Nothing can transcend time and connect with the "objects" of each era. They let time remember the glory, but also inscribed the difficult years, when future generations see them again, they feel that the predecessors gave me to pay, but also from the strength, self-motivation, self-motivation, only for that responsibility.
A small roster of the Eighth Route Army has touched too many people, and the "blood stains" on the inner page are a testimony to the past that cannot be forgotten. It was donated by zhai Weijun, a veteran soldier, and it was the only one at that time, and when the Chinese Military Museum offered to buy it at a high price, he categorically refused, and he replied: How can I sell money in the name of more than a hundred comrades?
From an early age, I was determined to expel the invaders
When North China fell in 1937, Zhai Weijun was only 12 years old, watching his hometown being wantonly killed by the Japanese Kou, and at a young age, he gritted his teeth and made a decision, he was bound to kick this evil devil out of China. At that time, the land of North China was disturbed by the Japanese, grain was robbed, young and middle-aged men were arrested, and shells were bombarded from time to time.
Zhai Weijun's hometown of Shanxi Yicheng County, which had long been occupied by the Japanese Kou, was difficult to spend in the uneasiness of the six animals, and just when he was hoping that he would grow up quickly and fight the devils, a cannonball took the lives of his grandfather, father and cousin. The desire to defend his family grew stronger, and at the age of 17, he joined the guerrillas.
Participated in more than 100 battles, blood stained the roster
As long as you recall the days when you fought guerrillas, the old people are very happy, when the guerrillas ambushed the devils in Xibaiju, Yaodu Village and the militia, and watched the Japanese Kou get angry and corrupt, and everyone's hearts were very happy.
At the age of 19, he joined the Engineer Company of the 13th Brigade of the 4th Column of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Military Region (led by Chen Geng). Because he had attended elementary school, he did paperwork, and he used his actions to practice his ambitions from childhood, and more than 100 battles brought him more than 40 gunshot wounds, and four pieces of shrapnel remained on his body forever, and his left ear was deaf. All this affected the old man's later life, but for Zhai Weijun, this is the best proof that he has fulfilled his revolutionary ambitions, and the weight is far heavier than the medals hanging on his chest.
During one battle, he was shot in the left chest, and the pocket next to him contained this roster, the roster of engineer companies of the Thirty-eighth Division of the Thirteenth Army. This blood-stained roster has been kept by the old man as a treasure, and with the passage of time, the blood stain is difficult to see the original color, but the traces are still there.
History is through these "objects" that future generations remember the years, so that they will not betray the past. When Zhai Weijun wrote his name on the first line of the first page of the roster, he had already dedicated his life to the revolution, first the War of Resistance, then the War of Liberation, and he also became a company commander for his heroic performance, and was twice rated as a combat hero.
At that time, the teenager who hated the devil incomparably used his deeds to educate future generations, as long as he was determined, there was no task that could not be completed. After he donated the roster in 1995, he still kept a copy of it, and for him, including the medals, these were the most precious assets of his life.
His daughter also prepared for him a number of copies of the roster, and every time an old comrade-in-arms found him, he would give him a copy, which belonged to their common memory, the memory of that era.
When you see these historical testimonies in the military museum, your inner emotions will always be difficult to calm. Happiness has never been easy to come by, and today's beauty is based on the uncomplaining efforts of generations, and history has told us that if there is a little slack, everything may be abandoned. All we have to do is (must) take up this responsibility and move on.