Lao Tan is in front of the spiritual genealogy card of "The Spirit of Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea"
The winter of 2021 has arrived as scheduled, and the coastal cities of Guangdong have gradually felt a little cool. On the coastal shore of the southern Guangdong land, on a major road in a new city, a young man walking with his head bowed appeared on the newly planned zebra crossing. Suddenly, a small car rushed from tens of meters away, getting closer and closer, getting closer and closer... Seeing that there was still a red light in front of him, Tan Shenglin, who stopped on the side of the road, saw this scene and loudly reminded "Handsome man be careful, come to the car!" Handsome guy be careful, come to the car! He took three steps and made two steps to the zebra crossing, ready to chase the young man. Fortunately, the young man heard the shouting, turned his head in time, and found that the left side of the car was only a few meters away from him, hurriedly took a few big steps back, just by Tan Shenglin, who was stretched out, grabbed his arm and dragged it along the trend, and then returned to the side of the road safely. Afterwards, in the wind of the roaring car, the young people excitedly kept saying "thank you master"... This is one of the things that Tan Shenglin, who is busy working on weekdays and comes out for a walk and relaxing at noon, seems to him, who is very enthusiastic in Pingsuri, and a cry in a hurry is really an instinct and is not worth mentioning.
The spiritual home in the hearts of the children of disabled soldiers who resisted US aggression and aided Korea is difficult to abandon
In the hot land of the forefront of reform and opening up, Lao Tan, who has lived and worked with his family for nearly 30 years, feels that he has been away from his hometown for so long, and his heart is inevitably full of emotions. At the age of 56, he is always hanging on to his relatives in his hometown, especially after seeing the popular movie "Chosin Lake" some time ago, his heart has never been calm, he feels that some details in the plot of the movie are familiar, and always unforgettable, so that those days are a little insomnia, sometimes even all night and night can not sleep.
On the morning of October 23, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the meeting commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Volunteer Army's war to resist US aggression and aid Korea: Over the past 70 years, we have never forgotten the immortal merits of the older generation of revolutionaries to safeguard international justice, defend world peace, and defend the newborn republic, and have never forgotten the far-reaching significance of the major decision made by the Cpc Central Committee and Comrade Mao Zedong to Chinese the People's Volunteer Army to go abroad to fight. Over the past 70 years, we have never forgotten the soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army who composed the heroic praises of the mighty mountains and rivers, as well as all the people who contributed to the victory of this war... This has further aroused the people of the whole country to reminisce and recall of a war to resist US aggression and aid Korea that struck out China's national and military prestige and enhanced the international status of New China.
Even now, Tan Shenglin still recalls again and again the touching scenes of the TV celebrations, as well as the thrilling battle links in the movie, and every time he can't help but search for the unforgettable past of his life with his sisters and sisters from childhood to his youth with his father who accompanied the disabled soldiers of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea -- especially the moving scene of his father's personal experience in the small courtyard of his home where a bunch of neighbors and villagers sat around a bunch of neighbors and neighbors before he died, and unconsciously, Just combine and overlap these with some of the pictures in the movie... It turned out that that longing was the spiritual home in my heart and that of my sister and sister!
Scout father "touching the night snail" and the story of the war
The current Yu (Chongqing Municipality) prefecture is an independent and self-administered city separated from the original territory of Sichuan, and most of the natural dialects spoken are Sichuan dialects inherited from the times. The Sichuan dialect "touching the snail at night" means working at night -- Tan Shenglin's scout father Tan Dirong was a volunteer soldier who often "worked" at night on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and his comrades-in-arms.
Tan Shenglin recalled that his father Tan Dirong was probably born around 1927 in Kai County, Sichuan Province (now Kaizhou District, Chongqing City), and was about 1 meter 65 tall when he was an adult, which was above medium height at that time, but his strong body and active learning strength made him stand out from the 3 conscripts in the same village and become the only glorious "Chinese Volunteer Soldier" in the village that year.
Chinese Volunteer Army went to the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
Sources: In June 1950, the Korean War broke out. On October 23 of the same year, the Chinese Volunteer Army crossed the Yalu River and rushed to the Korean battlefield. In July 1953, the flames of war on the Korean Peninsula were extinguished. In three years, about 2.9 million volunteers entered the Korean War... Tan Shenglin's father, Tan Dirong, was an ordinary soldier in the 2.9 million volunteer army that entered the Korean War.
In response to the call of "Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea, Defending the Homeland and Defending the Country," my father's glorious enlistment was to join the army with the troops entering the DPRK around March 1951 in the middle and late period of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, taking a neat step and singing "Majestic and exuberant, crossing the Yalu River" and rushing to the Korean battlefield.
My father was a scout, and each time he would go out day and night with seven comrades in the class, completing reconnaissance missions many times.
I remember that my father once went out with a few sacks to "touch the night snail", seven comrades-in-arms cooperated with each other, arrived at the enemy camp defense area post, one person looked at the wind, the other two people in a group of three groups each found a good target to attack, divided into three positions close to a single target enemy ... Before he had time to see the enemy's appearance clearly, he began to attack with lightning speed, and it was difficult to grasp the opportunity to touch down three "devils" soldiers who looked a little big, and as soon as they were put into a sack and simply tied the mouth of the bag, the comrades who looked at the wind reminded them at the same time, because of the little movement they had made before, they attracted the attention of the "devils" at the lookout posts on the high places -- saying that it was late and fast, and when the searchlight flashed, the machine guns of the "devils" swept over like raindrops behind the seven soldiers of our volunteer scouts... Fortunately, in time for the retreat, it was taking advantage of the hazy night and the mountainous terrain to drag the three "devil" captives down the hillside back to our camp...
Many times with his comrades-in-arms to complete the task without danger, so that Tan Dirong trained his wit, bravery and courage.
In the words of his father Tan Dirong, in the opposing enemy camp, don't look at a tall, messy complexion, but once the fire is exchanged, it shows their clumsiness and fatigue to cope with the state of fighting -- especially when close combat and short engagement, as soon as they hear our volunteer army speaking a half-immature, but full of arrogance and courage, "do not move", "surrender the gun and do not kill" foreign language rebuke and might, they are like frightened stupid bears, quickly raised their hands and guns, obediently surrendered... In the meantime, it is not difficult to appreciate the high morale and full confidence of the soldiers of our volunteer army, which is everywhere and manifests every moment on the battlefield!
People can't help but guess, is the "Sixteen-Nation Alliance" just like this? After that, I couldn't help but sigh: These "paper tigers" in the mouth of Chairman Mao Zedong, the founding leader of the People's Republic of China, are really like this!
Tan Shenglin sighed from time to time, and also slowly recalled the details of his father's life and listened to his father tell the story of the battle to resist US aggression and aid Korea.
The Battle of Shangganling is the story that people know and are most familiar with from the movie, but in the father's narration, it is so fierce and heroic... When he told us, he said that the land on the hillside had been turned over and over again...
Pictures of the battlefields of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
Later, it was learned that many of my father's heroic comrades in the volunteer army who died on the battlefield had returned to the motherland many years later.
The last battle my father fought, one before the armistice on the Korean battlefield, was a cruel and tragic memory... It was in this battle that the battlefield of his father Tan Dirong's unit was bombarded by the enemy's dense artillery fire, and the casualties were heavy...
Tan Di Rong was seriously injured and carried by the huge impact of the artillery fire into the woods on the hillside, unfortunately, hanging on the branches of a large tree... In his confused consciousness, Tan Dirong, who was injured and unconscious, heard the voice of our volunteers cleaning the battlefield, and he issued a weak cry for help, only to be slowly rescued from the tree by someone, which was considered to be "recovering a life" in the war that was about to end.
Spiritual system "Spirit of Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea" card
The wealth left by seven medals (military merit medals, commemorative medals).
The 81-year-old Li Jikang, the half-brother of Tan Dirong, a soldier who resisted US aggression and aided Korea, recalled that when the eldest brother (Tan Dirong) was there, he said that in the three years of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he had experienced seven battles and won seven medals. In fact, in the eyes of his relatives, these medals are the military merit medals and commemorative medals that Tan Dirong won when he participated in the war -- these are undoubtedly his (Tan Dirong's) honors, but also the pride of his relatives and children, but unfortunately, his body lost his original health due to the war and was designated as a third-degree disability...
Badge of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
After that, his life began the ordinary and arduous life of Tan Dirong, who cared for his relatives at home, refused to stay in the army, and resolutely returned to his hometown.
Although Tan Di Rong was injured in the ankle joint of his left leg up to his calf, he still had steel plates and screws implanted in his leg during the operation! Old Man Li Jikang remembers it clearly.
Although it didn't look very obvious after that, the pain in other parts of Tan Dirong's body still made him feel powerless from time to time... Because of Tan Dirong's outstanding performance on the battlefield, the troops considered letting him stay to study and cultivate, but when he remembered that several younger siblings were young, he had been fighting in the army for several years, and he had not taken good care of their lives, and he felt guilty in his heart, and he always cared about unforgettable, so he explained to the chief that he was determined to go home and take care of his younger siblings. After repeated persuasion, he was still unable to retain Tan Dirong and continue to stay in the army...
Because Tan Di Rongli had made military achievements in battle and was a third-degree disabled soldier in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and returned to the local area to be the object of resettlement work, the local government of Kaixian county was ready to arrange for him to serve as the minister of armed forces in Kowloon Township, or he was concerned about the three younger brothers and sisters in the family, and he politely refused to take care of the work in the organizational policy.
Later, taking into account the difficult situation of the Tan family's life, Tan Dirong was arranged to work as an accountant in the local (state-owned) Jianshan Coal Mine -- at that time, in the eyes of all outsiders, it was indeed a rare and glorious job, but for Tan Dirong, he could not participate in the work of the rural production team, and it was inevitable that the comrades in charge of the brigade would be embarrassed when they took the unit certificate to exchange jobs, and several of his brothers and sisters were not adult laborers, and their lives were still in a state of hunger and fullness. I couldn't bear it in my heart, but finally decided to go home to farm.
Not giving up the hometown and remembering the relatives is a wealth left by the father to several children.
My father, who retired from the army in 1953 and returned home, had also experienced a complicated ideological struggle before.
The lamp in the hearts of the children of the fighters to resist US aggression and aid Korea
Tan Dirong, a third-degree disabled soldier in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, used a kerosene lamp before his death
Whether working in the family farm or later working outside, whenever he feels that he can't stick to it, Tan Shenglin will think of the scars on his father's left leg and body, remember the stories of his father's battlefield that are both tearful and inspiring, and the sincere teachings left in the past to "be honest and do things in a down-to-earth manner", and his body is full of strength.
In the hearts of the five children, the father of the third-class disabled soldier who was injured in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea left them with these exciting and reminiscent stories, as well as an old kerosene lamp left by his father, which inspired himself and several sisters and sisters.
Tan Shengqiong wiped the old kerosene lamp that her father used before his death
In the hall of the old house, in addition to the statue of the leader, next to it is a precious daily necessity left by the father to his five children, an old-fashioned kerosene lamp used in the 1970s and 1980s.
The eldest sister Tan Shengqiong is busy every morning, the first thing to do is to wipe the objects on the desk, every time she will pick up the old-fashioned kerosene lamp that accompanied her father's life, carefully examine, and think of those fragments of the past years in her mind, and she will not put it down for a long time... Then, start doing other chores – picking vegetables, cooking, drying clothes, teasing grandchildren... This is the simple life content of Tan Shengqiong, the eldest sister who is more than a year old.
People who are familiar with Tan Shenglin will say that "people are real," "solid in their work," and "reliable, and perhaps it is the tenacity of his father and the usual teachings of the soldiers who resisted US aggression and aid Korea that influenced him. I always see the shadow of his helpfulness in life.
The certification information issued by the local town government's preferential care unit at the time of Tan Dirong's pre-death illness
When he was a child, running errands for his sick father to buy medicine and reimbursing medical expenses became Tan Shenglin's "full-time" affairs. Therefore, Tan Shenglin has become a "regular visitor" to the villagers' group, the village committee, and the town government... During the period when his father dragged the sick body to barely do some farm work, the work of running errands such as taking medicine, delivering orders, and passing on messages fell on Tan Shenglin's shoulders, which also made Tan Shenglin understand some details of his grateful life and deeply appreciate the true meaning of his father's adherence to his homeland.
Last year, my father (the local dialect name for his father's youngest brother), who learned that his family had been living alone due to illness for many years, died suddenly due to liver disease. Tan Shenglin put down his work and returned to his hometown immediately. In order to reduce the burden on several other sisters and sisters, he took the initiative to contact and consult with several other cousins, and together arranged a series of things such as sparks, filial piety, and sending "up the mountain" (burial) for his father, the youngest brother of the relatives who did not want to stay in the army and did not want to be a "public family" who was always worried about him, and also the relatives of several of his cousins and sisters, and organized a simple and decent funeral for his father. He and several cousins were praised by his neighbors as "filial nephews".
"These are all memories left in our father's blood, and we must not forget them!" This sentence, Tan Shenglin said sonorously and powerfully!
Just like his current life and work, although it is a little hard, he never complains, always keeps in mind his father's instructions, is kind to people, does things according to his own ability, and is really a person.