The 16-year-old boy sneaked out to join the army, and after 18 years, he became a deputy commander and returned to his hometown, Mother: Who are you looking for, sir? He Zhizhang wrote in the "Book of Homecoming Dolls": "Children do not know each other when they see each other, and laugh and ask where the guests are

The 16-year-old boy sneaked out to join the army, and after 18 years, he became a deputy commander and returned to his hometown, Mother: Who are you looking for, sir?

He Zhizhang wrote in the "Book of Homecoming Dolls": "Children do not know each other when they see each other, and laugh and ask where the guests come from." What is contained in his heart is his infinite feelings about the easy aging of life and the vicissitudes of the world. And such feelings also exist in the heart of Zheng Guozhong, who left home and rushed to the revolutionary front.

However, the long separation made the mother and son fail to recognize each other for a while. Zheng Guozhong's elderly mother asked him even more hesitantly: "Who are you looking for, sir?" ”

This made the warrior, who had never been weak, burst into tears.

However, in the cultivation of land, even if there is such a labor force as him in the family, under the exploitation of the landlord, the living conditions of their family have not improved much.

In the work of the tailor, it is also difficult to make an income because in the turbulent era, most of the people do not have spare money to make clothes. Over time, the business did not last, and could only continue to return home to farm. Zheng Guozhong was deeply shocked by this.

In the past 16 years, Zheng Guozhong has witnessed the process of farmers struggling to survive, and has also experienced the days when he has worked hard to fill his stomach and wear thick clothes, so he desperately wants to find a new way out for his family and other farmers, and wants to change this bad situation.

In 1927, the jute uprising that broke out in Huang'an County and the Huang'an peasant government established after the uprising pointed out a direction for Zheng Guozhong, who was in a state of confusion, and he also had the idea of participating in the revolution.

It happened that this year, Zheng Guozhong's cousin Zheng Guoshang responded to the call to join the Red Army, and Zheng Guozhong also intended to accompany him, but because he was too young, he was blocked by his parents and had to temporarily shelve the action of joining the army.

Joined the army without his parents

Zheng Guozhong knew that his parents did not support him to join the army. They are afraid that their children will not come back when they go to war, because they would rather endure the difficult life of the moment than let their children take risks.

However, Zheng Guozhong did not change his mind, but chose to secretly join the army in 1929, taking advantage of the fact that there was a team passing through Huang'an and planning to recruit troops in the local area.

At that time, there were several young people in the village who went with him, so the fact that Zheng Guozhong also went to join the army was also seen by the families of those young people, who informed Zheng Guozhong of the news that Zheng Guozhong had followed the Red Army when Zheng Guozhong's parents hurried out to look for him and even thought that Zheng Guozhong had been arrested by the Kuomintang.

Zheng Guozhong ranked second in the family, and he dared to embark on the revolutionary road without hesitation, also because he still had an older brother on his head who could support the burden of providing for his parents.

But he also knows how worried his parents will be after he leaves. However, he eventually chose to join the revolutionary ranks in order to protect the interests of the poor.

At the beginning of the revolution, the Red Army was in fact faced with a rather grim situation, because the Red Army was simultaneously encircled and suppressed by the Kuomintang reactionaries and the landlords' armed forces. However, in the face of such a moment of crisis, Zheng Guozhong never wavered in his determination, but was able to quickly cheer up, stubbornly resist the attack from the enemy, and successively set up a lot of achievements.

This also enabled him to perform well in the Ranks of the Red Army, not only joining the Communist Party of China in his first year of joining the army, but also getting promoted from platoon leader to battalion commander. Since then, he has been valued by Xu Xiangqian and also taught by him.

Zheng Guozhong did not live up to his expectations, and made outstanding contributions to the many battles launched to distract the enemy from the central Red Army on the long march that followed.

After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zheng Guozhong was appointed as a battalion commander of the 769th Regiment of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division, and under the leadership of regimental commander Chen Xilian, he first blew up twenty-four Japanese aircraft parked at Yangmingbao Airport, severely damaging Japan's air power, and then delayed the advance of the Japanese army in the Battle of Shinaoshan, winning time for the army and people to destroy the Zhengtai Railway, so he made the first contribution to the Hundred Regiments War.

In the subsequent battles, Zheng Guozhong also made a lot of achievements. This led to the outbreak of the Liberation War, and Zheng Guozhong was promoted to deputy commander of the Nakano Sansan Column, and followed Liu Deng's army to Hubei.

Seeing that the distance to Huang An is getting closer and closer, Zheng Guozhong's homecoming mood is also getting stronger, and he will always toss and turn every night, imagining the changes in his hometown and relatives.

When he was about to step into Huang'an County, Zheng Guozhong made a report to Chief Deng, and after getting permission, he rode a war horse and embarked on the road back home. However, what he did not expect was that when he met his long-missed mother, neither mother nor son could recognize each other.

At that time, Zheng Guozhong immediately embarked on the way home after getting permission from the army, so he did not change his military uniform, but directly wore a military uniform and a gun and walked into the village where he lived.

Seeing that the village has also changed a lot, Zheng Guozhong will not find where his home is for a while and a half. When he saw an old lady with gray hair sitting at the threshold not far away, dressed in torn clothes, he walked toward her, ready to ask for directions.

However, his outfit apparently frightened the old lady, who took a few steps back before reacting and asking him, "Sir, who are you looking for?" ”。

Knowing that Zheng Guozhong was from the People's Liberation Army and had gone out of this village 18 years ago, the old lady also relaxed and warmly invited him to drink some water.

Zheng Guozhong obediently walked to the courtyard and saw a thin, wrinkled old man roasting fire there. Seeing that the old couple was somewhat familiar, when asked who their parents were, Zheng Guozhong said happily, "I am Zheng Guozhong, and my nickname is ZuFu, do you know my father?" ”

With the tears and trembling words suddenly falling from the two old people, Zheng Guozhong also learned that the other party was his parents.

Because of the tense war, Zheng Guozhong had to return to the army after staying at home for two days. Before leaving, Zheng Guozhong solemnly promised his parents that when the war was over, he would come back to pick them up and let them live a good life.

In the end, he also fulfilled this promise, took his parents to his side, and sent them to the end of their pension.