! Those fighters should be battle heroes!" Brigadier Chen's face was ashen; the binoculars were hanging on his chest.After launching the attack, when he spoke to the brigade political commissar face to face, he would shout loudly. It turned out that the political commissar of the brigade was referring to the troops of the first company.Zhou Dayong and Wang Chengde directed the soldiers to pounce on the enemy.The soldiers rushed to the front of the enemy's position, and the enemy blocked it with firepower. Several soldiers jumped to the side very maneuverably, threw grenades into the enemy's trench, and then took advantage of the smoke, swooped up and occupied the enemy's position.The enemy jumped out of the trench and engaged in hand-to-hand combat; after ten minutes of fierce fighting, the 1st Company took the mountain.The remaining enemies rolled down. Brigadier Chen and the political commissar of the brigade saw it clearly, and the brigade commander shouted anxiously: "Go up, the enemy will collapse! It's really annoying, why don't you go deep? These little guys!" Before the words were finished, a red flag suddenly flashed on a hill behind Gao Shantou, and his troops appeared.It turned out that when Zhou Dayong and Wang Chengde quickly attacked the first hill, Zhang Pei, the instructor of the first battalion, led a company and bypassed the enemy's right flank, not only intercepting the retreating enemy from the first big hill, but also When the enemy on the second hill was not on guard, he poked up and occupied the enemy's position. Brigadier Chen saw a sharp knife of his troops penetrated deep into the enemy's position. He grabbed the phone headset, his hands trembling because he was too nervous, and sweat dripped from his face.He wiped the sweat off his face, raised his voice and shouted: "Mountain Pao Battalion!" The wire was interrupted by the shell. The brigade commander shouted: "A section chief, go! Let the mountain cannons be launched into the depths of the enemy! Quick, quick!" The six mountain cannons fired at the same time, and each shell hit the enemy's vitals. Brigadier Chen shouted happily: "Good fight! Good fight! Don't stop, give him dozens more rounds!" At this time, the enemy wanted to suppress our artillery fire, so they threw a hundred and ten shells in a row.These shells all fell around the brigade command post. Commissar Yang said: "Old Chen, the enemy has taken care of us, let's move to another place!" Brigadier Chen said: "Let's go, transfer!" Although he said in his mouth: "Go, transfer!" But he was still watching with the binoculars. Enemy shells exploded all around them, and seven planes swooped, exploded, and strafed overhead.When the plane dived and made a strange howling sound, Political Commissar Yang pulled Brigadier Chen down and crushed him, shouting: "Lie down! The enemy will take you--" The words were lost, the enemy plane swooped down, pierced by thousands of rockets. When they got down, the place where Brigadier Chen was standing just now was covered with bullets. Brigadier Chen laughed loudly and said, "Old Yang, you gave me another life!" Political Commissar Yang said: "In this way, you have given me more than a dozen lives!" Suddenly, several shells fell in front of them and exploded. Political Commissar Yang spat out the dirt in his mouth and shouted, "Old Chen!" Brigadier Chen rubbed his eyes and cursed. They took the personnel of the brigade command post, bent down and ran to the left.The command post moved places. It was five o'clock, and the sun was only a few poles above the western mountain line. Brigadier Chen used a mirror to observe the progress of the troops ahead.All the regiments made rapid progress, only Zhao Jin's regiment was entangled with the enemy on the seventh hill.What's wrong, Zhao Jin and the others have been attacking that big mountain for an hour!When they attacked, the enemy fought back, attacked up, fought back... This fierce struggle was reflected on Brigadier Chen's face.His face was bright and excited for a while, and tense and serious for a while. Commissar Yang ran over, put his face on the brigade commander's shoulder, and said, "Old Chen, something is wrong with Zhao Jin! I want a phone call, but their command post only has one staff officer!" Brigadier Chen propped his hands on the edge of the trench, his fingers dug deeply into the soil, his iron chin trembled slightly and said: "Mr. Peng wants us to wipe out all the enemies at dusk." He looked at his watch, "Zhao Jin said!" What the hell!" He ran over to ask for the phone number of Zhao Jintuan's command post, but if the phone didn't work, a staff officer brought a telephone operator to check the line.Brigadier Chen used the mirror to observe the hill that Zhao Jintuan attacked again, his face flashed with doubt, he thought about it and said: "The enemy is so desperate, I am afraid there is a name for it!" He crawled over, grabbed the shoulder of the brigade political commissar, and said: "Old Yang, did you see it? There is a problem with Zhao Jin's attack!" Commissar Yang has been observing Zhao Jintuan's attacking troops, and he also feels that something strange happened there.He said: "That's right! Our troops charged at least a dozen times! Old Chen, I think Zhao Jin probably hit the enemy's deadly point!" Brigadier Chen felt that the words of the political commissar confirmed his judgment.He happily grabbed the phone earphone and shouted: "Zhao Jin! Yes, I, 701. +H, yes! I know you have worked hard. The enemy is very tenacious? Well, he is tenacious, we If we can defeat him, it proves that we are more tenacious than him. A good army always picks a tough enemy. Um, what? Um, yes. Do you think the enemy is--" The answer on the phone: "Not at all, 701 , I feel like I'm choking the enemy's neck!" Brigadier Chen shouted: "Zhao Jin! Zhao Jin! Do you really think so? Come on, try to find out the situation by all means. Zhao Jin, it's best to catch a prisoner and ask him. Immediately, I'll wait for your reply! Come on." 过了十多分钟，电话铃得啷啷地叫起来。陈旅长一把抓起耳机。急问："赵劲，嗯，怎么的？钟松，三十六师指挥所，一六五旅指挥所……都在那个山头上？好啊！好啊！" 电话中送来赵劲的声音："七○一，这是敌人最后一个山头。是呀！我们很快拿下它。对呀，把钟松给你捉来！一定。" 陈旅长喊："我--"电话线让敌人炮弹打断了。 陈旅长觉得他必须马上赶到赵劲团去亲自掌握部队，攻击三十六师师指挥所占领的那个山头。因为攻下那个山头，全部胜利就捞到手了。 这时候，电话铃又响了，陈旅长抓起耳机喊："赵劲？--"赵劲刚回答了一声"嗯……"，耳机中又传来另外一个人的口音："赵劲，你要向你们旅长报告我到了这里，有什么必要？怕什么！子弹又没有长眼嘛……""哦，彭总到赵劲团指挥所了？"一阵感动而震惊的感情，随着电流流进陈旅长的心里，飞快地传遍全身。他在耳机中喊："赵劲，三号在你们那里？你要注意保护她，而且不能让他再往前头摸。我马上就去咯。"赵劲大概拿着耳机和彭总说什么，陈兴允只能断断续续地听到彭总那镇静而从容的声音： "很好……一鼓作气，求得全歼……不要替我操心，我又不是新兵，还要班长带领我学打仗……"陈兴允把全身的力量集中在耳朵里，听彭总说话。 陈旅长扔下电话耳机，说："老杨，我去了。"他跃出堑壕。 杨政委一把拉着他，喊："你不能离这里，我到赵劲那里去，带领他们拿下那个阵地；你掌握炮兵，配合我攻击。我去咯！"他不容陈旅长分辩，以军人特有的矫健、敏捷，向炮火激烈的地方跑去。他一阵跑，一阵滚，又一阵匍匐前进。不一会，他的身影让炮火的烟雾遮住了。 五时一刻，陈旅长那个旅配合兄弟部队向整编三十六师最后一些阵地发动总攻击。 这是最紧张的时刻，人们经过整日激烈战斗，嘴干舌燥，神经紧张到极点。枪炮声好像山洪爆发，吼成一片！英雄的人民战士在强大的炮火掩护下，一次、二次、三次、四次…… 反复地在冲杀。杀声、喊声摇天动地，耳朵震得只是嗡嗡响。 战士们突上去了。刺刀、手榴弹、肉搏……占领敌人阵地的号声响了；战场上响起了欢呼声；红旗在烟火中忽隐忽现。 部队突破敌人最后的阵地以后，太阳已经落了。全部控制了敌人阵地的时候，已经断黑。 敌人阵地上到处都是被摧毁的地堡和堑壕；到处丢着尸体、大炮、机枪、子弹箱和烂鞋破衣……有的部队冲上敌人阵地后，立刻就去追击了；有的部队还在清点人数，整顿组织；有的部队还在清查俘虏、武器。 陈旅长赶来了，他问了向导，知道此地是沙家店以南十二里的风山。他要参谋们把地图铺在地下。一个参谋用手电筒照着地图。 陈旅长看着地图对旁边几个干部说："你们的部队全部追击去了么？" 一个干部说："这里还有一些部队打扫战场。" 陈旅长说："把其他事情放下，统统去追击！" 西北野战军所有的部队都在猛追溃乱的敌人。 周大勇率领第一连攻下敌人最后一个阵地时，就没有停止，继续追击，不顾一切地向敌人中间插。他心里有数："敌人是被打散了的，再多也没有什么战斗力。"他让战士们按上级规定的记号：把白手巾绑在左胳膊上，从山头上追到沟里，从沟里追到山上；见了敌人就往中间钻，钻到中间就四面开花往外打。敌人往山下滚，往沟里跳，互相践踏，狂呼乱叫。到处是敌人牲口、死尸、伤兵、炮、枪支、背包，到处是一堆一堆放下的武器和挤在一块等待收容的俘虏。周大勇不停地派战士把俘虏们往后带。他一共捉了多少俘虏，自己也记不清。 追了七八里路以后，周大勇一清查自己身边的战士，只有马全有掌握的一个班了。他正清查人数，眼前黑糊糊的拥来很多人，有人还低声喊："谁！" 周大勇脑子一转，连忙把身后边的战士一推，要他们包围敌人。他回答："自己人！"大摇大摆地往敌人跟前走。 一个敌人怯生生地问："哪，哪一部分？代，代号？" 周大勇忽地扑上去，照一个敌人鼻子上猛 a了一拳，那人跌倒在地，周大勇抢前一步用脚踩住。 脚下的人喊："你是谁？你是谁？哎哟！"边喊边咬周大勇的腿肚儿。 敌人摔过来一颗手榴弹。 "啪！"周大勇给了脚下的敌人一枪，又一脚把那死尸踢得翻了过儿，朝另一个黑影扑去。 马全有带着战士们从敌人两翼呼呼地喊着扑上来。敌人又投过来几颗手榴弹。战士们回了他一排子手榴弹。 有几个敌人跟着一匹大白马猛窜。有骑马的，这个什么大官？说不定就是三十六师（军）师长钟松。周大勇不歇气地穷追。猛乍，他影影糊糊看见一个敌人，扳住马鞍正要上马。周大勇推倒两个敌人，一步抢前，揪住那个正要上马的人。那家伙也精，脖子一缩，往旁边大沟中一滚，忽隆隆下去了。周大勇一看手里，扯下了那家伙的一片衣服。他连忙往沟里摔了几颗手榴弹。接着，他扭头，飞起腿踢倒那牵马的敌人，又用膝盖顶住那人的胸脯，问："滚下去的是谁？" "长官、长……高抬贵手！滚下去的，是，是师长，钟，钟松，……"周大勇好气愤啊！问："真是？" "我不说假话！长官，我是个跛子。官长！钟师长三处带伤，满身是血。你看，这是他的马。我，我是马伕！" 周大勇打着手电筒，又从地下拣起他撕下的那片衣服。一看，是衣服前襟，前襟的口袋中有钟松的名片、蒋介石的嘉奖令、胡宗南来的一份允诺提升他的电报等杂七杂八的东西。 "追！追！追他个屁滚尿流！"周大勇带着战士从沟边往下摸着，要去搜索。他边走边独自嘟哝，满肚子的火气："他妈的，到手的金子变成了铜，没捞住这泥猪癞狗的小子才丢人！" 宁金山说："连长，三十六师叫咱全给收拾了，你还长出气！" 周大勇喊："啰嗦！快往下溜，捉住钟松才算干净彻底！ 才算无一漏网！"九 早晨，当陈旅长睁开眼睛的时候，阳光已照在窑洞的窗户上了。他看见旅政治委员从马褡子上爬起来，走出去了。他一时记不清他们昨天晚上怎么从战场上回来，又怎么躺在这窑洞的草堆上睡到现在。闪过他脑子的最明显的念头是：胜利捞到手了！ 瞌睡还在缠磨他。他舒展了一下身子，浑身各骨节都痛，耳朵里有各种嘈杂的声音。他咳嗽了一声，嗓子是沙哑的，又干又痛。这二十多天人们是在一阵旋风似地紧张中过活的。他想，胜利，好不容易啊！二十多天，日夜急行军，冒风雨，忍饥饿，侦察，判断情况，制订作战计划，开会讨论，表决心，摸地形，挖工事，冲锋，肉搏……一件件的事情像放映电影一样，从陈旅长脑子里闪过。他想：所有这一切都是为了那几个钟头的战斗啊！一切意见，计划，决心……每一个人是胜利地活下来，还是英勇地牺牲？也都在那战斗的几小时中猛烈地经受考验。他又想起了很多战士干部的脸膛；想起团参谋长卫毅。想起了敌人遮天盖地地扑来，卫毅用无畏的英雄气魄挡住了敌人，直到忠诚的烈火烧至最后！像战争中常有的情形一样：在紧张战斗的时候，即使最好的同志和最亲爱的人牺牲了，人都很少有怜惜和难过的心情；可是战斗打罢，想起那些牺牲了的同志，人就会心如刀绞，流下眼泪。这时，陈旅长想起卫毅和其他牺牲了的同志，一阵悲痛袭上心头！他从铺上爬起来，好像要赶走自己脑子里一切翻腾着的思想感情似的！ 电话铃响了，他拿起电话耳机，说："嗯，好，让周大勇把俘虏来的高级军官和缴获来的文件带来见我--正十二时。嗯，整顿组织；嗯，弹药要立刻补充。对呀！准备继续战斗！怎么？对的，对的。……"陈旅长像一切指挥员在战后的情形一样：浑身疲乏，脑子轰响，脸色焦黄，眼窝陷下去了。但是，他总强打精神干完自己应该干的一切事情。 陈旅长到了赵劲团的团部，看见该团政治委员李诚。陈旅长沉下脸问："赵劲呢？" "到一营去了。" 陈旅长停了好一阵又说："卫毅牺牲了！"下边一句话没说。但实际上是责备，"这要你们负责的！" 李诚侧过头，望着一边，没有说什么。他知道这是无谓的埋怨，这是由悲痛变成的激怒！ 陈旅长走到门口又返回来，望着李诚那瘦削而阴沉沉的脸，说："我们要为活着的人着想，我们没有权利为已经倒下的人悲痛！当然，--"他左手伸出来用力往下一压，再也无法说下去。他后悔自己又提起卫毅牺牲的事情，显出不愿再谈下去的神情。"李诚，派一个参谋带我到一营去。我要去看看我的战士们！" 陈旅长走后，卫毅的亲兄弟卫刚和卫毅的警卫员走进来。卫刚头上脖子上都扎着绷带。 李政委问："你回来了？" 卫刚说："三岔湾战斗中，敌人飞机扔的炸弹把我的通信员炸掉，把我也炸得死过去。同志们都说我完了，可是以后卫生队的同志们又把我从土里刨出来，送到医院。我昨天半夜里赶回来，现在还在政治处住着。我--"李诚说："这些，我知道。我问你为什么不多在医院住几天？为什么这样快就回来？" 卫刚搭拉下眼皮，说："快？我倒是回来得太慢了！" 李诚，往日像千年的柏树一样坚实，摇不动，可是目下，痛苦搅得他心乱如麻。他突然双手扳住卫刚的肩胛，望着他的眼，声音抖动地说："卫刚，再大的打击，我们也经受得起！经受得起！经受得起！……"卫刚的样子，这样像卫毅。李诚觉得站在他面前的人，不是卫刚而是卫毅。卫毅像是微微耸耸肩膀，诚朴而谆厚地微笑着说："政委！战士们劲头挺足！"卫毅的警卫员把马褡子搬进来。李诚想："他是用门板给卫毅把床支好了？"直到现在他还想不通：卫毅那样气刚刚的人，就能撇下自己的事业，永远离开了自己的同志？不会，这是绝对不会有的事情！ 卫毅的警卫员说："李政委，参谋长只有一条老布被子，我们给他裹上了。现在要盖棺材，你是不是再去最后看一看他？……再去最后看……"李诚猛地摆了一下头，说："不！" 警卫员还迟疑地站在那里。 李诚大喊："我不去看！我不去看！你走开，你走开！" 李诚很快地来回走着。 突然，卫刚头顶住墙，哭了，大声哭了："哥！让我替你去死！让我……哥！" 李政委自言自语地说："一个非常优秀的人倒下了！…… 党的事业需要他，非常需要！"他的胸口有什么东西激烈地涌动，血液在血管里急速地奔流。他的眼睛死死地盯着窑洞的角落，卫刚什么时候走开，他也不知道。 突然，门外山头上齐放了几排子枪，随着枪声又是低沉悲痛的歌声： Arise, hungry and cold slaves, 起来，全世界受苦的人！ My blood is boiling, Fight for the truth! 旧世界打个落花流水， 奴隶们起来，起来！ ………… 李诚立正站着，两眼涌出了热泪；大颗的泪珠从战火烧过的脸上滚滚而下，滴到胸前的衣服上！ 他木然不动地站了半个多钟头。 他走到窑洞门口，看见战士们押着一群一群的俘虏，从沟渠里过；河槽里也有许多战士，来来回回忙迫地干着什么。山头上有很多游击队队员和老乡们，找寻敌人丢的枪支和子弹。 他点起一支烟，猛吸了几口，就向连队走去。 为了忘却悲痛，他需要把自己投入工作，投入紧张热烈的连队生活中去！ 李诚顺着山沟走去，有时候走进棘针林里，衣服给挂破了；有时候踏到泥水中，鞋子给湿透了。到连队去，到底到哪一个连队去，他也说不清。突然，在山沟的转弯处，他碰见旅政治委员杨克文。 杨政委炯炯闪光的眼，盯着李诚说："陈赓兵团正敲潼关的大门，快戳到胡宗南的老窠啦！"他扭转身子，指着山沟的深处，又说："瞧，李诚！" 李诚顺着杨政委指的方向望去，只见露营的战士们，争着阅读什么传单，高兴地呼喊： "陈赓兵团全部渡过黄河！" "西北大反攻万岁！" "Long live the national counteroffensive!" ………… 李诚心头涌起一种剧烈的激动的感情。他想：我们用重大的代价换来了一切啊！