Late one night in January 1933, a Red Army unit secretly marched through the mountains of northern Guangdong. Suddenly, the silence was shattered by a gunshot shot, followed by a dense burst of gunfire. This unit was the Central Guard Battalion, which was carrying out an important mission, but was unexpectedly ambushed by enemy troops in Anxiang.
Fang Qiang, political commissar of the Central Guard Battalion, led this force with the aim of striking at the warlord forces entrenched in Guangdong. Fang Qiang was an experienced commander, and he immediately made a decision and ordered the top platoon to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. The spearhead platoon quickly figured out the enemy's disposition, but frustratingly, the enemy was outnumbered by a far superior force.
The situation was critical, and Fang Qiang ordered the troops to retreat. At this moment, a stray bullet hit Fang Qiang's leg, and he fell heavily to the ground. The soldiers surrounded and wanted to carry Fang Qiang away, but the enemy's artillery fire became denser and denser, and everyone panicked for a while.
At this moment, five female Red Guards stepped forward, and they disregarded their personal safety, braved the rain of bullets and bullets, and carried Fang Qiang out on a stretcher. These five female warriors not only had to carry Fang Qiang, but also had to be on guard against the enemy's sneak attack at any time, their hands were bloodied by the stretcher, and the shoes on their feet ran away, but they gritted their teeth and carried Fang Qiang to a safe place step by step.
After two days and two nights of arduous trekking, they finally sent Fang Qiang to the field hospital in Changting. Fang Qiang was saved, but the five female warriors were unfortunately discovered by the enemy, and they fought bravely and finally all died.
In the days when Fang Qiang was recuperating in the hospital, he kept thinking about the five female warriors who saved his life. He asked them names, but could no longer say thank you in person. After the war, Fang Qiang returned to the army, and he buried this experience deep in his heart.
Time flies, and 23 years have passed in the blink of an eye. With his outstanding military talent, Fang Qiang rose to the high position of lieutenant general step by step. At a troop forum, he finally told about this long-sealed past. When he spoke of the tragic end of the five female warriors, tears blurred his eyes.
"They gave me a second life," Fang Qiang choked up, "They traded their lives for my survival." I became a general, but I never saw them again. "
The soldiers in the audience were all moved, and they were infected by this spirit of self-sacrifice. Fang Qiang said that although the five female warriors have sacrificed, their spirit is always worth learning and carrying forward.
Heroes are immortal, and the spirit lives on. For the cause of national independence and the people's liberation, countless revolutionary martyrs shed their blood. The five female Red Guards who saved Fang Qiang, they did not leave their names, but their deeds are forever engraved in people's hearts, inspiring generation after generation to go forward and fight for the prosperity and strength of the motherland.