One day in 1981, Zhang Zhen, the founding lieutenant general of China, was on his way to a small village in Anhui. He was here to thank the benefactor who saved his life in the war. This mysterious benefactor was not his comrade-in-arms, but an ordinary local village woman. Zhang Zhen said that if she hadn't said "the enemy is coming", maybe she would have been killed by the Japanese army at that moment. What exactly did this village woman say back then? It was actually able to save Zhang Zhen's life. Interested friends can like and pay attention to Oh!
Kong Xiuying's kindness Zhang Zhen has never forgotten
After the founding of New China, many soldiers who made meritorious contributions during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression were rewarded. Zhang Zhen, who had come out of killing the enemy all the way through the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, was also awarded the title of lieutenant general. I thought he could spend his old age at home, but in Zhang Zhen's heart, there was always one thing he couldn't let go. War has always been cruel, there is danger at every moment, Zhang Zhen almost died on the battlefield that year, but fortunately was saved by a local village woman.
Later, the troops withdrew, and he did not have time to thank the benefactor well, and he did not even know the name of the village woman. In 1981, Zhang Zhen was 67 years old, and he had nothing to do at home when he retired, so he found his son, who wanted him to accompany him, to Anhui to find the village woman and express his gratitude to his face.
General Zhang Zhen
A few days later, in a remote mountain village in Anhui, a village woman named Kong Xiuying was chatting with others in the village. Suddenly, I saw my neighbor rushing to my side, and told myself that there was someone in the house, or the county leader brought it, so you should go back quickly. Kong Xiuying was very confused, was something wrong in the family? How can there be a leader coming?
Suppressing the doubts in her heart, she hurried to her home. When she reached the door, she saw a group of people standing there, and the old man who was the leader looked very familiar, but she really couldn't remember. The old man, Zhang Zhen, when he saw Kong Xiuying, his emotions immediately became excited. Kong Xiuying was just about to go forward to inquire, Zhang Zhen came over with tears in his eyes and shook his hand, he said: "Sister-in-law, I am Zhang Zhen, do you remember me?" You saved my life! ”
General Zhang Zhen and Kong Xiuying took a group photo
Kong Xiuying was confused by the scene in front of her and what Zhang Zhen said, and she did not react at once, standing in the same place. Zhang Zhen was not in a hurry, and stood quietly aside, waiting for Kong Xiuying to recall the past. After a while, Kong Xiuying patted his head and said, "It's you, the cadre who is a soldier." When the villagers standing next to them heard this, they were already a hundred percent curious, and they were bold, and even stepped forward and asked, "Sister-in-law Kong, have you also saved this soldier?" How did you save it? Hearing the villagers' inquiries, the answer was Zhang Zhen.
He said that his team was too tired at the beginning, and they all slept carelessly, and it was the sister-in-law who found the enemy's tracks, afraid that we would not be able to escape, but if she ran back to inform, it would expose our tracks, so the sister-in-law stood where she was, shouting that it was on fire, on fire. I was woken up in this way, and when I woke up, I found that there was no fire, but that the enemy was coming, and our whole team entered a state of combat, and because of this, many people survived.
The Japanese sneaked up on the farmers
If it weren't for the voice of the sister-in-law, we might still be asleep, and we would have been discovered by the enemy and killed directly. After listening to Zhang Zhen's words, the villagers suddenly realized that they could not imagine that Sister Kong was still a hero!
After inviting people into the house, Kong Xiuying learned that Zhang Zhen was now a general, and Zhang Zhen finally knew the name of the benefactor, Kong Xiuying. After some conversation, Kong Xiuying proposed that he wanted to take Zhang Zhen to see the cemetery of the soldiers who died in the original battle. Zhang Zhen hurriedly got up, and under the leadership of Kong Xiuying and his wife, came to the southwest of the village. When he saw the tombs, Zhang Zhen couldn't help but burst into tears again.
Photo of General Zhang Zhen
He thought that the country was stable now, and he himself was living a very happy life, and he felt sorry and pity for these soldiers who had died early. Zhang Zhen told the local leaders that he hoped to build a martyrs' monument for them. What was the specific situation in that battle 40 years ago?
It was the end of 1941, Zhang Zhen was the chief of staff of the 4th Division of the New Fourth Army, and the troops he led were operating in the Huaibei and eastern Anhui regions at that time, and the War of Resistance Against Japan was in a stage of strategic stalemate. Zhang Zhen received the task of taking his troops to the strategic base area in Sudong to convey the instructions of the central authorities to the local cadres and to inspect the local work. Due to the severe war situation and the high difficulty of this mission, in order to minimize casualties, Zhang Zhen held a meeting with a group of leaders in the army in Xiaoqinzhuang, and the meeting formulated a strict battle plan, put forward the next task requirements, and also boosted the morale of the soldiers.
Pictures of soldiers hurrying to the road
After the whole meeting, it was already dark, and Yao Yunliang, commander of the guerrilla detachment, proposed to Zhang Zhen: "Our meeting time is too long, and the troops stay in Xiaoqinzhuang for a long time, which may have attracted the attention of the enemy army. Zhang Zhen had rich combat experience, and he felt that Yao Yunliang was very reasonable, so he adopted his suggestion, and the troops moved to Shengweizi, ten kilometers away, overnight.
When the troops arrived at Shengxuzi, it was still dark, it was winter, the temperature outside was very low, and the soldiers had been on the road for more than four hours, and they especially needed a good rest. However, if they rested in such a cold environment, the bodies of the soldiers could not eat it, and before they could go into battle to kill the enemy, they fell down first. In that difficult era of the War of Resistance, the feelings between the military and the people were very good, and it was common for soldiers to temporarily settle down in the homes of ordinary people, and the ordinary people were also very enthusiastic.
Officers and men of the New Fourth Army
But now that it was still dark, Zhang Zhensheng was afraid of disturbing the rest of the people, but seeing that the soldiers' mental state was exhausted, he still went to knock on the villagers' doors. After knocking on several houses in a row, no one paid any attention, Zhang Zhen knew that everyone in the room was awake, but why didn't everyone open the door? Zhang Zhen pondered for a while, and suddenly thought that near Shengxuzi, there was a Japanese railway, and there would often be Japanese troops stationed on patrol to harass the people, and sometimes, they would disguise themselves as the New Fourth Army to test whether the villagers had colluded with the Communists.
After a long time, the villagers of Shengxuzi began to disbelieve anyone, and as long as everything was okay, every household would lock the doors and windows, no matter who knocked on the door, they would not open, they were really frightened. The outside environment is becoming more and more dangerous, not only the weather is severe, the soldiers can not resist physically, and the number of troops is quite large, and there is no place to stay, and the Japanese troops patrolling nearby will soon find them.
Precious group photo of the officers and men of the New Fourth Army
The door in the village had been knocked on by Zhang Zhen, and only the last one remained, and he was standing at the door wondering whether to knock on the door when a small slit was opened. A young woman leaned out and asked cautiously, "Are you really the New Fourth Army?" Zhang Zhen quickly communicated with this lady, and then the soldiers entered the courtyard of the woman's house, and this woman was Kong Xiuying. Although the sky was still dark, as soon as he entered the courtyard door, Zhang Zhen saw the big red happy words on the wall, and only then did he realize that they had come to the home of a newlywed couple.
Zhang Zhen said to Kong Xiuying and his wife standing in the courtyard: "I am really sorry to bother you, and I am very grateful. "Kong Xiuying said that his brother also joined the New Fourth Army, he wrote back before and said that you sometimes spend the night at the people's house, I don't believe you today, my brother will also encounter this situation one day, what should they do, so I believe you."
The soldiers lived in the homes of the people
After Zhang Zhen listened, he was very moved, he saw that the partial room was empty, so he said that the generals could go to the partial room, but Kong Xiuying insisted on letting out his newlywed room, and in this way, the soldiers finally had a warm foothold. The tense nerves of the past few days made the soldiers very tired, and as soon as they lay down, they all fell asleep.
What everyone in their sleep did not expect was that when the troops first entered the village, a few dog barks had already alarmed the Japanese army, and they did not move until Zhang Zhen and his party relaxed their guard before they began to act. At dawn the next day, the industrious Kong Xiuying went out to work, and just as she was chopping firewood, she suddenly heard the roar of a car, and she immediately realized alertly that the New Fourth Army had no cars, so it must be the enemy's car.
The Japanese sneaked up on the village
She thought that the soldiers in the family were still sleeping, and although the place where she was now was not too far from home, it must be too late to run back to inform. At the moment of a thousand gunshots, Kong Xiuying hurriedly shouted: "On fire, on fire!" The sound was loud and loud, and Zhang Zhen, who was sleeping in the house, and the soldiers woke up. After waking up, Zhang Zhen found that there was no fire, and immediately realized that the enemy might be coming, and quickly informed the soldiers to enter the combat state.
Zhang Zhen's troops, while evacuating urgently, exchanged fire with the pursuing Japanese troops, although some soldiers unfortunately died, but Kong Xiuying's words still saved most of the lives. Because the incident happened so urgently, Zhang Zhen withdrew before he could know the woman's name, which became something he had always remembered.
The officers of the New Fourth Army hurried to the road
In 1981, after Zhang Zhen met Kong Xiuying, the local government also built a martyrs' monument for the unfortunate soldiers, Zhang Zhen personally inscribed: "Shengwei Battle Martyrs Monument", Kong Xiuying also took the initiative to apply to go to the martyrs' mausoleum to guard the tomb. The efforts of the heroic ancestors have been exchanged for the happy life we have today. We must remember history and cherish the peaceful life we have now! Be sure to remember that the ancestors exchanged their lives for today's happiness! Salute to the revolutionary forefathers!