History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
In times of war, the most outstanding people must be the soldiers who fight in blood on the battlefield, who are active in the front line and fight the enemy at the expense of their own lives. Du Fu said in "Shu Xiang": "Before the master dies, the hero is full of tears." "This is probably a scene that every hero is not willing to face, whether it is to achieve their ambitions, or simply want to protect the country, they have never given up even if they face more difficulties and dangers.
The most difficult moment for China was probably that after the September 18 Incident, Japan finally did not follow their ambitions and began to invade Asian countries. All the unique conditions that China possessed made China a thorn in Japan's side and the primary target of aggression. As a result, China fell most of its land, and the war, which lasted for 14 years, ended with the help of two atomic bombs. In the war, countless Sons and Daughters of China stepped forward and embarked on a bloody journey for the motherland. When the 104-year-old man in Sichuan died, the children discovered the unknown identity of their father. So who the hell is he?
He is Xiao Wanshi, a soldier who fought in the war, but chose to return to his hometown after the victory of the War of Resistance, and the people around him did not know who he once was, and he did not tell anyone about his glorious deeds. Shaw was born in 1905, a period of great chaos and darkness, when the country was invaded by a powerful enemy and had no power to fight back. Seeing the suffering of the people around him and the crisis of the country, Xiao Wanshi made a vow that when he grew up, he would join the army and join the army to become a soldier to protect his country.
With this desire, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he finally joined the anti-Japanese guerrilla team formed in his hometown. At this time, it was the early stage of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the enemy was well-equipped, and after a long period of training, if it was a frontal battle, it was estimated that the win was not large, so there was the birth of guerrilla tactics. That is, a small-scale combat method, using the familiar terrain of the local area to ambush the Japanese army, so as to inflict a blow on them.
In the early days, relying on the cover of tactics and terrain, the guerrillas won several victories in succession, and even eliminated many Japanese troops. As a result, while morale was high, the guerrillas were betrayed by traitors. The Japanese army entered the village in a dignified manner, and a fire burned the whole village, and Xiao Wanshi's family also died in the fire, and he hated the Japanese army even more from then on.
So in 1933, Xiao Wanshi seized the opportunity again and joined the revolutionary ranks, he vented his hatred for the Japanese army on the battlefield, and killed many enemies as much as he could, and he also gained a lot of fame. One day in 1938, Xiao Wanshi's unit was surrounded by Japanese troops in a village, and the team of hundreds of people was besieged for three days and three nights, and finally did not flinch, until later the team was only a few dozen people, or rely on a lonely courage to kill the enemy.
After that, Xiao Wanshi participated in both big and small battles, but after the war, he chose to return to his hometown and became an ordinary farmer. In the decades since, Xiao Wanshi has never told anyone about his military career, not even his family. He lived to be 104 years old and died in 2009. After Xiao Wanshi's death, when his children were sorting out his relics, they found the many military medals that Xiao Wanshi had been keeping, and only then did they know the unknown identity of his father.
You Dong has a saying in the "Title Han Pu Wang Temple": "Zhongwu Xun's name is a hundred battles back, and the West Lake crosses and holds a cup." "Heroes are worthy of respect, and they follow their hearts to make decisions that ignore life and death." And there are many soldiers like Xiao Wanshi, the country is in danger, they are the first to stand up and defend the country. And when the country returned to peace, they did not need to rely on their own military achievements to ask for merit, but returned to their former ordinary life and became an ordinary person. Such unsung heroes deserve even more admiration.