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"Squad leader, it's okay, I know that you are for my good, so that I can become a qualified Red Army soldier as soon as possible. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zhou Baoyu's nervous expression disappeared all of a sudden, but he smiled at Zhang Qingshan with some emotion, and then touched the back of his head and said, "Squad leader, in fact, what he said is not right, I don't blame you at all, really." ”

Zhang Qingshan touched Zhou Baoyu's head, nodded with a smile, and Lao Xu's loud laughter came from behind him: "The big husband dares to act, and if he is wrong, he must admit it." You kid is good, the style of our Red Army soldiers. ”

This laughter was a bit annoying, so Zhang Qingshan turned around and asked without words: "Old Xu, since the company commander wants to confine me up, why did he give me credit and let me be the squad leader?"

One of the purposes of the existence of the Self-Defense Forces is to train new soldiers. The casualties of the Red Army in this battle were somewhat large, so the current members of the Self-Defense Forces, except for a dozen or so backbones who were ready to lead the new members, were all enriched into the Red Third Company. Zhang Qingshan won another third-class merit and became the squad leader of the third platoon of the Red Third Company (the squad leader and deputy squad leader of the first squad died at the same time), Qi Zixuan became the squad leader of the third squad, the old squad leader Huang Debao became the platoon leader of the third platoon, and the captain Luo Ping was promoted to deputy company commander and platoon commander of the first platoon, the former captain of the first squadron of the Self-Defense Forces died in battle, and Li Guowei became the captain and instructor of the Self-Defense Forces. Due to the heavy casualties in the first class, there were only five people left, Zhang Qingshan took the opportunity to replenish all the second squad of the second squadron of the Self-Defense Forces to the first class (in fact, there were only seven people left, plus the original five and Zhang Qingshan himself, a total of thirteen people in one class), and by the way, Zhou Baoyu also came over. Getting permission made him very happy, but he couldn't figure out why he was punished since he was promoted, and now he happened to ask Lao Xu, an old revolutionary, for advice.

"What's so incomprehensible about this? Our Red Army has always had clear rewards and punishments. Of course, you will be punished for making mistakes, but there is no conflict between you and your meritorious service. ”

Zhang Qingshan thought about it and smiled. picked up the rice bowl and handed it to Lao Xu: "Lao Xu, come, eat." ”

"Don't eat!" Lao Xu went to bed: "You kid has figured it out, but Lao Tzu is still sorry for those comrades, but he doesn't even give him a chance to take revenge, he doesn't think about it, he doesn't eat ......"

Speaking of this, Lao Xu sat up, glanced at Zhang Qingshan with a smile, and shouted to the outside: "That little ghost outside, your squad leader wants to celebrate, can you go and get a bottle of wine?"

As soon as the words fell, I heard Wang Xingfa's voice: "Squad leader, I knew you wanted to drink, I got you two bottles of good wine, you see, there is also a big bowl of meat." ”

Turning his head to look, he saw Wang Xingfa holding a basket and smiling at himself, and a large group of soldiers behind him were looking through the window. There are a few familiar in it, but I don't know each other, and after a little thought, I understand that these are all veterans of the original class, and they come to see themselves to respect themselves as the new squad leader.

Before Zhang Qingshan could get up, Lao Xu Jianbu walked over to the basket, and when he saw it, there were two bottles of wine, a bowl of meat, and a cigarette from Lao Sicheng. Lao Xu smiled, but glanced behind them, didn't see the person he wanted to see, and retracted his gaze a little disappointed.

Wang Xingfa hurriedly smiled and said: "Platoon Commander Xu, the comrades in the first and second platoons originally told us that they would come together, but halfway through, an urgent order was issued from above, asking them to set off immediately and go into the mountains to exterminate the big bandit of the Diamond Mountain Tiger. You see, this cigarette is what they gave you. ”

Although the Red Army suffered heavy losses in this attack on Guitang Town, which could only be regarded as a disastrous victory, it gained two obvious benefits: First, the bandits left behind nearly 200 guns, which greatly enriched the Red Army's weapons, and now there is still a surplus of guns in each manpower, so that they can make preparations for the next expansion of the Red Army, which can be described as many benefits; second, the reason why they immediately set off to drill the lair of the mountain tigers is to strike while the iron is hot and exterminate the largest bandits in the vicinity of Guitang Town in one go, so as to deter Xiaoxiao and lay a solid foundation for coming to the countryside to carry out all kinds of revolutions。 You must know that in other places, some Red Army commanders and fighters who go to the countryside to carry out revolutionary work must at least need a platoon to protect them, otherwise they will easily become attacked by local tyrants and inferior gentry and various local armed forces. Now, if this big bandit is defeated, and the local armed forces want to attack the Red Army soldiers at will, they must consider the consequences.

Lao Xu doesn't care if the gift is heavy or not, what he cares about is whether the comrades are blaming him and whether they still care about him, the old platoon leader.

Sure enough, hearing this, Lao Xu had a smile on his face again, and he was biting the lid of the wine bottle, put down the wine bottle, picked up the cigarette, tore it open, took out two packs and handed them to Wang Xingfa: "Come! Let the comrades taste it." ”

Then, holding a cigarette and carrying a basket, he sat down at the small table, put the bowl of meat on the table, bit the lid of the wine bottle, raised his head and drank the small half bottle, took a long sip of wine, and then put a piece of meat in his mouth, and shouted, "Happy!"

"Hello squad leader, I'm Qian Jiang, the deputy squad leader. ”

The same platoon, looking up and not looking down, know each other, but now they have become their deputies, this is the first time they have officially met, they must be serious, and after returning a salute, they shook hands with each other and said with a smile: "Old money, what is not a deputy, everyone is your own comrades, partner up to do revolution, don't see outside, in the future, you can call me Xiao Zhang." ”

"That's not going to work. You're the squad leader, so you shouldn't call it that. ”

Lao Xu, who was eating on the side, smiled when he heard it: "I said that you two don't push it for the sake of a title, I will make the decision for you, one is called Lao Qian, and the other is called Lao Zhang." ”

When the two of them heard this, they smiled with satisfaction.

"Old money, I can't get out, these boys haven't been righteous before, if there's anything wrong, you just need to educate. ”

Although through the window, everyone gathered around and chatted until dark.

After the comrades went back, Zhang Qingshan was a little lost for a while, and after eating, he sat on the window and looked at the bright stars in the night sky, and was silent for a long time.

"Xiao Zhang, what are you thinking?" Lao Xu lay on the bed, humming a song with a straw in his mouth for a long time, and felt that no one responded, so he had nothing to say.

"I was thinking about how to lead my class. ”

Lao Xu turned his head to look at Zhang Qingshan and asked, "You haven't been the deputy squad leader?"

"Nope. ”

"How long have you been in the revolution?"

"More than a month. ”

As soon as he heard this, Lao Xu sat up and gave Zhang Qishan a thumbs up.

"Old Xu, what do you mean by this?"

"I admire you kid. Lao Tzu climbed up step by step from the deputy squad leader, squad leader, deputy platoon leader and the like, you kid can actually skip the level in more than a month, this is impossible if you don't have any ability. ”

Zhang Qingshan was stunned for a moment, then touched the back of his head and smiled, but did not say anything, because everyone knew that Lao Xu's words were a bit flattering: as long as a hard battle is down, it is common for the line of fire to be raised. Not to mention that like Zhang Qingshan, who participated in the revolution for more than a month and made two military exploits, he became a squad leader, even if he was a recruit who only joined for two days and became a squad leader, because he was left in the class and a recruit who joined a day later than him.

"Lao Xu, you haven't given me any pointers, how can you be the squad leader?"

"You only need to remember three things: you must be thick on the top, you must be able to protect the face on the outside, and you must be on the inside. ”

"How?"

"To be cheeky to the top, that is: orders can be executed, but the principle must be clearly stated; externally to protect the skin, means that you can maintain the reputation of the class; internally, you must be cheeky, this is very easy to understand: you kid should mingle with the comrades, don't think that being a squad leader is great. ”

Zhang Qingshan still wanted to ask more carefully, but seeing that Lao Xu turned over and fell asleep, the meaning of not wanting to talk in depth about this question was very obvious, so he could only give up. In fact, Lao Xu's words are not deep enough, but he can only express them to this extent - there are some things that can only be experienced, not spoken.

In the afternoon of the next day, Lao Xu was free and became the captain of the Guitang Town Self-Defense Force. Even Zhang Qingshan felt that it was a pity that a grassroots commander with rich combat experience like Lao Xu was sent to be an instructor. But Lao Xu was very happy, patted Zhang Qingshan's shoulder, and said again and again that he had earned it. asked him what he earned, but Lao Xu shook his head and didn't say. In the end, Lao Xu gave an explanation after getting drunk: because of his complacent, he let five comrades sacrifice in vain, and he also carried the burden of five lives, if it weren't for the revolution, he would have wanted to commit suicide. Therefore, for him, every day he lives is earned. These words sound simple, but if you experience them carefully, you can understand the great pain and suffering in Lao Xu's heart.

Regarding Zhang Qingshan's confinement, it is said that five days will not be less than a moment.

It was not until the evening of the fifth day that Zhang Qingshan was freed. Platoon Commander Huang Debao and the soldiers welcomed him out, returned to the company, and specially prepared a bowl of meat for him -- the Red Army soldiers lived a hard life, and this bowl of meat was bought by everyone pooled their money, and the only jar of wine was brought by Huang Debao from the company commander Zhang Guozhi.

However, what surprised Zhang Qingshan the most was that he actually got a box cannon. It turned out that after the remnants of the Drilling-Mountain Tiger and Tian Dalong's defeated generals, they instinctively returned to the Drilling-Mountain Tiger's lair, but they were chased by the Red Army soldiers overnight and served a pot, and more than 100 guns and thousands of bullets were seized, 17 box guns, two light machine guns were captured, and tens of thousands of catties of food and other materials were captured.

Because it was hundreds of miles away from the battalion headquarters, there were many bandits along the way, the situation was floating, and there was no telegraph, so it was indeed inconvenient to rely on the correspondent alone, and even the party committee happily decided to digest it internally. It is not surprising that Zhang Qingshan won the third-class merit and was rewarded with a box cannon.

For Zhang Qingshan, the next task is to mingle with the fighters.

As for the revolutionary work in Guitang Town, there are two tasks that urgently need to be accomplished: First, we must take advantage of the great victory of eliminating Tian Dalong and the Drill Mountain Tiger, and take advantage of the excellent opportunity when various local forces are intimidated, and quickly carry out the revolutionary work in all villages and villages of Daguitang Town, so as to further consolidate the fruits of the revolution. Second, since so much has been seized from the nests of the drilled tigers, then there must be a lot of good things in the dens of the various local tyrants and inferior gentry hidden in the mountains and forests, and no matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat! At least, at this time when there is no harvest, the most important grain is absolutely indispensable in their dens, and it is better to take them and distribute them to the poor people than to let them eat enough to fight the Red Army......