Wu Qingbo: I never thought I could come back

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"Comrade Qingbo, after the separation, I miss it very much, but for the needs of the work, I must be separated, and I wish you a safe journey to your post." "Dear brother, slaughter the enemy and await your greater news of victory!" "On the battlefield of blood and fire, the survivors are often left with the most shining memories, and the flashing memories are the textbooks of life." ...... These words came from a diary by Wu Qingbo, which not only copied letters from friends, but also recorded the extraordinary years of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

When I first met Wu Qingbo, the old man showed us this diary. He recalled that in the rain of bullets and bullets, he repeatedly rubbed shoulders with the god of death, but many comrades were not as lucky as he was, and they died on the battlefield at a young age.

Whenever he opened the diary, Wu Qingbo's memory was instantly pulled back to that era. In April 1949, at the age of 24, Wu Qingbo joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army and became a soldier in the 93rd Regiment of the 31st Division of the 11th Army. In March 1951, the unit's name was changed to "93rd Regiment of the 31st Division of the 12th Army of the Volunteer Army", and Wu Qingbo, together with his comrades-in-arms, crossed the Yalu River with his comrades-in-arms, and began his three-year battle to defend his family and defend the country in Korea. In the days of combat, Wu Qingbo and his comrades-in-arms had to endure severe tests such as enemy air raids and shortages of military materials every day, and even ate snow and drank urine when they ran out of grain. With a will of steel, in the bitter cold and artillery fire, the volunteers created miracles again and again.

More than 70 years later, the once young warrior has become a white-haired old man, but his spirit is not old. Today, Wu Qingbo lives with his two sons and enjoys his old age in peace. But whenever talking about that period of glory, the old man was always full of emotion: "I never thought I could come back." It wasn't just me, everyone felt like they couldn't come back. Very happy to be back. The comrades who sacrificed were real heroes, I was nothing, and I was luckier than I was. ”

(Southeast Network reporter Jiang Mingming Zhou Ruiqin text/photo)