People are not sleepy when they are old, but they always think of my comrades-in-arms, and they can't sleep if they want to.

? I got up at dawn. Gently pushed open the window and habitually looked at the park lake next to my home. I can't see anything in the mist. Only a touch of faint red from seven or eight red maple trees on the nearby shore lit up my eyes.

In the cold wind of autumn, the dense Ye Er crackled carefully. After drinking a cup of tea, the sun also showed a red smiling face.

The lake in Bitou is dyed red, and the red leaves are illuminated, so bright and fresh. Lovely red leaves are swaying happily in the wind, are they waving to me? ?

This time last year, I sang a poem about red leaves: Red leaves are all over the cliff, and this thing is the warmest. Mo Yan's autumn nights are long, and Ye Er comforts my heart.

Yes, whenever I see red leaves, I always think of the past of the propaganda team during that long time. ?

In the late 1960s, it was also in such a season when red leaves were burning.

It was at the age of youth that a group of men and women with less than 20 people, led by Director Liu of the Propaganda Department of the Military Region, came to a military teaching team on a loess barren hill in Ma Po Ridge, a suburb of Changsha, carrying backpacks and stepping on the autumn frost path.

In a three-story building, we spread straw on the ground and spread out the army. In the evening, everyone is discussing the establishment of a propaganda team.

The next day, at a short meeting, Director Liu introduced the situation of the Cultural Revolution at that time, and then talked about the significance of setting up a propaganda team. Finally, he raised his voice and announced that the Mao Zedong Thought Amateur Literature and Art Propaganda Team of Hunan Military Region was formally established today, and then announced that Director Wang Youchun was the captain of the Propaganda Team. ?

There is no drum music to celebrate, and there is no firecrackers to congratulate. In a burst of warm applause, the propaganda team was born by history.

But a few days later, because of the changes in the situation of the Cultural Revolution at that time, the propaganda team was quickly dissolved as soon as our group of literary and artistic backbones selected from the literary performances in the military region got to know each other and said goodbye.

The following spring, because of the need of the situation, we met again in the guest house of the Provincial Communications Department.

Just as the red maple tree took root and sprouted in the barren land and grew up in the wind and rain in spring, since then, the propaganda team has embarked on a historical journey with immature steps. ?

At the beginning of team building, how hard it is. A standard gongs and drums box, several bamboo flutes and two erhu are all our belongings.

Take over the three and a half sentences inherited by the old eighth road, match the words and perform the singing method. Just like the old troupe, we form a stage in military training ground, alpine air defense post, factory workshop, rural fields, school playground and even streets and lanes, and then sing, dance and jump after the sound of gongs and drums.

The passion of youth is released in Sanxiang. ?

In those years, there was no comfortable traffic now. A Qi 69 is our long-term travel partner.

Wearing a tarpaulin canopy with four masks, sitting in the car in summer is as stuffy as an oven, which makes people breathless; In winter, the cold wind roared into the car from the gap, as cold as the refrigerator.

Accidents during driving also occur from time to time. Once, when the car passed the small curve of Xuefeng Mountain, the rear wheel of the car was actually suspended, and there was an abyss under the wheel.

When encountering impassable mountain roads and swampy depressions in water towns, you can only abandon your car and walk with props on your shoulders.

One winter, a rare cold current in the south hit the land of Sanxiang. For more than 20 days, we have to step on the thick snow every morning and walk to Changsha North Railway Station, a few kilometers away, to give a condolence performance for the anti-American aid troops.

The rumbling iron wheel carrying cannons and officers and men covered in smoke will be the first stop after returning home.

In the narrow warehouse, there are several performances every day, which warm the hearts of officers and men with deep love. However, who would have thought that during this period, the military service system of the whole army was being reformed, and the five-year service period was changed to three years across the board.

At that time, five or six veterans, including me, were retiring from active service. I was eighteen that year.

I can still feel my disappointment, helplessness and sadness. During the performance, the captain took everyone to take the first group photo after the team was built in a nearby photo studio as a permanent memory.

In the next few days, due to the urging of the troops, several comrades-in-arms hurriedly left the team and retired to return home. They left in a hurry. The tense performance prevented us from seeing off and saying goodbye.

I haven't heard from you since I turned around ...

Wang, the director of the political department who knew about it, personally questioned the decision, so I stayed with several other comrades who did not leave the team. ?

After frost in autumn and snow in winter, maple leaves have grown very green in summer. Thick green, as if bleeding. The propaganda team has also gone through the storm and walked out of the mud.

More than a year later, we formally set up camp in the military auditorium.

And Wang Yiwu, vice minister of propaganda department, with the care and love of the commander of the military region, directly manages the propaganda team, and Zou, minister of propaganda department, simply takes root in the team as an instructor. Just like a family with parents as the backbone, you can rely on everything.

In a propaganda team that doesn't even have a compilation, we always have floating anxiety, depression and hesitation in our hearts.

Deputy Director Wang coordinated with the leaders of each team in many ways, and all the male soldiers and female soldiers in the team were assigned to the permanent troops and hospitals, which laid the foundation for our service.

What is important is that he actively promoted the establishment of the party branch of the propaganda team, which made us see the future in the team and the hope of being the first.

The amiable and respectable Deputy Director Wang not only laid the foundation for the development of the propaganda team together with the team leaders, but also cared about our lives like brothers and sisters and taught us to grow sturdily as a strict teacher ...?

The urgent task is to expand our strength and team. In those years, in addition to selecting new people, military region performances also recruited a number of literary recruits, composers, dancers, vocalists and other artists to join the propaganda team.

Or is it the "disorderly dance" era when the heads of military regions commented on the propaganda team's programs? No, the old players have improved, and the artistic participation and infiltration of the new players have quickly promoted the artistic level of the propaganda team to a new height.

So, we bid farewell to the counterpart words, and the propaganda team turned around and made a stunning appearance.

He has composed and performed Changde Sixian's Night Sailing in Xiangjiang River, sha tin road, Song of Summer Girl, Flower Drum Opera, Happy Water, Opera, Dance Drama A-mei Goes to College, Drama Before Training, Female Chorus, Third Trial of Female Militia, etc., just like Chun Xue lit up the stage of the propaganda team.

Many programs have also been well received and won prizes in the Guangzhou Military Region or the whole army's cultural performances.

Not only that, in the upsurge of popularizing model operas, in less than a month, the propaganda team actually rehearsed the whole Peking Opera Shajiabang.

It's hard to imagine that there are only 33 comrades in the team. This is a miracle created by the meticulous organization of team leaders and the cohesion of team Qi Xin. The performance of this play made the propaganda team famous in Sanxiang. ?

? Red leaves, in the process of growing up, you absorbed the aura of heaven and earth and scoured out the essence of the sun and the moon. Now, from south to north, from east to west, clusters are burning on the vast land, giving a warm gift to the cold autumn. ?

Isn't it? My comrades-in-arms also have the characteristics and personality of red leaves. At that time, none of the military wives had a proud higher education, and none had specially studied stage art, but they all had a strong sense of historical responsibility, and their comrades were fearless and strong. They not only consciously accept political baptism and tempering, but also many people in the team join the party to promote their work.

At the same time, he made persistent efforts in art, and went deep into the grassroots life of workers, peasants and soldiers such as Shaoshan, Nanshan air defense post and Caijiagang. , draw out creative materials, stimulate creative inspiration, and write the most gorgeous chapter in the history of the propaganda team. Therefore, the programs performed by the propaganda team are deeply loved by the audience.

In the army, in the factory, in the countryside, in the official school, the sound of gongs and drums and firecrackers still echoes in the ears. History has created a propaganda team, which has chosen and created comrades. Yes, it was on this amateur stage in that passionate year that comrades were fortunate to participate in it, practicing, learning, accumulating, precipitating, exploring and creating art, and harvesting spiritual and artistic wealth that benefited them for life.

Finally, on that day, comrades-in-arms soared from the propaganda team and created their own glory. ?

Propaganda team, this is the cradle of my comrades' growth. They make me so sad that I miss them a thousand times in my dreams. Although you have retired from the historical stage, the spirit of your has already been injected into our blood, making us proud of it all our lives.

Now, the men and women who benefited from your are still there, we are here, the propaganda team is here, in our hearts, in our blood. ?

Yes, from the day when comrades got together, under the banner of the propaganda team, we stood shoulder to shoulder, relied on each other, cherished each other, and shared it through thick and thin. Although there are bumps and bumps, they tolerate each other and laugh and forget it.

Therefore, the propaganda team is a hotbed for me and my comrades to grow up. Together, we have gained the feelings of brothers and sisters in completing the mission of the propaganda team. How can I not put the propaganda team in my heart? ?

When people are old, the memories of youth are in the propaganda team, and the heart is willing but unable to do so; There are comrades who are always concerned, and their hearts are warm. Why worry about the cold of autumn night? ?

The setting sun, like the morning sun, dyed the lake red and illuminated the red leaves, so fresh. ?

Is summer the autumn of 20 17?