At the dawn of late winter, the snow was vast and the cold was biting.

The trumpet is melodious, streaking across the sky and breaking through the darkness of dawn. On the training ground, the sound of whistles, verbal orders, footsteps, and stabbing and killing sounded all together, majestic and loud, and the fight was not chaotic, and it was very solemn and mighty.

Chen Shiyu, chief of staff of the 115th Division, has a neat military appearance, and wears a small and delicate pistol on an orange belt around his waist, which makes this officer even more sleek, pretty, toned and handsome. He walked briskly towards the playground of the Sixth Regiment. When he appeared on the one-meter-high earthen platform in the fence gate of the training ground, the battalion commander on duty shouted "stand upright", and the playground was like waves and was in full swing, and he was suddenly silent. The warriors stood solemnly and solemnly.

The battalion commander ran to the front of the earthen platform, and after reporting the number of people and subjects to Chen Shiyu, he turned around and ordered: "According to the original subject, continue to practice!" With this resounding chorus of life, the playground was nervously boiling again.

Chen Shiyu carefully inspected the stabbing coach of the heroic company commander He Wanxiang. The chief was in front of him, and the soldiers were even more desperate, sweating up, moving neatly and bravely, and being refreshed and excited. Small snowflakes are also stirring and flying around.

Half an hour passed, and the red sun of the eastern earth had just revealed half of it. Staff Officer Li, the duty officer at the division headquarters, ran to Chen Shiyu panting.

"Report!" He gave a military salute, "Report to the Chief of Staff!" At 6:31 a.m., the scouts reported: While we were celebrating the victory against encroachment and reviewing the militia, the enemy took the opportunity to encroach on the banks of the Shu River, occupy our vinegar village, and wantonly kill people and set fire to ......"

Obviously, Chen Shiyu had thought of this situation a long time ago, but he didn't expect it to be so soon. He thought for a moment, and immediately said loudly: "You go and report to Political Commissar Luo immediately." According to your dictation, I will move the troops first. ”

"Yes!" The staff officer agreed, turned around and ran out of the training ground.

Chen Shiyu immediately ordered the commander of the division standing beside him: "Issue!" The cavalry company was ordered to urgently assemble and take it to the playground of the old sixth regiment. All the personnel of the old sixth regiment were ordered to immediately assemble urgently in the playground and prepare for the battle to set off. Cadres above the regular company level were then ordered to go to the division headquarters to receive orders. ”

The commander of the trumpet obeyed the orders and issued the numbers one by one.

Suddenly, the sound of trumpets rang out from different distances and directions on all sides.

The chief of the trumpet listened to the sound of the answer trumpets everywhere, and counted silently: "The old fourth regiment...... Spy Company...... Cavalry Company ......"

As soon as the horn sounded, the chief of the department reported to Chen Shiyu: "Report to the chief, all the orders of the ministries have been received. ”

Chen Shiyu frowned, obviously thinking about this sudden military situation. In order to know what was going on, he walked towards the bridge leading to the division headquarters in the west of the village.

As he walked, he thought: "The thousands of traitors in the area along the Shu River are too hateful, and they should have been collected a long time ago!" At present, the 'double reduction' here is being carried out in more depth, the villages that are not thorough are 'cooking raw rice' and should continue to go deeper, and the villages that have not carried out the work are about to be carried out. The common people were all rejoicing and singing everywhere: 'Clear sky, clear sea, silver light in the sun's radiance, this is the frontier ...... of the free seaside motherland' The troops are training intensively and are ready to go to this enemy-occupied area to strike at them! ”

Chen Shiyu thought of this and felt that the situation was sudden, but because it was his duty to fight, his brain was like a sieve, instinctively filtering all the losses that should have been avoided but were not avoided.

"Yes, that's it!" After thinking about it repeatedly, Chen Shiyu made a decision affirmatively. Standing at the head of the bridge, looking at the banks of the Shu River, he muttered: "If you fight a wolf, you won't die, but you will be bitten by a wolf!" ”

There was a rush of dust in front of him, and two war horses galloped over. The guard Lin Zi, this alert little war soil, ran up to meet him, raised his hand, and shouted: "Correspondent! The chief is here. Dismount! ”

Two correspondents reined in the horse's head and jumped off the warhorse, one led the horse, and the other nervously ran to Chen Shiyu, gave a military salute, and handed over a piece of information to Chen Shiyu.

Chen Shiyu opened the written information and looked at it quickly, showing a little nervous expression on his face. Turning around, he hurried towards the division headquarters.

On the north wall of the division headquarters, military maps were hung, and the secret curtain was opened. Political Commissar Luo, Division Commander Chen Dai, Deputy Political Commissar Li, Director Xiao, and the cadres of Zeng Guohua, Fu Zhuting, the Old Sixth Regiment, and the cavalry company who were ordered to come were already waiting for orders and judging the enemy's situation.

"Intelligence is here again!" As soon as Chen Shiyu entered the door, he said anxiously, and all the cadres surrounded him.

Chen Shiyu was just about to hand over the information to Luo Ronghuan, political commissar of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and commander of the Shandong Military Region, when Luo said in a low voice: "Shiyu, you should read it!"

Chen Shiyu quickly unfolded the intelligence, and said loudly in a loud voice: "The devils and puppet army in Tancheng are still ...... in Vinegar Dazhuang."

Luo Ronghuan punched the table and said angrily: "It's too much of a deception! To an incredible extent, the only way to do this is to destroy them! ”

"Yes! Let's go. "Master Chen Guang decisively ordered.

"Please allow me to lead the cavalry company to complete the task of rapidly encircling and cutting off the enemy's escape." Obviously, Chen Shiyu was already very anxious.

"Comrade Shiyu!" Political Commissar Luo thought for a moment and looked at Chen Shiyu with concern, "I shouldn't have decided like this, but today," he looked at Senior Commander Chen and Deputy Political Commissar Li, only to see the two of them nodding slightly. Political Commissar Luo continued: "Today you have to decide like this, you can go!" ”

"Commander Luo, can I go?" Chen Shiyu asked anxiously.

Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan glanced at Chen Guang, and then nodded to Chen Shiyu, who hurriedly stepped out of the door.

"Please slow down!" Political Commissar Luo followed closely behind Chen Shiyu and sent him out of the door and admonished, "Chief of Staff Chen, you are a person who values feelings, ordinary people, in case of any misfortune, remember to be calm and don't be too impulsive!" ”

"Don't worry, old man!" Chen Shiyu shook Political Commissar Luo's hand tightly, "Please believe in my Shiyu's sanity......

"Good! I wish you success! Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan said to Chen Shiyu.

It was his old habit that the guards outside the gate prepared their horses early, and whenever the chief had a task, he always prepared everything he needed in advance. Although he was only nineteen years old, he was already a veteran of many battles. People call him "Little Devil".

Chen Shiyu flew on his horse, galloped to the playground of the sixth regiment, waved his hand to the cavalry company, and the cavalry company commander gave an order: "Get on the horse...... Advance! With the sound of this fate, the sound of horses' hooves like a torrential rain was stirred, and the whole cavalry company rushed towards the road like a great tsunami. The dust was flying, and more than 200 people and horses rushed towards the direction of Vinegar Dazhuang.