In 2021, an old man was invited to participate in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party, the awarding ceremony of the "July 1st Medal", the old man is now old, the action is not very convenient, when he learned the news, excited tears, he felt that now the motherland still remembers him, can not live up to the expectations of the motherland, must come personally.
On June 29, I saw a convoy of 21 motorcycles in front of the state guest car, leading the slow march in a V-shape, carrying the outstanding Communist Party members of the motherland to the Great Hall of the People.
The old man sat in the state guest car, looking at the capital of the motherland today, full of excitement and pride, he did not expect that at the age of 101, he could still enjoy such treatment.
After the state guest car arrived at the door of the Great Hall of the People, the old man got out of the car and sat in a wheelchair, his eyes full of vicissitudes but very determined, he trembled and raised his hands, greeting the Young Pioneers on both sides of the red carpet.
Subsequently, the central government ordered that the old man be carried into the Great Hall of the People, and President Xi Jinping personally awarded him the party's highest honor, the "July 1st Medal".
Who is this old man? Why does he enjoy such a high standard of treatment? What kind of experience does the old man have?
This old man is Guo Ruixiang, in a war of resistance against Japan, he led the soldiers to annihilate more than 1,000 enemy soldiers in one battle, and was a well-deserved combat hero.
Guo Ruixiang was born in 1920 in a remote mountain village in Wei County, Hebei Province, where his parents worked in a landlord's home to make ends meet.
Guo Ruixiang's parents were loyal and honest peasants, and once his father was framed by the landlord to steal the family's belongings, and his father was angry that he wanted to fight a lawsuit, so he sold the only cultivated land in the family, and he must prove his innocence.
In the end, the lawsuit was won, but the landlord actually blocked Guo Ruixiang's father's inevitable way home one night, and beat his father to death, which made the already destitute family even worse, when Guo Ruixiang was only 11 years old.
After the death of his father, Guo Ruixiang's mother took on the burden of the family, in his memory, his mother always got up early and greedy, leaving delicious and useful to the children, Guo Ruixiang's mother was illiterate, but still sent Guo Ruixiang to a private school in the village, hoping that he would not follow his father's old path and could change his fate.
Guo Ruixiang was diligent and diligent when he was studying at a private school, and he attracted the attention of a Communist Party classmate, and the two had a very pleasant conversation, and the revolutionary ideas of this classmate gradually influenced Guo Ruixiang.
The tragic experience of his childhood made Guo Ruixiang realize that only the Communist Party could save the people from the depths of the water, at this time, he began to be full of longing for revolutionary action and began his own underground work.
In 1937, Guo Ruixiang officially joined the Communist Party of China, became a glorious communist, and actively transmitted intelligence to the Communist party after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, when he was only 17 years old.
At that time, whether it was underground work or front-line battlefield, it was very dangerous, Guo Ruixiang's superior leaders were captured by the enemy and brutally killed in an operation, and at this time Guo Ruixiang could be exposed at any time, but he still ignored the danger and informed other Communists, which avoided huge losses in local underground work.
At that time, communications were not developed, Guo Ruixiang and some other fighters temporarily lost contact with their superiors, and for a time there was no leader, but he still insisted on revolutionary work, he found the previous party members, and actively went to the masses of the people to propagate revolutionary ideas, strengthen the revolutionary contingent, and finally led a group of people to join the Eighth Route Army.
At that time, the war was urgent, after simple recruit training, Guo Ruixiang was sent to the battlefield, before this, Guo Ruixiang had never been on the battlefield, and everyone did not expect that Guo Ruixiang on the battlefield would be a blockbuster.
Guo Ruixiang's team was attacked by the Japanese army back and forth when it was in Xiaoqu, southwest of Lu, and the heavy weapons of the Japanese army at that time were very abundant, and the soldiers broke through one after another but were repelled, and the team had suffered heavy casualties at this time.
At that time, Guo Ruixiang had been promoted to the instructor of the first battalion and one company of the eighth regiment of the new third brigade, he had many years of underground work experience, very good at detouring with the enemy, he realized that this was not the way, it was necessary to find another way, Guo Ruixiang led a platoon of fighters, detoured to the rear of the enemy army, and at this time the Japanese army thought that it was going to win, and Zheng Yangyang triumphantly relaxed his vigilance.
Guo Ruixiang took the bayonets with the soldiers, quietly took down the Japanese command battalion, captured a large number of guns and ammunition on the Japanese positions, came to the rear of the Japanese army's large team, and carried out a crazy strafing of the Japanese army, at this time the Japanese army was like a bird of fright, immediately frightened to flee around, surrounded by the joint pursuit of all the soldiers inside and outside the circle, and the two teams of Japanese troops were completely annihilated.
This battle made the soldiers in the team know Guo Ruixiang, and also left him with a deep memory, Guo Ruixiang recalled this battle at the age of 101, still high morale.
He said: "I ordered the soldiers to set up machine guns and began to strafe at the Japanese devils, and their war horses were frightened to jump the wall and flee, and we captured more than a dozen Japanese war horses, a batch of cavalry rifles and a machine gun, which dealt a fierce blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army." ”
Later, he had experienced hundreds of battles, and he had won many battles, and those "hard bones" that were difficult to gnaw would be handed over to Guo Ruixiang.
One day in September, at dawn, he led 150 fighters to launch an attack on the enemy, and at the beginning of the battle, Guo Ruixiang led the fighters to knock down one enemy after another, but slowly, Guo Ruixiang found that the enemy fire was getting fiercer, and he realized that the enemy army had at least 1,000 people.
When it was almost dark, Guo Ruixiang's team was already running out of food, many comrades-in-arms were seriously injured, and at the end of the day, the soldiers were also a little exhausted, Guo Ruixiang looked at the comrades who fell next to him, he resolutely stood up and shouted: "Soldiers, we are going to die worthwhile, persist until the last moment!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Guo Ruixiang took a gun in one hand and a large knife in the other, and rushed forward with all his might, determined to kill a bloody road, the soldiers were also encouraged by his words, those who had guns picked up guns, those with large knives raised large knives, some soldiers' clothes were already soaked with blood, but they completely ignored the pain of their bodies and shouted loudly: "Rush! ”
The victory of this battle made Guo Ruixiang highly praised by the organization, and he also made a name for himself in the team.
Whenever this memory is mentioned, Guo Ruixiang still remembers it vividly: "As soon as I rushed, the soldiers rushed up as if they were not killed, one by one, like tigers, frightening the enemy army to turn around and want to run." ”
In 1949, when the Battle of the Crossing River was about to begin, Guo Ruixiang's wife was pregnant, so he sent her back to her mother's house and followed the troops south, all the way through the thorns.
During the battle, Guo Ruixiang received the news of the death of his child, as a husband and father, he was not around, Guo Ruixiang felt deeply guilty, but at this time the liberation war has come to an end, victory is at hand, he can not let those comrades sacrifice in vain, and devote themselves to the war.
After the founding of New China, it was thought that he could live a peaceful life, but at this time, bandits were rampant everywhere in China, and the people were frightened every day, Guo Ruixiang took the initiative to apply to his superiors to participate in the battle against bandits, and Guo Ruixiang, who had experienced the war, did not want to see his compatriots killing each other again.
When Guo Ruixiang faced those bandits, he always knew the feelings, moved with reason, and patiently persuaded those bandits, and with his continuous efforts, most of the bandits were incorporated, becoming a member of the PLA troops, and strengthening China's military strength.
In 1957, Guo Ruixiang was awarded the "Medal of Honor for The Independence Of the People's Liberation Army of the Chinese", the "Order of Independence and Freedom of the Third Class", and the "Liberation Medal of the Third Class".
Later, Guo Ruixiang was appointed deputy political commissar of the Duyun Military Sub-district in Guizhou Province, Guo Ruixiang had 6 children and lived a very poor life, but he always maintained the style of a communist party member who was hard-working and simple, self-denying and self-serving. He always said: "We can't trouble the country, we can solve it ourselves." ”
Guo Ruixiang worked silently in his post until he left for many years. Guo Ruixiang never took advantage of his position to help his family, and has always taught his children to serve the motherland, and he has 5 children who have joined the army.
According to Guo Ruixiang's children, "My father's old army raincoats were left behind, and he made a few of us school bags, and the clothes and shoes were made by my mother herself." ”
In 2021, Guo Ruixiang is already 101 years old, and when he learned that the state awarded him the highest honor in the party, the "July 1st Medal", the old man was moved to tears for a while, he felt that it was all what he should do, and he did not think that the country was still worried about himself.
On June 29, Guo Ruixiang arrived at the Great Hall of the People in a state guest car, and the central government ordered that the staff carry the elderly Guo Ruixiang inside, and President Xi Personally awarded him the "July 1st Medal".
We are now in times of peace, but history must not be forgotten, and heroes should be remembered.
Hats off to all the heroes of the revolution!