The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was a famous war against aggression in the history of the mainland. In the past ten years, the sons and daughters of China have endured the most tragic family destruction in the world, and they have been separated from life and death. The peaceful society in which we now live was bought by our ancestors with their lives and painstaking efforts. Therefore, remembering history is an indispensable part of mainland culture and education. From an early age, we have stood in high esteem for the heroic anti-Japanese soldiers.
In that environment at that time, many anti-Japanese heroes emerged, all of whom shed blood and tears for the motherland! Among them, there was a soldier who had made 10 first-class merits and 12 second-class merits before and after the founding of New China, and he was willing to return to his hometown to work as a farmer without causing any trouble to the country. Next, let's take a look at the story of this anti-war veteran.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, 32-year-old Xiao Wanshi was influenced by his family to join the local guerrillas. In 1937, the brutal blood of the Japanese army washed his village, and his family and all the villagers were burned alive! He had said he was going to avenge the death of his family and his father! Kill more Japanese troops. Therefore, in the war, he was very brave, and in one battle, he only took a spear of his own making and destroyed a 10-man Japanese army detachment.
In the army, he was notoriously fatal, once sneaking into a Japanese turret with a soldier and killing nearly 20 soldiers. In the battle of Changle Village, his troops suffered heavy casualties, and only a few dozen of the hundred-man team survived. He was shot in the left chest at the time and completed the operation by tying him to a pillar without anesthesia. However, due to limited conditions, two residual shrapnel pieces have not been removed, which has accompanied him throughout his life.
Of course, it is impossible for a person not to make mistakes. On a trip to escort Japanese prisoners, he was punished for not paying attention to having the captives stab their own soldiers. Later, when cleaning up opium in Yunnan, some frail and sick old people begged bitterly, and he left some more opium for them, and when he returned to the army, he was punished again. While working as a station manager at the district grain station, a worker stole grain from the grain storehouse. Xiao Wanshi learned that the worker's family was poor and had not eaten for a long time, so he let him go. Because of these good mistakes, his punishment only increased.
He died of illness in 2009 at the age of 104. His children said he rarely spoke of his past, and that his father's participation in the war was heard from his comrades-in-arms. When he was hospitalized for illness, the state sent someone to comfort him and ask him what he wanted. He only said that he hoped that after his death, he would not inform his comrades-in-arms and not add trouble to the country. He always laughed and said, "I'm satisfied. ”