Chu Daming was born in 1916 in a remote place called Shangcheng County in Henan Province. In 1932, Chu Daming began to join the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. After that, he also participated in the anti-three-way siege, anti-six-way siege and the Long March of the Red Fourth Front in the Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Area.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chu Daming served as commander and then deputy regimental commander, as well as deputy regimental commander and regimental commander of the 20th Regiment of the Taiyue Military Region, and also participated in the struggle against "sweeping". During the Liberation War, Chu Daming served as deputy brigade commander of the 12th Brigade of the 4th Column and deputy brigade commander of the 10th Brigade of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army.
Let us look at Chu Daming's life, he joined the army at the age of 16 and died at the age of 30, but this military resume alone is really too rich. When he was 16 years old, he joined the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, step by step from a new recruit, and finally became a fierce general of our army. How many comrades have witnessed the departure of their comrades?
In total, there are as many as 62 scars on the body of this general who has fought all his life. On the battlefield, he used to have more than 20 times, which was equivalent to walking around the ghost gate.
Chu Daming was a fierce general of the Taiyue Military Region, and when Chu Daming was mentioned later, he would be accompanied by such a long river as "fierce tiger". From joining the revolution to finally falling on the battlefield of liberation, Chu Daming's whole life has made great contributions to our country. His experience can also be regarded as witnessing the journey of the revolution, from the initial Long March to the War of Resistance Against Japan and the Final War of Liberation, no matter which battle, no matter who is on the other side, Chu Daming will always be the first soldier and bear the brunt of it, and fight one beautiful victory after another.
When Chu Daming was young, the living conditions at home were not good, life was very poor, he himself did not read for several years, in order to support himself as soon as possible, Chu Daming wanted to learn a craft, so he has been following a Langzhong to walk the streets and alleys to see a doctor, mainly when practicing medicine everywhere, he often needs to go out to see a doctor, and he got acquainted with the underground party at that time by coincidence.
So later Chu Daming gave up practicing medicine and opened a small noodle shop to cover the underground party work.
For the work assigned by the underground party organizations, Chu Daming has always completed it conscientiously and actively participated. He also preached the revolutionary spirit to the young people around him and many people with lofty ideals. Relying on the superficial identity of the noodle shop owner as a cover, he will also help the underground party organization to inquire about enemy intelligence when he has the opportunity.
Although Chu Daming had not yet officially joined the Red Army at that time, since the Shangnan Uprising, no matter how big or small the war was encountered, Chu Daming actively participated in the front line, and even left his wife alone to guard the empty house in order to go to the battlefield at the time of his new marriage. It can be said that Chu Daming's life of conquest had already begun from that time.
There is a saying that since ancient times, it is difficult to have both, and perhaps when Chu Daming chose to leave with the Red Army, he already had a deep understanding of this sentence. At that time, he was 16 years old, and before he left, his family was not at ease, so that he could marry his daughter-in-law, so that no matter how far he drifted, he would not have no home, perhaps Chu Daming's family thought that if he became a family, no matter where he went, he would be thinking in his heart, and one day he would be able to come back.
Just after the wedding ceremony, Chu Daming was about to leave with the Red Army team, presumably Chu Daming was also reluctant to give up. Standing on the top of the hill in front of his home for a long time, it seemed to say goodbye to the hometown where he grew up, and it was more like carving the place where he was born and raised in his heart, so that he could miss it when he could not come back in the future.
Chu Daming's family was also quite supportive of his revolutionary cause. However, at that time, the revolution was not yet clear, and most of the areas were under the rule of reactionary forces, so when Chu Daming's wedding day disappeared, the unified voice of the family was missing and unknown. And when it comes to his lonely wife, although she is only a beginner, she has not even seen the husband's side.
However, as early as in his heart, he had already identified himself as a member of the Chu family, and he was very willing to support his husband's career, so he guarded the house alone, full of thoughts of waiting for her husband to return. Even when she was dying, she did not wait for her husband, but she never had the idea of remarrying in her life. Perhaps from the moment she knew that her husband was working the battlefield and serving the country, she never regretted marrying him.
At that time, the times were turbulent, and there were countless examples of such a parting, farewell, farewell, it seemed to be played out every day, but perhaps in everyone's heart, compared with this broken mountains and rivers, the gray society, those pains are not enough.
Chu Daming was the same, although he was only 16 years old, he had already seen too many comrades leave, and from the day he chose to step out of his home and go with the army, he was ready to sacrifice at any time.
It can be said that Chu Daming immediately adapted to the life of accompanying the army to fight, although he left his family, but his comrades-in-arms accompanied him like family, and everyone fought side by side, through life and death, and worked hard to create a prosperous world.
But the consequence of no worries is that Chu Daming is too involved in the conquest and forgets his own safety, or in other words, he does not care about his own safety at all, he will always be the one who rushes to the front line, whether he is a small soldier at the beginning or a battalion commander later, or even a higher commander position, even if the disparity in strength is great, afraid that the enemy is crazy like a mad dog, Chu Daming will only be more crazy than them, so he was given a title called "Chu Madman" at that time.
That is why, When Our founding general Chen Geng mentioned his soldier, he was always full of praise, and even more praised Chu Daming as a fierce general, not only Chu Daming's outstanding achievements, but also the momentum and fierceness of his body. When he heard that the news of Chu Daming's sacrifice came from the battlefield later, Chen Geng wept even more for half a day.
According to the memories of the comrades-in-arms who fought side by side at that time, on the battlefield, when the battle was at its most intense, in the face of the Japanese Kou, both sides finally ran out of ammunition, and Chu Daming even directly used cold weapons to start fighting with the enemy and fighting in close combat.
On that occasion, he was broken free because he bit the enemy's hand, and even lost two front teeth, he even directly clasped the enemy's eyeball, and finally surrendered the person, and later Chen Geng directly rewarded him with two golden front teeth in order to praise him, and then Chu Daming smiled, and it would be revealed, just like his medal.
So many battles, large and small, such a situation has appeared more than once, and another time, in Hengshui, more than 200 puppet troops directly greeted, because the distance was too close, it was not suitable for shooting, that time, Chu Daming also rushed upwards with a large knife, a battle down, he was covered in blood, did not know how many enemies were killed, nor did he know how many wounds he had suffered, and the blood had enemies and his own.
The nurses, fearing for his life, demanded that he be carried on a stretcher to the rear of the enemy for treatment, but he was reluctant to live or die, because in his opinion, he was wounded on the battlefield, and the best place to treat him was the battlefield. No matter how big the injury was, as long as Chu Daming could still move, as soon as he heard that there was a battle to fight, he would be healed of any injuries.
The time we said earlier that the front teeth fell out were placed on Chu Daming's body, it can be said that it was the lightest injury he had suffered on the battlefield.
Even if the wound is cured, the scar will remain forever, and the scars on Chu Daming's body, large and small, do not represent his loyalty to the country and his absolute sincerity to the revolutionary cause.
However, it was he, such a sincere and fierce general, such an iron-blooded man who had repeatedly rubbed shoulders with the god of death on the battlefield, and finally sacrificed on the eve of the liberation of the country on the battlefield of liberation. The prosperous world he had worked so hard to come by, before he had time to take a look, he went.
It was 1947, and if you wanted to liberate the Taihang Mountains, you had to first take down Yan Xishan. Since August last year, the three battalions of the 29th Regiment have begun to siege the city, but they have been slow to take the enemy's camp, and the casualties are serious.
Although Chu Daming had already achieved the position of deputy brigade commander at that time, on the battlefield, he was still the first to take the lead, he led his soldiers, first rushed into the Nanguan position, even if the enemy's bullet penetrated the arm, he did not even hum, did not slack off for half a minute, still insisted on leading the troops to fight.
However, when the bullet passed through his chest, he fell down for the first time, staggered to the tree next to him, refused the advice of the paramedics to lead him to the rear for treatment, and firmly held the battlefield.
But at this moment, a cannonball fell and exploded around Chu Daming. Broken shrapnel joined Chu Daming's abdomen, and this time he completely lost consciousness and could no longer stubbornly insist.
The news that Chu Daming had fallen into a coma quickly reached his superiors, and because many medical resources were scarce at that time, the central government immediately instructed that a professional medical team and the minister of health be sent to the Taihang Mountains to rescue and treat them. Chen Geng, who was both a comrade-in-arms and a superior, also took all his medical supplies and medicines to help rescue and treat Chu Daming.
Finally, under everyone's efforts and the medical team's rush, Chu Daming was pulled back from the ghost gate by everyone. By January 1947, the battle at Taihang Mountain was in its final stages, and the enemy knew that this was the last critical moment, and their counterattack was at its worst, and the battle was very fierce.
At that time, the wounds were not yet healed, and Chu Daming, who was wearing a bandage, heard about the battle on the front line, and really could not convince himself to stay calmly, so he took the gun and took the 29th regiment to the battlefield. Not long after he went to the battlefield, he was shot in the chest by the enemy's guns, and this time he really couldn't save him again, and he left us completely.
Chen Geng immediately ordered the attack to be stopped, and then reported the news to the central government, and at Chu Daming's memorial service, Chen Geng wrote down the refusal of "Taiyue will be fierce, and chu Daming will be the first to be recommended". Chu Daming's old subordinates and the entire 29th Regiment, a total of more than 6,000 soldiers, all dressed in ma dai filial piety, knelt together in the Taihang Mountains to bid farewell to Chu Daming, almost all of them heard about Chu Daming's death, they were sad, and those who heard about it were sad.
In March 1947, the Central Committee awarded Chu Damingte and other combat heroes the title of the first special combat hero of the Fourth Column. But everyone thought that Chu Daming deserved it.
It is said that in the film and television drama "Bright Sword", the prototype of Li Yunlong is Chu Daming. It can be seen that Chu Daming's spirit and the vigorous influence on him, as well as his bloody, dramatic life.
It was such a man who devoted his life to building the world that belonged to our people, but on the eve of liberation he closed his eyes forever, and almost everyone who heard his deeds would have red eyes.
In that era, how many soldiers like Chu Daming left their hometowns to dedicate themselves for the revolutionary cause, and even sacrificed themselves in the end, and it was precisely because of their sacrifices and dedication that they had the prosperity and stability that they later flourished and settled.
That's why we have to cherish this hard-won happiness. We must always remember the pain and blood of the past, and live up to those who shed blood to build the country.
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