At the beginning of 1950, before the end of winter, Yang Yong, the commander of the military region who was serving in Guizhou, China, came to his post on an ordinary and ordinary morning, ready to start the day's work.
But today was different from usual, because a letter appeared on Yang Yong's desk. After opening the letter and reading the contents, Yang Yong immediately froze and slowed down for a long time before murmuring to the letter paper:
"It turns out that you are still alive, old comrade-in-arms, why are you looking for me now..."
There was a long silence, tears slid down Yang Yong's eyes, time seemed to stand still, and Yang Yong's mind recalled the two people's former glory years.
Kong Xianquan was born in 1911 in a poor family in Liuyang, Hunan Province, his parents were farmers, kong Xianquan did not have so many good childhood memories when he was a child, as if he was born with suffering, let go of cattle, cut grass, and also worked as a handyman for the landlord's family.
The hard work all year round can only make a family of three barely make ends meet, and the matter of letting Kong Xianquan go to school and study is even more dare not be counted on, Kong Xianquan only dropped out of private school after only a few days of reading, and completely devoted himself to a life that can be subsistence.
If it were not for the Red Army passing through here later, Kong Xianquan might have been a peasant for a lifetime, and would have been with the land all his life. The arrival of the Red Army gave Kong Xianquan hope, and he joined the Red Army with the enthusiasm of the young people to serve the country. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he devoted all his body and mind to the revolutionary cause.
In 1928, Kong Xianquan joined the revolution, and then the first to the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" Kong Xianquan participated, in the battle Kong Xianquan always took the lead, even if he was injured in the battle, he was fearless, and was turned into "Cheng Bite Gold" by his comrades-in-arms and leaders.
After the defeat of the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, the Red Army was forced to start the Long March. And the bond between Yang Yong and Kong Xianquan at the beginning of the story begins here.
On the way of the Red Army's Long March, the enemy chased and intercepted all the way in an attempt to kill the Red Army, which triggered large and small battles, and the Red Army had to be on the lookout for enemy conspiracies while overcoming the difficult environment, of which the Battle of Loushan Pass took place at this time.
Early one morning, Peng Dehuai received an order from his superiors: in order to ensure the safety of the Red Army, he asked to capture Loushan Pass by the end of February. At that time, the Red Army captured
Zunyi City
The warlords of Guizhou had already led their troops to line up at Loushan Pass. In order to ensure the safety of the Red Army, the Central Committee issued such an order to Peng Dehuai.
Kong Xianquan was one of the combatants at that time, Kong Xianquan's family was a peasant for several generations, and the appearance of the Red Army made him feel that life was full of hope. Kong Xianquan had always been grateful to the Red Army and had no objection to the arrangement of the organization.
In February 1935, the Red Army decided to attack Loushan Pass, Kong Xianquan led the scouts to set off overnight, disguised as ordinary people, infiltrated the local base, surveyed the enemy's defensive deployment, and also captured several prisoners, successfully pulling out the enemy's fire distribution from the enemy's mouth.
One early morning in late February, the Red Army launched a fire attack on the enemy. The battle was very difficult and dangerous, and the enemy obviously had nowhere to escape, but he still refused to tie his hands and capture it, and for a time the enemy and us were deadlocked.
Faced with such a situation, Kong Xianquan decided to make a quick decision, and he led a team directly to the enemy brigade headquarters at Loushan Pass, Kong Xianquan believed that as long as he attacked here, the enemy army would collapse. But what was not expected was that when Kong Xianquan was about to reach his destination, the enemy's reinforcements also arrived.
Kong Xianquan did not flinch, roared and rushed towards the enemy, stubbornly resisted, the momentum suddenly shocked a large number of enemy troops, and suddenly the two sides fell into a melee, the enemy army did not expect the Red Army to have such perseverance.
However, unfortunately, it was outnumbered, kong Xianquan bore the brunt of it, was seriously wounded, fainted on the battlefield, and was then carried off the position by his comrades-in-arms and arranged to a nearby church.
Although Kong Xianquan did not destroy the enemy's important organs in one fell swoop as he imagined, he also let the enemy see the momentum of the Red Army and boosted the prestige of our army. In the end, the Red Army successfully captured Loushan Pass.
However, Kong Xianquan's injuries were too serious, he was shot in the left leg, and due to the possibility of being disabled for life after not being treated in time, he could no longer accompany the Red Army's Long March in a short period of time.
However, the military situation was changing every day, and the actual situation did not allow the army to wait until Kong Xianquan's injuries were healed, and the Red Army only stayed in Guizhou for a while before continuing to move north. Kong Xianquan's superior Yang Yong had no choice but to leave him in Zunyi, recuperate at the home of a rich man surnamed Song, and leave three hundred silver dollars for the Song rich man as a fee to take care of Kong Xianquan.
And let his men take pictures of the rich man's house, and told the rich man before leaving:
"My comrade-in-arms stayed with you to recuperate, you have to take good care of him, 300 silver dollars is a thank you fee, I hope you can do your best, we will be very grateful, but if you have the idea of getting rich, we only ask you, we have a picture in hand, and then we will check you when we come back."
Yang Yong's words were both engulfing and powerful, and the Song rich man took good care of Kong Xianquan after the Red Army left, and asked a doctor for him to treat his illness, and the injuries gradually healed in the next two years, but unfortunately,
Left leg with a lifelong disability, he walked with a limp
target. Even so, Kong Xianquan did not give up the idea of returning to the army, but the communication blockage at that time could no longer contact the previous army.
During the two years of recuperation at the home of the Song rich man, in time for the Xi'an Incident of 1936, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were preparing for a second cooperation, when the Kuomintang issued an appeal for the Red Army to stand up and do its part for the country.
Kong Xianquan wanted to return to the army, and when he heard the news, he was moved, but he was stopped by the Song rich man, the Song rich man said
"Your injuries are not yet complete, and if you leave now, when your Red Army leaders return, how can I explain it?"
In all kinds of helplessness, Kong Xianquan could only give up, and this abandonment was a long separation from the army for more than ten years.
After Kong Xianquan recuperated, he left the home of the Rich Lord of Song and began a wandering life. In the beginning, Kong Xianquan worked as a casual worker in this area of Zunyi, waiting for the Red Army while barely living, and then worked as a salesman, walking all day in various villages and buying gadgets.
Also because he went to school for a few days in his early years, and later learned to read in the army,
I have written letters to villagers in the local area and read letters.
Later, he became a mason, and over time, the nearby villagers called him "crippled bricklayer".
Because Kong Xianquan was a down-to-earth and generous person, he was very respected among the villagers, especially when the common people knew that Kong Xianquan had once been a Red Army, and they were even more kind to him, saying that he was a Red Army Bodhisattva.
In this way, day after day, year after year, Kong Xianquan has been in Zunyi with the mood of looking for a team until the founding of New China. Such excited news came, and only then did Kong Xianquan's thoughts stop.
New China was founded, the era of peace had come, there were no more days of war, and it didn't matter if I couldn't go back to the army. Just when Kong Xianquan decided that he would be a mason in this life and finish the second half of his life, a turning point appeared.
One day in 1950, the newspaper published an article about the leadership of the army, and the protagonist of this article was Yang Yong. The state commended Yang Yong for his outstanding military achievements in the wartime.
The rank of general was awarded
。
Yang Yong once annihilated the military strength of a division of the Kuomintang with fewer victories and more, and was a general with great military talent. This report is about this matter, and at the end of the article, it mentions things that Yang Yong has always regretted:
After one of his regimental staff officers was wounded, he lost contact in Zunyi, and he did not know how he was now and whether he was healthy or not.
After Kong Xianquan saw this report, his heart lit up with hope, and he wrote a letter to Yang Yong with great excitement. Yang Yong was also very happy after receiving the letter. After experiencing the battlefield of life and death, how many comrades-in-arms can never be found again, such a comrade who has lost contact with the organization because of injury has news many years later, how rare it is, so many years, they all think that Kong Xianquan has died.
Yang Yong quickly replied to Kong Xianquan, who was also Kong Xianquan's former chief, and gave him Huang Kecheng's address.
So Kong Xianquan contacted Huang Kecheng again, hoping to restore his status as a party member, and even if he was disabled, he hoped to make some contributions to the country. After Huang Kecheng saw the letter, he was also very happy and personally handled relevant materials for him to prove his identity.
After zunyi's staff learned of Kong Xianquan's true identity, they immediately launched a relevant investigation.
After investigating Kong Xianquan's life all along, he did not do anything against the party organization, and immediately restored Kong Xianquan's party membership, and also met his requirements and arranged work for him.
Two years later, the superiors decided to build the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall to commemorate the history of the Long March, and repaired it on the original site of the Zunyi Conference. Considering that Kong Xianquan had been in Zunyi for many years and had participated in the battle of Loushan Pass in the past, he was sent to do the work related to the establishment of the memorial hall.
Kong Xianquan is also dedicated to this work
, actively collect cultural relics and materials
, the residential buildings of the old site of the conference were maintained and repaired, and each work was personally supervised by Kong Xianquan,
Never missed a day of work because of his physical condition
。 After the zunyi conference memorial hall opened, Kong Xianquan took the position of director of the memorial hall.
Serving as a curator is not an easy job, Kong Xianquan told the visitors about history is not empty talk, but also personally went to the road of the Long March to take photos, interview the military and civilians, and strive to restore the original appearance of history.
Slowly, the things in the exhibition hall became more and more abundant, and this history became more brilliant under the careful arrangement of Kong Xianquan. Kong Xianquan also often told the students who came to the exhibition hall that the revolutionary tradition should be carried forward forever, telling the revolutionary story to the students, so that they can study well and cherish their current life.
In 1988, Kong Xianquan was hospitalized due to the recurrence of an old illness in his early years, coupled with years of running and toiling. Kong Xianquan knew that his limit was approaching, but he did not feel any regrets, and it was already a consummation to be able to contact the Red Army at the end of his life and make himself serve the motherland.
Kong Xianquan, who died of illness in November at the age of 78, walked peacefully.