Chapter Thirty-Seven: Green Flowers in the Barracks
In the evening, Master Pang asked the cooks to give our whole group a good meal, 'meat' buns and dumplings. Plus a big bowl of pig 'meat' with thief oil and thief oil. The soldiers who hadn't tasted the taste of 'meat' for a long time all let go of their bellies and ate a big meal, even I couldn't stand that ***, and after eating, my belly was so strong that I almost couldn't stand up.
It's funny to think about it, those 'fat' and 'meat' with pig hair on the skin, in modern times, I would definitely think it is too tired, but at this moment, I think it is the best delicacy in the world.
It was a moonlit night when the stars were scarce, and the art troupe of the division specially prepared a party for us. It is said that it is a party, but in fact, it is just a circle of wooden chairs placed on an open ground, and a space of dozens of square meters is vacated in the middle for the comrades of the art troupe to perform.
The performances include five 'flowers' and eight 'doors', some playing allegro, some singing mountain songs, and some performing sketches, "most of which are programs that praise the heroic deeds of the volunteers and are used to boost the morale of the soldiers." The soldiers of the art troupe have been prepared, and the performance is very serious, every time they go to the 'fine' color place, they will always attract bursts of applause from the soldiers, and when the performance shows the US army and the puppet army running away with their tails between their legs, it will cause the audience to laugh.
I'm having a lot of fun, too. Again and again the fighters applauded. From the perspective of viewing 'sex', these performances are much worse than those of a show that I'm used to seeing with modern 'spirits' decorated with hearts. But this performance is authentic, pure, and very close to our lives. The deeds they performed were all real things that happened in our volunteer army. This all gives us a sense of intimacy. It even gave me the illusion that I was personally involved......
At this time, it was the time for the art troupe to take a break. I don't know which comrade of the art troupe forgot, and threw an erhu at my feet, I picked it up on a whim and pulled it twice. A few melodious chord sounds floated into the air
"Hey!" Before I could react. Li Guoqiang, who was sitting next to me, called out: "Comrades, look, our Commander Cui can not only shoot guns and command us to fight, but also play erhu, how about we let Commander Cui play a song for us?" ”
"Good!"
"Good!"
Before I could refuse, the soldiers started to coax one after another, and I looked at Li Guoqiang angrily for a while, only hating why I didn't seal his mouth in advance just now.
"Captain Cui!" Seeing that I was embarrassed, Jiang 'Chun' Zeng smiled beside him and said: "Since you can pull, give the warrior a 'show' hand!" It's not in the way if it's ugly, we're all brothers who followed Captain Cui from birth to death, will you laugh at you? At most, let's just listen to the Yankees' plane fart! ”
"Haha" Listening to Jiang 'Chun''s words, the soldier couldn't help but laugh happily.
"Good, good! Then I'll have a paragraph! I reluctantly responded, "But you can listen to me!" No one is allowed to laugh. Whoever laughs, don't blame me for using the regiment commander to press you! ”
"Good!" The fighters applauded without saying a word.
I had to drive the duck on the shelf and pull the shelf, saying that I really know how to do this erhu. When I entered the university online, in order to chase a 'girl' student who could play erhu, I was stunned and practiced erhu for a year. Later, he actually had good attainments. As a result, when I approached the 'girl'. She looked at the pianist playing the piano on the TV with her eyes 'confused': "Wow, the boy who plays the piano is so handsome!" In the future, my husband must be a pianist! ”
This made me understand that 'female' students who can play erhu do not necessarily like boys who play erhu, just as most boys with long beards don't like 'girl' students with long beards.
As a result, I was so angry that I smashed the erhu on the spot.
This was all many years ago, and it's okay not to mention the sad things, but now I haven't practiced for many years, that hand!
I pretended to be calm and cleared my throat, but soon realized that I didn't need to clear my throat to pull an erhu.
What is good to pull? I haven't played it in so many years. I'm afraid that the piece that is a little difficult will be unfamiliar for a long time, so let's play the song that I practiced hundreds of times when I was a beginner! At least not to make a fool of yourself!
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Thinking about it, I put on a posture and pulled the song "Barracks Green 'Flower'" taught by the instructor when I entered the university, and it felt good to pull it, watching the soldiers all listen carefully to the 'feathers', I couldn't help but add a little confidence to myself. As he played, he sang:
The cold wind flutters the leaves
The army is a green 'flower'
Dear comrades-in-arms, don't be homesick
Know... To think about mom
I call day and night
How many words from the heart
Don't tear 'flowers' in tears when parting
The barracks are our warm home
Under the moonlight, the erhu exudes a faint and sad string sound, which seamlessly sets off the nostalgia of the soldiers guarding the border in the lyrics for their hometown. Although my singing voice is not good. But it can be seen that the fighters have been completely attracted to this atmosphere.
Originally, the soldiers were still in the mood to watch me perform with the mood of watching jokes, but when I sang the lyrics and melody, all the soldiers threw shocked eyes at me at this moment, even the soldiers of the art troupe. Especially when I hear me sing "Dear comrade-in-arms, don't be homesick, don't play with your mother". I could clearly see that the Adam's apple of many warriors could not help but move, and their eyes moistened.
So I continued to sing:
Mom, don't worry
I've grown up, child
Standing guard is to defend the country
Rain
Heartfelt blessings to Mom
May my mother live a long and healthy life
Wait until it's time to go home
Let's visit my good mother again
The soldiers were all family members, with mothers and families in their families, who shed their blood and died on the battlefields far from their own countries, not knowing when, or even if they would be able to reunite with their families. They have been fighting for so long, which one is homesick? Who doesn't miss their family? Who doesn't want to miss their homeland.
But in order to defend their country and their people, they buried these thoughts and nostalgia deep in their hearts. This is the song I sang at this time. is singing their hearts, resonating with them, plucking their heartstrings", in just a few minutes, almost all the fighters were secretly wiping their tears,
I can't even sing anymore. Because at this time, I also thought of myself, of my mother who didn't know where she was, and of my family who I didn't know when I would see again. Don't know about them. Will you know that I am defending my country on this bloody battlefield?"
There is a girl in my hometown
I often dream of her
Men in the army also have love
I am also willing to accompany you to the end of the world
Just because of the heavy responsibility
I had to let go of my love first
The white clouds flutter to bring my love
The green 'flower' in the army was given to her,,
The last sentence I almost sang with a crying voice, because at this time my tears could no longer hold back my eyes, and the knots in my mouth felt as if something was plugged, and I was so choked that I couldn't speak.
There was silence all around, and the wind was blowing, and the sound of 'snorting' could be faintly heard. The soldiers were all wiping their tears with the sleeves of their military uniforms, even Li Guoqiang and Hu Biao......
It took a while for someone to react and take the lead in applauding, and then the applause became more and more loud and louder, and soon it became a whole body, and the applause came one after another!
"Captain Cui, teach us to sing!"
"Yes! Captain Cui, we want to learn! ”
The soldiers were babbling and demanding, and I was a little overwhelmed. As a result, the comrades of the art troupe were very powerful, and they surrounded them with paper and pen at the first time and couldn't wait to ask: "Commander Cui!" What kind of song is this? How come we never heard of it? Can you give us the score for this song? ”
"Yes! Commander Cui, you write down the score of this song for us, and let us teach it to the soldiers! ”
"We can also sing to the comrades of other troops! Go to other troops to publicize! ”
"Captain Cui! Did you write this song? ”
"Huh? Isn't it Isn't it" I hurriedly denied it: "This song was written by someone else, and I learned it by listening to someone else's singing!" I can't even write this score! ”
"It's okay! I have a way! One of the soldiers of the art troupe turned around and grabbed a horn and shouted to the noisy soldiers: "Comrades, be quiet, comrades, be quiet!" Captain Cui taught us the song first, and then we taught the song to the comrades, okay? ”
"Good!" The warriors responded in unison, and then soon fell silent.
The soldier of the art troupe quickly moved over a shell box, and then took out paper and pen to prepare: "Commander Cui, you hum the song you sang just now, and I'll write the score!" ”
"Hmm!" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, it seems that the quality of the comrades in this art troupe is not bad! Listen to me, "Humph, he'll be able to compose it, I really can't do it."
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The cold wind flutters the leaves
The army is a green 'flower'
, Wang Fabi North
Dear comrades-in-arms, don't be homesick
Early the next morning, when we stepped on the march again, the whole regiment of soldiers marched forward singing this song. Of course. Unlike last night, this time the soldiers did not shed tears, but all of them sang loudly while marching in a neat line, which seemed to have a different flavor. It only attracted the soldiers of the other troops to cast envious glances at us.
At this time, the comrades of those art troupes were active, and they seized the opportunity to 'insert' a comrade next to each unit as a leading singer, and soon taught this song to the soldiers of other units. After a while, the song sounded in the sky above the entire army. Not surprisingly, many warriors silently shed tears when they heard the song for the first time, even in the middle of the day.
Different life experiences will have different feelings!
Seeing this, I couldn't help but smile bitterly, in modern times. I don't even know how many times I've sung this song hundreds of times, and I've played it hundreds of times with the erhu, but I've never thought this song is good. My roommates didn't have it anymore, so they went to buy a batch of oversized headsets, and they wore them tacitly whenever I started practicing erhu. Not to mention the other dormitories, one day the roommates collected the stinky shoes and stinky socks thrown from the dormitory next door and sold them for tatters, and they ended up selling for hundreds of dollars.
But now that I have come to this environment, after having these dream-like experiences, I suddenly find that this song seems to be singing about my own life.
The destination was not far from our station, and the warriors marched south all the way singing, arriving at the designated position of Mount Maleang before dark.
After changing the defense with the troops originally stationed here, we quickly knew one according to the original plan, and there were troops stationed in the original formation, and the main direction of attack was still on the eastern front, and the western front was only a small-scale containment operation for the time being, so the anticline field fortifications and tunnel fortifications here were all well preserved. It also allowed us to save the link of "working on its muscles and bones" and picked it up. Ready-made.
"There is a high ground in Maleang Mountain! The main peak is the Yin7 Highland, and there are also Yinming Highland, Tooth Highland, Wanhe Wilderness Heights around.
As soon as he entered the position to observe on the spot, Division Commander Pang immediately held a meeting at the division headquarters regardless of the fatigue of the march, and he pointed to the map and said: "These high ground is not high!" The highest main peak is only 7 meters, and this situation is obviously not conducive to the defense of our army. But comrades, we should realize that the geographical location of Maleonn Mountain is very important! ”
After a pause, Master Pang continued: "Ma Liangshan is close to the 38th parallel from the north, and the Imjin River is to the east. If it is occupied by enemy forces, then it will seriously threaten the *** area occupied by our side north of the 38th parallel; However, if our army stubbornly defends Maliang Mountain, it can threaten the flank of the enemy army in the south from Lianchuan to Cheorwon, and control the main 'intersectional' lines from Lianchuan to Shibianli, Baochuan to Jiuhuali, and Gao'lang' Puli to Soning, so that the enemy will not be able to let go of his hands and feet to launch a full-scale attack on our army's front! Therefore, according to the instructions of the superiors, the position of Ma Liangshan must not be lost, and we must not give up an inch of land! ”
Looking at the map and listening to Commander Pang's words, I understood why the US army fought so fiercely with the volunteers on the hills of Maleang Mountain.
In other words, the strategic purpose of the US military in this battle is not to carry out penetrating and 'interspersed' operations to break through our army's defensive line, but to increase the pressure on China and the DPRK and force China and the DPRK to return to the negotiating table and make concessions at the negotiating table. Under the guidance of this strategic purpose, the US military launched an attack on the front of the Volunteers this time, and all of them were only attacking the alert positions or forward positions of the Volunteers.
However, in the only place in Ma Liangshan, the US army has invested several divisions of troops, and despite heavy casualties, it still bites Ma Liangshan to the death.
In the past, I always couldn't understand why this was, but now I understand it after listening to Master Pang's analysis. If the US army does not eat Ma Liangshan and flatten the battle line, then when the US army attacks our defense line, the volunteers stationed on Ma Liang Mountain may break through the US defense line at any time, repeat the battle situation of the first and third battles, and penetrate into the rear of the US army to fight a movement war to divide and encircle. This is something that the US military must not allow!
Similarly, for the Volunteers, the terrain around Maleangsan is relatively flat, and Maleangsan is one of the only few highlands in the area, and its rear is not far from the famous Pyongyang Plain, and once the U.S. forces occupy Maleangsan, then their tank units can drive straight into Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.
One must attack, the other must defend. Both sides are fighting for every inch of land and not giving an inch, so they will beat Ma Liangshan into the second "sad ridge".
"Comrades!" Zhong Chulin, the political commissar of the division, spoke.
After the accident of the 0th Division, the political commissar Wu Chengde was also transferred, this Zhong Chulin political commissar was newly assigned to the Tian division by the superiors, because I was transferred to the Eastern Front to fight as soon as I came up, so this is the first time I have seen this political commissar, and even his name is still what Deputy Commander Liu told me before the meeting. When I saw him at this time, I only felt that he was a little bookish, and he was not a person who often went to the battlefield.
Zhong Chulin followed the words of Division Commander Pang and said: "We have just received news that the comrades of the Zhao Army fought very tenaciously on the Eastern Front, and they heroically blocked the attack of the American army, destroying and wounding the enemy's tanks. The "tank splitting battle" that completely smashed the enemy dealt a severe blow to the arrogance of US imperialism, and it was another great victory! ”
"Good!" The cadres attending the meeting couldn't help but wave their fists and cheer.
"But!" Zhong Chulin changed his words and said solemnly: "The enemy's original intention was to attack the weakness of our defensive line, so he focused on the eastern front defended by the People's Army, but with the reinforcement of the Mi army, the eastern front is no longer a weakness. After analyzing from all sides, we believe that the enemy is likely to shift his focus to the positions of our troops
"That's right!" I involuntarily nodded, this has been known to me for a long time, so there is no doubt that the US military will definitely shift the focus of their attacks.
"Hmm! This is Captain Cui." Seeing that I responded to Zhong Chulin, he noticed me, and enthusiastically stretched out his hand and said: "I have heard many people talk about you for a long time, especially Master Pang, who has been talking about you all day long, I see that he is not so diligent in talking about his baby!" ”
With a coax, the soldiers all laughed, and the atmosphere in the venue was a little lighter.
"Without digression, let's continue the meeting!" Zhong Chulin lit a match and lit a cigarette for himself, and said to me by name: "Commander Choi, I know that you have been fighting against US imperialism here since the first shot of the Korean War, and this is your most experienced combat against the Yankees!" When I said just now that the US military will shift the focus of the battle line to our army's position, you answered so surely, you must have some experience! What do you think? If you have any ideas, tell them about them,"
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"What?" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, and I wanted to talk about my experience again, I knew that I wouldn't talk so much. To be done, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to a ratio, more chapters, support for it