There is no eternal comfortable life, but some people have been carrying the weight forward. This sentence applies, then and now. In the past, soldiers sacrificed their precious lives to protect our motherland from foreign enemies. I don't know how many people have been wounded for the motherland and sacrificed on the battlefield, these people deserve our respect!
In 1950, on the 250 heights of Chosin Lake in North Korea, we were very distressed. The enemy, armed with its own strong strength, carried out a frenzied attack on our soldiers at height 250. Several attacks by the enemy caused heavy casualties to the volunteer soldiers stationed at Hill 250, and in the end only one soldier stood on the battlefield.
He looked at the menacing enemy in front of him, at the comrades lying on the ground who did not know whether to live or die, at this time he did not flinch, he only wanted to continue fighting, he wanted to avenge his comrades. Wiping away the tears from his face and raising the machine gun in his hand, he ran toward the enemy and shouted, "Even if I die, I will pull you down together!" ”
Listening to the soldier's shouts so loud, the enemy was so frightened that they stopped their forward steps and instead threw grenades at the soldier's place. With a few loud noises, the warrior also lay on the battlefield. Fortunately, he survived, but he was better off alive than dead!
This warrior is Zhu Yanfu.
Poor at an early age, he struggled for the country when he grew up
Zhu Yanfu was born in 1933 in Zhangjiaquan Village, Xili Town, Yiyuan County. The parents have a total of 7 children, but there are only a few thin fields in the family, and Zhu Yanfu's parents can only ensure that their children will not starve to death, and nothing else can be guaranteed. But even if you only take care of the food of a few children, this is a very difficult task to complete.
Pictured| Rikou
In order to be able to support their children, parents go out every day before dawn and come back after dark. In the long run, the parents' bodies are in some pain. Even more unfortunately, the already poor life also met the evil Japanese. Rikou invaded the village where Zhu Yanfu's family was located, but fortunately, their parents hid them in time, and their seven brothers and sisters successfully evaded Rikou's search.
However, in the days that followed, Rikou often visited Zhangjiaquan Village, and the food in the village was robbed. One day in 1943, his father was beaten to death by the Japanese in order to protect his family's grain from being robbed. The life of Zhu Yanfu's family, which was robbed of food, became very difficult. In this year, the village encountered another famine, and Zhu Yanfu's 4 brothers and sisters all died of hunger or disease.
The elder of the family is also the mother, and in order to support the child, she can only take the child to the street to beg when she is not farming. When the villagers in the village saw Zhu Yanfu's mother, even if it was difficult for their own family, they would also share a little food, which made Zhu Yanfu's family very grateful.
Yiyuan County was liberated in 1944. After liberation, Zhu Yanfu's family was allocated land, and the grain they got from planting could be taken by themselves, so the life of Zhu Yanfu's family became much better. Looking at the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army walking around the streets, Zhu Yanfu had a thought in his mind, that is, to join the Eighth Route Army.
One day, Zhu Yanfu pulled a soldier of the Eighth Route Army on the street and said, "I also want to join the Eighth Route Army, can I?" When the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army saw that Zhu Yanfu was not very old, he said: "It can be, but it is very dangerous on the battlefield, and if you are not careful, you may not be able to do it, are you sure you want to join now?" Or wait until you're older to join. After saying that, the warrior touched Zhu Yanfu's head and left.
Figure | Eighth Route Army
Zhu Yanfu was very angry at the soldier's behavior of feeling that he was too young to let himself join the Eighth Route Army, and he thought: "Why can't I join, young age does not mean that he cannot go to the battlefield, he is prejudiced!" If there are so many casualties on the battlefield, they must be lying to me. One day after that, zhu Yanfu learned about the casualties of the soldiers on the battlefield, and his heart suddenly fell into confusion.
He thought, "What the Eighth Route Army said is true, and the battlefield is really dangerous, so do I still want to join?" Or stay at home with your mother? Later, the Eighth Route Army left, and the Kuomintang troops who were ambushing nearby came to the village and ransacked the grain and livestock in the village. Watching the poultry he had raised for a long time being taken away, and listening to everyone's crying, Zhu Yanfu clenched his fists.
In 1947, he finally made up his mind: he was going to join the army. Even if he would give his life, he would join the army, and he would let the villagers who had helped his family have a peaceful and stable living environment and live a good life. He first told his mother about it, and he said, "Mother, I want to join the People's Liberation Army and drive away all those bad people." ”
But the mother said, "Oh my brother, you have this idea, but your age is still too young." The people in the village who go to join the army are not young, and you may have to wait a few years to join the army. Zhu Yanfu retorted: "Mother, I am not young, I am already 14 years old." I wanted to join the army, and I wanted my mother and the people in the village to live a good life without having to worry about it every day. ”
Even if Zhu Yanfu retorted, his mother did not agree to his joining the army, and Zhu Yanfu was very upset about it, but he did not give up the idea of joining the army because of his mother's opposition. He thought that since his mother did not agree, he could sneak in on his own.
Pictured| People's Liberation Army
One night, Zhu Yanfu picked up the baggage he had prepared long ago, gently pushed open the door, and headed toward the garrison of a Platon troop. After arriving at the PLA garrison, he said to a PLA soldier: "Hello comrades, I want to join the PLA, I want the villagers and my family to live a peaceful life." When Zhu Yanfu said this, his eyes exuded a firmness that did not belong to his age, which made it impossible for the PLA soldier to say no.
Finally, he successfully joined the PLA troops. After briefly learning some cultural knowledge, he followed the troops to participate in the Battle of Menglianggu (gù). In this battle, Zhu Yanfu bravely went forward, did not flinch, and was praised by the soldiers of the troops, who all said: "You are a good little soldier, you must continue to work hard!" Listening to the praise of the warriors, Zhu Yanfu scratched his head in embarrassment.
Later, Zhu Yanfu fought with the troops many times, including the Battle of Huaihai and the Battle of Crossing the River, which added up to almost a hundred battles. His body was injured in many places, but he never wanted to back down. At this time, although Zhu Yanfu was not very old, he had already exercised his iron will to fight.
In 1949, Zhu Yanfu joined the Communist Party of China and became a true Communist Party member, when he was only 16 years old. Watching the enemy retreat, Zhu Yanfu thought to himself: "The enemy should be able to be repelled soon, and I can also go home." I don't know if my mother was angry with me, I didn't tell her at that time, I secretly ran out to join the army, and my mother wouldn't ignore me, right? ”
With the thought of his mother, Zhu Yanfu was even more desperate during the battle, and he wanted to go home to see his mother as soon as possible and say sorry to her mother. But he did not expect that after the Kuomintang was repulsed, the Korean War broke out again. In order to protect our territory, we sent a group of volunteers to the Korean battlefield.
At that time, Zhu Yanfu was a little undecided, but in the end he still felt that the national interest was above all else, so he resolutely followed the volunteer army to North Korea.
Figure | battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
In November 1950, Zhu Yanfu's 26th Army, after entering the Korean battlefield, was assigned the task of fighting for 250 highlands in the Chosin Lake area of Korea. However, after several battles, only Zhu Yanfu was left with zhu Yanfu as the only soldier of our army on the 250 heights, although Zhu Yanfu bravely advanced, but one person was always unable to withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of the US army, and he was quickly stunned by grenades.
In a trance, Zhu Yanfu seemed to hear someone calling him, which made him wake up a little, and before he could open his eyes, the little consciousness that had been summoned back dissipated again, and he fell directly into a deep sleep. When he woke up again, he found himself lying on a bed, his eyes were white, his whole body was in pain, and his throat was dry.
He realized that he was in the hospital and wanted to call the hospital staff, but he couldn't make a sound. Fortunately, the volunteer soldiers on the bed next to them found that Zhu Yanfu was awake and quickly called the medical staff. Later, after questioning, he learned that two volunteer soldiers had passed by on the battlefield, and they rescued themselves and took them to the rear hospital.
However, because his injuries were too serious, the rear hospital could not treat him. Therefore, the troops sent him back to the big hospital in the country. He was in a coma for 93 days, during which he underwent a total of 47 surgeries. Everyone thought he might not be able to save him, but his attending physician did not give up on him and kept treating him. It was because of this that he miraculously survived.
Pictured| last century hospital
But Zhu Yanfu, who survived, did not have the courage to continue to survive, and he felt that it was better to live than to die. It turned out that Zhu Yanfu's left eye was blown up by the enemy during the battle, and his limbs were also frozen in the snow for a long time, resulting in muscle necrosis, and the doctors had to amputate him. Looking at his mutilated body, he thought, "I'm not yet 18 years old, what should I do in the rest of my life?" Is it necessary to drag this broken body for the rest of your life? I can't go to war anymore, I might as well die!" ”
Zhu Yanfu was full of suicidal thoughts, at first it was a hunger strike, but when the medical staff found out about this incident, they kept advising Zhu Yanfu to eat, do not have bad thoughts, and the method of hunger strike can only be abandoned. Since then, Zhu Yanfu has also thought of many other suicide methods, such as jumping off a building, refusing treatment, etc., which have been discovered and stopped by medical staff in time.
The leader of the unit quickly learned of this, and he came to the hospital and said to Zhu Yanfu: "Zhu Yanfu, are you worthy of your brother who fought alongside you?" Worthy of the doctor who worked so hard to pull you back from the ghost gate? Worthy of your mother? I know you can't accept the status quo, but the road is all people coming out, how do you know that you won't have a big achievement in the future? ”
These words were thunderous, making Zhu Yanfu bow his head in shame, he thought of his comrades-in-arms, looked at the doctors and nurses around him, and remembered his mother at home, Zhu Yanfu finally dispelled the idea of suicide.
Battlefield wounds still glow
After appraisal, Zhu Yanfu's injuries were very serious, the only right eye vision also dropped to 0.3, plus his limbs were amputated, so he was rated as a special disabled patient, the state will give financial subsidies and life help, so that his future life will be guaranteed. But Zhu Yanfu felt that he could support himself without the help of others.
Pictured| a medical worker in the last century
After actively cooperating with the treatment of medical staff, Zhu Yanfu's physical condition quickly improved, and he was also transferred to a recuperation center for recuperation. During his days at the rest house, Zhu Yanfu was extremely well cared for, but this was not what he wanted, he wanted to dress himself, eat by himself, go to the toilet by himself, he did not want to be left to lie in bed and be taken care of.
In 1956, Zhu Yanfu left the recuperation center and returned to his hometown of Zhangjiaquan Village. From the time she received the news that Zhu Yanfu was coming back, her mother began to look forward to it, she had not seen a child for many years, and she thought to herself: "What has become of a child now?" Have you ever grown taller? The battlefield is so dangerous, I hope not to be hurt! In this way, the mother sat at the village gate every day and waited, and finally she waited for her son, but when she saw his appearance, she was directly frightened and fainted.
When she woke up, she saw her son sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at his mutilated limbs and eyes, she hugged Zhu Yanfu and cried. While crying, he said, "Oh my son, how did you end up like this?" Obviously, when I left, I was fine, how did I come back like this? I knew it would turn out like this, and my mother should have desperately blocked it from letting you go! ”
Zhu Yanfu said: "Mother, I don't regret it, if I don't go to the battlefield, I will regret it." Mother, don't be sad, I'm not completely handsless, you can still move, I can still walk. When I practice it again, I will make sure that it becomes the same as before, Mother, you have to believe me. With Zhu Yanfu's comfort, her mother's mood gradually stabilized, and she said with tears in her eyes: "Yanfu, my mother believes in you." ”
After that, Zhu Yanfu practiced eating with a spoon every day. Because there were no hands, Zhu Yanfu could only hold a spoon at his elbow, and the difficulty could be imagined. If you are not careful, the rice in the spoon will all be spilled, the bowl will fall off the table, after smashing hundreds of bowls and spilling the food hundreds of times, Zhu Yanfu finally mastered the trick of eating with a spoon with his elbow.
Pictured| Zhu Yanfu (first from left) eating
In addition, learning to install prosthetics and practicing walking is also a compulsory course for Zhu Yanfu every day, and it is easy to say that it is difficult to practice walking. Every time the wound on his leg healed, he would bleed from the prosthetic leg, and there would always be a cry of pain from his room, which worried the mother, but she still chose to believe her son. After 8 months, Zhu Yanfu was finally able to walk on the ground.
Since Zhu Yanfu was able to take care of himself, he noticed that his hometown had not changed, and one of the reasons why he joined the army was to make the lives of the villagers better. But now life is still very poor, and even many people can't open the pot in their homes. Zhu Yanfu is eager to help his hometown get rid of poverty, so what can he do?
Become Teacher Zhu in the village
Zhu Yanfu, who had received some culture in the army, felt that if he wanted to make the villagers rich, he must first improve the cultural level of the villagers. Thinking of this, Zhu Yanfu immediately consulted with his mother, vacated one of his houses as a library in the village, and he also used the subsidy issued to him by the state to buy 200 books for the villagers to read.
In fact, it is not that the villagers do not want to study, but they are too poor to pay for study. As soon as they heard that Zhu Yanfu had a library at home and could let them read it for free, everyone immediately ran to Zhu Yanfu's home. But after a while, the enthusiasm of the villagers faded, and the library in Zhu Yanfu's home was basically untouched, which made Zhu Yanfu a little confused.
The inquiry learned that the villagers had to go to the fields to work during the day and did not have time to read books, the key was that they could not read and could not read books. Zhu Yanfu began to run night schools again, and became a teacher himself. When the villagers heard that there were free books to read, they all signed up for this night school. Over time, most of the villagers knew some words, and the library gradually welcomed many people.
There is a very difficult place to run this night school, that is, to walk at night. Although Zhu Yanfu can already walk on the flat ground, but the night school is more than 2 miles away from Zhu Yanfu's home, there are many ravines along the way, if it is fine during the day, at night the black lights are blind, Zhu Yanfu often falls because of uneven road surfaces.
However, Zhu Yanfu has never given up, he feels that learning knowledge is a very important thing, and if he is tired of letting most people in the village take off the label of "illiteracy", he is also very happy!
Become the village secretary of the village
In 1957, Zhu Yanfu was elected secretary of the village party branch, leading Zhangjiaquan Village to change the backward status quo and develop the planting industry. But Zhu Yanfu did not understand the geography of the village and the soil environment, so he could only drag his prosthetic limbs up to the various hills of the village, observe the environment of the village, and formulate a suitable planting plan for the village.
Pictured| Zhu Yanfu
Zhu Yanfu's prosthetic limbs weigh 17 pounds, and he was extremely tired from walking for a long time, and the villagers advised Zhu Yanfu not to go out, if they wanted to know what to ask them, they went to help check. In order not to worry the villagers, Zhu Yanfu could only listen to everyone's persuasion. At that time, he did not stop investigating the terrain of the village, but only moved the time from day to night.
After the investigation was completed, Zhu Yanfu led the villagers to build terraces on the top of the mountain and reclaimed more than 200 acres of good land to plant. Not only that, in order to alleviate the phenomenon of water difficulties in the village, he also led the villagers to find suitable drilling locations on various hills. Mountain roads are difficult to walk, and there are often invisible ditches, causing Zhu Yanfu to fall down many times.
One day, Zhu Yanfu and the villagers separated from each other to find a drilling location on the mountain. But without paying attention, he fell directly into the ditch, his crutches and prosthetic limbs were broken, and he could only use his stumps to prop himself up and climb out of the ditch little by little. But he couldn't reach the edge of the ditch, and his body was also scratched with many wounds by the small stones in the ditch.
Fortunately, at this time, the villagers not far from Zhu Yanfu heard the movement and rushed over. Seeing this scene, the villagers instantly red-eyed, he quickly took Zhu Yanfu out of the ditch, seeing Zhu Yanfu's appearance, the villagers could not help but cry out, he said: "Old Zhu, why are you so bitter?" Is it worth it for us? Zhu Yanfu replied, "It's worth it!" ”
In the past few years, the village finally has 12 wells, and 20,000 mulberry trees, 100,000 peppercorns, and 40 acres of apple orchards have been planted. In 1978, Zhu Yanfu successfully connected the village to electricity through many visits, which made the originally poor small mountain village have a large income, and the village slowly improved under the efforts of Zhu Yanfu and the villagers.
Write a book for the sake of the instructor's last wishes
In 1982, due to the long-term overwork, Zhu Yanfu fell ill, and even stepped into the ghost gate with one foot, but fortunately saved him. This made Zhu Yanfu realize that he was old and could not continue to seek blessings for the villagers, and if he stayed in the position of party branch secretary, it was likely to cause trouble for the village, so he resigned from this post.
Pictured| Zhu Yanfu (second from right) and the villagers
At this time, everyone thought that Zhu Yanfu would enjoy his old age in peace. But everyone was wrong, Zhu Yanfu picked up a pen and began to write a book. Zhu Yanfu said: "I was once a soldier in the 26th Army, and the instructor once said that he wanted to write down the process of the 26th Army fighting with the enemy army, so that everyone would know the hardships of our battles with the enemy army, and the instructor did not want everyone to forget that period of history, but before he could write down those things, he died, so I wanted to write a book and complete the last wish of the instructor." ”
Because he did not have a pen in his hand, Zhu Yanfu could only hold the pen in his mouth to write, and he encountered many difficulties:
First, practice with the mouth to hold the pen, which is not easy to control the strength, if you are not careful, you will write the flower or even bite the pen, Zhu Yanfu does not know how long the practice has been practiced, how many pens have been bitten;
Second, Zhu Yanfu's cultural level is not high, whenever he encounters a word he does not know, he can only go to the dictionary, and during the writing of the book, he has turned over four dictionaries;
Third, Zhu Yanfu's health is not good, the only remaining right eye vision is only 0.3, coupled with many injuries on his body, often attacks, bringing him a lot of difficulties, the most difficult time, can only write a few hundred words a day.
For the sake of Zhu Yanfu's body, his wife hid both paper and pencil, not wanting him to continue writing. When Zhu Yanfu learned about it, he fell out of bed in a hurry. When the wife saw the situation, she could only cry and return the paper and pen to Zhu Yanfu, and her mouth kept chanting: "Why are you so bitter?" Why torture yourself like this! Zhu Yanfu only replied: "I want to fulfill the last wish of the instructor." ”
A 330,000-word book was written 7 years later in the pen of the old man without hands, and the name of the book was "Extreme Life". Zhu Yanfu wrote this book not for fame or profit, but only to fulfill the last wishes of the instructors, and only to comfort the comrades-in-arms who sacrificed themselves on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
In our opinion, Zhu Yanfu's life was tragic, but he did not think so. He said: "I am a veteran, although I lost my limbs and left eye on the battlefield, but I have been happy all my life. After all, I am still alive, I can still contribute to the motherland, I still have children, they have brought me a lot of joy, compared to the comrades who sacrificed on the battlefield, I think I am already very happy! ”