Chapter 58 Chapter 10 Follow the Red Army to the end - Family Long March

In March 1935, the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army abandoned the Sichuan-Shaanxi base and moved to northwest Sichuan.Behind the Red Army team, closely followed by a long line - the team of the Red Army family members. There are more than 1,000 people in this team, most of them are women, children and the elderly.Everyone elected Deng Changqing, a member of the Daxian County Party Committee, as the team leader.Captain Deng organized the family team into four teams, namely the senior team, the youth team, the women's team and the children's team.The main task of the youth team is to fight against the enemy, and the main task of the women's team is to take care of the elderly and children.

The family team left the Sichuan-Shanxi base area, crossed the Jialing River, passed through Jiange, and is now on the way to Zhongba. Suddenly the procession stopped.The leaders of each team ran out of the team one after another, ran to the side of the road, and gathered around Captain Deng. Deng Changqing said with a stern expression: "There are enemies ahead! A motley KMT army is attacking us." "Women, children and the elderly should hide quickly! Don't let the enemy find out. The youth team will find a way to lure the enemy away!" Deng Changqing said . Soon, women, children and old people hid in the woods on the left.The boys from the youth team took big knives, spears, and poles, got into the bushes on the right, and sang a little tune to attract the attention of the enemy.After a while, the enemy army swaggered up.The leader is a guy with a thin face and yellow teeth. He wears an old felt hat, holds a box gun in his hand, and has a binoculars on his chest. From a distance, he really looks like a skinny monkey.He was accompanied by several followers.

One of the attendants pointed to the right and shouted: "The lady of the Communist Army is there!" The thin monkey took a look through the binoculars, shook his head and said, "There are no ladies of the Red Army there." Finally, he pointed to the forest on the left and said: "The lady of the Communist Army is hiding in here!" It's broken, the enemy can't be fooled!The bad guys from Jiange must have reported the letter to them.Deng Changqing became nervous. The enemy army approached the woods on the left, and yelled as they walked: "Women of the Communist Army, come out! You are surrounded, and you cannot hide. As long as you are obedient, you can discuss everything." No one paid any attention to them. There was silence in the woods.

The enemy got angry, pulled the bolt of the gun, and shouted: "If you don't come out, I will shoot!" The woods were terribly quiet, the wind stopped, and the bugs stopped screaming. The thin monkey rolled his eyes upwards, his face sank, and he said with a fake smile: "Haha, search for me! Whoever captures the communist lady will belong to him! Haha!" More than twenty enemies jumped out of the ravine at once. Bing, they walked into the woods in a group of two, and said as they walked: "Today is really beautiful, fighting with the Communist army lady, hee hee..." The adults and children hiding behind the tree held their breath, and the air seemed to freeze. Living.Time passed by second by second.Suddenly there was a scream from the east end of the woods, and a young woman was found.

Two enemy soldiers escorted her to Skinny Monkey and tied her to a tree. The thin monkey squinted his eyes and stared at her, with a lewd smile on his face: "Little lady, you are so handsome! I haven't seen you before on this land!" Then he put on a serious face, with a fierce look in his eyes, and said : "Call out the people hiding in the woods!" "..." She glared at the enemy without saying a word. The enemy soldier swung his whip and lashed at her face. "Call or not?" The enemy soldier asked again. "..." She still didn't say a word.

The enemy soldiers are two whips again. "Okay, you don't need to call. Tell me, where are the food and treasures of the Communist Army hidden?" "I don't know!" "Should I tell you?" "I don't know!" There is a way to tell you to speak!" The thin monkey stretched out his hand and tore off her blouse... The thin monkey laughed wildly, and said to a follower beside him: "You—bit off her teat!" "This..." "Quick!"A white-haired old lady came out of the woods. The enemy soldiers were stunned. "I know the food. If you want it, I will show you the way." The old lady stepped forward and untied the rope for the young woman.

The thin monkey whistled, and more than 10 enemy soldiers who were ambushing on the side of the road also ran out. A total of more than 30 enemy soldiers followed the old lady to the depths of the bushes on the right.After walking for a while, the thin monkey asked: "Have you arrived yet?" "No, there is still a long way to go!" The old lady said calmly, but she was very anxious: "Boys, where are you? Why don't you come out and attack?" Huh? Auntie brought you 'minced meat'." After walking for a while, the thin monkey became anxious: "Old lady, where did you take us?!" "Hurry up, hurry up, it's just ahead." The old lady said quickly.She thought that if the youth team did not come, her life would be in danger.Anyway, I can distract the enemy and cover the sisters and children in the woods. It is worth losing my old life...

"Come on!...Kill!...Give up your guns and don't kill!..." Shouts suddenly rose from all around.The boys of the youth team suddenly appeared in front of the enemy army wielding big knives, carrying poles, and sticks. "No, the communist army is here!" The thin monkey ran away.The other enemy soldiers ran away one by one.Some fired a few shots indiscriminately, and then ran away; The battle ended quickly, and the youth team seized more than 10 guns at once.The old lady also got up from the ground and slapped the dirt off her body. Victory!Victory!The men, women and children of the Red Army Family Team were all happy.The women took out the steamed buns and mustard heads they brought with them as gifts to the old lady; the children touched the newly seized steel guns, dancing and singing happily; the old people said happily: "Our family The team now has its own armed force!"

The long dragon of the Red Army family team has moved forward again.Everyone talked and laughed across the middle dam and came to the bank of the Fujiang River. There are cliffs on both sides of the Fujiang River, which are very steep.The river is green and yellow, and the turbid waves are rolling and rushing down.There are no bridges on the river, and there are no boats along the river. Captain Deng held an emergency meeting and decided to send people to the town and the coast to look for ships. Not long after, those who went to Zhongba Town came back and reported that there was no boat.

Those who went down the south also came back and said that they did not find any boats or bamboo rafts. There is news from the north along the river that there are no boats in this area. At this time, the team became chaotic: the Red Army crossed the river from here, and now there are no bridges and boats, what should we do? Some suggested: "The team went down the south, looking for bridges or boats." "The south is all enemy-occupied areas, so going south is not a trap?" Deng Changqing said. "Then go north." "We have to climb a big mountain to go north, can we make it through? Besides, if we leave the Red Army and go north, won't we die?" An old man stroked his beard and said to Deng Changqing: "Captain Deng, make up your mind! "My idea is to go north, move north, and quickly. Because we defeated the enemy the day before yesterday, they will not give up, and they will come after you immediately." Deng Changqing said firmly.

But everyone seemed to be possessed and refused to listen to him.At this moment, a slender, charming girl stood up and said calmly: "Going north has two advantages. One is to avoid the enemy's revenge; the other is to cross the river as soon as possible, because the north is the upper reaches of the river." , the river is narrow, and it is easy to find boats and bamboo rafts. As long as we cross the river, we will go south and return to the route that the Red Army walked..." "Miss Xiuyun is right!" an old lady stood up and said "Let's go!" Leaning on crutches, he led the whole family to the north. "Look, the whole family is gone, what are we waiting for?" "Go quickly, there is hope only if you go." Everyone muttered and packed up their things one after another.The original team is back in action. We just turned over a mountain, and the sun has already reached the horizon. Suddenly, a comrade from the vanguard team came running out of breath: "Boat...a big wooden boat!..." Everyone immediately understood, found the boat, and immediately cheered for joy. It turned out that there was a large wooden boat hidden in the grass on the shore ahead. There were countless bullet holes on the boat, and the river water filled the cabin. Captain Deng ordered loudly: "Hurry up, drag the boat out of the water for emergency repairs, and we must cross the river tonight!" Night has fallen, and the moon has climbed up the treetops.Everyone worked together, tearing apart their own quilts and cotton mattresses, wrapping cotton with branches to plug the bullet holes.After a while, the boat was repaired. The first boat carried the youth team holding steel guns.The opposite bank is an enemy-occupied area, and the enemy's situation is unknown. They need to seize the beachhead and cover everyone crossing the river. The second boat passed some children, the elderly and women. The third boat arrived again, and everyone boarded the boat in an orderly manner... Captain Deng hadn't boarded the boat yet. While urging everyone to get on board quickly, he looked back. Why haven't the comrades from the rear guard arrived yet? He anxiously said to Xiuyun: "Let's go to the back and search separately. Have they lost their way?" "Okay! You have to be careful, it's exhausting you like this." Xiuyun said with concern. It turned out that they were a couple. They both ran back quickly and disappeared into the night. After a while, three black shadows hurried to the shore, shouting loudly: "Go on the boat! Hurry up! The enemy is coming up!" They are comrades of the rear guard group. As soon as they finished speaking, "da da da", the sound of machine guns rang out, bullets flew towards the riverside like raindrops, and enemy troops surrounded them from three sides. At this moment, Deng Changqing and Xiuyun ran over from behind wheezing. Everyone was so anxious that they stretched out their hands to them and shouted desperately: "Run!" But when they were about to run to the shore, they stopped suddenly. Deng Changqing yelled at the people on board: "Let's go! Go! Don't wait!" After speaking, he pulled out three grenades from his waist and handed one to Xiuyun.The two rushed to the woods on the shore together. The boat galloped toward the opposite bank.After a while, there were two loud bangs of "boom" and "boom" from the woods. It was the explosion of a grenade, and then there was silence all around.When the enemy's gunfire paused, the large wooden boat galloped across the middle of the river and approached the opposite bank. Everyone suddenly understood: Deng Changqing and Xiuyun didn't board the boat to protect the folks on board! The men, women and children who went ashore all lay down on the river embankment, watching the movement on the other side intently and motionlessly. Suddenly, two figures ran towards the shore.A cry came from the woods: "Catch alive! Catch alive!" "Captain Deng—Xiuyun—" everyone shouted desperately together. A white light flashed on the other side, and then there was a "boom". Through the firelight, everyone saw Deng Changqing and his wife, Xiuyun, jumping into the river hand in hand. Survivors of the Red Army family unit walked south along the river bank.They searched as they walked, but they never found Captain Deng and Xiuyun. After crossing the Fujiang River, the family members of the Red Army embarked on the road traveled by the Red Army, from northern Sichuan to western Sichuan. In Guixi, they were bombed by enemy planes and sacrificed more than 40 comrades in arms; in Beichuan, they saved fire; Minjiang; in western Sichuan, hunger tormented them. The family members of the Red Army gathered in Malkang, ready to follow the Red Army across the grass and go north.However, Zhang Guotao split the central government and led his army to the south, and the family team also followed the Red Fourth Front Army to the south. One day in early winter.The sun had just set on the edge of the mountain in the distance, and the family team quietly walked into Fubian City. Suddenly, gunshots were heard from the mountains in the east, and a group of Tibetan soldiers in sheepskin jackets, with one arm bare and felt hats on their heads roared and rushed towards the family team. "Youth team cover, others retreat down the river!" A young man yelled loudly. He is the new captain of the family team, surnamed Ma. The youth team quickly exchanged fire with the Tibetan soldiers, and everyone ran downstream desperately.But before running far, the family team was surrounded. The sun went down, and the valleys and rivers were all hazy.The Tibetan soldiers couldn't figure out the details of the family team, so they didn't dare to attack rashly in the dark. The family team quietly discussed how to deal with the enemy under the cover of night. "Wait until dawn, and the Tibetan soldiers find out that we are all family members of the Red Army, and it will be terrible!" "We have to take advantage of the dark to break out, as much as we can rush out!" "Captain Ma, give an order!" "It's impossible to fight recklessly. We are all members of the Red Army, including the elderly and children." Captain Ma said calmly. "Then, in your opinion?" "Let's make a noise to distract the enemy." "How to make a noise?" Captain Ma said in a low voice. In the middle of the night, the gun rang out.More than 10 guns and grenades from the youth team showed off together.The enemy was in a commotion and rushed to the north to block.The other boys of the youth team brandished big knives, took advantage of the emptiness of the enemy in the south, and opened an opening, and the family members of the Red Army who had already prepared rushed out with a huff. The Tibetan soldiers exclaimed "I've been fooled", and hurriedly dispatched troops to the south to intercept. Hundreds of family members rushed out, and the remaining more than 100 old people and children were blocked by Tibetan soldiers again.Its daybreak.The elderly and children were driven to a clearing.The murderous Tibetan soldiers held long guns and stared viciously at the old people and children. The besieged family members were disappointed. During the eight months of following the Red Army's westward expedition, mountains and rivers did not stop them, hunger and injuries did not wear them down, and the Kuomintang reactionaries did not destroy them, but unexpectedly they fell into the hands of Tibetan soldiers. Suddenly, a piece of yellow dust rose from the north, and the sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer.Appearing in front of them was a headman wearing riding boots and a cloak, several burly men and a little yellow face. The headman waved his hand, and dozens of Tibetan soldiers immediately rushed to the family members and robbed them of their luggage. The headman grunted a few more times, and the little yellow face said, "The headman wants you to hand over your valuables!" Everyone stood still. The little yellow face yelled again: "Hand it over quickly!" Everyone still stood still. The leader wowed a few times, and the little yellow face said: "If you don't hand it over, you will all be shot!" At this time, an old man came out from the crowd and said to the little yellow face: "We are all poor, except for the broken luggage that you have already snatched. Besides, there is really nothing of value." The little yellow face translated what he said to the leader, the veins on the leader's neck popped, and he shouted: "Search!" The thugs rushed forward and searched everyone, including weapons and valuables. nothing. The headman jumped into a rage, babbled at the Tibetan soldiers for a while, and then wiped his neck.The Tibetan soldiers immediately drove the family members into a dirt enclosure with guns and whips. The family members walked towards Tuweizi one by one.The enemies around the soil circle raised their guns. Suddenly, a bugle sounded from the south.Ah, the bugle of the Red Army!Everyone looked up and saw a group of cavalry galloping in the distance.The cavalry of the Red Army is coming, the Red Army is here to save us!Everyone jumped up for joy. On the first horse, the captain of the horse waved the red flag. Everyone looked back again, and the Tibetan soldiers ran away at some point. The villagers held the hands of the Red Army soldiers with tears and said: "You came too timely, too timely! With the Red Army here, we are not afraid of anything." The comrades who broke out went to the Red Army overnight, but found The Thirty-one Red Army, when they heard about it, immediately came to the rescue. As soon as the Red Army left, everyone took back the looted things.The team followed the Red Army and continued on their way. Going south, a towering snow mountain blocked the way. "My fellow, what kind of mountain is that?" "Jiajin Mountain." "Can you turn over?" "Crossing the mountain? It's so difficult! A young and strong person may not be able to cross it if he puts on leather clothes and shoes, brings hot wine and ginger, and chooses a good weather." "Can old people and children turn over?" "No, no, no!" An old lady shook her head and said, "I've lived such a long time, and I haven't seen it before. I heard that Granny Han went there, but she was still buried on the mountain." "Didn't the Red Army pass from here?" "The Red Army is blessed by Bodhisattvas, you can't do it." At the foot of the mountain, Captain Ma called everyone to discuss.There are only more than 300 members of this family Long March team that has gone through many hardships. "Folks, there is a big snow mountain ahead, and the Red Army has already passed, what should we do?" Captain Ma asked. The members of the youth team were the most determined, and immediately said: "We are all members of the Red Army family, and we must follow the Red Army to the end. Anyone who deserts is not a son of the Soviet." The women's team is not to be outdone: "We have all come through the hail of bullets, isn't it just climbing mountains? No problem!" "What about the old man and the child?" The young man patted his chest and said, "There are us!" The old people also said: "If the Red Army can pass, so can we. There are also old people in the Red Army who are over 50 years old, and there are also children. They have turned over, why can't we? Don't worry, we will not hold you back! Then again, there is no other way to go now, and there is only a dead end to go back, it is better to fight and go over the mountain." Captain Ma was very moved when he heard this, and said: "Our family team must work together and help each other. We must climb over the snow-capped mountains and keep up with the Red Army!" Everyone started to make preparations for crossing Jiajin Mountain: some sewed clothes, some prepared food, some bought peppers, looked for wooden sticks... When everything was ready, the family team set off for Jiajin Mountain, and arrived at the foot of the north side of Jiajin Mountain at dusk, where they lived in several dilapidated houses. At dawn the next day, the team set off.Everyone climbed up along the winding path.The road surface is full of snow, water and ice, and there is a rattling sound when walking on it. The sun came out, the sky was clear, and the mountains were covered with snow, shining brightly.The fog on the top of the mountain is transpiring and unpredictable. Halfway up the mountain, the old people's energy is not enough.They gasped for breath, and their legs began to weaken. One old woman sat down on the ground and shouted: "Let me rest for a while!" Others wanted to sit down too... "Don't stop! Don't rest!" Captain Ma shouted.Then he said in a low voice: "Xiao Li, help your mother up quickly, it will be dangerous to sit!" A young man quickly helped the old lady who was sitting on the ground, and helped her to climb up. "Everyone take good care of the old man, and climb up the mountain from the right." Captain Ma ordered the sharp knife team in front. The higher you go the harder it is to start.The silver-white snow filled the gullies, and it was hard to tell which was the ditch and which was the beam.The seemingly flat road sometimes sinks half of the body when one steps on it. "Boom——" There was a loud bang, an avalanche occurred in front, and huge snow blocks fell into the cliff, and the original col turned into a mountain peak in an instant. The right side couldn't pass, and the person in front waved his hand.Climb to the left, there is a cliff. "From the front!" Captain Ma made a decisive decision. There was a steep slope in the front, covered with smooth ice, as flat as a mirror. "Quick! Dig out some foot holes." But with what?No shovel, no pick, not even a stone. Suddenly a child cried out, and he found a stone under the snowdrift. A young man walked over and pried the stone loose with a wooden stick.He turned the stone over and was stunned. "What's going on? Liangwa." "Look!" He pointed to the snowdrift. Everyone took a closer look and saw three Red Army soldiers buried in the snowdrifts, with shining red stars on their hats. One soldier was still carrying an iron pot with a machete tied to it. With tears in their eyes, everyone took out the machetes and buried the remains of the Red Army soldiers. Holes were cut out one by one.Several young people climbed up the steep slope first, let down the rope, and pulled the old man and the child up one by one. When approaching the top of the mountain, a cloud floated over.In an instant, a strong wind blew up, and snow and hail covered the people.The adults quickly pushed the child to the ground.The two children and an old man who were too late to get down were suddenly swept into the mountain stream by the strong wind... After a while, the squall passed.The winter sun shines on the ice and snow, crystal clear and dazzling.The family members of the Red Army pulled one by one, struggled to get up from the ground, dragged their frozen bodies, and continued to climb. "We've arrived at the top of the mountain! Climb quickly, everyone!" Captain Ma shouted hoarsely. Men, women and children moved desperately to the top of the mountain, and finally turned over Jiajin Mountain. Later, the Long March team of the families of the Red Army followed the Red Army to Baoxing and Tianbao, and then crossed Jiajin Mountain again, passed through Maogong, crossed the Danba River, passed through Luhuo, set foot on the grassland, and finally arrived in northern Shaanxi.The youth and children of the family team participated in the Red Army.