Chapter 53 53. Popular songs in the battlefield

On Nala's Mid-Autumn Festival night, there was no moon, and Yang Hucheng was disappointed before he climbed to the entrance of the cave.It was dark outside, and not only was there no moon in the sky, but it also rained tears from the day.In the evening, he and his clerk Zhao Zhigang delivered program materials to the special camp in front, and when they came back, they burrowed into the unnamed hole like gophers and sealed the hole with directional mines and grenades.Remembering that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone was not in the mood to play poker, bragging or bragging, and they couldn't sleep.Yang Hucheng thought of the small station on that snowy night, and the figure of his old mother chasing the train.He crawled towards the entrance of the cave, but the ten meters seemed so long this time.It never ends.The moon came out, he thought that his mother was watching the moon at home, and the moon was here shining on me, he thought while crawling.But he was disappointed, first he heard the sound of rain, and then he saw the darkness.Yang Hucheng stopped two meters away from the Ruoxuan River at the entrance of the cave, and further ahead was the closed area.He looked at the small piece outside without the moon. After all, without the moon, it was also the Mid-Autumn Festival.At about this time in the middle of the night, at 11:40 on the night of December 6, the military vehicle arrived at the station of his house, a small station called Mengyuan, and he heard his mother’s shouts and sisters’ shouts. All jump out of the car and go.He threw himself on his mother, and all three older sisters cried. Seeing his shaved head, his wife also cried. The elder brother and younger brother supported the 60-year-old mother.The family had been waiting for him at the station for three days and two and a half nights.He was so confused that he didn't hear what they said, and he couldn't remember what he said.I just feel that 40 minutes of parking is just a short time.He was called into the car.The tin canned car took my mother and the others far away.His mother grabbed his hand and ran with the car, while his elder brother supported and pulled his mother.He really wanted to jump out of the car, really wanted to cry.He regretted that he didn't jump out of the car, regretted that he didn't cry until the car left the station.

The rain outside the cat's ear hole did not know when it stopped, but Yang Hucheng's face was wet.At two o'clock, it seemed that the mid-autumn moon was pushed out from the clouds, and he saw the moonlight like silver fragments covering the slopes on their side opposite them.Mom must be watching the moon at home, he thought, the moon is here but it can't shine on him in the cat's ear hole. The soldier Lu Pingan received a letter in the cat's ear hole, which was written by his brother. He didn't know what happened to his father and mother, so he quickly tore open the letter.Two months ago, he received a telegram saying that his parents were both hospitalized and they should go home to visit him immediately, but he was about to go to the battlefield, how could he leave.Lu Ping'an wrote letters one after another to comfort and inquire, but the family never replied.The letter finally arrived——

Lu Pingan was stunned, the piece of paper floated to the ground, and it took him a long time to cry.The comrades at the same post picked it up and saw that the three of them hugged their heads and cried together.They helped Xiao Lu find the first-aid gauze, smeared it with the black ash from the sentry smoke, lit two candles, and three soldiers wearing black gauze knelt to the north together and kowtowed three heads together.Lu Ping'an said: "Father, mother, children are not filial, after the war, go to the graves of the two old people..." Soldiers in the field, the most important thing is mother and wife.Battlefield songs would not have become popular without this.

After the start of the Vietnam War in 1979, a song "Goodbye, Mom" ​​was sung all over the country.After the battle in Laoshan, "The Moon of the Fifteenth" first rose, and then "Blood-Stained Grace" was played. From 1987 to 1988, the duet of male and female voices was the most popular in the war zone "Books from Two Places, Mother and Child Love". "Goodbye, Mama": Warrior - Mother "Fifteen Moon": Soldier——Wife "Blood Stained Style": Soldier - Lover "Books from Two Places, Mother and Child Love": Warrior-Mother

Front-line soldiers mostly like these songs, otherwise they would not be popular.These four songs have also caused controversy. Different people have different opinions and should not be sung, but the debate is a debate, and the soldiers can sing it. The people on the front line especially need to express their emotions. Wu Yanming, political commissar of the regiment, said that some instructors told me that we can't let the troops sing "Blood-Stained Grace", which is too sad and demoralizes the troops, and some even said they had anti-war sentiments.Before leaving, many family members also told me that this song is unlucky and too frustrating, and I can't say it back or get up before I leave.They don't understand that this is political work.Are there any troops that let the song break down?Didn’t you hear that, in the frontier of Fujian, when we didn’t allow Teresa Teng to sing a few years ago, their loudspeakers were played at you all day long.Later, our popular songs in mainland China were more popular than Teresa Teng. Guess what, it was their turn that they dared not listen to us. The "national army" is afraid that the "communist army" will be "corrupted".Besides, there must be a channel for people to vent. The more blocked you are, the more trouble you will cause yourself, and the more you prohibit, the worse things will be.I just want everyone to sing "Blood-Stained Grace", before departure, on the road, at meetings, after meals, every day, repeatedly, if you sing too much, you don't care, you don't feel sad, and your morale will rise Now, my ideological work will be easy to do.

On the way in, Tianjin recruit Xiaohan said that on the train the day before yesterday, I accidentally sang "Dream Mom", and I burst into tears.Before we set off, I wrote to my mother and told my mother that we were fighting a defensive war, and the leaders said that the danger was not too great, so the family could rest assured.My mother wrote back and said a lot of words of encouragement, asking me to listen to the leadership, learn from the veterans, and let me not miss home and take good care of myself.I originally wanted to take my mother's letter with me, but the leader said that I can't take useless things to the front line, so I put my mother's letter in the barracks.The closer I got to the front line, the more restless I felt.That day, I sang "Mother in Dream" twice, and I didn't know why tears flowed out.I really didn't want to sing it.When I was eighteen years old, it was the first time I left home and my mother. I thought again, I have been in the army for one month and three days, and I am already a soldier of the People’s Liberation Army. I can’t cry. Fighting and defending the four modernizations should not I was homesick, so I corrected this shortcoming.I stopped singing "Dream Mom". I tried my best to sing songs that make young people happy, and learned to play poker with veterans. After political education, I no longer feel homesick.I also put the letter from my mother in the baggage left by the camp.Do you think I really miss home?

In October 1987, the Zongzheng Opera Troupe performed at the main peak of Balihe River.It was raining, and the audience didn't leave. Many of them were representatives from various positions. They carried tape recorders to watch and played it for the comrades who stood firm. The actors also performed in the rain.The famous female singer Zhang Yuenan appeared on the stage. She said: "I am a veteran of 43 years in the army. I sang for the soldiers in the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation. Sing for the soldiers, I was young at that time, now, I am old, but you are young. Today, on behalf of the mothers in the rear, I will sing for you a song "Books from Two Places, Mother and Child Love"—"

"My child, I miss you in spring..." "My child, I miss you in summer..." "My child, I miss you in autumn..." "My child, I miss you in winter..." The affectionate singing echoed in the rain on the main peak and roared in people's hearts. Everyone's face was covered with rain and tears.The performance in the rain lasted for an hour and a half. The last program was the political commissar conducting the chorus "Blood-Stained Grace". In February 1988, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency wrote an internal reference "Don't send "tear gas bombs" to soldiers."

The reporter said that this song "Books from Two Places, Mother and Child Love" is currently popular in Laoshan and has become one of the most popular songs on the front line. Whether it is in front of the stage, on the battlefield, or in the cat's ear hole, the soldiers listened to it every time. When I listen to this song, I meditate deeply and weep quietly." "Since the border guards fought back in self-defense against Vietnam, many songs have been popular on the front line", "calling young soldiers to go to the battlefield, fight the enemy bravely, and march forward bravely. "However, after 1985, some new styles appeared in front-line popular songs. Some songs, the soldiers sang while crying, had the taste of 'the wind is rustling, the water is cold, and the strong men will never return'. There are The songs made the soldiers miss their relatives and homes spontaneously." "In recent years, there has been a tendency to write songs on the battlefield that seem to be more sad and tragic, the more touching. The style is low and the melody is sad. To boost morale, overcome difficulties, and overwhelm the enemy", "Soldiers in the 1980s had ideals, loved learning, and understood life. What they needed were youthful, vigorous, lively, and beautiful Songs, not songs that need to make people cry. Besides, in the Sino-Vietnamese border war, we were just and always dominated. In front of the enemy, why should we behave miserable and sorrowful!"