War Heroine: He Zizhen had 17 pieces of shrapnel embedded in her body
During the tragic 25,000-mile Long March, a group of special figures were active. Among them were comrades of the central leadership. There are ladies, female cadres, and ordinary female soldiers. Hunger, 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 and the writer Dong Baobu walked through the streets and alleys of Beijing, looking for the female Red Army soldiers who participated in the Long March. It was a very arduous job that cost them a lot of time and energy, but they still enjoyed it because every interviewee brought them huge surprises, and a long-lost spirit called them and inspired them. , moved them.
Although most of the female Red Army soldiers in their prime and glory have passed away, 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 dragged their tired bodies to Wuli Pai near Panxian County, Guizhou Province. An unexpected situation occurred: a group of enemy planes buzzed. Suddenly flying over from behind the mountain, one of them swooped down quickly, firing a fierce burst of machine gun bullets head-on, and three bombs were dropped on the rest camp. The soldiers quickly lay down under road ridges, in field ditches, and on slopes. The high and low terrain sheltered 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 regardless of her personal safety, she climbed out to evacuate the stretcher. At this time, a bomb was dropped, and a puff 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 the blood stained his uniform red.
An intense rescue operation 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. He found that there were 17 shrapnel of different sizes and depths on her head, upper body, and limbs. Without any anesthesia, The operation began. He Zizhen was sweating profusely from the pain and had tears in her eyes, but she insisted on remaining silent. The shrapnel in the superficial layers of her body was finally removed piece by piece, but the shrapnel deep inside her body was difficult to remove, becoming a permanent souvenir of the war for her.