The students of Liaocheng No. 2 Middle School, like students all over the country, were filled with righteous indignation at the Japanese invasion and the traitorous crimes of the Nationalist Government, and held various anti-Japanese activities to show solidarity with the students in Beijing.

During the march, Fan Shumin shouted loudly to the students: "Fight bravely to kill the enemy, and return the body of the horse leather shroud", and when he talked about the excitement, he couldn't help but blush and burst into tears.

After the parade, he and his classmates came to the south embankment of Liaocheng City, facing the endless green fields on the embankment, facing the earth of birds and flowers, he sang Li Yu's poem "Lang Taosha. Nostalgia:

"The rain is murmuring outside the curtain, and the spring is beautiful. Luo Ji is not tolerant of the five colds. In my dream, I didn't know that I was a guest, and I was greedy for joy. Alone, no railing, infinite rivers and mountains. Sometimes it's easier to see, sometimes it's harder. Flowing water and flowers go in spring, heaven and earth. ”

Thinking of the mountains and rivers that are about to be broken, thinking of Liaocheng that is about to be occupied by Japan, and thinking of myself who is about to become a slave, I can't help but cry.

He sang Yue Fei's "Man Jianghong" again:

"Angry hair rushes to the crown, leaning on the railing, Xiaoxiao rain rest. Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar, and be fierce. Thirty fame, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons. Don't wait, the young man's head is white, empty and sad. ”

Fan Shumin's hand waved, and all the students sang with him, and the high singing voice rushed to the clouds, rushed to the land of China, and swirled in the hearts of all Chinese.

In February 1938, in order to train anti-Japanese cadres, the Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Command and Political Training Office of the Sixth District of Shandong Province decided to set up a youth anti-Japanese advance brigade, appointing Fan Shumin as the captain, He Fang as the chief of staff, and Yan Rong as the director of the political department.

The members of the youth anti-Japanese advance team, the oldest is 23 years old, the youngest is only 15 years old, most of them are students of Liaocheng Provincial No. 2 Middle School, as well as primary school teachers and high school students from Linqing, Yucheng and other places, they are out-and-out child soldiers, but when the national danger is imminent, they have the blood of patriotism in the war of resistance and vow to shed the last drop of blood to defend their ancestors.

The advance team is not a combat unit, nor is it a school, but an anti-Japanese organization in the nature of a teaching team. When it was first founded, there was no political education and no party organization, and every day was an old-fashioned military drill such as "standing upright" and "taking a break."

Soon after, in accordance with the instructions of the CPC's Northwest Lu Special Committee, the advance team established a political work system, grasped ideological education, arranged political affairs classes and current affairs reports, and was given lectures by Yan Rong and He Fang to explain the party's "Ten Programs," "On Protracted War," and domestic and foreign affairs.

In addition, he also taught and sang anti-Japanese war songs, inspired the national consciousness and patriotism of the team members, and set up a "rescue room" poster. These activities quickly enlivened the political consciousness of the advance team members, and strengthened their confidence in the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. On this basis, the party organization and party activists were secretly developed.

There was a deputy captain of the advance team, named Gao Qingyun, who was an old officer sent to the advance team by Wang Jinxiang's staff office. Seeing these changes in the advance team, he was not satisfied, and said cool words: "You can't beat the Japanese away," "If you can't be an official, you can drive the Japanese away by running a poster and singing a song, I don't believe it." "This is all *** propaganda, I have to ask the General Staff Office to cancel these political lessons."

He pondered how to use his power to crack down on political activists who demanded progress.

Finally, one day, he saw that the opportunity had come, and there was a young man named Wang Xiaolu who was very demanding of progress in politics. When Wang Xiaolu walked past him, he didn't salute him, he stopped Wang Xiaolu at once, and shouted: "Wang Xiaolu, you come back!" ”

Wang Xiaolu had no choice but to come back, and said to Gao Qingyun: "Captain Gao, what's the matter with you calling me back!" ”

Gao Qingyun reprimanded him viciously: "As a member of the advance team, you know what you should do when you meet the commander, right?" ”

Wang Xiaolu then remembered that his mind was distracted just now, and he forgot to salute Gao Qingyun, so he had to say, "I'm sorry, it's my fault, I'll give you a salute." As he spoke, he gave Gao Qingyun a standard military salute.

Gao Qingyun originally came to find trouble, how could he let go of Wang Xiaolu, and reprimanded Wang Xiaolu and said: "Is it over to make up a military salute, how can it be so easy, if you don't have a long memory this time, you will never be able to remember." Slap yourself twice and then stand for an hour. ”

Wang Xiaolu couldn't stand this kind of punishment anymore, and said to Gao Qingyun: "Captain Gao, it's good that I made a mistake, and you can't treat me like this!" Isn't it overdone? ”

Gao Qingyun wanted to humiliate Wang Xiaolu in front of the public, that is, to crack down on the feelings of an activist, as soon as he heard that Wang Xiaolu dared to resist, this was repaid, he immediately jumped up and shouted loudly: "Okay, Wang Xiaolu, you dare to look at the chief and speak disrespectfully, okay, you must slap yourself four times and stand for two hours." ”

At that time, more and more people were gathering more and more, and they were all observing this matter, and some people had long been dissatisfied with Gao Qingyun, but they were the deputy captains, and they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

Yan Rong had already seen the ins and outs of this matter, and came over to Gao Qingyun and said with a smile: "Captain Gao, young people have made mistakes, we should educate them, and they shouldn't be punished like this!" ”

Gao Qingyun saw that there were still people who came to help Wang Xiaolu, and he was even more angry, and said sneeringly: "Director Yan, don't speak for him, you are from the political department, just take care of the affairs of the government, this is my administrative matter, I advise you not to be too lenient!" ”

"How can this be too wide!" Yan Rong grabbed Gao Qingyun's reasoning at this moment, "Captain Gao, as a chief, we have to take the responsibility of educating them. Beating, scolding, and punishment are the same set of the old army, and our new anti-Japanese army is not prosperous. This is the style of the old warlords, and in Commander Fan's troops, this has long been out of the way. ”

When the members of the advance team saw that the director of the political department was supporting them, they all became emboldened, and said in a gossipy manner: "We are here to resist Japan, not to be angry." "The players made mistakes, just correct them, and such punishment is simply retaliation." "Slapping, punishing the station, this is the habit of the old army, it has been banned for a long time, why did Captain Gao pick it up again."

The chief of staff, He Fang, also came over, quietly observing this qiē, Gao Qingyun saw that the chief of staff was coming, he thought that he could grasp a life-saving straw, and he was going to force He Fang to express his position, he said to He Fang: "Chief of Staff He, Wang Xiaolu has no commander, I saw that the commander was not respectful, I punished him, Director Yan actually helped Wang Xiaolu speak, if it goes on like this, how can I lead the troops." Chief of Staff He, what do you think is going on with this? ”

He Fang had already seen through this matter, how could he help Gao Qingyun speak, so he said with a smile: "Captain Gao, we are a new-style anti-Japanese army, the team members have mistakes, you can use the method of criticism and education, as for the slap and punishment station, this is the habit of the old army, it has long been broken, how can we use it again?" ”

This remark also made Gao Qingyun lose his temper, and he said angrily: "You guys! You guys! It's just a nostril of air, this captain, I can't do it. After saying that, he threw up his sleeves and left.

Gao Qingyun was angry, and everyone laughed happily. He Fang said to everyone: "Everyone is gone, do whatever you have to do." But Wang Xiaolu, when you see the chief in the future, you have to salute, don't forget! ”

Wang Xiaolu saluted He Fang with a standard military salute and said, "Yes, Chief of Staff, I know." ”

Gao Qingyun felt that he was so angry that he couldn't stay in the advance team anymore, so he had to find a way to retaliate. Anyway, the child cried and hugged his mother, Wang Jinxiang sent him, he found Wang Jinxiang again, and said to Wang Jinxiang: "I can't stay in the advance team, it's all red." In my opinion, the leader of the *** in the advance team is Yan Rong and He Fang. ”

Wang Jinxiang reprimanded him: "What are you asking to do, if you are asked to go, you will be cured, you went, you did not cure ***, but asked *** to cure you, that is your ability!" ”

Gao Qingyun was reprimanded by Wang Jinxiang again, and the more he thought about it, the more he held his breath, and said hatefully: "No poison, no husband, small amount is not a gentleman, I think, if Yan Rong and He Fang are not governed, there will be no rule of law in the advance team." ”

"And what are you going to do?" Wang Jinxiang asked Gao Qingyun.

Gao Qingyun said hatefully: "I see, once it's a hundred, I'll slaughter Yan Rong and He Fang." ”

"That's your business, I don't know anything." Wang Jinxiang said angrily.

Receiving the acquiescence of Ziwang Jinxiang, Gao Qingyun gritted his teeth and said: "Then it's no wonder I'm ruthless, you don't let me live, and I don't make you feel good." ”

Gao Qingyun found a few of his old subordinates, and he was thinking about how to deal with Yan Rong and He Fang. After a few days of secret reconnaissance, he finally found an opportunity, he and several of his dog subordinates, seeing Yan Rong alone outside, immediately grabbed Yan Rong, stuffed him into a sack, and then put him on a donkey prepared in advance, and transported him to the moat, to throw him into the moat and kill him.

Just when a group of people arrived at the moat, Fan Shumin and He Fang led a group of people to block his way. Fan Shumin said to him: "Captain Gao, what are you carrying in the middle of the night?" ”

Gao Qingyun saw that it was bad, and was caught by Fan Shumin, so he returned it and hurriedly wanted to escape, but it was too late, and he was already blocked by Fan Shumin's people. Fan Shu dared to lead these people, moved the sack off the donkey's back, opened the sack and saw that the person in the sack was Yan Rong.

Fan Shumin shouted at Gao Qingyun: "Captain Gao, what's going on, tell me!?" ”

Needless to say, the facts were all in front of him, Gao Qingyun couldn't say a word, and the few people who led him were like mice, so frightened that they shrank aside.

It turned out that Gao Qingyun wanted to harm Yan Rong and He Fang, someone had already reported to Fan Shumin, and Fan Shumin also came up with a plan, using Yan Rong as an introduction, and immediately grabbed Gao Qingyun's handle.

Fan Shumin said sharply to Gao Qingyun: "You should have been a capital crime a long time ago for doing these things, and now you are killed, and no one knows." But the Japanese are right in front of you, do you want to die, or do you want to stay alive to fight Japan, you can tell me yourself? ”

Gao Qingyun saw that he still had hope of living, so he had to say: "Captain Fan, you just leave my life, keep my breath, I can use it to fight Japan." ”

"Okay," Fan Shumin said to him, "let's take you to Chief of Staff Wang, and let him administer justice!" ”

Fan Shumin, He Fang, Yan Rong and the people of the advance team escorted Gao Qingyun to find Wang Jinxiang and asked Wang Jinxiang to see what to do. At this time, Wang Jinxiang had no choice but to remove Gao Qingyun from his post and put him in a three-month cell.