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In June 1957, Ji Xingpo, who was responsible for the preparation of Longhua Cemetery in Chengde City, Hebei Province, came to relevant departments in Beijing again, waiting for Chairman Mao’s reply to him.
After he waited at the door for a while, Director Zou of the Enjoyant and Relief Department solemnly handed a inscription into his hands. Ji Xingpo carefully took it and saw that there were eight big characters written on it "Sacrifice your own country and live forever" , signed as "Zhu De".
Zhu De
Ji Xingpo was naturally excited to learn that Marshal Zhu De wrote an inscription for Dong Cunrui himself, but he couldn't help but feel a little confused. Longhua County The people originally petitioned to let Chairman Mao write the inscription, but why has they now become Commander-in-Chief Zhu?
Director Zou Seeing that his face was complicated, he informed Ji Xingpo of Chairman Mao’s consideration of the matter, which completely dispelled his doubts.
Ji Xingpo returned to Longhua County with this inscription. When 220,000 people learned that Chairman Mao had not written an inscription for Dong Cunrui, they were also puzzled.
What is the purpose of Chairman Mao’s move? Dong Cunrui demonstrated his ambitions. What happened to his family? How did his deeds carry forward?
Dong Cunrui Oil Painting
Blasting Hand
When he walked to the battlefield of Longhua Middle School, he found that a class of soldiers were lying on the ground and crying.
Cheng Zihua was very strange. The troops won the battle in such a short time, why did these soldiers cry? After inquiring, he learned that their squad leader Dong Cunrui sacrificed his life to blow up the bunker in exchange for their victory.
In March 1948, in order to train the combat capabilities of the troops, the 11th Column of the Northeast People's Liberation Army launched a "large-scale training" campaign. Among them, Dong Cunrui, the squad leader of the 6th Company of the 96th Regiment of the 32nd Division, performed particularly outstandingly.
Dong Cunrui
At that time, he was only 19 years old, but he had already won many medals and honors because of his excellent military skills.
In this "Great Training" campaign, Dong Cunrui won the title of "Model Blasting Hand" with his excellent blasting skills.
The situation of the Liberation War at this time quietly changed. The Central Military Commission decided to launch the first battle of comprehensive counterattack in the Northeast - to strive to completely wipe out the Liaoshen Battle of the Kuomintang defenders in the Northeast.
Before starting this large-scale battle, we must first ensure that the Northeast Kuomintang army is isolated and helpless.
This means that you must first liberate Rehe Province , which connects Northeast and North China. Once Rehe is liberated, the enemy troops in the Northeast will not be able to connect with the Fu Zuoyi Legion in North China.
Rehe Longhua Campaign
Kuoist Party also understands the importance of Rehe, so it has established a large number of defensive fortifications in Longhua County, Chengde, which is extremely important in strategic location, and has regarded Longhua Middle School as the core fortification of the entire defensive position.
In order to cooperate with the main force to carry out the Liaoshen Campaign, the 11th Column where Dong Cunrui is located was ordered to chew this "hard bone". The task was taken over, but facing the strong bunkers established by the National Army, the People's Liberation Army, which lacked the ability to attack, did not get much advantage.
In order to speed up the capture of Longhua, the leaders of the 11th Column decided to dispatch a blasting team to blow up the enemy's biggest reliance - the bunker.
The company where Dong Cunrui is located takes on the important task of attacking Longhua Middle School. As a "model blasting player", Dong Cunrui naturally became the leader of the blasting team.
Jiefang Longhua
There are two important blockhouses in Longhua area, one is Moss Mountain, which occupies a dangerous terrain, and the other is Longhua Middle School with solid city wall defense.
Unlike Moss Mountain, Longhua Middle School is located in an open area, so it has established a large number of strong bunkers. A hard rush will definitely cause a large number of casualties, and at this time, the blaster needs to appear.
Relying on the cover of other soldiers, Dong Cunrui took the explosive team members to pick up the explosive bag and rushed towards the enemy's solid fortifications again and again.
However, just as the soldiers rushed towards the explosion gap, a dark muzzle suddenly stretched out on a bridge in the northeast corner of Longhua Middle School, and fired violently at the People's Liberation Army soldiers.
As a burst of rapid machine gunshots, more than a dozen soldiers fell to the ground and died heroically.
The soldiers who charged rushed to find a cover to lie down, and then they noticed that there was a bridge-shaped castle on the bridge.
Under the open terrain, such a basin will undoubtedly cause great casualties to the charge troops.
Blasting Group immediately sent three soldiers to attack the bridge-shaped castle. But before these three soldiers could get close to the castle, they were discovered by the tightly defended enemies around the castle and all died heroically.
Dong Cunrui was extremely anxious to see this. He didn't want to see any teammates die again, so he took the initiative to volunteer to the company commander.
Company Commander was worried about Dong Cunrui's condition, who had charged for many times, and with his height, it would be difficult to place the explosive bag on the bridge-shaped castle, so he did not agree.
But time waits for no one, the troops are about to launch a general attack. If this castle still exists, it will inevitably cause a large number of casualties.
Dong Cunrui kept looking at the battlefield and asked the company commander again for battle: "I am a Communist Party member! Please allow me to go!"
The war did not wait for anyone. Seeing this, the company commander had to agree to Dong Cunrui's request. Dong Cunrui immediately picked up the explosive bag and jumped out of the bunker, and rushed towards the castle with another explosion maker Zhi Shunyi.
Company Commander immediately asked the soldiers to shoot and cover them. The two of them quickly shuttled through the rain of bullets and soon arrived near the castle.
The two were hiding behind the bunker. Although the castle was close at hand, the level of danger did not weaken at all.
To be on the safe side, Dong Cunrui asked Zhi Shunyi to stay in the cover to cover Dong Cunrui for blasting. In case Dong Cunrui dies, Zhi Shunyi can continue to carry out blasting.
After explaining the task, Dong Cunrui stepped out of the bunker and quickly moved towards the bridge-shaped castle. Just as he approached the bottom of the bridge, a severe pain penetrated his left leg, and Dong Cunrui was shot and fell down.
The comrades behind him were anxious. Just when everyone thought Dong Cunrui had been shot and died, he suddenly moved and quickly flipped into the bottom of the bridge.
But Dong Cunrui was in trouble when he reached the bottom of the bridge. Although the castle was built on the bridge, the base was more than his height and he could not successfully place the explosive bag.
Zhi Shunyi was clearly seeing that Dong Cunrui was anxiously looking for something at the bottom of the bridge to facilitate the placement of explosives.
But at the bottom of the bare bridge, what could he support? Zhi Shunyi wanted to get up and help Dong Cunrui when he saw this.
zhi Shunyi
At this moment, a loud charge sounded from afar, and the large army was about to launch a general attack! Dong Cunrui looked at the trench in the distance and made up his mind.
Since you cannot place the explosive bag, use your body as a bracket. Dong Cunrui decisively held up the explosive bag with his left hand, ignited the fuse with his right hand, and raised the explosive bag high above his head.
Accompanied by the sizzling burning sound of the fuse, Dong Cunrui shouted two words, and the ending sound dissipated in a violent explosion.
Zhi Shunyi, who was closest to him, burst into tears. When the explosion stopped, he stood up instantly, roaring forward while crying.
Because only he clearly heard Dong Cunrui's two shouts, 's first sound was "For the New China, rush!", and the second sound was shouting at Zhi Shunyi, "Look down!"
Dong Cunrui used his life to open a frontal gap for the subsequent troops. The soldiers endured the huge grief and rushed into Longhua Middle School with a roar, successfully liberating Longhua.
Cheng Zihua was silent for a long time after hearing this, and was deeply moved by Dong Cunrui's heroic sacrifice. He immediately called his secretary and ordered him to collect detailed information from Dong Cunrui and spread the deeds of the martyr to the entire army.
On July 11, 1948, the Hebei-Chare and Liao Party Newspaper published a report titled "The Communist Party members desperately sacrificed themselves to make the Longhua battle successful completion", and Cheng Zihua also published an article "Comrade Dong Cunrui immortal" in the Mass Daily that day.
Dong Cunrui's deeds quickly spread throughout the army, greatly encouraging the morale of the soldiers.
With the entry of millions of Dongye troops, this story was also brought to all parts of the country, and Dong Cunrui gradually became a household name.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the people of Longhua area built a martyr's cemetery for him to commemorate Dong Cunrui. In 1956, with the approval of Ministry of Civil Affairs, Dong Cunrui Martyrs Cemetery was planned to be expanded.
In order to comfort the heroic spirits of the martyrs, 220,000 people in Longhua area jointly wrote a letter asking Chairman Mao to write an inscription for Dong Cunrui.
Zhi Shunyi
Ji Xingpo, who is engaged in the preparation and construction of Longhua Cemetery, went to Beijing to petition under such a background with the earnest vision of the 220,000 Longhua people.
After Jixingpo arrived in Beijing, he explained the situation to the relevant staff and received high attention from the central government. The relevant departments quickly allocated a piece of marble to Longhua County for the establishment of the martyrs' monument, but the inscription was not concluded yet, so Ji Xingpo asked him to return to Longhua County to wait first.
Later, Ji Xingpo came to Beijing for the second time, but came back with Marshal Zhu De's inscription. The people in the village were very puzzled when they knew about this.
"Why didn't Chairman Mao write an inscription for our Martyr Dong?"
Ji Xingpo was also very strange about this when he first got the note. He asked the staff about the Chairman's intentions, and the other party's answer made him feel the Chairman's foresight.
"The Chairman said that we Martyr Dong is a soldier, so we should write the inscription by his superior commander-in-chief Marshal Zhu De to truly prove that he is a good soldier who sacrificed for the people and the country."
Hearing this, some people who used the Chairman to write the inscription for Liu Hulan and said things suddenly that they nodded repeatedly.
Chairman Mao declined this request with good intentions. Liu Hulan and Dong Cunrui are both young martyrs, and their deeds are equally heroic, and there is no possibility of favoring one or the other.
This is because Liu Hulan was a mass before her death, while Dong Cunrui was a soldier who died on the battlefield. The two have different positions. It is most appropriate for soldiers to be written by Commander-in-Chief Zhu De. This is not only Chairman Mao’s respect for Marshal Zhu De, but also his high attention to Martyr Dong Cunrui.
The masses sighed at Chairman Mao’s wisdom, which made people cry. Dong Cunrui's deeds have always inspired everyone and influenced his family.
Spiritual Inheritance
Dong Cunrui was born in Huailai County, Hebei Province in 1929. His ancestors have been poor and are the children of the people.
He grew up in a war-torn era, and even his basic survival could not be guaranteed, let alone the problem of food and clothing. Therefore, we have set ambitions to change the status quo and let the people live a stable life since childhood.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army established many anti-Japanese bases behind enemy lines, including Dong Cunrui's hometown. Dong Cunrui was very curious about this people's team and gradually developed a yearning for revolution during contact.
What he likes most on weekdays is to follow Wang Ping, then secretary of the Huailai County and District Committee of the Communist Party of China, and listen to him tell revolutionary stories. Under the influence of Wang Ping, Dong Cunrui joined the Children's League and quickly became the leader of the Children's League with his wit and courage.
During a Japanese "sweeping raid", Wang Ping failed to successfully transfer because he covered his fellow villagers' evacuation. Dong Cunrui was quick to learn and hid Wang Ping in a pile of broken straw mats. The Japanese invaders pushed the door open and saw that there was only one child Dong Cunrui, so they deceived him and asked him to tell the position of the Eighth Route Army.
Dong Cunrui pretended to be naive and "pointed the way" for the Japanese invaders, successfully deceived the Japanese who were sweeping the raid and saved Wang Ping's life safety. After a long period of test and training, Dong Cunrui was recognized by the organization and became a qualified soldier.
Later, the family arranged for Dong Cunrui to marry Lu Shanling, who was three years older than him. Although it was an arranged marriage, the two were very loving after marriage.
Lu Shanling has not received much education, but she has great righteousness in her heart and supports her husband in joining the revolution.
During the War of Liberation, Dong Cunrui resolutely bid farewell to his wife and family and followed the troops to fight in the distance. Now he has fulfilled his revolutionary oath with his life.
In September 1950, the Central Committee held a National Battle Hero Model Worker Congress, and at the meeting, Dong Cunrui was recognized as a national combat hero.
Most of the heroic deeds about Dong Cunrui at that time were derived from the original reports and the word-of-mouthed spreads of the soldiers.
In order to make more people pay attention to and understand Dong Cunrui's story, the secretary of the Central Committee of the New Democratic Youth League personally led his subordinates to investigate and edit "Dong Cunrui's Story". This book is still preserved in the Dong Cunrui Martyrs Memorial Hall in Longhua County.
During the process of compiling the book, the staff visited the comrades, leaders, and even childhood partners of the troops to which Dong Cunrui lived, and collected detailed and real stories of martyrs. When these people talked about Dong Cunrui, they all burst into tears and admired his spirit of sacrifice.
Cheng Zihua
At the beginning of the construction of the Dong Cunrui Martyrs Cemetery, the leaders of the Party Central Committee attached great importance to this matter. Senior generals such as Zhu De, Cheng Zihua, and Nie Rongzhen have written inscriptions for Dong Cunrui one after another.
Chairman Mao also invited Dong Cunrui's parents to attend the National Day celebration at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, which is enough to show respect for the martyrs.
1991, in order to avoid annual decoration adjustments, it is convenient for the masses to come to pay tribute to the martyr Dong Cunrui. Longhua County began to build the name of the permanent martyrs' cemetery. For the solemnity of the cemetery, they wanted to ask an old general to write an inscription for it.
With the help of General Zhou Renjie, the former deputy commander of the Navy, he conveyed this idea to General Xiao Ke's ears. General Xiao Ke readily agreed to the matter and personally wrote the seven big words "Dong Cunrui Martyrs Cemetery".
Once served as the political commissar of the 11th Column of the Northeast Field Army, General Chen Renqi, a founding lieutenant general who belonged to Dong Cunrui's "old leader", had a deeper relationship with Dong Cunrui.
He never forgot the descendants of Dong Cunrui and Dong Cunrui, and often communicated with Dong Cunrui's father Dong Quanzhong and wrote letters to greet him. After Dong Cunrui passed away, his family lost the pillars and could only rely on the support of his elderly Dong Quanzhong and his daughter-in-law Lu Changling, and his life was not easy.
After Chen Renqi learned about it, he sent money to the Dong family from time to time and also sponsored Dong Cunrui's sister Dong Cunmei to finish college.
Chen Renqi
Dong Cunrui's family strictly restrained themselves with Dong Cunrui's heroic spirit and silently contributed to the motherland.
And his heroic spirit has also been passed down to his family. Dong Cunrui's nephew Ai Dong has been deeply influenced by Dong Cunrui since childhood and is determined to become a hero like his uncle. After graduating from university, Ai Dong became a people's policeman.
After the further outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, Ai Dong joined the front line of the anti-epidemic work without hesitation and became the person in charge of handling complaints immediately.
In order to better serve the people, Ai Dong rented a house near his unit and stayed at his job nearly 24 hours a day.
Ai Dong
High-intensity work has made his physical condition worse quickly, and his colleagues and leaders around him have advised him to rest. But Ai Dong knew the importance of his job and never took a day off.
On February 22, 2020, a tragedy happened. Due to long-term high-intensity work, Aidong suffered acute cerebral hemorrhage and died after ineffective rescue. He was only 45 years old.
Although Dong Cunrui and Ai Dong have different positions, they both have the spirit of selfless dedication to the country and the people. Such spiritual inheritance is touching.
For these heroes, the country and people will not forget their contributions, and they will be praised and remembered forever!
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