Elder Liu sandwiched a piece of pork full of lean meat and put it in Xia Yuan's bowl, "It's been so long since you left your hometown, are you homesick?" ”

"Yes."

Xia Yuan replied quietly, took a bite of steamed buns, pulled the vermicelli with chopsticks to show off his mouth, and took a bite of lean meat, and his mouth was full of oil and water.

Elder Liu patted Xia Yuan, "I want to go home now, it's too late, I asked you to go back, but you didn't go back, and now you come to Beidong, if you want to go back, it will be difficult." ”

Xia Yuan ate quietly and did not speak.

Xiao Heping sat on the side, and smiled: "What are you going to do when you go back, you can still eat pork stewed vermicelli here." ”

"It's not productive." The elder Liu bit a piece of fat and said, "Now that the good days are coming, I can eat pork stewed vermicelli every day in the future." ”

Everyone is still looking forward to a happy and beautiful life in the future, but they have not thought that the danger has quietly approached.

The successful landing at Inchon and the occupation of Seoul on the 28th made MacArthur gain a large amount of political capital, which made him more advantageous in the next presidential election.

"The victory of the Inchon landing had an even more subtle consequence," Ridgway said, in the case of the consistent correctness of General MacArthur, which developed almost to the point of superstition. ”

The day after the Inchon landing, the day after the U.S. invasion of Seoul, the U.S. representative to the United Nations read out a letter of accusation from MacArthur to the Security Council, sending to North Korea "a large number of battle-hardened troops of Korean origin." The aim was to create a pretext for the further expansion of the war of aggression.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of New China issued a statement saying that the Korean people who are originally from China participated in the War of Liberation, and we will never forget their chivalrous deeds; now that New China has won, these Korean people who remain in China will go back to defend their motherland and take part in the cause of building the motherland.

He also denounced MacArthur's shameful act of adding Japanese militarists to the invading army.

The Chinese people will neither accept nor fear the accusations of US imperialism and will always stand on the side of the Korean people against US aggression. ’

The situation of the Korean War could be predicted by almost everyone, and the flames of war would soon reach the Yalu River, which would inevitably threaten the security of New China.

On 2 October, the day after the first anniversary of the founding of New China, representatives of the Soviet Union, Ukraine, Belarus, and Czechoslovakia suggested to the United Nations that the two sides immediately cease hostilities, withdraw foreign troops, and let the Korean people solve their own problems.

The purpose of the Soviet Union is to serve the port, and whether China sends troops or not, the final result will be beneficial to the Soviet Union.

If the U.S. military withdraws, then South Korea will certainly not be an opponent of North Korea, and the Korean Peninsula is intact, and it is not too much for them, as the people behind Kim, to want a port as a military port.

In their predictions, the probability of New China defeating the United Nations forces was 0%.

However, in the face of accusations from all sides, the United States ignored it and not only ordered Syngman Rhee's army to cross the 38th parallel first.

On 9 October, he commanded the United Nations forces to invade the northern part of Korea on a large scale, frantically invading the Sino-Chao border, and as the flames of war gradually spread to the Yalu River, the reactionaries and all hostile elements hidden in the country became increasingly active.

Fear, admiration, and pro-American ideas also followed.

It seems that the United States will be invincible as soon as it enters the war.

In the Pacific Theater of World War II, more than 400,000 men from 23 divisions of the Japanese army, which had been on a rampage, were completely defeated by the 17 American divisions commanded by MacArthur after only a few battles.

Now it was General MacArthur who commanded this victorious army and invaded North Korea with impunity.

Chiang Bald-head, who had always wanted to take advantage of the Third World War to take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack the mainland, again dreamed of restoration, and some hostile elements and spies in the country were also ready to move, and the lawless landlords played up their prestige in front of the peasants, and even reactionary slogans appeared near the troop station.

The frenzied invasion of the US military in the north has greatly boosted the arrogance of the reactionaries at home.

In the face of such a general environment, the ideological and political work of the troops against US imperialism has been manifested, and no matter how strong the storm in the outside world is, the soldiers are still training day after day, and they are not afraid of the enemy at all, and the current training is so that one day they can go to the battlefield and keep the enemy's strong ships and artillery out of the gate of the country.

However, the brutal facts of the Korean War prove that the US military is not a vulnerable paper tiger.

They have caused serious disasters to the Korean people and are pushing northward with impunity.

All the commanders and fighters could no longer contain the anger in their hearts and were eager to enter the DPRK immediately and stand together with the Korean people to resist the aggression of US imperialism.

There are also people who, on various grounds, believe that it is not appropriate to send troops to aid the DPRK now, because we have fought a war for more than 10 years, and many people have dedicated their youth and lives to the cause of the people's liberation, and now that we have finally defeated the reactionaries, we can take a good breath in peace, and we should do a good job in building the country.

Moreover, the enemy we are facing is the most powerful US imperialist in the world, and with our weapons and equipment, we may be able to fight in North Korea, as some people say, 'put out fires in clothes and put out fires.'

But more people also saw that the city gate caught fire, and the fish pond was damaged.

Moreover, the DPRK is China's neighbor with its lips and teeth, and the truth that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold has been explained very thoroughly in the newspapers, and even if the DPRK does not fight, the flames of war will one day burn to the Yalu River.

Is it difficult to look at it and do nothing, just like the 918 incident, and let the enemy invade and occupy Chinese territory?

Xia Yuan could clearly feel that the morale of the troops had fluctuated recently, and it didn't take long for the first battalion to carry out a discussion on 'what should we do if the neighbor caught fire', this metaphor was a vivid discussion topic, and at the discussion meeting, it aroused enthusiastic speeches by the majority of commanders and fighters, and the soldiers competed to discuss.

There is only one voice for all.

The neighbor is on fire, you must save it!

If we don't save it this time, when the neighbor's house is burned down, the fire will not be extinguished, but will spread to our house, and eventually burn in our house.

The troops united the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea with the defense of the motherland, combined the ideology of patriotism and the spirit of internationalism, and greatly enhanced the political consciousness of all commanders and fighters.

In the days after the whole army began to discuss, Xia Yuan obviously found that the previous anxiety had disappeared, and the enthusiasm of everyone to fight in Korea had risen.

Even the goal of the group's training has become to strive for one day to fight in North Korea and kill more American devils.

October 8th.

Just one day before the U.S. military crossed the 38th parallel in a big way.

The order of the higher authorities to enter the court was issued.

Receiving the order, the 38th Army held a random meeting.

The leading comrades of the army and division attending the meeting were in high spirits, and they were glad that the 38 th Army had been listed as the first batch of volunteers to enter the Korean War, and resolutely pledged to absolutely live up to the trust of their superiors and the people of the whole country, and to display military and national prestige.

China, not soft persimmons.

The group gathered their wisdom on how to observe military and political discipline in the territory of the DPRK in order to ensure the friendship and unity with the Korean people and army.

This is the first time since the founding of New China that they have been sent to fight abroad, and they must be properly prepared for discipline.

At the meeting, the participants fully estimated the various difficulties they might face after entering the DPRK, and they should be prepared to use our strengths to attack the enemy with the strengths of the US troops, which they have never competed with.

As a result of the practical study, the determination of the group to lead the troops to defeat the enemy was greatly strengthened.

After the meeting, the leading comrades of each division went separately to organize the implementation.

The comrades in charge of political work are responsible for the ideological mobilization of going abroad to fight and the preparation for wartime political and ideological work.

All members of the 38th Army should take action, replace weapons and equipment, and replenish ammunition.

The soldiers were training harder than ever, even if they were too tired to stand up, and when they thought of the Korean people living under the fire of US imperialism, they stood up with all their strength and continued to devote themselves to training.

More and more daily necessities such as pork, cabbage, vermicelli, and white noodles were distributed by the superiors.

There is meat and white bread in Dundun.

Eat all-you-can-eat every time.

During the ideological and political work in the evening, Instructor Hu said with emotion: "These cabbage, pork, vermicelli, and white noodles were all saved by our people and sent to the troops, in order to support us to fight abroad, comrades, this is the first time we have gone abroad to fight, and it represents the face of our country. ”

"If you beat them so badly, so that you are afraid, and you don't dare to face us, that's called victory!"

The soldiers clenched their fists, their hearts were hot, and they longed to rush to the Korean battlefield now and stand with the Korean people.

Everyone knows in their hearts that New China has just been founded, and so many of them are raised to eat and drink, and they eat white flour steamed buns and pork stewed vermicelli every day, and they can eat until they are supported, and these are all saved by the people little by little for everyone.

Don't look at the country as poor and white, but treat the soldiers with no stinginess, and whatever good things are eaten first by the soldiers of the border guards.

Moreover, during this time, the number of people who came to the station to deliver supplies increased significantly.

Clothing, socks, shoes and other daily necessities.

Medicine, money, meat, and so on, all sorts of things, anyway, things that are beneficial to the soldiers, can be collected several baskets every day.

At home, the life of the soldiers is quite rich, but the leaders all feel that the biggest problem in the Korean war is the problem of food, so the leaders repeatedly study methods with the leading cadres of the army's logistics to ensure that the soldiers can eat under various circumstances.

In order to solve the new problems faced by the political and ideological work of the Korean war, all divisions have trained political cadres of regiments, battalions, and companies in rotation; peaceful life is not easy to come by, and friendly neighbors have been invaded by US imperialism, not to mention that friendly neighbors have helped us in the past, and we cannot allow our friendly neighbors to be invaded by the United Nations forces.

The higher authorities demanded that political work cadres at all levels carry out the ideological education of the fighters in place, especially in the area of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, so that everyone can understand why we want to resist US aggression and aid Korea.

At the same time, on the basis of education in hatred of US imperialism, all units further launched a vigorous signature campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea, defend the homeland, defend the country, and support the entry into the DPRK.

Commanders and fighters asked to join the war in Korea, and nearly 3,000 people from the 335th Regiment alone wrote a letter requesting to join the Volunteer Army.

The "letter of volunteer," the "letter of guarantee," and the "letter of determination" asking for the lead to be the vanguard were piled up like snowflakes in each company.

Even the cooking class of the elder Liu also responded positively.

"Who said that those who resist spoons can't fight, grandma's, Lao Tzu still goes up with a spoon to fight the American devils!"

When Elder Liu participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation in the past, he delivered food to the troops on the front line, but he often fought with the enemy with a gun.

That's the Japanese devils, the reactionaries.

"We haven't fought with the American devils yet, hehehehe, we must not miss this opportunity." The elder Liu beckoned the young comrades in the cooking class to write a letter of invitation, "Volunteer to participate, hurry up and write it." ”

After the previous mobilization, the fighting enthusiasm of the people was unprecedentedly high, and the mood was high.

Lighting an oil lamp, sit around the table.

"How to write, teach me quickly."

"Don't move, I'm not done yet."

"How to write, I'll see what you write."

"Then you must be determined to fight the little devil!"

Xiao Heping came over, looked at Xia Yuan, and was surprised to see that he wrote smoothly, "You can also write, your writing is so beautiful." ”

Most of the fighters held the pen with their fists, poked and poked on the paper, and the strength was great, the paper was punctured, and the core of the pen barrel was broken.

The strength is small, and the writing is not clear.

Seeing that Xia Yuan's writing was smooth, the old man Liu, who was smoking dry cigarettes, couldn't help but come over and nodded in style: "The writing is decent." ”

When they were in the revolutionary base areas, the ranks of the Red Party held literacy courses to eradicate illiteracy among the troops and enable the vast majority of soldiers to know how to read and write.

Now, there are very few illiterate people in the army, and only some words cannot be written.

But smooth handwriting is still rare.

Soon, Xia Yuan finished writing, drenching an article, only one or two hundred words, explaining that he was going to North Korea to solve the Korean people living in dire straits and fight against US imperialism.

This is a petition for war.

In addition to this, I also wrote a letter of application and a letter of guarantee.

The letter of volunteer, as the name suggests, is a voluntary participation in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, not an order from the state.

The letter of guarantee is to ensure the completion of the orders issued by the superior.

After the three letters were written, Xia Yuan raised his head and saw everyone staring at him, so he asked, "You guys, don't you know how to write?" ”

The others glanced at each other, and Zhou Mao said, "It's not that I can't write, it's just that some words can't be written." ”

"I'll see." Xia Yuan glanced at the books they wrote, and couldn't help but smile on his face, everyone's handwriting was ugly and crooked, but it was this line of ugly words that showed their determination to resist US aggression and aid Korea and protect their home and defend the country.

Xia Yuan coughed lightly and stood up, "You can write, if you can't write, I'll tell you how to write." ”

Elder Liu said: "You write the words, let them watch and write, don't help them write." ”

"Squad leader, I know."

Xia Yuan nodded.

Cooking class writes.

The same writes as the logistics staff.

It was an honorable task, and everyone responded positively.

Combat hero Guo Yonghui, at that time, he and his platoon were little known, just an ordinary combat unit in many companies.