When the children are 7 years old, they are sitting in the classroom, trying to learn and lay the foundation for their future. However, the fact that we can live such a comfortable life today is inseparable from the dedication and sacrifice of our revolutionary predecessors.
They bravely established New China and created a peaceful environment for us, so that we could study and grow up with peace of mind in the war-torn era. Let's talk about Xiang Xuan's story.
When he was seven years old, he joined the ranks of the Red Army, followed the Red Army to participate in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" battles in the Soviet area, and witnessed countless life and death tests. Subsequently, he participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and participated in the establishment of New China.
Xiang Xuan's story tells us that only by putting in hard work and sacrifice can we achieve our ideals. He proved this with his own personal experience. Although he has left us, his spirit still lives on in our hearts and inspires us to move forward.
Xiang Xuan, a brave teenager, used his life to tell us that as long as we have faith and courage, there is nothing that cannot be achieved. His story makes us deeply feel that the difficulties and setbacks in life are just experiences again and again, and they are the ladder of our growth.
Xiang Xuan's hometown, Sangzhi County, Hunan Province, is the hometown of **'s sister He Mangu. In the early years, He Mangu was active in his hometown, leading peasant uprisings and fighting against the Kuomintang reactionaries.
She was a two-speared female general, brave and good at fighting, and was deeply admired by the locals. In August 1928, when Xiang Xuan was two years old, He Mangu was ordered to carry out revolutionary activities in Sangzhi.
Unfortunately, because the enemy is strong and I am weak, she and her three children**. Later, she was imprisoned in the local county jail, and her sister He Ying learned the news and ransomed her three children at great expense.
However, He Mangu remained steadfast in her faith and was eventually killed by the Kuomintang reactionaries.
When Xiang Xuan was two years old, because he lost his mother, he could only rely on his aunt He Ying for his life. The relationship between the two is deep, and Xiang Xuan regards He Ying as his mother.
However, in 1933, the guerrillas led by He Ying were ambushed by the enemy, and He Ying was also seriously wounded in the battle. At this critical juncture, He Ying resolutely decided to hand over a small burden to Xiang Xuan and asked him to take this burden to his uncle**.
Xiang Xuan finally found **, and with the encouragement of **, at the age of seven, he decided to join the Red Army and become an orderly in the ** headquarters.
After experiencing the difficult and difficult anti-"encirclement and suppression" battle, Xiang Xuan firmly followed ** and maintained his unchanging revolutionary beliefs. Despite his young age, he resolutely embarked on the journey of the Long March and successfully reached northern Shaanxi.
In 1936, the Red Second Army and the Red Sixth Army merged into the Red Second Front, and Xiang Xuan also gloriously became the deputy squad leader of the communication squad of the Red Second Front.
In 1937, when China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, the main force of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, and Xiang Xuan, who was only 11 years old at the time, also participated in this heroic team and became a communicator at the headquarters of the 120th Division.
From then on, he served in the guard company and actively participated in the anti-Japanese struggle in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border region until 1945, under the leadership of our party, he witnessed the victory of the anti-Japanese war.
During the Liberation War, Xiang Xuan's unit was reorganized into the Northwest Field Army, and he served as the commander of the engineer company, and personally participated in the liberation of the northwest region and the birth of New China.
Xiang Xuan, the youngest Red Army soldier, has been following ** into the revolution since he was 7 years old. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he went to work in the southwest region and served in the Chengdu Military Region. In 1955, Xiang Xuan was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel, and only five years later, he was promoted to colonel.
In order to commemorate his valuable historical contribution, the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army specially calculated the time when he joined the army and traced the time when he joined the army back to 1933.
Today, the 90-year-old man is still physically strong, which is gratifying.
*'s nephew, Xiang Xuan's mother, is the revolutionary pioneer He Mangu. As the younger sister of **, He Mangu made great contributions to the revolutionary period together with **. Compared with He Mangu, ** witnessed the birth of New China and was the founding marshal of New China.
However, He Mangu bravely sacrificed her life for the revolution and died heroically in 1928. In 1952, the people of Sangzhi County designated He Mangu as a revolutionary martyr, and also built the He Mangu Martyrs Memorial Pavilion for future generations to pay respects.