march to victory

"boom!"

A loud noise pierced through the night rain!

The light is shining, piercing the rainy night!

Seen from a distance, a small and bright mushroom cloud suddenly flashed on the edge of the altar, but the hearts of Zhang Qingshan and others sank quickly as it appeared: this is definitely not the power that one or two grenades can cause , as far as the current situation is concerned, it can only be a cluster grenade.In other words, the three of Sun Zhiping and others reached the last moment and ended their glorious life with cluster grenades.

At the same time, it is also explained that there are more horse bandits than they imagined. In other words, the horse bandits have already noticed that the number of Zhang Qingshan and others who broke out is definitely not many.Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible for the horse bandits to split up their troops and openly dare to chase them with torches and open fire.

Although many horse bandits have come to the foot of the mountain, although they are gathering to mount their horses, although everyone is still in danger, Zhang Qingshan and the other four can't help standing at attention and saluting!

"Okay, comrades, it's up to us now, let's go!" Although Zhang Qingshan's tone was calm, he had a strong premonition in his heart: more bad luck than good luck!

as predicted!

Because the gunshots just now let the horse bandits know the direction they were going, at this time, the large group of horse bandits suddenly divided into three groups: the horse bandits and cavalry did not directly chase after them, but two groups of soldiers. The two-way cavalry intends to use the speed of the horses to outflank a large area.The third way is to walk, lined up, the distance between each other is about three meters, under the light of the torches, after Zhang Qingshan and the others are surrounded by horse bandits and cavalry, there is absolutely no way to go.

They are all veterans, and they know what the result will be when they see this situation.

Xiang Fuli pushed away Zhou Baoyu and Zhou Ping beside him, turned to Zhang Qingshan who was behind the hall and said in a deep voice: "Captain, give me the light machine gun. I will attract their attention. Look for opportunities to break through."

Zhou Baoyu and Zhou Ping thought that Xiang Fuli was about to fall, so they hurried over to catch him, but when they heard his words, they both froze at the same time, looked at Zhang Qingshan, and waited.

Zhang Qingshan walked up to the three of them, looked at them one by one, finally sighed, and said, "Do you think there is still a chance?"

All three were silent.A bleak atmosphere suddenly rose and flowed in everyone's heart.

Zhang Qingshan looked up at the sky, wiped the rain off his face, gave the three of them a wry smile, and handed the light machine gun to Xiang Fuli: "Wait a minute, use this to hold us back."

Immediately, he took out the big knife from his back, touched the blade, smiled lightly at the three of them, and said lightly: "Since you can't walk, then you can only make money by killing a pair."

"Good!" Infected by Zhang Qingshan's courage to die, Zhou Ping pulled out his bayonet and smiled while putting the bayonet on his side: "It's just a good time for these horse bandits to see the integrity of the Red Army."

Zhang Qingshan nodded and looked at Zhou Baoyu.

"Baoyu, are you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid." Zhou Baoyu answered with his head held high, and then said in a low voice: "With you all by my side, no matter where I go, I will never be alone, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

"Ha! Ha! Well said! As expected of our revolutionary fighter..." Zhang Qingshan patted Zhou Baoyu on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Come on, load the gun."

After several people had loaded their guns with bullets, Zhang Qingshan stretched out his hand to Zhou Ping: "Old Zhou, give me your red star bag."

After taking the bag, he tore off the five-pointed red star on his own military cap and put it in. After Zhou Pinghe Xiang Fuli put the five-pointed red star on his own military cap into the bag, he saw that Zhou Baoyu wanted to do the same, but Zhang Qingshan stopped him. He turned to Zhou Ping and the two of them: "Old Zhou, Fuli, please go around and see if there are any larger rocks. When you find them, come and tell me immediately."

When the two left, Zhang Qingshan handed the bag to Zhou Baoyu: "Baoyu, take this bag away."

Although Zhou Baoyu took the bag, he frowned and asked, "Brother, what do you mean? I'm not afraid of death, really. Even if I die, I will die with you."

"You can't die, you still have to hand over the bag that entrusts the hopes of everyone in our Long March team to the organization."

"But the current situation..." Before finishing speaking, Zhou Baoyu's eyes suddenly widened, and he said angrily, "Brother, I will never be a prisoner, and I will never live in an ignoble existence."

"What are you talking about? Who wants you to be a prisoner?"

"But in this situation, how can I rush out?"

"Don't worry, I have my own way. However, I want you to remember that after you leave here, no matter what method you use, you must survive. You must hand over this bag of five-pointed red stars to the organization and send our Long March team Report the situation to the organization truthfully. Remember?"

"Remember, brother, don't worry, I know the weight of this bag of five-pointed red stars is more important than my life."

Zhang Qingshan nodded, patted his shoulder, and was about to say something else when Zhou Ping came running quickly.

"Old Zhang, you found a big rock over there... What are you looking for at this time?"

"Use it to protect Comrade Baoyu's safety."

Soon, several people came to a big stone about one meter high and 1.5 meters thick.

"Baoyu, together with Fuli, look around to see if there is anything that can be used as a pipe. If you can't find it, find some more broken stones."

Zhang Qingshan walked around the boulder, then pointed to a corner beside the stone, and smiled at Zhou Ping: "This is it, come on, old Zhou, you use a bayonet, I use a big knife, let's dig a hole."

Zhou Ping didn't know what Zhang Qingshan was going to do, but seeing Zhang Qingshan's stern face, he could only bear it and didn't want to ask.But he has rich experience, no, after hearing what Zhang Qingshan said, and then thinking about why Zhang Qingshan handed the bag to Zhou Baoyu, he immediately guessed what Zhang Qingshan was going to do.

When he came to Zhang Qingshan, he stepped hard on the soft but gravel-filled ground, and said with a smile, "Yes, the soil here is soft and suitable for digging pits, and there are gravels all around, so it's easy to hide."

As he said that, he untied the bayonet from the muzzle of the gun, put the gun to his side, and began to dig holes with the bayonet.But he continued to say: "However, Lao Zhang, is there still time?"

"You have to try before it's too late. Otherwise, it will never be too late. Besides, since the horse bandits want to surround us in a large area first, and then shrink and wrap them inside, it will definitely take a lot of time. I guess, they should be able to OK."

"That makes sense! Comrade Baoyu is still young, and there is still a long way to go. However, later on, you have to tell him what he sees and hears. Even if he is silent, he is not allowed to come out. You must wait until the horse bandits leave. Come out after a while. Also, you need to leave more food and water for him later. By the way, you need to leave more bullets for him, especially the bullets of your box cannon, which are convenient for him to carry and are used to. ..."

"Stop! Stop! Old Zhou, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Qingshan didn't say directly: "Old Zhou, if you are afraid of death, I can ask Zhou Baoyu to trade with you, or I can hide both of you here."They are all such big people, and they are still old party members, old soldiers, so afraid of death, what do they say?Don't be a softie at the last moment, that way, I will look down on you when you get to the underworld!

"I just feel sorry for Comrade Baoyu."

"Poor?" Zhang Qingshan looked at him in disbelief.

"Ah~! When I think that we are gone in this wilderness plain, but leave him as a half-grown baby, I feel a little sorry for him. Alas~! It's all because of these bloody horse bandits... Forget it, let’s not talk about this. I said, Lao Zhang, don’t poke down with your big knife, but use it as a shovel and dig down with your feet.”

The two worked together, and quickly dug a half-meter-deep, nearly two-meter-long pit.Seeing that Zhou Baoyu and the others hadn't come back, they moved some broken stones back and forth tens of meters away.When the work was about to be completed, Zhou Baoyu and Zhou Baoyu came back in time: Xiang Fuli was holding a pile of broken stones with his clothes, and Zhou Baoyu was holding a few dead branches.

Zhang Qingshan chose, and chose a thin hollow grass stick.Tried it, breathed it out.They compared the newly dug small pit that was now full of rainwater. In the end, he handed the thin grass stick to Zhou Baoyu, pointed to the puddle, and said, "Baoyu, try lying in it... with your head facing the water. The side of the big rock, so as not to be stepped on by a horse."

Zhou Baoyu looked at this and that, and all he got were encouraging looks.He sighed, and lay helplessly into the puddle.

Zhang Qingshan compared the parallelism between the thin grass stick and the water surface, then estimated the buried height, cut off a section of the thin grass stick, and handed it to Zhou Baoyu.

Then, he opened his waterproof canvas bag, put all the food and extra ammunition that Zhou Pinghe handed over to Fuli into it, put it at Zhou Baoyu's feet, and carefully instructed: "Baoyu, remember, don't worry about it later. If you hear anything, don’t come out, let alone make a sound. Even if there is no sound around, you should wait as long as possible... The things at your feet are all you will need on the road ahead. Although they are not many, they are good or bad I can support you for a while..."

At first Zhou Baoyu nodded and responded, but gradually, he stopped nodding and his voice stopped, then he began to choke, and finally he wiped away his tears, but he didn't dare to cry out.

"Okay, stop crying."

"But, brother, I want to fight side by side with you, I don't want to lie here alone as a deserter."

"Who said you were a deserter?" Zhang Qingshan took the words straight away: "Baoyu, you have to understand that death! It's not scary, what's scary is how to live. Therefore, you must try your best to survive."

"But I don't want people to look down on me and call me a coward."

"Stupid guy, why are you a coward? Your behavior is what a brave man would do." Seeing Zhou Baoyu looking over in confusion, Zhang Qingshan said with a smile: "Everyone has been together for so long, we all know , Comrade Baoyu is a brave man, a good comrade worthy of everyone's trust and trust, otherwise, everyone would not choose you to complete this task... Don't look at me like that, if you don't believe me, you can ask them."

Seeing Zhou Baoyu looking over and nodding to Fuli quickly, Zhou Ping also nodded with a smile: "Old Zhang is right, Baoyu, although we haven't been together for long, in my heart, you are a brave and good comrade, and I know , You really want to fight with us this time, but Comrade Baoyu! You have to understand that now, you have much more courage on your shoulders than us, so you must be brave and strong to complete your mission."

With Zhou Baoyu's cleverness, how could he not tell that they were coaxing him so patiently because they were afraid that he would make a noise and sacrifice with them.But precisely because of this, he couldn't bear to expose it, but kept being moved and crying.In the end, he could only nod.

With tears in his eyes, he looked over one by one... He knew that lying down would be a farewell.

He was very reluctant, how could Zhang Qingshan and others be willing to give up, and how could those comrades who died were willing to give up?but!Sometimes, in order to understand the desire to save the working people in the world, for the belief of the Red Army, and for the victory of the revolution, when it is time to sacrifice, you have to face it bravely!This—is the spirit of sacrifice.

"Okay, you lie down, we are going to start pouring mud and gravel on you, if you feel uncomfortable, just say so, so we can make adjustments immediately."

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