"Since ancient times, we have had people who have buried their heads in hard work, people who have worked hard, people who have asked for the people's lives, and people who have sacrificed their lives to seek the law,...... This is the backbone of China. ”
In modern times, China has suffered humiliation, but in the process of hardship and tempering, there are also a group of people who sacrifice their lives for the country and the nation, Dong Cunrui is one of the people in this group, he sacrificed himself to bomb the bunker, his life is forever fixed at the age of 19, but he has always lived in our hearts.
Dong Cunrui is a native of Huailai County, Hebei Province, born in 1929, because of his family's poverty, he only read books for one year, when he was a teenager, the all-out War of Resistance broke out, Dong Cunrui heroically joined the ranks of the resistance against the Japanese army, once served as the leader of the children's regiment, in 1944, under the arrangement of his parents at home, he married Lu Changling, who was three years old in the neighboring village, as his wife, and soon after marriage, Dong Cunrui finally completed his long-cherished wish and became a member of the Eighth Route Army.
On the eve of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the war entered the counter-offensive stage, and Dong Cunrui was determined to go to the front, saying to his wife: "You wait for me, and when the world is at peace, I will come back." ”
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Dong Cunrui's unit was organized into the 9th Brigade of the Jire Chaliao Military Region, and the Liberation War was about to break out, once, when Dong Cunrui and his troops were on a mission in their hometown of Nanshan Fort, the platoon commander asked him to go home to visit his relatives. ”
After that, Dong Cunrui was very brave in battle, every time, in 1947, he gloriously joined the Communist Party of China, and in 1948, during the Battle of Jirecha, Dong Cunrui sacrificed himself to blow up the bunker, when he was not yet 19 years old.
After the news of his sacrifice spread back to his hometown, his parents were in tears, and his wife Lu Changling was also grief-stricken, since she married into the Dong family, she was very filial, and she was a good daughter-in-law who was praised by neighbors in the neighborhood, and now her husband's sacrifice, Lu Changling could not accept it for a long time, she was still young at that time, Dong Cunrui's parents advised her to remarry, and even personally found a matchmaker for her, Lu Changling was unwilling.
Until Lu Changling kept filial piety for Dong Cunrui for three years, she remarried under the introduction of her mother-in-law, Lu Changling's such a move really made people tearful, filial piety for the deceased husband, and carefully served the in-laws.
After the news of Dong Cunrui's act of blowing up the bunker, the head of the unit, Chen Renqi, was very emotional about his heroic sacrifice, and in 1955, Chen Renqi was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and after that, even if he was in a high position, he always took care of the Dong family.
In 1958, when Chen Renqi, then director of the Political Department of the Guangzhou Military Region, went to Beijing for further study, he took advantage of the summer vacation to visit Dong Cunrui's home to visit his parents. Thank you for raising a great hero for our troops! ”
Knowing that Dong Cunrui's sister Dong Cunmei very much wanted to go to school, but the family conditions were tight, the general immediately said: "This is a good thing, I support you!" Since then, he has given Dong Cunmei help many times in his studies and finances.
In 1961, the Dong family's parents could not eat, and when the general learned of it, he sent more than 200 kilograms of food stamps and 200 yuan of money accumulated by the family to the Dong family.
In 1994, Chen Renqi was seriously ill, and before he died, he said in a weak voice: "Dong Cunrui is a hero who has emerged from my army, and my memorial service must be attended by the relatives of the martyr Dong Cunrui." ”
Later, at the general's memorial service, Dong Cunrui's sister Dong Cunmei came to the scene.