If you were asked what you were doing when you were 18 years old, a lot of people would probably answer: I was in school. This seemingly ordinary thing became a luxury more than 80 years ago. Because of Japan's aggression, countless enthusiastic young people went to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War and fought bloody battles against the Japanese army. The heroine I want to introduce today is the story of her heroic sacrifice to save a company commander at the age of 18.
Her name is Liu Shouwen, the above photo is the only image she left to posterity, in 1920, Liu Shouwen was born in an ordinary family in Xinxing Township, Hunan, Liu Shouwen had good academic performance as a child, and was admitted to Changsha Girls' High School at the age of 15, but because the Japanese army continued to create incidents, burning, killing and looting all over the country, in 1937 Liu Shouwen resolutely terminated his studies and joined the female student health team to rush to the Songhu battlefield to treat the wounded. However, the equipment of the Japanese army was far superior to that of the Shanghai garrison, and after three months of fierce fighting, Shanghai fell, and Liu Shouwen's medical team was also transferred to Hunan because of heavy casualties, and was incorporated into the 50th Division medical team.
The following year, the Battle of Taierzhuang broke out, Liu Shouwen's company was ambushed by the Japanese army in the Pixian area, the battle was extremely tragic, the soldiers fell one after another, Liu Shouwen didn't care about his own safety, and directly rescued the wounded on the front line, however, the Japanese army relied on their own equipment to have an advantage, and constantly launched onslaught, the company commander was unfortunately hit, and fell to the ground, not far away Liu Shouwen instinctively wanted to rescue the company commander, but suddenly a Japanese officer appeared next to him, slashed the company commander to death, looking at the company commander who fell in a pool of blood, Liu Shouwen was furious, picked up a big stone from his side and smashed it at the Japanese officer, the Japanese officer was killed on the spot, but Liu Shouwen just got up, a bullet hit her from behind, and she passed out on the spot.
The nearby militia risked her to carry her back to the village for rescue, and Liu Shouwen, who woke up, took out a letter, two oceans and a photo from his arms, and stuffed it to a female villager next to him, hoping that she could help send it back to her hometown, after explaining everything, Liu Shouwen, who had lost too much blood, still failed to survive after all, and died that night, at the age of 18.
It's a pity that due to the continuous war, although the fellow accepted the commission, but because of the escape, the letter has been pressed at the bottom of the box, and it has not been sent out, and when she came back, she found that the envelope had long been moldy because of the soaked water, and the words inside were blurred, the only thing left was the photo, and two oceans, plus the time interval was long, and the villager couldn't remember the address of Liu Shouwen's home very clearly.
Although the letter was not sent, this matter has always been a problem for this fellow, because of guilt, she often mentioned it to her grandson Chen Kailing, and since 1967, for 16 years, she has visited Liu Shouwen's grave every year. In 1995, Chen Kailing's grandmother died of illness, and even at the moment before her death, her grandmother told Chen Kailing several times that she remembered to go to the grave every year, hoping to find Liu Shouwen's family.
Deeply touched Chen Kailing, in order to fulfill his grandmother's wishes, in 2012, he found the newspaper for help, and soon this touching story was published, Liu Shouwen's heroic deeds also attracted the attention of all people in the community, with the support of all parties, Chen Kailing finally found Liu Shouwen's hometown, under the strong request of the local Liu clan, Changsha Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery agreed to transfer Liu Shouwen's remains to his hometown, after 66 years, the heroine finally went home.