May 25, 1948, was a stormy day. In the battle to liberate Longhua, a 19-year-old hero, Dong Cunrui, used his life to compose an eternal hymn.
Dong Cunrui's life trajectory began on October 15, 1929, when he was born into a poor family in Huailai County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. Despite his poor life, his childhood was not bleak. At a young age, he had already shown extraordinary wit and backbone, and became the local famous "Wang Erxiao of Nanshan Fort".
With the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, his hometown became an anti-Japanese guerrilla zone. At the age of 13, he covered the cadres of the Eighth Route Army and became the head of the Children's Regiment. However, his family's predicament gave him an early taste of the difficulties of life, and he was forced to drop out of school due to the poverty of his family after only a few days of schooling.
In the autumn of 1944, 15-year-old Dong Cunrui was arranged by his parents to marry Lu Changling, who was three years older than him. This marriage is a sincere and tenacious relationship, and the two love each other and spend the poor years together. Lu Changling's diligence and thrift and humility have become a solid pillar in his life.
In the spring of 1945, at the age of 16, he became the head of the Children's Regiment, and through the training and education of the organization, his consciousness gradually increased. In July, he joined the Eighth Route Army and contributed the strength of his youth to the liberation of the motherland. In March 1947, he officially joined the Communist Party of China and became a part of the Chinese revolutionary cause.
In May 1948, the Chinese People's Liberation Army launched an attack on Longhua City. Dong Cunrui's 6th Company shouldered the heavy task of uprooting the enemy's core position. Dong Cunrui became the leader of the demolition team and led his comrades to blow up the enemy's turrets and bunkers in succession, paving the way for the troops to advance. However, the enemy's bridge-shaped bunker became an obstacle, and the troops received a heavy blow at it. At the critical moment when the attack was blocked, Dong Cunrui stepped forward again.
The scene at the bottom of the bridge was like a raging fire, and the enemy's machine-gun fire was fierce. Dong Cunrui charged, and his left leg was broken under the enemy's heavy fire. At this point, the explosives bag he had placed slipped twice due to the lack of wooden supports. In the face of the sacrifice of his comrades-in-arms and more dangers to come, Dong Cunrui resolutely used his young body as a scaffold, held up the explosive bag with his left hand, and lit the fuse with his right hand, shouting: "For the sake of New China, rush!" With a loud bang, the enemy's bridge-shaped bunker was blown up, and the red flag was inserted into Longhua Middle School. At the cost of his life at the age of 19, Dong Cunrui created an immortal miracle for the victory of the war.
The scene at the bottom of the bridge was like a raging fire, and the enemy's machine-gun fire was fierce. Dong Cunrui charged, and his left leg was broken under the enemy's heavy fire. At this point, the explosives bag he had placed slipped twice due to the lack of wooden supports. In the face of the sacrifice of his comrades-in-arms and more dangers to come, Dong Cunrui resolutely used his young body as a scaffold, held up the explosive bag with his left hand, and lit the fuse with his right hand, shouting: "For the sake of New China, rush!" With a loud bang, the enemy's bridge-shaped bunker was blown up, and the red flag was inserted into Longhua Middle School. At the cost of his life at the age of 19, Dong Cunrui created an immortal miracle for the victory of the war.
Dong Cunrui's sacrifice is not the end, but the beginning of another story. His wife, Lu Changling, was overwhelmed with grief and fainted many times after learning the news of his death. But Lu Changling did not fall into despair, she cheered up, continued to take care of her in-laws at home, and insisted on doing her filial piety for Dong Cunrui. Lu Changling insisted on doing all kinds of hard work at home to take care of his family and in-laws. Despite the hardships of life, she has always maintained a resilient and optimistic attitude.
At the same time, Dong Cunrui's parents live a relatively comfortable life under the care of the government, and no longer have to worry about their livelihood. In this family, his younger sister Dong Cunmei experienced the death of her brother with her parents, and has been working in the agency since she grew up. She knew that her brother was a hero, and she was bitter about his death, and she has been committed to spreading her brother's spirit and supporting the Hope Project in her work and life, as if through this, her brother's existence can still live in people's hearts. Her persistence and hard work have made Dong Cunrui's heroic deeds spread and more people have been moved.
Dong Cunrui's younger brother found a job in Nanshanbao and moved into the county seat in his later years to take care of his elderly parents. Although his life was simple, he was also full of family responsibilities, working in a local flour mill until his retirement. He used his labor to contribute to his family, for his parents, and for the heroic brother who died young.
Today, Dong Cunrui's heroic deeds are still rippling in people's hearts. His sacrifice not only created a hero, but also showed a sense of family and country in the perseverance of his family. Their stories make people wonder: how did this family rise in grief, how did they find the true meaning of life in perseverance? Perhaps it is this kind of family perseverance and the power of love that allows the light of the hero to continue to shine, so that that once the moment of the storm is not only a page of history, but also a symbol of the heroic struggle of a generation. It's a family legend, a hero's legend, and a history worth remembering.