Since the beginning of the 918 Incident, Chinese has embarked on the road of anti-Japanese resistance. And war never has mercy on anyone. The blood and lives of countless ancestors have forged our happy life today.
The cruelty of the war is beyond doubt, countless hatreds, despair, desolation, and pain gradually emerge from the war, countless people's wives are separated, and countless families are torn apart. For both soldiers and civilians, the damage caused by war is enormous and irreversible.
In that era full of war, everyone had their own story, everyone had their own regrets, and they were the marks that belonged to that era, and those marks were either happy, or painful, or sad, or desperate, but each mark was a characteristic of that era.
As a famous anti-Japanese general and national hero, Cao Yanming, the guard of General Zhang Zizhong, naturally has his own story and has his own indelible regrets. This is the trauma of the times, the pain that belongs to the times.
In that age of war, in this special age, he seized the opportunity of life and was endowed with power, status and glory; however, this era also gave him great harm, both physically and mentally--in the course of his conquests, his relatives, one by one, left him in waiting, and the departure of his parents became an eternal pain in his heart.
Forced to join the army
Cao Yanming was born into a poor family in Shanxi Province.
However, as Cao Yanming grew older, the impoverished family could no longer afford to raise a child. Forced to do so, Cao Yanming's parents could only send Cao Yanming to the army to subsidize the family.
After the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the 22-year-old Cao Yanming joined the 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and after joining the army, Cao Yanming followed the troops around the battlefield, always on standby on the way to the front line, and he also participated in the famous Battle of Taierzhuang and was incorporated into the 33rd Group Army.
In that fierce war, Cao Yanming's legs were unfortunately injured, and he could no longer return to the front line to fight side by side with his comrades.
Although he lost the ability to fight, Cao Yanming's heart as a soldier has not been extinguished. His heart has always been closely linked to his comrades-in-arms, and he has always been concerned about the situation on the front line.
Although he lost both legs, Cao Yanming was blessed by this misfortune. He served as a guard for General Zhang Zizhong, and followed General Zhang Zizhong to the southern expedition to the northern war and witnessed the years of our country's War of Resistance.
Participate in the program homecoming
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Cao Yanming has always had a wish, that is, to return to his hometown once, find his parents, personally perform filial piety around them, and fail to spend their old age with his parents, which is the regret of Cao Yanming's life.
However, by the time Cao Yan was born, more than sixty years before the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, because of his leg injury, he had not only not returned to his hometown in Shanxi during his 88 years in the army, but had not even been able to get in touch with his parents in his hometown.
This made Cao Yanming feel very sad.
One day, cao Yanming noticed a public welfare organization that said that they were willing to help the anti-war veterans realize their wish to return home free of charge. Therefore, Cao Yanming contacted the relevant staff.
With the help of the staff, they successfully sent Cao Yanming back to the hills of Shanxi, Cao Yanming's hometown.
Accompanied by the staff and his son, Cao Yanming finally returned to his hometown.
When he returned to his hometown, Cao Yanming saw countless enthusiastic villagers.
This made the older veteran tear up in his eyes — 101-year-old Cao Yanming finally returned home.
Cao Yanming, 101, still missing his parents, said that he must go to his parents' graves to put incense on the pillar and tell his parents that their son has returned home!
Congratulations to General Zizhong
Through this program where the veteran returns home, we learn about the life of Cao Yanming, a veteran.
Cao Yanming's veteran was a guard for General Zhang Zizhong.
General Zhang Zizhong was an excellent anti-war hero during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
In childhood, as a family of officials and eunuchs, Zhang Zizhong's family attached great importance to the education of their children, and Zhang Zizhong entered a private school from the age of six.
Three years after studying, Zhang Zizhong's father, Zhang Shugui, went to ren for inspection, and at the same time brought his son Zhang Zizhong with him, and Zhang Zizhong, who followed his father to the post, was nine years old at this time. When he followed his father in office, Zhang Zhizhong saw many things and understood many truths, and the various people he saw and the various things he experienced made his insight grow a lot.
In 1905, at the age of 14, Zhang Zizhong experienced a huge family change, and his father Zhang Shugui died of illness in office. The death of his father made this 14-year-old teenager grow a lot at once.
In 1907, the 16-year-old Zhang Zizhong obeyed his mother's arrangement and married Li Minhui, who was one year older than himself. And Li Minhui, his future wife, whose father is Li Huanan, a member of the Linqing County Consultative Bureau.
With the help of his father-in-law, he was admitted to the Linqing Higher Primary School, and in the process of studying, classical masterpieces such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had a huge impact on him.
And Guan Yunchang, Yue Wumu and Qin Shubao's righteous chivalry had a profound impact on his life.
It is precisely because of this life experience that General Zhang Zizhong can have outstanding military talents and show a sense of trust that is enough for the soldiers to entrust the rear to him.
We were surprised to know that Cao Yanming also had a friendship with General Zhang Zizhong with the "grace of one life".
It turned out that when Cao Yanming's veteran soldiers were injured in the legs, Cao Yanming, who was incapacitated, was almost abandoned, precisely because General Zhang Zizhong said: "No one can be less." This sentence made Cao Yanming every soldier like this pick up a life on the battlefield.
Because of this, Cao Yanming always went to General Zhang Zizhong's tomb almost every year to "visit" on general Zhang Zizhong's festival day and Qingming Festival.
brief summary:
The greatest sorrow in life is that the son wants to raise and does not wait.
This is the case for Cao Yanming's veterans. He had left his parents at a young age. His parents gave him life, but he did not better stay with his parents and do filial piety for them.
It is their patience that teaches us to speak when we learn to speak; their encouragement that teaches us to take steps when we are toddlers; and their teachings that teach us to live when we face life.
Perhaps your praised upbringing is the result of your parents' words and deeds; perhaps the confidence you exude in your words and deeds is the result of your parents encouraging you; perhaps your admired skills are the result of your parents' strict supervision.
In your limited life, your parents may only accompany you on a small journey, so you should cherish the time you can see them, and every time you meet is your reward for your parents.
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The war has brought people countless sorrows and tragedies. Countless works of literature were born out of war. The despair and pain contained in the work is unimaginable to everyone who has not experienced war in person himself. Every group of photos and every veteran that circulates on the Internet today makes people feel endless pain and despair.
For those veterans who have been on the battlefield, war means not only a simple piece of history in a history textbook, but also a memory of their lifelong participation. With a personal experience of an indelible effect. Because of the war, they will personally destroy one life after another, and they will watch themselves become an executioner step by step.
Because of war, negative emotions will continue to erupt, and human tragedies will continue to arise.
So we want to embrace peace.