In 1949, Deng Xianshi, a young soldier in the 46th Army of the People's Liberation Army, was humble and courteous, diligent and studious, and won the appreciation of his comrades-in-arms and superiors. One day, Deng Xianshi excitedly found the instructor with a newspaper and said excitedly: "Instructor, I have finally found my father!"
You see, this is my father! When the instructor heard the news, he was also happy for him, but when he saw the person in the newspaper, his face immediately became serious, and he said to Deng Xianshi seriously: "You are kidding!
This is the corps commander. It turned out that Deng Xianshi mistook the corps commander Deng Hua for his father.
Deng Hua is Deng Xianshi's father.
The young Deng Xianshi looked at his father's **, and a firm determination ignited in his heart, he was determined to become a hero like his father when he grew up. However, Deng Xianshi's father died during the war years, leaving him and his mother to depend on each other.
The death of his mother made Deng Xianshi helpless, and he resolutely signed up for the army, hoping to follow the army to find his father's body and realize his heroic dream.
Deng Xianshi put his father's ** and the newspaper together, and said to himself: "This is obviously my father, look at this eyebrow and this nose, it is obviously a person." ”
The instructor also saw ** and found that the two did look alike, and both had the surname "Deng". Soon after, the news spread among the troops, and even Commander Deng Hua heard about it.
He felt very strange, so he found Deng Xianshi to inquire, and found out that the warrior in front of him was really his son!
The young Deng Hua has no news, what is the secret behind the separation of father and son for many years? The story goes back to Chenxian County, Hunan Province more than 20 years ago. Deng Hua was born in a scholarly family, read famous books since he was a child, and dreamed of becoming a hero like Zhao Yun.
As a student, he was actively involved in patriotic movements. Deng Hua's wife, Qiu Qing'e, came from the countryside and had a very different education from him, with no education and no literacy.
But Deng Hua was deeply influenced by the new knowledge, thoughtful, and unwilling to accept the arranged marriage of the old society. For this reason, he had a fierce argument with his family, and even threatened to run away from home to join the revolution.
But in the end, he failed to resist the pressure of his parents and married Qiu Qing'e.
At the beginning of marriage, Deng Hua's attitude towards his wife Qiu Qing'e was a little cold, but as the time spent together increased, he gradually found that his wife was a hard-working, capable and empathetic "virtuous helper".
So, he changed his attitude, and the relationship between husband and wife gradually warmed up, and the male protagonist and the female protagonist jointly ran this small family. In 1927, Qiu Qing'e gave birth to a white and chubby boy, and Deng Hua named him "Xianshi", and looked forward to teaching him personally, hoping that he could become a sage.
Unfortunately, however, before the child's first birthday, the revolution in China took a major turn. On April 12, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12" counter-revolutionary incident, wantonly hunting and killing Communist Party members, and on May 21 of the same year, Xu Kexiang launched the "Ma-Ri Incident" in Changsha, and the Communist Party organizations in Hunan were seriously damaged.
In this case, Deng Hua was forced to move with the team.
After Deng Hua said goodbye to his wife and children, he and his team moved to other places, participated in the Southern Hunan Uprising, and behaved very bravely when he first entered the battlefield, bravely killing the enemy in the rain of bullets, and received the attention of the company commander.
Mr. He personally taught him combat experience and taught him to shoot, and with Mr. He's personal teaching, the young Deng Hua was able to grow up rapidly. However, the revolutionary situation at that time was too severe, and the revolutionary forces were often hit hard, which made some people begin to doubt the revolutionary road, and Deng Hua's fellow villagers advised him: "Let's go home, even if we die outside, the family will not know." ”
But Deng Hua refused, he firmly believed that the revolutionary road was tortuous, but the future must be bright, if everyone retreated, how could the revolution win? So, Deng Hua chose to continue to fight guerrilla with the team, and it didn't take long to meet the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army led by ** and **.
Although the road of revolution was full of challenges and difficulties, Deng Hua always walked firmly on this road, and his bravery and conviction won him respect and reverence.
On April 28, 1928, the revolutionary team led by ** and ** successfully joined forces in Jinggangshan, and Deng Hua also arrived in Jinggangshan. He realized that there were many deficiencies in his previous ideological understanding, and he was glad to find a more correct direction for the revolution.
Deng Hua began to show his talent and ambition, and successively held a number of important positions. From 1930 onwards, Deng Hua participated in many anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations in the ** Soviet area, especially in the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression", the troops he led fought fiercely with the enemy, and in the face of the fierce attack of the Kuomintang army, he was fearless, calmly commanded the troops, and successfully repelled many attacks by the enemy.
Between the war, Deng Hua would also miss his wife and children far away from home, and he carefully calculated the age and height of his son, but unfortunately, due to the grim situation, he was never able to return home.
Deng Hua participated in the fifth anti-encirclement campaign in October 1934, and the Red Army was forced to march long. Before leaving, Deng Hua sent a letter to his wife, expressing his thoughts about his wife and family, and promising that he would return safely.
In 1937, Deng Hua participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan, which ambushed the Japanese army, and the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, under the leadership of ** and ***, successfully annihilated more than 1,000 elite Japanese troops and captured a large number of heavy ** and military supplies.
This battle not only contained the Japanese attack, but also dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army and enhanced the prestige of the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army. Deng Hua's heart was full of joy and immediately wrote a letter to his wife to share his joy.
Qiu Qing'e, who received the letter, asked her son to read it to her word for word. When she heard that her husband's unit had won a major victory, she was so excited that she burst into tears: "Look, your father is really a great hero, you must learn from him." ”
Although Deng Xianshi is still young and does not quite understand the great historical significance of the Battle of Pingxingguan, he has planted a seed in his heart and dreams of becoming a hero who defends his family and country in the future.
Soon after, Deng Hua received a letter from his hometown, with only one heartbreaking news: his mother, Qiu Qing'e, had died, and Deng Xianshi, who was only 11 years old, had become an orphan and had a difficult life.
Deng Hua is a tenacious man, and he is not afraid in the face of bullets and bullets, but at this moment he can't help but shed tears. How he wished he could go home to see his son immediately, but the Japanese had not yet been completely defeated, the revolution had not yet succeeded, and he could not easily leave the battlefield.
Deng Hua turned his grief into strength and devoted all his energy to the War of Resistance Against Japan, so that only by completely driving out the Japanese army could his son have a better life and the children of all China could grow up happily.
In 1940, Deng Hua was appointed by his superiors to serve as the commander of the 4th Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and he led the troops to establish a base in the Yanbei area and actively carry out anti-Japanese activities.
In the famous Battle of the Hundred Regiments, in order to seize the enemy's stronghold, Deng Hua led a battalion of troops to attack the Japanese army at night, and finally succeeded in annihilating more than 70 enemy troops. Since then, he has performed valiantly in many battles, achieving many victories.
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Deng Hua finally had the opportunity to return to his hometown, he couldn't wait to see his son, but found that the old house that was once full of laughter had been empty, and the room that was originally cleaned up by his wife was now covered with dust, and the son he was thinking about did not know where to go.
A teenage child, in that war-torn era, can run to the **?Just when Deng Hua was desperately looking for his son everywhere, Deng Xianshi had already signed up to join the army and followed the team away from home, one to serve the country and the other to find his father.
In this way, the father and son missed the opportunity to meet.
After the liberation of Guangzhou in 1949, Deng Xianshi rediscovered the news of his father through the newspaper. Although his father's name was "Deng Duohua" instead of "Deng Hua", he did not give up, and after many inquiries, he finally confirmed that "Deng Hua" was the father he had been looking for.
After confirming her identity, Deng Xianshi immediately wrote a letter, detailing her life experience over the years, as well as her thoughts about her father and the changes in her family.
After writing the letter, he double-checked it to make sure there were no omissions or errors. However, Deng Xianshi faced a problem, he did not know the specific address of his father.
Fortunately, his instructor gave him an idea, since he knew that Deng Hua was now in the Guangzhou Military Region, it was better to directly hand over the letter to the Guangzhou Municipal Military Control Commission, and the committee would forward the letter to Deng Hua.
A letter that has gone through twists and turns made Deng Hua's heart full of doubts. He received a letter from a young soldier in a military district, and it was unbelievable that someone would think of writing to him.
When he saw the words "dear father" at the beginning of the letter, his heart was shaken. He read the short letter again and again, and sighed deeply: "Son, you have finally found me! ”
Deng Hua immediately put down the work at hand and went to his son's company, and he must not miss this opportunity again. As soon as the father and son met, Deng Hua was sure that this young man must be his son, because their eyebrows and eyes looked too similar.
He hugged Deng Xianshi tightly in his arms, and the 22-year separation of flesh and blood was finally reunited at this moment. Prior to this, all Deng Xianshi's memories of his father came from the old ** that had been damaged.
When he got the news of his father, he had a thousand words in his heart that he wanted to confide, but at this moment, his father was standing in front of him, and he couldn't say a word. Whatever his father asked, he replied, not at all like father and son, but like a superior inspecting a subordinate.
Deng Hua carefully inquired about his son's life experience, and when he heard that his son's wife had passed away, he lived alone, and he couldn't even eat, his eyes were full of tears, and he said to his son: "It's all Dad's fault, I didn't take care of you!" ”
Then, he heard that his son had performed well in the army and had become an excellent PLA soldier, Deng Hua felt very grateful, he was grateful to his wife for educating his son so well, and at the same time, he was also grateful to the country for cultivating such an excellent talent.
After a short reunion, Deng Hua will return to the Guangzhou Military Region, and Deng Xianshi will stay in the army to continue training. The father and son said goodbye, and Deng Xianshi comforted his father: "Dad, don't be sad, I will write to you often." ”
Deng Hua also told his son to exercise hard in the army. Although New China has been founded, the war has not yet ended. In 1950, the Kuomintang army established a defense system on Hainan Island, attempting to use it as a base on the mainland.
Deng Hua's unit received orders to organize the Battle of Hainan Island, they collected more than 2,000 sailing boats from the people at that time, trained more than 6,000 sailors, launched a large-scale sea-crossing landing operation, and finally successfully defeated the Kuomintang army on Hainan Island.
In October of the same year when the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, Deng Hua was appointed as the first deputy commander of the Chinese People's Volunteers and traveled thousands of miles to the Korean battlefield. In this arduous war, he participated in five battles, and commanded the Autumn Tactical Counterattack Operation and the Shangganling Campaign, leading thousands of troops against the powerful American elite forces and achieving major victories.
At home, Deng Xianshi always pays attention to the news of the Korean battlefield and is full of worries about her father's safety. However, when he heard that his father had won a major victory in the Battle of Shangganling, his heart was extremely happy.
In 1954, Deng Hua ended his journey on the Korean battlefield. When she learned the good news of her father's victorious return, Deng Xianshi excitedly wrote a line of big words in her notebook: My father is a heroic soldier!
Although they are thousands of miles apart and have only a handful of days together, their hearts are closely connected, and they are all working hard for the country and their common ideals.