Chapter 63: Jiangzhong in distress
The troops' three-day rest was over. During these three days, the main thing is to heal the wounded, collect food, and buy a large number of ginger, garlic, ginseng, chili, spirits and other cold items. Shao Fei also took the time to hold a few classes to popularize the knowledge of pre-cold.
On the evening before departure, Zhao Fei held a meeting of cadres above the class level. The meeting adopted three points.
First, pay attention to the mass policy, Zhao Fei explained the situation in Tibetan areas and popularized the ethnic policy.
Second, the wounded, several seriously injured people could not recover in a short period of time, and some of the wounded may not be able to pass the towering Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, under Shao Fei's strong recommendation, it was decided to take them all.
Third, divide the materials. Throw away all the unimportant and heavy items.
Early the next morning, the troops set off on time after assembling their troops.
In order to thank the Red Army for exterminating the bandits, the villagers organized a farewell to the Red Army early in the morning. The villagers were holding all the food such as baked cakes and eggs that had been prepared last night.
Zhao Fei had already ordered that no goods sent by the villagers were allowed, because the troops were now very sufficient and could not burden the people.
Xiaohua and her parents were also among the crowd of farewells, and saw Xiaodao rushing up desperately. Knife walked out of the line and said his final goodbye to Xiaohua.
"Brother Xiaodao, you must come back after you beat the Japanese. I'm waiting for you to marry me. Xiaohua looked at the knife with a reluctant expression.
Knife took an apple out of the pocket of his clothes and stuffed it into Xiaohua's arms. Touching his head, he jokingly said, "You must come back, when you grow up, I will come back to marry you as my bride." ”
"Hmm." Xiaohua nodded happily, maybe the knife was a joke, but Xiaohua seemed to take it seriously.
Xiaodao stood up and said to Xiaohua's parents, "I'm leaving, take good care of Xiaohua." ”
"Well, take care." Xiaohua's father patted the knife on the shoulder and said.
After saying goodbye, the knife ran back to the group.
Daping Village is more than 60 kilometers away from the Jinsha River. At Shao Fei's suggestion, the troops had to march hastily and reach the banks of the Golden River by evening. After arriving, immediately cross the river, and then arrive at the Zhongdian side to rest.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the troops arrived at the ferry port in the Judian area on the banks of the Jinsha River earlier than the pre-planned time.
The fourth company of Zhang Fusheng of the Yunnan army had already prepared five large wooden boats for them to escort the Red Army across the river. Zheng Bin, commander of the fourth company of the Yunnan Army, had received an order from Zhang Fusheng the day before to take charge of all matters related to the Red Army's crossing of the river.
The Red Army lined up at the riverside ferry and waited for the arrangement.
"A maximum of how many people can be on a search boat." Zhao Fei looked at the turbulent river and asked Zheng Bin beside him.
"Eight, plus a boatman." Zheng Bin replied.
"What do you think of Shao Fei."
Zhao Fei asked Shao Fei, who was observing the situation on the river next to him.
"Wait."
Shao Fei replied that he was waiting for the results of the ship's inspection by the pillars. It didn't take long for Zhu Zi and the others to come over and tell Shao Fei that the boat was fine.
"You're careful." Zheng Bin said with a hint of teasing.
"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years." Shao Fei disagreed with Zheng Bin's teasing, and said to Zhao Fei: "There are six people on a boat, and they must have good water quality." ”
"What do you mean by this, don't believe our Dian army, right?"
Zheng Bin was a little annoyed when he heard it, he had worked hard to prepare for them for a day, but in exchange for doubt.
"It's not." Zhao Fei hurriedly explained: "We are also responsible for the lives of our comrades-in-arms, I hope Company Commander Zheng can understand." ”
"Hmph~" Zheng Bin walked away angrily.
Shao Fei ignored Zheng Bin, as a soldier, it is necessary to always be vigilant.
Subsequently, Shao Fei selected 30 people, including himself, and got on the boat with thick ropes. Zhao Fei stayed, in case something happened, someone would take care of it.
Shao Fei and the other five got on the first boat, and Xu Pengfei and the second platoon commander got on the last two respectively. The other two boats got on board other warriors with good water qualities.
The five boats began to sail towards the opposite bank, the current of the Jinsha River was very turbulent, and the waves kept knocking on the hull of the boat to make a "pop" sound.
The boatman at the helm swayed the rudder at the stern, and the two warriors paddled either side of the bow, trying not to get too far into the water.
Shao Fei's boat drove to the center, and he felt that the hull of the boat was shaking a little, so he touched the plank under his feet, which was loose, and Shao Fei immediately noticed that there was a problem.
"Turn around!" Shao Fei stood up and commanded loudly. Because the waves were so loud that the fighters on the boat behind them could not hear them at all.
"Bang!" Shao Fei shot into the air, using his fingers to make them turn their heads, and his own boat had already turned around. Seeing this, the warriors behind immediately turned their heads and rowed back.
When the Red Army soldiers on the shore saw this scene, they could not help but become nervous and pulled the bolt of their guns. Zheng Bin didn't seem to know what was going on, and took this one to watch the river non-stop.
It didn't take long for the ship to start a constant stream of water seeping in. But the five boats were still not a short distance from the shore, and before the boat completely disintegrated, Shao Fei ordered the ropes to be tied, all jumped into the water, and tried to find a way to lift the boat to the shore.
After Shao Fei tied up, he was the first to jump off the turbulent river, holding the rope in his hand, and the rest of the people jumped down, holding the boat with one hand, and swam back hard.
"Pay attention to ventilation, breathe!" Shao Fei instructed loudly while swimming.
The soldiers on the other ships also followed Shao Fei's method and carried out their actions. More than 30 people jumped into the river together, holding their respective boats and swimming back.
"What the hell is going on!?" Zhao Fei was nervous in his heart and asked loudly beside Zheng Bin.
"How do I know! Didn't you check before you left? ”
Zheng Bin seemed to be more anxious than Zhao Fei. Regardless of whether Shao Fei has anything to do with them, they have nothing to do with it, and it is inevitable that they will be held responsible.
Zhao Fei kept observing Zheng Bin. The question just now is just for temptation. Zhao Fei felt that this matter had nothing to do with Zheng Bin, and his worries were unnecessary.
"Pillars! You take the rest of the platoon downstream to pick them up. Zhao Fei ordered.
"Yes!" After saluting the pillar, he took this platoon of soldiers and ran downstream.
Zhao Fei then ordered: "Qiangzi, Liu Ying." ”
"Here!" The two of them were out of the queue.
Zhao Fei ordered: "Qiangzi, you take this logistics comrade and find some clean clothes for Shao Fei and them to change into." Liu Ying, you take the medical team with you to see if there are any drownings. ”
"Yes!" After saluting, they each took the man away.
Ten minutes later, the five boats were smoothly towed to the shore, and all 30 people fell on the beach by the river, lying on their backs to rest. Shao Fei was the only one standing here, with a belly full of anger.
"Squad leader! Monitor! ”
The pillar and the strong son brought the man over.
"Pillars!" Shao Fei roared angrily, then pointed to the leaky boats, and loudly accused the pillars: "I asked you to inspect the boat!" Is this the result of your check!? ”
"Squad leader, I'm ......"
The pillar bowed its head and said nothing. He knew he was wrong, and he couldn't tell the difference. The pillar never expected that someone would do something to the bottom of the boat. What is even more unforgivable is his own carelessness, along the way, the Dian army has treated the Red Army well, so they relaxed their vigilance, but who would have thought that someone would take advantage of this to harm the Red Army.
"I'll clean you up after the incident!" Shao Fei pointed to the pillar, and then ordered: "Go, take your people to bring me the boat back." ”
"Got it, squad leader." The pillar replied with a frustrated face.
"Say, "Yes! Monitor! No matter when a soldier is on the battlefield, always keep his fighting spirit high! ”
Shao Fei couldn't see that the soldiers lost their fighting spirit on the battlefield, and the soldiers without fighting spirit were like a group of lambs to be slaughtered on the battlefield.
"Yes! Monitor! "The pillars stood upright and saluted. Then he turned around and shouted to the others: "Follow me to the boat!" ”
The pillar took the thirty or so men, and tied the bow of the ship with ropes. Push it upstream.
"The squad leader has changed his clothes." Qiangzi had already distributed his clothes to the other fighters who had fallen into the water, leaving Shao Fei alone.
At this time, Liu Ying also rushed over with the medical team, and when he saw Xu Pengfei and the others changing clothes naked, he immediately shouted and turned around.
"Let's go back. No one was injured here, no one drowned. Shao Fei shouted loudly to the medical team.
Liu Ying took the medical team back again. Shao Fei changed his clothes, took the others back upstream, and calculated the account just now with Zheng Bin!