During the revolutionary struggle in Jinggangshan, there was a serious shortage of materials in the base area. In order to solve the problem of serious food shortage, the soldiers and civilians in the base area replaced the staple food with pumpkins. The soldiers tried their best to collect pumpkin seeds, and some even went to remote places such as broken houses, Dalong and Huang' ao to collect them. After receiving the seeds, everyone planted pumpkins all over the mountain.
The leaders, medical staff and the sick and wounded in Xiaojing Red Army Hospital also took active actions to plant pumpkins, with the task of 4 pumpkins per person. Some seriously injured people can't finish the task, and the lightly injured help share it.
There was a platoon leader named Zhao, whose leg was badly injured. The nurse wouldn't let him out, but he limped up the hillside with a cane to help others order seeds and water them. A company commander was seriously injured and couldn't move in bed, so he called the messenger to the bed and solemnly confessed, "I can't move now, please plant four pumpkins for me." The correspondent said with a smile, "I planted ten plants, counting the company commander's share, and I have overfulfilled the task."
When people on the mountain saw the pumpkins of the Red Army, they all praised: "I only heard that soldiers eat food and get paid by the month, but I didn't hear that soldiers grow grain. This kind of troops is the first time I have seen it. " Soon, the pumpkins planted by the soldiers began to grow leaves, and the pumpkin seedlings climbed up the hillside.
Soldiers often pull weeds, catch insects and fertilize, and do not need leaders to give orders. Sometimes when I come back from a mission, I have to go to the hillside to see how my pumpkin looks. If the troops go down the mountain to perform tasks and go out for a long time, local terrorists and children's league members will take the initiative to help manage pumpkins.
Geographical location of Jinggangshan
Jinggangshan City, a county-level city in Jiangxi Province, is managed by Ji 'an City in Jiangxi Province. It is located in the southwest of Jiangxi Province, in the middle of Luo Xiao Mountains at the junction of Hunan and Jiangxi Province. It was called "the turn of Hunan and Jiangxi, the belly of Luo Xiao". Jinggangshan city is located at 26.34 north latitude and between 1 14. 10 east longitude. It is adjacent to Taihe County in the east, Yongxin County in the north, suichuan county in the south and Chaling County and Yanling County in Hunan Province in the west.