Northwest Years 西北岁月 Episode 19

Soon, Xi Zhongxun and Qi Xin tied the knot. The Suide Local Committee posted red words of joy, and Qi Xin became the most beautiful bride on this day. Everyone sent blessings one after another, and it was very lively. They were even more curious about the love process between Xi Zhongxun and Qi Xin, and asked Qi Xin to say a few words. Qi Xin praised Xi Zhongxun nervously and shyly, and revealed that he had received a lot of help in running the winter school. The two were not only husband and wife, but also comrades and comrades-in-arms, sharing weal and woe and running a small family together.

Not long after his wedding, Qixin was about to go to the countryside to do grassroots work. Xi Zhongxun personally saw him off and told him that this kind of work was not easy to do. He needed to go deep into the lives of the masses, handle the relationship with them well, and share his valuable experience. To the wife. Xi Zhongxun said that as long as she sincerely works for the people, the people will treat her as a relative. Before Qi Xin left, she told Xi Zhongxun not to neglect her health for work and remember to rest and eat on time. Looking at his wife's retreating back, Xi Zhongxun was extremely reluctant to leave, and did not turn back until her figure was completely invisible.

From April to June 1945, the Central Committee held the Seventh National Congress in Yan'an, headed by Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, and attended by Xi Zhongxun and others. Mao Zedong believed that this was a conference related to the fate of the 450 million people of China. Their task was to mobilize the masses, strengthen the people's power, unite all possible forces, and under the leadership of the party, fight for the defeat of Japanese aggression. Those who work hard to build a bright, independent, free and democratic new China.

Looking back at Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek believed that the United States and Soviet Russia would launch a general attack on Japan, so he was prepared to focus on preventing and fighting communism. Hu Zongnan reported to Chiang Kai-shek that Liu Wenhua and Song Zenglu had defected to the Communist Party. Although they were only a few small local armed forces, the impact was very bad. Chiang Kai-shek reminded everyone to be wary that the Communist Party is best at infiltration, and no matter how strong a fortress is, it will collapse from within. Sheng Wen saw Chiang Kai-shek's tough attitude and proposed a plan to attack Yetai Mountain in Chunhua, which would inevitably pose a threat to Yan'an.

In July of the same year, the Kuomintang army suddenly launched an attack on the Eighth Route Army stationed in Yetai Mountain, Guanzhong District. The First Brigade of the Guanzhong District Police and the First Department of the New Fourth Brigade heroically defended themselves. After Mao Zedong learned of this, he ordered Zhou Enlai to negotiate with Bogu, and asked Xinhua reporters to go to the front line to report truthfully. He also asked He Long to call Chiang Kai-shek and Hu Zongnan in the name of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shanxi-Suiyuan Joint Defense Force to protest against the stubbornness. sent military operations and required the other party to immediately stop sending troops.

Adjutant Xiong Xianghui and Hu Zongnan reported the call from He Long and others. Hu Zongnan was overjoyed when he received the news that the frontline troops had captured the main peak of Yetai Mountain, and he did not take the Communist Party seriously at all. Mao Zedong adopted Zhu De's suggestion and ordered Zhang Zongxun of the 358th Brigade to serve as the interim headquarters commander of the counterattack, and agreed to send Xi Zhongxun as political commissar.

Zhang Zongxun, Wang Shitai, Xi Zhongxun and others gathered to deploy a counterattack plan. The troops were divided into several groups to attack the main peak and the Kuomintang troops surrounding nearby villages, and cooperated with each other. That night, the large force launched a general attack. Because the enemy had a bunker nearby, a small team risked their lives and advanced, successfully taking out the bunker with explosive packs.

However, the Kuomintang army's reinforcements came with tanks, and the soldiers rushed forward with their flesh and blood, suffering extremely heavy casualties. Zhang Zongxun was extremely anxious. If he could not capture the main peak before dawn, the entire battle plan would have to be postponed. Everyone suggested that Zhaojin's 358th Brigade come over for reinforcements, but they also considered that there was a 60-mile mountain road from Zhaojin to here, and Liu Maogong's blocking battle in Shiliyuan would have to last until dawn at least.

Zhang Zongxun thought twice and took the initiative to call Liu Maogong and told him that he would not retreat before dawn. Liu Maogong promised to stay in place. Xi Zhongxun was worried that there was no so-called second line of defense on Liu Maogong's side, and the main attack direction was very likely to be attacked from both sides, so he asked Fifth Hanzhu to lead the local guerrillas, stretcher teams, and demolition teams to bring ammunition and bullets as quickly as possible. Send it to them.