But to make the Dragon City fly will be, not to teach Humadu Yin Mountain. --Tang Wang Changling
Speaking of military personnel, everyone's first impression of military personnel has different advantages, but it is a fact that soldiers are the backbone of a country. Soldiers defend their families and defend the country, serve the people, and protect the people of the country with their own persistence and faith. And now this team is well-trained, just like they themselves said, no matter whether they live or die, they will never shrink back, if there is a war, they will be called, and the battle will be won. For soldiers, there are no flowery words to describe them, because their sincerity and affection for the country are far beyond us, and they cannot be described and modified by words. The growth of the army comes from having good military discipline in the beginning.
The growth of military personnel comes from the inheritance of the older generation of soldiers, who have experienced many wars such as the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and so on. From the Red Army to the present Chinese People's Liberation Army, they have gone through ups and downs. In the war-torn years, defend the country with his flesh and blood. In everyone's impression, soldiers are young people, even in the previous War of Resistance Against Japan, they were teenagers who were about to become adults. But there are exceptions, there is a soldier who joined the army at the age of seven and experienced the turbulent years of war. The age of seven should have been carefree, but in the war years, who knows what tribulations he went through, became the youngest soldier to join the army, at the age of nine, he participated in the Long March with a large army, and faced difficulties with the army, but he was still able to live in the sun and not be defeated by difficulties. He was Xiang Xuan, the youngest soldier of the Red Army.
Bumpy childhood
Xiang Xuan, a native of Hunan, his family was a revolutionary of the older generation, and under the influence of his uncle Marshal He Long, a large family of people participated in the revolution, and his mother He Mangu was a soldier when she was pregnant with him, and often participated in guerrilla warfare. When he was two years old, his mother was arrested for being betrayed by traitors to cover the wounded. Xiang Xuan and his brother Xiang Chucai, a few months older sister, were imprisoned with their mother. When Marshal He Long learned of his sister's arrest, he rescued her in many ways, but was executed by Ling Chi on the fourteenth day of the eighth lunar month in 1928, and his head was cut off and paraded at the city gate. His eldest aunt He Ying managed to buy off the prison guards, rescued the three of them, and Xiang Xuan learned martial arts with his aunt, and at the age of three or four he could shoot pistols.
In 1933, when some members of the Heying guerrilla group returned home to the farm to plant seedlings, they were betrayed by traitors, and the enemy took advantage of their small number to sneak up on them, resulting in the heroic sacrifice of the aunt. Before the sacrifice, the aunt said to Xiang Xuan: Find uncle He Long, find the Red Army to avenge them! After that, he gave Xiang Xuan a cloth bag. Xiang Xuan ran while fighting back. He was shot in the neck of his right leg, and by virtue of his familiarity with the terrain, he evaded the pursuit and met the people who came to meet him. After that, he took his wounds and went all the way to find He Long in Mashui, Hefeng County, Hubei Province, and joined the Red Army. Marshal He Long put him in the medical team for treatment, and it took him half a year to recover from his injuries. Later, the Red Army avenged the Heying guerrillas and executed the traitors a few days later.
Xiang Xuan therefore also stayed in the Red Army, and his uncle He Long saw that he was too young, but he did not have the energy to take care of him after studying the war, so he left him in the army and handed him over to the female soldiers of the unit to take care of him, and he was also doing some trivial things for the soldiers in the army that he could do. Seven years old is a beautiful age for us, but Xiang Xuan, who came from a revolutionary family, took on the burden of defending his family and defending the country, and gradually grew up to understand what he wanted and how to become a good revolutionary party member along the way.
The youngest Reds play their part
At the age of seven, he played his role in the Red Army and followed his uncle to join the revolution, but because he was too young to participate in the revolution, it was inconvenient for him to join the revolution, so Marshal He Long applied to the party hoping that Xiang Xuan could break through the party and follow the Red Army to train himself.
The Party Central Committee considered that Xiang Xuan was very young, but his enthusiasm and enthusiasm for the revolution were not at all less than those of other old Party members. In the end, the Party Central Committee decided to let the seven-year-old join the party under consideration, and throughout the history of the party, Xiang Xuan was not only the youngest Red Army, but also the youngest party member. Soon after joining the Red Army, the war took a sharp turn for the worse, and the Red Army was facing survival, so he chose to follow the Red Army on the Long March. The Long March was long and the conditions were harsh, and many soldiers fell on the road of the Long March because they could not eat. Xiang Xuan never cried bitterness during the Long March, and he also ate with others who ate grass roots and belts, and did not ask for special treatment because of his young age. The people in the army looked at him skinny and skinny, secretly leaving good things to him, and he resolutely refused to leave things to those who needed them more.
During this period, he also took the initiative to transmit intelligence for the Red Army, transmitting intelligence again and again under the eyes of the enemy, and each time he was able to complete the tasks assigned by the organization. With a sharp mind, he became the deputy head of the communications class at the age of ten, and everyone was very sure of his ability. On the way to join the Red Army, he learned the story of the Party with the people around him, and in the strong atmosphere of the Party, he also learned how to make himself a qualified Red Army. Many new problems also arose along the way, which not only gave Xiang Xuan a new understanding, but also the Party and the Red Army grew up in tribulations.
Become a revolutionary in the course of war
In the training of the Long March, Xiang Xuan became a qualified Red Army soldier, and he continued to train himself in the subsequent wars. In 1936, when Marshal He Long was the commander-in-chief and regimental commander of the Red Second Front, Xiang Xuan was the deputy squad leader of the communications squad, and when he arrived later, he served as a correspondent for the headquarters of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army. As he grew older, he had changed from a thin boy to a young man who was old and determined. Marshal He Long sent him to the front line to fight, let him lead the troops to charge the front, fight with the enemy on the battlefield, and make great contributions to the liberation of the motherland. Although he was a brave warrior on the battlefield, he was still a humorous person in life, and he also brought many humorous pranks in the hard and tense battles, relaxing the original tense heart and soothing the mood for everyone.
Even if a warrior survives in the fire, it is extremely difficult, let alone a warrior who fights on the front line. Xiang Xuan fought heroically many times and was wounded many times, the most serious one was in 1948 to attack the enemy's military defenses, Xiang Xuan led the soldiers to dig a pit and fire explosive packages by throwing methods, which broke the enemy's military defenses, but the enemy attacked him with guns and grenades. Although he was victorious in the end, Xiang Xuan suffered a total of 26 injuries on his body, his eyes (right eye) were blinded, his neck, back and other parts were injured, and the shrapnel was never taken out of his body. In many subsequent battles, there were also large and small wounds, but under the baptism of artillery fire, he had gone from a qualified soldier to a revolutionary.
After the victory of the Liberation War, the General Political Department and the Chengdu Military Region agreed that Xiang Xuan's military age would be counted from April 12, 1933, because the seven-year-old Xiang Xuan took up a gun and fought with the enemy that day, and was wounded and bleeding, so his military age was also counted from that day. After the founding of New China, Xiang Xuan was also making contributions to the party and the country, and in 1955 the state awarded him the rank of lieutenant colonel, in 1960 he was promoted to colonel, in the same year he served as deputy chief of the Ordnance Section of the Logistics Department of the Chengdu Military Region, and in 1978 he served as the deputy director of the People's Armed Forces Department of the Xicheng District of the Chengdu Branch Military Region. In the time that followed, he also held his post, and for us he was undoubtedly a true revolutionary, who devoted his life unconditionally to the country and the people.
brief summary:
Xiang Xuan contributed his life to defending his family and the country in this life, and also won many honors. In 1957, he was awarded the Order of August 1, 3rd Class, the Order of Independence and Freedom of the 3rd Class, and the Liberation Medal of the 3rd Class. In 1988, he was awarded the Third Class Red Star Meritorious Service Medal, and the existence of the medal can not only highlight the contribution of a soldier to the country, but also see how much suffering and merit he has in his life.
Now Xiang Xuan is a 94-year-old man, after retirement because he does not have his own property, he lives in Chengdu Shima Lane Dry Retreat, although he is old, but his health is still very healthy. He also often told his descendants about the hardships of the revolution, hoping that his descendants could also be loyal to the country, loyal to the people, and better defend their homeland. In his later years, he was also very concerned about the development of the country and the building of the army, and often said that he should pay attention to the development of grass-roots companies. Soldiers escort the security of the country, they have dedicated their lives to the motherland, we should also maintain respect and awe for them.