The sky above the herding deer plain is fluttering with goose feathers and heavy snow, the mountains are undulating, the reckless and boundless, the trees all over the mountains are dressed in silver coats, swaying in the wind and snow, the eaves of the houses and caves are hung with long ice ridges, the mountains and fields are quiet, everything is depressed, and there is infinite power.

The commendation meeting of the 77th Army was held as scheduled in the auditorium of the military department, the so-called auditorium is a large natural cave, which is usually used as a warehouse for strategic materials. Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea to Defend the Home and Defend the Country' big red slogan, the rostrum is hung directly above the huge portrait of Chairman Mao, the rostrum is full of big red flowers, and the desolation outside forms a strong contrast, everyone's face is filled with the joy of victory, the auditorium of hundreds of people is full, after signing in, Yizhang and Miao Qing squeezed out two vacancies on the bench in the front row, just sat down not long ago, Liu Yan squeezed over, first shook hands with Yizhang and Miao Qing, and then took out a note from his pocket and handed it to Yizhang, patted him on the shoulder and stood at the back of the venue, Yizhang carefully opened the note, only to see that it was written, "Little ghost, follow Liu Yan to my office after the meeting, and Miao Qing will take the guards back to the regiment headquarters first." Wu Xiangsen, Yizhang handed the note to Miao Qing after reading it, Miao Qing glanced at it, smiled and said nothing.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the auditorium erupted in warm applause, the delegates stood up to welcome the head of the army, the army commander Wu Xiangsen, political commissar Zhang Qingyun, chief of staff Wang Shiguang and director of the political department Zhou Zhengkang walked on the rostrum in turn, Wu Xiangsen waved to everyone, everyone squeezed each other to sit down, just a moment of effort, Yizhang has been hot sweating, Wu Xiangsen saw Yizhang sitting in the front row at a glance, he pointed to Yizhang and smiled and muttered a few words to Zhang Qingyun, the political commissar next to him, Zhang Qingyun nodded with a smile at Yizhang, Zhou Zhengkang began to preside over the meetingHe spoke enthusiastically, "Comrades, comrades-in-arms, heroes, today is the 23rd day of the lunar month, in our motherland, it is a small year in the north, and in a few days it will be the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit; here, on behalf of the 77th Army, I wish the comrades an early year, wish the comrades to make new contributions in the new year, wish our heroic 77th Army frequent good news in the new year, and wish our great Chinese People's Volunteers greater victories in the new year under the leadership of the great leader Chairman Mao!" The auditorium burst into warm applause again, and Zhou Zhengkang paused and continued, "Now I announce the official start of the 77th Army's Commendation Conference for Combat Heroes, and I invite Commander Wu Xiangsen to speak!" ”

The auditorium erupted in warm applause, Wu Xiangsen stood up from the stool, he glanced at the venue majestically, and then said loudly, "Comrades, representatives of combat heroes, you have come to Muluyuan from different defense areas and different heights, and I am happy to see comrades gathered together, this fully shows that our 77th Army is an iron army full of heroes, Director Zhou just said, today is a small year, it is a day to sweep the dust, this day is good, my 77th Army has been stationed in the North Korean battlefield, more than three months, we have been sweeping the dust, After sweeping through the so-called United Nations Army led by the US imperialists, our 77th Army has won hundreds of battles and won thousands of combat heroes. ”

Wu Xiangsen solemnly saluted the combat heroes attending the meeting, and then continued, "Comrades, our army was originally in a period of recuperation, and we will launch an offensive again in March of the following year, when the spring flowers bloom, but the enemy does not agree, they are not willing to fail, and they have organized an unprecedented number of troops to prepare for a counterattack against us, it can be said that the fourth battle is imminent, let me say, we still beat the enemy too lightly a few times before, this time you all beat me to the death, completely crush the enemy's counterattack, do you have confidence?" ”

"Resist US aggression and aid Korea, protect the home and defend the country!" The heroes of the battle chanted.

"Okay, Director Zhou has said all the New Year's greetings, I won't talk about it more, and the enemy will not allow you to stay here longer, and the comrades will immediately return to the defense area to meet the more brutal battle after the meeting!" The auditorium burst into warm applause again, and political commissar Zhang Qingyun said, "Now I announce the list of combat heroes, and the comrades who heard their names are invited to the rostrum, and the army commander himself is wearing big red flowers for everyone." At this moment, the atmosphere in the auditorium reached **, the combat heroes walked to the rostrum in turn to accept the highest award of the motherland, Yizhang was the last place on the commendation list, Zhang Qingyun raised his voice, "Guduli fought bravely for the third class, Eagle Ridge fought bravely for the first class, was awarded the honorary title of the second class lone hero of the volunteer army by the Chinese Volunteer Army Command, and Liu Yizhang, acting company commander of the cavalry brigade of the artillery regiment. ”

The auditorium suddenly erupted in tsunami-like applause and cheers, "Lone hero! "Lone Hero!" "Lone Hero!" Liu Yizhang immediately stood up, tidied up the cavalry uniform, put his feet together, and saluted a military salute to the army chief and the combat heroes present in high spirits, Wu Xiangsen personally put a big red flower on Yizhang, and gently patted Yizhang's shoulder with his hand, and the other three army leaders also shook hands with Yizhang one by one to congratulate, Yizhang once again gave a military salute to the army leaders and combat heroes, and then Yizhang clenched his fists, raised his arms and shouted, "Resist US aggression and aid Korea, protect the family and defend the country!" The participants in the auditorium stood up one after another, followed Yizhang and raised their arms and shouted, "Resist US aggression and aid Korea, protect the family and defend the country!" ”

Wu Xiangsen's office is in front of the auditorium, when Liu Yan brought Yizhang in, Wu Xiangsen has not returned to the office, Yizhang carefully observed, this is a traditional Korean house with a courtyard, there are soldiers standing guard at the entrance of the courtyard, the five rooms of the main house are Wu Xiangsen's office and bedroom, several wings are built on the east and west sides, which are the bedrooms of the kitchen and the guards, the center of the roof of the main house is a herringbone, and the two wings have a gentle slope, all covered with gray tiles, and the whole house looks from the outside, and the middle is parallel like a boat. The two wings stand like flying cranes, the outdoor foundation is about 60 centimeters higher than the ground, there are four layers of steps, the body is shorter, the doors and windows are narrow and long, the overall feeling to Yizhang is enthusiastic and unrestrained, elegant but not weak, rigid and soft.

In the office, there is no partition wall in the four rooms, the east side next to the south window is a large fire kang, the end of the kang is connected to the stove, Yizhang found that the fire kang of the North Korean dwellings is very different from the soil kang in the north of our country, it can be said that it is unique, the fire kang sinks into the ground, the bottom is more than 20 centimeters below the ground, the upper part adds a cover plate on the mud surface, so that the stove and the kang surface are kept on a horizontal plane, for hygiene, a high 50 cm partition plate is fixed between the stove and the kang surface, and a square kang table is placed on the kang surface, The west side of the room is the office area, and there are two maps hanging on the west wall, which are the administrative map of the Korean Peninsula and the specially drawn military map, and a thick wooden table is placed in the center, the table is full of documents and two telephones, and three benches and a chair are placed around the table.