Author: Zhou Baohua Zhou Ying
During the Laoshan Operation, 18-year-old Zhong Huiling joined the field medical center of the 72 Hospital as she wished.
Some wounded and sick people want to eat hometown dishes, Zhong Huiling went to the cooking class to ask the cooker to do it, and after a long time, the cooker also complained. One day, a wounded man had just been lifted from the line of fire and wanted to eat rice noodles. Zhong Huiling immediately went to the cooking class to cook rice noodles, because it was too late, she quarreled with the cook, which attracted many comrades and lightly wounded people to watch, and the cook was severely criticized.
Zhong Huiling recalled: "The comrades in the cooking class were all for the wounded, and all of them were unsung heroes, and I respected them very much. But after I made a first-class achievement, there was a psychological imbalance. After I had finished feeding the seriously injured, I went to eat by myself, and the cooker saw that I had gone to eat so late that he immediately threw away the few meals so that I had no food to eat. ”
In order to meet the dietary requirements of the wounded and reduce the workload of the cooking class, Zhong Huiling, in addition to insisting on taking advantage of the gap between the wounded who have not yet gotten up every morning to help the cooking class, she applied to the kitchen to cook sick meals for the wounded. As long as the wounded in charge of her wanted to eat, most of them could eat the delicious sick number meal made by Zhong Huiling on the same day.
Zhong Huiling always thinks about the wounded everywhere, so that the wounded feel the warmth of home. Some of the wounded had long hair, and Zhong Huiling learned to cut their hair; some wanted to listen to the singing, and Zhong Huiling was generous enough to sing for them.
The front line of Laoshan was damp and sweltering, the wounded each wore only one military uniform, and soon they would be soaked with sweat when worn on their bodies, so that in order to let the wounded comrades wear clean and comfortable clothes and pants every day, Zhong Huiling washed the clothes of the wounded in batches every day at noon. She told the wounded to undress and cover the quilt before the lunch break, put the dirty clothes on the side of the bed, take them away one by one, and take them to the stream next to the field medical center to scrub basin by basin. When the sun was shining and the spring water was cold, Zhong Huiling rinsed her clothes barefoot in the water and then dried them in rows on the wire. At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the wounded looked at the clothes that had been full of sweat and smell, which had been washed and folded, and neatly arranged on the pillows.
Zhong Huiling always thinks about the wounded, but there is no self, in the most 20 days of the wounded, Zhong Huiling in addition to meticulously do daily nursing work, but also wash clothes for the wounded. Her hands were bloodied, and her legs were bitten by poisonous mosquitoes, which she jokingly called pineapple legs.
In the field rescue on the front line of Laoshan Mountain, although the work undertaken by Zhong Huiling is ordinary and trivial, she devotes herself wholeheartedly to the extreme, accumulating small things to the extreme, accumulating day by day, month by month, Zhong Huiling has become an angel in the hearts of the wounded and a legend.
In Zhong Huiling's mind, although some of the wounded had broken arms and legs, they were all heroes on the battlefield and heroes of the republic. The wounded who were nursed by her, whether they were comrades who returned to the battlefield after being wounded, or the seriously wounded who were transferred to the rear for treatment, before being discharged from the hospital and transferred to the rear hospital, Zhong Huiling would meticulously wash the clothes they were wearing, and decorate everyone's new military uniform with collar badges and hat badges.
Zhong Huiling's selfless love and meticulous care for the wounded have won everyone's admiration and love, and the wounded are in love when they leave, often stuffing her with scarce items such as fruit candy and hand towels donated by the condolence group. In order to appease the new wounded, she gave them one by one.
Zhong Huiling's care and love were praised among the wounded, and then spread among the troops in the Laoshan Theater. At that time, many frontline soldiers passed on the story of this lovely female soldier in the form of hand-copied newspapers. The warriors gratefully called her "Battlefield Lark", "Battlefield Flower", "Flexible Soldier Flower", and "Old Mountain Goddess".
Zhong Huiling and Qu Hui, a nurse at the Field Medical Center of the 72 Hospital, were on the front line of Laoshan Mountain
After a wounded man listened to "Butterfly Spring" sung to him by Zhong Huiling, his eyebrows gradually eased up and he made a joke: "Little Bell, Little Bell, after the war, can I watch you dress up at the Butterfly Spring!" It caused the whole ward to laugh.
In order to alleviate the pain of the wounded, Zhong Huiling replied: After victory, welcome the heroes to the foot of Cangshan Mountain to find the golden flower!
The wounded man said very seriously, "Is what you say true?" ”
Zhong Huiling repeated: "Really, when the victory comes, welcome the great hero to the foot of Cangshan Mountain to find the golden flower." ”
The wounded man, a fighter from an ethnic minority, believed that Zhong Huiling had agreed to his show of affection in public, so much so that a courtship affair that caused a sensation in the hospital was later generated.
In order to enhance the confidence of the wounded to overcome the pain and disability, Zhong Huiling cares for them like a sister. 16-year-old warrior JinFangli suffered a fractured thigh and an arm injury during the battle. When I arrived at the medical center, I didn't say a word, and I didn't care about anyone. Zhong Huiling fed him food and water, washed his face and feet, and a few days later Xiao jin developed a sense of trust in Zhong Huiling and poured out all the words that were stuffy in his heart. It turned out that Xiao Jin was very worried that he would become a crippled person from now on, and he said: Sister Zhong, there is an old saying in our hometown, which kills several glorious generations and hurts a lifetime of pain. I am only 16 years old, if I am disabled, how will I live in the next few decades, how to honor my parents!
Xiao Jin cried, and Zhong Huiling also wiped away tears. In order to enhance Xiao Jin's courage and confidence in overcoming the disabled, Zhong Huiling chatted with Xiao Jin as soon as she had time, telling him the story of Paul Kochagin and Zhang Haidi, and telling him about the tenacious victory of many comrades around him overcame the disability. Slowly, Xiao Jin's closed window of the soul opened, and a smile opened on his face. When he was transferred to the hospital, Zhong Huiling washed his face, combed his hair, put on a clean military uniform, and helped him get into the car.
Xiao Jin, like his younger brother who wanted to leave the house for a long time, flashed tears and looked at Zhong Huiling. The car drove out a lot, and he kept waving to Zhong Huiling and shouting: Goodbye, Sister Zhong, I will definitely overcome the disability!
Many officers and men who had been cared for by her wrote letters to their superiors to reflect Zhong Huiling's deeds, and some even wrote to the head of the frontline command to ask for merit for Zhong Huiling.
When evaluating the merit award, the doctors and nurses of the 72 Hospital unanimously recommended Zhong Huiling to remember the merit through secret ballot. After the meeting, she went to the political commissar Wu Yaocai and said: Compared with the sacrificed and injured comrades-in-arms, I have gained nothing by doing this, I don't want to accept meritorious awards, give the merit to doctors and nurses, I am still a recruit, and I will have a chance in the future...
Political Commissar Wu said: "Xiao Zhong, the meritorious deeds were evaluated by secret ballot by the military congress, not your personal affair. You represent all of our health workers in the firm and even on the front lines.
Zhong Huiling has excellent conditions and touching deeds, becoming a flower in the battlefield and a dazzling star. In accordance with Zhong Huiling's outstanding performance and the call of the wounded for zhong Huiling's meritorious service, the unit not only honored Zhong Huiling and Li Yihua, a volunteer soldier of the 9th Company of the 23rd Automobile Regiment, who were soldiers on the logistics front, first-class meritorious service, but also awarded Li Yihua the honorary title of "Heroic Automobile Soldier" and Zhong Huiling the honorary title of "Model Hygienist."
Zhong Huiling was a little shy when she saw Yang Dezhi, the then chief executive
On September 15, 1984, the Kunming Military Region held a celebration meeting for the self-defense counterattack of Laoshan and Ziyinshan at the Kunming National Defense Theater, and Yang Dezhi, then commander-in-chief, personally attended the meeting. Among the many heroic model representatives attending the meeting, Yang Dezhi saw that the female soldier who was awarded the "model hygienist" was so young, and could not help but praise: "Not simple, not simple!" Such a great achievement at the age of 18!
The hero group on the cover of the 23rd issue of Red Flag magazine in 1984
This special honor made Zhong Huiling sincerely afraid. For more than 30 years, she has been modest, low-key, and has never considered herself a hero, except for participating in large-scale activities and patriotic education activities that require wearing a military merit badge, few people know that Zhong Huiling is a first-class hero.
For this reason, there was also a joke. Once, Zhong Huiling and Shi Guangzhu and other heroic models participated in the report tour of the British model report group, and because she was embarrassed to wear a military merit badge, a photojournalist pulled Zhong Huiling away and said unceremoniously: "Hey, this female soldier, please go away, don't stand in the way, I want to take pictures of the british model..."
[This is a photo of Zhong Huiling (third from the left) and many heroic models participating in the deeds report meeting, which shows that she is not wearing a military merit badge, and many officers and soldiers mistakenly believe that she is a nurse accompanying other heroic models]
Afterwards, when the reporter apologized to Zhong Huiling in shame, she sincerely said, You are right, Shi Guangzhu They are the heroes who are more worthy of publicity.
Zhong Huiling later brought a trainee nurse in her work, until more than 20 years later, when she saw Zhong Huiling's deeds in the media, she did not know that Zhong Huiling was a heroic model, and specially called her: "Teacher Zhong, I only learned today that you have fought in battles and made great achievements!" You're too low-key! ”
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