In the summer of 1935, the Long March of the Red Army passed through the Dadu River Valley in Sichuan, where the roads were rough and the terrain was complicated, and the Soldiers of the Red Army always inadvertently took the wrong road, which brought them a lot of trouble, but here was a deserted place that was inaccessible, and it was very difficult to find a guide.
The young man had an axe pinned to his waist, and judging from his attire, this should be the person who came to the mountains to cut firewood, and found a person in this deserted place, which made Xiao Shijie feel happy in his heart, but he did not let down his vigilance and did not rule out the suspicion of the Kuomintang agent at this time, so he took the gun and cautiously approached the person, and when he opened his mouth with the gun to ask the youth, the young man's answer made Xiao Shijie stunned and overwhelmed.
It turned out that after the young man spoke, he would only make an "aaaah" sound, compared with his incomprehensible gesture, which made Xiao Shijie cry and laugh for a while, and half a day he met a person, as if he was a "dumb" who could not speak. But what he didn't want was that it was such a person, on the road of the Red Army later, brought a lot of help to the Red Army, and became his savior, even Premier Zhou, who everyone loved, after the liberation of the whole country, would often think of him as such a person, Premier Zhou, who was lying on a hospital bed in 1971, personally instructed that people who have made contributions to the country should not be treated badly, and they should take good care of him. Seeing this, many people will think, what is so special about a "dumb" who can't speak?
Seeing that the other party could not communicate normally, Xiao Shijie was also a big head, but in this deserted place, it was difficult to meet a person, so he missed it, it was really unwilling, so he took him back to the army, and later after several people in the army tried to communicate, they found that this person not only could not speak, but also had bad ears, and was a veritable "deaf and dumb person". Seeing that the man could not communicate normally, the troops gave him some water and food, ready to let him go home on his own. But the next scene made all the commanders and fighters not know how to choose.
It turned out that when the Red Army soldier sent him away, the deaf and dumb man refused to leave, and the Red Army soldier originally thought that he did not understand what it meant, and also used gestures to give him a stroke to let him leave. However, no matter how hard the Red Army soldiers tried to draw, he just refused to leave, and the helpless soldier had no choice but to bring him back again, he explained the situation to the commanders and fighters, and the commanders and fighters also tried to communicate with the deaf and dumb people.
Perhaps the deaf and mute people saw that this army was the people's army, would not treat the people badly, and was good to the people, so they decided to follow and help. However, the commanders and fighters who understood the intentions of the deaf and mute people were embarrassed, and the people wanted to join the troops, of course he was happy, but he was deaf and dumb, and there were still Kuomintang pursuers behind the troops, who could encounter attacks at any time, and if a war broke out, he might not even hear the sound of the shells exploding, and wouldn't he have given his life in vain, and if he found another special person to protect him, wouldn't that be an increase in the burden on their tired division?
Thinking of this, the commander and fighter still decided to let the deaf and dumb people leave, but the commander and fighter underestimated the stubborn temper of the deaf and dumb people, and he seemed to have identified this unit and could not drive away no matter how he rushed. The troops could not delay here for too long, and they had to hurry, and finally they could only let him follow, and in the next few days, the commanders and fighters and soldiers in the troops persuaded the deaf and mute people to go home in different ways. But he refused to go at all, and in the end the soldiers were impressed by his persistence, plus they had walked a lot in the past few days, and it was not very safe to let the deaf and mute leave on their own, and the Red Army team accepted this only special person in this situation.
For safety reasons, the troops can only arrange for him to help in the cooking class, usually it is to help take the cooking utensils, when there is a battle, let him hide, the deaf and dumb people understand that after the troops accept him, they are also very happy, usually work is always heavy and tired, although he can not speak, but he is a good hand at work, chopping wood to cook, feeding horses at that time is so proficient, the cooking class's largest and heaviest marching pot, since he came, has been rushing to the back, his enthusiasm and efforts, the soldiers are in the eyes, familiar with his soldiers, are affectionately called him "Dumb Comrade".
Dumb comrades on the Long March road can not help the soldiers, probably because he used to be at home, often do physical work, exercise physical fitness is much stronger than the average person, in the alpine snow, some weak Red Army soldiers tired and breathless, and the dumb comrades carrying a cauldron, but still have the strength to help their luggage, with his help, many soldiers who can not carry, finally survived the snowy mountains. Later, when he crossed the meadow, he saved his comrades who were stuck in the quagmire, and the comrades he saved were no one else, it was Xiao Shijie who had taken him back to the army.
When the Red Army crossed the meadows, many people lost their lives because of the swamp hidden under the grass, the swamp was hidden underground, and it was impossible to see from the surface, and when they found themselves entering the swamp, it was already too late. When Xiao Shijie crossed the grass, he was hit, and when he found himself mistakenly entering the swamp, the first reaction was to push away the comrades around him to avoid the comrades who fell into the swamp with him, and it was precisely because of his move that he accelerated the speed of falling into the swamp.
At this time, the team was already very tired, the useless things around him, basically lost almost, watching Xiao Shijie fall into the quagmire, watching the comrades-in-arms can only be in a hurry, there are no tools that can be used to save people around, some fighters are anxious to prepare to risk saving people, but they are all stopped by Xiao Shijie's cheers, he does not want the soldiers because of his risk, he is ready to sacrifice, just when he is making a final farewell to his comrades-in-arms. A man ran in the distance, and he was none other than a mute comrade.
After the dumb comrade arrived, there was no extra action, immediately unloaded the cauldron behind him, and then tied the rope to the ear of the pot, the other end of the rope was handed to the other fighters, and then he himself lay on the pot and began to crawl towards Xiao Shijie, the other people who saw this scene instantly understood the meaning of the dumb, and also helped push him forward in the back, when he grabbed Xiao Shijie, the soldiers behind him pulled them back together with force. Pulling Xiao Shijie back from the brink of life and death, the dumb comrade was also very excited, and hugged Xiao Shijie, who did not ease up, and cried, and his actions also touched more Red Army soldiers.
In 1942, Comrade Dumb was already a member of the cooking class of the Central Guard Regiment, and one day in July of that year, as usual, he was busy with all kinds of work in the base area of our army, and at this moment, Commander-in-Chief Zhu passed by the dumb, and when the dumb man saw it, he hurriedly put down his work and stepped forward to shake hands with the commander. Comrade Zhu's reputation has long been spread in the base area, and Mr. Zhu has heard about it long ago, and when he saw him coming, he also greeted him very cordially, but when Mr. Zhu's gaze swept over Comrade Dumb's feet, he was stunned.
It turned out that the dumb comrade was busy every day, going up the mountain to cut firewood and fetch water, his shoes were already in tatters, so he simply took off his shoes and worked barefoot, and now, the feet have long been grinded out of thick calluses, and some places are grinning deeply, looking at them is painful, dumb comrades have never shouted tired. Comrade Dumb saw that Mr. Zhu was looking at his feet, and immediately danced with his hands and feet, as if he was saying something.
When Mr. Zhu saw such a simple and industrious warrior with no complaints and no regrets, he was also moved to red eyes. Later, Mr. Zhu summoned the person in charge of the security department, and counted him down in public, asking him to be more considerate of these people who paid silently for the revolution in the future, and also asked him to give new shoes to the dumb comrade. When Mr. Zhu left, he personally wiped the sweat on comrade Dumb's face and patted him on the shoulder to express his recognition of Comrade Dumb's work.
In this way, Comrade Dumb worked diligently in the ranks for more than ten years, and although he never went to the battlefield, his contribution was no less than that of others. After the liberation of the whole country, comrade Dumb came to Beijing with the troops, still working in the cooking class of the organ. When he was awarded the rank in 1955, according to the contribution and particularity of Comrade Dumb, he was awarded the rank of second lieutenant, and he was also awarded the "August 1st" Medal, and enjoyed the treatment of deputy division after retiring.
As he grew older, there were many problems in his body, originally the organization arranged for him to go to the Invalides For convalescence, but sent him several times, he sneaked back, had to come back to find something to do, and finally took charge of his leadership, arranged him in the orchard, let him take care of the orchard, it is said that the orchard he took care of is still preserved, the beijing garrison.
After the liberation of the whole country, the organization sent people many times to the Dadu River Valley in Sichuan, where he had met the dumb comrade, to issue a notice to find the family of the dumb comrade, although there were several groups of people to recognize his relatives, but they were not the family of the dumb comrade.
Later, after he conferred the rank of second lieutenant, someone actually moved his mind, and once, a woman of about forty years old, with a teenage child, came to recognize her, and when she saw the dumb warrior, she pounced on it, crying and shouting that the dumb comrade was his husband, and his children were by his side. Although the mother and son were very excited at that time, the dumb comrade was expressionless and even a little overwhelmed.
When the accompanying leader saw it, he felt that something was wrong, so he called the dumb comrade out alone, and the leader asked the dumb comrade in the form of painting whether he was married, and after determining that the dumb comrade could understand the picture, the answer was that he did not have a family at all, let alone have children, and finally under the severe rebuke of the leader, the person who came to admit that he was panicked, and the farce ended.
In 1971, Premier Zhou was lying on a hospital bed, in addition to worrying about major national affairs, he often thought about those who had made contributions to the country, at that time the dumb soldiers were already very old, and their health was getting worse every day, when Premier Zhou mentioned him, he said: We can't treat this person who has contributed to the country badly, we must take good care of him. In 1983, Comrade Dumb died in Beijing and was buried in Babaoshan, with the following words written on his urn: Comrade Dumb, four words.
Although the search for the relatives of Comrade Dumb has been fruitless, but the local government has not forgotten this matter, just a few years after the death of Comrade Dumb, his identity has finally been confirmed, it turned out that he was a native of Luding County, Sichuan, born in 1891, named: Xiong Shipi.