Chapter 33: Mountains and Rivers

After Liu Yizhang visited Wu Xiangsen's office, he was even more impressed by Wu Xiangsen, a heroic and warlike 'Wu madman,' and he must know that in the Korean battlefield, thousands of US imperialist warplanes bombed non-stop, and the headquarters and residences of high-ranking generals were basically set up in air-raid shelters.

"Imp, are you here?" Wu Xiangsen strode into the courtyard and greeted Yizhang happily. Yizhang hurriedly stood up and saluted, and shouted loudly, "Good chief! "Alas, if you have to work together every day in the future, you don't have to be so particular. Wu Xiangsen patted Yizhang's arm.

"Yes, Chief!" Yizhang followed Wu Xiangsen into the office.

"You're both familiar with each other, aren't you?"

"Yes, Chief!" Yizhang and Liu Yan replied at the same time.

"Which of you is older?"

"I'm older, I'm twenty, Liu Yizhang eighteen." Liu Yan said.

"Sit down and talk, and you two won't stand stupidly." Wu Xiangsen sat on a stool and beckoned to them, Yizhang sat on the bench opposite Wu Xiangsen, Liu Yan poured a glass of water for Wu Xiangsen and Yizhang, and then walked straight out of the office and closed the door.

"Little ghost, your file, the Political Department was transferred a few days ago, from a poor peasant, with good roots, how about being a company commander in the guard company?" Wu Xiangsen asked Yizhang bluntly.

"Commander, Yizhang resolutely obeys orders, and the guard company swears to protect the safety of the military department!" Without the slightest hesitation, Yizhang immediately stood up and took a stand.

"Hahaha, I read that right, little ghost, you were born to be a soldier!"

Wu Xiangsen was very satisfied when he heard Yizhang's crisp and neat answer. Yizhang looked at it

Wu Xiangsen in front of him, short in stature, with a tweed coat that was long to his ankles, walked silently but with the wind,

The voice is as loud as a bell, thick eyebrows and big eyes, the eyes reveal wisdom and confidence, the forehead is covered with fine wrinkles, the cheeks are plump, the sideburns are white, the age of his early forties, similar to his father's age, the most prominent is his teeth, there is an extra small tooth in the middle of the two front teeth than ordinary people, the left and right molars are inlaid with dentures, there are yellow and silver, the mouth is very large, the nasolabial folds are very deep, as if carved with a knife, the nose is straight, there are several small bruises on the nose, the freshly shaved beard is black and dense, not tall, But he has a pair of big hands and big feet, the back of his hands is covered with black hair, and he has a thick Hubei accent, which is such an inconspicuous figure, but he has repeatedly fought earth-shattering tough battles, and he is not fatal.

"Commander, I haven't been in the army for a long time, I haven't been in contact with the security work, you have experienced a hundred battles, and you have encountered any emergencies, and I will bother you to teach you more in the future." Yizhang looked at Wu Xiangsen's eyes and humbly asked him for advice.

"Little ghost, I was eighteen years old when I participated in the Jute Uprising, and I still used a pickaxe to chop wood, and after the uprising, I became the guard of Commander Wu Guanghao, your conditions are much better than mine, you just do it boldly, just do it according to your ideas, the guard company is directly under my leadership, and will not be disturbed in any way. Time flies, and it has been more than 20 years since the Jute Uprising. Wu Xiangsen was overwhelmed with emotion, especially the untimely death of Commander Wu Guanghao, every time he thought about it, it was heart-wrenching!

Yizhang knew that Wu Xiangsen was the commander of the first army, there were more than 20 regiment commanders under him, the whole army was full of more than 40,000 people, the military affairs were busy, and the fourth battle was imminent, how many military and political affairs were waiting for him to deal with, thinking of this, Yizhang couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up and said to Wu Xiangsen, "Commander, you are entangled in military affairs, I can't bother for too long, I'll go to work first." ”

"Sit down, little ghost, since you know that I am entangled in military affairs, you have to help me share it, you can

Knowing why I could tell at a glance that you were a recruit when I was fighting in the ancient capital? Seeing Yizhang's puzzled face, Wu Xiangsen smiled slightly, "You are very calm, very brave, and very combative, and you are indeed very different from recruits, even if you perform so well, I still judge that you are a recruit, why?" Because here. Wu Xiangsen pointed to his head, "Intuition, when I participated in the Jute Uprising, it was also the first time I participated in the battle, just like you, I was ruthless, hot-handed, and bold!" ”

"Then you participated in the Eagle Ridge battle, I deliberately arranged for you to enter the front-line command, that is, to let you improve your tactical literacy as soon as possible, you remember, little ghost, war is the best teacher, war examples are the best teaching materials, I only studied private school for three years, I don't have much culture, but after a war, I have accumulated some experience, Chairman Mao's military ideas are also extracted from the war, transfer you to the guard company, defending the security of the military department is only one aspect, you must be ready to go to the front line to command the battle at any time. In addition, the artillery regiment is the treasure of the 77th Army, directly under the leadership of the military department, you have been staying in the artillery regiment during this time, what good ideas do you have for the artillery regiment? Listening to Wu Xiangsen's words, Yizhang's nervous mood stretched a lot, he was bent on going to the front line to kill the enemy, with such a good commander, why worry about having no battle to fight? He also knows very well that 'one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither', war is life and death, not ruthless to the enemy, and the enemy will fight back when he eases up, so he will fight the enemy to death at every opportunity, as ruthless as the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.

Yi Zhang told Wu Xiangsen what he had said to Deng Jiaju about the idea of amphibious operations against the cavalry brigade and the practice of organizing the cavalry to use the recuperation period to practice martial arts, especially mentioning his worries about the situation of the cavalry, and he also learned some tactics of the US 1st Cavalry Division from Deng Jiaju, and Yi Zhang also made a bold analysis, and he believed that in terms of cavalry individual combat, the fundamental reason why the US 1st Cavalry Division was more tactically deep than our cavalry brigade was that the US army had a strong armored vehicle unit to cover and cooperate in depth. And our cavalry are fighting alone, under the enemy's strong firepower, the combat effectiveness is greatly reduced, Yizhang also analyzed that the Eagle Ridge battle can be successfully won, which is related to the fact that the US army did not deploy tanks and other armored vehicle units in Eagle Ridge...... Yizhang felt that he had met a bosom friend, these thoughts and thoughts could not be understood by anyone in the cavalry brigade, a bit of a high and low, but in the face of Wu Xiangsen, Yizhang knew everything, said everything, Wu Xiangsen listened very seriously, during which he instructed Liu Yan to stand at the door and prohibit all outside interference.

The more he listened, the more he felt that Yizhang was too much like himself, the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and there was a momentum of not admitting defeat and daring to win, although some of the lectures or ideas were a little naΓ―ve, but the general direction was right, he was the same as Deng Jiaju, and he had a feeling of getting a treasure to Yizhang, and the time was unconsciously more than two o'clock in the afternoon, Yizhang blamed himself, "Commander, you see I said too much, and I delayed your lunch." Wu Xiangsen said with a smile, "Little ghost, Shibei should be impressed for three days, after the baptism of the battle of Eagle Ridge, you are already a qualified commander, don't say that you don't eat a meal, even if you don't eat for three days, I am willing to talk to you." Fortunately, in the future, we will be together every day, and we will have more time to communicate, and I believe that in time, you will soon grow into an excellent commander. ”

"Today's lunch, even if it's for your lone hero." Wu Xiangsen asked the room to fry a green vegetable, an American military canned food, a plate of eggs, a large pot of rice, and called Liu Yan in to eat together, Liu Yan since entering the Korean battlefield, this is the first time to eat rice, usually eat with the guards of the military department, the first thing to eat is sorghum rice, the rice ball made by sorghum is thick and hard, difficult to swallow, the key is that it is difficult to defecate after eating, some soldiers have stomachs as swollen as a drum, and later changed to eat fried noodles, the situation is much better.

"Thank you, Commander, for your hospitality, this meal is so tempting." Liu Yan is a native of Tianjin, joined the army when liberating Tianjin, has been following Wu Xiangsen as a correspondent, getting along day and night, Wu Xiangsen also likes him very much, saying that he is a correspondent, and he actually does the work of a secretary, and now Yizhang is transferred to the military department as the commander of the guard company, Liu Yan is very happy, in his eyes Yizhang is a legend.

"Do you want to thank you two or thank you, it was you who laid down Eagle Ridge, and these things were captured from the dark fort of Eagle Ridge." Wu Xiangsen suddenly stopped his chopsticks and looked at the two young men, thoughtful.

"Liu Yan, Liu Yizhang." Wu Xiangsen muttered quietly, Yizhang and Liu Yan heard it, and they also put down their chopsticks, thinking that Wu Xiangsen had some instructions. Wu Xiangsen put down the dishes and chopsticks, laughed, he pointed at the two young people with his hands, and said loudly, "Liu Yan, Liu Yizhang." Yizhang and Liu Yan stood up and shouted loudly, Wu Xiangsen said with a smile, "Don't make all the grass and trees soldiers, as soon as you hear the name, it's like there is a situation." Yizhang and Liu Yan breathed a long sigh of relief, sat down again, and listened to Wu Xiangsen's next sentence with their ears pricked up, "Coincidentally, you both have the surname Liu, one Shandong Liu, one Tianjin Liu, and there is a 'Sen' word in my name, Shuangmu Chenglin, Sanmu Chengsen, it seems that there is still a lack of a Liu family." ”