In January 1905, Xiao Wanshi was born in a small mountain village in Hebei Province, he was the third oldest in the family, and he had a total of 4 brothers and sisters. Later, when the war began, his two brothers went to become soldiers because they loved the country very much, and Xiao Wanshi also became a soldier under the influence of his brother.
In 1937, because of the surprise attack of the Japanese army, Xiao Wanshi's mother and sister died, and later in the war with the Japanese army, the eldest brother was sacrificed, and the second brother did not know where to go, did not know whether he was alive or dead. In this way, the hatred of the country and the family made Xiao Shiwan decide that he must take revenge. Because of this idea, Xiao Shiwan was very brave and fierce in the battle with the Japanese army, like a lifeless man. After joining the Eighth Route Army, Xiao Shiwan's performance was also outstanding, and he often made meritorious contributions. Because he was not afraid of death in battle, he was noticed by his superior leaders. Once, he once mixed with a comrade-in-arms into the japanese army's artillery tower, and just the two of them, killed nineteen Japanese soldiers, and obtained more than a dozen weapons from the Japanese army. Because Xiao Shiwan had both strategy and force, and could fight ten at a time, he quickly became the squad leader.
After he became the head of the office, he once led his subordinates into the airfield of the Japanese army, and made a lot of contributions by blowing up several Japanese army planes through clever methods. From the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the War of Liberation, Xiao Shiwan participated in hundreds of wars, winning the first prize 10 times and the second prize 12 times.
Xiao Shiwan is an indomitable, fearless, cold-faced person on the battlefield, but in life, he is a very kind and honest person, no matter who looks for him to do things, he will not resign. Because he was too kind, he was also punished. Xiao Shiwan was transferred to the bandit suppression unit in Zhaotong, Yunnan, and he was given the task of collecting all the poppies in the area. Everyone knows that poppy is an addictive and not easy to quit, and taking too much will make people lose strength.
The local villagers planted this plant on a large scale, and when he went to harvest, the old people in the village all knelt down and begged him, because the villagers lived on these poppies, and if he took them all, then the villagers would have no financial resources and would starve to death. When Xiao Shiwan saw these old people and remembered his parents who had been killed by the Japanese army, he sympathized with them. But the poppy must be taken away, so he found the local rich people and asked the rich people to help these villagers. However, this practice made the rich man dissatisfied, so he sued the troops, and the troops criticized and punished Xiao Shiwan.
Another time, Xiao Shiwan was the station manager of the grain station, and a worker was caught stealing grain, but Xiao Shiwan learned that it was because there were old and young people in the family, too poor, too hungry to steal grain. Everyone asked him to punish the worker, but Xiao Shiwan let him go without punishing him. Later, this matter was poked out, and Xiao Shiwan was punished for not performing his duties.
When he was suppressing the bandit troops, by chance, Xiao Shiwan fell in love with his wife Xia Qifang at first sight, and he made a marriage report, but due to the problem of Xia Qifang's birth composition, the report was not approved. He went to the door to kiss several times, Xia Qifang's father was unwilling, because Xia Qifang was only 18 years old, and Xiao Shiwan was almost 50 years old, but due to Xiao Shiwan's perseverance in asking for marriage, in the end they still got married, although because of marriage, Xiao Shiwan was punished, but he was still happy. After marriage, I lived happily with my wife.
After Xiao Shiwan retired from the army, he never told others about his glorious deeds, and his wife also put away the fifty or sixty medals he had won, and his children learned that his father's deeds were all told by others. He did his job as hard as he could, and even his well-connected colleagues didn't know he had such a great achievement. Xiao Shiwan died at the age of 104, he has always belonged to silent dedication, not competing with others for fame and fortune, so ordinary and extraordinary to spend his life. After his death, when his children were packing up his belongings, they found that their father had so many medals, and they knew what kind of person his father was, which was the real great man.