As we all know, there will be casualties when there is a war, and during modern wars, the Chinese Communist Party will check the wounded and sacrificed soldiers on the battlefield at the end of each war, record the names of those who have died, and carry out a simple burial of all the sacrificed personnel.
Even more will the wounded soldiers be rescued with all their might, but even if some fighters are rescued with all their might, they will be too seriously injured and have difficulty in moving, so our party will choose to leave him some pensions, so that he can stay in place to recuperate and no longer have to fight with the troops.
However, some wounded soldiers also strongly demanded that they wanted to continue to follow the troops, at which time the organization would consider whether to retain his importance in the army as appropriate, and for some important commanders, even the wounded party organization would arrange a stretcher, carrying him forward and not leaving him, but for most of the red army with serious injuries and mobility, the party would choose to let him rest in place.
For example, Kong Xianquan was one of these people, and this old Red Army soldier was left behind due to injury and became a bricklayer, and after 15 years wrote to the general's comrades-in-arms: Assign me a job.
He joined the army in his early years and experienced hundreds of battles
Kong Xianquan, formerly known as Kong Quan, was born in February 1911 to a poor peasant family in Hunan Province.
He joined the Communist Party of China at the age of 21 and has been following the Red Army ever since, where he was nearly killed on the battlefield many times
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Among them, in the Battle of Longgang in Yongfeng County, Jiangxi, Kong Xianquan performed well in the army, and the Red Army unit defeated the elite 18th Division of the Kuomintang at that time, and successfully captured the commander of the 18th Division of the Kuomintang army alive, which eventually led to the success of the first anti-encirclement and suppression.
During the Long March, in order to get rid of the enemy's attack, the Party Central Committee decided to swing its eastern finger from Tashi, Yunnan, back to Guizhou, cross the Chishui again, and launch the Battle of Tongzun. Before this important battle, Kong Xianquan, who was then the operational staff officer of the 12th Regiment, provided our army with enemy intelligence deployment through careful observation.
In the Battle of Loushan Pass, Kong Xianquan led the commando team forward bravely, and when the commando team was about to rush to the key location from the Black Temple, the enemy's reinforcements arrived unexpectedly, and the enemy army had a numerical advantage over our Red Army. Therefore, the morale of the enemy army was very high, and a fierce counterattack was launched against our commandos.
The enemy also used large trees on the road and dug trenches as cover, while Kong Xianquan's commandos were relatively prominent. Therefore, the Red Army did not have the advantage in this war, and soon Kong Xianquan's comrades around him were shot one by one, and his own left leg was also shot by the enemy with six bullets.
At that time, Kong Xianquan had few members left, and the enemy rushed directly without cover, kong Xianquan saw this situation and forced himself to turn over to the ditch next to him in pain, pulled out his guns, and killed several enemies. Just as he was about to be unable to resist, reinforcements from the Red Army arrived and eventually repelled the enemy.
Kong Xianquan, who was badly injured, was carried on a stretcher to a nearby Catholic church, where the wounded lay.
Due to the poor medical conditions of the Red Army troops at that time, the doctor could only use "opium water" as an anesthetic when removing the bullets from his legs, and after removing six bullets and broken bones, he could only perform simple bandaging.
He was seriously injured and was ordered to recuperate
At that time, Kong Xianquan was injured in his left leg, and when the Red Army decided to continue to advance, he also let him recuperate, but he said that he was only injured in his left leg, and he was able to walk on his own, insisting on continuing to follow the Red Army.
However, kong Xianquan walked with the Fifth Red Army to the street of Lantou in Qianxi County, Bijie District, Guizhou Province, and his wounds were cracked and cracked because of constant walking, and he no longer continued to follow the Red Army, and he himself knew that insisting on following the Red Army could only become a burden to the Red Army. So this time, he agreed to the request of the commander of the Fifth Red Army and stayed at the home of a rich local man to recuperate.
When the Red Army left, he left him more than three hundred silver dollars and a doctor and a correspondent to take care of him, remembering that Kong Xianquan had distinguished himself in the army and was determined, he was given these conditions by exception, because according to Kong Xianquan's rank, he could not receive these treatments.
In addition, the Red Army soldiers also specially explained that the rich man was taking good care of the wounded, and said that he would come to check on him later. At that time, the rich man had a good feeling for the Red Army itself and was willing to protect the wounded Red Army soldier.
After a long time, Kong Xianquan's injured left leg finally healed, but because there was a bone that had been removed, his left leg was nearly 10 cm shorter after healing. After that, Kong Xianquan decided to rely on himself in order to trouble others less, because Kong Xianquan did not find the Red Army troops at that time, and the rich man was worried that the Red Army would come back to check and never let Kong Xianquan leave.
Therefore, Kong Xianquan only sought a livelihood in the local area. He sold needle and linen threads and worked as a mason, and during his trading, he adhered to the attitude of serving the people, charged very low fees, and won some favor from the people. In addition, when the people learned that Kong Xianquan was a Red Army, they regarded him as a "living Red Army Bodhisattva".
He also believes superstitiously that anything related to him can bring good luck and exorcise demons and dispel diseases. At that time, the local villagers constantly asked him for the straw shoes and even clothes he wore, burned them to ashes, and washed them with water for the sick in an attempt to achieve the effect of curing the disease.
Over time, many of the things he used were also taken away by the local villagers, his belongings became less and less, and his life became more and more difficult.
After many years, he regained his party membership
During his time as a mason in the local village, Kong Xianquan had been paying attention to the development of the revolution, and he knew that in the end the Communist Party defeated the Kuomintang and New China was successfully established.
One day in 1950, when Kong Xianquan was reading the newspaper as usual, he saw two familiar names--Yang Yong and Su Zhenhua, who were the leaders of his regiment at that time, and the special care for him was also specially arranged by the two.
Kong Xianquan was very excited to see these two people, so he wrote a letter to the two, in which he said that although he was physically crippled, he could still do some work, hoping that the organization could reconsider his return.
Yang Yong and Su Zhenhua, who received the letter, were also very happy to learn that Kong Xianquan was still alive and well, so they reported his situation to their superiors, and Huang Kecheng, who introduced Kong Xianquan to the party in the early years, also personally issued a written certificate and restored Kong Xianquan's party membership.
After being inspected by his superiors, it was also decided to let Kong Xianquan return to the organization and appoint him as the deputy district chief of the Seventh District to participate in the takeover and establishment of the Government of the Seventh District.
When the state decided to establish the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall, it also first remembered Kong Xianquan and appointed him as the secretary of the Zunyi Conference Memorial Preparatory Committee to help organize the preparations for the construction of the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall.
Although china did not have any experience to learn from at that time for the establishment of memorials, Kong Xianquan and others carefully searched for many physical objects and letters of the Red Army during the Long March and many historical photos taken during the Long March according to the spiritual instructions of the Ministry of Culture.
The Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall was very successful and was praised by the superior leaders. In November 1964, the Chairman also personally inscribed an inscription for the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall - "Zunyi Conference Site".
brief summary:
Since joining the Communist Party of China, Kong Xianquan has followed the Red Army to participate in the revolution, and has been able to move forward courageously in many wars, and when he was seriously injured, he was bent on following the Red Army to continue to fight on the battlefield. In the end, when his own actions were inconvenient, he chose not to drag down the Red Army and stayed in Guizhou, which he passed through during the Long March.
Although Kong Xianquan, an old Red Army soldier, fell behind for 15 years due to injury, he still wanted to serve the country and the people during that period.
During the recuperation period in Bijie, Guizhou Province, he was also known as the "Living Red Army Bodhisattva", which can be seen not only in the service that Kong Xianquan did for the local people at that time, but also in the great image of the Red Army in the minds of the people at that time
After recovering from his injuries, he also took the initiative to contact the party organization and ask for a return, and after being assigned to work, he was also able to complete it with dedication and responsibility, and on the whole, Kong Xianquan's life was a life dedicated to the country and the people.