Chapter 88: Joy in Suffering
The troops rested for the night on the high ground selected by Shao Fei, and although the night was cold, the soldiers were quite comfortable because of the adequate preparations before departure.
The next morning, the sun seemed to have overslept and rose lazily late. The meadow is on a plateau, so the sun rises late. God seems to have mercy on these Red Army, and the sky is exceptionally clear.
The troops set off again and embarked on the journey. Shao Fei deliberately looked for Liu Ying and asked if he was afraid of the cold last night, which moved Liu Ying again.
After marching for more than three hours, the troops were tired and tired. A three-hour march on the grass is equivalent to a day's fatigue on flat ground.
At this time, a large rushing river blocked the advance of the troops.
Zhao Fei ordered the troops to rest for ten minutes, and asked each platoon and squad to fetch water.
Shao Fei walked over from behind, looked at the river in front of him, and said to Zhao Fei: "The water is very urgent." ”
Zhao Fei said: "Yes, so first ask the troops to rest and replenish some physical strength." ”
Shao Fei turned around and shouted at the strong son not far behind him: "Strong son! Go and get that rough rope."
Zhao Fei asked, "What are you going to do?" ”
Shao Fei said with a smile: "Hold the rope to cross the river, what else can you do, but it's not for you." ”
At this time, Hadron took the rope over. After Shao Fei took the rope, he instructed Zhao Fei: "I'll go over first to see the depth of the water and the impact of the current." Then find a few strong ones to go with you. The people on both sides hold the rope, and you stay in command to let the lightly wounded and the female soldiers carry the rope across the river. ”
"You know that you cherish the jade."
"This idiom is not for me, it is for a knife."
After speaking, Shao Fei took the rope and began to cross the river.
In the river, Shao Fei walked forward cautiously step by step, using the soles of his feet to perceive the soil under the river. In the deepest part, the water overflowed Shao Fei's waist, about a meter or so. But the current is very strong, and the average female soldier can easily be washed away.
After Shao Fei crossed the river, he shouted at Zhao Fei: "The water is very urgent, the depth of the water is about one meter, call them over!" ”
Zhao Fei chose more than a dozen sturdy warriors and crossed the river in turn. Then pull up the rope on both sides and hang it over the river.
Originally, Zhao Fei wanted to use a rope to lasso the yak, but he was afraid that he would frighten the beasts and cause danger to the people crossing the river.
In order to ensure absolute safety, Zhao Fei ordered a group of five people to cross the river.
Liu Ying was the first to take the lead. The five female soldiers held the rope with both hands, and slowly rushed through one small step after another.
Shao Fei and Liu Ying looked at each other, and Shao Fei said to Liu Ying provocatively: "You can change your clothes again." ”
"Hooligans~" Liu Ying rolled her eyes at Shao Fei, Mimi smiled, and rested in the open space in front of her.
An hour later, the team of more than 400 people crossed the river safely and rested in place for ten minutes.
Shao Fei sat on the ground to rest, Liu Ying came over and smiled at Shao Fei weirdly: "Don't you want to watch me change clothes, I have the ability to come." ”
"Just kidding."
Shao Fei lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Liu Ying.
"Oh, the squad leader instigated~"
The knife began to heckle behind Shao Fei.
"Shut up, Dead Knife."
Shao Fei turned his head and roared.
At this time, Liu Ying found that Shao Fei's hands were full of blood, and hurriedly squatted down, with a heartache on his face. Then, after going to the back to see the knife hand is the same. These are all caused by the hard pull of the rope they just had.
"Feiyan! Tell the sisters to bring gauze and white medicine. ”
Liu Ying shouted at Xu Feiyan, who was not far away.
More than 20 female soldiers ran past with medicine and gauze, and bandaged each of them in turn.
After finishing the incident, Shao Fei instructed Liu Ying to change all the medicine for the wounded, and the wound should not be wet.
After resting for half an hour, the troops continued their march. There are a lot of rivers in the river, just as Shao Fei imagined. The small river is okay, every time they cross the big river or call it turbulent, Shao Fei and they are the same this time, using ropes to help female soldiers and soldiers with weak physique cross the river.
It was getting harder for the troops to cross the meadow day by day. The number of casualties is decreasing, but the number of patients is increasing, and most of them are gastrointestinal diseases. The same goes for food, which is what Shao Fei is most worried about.
The first two days were fine, but on the later march, the troops kept finding comrades from the large army in front starving to death on the grass.
These are the Red Army soldiers who have fallen behind, and Zhao Fei buried these comrades-in-arms with a heavy heart, and constantly boosted the morale of the troops.
On the seventh night of the march, Zhao Fei found a suitable place for camping and arranged for the troops to rest.
This day is the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, the moonlight is exceptionally bright, many soldiers wade to the grass, leisurely enjoy the moonlight, relieve the fatigue of the day's march.
Zhao Fei came to the pillar and began to complain: "Shao Fei died again and went fishing, he always couldn't find anyone." ”
The pillar lay on the lawn and pointed lazily: "Go west, you should be able to find him in three miles." ”
After listening to this, Zhao Fei walked towards the west. After walking for nearly three miles, I found Shao Fei and Liu Ying sitting by the big pond, leaning on fishing.
Zhao Fei walked over: "You two, it's so uncomfortable." ”
Shao Fei didn't reply, and said to the pond: "Have a light bulb, it's a bad scenery." ”
At this time, Zhao Fei came to Shao Fei's side, sat down, and complained: "You are really idle, the troops have entered a predicament, and now we are only halfway away." Food and medicine are almost at the bottom. ”
"We've done everything we can, and it's useful to be in a hurry."
Shao Fei's good mood was completely ruined by Zhao Fei, but Zhao Fei still had a sad face when he sat aside.
Shao Fei put down the fishing rod, and his expression began to become serious: "You just said that we are only halfway away, you are too objective." We have food and physical strength in the first part of the road, but do you think the road behind is still so smooth? ”
Zhao Fei pointed to the fishing rod and said, "Since it's so difficult, you're still here......"
"I've done everything I need to do, can I pull food out of the camp? The wild vegetables were all dug by the troops in front, and there were no roots left. I can only run to fish, to replenish the nutrition of the weak and sick soldiers, you kid really have no conscience"
After Shao Fei finished speaking, he pointed to the side and said proudly: "Look, there are several." Our Mr. He is a master of fishing, and often fishes on the grass for the wounded. ”
Shao Fei wanted to talk about "The Golden Fishhook", but the story was too heavy and not suitable for the current atmosphere.
Zhao Fei smiled helplessly: "You are justified in everything." ”
"As for my side, she came with her with a dead face, and she couldn't shake it off. It's my fault that he's handsome. ”
When Liu Ying heard this, she twisted the flesh on Shao Fei's thighs hard.
"Ah~"
Shao Fei shouted.
"You deserve it~ call you cheap."
Zhao Fei gloated.
Shao Fei turned his head and complained, "I'm joking, you take it seriously." ”
"Hmm."
Liu Ying twisted her head to the side angrily.
"I'm grumpy~ I don't want you anymore."
Shao Fei picked up the fishing rod and the fish threaded with straw ropes on the ground, stood up, and walked back.
"Hey~ You won't be so stingy, right?"
Liu Ying immediately stood up and followed Shao Fei.
Shao Fei shouted at Zhao Fei with his back: "Zhao Fei, hurry up and keep up, I have a good idea!" ”
The three of them returned to the camp, and Shao Fei ordered all the soldiers to sit in one place, one circle at a time, a total of six large circles. Then they called the pillars, and they took all the firewood in the middle and lit it.
Shao Fei took a small wooden stick as a microphone, stood in the center of the big circle, and patted the small wooden stick: "Hey~Hey~"
After that, it was said loudly to all the fighters: "Today! The moon was bright. Such a beautiful view, we can't miss it! We are revolutionary fighters, and we must always maintain the spirit of revolutionary optimism! In the face of the next difficulties, we must remain optimistic and keep hope! So, we are going to have a party under this beautiful, bright, silvery-white moonlight! ”
Zhao Fei smiled and said to Liu Ying beside him: "This stinky boy, there are so many ghost ideas." ”
"There's a lot of nonsense."
Liu Ying smiled and looked at Shao Fei in front of her with appreciation.
Shao Feiyou continued: "At the beginning of the party, I have to say some opening words, and I will replace them with the opening lines of a novel. ”
After Shao Fei adjusted his mood, he said in the tone of a speech: "The most precious thing in a person is life. Life is only once for man. Therefore, a person's life should be spent in such a way that when a person looks back on the past, he does not regret that he wasted his time, nor is he ashamed of his inaction; In this way, when he was dying, he could say that I had devoted my whole life and all my energies to the most precious cause of my life - the struggle for the liberation of mankind.
Only when we link our own pursuit with the interests of the country and the people can we create miracles and grow into iron warriors! ”
"Applause!" Zhao Fei shouted, and under the leadership of Zhao Fei, the soldiers below burst into warm applause.
After the applause stopped, Shao Fei took the "microphone" and continued: "Let's sing a chorus first, everyone can sing the "Internationale", let's come to this one." When singing, each of you thinks about what you want to perform next. ”
After Shao Fei finished speaking, he took the lead in singing: "Get up ~ the people who are hungry and cold......"
The warriors below sang along. The singing was loud, and the whole grassland became no longer lonely.
After that, other fighters also went up to express their own programs, most of which were country tunes from their hometowns, mountain songs and the like.
In this way, the tired warriors spent an unforgettable night in cheerfulness. They remain optimistic and hopeful for the most difficult challenges in the second half of the road.