The Shandong sub-bureau had a firm grasp of the enemy information received by the telephone station of the communications company, and the enemy was approaching. Moreover, according to the unit's own reconnaissance report and the commander's personal observation, analysis, and judgment, the time to jump over the enemy's "iron wall" is gradually approaching. In the middle of the night, Fang Xiao, the seconded head of the reconnaissance section, quickly stepped into a telephone station, and warmly held hands with Gu Mu, the chief secretary of the Shandong branch and head of the United Front Work Department, and Jiliu and Wan Hong, who had come to help temporarily, respectively:

"Goodbye, comrades, the time has come for our troops to jump over the enemy's 'iron wall'. I, who do reconnaissance work, must take two legs and walk in front of the troops. Now, I'm going to say goodbye to you and go first! Be vigilant and be careful! ”

Fang Xiao wanted to follow the troops to jump over the enemy's "iron wall", which was what everyone expected. Gu Mu and Song Jiliu hurriedly put the prepared potatoes and peanuts into Lao Fang's satchel and said:

"Goodbye, old man! No matter where you jump, call early when you can get in touch! ”

"Look, I won't jump too far. It could be jumping behind the enemy's back, biting the enemy twice, and it will come back. Recently, the higher authorities have stipulated that the activities and tasks of our troops should be demarcated in this Yimeng mountainous area, and we will persist in the anti-'mopping-up' war in this area. If we jump out, we'll have to jump back. Goodbye, comrades! ”

Fang Xiao was about to leave, and even Wan Hong, who was on duty, stood up and held hands to say goodbye to him. This kind of separation before the enemy's great attack has a special feeling hidden in each other's hearts, in the eyes of everyone's concern for each other, but no one has ever said it. Until the enemy's "sweep" was crushed, and everyone met again, jumped forward with each other and slapped each other enthusiastically and said:

"Haha, we're meeting again, good guy, you haven't met Marx yet!"

Only this moment, only this moment of joyful reunion, only this moment of unrestrained class friendship, can we objectively say that the special feeling at the time of separation is broken, which is originally a kind of feeling similar to the farewell of life and death. However, this kind of goodbye-like feelings, after the tortuous reflection of the revolutionary Yingzhi Xiongist thought, are so frank and unrestrained in the face of life and death!

Gu Mu, who had been tempered by the war for a long time, was about to say a few words to strengthen the revolutionary heroism before Wang Hanqing, secretary of the Yishui County Party Committee, came in. He held a sickle in one hand and a wild wormwood rope used by mountain people walking at night in the other. Behind him stood two young men with their hair pressed under their caps, two thin guards. The foggy day outside hung crystal droplets of water on their eyelashes. Fang Xiao saw Wang Hanqing at a glance, and immediately spoke:

"Goodbye, comrade leader! You came just in time for my opportunity to say goodbye to you. I'm about to go. Be vigilant and careful to deal with this massive enemy attack! ”

"Are you on a reconnaissance mission alone?"

"Nope! When the scout's is always connected with the whole of the troops. The actions of the scouts often speak of the actions of a large group of comrades. Our troops are about to jump off the enemy's 'iron wall'. As usual, the scouts were to get ahead of the troops.

"Wait, I'm looking for you." Wang Hanqing said, "There is something I want to discuss with the chief for instructions, and I happened to meet you, so you should go and tell the chief first, and say that we will arrive later, okay?" ”

Fang Xiao could see from Wang Hanqing's face that there was a particularly serious matter pressing on her heart. Just say:

"Wang Hanqing, you are the person in charge here, we are all in charge here, just say anything and we will resolutely complete it!"

"The real person in charge here is our Eighth Route Army. Without our own army, it is impossible to have an anti-Japanese base area! There can be no anti-Japanese regime in our country, the regime comes out of the barrel of the gun, and the regime must be defended by the barrel of the gun! Wang Hanqing said, "What I want to say is that our traffic officer has just sent a letter saying that the government offices of our other three counties and the more than 600 people who are accompanying the government have jumped out of the enemy's large and small attack circles in succession, and they will arrive here tonight." The traffic officer also said that their vanguard had arrived at the resting place of Tai Wai Mountain! The whole crew is coming soon! ”

"All the staff is coming soon?" Fang Xiao, Gu Mu, and Jiliu unconsciously repeated this sentence. It seems that this sentence carries a lot of weight, and it seems that everyone wonders if their ears have heard it wrong!

"yes, it's all about to arrive!" Wang Hanqing said, "Sooner or later, when our troops were about to jump out of the enemy's 'iron wall', they actually got into the enemy's 'iron wall'!" ”

"This is true, the government offices of our four counties and more than 500 people have come into the enemy's joint attack circle! Hey, it's so serious! However, we ** people, at a critical juncture, should stand up and find a way! ”

"Not bad!" Song Jiliu continued.

Gu Mu's eyes radiated a resolute brilliance and said: "Comrades, the matter has come to this, Comrade Secretary, you hurry up and arrange for our government personnel and the masses to rest and eat. Old side, you should report to the head of the army as soon as possible. We should also report this serious situation to our superiors as soon as possible and ask for instructions from our superiors. ”

It is not uncommon for a war behind enemy lines, in a war against which the situation of the enemy and our enemies is ever-changing, to jump out of the enemy's joint attack circle one after another, and to strayed into the enemy's joint attack circle under extreme fatigue. Gu Mu and Fang Xiao both experienced the battle of Tianbao Mountain in 1941 in the anti-"sweeping". The troops jumped out of the enemy's joint attack circle from dozens of miles away overnight, and when they arrived at the Ligu Mountains, it was just dawn.

Taking advantage of the dawn to look condescendingly, the Japanese army under the mountain is advancing towards this Ligu Mountain under the command of the plaster flag! This is the dangerous situation of jumping over the enemy's combined strike circle and straying into the enemy's combined strike circle.

Chen Shiyu, commander of the Binhai Naval District, made a decisive decision and ordered the troops to break out of the encirclement along the original road. So the troops poured down the mountain like flowing water, breaking through the gap in the enemy's encirclement. The grain of rice has not fallen, not a drop of water has entered, and in the remote mountain trail is another rapid march from the enemy's tracking all day. …… Some of the soldiers of the guard company who served as cover in the battle of Ligu Mountain died heroically!

Based on his personal experience of fighting behind enemy lines, Fang Xiao fully understood the anxious state of mind and the difficult situation of the comrades who strayed into the enemy's joint attack circle. He frowned and said, "Goodbye, comrades, I'll report to the head of the unit at once." Minister Gu, we all remember the time when we strayed into the enemy's joint attack circle at the Ligu Mountain, right? Our government and the people jumped out together! Goodbye, Comrade Secretary! I am your special correspondent, and I will report to the head of the unit, and the custody will be delivered to you immediately! ”

"Thank you, Comrade Fang, for your hard work. Both the government and the masses will thank you for your hard work. Wang Hanqing said, "I should also go, because the government offices of our four counties and hundreds of people will arrive soon." They've been working hard for days, so I'll send someone to find them something to eat. Old Fang, you go first, quickly tell the head of the unit, and I will arrive later. ”

Everyone said that, they went their separate ways and went to work.

On this night, the people of the Yimeng Mountains stayed awake all night. The government offices and more than 600 people who entered the Yimeng Mountains were anxious and anxious in the fog.

An hour, two hours passed. The diligent rooster began its first whistle.

Gu Mu received instructions from his superiors on the phone: The troops in the Yimeng Mountains should do their utmost and resolutely cover the local government's 'iron encirclement' when they leave the enemy's 'iron wall' without fear of all sacrifices. ”

Gu Mu received instructions from the head of the troops: Quickly get in touch with the local government and the masses of the people in the Yimeng Mountains, ask them to overcome fatigue, overcome difficulties, carry forward the revolutionary spirit of continuous combat, and quickly break away from the enemy's "iron wall encirclement" together with the troops.

The contact between Wang Hanqing and the traffic officer was that most of the government staff and the people came. But it was dark and rainy, and the rear part lost contact and was being contacted.