Whether it was during the period of China's agrarian revolutionary war, the period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression or the period of the War of Liberation, countless heroes threw their heads and spilled their blood for the rise of new China and the nation, and sacrificed their precious lives.
Among the many revolutionary heroes, there is one youngest, who joined the army at the age of 7, participated in the Long March of the Red Army at the age of 9, and was once known as the youngest "brother of the Red Army", he is Xiang Xuan.
After experiencing human suffering, he became the youngest Red Army soldier at the age of seven
Xiang Xuan was born in 1926 to a rural family in Sangzhi County, Hunan Province, and by the time he was more than 2 years old, he had already experienced human suffering prematurely, when Xiang Xuan, his five-month-old sister and brother, and his mother were all captured in the enemy's prison.
Because his mother, He Man, was the most important member of the party, he was brutally punished after his arrest. When Marshal He Long learned of this incident, he organized many rescues for him, but unfortunately the enemy still did not spare He Man, and after the execution to force a confession was fruitless, he was executed, and he was beheaded and shown to the public.
In order to completely cut the grass and remove the roots without leaving any trouble, the enemy decided to execute Heman's three children together. At this critical moment, Xiang Xuan's aunt He Ying painstakingly bought the prison guards and rescued the three brothers and sisters trapped in prison.
Since then, the three Xiang Xuan brothers and sisters who have no mother have since called their aunt He Ying "mother", and He Ying has been very strict with Xiang Xuan's education, starting to teach him to learn martial arts and use guns from the age of three or four.
In 1933, the eldest aunt He Ying was betrayed by traitors and died heroically. Before the sacrifice, the eldest aunt He Ying made a special explanation to Xiang Xuan, asking him to go to his uncle He Long and let the Red Army avenge them.
According to the route provided by the eldest aunt, after dodging the pursuit, Xiang Xuan found the uncle He Long and joined the Red Army. Unexpectedly, in the process of escaping, Xiang Xuan suffered a gunshot wound in the leg, and under He Long's arrangement, he went to the medical team for treatment.
After losing his mother and aunt one after another, although Xiang Xuan was devastated, he did not choose to complain weakly, but became the youngest Red Army soldier in the army, when Xiang Xuan was only 7 years old.
When the Fifth Anti-Encirclement And Suppression Failed, the Red Army was forced to march, and at this time, the 9-year-old Xiang Xuan resolutely decided to follow the troops on the Long March.
When Marshal He Long learned of this, he felt very embarrassed, after all, the Red Army's Long March was full of difficulties and obstacles, from a personal point of view, He Long wanted to help his sister keep this lifeline, but still wanted to respect Xiang Xuan's personal thoughts and opinions.
Hearing that he was going to march, Xiang Xuan said directly before his uncle finished speaking: "Where my uncle is, I am where I am, and my uncle does not have to care about me on the road." At this time, He Long realized that this nephew did not consider personal safety, but for the sake of the troops, and did not cause trouble for the troops. In this way, Xiang Xuan began his own Long March journey.
Charged into battle, his military achievements were outstanding and he was loyal to the revolution
Crossing the snowy mountains, climbing the grass, and nibbling on the bark, Xiang Xuan experienced all the difficulties on the Long March road and became a well-deserved excellent little warrior. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance, Xiang Xuan had grown into a big boy, he led his soldiers to fight bravely, with great achievements, seriously injured, and there were more than twenty shrapnel left in the light body.
In the 1955 ceremony, Xiang Xuan was awarded the rank of lieutenant general by the state. From 1960 to 1978, Xiang Xuan served as a colonel and deputy director of the People's Armed Forces Department of xicheng district of the Chengdu Sub-Military Region.
When he was nearly sixty years old, Xiang Laocai chose to unload the responsibilities he shouldered and started his life after retirement. Today, Xiang Lao is still alive and 95 years old, and his revolutionary deeds are touching.
In his later years, Xiang Lao has always been concerned about the development and construction of the national army, he is a well-deserved hero of the people, let us remember history and pay tribute to the old man!