We came to the foot of the big snow mountain. Locals call the snow-capped mountains "sacred mountains", which means that even birds can't fly except "immortals".

In order to dispel the concerns of the troops, Chairman Mao said: "The holy mountain" is not terrible, and the Red Army should be ambitious and competitive. These words gave us great encouragement.

Before departure, the superior stipulated that everyone should prepare two pairs of shoes to protect their feet. Apart from the rotten sandals on my feet, I only have a pair of "measuring sticks" tied to my belt. I untied it, and my heart was filled with infinite emotion. A well-known folk song in the Central Soviet Area of Jiangxi Province haunts my ears again: Send my brother to the front and make you a pair of shoes. There are seven words embroidered on the shoes, Long live the Red Army brothers.

When I think of this folk song, I think of the scene when we left the Central Soviet Area. An old man took my hand and gave me a pair of "Red Army shoes". This is a pair of very strong cloth shoes with the words "comfort the Red Army soldiers" embroidered on the upper.

He said, "Son, as soon as this shoe is put on the feet of the Red Army, it will become a' measuring ruler'. No matter how wide the land is and how high the mountain is, it can be' measured'. " From then on, these shoes hung on my waist and became my best companion.

I remember that my foot was injured in the last battle when I left Jiangxi. At that time, there was neither medicine nor stretcher, and I had to drag my injured foot every day. I really can't hold on. Take the "measuring ruler" off your waist for the first time and put it on your feet. The sole is soft and very comfortable. As soon as I put it on, I remembered the hope of the people in the Soviet area and forgot the pain.

The wound healed quickly, and my soles were worn a lot. I really couldn't bear to wear them anymore, so I wrapped them up and hung them around my waist ... We even worked as siege fighters in Zunyi. I was playing hard, and suddenly I felt some pain in my waist. On closer inspection, it turned out that a bullet had passed through the shoe, just beside the skin next to the waist bone.

Comrades saw it and said it was really a "life-saving shoe". But I'm sorry, too, because my shoes were pierced with a big hole. In the future, I will cherish it more.

At dawn, we began to climb the mountain. Climbing higher and steeper, it soon began to hail as big as eggs. The wind blew on me like a knife with hail. I am an artillery, with a 45-pound mortar barrel on my shoulder, it is even more difficult to walk.

I stepped on the footprints like a snow ladder in front of me and walked forward step by step. I was unconscious under the pressure of ice and snow and fell down several times. Whenever I fall down and see the "measuring ruler" on my feet, I feel hot in my heart, as if the villagers in the Soviet area were pushing me forward behind my back.

Finally over the snow-capped mountains, I looked down at those "celestial rulers". They were covered with ice mud, so dirty that I quickly took them off, knocked off the mud and hung them around my waist.

Extended data

The mention of the Long March of the Red Army is a household name, and it is well known to all women and children. But when the concepts of "Long March", "Long March of a Thousand Miles" and "Long March of 25,000 Miles" were put forward, little is known. 1934 10 After the Central Red Army (the Red Army) began to implement the strategic shift, in the instructions and orders issued by the Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and the General Political Department of the Red Army,

This action is not called "Long March", but called "breakthrough", "counterattack" and "westward advance". In June of the same year, 5438+065438+ 10, when Wang Ming, head of the international delegation of China * * *, made a report to all the staff of the China Department of the Soviet Foreign Workers Publishing House, he called the Northern Expedition of the Red 7 Army Corps and the Western Expedition of the Red 6 Army the "Long March", which is the earliest concept known at present.

1On February 23rd, 935, the General Political Department of the Red Army called the strategic shift of the Central Red Army the "Long March" for the first time in the book Report to Workers and Peasants in Northern Guizhou. In May, Zhu De praised the "Long March of the Chinese Red Army" and put forward the concept of "Long March" for the first time. With the continuous increase of the mileage of the Long March of the Central Red Army, the attributive of "Long March" has gradually increased from "Wan Li".