The next day, Li Yunlong was discharged from the hospital and returned home first. He had no idea that his backyard had become a weapons testing ground.
Before he entered the courtyard, he heard the sound of a submachine gun firing in the backyard. He was shocked and rushed to the backyard. The guard Xiao Wu was more agile than him. In the blink of an eye, he had already pulled out his gun and rushed into the backyard in front of him.
Li Yunlong was shocked by the scene in the backyard. There was a row of bottles at the back wall. His two sons and Zhao Gang's four children were happily shooting at the bottles. Li Jian was holding a British " Stern " submachine gun, and Zhao Shan was holding an American " M3 " submachine gun. These two kids who didn't know the depth of their guns adjusted their guns to the position of continuous fire. Once they pulled the trigger, they fired a long shot. Not many bottles were broken, but the brick wall was riddled with holes and wounds. A group of younger brothers and sisters were concentrating on loading bullets into the spare magazines. Li Yunlong almost went crazy with anger. These little bastards were playing with their lives. They fired at the brick wall at such a close distance, and the bullets bounced back on the wall. Every single " ricochet " could kill. It seemed that these children were going to be beaten up. If they were not disciplined, they would dare to play with explosives in the house tomorrow.
When the children saw Li Yunlong's sudden return, they were a little dumbfounded. They looked at their father in a daze, not knowing how their father would deal with them. Li Yunlong walked over with a pleasant expression, took the M3 submachine gun, and skillfully fiddled with it a few times. He pulled out the clip, removed the bullet, and closed the safety cover. He said like a teacher lecturing," This gun is called the M3, made in the United States. Mass production began in 1942, and the body was widely used for stamping parts. This was considered a major breakthrough in gun production at that time, and the production cost was greatly reduced. Each gun was only worth 22 US dollars at that time, and the caliber was 11. 43mm, 30 round capacity.
Oh, that's an English Stern. You see, this kind of gun has a very unique design. Its magazine is not inserted from the bottom of the body like other submachine guns, but from the left side. This has an advantage. When shooting in a prone position, you can lie very low to reduce the risk of being shot. During the later period of the Anti-Japanese War, these two types of guns were used to equip the Kuomintang-led troops in large quantities according to the Lend-lease Act of the U.S. government. During the War of Liberation, we seized a lot of them. After the Liberation, these two guns were withdrawn from service and were only issued to the militia because their range, lethality, and accuracy had fallen behind. Where did you find them? "When Li Jian saw that his father wasn't angry, he became bolder and replied, It was sent by the Red Revolution Alliance, saying that they would take up their guns to defend the fruits of victory of the 'Cultural Revolution'. Many of our classmates have gotten their guns, even some primary school students. "Li Yunlong was so angry that he was hitting his head. He thought to himself, These bastards rebels are really lawless. They even treat the lives of children as a joke. He suppressed the anger in his heart and said nonchalantly, Do you know what Li Jian and Zhao Shan's shooting style was called? Let me tell you, it's called suicide shooting. You shoot at the brick wall at close range and put yourself under the cover of ricochet damage. There's no safe corner in the yard. You shoot seven or eight bullets at a long point. The rebound direction of each bullet is irregular. The rebound bullet hits another wall and continues to rebound. It's even lethal after three rebounding. It's a miracle that no one is injured. Zhao Shan said," Daddy, we'll remember this. We won't fight again in the future." Li Yunlong said,"Oh, remember?" Now that I've told you the truth, it's time to talk about the punishment. " Li Jian, Zhao Shan, both of you are older brothers. For the same mistake, the older brother has to bear more responsibility than the younger brother because you are older." Today, you made a very serious mistake. You brought back some broken guns and fought in the courtyard. If I came back late, wouldn't someone die? So today, I'll teach you a lesson. Otherwise, you'll never remember it. " He unbuckled his belt and said," How about this? The older brother will each be slapped ten times, the younger brother will each be slapped five times, and the girl will be exempted from being beaten and punished to stand for two hours. This is fair, right?" "Li Jian and Li Kang have been beaten by their father so many times that even they can't remember how many times. It was very normal to get beaten up if you caused trouble. However, Zhao Shan, Zhao Gao, Zhao Shui, and Zhao Chang had never been beaten since they were young. Their father, Zhao Gang, had never advocated beating children.
Hence, Zhao Shan mustered his courage and protested,""It's wrong to hit people. Even if we make a mistake, we should persuade and educate them. This is what my father said. He has never hit us.”" Hey, it's really Zhao Gang's child," Li Yunlong said in surprise." He's only so big, but he's already so full of stuff." First, I am your father now. Since I am your father, I have the right to beat you up. Secondly, if I don't beat you and your two younger brothers up, then it would be unfair to Li Jian and Li Kang. Because you all made mistakes, how can you have some punishments and some not? Wouldn't that mean that he would be a vegetable? I can't divide you brothers into different ranks. As for Zhao Shui, she was a girl. Girls could not be beaten up. If they made a mistake, they could only stand as punishment. This was called respecting women, understood? Thirdly, your father has already entrusted you to me, which means that he has agreed to let me discipline you in my own way. There has never been a rule in our family that 'persuades and educate' you. If you make a mistake, you should be beaten up. Even in front of your father, I will still beat you up.”Zhao Shan thought about it and felt that it made sense. He said,"Alright, I accept my punishment. However, I was the one who started this. My brothers only need to suppress the bullets. They are also wronged. I will take the belt for them, okay?”Li Yunlong shook his head with a straight face." No, I have a clear distinction between rewards and punishments here. My younger brothers made the mistake of being beaten five times, and you and Li Jian made the mistake of being beaten ten times. It belongs to whoever deserves it, and no one can replace it.”- Zhao Shan was speechless." Daddy, I'll go first…" The sound of a belt slapping on the buttocks could be heard in the living room. The five boys gritted their teeth and received the number of belts they deserved. No one cried. They already understood that in this family, as a man, crying was always an embarrassing thing. Zhao Shui was twelve years old that year. She stood in the living room for two hours. She finally understood a principle. Girls could not be beaten, but they could be punished to stand. This was the Li family's family rule of respecting women.
The conference table in the headquarters conference room was rectangular and covered with thick green wool. There was a huge military map hanging on the wall in front of the conference room. It was filled with symbols of various colors and dense contours and isobathms. A large, cellar-to-floor, purple-red velvet curtain was ajar, revealing a map.
Li Yunlong sat on the south side of the conference table, which had always been the first seat. Political commissar Ma Tian Sheng sat on the north side of the conference table, separated by a five-meter-long conference table.
Li Yunlong was smoking a cigarette. There was a brass ashtray beside him, made from the bottom of a 152 caliber shell. He kept flicking the cigarette ash, his eyes shining brightly as he stared at Ma Tian Sheng, as if he wanted to turn his gaze into a knife and stab him fiercely. Ma Tian Sheng drank his tea peacefully, using a gentle gaze to meet the other party's hostile gaze, showing a humble and refined demeanor.
This was the first confrontation between two professional soldiers with different experiences and personalities. It was also a confrontation that would happen sooner or later. Neither of them took the other seriously. According to Li Yunlong's thoughts, this new recruit who had just joined the army in 1943 was not qualified to talk to him at all. In 1943, the war of resistance had already been going on for six years. How many years had he been a regiment commander? Ma Tiansheng was still a new recruit. The number of bullets he had fired was more than the number of rice grains he had eaten. What was he? What right did he have to climb to the military rank?
Ma Tian Sheng's evaluation of Li Yun Long wasn't too high. A warrior. What's the use of being senior? Peng Dehuai, Gao Gang, Rao Shushi, and the police were all old. How was it now? Didn't they all end up in prison? Compared to them, what are you, Li Yunlong? Even if you can fight and make great contributions, isn't that a thing of the past? That era had long ended. This is a new era in history. A simple-minded general like you should be eliminated by the times.
Compared to Ma Tiansheng, a soldier who relied on politics to make a name for himself, Li Yunlong's brain was indeed simpler. His fatal mistake was that he had placed too much emphasis on seniority. He had overlooked one point. Times had changed. The era of war had long ended. After the dust of war settled, it should be an era of politics and power play.‘In the early days of the Cultural Revolution, a new political force within the party, the Central Cultural Revolution Group, did not have many senior members. Even if there were, they were gradually eliminated. The qualifications of most of the members were not worth mentioning. For example, the famous writer Yao Wen had no revolutionary qualifications, but this did not prevent his power from soaring. The ancients said: there is no hero at that time, so that the boy became famous. This was the reason.
At this time, Li Yun Long was holding back his anger. Because of Ma Tian Sheng's statement, the conflict between the two major sects in the city quickly intensified. The large-scale martial arts escalated into a war. Things developed to this point, and even the army was difficult to control. Various sources of intelligence indicated that the local troops under the provincial military region had become like fire and water with the field army troops because they had publicly expressed their support for the Jinggangshan faction. Almost all the weapons of the Jinggangshan faction came from the arsenal of the provincial military region. The provincial military region troops took the initiative to remove the gate guards and secretly sent people to inform the Jinggangshan faction to come and collect weapons. There was also information that in the recent large-scale exchange of fire, some military advisors in plain clothes appeared in the command system of the Jinggangshan organization to assist in commanding the battle. These people seemed to be professional soldiers. They were very professional in tactical command, firepower allocation, construction of fortifications, and coordination of various units. The situation was very clear. The provincial military region had secretly intervened in the fight. Not only did they provide weapons and ammunition to the faction they supported, but they also sent many combat staff officers to assist in commanding the battle.
What gave Li Yun Long a headache was that under Ma Tian Sheng's acquiescence, some troops of the field army also secretly intervened in the fight. Du Changhai, the leader of the Red Revolution Alliance, had recently established a tank unit. All of them were Type 59 tanks. They were originally the latest equipment of the military tank regiment, but somehow, they all belonged to the Red Revolution Alliance. Was it stolen or secretly given?
Ma Tiansheng should be aware of this. Li Yunlong had just received the intelligence from the special forces. Du Changhai, the former deputy commander of the artillery team, who was hot-headed at the sight of cannons, had recently been planning to recruit the Rocket Cannon Regiment. This regiment was formed later and was equipped with " 130 " caliber self-propelled rocket launchers. If that lunatic Du Changhai got his hands on these rocket launchers and fired them at the West District, the shells that could produce a temperature of 3,000 degrees after explosion would drown half the city in flames. Li Yun Long didn't dare to continue thinking. No matter what, he had to stop this lunatic. After staring at each other for a long time, Li Yunlong finally lost his patience. He called him by his name rudely,""Ma Tiansheng, don't you think you should take the main responsibility for the city's martial arts competition being like this? What right do you have to represent the field army to support a faction and oppose a faction? Don't you understand the principles of the organization? How dare he make a decision without discussing it with the military party committee?”Ma Tiansheng smiled and retorted," Commander Li, during your hospitalization, according to our military regulations, you will temporarily stop exercising your commanding rights. As the political commissar of this army, I naturally have to take charge of all the work. You should have no objections to this, right?”
He paused for a moment and then said in a soft yet firm tone,"Military Commander Li probably didn't read the newspaper when he was in the hospital, right? I'm afraid you don't understand the current situation. The Central Cultural Revolution has repeatedly ordered the People's Liberation Army to support the revolutionary left. As a political commissioner who temporarily presided over the work, what crime do I have to carry out the instructions of the Central Cultural Revolution? Supporting the revolutionary left was not just verbal support, but concrete action. What was the meaning of the army supporting the left? Wasn't it because the army was an armed group that held a gun? In other words, it was to use the gun to support the left. When the revolutionary left was attacked by the counter-revolutionary organization, the People's Liberation Army could not stand idly by. It should stand firmly with the left and repel the attack of the counter-revolutionary organization. Otherwise, we would have committed the mistake of right capitulation. Wasn't the failure of the Great Revolution in 1927 caused by Chen Duxiu's right capitulation ordering the workers 'pickets to lay down their weapons? The historical experience was worth noting. Recently, Comrade Mao also affirmed the slogan of 'attacking with literature and defending with weapons', and gave important instructions. Comrade Mao said, I remember that it was a revolutionary organization in Henan that put forward such a slogan, called 'literary attack and military defense'. This slogan is correct!……You can't be naive. If they don't put down their weapons, they'll hold spears and sabers. If they point them at you, you'll put down your weapons. That's not right. You'll suffer. Revolutionary generals will suffer. Old Li, you and I are old comrades who have been educated by the party for many years. Who is this comrade? She was the wife of the great leader, Leader Mao. Her words represented the leader. What attitude she had towards Leader Mao's instructions and the instructions of the Central Cultural Revolution was related to the standpoint of the Proletarian Class. It was a matter of right and wrong. There was no room for reconciliation on this point.”
Ma Tian Sheng's words were neither warm nor angry, and Li Yun Long could not speak for a long time. When it came to political and theoretical issues, Li Yunlong was at a disadvantage. His mind was also muddled. What could he find to refute?
Ma Tiansheng was right. The slogan of supporting the left and attacking the military was not invented by him. There was nothing wrong with him carrying out the instructions of the Central Committee. Li Yunlong couldn't explain it clearly at the moment, but he had a vague feeling that something was wrong. He had to slowly sort it out. The highest command of the army was the Central Military and Political Bureau. According to the principle of our army, the party should command the gun, so the Politburo of the Party Central Committee should be the highest decision-making body. But wait, now there was a Central Cultural Revolution Group. All policy instructions came from this "group". Its authority seemed to be supreme, but where was the Politburo? Was it revoked or disbanded? No one told you if it was still legal, and there was no document that said the Central Cultural Revolution Group was the highest authority. Who in the vast Celestial Empire could possibly know what the highest authority was? Not to mention Li Yunlong's muddle-headedness, there were not many people in China who could explain it clearly at that time. If anyone was stupid enough to hold a copy of the Constitution and say that the highest authority in China was the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, which was stipulated by the Constitution, then everyone would definitely think that this guy was crazy and was talking nonsense. The constitution was meant for foreigners to see. It was enough to be used internationally. Who would be stingy with the constitution? A thin crack suddenly appeared in Li Yunlong's muddle-headed brain. A faint light of rationality shot into his head through the crack. He seemed to have understood something. He couldn't dive into the mess of things to consider the problem. He had to jump out of the mess and consider the problem independently. He shouldn't be entangled in the trivial things on the surface. It didn't matter who they listened to, who they didn't listen to, who was the highest authority, who was the left wing, who was the right wing, who was the revolutionary, who was the counter-revolutionary. The key was who had the right to judge and explain."The winner is not to be blamed.
" Thinking of this, Li Yunlong finally understood. Things in this world are originally very simple. It's the politicians who deliberately mystify things and make the originally simple things complicated. Speaking of which, if they only shouted slogans, wrote posters, and changed the culture, then whoever wanted to have a revolution could do it. After all, they had nothing to do. The problem was that these two rebel leaders were no longer satisfied with their lives. They wanted to carry out an armed revolution, and the commotion was getting bigger and bigger. They were going to use tanks and cannons. This would offend the interests of most of the people who wanted to live a peaceful life. Li Yunlong, who had been a revolutionary for a lifetime, finally had a deeper understanding of the word revolution. He believed that he had the responsibility to stop this kind of nonsense revolution, even though it would take great risks and might even lead to death.
Li Yun Long stared at Ma Tian Sheng and suddenly felt that this guy was quite pitiful. He thought," Even if I, Li Yunlong, am uneducated, I have learned how to think. However, I have a belly full of knowledge. When I talk about revolution and theory, I am very clear and logical. But is that the result of your thinking?" At most, you're just a parrot that mimics words. Which of those theories did you come up with yourself? He really pitied Ma Tian Sheng.
He adjusted his emotions and said gently,"Old Ma, we should discuss this. The martial arts must be stopped. If this continues, this city will be finished. Who knows how many people will die. First, contact the provincial military region immediately to eliminate the opposition and jointly stop the fighting. They were all soldiers of the People's Liberation Army. How could they kill each other? Second, ensure the safety of the restricted military zones, military institutions, and armory. He announced that anyone who attacked the above targets would be killed without mercy. Third, work together with the provincial military district to announce that the army will not interfere in local factional disputes and jointly collect the weapons of the two factions. This must not be ambiguous and must be used by force if necessary.”Ma Tiansheng felt that the suggestions that Li Yunlong had made today were outrageous. He was a military officer after all, so why didn't he have any principles?
This was no longer a personal conflict with Ma Tiansheng. This was a direct confrontation with the Central Cultural Revolution. No wonder Leader Mao said that there was a capitalist command in the party. It was the same in the army. This Li Yunlong had a lot of complaints about the "Cultural Revolution". He was clearly a member of that command. This person did not know how to adapt to the times. Sooner or later, he would be unlucky.
Ma Tiansheng took out a copy of Liberation Daily and said,"" Commander Li, this is an important editorial titled 'Attacking the Civil and Armed Forces is the Revolutionary Slogan of the Proletarians'. I think I need to read a paragraph for you. Consider it an editorial that we can study together. You see, the editorials point out that we are both opposed to and unopposed to the fighting provoked by class enemies.
The method we use to deal with them is to use the 'literary attack and martial defense'. On the one hand, we attack with words, present facts, reason with reason, expose, isolate, criticize, defeat the enemy, and educate the deceived masses from a political perspective. On the other hand, we guard with arms. When a small group of rebels pounce on us with sticks, knives, and guns, we will fight back resolutely until we implement the dictatorship of the Proletarian Party and completely crush their rampant attacks... Well, that's all we have learned. Old Li, I think your suggestions are extremely wrong and run counter to the spirit of the Central Cultural Revolution Group. Therefore, I disagree. First, some of the leaders of the provincial military district belonged to the capitalist roaders hidden in the army. They openly supported the rebel organization, the Jinggangshan Corps, by providing them with weapons and ammunition, and sending combat staff officers to command the armed forces. This was a wild attack on the dictatorship of the Proletarian Class. Their behavior had gone to the opposite side, and this debt would be settled with them sooner or later. Second, there was news that the Central Cultural Revolution would declare its stance on the city's problems and announce that the Red Revolution Alliance was the revolutionary left. Supporting the revolutionary left was the unshirkable responsibility of our field army. If we sit back and do nothing when the left is attacked and massacred by counter-revolutionary organizations, what is the use of the People's Liberation Army? Third, Mao taught us that revolutions are riots, violent actions by one class to overthrow another. When dealing with a revolutionary organization like the Jinggangshan Corps, they should launch a counterattack without any mercy. It's a small matter if the city is flattened. We can rebuild it in the future. We can't just calculate the economic account and not the political account. " It's worth it for a few people to die now. If the counter-revolutionary elements succeed, our millions of heads will fall to the ground, and the red rivers and mountains will change color…" Li Yunlong finally couldn't hold it in anymore. He slammed his palm on the table and roared,""Ma Tiansheng, stop selling dog skin plaster. I've heard a lot of this bullshit. I don't need you to teach me. It's not up to you to decide who's on the left or right. It's not up to the Central Cultural Revolution to decide either. No matter which faction it is, as long as I, Li Yunlong, am in this position, I will suppress whoever dares to attack the military restricted zone, seize weapons, and destroy this city. I won't be polite…" He glanced at Ma Tiansheng, his eyes shooting out cold light, and snorted through his nose."I'll say this first. If any son of a b * tch wants to take advantage of others, instigate a fight, and use this as a stepping stone to climb up, using the country's property, the honor of the army, and the lives of the people as a stepping stone to climb up, I'll kill him like a chicken. "No matter how well-mannered Ma Tiansheng was, he was deeply angered by Li Yunlong's rude and unreasonable attitude. He stood up abruptly and said with a flushed face,""Li Yunlong, don't be too arrogant. Based on what you said just now, you can be labeled as a counter-revolutionary. You will not have a good ending for resisting the Central Cultural Revolution and the 'Cultural Revolution'.”Li Yun Long arrogantly crossed his arms in front of his chest and sneered,""I have no intention of taking back what I said. This life was picked up anyway. I have earned it for more than twenty years. This head is not even afraid of bullets. You're just scaring a mouse in a hole in the wall. Staff officer on duty." He roared.
A staff officer on duty came in and saluted, waiting for instructions.
" Notify all units to enter level one combat readiness," Li Yun Long ordered." From now on, whoever dares to attack the military organs or restricted military zones, regardless of which organization it is, and snatch weapons, they will be shot without mercy. I'll take responsibility.
"Yes, sir!" The staff officer on duty turned around and left.
"Come back!" Ma Tiansheng stood up and said seriously," Except for the Central Cultural Revolution Group, no one has the right to issue such an order. I declare that this order is invalid."”Li Yunlong acted as if he hadn't heard him. He was lighting a cigarette with a lighter. This was an old habit. Once he gave an order, he would never repeat it a second time.
The staff officer on duty saluted Ma Tiansheng and said,""I'm sorry, Political Commissar Ma. According to our military regulations, I can only carry out the orders of the number one commander.”The staff officer saluted again, turned around, and left.
Ma Tian Sheng could feel his blood pressure rising rapidly. The blood vessels near his temples were throbbing from the impact of the blood. His face was pale as he pointed at Li Yunlong with trembling fingers and said,"Li Yun Long, don't be stubborn. You have no right to give such an order. I want to report directly to the Central Cultural Revolution Group. You're holding your own and resisting the Central Committee. This will definitely not end well.”Li Yunlong put on his military cap and said coldly,""Go ahead!"
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