In the battle, Lin charged ahead, and suddenly a bullet from the enemy penetrated his left upper arm. He covered his wounds and directed the battle with injuries until the battle was won. After the injury, I was injured at work, so that the wound became inflamed and the injury worsened. Lin had to live in a field hospital. There are many wounded people in the hospital, and more and more. In the hospital, he lost no time in telling stories about the wounded and sick who fought against "encirclement and suppression" several times and doing their ideological and political work well. A comrade-in-arms with a stomach injury said: "The comrades in our company are brave in fighting. Enemies are like swarms of ants. After several days of fighting, the enemy suffered heavy casualties and bodies were everywhere. We also lost a lot. The superior said to retreat and played for a few days. The superior also said to retreat. Now I retreat to Songmaoling in Changting. Where will I retreat in the future? " After listening to this, Lin thought for a long time and said, "This counter-campaign is different from the past, but we must believe that the Red Army will win and the revolution will succeed."
The war is getting tighter and tighter, and the voice of enemy planes rings over the field hospital. The Red Army was forced to carry out the Long March, but Lin's illness has not recovered, so the organization sent him a stretcher. In order to ease the inconvenience of marching, he quickly returned to the team when crossing the enemy blockade.
The Red Eighth Army suffered heavy losses when crossing the Xiangjiang River. Because Lin's important task before crossing Xiangjiang River was to take refuge in the rear, they moved slowly, were bombed and strafed by enemy planes, and sacrificed many Fujian soldiers.
After the Central Red Army crossed the Xiangjiang River, it held a passage meeting of 1934+65438 in early February, and decided to reorganize the troops and cancel the establishment of the Gongba Army. Lin was appointed as the political inspector and division secretary of the Political Department of the Red Army Corps. 1In May, 935, the Red Army crossed the Jinsha River and came to Mianning via Huili and Luding. Lin's regiment served as a glorious advance mission. In order to strengthen the leadership of the advance troops, the Central Military Commission appointed Liu Bocheng and Nie as the commander and political commissar of the advance troops respectively. In order to strengthen the advance team, the engineering company of the regiment was placed under the command of a regiment. Liu and Nie handed over the task of crossing the Dadu River to a regiment. After receiving the task, the first regiment immediately set out from Dadu River 160 Li Road Village in the rain and made rapid progress.
Dadu River, a tributary of Minjiang River, has a dangerous terrain. Shi Dakai of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was completely annihilated here. Chiang Kai-shek wants to treat the Red Army as Shi Dakai and destroy it here. At that time, the Red Army was in a very dangerous situation: hundreds of thousands of enemy troops were chasing after it, and Sichuan warlords guarded all the ferries in front of the Dadu River.
After marching in the rain for a day, a group of people stopped on a hillside, which is only 10 from the Anshun ferry of Dadu River, and the sound of Dadu River can be heard. 140 miles of urgent marching is really tiring. It's already past 10 at night. The soldiers fell asleep in the rain as soon as they stopped. Lin asked several local villagers about the situation: Anshunchang is a small town with nearly 500 families. In order to prevent me from crossing the river, the enemy often has two companies defending in Anshun field, dragging all the boats away and destroying them, leaving only one boat for them to use. There is an enemy regiment on the other side of Anshun Field, with the main force in the lower reaches of the ferry 15. There are three key enemy regiments in Luding City in the upstream, and two enemy regiments in the downstream. To cross the Dadu River, we must first occupy Anshun Field and seize the ship. Zhong Zhao reported what he had learned to the head of the advance team. Liu Bocheng instructed: "This crossing of the river is related to the lives of tens of thousands of Red Army. We must overcome all difficulties to complete the task and open up a road to victory for the whole army. " Political commissar Nie said, "We are not Shi Dakai, but the Red Army of Workers and Peasants led by Chairman Mao of the Communist Party of China (CPC). In front of us, there are no invincible enemies and no unbreakable natural disasters. " And ordered a regiment to quickly occupy Anshun field.
It was dark and raining at night, and Lin He ran along the muddy path with a battalion. Near Anshun field, he ordered a battalion of soldiers to surround Anshun field in three ways to defend the enemy. The enemy troops on the defensive in Anshun field never dreamed that the Red Army would come so soon. They thought that the Red Army had not left the minority areas, so they were unprepared. In less than half an hour, two enemy companies were all defeated by our battalion. During the battle, Lin came to a house by the roadside and suddenly heard a loud cry: "Which one?" When the correspondent heard the wrong voice, he shouted, "Don't move, don't kill!" The enemy couldn't figure out our situation, so they surrendered their guns. Coincidentally, it turns out that these enemies are in charge of ships and have just come from the other side. Lin ordered a battalion to seize the wooden boat, which became the only tool for the Red Army to cross the river.
After occupying Anshunchang, Lin thought he could only cross the Dadu River. According to the instructions of his superiors, he ordered three 82 mortars and several heavy machine guns of the artillery company to be placed in a favorable position, and light machine guns and special shooters entered the riverside position. Firepower is arranged, and the remaining problem is crossing the river. A wooden boat can't hold many people, so a strong and brave team must be organized to cross the river, so he handed over the task of selecting people to cross the river to the battalion commander Sun. When the soldiers learned the news of organizing the Brave Team, they immediately surrounded Sun Ying, making it impossible for Sun Ying to arrange anything. "What should I do?" The battalion commander Sun asked him for instructions. Zhong Zhao was happy and anxious at this time. He is happy that the Red Army soldiers are brave and not afraid of death, but he is anxious that it will drag on time. It was decided that Sun, the battalion commander, would go to the Second Company to select brave players.
On the morning of May 25th, under the command of Liu Bocheng, Yang Dezhi, head of the Red Eighth Regiment, organized the 17 Warriors headed by the company commander Xiong Shangzhi. A brave river-crossing team consists of 17 people, each with a big knife, a submachine gun, a short gun, five grenades and working tools.
When the solemn moment came, Lin said loudly, "Comrades, the hope of the Red Army is pinned on you. Resolutely cross and destroy the enemy on the other side! " "fight!" Zhao Zhong gave orders to the artillery. God gunner Zhao Zhangcheng's muzzle had already aimed at the enemy fortifications on the other side, and the enemy's bunker flew into the air with a bang. Our machine guns and rifles have exerted their power and suppressed the enemy's firepower like a storm. The boat went up and down, and the villagers paddled desperately, surrounded by spray from bullets. The 17th Warriors finally occupied the fortifications of the ferry, repelled the desperate counterattack of the Kuomintang army, and Chiang Kai-shek's dream of turning the Red Army into a "second Shi Dakai" was completely shattered. After crossing the Luding Bridge, the Red Army advanced northward and successively occupied Beilongping and Tianquan. On the afternoon of June 1 1, he arrived at a towering snowy mountain in Baoxing County, Sichuan Province, blocking the way of the Red Army. At this time, Lin was transferred to the fourth regiment as a political inspector.
In order to gain common sense and experience in climbing snow-capped mountains, Lin organized a working group to visit local residents. The old fellow villagers earnestly warned him: in the morning and evening, heavy snow, chill, mountain wind everywhere, cover the sky, can not cross the mountain. To pass, it must be after 10 in the morning and before 3: 00 in the afternoon, and you should wear more clothes, bring strong liquor and pepper to keep out the cold and climb the mountain with crutches. At this time, it was midsummer, and the officers and men of the Red Army only wore a thin coat. The residents here are few and poor, and you can't buy spirits and peppers. All they can find is a stick for each person. Zhong Zhao described in detail the difficulties encountered in climbing the snow-capped mountains, and asked everyone to find ways to overcome these difficulties and not to leave anyone behind. We should "help the weak, help the small, help the walk, and walk if we can't move." Everyone must cross the snow-capped mountains safely. "
12 in the early morning, the Red Army gathered in several small villages near the troops in Da Qiao to mobilize before crossing the snow-capped mountains. Everyone has a stick in his hand, some carefully under his arm, and some happily waving it up and down. With the slogan "Conquer the Jin Jia Mountains and Create a March Miracle", countless sticks point to the sky together, with a rainbow momentum. At about 9 o'clock, the team headed for the snow-capped mountains along the riverside path. When I came to the foot of the mountain, the temperature plummeted, the road under my feet was hard with cold, and the wooden stick landed with a "giggle" sound. The soldiers covered themselves with military blankets. Lin's army blanket was originally placed on the army horse, but later the army horse was lost in the battle. He has fewer tools to keep out the cold than others. He stubbornly climbed up the hillside. The first class dug the foothills in the snow with bayonets, and the people behind them held hands and stepped on the dug foothills, moving forward cautiously. Suddenly, there was a cry of surprise: "Someone fell into the hole." Lin quickly stepped forward and helped his comrades who fell into the hole climb up with wooden sticks and shackles. Lin told the rescued comrades not to sit down and move on, otherwise they would never stand up. The mountains are full of smoke, sometimes thick and sometimes light, and people walk in them, just like walking on clouds, thin military uniforms, unable to withstand the wind and snow, and their faces and bodies are like being cut by countless sharp knives. Lin trembled, and the thinner the air, the more difficult it was to breathe. An elderly comrade in front wanted to stop, and Lin said, "No, you will never leave if you stop!" " Lin and he helped each other to move forward. When I was approaching the top of the mountain, it suddenly began to hail. Hail as big as walnuts fell head after head, and my face was swollen. They had to move forward with their hands over their heads. After the hail, Wan Li was clear and sunny. Looking up, except for a few flagpoles erected by ethnic minorities on the mountain peak, it was all ice and snow. He looked down at the team at the foot of the mountain and shouted, "Come on, comrades." Helping his comrades also shouted: "Come on, come on, come on!" With help, they finally climbed the main peak of the Jin Jia Mountains.
After five hours of intense fighting, the whole regiment safely climbed over the snow-capped mountains. When going down the mountain, the troops sang one after another. Halfway down the mountain, a group of yaks were playing leisurely. They found the mighty procession running around in fear. Suddenly gunshots rang out at the foot of the mountain, and Lin and the head ran to the avant-garde class to observe the situation ahead. Through the telescope, he saw a big village not far below the mountain. In the Woods around the village, there are vaguely many people walking back and forth. They carry guns and military caps on their heads. Obviously, they are troops, one regiment is an avant-garde regiment, and there are no troops of their own in front. The fourth regiment marched in a fighting posture. Suddenly, a faint voice came from the mountain wind, and the four groups listened with bated breath, but they couldn't hear clearly at all. So the Fourth Regiment quickened its pace and gradually seemed to hear "We are the Red Army"! "The red army? Is it really the Red Army? " Zhao Zhongxin was dubious, and the scouts rushed back, shouting "Gongsijun comrades" and "Gongsijun comrades are coming!"
Soon, at the foot of the mountain came a clear cry of "We are the Red Fourth Army". Suddenly, there was a cheer, and the noise was like thunder. Unexpectedly, at the foot of this mountain in Jin Jia, I met my relatives who looked forward to it day and night-the comrades-in-arms of Gongsijun.
The Fourth Regiment cheered and poured into David Village, and the comrades of the Fourth Army gave the Fourth Regiment the house where they lived. The division commander of the 88th Division of the Gongsi Army immediately came to visit the Red Army comrades and gave the four regiments 30 loads of grain as a gourd to comfort them. Soldiers in every corner of the village talked happily and asked each other about the situation. The encounter between the two main forces of the Red Army is a great encouragement to every comrade. When comrades get to know each other about the hard struggle experience, their confidence in the victory of the revolution is even greater.
In the evening, a party was held in the square of David village. The flaming bonfire dyed the sky red, and the faces of the soldiers shone with joy. Some people sing Sichuan folk songs, some say storytelling, some sing xingguo folk song, and Lin also sings Longyan folk songs: "The sun is red, and the people of the Red Army love each other. Tonight the bonfire reflects joy, and tomorrow the long tassel fights the black dragon ... "The party broke into cheers and resounded through the sky.
That night, the colonel and Lin slept in the bed prepared for them by the comrades of the Fourth Army. They have never had a good sleep since the Long March. Today, when they sleep in such a comfortable bed, they really realize what happiness is. Zhao Zhong said that he slept soundly that night. After the first and fourth armies joined forces, the Red Fourth Regiment went to Maoergai to rest and stand by. At that time, the CPC Central Committee and Chairman Mao determined a correct route, that is, the two front armies * * * went north together, and planned to lay Songpan, capture Pingwu, then go out of Gannan, advance along Wenxian and Wudu areas, occupy Sichuan-Shaanxi-Gansu areas, establish revolutionary base areas, and promote the arrival of the national anti-Japanese climax. However, due to Zhang's constant obstruction, the enemy's situation has changed greatly, but the fighter plane has been delayed to take off. The Red Army had to make a decisive decision, change its route to the north, and decided to attack the enemy by surprise, crossing the grassland with extremely harsh natural conditions and heading north to Shaanxi and Gansu.
Lin said to him, the soldiers and horses have not moved, but the grain and grass go first. The grassland is vast and uninhabited, so it is more important to prepare food before marching. Considering that the Boluozi area in the southeast of Maoergai is a grain-producing area and there are not many troops, the superior leaders sent four regiments to raise grain, requiring each person to prepare at least 10 kg of dry food.
Lin believes that although Boluozi is a grain-producing area, it is easier to raise grain with fewer troops, but it cannot be too simplistic. Ethnic minorities live in this area, and the language of the Red Army is not fluent. In addition, the deception and propaganda influence of the Kuomintang reactionaries will inevitably increase the difficulty of raising grain. We must strictly enforce policy discipline and actively do a good job in publicity. In a sense, whether we can implement the policies and disciplines of our party and army is the primary condition for whether we can complete the task of raising grain.
Lin held a meeting of the delegation organs to convey. Most of the regimental headquarters organs are cadres, so it is easier to understand the intentions of superiors. As soon as everyone is mobilized, they will act. Some comrades even took out dry food bags for inspection. When there is a hole, they will sew a thin thread and a needle carefully immediately.
The organs of the fourth regiment followed closely behind the avant-garde camp and marched along the rugged path to the Polozi area. This area is located on the plateau and the climate is changeable. It was summer. Although it was very hot, it was sometimes windy and sometimes rainy. On the way, comrades-in-arms were sweating in sunny days, muddy in rainy days, cold and hot, and lacking food. Many comrades-in-arms collapsed, and everyone was still in high spirits, talking and laughing all the way.
March for two days in a row. Bang! Bang! Suddenly there was a gunshot ahead. On hearing the gunshot, all the comrades scowled and stepped up at the same time. After a while, the regiment scouts came back to report that there were Tibetan compatriots in the village ahead. Being deceived by the Kuomintang reactionaries, as soon as they found my vanguard, they fired, called the police and hid in the mountains. Walking along the forest, I thought, This is not a good sign! It shows that raising food will be an arduous struggle, not just an economic work, but a political task.
Lin said that in the sparse Woods on the other side of the river, there are several villages scattered sporadically, and the regimental headquarters and avant-garde camps are relatively large. There are about 100 Tibetan families living in bungalows and two floors with wooden ladders, but their structures are relatively simple. Most of the walls are made of bamboo, with cow dung or mud on them. When they are loyal, they push doors from door to door, and the room is empty. At this time, although the mature highland barley and peas are growing well in the farmland in front of the house, they don't know which one belongs to the local tyrants and which one belongs to the masses. There is no way to start, so they have to "look at the grain and sigh".
In view of this situation, Lin studied countermeasures and reiterated the importance of implementing policy discipline. At first, everyone didn't live in private houses, sleeping under trees or eaves; Later, when I moved in, I didn't need Tibetan things, so I tried to clean the house inside and outside. At the same time, the regimental headquarters and battalions have sent working groups to go up the mountain to publicize the party's policies and do mass work under the leadership of the general secretary.
Does this work? The first two days didn't have much effect, and no Tibetan brothers went down the mountain. However, Lin's determination to implement the policy has not wavered. At this time, the troops brought less and less food, and some companies almost ran out of food, and a pile of highland barley next to them was simply "bowing their heads." However, from top to bottom, comrades still focus on policies and discipline, preferring to starve themselves to death.
Sure enough, because the Red Army strictly implemented policies and disciplines, it gradually dispelled the doubts of Tibetan brothers, especially those who came back first. When they saw that everything in the house was intact and the crops in the field were not lost, they were very surprised and moved. Good news flew to the mountains like wings, and more and more Tibetan brothers came back to help the old and bring the young. The lifeless village is alive again. Lin is a Tibetan brother. Some poor Tibetan brothers heard that the Red Army went north to resist Japan and also took out their own barley and peas. Loyal to them, they pay silver dollars according to quantity and quality to make sales fair. In this way, they quickly raised enough dry food and completed the task.
Dawn broke in the east, and Lin and his men took a heavy bag of dry food, bid farewell to Tibetan brothers, and started a new journey with a brisk pace. Every step they take, the slender dry food bag swings with it. It is like the conductor of a band, directing everyone to sing "Song of Raising Grain" and "Victory of the Policy and Discipline of the China Producer Party and the Red Army".
Lin often recalls the unforgettable history of the Long March. He said: "At that time, party member's vanguard and exemplary role was outstanding. They suffer hardship first, enjoy it later, fight bravely and are not afraid of sacrifice. When marching, some people carried several guns, and some people were in poor health and struggled to carry stretchers. " When climbing the snowy mountain, Lin gave the sheepskin he had been assigned to a soldier in poor health, wrapped himself in a linen cloth, and became ill with cold. He said: "Although he was ill, he was strengthened by the thought that the revolution our Red Army was engaged in was a great cause of mankind." During the Long March, he also gave dry food to the soldiers, carried stretchers, machine guns and carried luggage for the soldiers, and was praised by the soldiers. Everyone praised him as a tireless man.
He often said: On the Long March, I don't know how many comrades died of starvation, freezing and killing. When our regiment crossed the Jinsha River, it was ambushed by enemy planes, and many comrades fell down and never got up again. In Jiangshan Township, Longyan, my hometown, more than 65,438+000 people participated in the Red Army Long March. When the Long March successfully arrived in Yan 'an, only four people, including Lin and Guo, were left, almost all of whom died on the Long March road.