Chapter 3 Zhang Wenji

As the green open-top jeep approached the gate at the barracks with flashing lights, two guards in military uniforms and armed with rifles opened the gate.

"Smack-"

A worn-out canvas bag was thrown from the car and fell to the ground, splashing a puff of dust.

Then, Xu Ergou and Zhang Meng jumped out of the jeep.

Seeing his commander return to the barracks, the soldiers passing by all around raised their hands and saluted.

Zhang Meng nodded, pulled Xu Ergou and walked inside.

"Hey, I said Brother Liu, who is the tall man next to the military commander, why have I never seen it?" A soldier who had not been in the army long ago looked at the distant figures of Zhang Meng and Xu Ergou, and couldn't help but ask the older soldier beside him.

The older soldier glanced at the recruit with disdain and said, "It's normal that you don't know!" This Brother Xu followed our army commander when he was fighting the Japanese devils! It's been more than 10 years now! Later, I was transferred to Erye Special Column, why did I come back now? After speaking, the older soldier was also full of doubts.

Zhang Meng and Xu Ergou sat opposite each other at a dinner table, the same pot of wine, cold chicken on the side, and a plate of roast rabbit, but there was an extra plate of fried peanuts and a plate of salted beans.

The wine drunk was not the local wine brewed in the village of Pingyuan County, but the Moutai sent by the old comrades-in-arms. It was not the rough clay bowl that drank the wine, but a white porcelain wine glass the size of two fingers.

The wine glass was held between two fingers, and the wine glass trembled slightly between the index finger and thumb of the right hand.

"Alas!" Xu Ergou sighed lightly, put down the wine glass, pinched it with his left hand, saluted Zhang Meng, and drank it violently.

Looking at Xu Ergou's movements, the gray-haired Zhang Meng didn't understand what he was thinking, and immediately smiled to divert Xu Ergou's attention: "Hehe, Ergou, do you know that Zhang Ze's kid got married last year, and Xiaoxue is pregnant this year, and in two months, the child will be born!" The Xiaoxue in Zhang Meng's mouth is Zhang Ze's wife.

Hearing this, Xu Ergou couldn't help but be stunned, and then said overjoyed: "Hehe, when Xiao Ze got married last year, I was scouting on the Yangtze River and couldn't attend his wedding. I can't imagine that as soon as I come back, I will become an uncle! ”

Zhang Meng pointed at Xu Ergou and laughed: "Ergou, you kid is also twenty-six or seventeen, at this age, if you don't find a housekeeper, when will you wait?" This year, there are a few female college students in the confidential department of the army, all of them are smart, do you want Lao Tzu to help you match one? ”

Xu Ergou didn't raise his head, picked up the peanuts and threw them into his mouth: "Forget it, female college student?" I can't afford it! I'm a mud leg, but I don't understand their romance! ”

Zhang Meng was shocked by the word "romantic" burst out by Xu Ergou, and looked at Xu Ergou in a daze. When Xu Ergou saw Zhang Meng's appearance, he immediately understood what he was thinking: "That thing was taught by a Soviet instructor, I don't know what it means!" ”

After laughing for a while, Zhang Meng said with a straight face: "Ergou, now Lao Tzu, I have transferred you back from the special column, but I don't want you to enjoy your old age in peace!" I heard that you learned a lot of things over there, and you also used the second pot head to set out the stunts of those foreign devils, really good, you kid! ”

Hearing this, Xu Ergou suddenly remembered the time when he was training in the special column, and he couldn't help but show a smile on his face.

"Hmph, don't be complacent too early, Lao Tzu transferred you back, in fact, I want you to be an instructor in the army and train those rabbit cubs well! If you meet a good seedling, you can also get a reconnaissance battalion guard battalion or something! ”

Seeing Xu Ergou's hesitant expression, Zhang Meng continued: "You kid is not allowed to refuse!" If you dare to refuse, Lao Tzu...... Father...... Don't let that kid call you uncle! ”

When Xu Ergou heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

So, Xu Ergou settled down in this army.

Five months later, Zhang Ze's son was born and named Zhang Wenji.

The name was chosen by Zhang Ze. According to Zhang Meng, it doesn't matter if you take a cat or a dog, it's easy to feed. However, Zhang Ze is different, this Zhang is mainly responsible for political work, and now he is the political commissar of a regiment in Liaoning. I studied at Kang University back then. This is also one of the capitals that Zhang Meng and Old Man Zhang show off to those old comrades-in-arms.

Therefore, Zhang Ze named his son "Wen" because he wanted his son to follow in his footsteps, not like his grandfather.

Of course, Zhang didn't dare to say these words.

Zhang Meng's army was stationed in the northeast, not far from the Heilongjiang and Ussuri rivers. Just when Zhang Meng was overjoyed to get a grandson, the Korean War broke out. Kim Il Sung led the Korean People's Army to the south, pressing forward step by step, and won victory after victory. However, with the entry of American troops into the war, the situation gradually changed.

Finally, with strong fire support, the US military regained its support near the 38th parallel and occupied Pyongyang, and its combat planes openly crossed the border and attacked our territory.

All kinds of circumstances made Zhang Meng smell the smell of gunsmoke.

In July, Zhang Meng's army entered a state of combat readiness and formed the Northeast Frontier Army with the rest of his brother troops. In October, the Northeast Frontier Army changed its name to the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and went to Korea to participate in the war.

On the Korean battlefield, Xu Ergou's scouts who had been trained for more than three months were put into actual combat. By 1953, when the gunfire in North Korea had subsided, there were only about 100 scouts left of the 300-strong man.

When Xu Ergou and Zhang Meng recrossed the Yalu River and returned to Chinese territory, their hearts were steady.

"Come, uncle, hug!" Xu Ergou looked at the fat little guy who was being led by Zhang Ze in front of him, and his heart couldn't help but feel a warm current, leaned down, stretched his arms, and smiled at Zhang Wenji.

Zhang Wenji glanced at the dusty man in front of him, and then looked up at his father, and actually cried out loud.

Xu Ergou hurriedly took out a kettle, notebook, pencil and even a pistol with bullets from his body, and came to tease Zhang Wenji. Zhang Wenji saw the pistol without a magazine, grabbed it, and immediately stopped crying.

With the end of the Korean War, the whole of Tohoku gradually settled down.

Xu Ergou lived in the barracks, and when he was free, he returned to the military compound to see Zhang Wenji.

At this time, Zhang Ze was already the political commissar of an independent regiment of the Heilongjiang Construction Corps. Due to the busy work in peacetime, and the fact that the barracks are a little far away from the military compound of the military region, it is rare to go home several times a year.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Ergou took advantage of the opportunity and taught Xiao Zhang Wenji a lot of things, which made Zhang Ze's desire to train his son to become a literati and politician in vain.