Chapter 17 Chapter 17: Dark Clouds Cover the Soviet Area, Evacuate the Wounded Everywhere

After the Red Army left, the entire Soviet area stopped laughing and became silent all of a sudden.People poked their heads out of their homes uneasily and looked at the street in panic. The street was deserted. When the Red Army left, slogans and slogans pasted on trees and walls fluttered in the wind.A few wild dogs ran uneasily on the street, leaving behind a few low barks. Chen Yi was lying on a stretcher, and two Red Guards carried him, walking along the village road without haste.Chen Yi looked at everything that was deserted and killed in front of him, and his heart was heavy and desolate.At this moment, he really wanted to find someone to talk to, to expel this loneliness.

He poked his head under the stretcher and asked the Red Guards walking behind: Are you not afraid that the Red Army is gone? The red guard was at a loss for words for a while, and then answered after a while: Commander Chen, to tell you the truth, what we fear is not war, but revenge from the White Army. The red guard walking in front sighed and said, "The land that was just allocated may have to be taken back again." Chen Yi originally wanted to say a few relaxing words to calm his mood, but he didn't expect that all he heard was such worrying things. After passing the small village, there is a Mizoguchi in front of it. There are dozens of tents built with moso bamboo on a large area of ​​the Mizoguchi.This is the hospital that stays.

Two red guards carried a stretcher and walked along the path in front of the hospital. There were a few slightly wounded people sitting on the grass and arguing about something. One of them recognized Chen Yi, and the wounded soldier walked forward with one leg dragging After taking two steps, he knelt down in front of Chen Yi's stretcher with a "plop": Commander Chen, help us. The two red guards carrying stretchers wanted to walk away, but Chen Yi stopped them.The two Red Guards didn't know what to do, and one of them whispered, "Commander Chen, these wounded soldiers can do anything, let's go quickly."

Chen Yi glared at the speaker, and ordered loudly: "Put me down." The two Red Guards helplessly put down the stretcher. At this time, several other people who heard that it was Chen Yi also surrounded him hand in hand, and some wounded also looked here when they heard the movement. Chen Yi looked at the wounded soldier kneeling in front of him, his face seemed very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.But he was sure, had seen him before.Chen Yi then asked: What is your name? The wounded soldier replied: Commander Chen, I am Chen Baiqiang, you don't know me anymore.

Chen Yi remembered that he had met Chen Baiqiang a year ago in a battle.On the way for Chen Yi to go to the front line, Chen Baiqiang was a platoon leader. He was ordered to lead a platoon of people to attack behind the enemy when he ran into Chen Yi.After Chen Yi asked about the situation, he felt that sneak attacking the enemy was a good way, but the number of troops was a little short, so he thought about using the guard squad he brought with him.Without the guard squad, Chen Yi became a bare-bones commander. After thinking about it, he smiled and said to Chen Baiqiang: "Platoon leader Chen, count me in too."

Chen Baiqiang looked troubled. Chen Yi said jokingly: Comrade platoon leader, are you afraid that I will take credit with you? Chen Baiqiang scratched his scalp and said: Commander Chen, your safety... Chen Yi smiled and said: As a veteran, I am still afraid that the enemy's bullets will fail? Chen Baiqiang couldn't say anything more, and directed the soldiers to touch the enemy's position, with Chen Yi following behind. Unexpectedly, the enemy also played tricks, abandoned the position, and concealed a company of soldiers around the position. After the Red Army touched it, they came to counter the encirclement.This kind of battle is too dangerous, the enemy is outside, they are inside.After a burst of gunfire, more than a dozen Red Army soldiers died.When Chen Baiqiang learned that he had been tricked by the enemy, his eyes turned red, and he ordered the soldiers to rush left and right.After rushing several times without rushing out, he thought of Chen Yi. At this time, there were already two soldiers protecting Chen Yi.Chen Baiqiang couldn't help saying that he carried Chen Yi on his back and ran, while running, he said to the two soldiers:

Rush, rush, even if you say you will die, you will rush out. The weapons of the guards are better than those of the troops, and most of them are experienced and brave fighters. The guards desperately opened the way ahead, and finally broke out of the enemy's encirclement. When he reached the safe zone, Chen Baiqiang put down Chen Yi and fell to his knees with a "plop", lowered his head and said, "Commander Chen, I didn't complete the task well, you can order someone to shoot me." Chen Yi pulled Chen Baiqiang up, looked at the Red Army platoon leader in front of him, and didn't know what to say. These are some good soldiers who are not afraid of death. He saw everything just now. How can they be blamed for this small mistake? .Chen Yi patted Chen Baiqiang on the shoulder and said: It is not you who will be shot, but me.Even I, a veteran, was deceived by the enemy.

Chen Baiqiang was moved to tears after hearing Chen Yi's words. Chen Yi recognized Chen Baiqiang in front of him and didn't know what to say for a moment. He waved his hand to make Chen Baiqiang stand up, but Chen Baiqiang still didn't stand up, but said: Commander Chen, we wounded have a condition. If you promise us, I will get up. Chen Yi didn't understand what the condition was. He looked at the wounded soldiers kneeling before him in bewilderment.At this time, more and more wounded soldiers crawled out of the tent and were carried out, and they all gathered in front of Chen Yi.

Chen Baiqiang said in a trembling voice: Commander Chen, you must not leave us alone, as long as we have breath, we can still fight the enemy. Everyone also echoed: We can still fight, don't let us disband. Chen Yi's eyes were moist.When the Red Army left, one of the instructions left to them by the "Supreme Triumvirate" was to send the wounded to the homes of ordinary people.Such instructions were not wrong. The main force of the Red Army had left, and sooner or later the enemy would occupy the Soviet area. The remaining troops and Red Guards could only go to the mountains to fight guerrillas, contain the enemy, and wait for the opportunity.A scattered guerrilla force was clearly incapable of caring for the wounded.

There was also a wounded soldier who could no longer walk. His legs were broken. He crawled up to Chen Yi, stretched out a pair of trembling hands, grabbed Chen Yi's hand, and said with tears in his eyes: "Commander Chen, give everyone Give me a grenade, and when the enemy comes, we will fight them to the death. Chen Yi's heart trembled. He held the soldier's hand, shook it vigorously, and then raised his voice and said: "Comrades, comrades, the main force is gone, but we still have the people in the Soviet area and the remaining guerrillas." The Red Army will not perish, please believe in the Red Army and the people in the Soviet area...

Chen Baiqiang said: Commander Chen, let us join the guerrillas and organize the wounded into a regiment. We will not hold you back, and we will fight independently. Yes, we can fight as long as we have breath left!All the wounded also shouted together. Chen Yi's tears flowed down at some point.What a good soldier this is, but he still calmed down quickly, and said to everyone: The organization has decided to temporarily put you in the homes of fellow villagers to recover from your injuries. Everyone was silent, and the wounded understood what the consequences of dismissing them would be.They looked helplessly at Chen Yi in front of them, and tears flowed down their faces quickly. I don't know who took the lead in singing: Who dares to invade the sacred land freedom? Who dares to ravage the red regime?what! Iron Fist awaits the fascist KMT. We are red warriors, fight! until the last person! The singing sounded like the wind. When Chen Yi saw Xiang Ying, the lingering sound of singing was still echoing in his ears. Xiang Ying asked about Chen Yi's injuries, and Chen Yi didn't mention his injuries, but said: I really can't bear to let those wounded be dismissed. Xiang Ying seemed to have guessed Chen Yi's state of mind, and took two steps with her hands behind her back, saying: Warmthism can't save the Soviet area. Chen Yi was very disgusted with Xiang Ying's tone, and did not speak for a long time.He looked out of the window, and there was a butterfly fluttering in the grass, and there were still two small flowers blooming in the grass.Chen Yi stared at the butterfly and the two little flowers for a long time, Xiang Ying said something, but he didn't seem to hear. Xiang Ying took out his notebook and sat in front of Chen Yi. Only then did Chen Yi wake up. He knew that an argument with Xiang Ying was inevitable. Xiang Ying said solemnly: Once the main force leaves, the task of defending the Soviet area will fall on us. Chen Yi adjusted his thinking.He has been thinking about it since Zhou Enlai talked to him in the hospital.Hearing Xiang Ying's words, he felt that his thoughts were somewhat different from Xiang Ying's, so he said: It is wrong to ask us to undertake the task of defending the Soviet area. The main force of the Red Army has not been able to keep the Soviet area. is impossible. Xiang Ying immediately retorted: The main force of the Red Army's westward expedition has transferred the enemy's main force away, and the pressure on our Central Soviet Area will be much less.After the main force of the Red Army joins forces with the 2nd and 6th armies and develops stronger, we will fight a few more victories and wait for the main force to come back. Not only will we be able to smash the enemy's attack, but we may also be able to wipe out a large part of the enemy's vital forces. Chen Yi smiled bitterly, and said more patiently: let alone whether the main force can join the 2nd and 6th armies, they also have their own difficulties; our policy should be to contain the enemy, reduce the pressure on the main force, protect the vital forces in the Soviet area, and wait day. I already knew that you would have such a pessimistic attitude, and you would become discouraged after a few defeats.Our real communists must have a spirit of not admitting defeat at any time. I hope you will come out of the shadow of pessimism as soon as possible.Xiang Ying looked very excited. What else did Chen Yi want to say, Xiang Ying waved his hand and said: Comrade Chen Yi, I know what you are thinking, so there is no need to say any more. You are injured now, and I will take care of some things. You don’t need to worry about it. I will talk about it after you recover from your injury. Bar. Chen Yi felt a chill all over his body.He still wanted to say a few words, Xiang Ying stood up: I still have to go around to check and check, if there is anything we can discuss later, your top priority now is to heal your injury. After Xiang Ying left, he didn't show up for two days in a row, and he assigned new tasks everywhere. Chen Yi thought a lot these two days, and he felt that he had to argue with Xiang Ying on certain issues.He couldn't bear the unnecessary casualties caused by the troops left by the main force. On the third day, he was helped by the guards to Xiang Ying's office.Xiang Ying was busy assigning work to the director of the hospital.The dean asked for instructions: Do those medical devices need to be packaged and buried? Xiang Ying said angrily, "Buried the equipment?What about our wounded?Our troops still have to fight!Comrade, don't be too pessimistic, we are capable of fighting. The dean is gone. Chen Yi said: Comrade Xiang Ying, our job now is to hide and retreat in a planned way. Xiang Ying was stunned for a few seconds after hearing Chen Yi's words, and said: This is impossible, we should implement the spirit of the central government and continue to fight; I am thinking of gathering troops and fighting the enemy. Chen Yi gasped: "A decisive battle?" Yes, the decisive battle!Xiang Ying said firmly. We must learn the lesson of the failure of the fifth counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression", and we can no longer fight head-on with the enemy. Using our 20,000 people to fight the enemy's main force is not the same as going to death in vain!Chen Yi became excited. It appears your pessimism has not changed.Xiang Ying said disappointedly that we must follow the instructions of the central government, and whoever does not follow the instructions of the central government is a betrayal. We are far away from the center now, so we must have a flexible concept, otherwise... Chen Yi's words were interrupted by the ringing of the phone. The call came from the headquarters, and the headquarters reported that the enemy had already occupied Ningdu. Xiang Ying said loudly into the phone: Tell the front, you must fight actively, don't let the emotion of failure prevail, and fight for every inch of the enemy.Don't panic, we have to give the enemy a little color to see. After Xiang Ying finished speaking, she hung up the phone, turned around and said to Chen Yi: We want to deal a head-on blow to the enemy. You came at the right time. Let's study the method. Chen Yi looked at Xiang Ying in disbelief.Xiang Ying continued: Our main force is the 24th Division, and it is not enough to beat the enemy's main force with it.My preliminary idea is to gather the 3rd, 7th, and 11th regiments of the Independent, and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th regiments of the provincial military region... all together to form a fist and organize them into 3 divisions or 4 divisions. We fight the enemy on a large scale, and we can eat up one division of the enemy at a time, or at least one regiment. I object.Chen Yi slammed the table with his fist, and continued: "Our losses will be even greater this way. If we concentrate our troops, we may not be weaker than the enemy locally, but we are alone and helpless, but the enemy can increase their troops. If we continue like this, we will only fail."I suggest that the troops be dispersed immediately, even the main 24th Division should be broken up into parts.Once the main force is gone, we must be mentally prepared for a long and arduous struggle.Disperse the troops, and disperse the personnel of the agencies to the guerrilla areas, so that we can attack at any time, so that the enemy can't understand our strength. They are in the open, and we are in the dark, so that we can avoid unnecessary losses. Xiang Ying sighed, closed his notebook in disappointment, and said heavily: It seems that our thinking cannot be unified. I will consider your opinion.It is better to discuss such a big issue as whether the troops will be united or dispersed at the meeting of the Central Bureau. Chen Yi didn't say anything anymore, but said as if thinking of something: In this situation, I think He Lao (He Shuheng), Qiu Bai and others should arrange for them to move to Shanghai earlier. Xiang Yingdao: You always take things too seriously, we haven't reached the time to run around yet. I was thinking about their safety, not about running away.Chen Yi corrected. OK, I'll think about it.Don't worry about recuperating your injuries. If your body allows, you will be responsible for evacuating the wounded. I have too many things to do now.Xiang Ying scratched his head. The situation when he saw the wounded two days ago flashed before Chen Yi's eyes again. From the bottom of his heart, he did not want to evacuate the wounded. It was arranged by God's will.However, the current situation cannot but be dispersed.This point Chen Yi thinks is right.Thinking of this, Chen Yi nodded. Xiang Ying walked Chen Yi all the way to the door, and watched the guards help Chen Yi go away before he turned and walked back to the office. Xiang Ying felt that there were many things that needed to be dealt with, but he didn't know the great opportunity to strive for a strategic shift, and this opportunity was disappearing bit by bit. After the main force of the Red Army left, the various "encirclement and suppression" troops of the Kuomintang did not dare to advance rashly. They worried that this was a trap set by the Red Army. They looked around and sent small groups of troops to find out the truth. Xiang Ying is clear about the situation of the main force of the Red Army's westward expedition. He knows that once the main force leaves, it is unknown when it will come back, or whether it will come back; The impression that it will come back is not hesitating to fight with the enemy to consume it.As a result, his policy of decisive battle has won the support and approval of many people.At that time, many people were in a state of blind optimism. Only Chen Yi is sober, but he can't control the current situation.I can only be anxious and bitter in my heart.The specter of disaster is approaching the Soviet area little by little... The nearly 10,000 wounded left by the main force of the Red Army were scattered in several places, and it was indeed very difficult for them to be taken away by the Soviet area smoothly.Enemies will come sooner or later, and keeping them safe is not an easy task. After thinking about it, Chen Yi came up with a proper solution.Most of the men in the Soviet area joined the army, and even more died.These wounded Red Army soldiers are very young, and it is a good way to let these wounded soldiers be sons, son-in-laws, and husbands.Thinking of this, Chen Yi shook his head helplessly. The wounded were concentrated on the slope, and villagers poured in from all directions like they were going to a market, most of them were elderly people, and most of these people's families had members of the Red Army. Grandma Wang set off from Wangjiaping and walked for a long time on the mountain road. When she arrived, a group of wounded had already been taken away.There are still hundreds of wounded in the open space in front of the hospital.They were very calm about such actions, they didn't look at the people who led them, some closed their eyes, and some looked away. Granny Wang was attracted by a wounded man sitting in a corner. The wounded man was injured on his leg. He was sitting alone on the grass, looking up at the sky, and playing a song with grass blades: Who dares to invade the sacred land freedom? Who dares to ravage the red regime?what! Iron Fist awaits the fascist KMT. We are red warriors, fight! until the last person! Grandma Wang had heard this song before, and she sang this song the day the Red Army left.As soon as Granny Wang heard this song, she would think of Wang Tie and Yu Ying.They all left, and she was the only one left at home. She would stand at the door several times a day and stare blankly, always thinking that one day, Wang Tie and Yu Ying would both come back from the path. She looked at the winding path leading to the distance, and they walked along that path... Granny Wang walked towards the wounded man, and the wounded man watched Granny Wang approaching him a little bit, but he still didn't stop whistling, and the whistle kept ringing so fragmentarily.Grandma Wang stood in front of him, and then crouched in front of him, and the wounded stopped singing.The wounded looked at Granny Wang.Grandma Wang thought of Wang Tie again, thinking that Wang Tie was fighting the enemy, a bullet hit Wang Tie's body, blood flowed profusely from Wang Tie's body, and Wang Tie was shouting: Mother——Grandma Wang's heart trembled . The wounded said: The Red Army is gone, we are the wounded. Granny Wang's nose was a little sore. She squatted in front of the wounded and grabbed the wounded's hand. Be my son if you want.Grandma Wang's voice was a little choked up. The Red Army is gone, the enemy is coming, it is not good to implicate you.Said the wounded, looking away. My son is the Red Army, so I am afraid of getting involved.Granny Wang tightly clenched the wounded man's hand. She saw that the wounded's eyes were wet, and two bright drops were slowly overflowing from the corners of the eyes.The wounded man supported his body and knelt down. He kowtowed to her with both hands, and called out softly: Mother—Grandma Wang burst into tears. She hugged the wounded man and answered with choked sobs : Hey—the two hugged into a ball. My name is Chen Baiqiang.The wounded said to her. Top 100 let's go home.Granny Wang supported Chen Baiqiang to stand up, walked forward a few steps, he stood still, let go of Granny Wang's hand and said: Mother, wait for me for a while. After Chen Baiqiang finished speaking, he walked towards the wounded. When he got close, he knelt down and said in a hoarse voice: Brothers, I will take a step first.If God is merciful, we brothers will meet again. The wounded heard it, and some whimpered and cried.I don't know who took the lead in singing that song again, and everyone sang together. The high-spirited singing flowed from the hillside in all directions. The villagers who came to lead the wounded were moved by the scene before them. Wipe the tears with the lapel. Granny Wang supported Chen Baiqiang and walked towards Wangjiaping.Chen Baiqiang dragged one leg, leaning on a wooden stick in his hand, and supported Granny Wang with the other hand.Suddenly a heavy object fell from Chen Baiqiang's arms. Chen Baiqiang hurriedly bent down to pick it up. It was a grenade. Grandma Wang had never seen a grenade before, so she didn't know what it was.Chen Baiqiang said to her: Mother, this is a bomb, it is used to blow up white dogs. Granny Wang didn't speak, and watched as Chen Baiqiang carefully put the grenade back into her bosom.Granny Wang's heart was heavy, as if something was pressing on her.She was looking forward to arriving home earlier, and when she got home, she would cook a good meal for Chen Baiqiang... When Bai Xing, chairman of the village Soviet, received the notice to collect the wounded, he seemed to be bitten by a cat, and he was stunned for several minutes. The main force of the Red Army is gone, and Bai Xing does not know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.After Wang Xiangui's death, he was really worried for a while, but he was secretly relieved when he found that no one doubted him.But the treasures buried on the mountain still made him restless, but he didn't dare to take any more actions. It wasn't until those treasures were taken away by the Red Army that he completely gave up his thoughts and devoted himself to women. The daughter-in-law has become his plaything, as long as he wants, he can go there whenever he wants.The woman didn't dare to say a word, so he could do whatever he wanted, but later he realized that it didn't make much sense. He saw a breath of death in the woman's eyes.The woman's eyes were always cold, with a murderous look, which made him shudder often.When he was doing that with the woman, the woman was not enthusiastic at all, no matter how hard he tried, the woman kept silent, her eyes were as cold as ever.During the day, Xing became angry, and while tossing the woman, he asked: Do you hate me?If you hate me, just say it. The woman didn't speak and let him torment. Are you trying to kill me?he asked again. The woman still doesn't speak. He started pinching her, biting her, scratching her. The woman endured it, sucking in her breath.He said fiercely: Are you trying to kill me? The woman finally moaned and said: No one dares to kill you, you are the chairman. When Bai Baixing heard this, he smiled viciously. Although the woman said so, he was still not at ease.After having sex with a woman, no matter how late it was, he never stayed with her overnight. He was afraid that the woman would really kill him as soon as he closed his eyes. As soon as the main force of the Red Army left, he thought: The village chairman has come to an end. At that time, he actively supported the Red Army's efforts to conquer the land, because of the strength of the Red Army. He was incapable and did not dare to fight against the Red Army. At that time, he felt that there was no disadvantage in serving the Red Army.Let him be the chairman and he will do it. From it, he got what he didn't get before.He saw love and hate in the eyes of the villagers, and of course there was also jealousy. The chairman of his village can say nothing about the land distribution campaign. When he was a bandit, so many people looked down on him, avoided him, hated him, cursed and swore to kill him.But now when these people saw him, they smiled from a distance, and the chairman shouted shortly. From this, he got a kind of satisfaction, a sense of satisfaction that he had never had before. But now that the Red Army is gone, that is to say, the village chairman will have no backing in the future. Who else can take him seriously as the village chairman?It is said that the Red Army will come back soon, but who knows when it will come back?Once the Red Army is gone, the Kuomintang troops will come soon. Those who work for the Red Army are the enemies of the Kuomintang. Can the enemy let go of those who work for the Red Army?It's not like the Red Army just left, he still wants to live here.After thinking about it this way, Bai Xing felt more certain: the village chairman can no longer do it, let whoever wants to do it. The wounded could not be picked up, and after the wounded were picked up, it would be impossible to tell when the Kuomintang troops arrived. When the villagers gathered at the head of the village and waited for the wounded, Tian Xing came out staggeringly.He smiled at everyone, pretending to be pathetic.He walked into the crowd, first made a bow to everyone, and then said: "Masters and young men, when I was Xing as the village chairman during the day, was there anything I could do to the big guy?" When he said this, the villagers couldn't figure it out, so no one spoke. Bai Baixing smiled at the crowd again and said: I am not a heartless person, Bai Baixing is always thinking of you and thinking of you at all times, and I will need my surname Bai for anything in the future, all young and old just talk. The villagers looked at him in bewilderment. Bai Baixing felt that he couldn't go around like this anymore, and no matter how many good words he said, it wouldn't be of much use, so he said: Today I want to talk to the young and old about something, that is, Bai Baixing can no longer be the chairman of this village. If you have to go out, you can't take care of the affairs of the village. The crowd became chaotic, and everyone was talking. During the day, Xing bowed to everyone again, and walked out of the crowd.He didn't go far, but hid behind a bush, listened to people talking for a while, and then calmed down.Everyone went to collect the wounded again.He saw Wang Xiangui's daughter-in-law walking towards his home with a wounded man on her back. During the day, he thought: It's time to go out and hide.He let out a long breath, walked out of the bushes, and walked out of the village.