In 1997, Liu Zuokun's grandson Liu Jianguang saw the military history of the Korean War in books, and he told his grandfather with great interest, and suddenly found the old man in tears. Liu Jianguang was surprised to see it and asked what was wrong, Liu Zuokun did not make a sound, only signaled his grandson to continue to speak, a series of thrilling stories ended, Liu Zuokun has long been unable to cry.
Liu Jiankun guessed that Grandpa should have been on the battlefield, and Grandpa just said to him, don't tell outsiders, you know Grandpa didn't lose face on the battlefield!
Soon, Liu Jianguang signed up for the army at his grandfather's suggestion, but he did not expect that his grandson was very angry, and he passed two levels in a row, and all the physical examinations were passed, and the grandfathers were very happy, and they waited for the enlistment notice to arrive. Let his children and grandchildren join the army is Liu Zuokun's wish that he has not been able to do, in the early years, his sons failed to succeed because of the poverty of the family, malnutrition, and unqualified physical examination, and now it is time for the grandchildren to play!
As a result, the whole family waited for more than a month, still did not get the news, after some inquiry, Liu Jianguang learned that it turned out that the enlistment indicators in the town were limited, and those who passed the physical examination had already joined the army. He went home dejected, not to mention how uncomfortable it was, grandpa heard about this, and immediately took out the paper-wrapped object from the ashed box and took his grandson's hand: Go, go to the city!
On New Year's Day 1999, 72-year-old Liu Zuokun came from a small mountain village in Hubei to the civil affairs bureau in the city, and put certificates, medals, and commemorative books on the table in front of the staff to prove his identity. At first glance, the comrades of the Civil Affairs Bureau saw that this was a "first-class meritorious man" who had returned from the Korean battlefield!
Liu Zuokun said reasonably: "When I returned from the Korean battlefield in 1956, I always wanted to send my children and grandchildren to the army to become soldiers, so why can't I give them a chance?" The comrades looked at the peasant in front of them in surprise, dressed in a hole, reacted at once, immediately understood the situation, and were sure: the old hero who had been anonymous for 43 years wanted to send his grandson to join the army and serve the country! The matter quickly spread in Xianning City, and more reporters came to ask him why he did not explain his identity earlier, so that the country would definitely help him solve the practical difficulties in life.
Liu Zuokun sighed sadly: "Compared with my dead comrades-in-arms, I am heaven!" ”
I still remember that at the end of 1951, in the tide of "resisting THE United States and aiding Korea, defending the family and defending the country" set off throughout China, he resolutely signed up and hoped to go to the front line, but because he had an eye disease at that time, he failed to pass the medical examination, so he did not go. Later, he raised all his health, and in 1952, he again asked to go to the Korean battlefield, this time making him very happy: finally got his wish!
Liu Zuokun was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, and only on the third day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, he said goodbye to his pregnant wife and set foot on the Korean battlefield. In a foreign country, as a volunteer soldier in a heavy team, he carried a heavy machine gun to snipe, crouched in a cold cave to fight enemy aircraft, and later, his superiors arranged for him to work at the station, so that he could not kill the enemy as heroically as he did on the front line, but he still obeyed the order without hesitation.
The focus of his work at the station was to manage and guard our arms and materiel, and he went out of his way to bring his "repair craftsmanship" to the extreme, and the doors and windows of the storehouse were sturdily and sturdy by his repairs; in addition, he also put together all the waste materials for later use. Once, when he was patrolling outside the warehouse, he saw several large oil barrels floating in the river, thinking that even empty barrels might be useful, he jumped into the glacier, only to find that these barrels were filled with oil, and he excitedly fished out all the oil barrels, a total of 22 barrels!
One day in April 1953, Liu Zuokun was on duty guarding the aviation gasoline of five wagons shipped from the Soviet Union, when two US planes drove over and one of the wagons was instantly shot and burned. After circling, the enemy plane swooped down and bombarded the station indiscriminately. At that time, aviation gasoline was a precious thing than gold, Liu Zuokun did not have time to think, immediately rushed up, the first wagon has not been rescued, he pried open the door of the second wagon, the smoke made him unable to open his eyes, he felt the black from the car to roll down the gasoline barrel, and then with the help of two comrades-in-arms, continue to rescue gasoline.
One of Liu Zuokun's feet had been blown up and bloodied, and seeing that the enemy plane was about to make a third dive, he quickly hid in a crater, and after the enemy plane left, he climbed out again to continue to work, and the comrades-in-arms also arrived quickly and hurriedly placed more than 300 barrels of gasoline, of which 85 barrels were rescued by Liu Zuokun.
He was so tired that he had no strength at all, and he got out of the car and passed out. At that time, he did not know that he would become a hero after dawn, and the next day, two officers of the Korean People's Army went to the place where Liu Zuokun was recuperating to express their condolences and sent someone to learn about his deeds. Soon, the headquarters of the Chinese Volunteer Army awarded him the honorary title of "First Class Meritorious Service", and the North Korean side awarded him a medal of "Second Class Soldier", which in today's terms is the "highlight moment" of Liu Zuokun's life.
After the end of the Korean War, he refused the post arrangement of the troops, returned to his hometown with honors, and finally started carpentry work, the family has always been the same, and the material conditions have not improved... On that day, when he heard his grandson tell the story of the volunteer army, he unconsciously shed tears, as if every scene had happened yesterday, and remembered that he only said to his grandson: "Grandpa did not lose face on the battlefield!" ”