Chapter 60 The brigade commander attends the memorial service
Well-trained elite soldiers, under the command of cadres who have grown up in more than a dozen battles. This group of wild boars that went down the mountain to forage stayed in the canteen warehouse. Together with the stored food they ate secretly, they became the soldiers' most recent goal.
A plate of Chinese food.
Of course, there were four young wild boars that were knocked unconscious and captured alive and became food in captivity. Five adult wild boars that had lost a lot of fat were all beaten to death.
When this happened at breakfast, the prepared meals were brought out and distributed for the soldiers to eat. The remaining pots and stoves continued to heat hot water, and the cooks and the soldiers who volunteered to help removed the pig hair and removed the internal organs.
The unloaded wild boar meat is smeared with precious salt and hung up to make bacon. The game itself has a strong fishy smell, so it needs to be cured or pickled with seasonings and spices to cover up the fishy smell.
Wang Chengzhu did not watch the excitement at the scene. He picked up a wooden gun used for training and took off the linen head stuck with lime. Seeing the right moment, he stabbed about one-third of the length of the wild boar's anus with the gun. The soldiers beside him saw
In this scene, he repeatedly praised the warrior who trained to be Wang Chengzhu's opponent.
The wild boar, which was stabbed through the soft meat protected by the thick pig tail, clamped the wooden gun hard to break free of the foreign object. Unexpectedly, Wang Chengzhu was as patient as a fisherman, holding the wooden gun with both hands and fighting with the prey until the wild boar's wound was torn apart.
Pig blood and minced internal organs leaked out from the cracks, and Wang Chengzhu took the opportunity to grab his tail as he staggered, dragged him to the front of the line of soldiers, tied him up, and carried him away.
Wang Chengzhu continued his efforts and was about to stab a wild boar, only to find that the wooden gun shaft was still in the body of the tied wild boar. The comrades who saw Wang Chengzhu's performance said they were afraid that it would affect the meat washing, so they refused to lend him the red tassel gun.
.Wang Chengzhu had no choice but to shout loudly from behind to add to the atmosphere of scaring wild boars.
The farce in the morning happened suddenly and was dealt with very quickly. The group of wild boars that came to improve the food for the new group hardly affected the soldiers' daily study and training.
After the literacy study in the morning, the assembled soldiers were taken by their respective company commanders to the south slope of the mountain north of the village where they were stationed. This has been the cemetery area of the New Regiment for nearly a year, and the remains and bones of thousands of fallen soldiers are buried here.
Regiment cadres were already waiting at the scene, and the soldiers stood in a square formation in company units to watch the urns of their fallen comrades being moved into the cellar.
Brigadier Chen Da and the brigade chief of staff of the 38th Army Brigade, together with more than ten people, rushed to the vicinity of the cemetery area of the New Regiment in the dust. When they were fifty or sixty meters away from the area where the soldiers lined up, the condolence group from the brigade headquarters jumped off their horses one after another.
The leaders arranged their clothes and walked quickly into the memorial service of Xinyi Regiment.
The political commissar and other cadres of the New Regiment, soldiers and brigade leaders who came to pay their respects stood in sequence and announced that the memorial service for the fallen soldiers of the New Regiment on March 15, 1940 had officially begun.
Accompanied by the masters who operate suonas, bronzes, gongs and other musical instruments, they play mournful music to bid farewell to the deceased.
The political commissar walked to the speaker's seat, bowed three times to the tomb behind him, turned around, raised the loudspeaker on the table, and began to recite the memorial: "Our organization and the people's army led by the organization are entirely for the liberation of the people.
, working thoroughly for the interests of the people. The one hundred and thirteen comrades who will be laid to rest in the grave behind me are members of this team.
People are always going to die, but the meaning of death is different. In ancient China, a writer named Sima Qian said: "Everyone is destined to die, and it may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather." To die for the benefit of the people is to die for the people.
Heavier than Mount Tai..." 1
After reading the speech at the memorial service, the political commissar turned around and bowed again to the tomb where more than a hundred urns had been placed.
The political commissar stood at the speaker's seat and followed the procedures of the memorial service and continued to read from the dictation board: "I would like to invite the brigade headquarters to pay tribute to the delegation. The brigade chief of staff will deliver a eulogy on behalf of the brigade headquarters." After saying this, he put down the loudspeaker and let the departure seats be walked quickly.
Here comes the brigade chief of staff.
The brigade chief of staff bowed to the soldiers in front of the cemetery, then took out the notebook in his jacket pocket and read out the eulogy in a heavy tone: "Dear comrades and friends: Today we express our deepest condolences with a very heavy heart.
The closest comrades-in-arms Wang Fengnian and Li Guoping, a total of 113 comrades. First of all, on behalf of all the comrades who came to attend the memorial service today, I would like to extend my cordial condolences to the relatives and friends of the fallen comrades..." Brigade Chief of Staff
After reading the eulogy, leave the speech box.
The political commissar walked to the speaker's seat again and announced the next step: "For the guests attending the memorial service of the Xinyi Regiment, please give a speech."
In the midst of mourning, the brigade commander and brigade chief of staff walked to the tomb first and bowed three times to the urn; other cadres of the brigade commemoration group, in groups of three or two, walked to the tomb and bowed three times; nearby
The fallen soldiers who arrived were old friends who temporarily formed a mourning team and walked to the tomb to bow three times.
After the ceremony, the political commissar bowed to the guests to thank them.
The political commissar raised the loudspeaker and continued to read: "Now, please invite the cadres and soldiers of the new regiment to collectively bow three times to the spiritual point."
After saying that, the political commissar turned around and took the lead in bidding farewell to the urns in the tomb. The cadres and soldiers of the new regiment present followed the political commissar's move and bowed three times to bid farewell to their deceased comrades.
The political commissar straightened up and did not pick up the loudspeaker, but shouted loudly: "The ceremony is completed, the tomb is closed, and the comrades are sent off..."
The group leader took the lead in singing "No Clothes" 2: "How can I say Wu Yi? I share the same robe with you..."
"How can I say that I have no clothes? I share the same robe with you..." The soldiers sang along with the leader.
The brigade commander took the lead, together with the political commissar of the new regiment and other cadres, and used shovels to fill in the half-covered Zhuangyao tomb excavated in Kongyi Mountain. Several strong soldiers who were selected as the honor guard carried a stone with the names of the fallen in it.
Tombstones are placed in cave dwellings for people to visit and remember.
The morning's ideological and political class ended like this. Where there is faith, there is mourning. This funeral ceremony to commemorate the fallen soldiers who dedicated and sacrificed for the cause of people's liberation gathered centripetal force for the ideological construction of the team and the life and death of the soldiers.
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At noon, the condolence team from the Brigade Headquarters stayed in the canteen of the New Regiment Headquarters for a meal. They attended the farewell ceremony in the morning, and the lunch meal was relatively plain and did not contain any meaty food. 3
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After lunch, the brigade commander and brigade chief of staff were led by the regiment commander to the courtyard where they lived and worked. Immediately afterwards, Wang Chengzhu was also led in by the political commissar.
The head of the brigade looked at Comrade Wang Chengzhu. The head of the regiment first spoke to break the silence in the courtyard: "Brigade Commander, Chief of Staff, let me introduce you two. This is the person I introduced to you when I went to the brigade headquarters yesterday to deliver supplies.
Comrade Wang Chengzhu reported."
The brigade chief of staff smiled and said: "So you are Comrade Wang Chengzhu. The artillery staff assigned by the brigade to command the battle last time praised the seconded artillerymen for the battle. He also recommended the mortar chief shooter of the new regiment, saying that Wang Chengzhu
Comrade's artillery maneuvers are standardized, and the follow-up fire correction speed is fast."
Wang Chengzhu grinned when he heard this, showing an expression that met everyone's expectations.
After the brigade commander and other chief of staff finished speaking, they made a request to Wang Chengzhu: "Comrade Wang Chengzhu, we have listened to the report of Commander Ding and also studied the report material of the new regiment headquarters on what happened to you. In the spirit of seeking truth from facts, the brigade and I
The chief of staff is here to conduct on-the-spot investigation. In this courtyard, please perform a physical object thing."
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Note 1: "Serving the People" is the chairman's speech at the memorial service of Comrade Zhang Side on September 8, 1944. There are some deletions and modifications in the selection.
Note 2: Wuyi, generally refers to "The Book of Songs·Guo Feng·Qin Feng·Wu Yi", which is a passionate and impassioned war song about sharing the same hatred with the enemy.
Note 3: Hunxing refers to foods such as chicken, duck, fish and strong-smelling vegetables. Meat refers to onions, ginger, garlic, fennel, coriander, amaranth, chrysanthemum buds, pepper leaves and other strong-smelling plants; fishy refers to fish,