Anti-Japanese War veterans used their youth and blood to defend the land of China and repel the invaders. Now that they are old, we very much hope that they will be happy in their old age. Seeing their lives happy and healthy is also the wish of all Chinese.
After more than ten years of anti-Japanese war, the young soldiers who resolutely went to the battlefield have now become an old man (mào diéOld man. With the passage of time, these heroes who experienced the smoke of gunpowder gradually disappeared from people's field of vision. It was not until the popularity of the Internet in recent years that these heroes gradually appeared in people's sight.
We can't change their bitter experiences in the past, but we can grasp the current life and let the veterans of the Anti-Japanese War who are already old people get more care and comfort, which is what we should do as the younger generations who enjoy the peaceful years. Seeing that they are living happily ever after, we are worthy of the contributions of our predecessors.
Lu Xicai was born in an ordinary peasant family in Nanle County, Henan Province. At that time, the peasants' families were generally poor, and solving the problem of food and clothing was the top priority, and Lu Xicai was no exception. In order to get a bite to eat, he had to endure hardships and go through the hardships of life.
In his usual life, he mainly relied on long-term work for the landlord's family to make a living. It is said that he is a long-term worker, but in fact, he is young and can't do any heavy work, which is to help the landlord's family cut grass and herd cattle. These things are relatively simple, not the hardest, the hardest is still facing hunger and poverty.
When the harvest is better, he can also eat an extra bite to eat. But in the face of famine and natural disasters, he could only eat tree bark and grass leaves every year to solve the problem of food and clothing. He once confessed in an interview: "The poplar leaves are very bitter, and the taste is simply indescribable." It can be seen that Lu Xicai also grew up with a lot of suffering.
Because he was too poor, Lu Xicai failed to marry a daughter-in-law until he was 26 years old, and has been relying on part-time work to make a living. However, an incident that happened in the same year still improved Lu Xicai's life. At that time, his village implemented a system of rotating as the village head, and it happened that this year it was Lu Xicai's turn to serve as the village head.
In that era of poverty, ordinary people would try their best to reap the benefits of serving as village heads. But Lu Xicai is different, he has an upright heart, thinks about the people wholeheartedly, thinks about how to protect the interests of the villagers, and serves the people wholeheartedly. His move was also praised by the people. Thanks to his hard work, the lives of the villagers in the village are getting better and better. But the good times didn't last long, and something unfortunate happened.
Soon after, the Japanese invaded China and committed atrocities in the surrounding villages. Sometimes they come to the village and go into the house to steal the grain without saying a word, and sometimes they come to the village and forcibly arrest the young laborers of the village to build the gun tower. Building artillery towers for the Japanese army is simply a matter of no return, and everyone is unwilling, but there is no way.
What's even worse is that in order to speed up the progress of building the turret, they came to the village many times to arrest the strong men. After several visits, the young people of the village were taken away, and only some old people and young children remained. Unexpectedly, the hateful Japanese did not even spare the old man and the child, and forcibly took them away.
According to Lu Xicai's recollection: "These people with bayonets in their hands went from house to house to arrest people, and whenever they touched you, they stabbed you and stabbed you to death without saying a word." ”
At that time, Lu Xicai, who was kind-hearted and righteous, sympathized with the suffering of the villagers and insisted on not cooperating with the actions of the Japanese army and not providing labor for the Japanese army. could have gotten away in confusion, but unexpectedly, the old landlord in the village was frenzied and reported Lu Xicai to the Japanese army, and the Japanese army immediately arrested Lu Xicai and imprisoned him in the turret.
In the turret, Lu Xicai was tortured and tortured, and the blood flowing from his body stained the floor red, which was unbearable. While the Japanese army was fighting, they asked him to continue to catch strong men, but Lu Xicai was unwilling to die. This made the Japanese army angry and beat him to death, dying. The Japanese army saw that he was dying, and they didn't bother to care about him, leaving him to fend for himself. Seeing this scene, the kind-hearted villagers had the courage to take Lu Xicai back to the village with the family's ox cart for treatment.
At that time, there was no good equipment in the village, so he could only rely on herbs to slowly heal his injuries, but fortunately, Lu Xicai was still young and healthy, and he was mostly better after a period of time. The Japanese army saw that he was the village head, so they did not trouble him again. But this experience made him hate the Japanese army very much. This time, he said that he didn't want to be angry with the Japanese army anymore, and decided to become a soldier and kill the Japanese devils to take revenge!
In 1933, he secretly came to the Daimyo county town and signed up for the local security corps. After joining the army, with his hard-working spirit, he soon became a prominent figure among the recruits and was promoted to company commander. For two years, he stayed in the Daimyo Prefecture Army, receiving ideological education and military training, and striving to become a qualified soldier.
After some time, the Japanese army began to attack the county seat of Daimyo, and Lu Xicai led his soldiers to fight bravely against the enemy and made great achievements. Because of his outstanding performance, he officially became a member of the first guerrilla column in the Jicha Theater and entered the establishment of the unit. Many people in the army had heard about his deeds and admired him very much. As a result, he became a well-known figure in the army.
Since then, he has responded to the call of the troops, followed the troops to fight in the south and the north, fought bravely all the way, and established meritorious deeds. In the battle, he was not afraid of sacrifice, insisted on taking the lead, and was determined to drive the Japanese devils out of China. Although due to the poverty of his family at that time, he did not have enough food and clothing every day, Lu Xicai grew very thin, but he was only 1.65 meters tall, but on the battlefield, he still charged forward. He deeply understood that without driving the Japanese devils out of China, the Chinese could not live a peaceful life, and he could only rush forward and kill more enemies.
Once, Lu Xicai and his comrades-in-arms came to the old city of Puyang to fight. Before the battle began, Lu Xicai lay down in a hidden place, paying close attention to the enemy's every move, and when the enemy began to change the guard, he immediately led the soldiers to start the action and quickly climbed to the top of the wall. At this time, the Japanese soldiers fell into a deep sleep, and Lu Xicai and his comrades beat the Japanese soldiers and traitors to death without much effort.
Another time, when the troops attacked Longhaidao, Lu Xicai and his comrades-in-arms rushed forward with explosives bags and rushed to the turret. In an instant, the turret was blown up by explosives, and finally a large army swarmed up and won the battle. Lu Xicai looked at the devil's turret and was served with a pot, and he couldn't express the joy in his heart, but he could be regarded as a bad breath. I think he was tortured here at the beginning, this time I will directly blow up your turret to see if you dare to harm the people. Thinking of this, he was proud of his feat.
Since then, he has gone through many battles, large and small, and each time he was lucky enough to annihilate the enemy army and gain victory. At this time, he was also faced with an important choice. At that time, the troops of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were fighting over the Hebei-Shandong-Henan border region, and Lu Xicai's troops were divided into two camps, one supporting the Communist Party and the other supporting the Kuomintang, and the situation was tense.
And Lu Xicai's identity at this time seemed very embarrassing. The unit he joined belonged to the Kuomintang army, but his brother-in-law joined the Eighth Route Army. At first, he didn't think too much about it, thinking that as long as he could fight devils, he would stay in the army with peace of mind. Unexpectedly, the Kuomintang army suspected Lu Xicai of being a spy and openly arrested him and tortured him in an attempt to get the news of the Communist Party from him.
Lu Xicai had never read a book, he couldn't read a few big characters, and he didn't have much contact with that brother-in-law, so how could he know about the Communist Party?Even if he was killed, he wouldn't know. But the Kuomintang ** said that they didn't believe Lu Xicai in anything, and insisted on getting news from him.
This made Lu Xicai, who was simple and kind, begin to be disheartened and disgusted with the Kuomintang army. When the family learned that Lu Xicai was tortured, they couldn't bear it, so they tried every means to take Lu Xicai from prison home to recuperate. This time, Lu Xicai recovered from his injuries and officially joined the ranks of the Eighth Route Army and became a light machine gunner in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region.
In the battle, Lu Xicai was still not afraid of sacrifice, fought bravely to kill the enemy, and made a lot of achievements. In 1945, according to the first order, the unit was reorganized, and Lu Xicai relied on his excellent ability to officially become a squad leader of the heavy machine gun company under the command of ***. After that, he began to follow his troops to fight in Hebei, Henan and other places, fighting the enemy.
After serving as the squad leader, Lu Xicai deeply understood the burden on his body. Every time he was in battle, he burst out with fierce firepower and gave fire support to his comrades with all his might. But at the same time, he also became a thorn in the side of the enemy army and experienced many dangerous situations. He understands this. So every time he fought, Lu Xicai would say to his comrades-in-arms: "If I, the squad leader, die, you must also be a shooter and continue to kill the enemy."
Not only that, in order to let his comrades-in-arms see the enemy's movements clearly, Lu Xicai raised his body every time and used himself to attract the attention of the enemy, so that his comrades-in-arms could kill the enemy smoothly. The soldiers around him couldn't stand it, pulled Lu Xicai, and said: "Squad leader, don't be like this, this is too dangerous, only by staying alive can you kill more enemies." ”
After hearing this, Lu Xicai smiled faintly and said, "So that we can destroy more enemies, aren't we?"When I'm dead, I won't have you. After hearing this, the soldiers were very moved, and followed Lu Xicai to kill the enemy even more bravely.
Once the Japanese army occupied the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, transported supplies on the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, and attacked the Eighth Route Army. In order to fight the Japanese army, the Eighth Route Army decided to destroy the Japanese army's transportation lines. That night, Lu Xicai received an order to come to a pillbox next to the railway in the dark, preparing to blow up the enemy's pillbox.
But before they could start their move, they were discovered by the enemy, and in an instant the enemy began to shoot at them, and two of Lu Xicai's comrades unfortunately died. Fortunately, Lu Xicai reacted quickly and acted quickly to escape. Despite this, he did not give up and continued to lurk near the bunker.
Late at night, when the large army was about to attack, Lu Xicai took the opportunity to come to the pillbox and successfully blew it into ruins. After the bombing of the pillbox, the troops attacked smoothly and quickly completed the task. In this battle, Lu Xicai killed 7 devils and captured a machine gun, making great achievements.
FigLu Xicai 1947 was a year when Lu Xicai's fate changed again. In this year, when the Jin-Hebei-Henan Field Army liberated Tangyin County, it decided to attack from north to south, and adopted the strategy of luring the enemy into the depths to attract the enemy army to the vicinity of Huolonggang in Henan Province and annihilate them all. The battle was extremely fierce, and after three days and three nights, it was finally won.
Lu Xicai also participated in the battle, but was accidentally injured in the battle and ended up in the hospital**. During his ** period, the large army advanced to Dabie Mountain according to the order. When he recovered from his wounds and was about to return to the unit to continue the fight, he found that the unit had left, and he lost contact with the unit as a result.
At that time, the information was backward, and he could not get news from the army, so in desperation, he could only choose to return to his hometown Nanle County and become a farmer. At this time, nine years have passed since he left his hometown, and when he returns to his hometown again, his heart is full of emotion.
It happened that his hometown had been liberated, and the people's lives had been greatly improved and they were living a peaceful life, so he also began to give up his desire to continue fighting and decided to stay in the countryside and live a good life. Life in the countryside is very peaceful, sometimes he enjoys the peace of the moment, and sometimes he suddenly thinks of the artillery fire on the battlefield, which makes him sentimental.
However, with the victory of the Liberation War and the establishment of New China, the Chinese people lived a peaceful life, and Lu Xicai no longer worried about the troops and became a peasant with peace of mind. Two years later, under the guidance of others, Lu Xicai got married and married a daughter-in-law, Liang Fengyun.
Liang Fengyun is also a rural woman, 13 years younger than Lu Xicai, but she does not dislike Lu Xicai's age, nor does she dislike Lu Xicai's physical injury, but knows that he has been on the battlefield, respects him as a man, and is willing to marry him. Lu Xicai saw that Liang Fengyun was kind-hearted, virtuous and simple, and he was also very satisfied.
In this way, the two fell in love and began to live a peaceful and happy life. Later, the couple had eight children, and the family was happy. However, according to the living environment at that time, it was still difficult for Lu Xicai and his wife to raise eight children.
FigLu Xicai could have gone to **, said that he was a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War, and received a subsidy, but he didn't do it, but relied on himself to support himself, and almost didn't talk about the past with others.
In order to support their children, the couple can only barely support the family by working day and night on the land and weaving straw hats to earn income. Needless to say, working on the land is already very hard, and weaving straw hats is even more so, and it is difficult to get a dollar for a 10-meter-long straw hat. Even so, he never thought about getting anything from **, just dedicated to supporting his family.
He felt that he was very lucky to have survived. Looking back on his life, he has gone through many hardships and endured many hardships, and he is very satisfied to be able to live such a life in the end. Now that a peaceful life is not easy to come by, he doesn't want to add trouble to the country anymore, he just wants to be a good farmer. It wasn't until the villagers revealed that Lu Xicai's identity was revealed.
* After learning about Lu Xicai's deeds, I was very moved and was happy to provide Lu Xicai with help in life, after all, today's peaceful life is inseparable from the contributions of anti-Japanese war veterans. But Lu Xi learned that ** was going to give subsidies, but he always smiled and said: "I went to fight to fight devils, not to get subsidies from the state." ”
After hearing this, the staff was moved by Lu Xicai's spirit of not asking for anything in return. But as a junior, how can the life of the anti-Japanese war veterans not be guaranteed?So the staff tried to help him in other ways to improve his life. As time passed, the lives of Lu Xicai and his wife were still poor.
But he didn't care, and lived an ordinary life with peace of mind. Decades later, Lu Xicai's children have also grown up, and he has also grown old and become an old man. When he was older, he could no longer work in the fields, so he and his wife knitted straw hats at home to supplement the family, and lived a peaceful life with peace of mind.
Lu Xicai has a good mentality, optimistic and positive. For decades, even in his advanced age, he still insisted on maintaining the routine of a soldier and was in good spirits.
As time passed, Lu Xicai became the oldest veteran of the Anti-Japanese War in Henan and became an old birthday star. It is gratifying that the old man Lu Xicai's life is still very happy, his family is happy, his children and grandchildren are around his knees, and his life is happy. Whenever someone visits, he always greets him with a smile and receives him warmly. The phrase he said the most was long live the Communist Party of China.
In 2015, the national statistics of veterans, Lu Xicai's deeds were widely spread on social **, and they were truly well-known by people. In the same year, a well-known actor filmed a set of documentaries to record the lives of Anti-Japanese War veterans, and Lu Xicai was also one of them.
Gradually, more and more people learned about Lu Xicai's deeds and came to visit, including many volunteers. On November 23, 2019, Lu Xi was 112 years old. Henan Care for Anti-Japanese War veterans and other teams, as well as social charity teams, have come to the elderly's homes to celebrate the elderly's birthday.
They brought all kinds of condolences, cakes, and held a simple celebration ceremony for the elderly to express their blessings to the old man Lu Xicai. At the ceremony, the old man was in good spirits, and after eating the cake with everyone, he spent his birthday with laughter. Then the volunteers handed over the prepared red envelopes to Lu Xicai.
But in the face of the red envelopes brought by the volunteers, the old man resolutely refused, saying that the Eighth Route Army did not love money. He remembered his comrades-in-arms who had participated in the battle, who had died without leaving anything behind. Speaking of this, his eyes began to moisten: "Thank you very much to the society and ** so many people for caring about me, I am very happy." ”
November 29, 2020, is Lu Xicai's 114th birthday. The Henan Care Anti-Japanese War Veterans Volunteer Team is ready to come to Lu Xicai's house to celebrate his 114th birthday. Soon, 16 volunteers came to Lu Xicai's home from all over the country with birthday cakes, some daily necessities, condolences money, etc.
When Lu Xicai saw the arrival of the volunteers, he stood up tremblingly on crutches to welcome the arrival of the volunteers. The volunteers explained their intentions and brought the supplies they had brought to Lu Xicai's home. Lu Xicai's face was ruddy, full of energy, and he was very grateful when he saw the materials sent by the volunteers, but when he saw the condolences money, he still shook his head and refused: "I am not short of money, I am very happy that everyone can come to see me." We, the Eighth Route Army, don't love money. ”
As he spoke, Lu Xicai solemnly gave a military salute. Seeing that Lu Xicai resolutely refused to accept it, the volunteers had no choice but to give up. Afterwards, everyone held a simple celebration ceremony, put on red hats and red scarves for Lu Xicai and his wife, and gathered together to celebrate the birthday of the elderly.
At the ceremony, the director of the Nanjing Civil Anti-Japanese War Museum sent sincere blessings to the old man Lu Xicai. Volunteers from Zhejiang, Chengdu and other places performed talents such as blowing gourd silk for Lu Xicai, celebrating the birthday of the old man and expressing their blessings to the old man. People from all walks of life gathered together in a very cheerful atmosphere.
In order to celebrate the birthday of the elderly together, everyone deliberately turned on the live broadcast to let all walks of life witness the celebration ceremony of the elderly's birthday. On the live broadcast, many volunteers and other people who are far away have sent birthday red envelopes to the elderly and send blessings through ** or live broadcast.
Over the years, every time Lu Xicai has his birthday, people from all walks of life have come to visit and express their blessings, hoping that the old man can live a long and healthy life forever. Unfortunately, reality did not allow it, and on September 6, 2021, the old man Lu Xicai died suddenly at home.
According to the family, a few days before his death, the old man was not sick, but suddenly lay in bed, his appetite decreased, but he could not get up. I can't tell you what the specific situation was, and then died suddenly, not suffering from illness. After the death of the elderly, many volunteers expressed their grief.
Lu Xicai's life has gone through two centuries, witnessing the changes in China and witnessing China's transformation from weak to strong. In his old age, he was always very satisfied to see the mighty China. He once fought for China, and now the Chinese people will never forget him.
FigEven though he has passed away, his story is still being told, and his spirit is still alive and well. Now that the war has long passed, the times are changing, and the veterans will always exist in people's memories and will forever be engraved in the history of the Chinese nation. They have made indelible contributions to China, and without their sacrifices, China would not be as prosperous as it is today.
As the younger generations who enjoy a peaceful and prosperous era, we must not forget the contributions made by our predecessors. Without their contributions, we would not be able to live in peace today. Without them stepping up, we wouldn't be as strong and confident as we are today. As Chinese, our history contains a variety of stories, among which this bitter history is always unforgettable.
This history also reminds us that if we fall behind, we will be bullied, and we must always be strong. Only when our country is strong and our nation is strong can we Chinese always live a peaceful and happy life.