After the afternoon, under the comfort and encouragement of several old people, Da Li had a meal, rested, and came to the headquarters with the old village chief and his wife. How sympathetic to Da Li's misfortune were the comrades, so they had no choice but to persuade one after another. When they saw her coming, they tried to divert her grief with the present struggle, except to say something of comfort.

So, Mr. Gu wiped a handful of tears and said: "Comrade Da Li, my mother was killed by the enemy, we believe in your strength, we believe that you can control your grief, and I believe that you can withstand this misfortune and overcome this misfortune!" ”

"Thank you for the comfort and encouragement of the leaders," Da Li said, "I will definitely control my grief and turn my grief and hatred into strength with the comfort and encouragement of the leaders." I should have thought: I am unlucky, many, many more unfortunate than me! ”

"Yes! Japanese imperialism has been going into the mountains for years to 'sweep', and I don't know how many unfortunate people there are? The enemy has caused one tragedy after another in the coastal area. How many of our mothers they have killed! How many of our brothers and sisters have been killed! The Chinese people are suffering! The base areas behind enemy lines are in the midst of a brutal struggle. Mr. Gu comforted.

"In order to save more people from misfortune and eliminate the disasters of our nation, we must better study "On Protracted War", adhere to the first independent war, and crush the enemy's offensive 'sweep', we must not be afraid of all sacrifices, we must defeat Japanese imperialism and eliminate all traitors and scum! ……”

Da Li's oath-like speech inspired the leaders and soldiers as well as himself. Everyone looked at her with admiration, and there was a temporary silence in the audience.

Chen Shiyu said: "Comrade Da Li, what you said is very good, and we all agree with your statement. But we should also think about it, this time the Japanese devils occupied this small place for a few days, and they didn't go to the big and small ravines here, why did they go to that valley? Why did you search the mountains, set fires, and kill our people in this small ravine? Why is that? Shouldn't all of us think about it carefully? ”

"That's right, I'm in favor, you should think about it." Mrs. Wu pushed out the old village chief and said, "Tell the young people, they are too young, and most of them are outsiders, so they don't know what kind of place this valley is." That's speaking with your tongue. Say, don't have a short tongue! ”

Wu Sanqi, the old village chief, knocked on the big pipe and said:

"Yes, I must say what I should say, I don't understand a word, I want to use ten sentences and a hundred sentences! You know more than I know about the world beyond the ravine. But when it comes to this little valley, I know more than you do. Now, we can't go into detail about the war, so let's make a long story short. This valley is like other ravines, where trees grow and grass grows crops. It is also like other ravines, no silver and no mines. But the situation is different with the owner. ”

"How is it different?" Chen Shiyu asked.

"This valley was originally a ravine occupied by the rich man of Maling Mountain, and I think this ravine was a paradise for the old exploitation of summer, where there are lotus ponds, all kinds of weird-looking chickens, and all kinds of flowers and plants. Every summer, a pergola was erected there, and the rich man and the little lover each rode a big donkey with a string of bells, and came and went to this little valley every day to drink and enjoy themselves. This valley is a place where the poor dare not enter......"

Aunt Wu glanced at Wu Sanqi and said, "To make a long story short, you should choose the important ones to say." You should tell these young people that the rich man has a lackey and a lover, and she kills people with her strength, and runs away to a foreign country under the protection of the old exploitation......"

"yes, to keep it as short as possible, I was about to say this." Then, Wu Sanqi talked about the old exploitative little lover sour cabbage, she is the vicious minions of the landlord class, the ruffian hooligan who oppresses one side, and the exploiter who lets donkeys roll and rolls usury. It was also in this ravine that she killed Li Dashi, the elder brother of Da Li who was mowing grass and collecting firewood......

Da Li stood up when he heard this and said: "Let me add a few words, my mother often mentioned this sour cabbage when she was alive, and it has been almost ten years since she killed my brother and ran away. Back then, my brother died tragically in this valley because he saw her messing around with the old exploiters in broad daylight. Now, years later, four of us mothers have been killed in this valley. This valley is filled with the blood of the poor! ”

"Comrades, this time the Japanese devils invaded this valley for three days and two nights, why didn't they go to other large and small ravines, but went to search this valley? I thought about it, didn't the murderer come back all those years ago? If that's the case, it's really a narrow road! This time the enemy washed the valley with blood, and only one person escaped, and you never thought who this person was? ”

"Who is it? Which one is he? ……”

"It turned out that this was the old exploiter who had spent all his time eating, drinking, and merrymaking in this valley, and he was wounded in the arm by a bullet, and he said that he had escaped under the pursuit of the enemy. He also boasted: 'The sound of gunfire was like a burst of beans and raindrops, and it did not kill him, but only wounded his arm, and it was the gods who secretly protected him, and it was the reward for his good deeds.' ’”

"It's incredible!" Chen Shiyu said.

"Yes, his nonsense, can deceive a three-year-old child but not an adult, the clear-eyed villagers analyzed: the old exploiting fox-like cunning, he can run out of the valley, the injury on his arm must hide an ulterior secret......"

"Yes, there must be a great ......."

When Chen Shiyu heard this, he said with great emotion: "How complicated is the class struggle, and if we foreigners want to do a good job in the current struggle against the enemy, we must be familiar with the local class struggle, the local situation, and the local history. Xiao Fang, you are doing reconnaissance work, this clue is enough for you to reconnoitre! ”

"I, who do reconnaissance work, used to only reconnoiter the overt enemy in the armed struggle, and we paid very little attention to the dark enemy. Look for signs, tonight, I won't be able to attend Aunt Li's memorial service. I'll leave right away. ”

Fang Xiao stood up as he spoke, the habit of the scouts was to leave as soon as they said they, and half an hour later, he, Song Jiliu and the others had already appeared on this mountain pass where the accident occurred.

Soon, the sun set, and a touch of purple sunset reflected the four towns and eight villages around Vinegar Village. In the Coastal Naval District Civil Headquarters, except for Wan Yi, who was on duty, they all went to the back hillside. A memorial service for the four mothers will be held here. The old village chief presided over the memorial service, and Commander Chen, Gu Mu, Acting Political Commissar Liu, and Da Li will all speak at the meeting.

The gunfire on the other side of the mountain stopped coming and going, and the anti-"mopping-up" war behind enemy lines was raging.

An enemy plane rumbled through the autumn fog and rubbed over the hills. People pointed at enemy planes and cursed and spit.

Enemy planes are about to land in a city northeast of the Yimeng Mountains with reconnaissance and intelligence, and the Japanese commander Kuwata is preparing to show his skills in the next "iron wall encirclement." At this moment, after he finished practicing the command of "stand up and stand upright", he was drinking Ganyu tea......

At this time, the Shandong Military Region was holding an operational meeting.

Therefore, Luo Ronghuan spoke: "Last week, Comrade ** pointed out in his report at the meeting of senior cadres in Yan'an: 'The task now is to be prepared to shoulder more important responsibilities than in the past. We must be prepared to defeat the Japanese invaders from China under any circumstances. In order for our party to be able to shoulder this responsibility, it is necessary to further develop and consolidate our party, our army, and our base areas, pay attention to the work of large cities and major transportation routes, and put the work in cities and base areas in an equally important position. We're going to use this as a basis to come up with another 'flanging tactic' to hit the enemy hard!" ”

"Good! Now our Binhai Naval District has ordered the Fourth Regiment and other troops to take down the vinegar Dazhuang and wait for the enemy's stronghold! Commander Chen Shiyu said, looked at He Jian, the commander of the fourth regiment, and said: "The two companies of your fourth regiment and the ** battalion of Linmu County attacked Vinegar Dazhuang and strived to win the ...... in one fell swoop."

On the evening of the 18th, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army instructed the soldiers and civilians of the 2nd Brigade and the 4th Regiment of the Linmu County ** Battalion to march mightily to Vinegar Dazhuang in all directions under the personal command of Chen Shiyu, chief of staff of the Shandong Military Region and commander of the Binhai Naval Region, and He Jian, commander of the old regiment.

In every village that the Eighth Route Army passed, a large number of people poured out, and they warmly welcomed their troops, and involuntarily extended their thumbs when they looked at the shining machine guns, the two-wheeled gun carriages, ladders, and planks rolling on the ground.

A young man stopped the reporter with the army: "Let me go too!" ”

"What are you going to do?" The reporter couldn't help but ask.

"Let's tear down the deer firewood, and we can also plane the wall."

The reporter with the army didn't say anything more and smiled over.

When the reporter approached the vinegar village, an old man with a wrinkled face came over, he opened his mouth with bare teeth, and his voice was a little trembling: "Zhimen are here, we welcome you, save us, please knock down the vinegar village tonight!" ”

After a flurry of firing fire, the enemy's gunfire fell silent, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army took up their positions with bows, and the political offensive began at the same time.

"Brothers of the puppet army, the devils are losing battles everywhere, and they are about to be finished, anyway, the time has come, we are here to welcome you tonight, please leave the turret immediately!"

"Leave the turret? It's so easy to say, who told you!? ”

"The people demand that we must destroy this stronghold, and we tell you again that there is no way out when you are a puppet army!"

"If you want to fight, you can fight, and if you don't fight, you can leave."

"Good! Tell you that today you will surrender unconditionally, or you will be destroyed! ”

The conversation was interrupted, and the hateful enemy, leaning on the turret, cursed wildly.

Chen Shiyu listened to the foul words of the puppet army, and gave a direct order to the little gunner on the side: "Quick, immediately knock out this dirty turret and the turret of the little ghost headquarters for me!" ”

"Yes, Chief!" The gunner went up and it was a shot.

Our small cannon roared, the shells flew violently towards the turret, the fortified turret was blown up, the torches on the turret were extinguished, and the pseudo-squad leader Li who spoke the most did not know where to go.

The turret in the southwest corner was silent, so the muzzle of the gun turned and opened fire on the one due south.

He saw a soldier with a torch, and when the cannonball fell on him, he disappeared with his torch.

While the cannon was gasping, the political offensive continued:

"Brothers on the turret, the turret can't stop the shells, if you don't surrender your guns, please all of you get on the earthen planes......"

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( Biography of Chinese and Foreign Heroes )