introduction
"One inch of Dan's heart wants to repay the country, and two lines of clear tears are thought of relatives." Since ancient loyalty and filial piety are difficult to complete, how many tears do you know? History has remembered the huofu disease of the wolf, but who knows the more soldiers who are buried in the sand and unknown, and the pain that their parents, wives and children will endure? For example, Xie Chunsheng, a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War, left home at the age of 15 to join the army for 71 years and did not return home, and in his later years he returned to his hometown to look for relatives and found that his 106-year-old mother was still waiting for him.
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Xie Chun was born in a chaotic world, and there were four parents and sisters in the family, and the economic situation was very poor. In those days, the children of poor peasant families naturally could not afford to go to school, and the children of poor families had to take charge of the family early, so Xie Chunsheng had to help his parents work in the fields, do housework and take care of his sister from a very young age. However, that time is still worth remembering for Xie Chunsheng, because they can at least eat and the family will not face the threat of survival. But soon, Japan's invasion of China was in full swing, and neither side of the fight stopped, and the result was that the situation became more and more intense, more and more of the country was covered by war, and the people were displaced, including Xie Chunsheng's family.
▲Stills of the Japanese army invading China
The days in the refugees were very difficult, Xie Chunsheng's family of four often could not eat, hungry into the skin and bones also had to hurry, at that time young, ignorant Xie Chunsheng had a strong dislike of the war, hoping that the war would end quickly. Sometimes the family is so hungry that they have to dig up the bark of trees to fill their stomachs, and what they see and hear along the way is that "white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no chicken chirping for thousands of miles". Something even more unfortunate happened, the war spread to the family, when the father was unfortunately killed to protect the family, and the strong mother gritted her teeth for the sake of her children, vowing to raise her children for her deceased husband.
▲Old photos of people who fled during the War of Resistance Against Japan
The mother and son supported each other like this, and they came to a small mountain village with their tenacious will and settled here. It's a remote location and a great place to escape the chaos of war. However, xie Chunsheng after settling down was not happy, and he often dreamed of his father's death, which made him wake up in nightmares every time. Xie Chunsheng was 15 years old that year, and he had no way to save his father's life, but he was secretly determined to do something for the war. Therefore, when the news of the conscription reached his ears, he finally made clear his goal, he could no longer shrink in the small mountain village, he had to carry a knife and gun to join the defense of the motherland, and he would not hesitate to throw his head and shed his blood for this.
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Xie Chunsheng told his mother and sister about his decision, but they were unanimously opposed. Xie Chunsheng understood that his mother and sister could not watch another relative leave, but he also had his own responsibilities, so on a dark and windy night in a month, he chose not to say goodbye. In fact, Xie Chunsheng's actions did not hide from her mother, she knew what kind of temper her son had, so she could only pretend not to know, and a person secretly shed tears. Xie Chunsheng left neither a letter nor a promise, because he had no intention of returning alive.
▲ Stills of the generals of the National Army
After entering the nationalist troops, Xie Chunsheng followed the troops to the north and south, participating in hundreds of battles, but miraculously survived one crisis after another. In fact, every time before going to the battlefield, Xie Chunsheng regarded it as his last battle, and he survived with the determination to die. Xie Chunsheng left a lot of scars in the battle, but every time he gritted his teeth and endured the pain, he would think of his father who had died, his mother and sister who were still hiding in the mountain village, and he wanted to protect them, and he had to guard more families to avoid repeating his father's tragedy.
▲ Old photos of nationalist soldiers
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After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Xie Chunsheng also became a hero of the War of Resistance. At this moment, he didn't want any honor, he just wanted to go back to the small mountain village immediately to meet his mother and sister. However, the Nationalist government brazenly launched a civil war at this time, and what Xie Chunsheng and many people did not understand was that the Japanese had fought back, so why did their own people still fight? Unlike the People's Liberation Army on the other side, the soldiers of the Nationalist Army were full of confusion after losing the belief brought about by the goal of defending their families and defending the country, and they did not know who they were fighting for and what they were fighting for. Such an army, even with the most sophisticated equipment, could not be an opponent of the Plaster, and would soon be completely defeated.
▲Anti-Japanese War veterans return home for old photos
After the war, Xie Chunsheng was born in the Nationalist army, and he could only be wrapped up in it, and finally moved to Taiwan with the Nationalist government, the road was too far away to go home, and he could only accept the arrangement of his superiors to stay in Taiwan. After that, Xie Chunsheng had a stable job, a wife in love and a pair of children, but he always had his heart set on his mother who was far away on the mainland, and he wanted to send money to his mother and sister but did not know where to send it. Finally, in 2008, Xie Chunsheng was lucky enough to contact his sister, which made him embark on the journey home, and he was happy like a child, constantly telling the past to the staff who accompanied him.
▲ Photo of an old mother crying bitterly
In front of the village entrance, there was an old lady who was looking forward to it, and Xie Chunsheng immediately recognized that this was his own sister, so the two embraced each other and cried. What surprised him even more was that he actually saw his 106-year-old mother later, and tears welled up, and Xie Chunsheng took his mother's hand and said over and over again: "Mother, the son is back!" At this time, the 100-year-old mother could not hear the voice, but she immediately knew that her son had returned, and the family of three was finally reunited after 71 years of separation.
epilogue
Xie Chunsheng was lucky, because he did not let his mother die with regrets, and finally completed his filial piety in his mother's last time. And more fighters like Xie Chunsheng, who turned their backs on their hometown during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and went to the battlefield away from their relatives, were finally unable to return to their hometowns to reunite with their relatives and do filial piety for their parents, so we who were born in the era of peace should be more filial to our parents and cherish this hard-won peace.
Resources:
《Risshun Sun Sensushi》