In late April 1979, the "goddess of wisdom" Wu Yifang and other people visited the United States, after the visit, the accompanying Liu Lu once went to Manhattan to visit his old classmates, and after the two visited the Buckeke Museum, they were invited by the curator to have a dinner together.
Because of Liu Luzeng's arrival, the French chef of the restaurant also specially made a Yangzhou fried rice, and during the banquet, the museum staff frequently greeted Liu Luzeng, a Chinese woman.
Suddenly, an American man with a slightly fat figure caught Liu Luzeng's attention, with a high nose, a pointed chin, and blue eyes, and frequently looked over to their side, Liu Luzeng suddenly felt a movement in his heart, thinking that he was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.
Almost at the same time, the American man walked toward Liu Luzeng's side, his steps were fast, his expression was a little excited, she looked at Liu Lu and asked, "Are you a Chinese, have you just come or have you settled down for a long time?" ”
Although Liu Luzeng felt a little strange, he still politely answered his question.
After listening to Liu Luzeng's answer, I didn't expect the American man to be more excited, he suddenly took a step forward, tightly held Liu Luzeng's hands, and said in a somewhat trembling voice
"I know your surname is Liu, I was your prisoner of war on the Korean battlefield, and at Christmas, you gave me a pin with the words 'Peace', which I still keep!"
Liu Lu had heard his words, and many memories suddenly replayed in his mind like a movie.
So, what is the identity of this Liu Lu? Why did the foreigner say that he was her captive?
From Miss Petite to Volunteer Female Translator
Liu Lu was born in Shanghai in 1928, where his father Liu Hansheng and uncle were both directors of a well-known bank in Shanghai, and the family lived in a small three-storey Western-style building in a bustling downtown area.
The back garden is the paradise where Liu Lu once played with his brothers and sisters, with servants, heating and fans at home, and in that turbulent era, Liu Lu lived a veritable life as a big lady.
In 1947, Liu Lu was admitted to the Law School of Soochow University in Shanghai with excellent results to study international law.
In 1949, Liu Lu signed up for the People's Liberation Army Cultural and Labor Corps, but because he was a "bourgeois lady", Liu Lu was turned away.
In 1950, the slogan of "Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea, Defending the Family and Defending the Country" resounded throughout the land of Shenzhou, when the Chinese volunteers could not communicate because they captured American prisoners of war, and the captured spoils could not be identified, so the troops urgently recruited English translators in China.
In this context, Liu Lu, who had a good level of spoken English, joined the army as he wished, received a generous and thick volunteer cotton uniform weighing several pounds, and became a deputy platoon officer of the Chinese Volunteer Army.
Impress the prisoners of war with sincerity
In 1951, in a mountainous village in central Korea called The Stadium, Liu Lu was assigned to the Enemy Works Department of the Political Department of the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army as an English translator.
On the battlefield, Liu Luzeng did not have the squeamishness of a big lady at all, but quickly threw himself into busy and intense work.
Her job was very onerous, involving in the interrogation of enemy prisoners, translating captured enemy documents, and listening to enemy radios. All of these involved a large number of English terms, so Liu Luzeng seized his free time to make up military English.
Soon after, batches of American prisoners of war were sent here, each stranded at the corps headquarters for no more than 3 days, and after the initial trial, they were sorted and escorted to the Captive Management Regiment of the Volunteer Headquarters.
It was at this time that Bertner was sent to the corps, and in the prisoner-of-war camp, Bertner often wore a hat and dragged his shoes to walk, looking listless, not at all like a soldier, so Liu Lu had specially interrogated him.
Liu Lu had learned that he was a recruit of the US 1st Marine Division who had just joined the army, and he did not expect to be taken prisoner the first time he went to the battlefield.
When His parents divorced, Bertner went out to earn a living on his own at the age of 18, once detained by the police department for group fights, and once because he wanted to travel, he robbed the vehicles of the guests in the restaurant where he worked, and was arrested and sentenced by the police.
After the outbreak of the Korean War, the U.S. government claimed that serving as a soldier could be reduced, and that high salaries were also given, and that the Women in North Korea were beautiful and the apples were delicious, so Burtner came.
Liu Lu once guided him after listening to it: "It is a crime for you to steal a car, is it not a crime to come here?" Waging war here is an even greater sin! ”
Bertner retorted, "But we are here to stop your aggression. ”
"Then why should the North Korean people support us and oppose you?" Because you are the aggressors! Liu Lu once persuaded again.
Bertner suddenly realized that he seemed to have been deceived, and he buried his head and began to ponder why he had come here.
One day, Bertner suddenly developed a high fever, so Liu Lu hastily found a doctor to treat him, and at the same time reported to the leader, the camp commander of the prisoner of war camp specially approved Botna to rest, do not have to carry food, and can take a car when the evacuation, Bertner knew, he looked at Liu Lu for a long time in shock, tears swirling in his eyes.
With Liu Luzeng's education and help, Bertner's thinking slowly changed, he actively submitted articles to small publications, and wrote letters to his girlfriend about his life in the prisoner of war camp, and also mentioned Liu Luzeng in the letter.
Later, after Bertner was sent to the POW Management Regiment of the Volunteer Army Headquarters, Liu Lu inquired about his performance and changes many times and cared about his life.
Sadly, they never met again.
The "Nightingale" on The Upper Ganling Mountains
In the winter of 1952, after the outbreak of Shangganling, Liu Lu, as an English translator and enemy worker cadre, was arranged to go to the tunnel of the 399.8 height of the Shangganling Forward Position of the 70th Division of the 24th Army of the Volunteer Army, risking his life every day to continuously carry out the work of broadcasting and shouting to the US army.
There were nearly a hundred people in the tunnel, Liu Lu was the only woman, and Liu Luzeng's "turf" was three shell boxes lined up together, where they ate, slept, and worked.
Usually on the toilet, male comrades risk their lives to run out of the tunnel, Liu Lu once had more difficulties, insisted on not going to the toilet during the day, and at night, he solved it next to the trench where shells kept falling.
The warriors were very kind to Liu Lu and would ask her to sing a song from time to time. Liu Lu had known that they were always ready to go out to fight, and that they might not be able to come back if they went, so in order not to disappoint them, Liu Lu always tried his best to meet their demands.
Once, a small assault team quietly climbed out of the tunnel to stop the enemy, and when it returned, Liu Lu found that there were few missing. Although everyone was reluctant to say it, Liu Lu knew in his heart that another comrade-in-arms had died.
One of the soldiers who was carried back had 13 bullet wounds on his body, and Liu Lu helped the hygienist cut open the cotton coat and scrub the wound for him.
Liu Luzeng's main task was to risk his life every day and continuously carry out the work of broadcasting and shouting to the US military. Unable to use loudspeakers during the day, Liu Lu could only hold a long-handled horn and shout in English to the U.S. military through the holes in the tunnels
"Don't die in the war of aggression against Korea!"
"Chinese Volunteer Army guarantees the safety of prisoners of war!"
"We want peace, not war!"
At night, the soldiers placed the loudspeaker in front of the enemy position on the top of the hill, and then used a hand-cranked generator, and Liu Lu had shouted to the American army. Propagate the volunteers' policy of preferential treatment of prisoners and play American songs.
Sometimes, Liu Lu would also broadcast unpaid home letters from the fallen soldiers of the US army and letters from the families captured by the volunteer army, which greatly shook the military heart of the US army.
Liu Lu once had a clear voice and a cheerful tone, so some American soldiers called her a "battlefield nightingale".
In July 1953, after the Korean War armistice negotiations began, Liu Lu was once again ordered to go to the line of fire and come to the Dingzishan position to participate in the political offensive against the American army.
The tunnel where Liu Lu was located was no more than two or three hundred meters away from the US position. Liu Lu once stretched out a long-handled horn from the hole dug by the side of the tunnel, shouted directly at the US position, and told the US officers and men about the progress of the armistice negotiations.
Liu Lu also often played some American war-weary music to them, and gradually, Liu Lu and the US military seemed to have formed a tacit understanding, as long as Liu Lu had broadcast and shouted, the US military generally did not shoot guns.
On the 27th of the same month, Liu Lu broadcast to the enemy positions the news of the signing of the Korean armistice agreement in a cheerful tone. After 20 o'clock, the sound of gunfire gradually thinned out, and the tunnel was full of jubilation. At 22:00, the sound of gunfire stopped.
At 8 o'clock the next morning, the soldiers jumped out of the tunnel with excitement, and Liu Lu had also quietly climbed to the top of the mountain with several fighters, and several American soldiers on the opposite side were also climbing to the top of the mountain.
They were shocked to see Liu Luzeng. It turned out that they had always thought that it was the tape recorder that shouted, and they never expected that there were really female warriors in such a dangerous place!
Immediately afterward, one American soldier after another climbed to the top of the mountain to watch, Liu Lu was in a hurry, immediately taught his comrades around him, learned to use English to face each other, and shouted over and over again: "We want peace, We hate war." (We want peace, not war.) The American soldiers applauded warmly.
"Non-governmental Ambassadors" from China
After returning from North Korea, Liu Lu worked as the manager of the U.S. department at the Nanjing Travel Agency, and in late April 1979, she was invited to the United States for a more than two-month visit with dr. Wu Yifang, who was 86 years old.
I didn't expect to meet Bertner here, 26 years apart, these two are more than half a hundred years old, their hearts can't help but feel a thousand emotions, after experiencing war, they know more deeply about the hard-won peace.
"Today, we are finally reunited here as friends." Liu Lu once said with emotion.
"Yes, this is a very beautiful meeting, and human beings should have been so friendly. At that time, the happiness of mankind was completely destroyed by those war maniacs. ”
James let go of Liu Luzeng's hand and said with a long and affectionate breath, "Now I understand that Chinese people are truly peace-loving and true friends." ”
Liu Lu once told Mr. Beltner that he is now the manager of the U.S. department of the Nanjing branch of China International Travel Service, specializing in receiving American guests traveling to China.
Bertner was once again excited when he heard this, and he raised his glass to greet Liu Luzeng: "Ms. Liu, you are a 'non-governmental ambassador' from China, building a bridge of friendship for the People of the United States and China. We want to learn from you. ”
Bertner also invited Liu Luzeng to visit his home, but due to the limited itinerary, Liu Luzeng could only express his apologies, and Bertner was very sorry, but still warmly grabbed Liu Luzeng's hand and said in a loud voice, "When I have the opportunity, I will take the whole family to Travel to China and visit you in Nanjing." ”
Liu Lu had learned that Bertner was the owner of this restaurant, and she couldn't help but begin to lament the magic of fate, and the guests present were also happy about their reunion and raised a glass of congratulations.