The Chinese nation was once baptized by war, and in 1931, the iron hooves of the Japanese army stepped into the territory of our country, acting arbitrarily on this land, oppressing and enslaving the people of our country, and the people's lives were in deep trouble and full of complaints. For the sake of the independence of New China, countless patriots were not afraid of sacrifice and went forward to succeed each other, just so that they could drive the invaders out of China and make this devastated China no longer be exploited. In 1995, a seventy-four-year-old peasant in Shanxi, after the loss of his beloved son, went to Beijing to play, he wrote a letter to the superior leaders to express their intentions and their wishes, seeing the old man's name, everyone was shocked, all expressed their incomparable respect for the old man, General Yang Chengwu actually personally sent someone to greet him, the old man took the army's special car to visit Beijing City, saw the changes in the motherland over the years, before leaving, General Yang Chengwu repeatedly instructed his secretary, must take this old man to the military museum to have a look, There are the most precious memories of the old man, who is this old farmer? Why did General Yang Chengwu attach so much importance to him? What are his memories in the military museum?
In 1995, the Shaoguan police received an alarm message, the alarm was a septuagenarian, the old man said that his eldest son was persecuted for no reason, the old man cried very pitifully, hoping that the police could return his son a fair, Shaoguan police immediately sent police forces to the scene to investigate the case, according to the police preliminary investigation, this is a shooting case, but at that time China began to strictly control guns and ammunition, do not allow anyone to hide guns privately. This is a naked crime against the wind, the case quickly alarmed the local government, but the investigation conditions at that time were limited, two months of case did not make any progress, the police let the old man carefully recall whether the son had an enemy before he died, the old man said and choked up, their father and son never made a vendetta with anyone, after a period of time, the case has not been able to solve, the old man thoughtfully decided to tell the police some things in the past.
The old man's name is Li Erxi, born in 1921 in Lingqiu County, Shanxi, the family is very poor for generations as farmers, since childhood his parents died, Li Erxi from childhood for the landlord cattle to subsidize the family, did not read any books, he and the only brother depended on each other, and then the brother signed up to join the army, the weekend will also bring some grain back for Li Erxi, in 1937, after the Lugou Bridge incident, the brother also lost contact, when the War of the Japanese Army has burned to the territory of Shanxi, Li Erxi witnessed the brutal crimes of the Japanese army. The Japanese army snatched up the things in the village, killed the people, and burned all the houses in the village, Li Erxi had no choice but to flee with the villagers, Li Erxi hated the Japanese army, and also decided to join the army like his brother to serve the motherland.
In September of the same year, Yang Chengwu's independent regiment was stationed near the village, when Li Erxi was only sixteen years old, Li Erxi did some things for the Eighth Route Army, Li Erxi had previously cultivated cattle for the landlord, he took the initiative to take on the work of managing livestock in the army, and the comrades-in-arms felt that although Li Erxi was young, he was very organic and energetic, and Li Erxi also liked this job very much. Soon, the Japanese army launched an attack at Pingxingguan, in order to cooperate with the friendly army our army decided to ambush the Japanese army, at that time, during the war, Yan Xishan ruled Shanxi for a long time, and the idea passed to the people of Shanxi was that the Communist Party would eat people, and the people had not contacted the Eighth Route Army before, when Li Erxi learned that the chief needed to go to Pingxingguan and Lingqiu County to investigate the terrain, he borrowed it from the family, and also took the initiative to ask the leader of the ribbon to observe the terrain, and also praised the good of the Eighth Route Army to the local people, saying that the Eighth Route Army was a poor unit and was very protective of the poor. The Battle of Pingxingguan was officially launched, Li Erxi was in charge of the troops' horses, he took good care of the wounded horses, and after the Battle of Pingxingguan, Li Erxi officially joined the army.
Li Erxi with the continuous transfer of troops, participated in a lot of battles of all sizes, going back and forth between the front line and the rear, in the front line he was responsible for transporting ammunition for the troops, in the rear he was responsible for taking care of the wounded and sick, in his spare time Li Erxi will also take care of the wounded warhorses, everyone is very appreciative of Li Erxi, once When Li Erxi was taking care of the horses, he saw the mortars captured by our army, and when he saw this rare thing, Li Erxi was very moved, 16 years old Li Erxi was not yet high in the barrel of a gun, and he looked at the mortar intently. So excited that they forgot to feed the horses. He was too young, and everyone only let him do some rear work for his safety, and Li Erxi usually couldn't even touch the gun, let alone these mortars.
Yang Chengwu looked at these mortars and asked if the big guys could use mortars, but most of the comrades-in-arms were from poor families, had never even gone to school, couldn't read a few big characters, and who would use this mortar. Comrades-in-arms all called mortars "iron knots", and they suffered a lot from this iron knot on the battlefield, and if someone could study and understand it, take this against the Japanese army, then how many people could be less bloody and sacrificed on the battlefield.
The big guys studied for half a day, and unanimously agreed that only the talents from the military academy could understand that at that time, our army did not have artillery, the Japanese army held excellent Japanese equipment, but our army only relied on rifles and grenades to fight with the Japanese army, Li Erxi walked to the mortar, first observed the construction of the mortar, and before long, Li Erxi easily dismantled the mortar, and he also told everyone that when the shell was put here, it would blow up, and the comrades next to it were very surprised, and they did not expect this little soldier who fed horses to be so powerful.
Yang Chengwu saw this behavior of Li Erxi, thinking that when the artillery company was established later, he would definitely let Li Erxi be the vanguard, this boy's talent was also too strong, relying on cattle herding to grope out medical techniques, just looking at mortars can find a way to fire.
The war is becoming more and more fierce, the Japanese army continues to send people to the front line to support, the Japanese army has been eyeing the north China region of our country, has repeatedly threatened to pocket the north of china, when Li Erxi's unit and the enemy carried out a crazy engagement, the Japanese army launched an attack on our army in three ways, our army decided to use guerrilla warfare to contain the enemy, the Japanese army is eager to ask for merit, will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue, when the time our army is mainly on the high ground, the Japanese army caught off guard, the Japanese army did come to the encirclement of our army, due to a long period of attrition, Our army's ammunition is not very sufficient, the troops on the left stand on the high ground and throw large stones at the Japanese troops, the troops on the right use rifles and grenades to contain the Japanese troops, when the Japanese army learned that they were surrounded, it was too late, after several hours of firefight, our army annihilated all the Japanese troops, captured several Japanese soldiers, captured a large number of Japanese guns and ammunition, and some mortars.
After repeated deliberations by the superior leaders, the Japanese army sent Lieutenant General Norihide Abe, who was bound to launch another attack, and this person was an "expert" in Japanese mountain warfare, and his methods were very fierce. Our army decided to form an artillery company, Li Erxi volunteered, Li Erxi's clever and resourceful comrades-in-arms all looked at it, so they let Li Erxi study, everyone followed him to learn, at this time the mortar and other weapons are very different, mortars are relatively primitive, it is difficult to shoot accurately. For this reason, Li Erxi studied every day without thinking about tea and dinner, very hard, he visually measured various distances every day and constantly touched the mortar, exercised his eyesight and feel, and gradually Li Erxi found the main point of the mortar, and he could aim at the target at a glance and became the tip of the artillery company.
The defeat in this battle made Japanese Lieutenant General Norihide Abe very angry, he sent a number of troops were annihilated by our army, annoyed and angry, Abe Norihide decided to personally command the front line of combat, and made a military order, bound to take down the north of China, Abe Norihide has a very high prestige in the Japanese army, the Japanese Emperor once wanted him to be his personal bodyguard, Abe Norihide wanted to take a military merit and go back, Abe Norihide sent troops to find the main force of our army to fight to the death, our army and the enemy army are engaged in guerrilla warfare, Abe Norihide sent troops to kill the surrounding people, snatched all the people's grain, and set fire to all the houses in the village.
In November 1939, the leaders of our army took a fancy to the geographical location of Loess Ridge and decided to ambush Abe Norihide's army here, Abe Norihide wanted to prove his strength on the battlefield, he thought that he had a thorough plan, he did not expect that the leaders of our army already knew his plan very well, after the study and consultation of our army, the Abe Norihide army was put into a pocket formation, lured the enemy to go deep and then annihilated it in one fell swoop, our army divided the troops into three roads, surrounded the enemy from the southwest, south, and north on three sides, and then sent He Long's troops from the east to block from the city. The enemy really thought that our army was afraid of fighting, and when all the enemies had entered the encirclement, our army immediately launched a joint encirclement attack on the enemy. The Japanese army learned that it was surrounded and launched a fierce counterattack against our army, Abe Norihide ordered his troops to start a breakthrough, the artillery on the high ground immediately opened fire on the Japanese army, after more than an hour of fighting, our army's soldiers were heroic, they had already annihilated all of Abe Norihide's large troops, only a small part was still carrying out a fearless struggle, for a time the smoke billowed from loess ridge, our army found that the war had been fought until now, did not find any shadow of Abe Norihide, and the leader of the independent regiment immediately began to observe with a telescope. Finding movement in a small courtyard under the hillside, and some Japanese officers, he quickly reported it to Yang Chengwu, who expected that Abe Norihide must be hiding here, so he ordered the artillery company to attack the small courtyard at once.
Our army has discovered the headquarters of the enemy army, as long as it is removed, even if the reinforcements of the Japanese army come to this battle, our army is also a great victory, earlier did not expect such a situation, the Loess Ridge Campaign only brought a mortar, the fighter plane is in front of us, Li Erxi as the best gunner of the artillery company, under the repeated questions of the superior leaders, Li Erxi answered many times and promised to complete the task.
At that time, Li Erxi was only eighteen years old, young and still very young, if this cannon could not hit, it was very likely to hit the grass and snake, but Li Erxi did not panic at all, in the moment of joining the artillery company, the moment he came into contact with the mortar, he had already trained amazing visual prowess, at that time our army's artillery point was about eight hundred meters away from the enemy's yard, but the new problem came again, how could the Japanese army be in the courtyard of the nearby villagers, the most likely is that the Japanese army occupied the villagers' houses, and there were two houses in the courtyard. The East House looks very shabby, like it is set off with firewood, and the West House is a little bigger, many officers are around there, if you bomb at will, what if you hurt innocent people, the Japanese this move is indeed too fierce, to prevent the mortar bombardment of our army, the regiment commander began to be embarrassed to prepare to ask for instructions to the superiors, Li Erxi said firmly, he was confident that he would be able to complete the task, both to kill japanese officers and not to hurt innocent people.
Li Erxi immediately adjusted the angle and direction of the mortar, immediately fired at the small courtyard, only to listen to the sound of "bang", the shell did not blow to the West House, exploded on the gate of the courtyard, Li Erxi once again visually measured the distance with both eyes, determined the location and fired three cannons in a row, three shells directly exploded to the West House where the Japanese army was located, the command post of the Japanese army was directly blown up, the soldiers of our army immediately went to rescue their compatriots, found that the East House did not even have a single shrapnel, the rescued compatriots were very grateful for the kindness of the Eighth Route Army, and even praised the true god of the Shells of the Eighth Route Army. They didn't hurt a single bit.
The soldiers all admired Li Erxi very much, saying that the battle was fought in a good mood, the Battle of Loess Ridge our army won a great victory, annihilated a total of more than 900 Japanese troops, when cleaning the battlefield, our army found a military coat and a command knife used by Japanese officers, everyone did not care too much, thinking that it was just an ordinary officer, until a few days later Yan'an sent a telegram and a newspaper, the newspaper is a Japanese newspaper, which says "The Flower of famous generals" withered in the Taihang Mountains. At a glance, everyone knew that the officer who was killed that day was Japanese Lieutenant General Norihide Abe, and that all the comrades-in-arms praised Li Erxi for being too good; in the Battle of Loess Ridge, our army completely smashed the Japanese army'Chinese s autumn sweep of north China, and Abe Norihide was the first senior commander to be killed by the Chinese people in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Li Erxi, who was very young, made such a great contribution, and at the celebration meeting of the Battle of Loess Ridge afterwards, many superiors of the troops had to come to see for themselves, Yang Chengwu's troops, a young man who killed a famous Japanese general in battle, when they shook hands with Li Erxi, they suddenly understood why this young man had such a skill, Li Erxi's hands were all calluses, which showed how hard he trained in peacetime, and the superior leaders praised Li Erxi, and Li Erxi was very excited, he said that he had practiced this skill. In order to one day drive all the invaders out of China, Nie Rongzhen was very appreciative of Li Erxi and specially called him to himself, one was to praise and the other was to reward, he gave his pistol to Li Erxi, Li Erxi held this pistol tightly, and he could get the commander to personally give the gun, which was a great affirmation for himself.
Yang Chengwu saw Li Erxi holding a pistol and looked at it again and again, and touched Li Erxi's head appreciatively, he hoped that Li Erxi could bury this matter in his heart, the Japanese army newspapers and periodicals had already published the news of Abe Norihide's death, he did not let Li Erxi bury the merit in his heart, but he was afraid that this matter would bring li Erxi the disaster of killing, how could the Japanese army allow the Japanese lieutenant general to die at the hands of an artilleryman, Li Erxi understood his painstaking heart, Yang Chengwu also let all the soldiers in the army keep this secret, and this matter was concealed for fifty-six years.
This pistol Li Erxi has always carried on his body, accompanied him to participate in many subsequent battles, until later China officially stipulated that individuals are not allowed to carry guns privately, Li Erxi reluctantly handed it over.
After the founding of New China, our country gradually implemented the veteran discharge, calling on the soldiers to return to the grass-roots work, Li Erxi responded to the national policy, came to Guangdong Shaoguan civil affairs system to work, usually idle and often planted vegetables, married in Shaoguan to raise children, no one knew that the old man was such a big hero, until 1995, his eldest son died mysteriously, the old man had to tell his true identity, although there were not many people who knew about the events of that year, but the old man said that he was on the way home at one time. Encountered a person with a pistol in the mouth of the mouth muttering Japanese, it is likely to come to find revenge for himself, with years of wit in the army, the old man was also strong at that time, directly knocked off the man's pistol, and then knocked it to the ground, quickly escaped. The old man suspected that the Japanese army had come to take revenge, but fifty-six years had passed, and even if revenge could find his son.
Everyone in the police station learned the story of the old man, the old man turned out to be the sharpshooter many years ago, this case quickly became a major case, the police station sent additional personnel to investigate the case, the identity of the old man was exposed after many media came to interview the old man, but also alarmed the local government, in the case of multi-party investigation, the case was finally solved, it turned out that the old man's daughter-in-law and son had a quarrel, the daughter-in-law hired someone to kill the son in a huff, the case finally came to an end, and the deeds of the old man were also publicized.
The death of the son hit the old man Li Erxi very hard, the white-haired people sent the black-haired people, the other children decided to take their fathers to Beijing to relax, when the old man arrived in Beijing by car, he wrote a letter to his former leader, expressing his intentions and his wishes, General Yang Chengwu sent a special car to pick up the old man to the place where he worked, but he was busy with work, he really couldn't go away, he could only let his assistant accompany the old man to walk around Beijing, and before leaving, General Yang Chengwu repeatedly instructed the assistant. We must take the old man Li Erxi to the military museum to see, when Li Erxi killed Abe Norihide's mortar has become a national first-class cultural relic, it is displayed in the military museum, seventy-four-year-old Li Erxi saw this mortar again, his mood was extremely excited, many people looked around this mortar, saw the old man gently wiped this mortar, this is not his weapon, but his comrades who went to battle together to kill the enemy, in the museum the old man repeatedly said, if the country still needs me, I will continue to fight to kill the enemy.
Looking at the current development of New China, the old man's mood cannot be calm for a long time, the previous war was so cruel, now the bright five-star red flag is raised high, our motherland is no longer the China that was invaded by people, now we have planes and cannons, if someone dares to invade, it is bound to make him come and go.
When the old man was interviewed by reporters, the reporter asked why the old man was so low-key, did not tell everyone about his glorious things, the old man just smiled slightly, he felt that he had nothing to say, then for the country and the heroes who sacrificed for the people They are the real heroes. The children of the old man learned at this time that their fatherhood was not simple, and from an early age, their father would tell them the story of the war, and they did not expect that he was a great hero who had been commended.
This is the person of the old man Li Erxi, who does not like to show off his merits, hard and simple, optimistic and cheerful, after leaving the military museum, the old man returned home, he did not allow his children to talk about this matter everywhere, there were some old comrades-in-arms who came to see him, talking about the previous war, the comrades-in-arms admired the old man's behavior at that time.
Until August 2005, a painter learned about the deeds of the old man Li Erxi, he wanted to make a painting for the hero, the old man was reluctant to cooperate at first, how to say it was unwilling to accept, and then heard that it was to commemorate the victory of the War of Resistance, the old man expressed his willingness, the painter from the old man's memories to find information, after ten months this painting was finally done.
The old man in the painting is dressed in a military uniform, sitting in a wheelchair looking at the watch in his hand, next to him is the mortar he loves all his life, his body is full of medals, the first time he sees this painting, the old man's eyes are full of tears, this painting paints the old man's life.
In 2010, the elderly Li Erxi died of illness, a generation of legendary "artillerymen" left us, the old man left an eight-character last word, the comrades who came to visit him were choked, and the old man wrote "Don't forget the national shame and revitalize China" with trembling hands.
The era of peace in which we are now living is bought by countless ancestors with their blood and lives, they have not asked for anything in their lives, and it is the greatest satisfaction for them to see the prosperity and strength of the motherland; the elderly Li Erxi have made great contributions to the independence and liberation of new China; there are many old people like Li Erxi, who have buried their merits in obscurity, and it is precisely because of their efforts that we have a beautiful life now.
Xiao bian believes that this matter is not to say that it is the best protection for the elderly Li Erxi, because after the death of Japanese Lieutenant General Norihide Abe, the Japanese army sent a lot of spies to look for it, Li Erxi still had a period of time to change his name to Li Erxi, for the founding of New China, for the era of peace, these heroes have done too much for us, remember history, do not forget the national shame, pay tribute to Li Erxi's old hero!
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