1. During the Long March, there was a female soldier named Xiao Dong, who was only 13 years old. When climbing a snow mountain, each person is given a chili pepper, and those who are afraid of the cold can just chew a bite. Xiao Dong was afraid of spicy food, so he didn’t bring any chili pepper. As soon as Xiao Dong climbed halfway up the mountain, he shivered with cold. The team members kept shouting: "Comrades, please don't sit down. If you sit down, you won't be able to get up." When we reached the mountainside, Xiao Dong was really cold and tired, but he persisted. Finally, when he reached the top of the mountain, Xiao Dong saw that all the team members had rolled down. , she rolled dozens of feet, she also sat down, rolled more than 100 feet, and finally successfully climbed over one snow mountain after another.
2. Heroine on the battlefield: He Zizhen’s body. 17 pieces of shrapnel were embedded in it
During the tragic 25,000-mile Long March, a group of special figures were active. Among them were wives of central leaders, female cadres, and ordinary female soldiers suffering from hunger and disease. , bloody battles, and death, nothing could stop them from moving forward. This group of amiable and respectable heroines walked all the way through the smoke of gunpowder.
The author Chang Jingzhu said that in the winter of 1995, he Fellow writer Dong Baobao walked through the streets and alleys of Beijing, trying to find the female Red Army soldiers who participated in the Long March. It was a very difficult job that consumed a lot of their time and energy, but they still enjoyed it because every one of them was there. The interviewees all brought huge surprises to them. A long-lost spirit summoned them, inspired them, and moved them.
Although most of the female Red Army soldiers who were in their prime and all-powerful at that time have already passed away. Farewell to this world, but the beautiful stories left by the female Red Army soldiers on the long journey are still as soul-stirring and touching.
One night in early April 1935, the female Red Army soldiers had just arrived in Pan, Guizhou, dragging their tired bodies. In the Wuli Platoon near the county, an unexpected situation occurred: a group of enemy planes suddenly flew over from behind the mountain with a buzzing sound. One of them swooped down quickly, fired a fierce burst of machine gun bullets, and dropped three bombs on the rest camp. The soldiers quickly lay down under the road ridges, in the ditches, and on the slopes. The high and low terrain covered some people, but the terrible thing was that some Red Army wounded were lying on stretchers and could not move at all.
He Zizhen was originally hiding under a ridge on the roadside, but she climbed out to evacuate the stretcher regardless of her personal safety. At this time, a bomb was dropped, and a plume of smoke suddenly rose around her...
The enemy plane flew away, the gunfire and explosions stopped, and the smoke and dust gradually dissipated. He Zizhen's body was filled with shrapnel, and his uniform was stained red with blood.
A tense scene. The rescue began. The guard rode to the Ministry of Health to invite Dr. Li Zhi to treat He Zizhen. Li Zhi first gave He Zizhen a hemostatic injection, and then did a full body examination and found that there were wounds on her head, upper body, and limbs. There were 17 pieces of shrapnel of different sizes and depths. The operation began without any anesthesia. He Zizhen was sweating profusely in pain and had tears in his eyes, but he insisted on keeping silent. It was finally taken out piece by piece, but the shrapnel that penetrated deep into the body was difficult to remove, becoming a permanent souvenir of the war.
3. A bag of dry food
During the Long March, something happened. There are moving and touching stories one after another. The one I know well is called "A Bag of Dry Food". It tells the story of Xiaolan, a 13-year-old Red Army soldier who finally got a bag of dry food when she was marching with the army. However, when she was crossing a bridge to take care of a wounded soldier, she accidentally dropped her bag of dry food into the river and washed away. Gone. In order for everyone to have enough dry food to eat, she insisted not to tell them. In order to pretend that nothing happened, she pulled out a lot of wild vegetables and stuffed them into her satchel until it was bulging. Soon her health failed. After the head nurse discovered that she was eating wild vegetables and "dry food" in her bag, everyone knew the truth. So everyone gave her some dry food, so that she could feel the warmth of home... …Although the story is small, its connotation is not small. These little details and stories can reflect the outstanding qualities of the Red Army soldiers - not afraid of hardship, strong, selfless, enthusiastic... Xiaolan, she is only a 13-year-old girl, but she has a strong will like a boy; But know how to be considerate of others. When she had no food, she could have stretched out her hands to ask for some from her comrades, but she did not do so. She chose to remain silent, not telling anyone, and endured the hardship by herself. At this moment, she only thought about the interests of her comrades and ignored them. to overcome her own difficulties; and for the seriously injured wounded, she could have left them to fend for themselves, but she did not do that. She took care of the wounded carefully without complaining or regretting. If Xiaolan is like this, one can imagine the quality of the entire team of our great Red Army.