"Our old father, Jiang Runyuan, passed away at 2:05 on December 4, 2021 at the age of 105. In accordance with his will, follow the matter simply, do not bother relatives and friends, and do not engage in ceremonies. Jiang Runyuan's children, Jiang Guangfu, and other lamentations
Jiang Runyuan, a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War, was born in Shandong in 1917, joined the Northeast Army in 1936, was admitted to the 21st General Corps of the 17th Phase of the Wugang No. 2 Branch of the Whampoa Military Academy in May 1940, served as the combat staff officer of the 53rd Army in early 1942, and was incorporated into the 20th Group Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force with the troops in the spring of 1943, and rushed to the Battlefield of Yunnan and Burma to fight against Japan.
On December 7, the reporter contacted Jiang Guangpu, the daughter of Elder Jiang. She had just finished taking care of her father's affairs, but she looked a little haggard, but she still came to the Shenyang Daily Newspaper. Earlier, she said in WeChat: "I sent all the important information of my father before his death, so that you can understand the situation." ”
In the hall on the first floor of the newspaper, the reporter met Jiang Guangpu. She held the materials in both hands and told reporters: "I made a list, a total of 13 items, after reading and returning." Then he took out his signature pen and checked it in turn. When she reached the fifth item, she finally couldn't help but spill tears on the thin A4 paper. "Holding this thick pile, I know that this is a record of my father's life."
Memories are hard to reconcile, like yesterday
"The night my father left, my sister and I were by his side." Jiang Guangpu said, "Because he was already unconscious in the first few days, sleeping all day, occasionally opening his eyes to see, and then closing again, he could no longer speak, let alone eat any food, so I actually had a premonition in my heart." Jiang Guangpu, who calmed down, told reporters, "In fact, I am very content to accompany my father on the last journey." ”
On December 8, this reporter went to a blue-tiled residential building at No. 41 Changde Street in Heping District, which was the home of Jiang Runyuan, a veteran of the anti-Japanese war. The house of more than 60 square meters is full of traces of his later life: mottled crutches, calligraphy works on the walls, wedding photos on the table, freshly washed kitchen utensils... The house is small, but it is not stained. The North House is a small spiritual hall with photos and medals of Elder Jiang and flower baskets sent by relatives and friends. "Looking at this room, I feel like my father has never left." Jiang Guangfu, the eldest son of Jiang Runyuan, said, "I didn't expect it to be so fast, I thought my father could still maintain it for a while." ”
Looking back on the past, the glory days
"In the year of the September 18 Incident, my father was 14 years old, and because of his poor background, he worked everywhere after graduating from primary school. At that time, the iron hooves of the Japanese army had just stepped into the three eastern provinces, and the enthusiasm of the people of the whole country for resisting Japan was high. My father told me: 'At that time, with the frenzied invasion of the Japanese army, the three eastern provinces were quickly controlled, but the generals of the Northeast Army under Zhang Xueliang were ordered to withdraw to Guannei with the deep shame of the fall of their hometown. It was at this time that my father came to Xi'an to join the Northeast Army and became a telegraph operator. Jiang Guangfu sat on his father's bed before he died and said, "My father did not fall from the full outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in the July 7 Incident to the comprehensive victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1945!" ”
"I was born in 1945, when the War of Resistance was won, and my name 'Jiang Guangfu' was derived from this. At that time, my father was rushing to Vietnam with the troops and did not know the news of my birth. My father and I first met when I was one year old. My father's troops were on their way to Vietnam, and my mother chased me all the way behind. The road is long, and the cost of the road is not easy. "Recalling the story of his father, Jiang Guangfu's eyes looked far away through the window." Because of the 918 incident, my father has a deep affection for the northeast. In 1950, his father took the family to Shenyang to live, and he has not left here since. ”
Jiang Runyuan's son, Jiang Guangfu, was looking through his father's photographs.
Looking back, I couldn't sleep
Before his death, Jiang Runyuan once mentioned to visitors that the most memorable thing for him was: a pair of elegy from 80 years ago.
Jiang Guangfu told reporters: "Soon after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, my father's hometown became a occupied area. My father had a home that could not return, and he was separated from my grandmother, who was once very worried about his safety. In 1939, after the Battle of Wuhan, my father withdrew with his troops to Jinshi, Hunan Province. There was a stationery shop in Tsu City, and with the consent of the treasurer, my father lied in a letter to his grandmother that "I am an apprentice in a stationery store, everything is fine", and used the address of the stationery store to correspond with my mother. “
Jiang Guangfu said: "Two years later, my father was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy, and when he was studying at the school, he wrote a letter to the treasurer to inquire about his grandmother's news. It wasn't until one evening in the winter of 1941 that my father received a letter from the treasurer, stating that my grandmother had died of illness. ”
"That night, my father tossed and turned, and tearfully wrote a pair of elegies: 'Lying on the bed, not returning with a burial, never having a wanderer who has a lot of hatred; the national vendetta has not been restored, the grace has not been repaid, and since ancient times it is difficult to be loyal and filial to both.'" The next day, my father bought a black cloth and put it on filial piety for my grandmother. Failing to serve his sick mother and not being able to see the last one before entering the coffin became a lifelong guilt for his father. Jiang Guangfu slowly recounted this heart-wrenching memory that generations could not forget.
In the years of flames, a late letter from the family affects how many homes and countries are worried. The cruel war, the loss of his family, until the end of his life, whenever he mentioned this matter, Jiang Runyuan still had tears in his eyes.
Recounting each other, I remember it vividly
In 1945, Jiang Runyuan's family finally looked forward to the good news of victory in the War of Resistance, and the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Chinese Dispatch Army, Okamura Ninji, signed a surrender letter and surrendered unconditionally to the Chinese troops. Chiang's unit received a new assignment to go to Hanoi, Vietnam, to accept the surrender of Japan in the theater north of the 16th parallel. "I went to Vietnam with my father's troops and spent eight months." Jiang Guangfu slowly closed the photo album in his hand.
More than half a century has passed, and the 6 children raised by Jiang Runyuan have all achieved success in their respective posts. "In life, our father is very strict with us, so everyone says 'the children of the old Jiang family study well.'" Jiang Guangfu wiped away the tear marks in his wrinkles. "My father is very simple and contented, he has lived in the house for more than thirty years, and in his later years he has also insisted on studying, reading books and newspapers, and has set a good example for future generations."
"At 9:18 a.m. on September 18, 2012, when the alarm sounded, my father seemed to be ready, put on his medallion, slowly raised his right hand, and tried to stand like a soldier. This is the anti-Japanese sentiment of a veteran soldier, who taught our descendants to be an upright and strong Chinese. Jiang Guangfu looked at the picture of his father saluting on the wall, and his voice trembled uncontrollably. Every year, my father wore a medal to perform a standard military salute, saying, 'This military salute is a tribute to all the soldiers who died on the battlefield'. ”
Elder Jiang, salute to you,
All the way!
Source: Shenyang Daily WeChat public account