The elderly Xu Shiji is more than a hundred years old, and in the "Hello Veterans" program of the CCTV military channel, he also told everyone the story of joining the army in the past.
Talking about his first battle after joining the Eighth Route Army, the centenarian's heroic feelings are still very emotional.
Today, the smoke of war has dissipated, the world has returned to peace, the elderly Xu Shiji has witnessed the whole process of China's transformation from weak to strong, and the centenarian is full of children and grandchildren, and he will still leave tears when he mentions the previous events.
The 104-year-old Lao Balu tearfully recalled the division commander Chen Guang, who was moved by Chen Guang's descendants and went to Shandong to visit.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Chen Guang's 115th division, leaving a deep memory for Xu Shiji</h1>
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Eighth Route Army had a famous division called the 115th Division.
This army was jointly organized by the Red Army and the 74th Division, and the first division commander was the famous Changsheng Marshal Lin Biao, and the deputy commander at that time was Nie Rongzhen, who was also awarded the rank of marshal later.
After this unit went to Shanxi, it achieved a good result of the "Pingxingguan Victory" and annihilated more than a thousand Japanese troops, which also created a major history during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and completely broke the myth that the Japanese army was once "invincible."
However, later Lin Biao was injured, and the central authorities attached great importance to it, allowing Lin Biao to return to recuperate, and from then on, the position of commander of the 115th Division was represented by brigade commander Chen Guang.
Chen Guang's revolutionary journey is also a glorious road, from the Jinggangshan period, he fought bravely, performed well in the Battles of Changling Village, the Long March, the Guangyang Ambush and other battles, and was also a well-deserved fierce general.
In 1939, he and Luo Ronghuan jointly commanded the annihilation of a regiment of the puppet army in the Battle of Fanba; subsequently, in the Battle of Lufang, he killed more than 1,300 Japanese joint defense troops; in the Battle of Liangshan, he also killed the Japanese brigade leader "Nagata Toshie", known as "a model of annihilation warfare".
In order to be able to deal with this unit, the relevant departments of the Japanese army also wrote down the "Chen Guangbu Operational Study" and distributed it to various units, and they studied the combat style of this 115th Division almost every day.
It was at this stage that Xu Shiji, who was in his twenties, hated the Japanese army very much, and he and his teenage brother went to find the troops to fight the devils.
After hearing that the eighth route army's troops were poor people's troops, he finally decided to join the eighth route, and after coming to the mountains, he finally found the eighth route army and successfully joined the troops of the 115th Division.
The situation in Juxian Was more complicated, and Xu Shiji also honed his will in this situation, and those years were the most profound memories of his life, in addition to fighting with the Japanese Kou, the troops also had to face the encirclement and interception of the Kuomintang diehards.
For example, in 1942, the 111th Division of the Kuomintang Fifty-seventh Army began to accept the leadership of the Communist Party and entered the anti-Japanese base areas to participate in the reorganization training, while the 111th Division reorganized by the diehards suddenly came at the time of the change of troops and seized many places such as Jiazishan.
The situation was extremely critical, and Chen Guang, commander of the 11th Division, decided to immediately launch an attack on Sun Bu to gain a foothold.
This battle was a battle that The old man Xu Shiji remembered deeply, they fought all night, and finally Sun Huancai's troops were defeated by the Eighth Route Army and began to retreat north, this battle, the 115th Division greatly defeated Sun Bu's strength, annihilated more than 500 of them, also captured more than 600 people, captured 5 heavy machine guns and 1 cannon.
However, Sun Huancai does not seem to be dead-hearted.
It happened that the "sweeping" work of the Japanese army began, the 115th Division transferred the main force all the way south, Sun Huancai led the recalcitrant troops to take advantage of this gap, re-set out to occupy Jiazi Mountain, and the remaining Eighth Route Army troops took the initiative to withdraw from Jiazi Mountain in order to preserve their strength.
A month later, in order to open up the relationship between the coast and the Jiaodong base area, the 115th Division decided to retake Jiazishan.
Chen Guang attacked the mountain from both sides and annihilated the command organs of the division headquarters, and after three days of fierce fighting, Sun Huancai still insisted on holding on to many places such as Shichang and Liujiadongshan, and the Eighth Route Army spent a lot of energy, but it was slow to capture the mountain.
After a short rest, the Eighth Route Army decided to launch another attack, digging tunnels to encircle and repeatedly attack the recalcitrant forces.
Sun Huancai finally reached the point where he ran out of ammunition and food, and finally was unable to resist, retreating northward, and the Eighth Route Army took advantage of the situation to launch a pursuit, killing and wounding more than a thousand stubborn troops, capturing more than 500 long guns and short guns, and taking Jiazi Mountain.
Recalling this battle scene, the centenarian was still a little excited, as if the war of decades ago had resurfaced in front of him, he said: "This battle has been fought for many days, and several regiments of soldiers have been sacrificed. ”
The old man still remembers those comrades-in-arms and can even accurately call out their names.
However, the real battlefield always leaves no time for grief.
Subsequently, under the leadership of Chen Guang, the 115th Division traveled to many places, and after one battle after another, Xu Shiji was also deeply impressed by Chen Guang.
The troops fought all the way to many places in Shandong, and Xu Shiji also grew up in the barracks.
In late August 1944, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Japanese puppet army launched a "sweep" of the coastal area of Shandong in three ways, and the troops of the Coastal Military Region immediately dealt a heavy blow to the enemy when they saw the situation, so the enemy was forced to retreat.
By September, more than 2,000 puppet troops began to retreat from Juxian County, and the Eighth Route Army ambushed in the Gezhuang and Caogou areas, and when the enemy entered the encirclement, the fierce battle began, and the enemy suffered heavy casualties.
After the Battle of Gezhuang, many nearby Japanese puppet army strongholds were forced to evacuate in a hurry due to the prestige of the Eighth Route Army, and when it came to the tragic scenes in these battles, the eyes of the elderly Xu Shiji still shone.
After 4 years of fighting, he also transformed from an authentic farmer into a veteran who survived the gunfire.
In 1944, when he was demobilized from wounds on the battlefield, he continued to return home to farm and pick up the hoe again, and he felt completely different from the time, and he knew that this was also a way of contributing to the country.
However, after having children later, he is no longer willing to mention the past on the battlefield, for history, after the war, there are only the number of deaths and meanings, but for this veteran who has experienced the battlefield, it is a living life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Chen Guang, who is still the name that the old man chants the most</h1>
At the age of 100, the old man suddenly began to indulge in the past again, began to recall those bits and pieces of the past, and now new China has moved to the road of prosperity and strength, and those soldiers who sacrificed on the battlefield can no longer be seen.
His teenage brother Xu Shilian went to the battlefield with him, but his brother's life was forever frozen on the battlefield.
What is very surprising is that even if the elderly man is more than a hundred years old, his memory is still not lost in that year, he can accurately remember the names of many sacrificed comrades, and even the basic characteristics of position, appearance and home address can be clearly understood.
He was most concerned about a group of comrades who had been demobilized like him.
In order to fulfill the old man's wish, the family posted the names of the demobilized soldiers remembered by the old man on the Internet, including several comrades in Linyi, Laiwu, Wulian and other places, regrettably, these veterans have been dead for many years.
For the commander of the 115th Division that year, he led the troops to fight many big victories, which also made a deep impression on Xu Shiji.
In his memory, The commander of The Chen Guang Division was medium-sized and looked very emaciated; in the course of fighting the war, military discipline was particularly strict, and it was under this command that the troops were able to win many battles and maintain a fine tradition.
In particular, the battles of Jiazishan and Gezhuang, which Chen Guang commanded, made the old man Xu Shiji very excited, and when he told these stories, his voice was very high-pitched, as if he had once again returned to the era of gunfire.
The family sent the relevant video of the old man to the Internet platform, many netizens have paid tribute to the heroic experience of the old man, so many years, he has always put these things in his heart, one is too cruel on the battlefield, the other is because he does not want to add a burden to the country, so he took the initiative to choose to ignore fame and fortune.
The content on the Internet platform also attracted the attention of Chen Guang's descendants, who were very excited, and they did not expect that after many years, there were surviving veteran soldiers of the 115th Division, telling the story of the struggle of the 115th Division to the people of the world.
Among them, the respect of the elderly Xu Shiji for Chen Guang was even more touching to the descendants of Master Chen Guang.
Chen Guang's grandson, Chen Jiaming, said: "We decided to visit Grandpa Xu, and we were also worried that if we came late, we might not see Grandpa Xu, and we would regret it for the rest of our lives." ”
On the afternoon of August 11, 2020, the weather was very hot, and Chen Guang's seven descendants found the remote village where Xu Shiji was located and brought a bouquet of flowers.
After meeting Grandpa Xu, Chen Guangming first said: "Grandpa, I came to visit you on behalf of my grandfather, Grandpa, you worked hard in the era of the War of Resistance!" ”
The old warrior learned that the comer was the descendant of Master Chen Guang, and his heart was also full of mixed feelings, and he tightly held Chen Jiaming with his trembling hands, and both of their eyes were already wet.
Like the thousands of fighters who struggled on the front line of the battlefield, in the face of the fall of the national territory, the elderly Xu Shiji left his life behind, sacrificed his life and forgot his death, and fought with Japanese imperialism to the death.
For the elderly Xu Shiji, during the years when he was a soldier, Chen Guang was his spiritual pillar.
It is gratifying that since 1988, her outstanding contributions have gradually begun to be mentioned in the history of the party and the military, and more people have begun to miss this famous anti-Japanese general.
The influence of the elderly Xu Shiji also expanded later, and he was also on CCTV.
He told everyone that he had a small red cloth bag containing demobilized soldier certificates, revolutionary family cards, and revolutionary soldier cards, which was the most precious thing in his life.
When the host asked him, "If you had to make one more choice, would you still choose to join the army?" ”
Xu Shiji replied firmly: "Serve as a soldier for the motherland and never regret it!" ”
Because of these experiences, Xu Shiji now has an additional identity, called "Net Red Grandpa".
When the children and grandchildren returned to the village to visit him, they would shoot some fragments of the daily life of the elderly and upload them to the platform, and Xu Shiji's honest and humorous personality also attracted more people's attention.
At that time, because of the roar of the shells on the battlefield, the old man's hearing was seriously impaired, and it was difficult for him to hear clearly what others said to him, but when he told these stories, he still gushed endlessly.
When mentioned the secret of the old man's longevity, he also gave only three words: "Don't be idle." ”
Including Master Chen Guang, one by one the figures of the past were mentioned by the old man, and it was the great dedication of the heroes and sons and daughters that finally won the victory of the War of Resistance, and in the long river of history, their names will never be buried.