1933 10, Zhang Side, with the belief of defending his hometown and liberating the poor, joined the Red Army as a correspondent and the Communist Youth League, and soon became the monitor of Tewulian.
/kloc-in the summer of 0/936, Zhang Side Red Fourth Front Army crossed the snow-capped mountains and entered the grassland from Xiakouyi. The vast grassland can't see the edge. It looks flat, but it's all swamps. If you are not careful, you will fall into a quagmire. Along the way, the soldiers helped each other, encouraged each other, endured and persisted in moving forward step by step.
Zhang Side was the monitor of the communication camp at that time. He was injured three times, his cheeks were deep, his face was haggard, his feet were swollen with mud, and he was very weak. It is already difficult to March on the grass, and it is even more difficult to send letters and give orders. But Zhang Side's eyes are particularly bright and his pace is more firm. Every time a task comes, he always starts to leave. On the grass where the sand doesn't reach your ankles, you will pay a high price for every step you take. Zhang Side, as the monitor, always undertakes the task by himself in order to reduce the physical consumption of other comrades. On one occasion, Zhang Side wanted to deliver an order in person. The vice monitor couldn't help it, so he grabbed Zhang's side and said, "monitor, you are always like this!" Let's take turns! " Zhang Side explained: "Many comrades in our class are young, so we can't let them run more. I'll walk a few times myself to get everyone out of the grass and finish the task of going north. How nice! " The vice monitor said, then I'll send it. Zhang said with a smile, that's different. Said and left again.
It is dangerous to camp on the grass. It seems that the grass is flat and spread, but soldiers who are extremely tired will get stuck in the mud. For the safety of his comrades-in-arms and reducing unnecessary losses, Zhang almost didn't sleep at night. During the nap, he got up to see where the grass leaked, woke up his comrades, let everyone exercise and moved to a cool place. Sometimes, he will watch the bonfire, add some firewood from time to time, and hang clothes for his comrades.
After walking hard in the grass for more than 20 days, an even more difficult situation appeared. The soldiers ate up all the dry food they brought, and the troops ran out of food. Hunger threatens the Red Army soldiers. What should we do?
In order to get out of the grass, the chief killed the horse carrying the documents and gave them to the sick and wounded. The soldiers took off their belts and gun belts and cooked them. Under extremely difficult circumstances, everyone is scrambling to give the sick comrades what they can eat first.
In order to overcome the ruthless hunger, get out of the grassland and complete the sacred task of going north to resist Japan, the party organization issued a solemn call to "taste a hundred herbs."
On the vast grassland, weeds and poisonous weeds are everywhere. It is not easy to taste an edible weed, and it is often costly, from poisoning to death. At that time, Zhang Side had not joined the Party, but he strictly followed party member standards everywhere, and he always took the lead in "tasting a hundred herbs" activities. When he sees a grass, he always tastes it first. When he found an edible grass, he immediately told his brother unit.