One day in 2012, an old man appeared in front of the TV screen, the old man was dressed in military uniform, with a row of medals on his chest, under the light, slowly walked out, the old man was full of energy, the atmosphere was extraordinary, the audience was full of respect for it, the old man gradually sat down and told his story.
Ou Xingtian
The old man said that he was a tomb keeper, once one of the characters of "Moving China", guarding the tomb for his comrades-in-arms for more than 30 years, quietly present, continuing to listen to the old man's speech, the old man began to recall the events of that era.
Who is this old man? What happened to him? How deep is the emotion that keeps the tomb for more than 30 years? What happened in the first place?
Martyrs' Cemetery
Next, I will take you back to that era and witness the events of that era, and new friends can click on this attention, not only will not miss this video, but also can review the wonderful content of the past.
Ou Xingtian was born in 1925 in Qingliang Village, Guzhen County, Anhui Province, and was very sensible since he was a child, often working in the fields with his parents, and the smoke of war was scattered on this land.
In 1936, at the age of 11, Ou Xingtian joined the army, when he studied at the military school in the Bengbu area of Anhui Province, during the school period, Ou Xingtian was very studious, in various disciplines are top-notch, and the surrounding classmates are also very friendly, the school's teachers always praise him.
At this time, he entered the sight of General Zhang Aiping, and after Ou Xingtian graduated, he was taken away by General Zhang Aiping and took him to the Huaibei base area to do his own documents.
In 1938, the situation of the War of Resistance began to tense, at that time, the Japanese army quickly invaded Ou Xingtian's hometown, they burned and plundered, they did nothing evil, everywhere they went, there was no grass, they slaughtered every unarmed civilian, but they regarded this as a kind of entertainment. There were corpses everywhere, and when Ou Xingtian and his comrades-in-arms saw this scene, they hated the evil deeds of the Japanese Kou.
They decided to join the army, to join the army, to drive the devils out of China, so several people wrote a petition to General Zhang Aiping to resist Japan, Zhang Aiping was touched by their passionate enthusiasm, but because they were too young, they refused their request, but these people were bent on serving the country, and under the support of this belief, in the end, Zhang Aiping agreed to their request, and assigned them to the New Fourth Army Third Division and Ninth Brigade, and set up a sharp knife team.
In this way, they began to devote themselves to the journey of fighting, they had seen the cruelty of war, and they also knew the dangers of the battlefield, and several people made a pact, the agreement was that if any of them were injured, they would take care of each other and not abandon each other, if someone accidentally sacrificed on the battlefield, those who survived would collect the corpses for the dead, and as soon as the oath came out, several people could not recognize the corpses in case of future sacrifices.
So they tattooed their names on their arms, and infiltrated into the flesh with ink, and the names remained on the arms forever, and the friendship between them could not be broken, and several people met, so they rushed to the battlefield, and each of them was ready for heroic sacrifice.
They were given the task of going deep into the rear of the Japanese Kou to reconnoiter their movements, as well as to feedback the collected intelligence to their superiors, Ou Xingtian and his comrades carefully lurked in the jungle, and once again they found the devil's garrison troops, which were very close to their troops, they did not dare to have the slightest slackness, so they immediately sent people to report to their superiors, and soon the troops arranged ambushes around the area and began to fight, while another small group took advantage of the chaos to sneak around the enemy's back and slowly approached to solve the enemy.
Under the two-sided attack, they won this battle with the least casualties, and at this time, the sharp knife team also understood how important it was to be a scout, and in the next few battles, Ou Xingtian cooperated with his teammates tacitly, helped the troops collect a lot of intelligence about the enemy, and also helped the troops reduce a lot of losses.
On the battlefield
But being a scout is not only as simple and easy as it seems, but also a scout is also very dangerous, in the process of reconnaissance, everything must be careful, in case it is discovered, it will be surrounded, and this kind of thing happened, in the Battle of Caogou, when Ou Xingtian and his comrades carefully lurked in the bushes, but unexpectedly in the process of action, they were found by the enemy army, the enemy army began to strafe, and many enemy troops gathered
At the time of confrontation, Ou Xingtian's leg was unfortunately hit by a bullet, and the injury was very serious, just at this critical moment, Pan Zhibang, one of the nine people, immediately carried Ou Xingtian and moved towards the safe area, Ou Xingtian saw that he let him put himself down, but Pan Zhibang said, We agreed, if someone is injured, they should not abandon, but to help each other, Ou Xingtian listened to it very moved, after moving to a safe place, Pan Zhibang took up the gun and threw himself into the battle. This is also the last time Ou Xingtian has seen him.
Cemetery
On the battlefield full of bullets, Pan Zhibang showed great bravery, and finally unfortunately was hit by more than a dozen bullets, the body was pierced, sacrificed on the battlefield, after Pan Zhibang's sacrifice, Ou Xingtian was very painful, his comrades left him, he cried bitterly, because the war was hurried, he had to bury his body in a hurry,
Soon, another of the nine comrades-in-arms Meng Qingping also fell on the battlefield, when the battle was over, in the face of the pursuit of the Japanese Kou, they had to follow the troops to continue to march, this battle, lost a lot of soldiers, Ou Xingtian and the remaining comrades were silent for a long time,
In 1941, the Japanese army carried out a large-scale sweeping campaign, launched a clearing and suppression of the strongholds of our army in various places, and at that time Ou Xingtian's team was only 60 people, and the number of enemy troops was more than ten times theirs, in the face of the dangerous situation, everyone had given up the hope of life, only hoping that relying on their flesh and blood and the guns in their hands, they could eliminate one more enemy, and destroyed an enemy, and the soldiers rushed forward regardless of their bodies.
On the bank of the Tuo River, Ou Xingtian and his comrades rushed forward, fought hard, and destroyed the hundred enemies, but the damage to themselves was too great, the blood of the soldiers flowed on this land, the sky gradually darkened, and there were very few surviving fighters, and there were few bullets left, in order to retain the strength of the battle, the company commander let Ou Xingtian break through with the troops, he and the deputy company commander Ding Zaisen stayed behind to take charge of the break, the enemy's fire was too fierce, and the bullets of the company commander and the deputy company commander who were responsible for the break were exhausted.
Scouts
They tried their best to drag the advancing enemy troops forward, so they rushed forward, and finally they were all killed, and the deputy company commander was also one of the nine men, and after the enemy attacked, they strafed the bodies of the soldiers, and the river was stained red with the blood of the soldiers.
In 1945, the End of the War of Resistance Against Japan, once nine people, but only Ou Xingtian survived, 7 people died on the battlefield, 1 person disappeared, in Qingliang Village, this important road, about 2400 soldiers of the New Fourth Army died here, when in order to commemorate these dead martyrs, Ou Xingtian's old troops raised funds to build a "Huaibei West Gate Anti-Japanese Martyrs Mausoleum" in Qingliang Village to commemorate these soldiers who defended their homes and defended the country.
The people cried out
Later, Chiang Kai-shek unilaterally tore up the "Double Ten Contract" and launched a battle against our army, the Kuomintang-Communist Civil War broke out, and in the Battle of Huaihai, the mausoleum was unfortunately destroyed.
After the end of the War of Liberation, the United States vainly tried to nip China in the bud, so it invaded Korea, hoping to inflict heavy damage on China, the central authorities immediately decided to begin to carry out the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the volunteer army crossed the Yalu River in a mighty way to defend the country, and Ou Xingtian never forgot his comrades-in-arms, with their faith and their own strength to participate in the war, the snow was white, and the volunteer army overcame one battle after another.
Soldiers who died
During this time, Ou Xingtian himself is also growing, from a clerk to the chief of staff, in the face of the US army, Ou Xingtian led the troops to win one battle after another, finally, under the unremitting efforts of the volunteer army, the US army was defeated, the Chinese volunteer army was victorious, they took the train back to the motherland, back to the motherland Ou Xingtian was awarded the rank of colonel, retired as a division-level cadre, when he saw the words on his arm, he still did not forget the original oath,
So he took his men and the descendants of the company commander to look for the soldiers who died in the battle, but a long time had passed, and the bones could not be found. Ou Xingtian made a decision, he was going to find the bones of these people and rebuild a cemetery for these martyrs.
Planes bombed
In 1980, the 55-year-old Ou Xingtian officially retired, he officially embarked on a journey to find his former sacrificed comrades-in-arms, he did not know how many mountains he had crossed, how many rivers he had crossed, asked too many people, some comrades could not find, so he began to collect the belongings of these comrades-in-arms, hoping that one day, he could give them a real resting place.
The old man got up very early every day, walked around the surrounding towns, asked about all kinds of people, some soldiers were born in the mountains from childhood, the traffic of that era, the information is not particularly well-informed, just like this, the old man himself walks on the mountain road, often to the local police station to ask for relevant information, etc., he is often misunderstood,
But the old man didn't care so much, he was worried that one day he would fall ill and never get up again, and if so, these martyrs would really "disappear" into this world.
The unremitting efforts of the old man finally attracted the attention of the relevant departments, they decided to help the old man to do something, so one day the Guzhen County Party Committee approved 20 acres of land for the elderly to build a cemetery, because of the site selection problem, for this reason the old man went to Beijing specifically to find Zhang Aiping and other generals.
Ou Xingtian Youth
General Zhang Aiping and others helped the old man solve the problem, but also raised money for the old man to build a cemetery, the old man did his best to build the cemetery and insisted, he did not know how many people did not understand, but the old man did not have the slightest complaint, and even lived in the cemetery, later, the old man's behavior attracted the attention of people from other places, they would come to this cemetery every year to worship these heroic spirits.
Ou Xingtian is old
Later, the deeds of the old man spread more and more, the old man also received a lot of attention, in the "moving China" characters, the old man was also selected, the old man has been telling the story of that era to future generations.
In 2016, the elderly Ou Xingtian died of illness, and before he died, he had his children bury him next to his comrades-in-arms. A vow that has gone through time, but it has always been remembered in the hearts of the old people, countless people fell on that land, just for today's good life, I would like to use this video to pay tribute to the old man Ou Xingtian and those martyrs!