There is such an old man in Liangshan, Sichuan, he lives a simple, obscure life, whenever the neighbors have difficulties, he will help, even if the body is seriously weak, suffering from a variety of diseases and hospitalized, still do not change his optimistic nature, what he does every day is to chat happily with patients, no one has found anything special about this old man with a broken candle.
In 2009, the old man died of illness, and while the family was dealing with the relics, they found a dilapidated box, opened it, and it contained a neat military uniform, in addition, there were fifty-six medals, and there were ten medals of first-class merit alone.
The family went to the relevant departments with a suspicious mood, and the government attached great importance to it, and after going to investigate, a legendary story belonging to the heroes of the War of Resistance was slowly revealed.
This old man with fifty-six medals, named Xiao Wanshi, had made ten first-class merits, twelve second-class merits, and what was even more admirable was that until his death, he did not disclose this news. What kind of story does Xiao Wanshi have in his body, and what kind of dedication does he have for the revolution?
Shaw's revolutionary line
In 1905, the iron hooves of imperialism had already set foot on China's territory, and the Qing government was forced to cede China's land and compensate a large amount of silver, and these compensation payments became a heavy burden on the back of the people.
Xiao Wanshi was born in this social environment, and the heavy taxes and oppression of the landlords made The Xiao Wanshi family breathless. However, Xiao Wanshi's brothers are very sensible, and they began to help their parents share the pressure at a young age, and Xiao Wanshi's brothers also honed their tenacity and not afraid of hardship in such a difficult environment.
As the Japanese army invaded Chinese territory, provoking a war of aggression. Xiao Wanshi's two older brothers could not bear the japanese invasion, nor did they want to see the villagers sneaking up under the gunfire of the Japanese, so they resolutely joined the local guerrillas and fought the devils under the leadership of the Communists.
Under the influence of his brother, Xiao Wanshi also became a member of the guerrilla group.
With the blessing of advanced weapons, Japan invaded all the way forward, and it was not long before Xiao Wanshi's hometown of Xingtai, Hebei, also fell into the hands of the Japanese Kou.
Xiao Wanshi followed the guerrillas to kill the enemy, and originally with his understanding of the local terrain and the soldiers' fearless battles, the Japanese had no way to deal with the guerrilla fighters, and everything was developing in a good direction.
But something unexpected happened, and a traitor threw himself into the Japanese camp, and he told the Japanese army most of the information he had about the guerrillas.
When the Japanese army learned that Xiao Wanshi's Xiyou Village was a place where guerrillas gathered, they took a large army into the village, burned and plundered in the village, and set fire to the village, and none of the villagers were spared, and Xiao Wanshi's parents and sister were also burned to death.
Xiao Wanshi and the guerrillas fought desperately with the Japanese army, but due to the large difference in numbers and the backwardness of the weapons, the guerrillas suffered a heavy blow and the entire army was scattered. Xiao Wanshi's eldest brother died heroically while fighting the Japanese army, and the second brother lost contact with Xiao Wanshi from then on, and his life and death are uncertain.
The people of a village were killed by the devils, and Xiao Wanshi was extremely angry, he wanted to avenge his family and give the villagers blood hatred!
The remaining guerrillas were all reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, and Xiao Wanshi, with the hope of his two brothers and the deep hatred of the whole village, once again embarked on the road of fighting the devils.
After joining the Eighth Route Army, Xiao Wanshi's understanding of the revolution also became more and more profound, and he realized that the anti-Japanese resistance was not only to avenge the hatred and revenge of his family and villagers, but also to defend the motherland and protect the home of every Chinese.
At that time, the conditions of the Eighth Route Army were very difficult, not every soldier was equipped with guns and ammunition, and the soldiers' first guns were almost always obtained by themselves.
The same was true when Xiao Wanshi joined the army, he only received a large knife. Xiao Wanshi hated that the distance of the big knife was not long enough to cut the enemy, so he personally made a spear himself, saying that the spear stabbed the enemy accurately.
Perhaps because his parents and relatives died at the hands of the Japanese army and there was no concern behind him, Xiao Wanshi was very brave on the battlefield and fierce in fighting.
No matter how many people on the other side will not back down, he is wounded every time the war ends.
Once, Xiao Wanshi was scouting out with several soldiers, and accidentally found a small detachment of japanese troops, took off his clothes and bathed in the river, and put his guns on the shore.
Xiao Wanshi immediately had a plan, he first took the soldiers, quietly killed the Japanese sentry, took away the Clothes and guns of the Japanese troops, and then rushed up with the people, using the guns he had just touched, shooting at the Japanese troops in the river.
The Japanese were mortally wounded and had no ability to fight back.
The Japanese army, who luckily dodged the bullet, desperately climbed to the shore, and Xiao Wanshi used the spear he made to stab the Japanese army to death.
This group of Japanese troops was quickly eliminated by Xiao Wanshi and others, who not only killed so many enemy troops, but also captured so many guns, ammunition and clothing, and Xiao Wanshi made his first contribution.
In the subsequent war, Xiao Wanshi's performance was also very heroic, so he soon became a squad leader, and more and more guns were captured, but Xiao Wanshi's favorite was the heavy machine gun, in his words, the heavy machine gun was fun.
Kill the enemy on the battlefield and make meritorious contributions many times
During one battle, the company clerk who was on the battlefield for the first time was responsible for strafing with heavy machine guns, and Xiao Wanshi was responsible for reloading heavy machine guns. The company clerks had no experience, and the heavy machine gun was too heavy, he just buried his head and shot, and a few shots hit the Japanese army, and the heavy machine gun could not play a role in his hands at all.
Xiao Wanshi looked anxious, and as soon as he grabbed the heavy machine gun, he shot at the swarming Japanese troops, and the enemy was overwhelmed by his bullets and did not dare to advance.
During a later attack on the Japanese turret, Xiao Wanshi observed near the turret for several days and determined the combat strategy.
Then he took only one soldier with him, sneaked into the enemy turret, and took advantage of the enemy's inattention to shoot inside.
Xiao Wanshi and the warrior had killed a total of nineteen ghosts. Not long after, the team decided on a plan to sneak up on the Japanese airfield and block the task of Japanese support.
Xiao Wanshi, with a squad of fighters, lurked in the Japanese airfield, took advantage of the night when the Japanese army was relaxed, silently sneaked into the airport, and quickly used fuel and bombs to blow up the seven or eight planes parked here by the devils.
After the mission was completed, Xiao Wanshi retreated with the warrior in his body.
This heroic achievement of theirs caused quite a stir in the troops, and everyone was impressed by Xiao Wanshi's deadly charge.
When Xiao Wanshi fought against the Japanese army, he not only relied on his indomitable courage, but also relied on his excellent command and combat ability.
When he launched an attack on the Japanese army, he would not charge directly, but first fully observe the environment and use the favorable terrain to inflict heavy damage on the enemy.
However, such a bold combat hero also had a very regrettable experience in war.
In the Xiangtangpu ambush in late March 1938, Xiao Wanshi was ordered to lead a team to raid the Japanese stronghold, they originally thought that there was only one Japanese army squad in the stronghold, but when they went in, they learned that there was a Japanese brigade stationed inside. Xiao Wanshi's team was outnumbered and disparate in strength, almost being suppressed by the Japanese army, but fortunately Xiao Wanshi studied the surrounding terrain before the assault.
They took advantage of the favorable environment near the Japanese stronghold to fight and retreat, and the squad finally rushed out, but the death of the team was so heavy that Xiao Wanshi was sad whenever he thought about it.
But in times of war, Xiao Wanshi could not be saddened.
On April 18 of the same year, the Japanese army determined the location of the Eighth Route Army's garrison, and soon began encirclement and suppression activities.
Xiao Wanshi led the team to block the enemy's attack, they were stationed in an ambush around Changle Village, but the enemy's firepower was too fierce, Xiao Wanshi's team was surrounded by the Japanese army, they desperately broke through, still could not break out of the Japanese encirclement.
During this period, the troops had no food, and the ammunition was almost exhausted, and Xiao Wanshi looked at the fallen comrades next to him, and his eyes were red. But he couldn't give up, he had to rush out of the siege with the rest of his brothers.
In order to replenish the shortage of ammunition, Xiao Wanshi braved the threat of bullets and bullets to search for ammunition on the battlefield and scavenged for something that could be used from the corpse, and his body was already covered with wounds.
In such a harsh environment, it was fiercely fought with the Japanese army for three days, until the support of the large troops arrived, and the small detachment successfully broke through.
However, there were only fifty or sixty people left in the original hundreds of people, and Xiao Wanshi was already unconscious, and the bullet on his left chest seriously threatened his life.
This situation must be immediately operated on, but the medical resources of the troops are scarce, not even anesthesia, and the doctor is worried that Xiao Wanshi will touch the wound because of the pain, so he tied up his two arms and directly began the operation.
The bullet passed through the sheepskin jacket and entered Xiao Wanshi's chest, and the villi also entered his wound, in order to clean the villi in the wound, the doctor used a thin metal wire, little by little, to pick out the villi that had penetrated into the chest cavity, and then bandaged the wound with a wooden strip.
Because two pieces of shrapnel reached the depths of the chest cavity, the medical technology at that time was not developed, and the two pieces of shrapnel were not taken out, and they accompanied Xiao Wanshi to the end.
Tell the old man to return to his hometown, and hide his merits and names
Because of His outstanding performance in battle, He was appointed platoon leader, but it was not long before he was punished and demoted. It turned out that Xiao Wanshi's team had received an order to escort the officers and prisoners, and some of the prisoners were very uncooperative during the transportation, and a soldier directly stabbed the disobedient prisoners.
Because they stabbed their captives without orders, after returning to the army, Shawwanshi was removed from his post.
Xiao Wanshi's heroic performance on the battlefield was obvious to everyone, and the leaders also valued him very much and hoped that he could make up for his achievements.
The brigade headquarters even called in person, hoping that Xiao Wanshi would make another contribution and make up for his previous mistakes.
Xiao Wanshi decided to take a risk, and he quickly made a plan to take his comrades into a Japanese stronghold late one night. With bayonets, they wiped out all the sleeping Japanese troops and captured more than a dozen guns.
Afterwards, Xiao Wanshi was promoted to squad leader, and he once again became a brave warrior on the battlefield who was brave and brave and did not fear death. After the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation broke out immediately after that, and Xiao Wanshi participated in many battles, each of which he charged with a mortal mood, and he poured sweat and blood for the victory of the War of Liberation.
In a war to liberate Xichang, Xiao Wanshi was unfortunately seriously injured, and he was rushed to the hospital for treatment, and by the time he was well, his unit had already rushed to the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
At that time, there were constant bandits in the southwest, Chairman Mao sent thirteen military units to the southwest to eliminate the bandits, and Xiao Wanshi also transferred to the 184th Division to suppress the rebellion and suppress the bandits in the Liangshan area of Sichuan. In this task of suppressing bandits, Xiao Wanshi still did not change his previous heroism, even if he had run out of the ghost gate many times, he could still face the enemy face to face without fear of life and death.
Because bandits and secret agents were armed, they were good at taking advantage of the favorable terrain of Liangshan, and often came out to shoot and ran, making it difficult for the warriors to suppress.
Fortunately, the local people welcomed the troops who came to suppress the bandits, and with their help, the troops successfully found the dens of the bandits and accelerated the process of eliminating the bandits.
Xiao Wanshi also had more intimate feelings for this place in Liangshan in the process.
In Xiao Wanshi's military career, he received countless honors, only the first class merit was obtained ten times, and the second class merit was obtained twelve times, these seemingly simple numbers represent Xiao Wanshi's vigorous combat career.
In the 1960s, the army called for demobilization, and Xiao Wanshi resolutely decided to retire from the army in order to reduce the burden on the country
。 After that, he took his family to Liangshan, where he had participated in the bandit suppression activities, and served as the station manager of the grain station in Lei bo County of Liangshan.
Unlike the fierceness of facing the enemy on the battlefield, Xiao Wanshi was very gentle in life and was kind to everyone.
Because the agricultural output at that time was not high, the country was in the construction period, and many people did not have enough to eat, a worker ran to the grain depot after a few days of hunger because there was no food at home, and was arrested. Xiao Wanshi learned about the situation from this worker, and when he learned that he was because his family was very difficult and his family did not have enough to eat, Xiao Wanshi felt compassion.
When he saw that the worker had not succeeded in stealing the grain, he released the worker and concealed the matter. But the paper could not contain the fire after all, and this matter was soon poked out, and Xiao Wanshi had another punishment. However, Xiao Wanshi was not angry about this, nor did he feel regret.
Xiao Wanshi never cared about personal interests, he was a very optimistic person, in the face of the enemy's aggression, he could go to the battlefield to kill the enemy heroically, but in life he was simple and helpful.
It is precisely because of this that Xiao Wanshi has a good reputation in the local area, and he has also made many friends, but those people, like his children, do not know Xiao Wanshi's glorious past in the battlefield, And Xiao Wanshi lives his life in peace and stability, never mentioning the glorious deeds of the past. In 1998, at the age of 93, Xiao Wanshi was physically weak, and suffered from kidney failure and other diseases, so he could only be hospitalized, and he spent the last 11 years of his life in the hospital.
In 2009, Xiao Wanshi died in the hospital, and it was only then that his children found the wooden box he had hidden. Opening the wooden box, inside was a neatly folded military uniform, representing Xiao Wanshi's military career of more than 20 years, and the neatly arranged fifty-six medals showed his contribution to the war of resistance and killing the enemy and the motherland.
Looking back on Xiao Wanshi's life, he was also vigorous and ordinary, but no matter at what stage, we can see Xiao Wanshi's love for the country, he is a hero of the country and a hero of the people.