Chapter 45: Reflecting the Red Mountain

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At the end of the meeting, Zhang Cheng made a general arrangement for the work related to the Long March:

First, the commanders at all levels should do a good job in providing logistical support to the troops, ensure that the soldiers eat well and rest well, fully guarantee the physical fitness of the soldiers, and ensure that the troops have abundant combat effectiveness at all times. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Second, units at all levels of the division quickly distributed the weapons and ammunition issued by the division and the personal materials they were equipped with to each soldier, and demanded that the total weight of all the items carried by each soldier, including weapons and ammunition, should not exceed 20 kilograms, and that all the items carried by logistics personnel, especially the cooks, including pots and pans, should not exceed 30 kilograms.

Third, large and heavy objects such as heavy artillery should be found and buried in the ground of units at all levels of the division, and they should be marked, and if there are heavy items that must be carried, they must be reported to the division headquarters for approval.

Fourth, during the Long March, it is necessary to strictly abide by the "Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention," strictly enforce the discipline of the masses, not take a stitch from the people, freeze to death without demolishing houses, and starve to death without plundering. It is necessary to be kind and polite to the common people in all localities, to buy and sell fairly, to return on time the goods borrowed from fellow villagers, and to organize inspections by the political department of the division, and to severely deal with those who are found to have violated discipline.

After the meeting was adjourned, the members of the division's party committee and the main responsible persons of the division's logistics department studied the specific issue of material transfer. Feng Shaojie of the division's logistics office first reported the list of materials owned by the Young Communist Division: 300,000 oceans of silver dollars, 120 tons of grain, 15,000 sets of winter clothes, 30,000 sets of military uniforms, and 20,000 pairs of military boots.

Next, the group began to study specific related matters, first of all, the issue of the marching order of the troops, and finally decided that the 1st Brigade, the 5th Brigade, the Division Reconnaissance Regiment, and the Division Engineer Regiment would be the vanguard troops, and the division commander Zhang Cheng would personally lead and command, open roads in the mountains, and build bridges in the water.

The backbone troops are the troops directly under the division, the third brigade, the fourth brigade and the new corps, which are personally led and commanded by political commissar Xiao Hua, who are responsible for liaison in the center and quickly support both ends in the event of a battle.

The rearguard units were the 2nd and 6th Brigades, which were personally led and commanded by Chief of Staff Zhang Fengming, and were mainly responsible for sheltering the stragglers and blocking the enemy's pursuing troops.

The division headquarters decided to reorganize the divisional officer training team, and selected outstanding soldiers who had made meritorious contributions and cadres of squads, platoons, and companies, with a total of 500 people, who were specially responsible for serving as a sheltering team and for resettling seriously wounded personnel who were unable to move nearby.

Secondly, the issue of material transportation is discussed. It was decided that mules and horses should be uniformly distributed and used, and that all officers and men were not allowed to ride on horses and carriages unless they were wounded or sick, female comrades, or soldiers under the age of 14.

Finally, the issue of the standard preparation of articles for officers and men was discussed, stipulating that the regular equipment of the soldiers should be: a rifle, 100 rounds of ammunition, three grenades, a quilt, a set of winter clothes, two sets of ordinary military uniforms, a raincoat, two pairs of military shoes and straw sandals, and a military kettle, and the total weight should not exceed 20 kilograms.

Large military equipment is uniformly handed over to the baggage battalion for transportation, such as mountain artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns that can be carried, all of which are pulled by mules and horses.

When the time of parting finally came, the fathers and villagers of Shicheng were extremely reluctant to know that the young communist division stationed in Shicheng was leaving, and the women gathered together to give the cloth shoes and sewn clothes and socks they had made to the Red Army soldiers; Some old men and aunts carried baskets and stuffed sweet potatoes, peanuts, and hard-boiled eggs to the Red Army soldiers; And the children, who did not know the taste of sorrow, ran and jumped happily after the ranks of the Red Army.

In addition, some military family members gathered at the intersection where the Young Communist Division was about to march, looking into the distance, hoping to find their relatives in the ranks.

This situation is heartbreaking, and it is not uncomfortable.

Including the 8,000 prisoners who were not willing to join the Red Army for the time being, the Young Communist Division had more than 30,000 horses and horses, hundreds of carts and heavy supplies, and they all embarked on the main road one by one, and tens of thousands of ordinary people were sent off.

Zhang Cheng was alone, and there were not many belongings, only a bag of books given to him by Chairman Mao was something he had to take away, and the others were covered with some clothes, Zhang Cheng took the lead in bringing very few personal belongings, except for books, only fifteen kilograms of items.

At this time, he stood on the edge of the wall of the stone city, letting the cool breeze of late autumn blow his slightly long hair, his eyes crossed the mountains, forests and rivers, and looked at the faint mountain peaks under the distant mist, and a melancholy mood arose.

This time I will be able to return to the Soviet base area, maybe ten years, maybe twenty years, maybe I will never come back, right? Goodbye to the Soviet district, goodbye to the fathers and folks of the Soviet district!

After standing for a long time, Zhang Cheng turned around, glanced deeply at the farewell fathers and villagers, and then took a big stride and firmly walked into the ranks of tens of thousands of marchers, converging with neat footsteps, and gradually blending into the vast mist.

When I walked to the intersection, I saw several military families of the Red Army, and all kinds of farewell scenes were tear-jerking and unbearable. Suddenly, a thin little hand grabbed Zhang Cheng's sleeve, it was a delicate and thin little girl, seeing that her age was no more than eighteen years old, the little girl said to him shyly: "Chief! Can I follow you? ”

Zhang Cheng didn't react for a while, so he said casually: "How can this work, we are a combat unit, and we want to march and fight." ”

The little girl was anxious when she heard this: "Chief, I am walking very fast, and I can also do laundry, cook, sew clothes and socks, you can take me away." ”

A kind aunt said, "Chief! Xi'er's parents died in the hands of the white dog, both parents died, there are no relatives here, you can take her, she is alone at home, waiting for the white dog to come back......"

Zhang Cheng's body shuddered violently when he heard this, and the memories from the afterlife immediately appeared in his mind, as if a bloody rain and bloody wind were blowing in his face.

A cruel picture came into Zhang Cheng's eyes, the kind old grandfather in the crowd, the kind grandmother and aunt, the man as tall as the mountain, the military wife who said goodbye to his relatives and gently advised, and the cheerful children fell in a pool of blood one by one, this picture suffocated him and made him creepy.

Yes, after the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army left the Soviet zone, the Kuomintang reactionaries launched a horrific massacre in the Soviet area, and perhaps these farewell crowds would die tragically under the butcher's knives of the Kuomintang reactionaries.

According to Chang Kaishen's "Report on Suppressing Bandits": "The land of suppressing bandits is desolate; There is no dwelling that is burned, there is no tree that is cut down, there is no chicken and dog that is not killed, there is no strong man left, there is no smoke in the field, and the field is crying when you hear ghosts. ”

The Soviet district, which had only three million people, killed nearly a million people. The mortality rate is close to one-third, what a mad beast can do such a miserable thing!

Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng softened in his heart and said, "Little sister, can you sing?" Our army is recruiting female soldiers from the art troupe, so you can join the art troupe. ”

Xi'er said excitedly: "Chief, I can sing, I can sing, I'll sing Yingshan Red for you, I like this song!" ”

She opened her mouth and sang:

In the middle of the night, I look forward to the dawn

In the cold winter, the wax moon is looking forward to the spring breeze