February 27, 1944. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info Beiping.

Beach Hospital, a young schoolgirl-looking woman came to the hospital, she was about twenty years old, student-like. Some nurses in the hospital knew her and greeted her: "Xiao Cong, are you coming to the hospital again?" ”

Xiao Cong said: "Yes, let's do something." ”

Xiao Cong's surname is Shen, and after her mother died of cancer, she became the pillar of the family. Over the years, my father left home and never returned, and my brother and sister who were outside did not come back. On this day, I received news that my father had sent someone. I'm here today to meet people.

After waiting in the hospital for a while, I saw a young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old walking over, holding a book in his hand and a scarf around his neck, both of which belonged to his father. Xiao Cong hesitated for a moment and greeted him.

The young man also saw her, greeted her, and said, "Is it Xiao Cong?" ”

Xiao Cong said: "Yes." You were sent by my dad? ”

The young man said, "Yes." My name is Li Cheng. Let's go to your house. Talk as you go. ”

Now, under Japanese occupation in Beiping, there is a shortage of materials, and the rationing system has been implemented for some time. Since the defeat of the North China Campaign, even ordinary people know that there will be a battle in Beiping sooner or later. Since the beginning of the past few months, the families of relatives in the countryside have moved out, and half of the houses in Peking are locked guards.

In the past few days, the Eighth Route Army and the Northeast Coalition Army have blockaded Beiping, and the supplies are even more scarce, and Shen Xiaocong's family has no food, and life is really unbearable.

Li Cheng came to Beiping at this critical moment, bringing hope to Shen Xiaocong.

On the way, seeing that there was no one left and right, Xiao Cong said, "Can't my dad come back?" ”

Li Chengdao: "I really can't. You know, now, the army is about to liberate Beiping, the liberated areas have expanded, the countryside has almost been liberated, and we are still preparing to annihilate the Japanese army in North China. ”

When Xiao Cong heard that he was going to liberate Beiping and North China, he felt a little better, and said: "I hope to defeat the Japanese earlier, and we can be Chinese in a dignified manner." ”

Li Chengdao: "This time I have several tasks, and arranging for you to leave Beiping is one of my tasks. ”

Xiao Cong said: "Leave Beiping? How did my dad arrange for us? ”

Li Chengdao: "Your father's meaning, first, is to bring you and Xiaobai to the base area; The second is to hand over the house of the patrol department to the organization. ”

Xiao Cong's father's name is Shen Bochun.

Shen Bochun, born in 1898, a native of Xinzhuang, Wanping, Hebei Province, graduated from the Department of Economics of Peking University in 1925, participated in the revolution in 1934, served as the director of the Political Department of the newly formed 17th Route Army of the National Government, and in 1936, he served as the director of the Communication Department of the Pacification Office of the 17th Route Army, and participated in the struggle before and after the Xi'an Incident. At the time of the Xi'an Incident, he was the spokesman of Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1937.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as a senior senator of the forward headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and carried out united front work against the upper echelons of the Kuomintang. In 1940, he served as Secretary-General of the Forward Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and Secretary-General of the Headquarters of the Eighteenth Group Army. In July 1941, he was elected chairman of the Senate of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region.

In 1943, Shen Bochun served as the former deputy director of the General Intelligence Department of the Eighth Route Army and the director of the Northern Henan Office.

His son and son-in-law are all Eighth Route Army, except for an engineer and a film director. The second son-in-law is Cheng Yin, the film director, who directed the movies "Xi'an Incident" and "Southern Expedition and Northern War". His wife's name is Shin Shin. Of course, in 1944, he was not yet a film director, mainly directing plays.

When Xiao Cong heard that he and his sister were picked up, he was very excited and said, "Then when are we leaving?" ”

Li Chengdao: "I'll leave tonight." Now, our army has surrounded several county towns around Beiping, and the big war is about to begin. You have to go out of the city as soon as possible, otherwise you are afraid that you will not be able to get out. ”

Shen Xiaocong said: "What am I doing in the base area? Go to the front? ”

Li Chengdao: "No, go study first." You are a knowledgeable young man, and according to the consistent practice of Yan'an, you either go to the institution or go to study first. We have liberated too many areas and are in urgent need of cadres. If it's a simple way to avoid disaster, then there's no need to go out of the city. ”

The two walked and talked, and arrived home.

Shen Xiaocong wanted to leave, but now that he really wants to leave, he is still a little reluctant. After thinking about it, he took out a bunch of keys and said, "This is the key to the house of the patrol hall, this is the key to my house, you can give it to the organization." Please ask them to take care of my house, and if there is anything to do in my house. Maybe when the revolution wins, we'll come back. ”

Li Chengdao: "Very good. You pack your things first, just bring the necessary things, and bury the valuables. I'll go hand over the keys now, and you can get my sister back." We set off in the evening. ”

After Li Cheng left, Shen Xiaocong immediately packed up his things, brought all the money from the family, buried the valuable things according to what Li Cheng said, packed up his and his sister's clothes, and found two more of his father's clothes.

Shen Xiaocong wanted to prepare something to eat. Now, she doesn't need to be careful about the calculations, so she has made the only little stick noodles in the family into a nest. I was preparing to eat when the sound of airplanes outside came again.

In the past few days, planes from the Northeast Coalition Army have come every three or five times, and leaflets have been scattered everywhere, and almost everyone knows what's going on. Shen Xiaocong had already seen several different versions of the flyer, and when she heard that the plane was coming, she wanted to come out and take a look.

When I went out of the gate, I felt that it was wrong, because this time the plane was flying very fast, there were more than a dozen planes fighting in the sky, there were six planes painted with red five-star painting and three planes painted with red plaster, and the remaining plane with five stars was chasing a large Japanese plane.

As soon as Shen Xiaocong went out, he saw a Japanese plane being hit, smoking, and falling south of the city, and the other plane seemed to be panicked, and was hit by the machine gun of a plane of the Northeast Coalition Army, and fell to the east.

At this moment, the very powerful devil plane aimed at a plane of the Northeast Coalition Army and drove away with a bang.

A plane of the Northeast Coalition Army was hit, but it did not dodge or dodge, and collided with the Japanese plane.

Shen Xiaocong was so frightened that he closed his eyes suddenly.

After a while, no explosions were heard, and I saw that the wounded Northeast Coalition plane had already flown away, and the other two Northeast Coalition planes took advantage of this opportunity to hit the Japanese plane. This powerful Japanese plane ran away in smoke.

Shen Xiaocong heard the nearby neighbors cheering, although he suppressed his voice.

At this time, another plane of the Northeast Coalition Army chased after the large Japanese plane, and the sound of the plane's artillery fire came from the southeast.

The sky fell silent.

Li Cheng arrived.

In the evening, three people carried boxes and hired rickshaws to go out of the city. Because there was no siege on the northwest side, the Eighth Route Army did not set up a sentry checkpoint here. Only the traitors were at the checkpoint, and they were not serious, so the exit from the city was very smooth. There was a lack of food in the city, there was a lack of everything, and the Japanese army also encouraged the people to be born to earn a living, while consuming food.

Outside the city, Li Cheng quickly found a carriage. The spirits of the three of them relaxed all of a sudden, walking all the way, chatting all the way, talking and laughing.

Time passed quickly, the carriage walked for several hours, arrived at a village, and entered a large courtyard.

Although it was dark, there were many people in the yard, and the two sisters looked very novel. Li Chengdao: "These are all their own people, they are soldiers of the army, and now, this is the edge of the liberated area." This village is our army. You're home. ”

Shen Xiaocong: "Do we still have a long way to go?" ”

Li Cheng: "That's right. Rest assured, the road you will take in the future will be in the liberated areas, with food and drink, and your own people. ”

At this time, a person came over and said, "Comrade Song, do you know that there is an air battle today?" ”

Shen Xiaocong thought, "Isn't he Li Cheng?" Why is the surname Song again? ”

Li Chengdao: "I saw with my own eyes that two of their planes were shot down and two were damaged. We were wounded two. ”

The man said: "We heard the radio, and a big plane that ran was a plane transporting important people, and we chased it to the vicinity of Tianjin, and shot it down, and captured one alive. The remaining one, a Japanese ace pilot, ran away. Both fighters shot down were new pilots. ”

Li Chengdao: "That's great. Our Air Force is very powerful and is not afraid of death. I saw with my own eyes that one of our planes was damaged, so I simply went to hit the devil's plane, and the old pilot of the devil was really good and dodged, but was injured by another plane. ”

The man: "I heard that the devil came to an aircraft carrier. Stay on the Bohai Sea. Do you know what an aircraft carrier is? ”

Li Chengdao: "I heard that it is a kind of large warship that can take off and land planes. ”

The man said, "Good boy, that's amazing." ”

Early the next morning, Li Cheng came to the residence of the Shen sisters and said, "I'm sorry, I can only send you here, and I have a new task temporarily." The two of you wait here until noon, and a person from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army will lead the two of you to the headquarters. You can rest assured, the battle has just ended on the way forward, and the countryside is our territory, and many county towns are ours. In the words of Mr. Lu, you can sing and walk. ”

Shen Xiaocong said: "Do you work with my father? Will we be able to meet again in the future? ”

Li Cheng: "Yes, I work with him, and we will definitely meet again in the future." Saying this, he took out a stack of money and gave them the money for the journey. This is the money in the liberated area, and the Shen sisters have never used it.

Neither of them now imagined that a few years later, they would be married.

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1, Shen Bochun, his daughter Shen Xiaocong, and son-in-law Li Chengdu are indeed their own. Shen Bochun's remarried wife is Guo Xi, who is the female Eighth Route of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and is very famous. Later, she was famous for giving birth to many children, and after marrying Shen Bochun, she gave birth to five before liberation, all of which were handed over to fellow villagers to raise, and one after liberation. Zhou Gong once joked with her: "If you have a child like you, I, the prime minister, don't do it." ”