After the liberation of Guangzhou on October 14, 1949, a small soldier of the 46th Army of the People's Liberation Army, after reading the news of the liberation of Guangzhou in the newspaper, suddenly burst into tears, and pointed to Deng Hua's photo and said to his comrades-in-arms: "This is my father!" ”
His comrades-in-arms knew he was an orphan and did not believe him. Just as their company commander walked over to this side, he saw the little soldier crying and crying, and asked them what was going on.
Later, after some questioning, the company commander reported the situation of the small soldiers to the commander Zhan Caifang and the commander Xiao Jinguang.
Liberate Guangzhou
After that, Xiao Jinguang asked the little warrior to write a letter to Deng Hua and ask him if he was his father, and Deng Hua did not expect that his long-lost son was still alive.
Deng Hua was born into a family of Scholars in Chenxian County, Hunan Province, and married Qiu Qing'e, the daughter of Shuxiang Mendi, at the age of 17. Two people are in the right place, and they live a very happy life.
In early 1927, Qiu Qing'e gave birth to a boy, and Deng Hua named him Deng Xianshi. Not long after Deng Hua joined the Communist Party that year, Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the revolution and began to persecute Communists. Deng Hua was also forced to leave his hometown and fight the enemy with a large army, leaving only some old photos for his family as a souvenir.
Xiao Jinguang
Deng Xianshi grew up in the era of war and chaos, relying on his mother Qiu Qing'e to pull him up with hard work, and whenever he pestered his mother to ask his father, Qiu Qing'e would always tell him: "Your father's name is Deng Duohua, and he is a big hero who fights villains." Deng Xianshi therefore firmly remembered his father's name.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Deng Hua was then the director of the Political Training Office of the 685th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and he sent letters to his home many times, but because of the blockade of the Japanese army, most of the letters were sunk in the sea and did not know where they went.
When Deng Xianshi was 15 years old, Qiu Qing'e did not know where to hear that Deng Hua had died on the battlefield. The news hit her very hard, and then she fell ill. Not long after that, he died of illness.
Although he lost his mother, he always remembered what his mother told him to become a man who stood tall in the sky and comforted his parents' spirit in heaven.
Orphaned, Deng Xianshi decided to become a soldier like his father and fight devils on the battlefield, so he resolutely joined the revolution and became a glorious soldier of the Eighth Route Army.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Deng Hua returned to his hometown to look for his wife and children, whom he had not seen for many years, but the villagers told him that Qiu Qing'e had left his hometown with her children many years ago and had never returned.
Deng Hua, who had completely lost news of his family, was very sad and devoted all his energy to the battlefield, because he knew that only when China was liberated as soon as possible, his family could live a good life early, even if it was not by his side.
In October 1949, Deng Hua led the 15th Corps, and Chen Geng led the 4th Corps, cooperating with each other to liberate Guangzhou, and the photos of Deng Hua and Chen Geng appeared in the headlines of major newspapers across the country.
Deng Hua
It was also under this fortuitous situation that Deng Xianshi, who was in the army, saw the photo of Deng Hua published in the newspaper. Although he had seen his father's photographs and knew that his father's name was Deng Duohua, he still did not dare to confirm it when he looked at Deng Hua, who was both familiar and strange in the newspaper, because when he was a child, he heard that his father had died, and he had never seen his father in person.
However, the person in the photo in front of him looked so much like himself, just a word away from his father, Deng Xianshi began to wonder whether his father had died on the battlefield that year.
After Deng Xianshi tried to recall what her mother had said before and the photo of her father, she thought that Deng Hua was most likely her father, so the opening scene occurred.
Fortunately, their company commander took his words seriously and reported them to Zhan Caifang and Xiao Jinguang, and Xiao Jinguang had fought side by side with Deng Hua for many years, and he knew that Deng Hua's original name was Deng Duohua, so Zhan Caifang and Xiao Jinguang attached great importance to this matter.
Zhan Caifang
After interrogating Deng Xianshi, Xiao Jinguang asked him to write a letter to Deng Hua detailing his situation, and then send someone to give it to Deng Hua.
After Deng Hua received the letter, he heard that Xiao Jinguang had given it to him, thinking that there was an important war matter to discuss with him, so he immediately put down the work at hand and then opened the envelope.
When he finished reading the letter, he found that his face was already covered with tears, and he muttered to himself, "My child! I've finally found you! ”
Although deng hua was very saddened by the news of his wife's death, the news that his son was still alive and that he had become a PLA soldier like himself brought him some comfort. So Deng Hua launched the Guangxi Campaign and went to the headquarters of the 46th Army.
After Deng Hua saw Deng Xianshi, he was very excited, his body trembled, and he didn't know what to do for a while. After Deng Xianshi shouted "Dad", Deng Hua could no longer bear the thought of his son, and took him into his arms, and the father and son embraced and cried, which was the first time that the father and son had seen each other in 22 years.
Deng Hua now has only one idea, that is, to keep his son by his side and slowly compensate for his lack of 22 years of fatherly love. So he found Zhan Caifang's vizier, and Zhan Caifang understood his idea and immediately agreed. But Deng Xianshi was reluctant to go with him, and he said to his father: "Dad, I know that you are a selfless person of the Grand Duke, I can't let you violate your own principles because of the love of your children, I am also a soldier, our primary goal is to liberate the whole country, and when the whole country is liberated in the future, our father and son will be reunited!" ”
Although Deng Hua was very reluctant to be separated from his son, he was very pleased, because Deng Xianshi completely inherited his selfless qualities as a grand duke. The father and son agreed that when the country was fully liberated, it would be time for the father and son to reunite.
In the war years, countless selfless devotees emerged, and it is precisely because of their heroic dedication that we can live in this stable era and let us pay tribute to all the revolutionary heroes!