People have special feelings for veterans, especially the veterans of the war, there are not many surviving anti-war veterans, leaving only their legendary deeds, today's author introduced this anti-war veteran, full of legend, he hid 27 pieces of shrapnel, still alive for 102 years.
In 1929, at the age of 20, Li Xianzhong joined the Red Army, and he grew from a soldier step by step to squad leader and platoon leader, and because of his bravery and meritorious service in combat, he also served as a company instructor and battalion political commissar.
Li Xianzhong participated in the first to fourth anti-encirclement and suppression battles in the Soviet Union, and also participated in the Long March, and finally arrived in northern Shaanxi, although the Long March was full of dangers and difficulties, almost all the shrapnel on his body was left during the War of Resistance, which showed the tragic period of the War of Resistance.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Li Xianzhong served as a battalion political instructor of the 13th Regiment of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and he participated in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments and also participated in the famous Battle of Guanjia Brain, which was presented in the classic film and television "Bright Sword", that is, Li Yunlong vs. Yamazaki Brigade.
Li Xianzhong has been shuttling through the rain of bullets and bullets for many years, he has long put life and death aside, but every time he can be lucky to survive, once in battle, a Shell of the Japanese Army exploded next to him, and immediately Li Xianzhong was blown to the point of breaking his head and bleeding, and his comrades rushed to carry him down the position.
After being sent to the hospital, the whole afternoon was underwent surgery, and the doctor removed dozens of pieces of shrapnel from Li Xianzhong's body, one of which hit his left eye, and the doctor had no choice but to remove his left eyeball.
In fact, at that time, Li Xianzhong still had a lot of shrapnel in his body that had not been taken out, and after recuperating in the hospital for a while, Li Xianzhong recovered, and he returned to the front line to fight, and in the Liberation War he became a regimental political commissar under the Nakano 2 Column and continued to charge.
Later, he followed the troops into the Dabie Mountains, and also participated in the Huaihai Campaign; after the founding of New China, Li Xianzhong served as the political commissar of the Guilin Military Subdistrict of the Guangxi Military Region.
Li Xianzhong took fame and fortune very lightly, and in April 1963, due to physical reasons, he voluntarily gave up preferential treatment, left his post as political commissar of the military sub-district, and returned to live in the Anhui Ganxiu Institute.
At his level, it was enough to equip the car, but Li Xianzhong resolutely did not want it, he said that he was worried that his children would borrow privately to avoid adding trouble to the organization, so Li Xianzhong lived a retired life of ordinary elderly people, and at that time Li Xianzhong was a retired cadre of the Zhengda Military Region and enjoyed the medical treatment of the Chia Tai Military Region.
Under the care of the organization, Li Xianzhong died on February 16, 2010, at the age of 102, after his body was cremated, 27 pieces of shrapnel were found from the ashes, which was really shocking, And Li Xianzhong, who was hiding 27 pieces of shrapnel, lived so long.