Chapter 53: Gunshots in the middle of the night

The long-term battle is neat, grandiose, and popular. Shanglian writes about Hongchi and the surrounding scenery, praises the great rivers and mountains of Spring City and the hard work of farmers, and expresses that only the achievements of working people (fragrant rice around the perimeter) will exist permanently. The next link is associated with the history of Nanzhao Province, and compares the feudal dynasty to a phantom that does not last long (in fact, it also alludes to the Qing Dynasty), which rises and falls one after another, and even the curtain cannot be pulled (the volume is not as good as the twilight rain and clouds), and finally only some broken monuments are left lying in the smoke and sunset (all pay and the smoke falls).

The long-term view of things is profound, amazing, known as "the first long link in the country", "the first long link in ancient and modern times", "the first long link in the world", etc., has been passed down. Changlian hangs in front of the Hongguan Building on the shore of the "Five Hundred Miles of Hongchi" for more than 200 years, and is admired and respected by many famous people and the majority of tourists in ancient and modern times.

Changlian and pavilion complement each other and integrate into one, with a profound cultural background and high tourism value. Climb the high-rise building, look at the distance by the railing, the scenery depicted by the long link comes into view one by one, and the feelings expressed linger in the mind, which is refreshing and pleasant. Changlian makes the famous building famous all over the world, and the famous building is famous in Jiuzhou because of the long connection, and has become one of the four famous buildings in China with the Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Tower and Tengwang Pavilion.

There are not many scenic spots in the park, the five hundred miles of flood pond are poured in waves, the blue waves are rippling, and the sky and water are connected. There are several small boats by the Dianchi Lake, and no one wanders due to the high wind and waves. There are many small foods outside the park, and "cross-bridge rice noodles" is a unique snack in Spring City, which is eaten for the first time in enrollment, and it is quite interesting to eat. We played all afternoon before returning to the hostel.

The next day, I still didn't get out of the car, saying that the road in front of me was a collapse, and when I could go, waiting for the notice. How do you pass the time? Tan Yibin proposed to go to Anxian Hot Springs for a visit, so everyone immediately set off, and when they arrived in Anxian County, Tan went to find a comrade-in-arms working in the military region's guest house, and happened to meet, and after the comrade-in-arms accompanied us to visit the hot springs, he invited us to take a hot spring bath.

Anning Hot Spring has the reputation of "the first spring in the world", and there is a stone plaque there, which is engraved with several strong and powerful characters: "the first spring in the world". The hot spring facilities in the military region are better, and the Xiaotan couple chose a small and exquisite place, and I bathed in the double pool with the students. Everyone feels that it is a high-class enjoyment to be able to come here to soak in the hot springs.

The water is clear, with a slight smell of sulfur, and the temperature is moderate, making it very comfortable to lie in the pool. It's really "hot spring water slippery and creamy", soaking in the hot spring for an hour or two, haha, relaxed. After soaking in the hot springs, we took a few photos here and there, but unfortunately they were all copied later. After playing for most of the day, I tasted the unique cold rice noodles of Spring City, and thanked my comrades and returned to my residence.

It was a five-day journey from Spring City to Jingshi, and everyone was dusty and laughing along the way, and finally arrived at Jingshi at the end of February 1959. When Xiaotan and his wife went back to Liming Farm, I rented a trolley to run the luggage, and I walked with the student to Guangbin Farm in Man Guangbin to report for duty.

Guangbin Farm (regiment-level unit) is located in the southwest of Jingshi, and there is a big village called Man Guangbin next to it. The regimental field is built on a flat hillside, and a dirt road passes in front of the gate of the field and is connected to the Jingshi Highway. The regimental field is a quadrangle, with three long straw huts on the south, west and north sides, enclosing an open courtyard, with bamboo fences as walls and thatched roofs, which are empty and cool. The room I lived in was arranged next door to Zhao Changchang in the north. Commander Zhao was a native of Guangzhou Province, and was originally a regiment-level cadre of the Qiongya Column, who was transferred from Guangzhou Province, and many cadres in the field came with him.

The room I lived in was 14 square meters, it was empty and there was nothing in it, and the floor was still wet. Director Zhao (named Shigui) was so enthusiastic that he asked someone to bring two desks for use as beds. We only have two wooden boxes, and when we put them on the ground, we are "home". The admissions stood outside the door, stunned for a long time, refusing to enter the "house", she didn't expect it to be such a shelter.

I comforted her and said, "Come in, this is home, everything will be there." She was silent for a long time, still unwilling to enter the house. There is an old Zhang in the field department, a native of Feng County, Yuzhang Province, who is responsible for logistics work, and her lover is also from Yuzhang Province just came to visit, very affectionate, even persuaded with persuasion, and enrolled students before entering the "house". Two desks as "beds", only enough for one person to sleep, I let the admissions sleep on the desk, I use linoleum cloth to sleep on the ground, just arrived today, and this is the only way, everything will be said tomorrow.

It was the middle of the night, and suddenly there was a fierce gunshot, a burst of bullets crackling on the fence of the house, and it was the sound of rifles and ** guns, and the bullets swept from behind the house in the north. As soon as I turned over, I hurriedly took the admissions from the "bed" and was hugged by a grunt, and made her prostrate on the ground, she slept dazedly, and heard the gunshots, but she was not frightened.

I whispered, "Don't sit up, lie down and don't move, don't be afraid." I immediately rushed out of the room, and the director of the field next door immediately gave me a rifle, and the soldiers of the regimental field department got up, and the family members also woke up.

I took the gun and joined everyone, and followed Zhao Changchang to rush to the back of the house. Since there was a rubber seedling field behind the house, more than one person was tall, and the visibility was very poor, a few of us pulled away, crawled forward quickly, shot forward, rushed through the seedling field, crossed the small hill, and chased forward, but after searching for a while, we did not find a single figure. The chairman of the trade union of the regimental field department picked up a crooked machine gun and angrily fired at the back mountain, and the crisp and piercing sound of gunfire shook the valley and also shocked the bandits who were unwilling to perish.

Tossed for a long time, but got nothing. In order to prevent accidents, a guard post was set up in the field, and Lao Zhang and I were immediately sent to a company in the Liusha River to deliver a letter informing them of what had happened here. At that time, there was no telephone, and the two of us trotted all the way with guns on more than ten miles of mountain roads, and came to the Liushahe Company in the dark, found Captain Huang of the company, and explained the task:

"Immediately set up a cordon on the highway, block the road (the highway leads to Haixian), and don't let go of a suspicious person!" So the whole company immediately waded across the river to carry out the mission, and the two of us turned back to the field department, and it was almost dawn when we got home.

That night, the women were frightened, some of them hugged their children and cried their noses, and because I went to deliver the letter, I was alone at home, worried and scared, and I was so anxious that I didn't sleep all night. This is the "meeting gift" of the first night of enrollment to the frontier. Director Zhao was very concerned about me and asked me to settle my home and rest for two days before going to work.

My fellow villager Lao Zhang and his wife were also very helpful and helped us decorate the inner room. I used some old newspapers to paste on the bamboo fence wall to block the wind and cover my shame, and then I went to the Dai people's house to buy two big nan bamboos, planted four bamboo stakes as the foot of the bed, built a double bed, built a small platform with bamboo to put boxes and daily necessities, and made a simple bamboo table, and the "home" was safe. The bed made of bamboo was wet, but fortunately it was brought with linoleum cloth and spread on it to prevent moisture.

There was not even a quilt on the bed, only a blanket, and the admissions were so sad that they burst into tears. Lao Zhang brought a lot of old newspapers and spread them on the bed as cotton pads, and it was quite elastic when pressed by hand. Lao Zhang said: "Congratulations on sleeping on the spring bed, but be careful not to bounce on the ground......." He and his wife left laughing, and I am deeply grateful for their help.

I was assigned to the Guangbin Farm Department to familiarize myself with the accounting business. The master who took me is named Xie Ketao, she is a native of Guangzhou, graduated from South China Hot Crop College, and was transferred with Director Zhao and others, and she is considered the "founding father" of Guangbin Farm.