The pork here is cheap, and it was decided to buy two pigs to satisfy the hunger of the military comrades, asked the villagers about the situation, brought Yinyang, and the brigade chief led the team to the mountain col, spent five oceans to buy two big fat pigs, and shouted to drive the pigs to the residence, and it happened that the large army also arrived. The county is located because the water contains mercury and cannot be drunk, so drinking water must be taken from a pool at the foot of the mountain. We boiled water, killed pigs, scalded their hair by the pool, and as soon as the pig's belly opened, six little piglets rolled out of it, and it turned out to be a big sow! It's really us off, the language barrier is really harmful!

When the incident was reflected in the squadron headquarters, Instructor Li criticized us: "Intellectuals are just bad, fat pigs and sows can't tell the difference, they can only read dead books and dead books, and they can't do it if they don't get in touch with reality......." We were ashamed of ourselves and didn't dare to speak out.

The pigs had been killed, but they could not be eaten—the pool of spring water had bottomed out because of the large number of troops. Troop order: Only cooking water is allowed, and nothing else is allowed. Later, the pork was cut into several large pieces, two pieces for each company, and one piece was less for the team headquarters, so the pork had to be left for the next stop to eat.

The people who played the front station set off in the middle of the night, took a piece of pork, walked for dozens of miles, and arrived at a place called "pot bottom" at the foot of the mountain, there was a small river next to it, the river water was clear, and we buried the pot here to make breakfast. The pork was re-scalded, washed, cut into large pieces on a large stone and boiled in a pot, and the old squad leader got some wild spices from nowhere, and cooked with the meat, which was really fragrant. At this time, it was already dawn, and we took advantage of the leisure to wash our faces and wipe our exercises, and some of the naked stripes who could swim jumped into the water to wash themselves. The old squad leader reminded: Don't soak in cold water for a long time, you will get rheumatism. We laughed it off and dismissed it unimpressed.

The cooking squad leader of our front station is surnamed Wei, and he often says that he is a descendant of Wei, and we ask him whether he is Wei during the Warring States Period or Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, and he can't figure it out. He was a native of Liao County, Liao Province, and had participated in the revolution for seven or eight years. He was in his 30s when he joined the army, and he could have not gone out with the army, but he resolutely revolutionized to the end, went out of the customs from the northeast, participated in the Pingjin Campaign and the Huaihai Campaign, and crossed the river with the army and marched to the southwest.

He also came to the front station, he said: "I don't have any great skills, but I can cook well and let my comrades complete the tasks assigned by my superiors, and I feel comfortable." "The words are simple, full of revolutionary truth. Everywhere he goes, he gets up three watches and sleeps in the middle of the night, and he is the hardest one.

When we woke up, he had finished his meal and filled the pot with boiling water. The march carried dozens of pounds of cauldron on his back every day, and sometimes we wanted to "serve" him, but he blocked it with his hand, "You have your own business, each is responsible for it, and you must not act offside...... " said very humorously. Treat us like a kind father. This is the second old squad leader I have come into contact with, an amiable and respectable old soldier - Wei Dazhong.

Today's "tooth sacrifice", it is too good to eat pork, I haven't eaten meat for a long time, and my stomach has long run out of oil. Each person has a mouthful of meat, and it is evenly distributed during the war, so if you want more, there is no way! When you see the meat, everyone doesn't care whether it's pork or good meat, eat it first. As soon as the large army arrived, we set off.

We walked through the mountains and forests, walked the plains, more than 80 miles, and arrived at Xingzhen at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. There were too few residents here, and a few houses were arranged to live in the school headquarters, the women's squadron, and the brigade headquarters, and other comrades had to sleep in the open "aggrieved".

On February 22, we arrived at Anxian County, an ancient city with hundreds of households, a small area, and a history of hundreds of years. The strange thing is that the county town also has a tall city wall, all of which are made of large pieces of bluestone, there are five city gates in and out of the whole city, the city gate has two large wooden doors weighing thousands of pounds, and there are many iron rivets nailed to the door, such a thick and heavy city gate, it can still play a role in the era of bows and arrows, and it is difficult to stop the power of the cannon now.

More than 4,000 soldiers entered the city through the east gate and went straight through the streets, the pavement was paved with stones, and the sidewalks were also paved with stone slabs. Most of the houses are low, the shops are all wood-paneled, there are food shops such as rice noodles, and the smell of chili peppers is very strong. Men and women here smoke dry tobacco, a tobacco nest is chiseled on a small bamboo pole, a pinch of tobacco is installed, and a flint is used to light the matchmaker, and then they smoke on fire, and smoke it with a snap, much like the Han people smoke hookahs. There is a special smoke hall on the street, the door is ajar, many people lie there and smoke leisurely, the house is full of smoke, and the smokers seem to have forgotten all their troubles.

We lived in the north of the city, and the troops were all arranged to live in the homes of the residents in the city. This is the Buyi and Miao people's settlement, the folk customs are relatively simple, welcome the army to live in their homes, and some even take the initiative to give up the big room. We bought flour and rice for the troops, as well as eggs, pork, vegetables. Strangely, the new RMB and copper shells can be used here, and the transaction is convenient.

After everyone finished dinner, it was almost dark, and they were about to rest, when suddenly there was a loud gunfire in the mountains in the distance, I don't know what happened, the gunshots came from far and near, and the situation was a little bad. Luckily, we are usually well-trained, and we move neatly, and we set off as soon as we have a dozen backpacks. At this time, the sound of gunfire and artillery (60 cannons) is gradually approaching the city, which is not good! It's bandits besieging the city.

Since there were only a small number of combat troops in the local area who could not resist the enemy, most of our troops were student soldiers, had no combat experience, and did not have many guns, so they had to order the military university members to run and break through from the north gate, quickly turn west, and walk quickly in the direction of Xingyi. Don't be left behind". It was already dark, one foot high, one foot lower, following the shadow in front of them, and when all the military schools were withdrawn from Anxian County, they saw that the city of Anxian County was already on fire, the bandits were committing crimes, and the people were suffering again.

Since we were not a combat unit and did not have many weapons, we had to abandon the city in a reluctant manner, otherwise we would have killed him and given the bandits a little bit of strength. Later, I learned that it was the reactionary bandits who reconnoitred and learned that we were not a combat unit and did not have many guns, so they dared to sneak attack the county town and wanted to destroy us, but unfortunately they thought too beautifully.

At that time, because the enemy situation was unknown, we did not dare to camp on the spot, but still continued to rush in the direction of Xingyi, in order to prevent accidents, the squadrons opened a certain distance between each other, until midnight, camped in a mountain recess called the wild boar pit, the troops strengthened the vigilance, and set up double sentry posts on the roads in the east and west directions, one bright and one dark. In an open space the size of a basketball court, except for a little light in the school department, it was pitch black and silent.

It was really a dark and windy night, and everyone was so tired that they fell asleep because they walked quickly and far in one breath. The next day, they walked more than a hundred miles non-stop before resting, and the girls were tired, although they had a big carriage and a combat squad to protect them and the wounded, those who were not wounded were the same as our male trainees, in order not to fall behind, gritted their teeth and persevered, and everyone admired their tenacious will. But there are also a few people who look down on the female squadron and make up a slip: "Winter melon soldiers, winter melon soldiers, Solaxi, Solaxi, one sits on the horse, and the other falls behind, it's really strange and strange." "It was very lame and uncivilized, and later Political Commissar Du criticized this behavior at the conference, and the female compatriots breathed a straight sigh.

Political Commissar Du criticized: "Comrades must encourage each other and help each other, and must not be sarcastic and attack each other!" We should care more about female students. ”

In order to boost morale, Political Commissar Du said loudly:

"Comrades, we are not far from Nanzhao Province, and now the general of Nanzhao Province is well aware of the righteousness and has already revolted in Chuncheng! Thrown into the arms of the people, he had already prepared a hundred cars for the arrival of the army. Everyone cheered. Later, there was no car to pick us up, at that time, it was to boost everyone's fighting spirit, and it was to "hope for plum to quench thirst" to motivate everyone and improve the motivation of the march.