An old man surnamed Song lay on a rattan chair under the eaves of the courtyard and went west peacefully.
In fact, in the past few years, he has already regarded this rattan chair as the ferry of his life. On the land of Gaocun Township in Xingyang City, Henan Province, the old streets, old houses, and fields are still the same as before, but there is one less old man growing up here.
When he walked away, it was as if the sufferings and grievances in his life had suddenly disappeared with a wisp of soul, leaving only a body that still collected merit and glory.
Not long ago, the visit of several reporters from the Grand River Newspaper broke the old man's waveless old age.
The reporter brought him a new message released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs:
As a former Kuomintang anti-war veteran, he obtained social security qualifications
。
At this time, although he was already dying curled up on the bed, after hearing the words spoken by the reporter, he suddenly straightened his waist and burst into tears. For this news, the old man had been looking forward to it for sixty-three years. He called the reporters saviors because"
When you come, you can prove me as a person."
First, look for Kuomintang anti-Japanese veterans
This old man's name was Song Lao Ram, and he used to be
A special soldier of a Kuomintang unit
In 2013, with the national people's congress's proposal on preferential care for anti-Japanese veterans, various localities launched activities to find anti-Japanese veterans. In the large-scale "Care for Anti-Japanese War Veterans" campaign launched by the Shenzhen Longyue Charity Foundation, after a week of continuous news publications, Dahe News found more than 300 Henan veterans. Old Man Song is one of them.
For Song Laomao's surprise reaction, it is easy to understand. As a Kuomintang veteran who did not follow the troops to Taiwan, he has been forgotten for many years.
Not just Song Lao Ram,
There are also many Kuomintang anti-war veterans of his time, who have been treated unfairly for a long time.
Wang Guangya, whose ancestral home was Changsha, had single-handedly captured the enemy bunker at the Battle of Kunlun Pass;
Chen Shilin, a former commander of the Chongqing garrison of the Kuomintang, lived for thirty years next to a public toilet in Kunming;
……
They were all former Kuomintang veterans rooted in the mainland, who had sacrificed their lives to throw their heads and spill their blood on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War, fighting to defend their homeland and resist Japanese aggression.
However, for sixty-eight years after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, they did not dare to mention their identity as a veteran of the Kuomintang, because this identity became their "stain" and even caused trouble to their families.
According to the Regulations on Preferential Pensions for Military Personnel, which was implemented in 2004, former Kuomintang anti-Japanese war veterans living on the mainland are not among the scope of preferential care. It is under such a rule,
The life of the Song family is difficult. Not only did Song Lao Ram suffer discrimination from his fellow villagers, but even his children had problems attending school and joining the army.
It was not until June 4, 2013, that the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued an official document identifying the identity of the Kuomintang anti-war veterans. The Ministry of Civil Affairs stipulates that former Kuomintang anti-war veterans who meet the conditions are included in the scope of social security like the masses in social difficulties, and there are preferential treatment for applying for admission to homes and welfare homes for the elderly; it also requires party committees and governments in various localities to give condolences to the former Kuomintang anti-war veterans on major holidays.
With the efforts of the civil foundation, a veteran of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression returned to the public's vision, and their stories returned to the sun and were re-told. In the interview, the past life of the old man Song Lao Ram was also slowly revealed.
Second, on the way to study, he joined the army
Formation of the Chinese Air Force in the "August 14 Air Battle"
Since 1931, after the successive "9.18" incidents and the "1.28" incident, the Nationalist Government finally began to strengthen the construction of the Air Force.
The Zhoushan Islands are the easternmost part of Zhejiang, and it is only about 700 kilometers away from Japan. Zhejiang is located in the southeast coastal zone of China, as well as the connection between the main canal of the Yangtze River and the seawater, and the middle line of the Chinese coastline, which is very advantageous in military geography.
The Nationalist government planned to take advantage of Zhejiang's natural military geographical location to develop it into a major military aviation center in China.
Before the July 7 Incident, Zhejiang had been a training base for aviation talents and a gathering place for military aviation of the Nationalist Government for many years; by the time of the outbreak of air combat in the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zhejiang played an important role in air combat confrontation; in the middle and late period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, China and the Allies took the initiative to attack and the important battlefield of expeditionary air raids on Japanese territory was also in Zhejiang.
On August 13, 1937, the Battle of Songhu broke out. Three months later, Shanghai fell and Hangzhou was in danger.
then
Song Laomao, a native of Henan, is in Zhejiang and is studying at Zhejiang University
Once, he lost money at the Hangzhou Railway Station and circled around the railway station. Suddenly, four or five soldiers said they would conduct a routine inspection and identified him as a spy. After ten days of imprisonment, Song was sent to the Hangzhou municipal government.
One of the interrogators was a student of Whampoa I, then chief of staff of the Tenth Army. After the chief of staff learned about The situation of Song Laomao, he solemnly persuaded him that it is useless to study in these years, and your brain is so clever, it is better to go to a military academy, become an officer after you come out, and fight the Japanese.
Although Song Laomao was studying in the study hall, he had long been full of yearning for the activities of saving the country and survival on the front line, and he wanted to join the army and serve the motherland. The words of the chief of staff lingered in his mind for a long time, and a voice called out to him: It was time to act.
In 1938, Song Joined the Kuomintang. He resolutely chose to abandon his pen and follow the rong, for nothing else, only hoping that he would be able to repay the motherland with full enthusiasm and share the responsibility of the puppeteer.
Because of his high cultural attainments and his own intelligence, after joining the army, he was soon transferred to the special agent company of the 30th Division of the Nationalist Army and became a special soldier.
Song Lao Ram is a person with a true temperament,
It can also be seen from one thing after he joined the army.
On this day, in the county seat of Hangzhou, Song Lao ram, who had just joined the army, was ordered to do reconnaissance work in the Japanese military camp.
As she moved near the ranch, the girl's cries for help were heard in her ears. He pulled open the corner of the straw and saw two Japanese soldiers swooping down on a little girl who looked thirteen or fourteen years old.
Song Lao Ram was instantly furious and indignant, how could this be endured? He pulled out the pistol tied around his waist, aimed at the two men's heads and quickly fired two shots, and the two fell down in response. With this attack, Song Lao Ram exposed himself.
Although he successfully escaped from the enemy camp with his excellent soldier physique, the task of reconnaissance was in vain. At this time, as a recruit, his discipline was obviously lacking. However, as a soldier, his bloodiness deserves to be praised.
3. The Defense of Changsha
On the eve of the First Battle of Changsha, Chinese cavalry troops braved the rain to rush to the front
With the deepening of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese devils were pressing forward step by step, and the flames were arrogant. After entering the phase of war stalemate, Song Laomao's secret service company was sent by the Kuomintang government to the Battle of Changsha.
As soon as the defense of Changsha was mentioned, the old man came to the spirit and spoke more.
This battle was much larger than the scale of the previous experience, and Song Lao Ram felt that he was more fierce and less auspicious, and took a leave of absence to go home. But this is not cowardice. In fact, he faced the next battle with the feeling that he might die, and returned home to see his family "for the last time" in advance.
Song was born into a wealthy peasant family. In the war-torn era, this small village in Henan has not yet been affected, and there are not many problems in life.
When the parents saw That Song Lao Ram returned home, they were so excited that they could not control themselves. As soon as he heard that he was about to leave home again and go to a more severe war situation, his parents urged him to stay, and his wife, who had been married for less than a year, also cried and asked him about his next return date.
In the face of the warmth and sweetness of the family, Song Lao rammed his heart was extremely struggling and entangled, but finally chose to return to the army.
Between the small family and everyone, Song Lao Ram chose the latter.
In his view, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the puppeteer.
As a member of the Chinese soldiers, you should have a strong sense of honor at home and country. The Chinese army should spare no effort to attack the Japanese devils, and it should go all out to attack the Japanese devils, let the Wokou disappear from Chinese soil, and drive them back to their own small islands.
What is the sense of honor of home country? What is the Sense of Mission of the Special Forces? You can't just covet your own pleasures, curling up in a small village that is temporarily safe means that the world is too peaceful, and as a young person, you must devote yourself to this battle to encircle your homeland...
When he said this, Old Ram Song was already in tears.
During the First Battle of Changsha, Chinese troops were stationed on the walls of Tianxin Pavilion
That night, Song Lao rammed off to return to the army and embarked on a journey to Changsha with his comrades-in-arms. In this campaign, the Chinese troops forced the Japanese army back to its original strategic state with armed forces for the first time, and they were about to witness the victory of the battle honor.
After the outbreak of World War II in Europe, the Battle of Changsha was the first large-scale military organization operation of the Japanese army against the frontal battlefield of the Kuomintang.
In order to induce the Nationalist government to surrender and strike at it militarily, the Japanese army gathered 100,000 soldiers from Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan provinces to form an encirclement from the north, south, and north to approach Changsha.
Chen Cheng, commander of the Ninth Theater, advocated continuing to adopt the previous strategy: taking northern Changsha as the focus of strategic defense and adopting the operational principles of "retreating to decisive battles" and "striving for the outer wing" to gradually confront each other.
That is to say, after the loss of the main force of the Japanese army in the frontal battlefield, it was divided into two branches, east and west, and when the Japanese army continued to attack southward, the two armies and the army of Changsha joined forces to attack the enemy from the rear. In the whole strategy, the range of troop movement should not be excessive, and it is necessary to make a quick decision.
Xue Yue, commander of the Ninth Theater of Operations
Because Chen Cheng concurrently served as the director of the Political Department of the Central Military Commission, he could not open his body. Xue Yue temporarily assumed the post of commander of the Ninth Theater of Operations, and he also supported this opinion.
The nationalist army in the entire Battle of Changsha mobilized more than 30 divisions and three advancing columns, with a total of more than 240,000 people participating. In September 1939, the night before the first battle of the Battle of Changsha began, Song Lao rammer and his comrades were writing in the trenches. What are they writing? Write a suicide note in the dim kerosene light! The Chinese troops have shown the courage to meet tomorrow's war.
In the area guarded by The company where Song Lao Rammed was located, our army built many pillboxes and trenches, which was very difficult for the Japanese army to attack. The Japanese thought of a way to break the net of fish deaths, invented suicide planes and human bombs, that is, sent out death squads! The hill was blown up by the Japanese bombs, completely out of its original form, and the potholed land was scorched earth.
The soldiers of the Chinese army did not flinch, but still bravely marched forward. A series of machine guns were set up and fired at the Japanese devils. When the bullets ran out, they rushed out of the trenches to confront the enemy head-on with blades.
The war lasted for three years, and Song Lao rammed continued to fight
Once, at Wangchengpo, their special agent company was tasked with defending the headquarters across the Xiang River safely. During the mission, enemy planes suddenly struck. The rifles in the hands of the Chinese soldiers strafed at the Japanese fighters, and the rate of hits can be imagined, most of which are useless, all by luck.
On the other side, Japanese warplanes were circling unscrupulously, and the houses of ordinary people in Changsha were also destroyed, and the tiles were torn apart. Many of his comrades fell in a pool of blood, and Song Lao rammed forward in dodging shells. According to his recollection, the road was full of blood, and he advanced all the way to the Laodao River before encountering the Japanese ground troops.
But the guns used by Japanese devils and Chinese soldiers are also very different.
The guns of the Japanese devils are extremely powerful. If you get shot, you will be crippled even if you don't die. And even if our Chinese guns hit the Japanese devils, they can rest for a few days and jump around alive again.
Elder Song Said, "Actually, japanese devils are also afraid of our Chinese army."
In the defense of Changsha, under the rapid and rapid attack of the Chinese troops, the Japanese devils were beaten and fled as soon as they entered. After that, the Japanese army relied on the Iron King VIII (that is, tanks), steadily advanced, bit by bit, to gain a foothold.
Finally, on January 15, 1941, with the end of the third battle of the Battle of Changsha, the two sides returned to the pre-war situation. Song Lao Ram became a survivor of the war.
In the interview, the old man told the reporter, "
My fate, God's."
On the battlefield, when Song Lao Ram was rescuing his comrades-in-arms, the Japanese machine guns strafed at him. In his opinion, it was God's blessing that he was not hit. At that time, there were dense gun holes on both sides of the placket, and if it was an inch or a millimeter, Song Lao Ram might have died.
The Chinese troops stationed in Changsha city of Tianxin launched a charge against the Japanese troops who had sneaked into the city
4. Incognito
On August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally. Unlike in the past, the unscrupulous Japanese army put down the guns in their hands and seemed to become docile sheep.
Song Lao ram stood in the National Army, witnessing this historical moment. China has won! We finally got rid of the arrogant Japanese devils! Peace is about to be restored to the homeland!
However, the situation that followed the country was not as Song Laomao expected.
On October 10, 1945, after forty-three days of peace talks in Chongqing, the Chinese Nationalists and communists finally reached the Double Tenth Agreement. At a time when the Chinese people thought they saw the dawn of national unity and peace, in June of the following year, Chiang Kai-shek's government completely tore up the Double Tenth Agreement, launched a civil war, and aimed the gun of the Chinese at the Chinese.
At this moment, Old Ramming Song was confused.
It is a matter of course to fight Japanese devils, but now it is necessary to fight Chinese... How can Chinese point a gun at Chinese! Such an outcome is unacceptable. What was he fighting bloodily, crawling out of the pile of the dead, and once again participating in the struggle? In order to restore peace and peace in the homeland. In the trials of life and death, luckily survived, or for what? It is not to fight with one's own countrymen.
Today, he is beginning to deeply doubt the decisions of the National Government.
thereupon
Song Lao Ram returned to his hometown on his own and went into seclusion
。 In Henan
Gaocun Township, Xingyang City, get married and have children, and live the life of ordinary people.
On October 1, 1949, the founding of New China was celebrated by the whole country. Although Song Lao Ram is happy for the rebirth of the country, his life is not good. In the 1950 town counter-movement, because he was once a special soldier of the Kuomintang, Song Lao rammed him as a reactionary. This hat was not good, he was sent to the farm to undergo reform, and the people in the village consciously drew a line with him, and even insulted The wife and children of Song Laomao.
Old Ram soong knew that he was not wrong, that it was Chiang Kai-shek who had launched the civil war, that it was Chiang Kai-shek's fault. But for a long time, he didn't say much, silently bearing the criticism of the villagers.
For the glorious experience of participating in the War of Resistance Against Japan, Song Lao rammed rarely mentioned it to his children, and he was reluctant to recall the past events.
Until 68 years into seclusion, in 2013
The state has promulgated a series of policies to care for veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The 95-year-old Song Lao rammer has been re-remembered by history as a veteran of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. When the elderly Song Lao Rammed learned the news that he was included in social security, he shed tears of excitement.
After the local civil affairs bureau chief learned of the identity of Song Lao rammed the anti-war veterans, he also personally came to visit to make up for the respect for the anti-war veterans to the greatest extent
。 Song Lao rammed to see the government's intentions, touched in his heart, and he replied forcefully to the secretary of the Civil Affairs Bureau with six words: "I will not blame you."
The "you" mentioned in Song Lao rammed's mouth refers not only to past policies, but also to the people living together around them. He didn't blame anyone, he didn't blame the country, he didn't blame the people who pointed fingers at him. Under the new national policy, he only left gratitude in his heart.
In fact, the subsidies brought by social security are very small, and they cannot greatly improve the economic life of Song Laomao.
The real meaning of Social Security is that he has been recognized by the state
It is like a medal that proves that he sacrificed his life to save the country in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
From looking at the Kuomintang veterans with colored glasses to taking the initiative to accept them and subsidize their lives, this not only affects the hundreds of thousands of anti-Japanese veterans who fought in blood on the anti-Japanese battlefield, but also reflects the ideological progress of the Chinese people.
People put aside prejudices and misunderstandings and more objectively accept these hot-blooded men of the past as anti-Japanese heroes. This national sentiment is noble and deep, and it transcends nations, parties, and classes. And our acceptance of this emotion is also an important stop on the road to the prosperity and strength of the Chinese nation.