When our army conferred the title in 1955, many people would say the following sentence: "Compared with those comrades-in-arms who died in the revolution, I am already very lucky. ”
Indeed, the so-called "one general has achieved ten thousand bones", and the lives of many founding generals have been saved by their comrades-in-arms.
The one who feels most deeply in this regard is probably the founding major general Deng Shijun.
During the Long March, Deng Shijun was injured, and due to the lack of medical treatment and medicine, he has not been cured, and he has been tormented by illness and pain, and he can't even walk. Yang Chaoli, the political commissar of the division, was reluctant to abandon him, so he sent four soldiers to carry him on stretchers.
Some people may ask: it is enough to carry two people on a stretcher, why four people?
In fact, it was very simple, at that time, the Red Army was short of food, everyone was marching hungry, that is, walking empty-handed, tired and sweating, let alone carrying a person? Therefore, in order to share the pressure, Yang Chaoli arranged four people to carry the stretcher.
However, even these four people were later sacrificed one after another.
The first man starved to death.
That day, Deng Shijun had just woken up from his coma and found that there were only three people left around him, so he asked where that person had gone. His comrades told him that the man had just fallen to the side of the road because he was overly hungry and never got up again.
Deng Shijun was very sad, but he also had no choice, he couldn't help anything, and he could only swallow the tears back into his stomach.
A few days later, while crossing a mountain, another warrior fell, and before he died, he was still saying: "I can't do it, I'm sorry, I can't send..." Before he could finish speaking, he closed his eyes forever.
Deng Shijun couldn't hold back any longer, tears came out of his eyes, touched the warrior, and said in a loud voice, "I'm sorry for you!" I'm sorry for you! ”
Since then, Deng Shijun has always paid attention to the situation of the remaining two comrades-in-arms, as long as he is tired, he will quickly stop and let them rest and rest.
However, even so, the third comrade fell while boiling water to cook.
Deng Shijun cried for a long time, and finally plucked up the courage to say to the last comrade-in-arms: "If you carry me on your back, we both can't go out, and we may all die on the road, so it is better that you go first, catch up with the big troops, and then let them come back to pick me up." ”
The warrior, named Liu Hong, said, "Your injuries are not yet healed, what will you do if I leave?" ”
Deng Shijun said: "My injuries are almost healed, there is a village nearby, I can go to the village first, I can't die." ”
Liu Hong still did not want to leave, and finally Deng Shijun said loudly: "I am your leader, and now I order you to leave immediately!" Find the big troops and come back to pick me up! ”
Liu Hong also knew that there was no way to do it, so he had to wipe his tears and go on the road alone.
After that, Deng Shijun lived in that village for a while, and when his injuries were almost healed, he continued on the road, not knowing how many difficulties and obstacles he had passed, and finally found a large army.
When Yang Chaoli, the political commissar of the division, saw him, he was stunned, and he couldn't believe that the person in front of him, who was no longer human-like, was actually Deng Shijun!
So, where did Liu Hong go? Why didn't he go back to pick him up?
Deng Shijun also told Yang Chaoli about this situation, but Yang Chaoli said that he had not seen Liu Hong at all, nor had he heard from him. Deng Shijun quickly sent someone back to look for him, and as a result, he got the news a few days later: Liu Hong had died on the road!
Deng Shijun couldn't help but cry, and no one could persuade him.
Yes, those four comrades-in-arms all sacrificed to save themselves, if it were not for themselves, they would not have sacrificed!
This incident, Deng Shijun remembered all his life, until the end of his life, every time he brought it up, he still cried tears, saying that he was sorry for the four comrades-in-arms.
In fact, in the history of our army, such stories often occur, the so-called "one general's achievements become ten thousand bones", a general can live to the end, are countless soldiers with their own lives for it.
It is precisely for this reason that when the rank was awarded in 1955, although many people had a low rank rating, few people competed for it, because they knew that in front of the comrades who died, they were lucky enough.