The vinegar village, which had been occupied by the enemy for more than ten days, was a busy scene after the enemy soldiers retreated.

The old man and the woman with the child in her arms returned to the town one after another. Everyone met happily and asked each other for safety. Everyone was busy cleaning the courtyard and the streets, and they were busy checking whether the hidden materials had been damaged or lost. The whole village and town flew dust.

Every household lit the ropes of wild wormwood and wild artemisia fire seals, and used smoke to drive away the stench left by the Japanese invading army.

The Japanese fascist invading army retreated, leaving the local people with the question: Why did the enemy come and go so quickly? Why did you clear this place? Why didn't you search this place?

"The Coastal Military District Command, which is hiding in another corner of Maling Mountain, has been sticking to this mountain to observe and monitor the enemy during the enemy's invasion of the surrounding area of Vinegar Village. Just in terms of bold and calm energy, it has aroused widespread praise from the people in the vicinity. When everyone came and went in the villa, they always liked to go around a bend in front of the headquarters, say hello to the comrades standing guard, and say a few words of greetings and praise.

The warrior Wang Zimin, who stood guard on the hillside behind the headquarters, liked to show up and greet people. When people are quiet, you can hear this conversation from afar:

"Comrade Qi Xueqin, you guys are working hard enough!"

"Ahem, it's not hard, auntie, it's far worse than you drinking the northwest wind in the mountains. You're really working hard! ”

"Ahem, if you take care of the big guys, the big guy doesn't have to worry about the family."

"Hey, it's not good, don't laugh, auntie. Hurry up and go home and take a look, the little fleas and big lice at home are starving to death if you go late! ”

"Comrade Elementary School Qin! This is when are you still in the mood to joke and wait until I get home and cook the sweet potatoes to plug your mouth! ”

"Ah, Auntie, welcome! Welcome! It's best to get more chicken and duck eggs to block, and my favorite is that you gag with big meatballs! ”

There was a burst of joyful laughter up and down the slope.

The Coastal Command, which had been busy for a day and a night, had been busy at its post under the noses of the enemy, and after sunrise the next day, it was still asleep. Except for those on duty, the entire compound was quiet. The political commissar got up early, and when he got up, he asked someone to start cooking and cooking. Light blue smoke flew into the clear sky.

Acting political commissar Liu is the cooking manager of the headquarters. During the difficult and difficult war years, he was not only able to teach people to make vegetables such as poplar leaves, elm leaves, elm flowers, acacia flowers, willow flowers, etc., but also good at identifying wild vegetables such as camellia, mountain leeks, wild garlic, and water celery. It is also possible to grasp the laws and characteristics of the growth of these wild vegetables. Therefore, no matter how difficult the material conditions behind enemy lines, there are always all kinds of wild vegetables on the slate table in front of the window of the Coastal Command canteen, which is the envy of people.

Now, Acting Political Commissar Liu is trying to make mountain leek flowers, and he also wants to burn a few grasshoppers. He knew that the old chief, Chen Shiyu, was a native of Loess Slope in Wuhan City, with a wide taste and was not a picky eater.

During the enemy's occupation of Maling Mountain, Acting Political Commissar Liu imprinted into his soul the wartime work spirit of Chief Chen, his conscientious and responsible work attitude, and especially his bold and calm vigor under the urgency of the enemy's situation. During this period, especially at night, Commander Chen asked Deputy Commander Wan Yi to take turns with him to check the sentry and rest, and he always stuck to his duty post.

Vinegar Dazhuang and Maling Mountain are not far apart, and you can almost see the enemies walking. It is conceivable that the enemy's scout guard posts will be placed closer together. This Coastal Naval District Command, which is close to the enemy, can really be said to be operating under the nose of the enemy.

It was late at night, the wind swept through the streets, and the whole villa was pitch black, except for a vegetable oil lamp at the headquarters.

Under the light, Chen Shiyu's firm and calm face looked slender, his sword eyebrows looked darker, and his big eyes with deep stubble appeared brighter. He was listening to the report on the enemy situation and busy looking at the map. Sometimes, when the sentry heard something on the hillside, he could not hold his breath, so he hurried into the station and reported:

"Go into the cave, chief, the enemy is out!"

Whenever this happens, Chen Shiyu sits still and says:

"Do you see clearly? How many enemies are there? Then he said, "Go back and report again when you have seen it clearly." The enemy is stuck at the front door of our yard, we still have the back door, don't panic, we can't go until the enemy comes along! After speaking, he was busy with his work, and said loudly to the comrades around him: "Let's not panic for the time being!" Hold your breath! ”

The intense work of the night passed. Chen Shiyu lay down to sleep under the replacement of the political commissar, deputy commander, and chief of staff. The political commissar heard the commander's heavy sleep, and quietly said to his subordinates: "Comrades, speak softly, Lao Chen is really hard enough!"

Some of the command staff slept peculiarly during the war. The peculiarity is not in the sleeping posture, the snoring and what to say in the sleep, etc. The peculiarity is that, on the one hand, it seems to be deeply asleep, and on the other hand, it seems to be awake and has not fallen asleep.

The scenes of deep sleep were the crows of chickens, the chirping of birds, the clamouring of human voices, and the general question-and-answer on the telegraph and telephone, without disturbing him, and the snoring went on soundly. On the other hand, the awakening scene is: no matter how deep the snoring sound, as long as there is a bad movement, even if the sound is very small, it will quickly impact the snoring sleep. The sleeping person jumped to his feet and took care of the problem. After all this is done, you can quickly fall asleep again.

Chen Shiyu has this peculiar sleep. Others also have this peculiar sleep.

What had an impact was that the three words of vinegar Dazhuang impacted Chen Shiyu's deep sleep. I only heard the political commissar shouting: "Oh, Vinegar Dazhuang, you are an underground comrade working there, how are you doing now?" How's the enemy? ”

Chen Shiyu, who was awakened by the impact of the three words of Vinegar Dazhuang, rubbed his eyes and said, "Political commissar, it's Comrade Vinegar Dazhuang who is here." It's not easy to get in touch! Tell him to be old and I'll talk to him! Chen Shiyu stood in a daze and talked to the underground workers.

Lao Li was transferred here from Qingdao to Yu Rongguang. The area around Maling Mountain is the center point of the second "iron wall encirclement" since the enemy's "sweep." The enemy's military feint around Vinegar Dazhuang this time was also to coordinate with the action of encircling the Yimeng Mountains. Gunshots were heard at midnight in Vinegar Village, which was under the serious hostile situation, and the enemy comrades said that they had not received any information there, and they did not know much about the situation there. Chen Shiyu made the simplest and most concise question to Lao Li: "Comrade, what is the situation with you!" ”

Lao Yu wiped the sweat on his face and said, "Chief, the situation is ......"

After listening to Yu Rongguang's answer, Chen Shiyu was relaxed, his whole body was comfortable, and his sleepiness disappeared completely. In the past two days, the situation in which our army has been surrounded by the enemy in the Yimeng Mountains has caused all the personnel of the Binhai Naval District Command to tighten their eyebrows and become restless. Now that the news has come that our Shandong Military Region has broken out of the enemy's "iron encirclement," everyone is overjoyed and can't help but laugh.

At this moment, a person walked in through the back door next to the hillside, and the man said happily: "It's been a long time since I've been here, where is this back door still for me!"

The person who came was a white face and a tall and slender figure. Wearing a short cloth gown often worn by local young peasants, a short gun at his waist, and a pair of mountain shoes on his feet, this kind of dress that is neither military nor civilian can be recognized by a discerning person at a glance. As soon as the man saw the dining table set up by the guards, he joked again: "Don't rush early, just catch up!" It's not too early or too late, just in time for the meal to start, haha, it's called the blessed don't be busy, right? ”

Everyone looked at the people carefully, and it turned out that this was Section Chief Fang Xiao that Commander Chen was inquiring about, and he was a powerful reconnaissance person familiar to the comrades of the headquarters. Then there was a noise in the courtyard that bordered on cheering.

"Ha, Lao Fang, it turned out to be you!"

"Hey, Lao Fang, you have wings, and you flew over all of a sudden!"

"Oh, Lao Fang, how long have we not seen each other, everyone misses you so much!"

During the war, the meeting etiquette of young soldiers was accompanied by shaking hands with either two fists, clapping two palms, or holding them up and falling down. Courteous meetings are rare. Fang Xiaocho told Chen Shiyu about the enemy's "ironclad encirclement" in the Yimeng Mountains, and after our army safely jumped out of the enemy's encirclement, he came to the guard company and moved his comrades for a while before he sat down to talk and eat hotly.

The communications company commander said, "Old Fang, you haven't been here for a long time. Last night, I only heard you say a word on the phone, and the phone station shouted, 'Anchor,' and the call was interrupted. To tell you the truth, we waited for you for half the night. Now you're here. You must have a reason to come. As a rule of thumb, the actions of a scout officer are often the first to act of a force. Is it? On the old side, when the scouts are always large outposts. You're here, and we're thinking of a lot of comrades coming behind you! ……”

"Comrade Company Commander, you are really an experienced old revolutionary." While eating sweet potatoes, Lao Fang said, "You don't have to guess three or two guesses, just one guess to guess accurately, yes, I am here alone, and I am a pioneer in front of many comrades." From the very beginning of the enemy's 'sweep', our troops were tasked with covering the leading organs. ”

"Yes!"

"We got rid of the enemy's 'iron wall' in the Yimeng Mountains, but we got into the second 'iron wall' set up by the enemy in the Bohai Sea area. It's so dangerous and tense, we fight wits and time with the enemy, and finally jump out of the enemy's joint attack circle. Before dawn today, our troops were divided into two routes, and I moved with this road to this mountainous area. ”

The deputy company commander took out a plate of red dates and said, "This is the comfort of the local people, eat it, Comrade Lao Fang." You jumped from the Yimeng Mountains to the Bohai Sea region, and from the Bohai Sea region to the Maling Mountains. I don't know where to jump in a combo circle. You're a rare guest, eat quickly. Hey, how long your legs are. ”

"Who says it isn't!" Fang Xiao said while eating red dates, "You still have to jump, if you don't jump out of the inner line, can you go to the outside line to destroy the enemy." ”

"But in the future, if you jump out here, you have to jump back here. I heard that this time the Shandong Military Region gave us a double task for this unit. One of these tasks is closely related to you, that is, in accordance with the needs of the current struggle against the enemy, the basic maneuver area of each unit has been stipulated, and the basic maneuver area of our troops is the Maling Mountain Area. It seems that in this anti-'mopping-up' war, I am probably the one of you who often come and go here. ”

Hearing this, the company commander excitedly punched Fang Xiao and said, "Old Fang, this is too good!" We have you as an elusive character, we will know more and faster about the enemy's situation, and our communication company will be the eyes and ears of the command organ, so the eyes will be brighter and the ears will be smarter! But what is the other task of our main force? Lao Fang, didn't you just say: The troops have a double mission here? ”

"I've heard that our troops have two missions, but what is the other mission? Miles haven't been announced yet. ”

"Yes! What did the superiors say? ”

"The superiors just said: 'In order to carry out the glorious and arduous new mission, from the day we entered the Malingshan Mountains, our troops on this route changed to the code name of smashing vinegar cans. Could it be that switching to smashing vinegar cans as a code name is to perform a glorious and arduous task? It's so new. We asked the head of the unit what is the other task? The commander of the unit did not answer directly, but just smiled and said, "You pay attention to the point, and you will know when you ask the point." We are already carrying out this task, and if it is compared to acting, it has not yet reached **! ”

( Biography of Chinese and Foreign Heroes )