Soil, as an adjective, has the meaning of traditional and conservative, not in line with the trend, usually, if you describe a person's soil, most of them have the meaning of ridicule and contempt for this person.
However, there is such a old hat who fought on the battlefield, and the soil is very famous, and even Chairman Mao, Liu Bocheng, Nie Rongzhen, and other leaders of the older generation know his name of "tulao", but they also feel that his soil is very cute and respectable.
He is Li Decai, who made great achievements in the birth of New China.
Li Decai was born in an ordinary peasant family in Luxi County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, and the ordinary farming family in the old society endured the oppression of the landlords day and night.
At the age of 22, he joined the peasant self-defense army of the local people, but because of the limited conditions, there were no professionals in the team for training, let alone a decent weapon, let alone a fight for the poor people.
But Li Decai's patriotic enthusiasm finally ushered in the real dawn at the age of 26! At that time, Mr. Peng was leading the team through Li Decai's village, and the group was huge and very powerful.
Li Decai, who grew up in a small village and followed his parents to farm and raise pigs, had seen this battle and was full of curiosity about this team.
He quietly followed behind the team to observe, seeing that the soldiers in the team treated the villagers very kindly, and they also had their own set of rules in the team, Li Decai was full of yearning in his heart, wasn't this the team he had been looking forward to joining to truly serve the people?
He immediately rushed home to tell his parents about the idea of joining the Red Army, and their parents were very supportive of him going out and breaking in. In this way, Li Decai officially became a Red Army soldier.
Because he had a great interest in joining the army since he was a child, Li Decai practiced his combat skills when he was idle in the countryside, especially his accurate marksmanship, which made him quickly revealed among the soldiers after joining the Red Army.
Following the Red Army, he finally stepped out of the ravine where he had been born and raised but never left it, and all the novelties along the way attracted Li Decai.
Once, Li Decai, who was empty, wanted to smoke a cigarette, and seeing that there was nothing to light a fire, he actually took a cigarette close to the lit bulb to light it, but no matter how he tried, it was fruitless.
When his comrades-in-arms saw him confused, they all came to ask him, and when they asked, they realized that he thought that this light bulb that could glow was because it had flames in it, which made the other soldiers laugh badly. Li Decai also just scratched his head and explained that he was seeing a light bulb for the first time.
Since then, Li Decai has also made many jokes many times because of novelties he has never seen before, and once directly got the name "Tulao", and later this name was heard by Chairman Mao and other leaders!
Once, the Red Army soldiers returned victoriously from another battle, and the company commander began to distribute "high-grade" supplies captured from the enemy. This time it was mainly some daily necessities, and when Li Decai was given a set of military pants, Li Decai looked at it and was embarrassed again.
This German military pants designed an opening in front, and Li Decai thought about it and came to the conclusion that this opening should be convenient to wear to the toilet, so he adjusted the mouth to put it on behind him.
Seeing the soldiers who put their pants on backwards laughed again, Li Decai never thought so, after all, it was good to bring some fun to everyone in the daily routine of serious preparations.
Although the "local guys" have made a lot of jokes because of their kindness, they have never been sloppy in doing the right thing.
The Red Army was in danger and broke through all the way during the Long March, and survived with difficulties. This time, in order to meet the Red Fourth Front army in the north as planned, the Central Red Army had to forcibly cross the Dadu River, which was "naturally dangerous."
Li Decai's Red Regiment received the operational task of covering the advance troops to cross the river. After the battle began, sparks splashed on the Dadu River in an instant, and the advance team members took advantage of the chaos to seize the time to swim through the turbulent waters, and seeing that the enemy's ambush soldiers were now coming from the opposite hill, Li Decai raised his arms and held a machine gun in each hand to shoot at the enemy in a series of strafing.
In this way, the enemy troops who rushed down the mountain were swept away by Li Decai's double machine guns, which won the most powerful opportunity for the advance troops to cross the border, covered the smooth escape of more than a dozen comrades-in-arms, and achieved a complete success in the operation!
Li Decai's sharpshooter spirit made the soldiers in the team very admirable, and even Li Decai's regimental commander praised him greatly: "Li Decai is our most powerful machine gunner, and it is no problem to cross the river with him!" ”
It is such a "local guy" who was born in a ravine, and with his excellent combat skills, he has played a well-known name in the whole army, and has been listed by many people as one of the eighteen warriors who crossed the river.
After the success of the operation, Liu Bocheng and Nie Rongzhen even went out of their way to introduce Chairman Mao, Zhou Enlai, and Lin Biao, who had come to listen to the operational reports, to introduce this "sharpshooter, and also introduced the history of this "local guy" who brought everyone a lot of happiness in his daily life.
After the founding of New China, Li Decai was awarded the rank of colonel for his countless military achievements in the revolutionary years.
However, he personally said that he was more accustomed to the life of the troops and soldiers, so he took the initiative to stay in the Baoding Military Sub-district in Hebei Province as a commander.
Experienced in combat, he did not relax his strict supervision of the training of the soldiers in the peaceful years, but he also always cared about the daily life of the soldiers. When he saw that there was a lack of basketball courts in the military region for soldiers to play basketball every day, he immediately asked the government to approve the construction of cement.
Hearing that he needed to get the approval of the State Council, Li Decai immediately decided to travel to Beijing, first, to make the batch of cement approved faster, and second, to take the opportunity to see Chairman Mao.
In front of the Zhongnanhai Gate, a plainly dressed, dark-skinned man and the guard in charge of the guard repeatedly asked, but the guard still insisted on the principle of "no appointment can not see the chairman" and refused to let him in.
The man's rough temper immediately came up: "Do you still need to get approval in advance when you see Chairman Mao?" I'm Li Decai! ”
Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, Li De discovered a very familiar little boy, who turned out to be the child of a chief, and he asked the child to bring Chairman Mao a note.
Chairman Mao, who saw the note, immediately stopped his work and cordially received Li Decai, and the two of them had a very pleasant conversation, still in the familiar atmosphere of old comrades-in-arms. During the banquet, Chairman Mao also quipped to Li Decai: "Aren't you wearing pants today?" It caused a burst of laughter from the people around him.
Li Decai also sincerely admitted to Chairman Mao the reckless mistake he had just made, saying that he realized that Chairman Mao was now the leader of the state, and naturally he wanted to get along with the revolutionary years in a somewhat different way.
Chairman Mao cordially comforted him, talked about the latest situation, and talked about life, and Chairman Mao also listened carefully to a series of work reports by Li Decai and expressed great appreciation for Li Decai's efforts to the Republic.
Li Decai also reported to Chairman Mao the work needs of the soldiers who needed to exercise on the basketball court, and Chairman Mao immediately explained that the matter was completed.
After visiting the chairman, cement was also approved, and Li Decai happily returned to the military region to continue his work.
It is such a "local guy" who was born in the mountains and is straightforward and generous, who participated in 5 anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns, went through the War of Liberation and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, made many miraculous achievements, grew up with the revolutionary years, accompanied by the continuous growth of the revolutionary army, and ushered in the day when the people really became the masters of their own affairs.
The spirit of the "local guys" is by no means earthy, and they are respectable revolutionary predecessors who will always walk in the forefront of the times.