Veteran never die

Chapter 404 We are not afraid of death, we are afraid of being forgotten
0408 We are not afraid of death, we are afraid of being forgotten
Yang Genkui said to Fan Jianguo: "I want to donate these three badges to your museum in the exhibition hall of the Songhu Battle."

On December [-], [-], it was drizzling outside the museum.

In the museum, old man Yang Genkui told Fan Jianguo about some of his experiences.

Yang Genkui got engaged shortly after fleeing back to his hometown in Jintang Baiguochang, Sichuan Province.

With a family, especially in that war-torn era, it is difficult to survive only by blacksmithing.

So Yang Genkui found Chengdu, applied for the Military Academy, and was finally admitted by the 24th Squadron of the Chengdu Military Officers Brigade.

After graduating from the Military Academy, Yang Genkui met Sun Yuanliang, the former commander of the 88th Division of the National Revolutionary Army and then commander of the No.16 Corps in Fengjie.

Yang Genkui was appointed as the captain of the reconnaissance colonel of the [-]th Division, and later he was appointed as the deputy commander of the major general of the [-]rd Division of the [-]th Army, and Xinfan, who went to Sichuan Province, took office.

It was already December [-] when Yang Genkui was appointed as the deputy division commander of the [-]rd Division of the [-]th Army.

New China has been established.

In order to encourage the remaining fighters, the Kuomintang promoted many generals exceptionally. There are officers like this at the level of major generals, especially those who hold deputy positions, everywhere.

So when Yang Genkui rushed to Xinfan in Sichuan Province to take office, Wu Junren, the commander of the [-]st, [-]nd and [-]th armies, found a reason not to approve of the appointment.

In this way, in desperation, Yang Genkui, who had nowhere to go after being rejected, had to return to his hometown in Baiguochang in disgrace.

Not long after returning to his hometown, he heard that the [-]st, [-]nd and [-]th armies had declared an uprising.

After returning to his hometown, Yang Genkui changed to his old name and continued to make a living by blacksmithing.

Although the life is tight and the food is simple, but at any rate, it can barely maintain life.

People in the same village only knew that he had served as a soldier in the Kuomintang army, but as for his identity as an officer and the "Eight Hundred Heroes", no one knew.

In the 80s and [-]s, for quite a long period of time, Yang Genkui did not dare to tell outsiders his past stories, those days related to youth.

Wang Liang listened carefully, listening to Fan Jianguo's vivid narration.

Yang Genkui, once one of the "Eight Hundred Heroes", is a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War that Wang Liang has never known.

Wang Liang can feel the pain that Yang Genkui suffered in this special age.

Because Wang Liang has also experienced the same and suffered blows.

Wang Liang could understand how Yang Genkui would feel terrified whenever he heard 'Yang Genkui', the name he used when he was serving in the Nationalist Army, during those long and difficult years.

Only after that special period of history passed, and after the whole nation woke up from that nightmare, did Yang Genkui dare to reveal the past that had been hidden deep in his heart.

It was also at that time that Yang Genkui's wife and children knew that their husband, their father, was actually one of the [-] strong men in the Sixing Warehouse defense battle.

Shocked, unbelievable.

He finally no longer has to remain anonymous.

He finally didn't have to worry anymore.

He can finally appear in front of the crowd to tell his story.

Fan Jianguo can't forget that when the 90-year-old man told himself his experience, his dentures would loosen from time to time, and the old man told himself apologetically as he straightened it: "The dentures were made in Chengdu seven years ago. It was formulated in a nearby clinic, but it is not easy to use now, and I am reluctant to refill it, so I haven’t bought a new one.”

The old man said again: "And my eyes, the one on the right is almost invisible. It was smoked by the tear gas bombs used by the Japanese army when guarding the Sixing Warehouse. I am old and have cataracts."

"My biggest wish is to find the Xie Jinyuan commemorative medal that was lost back then."

After hearing this, Wang Liang's eyes were already tear-stained: "We are not afraid of death, we are afraid of being forgotten. Veterans are slowly withering, and the glory of a generation of veterans of the Anti-Japanese War will never fade."

Then, Fan Jianguo introduced other handprints to everyone: "This handprint belongs to the old man Zhang Langxuan. He is a veteran of the Sichuan Army and participated in the defense of Teng County in 1938. The old man was lucky to survive, but later For more than 60 years, the old man kept silent about his past deeds, and even his family members didn't know about it."

"After I learned about this situation, I made up my mind to print the veteran's handprint. Unexpectedly, on the eve of the completion of this square, the old man passed away suddenly. In order to fulfill the old man's wish during his lifetime, he imprinted a stiff handprint in the mortuary "

Fan Jianguo continued: "This is the handprint of Huang Shiwei, a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War who killed the Japanese lieutenant general. During the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Battle in 1942, on the night of May 5, Huang Shiwei, a soldier of the Independent Engineer Corps, was ordered to kill the Japanese lieutenant general Naoji Sakai together with his comrades. The division set up an ambush on the advancing route, and selected minefields. In the early morning of May 27, when Naoji Sakai led his troops to a three-way intersection, with a loud bang, shrapnel and sand rose into the air, and the air The wave knocked Sakai to the ground, seriously injured him, and died soon after."

"At that time, Mr. Huang didn't know that it was Lieutenant General Sakai Naoji who was killed by the bombing. It was not until 1985 when he participated in the compilation of "The Personal Experience of the Sichuan Army's Anti-Japanese War" that he learned from the memoirs of one of the authors. This battle achievement. The old man smiled bitterly and said that if he knew it back then, he would definitely be rewarded."

"This is a handprint of the old man Shen Changsong. He was born in December 1927, a native of Henan, and a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War. In July 1944, Shen Changsong was admitted to the No. [-] Branch of the Whampoa Military Academy. During the Battle of Xiakou, he and his troops went through [-] days of hard fighting in the area from Qingshan Port to Sanguandian, prevented the Japanese army from crossing eight times, and collectively won Li Zongren's award, and made great contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance.

"This handprint is" Fan Jianguo described the veteran behind each handprint and the veteran's life.

Comment area.

"Salute! Salute to the veterans."

"The ones who are still alive are all national treasures!"

"Although these veterans of the Anti-Japanese War are members of the national army, they also fought for the country. The country should provide them with pensions so that they can spend their old age in peace."

"Soldiers on active duty salute their predecessors!"

"Praise one for the veterans of the Anti-Japanese War."

"Moved, the eye sockets are already wet, and the tears can't help falling down."

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I would like to use this chapter to pay tribute to the only 370 veterans of the Anti-Japanese War who are still alive in the country!

Veterans don't die, they just fade away.

(End of this chapter)