In the spring of 1949, the Chinese People's Liberation Army defeated the Kuomintang bandit army completely.
The prelude to a magnificent battle to cross the river has begun. The Jiangwei fishing village in the south of the newly liberated Rugao Ding presents a vigorous and busy scene. Ships gathered, soldiers and civilians practiced day and night, galloping across the river, beach and harbor...
The joy of turning over was on the faces of every poor fisherman. Jiang Haida, the old captain and the leader of the village militia, seemed to be more than ten years younger, and he either led the militia to repair boats on the beach all day long, or led the People's Liberation Army to train in the harbor on the river, and the more he worked, the more energetic he became.
In the evening of this day, Instructor Wu of the People's Liberation Army announced: The art troupe will come to the village tonight to perform "The White-Haired Girl", and everyone will rest after watching the play. Jiang Hai said happily: "Okay!After watching the play and receiving education, the training in the river is even more energetic. ”
After a burst of gongs and drums, the play began. Jiang Haida pursed his lips tightly, an angry look shot out of his eyes, and he saw his figure from the bitter encounter of Yang Bailao's father and daughter.
Jiang Haida has been oppressed by the fishing tyrants for several generations, and when it comes to Jiang Haida, he is even more destitute. He had no choice but to rent a broken boat from the fisherman Liu Licai, relying on his youth and strength, working hard, and still living a hard life of half chaff and half vegetables.
In the old society, there was no way for the poor to live. Jiang Haida's wife Yuezhen couldn't afford to get sick because she was bitter and tired. Jiang Haida borrowed ten yuan from Liu Licai, grabbed medicine and bought rice, and finally saved his wife's life.
However, the borrowed money rolled up and became a debt to Hades that could not be repaid. Three years ago, on a lunar day, the fisherman Liu Licai took the housekeeper to the door to force debts, snatched the fishing boat, and kicked Jiang Haida's wife Yuezhen to death.
Jiang Haida cherished this deep hatred and looked for an opportunity to take revenge. Two months later, he learned that Liu Licai and his housekeeper were going to Jiangnan by boat to sell goods, so he secretly stayed in the reeds and water, and took advantage of a wave to overturn Liu Licai's windboat with all his might, but unfortunately, only drowned the housekeeper.
Liu Licai suspected that Jiang Hai did it, and arrested him for a while, Jiang Hai's head was drenched with blood, and he endured the pain and never spit out a word.
Liu Licai couldn't catch the evidence, it was difficult to ride a tiger, and under the pressure of the fishermen bosses in the village, he had no choice but to let the rivers and seas go.
Jiang Haida took his son Shuilong and found the district militia joint defense team overnight, asking to join the revolution and take revenge.
According to the instructions of the district committee, Jiang Haida and Shuilong immediately returned to the village and served as our underground traffic officer. Since then, Jiang Hai has traveled from south to north, intelligently sent intelligence, escorted cadres, repeatedly completed difficult and dangerous tasks, and honorably joined the Communist Party of China.
The People's Liberation Army quickly inserted itself into the river, and the fisherman Liu Licai escaped without success, and hid in the Xianxiang Fishing Company in Ludai Town. Two days ago, Jiang Haida led the militia to track and trace, arrest Liu Licai, detain him, and wait for tomorrow's public trial and execution.
Jiang Haida stroked the scar on his forehead, and secretly made up his mind: This class revenge must be avenged, and even if there is only one breath left, the People's Liberation Army must be sent across the river to ......Dad, I want to join the army like Da Chun!The water dragon interrupted Jiang Haida's memories.
Jiang Hai looked at the dark Jiangnan with big eyes, and said to Shui Long: "For the liberation of the class brothers in Jiangnan one day earlier, you have to join the army, and my father will not stop you." However, not yet!"Why can't it be done!Jiang Haida said softly: "You'll know when the time comes!."”
After the play, Jiang Hai and the water dragon were walking towards the harbor where the ship was moored. Suddenly, several militiamen came running and reported: "Liu Licai has run away!".At this time, Instructor Wu and a few soldiers had already heard the noise.
rushed to the scene and saw that Liu Licai had really run away. Instructor Wu glanced at it and said to Jiang Haida: "It seems that it has only been a short time since I ran away, so we should pay attention to the riverside." "Yes, immediate action must be taken!Jiang Hai said in response.
Instructor Wu discussed with Jiang Haida and made a decisive decision: immediately block the river, search separately, cast a net from heaven and earth, and must arrest Liu Licai.
The east is milky white, and the river is misty. Jiang Haida ignored the fatigue of the night, and continued to search upstream with the water dragon. As soon as I arrived at Heiyusha, I heard the sound of "rustling" from the reeds.
I saw a black wind boat rushing out and heading straight for Jiangnan. "Hey, hey, run away!Jiang Haida hurriedly called the water dragon at the helm, pulled up the canopy himself, increased the speed of the boat, and chased straight towards the black wind boat.
It was really Liu Licai who took that black wind boat. It turned out that Liu Xiaocai, the son of Liu Licai, became the head of the Kuomintang and was stationed in Fubao Harbor on the other side. Taking advantage of the darkness tonight, he sent a spy Li Crooked Mouth to sneak into the north shore by boat, in a vain attempt to pick up Liu Licai and spy on the garrison of our army.
After Li went ashore with a crooked mouth, he hid by the kitchen, waited for an opportunity to knock the guards unconscious with a stick, broke into the door, cut the rope, and dragged Liu Licai away.
Liu Licai stumbled and fled to the boat hidden in the black fish sand and reeds, and before he could decide on his cough, he shouted to Li crookedly: "Hurry up and start the boat!"Let's go!”
At this time, Li crooked his mouth and saw a boat chasing after him, and knew that the momentum was not good, so he hurriedly raised his sails, set up the oar, and fled in embarrassment.
Jiang Haida ** was willing to let go, and when he saw that he was close, he jumped to the bow of the boat and came to a "zipline barb", which just hooked the gang of the black wind boat, and the boat could no longer slip away!
Liu Licai was shocked and shouted wildly: "Quickly take an axe and cut the rope!"Li Crooked Mouth just raised the Taiping Axe, the water dragon picked up the penny and poked it violently, only to hear the sound of "ah", the Taiping Axe fell into the water, Li Crooked Mouth rolled to the side and screamed "Wow Wow".
Liu Licai was dying and struggling, and took out the pistol brought by Liu Xiaocai, Jiang Hai shouted: "You dare to shoot!."Don't you open your eyes and see whose world is here?!Then he jumped onto the Black Wind Boat.
Liu Licai's face was full of murder, and he was just about to raise his gun. But he fell down with an "ah". I saw a small boat flying out of the reeds, and Instructor Wu stood upright on the boat, and one of his shots hit Liu Licai's right hand.
At this time, Li crooked his mouth and rolled into the water, trying to escape for his life. When the water dragon saw it, it jumped into the water and chased after the osprey.
After the water dragon caught up, he grabbed him by the back collar and pressed it vigorously into the water a few times, and when he was full of water, he took it out of the water and threw it on the windboat. A letter and business card from Liu Xiaocai to Liu Licai were found from him.
The brilliant glow stained the river red, and it was also reflected on Jiang Haida and Instructor Wu, who escorted Liu Licai and Li Crooked back to the village and immediately interrogated.
At lunchtime, after Instructor Wu had a meeting at the command post, he came to Jiang Haida and said excitedly: "*We are about to cross the river!.""Okay!We even dream of this day. Jiang Haida replied excitedly.
Instructor Wu pointed to the opposite bank and said: "The command post has decided to send a person who is familiar with Fubao Harbor to retrieve the enemy's river defense information reconnoitred by the Jiangnan underground party organization and prepare for ......”
Jiang Haida said eagerly: "I am familiar with Fubao Port as well as I am familiar with our Jiangwei Village, so leave this task to me!"Instructor Wu held Jiang Haida's hand tightly and said, "Comrade *, the troops crossing the river understand you and believe that you will definitely be able to complete the task!"”
Instructor Wu took out Liu Xiaocai's letter, business card and Liu Licai's handwritten reply, and told him the location and code words of the joint. According to Li's confession, the two studied a way to pass through the enemy's blockade line.
In the evening, the sky suddenly changed, the torrential rain did not stop, and the wind and waves were rolling on the river. Jiang Haida was not afraid, drove a small boat to cut through the wind and waves, and advanced towards the south of the Yangtze River with vigor.
As soon as I arrived in the middle of the river, I suddenly heard the roar of a motor, and then a beam of light swept over. Jiang Haida knows that it is the enemy's gunboat, what should I do?Jiang Haida decisively pulled the rudder, and the boat went up.
When the enemy boat spotted the boat, it was like facing a big enemy, and the bandits pulled the bolt of their guns one after another. Jiang Haida made a preemptive strike, calmly took out a flashlight, and drew a circle at the enemy boat.
The enemy boat continued to rush towards the boat. The bandit officer waved his pistol and screamed, "Eel-fish-!.""Black — fish ——!Jiang Haida answered the password accurately.
When the enemy boat and the boat passed by, Jiang Haida raised the blue-skinned "Paisi" with Li's crooked mouth. The bandit officer turned around and shouted to the bandits: "It's a spy team, don't go through the hornet's nest, drive the boat!.""Uhh
Hey hey!Sooner or later, I'm going to have to clean up your bunches. Jiang Haida sneered contemptuously, straightened the bow of the ship, and quickly sailed in the direction of Fubao Harbor.
Taking advantage of the strong wind and rain and the enemy's inattention, Jiang Haida hid the boat in the reeds of Shayuzui, bypassed the enemy's river fortifications, and walked towards the bandit post in the town.
When the bandit sentry noticed someone coming, he hurriedly raised his gun and shouted, "What man!".Password—" Jiang Haida replied with the password and leaned towards the whistle unhurriedly.
The bandit looked at Jiang Haida's fisherman's dress, and hurriedly asked, "What are you doing!."From!"Fisherman, from Jiangbei!."Jiang Haida replied calmly. As soon as the bandits heard that they were from Jiangbei, they came up to search. At this time, the platoon commander of the bandit soldiers on duty rushed over when he heard the sound.
Jiang Haida took out the letter from Liu Licai's father and son, and said to the bandit platoon leader: "I want to find you Regiment Commander Liu!."The bandit platoon commander took a look, stared at Jiang Hai again, and hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, you wait!."Then he turned and walked towards the shack.
I only heard the bandit platoon commander shaking ** in the sentry shed, and muttered in the microphone for a while, and finally raised his voice and said, "Yes!."·· Yes!··
The bandit platoon commander got out of the sentry shed, nodded to Jiang Hai and said, "Adjutant Lu of the regiment headquarters said that Regiment Commander Liu is sleeping, and he doesn't dare to alarm, so ask my brother to accompany you to the regiment headquarters first." Jiang Haida, took the letter, and said briskly: "Okay!.""Follow the platoon leader to the town.
After turning the corner, Jiang Haida took a step forward and whispered to the bandit platoon leader: "Old lady Liu said in the letter that he wanted to grab a dose of medicine and bring it back." The platoon leader said flatteringly: "Okay, okay, the front is the Tongchuntang Pharmacy." ”
After knocking on the door, Jiang Haida said to the young clerk, "I want the best tonic." The clerk pretended to be embarrassed and said, "AhhhhhThere is a shortage of ginseng. Jiang Hai Da saw that he had already made a hint, and the young man had already understood it.
The young man put the scale on the counter, and with a "bang", he gave a signal to the back room, and said to the platoon leader with a smile: "Boss!."It's hard work, please go to the back room and sit for a while. The platoon leader walked in domineeringly.
Jiang Haida took a small bottle of wax and a packet of Chinese medicine from the young man's hand, shook hands tightly with the young man, and left the pharmacy.
When he came out of the whistle, Jiang Haida faced the bandits: "Commander Liu told me to go back immediately, this is the medicine for Old Lady Liu." As he spoke, he shook the medicine bag. One of the bandits asked, "What about the platoon commander?""Adjutant Lu is dragging him to play cards!."Jiang Hai waved his hand and walked out of the whistle.
Jiang Haida braved the wind and rain and stepped on the mud, came to the place where the boat was originally moored, and saw that the boat was blown away by the wind and waves. Facing the galloping and roaring Yangtze River, Jiang Haida gritted his teeth and secretly made up his mind: In order to liberate the whole of China, we must send intelligence to Jiangbei and break through!
He dropped the medicine bag, took off his shirt and wrapped the small bottle, tied it tightly around his waist, tied up a bundle of reeds, and then waded into the river, facing the wind and waves, and swam to the north of the river.
When Liu Xiaocai woke up and knew about it, he realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly chased the bandits to the river.
Liu Xiaocai was so angry that he beat his chest and kicked his feet, screamed like a donkey, and vented all his anger on the two bandits, "Smack!.""Smack!The ground was a burst of ear brackets, and the two bandits were bruised and swollen.
The river water in early spring is cold to the bone marrow. Jiang Haida hugged the bundle of reeds tightly, let the waves cover the top, the rain and arrows pierced his face, he split the waves through the waves, and swam to the north shore vigorously.
Instructor Wu and Shui Long didn't sleep all night and stayed in the fishing shack by the river. Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire on the other side, and the two men rushed out of the fishing hut and anxiously looked through the rain curtain to the river.
When the day dawned, the wind and rain weakened, and I saw a bundle of reeds in the river slowly drifting towards the north bank, and there seemed to be a person next to the reeds. "Ah, yes!It's my dad!Almost at the same time, they shouted and rushed down the embankment together, pulling the river and the sea ashore.
Jiang Haida's body was purple, his face was pale, he didn't care about speaking, he took out the glass bottle and solemnly put it in Instructor Wu's hand .........
The bosses are scrubbing the ship;The lads are carrying ammunition, food;The women brought stretchers, military shoes, rice dumplings, and eggs. The people in the vast liberated areas on the north bank of the great river greeted the PLA as if they were holding a happy event.
On April 21, 1949, this glorious day in the annals of the Chinese revolution finally came. At dusk, the twilight haze shrouded the river, the northeast wind roared, the river was covered with thousands of ships and boats of the army, and the soldiers were full of excitement, blood boiling, and they struggled forward!
The No. 1 boat was a platoon led by Instructor Wu, and the soldiers rowed their arms and oars, and the river and sea steadfastly held the rudder, like a dragon in the river, breaking the waves.
The boat crossed the center of the river, the enemy hurriedly fired guns, and one by one flares flew into the night sky, illuminating the river surface transparently. Our artillery group then roared angrily, and according to the information retrieved by Jiang Haida, it accurately and effectively destroyed the enemy's beachhead fortifications.
Lift the canopy!Jiang Haida ordered. The water dragon pulled the power rope, and the white sail rose abruptly. The boat was windy, like a loose horse, riding the waves and flying straight to the south bank.
Suddenly, a piece of flying shrapnel grazed Jiang Haida's right arm, and the rudder rod involuntarily crooked. "Steady, don't deviate from the rudder!Jiang Haida ordered himself.
Jiang Hai flashed, held the rudder with his left hand, and firmly pressed his whole body against the rudder. "*You're wounded!Instructor Wu jumped to the stern of the boat to bandage him, Jiang Haida said firmly: "Leave me alone!".”
Instructor Wu looked at this old man who was dedicated to the revolution, and was so excited that he simply stood on the deck and used his body to protect Jiang Haida's safety. Jiang Hai was in a hurry, and pushed Instructor Wu into the cabin.
Boat No. 1 approached the beachhead on the south shore first, and the enemy concentrated its fire on Boat No. 1 as if it were mad. At this moment, the power rope was broken, and with a "bang", the canopy fell at once, and the speed of the ship immediately slowed down.
In a moment's work, two fighters were wounded. Instructor Wu loudly ordered the soldiers: "Pay attention to concealment, prepare for the landing!.""If you delay for a minute, it will increase the ** of the warriors, and Jiang Haida's heart is like a fire burning.
Water dragon at the helm!Jiang Hai shouted loudly, ignoring the pain in his right arm, and jumped to the mast. I saw him, biting the rope with his mouth, tying a talisman at his waist, grabbing the mast with both hands, "snort-snort-" a few times, and climbed to the top of the mast.
Another flare lit up, and the enemy spotted Jiang Haida, and the bullets were whistling beside him. At this time, Jiang Haida used the talisman rope and his feet to firmly stabilize his body on the top of the mast, and took the rope head with his left hand and went through the gourd.
At that moment, a bullet wounded his left hand, and blood flowed down the rope. Wu's instructors and soldiers, who were ready to land, urged him to come down.
At this moment, Jiang Hai glared angrily at the recalcitrant remnant enemy, and the flames of revenge burned all over his body. He gritted his teeth, lifted his wounded right arm, and with all his strength, threaded the force rope into the gourd.
Then, with his head jerked up, he bit down on the force rope with his teeth and quickly slid down the mast. The sails were blowing again in the northeast wind, and the No. 1 boat was speeding up to the south shore.
Rush!- "Shoot or kill!The shouts resounded over the river. In the beachhead fortifications and trenches, a long line of captives hung their heads and necks. Instructor Wu led the soldiers to continue to pounce on the remnants of the enemy in the town of Bunker Harbor.
At this time, Jiang Haida had already bandaged his wound and led the water dragon to crawl to Instructor Wu's side, "Ahhhhhhhhhh**Just in time!Instructor Wu said happily.
I'll lead the way!Jiang Haida said forcefully, Instructor Wu looked at Jiang Haida's injured arm, asked the correspondent to replace the box gun for him, and said, "Okay!."Order the third squad leader to machine gun cover!”
Under the cover of night, Jiang Haida led the soldiers across a small ditch, penetrated a trench, bypassed several bends, and went straight to the east of the dark fortress.
Instructor Wu ordered a fighter: "Send the explosives pack!."I heard a loud "boom", and the bunker collapsed.
The bandits cried and shouted for their mothers, and they were running around. In the midst of the fireworks, I saw a fat pig-like bandit officer roll out of the bunker, stumble and crawl straight to the south and flee in embarrassment.
Ah, it's Liu Xiaocai!Jiang Hai's eyes were sharp, and he shouted: "Liu Xiaocai, you can't escape the people's giant palm!."He chased after him.
Liu Xiaocai ran out of breath, and when he saw Jiang Haida chasing after him, he turned around sharply, stared at the red eyes, and pounced on Jiang Hai with a dagger in his hand.
Jiang Haida flashed, let go of the dagger, and was about to grab it, only to hear a "snap", and the butt of the water dragon that was caught up smashed Liu Xiaocai's fat head open. At this time, bursts of victorious trumpets echoed in the sky over Jiangnan.
Jiangnan in April ushered in the spring of blooming flowers. Jiang Hai treated his arm injury, took the water dragon, and found Instructor Wu in the elementary school at the edge of the town.
Jiang Haida said solemnly: "This child should be handed over to you!."Then, he turned around and said to Shui Long: "You have long wanted to be a member of the People's Liberation Army, go now." Take your father's heart, liberate the whole of China, avenge the poor people in the world, and carry out the revolution to the end!”
On this day, the head of the river-crossing unit personally presented Jiang Haida with a pennant in recognition of his contributions to the battle of crossing the river.
A red sun rose, sprinkling 10,000 golden scales on the Yangtze River. With the joy of victory, Jiang Haida drove the "Pioneer" and started a new voyage.