2. The heroine in the battlefield: He Zizhen has 17 shrapnel embedded in her body.
In the tragic 25,000-mile Long March, a group of special figures were active, including the wives of central leading comrades, female cadres and ordinary female soldiers. Hunger, disease, bloody battle and death, nothing can stop their progress. This group of amiable and respectable heroines walked all the way through the diffuse smoke.
The author often says that in the winter of 1995, he and the writer Dong Cun traveled all over the streets of Beijing, struggling to find the female Red Army who participated in the Long March that year. This is a very hard job, which consumes a lot of their time and energy, but they still enjoy it, because every interviewee has brought them great surprises, and a long-lost spirit is calling them, inspiring them and moving them.
Although most of the female Red Army soldiers who were in their prime of life and all-powerful have passed away, the beautiful stories left by the female Red Army on their long journey are still so tragic and touching.
1935 One night in early April, the female Red Army just dragged her tired body to Wulipai near Panxian County, Guizhou Province. An unexpected situation appeared: a group of enemy planes buzzed and suddenly flew from behind the mountain. One of them swooped down quickly, a fierce machine gun bullet strafed head-on, and three bombs landed on the rest camp. The soldiers quickly squatted under the road, in the ditch and on the slope. The high and low terrain covered some people, but the terrible thing was that some Red Army wounded people were lying on stretchers, unable to move at all.
He Zizhen was hiding under a ridge on the side of the road, but she climbed out of the stretcher regardless of her personal safety. At this moment, a bomb was dropped, and a cloud of smoke suddenly rose beside her. ...
The enemy plane flew away, the gunfire and explosion stopped, and the smoke gradually dispersed. He Zizhen's body was covered with shrapnel, and his military uniform was dyed red with blood.
The intense rescue began. The guards rode to the Ministry of Health and asked Dr. Li Zhi to treat He Zizhen. Li Zhixian gave He Zizhen a hemostatic injection, and then made a general examination. It was found that there were 17 shrapnel of different sizes and shades on her head, upper body and limbs. Without any anesthesia, the operation began. He Zizhen was sweating with pain, and his eyes were full of tears, but he insisted. The shrapnel in the shallow layer of the body was finally taken out one by one, but it was difficult to take out the shrapnel that went deep into the body, which became a permanent memorial left to her by the war.
After the troops entered the grassland, it was very difficult to March on the grassland because of the very bad environment and climate. What is even more frightening is the lack of food and clothing. Many Red Army troops are buried in the grass.
Seeing that more and more comrades were left behind and sacrificed, Commander Zhu killed his mount and distributed it to comrades in the communication class and the security class as rations. He also issued a call to comrades around him to "taste a hundred herbs", so that everyone could find some non-toxic edible wild vegetables and weeds on the vast grassland to tide over the difficulties of hunger. However, if you want to taste an edible weed and wild vegetable, you have to take the risk of poisoning. In the activity of "tasting a hundred herbs", Zhang Side always walks in front of others.
According to Zhang Xianyang's memory, "On one occasion, the troops camped beside a swamp with abundant water and grass. A little soldier came to the pond and suddenly cried happily,' Wild radish! "Wild radish!" Zhang Side came to have a look, and sure enough, there were clumps of weeds with green leaves not far from the pond, which were similar in shape to radish leaves. The little soldier ran excitedly, pulled up a tree and sent it to his mouth. Zhang's busy here is coming. Take it away, put it in your mouth first, chew it carefully, it's sweet and astringent. After a while, Zhang felt a little dizzy and weak here. Then, he had stomach cramps and vomited. He quickly said to the little soldier,' This grass is poisonous. "Come on ..." Before he could finish speaking, Zhang fell to his side and lost consciousness for a while. After more than half an hour, Zhang Side woke up slowly and vaguely saw the little soldier squatting in front of him with a porcelain jar. He quickly said,' Leave me alone and tell other comrades.' "That's how Zhang Side gave hope to his comrades-in-arms, leaving the danger of sacrifice to himself. Soon, it was known by Commander-in-Chief Zhu, who praised Zhang Side.