If you had only one sentence left in your life, what would you say?
At the end of his life, Su Yu, the founding general, said to his wife and children: "I have spent my whole life on horseback, seen the magnificent mountains and rivers of the motherland, and seen the country becoming richer and richer, but the dead soldiers have not been able to wait for this day." I hope to scatter my ashes all over the country and sleep peacefully with my comrades-in-arms. ”
Born in the late Wei Dynasty, the general was low-key, distinguished between public and private, and his ashes were stored all over the country after his death. However, he made an exception for his son and used his power twice.
Su Yu used the general's "privilege" to transfer his son to the front line
It is said that when Su Yu's son was born in 1942, his father was leading a large army in battle, so his grandfather gave him a name, su Rongsheng. The name also predicts the life of this young man, who is also a warrior and a wanderer.
In terms of child-rearing, Su Yu resolutely opposed his son's use of himself as a show off capital and special treatment. He has always adhered to the concept of more exercise and less comfort, never giving privileges to children, and wherever it is difficult, he will put his children wherever they are.
Although Su Rongsheng was born in the war moment when the wolf smoke was everywhere, he had always been protected too well by his family to be a little timid, and Su Yu, who had returned from the war, was very dissatisfied with this.
In 1945, when Su Rongsheng was three years old, Su Yu took Su Rongsheng to the river in the name of taking his children to swim, in fact, he wanted to exercise his son's guts.
He held the bamboo tube in one hand and Su Rongsheng in the other, and after letting Su Rongsheng grasp the bamboo tube, he threw him into the river and shouted: "Hug tight, jump down!" ”
Xiao Su Rongsheng had not yet reacted, and had already fallen into the water, constantly fluttering, and finally only relying on the bamboo tube to float on the surface of the water. He glanced pitifully at his father, saw that he was indifferent, and looked at his mother again. The mother jumped to her feet in a hurry and scolded Su Yu loudly: "Aren't you afraid of drowning him?" What a nonsense! ”
Su Yu was not in a hurry at all, and said, "It is only in this way that I learned to be able to swim, this is not drowning." ”
Although Su Rongsheng often faced Su Yu's "special" treatment, he liked his father the most and often discussed military maps together.
In 1947, five-year-old Su Rongsheng received a special gift, a small gun. Su Yu patted Su Rongsheng's shoulder, hoping that his son could study hard and grow up to become a soldier.
Therefore, Xiao Su Rongsheng, who was only five years old, made a wish to become a soldier.
In 1966, Su Rongsheng graduated from the Harbin Military Engineering College, and due to his deliberate low profile, many of his classmates did not know that he had a general father. At the same time, the students all hoped to stay in the big city to work, and even if it was not good, they also stayed in the school as a teacher, thinking that he was the same.
Su Rongsheng did not think so. At this time, it was the beginning of the Sino-Indian counterattack war, the soldiers were charging at the front line, and his father was running on the battlefield, and as the second generation of the army, he should do something. He repeatedly asked the organization to be transferred to the front line, but all of them were rejected on the grounds of "not graduating". After graduating, no one can stop his footsteps.
When Su Yu heard the news of his son's graduation at this time, he knew that he would definitely apply for transfer to the front line, but he was worried that he could not stand the hardships of being a soldier. So, he had a conversation with Su Rongsheng, and he asked, "Hardship or death, which do you think is more uncomfortable?" ”
After some thought, Su Rongsheng replied, "Death is very short, hard work is very long. Since you have chosen to become a soldier, you must not be afraid of suffering or tiredness. ”
Su Yu was very satisfied with this answer. At this time, the organization was preparing to assign work, Su Rongsheng was originally assigned to the office of the organ, Su Yu used "privilege" to assign Su Rongsheng to the surface-to-air missile unit in Yunnan.
The second use of "privilege", Su Rongsheng re-entered the front line
According to the biography "The Children of the Founding Fathers", Su Rongsheng was overjoyed after receiving the military order, and immediately packed his luggage and wanted to rush to Guangdong. Classmates advised him to play in Harbin for a few more days before leaving, but he was unwilling. On the way to Guangdong, passing by his home in Beijing, he did not have time to take a look.
In this way, Su Rongsheng became a small air defense fighter, and went to Yunnan to resist the United States and aid Vietnam with the troops.
The environment on the Yunnan front is worse than that in Guangdong, and the Su Rongsheng garrison is in an area where lightning is frequent, and when it comes to the rainy season, the thunder rumbles overhead, and the tents in the camp are often "patronized" by lightning.
Yunnan is humid and infested with mosquitoes, including snakes and centipedes. In winter, I wear shoes with a warm snake coiled in my shoes, and I open the hot quilt, and inside is another one. The arms are full of mosquito-biting lumps, and some of them are scabs and spots.
The recruits complained incessantly, but Su Rongsheng had no time to take care of it. Because he looked like a high-achieving student at a prestigious university, he couldn't do anything about the big guy who was missile. His lack of time and experience in school led to frequent errors in his work. In order to keep up with the pace of the troops, he often asked veterans questions, recorded knowledge, and was often busy with groups, where there was time to complain.
Later, someone asked Su Rongsheng: "Do you regret coming to the front line in Yunnan?" He said, "Some people have never participated in a war in their lives, and I have no regrets." ”
During his days on the front line, he ran battle sirens at least four times a day, which prevented no one from the position. Su Rongsheng served as a soldier for one year, and the next year, the Yunnan troops shot down an enemy plane in actual combat, and he made a battle merit with the troops.
Su Rong lived in the tent for four years, ran thousands of battle alarms, obeyed his father's words, step by step, from the warrior to the position of platoon leader. In 1969, Su Rongsheng's unit was transferred back to the interior, and the work task was changed from actual combat to exercise.
However, the comfortable days did not last long. Sino-Soviet relations became increasingly tense, and fierce clashes broke out on Zhenbao Island. Su Yu, who was concerned about state affairs, did not want his son to work in the comfort zone all the time, and after consulting with the organization, he transferred Su Rongsheng to the army unit on the Sino-Soviet border.
Therefore, Su Rongsheng, who had just returned to the interior, was again ordered by the military to go to the battlefield.
Before going to the northern front, Su Yu sent a poem to his son, "Veteran Music", which has a sentence that reads: "Do not sigh white hair in the mirror, white hair can still swing the whip", at this time General Su Yu could not go to battle to kill the enemy due to illness.
This also explains why he twice transferred his son to the battlefield, and he hoped that his son could inherit his will, conquer the battlefield, and realize the peace and reunification of the motherland.
This is also Su Rongsheng's wish, and he is very willing to go to the front line to serve the country.
"Fight the tiger brothers, fight the father and son soldiers," this saying not only refers to the affection of two fathers and sons, but also the obedience of superiors and subordinates. As soon as his father gave the order, Su Rongsheng packed his bags again and went on the road.
Respectfully, I follow the teachings, and Su Rong will be born a horse for a lifetime
The life of the northern troops is more difficult than in the south, and the dryness and cold are the "characteristic products" of the northern winter, and the resulting shortage of vegetables is also unbearable. Most importantly, Su Rongsheng changed from an air defense soldier to an infantryman, and the missiles learned in the southern camp were useless in the north and could only be learned from scratch.
At that time, the northern forces were shouldering the important task of digging tunnels, the ground artillery was full of fire, and the underground was still operating nervously. The northern soil is hard, and in order to reclaim the tunnels, the troops often use explosives to blow up the passages. However, explosives occasionally cause landslides, which is very dangerous and requires a warrior to go down and take the risk. This job was often done by Su Rongsheng, and once he was almost hit by a stone, and his teammates were scared out of a cold sweat.
Su Rongsheng said in his later memories: "I was secretly glad that I did not let the warrior go up, in case I hit the warrior, I could not explain to the warrior's parents, and what face did I have to see my father?" ”
Su Rongsheng also said: "I am the leader of a company, I have learned a lot of things, I have a lot of experience, and I should be a pioneer." "He stayed in the northern troops for three full years, dug soil in the tunnels for three years, and each time he was in danger, he personally inspected it himself, and there was no danger at all, before letting the soldiers in. As a result, there has not been a single incident of disability or death in the whole company.
In the seven years of hard work after graduation, Su Rongsheng learned more practical theories at the grassroots level, which is the most valuable wealth in his life. In later memories, Su Rongsheng said: "My father sent me to the front line twice, and both times were the most difficult places. ”
In 1984, Su Rongsheng's father, Su Yu, died, and the staff handed three shrapnel pieces on the stove bed to Su Rongsheng.
"One big, soy bean grains so big, two small pieces, mung bean grains so small." Su Rongsheng said, "Father didn't leave us anything, except for these three pieces of shrapnel." ”
Su Rongsheng knew that the reason why his father had been suffering from unbearable headaches was that his head was inlaid with shrapnel. General Su Yu had been suffering from these three pieces of shrapnel in his later years, and commanded with illness, but he never mentioned it to his family. Until his old age, he still remembered the liberation of Taiwan and asked his son: "Our troops are still called the People's Liberation Army, not the National Defense Forces?" ”
After receiving a negative answer, Su Yu muttered to himself: "Taiwan has not yet been liberated." ”
The son educated by Su Yu is very good. Su Rongsheng participated in the vietnamese border area rotation war, doing the most dangerous work on the most dangerous front line. Later, due to the needs of his work, Su Rongsheng returned to the Beijing Military Region as deputy commander. Combining years of experience in the army, he participated in military research, received more than a dozen national patents and awards, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1999.
In 2003, Su Rongsheng participated in a confrontation exercise in which fifteen countries participated. He printed out the views of foreign observers and analyzed them repeatedly.
When Su Rongsheng was the deputy commander of the military region, he took on training tasks, and he often held confrontation drills to find shortcomings for the army and criticize them one by one. Some comrades said: "I can't fight during my term of office, so there is no need to be so serious."
Su Rongsheng retorted solemnly: "Everyone thinks like you, and it will be too late to start a war in the future." The combat strength and style of the troops are handed down from generation to generation, and as a soldier, we must be prepared to fight a war. "All his life he has fulfilled his father's unfulfilled wishes.