At a 91-year-old birthday banquet in Zhengzhou, the old man's astonishing words attracted everyone's attention. He told those around him about a heroic story that happened in that long past era, in which he mentioned that the 81st Division of the Third Army successfully fulfilled the instructions of the party organization, successfully guarded the Yellow River, and repelled the Japanese army.
This story shocked everyone present, and also made everyone full of curiosity and admiration for the old man's past.
In telling his story, the old man mentioned a serious injury, but he miraculously survived, for which he was very lucky. At first, no one took his words seriously, just because he was an old man with dementia, and everyone thought he was talking nonsense.
However, as the old man kept telling, people began to feel that something was wrong. So, the old man's children decided to ask ** for help, hoping that they could investigate the old man's true identity.
Zhu Kexin was born in a turbulent era in the country, and due to the poverty of his family, he had to work in a landlord's house to earn living expenses to support his family. There, he deeply experienced the hardships of the lives of the poor, and he was determined to help more people get out of this predicament whenever he had the opportunity.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhu Kexin's hometown was wantonly attacked by Japanese soldiers, and many old and young people in the village were killed under the enemy's swords and guns. Zhu Kexin was deeply affected by this encounter, and he was determined to drive the Japanese out of China.
Driven by this determination, Zhu Kexin began to look for an anti-Japanese team. After many twists and turns, he eventually joined an anti-Japanese army. However, at the beginning, the troops refused to accept Zhu Kexin because of his thin stature, but Zhu Kexin's firm will finally impressed the commander at the time.
Zhu Kexin, who served in the army, was thin and small, and could only help in the cooking class. But he harbored hatred for the enemy in his heart and longed to go to war as soon as possible. He trains with the recruits every day to continuously improve his physical fitness and combat ability, and the leader of the cooking squad specially opens a small stove for him to help him enhance his physique.
Finally, he had a chance to go to war. In the war on the front line, he was fearless, full of hatred, always rushed to the forefront, even if he ran out of bullets, he would fight the enemy hand-to-hand, even if he was wounded, he did not flinch.
When he was ordered to garrison Zhengzhou, he was keenly aware of the movements of the Japanese army and successfully stopped the enemy's smuggling plan.
When the 81st Division discovered that the Japanese were attempting to cross the river, they immediately put up fierce resistance. Zhu Kexin and his comrades-in-arms used their flesh and blood to protect Zhengzhou. However, the Japanese were far superior to them, and soon launched another attack, encircling Zhengzhou.
In order to survive, the 81st Division chose to break through. However, the Japanese sent planes to bomb it, and the breakthrough became even more difficult. Zhu Kexin led his comrades-in-arms to fight bloodily, and he disregarded life and death, and directly fought with the enemy.
His bravery terrified his enemies, slashing many of them. But Zhu Kexin was also stabbed several times and finally passed out. His heroic deeds were admired by all.
Fortunately, the soldiers found that Zhu Kexin was still breathing while cleaning the battlefield and immediately rushed him to the hospital**. After a miraculous recovery, after Zhu Kexin's injuries improved, he was unable to go to the battlefield again due to his physical condition, so he chose to be demobilized and went home, and went incognito, never revealing his past experience to anyone.
After Zhu Kexin returned to his hometown after being discharged from the army, he kept a low profile, got married and had children, and he has always been very strict with the education of his children, constantly instilling patriotic thoughts, hoping that they can become people who are beneficial to the country in the future.
Under his influence, his children were able to develop the right values.
The elderly Zhu Kexin chose to live alone in his hometown to avoid causing trouble to his children. However, the torment of Alzheimer's disease caused him to fall into self-blame and not be able to face his life.
In order to help my father regain his confidence, the children communicated with him frequently to motivate him to face life bravely, never seeing him as a burden, but hoping to accompany him in his healing and so that he would not have to worry about caregiving.
Under the persuasion of his children, Zhu Kexin slowly accepted the reality that he needed to be taken care of by others. However, as his condition worsened, his condition got worse and worse, and he would often say some nonsense.
Especially when watching anti-Japanese TV dramas, he always repeatedly emphasized the importance of guarding the Yellow River and protecting the national territory. His sons and daughters thought their father was too obsessed with watching TV and didn't interfere too much with it.
Zhu Kexin usually likes to say some fierce words, and his children have long been surprised, thinking that it is normal for their father to talk nonsense during his illness. However, at the birthday banquet held for Zhu Kexin, they felt something strange.
At Zhu Kexin's birthday party, many relatives and friends gathered together to celebrate him. His heart was overflowing with happiness, and he couldn't help but start talking "nonsense" again.
But this time the "nonsense" is different from the past, clear and concrete. He described joining the army at the age of 17 and fighting valiantly with his comrades in the defense of the Yellow River. He was seriously wounded and received a total of 16 slashes.
But fortunately, his comrades found and rescued him in time, so he survived. He was content to be alive today.
After listening to his account, Zhu Kexin's children began to doubt his story. They realize that their father is not talking gibberish, but that he may be hiding a secret that no one knows.
So, they decided to ask the local ** for help. Since Zhu Kexin did not leave a file at the Veterans Service Center, their investigation progressed slowly, and it was not until a few months later that his file was found, which detailed his identity as a soldier of the 81st Division of the 13th Army.
This discovery confirmed that Zhu Kexin's account was true, and his children were amazed and understood why their father emphasized the importance of patriotism from an early age and hoped that they would contribute to the construction of the country.
It turned out that their father was an anti-Japanese hero who stood on the battlefield fighting the enemy. This truth made Zhu Kexin's children proud, because they had a heroic father, a being they would always admire.
Although Zhu Kexin suffers from Alzheimer's disease, he consistently recounts his revolutionary experience.