One day in the early winter of 1949, a mighty PLA soldier dressed in military uniform was ordered by his superiors to come to Xujia Village in Huang'an County, Hubei Province, to find someone. At this time, the agricultural work has ended, and many villagers are basking in the sun at the mouth of the village.
However, the arrival of this young man dressed as a soldier attracted the attention of the villagers, only to see the PLA soldiers giving a solemn and solemn military salute to the people around them, and asking the nagging people around them: Hello, I came to find the old man Shi Shunxiang, and her son sent me to pick her up to Beijing. Who among you know where she lives?
Many villagers were a little surprised to hear this, and said bluntly: Plaster soldiers, you are not looking in the wrong place, Shi Sister-in-law's son has been sacrificed on the battlefield as early as 17 years ago, and even the people in the army have personally come to send news.
Platon soldiers and civilians
The PLA soldier smiled and said, "Uncle, can you take me to see Lady Shi Shunxiang first?"
In the face of the request of the PLA soldiers, the villagers all got up and led him to Shi Sister-in-law's house. You will be greeted by an old house that has fallen into disrepair, and then a big lady with vicissitudes will emerge.
The PLA soldier immediately stepped forward, and while speaking, he took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to the eldest bride: Are you Shi Shunxiang? I was sent by your son to pick you up in Beijing, and this is a handwritten letter written to you by our commander.
I cried when I saw the letter
Shi Shunxiang half-believed and read the letter, but before he finished reading it, Shi Shunxiang could no longer suppress his emotions and cry, because this letter was written by her son, who had sacrificed seventeen years, and she would not admit it in handwriting.
What's going on? Who is this commander? Why do people, even their mothers, think he has died?
The commander of the People's Liberation Army soldiers, Xu Shenji, was born in early 1910, and although his family had been farming for generations, he was relatively wealthy compared to other farmers. Therefore, Xu Shenji also got the opportunity to contact education, and began to enroll in private schools at the age of six. This reading has been more than ten years.
Xu Shenji
During this period, the tide of the Great Revolution caused a huge storm in the country, and Xu Shenji was also exposed to many advanced revolutionary ideas, for which he also joined the local peasant night school, and participated in the local peasant armed organizations, following the Communist Party to participate in the jute uprising.
Since then, Xu Shenji has begun his revolutionary career. He knew very well that the road of revolution was full of dangers and thorns, but after he saw the lives of the people in hot waters, he was not afraid at all, and he wanted to seek happiness for the people of the world.
Therefore, in 1930, Xu Shenji, with the consent and support of his family, went to the Eyu-Anhui Border Region to join the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.
Red Army soldiers
Xu Shenji, who had just entered the army, was assigned to the traffic team of the guard battalion as a soldier, and every battle was very active in charging at the forefront and making many achievements. He also successfully transformed from a recruit egg into a qualified Red Army soldier.
Xu Shenji's abilities were appreciated by his superiors, he was sent to a cadre school for training, and he also honorably joined the Chinese Communist Party. Later, Xu Shenji met Xu Xiangqian by chance.
The two also established a deep revolutionary friendship, and Xu Xiangqian saw that Xu Shenji's military ability was extremely strong, and he intended to cultivate him by his side. Therefore, under the guidance of Xu Xiangqian, Xu Shenji has continuously improved in all aspects.
He also lived up to Xu Xiangqian's cultivation, and his progress was extremely rapid, and he also read and applied all the relevant books on military theory. Of course, Xu Shenji applied these theories to the battlefield, and his performance was even more rapid. So that he was promoted all the way, promoted to regimental commander, fought countless battles, and was seriously injured many times.
Xu Xiangqian
In 1932, Chiang Kai-shek launched a large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Red Army, Xu Shenji followed the large troops to move, just happened to pass through his hometown, he applied for the organization to go home to see his mother. The organization learned of the situation and immediately granted Xu Shenji's family leave.
In such a tense situation, this opportunity is not easy to come by. When Shi Shunxiang saw his son, he was very excited and tearful: My son, you have returned safely, is it very hard to fight?
Sit down, and your mother will make you something to eat. However, Xu Shenji pulled his mother and said: Mother, I will come to see you, and I will have to leave immediately.
As soon as Shi Shunxiang heard the thousand words he wanted to say, he pressed it all in his heart, and he could only tell him to pay more attention to safety. However, Shi Shunxiang also received the news of his son's sacrifice shortly after. Since then, she has been living in the grief of losing her beloved son.
Mother
As Xu Shenji's combat experience became more and more experienced, it became more and more difficult for the enemy to take Xu Shenji's life, but he almost fell under the hands of his own people
At that time, the Red Army was internally reorganized and suppressed, and Xu Shenji was directly imprisoned for two days and two nights because of the suspicion of restructuring faction because of his words. Xu Xiangqian knew that he would later rush to break the siege, and also left Xu Shenji in the Red Fourth Army Division headquarters as a staff officer.
He even had Xu Shenji's personality, but he did not have any heart and eyes, and he was still a rare talent. Simply put Xu Shenji by his side to continue cultivating.
For Xu Shenji, when the staff officer was still almost on fire, Xu Xiangqian also understood this reason, so he called Xu Shenji to his side to talk and told him: The work task here is big and the responsibility is heavy, you can't just carry out the order, but also the twists and turns in it, and try to find the problem. This position is not easy to do, you have to use dim sum!
Revolutionary camaraderie
Xu Shenji also took these words to heart. Soon after, Xu Xiangqian gave Xu Shenji a task, asking him to summarize the maps of all the areas, and he was in the general staff headquarters to study the route and main points of the marching battle of the troops, so a detailed map was very necessary.
Xu Shenji "snapped" his legs together and replied loudly: "Yes, commander-in-chief, resolutely complete the task!" After receiving the task, Xu Shenji could not sleep at night. He understood Xu Xiangqian's trust in him and could not back down to find a way to solve it.
So Xu Shenji took great pains to get a miniature map from the hands of nearby villagers, but some of the townships and villages on the map were not marked at all. This made Xu Shenji difficult.
Just when he was scratching his head, Xu Xiangqian told him that he could go to the county chronicle to look for it. With his guidance, Xu Shenji immediately searched for schools or libraries and other places, even in the homes of local tycoons and inferior gentry.
Living up to expectations, Xu Shenji successfully summarized the map. Not only that, in order to ensure the accuracy of the map, Xu Shenji personally went to the township to investigate, check the geographical location, and actually calculate the distance, which directly drew a map covering the eight counties in northern Sichuan.
When this map was presented in front of Xu Xiangqian's eyes, he praised Xu Shenji and immediately sent this high-precision map to the various troops printed and distributed. Because of his map, it has played a great role in the deployment of troops and command battles in our army.
map
Later, in the face of the invasion of foreign enemies, the Kuomintang and the Communists cooperated in resisting japan, and many troops were reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, and Xu Shenji was also appointed as the commander of the 771st Regiment. Joined the all-out anti-Japanese battle. What made Xu Shenji famous in the first battle was the Xiangtangpu ambush battle.
According to our military intelligence, the Japanese army transported supplies in the Xiangtangpu area and let the 129th Division take it down, while Xu Shenji led the 771st Regiment to ambush on the north side of the road. Xiangtangpu is a village, but the terrain is peculiar, there is a canyon among the two mountains, and the Japanese army built a road to facilitate transportation.
Our army is ambushed in this vicinity. In order to safely deliver this batch of materials to the front line, the Japanese army added many guards and reinforcements along the way, and blocked the entire road with strict security.
The Japanese blocked the road
Soon after, more than a hundred Japanese materiel trucks and infantry troops passed by the Xiangtangpu area, and they did not seem to realize the danger coming, and saw the enemy enter the ambush circle of our army.
Xu fired the first shot forward, followed by Xu Shenji charging onto the highway to engage the enemy, and in the face of the sudden ambush of our army, the Japanese army fled in a hurry and retreated without taking care of the supplies. These dealt a severe blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army and captured countless weapons and equipment.
In 1943, in order to win the War of Resistance Against Japan, in order to cultivate more outstanding military talents. Hebei established the sixth branch of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, and Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the political commissar of the 129th century at the time, personally named Xu Shenji as the president of the sixth branch.
Served as Principal
Xu Shenji also lived up to the expectations of the organization and trained a large number of outstanding military and political talents for our army. Finally, in 1945, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was victorious, ushering in not peace but a full-scale civil war, at which time Xu Shenji was appointed commander of the Ji'nan Military Region with many years of southern conquest and northern warfare, and continued to contribute to the cause of liberating China.
In 1949, new China was founded, and all parts of the country were liberated. Xu Shenji also remembered his mother. I miss not seeing each other in 17 years.
But he was too busy to find time to go home to visit his relatives, so he asked his guards to bring a letter and ask him to bring back his old mother. So there was the opening scene.
Old mother
Soon after, the guards found the old man Shi Shunxiang and took the train into Beijing the next day, and Xu Shenji also waited for his mother at the station early. After 17 years of separation, mother and son finally met again, and they had endless homely words. Xu Shenji also told his mother about his 17 years of experience. This revealed the reason for his 17 years of sacrifice.
It turned out that after leaving home in 1932, he immediately threw himself into the battle of Gufengling, which was extremely tragic, and Xu Shenji also charged forward to attack the enemy, but in the face of the enemy's sophisticated weapons preparation, he was still seriously wounded. It was not until the main forces came to support that the battle was over.
The warriors looked at Xu Shenji, who was covered in blood, and thought he was killed, so they asked people to go to Xu's house to convey the news. Only then did Shi Shunxiang learn of his son's death. However, after hospital treatment, Xu Shenji slowly recovered his body. Continue to fight for the revolutionary cause of the country.
In 1955, the People's Liberation Army awarded the title for the first time, and the People's Liberation Army awarded the title of the People's Liberation Army that made immortal contributions to the founding of New China. Xu Shenji was also awarded the rank of founding lieutenant general.
He continued to work diligently for the cause of china's air force and the modernization of national defense. In the millennium, Xu Shenji died of illness at the age of 91.
Throughout his life, Xu Shenji has been contributing to the liberation of the people and the party for the establishment of a new China, and in the long history of the century-old party history, there are countless heroes like Xu Shenji who have made selfless dedication. It is precisely because of their blood and tears that they have the prosperity they have today.
Hats off to the heroes!