The wisdom of the youth is the wisdom of the country, the wealth of the youth is the wealth of the country, and the strength of the youth is the strength of the country! In the 1930s and 1940s, it was a time of war, and a large number of young heroes who loved the motherland and were determined to defend the country emerged. They are not afraid of hardships, they are not afraid of hardships, wherever there is war, they have their presence, in order to defend their motherland, in order to protect their compatriots, they are willing to give their lives.
Some of these young heroes withstood the ravages of war and saw the prosperity of the motherland after the founding of New China, but some of them died heroically in battle with the enemy! These sacrificial young heroes are the heart of their parents!
Some of them are only sons or daughters in the family; some are the pillars of the family, and young brothers and sisters are still waiting for them to take care of them; some are still young but already have families. They died on the battlefield, in the enemy's guns, so what about their families who still exist in the world?
I believe that you all know something about Dong Cunrui, a young hero, but do you know that this hero has already thrown himself into the revolution at the age of 4? Do you know what kind of life his family lived after he sacrificed for his country?
First, enlist in the army at a young age and sacrifice yourself to blow up the bunker
Dong Cunrui was born in October 1929 in Nanshanbao Village, Huailai County, Hebei Province. At the time of his birth, there were six children in the family, Dong Cunrui ranked fourth, at that time, pay attention to the name of the untouchable to support, the untouchable name is grounded, his parents gave him a milk name "four eggs".
Pictured| Dong Cunrui
A few years after Dong Cunrui was born, the Japanese army began to launch a war of aggression against our country. For a time, the whole country was preaching the trend of "fighting away the Japanese devils, long live the Communist Party." It can be said that Dong Cunrui grew up under the influence of this trend of thought. After he knew how to think, he thought of joining the Communist Party, fighting away the Japanese devils, and contributing to the country.
But Dong Cunrui's age was too young, the Eighth Route Army was not willing to accept him at all, he could only join the children's regiment first, when he was only 4 years old, what were we doing at the age of 4? Maybe playing with mud or going over the house. Although he was young, he was not at all ambiguous when he caught traitors with older children.
Looking at the leader of the children's regiment at that time, he shot stones at the traitor with a slingshot, and he also took his small slingshot to shoot the stone, although he always failed to hit, but as he grew older, he could gradually hit the traitor.
In 1940, the Eighth Route Army came to the pingbei area under the Haituo Mountain, and established an anti-Japanese democratic regime here - Long (Guan), Yan (Qing), Huai (Lai) United County Government, and Dong Cunrui's Nanshanbao Village was classified as the third district of United County. When Dong Cunrui learned of this news, he wanted to go to the anti-Japanese democratic government to see what the Eighth Route Army and the real Communist Party cadres looked like.
In the summer of 1942, his wish came true. Long Yanhuai united the county government sent a young Communist Party member to serve as the secretary of the third district party committee, his name was Wang Ping. Wang Ping often went to the villages under the jurisdiction of the third district to collect and deal with problems. Whenever he came to Nanshanbao Village, Dong Cunrui's home was where he stayed.
Dong Cunrui was very happy about this, and whenever Wang Ping came to his home, he pestered Wang Ping to tell him various heroic stories when Wang Ping was idle, such as "Little Hero Wang Xiao'er of the Anti-Japanese Resistance" and "Five Heroes of Wolf's Tooth Mountain", which he never tired of hearing. He also wanted to fight the Japanese devils like Wang Xiao'er and make the Japanese army feel frightened.
Picture | statue of the Five Heroes of Wolf's Tooth Mountain
Later, Dong Cunrui grew up, he became the leader of the children's regiment as he wished, but he still could not enter the Communist Party, no matter how he begged Wang Ping, it was useless, Wang Ping said: "Four eggs, you are too young, come back when you grow up, I will write you a letter of introduction." But Wang Ping could not wait to write a letter of introduction to Dong Cunrui.
When Dong Cunrui was 13 years old, once he was walking on the outskirts of the village, when he found Wang Ping hurriedly walking over, he immediately greeted him, but when he approached, he found that Wang Ping's face was very solemn. After seeing Dong Cunrui, Wang Ping asked Dong Cunrui to hurry up, saying that there was a Japanese army behind him. At this time, Dong Cunrui, who knew the terrain very well, immediately pulled Wang Ping into hiding in the grass, and it turned out that there was a ditch that could not be seen from the outside. In this way, Dong Cunrui and Wang Ping hid in the ditch and avoided the Japanese army.
However, in the autumn of 1943, when Wang Ping returned from Changzhaizi Village, he was exposed by the traitors, the enemy surrounded him, the enemy fire was too fierce, the comrades present at that time were defeated, and most of them died heroically. In order not to leak the party's information, Wang Ping burned all the important documents on his body before sacrificing, and finally he held the idea of "I can't live anyway, I can take away a ghost and earn it", and pulled the grenade and died with the enemy.
Dong Cunrui, who heard this news, suddenly felt like he had been struck by lightning, and he had known Comrade Wang Ping for more than a year, so he died with the enemy? Obviously, a few days ago, Wang Ping was still telling him the story of the hero. It was at this time that he became more determined to join the Communist Party. Now it's not just about defending the country and protecting your family, but also about avenging your partners.
Wang Ping sacrificed, but his work could not be taken over. Long Yanhuai united with the county government to appoint a new Communist Party member named Wang Futang to take Wang Ping's place. Wang Futang, like Wang Ping, admired the courage of the people who had to dedicate themselves to the country.
On this day, Dong Cunrui was pestering Wang Futang again. He said, "Secretary Wang, just let me join the army, I'm already an adult, I'm no longer the little fart boy I was before." At this time, Wang Futang said, "Is it?" How I look at you, or the little fart child before, you are too young, come back when you grow up, it is too dangerous for you to go into battle and kill enemies. ”
That being said, Wang Futang was still very optimistic about the leader of the children's regiment. He knew Dong Cunrui and knew that he was leading a children's group to fight traitors and defeat the devils who had fallen off the list. The reason why he said this to Dong Cunrui was first, because Dong Cunrui was indeed too young, but this was not the main reason, after all, Chairman Mao had Xiao Eight Road around him, and they also came from Xiao Eighth Road; second, because he wanted to sharpen Dong Cunrui's temperament, he was young and impulsive, and he would suffer heavy losses on the battlefield, which was the main reason why he did not let Dong Cunrui join the army.
Wang Futang finally let Dong Cunrui join the militia, but it was only the militia backbone. When he was in the ranks, Dong Cunrui obeyed the party's arrangements, caught traitors, ambushed, and so on, and did everything very well. But this kind of life is not what Dong Cunrui likes, he wants to go to the front, he wants to really dedicate his share to the revolution.
Finally, with his unremitting efforts, one day in the spring of 1945, the director of the village armed forces committee called him to the office and said that he had a share of the quota to enter the army this time. Dong Cunrui was ecstatic when he heard the news, but his family was mixed. The good news is that the child can enter the army and fulfill his wish; the worry is that the guns on the battlefield have no eyes and are easy to lose their lives. But this sentiment did not last long, after all, at that time, it was the glory of joining the army.
After Dong Cunrui's mother learned of this incident, she took out the luggage she had already prepared, and she said to Dong Cunrui: "Four eggs, go in and do a good job, don't shame our family, and don't shame the village." Dong Cunrui also knew that he might not come back, so he said, "Mother, rest assured, I will not let you lose face." ”
The statue of Dong Cunrui | pictured
After eating the last meal at home, late that night, Dong Cunrui quietly went to the seat of the Third District Government while his family was asleep, and he entered the Third District Self-Defense Force. In July 1945, he joined the Eighth Route Army and truly became a soldier of the Eighth Route Army.
During the period of the Self-Defense Forces, Dong Cunrui's personality gradually calmed down, and he began to do things in an orderly manner, not as impulsive as before. After joining the Self-Defense Forces for a period of time, he was often organized to bring new recruits for training or actual combat, at which time he could not only comfort the recruits, but also confuse the enemy and often win victories.
During this period, he made great contributions and received medals, and the party organization was very optimistic about him, and promoted him from ordinary militia to deputy squad leader and squad leader. In March 1947, Dong Cunrui, who had made several meritorious achievements and several medals, joined the Communist Party of China. At this time, Dong Cunrui worked harder, rushing to the forefront of each battle.
In May 1948, in order to compete for the important strategic position of Longhua, our army and the Kuomintang army launched a fierce struggle. Around Longhua, the Kuomintang laid out a tight defensive deployment and built many tunnels and trenches. Among them, Longhua Middle School and Moss Mountain are important areas for enemy defense.
In this battle, Dong Cunrui served as the leader of the 6th platoon of the 2nd Battalion, 6th Company, 2nd Battalion, 96th Division, 11th Column of the Northeast Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which was an explosive squad, and the blasting squad received the task of destroying some of the defensive facilities around Longhua Middle School. After confronting his comrades-in-arms and the enemy, Dong Cunrui's demolition squad successfully blew up 4 enemy turrets and 5 pillboxes, and completed the tasks arranged by the organization.
At three o'clock in the afternoon of May 25, Dong Cunrui's sixth company received the signal of general attack and attacked Longhua Middle School. But at this time, the bullets were like a rainstorm, heading towards Dong Cunrui's troops. Some of the fighters reacted quickly and lay down directly, but some of them could not dodge and were hit by countless bullets. At this time, they found that the enemy army had also set up a bunker on a dry river bridge near Longhua Middle School.
Seeing his comrades-in-arms who were born and died with him, falling down one by one, Dong Cunrui could not sit still. He said, "Company commander, let me blow up that bunker." ”
The company commander said, "Your mission has been accomplished, how can you continue?" ”
Dong Cunrui patted his chest and said, "Rest assured, the company commander is assured, I still have the strength to blow up the enemy's bunker, and Longhua has not yet been liberated, how can my task be completed?" ”
The company commander saw the situation, and after consulting with the instructor, said: "Well, the task of blowing up the bunker is entrusted to you, you must pay attention to concealment, your safety is the most important." ”
Dong Cunrui said, "Company commander, rest assured, I will definitely come back alive." ”
After that, Dong Cunrui took the explosive package and ran with his comrade-in-arms Zhi (zhì) Shunyi to the enemy's bunker. He and Zhi Shunyi cooperated with each other, and when Zhi Shunyi began to compete with the enemy in firepower, he crawled forward; when Zhi Shunyi threw the grenade, he used the smoke of the grenade to run a certain distance.
Pictured | grenade
After several times of cooperation, the two finally came to the open area. At this time, Dong Cunrui said to Zhi Shunyi: "Shunyi, after a while, you will hide behind the mound in front of you and cover me to the bridge with firepower." ”
Xi Shunyi said, "Well, be careful with everything!" ”
When the two ran to the mound, Zhi Shunyi used a grenade to blow up the barbed wire fence that the enemy had placed near the mound, and Dong Cunrui took advantage of this time to run out of the mound, cross the barbed wire that had been blown up, and quickly run to the enemy's bunker, but at this time, the enemy's bullets hit Dong Cunrui again.
Suddenly, Zhi Shunyi found that Dong Cunrui had fallen to the ground, and he immediately wanted to run out of the excavation pile, but Dong Cunrui quickly got up again and jumped into the dry river at a very fast speed, which was a blind spot for enemy firepower, and Zhi Shunyi put his mind at ease.
After Dong Cunrui jumped into the dry river, his face was painful, and it turned out that his leg had been injured by the enemy. But he didn't have time to think about it, he wanted to quickly put the explosive package in a suitable place, but he looked around, the bridge did not have a suitable place to place the explosive package, and he could not find a bracket for the explosive package for a while, what to do?
At this time, Dong Cunrui heard a burst of charge trumpets, which was the sound of the large army starting a general attack. Dong Cunrui clenched his fists, he held up the explosives package with his left hand, pressed against the bridge wall, and pulled the fuse with his right hand. He shouted, "For the sake of new China, rush!" ”
At that time, it was near Dong Cunrui, but Zhi Shunyi, who was tens of meters away, saw Dong Cunrui's behavior, and he rushed to Dong Cunrui and wanted to take his comrades away, but Dong Cunrui saw Zhi Shunyi running towards him and only said: "Lie down!" Get down! ”
Figure | Dong Cunrui hand holding an explosive package (stills)
With a loud noise, the bridge was blown up, the enemy's bunker was also blown up, and Dong Cunrui was buried under the ruins of the bridge. Dong Cunrui was not yet 19 years old that year, but he sacrificed himself for the motherland at that age. With this loud noise, Dong Cunrui's comrades-in-arms rushed into Longhua Middle School, and the brightly colored red flag flew over Longhua Middle School later, which showed that Dong Cunrui's heroic sacrifice was worth it.
2. Lu Changling was persuaded to remarry, but he died of childbirth
To say who is the saddest after Dong Cunrui's sacrifice is, of course, Dong Cunrui's family. When Dong Cunrui left home, his sister Dong Cunmei was only 4 years old, and his younger brother Dong Cunjin was only 1 year old. In addition, Dong Cunrui already had a wife before leaving home, her name was Lu Changling, the two of them were green plum bamboo horses, in 1944, Dong Cunrui married Lu Changling with the consent of the two families.
When Dong Cunrui left, Lu Changling was very reluctant, thinking that Dong Cunrui was likely to die on the battlefield, and Lu Changling did not want Dong Cunrui to leave, but she knew that this was Dong Cunrui's dream since childhood. She and Dong Cunrui knew each other at a young age, and naturally knew how much he wanted to be a warrior to defend his family and defend the country, so she still let go of Dong Cunrui.
The night Dong Cunrui left, she was actually awake, but she kept her back to her, closed her eyes, listened to the sound of Dong Cunrui leaving, her tears wet the pillow towel, and after learning that Dong Cunrui sacrificed for the country, the family cried together.
At that time, Dong Cunrui's wife and his parents, after receiving this news, could not believe it, Lu Changling still supported the wooden pillar next to him, only to avoid collapsing to the ground, and his parents could not stand this stimulation, and directly fainted after crying.
Dong Cunrui's parents are old and in poor physical condition, and their health is even worse after learning the bad news. There are still younger siblings in the family to take care of, Lu Changling can't always be immersed in sadness, she thought: "If I also fall, this family will be finished." ”
Lu Changling wiped away his tears, while taking care of his in-laws who were sick due to excessive grief, while raising his younger siblings, life was very hard, fortunately, his mother-in-law also slowly came out of sadness, although his physical condition was worse than before, but he did not need Lu Changling's careful care. The younger siblings seem to have a feeling, and they have slowly become sensible, knowing how to help do what they can.
And just like that, two years have passed. One day in 1950, the Dong family came to a special guest, and this guest was General Chen Renqi. After the founding of New China, the state began to look for the families of those soldiers who died in the war and gave them a living subsidy. Before the founding of New China, Chen Renqi had always remembered Dong Cunrui, who was young but willing to sacrifice for the country, and also wanted to find his family, but because of the tense war situation at that time, this matter could only be postponed again and again.
After the founding of New China, Chen Renqi immediately sent someone to inquire about Dong Cunrui's family, and when he learned that Lu Changling was still in his hometown and had not moved away, Chen Renqi hurried to Dong's house. At this time, Dong Cunrui's family had already hidden their grief, but when they saw Chen Renqi, they cried again.
Pictured| Chen Renqi
After reminiscing with Dong Cunrui's family, Chen Renqi handed an envelope to Lu Changling. He said, "Younger sister, this is some of the thoughts of the soldiers in the army, not much." In addition, I also applied for a martyr's allowance for you, your future life should be better, you have any difficulties, you can tell me, I will help you. ”
When Lu Changling got the envelope, his eyes were red again. After hearing Chen Renqi ask them if they needed help, she thought about it and said, "General Chen, our family is doing well now, but the two children's reading problem is a bit troublesome." Cunmei reached the age of school, but there were no serious schools in the village, and the schools in the county were too expensive, we could not afford it, and the second was that there was no quota. If you can help, this is really going to bother you. ”
After Chen Renqi heard that it was the problem of the child going to school, he immediately assured: "Younger sister, this matter will be handed over to me, how can the child not learn!" Subsequently, Lu Changling took the two children out and asked them to thank Chen Renqi. Chen Renqi said: "Children, reading can make people wise, you must study well, do not live up to the expectations of your family." ”
Although the two children are young, they have always remembered Chen Renqi's words in their hearts. When the two children grew up, they both devoted themselves to the construction of their hometown, and they also contributed to the hope project in their hometown. Dong Cunmei became an excellent people's teacher later, and she often helped the children of poor families so that they could also read and write. And Dong Cunmei's son Ai Dong, who inherited Dong Cunrui's spirit of dedication to the people, became a policeman.
The matter of the younger brothers and sisters studying was solved, and Lu Changling breathed a sigh of relief. But Dong Cunrui's parents still frowned, and in their long-term companionship, they had long regarded Lu Changling as their daughter. Seeing that her daughter-in-law was so tired and widowed for many years at a young age, Dong Cunrui's parents did not feel good in their hearts.
They felt that Lu Changling was a good girl, and their family was already very sorry for Lu Changling, and they couldn't let her go on like this. After some thought, they finally opened this mouth.
Dong Cunrui's mother said: "Changling, you see that Cunrui has been gone for all these years, you have worked so hard all these years, you should also remarry and find another one." You don't have to worry about being sorry for Cun Rui, Cun Rui said when he left, if he didn't come back, you can remarry when you see what you like. Lu Changling said, "Mother, I will not remarry." I'm gone, who's going to take care of this family, what are you going to do, what are you going to do with your younger siblings? ”
After hearing these words, Dong Cunrui's mother immediately hugged Lu Changling and cried: "Child, I know that you are afraid that we have no one to take care of, but what should you do yourself?" Good boy, our Dong family owes you! ”
Although Lu Changling refused, her mother did not give up the idea of letting her remarry. She found Chen Renqi and wanted the general to help her and persuade her daughter-in-law, and Chen Renqi agreed. He said to Lu Changling: "Younger sister, people must look forward, you are still young, you must also pursue your own happiness, two old people, you don't have to worry, there is a country." If you think about it, if you remarry, this Dong family is not your in-laws' family, but your half mother's family, is not more intimate? ”
After some persuasion, Lu Changling finally breathed a sigh of relief, she said: "If there is a suitable one, then you can also try it." The second elder of the Dong family was also relieved to learn that Lu Changling had finally relaxed. After that, they went around looking for men with excellent colors, and finally they actually let them find it.
Lu Changling had a good feeling for the young man, and the young man did the same for Lu Changling, and in this way, with the consent of both parties and the parents of both sides, the two were happily married. But the Dong family still did not escape the ravages of fate, Lu Changling had difficulty giving birth during childbirth, and then there was a blood collapse, fortunately, it was rescued at that time, and the mother and child were safe.
But a few months later, Lu Changling still died of postpartum sequelae. After Dong Cunrui's parents learned that Lu Changling was gone, they immersed themselves in the grief of losing their daughter-in-law for a long time, and finally died because they missed Dong Cunrui and Lu Changling too much.
With the expectations of his family, Dong Cunrui left home and went to the army; with the blessings of the people around him, Lu Changling married from the Dong family. But fate did not treat the two well, one died in the war and one died after giving birth. Fortunately, the state saw this and helped the families of these two poor people!