In mid-February 1949, the officers and men of the 41st Army ushered in a new task in the dawn - the reorganization of the 309th Division of the 104th Army of Fu Zuoyi's troops. According to the reorganization plan announced by the Pingjin Front Command, our army gave the division the number of the independent 74th Division.
In the process of reorganization, the 41st Army decided to transfer more than 200 cadres from various divisions, led by Han Fudong, chief of staff of the 121st Division, and Li Xian, minister of military and enemy engineering, to work in the 74th Division.
At the same time, Ouyang Wen, deputy political commissar of the army, Pan Shoucai, newly appointed deputy director of the Political Department, Zhuo Ming, director of the Propaganda Department, and Sun Xun, minister of security, also frequently went to the division to conduct education and propaganda.
Our army has adopted a "two-track system" that welcomes those who wish to stay, while providing "liberation certificates" and travel expenses for those who wish to return home.
The reorganization of Ouyang Wen, deputy political commissar of the 41st Army, was a complex and difficult struggle, involving transformation and counter-transformation, education and anti-education. While the two armies may have had old and new enmities on the battlefield, they must now unite and face the challenges together.
However, as a defeated soldier who once served for Jiang's army, everyone may have some concerns in their hearts, worried that the other party will use the opportunity of the reorganization to settle old accounts or even kill themselves.
After all, everyone's hands are at risk of getting blood. Although most people sincerely supported the uprising, and some even risked their lives to campaign for it, everyone had their own regrets, joys, and hopes.
It's a turning point in life, and it's understandable that everyone has their own emotions and expectations.
The future of Fu Zuoyi's department, no matter what they have experienced, needs to be faced together: completely bid farewell to the shackles of the past and join the people's army. However, in the wave of the peaceful uprising, an undercurrent swelled.
They are unwilling to accept defeat and try to use the opportunity of collective adaptation to survive in order to make a comeback. Not only were scum hidden in the Kuomintang army at that time, but the large and small alleys of Beiping City were also full of spy activities.
These people will not easily put down the ** in their hands, not to mention that they think they have just lost half of the country, and it is still unknown who belongs in the future. History has shown that in every period of change, there will always be a part of the population who will choose to deviate from the mainstream and will not give up until the last moment.
After careful consideration, Liu Ling, political commissar of the 362nd regiment, recommended Song Yukuan, an instructor in the regiment, to Li Bingling, the political commissar of the division, to participate in the reorganization work. He believed that Song Yukuan was careful and had excellent oratorical skills, and was able to represent our team to Fu Zuoyi's troops.
Liu Ling emphasized: "Some people say that our team is native, has no culture, and can only shoot guns, but when we go to Fu Zuoyi's army for reorganization, we need to at least send comrades who can speak." ”
Li Bingling reminds us that it is not enough to just talk about it, we need to take action. "Ouyang Wen responded with a smile. "Song Yukuan is a principled, courageous and knowledgeable person, and he and I joined the army almost at the same time, and we are also fellow countrymen.
His eloquence is well known in our division, and I think he is very suitable for the adaptation work. "Liu Ling continued. Li Bingling took over the conversation and assured Ouyang Wen"I guarantee that Song Yukuan will do an excellent job. "
As a result, Song Yukuan's task was determined. And the way Liu Ling came to him to convey the task was also due to the close relationship between the two of them, which was not very formal.
I knew that you little bell was specially designed to find me drudgery to do, and I would have seen through you a long time ago! "Song Yukuan said. "It's easy to say, who called us fellow countrymen, if you are not satisfied, next time you come to be my political commissar, I will be your instructor, let's change positions, let you out of the unconvincing in the past few years. "
Liu Ling said jokingly.
Song Yukuan went to the 2nd Battalion of a regiment of the original 309th Division alone as an instructor, carrying a backpack and appearing in the style of marching and fighting. Battalion commander Chen Qixi was surprised when he met him, and at the same time a little worried, because he knew that this opponent might be difficult to deal with.
Despite this, Chen Qixi still warmly welcomed Song Yukuan's arrival. Song Yukuan started working as soon as he arrived, and he didn't talk as much as he usually did, because he understood that there was no point in talking without a goal.
While he had to express his views and share his reasoning, he also knew that he had to do the necessary work. In the beginning, the work seemed to be going well. The soldiers were very satisfied with the new, unpretentious, non-pretentious, considerate and easy-to-do leader, which they had never dreamed of before.
In particular, the battalion commander Chen Qixi, who expressed his admiration for our army, was disgusted with the old army, and was full of yearning for a new life. He often scolded Chiang for his incompetence and harm to the people, and asked what the conditions needed to join the organization.
In the TV series, the battalion commander Jiang Jun has always been portrayed as an activist who cooperates with the adaptation work and is eager to join the organization. However, Song Yukuan found that his eyes were always erratic, which made people feel a little unusual.
Mao Hongtang also thinks so, he thinks that Chen Qixi's eyes are not only erratic, but also poisonous. Although they were only discussing in private, they decided to observe Chen Qixi's behavior to see if he was really a trustworthy person.
They found that there was only one mile from the battalion headquarters to the 5th Company, but this section required a detour of a mountain bag full of rubble. Song Yukuan met Ma Xingqi, an orderly soldier, next to a corn stack on the left side of the mountain bag.
He asked Ma Xingqi which company he belonged to, what his name was, and why he didn't participate in the drill class. This is an opportunity for them to observe Chen Qixi, hoping to find some clues from it.
Ma Xingqi, the orderly of the 5th Company, respectfully reported to Song Yukuan: "Sir, we haven't had a class for a long time. Song Yukuan's tone softened, and he suddenly wanted to find some clues from this warrior who seemed to be a farmer.
Ma Xingqi stood there nervously, his eyes full of horror, as if he was afraid that if he sat down, he would be punished by the company commander. The night before the arrival of the PLA, the company commander threatened that no one should be allowed to contact the PLA alone, otherwise there would be serious consequences.
Although the adult in front of him looked more majestic than the company commander and the battalion commander, Ma Xingqi was still struggling in his heart, because he remembered that the company commander had said that once the PLA was angry, it was as ruthless as cutting a watermelon.
Song Yukuan comforted: "Don't be afraid, who are you afraid of?" It was not the first time he had gone down to the company and understood Ma Xingqi's panic. Ma Xingqi looked up at Song Yukuan, his eyes full of strange and confused expressions.
Ma Xingqi had never seen such a smiling face of a chief, and his heart was full of courage that he had never had before. He said firmly: "I have to be worthy of this smiling face, and I can't offend anyone." ”
Song Yukuan was not surprised by this, because from Ma Xingqi's speech and demeanor, he could see that Ma Xingqi was not a cowering and timid person. Sure enough, Ma Xingqi did not disappoint Song Yukuan, he opened his heart and told his experience.
I've never been afraid of anyone. Ma Xingqi's voice was loud and powerful. "But I have to eat, I have to live, and I have my father, sick mother, and six younger siblings at home, and I can't watch them die.
My hometown was in Luliang Mountain, where there were often People's Liberation Army troops coming and going, and I wanted to eat their food. However, the disaster struck suddenly, a team of Jiang troops drove into the mountain village, drove men, women and children to the field in front of the village with bayonets, claiming that their village was **, and they actually arrested a few people indiscriminately and killed them in front of the villagers.
Jiang Jun pulled Zhuang Ding to show that he was killing chickens and monkeys, but no one was willing to stand up. They started nodding and took away more than 20 people, including me, who was lucky to escape by being surrounded by my parents in the crowd.
The next morning, the rich man next door knocked on my door, and he offered to exchange a load of grain and annual rent for me to join the army. My parents were adamantly against it, but I felt that this was an opportunity to keep the whole family from starving, even if it was possible to sacrifice myself.
Before leaving their hometown, they gathered the villagers to the front of the village, and a man who looked like a chief said that the common people were good people, and all mistakes were instigated by others.
They told me that now that the bad guys have been arrested, everyone can farm in peace, and your son should be honored in the ranks. But in fact, it was Hu Zongnan's team who captured me, and I worked there for a year, but I couldn't stand it anymore, so I escaped.
Unexpectedly, within two days, he was captured by the current troops.
Jiang Junla Zhuangding: There are guns everywhere, there are wars everywhere, and there are deaths. Ma Xingqi said this sentence calmly, without anger and hatred, but it made Song Yukuan's heart deeply pierced.
When the topic turned to the question at hand, Ma Xingqi became slurred, his waist bent down unconsciously, and the muscles on his face twitched slightly. Song Yukuan understands his helplessness, a person who cannot control his own destiny can only obey under the pressure of reality, and no matter how strong he is, he will be crushed.
The anger in his chest suddenly rose, and he wanted to say something for the cowering man, but he couldn't say anything for a moment. After all, the current Song Yukuan is no longer the same as he used to be, and Ma Xingqi seems to be the same Ma Xingqi as he used to be, and he knows that it will take time for the two hearts to fully merge.
Although Chiang's orderlies picked up heavy objects for the commander, he was very glad for this unexpected conversation. He never imagined that from the casual words of an ordinary soldier, he would get such a precious situation.
It turned out that the battalion commander's eyes were like he was going to eat people, and the new battalion commander looked much kinder. For him, this undoubtedly confirmed his suspicions. However, on the night of his conversation with Song Yukuan, he was arrested by Chen Qixi's private torture hall.
Chen Qixi looked calm, but in fact his heart was full of anger. He believed that Ma Xingqi had not only violated the laws and instructions, but also threatened his plans. And this plan has not yet been fully launched, and he is deeply afraid that all his efforts will come to naught, failure, and more seriously, his survival will be threatened.
He couldn't tolerate all this, his mask burst in an instant, and he jumped up from his chair as if every muscle in his body was trembling: "I buried you alive!" ”
Ma Xingqi lacked courage and was so frightened by Chen Qixi's momentum that he couldn't raise his head. Chen Qixi didn't give him a chance to speak, and was immediately gagged by several people and stuffed into a sack.
He did not regret his brutality and viciousness, and firmly believed that it was better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go. Chiang's words deeply influenced him, leading him to regard them as a code of conduct.
Damned traitor! When Ma Xingqi was carried out, Chen Qixi's eyes were tightly closed, and his face distorted by hatred seemed to have a fever. At that moment, the majesty of Jiang Shi carrying a command knife appeared in front of him, and he unconsciously said Jiang's "patent language".
He indulged in Chiang's desperate dream of unification, believing that the reality in front of him was just a historical misunderstanding, and that one day he would master the country again. However, the instructor Song Yukuan seized the opportunity and came to the 5th Company the next morning to talk to Ma Xingqi, but learned that Ma Xingqi had disappeared and was suspected of being a deserter and may have returned to his hometown in Shanxi.
Song Yukuan suspected that Ma Xingqi's disappearance was related to Camp Chief Chen, but he decided to start with the people around Camp Chief Chen. Although Ma Xingqi was buried alive, the grievance campaign initiated by Song Yukuan continued, but there were more grievance meetings held at the battalion headquarters.
Chen Qixi was still self-righteous, thinking that Song Yukuan was not capable of pulling something out of the dead man's mouth. However, he didn't expect that the person who exposed him in the end would be the person next to him.
Inspired by the movement, Xiao Wang, a cook at the battalion headquarters, stood up, and he secretly found Instructor Song Yukuan and reported Chief Chen. He said that Chief Chen ordered Ma Xingqi to be buried alive, and every time he took the opportunity to purchase supplies, he reported to the city.
Chen Qixi's way of survival is both the most primitive and the most effective. He may have thought that dead people could not speak. However, he ignores a simpler common sense: the living can speak.
His cruelty was just a reaction after messing around. When Song Yukuan's gun was pressed against his waist, he did show a look of bewilderment. He is indeed a difficult opponent to deal with, however, he ignores that he is actually a clumsy opponent.
He didn't take into account that it was impossible for a living person to escape the sight of others if he disappeared for no reason. In addition, although he has the courage to "kill himself" for his master, he can't stand loneliness.
How can an infantry battalion stationed outside the city have a car? How can such a rarity be only used to buy vegetables and meat in the city?
It turned out that Chen Qixi was not the commander of a small battalion of Fu Jun, but the major general captain of the North China "Suppression General" Technical Corps of Jiang Jun, who had previously impersonated this battalion. In just three days, Song Yukuan assisted the Army Security Department in thoroughly investigating the North China Special Station, a spy organization of the Chiang Army's Secret Bureau of this battalion, and arrested 19 spies, including Chen Qixi.
History is not just a Rubik's cube that is repeated over and over again, but an unforgettable family history, including untamable wolves and dogs that can't be driven away. Chen Qixi may just be a dog in the Jiang family, but his life and death will not attract the slightest attention from his master.
At this time, the old Jiang family, who was forced to abdicate and live in seclusion in Xikou, was in tears, but he was not suffering because he lost a dog like Chen Qixi, but because the Jiang dynasty that he had painstakingly managed was about to collapse.