The next day, after Li Yunlong was discharged from the hospital, he returned to his home, and how did he know that his backyard had become a weapons testing ground. Before he entered the hospital, he heard the sound of *** continuous shooting in the backyard, he was shocked, raised his feet and rushed to the backyard, the guard Xiao Wu was more agile than him, and in the blink of an eye, he had already pulled out a gun in his hand and rushed into the backyard in front of him. Li Yunlong was taken aback by the scene in the backyard, where a bottle was placed at the base of the back wall, and his two sons and Zhao Gang's four children were happily shooting at the bottle. Li Jian was holding an imperial "Stern" type ***, Zhao Shan was holding an American M-3 type ***, these two boys who didn't know the depth of the gun were dialed to the burst position, and a pull of the trigger was a long point shot, the bottle was not broken, but the brick wall was beaten with holes, and a group of younger brothers and sisters were concentrating on pressing bullets into the spare **. Li Yunlong almost ran out of anger, these muddy boys were playing with their lives, shooting at the brick wall at such a close distance, and the bullets bounced back on the wall, and every shot of this kind of "ricochet" could kill people. It seems that these children should be beaten, and if they don't care about discipline, they will dare to play in the house tomorrow.

When the children saw Li Yunlong come back suddenly, they were a little stupid, and they looked at their father blankly, not knowing how their father should send them down. Li Yunlong walked over with a pleasant face, took the M-3***, skillfully fiddled with it a few times, pulled out the **, withdrew the bullet, and closed the safety cover. He said like a teacher's lecture: "This gun is called M-3 type, made in the United States, mass production began in 1942, and stamping parts were widely used in the gun body, which was a major breakthrough in gun production at that time, and the production cost was greatly reduced, each was only 22 US dollars at that time, with a caliber of 11.43 mm and a bullet capacity of 30 rounds." Oh, and that one is British-made 'Stern'. You see, this gun is designed to be very distinctive, and its ** is not inserted from the lower part of the gun like others, but from the left side, so that it has an advantage, and when shooting in a lying position, you can lie very low to reduce the risk of being shot. In the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, these two guns were heavily equipped with Kuomintang troops according to the "Lend-Lease Act" of the US government, and we captured a lot of them during the Liberation War. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, these two guns were retired from active service and only issued to the militia because they had fallen behind in terms of range, lethality, and accuracy. Where did you get that? ”

Seeing that his father was not angry, Li Jian became much more emboldened, and replied: "It was issued by the 'Red Revolutionary Union', saying that they would pick up guns to defend the fruits of the victory of the 'Cultural Revolution'." Many of our classmates have received guns, even some elementary school students. ”

Li Yunlong was so angry that he jumped to the door of his head, and said in his heart that these bastard rebels are really lawless, and even the lives of the children are child's play, so it's okay not to clean them up? He restrained the anger in his heart, and said casually on the surface: "Do you know what the shooting method of Li Jian and Zhao Shan just now is called? Tell you, it's called suicide shooting, you shoot at the brick wall at close range, so that you put yourself under the cover of ricochet killing, there is no safety blind spot in the yard, seven or eight bullets are fired at a long point, the direction of the rebound of each bullet is irregular, and the rebound warhead hits other walls and continues to rebound, and even after three rebounds, it is still lethal, you fools are not injured. ”

Zhao Shan said: "Dad, we remember, we won't fight anymore in the future." ”

Li Yunlong said: "Well, remember? Now that I've finished talking to you, it's time to talk about punishment. After speaking, he suddenly changed his face: "Li Jian, Zhao Shan, both of you are elder brothers, the same mistake, being an elder brother has to be more responsible than being a younger brother, because you are older." The mistake you made today was very serious, you got some broken guns and came back and fought in the yard, if I came back late, no one would die? So today I will discipline you well, or you will never remember. He took off his belt and said, "Well, when the elder brother gives each of them ten strokes, and when the younger brother each gives five strokes, and the girls stand for two hours without beating and punishment, is that fair?" ”

Li Jian and Li Kang, the two brothers, have been beaten by their father even for themselves to remember, and they have become accustomed to thinking like this: If you get into trouble, you have to be beaten, which is very normal. But Zhao Shan, Zhao Gao, Zhao Shui, and Zhao Chang, the four brothers and sisters, have never been beaten since they were children, and their father Zhao Gang never advocated beating children. So Zhao Shan had the courage to protest: "It's not right to beat people, even if you make mistakes, you should be persuaded to educate, this is what my father said, he has never beaten us." ”

Li Yunlong was surprised: "Hey, it's really Zhao Gang's species, and it's just one set in such a big mouth." Let me tell you: First, now I am your father, and since I am your father, I have the right to beat you. Second, if I don't beat you and my two younger brothers, then it will be unfair to Li Jian and Li Kang, because you have all made mistakes, how can you punish some and not punish others? Isn't that a dish to be dished? I can't divide you brothers into three, six, nine, and so on. As for Zhao Shui, she is a girl, girls can't be beaten, and if they make mistakes, they can only be punished, this is called respecting women, understand? Third, your father has entrusted you to me, that is, he agrees that I will discipline you in my own way, and there has never been such a thing as 'persuasion and education' in our family rules, and if you make a mistake, you should be beaten, even in front of your father, I will still beat you. Zhao Shan thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he said, "Okay, I admit the punishment." But I caused the matter first, the younger brothers just pressed the bullets, and they were also blamed for the wrongs, and I replaced them with the belts they deserved, okay? ”

Li Yunlong shook his head with a stiff face: "No, I have clear rewards and punishments here, my younger brothers made the mistake of being beaten with five belts, you and Li Jian made the mistake of being beaten with ten belts, whoever should be is whoever, and no one can replace it." ”

Zhao Shan had nothing to say: "Dad, I'll come first......

The sound of snapping belts on their buttocks sounded in the living room, and the five boys gritted their teeth and took the amount of belts they deserved, and no one cried. They have understood that in this family, as a man, it is always a shame to cry. Zhao Shui was 12 years old at the time, she stood in the living room for two hours, she understood a truth, girls can't be beaten, but they can be punished, this is the Li family's family rules for respecting women.

The conference table in the headquarters conference room was rectangular and covered with thick green tweed. On the wall in front of the conference room hung a huge military map, marked with symbols of various colors and dense contour lines and depth contours. A large fuchsia velvet curtain hanging from the ceiling to the floor was ajar, revealing the map within. Li Yunlong sat on the south side of the conference table, which had always been the position of No. 1. Political Commissar Ma Tiansheng sat on the north side of the conference table, and there was a five-meter-long conference table between the two.

Li Yunlong smoked a cigarette, and he had a brass ashtray at hand, made from the bottom of a 152-millimeter caliber shell. He kept flicking the ashes of his cigarette, his eyes were shining, and he stared at Ma Tiansheng opposite, as if he wanted to turn his gaze into a knife and stab him fiercely. Ma Tiansheng drank tea peacefully, met the hostile gaze of the other party with a soft gaze, showing a humble self-cultivation and elegant demeanor. This is the first confrontation between two professional soldiers with different experiences and personalities, and it is also a confrontation that will happen sooner or later. Neither of the two took each other seriously, according to Li Yunlong's thoughts, this recruit who only joined the army in 1943 was not qualified to talk to him at all. In 1943, the Anti-Japanese War has been fought for six years, how many years has he been the head of the regiment, Ma Tiansheng is still a recruit, Lao Tzu shot more bullets than he has ever eaten, what kind of thing is he? Why climbed to the position of the military rank?

And Ma Tiansheng's evaluation of Li Yunlong is not too high: a martial artist. Qualifications are old and? Peng Dehuai, Gao Gang, Rao Shushi, and Liu Shaoqi's qualifications are not old? How about now? Haven't they all gone to jail? Compared with them, what are you Li Yunlong? Even if you can fight a war and make great achievements, isn't that a thing of the past? That era is long over. Now is a new historical period, and it is time for a simple-minded general like you to be eliminated by the times. Compared with a soldier like Ma Tiansheng, who started out in politics, Li Yunlong's brain is indeed simpler. His fatal mistake was to attach too much importance to seniority, but he ignored one point, the times have changed, the era of Jin Ge Iron Horse and a hundred battles has long ended, and after the dust of war settles, it should be an era of playing politics and playing power. In the early days of the Central Committee, a newly emerging political force in the party, there were indeed not many senior people among its members, and even if there were, they were gradually eliminated. And most of the members' qualifications are not worth mentioning, such as the famous pen man***, he simply has no revolutionary qualifications, but this does not prevent his power from rising to the sky. The ancients said: "When there is no hero, then the vertical son becomes famous", which is the truth.

At this time, Li Yunlong was holding back the fire in his belly, because of Ma Tiansheng's statement, the contradictions between the two major factions in the city quickly intensified, and the large-scale armed struggle escalated into a war. Intelligence from various quarters shows that the local units under the provincial military district have become like fire and water with the field army units because they have openly expressed their support for "Jinggangshan," and almost all the weapons of the "Jinggangshan" faction come from the arsenal of the provincial military district. There is also information that during the recent large-scale exchange of fire, some military advisers in civilian clothes appeared in the command system of the "Jinggangshan" organization to assist in directing operations. These people seem to be professional soldiers, and they are very professional in tactical command, firepower, fortifications, and coordination of various arms. The situation is very clear, the provincial military district has secretly intervened in the armed struggle, not only providing weapons and ammunition to the faction it supports, but also sending quite a number of operational staff officers to assist in directing the operation.

What made Li Yunlong even more troublesome was that with Ma Tiansheng's acquiescence, some units of the field army also secretly intervened in the martial arts. Du Changhai, the leader of the "Red Revolutionary Union," recently set up a tank detachment, and the Type 59 was originally the latest equipment of the army's tank regiment. Was it snatched or secretly sent? He should know this by nature. Li Yunlong had just received information from the special detachment that Du Changhai, the former deputy commander of the artillery regiment who was hot-headed at the first sight of the artillery, had recently been fighting the idea of a rocket artillery regiment belonging to the army. This regiment was formed later, and it was equipped with 130-caliber self-propelled rocket artillery, and if that madman Du Changhai got these rocket launchers and fired a salvo at the western district, those shells that could produce a high temperature of 3,000 degrees Celsius after the explosion would drown half of the city in a sea of fire. Li Yunlong couldn't dare to think about it anymore, no matter what means he used, he must stop this madman. After a long time of staring at each other, Li Yunlong finally lost patience, and he called him by his name very unceremoniously: "Ma Tiansheng, the martial arts fight in this city is like this, don't you think you should be mainly responsible?" What authority do you have to represent the field army in favor of a faction and against a faction? Don't you understand the principles of organization? Dare to make decisions without discussion by the military party committee? ”

Ma Tiansheng retorted with a smile: "Commander Li, during your hospitalization due to illness, according to our army's regulations, you will temporarily stop exercising command. As the political commissar of this army, of course, I will have to preside over all the work. You shouldn't have any objection to that, right? He paused, and then said softly and firmly, "Commander Li probably didn't read the newspaper during his hospitalization, right?" I am afraid that you lack an understanding of the current situation, and the Central '**' group has repeatedly stated that the PLA should support the revolutionary leftists, and as the political commissar who temporarily presides over the work, what is my crime in carrying out the instructions of the Central '**' group? Supporting the revolutionary left is not just about paying lip service, but about taking concrete action. And not because the army is an armed group with the barrel of a gun? In other words, the PLA cannot stand idly by when the revolutionary leftists are attacked by counterrevolutionary organizations, but should firmly stand with the leftists and repel the attacks of counterrevolutionary organizations. Otherwise, we will make the mistake of right-leaning capitulationism. Wasn't the failure of the Great Revolution in 1927 caused by Chen Duxiu's right-leaning capitulationism that ordered the workers' pickets to lay down their arms? The experience of history is noteworthy. Recently, Comrade ** also affirmed the slogan of 'Cultural Offensive and Military Defense' and gave important instructions, Comrade ** said as follows: "I remember that it seems that a revolutionary organization in Henan put forward such a slogan, called 'Cultural Offensive and Military Defense'...... and this slogan is correct: 'You can't be naïve, they don't lay down their arms, they hold spears, they hold big knives, and they will lay down their weapons against you. Lao Li, you and I are both old comrades who have been educated by the party for many years, who is Comrade **? It is the wife of the great leader Mao **, her words are on behalf of **, and what attitude to Mao's instructions and the instructions of the Central "**" group is a question related to the position of the proletariat, a major issue of right and wrong, and there is no room for reconciliation on this point. Ma Tiansheng's tepid and serious words choked Li Yunlong for a long time.

When it comes to political and theoretical issues, Li Yunlong is at a disadvantage, and his own mind is also confused, what words can he find to refute it? Ma Tiansheng is right, the slogan of supporting the leftists and "civilizing and attacking and defending" was not invented by Ma Tiansheng, and there is nothing wrong with him carrying out the "**" instructions of the Central Committee. Li Yunlong couldn't say clearly for a while, but he always vaguely felt that something was wrong, and he had to slowly sort out the clues, the highest command organ of the army is the Central Military Commission, and according to the principle of army building of our army, the party should command the gun, and then the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee should be the highest decision-making organ. Its authority seems to be supreme, so where did the Politburo go? Was it revoked or dissolved? No one has told you whether its legitimacy still exists, and there is no documentation that the central "**" group is considered the highest authority. Who can make a clear picture of what the highest organ of power is in the huge China? Don't say that Li Yunlong was confused, few people in China at that time could explain clearly, and if anyone stupidly took this "Constitution" and said that China's highest organ of power was *****, which was stipulated in the Constitution, then everyone would definitely think that this guy was nervous and talking nonsense. The constitution is for foreigners to see, and when it is taken to the international meaning, who will compete with the constitution?

Li Yunlong's drowsy brain was like a pot of pulp, and a thin crack suddenly cracked, and a shimmer of reason faintly shot in through the gap? He seems to understand a little bit, you can't get into the mess of things to think about problems, you have to jump out of the mess and think about problems, don't dwell on the small things on the surface. It doesn't matter who listens to or doesn't, what is the highest organ of power, who is leftist and who is right, who is revolutionary and who is counter-revolutionary, the key is who has the right to judge and interpret, Stalin's words can be described as brilliant: "The victor is not to be blamed." Thinking of this, Li Yunlong understood that things in this world were originally very simple, but politicians made things complicated by the mysteries. Then again, if you just shout slogans, write big-character posters, and revolutionize the life of culture, then whoever wants to make a revolution will be revolutionary, and they will be idle anyway. The problem is that the two leaders of the rebels are no longer satisfied with the fate of the revolutionary culture, they want to carry out an armed revolution, and the movement is getting bigger and bigger, and they want to use tanks and artillery. This offends the interests of the majority of ordinary people who originally wanted to live a peaceful life. Li Yunlong, who had been revolutionary all his life, finally gained a deeper understanding of the word "revolution," and he believed that it was his responsibility to stop this kind of nonsense revolution, even though doing so would involve great risks and might even lead to death.

Li Yunlong stared at Ma Tiansheng opposite, and suddenly felt that this guy was quite pitiful. He thought, even if I, Li Yunlong, have a low level of education, but I have learned to think, but you are a dog with a belly of knowledge, and when it comes to revolution and theory, it is the Tao, but is that the result of your thinking? You're a parrot at best. Which of those theories did you come up with on your own? He really took pity on the horse by nature.

He adjusted his mood and said gently: "Old Ma, we should discuss, the martial arts must be stopped, and if we continue to fight like this, the city will be over, I don't know how many people will die." First, immediately liaise with the provincial military districts to eliminate antagonism and jointly stop armed fighting. It's all the People's Liberation Army, how can they kill each other? Second, it is necessary to ensure the security of military restricted areas, military organs, and arsenals. Declare that if there is any impact on the above targets, it will be killed. Third, it is necessary to act in concert with the provincial military districts to declare that the armed forces will not intervene in local factional disputes and to jointly collect the weapons of the two factions. ”

Ma Tiansheng thinks that the few suggestions put forward by Li Yunlong today are very unreasonable, he is a military-level cadre anyway, why don't he even talk about principles? This is no longer a personal contradiction with Ma Tiansheng, this is a direct confrontation with the central government's "**", no wonder Mao ** said that there is a bourgeois headquarters in the party, and the same is true in the army, this Li Yunlong has a lot of complaints about the "Cultural Revolution", it is clear that he is the person in that headquarters, this person is too ignorant of current affairs, and sooner or later he will be unlucky.

Ma Tiansheng took out a copy of the "Liberation Daily" and said: "Commander Li, this is an important editorial, entitled "'Cultural Offensive and Military Defense' is the Revolutionary Slogan of the Proletariat." You see, the editorial pointed out: We oppose the armed struggle provoked by the class enemy, and we are not afraid of it. On the one hand, we attack civilly, lay out facts, reason, politically expose, isolate, criticize, and defeat the enemy, and educate the deceived masses; On the one hand, when a handful of reactionary fellows pounce on us with sticks, knives and guns, we will resolutely fight back until the dictatorship of the proletariat is imposed on them and their rampant attack is completely crushed...... Okay, that's it. Lao Li, I think that the suggestions you just made are extremely wrong and run counter to the spirit of the Central Committee's **** group. Therefore, I disagree. First, some responsible persons of the provincial military districts belong to the capitalist roaders hidden in the army, who openly support the reactionary organization 'Jinggangshan Corps,' provide them with weapons and ammunition, and send operational staff officers to direct the armed struggle; this is a rampant attack on the dictatorship of the proletariat. Second, there is information that in the near future, the Central Committee's "**" group will take a stance on the city's problems and will declare the 'Red Revolutionary Union' a revolutionary leftist, and it is the bounden duty of our field army to support the revolutionary left. If we sit idly by while the leftists are attacked and massacred by counter-revolutionary organizations, then what do we have to do in the PLA? Third, Mao taught us that revolution is an insurrection, a violent action by one class to overthrow another. In dealing with reactionary organizations like the 'Jinggangshan Corps,' we should strike back without mercy, and there must be no mercy for women. It is a trivial matter that the city is flattened, and it can be rebuilt in the future, and we must not only settle economic accounts, but not political accounts. It is worth dying a few people now, and if the counter-revolutionaries succeed, millions of our heads will fall to the ground, and the red country will change color......"

Li Yunlong finally couldn't hold it back, he slapped his palm on the table, and roared: "Ma Tiansheng, you don't fucking sell dog skin plasters, I have heard a lot of these bullshit, I don't need you to come to class, who is leftist, who is rightist is not up to you, nor is it the central '**' group that has the final say, no matter which faction, as long as I, Li Yunlong, am in this position for a day, whoever dares to storm the military restricted area, snatch weapons, and whoever wants to destroy the city, I will resolutely suppress it, and you will never be polite......" He glanced at Ma Tiansheng, and his eyes shot a cold light, Snorted with his nose, "I'll first say the ugly words in front, which son of a bitch wants to eat inside and out, provoke martial arts, want to rely on this to find steps to climb up, take the national property, the honor of the army, and the lives of the people as the steps for his promotion, no matter who it is, Lao Tzu slaughtered him like a chicken." ”

Even if Ma Tiansheng was self-contained, he was deeply angered by Li Yunlong's rude and arrogant attitude, he stood up suddenly, his face flushed and said: "Li Yunlong, don't be too arrogant, just by what you just said, you can be condemned as a counter-revolutionary, and you will never end well against the Central Committee's '**' group and the 'Cultural Revolution'." ”

Li Yunlong arrogantly hugged his arms to his chest and sneered: "Lao Tzu spit on a nail, and he didn't plan to take it back when he said it, this life was picked up anyway, and it has been earned for more than 20 years, this head is not afraid of bullets, and you are still afraid of your hat?" What you say is to scare the rats in the holes in the wall. Staff officer on duty! He yelled.

A staff officer on duty came in, stood upright and saluted, and waited for instructions.

Li Yunlong ordered: "All units are notified to enter the first level of combat readiness, and in the future, no matter which faction or organization, anyone dares to storm military organs and military restricted areas, snatch weapons, and all of them will be shot and killed." I'm responsible, go for it. ”

"Yes!" The staff officer on duty turned around and left.

"Come back!" Ma Tiansheng stood up and said, "Except for the central '**' group, no one has the right to issue such an order, and I declare that this order is invalid." ”

As if he hadn't heard, Li Yunlong was lighting a cigarette with a lighter, which was an old habit, and once his order was given, he would never repeat it a second time.

The staff officer on duty saluted Ma Tiansheng and said, "I'm sorry, Political Commissar Ma, according to our military regulations, I can only carry out the order of the No. 1 chief, please forgive me." The staff officer saluted again, turned and stepped back.

Ma Tiansheng felt that his blood pressure was rising rapidly, and the blood vessels near his temples were pounding with blood, his face turned pale, and his fingers trembled and pointed at Li Yunlong and said, "Li Yunlong, don't go your own way, you have no right to give this kind of order." I want to report directly to the central '**' group, you are supporting the army and fighting against the central government, this will never end well! ”

Li Yunlong put on his military hat and said coldly: "Please!" ”