In the 1930s, the Chinese Communist Party was a wolf in the front and a tiger in the back. But the Communists, who were in this difficult situation, did not give up, and they still fought desperately against the Japanese army and fought against the Kuomintang. In 1935, the Central Red Army was preparing to cross the Dadu River, and the Kuomintang, who learned of this news, tried in vain to turn the Red Army into a second Shi Dakai. Therefore, the Kuomintang sent a large number of troops to shell the Central Red Army across the Dadu River in an attempt to block the Red Army on the opposite side of the Dadu River.
But the Central Red Army was a coward, and they decided to face the difficulties. They brought in local boatmen, and one of these boatmen was called Shuai Shigao, who is our protagonist today. The boatman is handsome and tall, and he is a famous "boat boss" in the neighborhood, and many villagers praise his rowing skills. Early one morning, Shuai Shigao and seven other boatmen decided to brave the enemy's gunfire and bullets to escort the Red Army across the river. When everything was ready, the 8 people carried the 17 warriors on the "first boat to cross the river" to the opposite side.
In the process of crossing the river in the "first boat", it can be described as thrilling, and the enemy constantly shoots bullets at them in a vain attempt to shoot Shuai Shigao. But with skilled ship skills, how can the enemy army succeed? When the handsome man thought he had escaped the enemy's gunfire, he suddenly encountered a rapid, and this rapid caused the hull to crash into the reef in the river. Seeing this, the handsome Shigao immediately jumped into the water and pushed the boat away from the big reef with his own strength. In the end, the "first boat to cross the river" successfully crossed the Dadu River, breaking the delusion of the Kuomintang.
Then, with the help of the shipwright Shuai Shigao, groups of warriors were carried across the Dadu River. Three days later, Shuai Shi Gao and others finally carried all the Red Army across the Dadu River, and it can be said that the Shuai Shi senior boatman made a major contribution to this crossing of the Dadu River and made great contributions to the victory of the Red Army's Long March. After this, the Kuomintang was deeply angry at the Red Army's successful crossing of the Dadu River, and immediately issued a wanted order to arrest and imprison Shuai Shigao. When he heard the news, Shuai Shigao immediately informed the other boatmen and fled with them for their lives. Since then, no one has known the traces of Handsome Shigao.
One day in 1950, after Marshal Liu Bocheng heard that the boatmen who had helped the Red Army cross the Dadu River were still wandering and living an extremely poor life, he decided to send his troops down to look for these heroes. With the continuous search, many shipwrights have been recovered, and with the settlement of Marshal Liu Bocheng, they can finally live a peaceful life. However, the great hero Shuai Shigao has never been found, but the CPC Central Committee has never stopped looking for the hero of Shuai Shigao. It was not until 1952 that when Lu Ruilin, deputy political commissar of the Xikang Military Region, led troops into the mountains to suppress bandits, he found Shuai Shigao, who had been reduced to slavery. At this time, Shuai Shigao has long lost the glory of the past, and the only thing left is a messy hair and an old face, and even one eye is blind, which shows that in the years of escape, Shuai Shigao hero has suffered a lot of inhuman treatment.
At that time, Lu Ruilin did not know that this was the great hero Shuai Shigao, believing that he was just a slave doll who had been brought into the mountains by bandits, and he was also the lowest slave, whether in winter or summer, he could only shrink on the straw of the cowshed to rest. When Shuai Shigao talked to the soldiers, Shuai Shigao was very excited to find that they were the Red Army troops of that year. Immediately afterward, Shuai Shigao told the soldiers the story of his help to the Red Army cross the Dadu River, and one of the reporters who accompanied the army also recorded this story and published a report. Before the report was published, when the reporter accompanying the army handed over the report to Lu Ruilin for approval, Lu Ruilin's political commissar finally discovered that this slave doll was actually the hero of the year.
Since then, the hero Shuai Shigao has finally been found and finally arrived in his hometown. After Shuai Shigao returned to his hometown, the local residents came to visit the great hero and praised his heroic deeds. In 1966, the founding marshal Peng Dehuai, full of gratitude, came to visit Shuai Shigao's home and told him: You are the hero who operated the "first boat to cross the river", and the state and the party will not forget you! Hearing Marshal Peng Dehuai's words, Shuai Shigao was left in tears of excitement.
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In 1955, the revolutionary hero Shuai Shigao died of illness at the age of 84. After his death, for his heroic deeds, he was awarded the "Special Award for Patriotic Supporting Military Journalists" by the state in 2007. The hero Shuai Shigao is gone, but his spirit remains. Although the handsome hero has suffered a lot in his life, he can do his part for the country and the people, and he has no regrets in this life!