Relative to Du Kaishan. Tao Jing has to be much calmer. I felt that I had reached a certain amount of wine, so I stopped. and stopped Du Kaishan's move to continue drinking.

Looking at Du Kaishan, who was a little dissatisfied, Tao Jingfei said: "We have to go to the commander tomorrow to report, what kind of body is drunk." If you don't get it right, you'll have to be scolded again. That's all for now, if you want to drink, wait until you get to me or I go to you. ”

When Du Kaishan heard this, he didn't insist. Putting down the hand that picked up the wine jar, although he was a little excited, he also nodded and said: "Okay, Ming'er is going to break up, and I will listen to you as a political commissar for the last time." Don't drink anymore and go to sleep. ”

Due to the restrictions of the climate, all the places in the Xingshan Fortress that can live are equipped with ondols. The two of them have been on the same kang since they were partners, and they are used to sleeping. Tao Jingfei, who was just lying on the kang and couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, suddenly opened his mouth and said: "Lao Du, we have been working together for nearly a year, and I have never heard you mention your family." ”

"Goodbye tomorrow, I don't know when we will meet again. Tell me about your home, I heard that your side is the land of abundance, unlike ours, which is very cold in winter. It's freezing cold at minus twenty or thirty degrees, and no matter how much you wear, it's like sitting on the snow with a bare butt. The smoke and snow in the mountains, if you are not careful, people will cover it inside. I've heard that you don't need to wear cotton clothes in winter. ”

Du Kaishan over there was silent for a long time before he replied: "Lao Tao, we seem to be warm in winter there, and we don't need to wear cotton clothes, but in fact, it is not as good as the northeast." Winter on our side is not the same as it is here. The winter here is dry and cold, and when you go out, you wear a big cotton jacket, and when you go home, you have a fire kang, which is said to be cold, but in fact, the winter is only a little more difficult when you are outside. The fire in the room was a little warmer. ”

"It's cold and damp on our side. In winter, it is difficult to see the sun, and it is cold and cold. Even if you're at home, you can feel the moisture running down the cracks in your bones. Sichuan people can eat spicy food, which is why they can. In addition to this, I have traveled to many provinces, and I feel that Sichuan is the most comfortable place. ”

"It's not too hot in the summer, it's much warmer in the winter than here. There is no need to wear cotton clothes, except for the occasional few years, basically drought and flood to ensure harvest. There, no matter how self-motivated people are, they can stay and don't want anything, as long as, oh, by the way, we call it comfort in Sichuan dialect. ”

"When you say the land of abundance, you are only referring to the plains around Chengdu. In fact, Sichuan's northern Sichuan Bashan area and Xikang Province are still very poor. I'm not from Chengdu, I'm actually from Bishan County, Chongqing. I was arrested by Mr. Liu's troops on the way to the school at the age of sixteen, and nearly ten years have passed, and I have never returned to my hometown. ”

"I was a student soldier, and although I didn't do it voluntarily, I was a literate person. Literate people over there are promoted quickly. Although it is not as fast as the promotion on our side, it also values scholars over there. After three years as a soldier, I first worked as a clerk, then joined an officer training team, and became a platoon commander after I came out. ”

"However, the personnel in the Sichuan army are complicated, and people with no background, even if you are very good at fighting, it is difficult to rise. Especially if I came from this profession, it is not easy to be promoted. We are not a robe brother, nor are we from a martial arts hall, and we have no backstage in the army. So I have been this platoon commander and have never been promoted. ”

"When I first got caught, I thought about running. But in order to save me, my father broke his leg and broke his leg, so he broke the idea of running. In the second year of being a soldier, the family suffered another plague, except for the three sisters who had already married, and the parents were gone in that plague, and there was no point in going back. I went home and sold my family's 30 acres of paddy fields, gave each of my three sisters a share, and then died and became a soldier.

"What if you go back? Can you continue to study? My parents are gone, who will provide for me? I was the only boy in the family, and under the influence of my grandfather who was a talented man in the former Qing Dynasty, my father and mother always hoped that I could be admitted to a university and get ahead, so they didn't let me work in the fields since I was a child. Although I was born in a rural area, I don't even know how to grow land, so it is a problem to go back to eat. The three sisters are already married, and the family background is average, so I can't drag them down, right? ”

"The unit I was in was the elite of the Sichuan Army in the hands of Mr. Liu, and although the treatment was not as good as that of the Central Army, the salary was not thin. Although I can't get a big fish and meat every day, although I can't eat and fish every day, there is still no big problem in feeding my family. ”

"The chief of staff was born in the Sichuan army, and the Sichuan army I was born in is the elite of the elite. My Hanyang-made rifle, as well as two Greus-imported Cheerali light machine guns that his miscellaneous units of the Sichuan Army did not have, were also considered to have sufficient ammunition. The military salary was never delayed and paid on time, so the heart of leaving was dead. ”

"I have a cousin in Sichuan, oh, it's your wife in your Northeast dialect, and we call it a cousin over there. Speaking of my wife, there is still an interesting story. That year, the Battle of Erliu Zhengchuan broke out in Sichuan, and the battlefield was mainly in Chengdu. She was studying in Chengdu at the time, just in time. ”

"You know I'm a person, sometimes I'm a little more impulsive. Our troops were stationed next to their girls' high school. I rescued her from the shelling while the other side was shelling. She developed a crush on me, and later married me despite her family's objections. ”

Her family is a wealthy gentleman and a big landowner in Neijiang, and she is a well-known and famous family, and half of the land in the entire Neijiang County belongs to her family. Her family can be said to stomp their feet in Neijiang, and the entire Neijiang will be shaken three times. Successive new county magistrates took office, and if they did not gain the support of their families, they would not be able to stand at all. ”

Her father is still counting on her as a foreign student to marry, and he wants more benefits the most. The people who marry her family are all high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and they are not famous families, where will they take a fancy to me, a small platoon leader? She was determined to marry me at that time, and she did not hesitate to cut ties with her family for my sake. I don't even read books anymore. Later, after I got married, I encouraged her to attend Chengdu Girls' Normal School. ”

"After we got married, the two of us respected each other like guests. Although my salary in the Sichuan army was not much, it was enough to support her as a second lieutenant platoon commander. Although she was born in everyone, she is a typical woman of the type of good wife and mother. He has never pursued luxury, and he is also very able to endure hardship. Otherwise, I wouldn't even be able to support her with the military salary for a feast for their family. ”

"Later, we had a son and a daughter, and although life was a little tighter, we were also very happy. It was not until after the July 7 Incident that the Sichuan army went out of Sichuan to resist the war. After I went out of Sichuan to resist the war, except for sending the general's salary home, I haven't seen their mother for almost three years, and I don't know how they are doing? Do you really miss them? I don't know how they're doing. ”

Tao Jingfei just quietly listened to Du Kaishan's description of the happy life with his family in the past, but did not answer, and did not fall asleep until the two of them were drunk.

The next morning, when the two of them went to find Yang Zhen after breakfast, they learned that Yang Zhen had something to do, and they had rushed to the station of the Northeast Bureau of Luobei with Minister Zhang of the Logistics Department last night. The staff officer who transferred the message also told them that when they took up their posts, the commander would go to their station to talk to them. Let them not be in a hurry and go to the handover first.

Hearing Yang Zhen's personal staff officer's announcement, the two of them looked at each other for a long time. Tao Jingfei spoke first: "Lao Du, the commander asked me to take office today, and I won't return to the station." You have to take care, I'm still waiting for you to drink. ”

Du Kaishan, who knew that the separation was in front of him, looked very low, and held Tao Jingfei's outstretched hand for a long time before saying: "Old Tao, you have to take care, wait for the next time, I will personally cook for you to get you some Sichuan specialties to entertain you, and let you taste my craftsmanship." Lao Tao, I can tell you that my craftsmanship was a must in the Sichuan army back then. ”

Looking at Du Kaishan, who looked very depressed, Tao Jingfei put his hand on the hand he was holding his hand, and seemed a little hesitant and silent for a while before saying, "Old Du, let's start a family." Now that the base area has been expanded, the shape of shì has been roughly stabilized, and there are many female students who have joined the army now, and your qualifications are enough. It's still good for you to find a wife and start a family. ”

After that, Tao Jingfei let go of his hand, took the satchel on the guard who was leading the horse behind him, took out a telegram from the middle and handed it to Du Kaishan, and said: "Old Du, this is the telegram that the political commissar handed over to me after our arrival yesterday from the Central Committee. You were in a bad mood yesterday, so I didn't give it to you. If I don't give it to you today, I don't know when. I think it's better to let you know about this matter. ”

Speaking of this, after turning around and taking the reins handed over by the guards and turning over on the horse, Tao Jingfei looked at Du Kaishan, who was obviously a little confused by his words, and said: "Lao Du, I am about to rush to the first division to report, so I will not accompany you, I believe that your Lao Du can survive." I know that your Lao Du is a tough guy, and no setbacks will be difficult for you. ”

Du Kaishan was indeed a little confused by Tao Jingfei's words. What does my transfer have to do with starting a family? I have a wife in Sichuan, didn't I already tell him last night? Allowing oneself to abandon his wife and marry another person is not allowed by discipline in the army.

Although he had not been in the party for a long time, Du Kaishan understood that in this army, which still maintained a puritan lifestyle, the problem of style was a big problem. Besides, he and his wife in his hometown in Sichuan have always been very affectionate, and he can't do anything like finding a wife of the Anti-Japanese War.

Although he didn't understand the meaning of Tao Jingfei's words, Du Kaishan kept watching Tao Jingfei's figure disappear before opening the telegram in his hand. After taking a closer look, Du Kaishan, who had always been confident, turned pale in an instant. I didn't even know that the newspaper in my hand fell to the ground.

The guard behind him saw the telegram fall to the ground and hurriedly picked it up. He has been by Du Kaishan's side for a long time, and he knows that these telegrams have to be archived. Once lost, the responsibility must be investigated. In fact, he was more curious about what was written on the telegram to make his chief, who had always been extremely confident, look like this.

Du Kaishan, who knew that the home he had been taking care of was scattered, his face was pale, and he didn't say anything, but left the headquarters a little depressed. Before leaving, he didn't even say goodbye to Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun who stayed in the headquarters as usual. No one knows what is going on in his mind at the moment.

All everyone saw was his appearance on the battlefield after that, and he was not always relying on his own opinions, and even some spirits, as before. The use of soldiers is even more spicy, and the battles are more ruthless and refined every time. He was in charge of the Eastern Front, and together with Wang Guangyu, who presided over the Western Front, he was privately called the Western Tiger and the Eastern Wolf under Yang Zhen by the Japanese army, and it was also the most difficult enemy to deal with.

This wolf is compared with Wang Guangyu, who is good at commanding the coordination of all arms, especially the coordination of infantry and artillery, and is good at defensive operations, and is called the first tiger general of North Manchuria by the Japanese army. He is better at taking large corps group movement warfare, because of his erratic combat style and the use of wolf pack tactics, Du Kaishan, who was called the most ferocious wolf in the North Manchurian wolf pack by the Japanese army.

The content of this telegram that almost changed Du Kaishan's entire personality Yang Zhen asked the central government for a matter after he got in touch with the central government. After opening up some contacts with the central authorities, Yang Zhen hoped that the central authorities would take the families of several important cadres, especially the families of Guo Bingxun and Du Kaishan, who are high-ranking cadres, to the border areas to take care of them and ensure their safety and reassure the army.

After receiving Yang Zhen's request, the central authorities attached great importance to it, and the leader personally ordered the two offices of the 18th Group Army in Chongqing and Chengdu to use the party organizations in Sichuan to search for him. Guo Bingxun's family is easy to handle, just an old man teaches at a university in Chengdu. Du Kaishan's family took a lot of thought before they finally found it.

Old man Guo knew that his son was not killed, and although he was relieved after insisting on the Anti-Japanese War in the Northeast, he did not agree to go to Yan'an. I just hope that although I am old, I can't go into battle to kill the enemy. However, in his lifetime, he can make more use of the knowledge he has mastered to cultivate more talents for the country and the nation.

But Du Kaishan's family made the central government a little embarrassed. His wife in Sichuan came the news of his "death" in front, and his mother's family, who had been cut off, was forced to go back. used the child as a bargaining chip, and forced him to remarry a local big salt merchant who had a great interest in his family as an additional house.

Due to the needs of the first work, it is also in the national control area, and the people are married after three courtesies and six appointments, and the people who go to the central government cannot take them away. He can only pick up his child, who has been sent to his sister in his hometown. Fortunately, Du Kaishan's three sisters knew that these two children were the only bloodline of their younger brother who had died in battle, and that boy was a root of their old Du family, and he regarded it as a palm bead.

Although the family background of the three families is just an ordinary family, the sister and brother have not suffered any crimes. Under the persuasion of the eldest brother-in-law, a secret party member who joined the party during the Great Revolution, although he was reluctant, he also agreed to the central government to take the child away.

The telegram from the Central Committee was to inform Yang Zhen that the rest of the things he had entrusted had been completed, except for a few that could not be found. Second, I hope to communicate with Yang Zhen whether the family members who are looking for will stay in Yan'an or find a way to send them to the Northeast.

Although Yang Zhen was a little hesitant to receive a call back from the central government, he finally decided to tell Du Kaishan the truth. It is better to tell the sù early than to tell the sù late. He believed that in the face of the result of the separation of his wife, which was difficult for ordinary people to accept, with Du Kaishan's character, he would survive.