Li Qiming was the first to speak at this meeting, and when talking about the recent political and ideological work of the company, he made a goodwill criticism to Wang Hongju, and he said earnestly: "Comrade Wang Hongju, most of us here are from workers and peasants and do not have much education, but most of us have been oppressed by the landlords and capitalists, so we have a simple class consciousness, a bitter hatred for the exploiting class, and an incomparable loyalty to the party and the army!" This is an important reason why we dare to fight hard and be invincible in the face of the enemy! The suffering of the masses of workers and peasants is beyond the comprehension of you, the student soldiers of bourgeois families. Don't think that because you have a high level of education, you think that the fighters know nothing and want to instill your own views in them, but in fact their revolutionary will is much higher than yours. Since you have thrown yourself into the ranks of the revolution, you must seriously transform yourselves in this melting pot of revolution, learn from the fighters of the workers and peasants, and strive to erase the traces of the petty bourgeoisie from yourself. Specifically, I think there are some deficiencies in your work, such as the overly idealistic and romantic color in your political propaganda work, the lack of focus and detachment from reality in the pre-war mobilization of the soldiers, and the fact that some fighters say that they do not understand and are not interested in listening. The effect of such a work is actually a failure! Li Qiming spoke seriously, everyone listened quietly, and Wang Hongju's face was red by Li Qiming's words.

Li Qiming paused for a moment and then continued: "Although I am a big boss, I have learned some culture in the army, and I can't remember many revolutionary theories, but I know what revolution is: revolution is the violent action of one class to overthrow another. It is to pick up the barrel of a gun and kill the class enemy! Therefore, I think that your soft petty-bourgeois work style does not correspond to the tense atmosphere before the war and the requirements of political mobilization before the war! ”

Wang Hongju couldn't sit still when he heard this, so he got up from the edge of the kang where he was sitting: "Instructor, in fact, I don't think there is anything wrong with this working method, but my working methods and focus are different from yours. We all have the same purpose. So I can't accept your criticism of me! ”

"If you do not accept criticism with an open mind, it shows that there is a conceited and arrogant petty-bourgeois ideology in you, and you must seriously examine yourself, and you must conscientiously carry out ideological transformation in the revolutionary melting pot of the army, so that it will be conducive to the enhancement of your class consciousness!" Li Mingqi said very sternly.

Wang Hongju was not convinced and wanted to defend something, but the company commander Cui Fengming waved his hand to stop him. Cui Fengming said: "Xiao Wang, the instructor's criticism of you is good for your growth, and his criticism of you is for your concern and love, criticism and self-criticism are the fine traditions of our army for many years, and we must adhere to the principle of correcting if there is something and encouraging you if you don't. Use other people's criticism of you as motivation to do your job well. As the saying goes, 'Go to what mountain, sing what song, watch what wine, and what food.' Most of our fighters are uneducated, and some of them can't even write their own names well, so they have to talk about the things around them in their lectures, the language must be plain, and the theories must be simple and easy to understand, otherwise they will not get a good mobilization effect. You are inexperienced and detached from reality when doing political propaganda, and you don't know whether the people you work with can accept your indoctrination, so I hope you can humbly accept the advice of your instructor! ”

"Yes. Or the company commander is right! Some people agreed with the company commander's statement, and Li Qiming also nodded in approval.

Wang Hongju lowered his head and thought about it, he felt that what the company commander said made sense, so he stopped arguing.

Cui Fengming looked at the atmosphere at the scene a little stiff. He grinned and pointed to the people around him and said to Wang Hongju: "Comrade Xiao Wang, don't look at me as a company commander who leads them every day, but they criticize me fiercely!" Don't give any affection, don't you say? ”

"Yes!" Everyone replied in unison. Then he burst into laughter.

After Cui Fengming finished speaking, he sat cross-legged back at the head of the bed, lit a cigarette and reveled in the clouds, the smell of cigarettes hooked up the smoke addiction of the three rows long. Zhao Xicai, the commander of the third platoon, was a liberation soldier captured from the Kuomintang army. He's a smoker. Zhao Xicai slowly stood up and shook Cui Fengming to stretch out a hand and said, "Company commander, as long as you give me a cigarette to smoke, I have no problem with you!" ”

Cui Fengming pretended to be angry and pointed at his nose and scolded: "You hate it the most, you will shoot at me as soon as the meeting starts, I gave you a box of cigarettes the day before yesterday, why do you care about me today?" ”

"Company commander, I have an opinion about you because you don't pay attention to the third platoon, in fact, our third platoon is very combative!" As he spoke, he touched his hand into Cui Fengming's cigarette pocket. Cui Fengming opened Zhao Xicai's hand with a snap, then took out the cigarette case and handed it to him and said, "There are a few left, take them all!" Next time you're going to have to pay me back a whole box. But you have to remember, you will give me random opinions in the future, be careful not to smoke! ”

Zhao Xicai, the third platoon commander, took the cigarette with a smile, squinted his eyes, smoked it with taste, and after smoking a few puffs of cigarette, he said to Wang Hongju: "Xiao Wang, our army is a big family, cadres and soldiers are equal, we often carry out criticism and self-criticism, and slowly you will get used to it." Let's take our instructors and company commanders, I have not been polite enough to criticize them no less than seven or eight times! Once, I made the company commander angry and scolded him, but he was really wrong, and in the end he still had to admit his mistake to me. This matter must be put on the Kuomintang army, and my mouth must not be swollen by the commander! ”

"Don't stop your mouth being swollen, fortunately you were liberated into the revolutionary ranks, otherwise your life would have been lost!" Li Qiming then teased Zhao Xicai and said.

Everyone, you and I said it one by one, and the atmosphere that was very serious just now became lively. At this time, Wang Hongju felt that he should show his modest demeanor, he walked up to Li Qiming and saluted and said: "Comrade instructor, thank you for your concern and help to me, what you said is very pertinent, I want to seriously think about your criticism of me. I am a new recruit who has just entered the revolutionary ranks, and I need more advice from you in the future! ”

Li Qiming patted Wang Hongju's shoulder vigorously and said in an encouraging tone: "It can be seen that you are a young man with ideals and talents. I criticize you because I value you! In the grassroots company, there is a vast world for you to display your talents, do a good job! He then asked Cui Fengming's opinion and said: "Company Commander Cui, Comrade Xiao Wang has just arrived in the company, first put him in the squad platoon to exercise for a period of time, and then let him go back to the company headquarters as a clerk, what do you think?" ”

Cui Fengming thought for a while and said, "I agree with the instructor's opinion. ”

As soon as Cui Fengming's words fell, Zhao Xicai hurriedly stepped forward to hold Wang Hongju's hand and said: "Welcome, there is a shortage of people who have drunk ink in our platoon, and in the future, all the family letters of all the soldiers in our platoon will be written by you, this is the first task I give you!" Zhao Xicai's words caused a burst of laughter.

Cui Fengming raised his face angrily, "Zhao Xicai, what are you anxious about?" How do you know I'm going to put Xiao Wang in your third row? ”

Zhao Xicai explained: "Company commander, I always feel that this Xiao Wang is very kind to my eyes, I think he is a good material, you can give him to me." ”

Cui Fengming looked at Zhao Xicai and then at Wang Hongju, and then slapped the table and set the board, "I announce the order: From now on, Comrade Wang Hongju will be a soldier in the third platoon, and it is up to Platoon Commander Zhao to decide which squad he is assigned to." ”

Due to the unsatisfactory development of the political propaganda work and the conflict with Li Qiming, Wang Hongju became tired of the political propaganda work, but he was happy to go to the squad to be a soldier. After Cui Fengming announced the order, Wang Hongju happily gave a military salute to Zhao Xicai and said, "Report to Platoon Commander Zhao, soldier Wang Hongju reports to you!" (To be continued......)