In 1937, an inconspicuous-looking peasant went all the way to the Eighth Route Army office in Taiyuan, saying that he had left the army four years earlier due to injury, and now he was finally freed from the enemy's surveillance and returned to continue his work.
At that time, there were frequent wars, and it was not strange that soldiers had left the team for various reasons, but when the farmer reported his name, the superior leader was surprised when he learned: You are still alive! This person is no one else, it is Duan Suquan!
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After knowing that Duan Suquan was still alive, Ren Bishi was excited and rushed to find him, the two old acquaintances had been reunited for a long time, and they were full of emotions, and the central authorities thought that Duan Suquan had sacrificed on the battlefield, and also specially held a memorial service for him.
This warrior named Duan Suquan's identity is not simple. He was one of the early youth league members of our army, and before he could reach the height of a gun, he began to participate in organizing peasant uprisings and carrying out revolutionary propaganda work in his hometown.
In 1932, the 16-year-old Duan Suquan came to the base area with a group of baby soldiers and joined the Red Army, and the following year, the main forces of the Red Second and Sixth Armies moved from Guizhou to the western Hunan Belt, and Duan Suquan's independent division was ordered to lead troops to block the enemy and cover the withdrawal of large troops. At that time, the number of enemies who came to encircle and suppress them exceeded 10,000, but there were only a few hundred people on Duan Suquan's side, and if they were not careful, they might be completely annihilated, and the process of the main force would be delayed.
However, Duan Suquan was not afraid, in order to attract the enemy's firepower, he and his soldiers disguised as the main force to attack the enemy, the enemy really made a plan, chased Duan Suquan's troops began to run, the main force successfully avoided the enemy army, rushed out of the blockade line. However, in order to take cover, the entire independent division suffered heavy casualties, and there were few hundreds of people under Duan Suquan's command, and they and the enemy circled for nearly a month before they finally completed the task.
After the mission was completed, the few soldiers left in the Independent Division needed to meet with the large troops, but Duan Suquan could not go, because he was wounded in the battle with the enemy, and could only temporarily cultivate in the home of the local compatriot Li Mufu, but the troops did not have time to wait for him, so he told his comrades not to worry, he would nurse his wounds and would immediately catch up with them.
Return to the team
However, after meeting with the large troops, the Independent Division waited for Duan Suquan for nearly a year and did not see him coming. Everyone can only guess in the worst direction, either the wound has not been healed and worsened, or it has been discovered by the enemy, in short, a soldier who has left the team has not returned for a long time, it is certain that there is more evil and less luck, and the mood of the central government is also very heavy, after all, Duan Suquan is a very good soldier, so young, and he sacrificed to cover his comrades-in-arms, in order to give him a consolation, everyone held a memorial service for him.
It's just that everyone never thought that su quan did not die at all during this period, but in his hometown and the enemy in every way, why is this so? It turned out that Duan Suquan was seriously injured, and when he recovered from his wounds, the contact with the troops was completely broken; the Red Army at that time was moving everywhere, and the new base areas were all kept secret, and even the enemy's reconnaissance planes could not find the location of the large troops, and Duan Suquan alone could not find it.
But Duan Suquan could not stay in his hometown all the time, he was an unidentified person, in case the enemy noticed, it would also affect the benefactor, thinking about it, Duan Suquan decided to gamble, go back to his hometown Chaling to avoid for a while, and by the way inquire about the news of the Red Army. In order to hide his eyes and ears, Duan Suquan disguised himself as a dirty little boy named Hanako and returned to his hometown with food all the way.
The enemy knew that the son of the Duan family had gone out to make a revolution, but they did not know that Duan Suquan was not a low official position within the Red Army, and when they saw that he was young, they thought that he was a little. Duan Suquan did not panic in the face of the enemy, and began to cry on the spot, saying that he did not want to join the Red Army, that he had escaped, and that he had entrusted acquaintances in his hometown to do some work in the official palace, and even ran to the township government to do miscellaneous work.
At first, the enemy was half-convinced, and when he saw that Duan Suquan was so bold, he also felt that what he said was not false. Duan Suquan, who had escaped from his life, began to quietly inquire into the news of the troops in his hometown, but he never moved, knowing that the War of Resistance Against Japan had broken out in full swing, Duan Suquan finally knew that the Eighth Route Army had a garrison in Taiyuan.
At this time, Duan Suquan had been hiding in his hometown for three or four years, and with the news of the troops, he quickly bid farewell to his family, found a reason to prevaricate the township government, and then immediately went north to Taiyuan. In order not to attract attention, he disguised himself again, and after several years of farm work at home, he really looked no different from a farmer, and he rushed for several days without stopping, and finally returned to the organization again.
The kindness is unforgettable
He was still alive, and the news made everyone happy, and soon after, the organization arranged for Duan Suquan to enter the Kang Da study and prepare for the next battle. Duan Suquan once again served as the propaganda minister, and a year later he was transferred to the Pingbei region as a political commissar to organize the anti-war work behind the enemy lines.
After that, Duan Suquan continued to participate in the battle, waiting until the dawn of national liberation, when he was awarded the rank of major general in 1955, which made many people feel regret, if it were not for the four years of departure, missed many key struggles, perhaps his rank could be higher, but his contribution to new China is indelible.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Duan Suquan could not let go of the most was that he saved his hometown Li Mufu, but he entrusted people to go to the local area to inquire, but did not find Li Mufu's family, in order not to involve his hometown, he did not leave any relics, even the name was a pseudonym, so the two sides cut off the news. Duan Suquan has been extremely busy since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and he has no time to look for it.
Until 1983, Duan Suquan went to the local Miao Autonomous County for a meeting, there was an opportunity to revisit the old place, he deliberately went to the place where he hid in that year, but Li Mufu, who risked risking to hide him, was still missing, until Duan Suquan left the local area, the news of the chief's search for people spread, Li Mufu, who had already moved away, knew that the young man who had been saved was still alive in the world, and he still remembered his hometown where Pingshui met, and the local government also found Li Mufu, with the help of the government. Li Mufu, 86, sent a letter to Duan Suquan, along with a photo of his family.
Duan Suquan was overjoyed to receive the benefactor's letter, and quickly returned a letter, worried that the benefactor was old and inconvenient, and also took out a lot of money from his own savings and sent it back with the letter, and later Duan Suquan took out his savings to build a bridge in the local area to commemorate the kindness of his fellow villagers, and the locals called this bridge "Red Army Bridge".
Soldiers defend the people, the people love the soldiers, the older generation of revolutionaries and the people are equally respectable, this military and civilian fish water situation has become the unchangeable tradition of new China, it is this fate that allows the military and the people to have the best trust.