march to victory

"What about breakfast today?"

Although there is a clear division of labor with Hu Yingze, Zhang Qingshan became a little annoyed when he was blocked here for questioning, and said in a deep voice, "Eat one less meal, and you won't die of hunger."

"But the problem is, I have already slaughtered the fat pig that I sent..."

In fact, the cauldron he brought was smashed by the hailstorm, but there was another cauldron carried by the cook. When he saw the pig, he was so happy that he just asked everyone to kill the pig, thinking that the cook I went to boil the water, but the cook had a stomachache and went to the latrine, so he didn't have time to report it immediately.After the pig was killed, everyone discovered the problem, and he hurried out to find another cauldron to connect to...

Zhang Qingshan looked at Lao Wang very speechlessly, while Lao Wang stared at Zhang Qingshan very wronged, his eyes met, and they were very depressed: fighting local tyrants and evil gentry, that is a bounden duty; it is only right and proper to rob Lao Jiang's things, you can rob ordinary people That is the great crime of beheading.But the sky is big, the belly is the biggest!This is really a big problem.

Helpless, Zhang Qingshan had no choice but to take a few soldiers to buy from Tibetan compatriots.

Maybe it was an early start, let alone, I actually bought a four-port tank.At the same time, they finally figured out that the locals did not have the habit of using large iron pots at all. The reason why there were two large pots in the blacksmith shop was that the 32nd Army had ordered them in advance.

But in any case, cooking meat in a large tank is also a good choice, which is better than nothing.

He happily came back with a large tank pulled by a carriage, and then boiled water and cooked meat... In the end, it was a tragedy.

Before the meat was cooked, the vats exploded one after another.It turned out that the local vats could not withstand the high temperature of the fire.

Seeing the undercooked boiled meat, all the soldiers of the assault company smiled wryly. For a while, they really didn't know what to do?

"What are you all doing with a sad face? Can't you eat undercooked meat?" Zhang Qingshan walked to the half-cooked pork, pondered and said: "I still don't believe that the meat can be let go when it reaches the mouth? Even if it is half-cooked, It's better than eating raw..."

After speaking, Zhang Qingshan's eyes lit up, he drew out his dagger, cut off a piece of meat, and roasted it on the fire.He also smiled triumphantly at the soldiers: "Today, let's also improve the way we eat, and eat barbecue."

Hearing this, the soldiers cheered up, stepped forward one after another, cut off a piece of meat with a dagger or a big knife, and roasted it.

And Lao Wang led the soldiers in the cooking class to immediately distribute salt to everyone. They were also very happy about this way of eating fresh meat that allowed the soldiers to eat cooked meat.

In this way, after some smoke and fire, everyone ate "bacon" or "barbecue", which really had a special taste.

For the yaks or other livestock that cannot be eaten for a while, the smaller ones are led, and the larger ones are used in the new army to carry weapons and ammunition, or to ride for the sick, and then kill them one after another to improve life and supplement supplies .Whenever eating beef and mutton and seeing the role played by yaks in the march, everyone expressed gratitude to the comrades of the 32nd Red Army.

For the lack of a big pot, the chiefs also thought of a way: Although the common people don’t have a big iron pot, the local chieftain or wealthy headman, because of learning from the Han people or wanting to live a higher enjoyment, etc. There will be some big woks.

Originally, the Red Army planned to buy from them, but what is interesting is that most of these big chieftains or rich chieftains, fearing the majesty of the Red Army, have already run away—calculated according to their composition, these people are definitely among the local tyrants and bad students .They never expected that the Red Army would bring all the big iron pots in their home without wanting anything else from them—of course, they had to keep the money.This confuses them. It is said that a big chieftain returned home afterwards and found that there were a lot of other things in the house, even the water hadn't been touched. There are still notes.He sighed at the time: "If I had known that the Red Army was just buying iron pots, I would not have run away."

However, the Red Army has a large number of people, let alone one iron pot. In many cases, a regiment only has two or three iron pots. There is no choice but to use them in turn, or keep cooking highland barley mixed with a lot of wild vegetables, and everyone eats together. , at the same time, treat roast meat as a dish.

After more than a month of marching, on July 32, the Second Red Army and the Sixth Army gathered in Ganzi City, Xikang Province, and met with the Fourth Front Army in victory.It was at this time that the Party Central Committee ordered the Second Front Army to be composed of the Second Red Army and the Sixth Army (the [-]nd Army was incorporated into the Second Front Army), with He Long as the general commander and Yue Lanshi as the political commissar, and Guan Xiangying as the deputy political commissar.From then on, the Second Red Army and the Sixth Army began to use the designation of the Second Front Army.

After joining forces in Ganzi, Zhang Qingshan, as an active member of the Red Army and an outstanding soldier, was received by the chiefs together with nine other people, and Zhang Qingshan was so excited that he almost cried.At the same time, they also received a congratulatory message from the Party Central Committee, Mao Zedong and the Red Front Army as a unit.

The local government also provided support for some cattle and sheep, which initially improved the lives of the troops.Especially for those who are extremely tired and in urgent need of supplies, it is really a timely help.

The assault company was stationed in a small village about ten miles southeast of Ganzi City.

Said to be a village, there are only seven households, very sparse, and they are all in a building structure: the upper floor is the owner, and the lower floor is the cowshed.

People here are even poorer. It is said that because of poverty, even the headman could not live. He ran to Ganzi City with his family and did not return for six or seven years.But it is worth pondering that because of the Fourth Red Army, these seven families elected a new head, who was actually the oldest elder.

What makes people speechless is that the people here have no culture at all. Even the new headman can only write his own name and know numbers. In this way, he is already the most cultured person in the village, and his culture ', I heard that he learned it because he was allowed to be the old man's playmate when he was a child.But the villagers respect the new headman very much, even to the point of blind obedience. No matter when they graze, when they get married, etc., they will specially bring gifts to ask, or even plead with the new headman.Because in their view, only with the permission of the new leader, will they be blessed and protected by the heavens, and the weather will be smooth...

But they are extremely simple, even innocent and cute: when they saw the Red Army coming, they took out the best things in their homes and gave them to the Red Army. The respect of distinguished guests is also the way of Tibetan hospitality.It doesn’t matter if you don’t charge or eat, it will make them feel insulted and think that you look down on them, and they will turn their faces on the spot.In the end, it was still Hu Yingze who was witty and accepted some of the things, but returned Dayang to the Tibetan compatriots in the form of a gift.Also explain to the other party: This is not money, this is a gift, if you don't accept it, you will look down on the Red Army, and everyone is happy.

With just a few families, the housing problem of the Assault Company could not be solved at all.Although these seven families offered to give up their houses, how could the Red Army soldiers live there?

In the end, after some excuses from both parties, Zhang Qingshan gave an order: the seven treasures will live in the vacated home of one family, and the rest will sleep outside.

Two doctors were in charge of collecting herbs around, and seven babies took turns to take care of the wounded: four soldiers in the assault company were injured again: one right thumb had been amputated, and now it was a little inflamed; one right leg was swollen, with red and white spots It is said that the rice grains were bitten by a spider; one had abdominal distension and diarrhea; the last one was better, but his body was weaker, and it would be better to rest for a while.

A row is in charge of logging and building a big house: Although the Red Army didn’t live here for a long time, seeing the houses of these seven families in the village, they felt that it was necessary to build a big house for them.Now, Zhang Qingshan, who was born as a mason and carpenter, had a place to use his skills and became the commander-in-chief, working in full swing.

The second and third platoons were in charge of collecting wild vegetables, and hunting by the way: the cattle and sheep sent by the 32nd Army had already been eaten up, and there was not much food, so it would be impossible not to replenish it immediately.

There are very few large prey in the area. I heard that there is only a big black bear, but I have never encountered it.The second type of large animal is the wolf, which howled wildly at the moon in the middle of the night, and the assault company was organized to fight twice, not less.But most of them were hares and mice, and many of them were caught.At this time, the Red Army soldiers didn't pay much attention, as long as they ate meat, it was Chinese New Year, not to mention that these mice were very big and tasted very delicious.

The locals only know a few kinds of wild vegetables, and they dare not eat others, which makes it cheaper for the Red Army.Every day, he dug up a pile like a hill, and if he couldn't finish eating it for a while, he dried it and stored it as dried vegetables, which was also to prepare for the next Long March. Some things: I heard that after the Second Front Army and the Red Fourth Front Army joined forces, some leaders pushed north to join the three main forces and went to the anti-Japanese front line.And some chiefs are vainly trying to win over and control the Second Front Army, so as to continue to fight against the central line... Regardless of whether the news is true or not, no matter what the final result is, Zhang Qingshan feels that this is not something that a small company commander like himself can participate in.He only knows one thing, no matter whether he is going north or south, he needs to continue walking for a long distance, and as far as the current situation is concerned, it is definitely a big problem to fill his stomach on the way, so he discussed it with Lao Hu twice In the end, they all felt that the storage of food such as dried vegetables is the most important thing at present.

Three days later, the assault company built a three-story civil-engineering house in this small village.Although some wood is used without drying-the wood that has not been dried is used to build a house, the biggest disadvantage is that the service life is greatly shortened.Zhang Qingshan felt very sorry, so he could only smoke the house with fire continuously, hoping to evaporate the moisture in the wood as soon as possible.But for this achievement, he is still very happy and proud.

But at this moment, he was called to the headquarters of the [-]th Division and participated in a meeting of cadres at the company level and above.At the meeting, Zhang Qingshan deeply remembered two points: the people are the foundation of the Red Army. Now, everyone hopes to unite to fight against the Japanese imperialist invaders, so our Red Army must take the lead.The second point is that going south violates the people and the current environment, and there is no way out.

Back in the company, I explained my experience to my comrades, and everyone thought it made sense.

After resting here for [-] days, that is, July [-], the troops are leaving here.Before leaving, Zhang Qingshan discussed with the main leaders of the assault company and agreed that before leaving, he would solve a big problem for the people here...