Chapter 46 Wei Baqun, who only had an empty title, showed his dignity

The reorganization and flag-presenting ceremony of the Red Seventh Army was quite grand.The location is located in Sanli Pavilion (now Datian Cave to the east of Sanbapo) in Hechi County.In front of the Sanli Pavilion is a large open lawn, surrounded by mountains and lush bamboos, and a Bixi River flows southeast around the lawn.Ascending to the pavilion, the field of vision suddenly opened up, and with a roar, the echo spread and the lingering sound continued. At 9 o'clock in the morning on November 9th, all the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Red Army gathered at the Sanli Pavilion to hold a flag-giving ceremony after reorganization.The residents of the county seat and the masses of the four townships beat gongs and drums, sang and danced, and came to celebrate.

At the beginning of the ceremony, Deng Bin, Secretary of the Former Enemy Committee, read out the appointment letters of the military and political commanders of the 19th, 20th, and 21st divisions and regiments of the Red Seventh Army and the order of their personnel: Li Mingrui served as the commander-in-chief of the Seventh Red Army, Zhang Yunyi served as the army commander, Deng Bin served as the political commissar, Gong Hecun served as the chief of staff, and Chen Haoren served as the director of the Political Department, with jurisdiction over the 19th, 20th, 21st and artillery divisions Battalion, Secret Service Battalion, Teaching Brigade.The original first and third columns were combined into the Nineteenth Division, with Gong Hecun as the division commander, Deng Bin as the political commissar, and governing the 55th and 56th regiments.The original second and fourth columns were jointly organized into the 20th division, with Li Qian as the division commander, Chen Haoren and political commissar, and governing the 58th and 59th regiments.In the 21st Division, Wei Baqun served as the division commander, and Chen Hongtao served as the political commissar. ——This division has no soldiers, so there is no organizational equipment under its jurisdiction to announce.

Then, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Deng Gang awarded the Seventh Army, the 19th Division, the 20th Division, and the 21st Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army a military flag.Then, Deng Gang, Deng Bin, Li Mingrui, Zhang Yunyi and others inspected the troops and gave speeches.The scene was spectacular and the crowd was passionate. The burly and heavily armed commander of the 21st Division, Wei Baqun, is particularly eye-catching, because the division has no soldiers, just a designation.When Wei Baqun stepped onto the rostrum, stood at attention, saluted, took the flag from the army commander Zhang Yunyi and political commissar Deng Bin, held it up high, and stretched it into the air, the commanders and fighters in the audience and the surrounding crowd cheered thunderously. Enthusiastic applause—were people moved by the fearless heroism and selflessness of the Zhuang leader?There is a bit of earth-shattering and majestic feeling in this moving!When the divisions quickly gathered, assembled, and arrayed under their respective team banners, people could see at a glance that the teams of the 19th and 20th Divisions almost occupied the entire lawn; only the banner of the 21st Division stood Leading Wei Baqun and his team consisted of only a hundred or so old, weak or childish people—the older ones were in their fifties, and the younger ones were only fourteen or fifteen years old.

However, Wei Baqun, who only had an empty title, showed the magnanimity of having millions of soldiers in his chest!He glanced back at his team, and nodded slightly to the team members: yes, the team of one hundred and ten people looks very "competent"!Don't worry, comrades, the team will soon grow!The watching crowd, including some officers and soldiers, couldn't help whispering: This soldier is too partial, what kind of division is this!Old and young, one company is not enough!Some couldn't stop laughing, but couldn't, thinking the scene was a bit funny. After the flag was presented, Deng Gang, the representative of the Central Committee, made a speech, calling on all commanders and fighters to fight bravely with one heart and one mind, hold high the red flag, and fight until the final victory!

Afterwards, the divisions swore an oath, shouted slogans, and swallowed mountains and rivers with anger!Before the reorganization and flag presentation ceremony, Wei Baqun stated that he resolutely implemented the decisions of the Military Commission and the Front Committee, and handed over the excellent weapons and physically fit commanders and fighters of the former third column to the 19th and 20th divisions.Those fellow villagers who had followed Wei Baqun to create the world and got along day and night were extremely reluctant to leave their "Brother Ba". They worried that they would never come back after this expedition.

Wei Baqun said to them: "The world is so big, where can we find shelter? It is not only Donglan and Youjiang who conquer the world? One mountain grows a hundred kinds of trees, and one meter feeds a hundred kinds of people. Follow me, Wei Baqun, to be able Fight the world, you can fight the world without me, Wei Boqun! Go!" That night, some people drank too much and got drunk. That night, someone jumped into the creek and soaked all night. That night, someone climbed up the hill and looked towards his hometown with tears in his eyes. That night, Wei Baqun smoked a mouthful of foam.

The Seventh Red Army set off from Hechi and marched eastward all the way. Wei Baqun took the designation of the 21st Division, carried the flag of the 21st Division, and led a team of more than 100 people back to Donglan. Before Wei Baqun left, Deng Gang, Deng Bin, Li Mingrui, Zhang Yunyi and others shook hands with him to say goodbye. "A soldier's bounden duty is to obey orders, and we are about to set off." Li Mingrui held Wei Baqun's hand tightly, and said with emotion, "This reminds me of Zhuge Liang's "Teacher's Table". When we go out again, we will all admire the gods and pass on the general strategy; witness the three-point tripod, connecting Wu in the east and rejecting Wei in the north, always be cautious and encourage your ministers to bow."

Wei Baqun said: "Zhuge Liang's "Teacher's List", the words are astonishing, thousands of years of tears, the ink marks splashed with Yue's army!" Deng Gang immediately said in a corrective tone: "Although Yue Fei is a famous anti-golden general and a national hero, his Yue family army is serving the fatuous and incompetent imperial court; while our Red Army is fighting the world for the working people of the world. Can it be confused with the Yue Family Army?" Zhang Yunyi said: "Commander Li and Master Wei talked about Zhuge Liang's "List of Teachers", in order to encourage everyone to implement the central government's orders and go out to fight. Representative Deng should not misunderstand."

Deng Gang glanced sideways at Li Mingrui, and smiled, not quite a smile. Li Mingrui knew that the imperial envoy had a deep prejudice against him, but he disdained to make short remarks with an open-minded, generous and benevolent attitude.He smiled and teased: "I remembered a couplet of Buddhist teachings again. The first couplet said: There are ten thousand dharmas in teaching, and there is no difference in nature. You can't take the dharma, give up the dharma, illegal, and non-illegal; the second couplet said: The Buddha is based on one vehicle. The roots are different, so we say the lower vehicle, the middle vehicle, the upper vehicle, and the upper vehicle.”

After singing, "Pu Wei" smiled, shook hands with Wei Baqun again, said: "Take care!", turned and walked away. "Heretics!" Deng Gang stared at Li Mingrui's background and scolded, then immediately looked back and said, "Look, look, does this person have the slightest aura of Marxism? No! He doesn't understand Marxism at all. Doctrine! True Marxists only believe in the truth, not in gods, ghosts, Buddhas, or laws! The Internationale is well sung: there has never been any savior, nor do you rely on gods and emperors!" Zhang Yunyi had to explain again: "Commander Li is talking about a metaphor. For example, there is not only one path and strategy for engaging in the revolutionary cause (the meaning of the word is to say that there are many ways of teaching Buddhism), although there are some differences, but In essence, the purpose is the same. You can’t just agree that one path and strategy is right, and call the others wrong (the meaning of the word is to say that you can’t stick to a certain kind of Buddhism, and you can’t abandon other kinds of Buddhism); make revolution There cannot be no purpose, and there must be no other purpose that is not the purpose (the meaning of the word means that there cannot be no Dharma, and there cannot be a Dharma that is not the Dharma). There are different understandings and different strategies in the activities (the meaning of the word means that they have only evolved into different sects in the process of communication). Some of these understandings and strategies are very high and wise, and some are not so brilliant or even low and backward (the meaning of the word is It means that for different sects, Buddhism naturally has the difference of lower vehicle, middle vehicle, upper vehicle, and upper vehicle).

"Right, right, that's what it means." Deng Bin, who had been listening silently, hurriedly put a "footnote" on Zhang Yunyi's explanation, and then shook hands with Wei Baqun, saying earnestly, "Comrade Baqun, after the main force leaves Youjiang, The burden on your shoulders is heavy! The Guangxi warlords will do their best to 'encircle and suppress' the Right Jiangsu area, and the struggle will be more difficult and complicated. But we believe that you will be able to lead the army and the people, overcome difficulties, and defeat the enemy!" The handshake between Zhang Yunyi and Wei Baqun was like two blacksmiths swinging a hammer to strike iron, and their hands were like hammerheads hitting the anvil tightly: "Brother Baqun, in order to strengthen the combat power of the expeditionary force, you need to increase the strength of your division." It was given to the brothers and divisions. After you return to Donglan, you must replenish your troops as soon as possible, and carry out guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare against the enemy." Wei Baqun said: "Brother Sheng, don't worry, Baqun will not embarrass the Seventh Red Army! Swear to live and die with Youjiang!" "Good! Good!" Deng Gang praised repeatedly, and came over to shake hands with Wei Baqun, "Commander Zhang and Political Commissar Deng's instructions are correct. In addition, you must restrain the Guangxi warlords from blocking attacks and chasing our main force northward. , to ensure the implementation and completion of our entire offensive plan." Wei Baqun let out a groan, and said: "Representatives of the Central Committee, please rest assured, we will persist until the final victory. We hope that the main force will soon return to Guangxi, join forces in Nanning, and drink horses from the Yongjiang River!" After finishing speaking, he laughed loudly. . Deng Bin and Zhang Yunyi also laughed. Wei Baqun set off with all his troops—a special agent company composed of old and young soldiers. Zhang Yunyi sent two companies to escort them. "Brother Ba, take care!" "Mr. Wei, take care!" "Take care of yourself too!" "If you win the battle, spread the news to Dong Lan as soon as possible!" Deng Bin, Zhang Yunyi and the others would never have imagined that saying goodbye to Wei Baqun this time would be a farewell forever!The leader of the Zhuang nationality, the leader of the first division who led only more than a hundred people, held the banner in his hand, showing an image of magnanimity, which became an eternal freeze frame on the screen of their memories.