On February 18, 1950, it took three days to travel from Badu to Guixian. Bidding farewell to the local garrison and villagers, he saw the raging Gongpan River soon after leaving the village.

The surface of the Gongpan River is not wide, but the water flow is turbulent, a certain sapper on the river has erected a pontoon bridge, the pontoon bridge is bundled with more than a dozen large empty oil drums, every four groups are fixed with a steel wire rope to make a "bridge pier", and then each "bridge pier" is strung together with a thick wire rope, the two ends are fixed on the boulder, and the wooden plank is put between the "bridge piers", and it becomes a water pontoon bridge. The passage of the four-way column was very smooth, the horses were led across the bridge, and the carts were guided by people. The bridge is guarded by troops day and night, and it is the only passage into Puyang Province, so it is of great strategic significance.

As soon as we crossed the bridge, the high mountains stood tall, the mountains were connected, the terrain rose significantly, the average altitude was more than 1,500 meters, and we entered the southwest plateau. The highway stretches out to the clouds as if it is erected, it is very difficult to walk on the highway like a knot of intestines, and it is still spinning in the clouds after walking for a long time, and the river of the Gongpan River is still roaring under the feet, and there is really a feeling that Sun Wukong can't turn over the palm of the Buddha's hand.

Because the mountain is too big and steep, the road spirals up in a zigzag pattern, so it feels like walking back and forth. The chief's jeep, because the road was too steep, also roared loudly, panting like an old cow. Finally reached the top of the mountain, overlooking the Gongpan River, the Gongpan River is like a white Hada, floating down at the foot of the mountain, the pontoon bridge turned into a small worm, lying on the surface of the river.

The terrain in this area is dangerous, bandits are infested from time to time, and dead bodies can be seen on the road, so everyone is vigilant. Stay that night to beat the New Year. This village is in the recess of the mountain, there are some trees on the mountain in the distance, and there is a good meadow in the middle, but there are no cattle and sheep, and it is sparsely populated. Send a good sentry, and go to bed early when you are tired. In the second half of the night, gunshots suddenly rang out, and everyone turned over and got up, only to see the students standing guard dragging their guns, running back in a panic and saying, "There is ...... Someone ......"

Everyone took their guns and searched in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, they heard a little noise in front of them, and when they shone with a flashlight, they saw a big buffalo dripping with blood on its body, and they walked forward slowly, and then searched forward, but there was nothing. Later, I figured out: the trainee standing guard heard a sighing sound in front of him in the dark night, and immediately shouted the password, but the other party did not answer, so he fired a shot at the other party, who knew that the "monster" continued to move forward, which really frightened the student. The next day, the leader of the brigade "scolded" the coward.

On February 19, he arrived at Hoda. Along the way, we saw many corpses abandoned in the wilderness, and there were many bandits hiding in the vast mountains, who could attack us at any time. In order to prevent accidents, the number of people at the front station has increased from a dozen in the past to more than 40 people, and we have maintained a high degree of vigilance when walking in the mountains, and our gun magazines are full of bullets, and we are always ready for battle.

The winter moon is shining, the night is bleak, the deep mountains and old forests are dark, occasionally a few nightingales are whispered in the distance, the jungle seems to swallow all life, only our tireless team is still walking through the mountains and forests. There was a gust of north wind blowing in the valley, and I felt a little chilly, but fortunately, I kept walking, moving my whole body, and killing the majesty of the cold air!

Turning a mountain pass, we found a large fire in a distant col in the darkness, and at first we thought that the residents had accidentally set fire to the house, but as we got closer, we heard a loud noise, mixed with scolding and crying.

The figure shook in the firelight, not like fighting a fire, and the staff officer of the brigade who led the team immediately ordered us to prepare for battle: the bullets were loaded, the flashlights were extinguished, and more than forty people groped forward. More than 10 meters away from the firelight, I saw some people with guns on their backs snatching things, beating people, and cursing people, villagers running around, and women and children howling...... We confirm that these are bandits!

Staff Officers: The first and second squads should go to the left, and the third and fourth squads should go to the right, and they should encircle the remnants of the bandits, stressing that they must not shoot unless they are careful, so as not to accidentally injure the people.

We spread out like a net, and in the darkness of the night, when the enemy was unaware of the situation, suddenly shouted loudly from four directions:

"We are an army, lay down our arms! ......" a large army appeared in all directions, immediately frightened the bandits, we were lightning fast, suddenly aimed the muzzle of the gun at the bandit's chest, the bandit had to disarm and surrender, a few wanted to resist, a few "peanuts" sent him to the western sky, the enemy saw that the enemy could not be a large army, had to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy. There were more than a hundred people at one point, and it turned out to be a stream of bandits, twice as many as us, but without a few guns, it was impossible to have such combat effectiveness as ours.

We still have to hurry, what are we going to do with these captives? Who will take care of it? This is just a village, and it is really a trouble to take them away and be afraid that they will rebel, and the follow-up troops have not come up. In the end, it was agreed that all the bandits' hands should be tied up, and with the help of the local people, the bandits would be locked up in a temple, and then a few veteran soldiers with combat experience would be drawn from each squad to guard them, and the bandits would return the things they had stolen to the people, and leave some food for the masses, and take away all the extra guns.

Before leaving, the staff officer made arrangements for the left-behind soldiers how to prevent possible situations, and also gave a lecture to the prisoners, warning them to be honest, there are large armies all around, and there is only a dead end if they want to resist stubbornly. It's already the middle of the night when this matter is settled.

Before the dawn dawned, we continued to move forward, crossed the mountains and mountains, walked for a day, and only entered the county of Puyang Province in the dark.

The county seat of the county is built on the halfway of the mountain, it looks like a small hill from a distance, the houses are built according to the mountain, the style of the houses is similar to that of Gui Province, a narrow street is winding, no more than 100 meters long, and the width can only pass a truck. The street shops are low and old, like old antiques. But there are a lot of stores, there are hotels, salt shops, cloth shops, butcher shops, etc., salt is particularly expensive, a pound of salt costs ten yuan gold circle, and there is a bitter taste, it may be a local self-boiled brine salt. Pork is very cheap, cut more than ten catties of meat and hand it to Xiao Wang to get breakfast, and we will go to the house.

From the streets to the end of the streets, it was impossible to accommodate large troops, and there were no settlements before that, so we decided to go to the pseudo-county ** to have a look.

Go up a few steps, as soon as you enter the yamen, you will smell a foul smell coming to your nose, and you can't walk three or five steps to see a fence cage made of thick wood, there is a big pool in the cage, the pool is black and stinky water, the stench is emitted here, there are four water cages in the room. What is it for? We were puzzled, and suddenly we saw a sign hanging diagonally inside, which said "Second Prison", oh, it turned out to be a water prison for prisoners! As soon as he entered the yamen, the prisoners shuddered, and I really don't know how many unjust souls have died in this water prison.

A few more steps, a turn is the pseudo-** "main hall". The "main hall" was hung with the old banner of the reactionaries, and one of the cadets jumped up and tore down the broken flag, tore it in half and threw it on the ground. Further on, there are many rooms on both sides, probably for office use, the house is empty, the ground is damp, and there is a pungent musty smell, which can be seen that it has not been used for a long time, and behind the "main hall" is a mountain of garbage. This is the reactionary county that is completely corrupt!

We arranged the school headquarters, the team headquarters, the women's squadron, and the wounded and sick into the "main hall", and there were no beds, so we had to tear down the door panels to make beds, and the other troops could only sleep on the streets.