In the ranks, there were artillery soldiers of the White Army who were wounded and became mountain bandits, and later the soldiers of the Red Army, who broke out the mortars and shelled the White Army attacking the position of the first battalion, and the rumbling artillery continued into the night, and the frenzied attack of the White Army did not capture the position of the first battalion, and the position was still firmly in the hands of the first battalion, but the two battalions that the White Army came to support could not move.

The second fool on the mountain was already dumbfounded, and he immediately reported the matter to the political commissar, this level of battle was obviously not caused by Wang Lei when he broke through the enemy's defensive line.

The second dumbfounder said: "I saw it, and I saw a group of people in blue clothes laying down the bamboo forest. ”

The commissar asked: "What else do you see?" ”

The second stunned man scratched his head and said, "I saw a group of people in blue clothes popping up in the bamboo forest, and I didn't see anything else, political commissar, what do you say is going on?" ”

The political commissar was also puzzled, and a company-level cadre asked: "Political commissar, could it be dog eat dog?" ”

The political commissar shook his head and said: "How can this kind of thing happen, the enemy is in a critical period of encircling and suppressing us, it is almost impossible for this kind of thing to happen, no matter what happens, such a battle is very beneficial to us." ”

Holding himself up, he said: "Comrades, as long as the enemy fights, then it is possible for us to take advantage of this opportunity to break through the enemy's encirclement. ”

His gaze swept over the cave and there were only two classes left, and the bitterness at the corner of his mouth quickly retracted, and his gaze was replaced by firmness.

They fought guerrilla warfare in the mountains for several months, and basically ran out of ammunition and food, just last night they took out the only ammunition they had on their bodies and handed it to five strong soldiers to prepare to cross the Nu River, and went to the bamboo forest to find a glimmer of life, taking advantage of the night, they pushed out the hidden raft, and watched the five soldiers disappear into the tumbling river without a trace, they waited for a whole day, did not receive any news, I do not know what happened to the five of them.

At the moment, it seems that there is no way to get news of a few people, they can only find another way, it is the continuous gunfire from the direction of the bamboo forest, I don't know which team collided with the white army, the political commissar has also led the troops to fight, and his thinking is sharp, and he immediately judged that now is the best time for them to break out of the encirclement.

The second stunned man asked: "Political commissar, which direction shall we break through?" ”

The political commissar's eyes moved slightly, and he said, "Let's go from the south!" ”

After a pause, he added: "The enemy is fighting in the north, and the south is our chance to break through, and when it gets completely dark, let's immediately go to the south and strive to break through the enemy's blockade tonight!" ”

"Yes!"

As the sky grew darker, the fighting on the north side gradually subsided, and after half a day of fighting, the casualties of one battalion were huge, and the casualties of the enemy in two battalions were equally heavy.

At the headquarters of the White Army, Commander Sun asked angrily: "Where did this enemy come from, where did they come from!" ”

There were only three battalions under his command, and in just one day's work, one battalion was scrapped, except for one battalion that was transferred out to carry out the mission, and only two companies of troops were left on their side

The deputy regiment under Sun Tuan pondered, "Regiment commander, this enemy is very likely to come from Ninglin County, a few days ago, the butler of the county magistrate of Ninglin County came to our side and reported to us that there was an enemy on their county border and needed support, and the third battalion commander took people to reinforce Ninglin County, but so many days have passed, and the third battalion commander has not had any news about the mission. ”

Head Sun's eyes condensed slightly, "Go, immediately send someone to Ninglin County, I need an explanation!" ”

At this time, a soldier hurriedly came in from outside, came to the door and opened his mouth and shouted: "Report to Commander Sun, Commander Qian, the troops stationed south of West Hankou have been attacked by the enemy fiercely, which lasted for an hour, and the battle has subsided." ”

Elder Sun Tuan was shocked: "What! The south is also attacked by the enemy!? ”

The adjutant looked at the map and frowned: "Regiment commander, this doesn't seem to be the work of the communist bandits, as far as I know, even if the communist bandits are capable, they cannot develop to the extent that they can deal with our army, and the stubborn resistance of this enemy, the fierce attack, whether it is in terms of strength or weapons and equipment, is very different from the communist army that we encircled and suppressed." ”

After a pause, he added: "This enemy is definitely not the Communist Army. ”

Commander Sun's eyes condensed slightly: "It's not the Communist Army, who is it, who is it!" ”

At this time, south of West Hankou, the battle has ended, sporadic gunfire continues to sound in the wilderness, the moonlight shrouded in the ground, you can see that there are black shadows with the sound of gunfire to the ground, the Red Army from West Hankou down hid in the dense grass, staring at this scene in the distance, the seriousness of the matter seems to be beyond imagination, the enemy stationed a battalion of troops here was annihilated by the team that came out of nowhere only an hour after the gunshots rang out.

The political commissar said with a puzzled face: "Strange, in addition to the regular army, I really can't think of any other army that can have such combat effectiveness, if it is a regular army, why do you want to do it to the local army here?" ”

On the one hand, the weapons and equipment of the regular army were basically purchased from abroad, and on the other hand, the regular army was much richer than the local army, and the political commissar who annihilated the enemy's battalion in an hour could only think of the enemy's regular army that had encountered the enemy's regular army on the other side of the South Lake.

"Commissar, the enemy is coming, at least one battalion." The second fool came from the dark night in the distance, and said breathlessly: "This group of enemies doesn't look like the white army, they are wearing strange clothes, I have never seen them." ”

Immediately after, the second fool brought another crucial news, he said: "Moreover, besides, there is a five-pointed star on the brim of the enemy's hat. ”

The political commissar who was deep in thought was taken aback, raised his head and asked eagerly, "Are you sure you saw the five-pointed star!?" ”

The second stunned man nodded and said: "I saw it, I touched the front, and saw the group of people cleaning the battlefield under the firelight, and the clothes they were wearing were very similar to the group of people I saw in the bamboo forest on the other side of the river, and I clearly saw a five-pointed star on their hats." ”

"Pentagram, Pentagram!" The political commissar stood up suddenly, with a lingering joy on his face: "Comrades, it is our own people!" It's our Red Army units! Pentagram! That's our own people! ”

The commissars never imagined that one day they would hear the red five-pointed star here, which was the sign of the Red Army, although it was not known why there was a Red Army here, but the five-pointed star was their own people.

To confirm his suspicions, the commissar led them out of the bushes and approached the enemy's position.

At this moment, the battlefield has been cleaned, and the second battalion, which acts as the vanguard, is also entering the West Hankou, while the third battalion remains on the south side, sorting out equipment and repairing fortifications to deal with the enemy that may come next.

In the dark grass, more than a dozen figures are crawling forward, they cautiously grope forward, through the hazy night, the political commissar they saw the three battalion soldiers who were building fortifications in the distance, at this time the flames on the position have basically been extinguished, the smoke left behind by the aftermath of the battle is filling, and the conversation of the soldiers in the distance when building fortifications can be faintly heard.

The night was a little hazy, so that they could not see very real, only able to see the swaying figures, the political commissar was worried, worried that these people were not the Red Army, then they would be killed by the other side, and hoped that these people were the main force of the Red Army that he had in mind.

At this time, the other party's title strengthened his inner judgment.

"Comrade, are you alright, injured? Don't get it yet, leave it to me here, you go and rest quickly. ”

This cordial comrade voice brought the political commissar back to his senses.

After capturing the southern flank, Xia Yuan was rushing to West Hankou with his people, when he suddenly heard someone shouting behind him: "Regiment Commander, Regiment Commander!" ”

It was the correspondent of the third battalion who stayed in the rear, and he hurriedly ran over and said: "Regiment commander, the Red Army, we met the Red Army in West Hankou, and they are waiting for the regiment commander in the third battalion. ”

Xia Yuan's eyes lit up: "Quick, stop moving forward, let's go back!" ”

Temporary headquarters, Hu Xianfeng asked the soldiers to burn some hot tea for the political commissar to ward off the cold, seeing Hu Xianxian, the political commissar and others were extremely warm in their hearts, especially the five-pointed star on their hats, which made them feel more cordial, Xia Yuan hurriedly came back, and the moment he entered the headquarters, he saw the political commissar who had followed the original body.

"Xia Yuan!"

The cup in the commissar's hand paused in the air, his face full of shock, "How are you!" ”

"Commissar!" Xia Yuan stepped forward and said with concern: "You have suffered. ”

The political commissar looked puzzled and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Xia Yuan told the political commissar about the re-establishment of the red base area after the original body was scattered by the enemy, and the political commissar and several Red Army cadres were shocked after listening to what Xia Yuan said.

"The peasant association, the base area, the Red Army, well, great, I didn't expect that the wrong road we took before would be walked back by you, and what I didn't expect was that in such a short period of time, the base area of Nianping Village led by you would develop so rapidly."

The commissar sighed.

Xia Yuan asked again: "Political commissar, what happened after we were dispersed?" Why are you surrounded and suppressed by the White Army again? ”

The political commissar said: "After being dispersed, we hid in the deep mountains and old forests, and the people of the White Army searched the mountains all day, and after searching for a while, they probably thought that we were dead, so they withdrew, and we got out of the deep mountains." ”

After a pause, he sighed and said: "At that time, we went in with two platoon comrades, but only one squad of comrades came out in the end, the red flame could not be extinguished, we came out with the will of the soldiers in the village to fight the landlord, develop the team, but the red flame that had just been ignited here was discovered by the people of the White Army, they sent two regiments of troops to encircle and suppress us, we walked all the way, retreated all the way, and finally were surrounded by them in this West Hankou. ”

Xia Yuan said: "Political commissar, you have suffered, are there still our comrades on the mountain?" ”

The political commissar said: "There are also some wounded, their condition is already very bad, in order not to delay our breakthrough, they insist on staying and fighting guerrilla attacks with the enemy. ”

Xia Yuan immediately said: "Political commissar, I'll take someone to rescue them." ”

The soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, led by a Red Army, came to the cave where the old Red Army lived, and the scene in the cave shocked the comrades of the 2nd Battalion, who thought that their life was hard enough, but they did not expect that there would be such a group of people fighting stubbornly against the enemy in the cave for the hope that they could not see.

And these Red Army wounded no longer saw any hope, and when the second battalion arrived, they even thought that the enemy had attacked, and they had to fight the enemy desperately.

When they saw that these people were their own, each of the warriors hugged each other and wept.

The Red Army surrounded by the White Army in West Hankou was rescued, Xia Yuan led the team to retreat quickly, away from West Hankou, a battalion as a team behind the palace, with the help of the fourth battalion also successfully got rid of the enemy, after this battle, the enemy was no longer able to catch up with the Red Army, and could only watch the Red Army rescue the Red Army in West Hankou and then strode away, but they had no way at all.

Returning to the base area, without the threat of foreign enemies, the Red Army completely entered a stage of rapid development, and the development of the Red Army was seen by the county magistrate Shen, but there was nothing to be done, he himself had the handle to be mastered by the Red Army, and the rapid development of the Red Army has exceeded his imagination, especially the development of their local peasant associations, which made him feel frightened, how long has the Red Army appeared in his county, and the development of the peasant associations has spread to nearly 100 villages, with more than 200,000 members, and a series of measures he prepared earlier have failed. Only because of the defeat of the last encirclement and suppression of the Red Army base area.

The development of the peasant association was not even expected by Xia Yuan, but it can also indirectly prove a problem, that is, the peasants of this era are desperate to be the masters of their own affairs after experiencing exploitation and oppression, and they are eager to live a good life, so when the peasant associations in other villages are developing vigorously, the villagers in the villages where the peasant associations have not yet developed are eager to let the peasant associations enter their local villages.

Some people even took the initiative to ask the peasant association to enter their village, and the peasant association itself was separate from the Red Army, and from the establishment of the peasant association to its formulation, it was not the president who spoke within the peasant association at all, but the peasants themselves, and in the peasant association where the peasants themselves were the masters of their own affairs, the propaganda contingent they organized spontaneously continued to expand, so that the speed of expansion exceeded Xia Yuan's imagination.

In fact, it only took two years for the Nanhu Peasant Association to grow to 10 million members, a wide number, and a deep influence, which fundamentally made him see clearly whether the revolution belonging to China should be carried out in the cities or in the countryside.

(End of chapter)