Chapter 16 Chapter Seven Jiuli Mountain (1)

The great march has begun.The soldiers overflowed ditches and hills, and marched from north to south on the road of great counterattack, chasing the enemy bravely.In the ranks of the troops, various mimeographed leaflets were flying every now and then.The content of the leaflet is roughly: After Hu Zongnan's Minggenzi reorganized the 36th Division and wiped out the Northwest Field Army, the seven brigades led by Dong Zhao and Liu Kan, like ants on a hot pot, huddled in the mountainous area north of Mizhi County. spin around. The mountainous area north of Mizhi County is sparsely populated and there is a shortage of food; at this time, the autumn rain is falling continuously for three days.Jiang's bandits had no food for their men, no fodder for their horses, they were dying, they were freezing to death, and they were terrified, fearing that they would end up in the same fate as the thirty-sixth division.At the critical juncture of the enemy, Chen Geng's corps suddenly forcibly crossed the Yellow River, hit the west of Henan, and launched a fierce offensive against the enemy; Luoyang was in danger, Tongguan was tight, and Hu Zongnan's old nest, Xi'an, was like a sinking broken ship, swaying in the wind and rain.

The enemy's 50,000 to 60,000 people fled from the Wuding River in the north of Mizhi City. They built fortifications along the way, took turns to cover and retreat, and prepared to flee back to Yan'an. ... Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng led the main force of the Northwest Field Army, starting from the area north of Mizhi, along the area east of the Xianyu Highway and west of the Yellow River, going south day and night, preparing to rush to the front of the enemy, insert it near Yan'an, where the enemy's defenses are empty, and attack the enemy.in addition.Mr. Gu ordered a column to go around the enemy's right flank, cross the Wuding River, flank and block the enemy along the Xianyu Highway, delaying the enemy's southward escape time, consuming the enemy's strength, and making the enemy pay a heavy price for every step.

According to General Peng's order, the column advancing from the right side of the enemy, from the commander to the soldiers, has only one thought: get in front of the enemy! The soldiers marched without rest from day to night, and from night to day. They dug out and crossed the ditch one after another; there was such a big mountain and such a steep slope, the soldiers climbed up and slipped down. The enemy who fled all day camped on the top of the mountain at night.They set up piles of fires. The enemy shot blindly, shouting deceitfully: "You can't come up!" In fact, they saw nothing.

Our army passed under the burning mountain of the enemy, and flowed quietly forward under the eyelashes of the enemy.With so many men and horses so light, what a wonderful whole should a well-organized army be! "No smoking, no talking." The soldiers kept repeating the orders one after another.Strange to say, after the chiefs handed down this order, even the pack mule and the kicking and biting stallion quietly stopped neighing.You have to stretch your ears to listen, and you can only hear the rustling of footsteps, the rattling of animals' hooves, and the slight clash of weapons.If you keep your eyes wide open, you can only see countless black shadows and sparks from the iron palms of the horses, and you can also see fireflies scurrying in the grass.

The soldiers turned over five or six mountains in a row. Gradually, the enemy burned rows and piles of campfires on the top of the mountain, and fell behind the troops. The clothes of the soldiers were soaked with sweat; the wet clothes clung to their bodies icily, and their upper and lower teeth were so cold that they bumped into each other. In the middle of the night, the soldiers had heavy stones on their eyelids, their legs were like two wooden rafters, and the soles of their feet were hot and swollen.Their legs move forward mechanically.Some people fell asleep with their eyes closed, and then woke up with a start when they stepped on their feet.Some people dreamed while walking: they dreamed that they rushed into the enemy group and threw a few grenades; Divide it equally among everyone... The dream was not interrupted until his head touched the backpack of the person in front of him.

The sky was dark, #*#饔楔感早结鹿打失* The soldiers rushed to the Wuding River, it was 4:30 in the night.Before they even had time to take off their clothes, they held hands*# and crossed the Wuding River, which was flooded to their chests.When the guard troops of the column crossed the river, it was already daylight, and the enemy on the top of the hill blocked the river with machine guns. Some comrades were wounded in the middle of the river, and there were streams of blood floating on the water! At dawn, the rain stopped for a while, but it was time to eat breakfast again! The big and small stones on the hillsides on both sides of the road were washed clean and shiny by the rain, as if they were oiled.There is deep mud on the road in the ditch.The soldiers were all drenched as if they were fished out of the river.Their shoes were often sucked by the mud; some fell over and over again.

The soldiers had sunken eye sockets, dark and thin faces, and covered in mud.They braved the rain and stepped on thorns and stones with their bare feet; many people lost their legs. Zhang Pei, the instructor of the first battalion, gave his horse to the sick soldier to ride.He was walking, his clothes were wet from the rain and stuck to his body, his face was thin and yellow; he had suffered from the swaying disease again, and his whole body was shaking non-stop.However, he continued to give instructions to the instructors, and even encouraged the soldiers to move forward. Zhang Pei and Zhou Dayong walked shoulder to shoulder.On the belt around Zhou Dayong's waist, there was something the size of a fist hanging.He kept touching it.Last night when the army was resting, the local cadres and the masses worked hard to get some miscellaneous grains and sauerkraut for the army.The cooking class cooks immediately.As soon as the soldiers smelled the aroma of rice, they were ordered to set off again.So, everyone mixed the black beans, sorghum, millet and sauerkraut together to make thick glutinous rice, wrapped it in towels and rags and hung it on the belt, ready to use it to satisfy their hunger at any time.

Zhou Dayong said: "Instructor, you can eat something." He pointed to the things in his waist. "Although you can only eat half full, this is the best breakfast." Zhang Pei said: "No, no matter how good things are, I can't swallow them! Dayong, let me tell you something quietly, I'm so tired that I'm dying! I can't even think about illness, and I can't move half a step when I think about it. I figured it out alone: ​​If I lie down and can no longer work for the party, it would be so sad! Why didn’t I use one minute as a year? Ah! Dayong, when one’s energy is strong, one should try to work for the party .yes?"

Zhou Dayong said: "Yes, try to put work responsibilities on your shoulders as much as possible. The more you take on the responsibility, it proves that the party's cause needs you more. However, in order to work better for the party, you should go to rest now." Zhang Pei and Zhou Dayong talked about the heroic deeds of the soldiers and the situation of party members and soldiers helping others while sick.It seems that if Zhang Pei doesn't talk about these things and doesn't think about these things, he can't move an inch. Zhou Dayong looked at Zhang Pei, and saw the rain dripping down Zhang Pei's skinny face; Zhang Pei's face turned blue, red, and white again.Disease is tormenting people!

Suddenly, the political commissar of the regiment appeared beside Zhang Pei and Zhou Dayong.He seemed to have popped out of the ground.It was strange that he was everywhere.During the war, you met him at the munitions station, and you saw him at the charge.When camping, you met him in the cooking class and saw him by the cave where the soldiers slept.During the march, you saw him next to every soldier. Li Cheng said, "Zhang Pei, you must go to rest—I've said it a hundred times!" Zhang Pei smiled slightly and said, "No. 42! After Battalion Commander Liu was injured, I was the only one in the battalion headquarters. I had the heart to leave work and go to rest?" He looked at the political commissar and Zhou Dayong, wiped the rain from his face, Said: "Among the soldiers, there are many people who are sick! I can grit my teeth, and they can grit their teeth. The struggle is so tense, it is very difficult to live lying on the hospital bed!"

"Really! How can I say it?" Li Cheng angrily tore off the hat, twisted the water, and put it on again.He lowered his head, thumping, thumping, stepping on the muddy water, walking very fast.He asked a cavalry messenger to hand over the horse to Zhang Peiqi, and then walked forward.two Marching rapidly day and night, this unit, which rushed from the enemy's flank to the enemy's front, is now inserted into Jiuli Mountain between Suide County and Qingjian County. Jiuli Mountain is the throat of the Xianyu Highway, the only way for the enemy to flee back to Yan'an.As soon as the soldiers climbed Jiuli Mountain, they built fortifications against the heavy rain. They quickly built a strong fortification with a wide depth.On the top of the hill, there are artillery positions, shelters, bunkers, and traffic trenches like spider webs everywhere.The eaves hanging wires are continuously raining, and it is not stopping.The weather is dark, and walking in such a dark night is like jumping into a chimney. Li Cheng walked out of the regiment command post and walked to the first company's position. Zhou Dayong and Wang Chengde led the soldiers to dig fortifications.The soldiers stood in the mud digging, draining the water, and chatting eagerly.After a shift change, some soldiers squatted in muddy water hugging their knees to sleep, snoring loudly.At this time, even if the enemy's shells fell and the flames burst into the sky, they would never want to interrupt their sleep. Li Cheng got into a bunker dug by the soldiers.He looked at it with a flashlight: on the inner wall of the Fudi blockhouse, the soldiers leveled a two-foot-square place, and wrote "Memorial Card" on it.The soldiers rushed to report to him: "No. 42, our bunker is called Victory Bunker, and theirs is called People's Warrior Bunker. When we named these bunkers, we even held a naming ceremony!" Li Cheng said: "Okay! Comrades, tell your company commander that you have named your bunker, and I will also represent the party committee to formally approve your naming." Then, he thought again: "The naming ceremony is really important." Interesting! Let other companies send representatives to visit here." The soldiers happily passed along the trench to the left and right: "The regiment party committee approved the name we gave our bunker!" There were also waves of voices from the covert on the left: Some people proposed to make meritorious service to join the party, and some proposed ways to attack the enemy.In the bunker on the right, some soldiers wiped matches one by one, and struggled to write a letter of challenge while the light was on; "Resolutely complete the blocking mission!" "Don't let the enemy move forward!" "Stick to Jiuli Mountain and cooperate with Chen Geng's Corps to fight!" All the forces of will and wisdom were mobilized. Li Cheng stood at the intersection of the traffic trench, looking at the black bulging hills to the north.He didn't feel the cold rain running down his neck, but a strong emotion flashed through his heart. This is the joy and pride that a political worker feels when he sees that the ideas that the Communists have spread with all their efforts and energy have become an invincible force. Li Cheng left the company's position, walked forward to the left, and met the regiment leader Zhao Jin. Zhao Jin and Li Cheng followed and walked forward along the serpentine traffic trench. They walked a hundred meters to the left and then stopped, facing the night and drizzle, watching the enemy's position to the north of Jiuli Mountain, and remained silent.The wind blowing from outside the Great Wall rolled their skirts.They could see nothing at all except sometimes the flames of the enemy's machine guns, but they still watched without moving.Li Cheng thought: We will not squat in the fortifications and be beaten, but will take the initiative to counterattack the enemy during the defense; during the counterattack, the enemy fires violently, the shells explode heartbreakingly, and the soldiers lie down. How can political workers remind the soldiers of their determination, The oath, the honor, how to make the soldiers courageous when they hear the voice of the party.He said: "The enemy rushed to the north of Jiuli Mountain this afternoon. What are they doing now?" After a pause, he thought about it and said, "Old Zhao, what are the enemy officers and soldiers thinking now?" Commander Zhao replied indifferently: "Yeah." Zhao Jin is planning the battle after dawn.He imagined: The enemy's attack has begun... His own firepower held down the enemy, and the soldiers jumped out of the trench and rushed towards the enemy. ... Zhao Jin and Li Cheng heard the hissing sound, and the two fell down in a habitual and vigilant manner. A heavy mortar shell exploded behind them, its flames piercing the black night sky. They walked along a lightning-shaped traffic trench to the front of the regiment's left wing. Jumping over a small ditch here is the enemy's position. The night was getting darker and the sky was getting darker.Sometimes, one or two red and green flares pierced the dark sky, and the sparse gunfire broke the tranquility of the night. Two shadows appeared on the third company's position. There was no sound, and people were all listening carefully.Suddenly, bullets flew past his head day by day.The wind also blows in bursts.Faint dog bites in the ravine far ahead to the right. Li Chengtiao was talking to a platoon leader in the fortifications. Zhao Jin asked the sentinel in a low voice: "Is there any movement?" "The enemy is probably asleep. Listen, it's almost impossible to jump in!" Zhao Jin asked: "Didn't you still shoot just now?" A soldier pointed to the front and said: "Just now, the machine gun over there fired a few shots and fired five signal flares, and some people ran around shaking flashlights." "How far away?" "More than two hundred meters." Zhao Jin stood upright on the fortification with his hands behind his back. A soldier said: "On the 41st, the enemy keeps attacking. Come, stand in my bunker and observe." He jumped out of the single-man bunker. "It's dangerous for me to stand here, isn't it equally dangerous for you to stand here?" Zhao Jin stared forward and said. "You must pay attention to observation, and you must also find out the location of the neighboring troops and the scope of your security." He pondered for a while, and then said: "The security has to go forward!" The cadre leading the class said: "A group has protruded from the ridge ahead." Zhao Jin and Li Cheng went down the ridge, where three soldiers were lying in the bunker, staring ahead with their guns in hand.Zhao Jin and Li Cheng checked the fortifications.Works well: solid and capable of firing. Li Cheng touched the soldier's clothes, which were drenched in the rain.He bent down and touched a soldier's bare feet again, ah, those feet were cold.Li Cheng couldn't help feeling distressed.He said: "Tell your company commander to send someone to bring some wheat straw and spread it in the bunker." Li Cheng and Zhao Jin felt the surrounding terrain carefully, put their ears to study for a while, and then returned to the front of the middle back zone of the regiment's position.Some soldiers here squatted in the trenches, and some stood majestically in the darkness with guns in hand. "Password!" A majestic shout came from a distance. The enemy fired more than a dozen shots. Zhao Jin and Li Cheng vaguely agreed to a password, then bent down and ran to the sentinel. Li Cheng asked the sentinel: "I answered the password, did you hear me clearly?" "No!" Li Cheng said: "That's right! You can't even hear the password when you ask the password from such a distance!" Zhao Jin then asked: "Tell me, can the enemy hear our password?" The soldier said, "It would be bad if the enemy heard it." Zhao Jin said: "That's right! Then why did you ask for the password loudly when you were seventy or eighty meters away?" At this time Zhou Dayong and Wang Chengde heard that the head of the regiment was coming, so they hurried over. What are Wang Chengde and Li Cheng talking about.Zhou Dayong heard the soldier talking to Commander Zhao, and he stood aside silently. Zhao Jin said: "You shouted majesticly. Soldiers must have this majestic energy. But the sentry noticed the movement, how many meters away did they ask the password in a low voice?Please ask your company commander to tell you about this issue, because this is his responsibility. " "it is good." Zhao Jin turned his head and said to Zhou Dayong who was standing beside him: "When can we educate soldiers anytime and anywhere, and be responsible to the party in every detail of work?" Zhou Dayong didn't say anything, his face was flushed up to the neck; feelings of shame were attacking him. Commander Zhao and Political Commissar Li walked along the Jiaotong trench to the command post of the regiment. At this time, it was half past twelve.The gunfire gradually became louder.three The north and south of Jiuli Mountain are Xiaochuan Road.The Xianyu Highway climbs up the mountain from Xiaochuan Road in the north, and then stretches to the south in a winding way.The mountains in this area have no clear veins, and at a glance, they are full of undulating hills.Jiuli Mountain is like a mountain ridge running from east to west.Compared with the surrounding mountain ridges, this ridge is taller and flatter. The Jiuli Mountain blocking the enemy's column can only directly participate in the battle of two or three thousand people, but these two or three thousand people must use bravery, wisdom and ingenious tactics to form an iron wall and stop fifty or sixty thousand enemies. sky.At dawn, the battle started. On average, a people's soldier could withstand twenty or thirty enemies. The fierce battle began. The front of Jiuli Mountain is guarded by Zhao Jin's regiment and brother troops.They fought from dark to dawn, and from dawn to dark.The endless autumn rain also falls from day to night, and from night to day. One day at noon, the troops took advantage of the heavy rain to attack the enemy, captured a hill and captured a group of prisoners.The captives were all skinny and boneless with hunger. Zhou Dayong was about to send some soldiers to send the prisoners captured by his company down the mountain when he raised his head suddenly and saw Brigadier Chen approaching. Brigadier Chen walked quickly in the rain and mud.There was a lot of mud splashed on his clothes.The fierce and arduous fighting day and night made his face yellow and thin.His beard has grown by more than half an inch, and drips of water are dripping from the beard; his sleep-deprived eyes are full of red lines.He is always optimistic and full of energy, as if people feel that fatigue, hardship, hunger, rain, and freezing can never subdue energetic people. Since the start of the battle, Chen Xingyun has traveled all over the positions held by the brigade on Jiuli Mountain.Sometimes he spent the whole night running from one battalion or regiment command post to another battalion or regiment command post, questioning, ordering, and ordering.With simple and sharp words, he inspired all those who had doubts.Sometimes he appeared suddenly in the trenches, at the point of departure of the charge, at the place where the artillery fire was fierce, directing the fierce battle with sternness and enthusiasm. Brigadier Chen greeted the soldiers loudly while walking: "Comrades, is it difficult?" "Seventy one, it's nothing!" "It's nothing!" Chen Xingyun liked the heroic words of the soldiers very much.He said: "It's really nothing. Our difficulties are even more difficult for the enemy. Some of the enemy's troops can't eat a meal for two or three days. Comrades! The difficulties we encounter are temporary and can be overcome!" His appearance, his every move, gave the soldiers a wonderful and great power. Brigadier Chen arrived at the command post of Zhao Jintuan.At this time, his face was livid and cold.He asked: "Zhang Youqiang?" Zhao Jin said, "Go to the third battalion." "I want him to come back immediately!" Zhao Jin immediately called the command post of the third battalion. A staff officer spread a battle map on the ground.Brigadier Chen knelt down on one leg, put his hands on the ground, and stared at the map.After a while, he raised his head and whispered a few words.He took out the cigarette case again, took out a cigarette, knocked the end of the cigarette on the cigarette case a few times, sucked it, and meditated. Zhang Youqiang was originally a staff officer of Zhao Jintuan.Since Wei Yi, chief of staff of the regiment died in the Shajiadian battle, he has acted as deputy chief of staff of the regiment. An hour ago, Brigadier Chen called and asked Zhao Jintuan to send a battalion into the area among the enemies.It happened that Zhang Youqiang was answering the phone at the regiment command post.At that time, he repeatedly emphasized the difficulty, saying that he couldn't draw people.In the end, Brigadier Chen severely criticized him, and he accepted the task slowly. Zhang Youqiang got into the shelter, his whole body was drenched by the rain, and water was dripping from the brim of his hat. Brigadier Chen stared at the wall of the bunker and asked Zhang Youqiang, "Tell me, how difficult are you?" Zhang Youqiang planned in his heart: "If I tell you the actual situation, the brigade commander will probably understand our difficulties." He explained the difficult situation of our regiment in an orderly manner, and finally said in a nutshell: "Everything is very good. Difficult; the battle was very fierce. Today, the people in the Guangtuan Command Post fought the enemy with grenades three times!" Brigadier Chen's iron jaw trembled slightly.He stared straight at Zhang Youqiang, with two stern lights in his eyes.He said: "There are very few people. If we take a battalion out for activities, it will be difficult for our regiment to fight. Can you say that?" Zhang Youqiang argued timidly: "It's really difficult, it's true—" Brigadier Chen interrupted him and said, "Difficult? Aren't we here to overcome difficulties?" He looked outside the bunker and said in a low voice. : "Some cadres encounter situations that are difficult enough to die for, but they don't shout, they try to overcome difficulties, and they have the courage to overcome difficulties. Only such people can be respected!" He suddenly turned his face, that The eyes like iron pincers pinched Zhang Youqiang again. "Our most difficult time is also when the enemy can't stand it. Whoever can survive the last few minutes of this difficulty is the winner. Think about it, how do the defeated soldiers of the Kuomintang feel when they hear the gunshots behind them? We One more day here, how much the enemy will starve to death. We are here one more day against the enemy, Comrade Chen Geng's troops crossing the Yellow River, how much progress will be made in the west of Henan! Why do you only see your regiment and look at it? How about our whole business?" He shut his mouth tightly and stopped talking.Clearly, he was doing his best to suppress his emotions and calm himself down.His face was dark, and his eyes were cold and resolute.After a while, he said again: "Let me ask you, if we alone are fighting against twenty or thirty enemies, if we don't use all kinds of means to attack the enemy, can we still hold on to Jiuli Mountain? We can still complete the blocking mission for six or seven days." ?Do you think it is unreasonable for the party committee of the column to send some troops to intervene among the enemy?...The soldiers know the meaning of enduring these hardships. Therefore, they have infinite courage, and they demand to use all methods to beat the enemy hard, Destroy the enemy!" Brigadier Chen stared at Zhang Youqiang for a full minute and said, "You don't have the heroism of soldiers!" His voice trembled slightly from the suppressed emotional impact. Brigadier Chen walked out of the shelter and stood in the trench, looking at the place where the artillery fire was fierce to the north. Zhao Jin and Zhang Youqiang followed. Zhao Jin is used to hearing orders.He has the heart and habits of a soldier.Therefore, he was not at all disgusted by the brigade commander's blunt and sharp reprimand and his authoritative and commanding tone, but a burning pain seized him.This pain is caused by a sense of duty that cannot forgive itself. Zhao Jin's face was stern, and the sadness welling up from his heart crept up the corner of his mouth.He said, "Brigadier! I think you know we have the courage to face up to our mistakes!" Brigadier Chen's eyes softened, and he said: "The party committee of your regiment must let every comrade truly understand: We dare to win and are good at winning!" Zhao Jin has fought with Brigadier Chen for many years; during the 25,000-mile Long March, they went in and out of the artillery fire side by side, and the friendship of comrades was firmly established.Zhao Jin deeply knows that if you are loyal to your duty and put your mission above your life, the brigade commander will support and encourage you.If a combat hero dies, the brigade commander will be too miserable to eat.When you are injured, the brigade commander can watch the phone all night waiting for the doctor to report the injury, and even ride a horse to the hospital to see you in his busy schedule; he will order the doctor to say: "You must revive him, the priceless treasure that the party entrusted to me It's nothing but cadres." But if you waver and shrink back, and don't resolutely carry out orders, the brigade commander will never show mercy and follow discipline.Thinking of this, Zhao Jin felt ashamed again.He felt how insignificant he should be compared to the loyalty and firmness of the brigade commander! The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the mountain was covered with fog, and it was impossible to see anything more than ten meters away.Gunshots and cannons roared one after another. Brigadier Chen said: "Zhao Jin, I have already said that you will send a battalion out tonight." Pointing to a mountainous area just north of Jiuli Mountain, he said: "Put in the middle of the enemy and actively attack the enemy. Cooperate with the frontal blocking forces to attack the enemy and delay the time for the enemy to flee south. In this way, our main force led by Mr. Peng can be inserted near Yan'an to set up a formation to attack the enemy; the army of our Chen Geng Corps can relax and expand the offensive in the west of Henan. " Brigadier Chen walked towards the place where the artillery fire was fierce.Zhao Jin looked at Brigadier Chen's figure until he couldn't see him.Standing erect on the edge of the traffic trench, he couldn't hear the gust of gunfire, couldn't see the smoke rising in front of him, couldn't feel the rain streaming down his neck; the broad, tall figure of the brigade commander seemed to stand motionless on the ground in front of him.Four Zhao Jin sneaked into the shelter and called political commissar Li Cheng from the front of the position to the regiment command post. Li Cheng was covered in mud and smelled of gunpowder smoke; there were some small openings on his lips, and small drops of blood oozed out.The guard handed him a teacup of water, and he poured it into his mouth as soon as he took it, dripping from his chin. After Zhao Jin informed Li Cheng of the brigade commander's intentions, he said, "Let Zhou Dayong take a battalion into the enemy's midst tonight for activities." The phone rang.Li Cheng picked up the phone earphone, and after listening for a while, he turned to Zhao Jin and said, "The brigade chief wants me to go to the brigade command post immediately." Zhao Jin called each battalion: each battalion should draw out a company to temporarily form a battalion to carry out new tasks. Li Cheng told the correspondent: "The first company is near here. You go and call Zhou Dayong and Wang Chengde, and ask them to withdraw the troops of the first company from the line of fire." After finishing speaking, he ran towards the brigade command post . Zhou Dayong and Wang Chengde came running vigorously.What did the head of the regiment tell them to do? The correspondent had already told them what to do.They got into the shelter with great enthusiasm. Zhou Dayong and Wang Chengde fought side by side for several years and saved each other's lives.Even now, if necessary, both of them would generously give their lives to save the other.However, in the blink of an eye when the two of them bent down and entered the shelter, Zhao Jin realized that if the important task of poking into the enemy's midst for activities was not decided by the superiors, but by seeking Zhou Dayong and Wang Chengde's opinions, see who is willing Go, then neither of them will give in to anyone.Although this mood is not so conspicuous from their actions. After Zhao Jin explained the current situation between the enemy and ourselves and the task of sending troops to fight among the enemies, he said: "Wang Chengde, you stay and help your instructor command the first battalion." He then said to Zhou Dayong: "You take three The company moved among the enemies." Zhao Jin said it very simply, as is often the case in war: people use a simple gesture to explain a lot of meaning, and use a few words to explain very complicated thoughts. Zhou Dayong said calmly: "Good!" In the past, Zhou Dayong got a difficult task that others couldn't get, his eyes sparkled with joy, his heart was filled with the joy of fighting, and he wished he could leave immediately.However, the fact that he had to command three companies at the moment made him have to think deeply and made him feel heavy. A hundred and ten meters away from the regiment command post, gunshots and shouts were mingling fiercely.Suddenly, Li Cheng gulped and jumped into the traffic trench, and then jumped into the shelter.Zhao Jin asked: "Is the enemy taking care of you?" Li Cheng said: "It's trivial to take care of me. The enemy took care of the brigade command post. When I went to them, the brigade chief personally led the troops of the brigade command post and repelled the enemy's two attacks. It's so lively!" A staff officer next to him said: "The enemy is charging in turn on the whole front!" Zhao Jin glanced at the staff officer and said, "What kind of charge is taking turns, it's a bait!" Zhao Jin's eyes were harsh and cold.He stared at Zhou Dayong and Wang Chengde.Say to Li Cheng: "Just do it! I talked to them just now." Li Cheng said: "The head of the brigade instructed: let Zhou Dayong temporarily act as battalion commander; Ma Quanyou temporarily act as company commander." He looked at his watch vigorously and asked, "Zhou Dayong, do you have any preparations to do?" Zhou Dayong said: "Besides giving the soldiers an assignment, what else do you need to prepare? Take all your belongings with you, and if you say go, just lift your feet and leave." Zhao Jin took a look at Zhou Dayong, his eyes didn't change, but his heart was full of emotions, yes, they really didn't have anything else except the ragged single clothes, backpacks and weapons that never left their bodies day and night.This is the case today, and it has been the case for many years! Zhao Jin seemed to have something to say, and after a while, he said: "Zhou Dayong! The first battalion is not crowded now, and if you take the first company away, it will be even more problematic. Therefore, the first company is still there." Take a row out." Zhou Dayong was taken aback for a moment, as if something very serious had happened to him. Zhao Jin thought: "It hurts so much to draw him out! Yes, no wonder he is, now one soldier is worth ten, and he really doesn't have many people in his hands!" He said still sternly: "Don't be dazed! The first One company is now the company with the largest number of people." Zhou Dayong said: "Yesterday, the regiment gave us five new liberation soldiers; we also put the cooks and correspondents in the squad. Now the first company has a total of..." Li Cheng said: "Leave one Row! The frontal position is always important, and it's no use crying poor." Zhou Dayong said: "Then, let's draw the first row!" "Lang lang lang lang..." The phone rang sharply.Zhao Jin picked up the earphones and heard the urgent voice of the deputy battalion commander of the second battalion: "On the 41st, the enemy has put all their strength on us! We have repelled the enemy's seven charges... there are few people, and the ammunition cannot be delivered. ...the battalion commander had a wound on his left arm...I told him to go down, he scolded me so badly...On the 41st, give us some troops, even a squad." Zhao Jin shouted sharply: "Calm! If you don't give you a pawn, you have to resist! +H, do you hear me?" He dropped his earphones and walked out of the shelter.Zhou Dayong and Wang Chengde followed suit. Zhao Jin stood upright on the top of the traffic trench, with irritated cold light in his eyes, looking at the foggy high mountain on the left, where the guns roared fiercely.He turned his head and said with a gloomy face, "Where are your people?" Zhou Dayong said, "Under the ridge on the right." Zhao Jin looked at the place where the gunfire was fierce, and shouted without turning his head: "Correspondent, call for one row at a time! Run!" In an instant, a row of leaders Li Jiangguo ran over with the soldiers.There are three wrinkles on Li Jiangguo's forehead, and his appearance also looks old.He himself also felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavy, so he tried his best to behave calmly.But from time to time, he always showed his carefree mood and his habit of talking and laughing. Zhao Jin asked: "Has the whole platoon been dragged over?" Li Jiangguo stood stiffly, and shouted: "Report, all dragged here!" Zhao Jin asked: "How many people?" Li Jiangguo took a step forward, straightened his chest, and reported word by word in a sonorous voice: "There are seven people including me." His face was red and he was full of air.He looked at Zhao Jin's face, and seemed to say: "Commander, what a big platoon! No matter what platoon it is compared to, it's pretty good!" Zhao Jin took a look at Li Jiangguo's brave and sophisticated appearance, then jumped down the traffic trench and got into the shelter.He shook the phone twice, and just said: "Second Brigade, I'll..." The phone line was cut off!He dropped his earphones and emerged from the shelter. Zhao Jin looked at Zhou Dayong seriously and kindly for a while, then jumped out of the traffic trench, and shouted to the soldiers in the first row: "Come!" He led the soldiers, and ran like flying towards the smoky left-wing position!Fives It was dark, and the heavy rain was falling down. Zhou Dayong set off with three companies.The soldiers supported, pulled, and slid down Jiuli Mountain.They slipped down from a hillside on the west side of Jiuli Mountain, and then turned northeast, trying to get into a mountainous area among the enemy from the junction of the enemy's positions. Zhou Dayong was at the forefront of the troops.The future battle, the hope of victory, and the honor of the hero aroused a strong excitement in Zhou Dayong's heart.But he did his best to suppress this feeling, and to gather his thoughts to anticipate the difficulties that might be encountered in this operation. Zhou Dayong led his troops to the north for more than three miles, and a small ravine between two big mountains flashed ahead.The enemy kept shooting at Mizoguchi, and the defense was very strict.The troops were blocked, and the soldiers were lying in the muddy water.Zhou Dayong took four soldiers to "find out the situation".They crawled around in the mud and water, and suddenly they encountered the enemy's deer village and obstacles.He lay down, pushed his hat back, wiped the rain from his face, made a calculation in his mind, and led the soldiers to touch forward again.As he walked, he paid attention to the terrain; although the weather was dark, he had a good understanding of the terrain he had walked and touched.Because, on the one hand, Zhou Dayong and the others are used to living in war and are familiar with all kinds of terrain; on the other hand, they have developed an extremely keen sense in war, and often use this sense instead of eyes in the dark,-- In the night battle where he couldn't see his fists, he could accurately distinguish which was his own and which was the enemy. Zhou Dayong clarified the situation: there is an enemy battalion on the top of the mountain, and two heavy machine guns of the enemy on the mountainside tightly block the ditch. Zhou Dayong ordered Ma Quanyou to seize the enemy's two heavy machine guns and open up the way forward.He said: "You bring three or four fighters up. The more people, the bigger the goal. After you complete the task, notify me immediately, and I will drag the troops in. Remember, seize the opportunity to win!" Ma Quanyou led Ning Jinshan, Ning Erzi and other soldiers, carrying submachine guns and grenades, skillfully touched the enemy's position and solved the enemy. Zhou Dayong got the news that Ma Quanyou and the others had cleared the way for the enemy to advance, so he led the soldiers to plunge into the northern ravine. The rain continued to fall.On the surrounding hills, the enemy shouted and shot blindly.Zhou Dayong led the troops, inserted a couple of miles into the ditch and started fighting with the enemy again.The soldiers fought and walked, poking deep into the enemy's position, and slowly the enemy's shouts and shooting fell behind them. Zhou Dayong led the troops and entered a narrow ravine in the northeast of Jiuli Mountain at dawn.Except for the soldiers on alert, all the other soldiers slept under the cliff. Zhou Dayong knew that he was among tens of thousands of enemies, and he was always in danger of being surrounded.He couldn't relax, couldn't sleep, walked back and forth in the ditch, thinking about various things. On the second night when the soldiers inserted themselves among the enemies, Zhou Dayong concentrated his strength and attacked the enemy once.Then, that night, he ordered the three companies to attack the enemy separately. When each company completed its mission and returned to the designated location, it was dawn. Zhou Dayong sat under the cliff, thinking deeply about something.他旁边坐着一连代理连长马全有。马全有靠在石头上，睡着了。周大勇的眼光，有时落到他脸上。 现在周大勇眼里，常有严峻的神色。这神色和他二十四岁的年纪很不相称。好像他在战争的道路上提前成熟了。如今，他仿佛能在转眼的工夫，准确地预测出某些重大事情的艰难、复杂和变化，并且可以掌握它。他的一举一动已开始随经验的确信，显露出冷静的特点。身体里饱蓄着生命力。这生命力使他获得了很难估量的胆识和魄力。 九连连长检查了警戒，从山顶上下来，边走边喊："卫刚，快下来！周营长在等我们！" 卫刚头上，脖子上还缠着绷带。他左手按住腰里摆动的驳壳枪，从山坡上连跳带蹦地跑下来。他问："王连长，昨晚上你们把敌人狠狠地揍了一顿吧？"没等王连长回答他又说： "真痛快！晚上咱们分手以后，我们爬到一个山头上，嘿，摸到敌人的炮兵指挥所，手榴弹披头盖脑地往敌人头上浇，一阵好揍啊！狗杂种，他可犯到我们手里哪！告诉你，昨晚上我要不是怕违背营长的命令，就还要往敌人阵地纵深插哩！" 九连连长说："卫刚，你当连长倒比当指导员更合适。" 卫刚说："是嘛，我缺少股耐性。为这，李政委没有少克我！我哥也没有少克我！"提起他哥哥卫毅，他脸色突然变了，显露出悲痛的神情。 参加会议的干部们来齐以后，周大勇把敌情分析了一番，便问："下一步怎么办？" 卫刚说："就照这样干：白天隐蔽，晚上出来活动，反正在夜战中，敌人没有便宜讨。瞧，我们总是一出手就消灭他一大堆！" 他热情地看周大勇，希望他支持自己的意见。而周大勇却望着红泥沟渠，在顽强地思量什么。 九连连长摇头说："有再一再二，可没有再三再四呀，这一块地区是不能再活动了。……"九连连长的话还没说完，卫刚就猛站起来，准备反驳人家的意见。 周大勇手在空中压了一下，说："卫刚，沉住气！"他边思量边说："这里朝西南走二十多里就是九里山，我们在这里活动能直接配合九里山的主力部队作战。可是九连连长也说得在理，你尝着个甜头，就啃住不放，那是要吃亏的。" 马全有生硬而倔强地问："那怎么办？" 周大勇拔了根嫩草，在嘴里嚼着，盯着石壁，筹思了好久。他说："战斗中，在一定的时间一定的条件下，最危险的地方也会成为最安全的地方。我们再朝北插，再朝敌人阵地纵深插。这，看来冒险，实际上比这里更能有力地打击敌人，还比较安全。" 卫刚猛烈反对："万万不行。照你的意见办，那不是把原来的计划都推翻得一干二净？" 周大勇说："卫刚！计划是我们订的，我们是它的主人，根据实际情况，我们可以修改它。现在就决定部队向北插他十来里路。好，注意警戒，晚上出发！"六 晚上，周大勇率领部队悄悄地向北开进。 马全有带着一帮战士，走在部队前边，侦察情况。碰巧，他们在山沟转弯处，捉住三个敌人开小差的士兵。马全有从三个敌人士兵口中查明：翻过一条山梁，朝北走五六里是一条大沟。那里有个叫李家凹的村子里，驻扎敌人一个旅直属队；掩护部队少，非战斗人员多，还有很多行李、弹药。马全有火速把情况报告给周大勇。 周大勇再三盘问了俘虏，分析了情况，便决定去袭击敌人。他带上战士们，爬上一座高山。他们四下一看：南面枪炮声很紧，北面有敌人烧起一堆堆的火，东面和西面照明弹一颗跟一颗划过夜空。敌人搞什么鬼哟！ 周大勇把兵力分成三股。他指挥第一连和第六连从东南向西北分两路戳下沟。九连连长带领第九连在山头上担任战斗警戒。 夜里三点钟，周大勇指挥的部队摸到一个小村子里，突然打响了。敌人一听枪响，乱成一团，人踏人，马踏马，鬼哭狼嗥地乱呼喊。 周大勇他们袭击敌人中，看见有一股敌人乱七八糟地向沟北一个小村子跑。他带着战士们紧紧地追赶着敌人。突然，山坡上跑过来一个人，喊："嗨！你们是不是掩护部队？" 周大勇脑子一转，说："是的。，你是不是旅部的传令兵？来，抽一支烟。"他不慌不忙地吹着口哨，向敌人跟前走去。 那人跺脚，叫："快一点！参谋长急死了，祖宗三代地咒骂你们。快走！" 周大勇心里笑了：这才是送上口的肥肉。他说："啊呀！ 我们也是急得找不见他呀！走，他在哪里？你带我们去！"他拍着那传令兵的肩膀，老兄老弟地瞎扯起来。 敌人的传令兵把周大勇他们带进村子里一个小院墙边。 马全有一巴掌，把那传令兵打得滚到地下，卸掉他的枪。 周大勇手一摆，六连连长卫刚指挥战士们爬上窑顶。他便带领马全有等人，直向一个点着灯的窑洞中冲去。 周大勇冲到窑洞门口，眼一扫，就看见一个军官模样的人坐在那里喘息不定地骂："岂有此理！岂有此理！这是什么掩护队伍呀！快，快，快派人到山头上去看。也许是我们的人发生误会打起来的！慌什么！……你这个卫士，是饭桶！你把我的皮包丢了。皮包里有一斤来的饼子，你丢了叫我怎样活哩！"他把那卫士踢了一脚，又双手搓着，来回急急地走动，像站在烧红的铁板上似的。"简直是风声鹤唳……西安不保，延安更难说，而我们的大军又被堵在这里，……前去不能，后退无路……我们不被打死也要全部饿死在这里！"突然，他尖锐地喊叫："谁让我们来这里送死？谁让我们来这里送死？…… God!只要能回到西安，我到街上拉黄包车也行！ "他用头磕墙壁。 马全有冲进去，用枪逼住站在窑洞墙角落的敌人卫士。周大勇猛扑上去揪住敌人军官的领口，差点把他提到空中。 周大勇用枪逼住那人，问："你是什么人？" 敌人军官被这突然出现在面前的人震愣了。他留神看了一下，还没有认清来的是什么人。他嘴一撇，露出黄剌剌的金牙，用那惯于作福作威的口气说："我是上校副参谋长。我奉旅长命令在这里指挥旅部的人员。你是哪一部分的？敢这样蛮横！你要造反？" 周大勇把敌人军官的领口抓得更紧了，心里又腻歪又好笑。他喊：发什么懵！我们是人民解放军。我们的部队已经把你们包围了，不怕你插上翅膀飞上天。赶快让你手边的旅直属队人员在门外场子里集合。你说半个不字，我就砸碎你的脑壳。"他那黑煞煞的脸色，看了叫人畏缩。 那个敌人军官，不知道对他眼前的情形不相信还是故意装模作样，反正他头上尽管流冷汗，可是脸色越来越傲慢。 周大勇抓住他的领口往后一推，往前一拉，用驳壳枪对准他的鼻子，喊："要死，我立刻敲掉你；要活，就乖乖的把你们所有人员集合起来。"这声音，充满威胁和可怕的力量。 上校副参谋长，看着那对准他的枪口，头在发昏。He said: "还有什么人啊！统打散了。好，照办！我手边只有一个卫士班。好，照办！"接着，又失魂落魄地嘟囔："天上来的！简直是从天上来的！"他不相信自己的眼睛似地向周围乱看。 周大勇端着扳起机头的驳壳枪，两腿微微叉开站着，像在地下扎了根。他那对凶猛的眼里射出两股剑一样的冷光。 敌人副参谋长的眼光和周大勇眼光碰到一块，他不由得后退了一步，两手垂下，缩着脖子。他看清了，周大勇比他高一头宽一膀，像一堵铁墙。他生怕周大勇往前一扑，把他压碎。 "天上来的！简直是从天上来的！"他叽叽咕咕地支吾了半天，还是下了命令，把旅部的一百来人集合起来。这帮人里头有"政工"人员、军需人员、军医、伙夫、马夫、卫士等等。 战士们很快就把敌人的武装解除了。 周大勇让马全有押着敌人副参谋长往窑洞门外走，可是刚出门，那个副参谋长往旁边一滚，顺着小路，沿河槽跑了。 周大勇站在崖边，顺着那个敌人军官奔跑的脚步声，"叭"的打了一枪，接着就有"啊呀！啊呀……"的呻唤声传来。周大勇顺着那呻唤声再给了一枪。 一个战士用拣来的敌人的手电筒往沟里一照，说："营长，你打得真准，那上校大人到美国领赏去了！"这时候，周大勇听到了山头上我军掩护部队发出的撤退信号。他烧掉了敌人的武器、弹药和行李等，带上俘虏们赶快上山。他一分钟也没耽搁，按时撤出战斗。 他带上部队上了山以后，猛地，听到左面山头上打得很激烈。他很疑惑，可是他还是带上队伍，继续向原来约定的会合地点跑。突然，他碰见一个通讯员。 通讯员上气不接下气地说："坏了，周营长！我们王连长带的部队，跟敌人增援部队粘到一块啦，现在撤不下来。"