years,The child said that he had taken the Long March, and when he asked if he could prove it, the child replied: **Present.
In front of a government unit in Yan'an, the quarrel between the two children attracted *** who had just returned from a walk"I am a real Red Army, I just participated in the Long March, do you believe me? "
Don't brag, no, no, let's go! "Caught up in their arguments, step forward and ask. It turned out that a little boy wanted to go in to deliver the letter, but he claimed to be a Red Army and had participated in the Long March, but the children's regiment in charge of the sentry did not believe him and kept persuading him to leave.
**Surprised by the experience of a young boy who actually participated in the Long March, but looked like he was only ** years old. Out of curiosity, ** crouched down, smiled and asked him how he could prove his identity.
The little boy did not hesitate to say the name of **. So, who is this little boy? Why did he call himself the "Red Army"? What is the relationship between him and **?
The boy lost his mother when he was two years old and joined the army at the age of seven. In March 1926, a baby boy was born in the He family in Hongjiaguan Town, Sangzhi County, Hunan, bringing long-lost joy to the family.
He Mangu looked at the baby in her arms, her eyes were full of love, and she immediately named him Xiang Xuan. At this time, ** saw that his sister was happy with her noble son and became an uncle again, so she happily fired two shots into the sky.
* Participated in many battles in the old society, established many exploits, and his sister He Mangu was infected by his bravery and embarked on the revolutionary road. After giving birth to her son, she soon joined the guerrillas of her eldest sister He Ying and other people with lofty ideals to carry out armed struggle.
She is good at martial arts and double guns, and she can make the enemy fearful. Unfortunately, she was attacked by reactionary groups in August 1928 and was outnumbered and imprisoned, including her children.
Under the brutal torture to extract confessions, He Mangu resolutely did not divulge any information. When the news of He Mangu** reached He Ying, she tried her best to rescue her sister and several children, although in the end she raised a lot of money to buy off the guards and successfully rescued several children, but her sister He Mangu still could not escape, and was brutally killed on the execution ground soon after.
At that time, Xiang Xuan was only two years old, and he was still ignorant, not knowing that his biological mother had left, he only remembered that from that day on, he had always been accompanied by He Ying's mother.
Under the influence of He Ying's mother, Xiang Xuan was already proficient in using firearms when he was four or five years old. But ** and He Ying were worried that Xiang Xuan was young and would hurt himself by playing with a gun, so he was not allowed to play, but the young Xiang Xuan was very naughty, always secretly holding their pistols at the tree**, often hitting the whole tree with holes everywhere, and finally inevitably being scolded.
The soldiers have long known swords and guns, and He Ying knows that they are not calm in troubled times. Although they usually do not allow Xiang Xuan to carry a gun, in the event of a war, they will always take the initiative to hand over the gun to Xiang Xuan in case of emergency.
In the past few years, Xiang Xuan has participated in many armed struggles with ** and He Ying, and has witnessed the brutality of the enemy and the parting of life and death, so although he has not yet gone into battle to kill the enemy, he has decided to defend his homeland and defend the country like countless Red Army soldiers.
One day in April 1933, He Ying led Xiang Xuan and the guerrillas to camp in Dong Chang Bay, but on the way, they were told by a traitor who leaked their whereabouts.
Before the group could rest, they were attacked by the enemy. With the two gunshots of "bang bang", He Ying just walked out of the door without two steps, and his right leg was hit by a bullet.
Enduring the pain, she knelt down and continued to shoot at the enemy. Soon, the enemy shouted loudly for the live opening.
At the moment of life and death, He Ying did not choose to struggle and resist, but pinned the hope of survival on Xiang Xuan. Regardless of the danger, Xiang Xuan insisted on helping He Ying up and tried to take her away.
However, He Ying realizes that she may not survive, so she gives Xiang Xuan a small package containing her relics and last wishes. She used her last strength to tell Xiang Xuan to find the Red Army and her uncle as soon as possible to avenge her.
Xiang Xuan was grateful and resolutely fulfilled He Ying's last wish.
Xiang Xuan's eyes were full of tears, and his heart was full of reluctance to He Ying's mother, but seeing the enemy vast, he could only endure the pain and follow the instructions and leave in a hurry. At this time, Xiang Xuan didn't know how to find his ** uncle and the Red Army team, so he could only run to the back mountain path with all his might.
After escaping the enemy's tracking, Xiang Xuan fell to the ground weakly, and he accidentally scratched his foot by something when he ran away just now, but he didn't notice it, and who knew that it didn't take long for him to lose consciousness.
At this time, Liao Hansheng led several soldiers to come to support, found Xiang Xuan who had fallen to the ground, and immediately rescued him. A few days later, Xiang Xuan, the youngest "Red Army Brother", finally woke up, and when he opened his eyes, what he saw was no longer a gloomy forest, but bright sunlight and spacious houses.
Xiang Xuan sat up suddenly, and found that his uncle** was sitting next to him, he immediately cried silently, and told ** about his previous experience and He Ying's mother's sacrifice.
Then, he handed over all the items that He Ying had left for him to **. Looking at the relics of the eldest sister, ** smoked quietly, frowning. "What are you going to do?
Are you still going to continue the revolution? He looked directly at Liao Hansheng and Xiang Xuan. "Dry, we must carry the revolution to the end and avenge the sacrificed comrades! * Throwing the cigarette pouch on the table, he ordered his men to recruit men and to rebuild the guerrillas.
Xiang Xuan was then arranged to join the Red Third Army and became a "Little Red Army" soldier.
Many of the children in the original team were the same age as Xiang Xuan, and although they couldn't go into battle to kill the enemy immediately, in private, they still persevered in training. It's just that, after all, they are still young, and soon after training, they will become dirty, and some will even cry because the training is too hard, but when they think of fighting for the revolution in the future, they will immediately wipe away their tears and continue to fight.
Looking at all this, the adults around couldn't help but laugh out loud, in the war-torn era, this kind of energetic scene is rare. After joining the Red Army, Xiang Xuan has always been positive, and after each training, he will gather everyone together, carry a wooden gun tied with a red cloth, and consciously conduct queue training.
After a period of military life, Xiang Xuan and his friends, as well as other Red Army soldiers, embarked on the journey of the Long March together.
In order to solve the problems of the children facing the harsh environment and rough roads, the general thoughtfully provided them with horses so that the older uncles could take turns riding or carry them on their backs for a distance.
In this process, the young Xiang Xuan showed the spirit of "small people and big ghosts" and actively helped everyone. In the army, Xiang Xuan was assigned the job of a propagandist, and he followed his uncle and brothers as he walked to expand the influence of the ranks of the Red Army.
The masses were curious about Xiang Xuan, the little Red Army, and came to watch, hearing him singing while mobilizing everyone to join the army, and many people began to have the idea of joining the army.
However, when they heard the slogan of "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land", the poor people did not dare to accept it. In order to convince them, Xiang Xuan decided to go door-to-door to mobilize and tell them what he had heard from the veterans.
With the passage of time, the footprints of the Long March have spread all over the land, and Xiang Xuan has slowly matured in this process. What was once naughty and indulgent has now been replaced by deep admiration and sacrifice.
He began to understand humility, to be considerate of others, and to understand the importance of responsibility. Whenever he saw his companions tired, he gave them his mount and silently endured the pain and hardship.
Even though he was already injured in his leg, he never complained, just moved forward silently. When the team is resting, he is always the first to pick up a kitchen knife, sweep the floor, stand guard, and prove his enthusiasm and sense of responsibility with practical actions.
Finally, in October 1936, the Red Army troops successfully arrived in northern Shaanxi, and Xiang Xuan also stayed in Yan'an. During this time, he had the privilege of meeting *** and was deeply impressed.
In that year, Xiang Xuan was ordered to deliver a letter to a certain unit, but he was suspected of his identity as a Red Army by the children's regiment standing guard, and resolutely refused to let him go. Xiang Xuan was anxious, but he couldn't explain it, so he could only keep emphasizing: "I am a Red Army and I have just participated in the Long March. ”
However, no matter what he said, the little soldier just wouldn't listen and urged him to go back quickly. At this point, they caught the attention of ***. He had just returned from a walk and saw two children arguing, so he went up to him and asked.
After learning that the **-year-old child in front of him was a Red Army, ** jokingly asked Xiang Xuan: "You said that you are a Red Army, what evidence do you have?" Xiang Xuan replied firmly: "I participated in the Long March, climbed over snow-capped mountains, and crossed grasslands!" ”
If that's the case, then who can prove it? Xiang Xuan replied confidently: "My uncle and aunt!" "Who is your uncle?" *Asked. Xiang Xuan replied without hesitation: "*."
It turned out that this child was from Hehuzi's family, no wonder he was so stubborn. In 1936, Xiang Xuan was 10 years old, just in school age. He was well aware of the importance of reading, so he immediately entered the middle school attached to the primary school in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border District.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Xiang Xuan joined the headquarters of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army as a communicator. Although the conditions at that time were very difficult and there was no good training environment, Xiang Xuan worked very hard and finally won high praise from his superiors.
In 1943, at the age of 17, Xiang Xuan became a soldier in the guard company of the 358th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, during which time he also learned engineering skills and greatly improved his combat ability.
After Xiang Xuan was promoted to the deputy commander of the engineer company of the 358 Brigade, in order to quickly attack the Japanese army, he suddenly had a manufacture"Big Tiger"with"Flying Thunder Cannon"ideas. This unique idea of his won the full support of the troops.
After arduous research, they successfully transformed a powerful earthen cannon with a range of more than 500 meters, which could fire five kilograms of explosives at a time, and the Japanese barracks were reduced to ruins in an instant.
Xiang Xuan was very happy to be able to participate in the development of such a powerful **, and even ignored the advice of his comrades-in-arms and personally operated the earthen cannon into battle. Although the enemy army was blown up in a mess, Xiang Xuan was unfortunately shot by a grenade and fell in a pool of blood.
His comrades-in-arms quickly rushed him to the hospital**, where he was soon found to have his right eye covered with debris from **, his right foot had also been pierced, and there were 21 wounds all over his body.
The news of Xiang Xuan's injury quickly spread to the ears of **, and when he learned that his nephew was injured in the front-line battle and was blind in his right eye, he did not blame others for not taking proper care of Xiang Xuan, but said meaningfully: "Other people's sons can be sacrificed, and my nephew's life is equally precious, even if it is sacrificed, it is worth it." ”
Xiang Xuan, like his uncle and all the soldiers, was always ready to sacrifice his life for the country, so he didn't care about his injuries and continued to stay in the ranks to fight the enemy.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xiang Xuan successively served as the company commander of the engineer company, the deputy chief of the ordnance section of the logistics department of the Chengdu Military Subdivision of the Chengdu Military Region, and the deputy director of the People's Armed Forces Department of Xicheng District, the Chengdu Military Subdivision of the Sichuan Military Region.
Fifty-six-year-old Xiang Xuan retired honorably in 1982, and only six years later, he was awarded the Red Star Meritorious Medal of Honor. Xiang Xuan, now 95 years old, has witnessed China's historical changes from being filled with gunpowder smoke to becoming a prosperous country and a strong people, and has always been concerned about the development and construction of the country's armed forces.
He sent a message to his juniors: "Thousands of rivers converge into the sea, and the root of everything lies in the company. "Only by attaching importance to the development of the company and the training of grassroots cadres can we lead the army to become stronger.
We wish the elderly good health, long and safe life!