Chapter 33 The escort team was in danger on the way, and Deng Bin cleverly set up a maze to cross the Youjiang River

At dawn, the dew-wet thatch brushed apart, and a team of nearly a hundred people rushed into the deep mountains along the Longxu River Canyon, a tributary of the Youjiang River. The footprint of this team. None of them spoke, and they seemed to be under a great burden. In front of them were layers of mountains and unfathomable forests. None of them knew what kind of fate was waiting for them ahead.Maybe a row of bullets suddenly hit their faces, and many of their partners would fall to the ground and die.These hateful bandits and bandits were very ferocious. After being recruited by the Guangxi clique, they attacked and hunted down the Red Army in their respective territories.

The mountain wind is blowing, and the fragrance of revived plants mixed with the breath of dead rotting leaves and wood diffuses in the surge of mountains and haze. This team was divided into three combat groups, closely following each other, and secretly walking through the mountains and valleys.They were exhausted, but they never slowed down. Everyone smelled of sour sweat, and the cool morning breeze was blowing on their sweaty cheeks.They broke through from the enemy's siege two hours ago and must get rid of the enemy's pursuit before dawn. This is a company of the first column of the Red Eighth Army that escorted Deng Bin to Donglan, Youjiang, and rushed to Youjiang from the Jingxi area.For three days, they have been in constant encounters of breaking through and being besieged, breaking through and being besieged again.

Let the enemy stick to it again, and it's over! The Seventh Red Army was defeated in Long'an, then retreated to Guohua and Pingma, and was chased to Tingsi by the enemy. The two sides fought bloody again, which was extremely fierce.After three days and nights of confrontation, the Seventh Red Army finally shattered the enemy's attempt to encircle and annihilate it in the Youjiang Valley.After getting rid of the enemy's pursuit and interception, the Seventh Red Army entered Donglan and Fengshan to rest in mid-February.At this time, they had lost contact with the Eighth Red Army, and Li Mingrui, Zhang Yunyi and others were extremely saddened by the news that they sent traffic officers back to inquire about the Eighth Red Army.

At the beginning of March, the Red Seventh Army was short of food and fodder, so it decided to go out for a period of guerrilla warfare.The first and second columns were led by Zhang Yunyi to move towards the Hechi area in the north; Wei Baqun led the third column to stay in Donglan.At this time, the Youjiang River has been completely occupied by the enemy, and strongholds have been established in key towns such as Enlong (now Tiandong County) and Fengyi (now Tianyang County) to block Donglan's connection with the outside world. At this time, the leaders of the Guangxi Clan in Nanning, for such a clever "playing hard to get" deployment to pursue and suppress the Red Army, were quite effective and complacent. Great weather.

Huang Dalong, a guide nicknamed "Diamond Diamond", told Deng Bin: "Now we have entered the territory of Silin County, and after crossing the Laojie Mountain in front, we will arrive at Dongtun Village on the bank of the Youjiang River." "Dongtun Village? Oh, I know, I know." Deng Bin immediately remembered that in late November last year, he set off from Baise to Shanghai to report to the Party Central Committee and had passed through this village. "This is really 'there is no doubt when looking up at a high mountain, there is no way to find a way through a winding path'! Comrade Huang Dalong, thanks to your guidance all the way."

Huang Dalong is an underground traffic officer in Youjiang, and he is very familiar with this area.He said: "Chen Gutao, Secretary of the Silin County Party Committee, led the Red Guards to meet us there." Deng Bin asked, "How long will it take to go from here to Dongtun Village?" Huang Dalong said: "As long as there is no more trouble on the road, we will arrive before dark." "Okay, let's speed up and hurry!" "The secret signal for contact is: They burn three fires on the beach at the entrance of the village, and we give the secret signal by lighting the fire three times; if you can't see the fires on the beach, it means that the situation has changed."

Dongtun Village is twenty miles away from Silin County, with Donglan in the north and Longzhou in the southwest, facing the Youjiang River and backed by mountains. It is a Zhuang village surrounded by mountains and rivers.Since the Guangxi warlords sent troops to chase and suppress the Red Army, the "communist suppression brigade" in Youjiang area has been rampant, killing people and setting fires, creating many uninhabited villages.Under the leadership of the local party organization, the Peasant Red Guards went from open to underground.A few days ago, Chen Gutao, secretary of the Silin County Party Committee, had received a notice from Jingxi, asking him to ensure the absolute safety of the general political commissars of the Seventh and Eighth Red Army and his party, to meet and escort the chiefs to arrive smoothly across the Youjiang River. Donglan.

In order to narrow down the target of action and prevent accidents on the road, Deng Bin deployed three combat teams: some red guards and two guard squads formed a group as a forward, and he led a guard in a group in the middle. The other group was led by company commander Tan Jin as a guard.This road is mostly narrow trails, high mountains and dangerous roads, and it is necessary to deal with bandit attacks hidden in the deep mountains and old forests at any time.In the evening, the team had quietly approached Dongtun Village.Pairs of eyes were fixed on the contact sign on the beach at the entrance of the village.An hour passed.Two hours passed.Everyone waited anxiously, but there was still no movement at the entrance of the village, and they suspected that the situation had changed.Wait and see.Deng Bin asked everyone to calm down.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, three fires were suddenly lit on the beach! Huang Dalong excitedly said to Deng Bin: "Secretary Chen is here to welcome us!" Deng Bin immediately ordered: "Quick, quickly answer the code!" Huang Dalong lit the prepared pine torch, lifted it up and shook it three times. The code matches.After several days of breaking through and running around, Deng Bin and his escort members, who were exhausted, were all immersed in the joy of meeting each other in life and death. A pot of rice porridge cooked with old pumpkin cheered up everyone's spirits after eating and drinking.

Deng Bin drank a bowl of porridge, then drank a second bowl, and then slowed down. While drinking the porridge, while looking at a military map, he suddenly asked Chen Gutao, "It's about two or three days away from Donglan. the journey?" Chen Gutao said: "Yes, as long as you cross the river and enter Donglan County, it will be much safer." Deng Bin asked again: "Is there any difficulty for the boats crossing the river?" Chen Gutao said: "All the boats were seized by the militia. I have sent people to prepare bamboo rafts and hide them in the bushes on the bank."

"Good! We must cross the river before dawn." Next, Deng Bin asked about the situation of the local peasant movement, and told Chen Gutao and the head of the peasant association the benefits of carrying out the land revolution and how to carry out the land revolution. "I remember that there is a leader of the peasant movement in your place called Huang Zhifeng. He is now the deputy commander of the column in the Seventh Red Army." Speaking of Huang Zhifeng, Chen Gutao introduced that Huang Zhifeng had a close friendship with Wei Baqun, and they were brothers and sisters. He admired Wei Baqun very much and changed his name to Huang Zhuoqun. Five years ago, he and Wei Baqun successively set up Donglan and Fengyi Peasant Movement Workshops, leading Fengyi farmers to fight against local tyrants and divide their fields. Huang Zhifeng served as the chairman of the Fengyi County Agricultural Association and the captain of the peasant army.After the Baise Uprising, he served as the commander-in-chief of Youjiang Red Guards and the deputy commander of the third column of the Seventh Red Army. Chen Gutao said: "Comrade Huang Zhifeng once wrote a poem when he participated in the revolution, which was widely circulated and every member of the Red Guards would recite it." Deng Bin said: "Not only the red guards, but now the general officers and soldiers of the Seventh Red Army will also recite it--a man who is determined to go out of his hometown, how can he repay the country, and bury his bones without a hometown. There are green hills everywhere in life. "This verse is very courageous! We must have such great ambitions when we make revolution! Of course, there will be bloodshed and sacrifices in making revolution; The front has fallen, but the blood of the martyrs will not be shed in vain, and our cause will surely be victorious!" It was late at night, half of the waning moon was covered by thick clouds, and the wilderness became more and more silent and gloomy. "Bang-bang-bang--" A burst of shrill gunshots suddenly came from the foot of the mountain south of the village head. Then, from the north of the village came the barking of wolf dogs.At this time, a member of the local Red Guards came to report: "The militiamen have been dispatched again. Enemies have been found at the head and tail of the village, and they are encircling the village!" Jiang, will be in danger of being completely wiped out. Deng Bin estimated that the team's actions may have been discovered by the enemy. Chen Gutao said: "Political Commissar Deng, I will lead the Red Guards to stop the enemy, and you and the guards will rush across the river!" Deng Bin asked: "How many troops do you estimate the enemy has?" Chen Gutao said: "In the past few days, the enemy's suppression brigade has mobilized more than 1,000 security teams from three counties to block the main roads leading to Donglan. Due to the disparity in strength between us and the enemy, our red guards can only deal with the enemy. " Deng Bin said: "If there are few enemies, we will eat them first and then cross the river. What do you think?" Chen Gutao said: "I estimate that the enemy's troops will not be too small when they dispatch at night." Deng Bin said: "There are many enemies, so we can't fight the enemy head-on." Chen Gutao said: "No matter how much danger we take, we will definitely send you across the river!" Deng Bin learned that Dongtun Village is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and the terrain is like a pig trough. As long as the two mountain passes are guarded, they can withstand the enemy's pincer attack, so he said decisively: "Old Chen, I think we might as well divide into two roads. You lead the way to fight in the south of the village, and I lead the way to fight in the north of the village." Although Chen Gutao agreed, he couldn't help worrying whether the team of more than 100 people could withstand the attack of the militia. If they couldn't, the consequences would be disastrous! Deng Bin saw what Chen Gutao was thinking, so he said: "Old Chen, before the enemy has figured out how many troops we have, let's attack with strong firepower to drive the enemy back temporarily, and then, Let's rush across the river." Chen Gutao said: "Okay!" without delay.The red guards and guards immediately divided into two groups, occupied the pass in the south of the village and north of the village, and started a decisive battle with the enemy. In order to solve the siege of crossing the river, Chen Gutao quickly dispatched three traffic officers to climb over the cliff, contact the red guards in the surrounding villages for quick reinforcements, and attack from behind the enemy. An hour later, gunshots broke out in the south of the village and the north of the village, and the killing sound shook the sky!The red guards in the surrounding villages received the order, and they concentrated their guns and cannons and baskets and baskets of firecrackers to attack behind the enemy.They projected rolling thunder bombs made of gunpowder to the enemy group from the hillside, and "cracking" firecrackers were also ignited in the valley at the same time, accompanied by bursts of shouts: "Come on—" "Kill!" Ah——" "The Red Army gives preferential treatment to prisoners—" "Hand in your guns and don't kill—" The enemy really believed that they had encountered a large force of the Red Army, and they were in chaos all of a sudden. They rushed to escape and the gunshots gradually faded away. Deng Bin held Chen Gutao's hand tightly and said, "Old Chen, thank you! How would the enemy know that they have been hit by our 'Ambush from Ten Daggers'!" Chen Gutao smiled and said with relief: "This battle was fought beautifully! Commissar Deng, let's cross the river together!" At this time, the east is white and the sky is slightly bright.More than a dozen bamboo rafts carried the team of nearly a hundred people to paddle across the Youjiang River...