The old man began to carry a gun to resist Japan from the age of 13, and when he saw the photos of that year 70 years later, he couldn't help but burst into tears
September 18, 1931, we will never forget this day, because just 6 years later, the Japanese caused us very serious harm, and 14 years later, we finally won. During this period, there are many very touching stories. Today I want to introduce this person to you. His name is Chen Youli. In fact, he was 14 years old when Japan surrendered.
In 1942, the Central Plains was dry, and Japan invaded our country, and for him, his parents died when he was 11 years old. And now so young but has been following the refugee team, so he suffered a lot, and then went to Yunnan, when he was only 12 years old, in order to survive, he wanted the recruit team to take him in.
After joining the army, because he was very young, he could not become a soldier, so he could only follow the groom in the team. Although it was relatively easy, at least when he was a child, he was able to eat, at least not to starve to death. Later, he began to work as a service soldier for company commanders.
In 1943, Chongqing sent troops to India for training. At that time, he was in the army. After 8 months of training, he returned to Yunnan and fought in the Burma War with his team. During this time, an American journalist took a photo, and in 2014 people also declassified the photo, so his otherwise peaceful life was shattered.
When this photo came to China, everyone was very excited, because the "child soldier carrying a gun to resist Japan" was touching and shocking, and many people began to look for this veteran, hoping that he was still alive. After investigation, we finally found 80-year-old Chen Youli in Guiyang. When we saw his picture from 70 years ago, people were moved to tears and people were very excited.
In fact, if you count carefully, he has participated in many wars with the army, and if you count, there should be more than 50 battles, which can be said to be a veteran. The old man has a son and two daughters, and now he has been living in the countryside of Guiyang and his life is very peaceful.
In fact, from an economic point of view, their lives are not very rich, but for themselves, as long as they live in peace, they are the best, and they can get state subsidies every month, they are already very satisfied.
For the elderly who have lived through the war era, they may no longer have a great need for material life. Because they are well aware of the suffering of war, they cherish the peace of today. Matter is only the skin of life for them, and the most important thing is that life can be peaceful is the greatest wish.
This revolutionary veteran, before being understood, did not mention too much about the past to outsiders. Many veterans are like this, because for them, the memories are always accompanied by the sacrifices of their comrades who fought side by side on the battlefield.