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"Yang Zirong died unexpectedly back then, and I was the one who killed him." In the interrogation room, an old farmer with a beard and bald said to the police with a dejected face.
The old farmer's words surprised those present, after all, Yang Zirong died unexpectedly only 16 days after capturing the mountain eagle alive, and the culprit has never been found, but he did not expect that the murderer was hiding in this small village.
In order to prevent someone from counterfeiting the murderer for fun, the local government specially organized a reconnaissance team to understand the situation back then, but I didn't expect that what this old farmer said was true, who is this old farmer? Why did he kill Yang Zirong back then, and what heroic deeds did Yang Zirong do?
Born in troubled times, times make heroes
Yang Zirong was born in 1917, originally named Yang Zonggui, don't look at him as a Northeast hero, but he is an authentic Shandong man. He was born in a troubled time, warlords in various places were divided, and it was simply too difficult for the common people to live a stable life, and the same was true of Yang Zirong's family.
Later, the family really couldn't open the pot, Yang Zirong's father heard that the northeast was sparsely populated, so he wanted to go to the northeast to wander, after all, because of years of war, government corruption, and years of drought, Shandong's local people who live by farming have no way to live.
At first, the family planned to settle in the Dandong area of Liaoning Province, but the situation in the northeast was even more chaotic at that time, in addition to the warlords, bandits, Japanese and Russians were in turmoil, which made the safety of the family unguaranteed.
So Yang Zirong's mother proposed the idea of returning to her hometown in Shandong, after all, although Shandong has no land, there are other relatives to help, and it is difficult to find a job in the northeast, and even safety has become a problem.
Yang Zirong's father did not recommend that the family go back, after all, their group came to the northeast after many hardships, and they experienced many tribulations on the road, and they may die here if they are slightly unlucky. If you go back now, it will mean that all the hardships you have suffered in the future will be in vain.
But at this time, Yang Zirong's mother had already decided to go and said that she was unwilling to stay. In the end, in desperation, the couple discussed, the daughter stayed in the northeast with her father, and the two sons returned to Shandong with their mother.
When the time comes, which side will have a good life, and then decide where to settle completely. In this way, Yang Zirong returned to Shandong with his mother. Although the days were very difficult, Yang Zirong's mother still gritted her teeth and sent her son to private school, because she did not want her son to be an ordinary person who could not read big words all his life like herself.
However, by the time Yang Zirong was 12 years old, the situation in Shandong had become more and more chaotic, Yang Zirong's studies were forced to be suspended, and his mother had no choice but to let him go to Dandong to join his father. Yang Zirong wanted his mother to leave with him, but was refused.
Yang Zirong said sadly: "Mom, aren't you going with me?" It's a mess here, so how can I rest assured that you are left alone at home. ”
"Zonggui, my mother can take care of herself, but I can't delay you, you have to study hard when you get to your father's side, you know?"
Yang Zirong saw that his mother had made up his mind, said nothing more, and went on the road the next day with the dry food his mother left for him. After a long journey of more than a month, Yang Zirong finally found his father, and he suffered a lot along the way, after all, there was not much food left at home, and the food prepared for him by his mother ran out early, and he survived by begging along the way.
The father was very happy to see Yang Zirong, after all, he is now a mason, and the eldest daughter has also become a worker in the screw factory, and the life is very rushing, originally Yang Zirong's father thought of saving some more small money, and then took his wife and children to his side, and now the younger son came directly, which strengthened his determination to pick up people to the northeast.
After learning that Yang Zirong had studied private school, his father also found a relationship to stuff Yang Zirong into the school. At this time, Yang Zirong was very happy, pinching his fingers every day to calculate when his father would be able to take his brother and mother over.
However, before the family was reunited, Yang Zirong's father was sick in bed due to pneumonia, and Yang Zirong took the initiative to work in the screw factory where his sister worked in order to reduce the burden on the family.
At that time, there was a rule that as long as you worked for three years as an apprentice, you can turn into a regular worker, and the salary difference between an apprentice and a regular worker is very different, so during this period, Yang Zirong has been working diligently and does not dare to be sloppy. But fate is so fond of tricking people, just when Yang Zirong was about to turn into a regular worker for three years, the factory had to lay off employees because of poor earnings, and Yang Zirong happened to be among them.
Yang Zirong's father was afraid that he would be sad and comforted him: "Don't be sad baby, you are strong, losing you is the loss of the screw factory, and you can meet better in the future." ”
Unexpectedly, Yang Zirong looked open, "Dad, I'm not sad, my tendon meat, it's easy to find a job anywhere." ”
In 1938, 21-year-old Yang Zirong went to a mining area in Anshan to work as a miner, the mine owner was a Japanese, so there was no mercy for these miners, eager to squeeze their blood dry, as long as the movement was a little slower, the overseer's whip was thrown over, which made Yang Zirong have the idea of resisting.
In 1943, because Yang Zirong couldn't see the overseer bullying his co-workers, he took the whip over and whipped it fiercely on the overseer. Afterwards, he knew that he would definitely not have good fruit to eat, so with the help of his co-workers, he left the mine and returned to his hometown in Shandong.
On the way, he happened to meet the Eighth Route Army helping the people, which made Yang Zirong have the idea of also wanting to join.
Join the Eighth Route Army
In 1945, Yang Zirong, who returned to his hometown, resolutely joined the local militia to resist Japan in the face of the fierce Japanese invaders. The hatred of his family and country, coupled with the suffering he suffered in the mining area, made him have no psychological burden when killing devils, and his clean movements did not look like people who had just entered the battlefield.
Yang Zirong's outstanding performance was noticed by the captain. After that, when he often went out on missions, he took him with him to gain long experience, which laid a good foundation for formally joining the army in the future.
In August of the same year, Japan surrendered unconditionally, Yang Zirong wept with joy, and many militiamen around him had already discharged their armor and returned to the fields, as did Yang Zirong.
But in those years, after the Japanese invaders left, there was still a big tumor in the northeast that had not been eradicated, that is, bandits. These people often bully men and women, affecting the lives of ordinary people, Yang Zirong, who has lived in the northeast for a long time, knows this very well, so when the Eighth Route Army came to the village to recruit troops and suppress bandits, Yang Zirong signed up without hesitation, and also became the last batch of Eighth Route Army to enlist.
At first, Yang Zirong's superiors were not optimistic about him, after all, he was 28 years old at this time, and those of the same age as him were already platoon leaders, regiment commanders, and squad leaders, while Yang Zirong was a recruit who had just joined the army.
So Yang Zirong was very honored to become a "logistician", but he was not willing to be a man, so he often guarded the bandits when they attacked the Eighth Route Army.
Over time, the platoon commander realized that Yang Zirong was a talent and sent him to the front. After no longer being a man, Yang Zirong worked harder, staying outside for a day against the wind and snow, and it was his fearless spirit that allowed his unit to successfully eliminate the bandits in Hailin Town.
As the biggest contributor to this payment, Yang Zirong was awarded a second-class merit and became a scout in the team.
Killed by the enemy and died young
In 1947, the People's Liberation Army, which had eliminated several bandits, set its sights on the head of the mountain eagle, and the bandits led by the mountain eagle, although the number was small, but they all held guns and cannons, which were more harmful than other bandits.
In addition, the mountain eagle himself is relatively cruel, and the people who live around him do not have a good end. But because he is alert by nature, many people want to get rid of him but can't.
So this task was assigned to Yang Zirong's seventh company of the third battalion of the second regiment of the Mudanjiang Military Region, and after Yang Zirong received this task again, with a clever mouth, he successfully set the code of the bandits, mixed into the village, and met the mountain eagle himself.
Under Yang Zirong's combination of inside and outside, the mountain eagle was successfully taken. However, only a month later, Yang Zirong, who was shrewd by nature, was shot and killed by the enemy during the mission at the age of 30.
After 21 years, the real murderer appeared
After Yang Zirong's death, his teammates have been looking for the bandit who shot him, but they have never been found. Coupled with the chaotic situation at that time, the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party had entered a period of fever, and the army of the northeast region was transferred to the north China region to support, and this matter was not resolved.
Until one winter day in 1968, the cultural troupe went to a small village in the countryside in the northeast region to perform condolences, and the Peking opera "Outsmart the Tiger Mountain" was staged on the stage.
The actors on the stage were in full swing, but Meng Laosan under the stage felt very tormented, it turned out that he was the murderer who shot Yang Zirong back then. For so many years, in order not to be caught, after the village was taken over, he hid in this remote mountain village for many years.
Because he is usually low-key, no one found anything, until this time the literary troupe came to the village to perform, Meng Laosan finally couldn't withstand the pressure in his heart and took the initiative to turn himself in to the police station, which allowed this secret that had been sealed for 21 years to be revealed.
brief summary
Lu Xun said: "Some people are dead, but he is still alive." "Yang Zirong is such a person, because of his contributions during his lifetime, he died and someone prayed for him every year.
For people's heroes like Yang Zirong, we must not forget that only those who remember history can take fewer detours. Only a nation that respects heroes will not be overthrown.
If a nation doesn't even care about its former heroes, it is not far from disappearing.