In the 1930s and 1940s, the brutal Japanese invaded the land of China, and they burned and looted in China. In order to resist the Japanese invaders, the sons and daughters of China launched a protracted struggle, and many heroes who could sing and weep emerged.
However, not everyone can be well known to the public, because the information and communication conditions at that time were not developed, and many anti-Japanese heroes finally hid their names and returned to their hometowns to become ordinary people. In their hearts, resisting the Japanese invaders was not for fame and profit, but to protect their own country and contribute to their children and grandchildren, and Qian Jianmin was such an anti-Japanese hero.
Qian Jianmin was born just in time for the reign of the Beiyang government, the society was dark, and the people's lives were miserable. Although Qian Jianmin's living conditions were not good, his parents were very enlightened and insisted on sending him to school. Just in time for the opening up of social thought at that time, Qian Jianmin got rid of the shackles of feudal etiquette and religion from an early age and accepted advanced democratic ideas.
After that, Qian Jianmin was also admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy with excellent results, learned advanced military machinery and technology, and finally became the best among the graduates and received commendations.
After graduation, Qian Jianmin was assigned to the mechanical unit. Because it was already 1943, the War of Resistance Against Japan had begun a new strategic counteroffensive, and the Japanese army was gradually defeated in the domestic battlefield, considering that Qian Jianmin's mechanical unit was an elite unit and the first armored army in Chinese history, there was no need to make unnecessary sacrifices on the frontal battlefield.
Seeing that there was no bargain on the battlefield in China, the Japanese army began to turn around and target Southeast Asia. The Japanese army attempted to cut off the supply of the Yunnan-Burma Railway to China, so it opened up the Burmese battlefield, assisted the Japanese army in China from the southwestern border of China, and mobilized the Japanese ace 18th Division to the battlefield.
China soon realized that if the Japanese army blocked the military supply of the United States and Britain to China, and sandwiched the Chinese army from two roads, the war situation would be very unfavorable. In this way, China formed an expeditionary force and rushed to the Battlefield of Burma to meet the Japanese army.
Such a long-distance operation, coupled with facing one of the most elite units of the Japanese army, the Chinese side sent Qian Jianmin's mechanical armored unit to Burma. Qian Jianmin, who received the notification, was very excited that he could finally go to the battlefield to serve the country, and after the integration of the whole army, the Chinese Expeditionary Force rushed to the Burma battlefield in a mighty way.
However, after arriving in Burma, because of the humid jungle climate in Southeast Asia and the abundance of snakes, insects, rats and ants, the newly arrived Chinese expeditionary force was very uncomfortable. Coupled with the fatigue of the boats and cars, the spirit of the warriors did not ease up. Qian Jianmin As soon as they arrived in Burma, before they could rest, they were ambushed by the Japanese army.
Qian Jianmin recalled that as soon as they stepped into Burma, they were ready to meet the Japanese army, but the surrounding jungle was dense, and they could not see the surrounding environment clearly, and suddenly many Japanese troops came out from both sides, catching them off guard. In the end, under the cover of their comrades in the front, they successfully retreated to the rear.
Just as the so-called eating a long and wise, the Chinese army began to make strict arrangements, always ready for a second battle with the Japanese army. Because of his outstanding performance in peacetime, Qian Jianmin was appointed as the "vanguard" of his unit. In order to seize the opportunity, the Chinese Expeditionary Force chose to take the initiative to attack, with Qian Jianmin leading their American tanks as the front row troops.
With Qian Jianmin's order, 17 tanks quickly advanced, catching the Japanese by surprise and hitting the Japanese army, and Qian Jianmin also captured a large seal of the Japanese army. Later, with the cooperation of allies, the Chinese Expeditionary Force successfully won the victory on the battlefield of Burma, crushing the enemy's last hope.
However, just when Qian Jianmin thought that they could return to China smoothly after victory, they were attacked by ambushed local bandits on their way back home, and although they were quickly repelled, Qian Jianmin was hit by an incendiary bomb and shot in the jaw. Under the emergency treatment of medical staff, Qian Jianmin saved his life, but he lost both eyes and left a long scar on his chin
After returning to China, after the victory of the War of Resistance, Qian Jianmin returned to his hometown and lived an ordinary life, and every time his family asked how his injuries made him lie that he was beaten by bandits in the township.
Until one day, when the daughter found the big seal captured by Qian Jianmin when cleaning up the house, she learned the truth that the old man had hidden for 71 years, and it turned out that his father was an anti-Japanese hero, and the scars on his body were also left on the battlefield.
The local government knows that there is such an old hero here, specially came to visit, when they wanted to give the elderly living allowance, Qian Jianmin refused, telling them that they did not fight for fame and profit, but for the peace and stability of the country. Hearing this, everyone present burst into tears.
In order to let Qian Jianmin, who has gone blind, know how developed China's military is now, the government applied to mobilize 6 tanks to Qian Jianmin. In this way, the old man, with the support of his children, touched the modern tank, knowing that the country's military technology is now so powerful, the old man showed a smile that had not been seen for a long time.