He is a considerate younger brother, a veteran of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and participated in the battle of Changjin Lake, which is called the worst battle in the world military history.
"Don't kill the American devil, I will never return to the motherland. I have this determination. " This is the goal of Zhou Quandi, but it has also become the regret of Zhou Quandi's life.
1June, 934, Zhou Xiaodi was born in a small mountain village in nanbu county, Sichuan.
He clearly remembers that the Kuomintang suddenly knocked on the door to recruit young men. He was the only boy in the family. "Three ding cigarettes, either give money, or give people.
He doesn't know what it means to be a soldier. Zhou Xiaodi said, "Just go. I'm brave anyway."
1950 When the Korean War broke out, Zhou Quan's brother followed the troops from Dandong and crossed the Yalu River to enter the DPRK secretly.
At the border, he received a set of cotton-padded jacket, a big hat and a pair of rubber shoes.
Zhou Xiaodi, an old man, recalled that when he entered North Korea, enemy planes stuck to the hillside for investigation during the day. In order to prevent the target from being exposed, he can't March during the day, only at night.
At that time, North Korea suffered from the extremely cold weather that never happened in a hundred years, so they should always stay awake. When they are hungry, they can hold snow to satisfy their hunger, quench their thirst and fill their stomachs. Even the urine should be dissolved in your pants and dried with your body.
In this way, they persisted for three days and nights, and finally met the enemy on the fourth day. But when the charge sounded, Zhou Xiaodi found himself stiff and could not move. At that time, many soldiers had frozen to death on the battlefield and became "ice sculpture companies".
After the war, his comrades sent him back to China Northeast Hospital.
The doctor had an amputation to save Zhou's life. At that time, the doctor planned to keep Zhou's right hand, which was slightly injured, but the next day, his right hand turned black and began to rot, and all the bones were exposed. In desperation, all can only be amputated.
That year, Zhou Xiaodi was not 16 years old. He was in a coma for seven days and seven nights in the hospital. "I was awakened by a bomber in a dream battlefield." Zhou Xiaodi recalled.
At first, he didn't know what to do with his future life. He cried under the quilt and refused to eat. I even want to die. I think it's better to die than to live.
In order to comfort him, the dean found some books for the nurse to read to him. One of them, How Steel was Tempered, gave Zhou Xiaodi great encouragement, and he decided to fight disability to the end.
1953, Zhou arranged for his younger brother to come to the rest home for disabled revolutionary soldiers in Sichuan province.
The first is washing, dressing and eating ... a simple life skill, which he has to learn for ten days or even a month or two. Now, Zhou Xiaodi can take care of his own life.
He kept learning cultural knowledge, tied his pen to a broken limb to write, and established feelings with his later wife Zeng Fanshun through more than two years of correspondence.
He wrote down his inspirational life. After a long period of practice, his calligraphy has formed its own style, which has been well received by professional calligraphers.
He is physically disabled and determined, and his continued dedication is his truest portrayal. His spirit of self-improvement is praised as "Paul of China".
Until his later years, Zhou Xiaodi said that his greatest regret was that he didn't go to the battlefield, didn't kill the American devils, and didn't win glory for the party and the people.
Nowadays, the smoke of war has already dispersed, and the spirit of veterans is still tall and straight. Although he has never fought bravely with his comrades-in-arms, the spirit of veteran Zhou Quandi is equally great. He told us to be self-reliant with the spirit of "self-improvement".
There is no quiet day, but someone carries the burden for you.
Since you are alive, you should laugh at life and constantly hone yourself. Living is the greatest happiness.