In 1984, an old man from Henan Province unfortunately died, he was 73 years old that year, and a year later, the leader of the Central Military Commission sent someone to find the old man's home and told the old man's relatives that he had saved an army of the Red Army. To explain this historical problem, we must start from the arduous Long March.
At that time, our Red Army troops, in order to avoid the pursuit of the enemy, carried out strategic transfers, in addition to the three main forces, there was also a 25th Army, which was relatively weak in strength. At the beginning of the Long March, this unit had fewer troops, only about 2,000, they had no weapons and equipment, they could not directly fight the enemy head-on, they could only use roundabout combat to confront the enemy, in the process of continuous resistance, this unit became stronger and stronger, and became a relatively powerful unit after arriving in northern Shaanxi.
The old man we have just mentioned, named Chen Tingxian, was originally a poor citizen, born in 1911, our revolutionary troops, when they were carrying out the Long March, because of the enemy's encirclement, the situation was extremely dangerous, and we had to find a relatively safe road to solve the problem. After Chen Tingxian saw our revolutionary contingent, he greatly admired everyone's spirit of resistance, so he took the initiative to help the leaders of the troops and led them to find a relatively safe passage. After the leader got out of the predicament, he specially took out 200 oceans to Chen Tingxian and thanked him, but Chen Tingxian did not take this money, he said that the organization is now so difficult, it is more necessary to use money, and good steel must be used on the blade.
After the founding of New China, the elderly Chen Tingxian went to an ordinary food company, where he worked for many years in ordinary posts and was also rated as a model worker. When the leader sent someone to find the old man's home and tell the situation of the year, the old man's children realized that their father was so brave. Some netizens sighed and said that if the elderly Chen Tingxian had not stepped forward, our 25th Army would most likely have suffered a lot of casualties because of the enemy's encirclement operation.