Chapter 217: There's always a way
readx;?ā Okay, Comrade Zhiping, please take a few comrades to bury Comrade Xiang Bangguo's body next to Xiao Pingtou, so that they can be companions and not be lonely. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" personally helped Xiang Bangguo sort out his appearance, and after asking his name clearly, Zhang Qingshan instructed everyone: "The rest of the comrades hurry up and sleep again, it will be dawn soon." ā
Saying this in front of the remains of his comrades sounds ruthless and iron-blooded, right? But this is the reality, the most cruel reality - he has to be responsible for the whole team, and besides, he has no other way to say that the situation is like this.
Some comrades couldn't figure it out, they were on fire in their hearts, they didn't want to leave, and they didn't dare to oppose it directly, after all, Zhang Qingshan's fame and position were there, so they looked at Zhang Qingshan angrily.
After speaking, without waiting for everyone to react, he limped out with his cane - his sentry in the middle of the night was not finished.
This leg injury is trouble, limping is very inconvenient, not to mention, it is a lot of difficulty to walk.
Finally came to the post, let the previous soldier go back, he breathed a long sigh of relief, looked around with a telescope, and then lay on his back to the sky, looking at the stars, and couldn't help but remember the story that his mother told him when he was a child: people will turn into stars when they die...... I don't know which one is the star that Xiao Pingtou and Xiang Bangguo turned into, and whether the stars that the sacrificed comrades-in-arms turned into gathered together......
Maybe he was a little preoccupied with his thoughts, but he didn't wake up until he felt someone walking near him. However, seeing that it was coming from this side of the hill, he relaxed again. Turned over and observed with a telescope, and saw that there was nothing abnormal, so he lay on the ground again, waiting for someone to come.
"Captain, the mood of the comrades is very low, you are experienced, do you have any good solutions?"
Zhang Qingshan knew what he meant at a deep level: everyone had not eaten and drunk before, and they all persevered, but now, at least hundreds of catties of food and some other materials, but two died one after another, and one of them committed suicide, which is really shocking, and it is normal to not figure it out.
"Not for the time being, but there can be no more deaths, especially no more suicides...... That Lao Tian, you sent someone to secretly take care of him, and he must focus on taking care of what he eats and drinks, and he must not leave a weapon on him, and you must not let him go down the old path of comrades in the country. ā
Lao Tian is the only seriously injured person who was shot in the abdomen and could only lie on a stretcher - Xiao Pingtou did not commit suicide, it was better, at least it had little impact on him, but Xiang Bangguo's suicide must have hit him very hard, especially at this time, even if others treat him well, he will definitely not be at peace in his heart.
"Yes, I have sent two comrades to take turns taking care of him. ā
Zhang Qingshan nodded and did not speak.
Sun Zhiping didn't talk about sex, lying beside Zhang Qingshan, silently looking at the bright starry sky.
But both of them know that not talking about sex does not mean that the two of them will feel at ease, on the contrary, both of them are thinking about how to go next, especially how to calm everyone's current emotions and boost everyone's morale.
Zhang Qingshan has been pondering: If his old partner Hu Yingze is here, what will this political cadre do?
After two or three minutes, Zhang Qingshan slapped his thigh suddenly, sat up and asked Sun Zhiping: "Zhiping, how many party members are there in the team?"
"I don't know much about this, but I can ask......" Sun Zhiping was also thinking about the question, and after casually replying, he suddenly came to his senses, did the same, and asked: "Do you want to organize a party branch so that it can play a leading role?"
Even some guerrilla units have party branches or party groups, and it is normal for them to think of this in such a difficult environment -- cohesion and leadership are very important at all times.
Next, the two discussed enthusiastically and carefully.
But the idea is good, but the actual situation is more important.
In the morning, when everyone got up, Sun Zhiping asked everyone about the situation that had been reported, and the situation reported was surprising: Of the 26 people, there were five party members and seven probationary party members, and this was more than half of them, and there was no need to set up this party branch again -- in such an environment, probationary party members were qualified to observe party members' meetings because of their role as connecting the upper and lower levels.
By the way: in this era, at this time, everyone generally does not have any substantial evidence to prove that they are party members or probationary party members, but as long as they say it, comrades will believe it. To put it bluntly, his family disdains lying, not only because of discipline, but more importantly, because of his own excellent ideological quality.
As soon as the two discussed, they decided to treat them in special circumstances, soldiers, sometimes it may not be a good thing to be too democratic, so Zhang Qingshan is the main thing, supplemented by Sun Zhiping. After breakfast, call everyone for a meeting.
Since the two highest-ranking people have made a decision, this meeting is equivalent to an announcement, and it will end after only about half an hour: first of all, it is determined that the name of this temporary team will be "Long March Team 1"; Third, a three-person team was set up, and each party member was determined: Zhang Qingshan was responsible for commanding the overall situation, Sun Zhiping was responsible for opening the road, and all logistics were handed over to Comrade Zhou Ping, who was the oldest in the grade and a veteran party member (he was himself the leader of the cooking squad, and the situation was similar to that of Lao Wang of the assault company......
After the meeting, the three-person group met for the first time and had a small meeting, in fact, Zhou Ping put forward a situation: Are the materials brought by Zhang Qingshan and each of them carried before carried by horses, or will the necessary things, such as food, bullets, etc., be distributed to everyone?
Zhou Ping felt that it was better to distribute it: if it was kept and distributed in a unified manner, it would seem indeed fair, but the problem was that if all the eggs were put in one basket, in case the horses were frightened and ran away, or if they were attacked by the enemy and were scattered by a charge of the enemy - the probability of this happening is very high, especially in such an environment. Besides, the main purpose of Zhou Ping's proposal was that there were many wounded in the ranks, and the speed was not fast, so he thought that he would make a simple raft for the only seriously wounded man on a stretcher, and use horses to drag the raft, and then other wounded, such as Zhang Qingshan, who had injured his leg, could take turns riding horses. In this case, one horse is obviously not enough, and two horses are about the same, and the speed will naturally increase. There are many benefits, for example, it is much faster than helping the wounded forward, and it is much better in terms of physical strength, which is conducive to emergencies at any time.
When Zhang Qingshan and Zhou Ping heard this, they felt that it made sense, so they agreed to do so.
Just as he was about to discuss the specific details of the distribution, someone came to report: Lao Tian was reluctant to leave.
As soon as they heard this, everyone knew in their hearts: it must be the situation of the two seriously injured last night that stimulated Lao Tian.
"You two discuss it, I'll take a look. Be quick, though, time waits for no one. ā
Lao Tian is relatively old, he looks to be in his thirties, but in fact he is only twenty-five years old. At this time, he was lying on a stretcher, his eyes were looking straight at the sky, no matter what the three people next to him said, he was indifferent, if it wasn't for his occasional blink, he could have been mistaken for a corpse.
"What are you doing here?"
"Captain, Lao Tian doesn't want to leave. ā
"Don't want to go?" Zhang Qingshan glanced at Lao Tian with a smile, and when he saw that Lao Tian still didn't react, he nodded: "If you don't want to go, then drag it with a horse." ā
This sentence finally attracted Lao Tian to look at him, but Zhang Qingshan didn't look at him, but just ordered others: "You go and bring a horse over...... The two of you go and find two ropes, a little thicker. ā
When the three of them left, Zhang Qingshan took out a pack of cigarettes and handed one to Lao Tian, and after Lao Tian shook his head and refused, he lit it himself.
"Don't want to go?"
"Yes!"
"Are you afraid of death?"
Lao Tian glanced at him and didn't answer, but the meaning was obvious: If I was afraid of death, how could I stay alone and wait for death?
"You don't stare at Lao Tzu and tell you that Lao Tzu is very afraid of death, but sometimes, he has to die. Lao Tian, let me tell you a story. In the past, when I was injured, lying on a stretcher, I saw the comrades who carried me tired and out of breath, and especially delayed the trip, I felt that I wanted to die, so that not only was I happy, but also would not affect other comrades......" After saying it briefly, he looked at Lao Tian: "Do you think the same way now?"
Lao Tian looked at him, and Zhang Qingshan stared at him without giving in.
After a short while, Lao Tian nodded slightly.
"That's what people do. It is also the noble quality of every Red Army soldier. But, Lao Tian, if I have a way for you to neither delay everyone's trip nor consume everyone's physical strength, do you still want to die here?"
Lao Tian's eyes lit up, and then he looked at Zhang Qingshan with some suspicion.
"Look at what I'm doing, I just ask you, would you like to?"
"Captain, if that's the case, who the wants to die. ā
"That's fine. After speaking, Zhang Qingshan beckoned to the three people standing not far away, and he was still a little proud in his heart: It seems that Lao Tzu is also a political cadre. If you see Lao Hu one day, you have to blow it to him.
The horses were brought in, but there was no rope. Zhang Qingshan thought about it, took off the leggings of himself and Lao Tian, combined the two into one, rolled them into a rope, tied them to the stretcher, and then attached them to the saddle, so that the horse could drag the stretcher......
"Lao Tian, why are you crying?"
"Nothing, sand in my eyes. ā
After some tidying up, saluting the little flathead and saluting the tomb of the state, the procession - set off!