What can a 6-year-old do? dine? play? Crying? Or reading? It's just a daily routine for a 6-year-old in peacetime! If it is a war year, a 6-year-old child is likely to kill the enemy on the front line like adults. And what we want to talk about today is also such a thing, the youngest soldier in history: he participated in World War II at the age of 6, was wounded many times, and died at the age of 54. What's going on?
The little hero, Sergei Aleshkov, was born in Kaluga, Soviet Union, in February 1936. Because his father died of illness very early, he and his 3 brothers were raised by their mother alone. In 1941, when the Soviet-German War broke out, Sergei's two slightly older brothers went to the front to defend their homeland and have not been heard from since. In the autumn of the same year, The Germans occupied Kaluga.
Sergey's mother and another 10-year-old brother, Petia, joined the guerrillas against the Germans and were killed by the Germans. Since then, Sergei has been orphaned and cared for by neighbors. In August 1942, Sergei was scattered while running away with his neighbors, lost in the forest for some time, and was eventually found and brought back to the unit by the reconnaissance team of the 142nd Rifle Regiment of the 47th Infantry Division of the Soviet Army.
Sergey was no longer loved, and the young unmarried regimental commander of the 142nd Rifle Regiment, Mikhail Danilovich Volobyov, saw this and adopted Sergey and became his adoptive father. Due to the busy war, Volobyov took Sergey with him, got him a small military uniform, and went through the identity formalities for him. As a result, Sergei became a small soldier in the 142nd Rifle Regiment and began to fight the enemy on the front line with his troops.
At this time, Sergey was only 6 years old. What can a 6-year-old do on the battlefield? Mainly to send letters and ammunition to soldiers, he would also use songs to bring joy to his comrades after the war. In addition, Sergey also made many military achievements. For example, in November 1942, he found a German artillery observer and a signal soldier in the haystack, and then called his comrades to capture these spies.
For example, when the Battle of Stalingrad was at its height, Sergey's adoptive father and several staff officers were buried in the dirt and wood, and it was Sergei who found his adoptive father and asked someone to rescue his adoptive father and his party. Because of this, Sergey received the Medal of Merit in 1943 and a Walter pistol as a prize. The young Sergey was also wounded several times on the battlefield, and was once forced to be wounded by artillery.
Despite this, he chose to remain on the battlefield and play his part. It was not until 1944, because the war situation had improved greatly, that the Soviet Union retired all the young soldiers and child soldiers, and Sergei was among them, after which he was sent to study at the Suvorov Military School in Tula City in the rear, where he became the youngest student. However, due to war wounds, he was unable to complete his studies.
Later, Sergei studied for a lawyer degree in Karkov, Ukraine, and became a lawyer. He then settled with his adoptive father in Chelyabinsk, where he served as an investigator in the Prosecutor's Office, eventually becoming a prosecutor. In addition, he acted as legal counsel for the Chelyabinsk plexiglass plant. In 1990, Sergey died at the age of 54. (Please pay more attention to it, welcome to read my other articles!) ）