Guo Lian, head of the Longcheng District Security Corps, and Chen Bing, head of the Nanliang County Self-Defense Corps, led more than 600 people all the way to Tanliang Town, where they were stationed. In the Tanliang town government, the joint headquarters of Guo Lian and Chen Bing was set up in the conference room of the town government. On the wall in front of the conference room, a map of Tanliang Township has just been hung, in front of the map, there are two rows of tables more than one meter apart, each row of tables is spliced by a single table, covered with blue corduroy, a hat and a teacup are placed, next to each table, there is a bench, on the left straight sit the officers of the Self-Defense Corps at all levels, on the right sit with their heads held high the officers at all levels of the Security Corps, and on the first seat on the left and right, Chen Bing and Guo Lian sit face to face. Chen Bing spoke first: "Brothers! I got to know Chen Bing, chief of the Nanliang County Self-Defense Corps, who is currently the deputy commander-in-chief of this joint anti-bandit operation. Chen Bing pointed at Guo Lian with the palm of his hand and introduced: "This is Guo Lian, the head of the Longcheng District Security Regiment, and the commander-in-chief of this joint operation. Guo Lian stood up, arched left and right with his hands into fists, and sat down. Chen Bing continued: "The operational deployment of this operation is clearly explained to you by Chief Guo. Everyone applauded, and after the applause, Guo Lian straightened his collar, cleared his throat, and said, "Everyone! I suppressed the army of bandits, along the way, it was to sweep thousands of troops, like a bamboo, "**" was fleeing from the wind, daring to fight, but also defeated into an army. I think the Communist guerrillas are nothing more than that! ”

Mommy's! This kid can blow better than me, if it weren't for the last time Lao Tzu was in Longzhai Village, he almost wiped out the Communist Party guerrillas, Lao Tzu is even more fucking bullish. Thinking of this, Chen Bing was upset, and he interjected: "I said, Guo ...... Captain Guo, these nice words will be kept...... Let's save it until the end of the bandits, I think, it's still ......" Chen Bing pointed to the map on the wall, Guo Lian said with some embarrassment: "Okay...... Good...... Let's talk about operational deployment. He walked to the map, picked up the stick leaning against the wall, pointed to the map, and said: "More than 400 members of our security regiment, plus more than 20 members of the Tanliang Self-Defense Force, under my command, divided the troops into two routes, and attacked the headquarters of the Tanliang Guerrilla Brigade of the Communist Party, Mawei Village, where the Fourth Squadron is located, and the location of the Sixth Squadron; More than 200 other personnel of the Nanliang County Self-Defense Corps, under the personal leadership of Captain Chen, carried out a clean-up of the "**" No. 5 Squadron between Liangyou and Dadeng. No matter which team wins first, it must wave its division to assist the other team to destroy the enemy, and strive to eliminate the "**" quickly and effectively in a short time. I believe that under the powerful attack of our army of bandits and the courageous efforts of all my colleagues to kill the enemy, the communist guerrillas will be completely wiped out! Guo Lian took the wooden stick and slashed, and said: "My army of bandits will surely achieve a complete victory in the great cause of suppressing bandits!" Guo Lian shook vigorously with the wooden stick again, stopped in the air and did not put it down, and then looked left and right, as if waiting for something. This kid is on the bull fork again, what do you want to do in a pose? Oh! I see, I just want to wait for applause. Chen Bing hurriedly pretended to applaud exaggeratedly, and when everyone saw this, they applauded, and Guo Lian nodded to everyone with satisfaction......

While the officers of the Security Corps and the Self-Defense Corps were holding a meeting, Li Fengjiang, captain of the Fourth Squadron, led Su Cheng and more than 20 other guerrillas to attack and harass the enemy in the form of a small detachment while the enemy's heel was not stable. The vanguard company of the security regiment was stationed 10 kilometers away from Mawei Village, and only 5 kilometers away from Tanliang Town, and set up camp. After dinner, a few piles of firewood were lit everywhere, and under the firelight, the platoon commanders sat around and played cards, gambling happily, and the soldiers, a bunch of people in the east and a handful in the west, some chatted with the mountains, some closed their eyes and fell asleep, some smoked and drank, some played cards and chess, and had no sense of war readiness. Li Fengjiang took Su Cheng, the leader of the first squad, Lin Yi, the leader of the second squad, and Qin Xiangmei, the deputy captain of the art team, and other cadres to the front of the camp of the vanguard company of the security regiment.

Originally, I didn't bring Qin Xiangmei. It is very dangerous for a female comrade to go to the front line, but Xiangmei asked the captain Hou Liang to fight, saying: "Captain, let me go, first, I am a female comrade, some comrades are injured, I can bandage the wounds of the comrades as a hygienist, and second, as a member of the literary team, I can do the work of breaking up the enemy army." Hou Liang heard her say this, and said to Su Cheng with a smile: "Okay, Xiao Su!" I'll leave this girl to you, and if she's missing a hair, I'll screw off your head, understand? ”

"Yes! Captain. Su Cheng glared at Xiangmei fiercely and replied reluctantly. He felt that taking her with him was a burden, and it would affect his ability to kill the enemy happily, but Xiangmei didn't care about this, as long as she could carry out the mission with Su Cheng, she would be very happy, and her face smiled like a flower.

Li Fengjiang pointed at Su Cheng with the palm of his right hand, and pointed at the enemy sentry on the hillside on the left with his left, making a "click" gesture. Su Cheng understood and touched the sentry on the left. Li Fengjiang also signaled Lin Yi to kill the enemy sentry next to the big stone on the right, and Lin Yi touched the big stone. Su Cheng quietly touched the small hill and lay down not far from the sentry. The sentry walked up the slope a few times, looking in the direction of the camp as he went, and cursed and said, "What a bad luck! Tell Lao Tzu to stand guard, see if those cubs are having fun, and make Lao Tzu suffer. As he spoke, he thought that the gun on his back was too heavy, so he simply threw the gun on the ground, sat on the back of the gun, took out a pack of cigarettes from his coat pocket, flicked the cigarette case with his hand, took out a cigarette, first put it on his nose and sniffed it, then put it on his mouth, struck a match and lit it, took a hard breath, and hummed the song of the Guiju opera "Huang Sanda Bird" while sucking contentedly. Su Cheng touched up from behind the sentry, while bending his left knee to the ground, his right arm strangled the sentry's neck, his right palm clasped the sentry's left jaw, and his left palm pressed on the back of the sentry's head. Besides, Lin Yi touched the back of the boulder, quietly pulled out the dagger from his waist, and slowly leaned towards the sentry. The sentry carried a gun on his back, rested his right shoulder on a boulder, unbuttoned his pants, whistled, and urinated, looking very cool. Lin Yi held the knife in his right hand, the tip of the knife fell down, his left palm was protected on the forearm of his right hand, and his left palm stretched forward and patted the sentry's left shoulder. The sentry was slapped coldly, startled, and instinctively turned his head to the left. Lin Yi withdrew his left hand, held the knife in his right hand and stretched it out under the sentry's throat, held his right wrist with his left hand, and pulled back with both hands at the same time, and the sharp dagger instantly cut the sentry's throat. The sentry fell headlong into the weeds at his feet, and whimpered for his life. Su Cheng and Lin Yi simply killed the two sentinels, returned to Li Fengjiang's side, stretched out their index and middle fingers, and made a victory gesture. With a wave of Li Fengjiang's hand, the squad quietly advanced, and they touched the front of the enemy's camp and prepared for battle. Li Fengjiang raised the shell gun and shouted: "Fight!" The fighters first threw the grenades in their hands out of the cracks, and then raised their guns to aim and shoot. Suddenly, explosions, gunshots, and shouts of killing were all in one. In the dark night, a group of fires rose to the sky, and some of the officers and soldiers of the vanguard company of the security regiment were blown up into the sky in a daze, some stood up and wanted to run, but were knocked to the ground by bullets, and some were injured and injured, crying for their fathers and mothers, and those who were not dead desperately fled in the direction of Tanliang Town. Lin Yi wanted to take someone to chase, "Poor Kou Mo chase, the task is complete, let's withdraw!" Li Fengjiang withdrew to Mawei Village with his team.

The remnants of the army ran back to Tanliang Town. A platoon commander with a bandage on his arm found the commander of the vanguard company, told him about the situation, and the two came to Guo Lian dejectedly. The company commander said: "Report to the regiment, the vanguard company was attacked by a large force of communist guerrillas, and suffered heavy losses, more than 20 people below the deputy company commander and two platoon commanders were killed, and more than half of the company's casualties were caused. Guo Lian was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he scolded: "Fuck you, you stupid pigs, you have a few dirt buns to make it like this, do you want to use birds?" As he spoke, he took out a pistol and shot at the wounded platoon commander, the platoon commander was killed on the spot, Guo Lian turned the muzzle of the gun to the company commander, and the company commander of the leading company was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and pleaded with trembling all over his body: "Tuanyu!" Don't kill me, I wasn't ordered to have a meeting in Tanliang Town, did I? It's none of my business! When Guo Lian heard this, he became even more angry, and directly put the gun against the company commander's head, and shouted: "If you say that it's none of your business, I see that I will collapse you now, believe it or not?" Chen Bing, the commander of the Self-Defense Corps, who was standing next to him, hurriedly came up and persuaded: "I said Commander-in-Chief Guo!" I think forget it, before the bandit suppression operation starts, it is not a good sign to kill the generals first! Guo Lian scolded: "Diao your mother, Lao Tzu will leave you this head for the time being, from today onwards, you gather the remaining brothers and form a vanguard, you are the platoon leader, and then you can't fight well, Lao Tzu unscrewed your head, do you understand?" ”

"Yes!"

"What are you doing here? Fuck off! The company commander wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked out of the room in a gloomy manner. Guo Lian pointed to the dead body on the ground, waved his hand to the guards who rushed in just now when he heard the gunshots, and said, "Carry it out!" "In order to avenge the attack on the vanguard company, Guo Lian and Chen Bing discussed that they would send troops tomorrow and attack the guerrillas in the area of Dazhen, Mawei Village and Dadeng at the same time.

The guards came in and reported, "Report sir! Yuan Longbiao, the captain of the secret service team, asked to see him. As soon as he heard that it was someone from the Secret Bureau, Chen Bing was angry, thinking that he had lost a lot of powerful subordinates in order to rob Xiao Yazhi last time, and said angrily: "No, no." Guo Lian saw Chen Bing like this, and asked, "What's wrong with my brother?" Do you have a grudge against the Secret Service? Chen Bing said fiercely: "What a grudge! Big that! As soon as the words fell, Yuan Longbiao walked in, clasped his hands into fists and said, "Two chiefs, are you good?" Yuan Longbiao, the captain of the secret service team of the Secret Bureau, came to visit. Guo Lian pointed at Yuan Longbiao and said to the guards: "Bastard! How did you let him in without my orders? The guard replied, "Sir, I can't stop him, he has the commander's command." Yuan Longbiao took out a letter and handed it to Guo Lian. Guo Lian took out the letter, unfolded it, and Chen Bing also came up, and the letter read:

Guo Lian, Chen Bing:

In order to completely exterminate the communist Tanliang guerrillas, Yuan Longbiao, captain of the special service team of the Longcheng Station of the Secret Security Bureau, was specially dispatched to you to carry out intelligence work against the enemy. It is hoped that all the departments of the anti-bandit will unite sincerely, work together, bravely kill the enemy, and reimburse the party and the state.

Office of the Fifteenth Commissioner

Commander: Chen Tianlei

August 13, 1949

Chen Bing saw that it was Chen Tianlei's handwritten letter, walked to the side, and was silent. Guo Lian put the letter away, hurriedly gave up his seat, and said, "Captain Yuan, please!" After taking his seat, Guo Lian asked, "I don't know if Captain Yuan came to the front line late at night, what advice do you have?" Yuan Longbiao said: "I don't dare to give advice, but I heard that the brothers of the vanguard company were attacked by "**" and lost half of the soldiers, but is there such a thing?" "Hehe" The two laughed dryly, silent, Yuan Longbiao continued: "In the case of the enemy being dark and I am clear, the enemy situation is unclear, and the terrain is not familiar, I would like to ask how Commander-in-Chief Guo led a limited number of more than 600 party-state soldiers to clear out the communist guerrillas in the three places of Dazhen, Mawei, and Dadeng, within a radius of nearly 100 miles? Yuan Longbiao asked, Guo Lian and Chen Bing were stunned, yes! There are more than 600 people, divided into three places, and there are only two or three hundred people in each place. The two looked at each other, at a loss. Guo Lian had no choice but to ask Yuan Longbiao for advice: "Brother Long Biao, what do you think?" Yuan Longbiao took out a handkerchief from his pocket, shook it slightly, spread it on the table, and said to the two: "Please look at the two," Guo Lian and Chen Bing gathered around to take a look, it turned out that the handkerchief was a map drawn with a pen, which not only marked the location of the ancestral hall where the guerrilla brigade headquarters was located, but also the deployment and specific location of the troops of each squadron, and even the best offensive route, all of which were reflected in the map. Guo Lian picked it up and held it up in front of him, Chen Bing raised the lantern, and the two looked at it carefully. After looking at this picture, I realized that the party-state still has such a spy wizard, admire! Admire! I wonder if you can tell me who this person is? to satisfy the contemptible reverence. Chen Bing was also in awe and nodded. Yuan Longbiao said a little proudly: "The two chiefs are both pillars of the party-state, it doesn't hurt to say it, this person is my secret bureau, a senior spy planted in the Communist Party, codenamed 'Nightingale', I'm sorry, I have nothing else to say." ”

"Is it a nightingale?" Chen Bing couldn't help but exclaim, "I've heard of the name of 'Nightingale' for a long time, this person is known for his scheming, elusiveness, ruthlessness, and unscrupulous means, and he is indeed an out-and-out master of spying." Guo Lian said: "Okay, then let's live up to the painstaking efforts and good intentions of the 'Nightingale', a benevolent brother, and study the combat deployment carefully." The three of them gathered around and plotted a battle that was destined to be bloody.

The night is dark, and the stars are shining. The night wind before dawn blew more bleak and cooler, and the surrounding mountains and forests were blown by the wind and howled, showing its teeth and claws, as if to use its most stubborn howl and arrogance to frighten the arrival of dawn and block the passing of night.

Li Fengjiang returned to Mawei Village with the team. When the villagers heard that there was a battle, they all came to celebrate, and the comrades-in-arms at home pulled Su Cheng and Lin Yi to talk about the battle. Su Cheng was talking here, and there were many people around, and Lin Yi said over there, and the audience was circle after circle. Su Cheng said: "After we touched the sentry, a burst of grenades smashed over, and the enemy was crying wolf, hugging the head of the rat and running, and then, a burst of random guns swept the enemy is dead and wounded...... Lin Yi said: "Lao Tzu touched the enemy's sentry, and the kid didn't know the impermanence of black and white to drag him to the underworld, and he was still peeing happily......" The speaker was witty and humorous, but the audience was full of laughter. The villagers and comrades-in-arms were immersed in the joy of victory. At this time, the captain Hou Liang frowned, pacing back and forth in the room, smoking non-stop, lying on the table from time to time looking at the map and pondering, political commissar Qin Gang sat next to him, wiping his glasses, with a serious look. Li Fengjiang thought that he had killed so many enemies in this operation, and when he saw the two team leaders, he would definitely praise a few words, but he didn't expect the two leaders to be very anxious, why? Li Fengjiang looked puzzled. Hou Liang finally spoke: "Captain Li, now is not the time to be happy, immediately gather the team and warn the comrades not to take it lightly and be ready to fight at any time." Immediately dispatched personnel to get in touch with the underground party organization in Tanliang Town, closely monitor the enemy's movements, and immediately report any situation. In addition, I would like to invite Uncle Zhang, the chairman of the peasant association, here. ”

"Yes!" Li Fengjiang hurriedly went to arrange it. Outside the house, the assembly call sounded, and the original hustle and bustle fell silent all of a sudden. Liang Jin said to Qin Gang: "Old Qin, gather the leaders of the brigade for a meeting to study the next step of the enemy's work." After a while, all the leaders of the brigade were present. Hou Liang said: "The enemy will soon focus on attacking us, the enemy is outnumbered, we can't fight hard, we must be ready to evacuate, in order to win time, we must send a team to Laojun Pass to block the enemy, my personal opinion is, since it is a war, it is most appropriate for me to lead the team to fight and block, you see?" Deputy Brigade Leader Yang Ruping said: "The Brigade Leader should be responsible for the command and operation of the entire brigade against encirclement and suppression, not just Mawei Village. So, it's best for me to go. Deputy Political Commissar Zhao Qi said: "No! Can you leave the troops' food, drink, and the evacuation of logistics materials? I'll go for it. Qin Gang waved his hand to signal quiet. Then, he clapped his head and said: "Okay, okay, don't fight, I will complete this task, the brigade leader is responsible for the entire anti-encirclement and suppression work, the deputy brigade leader is in charge of the logistics of the troops, and the deputy political commissar must grasp the ideological work of the troops and the evacuation of the people." Adjourn the meeting. "The leaders of the brigade are ready to go. At this time, Zhang Bo, chairman of the peasant association, walked in, and Hou Liang greeted him: "Uncle Zhang is here, sit down!" He poured a bowl of tea and handed it over, Uncle Zhang took two sips and said, "The captain came to me, what work do you want to give me?" ”

"That's right! There's a very important job to do. ”

"Then you talk about it, Lao Zhang, I'll try my best to do it." Uncle Zhang took out his pipe, untied the cigarette pouch wrapped around the pipe, pinched out a pinch of tobacco, pressed it into the pipe, Hou Liang took a match to light it for him, Uncle Zhang took a few puffs, handed it to Hou Liang, and said, "Come on a few puffs!" Hou Liang took it unceremoniously, took a few puffs, and then returned the pipe to Uncle Zhang, and said: "That's the case, the troops are about to withdraw from Mawei Village, and the enemy will definitely retaliate against the people." So, you have to organize the people of the village to take refuge in the nearby mountains first, so as not to be brutalized by the enemy. ”

"Didn't the troops win the battle? Why do you want to withdraw? Uncle Zhang asked puzzled. Hou Liang said: "This victory is just a small victory, a bigger and more brutal struggle, it is still to come, the enemy has transferred a large number of troops to encircle and suppress us, we cannot fight hard with the enemy, we must be prepared for long-term guerrilla warfare!" You can explain this for us and get the villagers evacuated safely as soon as possible. Uncle Zhang said: "I understand, I'll do it, captain, don't worry, I will do a good job of the villagers, mobilize them to evacuate as soon as possible, and don't let you be distracted." After saying that, he knocked the pipe on the heel of his shoe, rolled up the cigarette pouch, stuck it in his waist, got up to say goodbye, and went to mobilize the villagers.