At the end of 2016, in a military base in Suzhou, six tanks were neatly arranged in turn, and a soldier in the distance supported an old man, slowly walked to the tank, quietly touching the six tanks in turn, and his trembling fingers slowly rubbed on the cold steel.
At that moment, the old man seemed to return to that glorious time. The sound of tank guns brings the old man back to reality, which is the artillery of the military district that makes an exception to fire for the old man alone! The sound of cannons pierced through the clouds and resounded through the sky!
The old man, who a few months ago was an ordinary villager, no one in the world knew his story, including his family, and all this had to start from the hot summer of 2016.
In the summer of 2016, an old man in Nanjia Village, Dongting Town, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, was taking a nap in the shade of the door, looking at the old man from a distance and many rural elderly people, but walking in can be clearly seen, although the old man is taking a nap, but he can still find his distinctive eye sockets, and what is more attractive is that on the left side of his chin, there is a shocking scar! This wound almost split the old man's jaw in two!
As a member of his family, his daughter naturally wanted to know what her father had experienced when he was young, but no matter how much she asked, his father did not say a word. After a long time, the daughter stopped asking.
At this time, the daughter was cleaning up the house in the house, trying to take advantage of the good weather to clean up the house, that is, at this time, she found a package, curiosity prompted her to open, after seeing the contents, she was also very confused, inside there was a large boxy seal. Then she came to the door with the Big Seal and asked her father what it was, and he said, "Whatever, I touched." ”
The daughter put the great seal in her father's hand, and the father touched it and said, "This is the great seal of the Japanese army." The daughter was also a little shocked, and even asked how this was obtained, is it related to the injuries on the body? In the face of his daughter Lianzhu's inquiry, the old man refused to say more.
The daughter took advantage of her father's lack of preparation and rushed to the government with the Big Seal, and the government staff was also very shocked after seeing it, and did not expect to see this kind of thing in this era outside the museum, and the staff told her that this was not only true, but also the infamous Japanese 18th Army Headquarters.
This old man who is now full of scars and blind in both eyes was also a handsome boy loved by his parents decades ago, and in 1922, the domestic and foreign troubles of the country, the warlords turned out to be born, and the old and new ideas crisscrossed, that is, at this time, Qian Jianmin was born ordinary.
But his parents did not want him to live an ordinary life, so they named him "Jianmin"!
Under the encouragement of his father and the vigilance of the sound of cannonballs, Qian Jianmin was also one step at a time, and was admitted to the "Army Mechanization College" without meeting his father's expectations, and the founder of the school was Xu Tingyao, who was known as the father of China's armored troops! The purpose of Xu Tingyao's founding of this military school was also to cultivate talents in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
During his years of studying, he had seen too many homeless people, had seen invaders kill their compatriots, and had seen his peers who were supposed to be studying in academy with him but had to wander around because of the war. When he stepped into the military school, his father's expectations still became his own goal.
The young Qian Jianmin walked into the school and began three years of study, during which he was not engulfed by the peace on campus, and he always remembered the ugly faces of the invaders.
Three years of time also flew by, and Qian Jianmin, who had achieved success, was incorporated into the armored unit because of his outstanding achievements, which was also the first batch of armored troops on the mainland! At that time, he did not know that his battlefield was actually on the border thousands of miles away!
At that time, the ambition of the Japanese army was not only China, the ambitious Japanese commander, brandishing a saber to attack Burma in a vain attempt to invade Southeast Asia, and Burma's military strength was far inferior to That of Japan, which was gradually defeated under the attack of Japan's powerful weapons, and once even the capital was captured by the Japanese army, and for a time the tragic mood of the entire Burmese land lingered.
The huge victory did not satisfy the ambitions of the wolf, and the Japanese army also seized the opportunity to point the spearhead at Mandalay, trying to blow up the Burma Road in order to block the Allied delivery of supplies to Burma.
But how could China, the United States, and Britain, as allies, sit idly by and let the Japanese army develop at will? After discussions, the United States was responsible for weapons and materiel, and China was responsible for soldiers, and an expeditionary force was formed to crush the Japanese conspiracy in Southeast Asia.
At this point, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has stepped onto the stage of history, and tens of millions of Chinese sons and daughters have gone to foreign countries to show the world the temperament of Chinese soldiers.
Although the young Qian Jianmin knew that he was going to another hometown, he could hardly hide his excitement, and after decades of hard reading in the cold window, it was for this moment, how could he not be excited!
He had fantasized about countless battles on the battlefield and charging into battle, but when he really came to Burma, he found that the environment here was something he had never seen before, no mountains, no plains, just the towering jungle and endless rain!
But this did not dampen his confidence, watching the warriors around him complain, he also tried his best to appease them.
When he first entered the battlefield, the first enemy he faced was the Japanese 18th Division, which was Japan's ace unit and played many amazing battles on the battlefield.
But after all, the newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, everyone also understands what the first battle means, so even in the face of the enemy's ace troops, Qian Jianmin did not have the slightest fear, years of learning results allowed him to play to the fullest, but the battlefield has never been a person's home, the first time in the field of combat they lost in command, deployment.
In this battle, the British army lost more than 13,000 people, and the expeditionary force left 50,000 souls on the land of Burma forever, and the Japanese army that had adapted to the Burmese environment suffered only more than 5,000 casualties! The expeditionary force was also forced to retreat, the Burma Road also fell into the hands of the Japanese army, and the supply channel of the expeditionary force was also cut off by the Japanese army.
This scene was not wanted by either the Allies or the Expeditionary Force, and after resting, Qian Jianmin was given the task of the second battle, at this time Qian Jianmin was already the lieutenant tactical leader of the chariot group.
Qian Jianmin, who received the task, drove the chariot to the front line, Qian Jianmin commanded the chariot to kill the enemy bravely, the shells poured out like no money, facing the armored vehicle group of the expeditionary force, the Japanese army had no way at all, and if it could not be hit, it would directly crash into it, and if it was hidden behind the bunker, the shells would be loaded, and if it did not work, it would come at once!
The chariot group led by Qian Jianmin had the potential to "see the world", and the Japanese commander also hurriedly ordered a retreat, and the remnants of the Japanese army were forced to retreat to the rear of the Valuban, at this time the Japanese army was like grasshoppers in the autumn in front of the steel torrent.
The expeditionary force also took advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results, but unexpectedly, the small Varouban blocked the pace of the expeditionary force and made our army pay a heavy price!
To this end, the expeditionary force consolidated its forces and finally decided to adopt the strategy of attacking the west from the east, allowing the first and second battalions of chariots to launch a feint attack in the north, and use the flexible and more mobile light tanks as the real offensive force in the west. But then the selection of the commander becomes a problem!
At this time, they thought of Qian Jianmin, the commander of the last battle, a young man who was only in his twenties, who showed excellent military quality and command ability! When the top brass told Qian Jianmin about the importance of this mission, Qian Jianmin performed a standard military salute: "Guarantee the completion of the task!" “
In March 1944, the Battle of The Waruban officially began, Qian Jianmin with a battalion of light tanks and friendly infantry, crossed the moat, broke through the enemy's barrier, and drove straight into the Waruban Commander, which was the remnants of the Japanese 18th Division, at this time most of the main forces were stationed in the north, facing Qian Jianmin and other steel monsters had no ability to fight back.
Under the command of Qian Jianmin, tanks and infantry killed in all directions in The Walluban, such as entering no man's land.
The roar of the shells, the overturning of the tracks, every minute and every second was knocking on the psychological defenses of the Japanese army. Qian Jianmin's tank troops were like a giant blade, piercing straight into the enemy's heart, but they could do nothing.
Looking at the Japanese army that collapsed and dropped its weapons and fled around, Qian Jianmin knew that the victory and defeat had been divided. In this battle, our army exchanged very few casualties for victory, only a few Japanese troops successfully escaped, and the top brass of the 18th Division were all killed.
At this time, he could be said to have a bright future, and his career was immeasurable, but this only lasted for one year.
In 1945, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression came to an end, and Qian Jianmin also came down from the front line and was transferred to the logistics unit. Once, while qian Jianmin was on a mission, he drove to Guizhou.
Years of war have also made more and more bandits, it happened that Qian Jianmin encountered a group of bandits who were robbing villagers, Qian Jianmin saw the situation and directly ordered his subordinates to rescue those refugees, who knew that at that time there were still some bandits hiding, they were also very angry when they saw the situation, thinking that Qian Jianmin was blocking their financial road, and the front bandits would definitely not be able to beat them.
So when Qian Jianmin was preparing to leave, he only heard a gunshot, and the bandits hiding in the shadows were gone, and when they saw Qian Jianmin wearing different military uniforms, they guessed that this person was an officer, so the gun went directly through the window glass of the car and hit his chin, and the glass was embedded in Qian Jianmin's eyes because of the impact of the bullet. Far away in the mountains, he missed the best time for treatment, and then he chose to retire from the army.
Back in his hometown after many years of absence, Qian Jianmin lived an ordinary life, and after many introductions from the same village, he eventually became a family with his own children. That experience and the Great Seal were like the past, buried in his heart.
More than 70 years later, my daughter turned over the big seal to find the government, and under the persuasion of the staff many times, this dusty past was able to see the light of day.
When the local leader went to comfort Qian Jianmin, he asked him if he needed any help from the government.
Qian Jianmin said: "I am very good now, there is no lack of anything. After saying that, the old man thought for a moment and said slowly: "There is really one, when I drove American tanks on the battlefield, now the country is strong, I have my own tanks, although I can't drive now, I still want to touch our own tanks." ”
Soon, at the end of 2016, six tanks of a military region in Suzhou greeted the old hero's review at the door.
Although the old man was blind, the soldiers were still neatly arranged to present the most standard military salute to the hero!
On February 9, 2018, Qian Jianmin died of illness at the age of 96.
Qian Jianmin on the battlefield heroically killed the enemy, after retiring from the army, he relied on himself, and his wish was only to hope that the country would be strong and he could touch his tank with his own hands! As the saying goes: Veterans don't die, they just wither. salute!