The lowest temperature in North Korea in winter is MINUS 40 degrees, so rows of soldiers freeze to death in the mountains. In the Tianjin Traffic Accident Battle 1 Division Highland on the Luling Lake in the United States, when the US military attacked in the early hours of the morning, it was found that the volunteers in charge of blocking the fire had not fired, and several soldiers were holding grenades in their hands, which scared the US military vanguard not to act rashly. It was not until several brave American soldiers climbed into the volunteer position that they found that the entire company's volunteers were frozen into ice sculptures in the cold night.
For those soldiers who return home, those hard and intense years are indelible marks in their lives, which penetrate into the blood and bone marrow. Even today, more than 60 years later, their eyes are still shining when they hear the words "to resist US aggression and aid Korea". "One day is a comrade-in-arms, and a lifetime is a comrade-in-arms." A volunteer veteran said this. For 63 years, such a group of people, from young to white-haired, have been looking for their former comrades spontaneously and at no cost. They are not only looking for comrades who live and die together, but also indelible memories in their hearts and the eternal light of ideals.
We pay attention to these "loveliest people" and listen to these veterans who may not always remember what happened in front of us to describe their experiences accurately, not only to relive the heroic tenacity and supreme glory of the volunteers, but also to keep this epic history from being dusty, so as to cherish the hard-won peaceful life and the peace of the motherland's frontier.
With the growth of age, memory is getting worse and worse, and it is difficult for Yaskawa Pei, 88, to count from 1 neatly to 10. Sometimes he doesn't know what number should be after 3, sometimes he says "5" in his mouth, but he is pointing to 8 in his hand. "Numbers don't mean anything to me." He shook his head and said to his family.
Until three months ago, An Chuanpei received a phone call: "Yes, I am An Chuanpei and joined the Volunteers to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea." Then, his family heard him quote a string of numbers without thinking. "It's the 60th Division of the 20th Army 1 Battalion 2 Company, 179"
Riding thousands of miles alone for comrades-in-arms
"Comrade Lao An, I finally found you!" Hearing the name of An Chuanpei, Liu Shian on the other end of the phone was very excited. Liu Shian is 82 years old. Like An Chuanpei, he is a veteran of the 20 th Army of the Volunteers. When he went out to eat, he overheard someone say that he knew a volunteer veteran. "I left my mobile phone number to the other party and asked him to help me contact Lao An." A week later, this friend inquired about An Chuanpei's phone number, and they got through.
"I heard that Lao An joined the army from Ningbo before liberation and was stationed in Shanghai. I guess he may be our 20 th army. " Liu Shian said that the 20th Army was born in Shanghai, and the main task of the new China in its early days was to defend Shanghai. 1950 When the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, the 20th Army received a temporary transfer order, and the soldiers took a "stuffy tanker" that had disappeared. Until they arrived in Tianjin, the leader asked Liu Shian to get off and buy Tianjin Daily. Only then did he and the soldiers guess that they might be the first volunteers to fight in the DPRK. Later, this team, which was basically composed of Shanghai soldiers, became the longest fighting force in North Korea and fought for more than two years in the three-year War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. After the victory of North Korea, the 20th Army also fought battles such as Yijiangshan Island. As the organizational system still exists, it is relatively easy to contact comrades.
1970 After returning to Shanghai from the army, Liu Shian found a "sideline job" and enlisted the comrades of the 20th Army to resist US aggression and aid Korea. To this end, he bought a bicycle and set out from Xujiahui's home every Sunday to visit his comrades. Liu Shian said that he usually runs three shops at a time and tries to ride to Yangpu District for two or three hours. "In fact, it's nothing special, so le
In this way, year after year, Liu Shian's comrades-in-arms developed from a dozen at first to hundreds later. "Now I have contacted more than 1200 people, and a large party will be held every year."
Later, with the growth of age, Liu Shian had to stop "riding thousands of miles alone" to find his comrades and write letters instead. During the communication, Liu Shian read many touching stories in the memory of his comrades.
"Shouldn't these good styles and spirits be left to future generations?" So, since 1980s, retired Liu Shian began to write manuscripts and edit them into books with some comrades. In 2009, in order to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 20 10 War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he discussed with several other enthusiastic veterans and asked the comrades of the 20th Army who had participated in the volunteer army all over the country to write memoirs. To this end, Liu Shian himself undertook the liaison work, invited more than 400 people to contribute by writing letters, calling or even visiting in person, and finally got more than 200 manuscripts, which were compiled into the book "Days and Nights to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea".
"The writing in Comrades is much better." Liu Shian said that he still remembers a comrade-in-arms named Mao Ying, who was a military writer with a good writing style.