He was an ordinary old man. Like many of his peers, he suffered from a variety of diseases, was hospitalized for a long time, and happily chatted with patients in the hospital every day. But if you understand his experience, you will find that this humble and low-key old man once had a glorious past.
This old man, named Xiao Wanshi, was a veteran of the War of Resistance. He once made great achievements in battle, but he was anonymous, and it was not until his death that his children learned of his great deeds.
One body turned to fight for three thousand miles, and one sword once served as a million divisions
In 1905, Xiao Wanshi was born into a peasant family in Xingtai, Hebei Province. Although life is not rich, it is also stable. He was thirty-two years old when the War of Resistance broke out. According to the normal trajectory of life, he should marry and have children, honor his parents, and live a happy and harmonious life as a family.
However, the arrival of the Japanese army broke the peaceful life in the village. The enemy burned and looted all the way, and as he passed the village where he lived, the entire village, including his parents and sister, was ruthlessly killed by the enemy.
The good days became a thing of the past overnight, and the helpless Xiao Wanshi remembered his brothers who had joined the guerrillas—the eldest brother had been sacrificed, and the second brother's life and death were unknown.
After the grief, Xiao Wanshi decided to cheer up his spirits, follow their steps, follow the guerrillas to fight, and contribute his share to fighting the enemy and revenge. Later, he joined the party with honor and became a communist fighter with strong convictions.
When he joined the Eighth Route Army, he was short of supplies, in difficult conditions, and did not even have decent weapons. A homemade spear was all he had. In the rain of bullets, he stabbed his spear into the heart of the enemy again and again, making the enemy feel frightened.
However, in one battle, Shaw's unit engaged a powerful enemy force, suffering heavy casualties and seriously wounded himself. He was shot in the left chest, and he was dying when his comrades carried him out of the pile of dead men.
Due to the shortage of medical supplies and poor conditions, the shrapnel in his body could not be completely removed, and two pieces of shrapnel remained in his body and became a medal that accompanied him throughout his life. After that, Xiao Wanshi took this scar as a proof of his honor, and repeatedly mentioned it to the recruits to motivate them to fight to kill the enemy.
Xiao Wanshi did not receive much education, only recognized more than 200 words, and was not good at words, when reporting on the deeds of the heroes of the battle, he would only repeat one sentence: "I want to kill more devils and avenge my father and fellow countrymen!" He buried his hatred for the enemy deep in his heart, profoundly reminded himself that he would not forget the old hatred, turn grief into motivation, and bravely fight with his life in one battle after another.
After more than ten years of hard work, when the trumpet of victory sounded, Xiao Wanshi was nearly fifty years old. The best time of his life was devoted to the great cause of defending the country.
In the dusty archives, Xiao Wanshi's glorious life is recorded - he was brave and fearless, always rushed to the forefront, and successively made ten first-class merits and twelve second-class merits, and won more than fifty war medals. Over the years, he followed large troops to the north and south, and participated in many battles. Wherever he is needed, he appears. The motherland has left his footprints, and together with his comrades-in-arms, he has brought light and hope to the people who have suffered a lot.
Meritorious achievements are not knighted, and the long return is returned to Tian Lu
After the end of the war, Xiao Wanshi had a great revenge and his lifelong wish had been fulfilled. Instead of entering politics, he married a Yunnan woman, and then chose to stay in the remote Leibo County of Daliangshan, Sichuan Province, where he took care of the situation and served as a humble grain bureau cadre. He sealed his past and became the director of the grain station.
Xiao Wanshi rarely mentioned his past, and even his children only vaguely learned from his old comrades-in-arms that he had participated in battles and made meritorious deeds, but did not know that he had such a brilliant record.
However, due to some special reasons, Xiao Wanshi was also affected, his treatment continued to decline, and finally he could not even keep his medal, but he always maintained an optimistic attitude and was extremely enthusiastic about party building.
It was not until 1988, after being admitted to the hospital due to illness, that Xiao Wanshi stopped working. Maybe he had seen too many life and death parts on the battlefield and sharpened his mind. Therefore, when facing the unsatisfactory life, he can always smile, after all, compared with the matter of life and death, fame and fortune are nothing.
Xiao Wanshi is simple, never considers personal gains and losses, and always takes the initiative to help the neighbors. His style is simple, he eats and wears well, is content and happy, and never takes the initiative to make requests and engage in specialization. Perhaps it is precisely because he has no desires and no desires, and his peace of mind that he can live a long life.
In 2009, the 104-year-old Xiao Lao passed away peacefully. Before he died, his only request was for his children and grandchildren not to hold memorial services, not to inform his comrades-in-arms, and not to cause trouble for the country.
The world is in turmoil, and the world is hidden
Although Xiao Wanshi did not know a few big characters, he knew the truth of the country and the world better than many educated people. In that era, many elites, such as Wang Jingwei and the like, although they were full of poetry and books, they forgot the teachings of the rise and fall of the country and became traitorous lackeys. On the contrary, many people like Xiao Wanshi, who came from a humble background, have a greater sense of home and country, stepped forward at a critical moment to save the Chinese nation in distress, and practiced with actions that "those who offend our Chinese will be punished from afar."
From a certain point of view, Xiao Wanshi is like a superhero in a blockbuster, usually hidden in the city, living an ordinary and simple life, when the people need him, he goes to the front line to fight against the invaders; when the sea is clear and the river is calm, he returns to his own side of the world, indifferent to fame and fortune, and lives his own small life with peace of mind.
Such a realm is much higher than many people. But the difference is that the superheroes have strong armor and various special functions, which are stronger than the average person, while Xiao Wanshi is an ordinary person like us, no steel bones, and there is not enough material support, but he still goes forward, using his flesh and blood to meet the enemy's artillery fire.
Of course, he was not fighting alone, and beside him, there were countless hot-blooded sons fighting side by side. Just like Li Yunlong, the protagonist of "Bright Sword", this image integrates the deeds of many soldiers, which is awe-inspiring. It is precisely because there are many great warriors like him who have come forward and fought for the common ideals and beliefs that the final victory has come.
Don't forget the past, the teacher of the future. In today's view, those difficult years have become a distant past, and those soldiers who fought on the battlefield have gradually aged and passed away one after another. The new era has given us a new mission, and as future generations, we should always remember this arduous history of struggle, think of danger in times of peace, and undertake our own heavy responsibilities.