PS: The Western Expeditionary Army didn't dare to write more, so let's write it as simply.

"Old man, don't worry about anything!" Wushan Wen Yan said: "Now that it is the world of the party, no one dares to do anything to you." Besides, you're so old, what's not going on? ”

"I want to see Taizu, is that okay?" The old man groaned for a long time, and asked Ai Ai.

Taizu? The two old comrades-in-arms glanced at each other and smiled bitterly.

Now it is certain that he is a party member, and an old party member.

Forty-four years? Wasn't that 1937? Oh my God, is it true that he has lived in the desert for so many years?

"Old man, we now adopt the Gregorian calendar in the whole world, which is what we used to call the Western Yuan." Wu Shan shook his head slowly: "Taizu, you will definitely not be able to see him, because he has been dead for five years." ”

"You're lying!" The old man, who looked depressed just now, stood up, not angry.

His hands were groping in the air like a blind man, and he was probably a strong man, and he couldn't stand such a big stimulation at once, and came up to ask for a collar or something. Unfortunately, his eyes were wide open, as if he couldn't see anything.

"Old man, don't be irritable, okay?" Wu Shan said slowly: "The people of the whole country are very sad about the death of Taizu. However, he is also a human being, and people will be born, old, sick and die, and they are inseparable from the laws of nature. ”

"Yes, Comrade Committee members were born in 1893, and if they had lived to this day, they would have been 88 years old." The old man's eyes were hollow, and he muttered to himself: "Life is rare for seventy years, and I am so old." ”

"Uncle, I don't know what you have to do, I have to see Taizu." Wu Shan was afraid of irritating him too much, so his tone was very soft: "It can be seen that you are an old party member." Our party. There have been many detours in history. However, on the day we joined the party, we once announced under the party banner that we would fight for the communist cause for life. So, please trust our party, she will continue to correct those mistakes that have been made. I am Wushan, Secretary of the Hefeng County Party Committee, if you believe me, please tell me about you! ”

"Good!" The old man stretched out his hand in the air, and Wu Shan hurried over to hold it.

"But what the result, I'm sixty-two years old, and I've lived enough." The hand full of green tendons and smug was calm and powerful: "I am Qu Longbiao, the former guard squad leader of the Fifth Army of the Western Expeditionary Army of the Red Army. Then. Soviet Russia said that our chief of staff and military commissar were Trotskyists and were shot. We have worked so hard to get to Victoria, and those hateful old Mao sons can decide the life and death of our Chinese party members at will. The two of them were tired and didn't want to leave again. Let's take their letter right away and go to the center. Go find Taizu. We are not deserters. ”

Autumn 1936. After the Red Fourth Front Army joined the Red Second Front Army, it set out from the northeast of Xikang and made a northward transfer. At this time, Zhang Guofu still insisted on opposing the party and insisting on his consistent retreatism and cancellationism.

This period, even in the history books, is only a passing mention.

In October of the same year. After the Red Second and Fourth Front Armies arrived in Gansu, Zhang Guofu ordered more than 20,000 forward troops of the Red Fourth Front Army to organize the Western Route Army and cross the Yellow River to advance westward to Haiqing Province. In December 1936, the Western Route Army was defeated in the war and basically lost. By March 1937, it was a complete failure.

For this period of history, Wushan once read it on the Internet. Because in this era, the party has always avoided talking about it.

He was a little embarrassed, and in his heart, he felt that these people were heroes, tragic heroes. For the sake of an erroneous order, the Red Army soldiers who had just passed through the Long March did not hesitate to embark on the journey.

The 21,800 men of the Western Route Army finally went through a bloody battle, and when there was no rescue, no supply, and no ammunition and food, the entire Western Route Army was wiped out. More than 7,000 people were killed in the battle and more than 12,000 were captured. More than 6,000 people were brutally killed after being captured, more than 3,000 returned to their hometowns, more than 4,500 people returned to their base areas after being rescued, and more than 1,000 people were displaced in various parts of the northwest. Only more than 400 commanders and fighters of the Western Route Army were left and routed to Victoria Province.

The soldiers of the Little Red Army back then were already over the age of six. Obviously, Qu Longbiao was one of the people who arrived in Victoria that year.

Originally, they were going to do it according to the instructions of the leadership, but the soldiers, who had gone through one movement after another, were pessimistic that the party had always listened to the words of Soviet Russia. I happened to get lost in the desert and didn't want to go anymore. It wasn't until an old soldier fell ill that he didn't want to die with regret that the squad leader personally came out to inquire about the situation.

Why did the Western Route Army fail miserably? The total strength of the enemy army reached 180,000, while the Western Route Army had only more than 20,000 men. Moreover, most of the Ma Jiajun were cavalry, while the Western Route Army, which had fought for 19 months in a row over the snow-capped mountains and grasslands, was mostly infantry. Coupled with the fact that there is no mass base and logistical support, and there is no replenishment of personnel and ammunition, the disadvantage of the Western Route Army is obvious.

Ma Jiajun could get both assistance from Soviet Russia and the support of the Kuomintang.

After the death of Commander Dong of the Red Fifth Army, his head was cut off by the enemy and hung on a pole for public display; After the seriously wounded commander Sun of the Red Ninth Army was captured, he was hacked to death with a broadsword because he would never surrender; Commander Xiong of the 88th Division of the 30th Army was seriously wounded and was tied to the barrel of a cannon by Ma Jiajun and killed alive. More than 2,400 male Red Army soldiers were buried alive on the spot, some were burned alive, some were crucified to trees......?

Scenes flashed in front of Wushan's eyes, the former predecessors, how tragic.

Almost all female Red Army soldiers were raped and humiliated.

After Ma Jiajun took the captured female comrades to the collective wheel, he took off his clothes and pants, put sorghum stalks in his pubic parts, and tied them to a tree to show the public......

grabbed the female Red Army, took off her pants, and cut the tree to a sharp point...... Just die.

In the desert, Qu Longbiao kept walking to the west, thinking that the Russians still had the upper hand here, because it was indeed too far to Qinling Province. I walked for seven days, and I really don't know how he got out. Every other way, he would pile up a pile of gravel to make a mark. Plus the snow stopped, and his footprints remained in the snow. As long as the snow doesn't melt, you'll find your way back.

Wu Shan was speechless, afraid that as soon as he opened his mouth, tears would fall.

"Uncle Qu, welcome back to the embrace of the party." He turned his head to wipe away his tears and cleared his throat: "No matter what the attitude of the above, let's go and bring back the old comrades-in-arms who are still alive, can you find your way back?" ”

"I can!" Qu Longbiao rubbed around: "Alas, I can't see anything at night. ”

"That's it!" Wu Shan gently patted the old Red Army soldier's shoulder, for fear that if he exerted his strength, blood would seep out of his body: "Old squad leader." Tomorrow morning, shall we set off again? You get a good night's rest. ”

The old man, though he disagreed, was like an arrow, and was tormented to not see the mark he had made when he came at night.

The two sent Qu Lao to the Buxel Hotel, watched him devour his meal, and waited for him to take a shower in his room and tell him how to use those things before silently driving home.

"Instructor, why can the old squad leader see it during the day and not at night?" Li Kaijun finally broke the silence. This is also the second time in a while that he has called the instructor.

"No salt to eat, glaucoma." Wu Shan's tone was flat: "Actually, it is a blessing that they can survive." Forty-four years, I can't imagine how I survived. ”

"Alas, this is not like the Indochina Peninsula or the eastern part of Guangdong when we were soldiers." Li Kaijun was also panicked in his heart. Although he didn't know that history, he vaguely guessed: "There's nothing here in winter." Maybe it's just wolves. ”

A person is lying in the room. Wu Shan's head was empty, and he didn't know what to do with this matter.

After thinking about it, let's call Grandpa first.

It's almost the New Year, and in a day or two, the leaders of these countries will go around to worship.

The person who answered the phone was already familiar with Wushan's voice. I was transferred in immediately.

"Grandpa, I'm Xiaoshan." When he speaks now, his voice is a little hoarse.

Zhao Lisheng was stunned for a moment: "Xiaoshan, are you too tired?" Work is not done all at once. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest. ”

"Grandpa, it's not!" Wu Shan couldn't help sobbing all of a sudden, and told him that there was a squad of soldiers in the desert of the Western Expeditionary Army.

"Xiaoshan, it's right to take it back. Don't panic and rest yet, wait for my call. After Zhao Lisheng finished speaking, he hung up.

As soon as Wu Shan put down the earpiece, the bell rang harshly, and his heartbeat accelerated a little, wouldn't he think of a plan so quickly?

"How's that one?" His voice trembled.

"Husband, where did you just go?" Wang Lu complained on the phone: "I didn't answer your phone, and then I called you again, and the line was always busy." Tomorrow is grandma's birthday, why didn't you call back tonight. ”

Even if grandma went to Beijing, when she celebrated her birthday, she still retained the habit of Wuxian County, and it was over on the eve of it.

Wu Shan patted his head: "Daughter-in-law, I'm sorry, I forgot." Are you at Grandpa's house now? I was talking to my grandmother, I could only speak a few words, and I was waiting for a call. ”

"Wait, when are you coming back?" Wang Lu was a little anxious: "Didn't you say that you arrived home on the twenty-seventh?" ”

"Daughter-in-law, I'm not sure at the moment, something happened to me here, not mine." Wu Shan paused: "It's a matter of some old party members in the history of the party, and I'm waiting for my grandfather's call." ”

"Oh, well!" Wang Lu handed over the phone to her grandmother.

After a brief blessing, he waited by the phone.

I don't know how long it took, the phone rang, and Wu Shan, who was already asleep next to the phone, hurriedly grabbed the phone: "Grandpa, is it you?" ”

"I'm your great grandfather." The old man's voice was tired: "Don't panic for the time being tomorrow, after the Jingshi comes to meet you, let's go over." If you're in the desert, you can't drive at all, and you can't go with an off-road vehicle. ”

This makes sense, because we don't even know that those places are floating sand. Don't talk about cars, people will get stuck in them.

"What time is it tomorrow?" Wu Shan was a little anxious in his heart, because the great man did not reveal the disposal plan for this group of veterans from beginning to end. Of course, it could also be because he wasn't at the level he was at the same level.

"Wait for the notice, I still have something to do!" The old man seemed to be showing his emotions for the first time during the call with Wushan.

He stared at the still-ticking telephone.

I don't know when I fell asleep, but when I woke up again by the ringing of the phone, I found myself in bed with my clothes.

"I'm Wushan!" He was awake when he answered the phone.

"You're a comrade of Zephyr's Wushan, right?" The voice on the phone was unmistakable: "This is the Victorian Provincial Military Division, about half an hour, the helicopter arrives at you, please prepare a bonfire to answer." At the same time, prepare enough aviation gasoline. ”

Before he could respond, the phone was hung up again.

Nima, he couldn't be more depressed in his heart. Hung up three times in one night.

First, let the people of the Armed Forces Department and the Public Security Bureau immediately prepare a bonfire south of the 318 National Highway, and then call the oil depot to prepare it immediately and deliver the aviation gasoline to the 318 National Highway in front of the county party committee.

Now, Wushan didn't have time to see the time, oh my God, it was not yet six o'clock, and it was dark outside.

It's impossible to wake up Zhao Mingshan so early, fortunately, there is a garage in the compound, and there is no need to warm up.

When he arrived, the people from the Public Security Bureau and the Ministry of Armed Forces arrived.

"Lao Wang, Lao Li. Why are you all here? Wu Shan was a little surprised.

"Can you not come?" Li Kaijun asked rhetorically: "If a helicopter comes over so early, it must be a big person." ”

Anyway, Hefeng County is not big, and it seems that the vigilance of the Ministry of Armed Forces and the Public Security Bureau is still quite high, after all, it is located on the border.

Wu Shan was in a hurry when he found out at this time, and he even forgot to bring his hat and gloves. Jumping on the ground and rubbing his hands. It's still a little cold.

"Sun Zhengfeng. Go to the storeroom and find a set of hats and gloves! Li Kaijun handed over his equipment and ordered.

Wu Shan waved his hand and declined, it was cold for everyone this day, and the captain of the criminal police hurriedly left.

Before he had returned, the sky was already filled with the sound of rumbling helicopters.

"Secretary Wu, we drove the tanker truck over, where did it stop?" People from the oil depot also arrived in time.

Fortunately, there were oil fields before Zephyr. Although it has now been mortgaged, there are still a lot of aviation gasoline reserves.

"Five hundred meters away from here, don't turn off the car!" Wushan shouted at the tanker, and then sharply ordered the people from the Armed Forces Department and the Public Security Bureau, who were already preparing to stop: "Ignite!" ”

There must have been oil on the fire. I don't know if it's kerosene or diesel, but the pungent smell of oil comes through.

Three bonfires lit up, and Wu Shan took a few steps towards the fire, but he didn't dare to get too close, but his body was much warmer.

After a while, many small red dots appeared in the sky. Wushan couldn't help but smack his tongue, how many helicopters do you have to do?

The planes landed slowly, and he secretly counted them, fifteen in all.

Some armed soldiers ran out from inside, keeping the people outside.

Among the three helicopters in the middle, three old men came out, and because they were blocked, they couldn't see who they were.

A soldier walked over: "Which one is Comrade Wushan?" The chief wants to see you! ”

Heads? Confused, he followed the soldier forward.

Oh my God, what's wrong with these three?

Wu Shan bit his tongue lightly, a little painful.

The three old men were guarded by the guards, in order Comrade Xian Nian, the party chairman, Comrade Yang Yun, the vice premier, and the last one was the famous Xu Shuai.

Wu Shan hurriedly stepped forward and greeted in a deep voice: "Chairman Xian Nian, Xu Shuai, you have worked hard, and you flew over overnight at night." ”

He turned his head to Yang Yun and said, "Grandpa Yang, why are you here too?" ”

"We three old guys have a deep relationship with the Western Expeditionary Army back then." Yang Yun smiled bitterly: "You can't rehabilitate them before you die, and it's hard to sleep and eat." ”

When these words came out, Wu Shan opened his mouth, and he said with a little trembling: "The front is the Buxel Hotel, and I have already sent the old squad leader to the room to rest." Let's go now, right? ”

"Let's go, I'm causing trouble for Zephyr's comrades." The serious face of the young chairman barely managed to squeeze out a smile.

Qu Longbiao's room was room 1628 where his family stayed last time, and he originally wanted to take those old soldiers back and live there to wait for news.

Wu Shan personally led the team and brought the old people to the door of the room.

Chairman Xiannian was about to step forward, but Xu Shuai stopped: "I am the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army back then, let me come." ”

Qu Longbiao may have lived in the wild for a long time, and he was quite alert, and as soon as there was a knock on the door, he asked inside. It is also possible that I suddenly arrived in a warm room and was a little uncomfortable.

"Old squad leader, open the door, I'm Wushan, the chiefs have come to visit you." He kept his mouth as close as he could to the crack in the door, and he didn't know if he heard it inside.

The door opened, and Qu Longbiao was wearing underwear and looking out of the door vigilantly.

Immediately afterwards, his face changed, and for the first time he shed tears in front of Wushan: "Commander-in-chief, Member Xian, Representative Yang, I am Biaozi." ”

The three old men did not recognize it immediately, but when they heard this shout, they all turned their heads when they looked at the edges and corners. (To be continued......)