After the founding of New China, in the face of a complex external environment, the country is still facing many crises. Under these circumstances, China's leaders showed great boldness and defeated powerful countries such as the United States one after another to ensure national peace.
However, in the process of defending the country, the people of the whole country paid a huge price, and Chairman Mao and other leaders sent their children to the front line. In the end, Mao Anying and others died on the battlefield, which became a major regret of the country.
After this, China ushered in an important war, that is, the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, in which many sons and daughters of high-ranking leaders died on the battlefield.
The self-defense counterattack against Vietnam was a war without suspense, and Vietnam had a good strength with the assistance of the Soviet Union. So they tried to cause trouble for China in Southeast Asia, but vietnam still has a huge gap compared to China.
Therefore, after the war, the People's Liberation Army swept across vietnam and it did not take long to defeat Vietnam. But war is cruel after all, and even if it is such a war with little suspense about victory or defeat, the PLA will inevitably suffer casualties.
There were many heroic warriors who fell on the battlefields of Vietnam. Among them, there are ten martyrs whose identities are extraordinary. They were all the children of high-ranking military officials, but like many ordinary soldiers, they set foot on the battlefield to fight for their country, and eventually they all fell on the battlefield.
The first martyr was named Zhou Wei, and his father was the revolutionary Zhou Kaiyuan of the older generation. Zhou Kaiyuan joined the Eighth Route Army at the age of 15, and later participated in many important wars and made many military achievements. In the war against Vietnam, Zhou Kaiyuan served as the political commissar of the 121st Division of the 41st Army of the People's Liberation Army.
When his son learned of the Vietnam War, he expressed his desire to serve on the battlefield. Zhou Kaiyuan is well aware of the dangers of the battlefield, his son has been spoiled since he was a child, and now he is taking the initiative to find himself to open the back door to the battlefield. Zhou Kaiyuan did not agree to his request, but Zhou Wei still secretly signed up to participate in the war.
After learning about this, Zhou Kaiyuan had a different view of his son, and originally he thought that his son was just a brain fever. I didn't think of what it meant to go to the battlefield, and I only treated being a soldier and fighting as a child's play. He was very touched to see that his son was so determined to go to the battlefield to defend his family and defend the country, so the father and son went to the battlefield together.
Zhou Kaiyuan has been in the military for many years and has experienced countless hard battles, and he has successfully survived. It's just that the battlefield is cruel, and his son Zhou Wei doesn't have the good fortune of his father. During a mission, in order to cover his teammates, Zhou Wei took the initiative to stay behind, although he helped his comrades to successfully retreat, he was hit by the enemy and unfortunately died on the battlefield, only 20 years old.
Like Zhou Kaiyuan's father and son, in the 160th Division that participated in the war, there was also a pair of heroic fathers and sons. On February 27, 1979, a reconnaissance squad of the 160th Division was besieged by the Vietnamese army during its daily patrol duties. In order to cover the retreat of his teammates, deputy squad leader Zhang Li, after being injured, took the initiative to choose to stay and let the others leave.
In this way, the others retreated with difficulty, and Zhang Li used his last strength to fire at the enemy and complete his cover task, but he fell on the battlefield forever. After Zhang Li's sacrifice, the news was immediately transmitted back to the division headquarters.
Seeing this news, Li Zhaogui, the political commissar of the 160th Division, was extremely shocked, because Zhang Li's identity was a secret in the army, and he was actually the son of Zhang Zhixin, the commander of the 160th Division. Zhang Zhixin spent most of his life, just such a son, the family everyone took him as a baby.
But Zhang Li still hid his identity and participated in the war, heroic on the battlefield, and never said anything about his identity. It was not until the time of his death that his comrades-in-arms knew his true identity. When he learned of his son's sacrifice, Zhang Zhixin burst into tears, but he quickly sorted out his emotions and continued to command the battle.
Since then, Zhang Zhixin has been thinking about the child, and when he is fine, he will take out the photo of his son and stroke it while shedding tears.
Even so, Zhang Zhixin has never been special. Even after the war, someone wanted to hold a memorial service for his children, but he resolutely refused. To this day, Zhang Li sleeps quietly in the Jingxi Martyrs' Cemetery in Guangxi.
Zhang Zhixin was very sad in his heart, but he was always proud of his son. The child's sacrifice strengthened his determination to resist the Vietnamese army. At that time, he endured grief to command the battle, achieved many achievements on the battlefield, and used his actions to avenge the children.
There are two martyrs who are more special here, the two of them are brothers, and they have come to the battlefield together. Unfortunately, they did not come back alive, and the sacrifice of the two also brought a huge blow to their family. They were Geng Jun and Geng Xiaokang, and the father of the brothers was Geng Jinfu, former deputy chief of staff of the 150th Division of the 50th Army.
Before the war against Vietnam began, Geng Jinfu retired from the army due to his advanced age. However, his two sons decided to enlist in the army and contribute to the country. Although Geng Jinfu did not give up, he also recognized the children's choice. In this way, the two brothers set foot on the battlefield together. On the battlefield, the brothers were assigned to a unit, with Geng Jun as the squad leader and Geng Xiaokang as the deputy squad leader.
The two of them supported each other, inspired each other, and led the warriors to kill the enemy heroically. In March 1979, the Vietnamese army decided to launch an even more frantic counter-offensive in order to save the battlefield. The focus of their attack was on the Gaoping area.
At this time, the Geng family brothers stayed here with the troops. The troops were soon attacked by large Vietnamese troops, who were in a very dangerous position, surrounded by Vietnamese troops on all sides, with steep cliffs behind them. Seeing that the sacrifices of the troops were getting bigger and bigger, the company commander decided to lead the troops to break through. Geng Xiaokang took the initiative to take on the task of attracting fire, and he led a group to exchange fire with the Vietnamese troops to cover the retreat of other troops.
Unfortunately, in the process of breaking through, Geng Xiaokang was unfortunately shot and killed.
Geng Jun, like his brothers, stayed behind to cover the evacuation of his teammates. On the position, he and the few remaining fighters ran out of ammunition and killed a large number of enemies. Seeing that the enemy was about to attack again, in order to avoid being captured by the enemy, Geng Jun took the initiative to jump off the cliff.
The other surviving fighters also committed suicide by throwing themselves off cliffs, and when the brothers died, one was 20 years old and the other was just 18 years old. Overnight, both sons were sacrificed, which brought a huge blow to the Geng family. Geng Jinfu was so sad that his wife cried so much that her tears dried up, and her hair was all white overnight.
A double martyr, the heroic deeds of the Geng family are destined to be recorded in the annals of history, but for the Geng family, this price is too great.
Qu Kui, chief of staff of the 41st Army, whose son was named Qu Ningjiang, also signed up for the army. On the battlefield, Qu Ningjiang's performance was very active, originally because he was still young, his superiors did not approve him to go to the front, he found his father.
Qu Kui was very impressed with his son's actions, and with his help, the child went to the front line. Unfortunately, in a battle, Qu Ningjiang was unfortunately killed at the age of 19. For Qu Kui, who single-handedly sent his child to the battlefield, his son's sacrifice brought him endless grief. But he was also proud of his children, both father and son were heroes of the country.
The martyr Luo Yuening's father was named Luo Rong, who joined the revolution in his early years and was awarded the rank of colonel after the founding of the People's Republic of China. At that time, Luo Rong was the deputy chief of staff of the Guangzhou Military Region, and as his child, Luo Yuening was well trained from an early age.
After the outbreak of war, he resolutely signed up for the army, during a reconnaissance mission. Their troops were attacked by the Vietnamese, and Lo Yuen had initially succeeded in breaking through. But he learned that there were still many warriors in the encirclement. So he resolutely rushed back, and repeatedly rushed three times like this, saving countless warriors, but he himself fell on the battlefield.
The martyr Jiang Luping, whose father was a famous hero, was the founding major general Jiang Xieyuan. General Jiang Xieyuan joined the Red Army in his early years, and later fought everywhere along the way, making countless meritorious achievements.
In the Liberation War, he led his army to defend Tashan and became a famous general of Shino. Since then, Jiang Xieyuan has continued to guard China's frontiers, and his requirements for his family are very strict.
After the outbreak of the Vietnam War, he sent both of his sons to the battlefield. Jiang Luping did not resent his father for this, but was very heroic on the battlefield, and in a battle, he went deep behind the enemy to seize the position and determine the coordinates for the artillery. As a result, he was unfortunately killed in the battle, and Jiang Xieyuan, who learned of this matter, was very sad in his heart.
Although he lost his beloved son, he still did not forget the affairs of the state, even if he fell ill due to grief, he also insisted on going to the front line to command the battle, and severely damaged the Vietnamese army. Another of his sons, Jiang Nanping, was wounded in battle and later made many contributions.
In addition to the above martyrs, there are outstanding martyrs such as Peng Hong, son of the former deputy commander of the Air Force of the Nanjing Military Region; Zhao Youlin, son of the political commissar of the Logistics Department of the Guangzhou Military Region; Cao Hui, son of the 446th regimental commander of the 149th Division; and Jiang Limin, son of the political commissar of the May Seventh Cadre School of the Xinjiang Military Region.
In the wartime, they resolutely stepped on the battlefield, and originally in their identity, they could have a better life. At that time, there were indeed some children of high-ranking officials who chose to leave the front line for their own interests and relying on their family connections. But more people, like them, did not care about their identity, but resolutely went to the battlefield to serve the country.
Their ten martyrs, with their lives, saved countless comrades-in-arms, and even more saved countless people. Since ancient times, it has been a very sad thing for a white-haired person to send a black-haired person.
When the families of these martyrs received the news, their mood could be imagined. But it is precisely because they grew up in such a family and were taught by their fathers from an early age that they strengthened their faith, and their fathers also supported the children's choices, and in these heroic families, we saw the inheritance of the great spirit.