Shandong Commercial Daily
yesterday, just three days from the three days of the Whampoa anti war veterans of the hospital to usher in the birth of the 95 birthday, several volunteers and this reporter was invited to be specially invited. Cheng went to the old man's home in Weifang to celebrate his birthday for the elderly. Although the young soldier who joined the army and bathed in blood and defend the country, he was still brave and heroic. When the birthday candle was lit, the old man trembled and firmly stated his three wishes: "the country prospers, the people are healthy, and the work of the comrades is smooth!"
reporter Chen Xuechao
Mr. Chen Xuechao
old style private school from the army newspaper
in 1939, Duan Zhaoyang, 19 years old, watched the land fall, gave up the student of the private school, set out from Anqiu, crossed the Yimeng Mountain, to the Weishan Lake, and finally arrived in Xi'an, and began the three big 12 team of the 17 phase of the Whampoa military school seven branch. The study career of the team infantry department.
after graduation in March 1943, Duan Zhaoyang was assigned to 2 battalion of the 63 regiment of the 21 division of the ninety-second army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the 4 company served as platoon leader. When the 92 army entered the battle against Japan, the head of the old man was hit by the shrapnel of the Japanese army, and three wounded in the head.
this reporter and several volunteers took
for the anti war veteran Yang Qingshou reporter Liu Chang. The old man also fought many times in Japan, and after the surrender of Japan in 1945, it was successively in Wuhan and Beijing. Surrender, stationed at BeiJing NanYuan Airport as a garrison mission. "I have experienced many things in my life that no one else has ever seen. Now it seems to be a story, but in fact, many times we ran around in the trenches and stepped on the bodies of our brothers. In memory of his life, the old man said with emotion.
in the letters written by the old man to his classmates at the Whampoa military academy, the old man described his own way of thinking: "join the army to resist Japanese aggression, to save the enemy and destroy the invaders, save the country and save the people, and to leave a good name for yourself." "I do not want to fight at all. I am not afraid of fighting with devils. I am not afraid of bayonets, but I am very sad when I hit myself." Therefore, during the war of liberation, the old man struggled inside and tried to break away from the army.
a birthday wish still
in April 1947, the company of the middle of the war of liberation was ambushed with ambush and only 28 lives were left in the company, which gave the old man a great stimulus. In January 1949, he rebeled with the army and returned to his hometown in Weifang, and finally ended the army's life. After
, although Duan Zhaoyang had been trying to live quietly and no longer easily mentioned the glory of the past, it was still impacted in the turbulent age, and the "historical counter revolution" became the most difficult knot in his later life.
yesterday was the 95 birthday of the old man. The reporter and several volunteers brought birthday cake to the old man's home early in the morning to celebrate the old man.
the country held a solemn commemoration of the "Lugou Bridge incident" in July 7th this year because of the three days after being discharged from the hospital.
when the old man learned of the commemoration, the state leaders unveiled the independent Medal of freedom with the New Fourth Army and the old Kuomintang soldiers, and the old soldiers invited by the Kuomintang were the eighteen period cadets of the Whampoa military academy and Lin Shangyuan, the president of the current Whampoa military school students' Association, and the old man was very excited. "We sacrificed everything for the war of resistance against our country, but in the early years we lost the reputation of a historical counter revolution. Now the state acknowledges that the Kuomintang army is also anti war and Japanese, which shows that the pay and sacrifice of our young and young years are not in vain, and everything is worth it. The smiling face of the old man with a serious illness began to smile. "This is a great joy."
when the birthday candle was lit, the old man's son asked the old man what his birthday wishes were. The old man said his expectations almost without thinking: "the country is prosperous, the people are safe, and the comrades work well!"