Xi Zhizhen (age 100 years, party age 82 years)
Message: Our party has been growing and growing to this day, and it will certainly get better and better in the future
Text: He Shu citation
Photograph: Sun Zhiying
Camera: Wu Xingjian
Video Producer: Ni Peng
Producer: China Military Network
The morning sun shines into the house, enveloping the neat furnishings in a soft light and shadow. In front of him, this veteran soldier of the same age as the party, Xi Zhizhen, is from Xibaipo, the base area of the Red Revolution.
After the Lugou Bridge Incident on July 7, 1937, the Japanese army hit Xi Zhizhen's hometown. In mid-October, the Eighth Route Army established the "Anti-Japanese National Salvation Self-Defense Association" and the "Workers' and Peasants' Young Women's Anti-Japanese Salvation Association" in the village where Xi Zhizhen was located. Later, Xi Zhizhen was elected chairman of the "Workers' and Peasants' Young Women's Anti-Japanese Salvation Congress". In his anti-war career, he worked day and night, and in the cruel war environment, like thousands of soldiers, Xi Zhizhen fought with his life and defended his dignity with his blood.
Xi Zhizhen was reading the History of china's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Photo by Sun Zhiying, a reporter from the Chinese Military Network
Xi Zhizhen wrote his name on the "History of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" that he had read. Photo by Sun Zhiying, a reporter from the Chinese Military Network
On the table at Xi Zhizhen's house, a copy of the "History of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" attracted the attention of reporters. The location where the page stays is telling the famous "Hundred Regiments War" that occurred in North China, and several annotations fall in the blank space of the book, and also fall in the memory of the old man Xi Zhizhen. He said that once, he was responsible for delivering supplies to the Eighth Route Army on the Taihang Mountain, and spent the night in the mountains with the troops, because he did not know which hill the Japanese devils would appear on, nor did he know from which direction the Japanese army would descend the mountain, so he reconnoitred the terrain overnight and chose the route down the mountain, but when he went down the mountain in the morning, he was still discovered by the Japanese devils, and he braved the rain of bullets and bullets to evade the enemy's pursuit and recovered a life. "The shrapnel exploded by the shell is as big as a walnut, and smashing it down will smash the head into a hole!" Xi Zhizhen pointed to his head and said.
Xi Zhizhen was singing "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China." Photo by Sun Zhiying, a reporter from the Chinese Military Network
In the left pocket of His shirt was a piece of paper with the lyrics of the song "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" that he had copied by hand, "We often sang this song during the War of Resistance. ”
Immediately, he opened the folded paper in a four-square way, and one second he was slightly shy and smiled that he might not be able to sing well, and the next second he sang the song, his eyes immediately became serious and determined. "Without the Communist Party, there would be no New China, without the Communist Party there would be no New China, the Communist Party has worked hard for the nation, and the Communist Party is bent on saving China..." Qu Bi and Xi Zhizhen said, "On the centenary anniversary of the founding of the Party, without the Communist Party, there would be no New China. ”
Xi Zhizhen took out a brown paper bag, which contained photos he had taken at different times. Photo by Sun Zhiying, a reporter from the Chinese Military Network
"Harmonious family" is the expression of the image of the Xi Zhizhen family. Near the end of the interview, Elder Xi got up and walked into the cabinet by the window of the back room and took out a brown paper bag, which contained "tourist photos" taken by him at different times. There are photos of him in front of the Tiananmen Tower when he was young, photos of him with his children, serious work in the office, and a group photo of him and his wife in front of the Xibaipo Memorial Hall... These photos freeze the picture of the happy life that he and his comrades-in-arms fought for their descendants on the battlefield.
Xi Zhizhen took a group photo with his son Xi Shuxin and daughter Xi Shutian. Photo by Sun Zhiying, a reporter from the Chinese Military Network
In the eyes of his son, Qiu Shuxin, his father was a gentle and excellent person. "Usually, he would tell us the story of the war and teach us to be grateful to the Communist Party." He would also often read some books related to the war, and insisted on reading the news every day to understand the major events of the country. Don't look at him is already a hundred years old, but also use his mobile phone to brush vibrato! ”
Xi Zhizhen brushed "Douyin" with his mobile phone. Photo by Sun Zhiying, a reporter from the Chinese Military Network
"I'm 72 years old, and I'm lucky that I'm a fellow of the Republic." Daughter Xi Shutian then said, "Our family has a deep affection for the Communist Party, my father went to the battlefield, my brother and I participated in the construction of the motherland, and now at this age, we can proudly say that we did not waste our time and followed the party, there is nothing wrong with it." ”
【Profile】Xi Zhizhen, a native of Pingshan County, Hebei Province, born in 1921, joined the Party in 1939, experienced the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and then worked in the Xinhua Bookstore until his retirement, now living in Beijing.
Source: China Military Network Author: He Shuyin Sun Zhiying
Editor-in-Charge: Sun Zhiying