What were you doing when you were 7 years old? This is still an ignorant age, in the first grade of primary school, the teacher is busy helping the children to change the dependence formed in the kindergarten. Parents are busy doing laundry and cooking for their children and helping with homework. I have to say that the life of a 7-year-old child is so happy today.
However, not all children are treated this way. When Xiang Xuan was 7 years old, he had already joined the Red Army. Yes, you heard that right, he became a Red Army soldier at the age of 7. He has his own small pistol, and he also has a heart to kill the enemy and repay the country.
There is a basis for saying that Xiang Xuan was the smallest Red Army soldier. Xiang Xuan was born in March 1926, and from April 12, 1933 (because Xiang Xuan took the gun he Ying gave him that day and participated in the battle, and was wounded), he was indeed only 7 years old and had already become a Red Army soldier, and the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army determined that he was the youngest Red Army in China.
So the question is, how did Xiang Xuan become a soldier in the Red Army at such a young age? This also has to start from Xiang Xuan's life, his mother is called He Mangu, who is He Long's fifth sister. In other words, Xiang Xuan's uncle was He Long, one of the founding marshals.
In ancient times, the Yang family would be full of loyal martyrs, and the same was true of He Long's family, and under the influence of He Long, the family members threw themselves into the revolutionary cause. When Xiang Xuan was still in his mother's womb, his mother took him up the mountain to fight guerrillas. With such a prenatal education, it is not difficult to understand that Xiang Xuanhui will be so brave in killing the enemy in the future.
Living in those turbulent years, the ancestors paid the price of blood. He Mangu was betrayed by traitors during a battle and was unfortunately arrested. Xiang Xuan and his 5-year-old third brother Xiang Chu were also locked up with their mother, and even their younger sister, who was only a few months old, was not spared.
His mother, He Mangu, was killed on the fourteenth day of the eighth lunar month in 1928, but fortunately Xiang Xuan's aunt He Ying managed to buy off the prison guards and rescue the three of their brothers and sisters. From then on, Xiang Xuan followed He Ying and called out to his mother. Since she was a child, she learned martial arts, and at the age of three or four, she could shoot pistols.
In the revolutionary cause, no one can guarantee a smooth ride all the time. The scene of his mother's murder is still vividly remembered, and the eldest aunt He Ying was once again betrayed by traitors, and at dawn on May 6, 1933 (the twelfth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar), He Ying died heroically.
Before he died, He Ying said to Xiang Xuan: Go to your uncle (He Long) and seek revenge on the Red Army! Then he gave Xiang Xuan a small cloth bag containing 2 gold rings, 5 silver dollars, and He Ying's small pistol.
At the age of 7, Xiang Xuanqiang endured the grief in his heart, but also endured his injured body, relying on familiar terrain to successfully escape the pursuit. Finally, He Long was found in Mashui, Hefeng County, Hubei Province, and only then was he able to survive. Because the injury was serious, it took about half a year to treat the injury.
At the age of 7, Xiang Xuan not only became a qualified Red Army soldier, but also successfully joined the Communist Party at the application of his uncle He Long. In other words, Xiang Xuan was not only the smallest Red Army soldier, but also the smallest party member.
Two years later, the fifth anti-encirclement campaign failed, and the Red Army began a difficult Long March. At the age of 9, Xiang Xuan has experienced the hardships of snowy mountains and grasslands, which has also made him develop a strong personality and decisive style.
Because of his young age, Xiang Xuan successively served as a headquarters attendant and a messenger during the time he followed his uncle He Long, and ran with the troops during the Long March, never dragging his feet. In 1936, at the age of 10, Xiang Xuan became the deputy head of the communications class.
With these combat experiences, Xiang Xuan began to emerge during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and directly served as a signal officer for the headquarters of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army. In April 1943, he served as a soldier in the guard company of the 358th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. After studying engineers, he served as deputy company commander of the engineering company of the 358th Brigade of the 1st Column of the Northwest Field Army, and in January 1948, he became the commander of the engineer company. A small Red Army can grow into the backbone of leading combat units, and the experience it has undergone is unimaginable to ordinary people.
Similarly, Xiang Xuan's bravery and tenacity are also difficult for ordinary people to reach. In the summer of 1948, Xiang Xuan led a company of engineers to attack enemy fortifications in the Battle of Libei in Dali County, Shaanxi Province. After on-the-spot investigation, he resolutely dug a pit and fired explosive packages by throwing; he used successfully modified Qing Dynasty earthen cannons to bombard the enemy's fortifications and crush the enemy.
However, in this battle, Xiang Xuan suffered a total of 26 wounds all over his body, and his eye (right eye) was blinded, because the injuries were too serious, and there was still shrapnel in his body that had not been removed.
What reason is there for such a hero not to be respected, and who would not be in awe of such a revolutionary fighter? After the victory of the revolution, Xiang Xuan was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1955 and promoted to colonel in 1960. From December 1960 to November 1978, he worked in Chengdu until his retirement in December 1982.
brief summary
The traces of the passage of time are still clearly visible, and the smallest Red Army soldier who joined the army at the age of 7 has become an old man. Although he is 94 years old, his spirit is still very full, and he looks like a soldier, there is no doubt about it.
Where there are good years, we can sit in the beautifully decorated home watching TV, playing games, such a good day is the old predecessors with their lives in exchange. If the motherland is to be strong, it must also rely on excellent comprehensive national strength, and the younger generation should be obligated to devote ourselves to various posts in need and dedicate our light and heat to all our strength.
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