Chapter 190: Cruel Reality
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"Pull me up!"
These four words, like a thunderbolt, resounded in the hearts of everyone who heard this sentence, and suddenly changed color in unison, and in silence, the already low atmosphere instantly became colder than ice.
This atmosphere continued until Zhang Qingshan was pulled up, and a comrade couldn't help the sadness in his heart, and couldn't wait to ask: "Company commander, why don't you ...... the three comrades?" Bring their bodies with you?"
Zhang Qingshan was sad and angry in his heart, and when he heard this, he immediately glared at the soldier fiercely. After coming up, he untied the rope, and when he saw that everyone was looking at him, he put on a straight face and asked in a deep voice, "What are you looking at?" Why don't you do it and bury the bodies of these three with snow?"
Everyone was shocked, and the one who asked the question before couldn't help but exclaim: "Company commander, just bury the three of them here?"
"Then where do you want to bury it?" Zhang Qingshan casually pointed to the top of the mountain and said, "Do you want everyone to fish out the bodies of these three comrades, carry them to the mountain, and then erect a monument, so that they can be worthy of the three of them." Right?"
Although the comrades did think so in their hearts, and they did feel angry after hearing Zhang Qingshan's 'counterwords', Zhang Qingshan's prestige was still very strong, and even if everyone had grievances, they did not dare to speak out.
Seeing this situation, Hu Yingze gently pulled Zhang Qingshan and whispered in his ear: "Lao Zhang, pay attention to the way you speak, don't hurt the hearts of your comrades." ā
Unknowingly, Zhang Qingshan was even more angry.
waved his arms and shouted angrily: "Hurt their hearts? Damn, Lao Tzu is still sad." ā
"Do you think that just because you feel heartache, Lao Tzu is fucking hard-hearted?" The index finger of his right hand pointed at everyone again and again, and roared: "Don't forget, the assault company was built by Lao Tzu, and each of you was personally selected by Lao Tzu one by one......"
As he spoke, Zhang Qingshan paused, grabbed a handful of snow, pinched it stiffly, and shouted in a somewhat choked tone: "After getting along for so long, don't you know who Lao Tzu is? But if there is a way, do you think that Lao Tzu wants to bury the bodies of these three comrades-in-arms so hastily? Do you think that Lao Tzu does not want to bury them in a grand manner? But do we have the conditions now? Lao Tzu really has no choice!"
The last sentence was almost immediately shouted out by his whole body.
After yelling, he sat on the ground. Hu Yingze hurriedly went to help, but he waved him away, got up, lowered his head, and left.
"Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang!" Hu Yingze shouted twice, and saw that Zhang Qingshan didn't pay attention, so he had to give up. Turning around and seeing the comrades with their heads bowed, their expressions different, and some even glanced at them secretly, Hu Yingze sighed and said: "Comrades, like everyone, I feel heartache for the loss of these three comrades, and I am also angry about the treatment of the bodies of these three comrades, but everyone has to consider the reality ......."
In fact, when Zhang Qingshan closed his eyes on the body of that comrade, he had already made up his mind about this problem: due to altitude sickness, fatigue from long-term marching, and inability to keep up with nutrition, etc., don't look at how everyone can still support it now, and the sacrifice rate is very small, but don't forget, this is just a half-snow-capped mountain, and there are three half-snow-capped mountains waiting for everyone to conquer...... Just talking about the matter in front of us, everyone fished up the bodies of the three comrades, carried them to the top of the mountain, and then, in the icy and biting cold wind, dug a big pit in the icy ground, and buried them again. After such a series of events, it is absolutely impossible to complete without half a day--just digging a large pit large enough to bury three people on the icy ground. Just talking about physical strength, people who don't have much physical strength are absolutely unbearable. Even if they barely finish it, they will be tired to death by then, their physical strength will be excessive, and they will not have a good place to rest, so how will everyone go down the mountain? How will the next road go? Someone will definitely freeze to death here, so won't they have to continue to be buried?
This is not a blind fabrication: when the Central Red Army crossed the Dianda Snow Mountain, two comrades died. At that time, everyone had no experience, and in the spirit of unity of comrades-in-arms, they felt that they had to bury the bodies of these two comrades-in-arms, and then sent a squad to carry out this task. As a result, it took a full five hours to dig a small pit and bury the remains of the two comrades. But when he turned around, a comrade sat on the ground with a tired buttocks, just holding a shovel, closing his eyes, and sacrificing. Next, a comrade walked about 200 meters and fell headlong in the snow, and the two people next to him went to pull, but they were swept into the snow together and died. When they were about to reach the top of the mountain, someone was tired and wanted to sit down, and the comrades next to him got their experience and hurried to pull, but everyone was tired, and with altitude sickness, they had no strength at all. The two couldn't walk, so the comrades next to them went up to help, and in the end, the eleven comrades in this class didn't even reach the top of the mountain, so they all died on the Zhongdian Snow Mountain.
Therefore, after the 2nd and 6th Army Corps of the Red Army learned from the experience gained by the Central Red Army in crossing the snow-capped mountains, although they knew that they were indeed sorry for the sacrificed comrades-in-arms, in order to enable more comrades-in-arms to have the physical strength to go down and live to victory, they would gather all the cadres at and above the company level for a meeting before crossing the snow-capped mountains, just to give a detailed explanation of this kind of thing.
Although after everyone went back, they also explained to the comrades below, but it is one thing to explain, and it is another thing when you really need to face it.
ā...... I didn't see your company commander fighting to go down, but he left crying. You have been with the company commander for so long, when have you ever seen him cry? As the old saying goes, a man doesn't flick when he has tears! If he hadn't been really sad, would he have cried in front of everyone? Therefore, everyone has to understand that it is not all of us who are ruthless, but for the sake of victory, and it is inevitable that we will make some sacrifices...... Besides, I believe that these three sacrificed comrades have souls in heaven, and I do not want any more casualties in order to bury their remains...... To tell the truth, if I had died on the Long March that day, I would have hoped that you would not have focused on my future affairs, and that if you have this energy, you might as well use it on the next Long March. Of course, here, I want all of you to remember: even if there is only one person left in our assault company, even if you have left the assault company, once the revolution is victorious, you must come back to Lao Tzu, erect a monument here, and engrave the names of the sacrificed comrades, so that future generations will always remember our efforts and how hard-won victory ......"
Otherwise, this kind of ideological work is not something that anyone can do. Hu Yingze's soft and hard words convinced everyone, and they clearly understood the cruelty of reality.
"Well, don't be sad, everyone, cheer up, in order to be able to erect a monument here here in the future, everyone must give full play to the spirit of solidarity and mutual assistance of our Red Army, and give full play to the belief of our assault company to forge ahead bravely, and carry the revolution to the end. Speaking of which, I saw that the comrades raised their heads one after another, and their morale was restored. Hu Yingze turned around and stood up straight at the ice crevice, shouting: "All of them, stand upright!" Turn left and right. ā
The soldiers of the third platoon hurriedly stood up straight, each facing the ice crevasse with solemn expressions.
"Take off your hat! Salute the remains of the three comrades who died!"
Everyone took off their military hats and saluted in unison.
Immediately, Hu Yingze bent down to pick up a handful of snow and shouted while throwing it into the cracks in the ice: "Three comrades, you can go on the road with peace of mind, we will definitely inherit your unfinished business and vow to carry the revolution to the end!"
"Pledge to carry the revolution to the end!" the comrades cried and scattered the snow on the bodies of the three comrades.
The weather here is really quite weird, it was full of hail just now, but after a while, the sky is clear again.
Zhang Qingshan checked it and saw that the most serious one was smashed up by hail, and it was not as bad as he imagined that his nose and face were swollen, so he was relieved. He stepped aside, squatted on the ground, took out a pack of cigarettes, looked at it, and put it back. But he took out another pack from his underwear pocket, took out one, lit it, and smoked it silently - this pack of cigarettes was given to him by Commander He Long at the beginning, and he cherished it very much, and only smoked one every time he reached the critical point.
Watching Hu Yingze and three rows of soldiers sprinkle snow into the ice crevices there, his eyes were very complicated.
And Peng Peng, who was squatting beside him, also looked at that side silently and was speechless for a long time.
Perhaps, only the wisp of green smoke rising in their hands is telling the sky about their inner grief and helplessness!
After a long time, Zhang Qingshan sighed, and muttered to himself as if he was comforting himself: "As long as all the poor people in the world can have enough to eat, even if Lao Tzu loses this life, what is it?"
These happened to be the reply from the old squad leader Huang Debao, who had sacrificed himself, when he joined the party, and asked him why he wanted to join the party.
"What did you say?"
"I'm wondering where to go. ā
"What is there to think about, anyway, it's all like this, just go straight to the bridge! As long as you can still walk, you must go to northern Shaanxi and carry out the revolution to the end." ā
Zhang Qingshan nodded and did not answer again.
Lao Hu took three rows of comrades to bury the remains of his comrades-in-arms, and made several large crosses with wooden sticks on the edge of this ice crevice, which reminded the troops behind.
Coming to Zhang Qingshan, Zhang Qingshan got up and looked at him, and after looking at each other for more than a second, Zhang Qingshan nodded to Hu Yingze, and Hu Yingze also nodded slightly-although he was speechless, everything was silent!
"Comrades, the next road will be more difficult, and there will be more and more difficulties, are you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid!"
"Yes! worthy of our assault company. Let's go!"
Zhang Qingshan raised his right arm sharply and shouted, "Assault Company!"
Everyone shouted back together: "Forge ahead!"
The sound shook the sky, as if it was about to break the sky that had begun to gray again, and continued to move forward like a rainbow, as if victory was in sight.
Although everyone knew that they would face a worse situation next, no one flinched, because they all had a belief in their hearts, a belief in victory that they would fight for the poor people of the world. With this belief in their hearts, they are confident! They are united! They are brave! They are invincible!
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