In the Huaihai Battle in 1948, his father sacrificed his life for the country, and the whereabouts of his body were unknown, and 61 years later, his daughter Wang Qingmei found him in the Anti-Japanese War drama.
When her father joined the army, Wang Qingmei was only two years old, and she often heard her mother mention her father after remembering it, which made her full of curiosity about her father's image.
But before they could meet, she and her mother received the news of her father's death, and her mother was very sad and chanted her father's name before she died.
Wang Qingmei silently wrote down her mother's last wish, hoping that one day she could find her father and reunite them as husband and wife.
So, where is Wang Chengde's body? Can Wang Qingmei's mother's last wish come true?
Wang Qingmei was born in a village in Jiaozuo, Henan Province, and since she was 4 years old, she has never felt her father's embrace, let alone remembered her father.
She only knows her father in her mother's mouth and a portrait of her father at home.
From her mother's mouth, Wang Qingmei learned that her father's name was Wang Chengde, born in Xiama Village, Jiaozuo, Henan, during the Anti-Japanese War, as one of the few men in the village, he took on his own responsibility to protect the safety of the villagers.
On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its surrender, ending China's 14-year anti-Japanese journey on this day.
The people finally saw the moon when the clouds opened, China was no longer invaded by other countries, and the long-awaited peace was obtained.
However, no one expected that the peace in front of them was actually an illusion, which was soon broken by the war of liberation.
In June 1946, the Kuomintang provoked a civil war, our party once again faced the threat of the people, and the people returned to the days of fear.
In order to achieve true peace as soon as possible, many young people have joined the army on their own initiative, hoping that future generations can enjoy a peaceful life.
Wang Chengde, who is far away in Jiaozuo, Henan, is also concerned about the stability of the motherland, and at this time, it happened that the country was conscripted, and Wang Chengde was determined to join the army and protect the motherland.
His family also understood his choice, even if they were reluctant, they still nodded in support of him, so in June of this year, Wang Chengde bid farewell to his wife and daughter, and resolutely embarked on the bumpy journey ahead.
There are no eyes on the battlefield, and tens of thousands of dead and wounded are often killed, but fortunately, Wang Chengde still survived from one war after another with his agile skills.
In the blink of an eye, in 1948, when the Liberation War was in the final stage, Wang Zhengde followed the troops to the border area of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces to participate in the Huaihai Campaign.
In this battle, in order to redeem the definite defeat, the Kuomintang sent 800,000 troops to attack our army.
Fortunately, our army skillfully used the deployment of combat teams and calmly analyzed the terrain, and won the final victory of this battle on January 10, 1949.
But the victory of a war is always accompanied by bloodshed, Wang Chengde sacrificed, and before witnessing the final victory, he closed his eyes in 1948.
That year, he was only 27 years old and squandered his blood on the milestone of peace in his homeland.
Her father died in the Battle of Huaihai, and her only memory is a self-made portrait, but fortunately, 61 years later, she found her father's burial place in the TV series.
Since Wang Chengde joined the army in 1946, Wang Qingmei's mother has always been worried about his safety, and she can't sleep all night without thinking about tea and food every day.
Wang Qingmei's mother had been waiting for a letter from Wang Chengde all day long, and she was afraid of receiving a death notification letter from the army, but fortunately, every letter was good news.
In March 1948, Wang Qingmei's mother also received a letter from Wang Chengde asking them to go to Luoyang for reunion, but she refused for fear of interfering with Wang Chengde's revolutionary actions.
I didn't want this refusal, it became a regret for the rest of her life, a few months later Wang Chengde died in the Huaihai Campaign, when she received a notice from the army, she was grief-stricken.
Wang Qingmei's mother wanted to find Wang Chengde's body, but she was worried that her daughter would not be at home alone, and she was afraid that it would not be safe to take her daughter there.
So, she could only ask her husband Wang Chengde's family to help go to Luoyang to help her find her husband's remains, while she stayed in the village to take care of her daughter.
But there are many soldiers on the battlefield, although they know the approximate location of Wang Chengde's troops, but the family still hasn't found Wang Chengde's body, so they can only return in vain.
After learning that Wang Chengde's body was missing, Wang Qingmei's mother was very conflicted.
On the one hand, she regretted that she didn't take her daughter to Luoyang to see her husband for the last time.
On the other hand, Wang Qingmei's mother comforted herself in her heart, maybe her husband was not sacrificed.
But as time passed, New China was founded, and the surrounding days were completely restored to tranquility, she knew that Wang Chengde really couldn't come back.
Because they only had a photo of Wang Chengde and his 3 comrades-in-arms in their hands at that time, but "the person is too small to see clearly", and there is no other ** Wang Chengde at home.
In order to commemorate him, Wang Qingmei's mother and her family painted a portrait of Wang Chengde and hung it at home to worship.
Xu is carriage and horses were very slow, and he could only love one person in his life, Wang Qingmei's mother remembered Wang Chengde until she died, and told her daughter Wang Qingmei to find the whereabouts of his body.
But the whereabouts of Wang Chengde's body are like a mystery, even if Wang Qingmei remembers her mother's last wish, she doesn't know how to find it.
Every time she went home to worship her ancestors, she saw her mother's lonely grave, and Wang Qingmei's heart hurt as if she had been pierced by a thorn, but she couldn't do anything about it.
Because all she had in her hand was her father's martyr's certificate and the portrait and the ** who couldn't see his face clearly.
The Chinese population is hundreds of millions, and there are countless people with the same name, and looking for them based on portraits and names alone is no different from *** fishing for a needle.
But Wang Qingmei has never been able to forget her mother's last wish, and if she never forgets it, there will be an echo.
After 70 years of longing, in 2018, she finally found the whereabouts of her father who died in the Battle of Huaihai.
In 2009, Wang Qingmei found clues about her father in the TV series "Defending Yan'an", and she found that there was a character with the same name and surname as her father.
Like his father, he was also the commander of the 27th Brigade of the Ninth Column of the Second Field, and all indications indicate that his prototype is likely to be his father.
Wang Qingmei couldn't hide the excitement in her heart, she immediately called her son to her side, said her thoughts, and asked her son to help her seek help.
However, time has passed, personnel have changed, many veterans have passed away, and Wang Chengde has long passed away, the ** family search communiqué was issued, but no response was received, and it is even more difficult to find his whereabouts.
Fortunately, in December 2018, Toutiao's "Looking for the Descendants of Martyrs" public welfare project cooperated with the Huaihai Battle Shuangduiji Martyrs Cemetery to help more than 8,000 martyrs in the cemetery find their relatives.
A relative of Wang Qingmei, after accidentally discovering that the information of a martyr in it was similar to Wang Chengde, immediately notified Wang Qingmei's granddaughter, and after verification, the martyr was Wang Chengde.
The granddaughter immediately told her grandmother Wang Qingmei the good news, and Wang Qingmei learned that her father was buried in the Shuangduiji Martyrs Cemetery in Anhui.
Finally found the whereabouts of her father's body, Wang Qingmei couldn't hide her excitement, and later calmed down with the comfort of her family.
On December 14, Wang Qingmei went to the martyrs' cemetery accompanied by her family, and Wang Qingmei learned by asking the staff of the cemetery.
At that time, the war was fierce and transportation was inconvenient, many soldiers were buried on the battlefield after their sacrifices, and there were only the remains of some martyrs in the cemetery, and the graves could not be moved without permission.
Subsequently, under the guidance of the staff, Wang Qingmei found the tombstone of her father "Wang Chengde", at this moment, she knelt on the ground and cried like a child.
The family members stood silently on the side with red eyes, and saw Wang Qingmei's hands trembling and stroking the tombstone, crying silently about her mother's last wishes.
Wang Qingmei's family couldn't help but reddened when they saw this, and after that, Wang Qingmei asked the cemetery administrator to put her mother's relics next to her father's tombstone.
After obtaining the permission of the Martyrs' Cemetery Management Office, Wang Qingmei took a handful of soil from the place where her father died in the war and brought it back to her hometown.
She did this because she felt that even if her father's remains could not be moved, the soul should still return to her hometown, and her father would definitely want to return to her homeland as well.
In Wang Qingmei's mind, Wang Chengde is not only a hero, but also her father, so she also wants to set up a tombstone for her father and place it with her mother's tombstone.
However, Wang Qingmei didn't know what inscription to write to her father, and when the staff of the public welfare activity learned about it, they immediately helped Wang Qingmei find more information about Wang Chengde.
With the help of the staff, Wang Qingmei found the "old base" of the Erye Ninth Column that her father had joined, the martyrs' memorial hall in Zhaibuchang Village, Boai County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province.
After explaining the intention to the staff of the memorial hall, through the introduction of the staff, Wang Qingmei learned that her father belonged to the 81st Regiment of the Taihang Military Region.
According to the clues provided by Wang Qingmei, the staff helped Wang Qingmei find the collective ** of the unit to which her father belonged.
Due to the ambiguity of **, Wang Qingmei could not confirm the identity of each person in **, but among the many soldiers, Wang Qingmei noticed a soldier at a glance.
Wang Qingmei cried and said
"Although I haven't seen you, I think it's very kind to see this photo. ”After that, the staff suddenly thought of a veteran in his 90s, who was the guard of the "Erye Ninth Column" and had helped many descendants of martyrs who came to find their roots.
Wang Qingmei naturally did not want to miss the opportunity, and even though she was willing to meet, she finally learned a lot of things from the veteran, including not only the soldiers' experience in the war, but also the heroic deeds of the soldiers back then.
But when Wang Qingmei asked Wang Chengde, the veteran had no impression, in fact, this is normal, after all, there were many soldiers at that time, and everyone was bent on fighting the war, and it was impossible to remember everyone's name.
In the end, Wang Qingmei returned to her hometown and carved an inscription for her father, fulfilling her mother's last wish for so many years.
And this journey to find relatives is also over here, although the road is bumpy, but full of warmth, fortunately their family of three has always missed each other, even if yin and yang are separated, the heart will always be together.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there were many people like Wang Chengde, who were forced to abandon their "small families" for the sake of "everyone", and even more loyally buried in other places, and have not yet found a "way home", and their spirit and dedication are worth remembering by every Chinese.