march to victory

"Report, our company commander said: the blood and bones of tigers are great supplements, which are helpful to the wounded and sick. They must be handed over to the headquarters hospital, and the tiger meat should be handed over to the regiment headquarters, so that the regiment leader and all leaders can have a fresh taste. As for the remaining tiger skins, our assault company will deal with it ourselves, after all, we have consumed some ammunition in beating this guy."

"What do you mean by yourselves? This guy Zhang Qingshan, the chauvinism is getting worse and worse. Come back and see how I deal with him."

"Come on, Lao Tian, ​​stop putting on a show in front of me, I think that's the way to go. But let me tell you first, I have never eaten tiger meat, so I have to send us a hundred or so catties."

"You are so beautiful, you still have a hundred or so catties, and a few dozen catties is not bad. After all, there are so many comrades who have never tasted what tiger meat is like. By the way, give me some tiger blood and tiger bones, I have a backache recently, so I don’t ask for more, ten catties of each item is enough.”

"Why don't you go grab it?"

"This is our 49th regiment, okay? If you count it as a robbery, you also robbed us."

Seeing that the two leaders started to argue again, the little hunchback smiled flatteringly and whispered, "Don't argue with the two leaders, there will be more later."

"Anything else?" The two leading comrades turned their heads, their eyes were shining brightly, and they asked in unison.

Seeing their reaction, the little hunchback immediately had the urge to slap his mouth, but he had no choice but to report the fruitful results of the hunt.

"Xiao Peng! Gather the whole group immediately..."

"Old Zhou, immediately lead your comrades in the security department and follow..."

The two rushed to order, but the result was dumbfounding.

Because this incident alarmed the chief, Liu Yongjiang, the commander of the 49th Division, rushed to the regiment headquarters of the 49th regiment: he will personally take the [-]th regiment to 'reinforce'. Meat!For soldiers who are extremely tired and haven't tasted meat for a long time, it is really the first thing in urgent need.Just as a certain chief joked: Zhang Qingshan is good at fighting wars, making mistakes, and doing things well, but he is indeed a good general.

When Liu Yongjiang ran to Sansheng Village excitedly with the 49th regiment, he happened to see soldiers and villagers carrying prey down the mountain one after another.This made Liu Yongjiang very happy, and he immediately ordered: keep three wild boars for the villagers of Sansheng Village who are helping... The village chief of Sansheng Village didn't want it, but Liu Yongjiang finally insisted on accepting it.The remaining wild game was immediately taken to the county seat and handed over to the headquarters for unified distribution.

Then, while the soldiers of the assault company were resting, watching the happy scene of Tian Jingshan chasing Zhang Qingshan beating and scolding, and Zhang Qingshan screaming while running, he, like Hu Yingze, wanted to have a bigger fight. The range of hunting, the result, is naturally the same as Hu Yingze, after hearing Uncle Xiang's answer, he can only look at the moon in vain!

Don't say that Liu Yongjiang is unwilling to give up, even Zhang Qingshan himself is not reconciled.Finally, after everyone discussed, the assault company and the first battalion of the 49th regiment stayed: the assault company continued to hunt in the mountains, but could not enter the virgin forest; hunt, lest their fields be destroyed by wild beasts.

And after this method was reported to the public, everyone was very happy. After discussing it, it was decided to help the people guard the fields by the forest within the county, with shifts as units... It will not only allow everyone to eat a few meals of meat, It can also help the common people, absolutely having the best of both worlds.

Zhang Qingshan's luck in the mountains with the Assault Company was mediocre. Although he could catch some prey every day, and he could get some more after eating his own meat, he couldn't hide much, and it could only be regarded as better than nothing.

And Zhang Qingshan's behavior has also been affirmed and praised by his superiors... I don't know if it is because he is in a sparsely populated forest, so Zhang Qingshan has no place to make mistakes even if he wants to.This time, Zhang Qingshan broke the previous vicious circle: making meritorious deeds is equal to making mistakes.Of course, there is no need to mention the trivial matter of teaching the little hunchback this bad reputation, for him, this is not a big deal at all.

The Red Second and Sixth Army continued their long march after seven days of rest in Anshun.After going through Xuanwei, Songlin, Malong, Anlin, crossing the Jinsha River, it was already the spring of 1936 to arrive at Yunnan Lihua.

Marching all the way in a hurry, except for a battle with the enemy on the Jinsha River, the whole journey went smoothly.However, the long-distance and rapid march left the Red Army commanders and fighters who had been repaired in Anshun in an extremely exhausted state, even worse than when they arrived in Anshun.

The most dangerous thing is not to fight the enemy, nor is it to cross mountains and ridges, but to walk all night.

Because of being too exhausted, some comrades have developed a skill that makes people feel funny, but it is extremely sad after thinking about it: sleeping while walking.Especially when it is not allowed to hold torches for lighting, some comrades sleep while walking, because it is dark and the road is slippery, they accidentally fall off the high ridge by the side of the path or under the cliff, and are injured or sacrificed.For this reason, the superior issued a deadly order: Every soldier patted the comrade in front of him on the shoulder every short while, and reminded him a few times that he must get a reply from the other party.

For example, Zhou Baoyu, because he is young and his physical fitness is not as good as others, he can lead the horse's tail while walking and sleeping.But what is touching is that he is so young, but he never engages in specialization.Even if other comrades saw him like this and put him on the horse's back to let him have a good sleep, he insisted on not riding a horse because he felt that the two horses (Zhang Qingshan and Hu Yingze shared one horse and the other Horses are specially reserved for correspondents) who are too tired to carry the sick and wounded or weapons. It would be a pity if they died of exhaustion, and they should be reserved for comrades who need it more.It made everyone both moved and sad.But it is precisely because of this fearless spirit of unity, friendship and dedication that the Red Army was able to go through the Long March and march towards victory.

After arriving in Yunnan Lihua, the next step is to directly face the snow-capped mountains and grasslands.

Fortunately, in January, I got in touch with the Central Red Army, and I could contact them directly by telegram, allowing them to get more and more valuable first-hand information and experience from the Central Red Army's journey of climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands, thus avoiding many mistakes. necessary loss.

As a result, the final preparations for climbing the snow-capped mountains and crossing the grasslands are also in full swing... To be honest, despite these experiences, the local supplies have not been recovered because the Central Red Army passed by here before, and the time is short. The preparations of the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps, especially the gathering of necessary materials such as grain and cotton, were difficult.

In view of the success of Zhang Qingshan's hunting in Anshun, the headquarters decided to draw a group of sharpshooters from each regiment and mix them with the assault company to form a hunting team of 500 people. Meat products and leather goods necessary for climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands... In fact, because of the valuable experience of the Central Red Army's Long March, the Second and Sixth Red Army Corps paid special attention to collecting leather goods and other materials along the way. Therefore, when they arrived in Lihua, Yunnan, A lot has been collected, but because there are too many soldiers, these materials are still not enough for everyone to take care of, but compared with the conditions of the Central Red Army when they first climbed the snow-capped mountains, it is much better.

(Personally, I think there are two important reasons why later generations said that the Red Second and Sixth Army had no losses in the Long March: one is that the strategy and tactics were deployed properly; the other is the experience of the Central Red Army’s Long March. It was relatively large, but there were more supplements along the way, so when the Long March was victorious, the number of people did not change too much. Of course, compared with the Central Red Army crossing the river by feeling the stones, the Red Second and Sixth Army did not lose much. )

It was time to go hunting again, and everyone salivated at the thought of the taste of meat.After inviting more than a dozen hunters as guides, everyone set off happily and confidently.

The idea is very full, but the reality is very skinny!

The hunting team was really ambitious, and the scope of the hunt was twice as large as the one in Anshun.But the hunting results on the first day disappointed everyone: so many people were dispatched and the hunting area was so large, but only three wild boars and dozens of small animals were hunted.Just like this, the soldiers also carried forward the style of hard work and simplicity, and prepared a large amount of wild vegetables. They only prepared to eat one wild boar, and took the rest back to the headquarters.

However, a touching scene appeared.

"Instructors, company commanders, and fellow villagers, eat first, and then talk after eating."

Under the big tree, Zhang Qingshan, Hu Yingze and others sat around with the local hunters, smoking, analyzing 'Why are there so few wild animals in this area'?

After chatting for a long time, I can sum up two points: First, the primeval forest is a big factor: everyone knows that places with primeval forests definitely have more animals than places without primeval forests. Anshun has primeval forests, but Lihua does not.Two, climatic conditions: Anshun's climate is suitable for most animals, while Lihua is relatively colder because of the Daxue Mountain, and animals are naturally much rarer; Three, human factors: Anshun's hunters either left with the Red Army or were killed Lao Jiang was killed, or escaped, and there was only one household of Uncle Xiang, but in Lihua, there were nearly twenty households. This is because some of them left with the Central Red Army. Otherwise, there must be more than thirty households. The direct nemesis has been hunting for a long time, and there are not many animals to think about.

Everyone's mood is a little low, and the atmosphere is a little cold.At this moment, Pharaoh, the head of the cooking class, came over and invited everyone to have dinner.

Everyone got up and left one after another, but Lao Wang quietly held Zhang Qingshan and winked at Hu Yingze.

When everyone left and there were only three of them left, Hu Yingze asked suspiciously, "Old Wang, what's the matter?"

"Old Wang is also your name?"

"Heh! Heh! A slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue! Cousin, tell me." This is the consequence of habit. When he was with everyone, he used to say "Old Wang! Old Wang!" with everyone.

Lao Wang snorted and looked at Zhang Qingshan.Seeing that Lao Wang didn't just chase after Hu Yingze like in the past, it seemed that there was something really wrong, so he immediately looked at Lao Wang seriously...