Chapter 11 Chapter Fifty-Three

Lu Xiaolong stood on the highest deck of the "Hongdu No. 7" river ship, watching the bow of the ship split the Ganjiang River and go upstream. The upper and lower decks of the ship were full of Beijing Red Guards holding spears. He is leading the "Capital Red Guards to Jiangxi Joint Investigation Team" of three or four hundred people from Ji'an to Nanchang to participate in the joint revolutionary action of the revolutionary rebels in Jiangxi Province. In the summer of 1967, the world was already in chaos. Most of the provinces in the country were caught in the large-scale fighting between the rebels and conservatives, and Lu Xiaolong was also involved in the "world chaos".

On April 20, the Beijing Municipal Revolutionary Committee was established, and the student rebel leaders held almost no real power.Lu Xiaolong led Shen Li to Shanghai to join forces at a critical moment at the beginning of the year. When he came back, You Qi had nothing to do with fetching water from a bamboo basket. Among nearly a hundred members of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee, he was given the false name of being the last one, which has no meaning.The real power of the school fell into the hands of the propaganda team of the People's Liberation Army, and he had nothing to do.Red Guard organizations with various names gradually existed in name only under the control of the military propaganda team. When every class of students on the campus was led by a PLA to sit in the classroom all day long and study Chairman Mao’s quotations, the space for student revolution and rebellion shrank rapidly.After some hesitation, Lu Xiaolong called Jiang Qing. He originally wanted to talk about his feeling of pressure, but when the call got through, it turned into a greeting to Jiang Qing.Instead, Jiang Qing asked him: What are you doing now?He replied truthfully: nothing to do.Jiang Qing said to him: Now the whole country is overthrowing the Liu Deng line with guns. 1967 was a year of comprehensive class struggle. Let him open his eyes and care about the two-line struggle across the country.Jiang Qing seemed to be very busy, and he forgot about Lu Xiaolong, and was a little surprised by Lu Xiaolong's phone call, which hurt Lu Xiaolong a little, but Jiang Qing's few words and words in the midst of his busy schedule were still kind, which gave Lu Xiaolong a little comfort.He kept revisiting this comfort after the phone call, in order to overcome a deep sense of abandonment.He vowed not to call Jiang Qing again, and then convinced himself that Comrade Jiang Qing was very busy, and to have such an attitude was the greatest concern.

This complex psychology eventually led to a new "desperate" action.Not afraid of the danger of his life, he took Lu Xiaohui, Lu Minmin and some students from Beiqing Middle School to kill to the south.This time, he was fighting to defend Chairman Mao's revolutionary line and the Central Cultural Revolution led by Jiang Qing. He felt somewhat sad and reckless.It is very similar to a son who, after being indifferent, forgotten and humiliated by his parents, not only does not hold any grudges, but instead proves his importance to his parents by his loyal behavior at the expense of his life.This time, he hopes to do another earth-shattering thing in China.

They went south along the Beijing-Guangzhou line, first went to Wuhan, Hubei for a while, then went south to Changsha, Hunan for a while, and finally took a bus from Zhuzhou, Hunan to the east to Jiangxi, where they had been in a large series.At this time, China was still struggling between the two lines of "revolution" and "protection". The provincial, prefectural, and county party committees in various places had already been washed away in the early stage of the movement. All conservative forces gathered under the protection of the military area. Two factions that are incompatible from top to bottom have been formed.Facing the substantive struggle for the power of the revolutionary committees at all levels in the future, the struggle between the two factions intensified, from a literary struggle to an armed struggle.Lu Xiaolong did not hesitate to stand on the side of the rebels. Just like in the past, no matter what faction they were in Beijing, the college and middle school students from Beijing all became rebels when they came here. This incident made Lu Xiaolong very interesting. .Looking at the Red Guards standing densely on the two decks with spears in hand and helmets on their heads, Lu Xiaolong felt the meaning of arming and war.In Jiangxi, he once again knew the value of his name. It was with his name and his organizational skills that he formed all the college and middle school students who went to Jiangxi into a force that affected the movement in the whole province.What was not obtained in the political struggle in Beijing may be obtained in the political struggle in other provinces, and he has a lot of imagination in his revolutionary cause.

The sky gradually became cloudy, and the fields, villages, roads and hills on both sides of the bank slowly passed by.A bearded sailor on the boat came over and told him: "This area is controlled by conservatives, you should pay more attention." Lu Xiaolong looked at the mighty river and the calm fields on both sides and said: "It doesn't matter, we are here On the water, they are on the shore, and they can’t do anything to us. Besides, they don’t know about our going to Nanchang.” This time, the reason why they did not go by land and by water was to avoid areas controlled by conservatives.At this moment, several ships appeared one after another on the distant river, as if the entire river was tilted, Lu Xiaolong and many Red Guards on the deck had a premonition of danger.You can't see the situation of those ships clearly from a distance, let alone the people on board. However, from the way they come one by one, you think that they may be the enemy.Everyone called the bearded sailor Da Liu, and said at this time: "Should we put away the big flag and let everyone hide in the cabin?" He took another look at the Red Guards standing on the upper and lower decks, looked at the distance to the opposite ship and said, "No need." He knew that there was no time to do so.Not long after, a total of four ships came head-on, and they were four identical lead-gray transport ships.The boats were not big, and there were seventy or eighty strong men holding spears, wearing blue canvas overalls, and hard hats standing on each boat. Some people hold a bamboo pole with a spear point and a hook more than ten feet long in their hands.When the four boats passed by one after another, the heavily armed Beijing Red Guards on this boat and the burly men on the other boat looked at each other and looked at each other.

Seeing that the four ships did not block each other, but passed by one by one, Lu Xiaolong had a lucky thought for a moment: they probably didn't come for the "Joint Investigation Team of Red Guards from the Capital to Jiangxi". However, he immediately saw the four boats make a bend at the stern of the "Hongdu No. 7", turned around the bow, and two on the left and two walked parallel to them and surrounded them.The Red Guards on the whole ship did not need to be mobilized, they all raised their spears. Many Red Guards grabbed lumps of coal from the piles of coal piled on the deck, and some brave boys shouted loudly and arranged them.Lu Xiaolong didn't give any orders, and the upper and lower decks ran furiously, and they were ready to fight.All spears, fire hooks, and long bamboo poles were transferred to the bow, stern, and sides of the first deck.The boys were in the front and the girls were in the back. A large amount of coal was brought up on the upper deck, and people on all sides were holding coal with both hands and ready to throw it.

Lu Xiaohui and Lu Minmin wore safety helmets and followed Lu Xiaolong with coals in both hands. Lu Xiaohui asked, "Aren't you going to command everyone?" Lu Xiaolong looked at the ships surrounded by both sides and shook his head.Lu Minmin's slightly dark and delicate face was slightly flushed under the bamboo hat. She looked at Lu Xiaolong and asked, "Can you fight?" There was both excitement for the battle and a trace of fear and nervousness in her voice.Lu Xiaolong glanced at the boats on both sides, and the two sides were staring at each other, he said: "It is estimated that there will be a fight." Lu Xiaohui looked at him with a pair of big and bright eyes and said: "We must prepare for the worst. .” Lu Xiaolong nodded.He walked to the bridge, where the captain was steering the helm and looking ahead calmly.He asked the captain: "Is it possible for us to drive faster and get rid of them?" The captain shook his head and said, "They are all faster than us. We are now at the highest speed."

Lu Xiaolong returned to the deck again, and saw that the ships on both sides were just side by side, and did not make any move.He didn't understand what this meant. Could it be that they were escorted to Nanchang like this?The Red Guards on the boat were holding coals with spears nervously, but they would not speak.They follow the policy of not attacking others if they don't attack me, and attacking others if they attack me. When the mixed fleet galloped to a relatively open and flat area, the other party started to move, and menacing shouts made the "Hongdu No. 7" on which the Beijing Red Guards were riding to dock.At this time, Lu Xiaolong also followed the sailor Liu's finger, and saw thousands of farmers holding poles and sticks appearing on both sides of the bank.They roamed and shouted along the river bank, like thousands of horses galloping on the grassland.It appears that this is a well-planned move by conservatives. "Hongdu No. 7" naturally ignored it and moved forward at full speed.Four leaden gray boats began to attack, like four fierce and agile gray wolves attacking a big fat and immobile pig.Relying on its great weight, the pig walked straight forward with a grunt and a groan. Four gray wolves came up to bite in turn. They all poked at each other with spear points and iron hooks. "Hongdu No. 7" did not have any right to maneuver, it just drove forward persistently, resisting the attacks from front, back, left, and right.The pile of coal on the boat gave the Red Guards a lot of help. The black lumps of coal shone brightly and shot at the gray boat, making it hard for the burly men with spears to dodge.

Lu Xiaolong also grabbed the coal and went into battle. His only principle now is to fight more bravely than anyone else.He quickly saw clearly that the intention of the other party's successive attacks was to hit the side and stern of the "Hongdu No. 7" in order to disable the ship's driving ability, so he directed everyone to concentrate their firepower on the most dangerous collisions. Special attention should be paid to protecting the stern, the rudder is very fragile and will be destroyed when hit.At the same time, he directed the coal-throwing Red Guards to not only attack the burly man holding a spear at the bow of the opponent's ship, but also attack the opponent's cab.The windows of the cabs of two gray ships were hit and shattered by lumps of coal, which somewhat dampened the arrogance of the opponent's attack.

Probably about to cross the area controlled by the conservatives, more and more farmers on both sides of the strait were left behind, and the collision of the "Hongdu Seven" by the four gray ships escalated sharply.Their bow decks were thick and sharp, and every collision gave the "Hongdu No. 7" a violent shock.Hearing the crazed shouts of the Red Guards, it was the Red Guards who fell into the river after another collision. The "Hongdu No. 7" was seriously injured, and its hull tilted. The collision of the four gray boats became even more frantic, and more and more Red Guards fell into the water.Now, the three gray boats continue to charge forward, and one gray boat catches the Red Guards who have fallen into the water with a bamboo pole with a hook behind.Seeing his comrades fall into the surging river one by one, all the red guards in the capital were jealous.

Lu Xiaolong ran to the bridge and asked the captain: "How far is this from the Laobao area?" The captain squinted and looked ahead and replied: "There are still a few kilometers." Lu Xiaolong asked: "Can the boat hold on?" The captain said : "I don't know." While speaking, the strong vibration caused by another collision made the ship tilt even more.Lu Xiaolong said to the captain: "Keep going no matter what." The captain nodded slightly. The cloudy sky is getting lower and lower, and the farmers on the banks of the river on both sides of the mountains are gradually disappearing.A gray boat drove to the front of the "Hongdu No. 7", and a man stood at the stern and shouted loudly: "If you don't dock, we will shoot." He was seen holding a rifle in his hand.Lu Xiaolong stood in the cab and glanced at the captain, and the captain also glanced at him, and continued to steer the rudder and drive forward.The man with the gun looked at the shore on both sides, and shouted some more words. Seeing that the Red Guard's boat was still moving forward unswervingly, he raised his gun.A gunshot shattered the glass in front of the cockpit, and the captain was hit in the head and fell beside the rudder.Lu Xiaolong went up to help the captain, and saw the bullet go into the captain's mouth and come out from the back of his neck, dripping with blood. The captain raised his finger on the steering wheel, and then his whole body loosened, his head and hands lost their lives, and he fell down.Lu Xiaolong hurriedly held onto the steering wheel, watched the captain drive from the cockpit, and had a general feeling for the steering wheel. He grasped the direction of the ship and continued to drive without hesitation.The opponent raised his gun again, and the moment the opponent fired, Lu Xiaolong lowered his head slightly.The shot missed the cockpit, but he heard a scream from Lu Xiaohui outside: "Lu Minmin!" Without thinking too much, he continued to hold the rudder, feeling the influence of the rudder on the direction of the ship, adjusting and controlling the direction of the ship. direction.Another shot hit the cockpit, there was another sound of glass breaking, and I felt a blow to my left arm.He turned his head to look, and there was blood under his left shoulder. The ship was tilting more and more, and it was almost impossible for people to stand on it.At this time, Da Liu ran over and called out: "Captain!" When he found that the captain was dead, he quickly said to Lu Xiaolong: "Turn to the right, and the ship will sink." Lu Xiaolong quickly turned the steering wheel to the right continuously. , the ship leaned against the right bank while tilting, and ran aground ten or twenty meters away from the shore.Lu Xiaolong rushed out of the cab and commanded loudly: "College boys and high school boys stay and cover, all girls and all junior high school students retreat and dive ashore." Some girls were shouting like crazy, unwilling to retreat first, Lu Xiaolong Xiaolong yelled loudly: "Whoever disobeys the order is a traitor! Whoever disobeys the order is trying to delay everyone!" The male students who were in charge of covering all gathered coals at the bow, stern and Jiangxin side of the ship with their spears. Three sides confronted the encirclement of four ships.Here, all the female Red Guards, wounded, uninjured, able to swim, and those who could not swim, jumped into the water and rushed to the shore.Seeing more than half of the people throwing themselves into the river like dumplings, and climbing ashore like a herd of sheep that fell into the water, Lu Xiaolong gave another order: "The male students from middle school retreat, and the male students from college cover up." The more than 100 boys who stayed on the boat Everyone was shouting: "You guys go away!" Lu Xiaolong was in a hurry, he grabbed a spear and yelled at the person in front of him, "Go ashore quickly, don't be a prisoner." So everyone took the coal in their hands for the last time. Throwing, throwing the spear at the enemy ship like a javelin, then jumping into the water and rushing to the shore.Lu Xiaolong and the last dozens of people threw spears and stones in their hands, and they also jumped into the river and swam ashore. An army that is brave in battle is crumbled in retreat.Hundreds of Red Guards, male and female, and the wounded, ran across the muddy beach and ran up the embankment.When they boarded the high embankment and looked back panting, the four gray boats stopped not far from the river bank, and those burly men with spears also waded ashore with their spears in hand. On the other side are hundreds of burly men with murder weapons in their hands, and here is a group of empty-handed male and female students, carrying many wounded, and they can't run anymore.Lu Xiaolong glanced at the stones paved on the embankment, went up to pick up a piece with both hands, held it up in his hands and said: "Prepare the stones, hold on here!" So the men and women started working together to pick up the looser stones up. Some smashed big rocks into smaller ones, and some held up a large piece of their hands, facing the steep slope of the river embankment, ready to fight to the death with the invading enemy. Almost all the burly men have landed, and someone is directing them to outflank here.A girl among the Red Guards shouted, "They've captured our people!" Looking from a distance, a group of burly men were surrounding someone, and there was a short-haired girl in the middle, who must be a student from Beijing.Lu Xiaolong heard another person shouting behind him: "That Lu Minmin who was wounded by the gun hasn't come yet, he must be caught by them." Over there, a girl's shrill voice shouted among the burly men "Go away!" Lu Xiaolong's eyes turned red, and he waved his arms and shouted: "Fight with them!" He rushed down the embankment with a stone in his hand, and the Red Guards rushed towards the bank with a stone in their hands and shouted like crazy go.This momentum must have been scary. The team of burly men who had just landed to hunt down the Beijing students immediately hesitated and wavered. As the Red Guards charged closer and closer, they began to retreat, and finally, they waded into the boat in a panic. . The Red Guards captured two people from the enemy. One was Lu Xiaohui. She stood there with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes. Lu Minmin lay unconscious at her feet. The back of her head was covered with blood, and the beach was also covered with blood.Lu Xiaohui looked at Lu Xiaolong with bloodstains all over her face, with tears in her eyes, she said hoarsely: "You don't care about us and ran away." Lu Xiaolong put down the stone, squatted down, and supported Lu Minmin with both hands.The Red Guards rushed to the shore with big and small stones, and the four gray boats had hard hats on their heads and spears in their hands. They stood densely on both sides of the ship's side, and the two sides glared like this.The team of Red Guards yelled and cursed loudly, while the team on the other side remained coldly silent.It started to rain heavily, and soon, the Ganjiang River and the fields on the bank were covered in misty rain.The rain became heavier and heavier, and the Red Guards shouted that they were tired, so they confronted the four gray boats angrily.After a while, the four gray boats started, galloped along the water towards Ji'an, and disappeared in the misty rain. Then, on the white river surface, a few speedboats were vaguely seen coming from Nanchang with flashing red lights, and hurriedly chased after them. After a while, there were relatively intensive gunshots from far, far away.A total of 60 Red Guards from the capital were missing in the well-known "Gan River Massacre" this time; afterward, armed rebel speedboats from Nanchang with machine guns killed more than ten conservatives on four gray boats, and the remaining All the people on the boat were captured.