The 86-year-old elderly man mentioned above was a Kuomintang anti-Japanese war veteran named Xie Chunsheng, who was a member of the "Seventh Steel Army" of the First Army of the World during the Northern Expedition and the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Born into a peasant family, Xie Chunsheng grew up with his parents to sell clay pots to make ends meet, pulling a small flat car through the north and south before it was a common thing.
Such a dull day lasted until one day in 1937, Xie Chunsheng and his parents pulled a car to Nanjing to sell pots, although the business was not good, but also had to return home, when he went to Shanghai, Xie Chunsheng saw the Japanese for the first time, it was unfortunate, his father clashed with the Japanese soldiers, and finally Xie Chunsheng watched his father die under the Japanese bayonet.
The first time I went to such a prosperous metropolis, I lost my father forever, and those who could not hide the anger at the Japanese in Xie Chunsheng's eyes, the wailing mother hugged Xie Chunsheng when she saw it, and the orphan and widowed mother was powerless under the bayonet and left with her father's body.
How can the revenge of killing the father not be repaid! In this way, Xie Chunsheng could not swallow this breath, vowed to put an end to this chaotic world, and finally ran away from home without his mother's knowledge, when he was 15 years old.
On the way to Shanghai, Xie Chunsheng met the elite troops who wanted to go into battle to kill the enemy, saying that they wanted to join the team, this was a unit that wanted to fight on the front line, and it was not collected, but in the face of Xie Chunsheng's entanglement, the platoon leader gave him food and military hats, and asked him to wait for the infantry behind.
After waiting for a day and a night, Xie Chunsheng finally waited for the infantry regiment of the Seventh Steel Army, and immediately became a correspondent, in the confrontation with the Japanese Kou, Xie Chunsheng forgot to die and did what he could, until later when the casualties were heavy and all the soldiers had to fight on the front line, Xie Chunsheng as a correspondent was no exception, as a reserve camp, Xie Chunsheng, who was on the battlefield for the first time to kill the enemy, did not shy away.
After a full day of fighting, only reinforcements arrived, rested for a night to continue fighting, but it was not long before they were beaten with heavy casualties, there was no way, the reserves were replaced, Xie Chunsheng was one of them.
However, it is conceivable that the combat effectiveness of a group of wounded and correspondents was obviously not as good as that of professionals, and the brigade commander felt that such a performance was ruining the reputation of the Seventh Steel Army, and immediately reorganized the team, and the youngest Xie Chunsheng followed the team and all participated in the battle.
In the early morning, the battle was until the morning, facing the situation that Shanghai was about to be lost, in the process of retreating, it was repeatedly attacked by the Japanese, the regimental commander was seriously wounded, Xie Chunsheng held his position, and the soldiers did not stop fighting, until the end of the War of Resistance, the Seventh Steel Army made great achievements.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Xie Chunsheng participated in the War of Liberation again, until after the defeat of the Kuomintang, Xie Chunsheng went to Taiwan, until the partisanship was diluted, xie Chunsheng, who had lived in Taiwan for decades, got the news of his mother and sister on the mainland, and returned to his hometown accompanied by his descendants.
After the mother saw Xie Chunsheng, she died that night, as if she lived to the age of 106 to wait for her son to return. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to complete, Xie Chunsheng's life has fought for the nation and the motherland, and his mother should be happy!
Hats off to the heroes!