In the spring of 1941, the commander of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, was ordered to be stationed in Nanniwan to reclaim wasteland, and took the troops to the famous Nanniwan.
In fact, before going to Nanniwan, when I just received Mr. Zhu's order, I didn't understand it very much, and directly "questioned" Mr. Zhu"Boss, did I make any mistake or did the organization no longer recognize my combat ability?
You have to give me an explanation, otherwise don't say it's me, it's just my group of 'thorns', I can't even explain it!”
Mr. Zhu knew the temper of **, but he was not angry about it, and said with a smile:"You guessed wrong, Wang Huzi, you have not made a mistake, and your combat ability is also first-class!
It is precisely because of this that the organization decided to let you gnaw on the hard bone of 'Nanniwan', and only you are the most suitable and can definitely gnaw it. ”
And it is the arrival of the first general that has transformed Nanniwan from an overgrown and uninhabited wasteland into a famous scenic spot in Yan'anAs far as the eye can see, there is a blue color everywhere, boundless;The green mountains are greener, and the birds on the top of the mountains are numerous, hovering and not going;
* The commander also wrote a poem for the rejuvenated Nanniwan, the first half of which is:
When I arrived here at the beginning of last year, there was barren grass everywhere.
There is no camp at night, and it is difficult to find a broken kiln.
Now open a new market, the cave house is full of mountainside.
It makes people sigh at the great perseverance of the older generation of revolutionary soldiers and the cohesion of all the soldiers and soldiers.
* With the warm spring sunshine on his head, he and his subordinates went to Nanniwan, which everyone avoided, and just landed, everyone crossed their hands on their waists and squinted around to watch.
Although it was spring, the air was still filled with the dry smell of winter, the land had not yet thawed, and the ground under his feet was frozen hard.
Even some of the swamps were not frozen, but all the cold was locked in the swamp, and it was freezing cold when you stepped into it, but even so, there was no reason to "wait until it was warmer to start construction".
Because when he received the task at that time, Mr. Zhu said, ** requires the military rations of the troops this time to be completely self-sufficient, and to farm and harvest their own landFirst, it can make the soldiers work more attentively.
Second, it can also allow the soldiers to experience the life of the majority of the masses and come from the masses and then go to the masses, so that they can empathize with the difficulties of the common people and better solve the problems of the masses.
Moreover, the production conditions and goals of the ** troops at that time have long been summed up by a popular slogan:A pickaxe and a gun, the production of self-help and defense
* Frowning, squinting, with a cigarette in his mouth, he said to Chen Zongyao, the head of the 728 Regiment beside him: "It is indeed more difficult than imagined, and the problems we are facing now are not only in the reclamation of wasteland.
And one more canA sheltered dwelling, surrounded by banditsIncluding the soldiers, there are quite a few people forI am not familiar with the work of cultivating wasteland. ”
Then he raised his eyebrows, turned his head and said with a smile: "Afraid or not, Zong Yao, in fact, it is very simple."We have hoes in the face of the land, we have spears in the face of bandits, and we don't know how to farm and learn, these boys are not even afraid of death on the battlefield, and they will be afraid of this?”
Zhang Zongyao had long been Xi to the big grin of **, looked at each other with **, stomped his feet, and asked the soldiers to rest in place first, and then go to "chisel the mountain to build a house" together.
The soldiers did not complain after hearing this, and they did not complain about the land reclamation, not only because the commander-in-chief made a mobilization speech before leaving, which gave the soldiers a "shot in the arm".
It is also because they have never had any contempt for the cultivation of wasteland, and they all feel that the cultivation of wasteland and the fight on the battlefield are all contributing to the establishment of New China.
After the soldiers finished resting, they got up mightily, picked up the tools around them, and went to build shelters for themselves, and dig mountains and caves.
Because the reclamation of land cannot be completed overnight, the soldiers took precautions, while clearing the wasteland, they collected scrap iron everywhere in their leisure time to prevent the "old guys" in their hands from being damaged by "overwork".
Although the ground is hard, and it is only after a hoe that the shoulders are rounded and a hoe goes down, it can be chiseled out a trace that is not deep, even so, no one is still discouraged, but more and more energeticI have to admit that the revolutionary soldiers of that era had a tenacity and ruthlessness that they had not discovered.
In the face of some soldiers in the army who don't know anything about farming,**Although he was unforgiving, ridiculing these people as "sons and brothers" and "enjoying a blessed life", he still hired a very experienced 70-year-old farmer for the soldiersPersonally taught the soldiers how to farm.
Before the first wave of planting, the soldiers did not bring much military rations, so every once in a while they would go to Yanchang and other places hundreds of miles away to carry food, or mobilize the soldiers to go up the mountains to dig wild vegetables.
At that time, although the soldiers had a hard time, but there was hope, everyone's dark face hung a bright smile like the summer sun, the sunrise and sunset, very fulfilling, ** Seeing the progress of gradually reclaiming the wasteland is steadily advancing, the soldiers are gradually adapting to the life here, and they are also relieved.
With the passage of time, the sweat shed by the soldiers for this land finally saw the harvest, and the soldiers sowed rice, corn, sesame, watermelon, potatoes and other crops in this land in seasons.
And Nanniwan is also from the mouth of the surrounding farmers".Mud Bay" becametoday".Grain rice riverFrom the beginning of 1941 to the autumn of 1941, Nanniwan was reclaimed10,000 acres of land harvested nearly 140,000 catties of grain.
Although the yield of Nanniwan is still not as high as that of the southern region with superior conditions.
However, with the spirit of arduous struggle, the soldiers forcibly turned a barren piece of land into a "good field" where crops can be grown, which in itself is a manifestation of the Chinese nation's ability to rise up in difficult times and develop in the midst of hardship.
* In the first half of his life, the old general fought for the motherland, galloped in all directions on the battlefield, and escaped death several times in order to regain the territory that belongs to our country.
After the founding of New China, he still did not enjoy his old age, continued to guard the country for the motherland, went to the barren, and traveled in all directions.
On the improvement of Nanniwan, the commander-in-chief is very satisfied, and the poem written by Mr. Zhu actually has the second half:
Pingchuan planted Jiahe, paddy fields planted new rice.
The tuntian party was completed, and the soldiers were coarse and clothed.
The cattle and sheep on the farm are fat, and Malan is pretty in paper.
The smoke breeze blows on the face, and it seems to be good in the south of the Yangtze River.
**It has also been highly praised for the production of Nanniwan:This is an unprecedented miracle in our Chinese history, and we believe that in the future of China, we will be able to rely on this spirit to become a "later comer".