When Liu Yizhang woke up, it was already more than ten o'clock in the morning, he rolled up the curtain, opened the door of the cave, and the cave suddenly lit up a lot, today Xu Weiguo and Miao Qing made an appointment to come to Ma Xiling, nominally to observe and study, in fact, to visit themselves, Liu Yizhang also misses them very much, especially Xu Weiguo, who has not seen since the Battle of Xinli.

Liu Yizhang saw that the medical staff were in a hurry and very busy, so he didn't go to the operating room to greet Mu Yan, and left the field hospital directly on a war horse, just arrived at the mountain pass of Maxiling, and saw Li Wenzhong, Xu Weiguo, Miao Qing, Qiu Wei, Shi Mingliang and others gathered in the mountain pass, Liu Yizhang jumped off the war horse, and Xu Weiguo hugged tightly, I haven't seen each other for a few months, especially affectionate, Liu Yizhang and Miao Qing looked at each other and smiled, since the two of them had been friends in life and death in the seed mountain, they didn't need too many words to understand.

"Yizhang, two months ago you were the commander of the guard company, and now you are on an equal footing with me Xu Weiguo, and you are already the head of the main regiment, congratulations!"

"Head Xu, how dare I be on an equal footing with you? You are the commander of the Independent Regiment, the Dinghai Divine Needle of the 77th Army, and the uncrowned king in my heart, and you will always be my teacher and role model! Liu Yizhang took Xu Weiguo's hand and said sincerely.

"Yizhang, what you said is half right, Xu Laohu will always be your teacher, but the role model is another matter. Now among the commanders of the 77th Army Corps, you Liu Yizhang is a recognized role model and benchmark, and today Xu Laohu and I came all the way to Maxiling, isn't it just to learn from you! Miao Qing said to Liu Yizhang half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Liu Yizhang suddenly remembered that Zhou Zhengkang was going to squat in Maxiling, and he asked Li Wenzhong, "Lao Li, Director Zhou is still there, right?" ”

Li Wenzhong said with a smile, "Director Zhou stayed alone in the regiment headquarters all night last night, and I didn't see your figure, but in the morning I waited for the two regiment commanders Xu and Li, and the regiment commander Xu joked with him and asked him to treat him at noon, he shirked and said that the military department still has something to do, so he will go back to Xinfengli first, and explain to me alone when he leaves, the materials on the application of the 535th Regiment for the Corps-level hero regiment have been written, and they will be placed under your pillow, and you will take a look at it when you come back, and report it to the Political Department of the Corps if you have nothing to add." He squatted in Maxiling, I think eighty percent is yellow, Liu Yan went to the tour with the art troupe last night, and this morning I saw Lao Xu and Lao Miao coming, I and you are very busy, there is no idler to accompany him, he had to return to the military headquarters. By the way, Director Zhou also left you a note. After speaking, Li Wenzhong handed the note to Liu Yizhang.

Liu Yizhang opened the note and wrote, "Yizhang, under your leadership, the 535th Regiment has carried out the regimental building work with great vigor, and the spiritual outlook of the team has taken on a new look, I think that the 535th Regiment has met the conditions for applying for collective honor to the Corps, and it is initially proposed to be a seed regiment, in view of the decisive role played by the 535th Regiment in the Muluyuan Blockade Battle, the 10 companies under the 535th Regiment have applied for collective first-class merit, you yourself have applied for special merit, and 143 other commanders and fighters have applied for combat merit at various levels. The specific list is in the report materials, I hope you will take the time to check it! In addition, the soldiers have reported to me that you have worked hard for a long time, and your physical condition is not as good as before, I myself am very moved and educated, but I still sincerely advise you, the body is the capital of the revolution, you must combine work and rest, the 535th Regiment needs you, the 77th Army needs you even more, Ma Xiling has brother regiments to come to observe and study, as the leader of the military department, it is inconvenient for me to stay here, so I will return to Xinfengli first, wait for good news, Zhou Zhengkang on the same day! ”

Liu Yizhang read the note left by Zhou Zhengkang, and his heart was still a little moved, no matter what the purpose of his pursuit of Mu Yan was, he was still very supportive and recognized for the team building work of the 535 Regiment, but he believed that according to Mu Yan's ability, it was more than enough to deal with Zhou Zhengkang.

He smiled and said to Xu Weiguo, "Head Xu, Director Zhou was not scared away by your meal, but he left in order to cooperate with you and Head Miao to 'learn from the experience' in Maxiling." ”

Liu Yizhang turned his head and said to Li Wenzhong again, "Lao Li, you let the logistics get a few more dishes, I will go to Commander Wu to get some wine now, and let us have a good drink at noon." ”

As he said that he was about to leave on horseback, he was pulled by Xu Weiguo, "Yizhang, don't go to the military headquarters." Wine, Lao Miao and I have brought it, and I will bring you a piece of bacon. ”

Liu Yizhang smiled and said, "There are such good things? The more people like you, the better, so let's go, we have to get drunk today! ”

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In the field hospital, the operating room was brightly lit, Wei Ji was cooperating with Mu Yan to operate on the wounded, and there were constant mistakes, either handing the wrong tool or overturning the medicine bottle, Mu Yan saw that she was in a trance, so she asked, "What's wrong, Wei Ji, is not feeling well?" ”

Wei Ji said guiltily, "Auntie, I drank too much last night, and I didn't sleep well all night." ”

"Hold on for a while, after this operation, you can go back to the dormitory to rest, by the way, see if your third brother is gone, if you don't leave, you accompany him to eat at noon, I have two more surgeries below, and I won't go back to the dormitory at noon."

"Yes, Auntie. The third brother drank several bottles of wine last night and didn't eat a mouthful of food, and now he must be hungry. ”

Wei Ji was in a trance, in fact, because his soul was not kept. After she came out of Mu Yan's cave in the morning, when she returned to the dormitory to change her underwear, she found that there were blood stains on her underwear and pants, and she was worried that Mu Yan's bed sheets or towels were also stained with blood.

After the operation, Wei Ji trotted to Mu Yan's dormitory, and was relieved to see that Liu Yizhang had left, she quickly lifted the quilt and found that there were really a few drops of blood on the sheets...... Seventeen years of waiting is like a flower suddenly blooming overnight, bearing the crystal dew, bathed in the warm sunshine, sweet as ever!

Ma Xiling, in the headquarters of the 535th Regiment, the cups are staggered, the voices are boiling, and everyone is drinking and talking.

Liu Yizhang stood up with half a bowl of wine, knocked his fingers on the table twice, and the cave suddenly quieted down, only to listen to him speak slowly, "Everyone, let's drink until we are half drunk, all of you here are my brothers Liu Yizhang who was born and died, head Xu Weiguo, head Miao Qing, political commissar Li Wenzhong, chief of staff Shi Mingliang, deputy head Qiu Wei, and Liu Yan who is on a mission outside, it is enough to have a confidant in life, I have so many good brothers of you, Yizhang is extremely honored, I respect you for this last bowl of wine!" After saying that, he drank it all.

Li Wenzhong was the only person who had taught Liu Yizhang how much he drank, so he came prepared, and at the beginning he shirked his physical discomfort and did not drink until Liu Yizhang said that this was the last bowl, and he said boldly, "Yizhang is so righteous, we should sacrifice our lives to accompany each other." After speaking, he poured himself most of the bowl and drank it all.

The remaining four people were all dumbfounded, especially Xu Weiguo and Miao Qing, the two brothers had discussed before they came, and they were going to stay in Maxiling for two more days, and they brought a whole box of corn soju, and there was only one bottle left in a box of wine, but they didn't expect Liu Yizhang's amount of wine to be so large, and they drank more than four bottles alone, and they didn't hesitate to pick up the bowl and drink it all.

This is bitter Shi Mingliang and Qiu Wei, the two of them are already too strong to drink, if they drink more than half a bowl on the spot, they have to lie down on the spot, Shi Mingliang has witnessed the legendary journey of Liu Yizhang from an ordinary cavalry to the head of the famous main regiment, and he knows that Liu Yizhang is a true man with righteousness. Shi Mingliang knew in his heart that he would be drunk and even ugly when he drank this bowl of wine, but he still picked up the bowl without hesitation, and was just about to drink it when he was stopped by Liu Yizhang, Liu Yizhang smiled and said, "Everyone else can get drunk, Chief of Staff Shi can't, you are the military advisor of the 535th Regiment, I drank this bowl of wine for you." Then he couldn't help but say, snatched Shi Mingming's bowl of wine, touched Qiu Wei, and the two of them drank it all!

"Yizhang, my good brother! I Xu Weiguo haven't drunk anyone, Lao Wu can drink enough, right? It's still my defeat, and today I've met a master, I'm really convinced! This Muluyuan blocking battle, brother, you fought vigorously in Seed Mountain, and beat the Yankees to treat you as a ghost and god, and became famous in the first battle, and now it is a veritable young Zhuang faction of the 77th Army, and my independent regiment has become an observation group, watching you fight bloodily in the second-line position in the Xiliu Cave, even a sick cat like Li Chaoyin can lead the 307th Regiment to fight fiercely at Lianchuankou for four days and four nights, and it is hard to play the tiger power that only my tiger regiment has! This time, the Corps sent the art troupe to the Yichuan area to condolence performances, and originally planned to visit the independent troupe, but I refused, where does my independent troupe still have the face to watch the performance! ”

Xu Weiguo originally had high expectations for the Muluyuan Resistance Battle, after all, in the Battle of Tuxinli, the Independent Regiment as the main attack force did not fight well, and even a little discouraged, he wanted to find face in the Muluyuan Resistance Battle, and fight a beautiful turnaround, thinking that the military department would hand over the most important seed mountain heights to the Independent Regiment, because according to the past practice, the independent regiment with strong people and horses was entrusted with important tasks, and the first person who thought of the hard battle was Xu Weiguo, and the result made him disappointed. More than 3,000 men and horses went to defend Xiliudong, which was more than 20 kilometers away from the front-line position, not to mention that they were in close contact with the enemy, and even the sound of guns and artillery on the front line was not very clear, and the bombers of the US imperialists were even more lazy to fly to Xiliudong, nominally taking on the task of breaking off the rear, in order to cover the 77th Army's withdrawal from Muluyuan to block the pursuit of the enemy, but in fact, they hid the independent regiment in the snow and sat on a cold bench.

Liu Yizhang walked up to Xu Weiguo, split the remaining bottle of wine in half and poured two large bowls.

Xu Weiguo stretched out his hand to serve the bowl, but was stopped by Liu Yizhang, he wrapped his hands around Xu Weiguo's arm, looking at Xu Weiguo's lonely eyes, he was extremely distressed! Liu Yizhang knows too well this real man who has made great achievements in war, but has been depressed all his life, he is born for war like himself, and not letting him serve the country across the battlefield is undoubtedly humiliating and torturing him, in this situation, how can Xu Weiguo's heart knot be opened?