One day in 1947, in Qiliping, Huang'an, Hubei Province, the villagers were working hard as always, but at this moment there was a strange person in the village, he looked left and right, as if looking for someone, and finally, he stopped in front of a dilapidated grass hut, and after repeated hesitation, he finally plucked up the courage to knock on the wooden door.
A few minutes later, an old woman with gray hair slowly opened the door, and when she saw this person, she quickly asked, "Sir, who are you looking for?" When the young man saw this, he suddenly fell to his knees with a "poof" and shouted loudly: "Mother, mother, I am your son."Obviously, the old woman was startled by the situation in front of her, and said in disbelief: "Sir, my son has already died on the battlefield." ”
"Mother, it's really me, I'm your unfilial son Zheng Guozhong who ran to become a soldier eighteen years ago without a sound!" In a word, the old man who had passed the flower armor completely burst into tears, and then the two hugged each other tightly. What's going on here? Next, let's go back to that chaotic era and find out.
During this time, the teenager was full of enthusiasm and blood, only to serve the country
In 1913, the old Zheng family in Qiliping, Huang'an, Hubei Province, ushered in a new life, and the arrival of this child made the Zheng family and his wife very happy, but in addition to being happy, they could not help but be depressed and worried. In such a turbulent era, it is not easy to raise a child, which everyone knows, to be precise, the growth of children is basically dependent on creation.
Xu is this baby boy who also knows how important he is to his parents, and in the rural areas where food and clothing are difficult, he has grown up unharmed. Although his family was poor and could not let his children go to school, his parents still had high hopes for him and hereby named him Zheng Guozhong.
Since he was a child, Zheng Guozhong, who followed his parents to run in the fields, understood the difficulty of his parents, so he was still young, and he already had the idea of making money to support his family very early. In 1923, when he was only ten years old, Zheng Guozhong ran to the tailor's shop and became an apprentice.
Here, although the income is meager, the young Zheng Guozhong is still happy. Soon, with his clever mind and agile hands, Zheng Guozhong had already memorized the tailor's skills and was handy in his work.
Originally, he thought that the happy life of the family would begin from here, but he forgot that in such an era when there was no next meal, how many ordinary people could come up with money to cut clothes?
As a result, zheng Guozhong, who was full of excitement, was quickly defeated by the harsh reality and returned to the poor and backward village. After returning home, he lived a life facing the loess all day long, busy all day and gained very little, "I don't know the heat, but I regret that the summer is long" is the most real rural portrayal.
The tedious days continued until this day in November 1927, when an unusual event broke the tranquility. On this day, the news of the victory of the jute uprising in Hubei spread rapidly in various places, 14-year-old Zheng Guozhong heard the word "Red Army" for the first time, and also briefly knew about the deeds of the Red Army from the three words and two words in the adults' discussion, so he was still young and had the idea of joining the army, but the Zheng family's parents did not agree to their son's request, even if they were "ignorant", they also knew that it was a "hard life", if they were not careful, there would be no return, the two only had this one child, how could they let him take this risk. So the matter was put on hold.
Two years later, things took a turn for the better. Zheng Guozhong, who was working in the field at this time, heard that the Red Army happened to be recruiting troops in the local area, so he hurriedly threw down his hoe and went to the recruitment office. After arriving at his destination, Zheng Guozhong circled around for half a day, and after understanding the situation of the Red Army, he firmly signed up.
Looking at the thin child in front of him, the recruiter asked again and again, but Zheng Guozhong's answer every time was the firm voice "Yes, I am willing to join the Red Army." Before leaving, the team allowed everyone to visit the family again before leaving, but in order not to let their parents object again, Zheng Guozhong chose to be "silent". Of course, there were also some young men from ten miles and eight townships who accompanied him, so they let them pass on the word on their behalf, and this trick was first cut and then played by his parents, even if they did not want to, there was no other way.
The baptism of guns and bullets, the teenager transformed into a deputy commander
From the moment he firmly chose to join the Red Army, Zheng Guozhong knew that this trip would be full of thorns, hardships and hardships. But the harsh reality was still unexpected by him, so the teenager trained more diligently and diligently every day, letting the bone-chilling wind blow and how the heavy rain slapped on him, and the teenager did not even blink his eyes. Finally, the kung fu paid off, and the teenager developed a good physique, personally went to the battlefield, and killed one enemy after another.
Zheng Guozhong and his comrades-in-arms charged the battle again and again, winning many victories, but at the same time losing many comrades-in-arms. Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly provoked incidents, which made Zheng Guozhong more and more firm in the correct leadership of the Communist Party. He knew that only the Communist Party could lead the people of the whole country in a better direction, and only the Communist Party could truly care about the lives of the broad masses of the people. And Zheng Guozhong himself joined our party shortly after joining the army.
Watching the comrades-in-arms who came along the way gradually leave him, Zheng Guozhong could only turn the grief and anger in his heart into a driving force for progress, and avenge their killing of the enemy on the battlefield. His outstanding performance has always been seen by everyone, and within a few years, he was promoted from platoon leader to regimental commander.
In 1935, in order not to let Chiang Kai-shek's treacherous plan of "Sichuan-Shaanxi Will Suppress" succeed, Zheng Guozhong was ordered to lead his troops to clear the obstacles in the Cangxi and Yilong areas, so as to ensure the smooth crossing of the Jialing River by the Central Red Army. Here the enemy army strictly defended a large number of troops, but Zheng Guozhong relied on his years of experience to use only one regiment of troops to wipe out the enemy. During the Long March, Zheng Guozhong followed the large army to climb the snowy mountains and cross the meadows, and finally survived the 25,000-mile Long March, countless days and nights of suffering, leaving a loyal body on the Long March Road, they were not as lucky as Zheng Guozhong, but forever "slept" in the swamp and snowy mountains.
In 1940, Zheng Guozhong, then the commander of the 769th Regiment of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division, fought bloodily for seven days and seven nights in the battle of Shinaoshan between the regiment and the 14th regiment, and finally won a comprehensive victory in the first stage of the "Hundred Regiments War" and made great contributions. The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army issued the "Victory Report" for four consecutive days, and the commander of the headquarters and the commander of the 129th Division spoke highly of it. Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehuai also hereby praised the summing up work in the first stage of the Hundred Regiments War: "The troops guarding the Lion Brain Mountain are brave and tenacious.", which shows that this is a heroic and divine force.
Later, in the Battle of Baijin, the 769th Regiment was responsible for attacking Nanguan, and knowing that we were in a disadvantageous position, Zheng Guozhong came to a wise attack: first sneaked in quietly from the two pillboxes under Qin Wupo and Jizi Mountain, ambushed in the town, and then gave the enemy a surprise surprise attack. In the end, more than 400 Japanese puppet troops were annihilated.
In May 1942, the Japanese army raided our side, coinciding with the shortage of our army's pre-war strength, Zheng Guozhong was ordered to lead the 679th Regiment to the front line. In order to preserve the strength, Peng Dehuai and Zuo Quan transferred the enemy's former command post, but in the process of transfer, Zuo Quan was unfortunately shot and killed, zheng Guozhong, who was responsible for covering, learned of this matter, and blamed himself, and zuo quan's unfortunate death became an eternal pain in Zheng Guozhong's heart.
In 1946, the 3rd Column of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army attacked Longhai, and Zheng Guozhong was then the deputy commander of the 3rd Column.
Little away from home "old" big back
In 1947, the 3rd Column, as the Left Route Army of Liu Deng's army, also followed Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping into the Dabie Mountains. Along the way, the army still came to the Huang'an area. How can people not be homesick in such a place, 18 years away from home?
After learning of Zheng Guozhong's situation, Liu Deng and his wife hereby approved his return to his hometown to visit his relatives. After receiving the promise, Zheng Guozhong rushed back with excitement. But when he returned to the place where he remembered his childhood, his parents' reaction brought him to tears.
This place where his soul was haunted by dreams turned into ashes, and he remembered it. With his childhood memories, Zheng Guozhong quickly found the thatched house, but looking at the house in front of him, he hesitated, he was afraid that his elderly parents did not know him for a long time, and he was even more afraid that in the years when he left, his parents had a three long and two short...
He thought about it many times in his mind, but finally plucked up enough courage to knock on the wooden door. A few minutes later, an old woman in her sixties slowly opened the door, and after seeing the people coming, the old woman hurriedly asked, "Sir, who are you looking for?" Unexpectedly, the next moment, the man in front of him fell to his knees with a loud cry, and even shouted "Mother, mother...", this scene really frightened the old man, hurriedly pulled him up, and said: Sir, my son has died on the battlefield a long time ago. Zheng Guozhong hurriedly explained: Mother, I am your "indisputable" son Zheng Guozhong. As soon as the words fell, the old man's tears flowed down.
The noise at the door also alarmed Father Zheng in the house, he came out to see, this is his son who has "disappeared" for eighteen years, that look, although it is a little, but he still recognizes it at a glance, and then he can't care about anything, the old man went forward, and the three of them hugged each other tightly...
Later, after the founding of New China, Zheng Guozhong successively served as the first deputy commander of the Qingdao base, the commander of the naval training base, the commander of the East Fleet of the Navy, and the deputy commander of the Navy. Moreover, at the conferment ceremony in 1955, Zheng Guozhong was awarded the rank of major general, and in 1988, he was awarded the title of general.
Since Zheng Guozhong returned to his hometown, he has always taken his parents with him, after all, his parents are old and need to be taken care of by them, and he owes them too much, so no matter where he goes, he will take two people with him.
brief summary
Since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness are difficult to complete, so why not be loyal and filial piety? Who is not difficult to take care of both sides of the people? Today's conditions are better, but for soldiers, firefighters and other people who serve the people wholeheartedly, their family problems are still difficult to take care of while they are serving the country and the people.
Of course, we also see that the state and all sectors of society have also been working hard to solve this problem over the years, but after all, this is not a small problem, it is still a bit tricky to solve, I hope that after that, everyone can get one step closer, so that the families of these heroes can get the greatest guarantee in all aspects of life.
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