One morning in November 2005, the staff of the armed forces of Xinhua County, Hunan Province opened letters from the masses one by one as usual. Suddenly he exclaimed: "Oh my God! Come and see!"
Everyone was attracted by his exclamation, and the title of the letter was: Request for relief report, signature: Xiatuancun , Feng Xiaotong. The key is that the content of the letter is "In 53, in the 1st squadron of the Cadre Brigade of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, directly defending Chairman Mao."
Everyone looked at each other. After a long time, a trembling voice came out: "He turned out to be Chairman Mao's guard!"
Feng Xiaotong, born in 1927, his ancestral home is Xinhua, Hunan. He enlisted in the army in 1950. When he participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, he made first-class military achievements. After returning to Beijing, he became Chairman Mao's close guard.
is a fighting hero with such honor and experience. How could he fall to the point where he needs to ask the government for help? What kind of misfortune did he encounter?
was conscripted and made military achievements
In June 1950, the Korean War broke out. Young people from all over the country were conscripted one after another under the call of the country. Feng Xiaotong, 23, was also one of them.
First entered the military camp, Feng Xiaotong, as a new recruit, has not undergone any military training and knows nothing. In order to quickly adapt to the life of the military camp, does not drag the troops on the battlefield and has more chances of defeating the enemy. He trains day and night, and sometimes even dreams of throwing grenades .
Hard work pays off. His comprehensive training results are among the best. After entering the Korean battlefield, his performance on the battlefield was once mistakenly thought by his comrades as a veteran.
Because Feng Xiao and his courageous and meticulousness were arranged to be a machine gunner in the army. Everyone may think: Wow! He looks so majestic with an machine gun ! In fact, among infantry, machine gunners are the most dangerous group of troops.
In the charge, the most powerful firepower is the enemy and the most threat is the machine gun. Then, the enemy's most wanted to kill must be the machine gunner at the beginning.
Fengxiaotong understands this principle. To this end, he practiced his marksmanship hard during the battle, and he must gain something for every bullet he fired, and he did.
In an ambush battle, Feng Xiaotong used his machine gun to kill more than a dozen enemies. Several times, he and his comrades went out to investigate the enemy situation. When covering his comrades' retreat, he could always use his superb shooting skills to eliminate the enemy, retreat for his comrades, and win the opportunity to escape. He also obtained the first-class merit of
1953, the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea ended, and Feng Xiaotong followed the large army back to the motherland, and received an order: immediately return to Beijing and accept a new task.
New mission, it is always lucky to be the person who works hard for the Chairman’s Guard
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It turns out that Feng Xiaotong, who has experienced life and death disasters, was selected into the First Squadron of the Central Guard Regiment Cadres with his precise shooting skills and excellent political literacy, and was lucky enough to become Chairman Mao’s guard.
When Feng Xiaotong learned the news, he was so excited that he didn't sleep all night. The next day, before dawn, he got up early, prepared himself, and waited for the leader to take him to report to the chairman.
When he saw Chairman Mao for the first time, Feng Xiaotong was more excited than nervous, and he said with a bumpy voice: "Hello Chairman!" He could hold it in for a long time before he could shout out.
Qin Xiaotong dropped out of school and went home in the third grade of elementary school, with a cultural level. He found that most of the people working around the Chairman were very knowledgeable people, and they spoke and did things one by one. Gradually, he became more and more inferior. He was not talking much and became taciturn.
Although he is busy with work, Chairman Mao, who is as careful as he is, notices the differences between Qin Xiaotong around him.
One evening, I made a special trip to Qin Xiaotong’s back door, asked about his life situation, and said to him: Xiao Qin, nothing is born with it. The construction of New China requires the efforts of young people. You should learn more now and be no longer in the army in the future. You can do more meaningful things for the country.
received encouragement from the chairman and began to study hard. After the work was completed every day, he would take the newspaper and read it slowly. He looked up the dictionary and asked the people around him, and gradually he recognized more and more words.
In addition to reading newspapers, he also practiced calligraphy. Under Chairman Mao’s subtle influence, he also learned to write simple poems. When the chairman was free, he would give him guidance. He made more rapid progress.
In 1955, Chairman Mao assigned a special task to his guards from Hunan and Hubei, which was to go to the countryside to observe the situation of rural areas in the name of visiting relatives, their real thoughts.
Qin Xiaotong, a native of Hunan, naturally accepted this work. Before leaving, the Chairman came up with a "Business Travel Code", which included: Don't mention the work situation here; Don't put on airs; promote the good of socialism; Don't be fooled by counter-revolution; investigate local production, purchase, cooperatives, life, opinions on staff, etc.
Qin Xiaotong, who got the task, returned to his hometown and abides by the first business trip confidentiality code. He did not mention his work in Beijing at all. When relatives and friends asked about it, they only said that they had participated in some wars and worked in other places after demobilization.
When he was in his hometown, Qin Xiaotong not only participated in the work of the cooperative, but also collected first-hand materials by participating in various gatherings of the masses and talking to local people. In the evening, he recorded what he saw and heard that day. Slowly organize it into a document and add your own opinions.
When Qin Xiao and his family visits ended, they returned to Beijing and handed over his investigation report to the Chairman, his detailed report was praised by the Chairman.
That night, the Chairman invited several guards to report to the work to dinner. During this period, the Chairman said happily: "I learned some of the 60 million people from you, which is equivalent to indirectly understanding our farmers through you."
It can be said that Qin Xiaotong's five years with the Chairman was the five years he benefited the most. , the Chairman's selflessness, the Chairman's conscientiousness, the Chairman's broad mind..., including the staff around the Chairman, all of this has caused a huge change in Qin Xiaotong's inner pattern.
Hidden identity, demobilized and returned home
In February 1958, 31-year-old Qin Xiaotong responded to the party’s call to “in order to strengthen the socialist construction of ”, applied for demobilization and returned home and joined the ranks of building socialism.
According to the requirements, his experience of working with the Chairman cannot be leaked. Therefore, his demobilization certificate was deleted on the troops involved in Chairman Mao's military service.
Before leaving, the chairman personally met Qin Xiaotong and reminded him: "When he returns to his hometown, he must continue to study, not put on airs, and do practical things for the people..."
In fact, logic is enough for Qin Xiaotong's achievements and experience to find a job in office, but he still chose to return to his hometown because he knew that what China needs most now is grassroots personnel.
Qin Xiaotong returned to his hometown in Hunan and his impoverished mountains. He never forgot the Chairman's teachings and advice. People in his hometown knew nothing about his experience except that he had served as a soldier and participated in the war.
My hometown has many mountains, few arable land, and barren land. The efforts and harvest are often unequal, but Feng Xiaotong never complained. The farmer boy who had left for half his life still loves his land.
And in 1958, Sino-Soviet relations deteriorated; the veterans began to move under the agitation of the United States; India on the southwestern border also wanted to rob with the fire. In order to deal with this ever-changing international situation, the country decided to launch a militia movement, and the whole people would be soldiers to deal with the invasion of the invaders at any time.
Qin Xiaotong, who returned home from demobilization, was noticed by the local armed forces department because of his accurate shooting skills and good military quality. He became an armed officer and engaged in militia training. As a veteran who participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, he did have a good training schedule. Under his leadership, the militia company in the village participated in a county competition and won the championship for three consecutive years.
is also here, he met his future wife, the militia captain Wang Huanyun.The like-minded two soon became in love, and soon, they got married and became an enviable couple in the village.
After getting married, the two have three daughters one after another. However, during those difficult years, Qin Xiao and his family still cannot fight natural disasters no matter how hard they are. The Great Leap Forward, three years of natural disaster made Qin Xiao and his family could only dig wild vegetables to eat. The wild vegetables were dug up and they ate "the earth of immortals". It was also at this time that his youngest daughter almost passed away due to indigestion.
But even so, Qin Xiaotong did not reveal his identity to the organization. In the 1980s, after reform and opening up , family life improved, but fate seemed to like to catch people the most. Qin Xiaotong's youngest daughter was cheated and trafficked at the age of 16, and there was no news. Her second daughter married early and her life was difficult. The eldest daughter Feng Qingling took her grandson (one son and one daughter) back to her parents' home to live together after divorce.
says that is raining all night long. is the eldest daughter who has been sick for many years and relies on medicine to maintain her life. It is already very difficult for the family to rely solely on Qin Xiao to work hard. In 2005, my grandson suddenly suffered a sudden change and fell seriously ill. He spent all the savings in the family. My grandson passed away due to ineffective rescue.
Feng Qingling, who was already weak and sick, could not bear the pain of losing his son, and his symptoms worsened and he was admitted to the hospital. At this time, no matter how strong the steel hero is, he can't bear it.
Qin Xiaotong, looking at the high medical expenses accumulated day after day, finally tremblingly picked up a pen and wrote a letter of help for relief, announcing the secret that had been buried for more than 50 years.
Xinhua County Armed Forces Department received a letter of help and quickly asked for verification from its superiors. After Qin Xiaotong's identity was confirmed, the Civil Affairs Bureau quickly implemented the preferential treatment work for the elderly.
What a respectable hero! He could clearly rely on his own fame and fortune to seek benefits for himself, but he did not! Every day, he works and eats wild vegetables with the people around him, but never complains or asks the government for help. In his perception, he cannot cause trouble to the organization. It is the duty of a soldier.
After his deeds came out, many people donated money to him, hoping that the old man could spend a comfortable old age. Faced with the help of caring people, the old man said the most: "It has caused trouble for the organization!"
Today, Qin Xiao and the old man fulfilled their wish and refused the organization's help to him. They still live in their simple hometown and make a living by farming. As always, there is no difference from ordinary people.
Let’s look back at the old man’s life and feel extremely sad that the belief in the older generation is so simple and sincere. He kept the secret for more than half a century. No matter how hard life is, he never revealed a word. He never felt that he was superior to others just because he was the guard of the chairman, nor did he seek benefits for himself and his descendants for this.
is so willing to be poor, not moved by fame and fortune, and is low-key and pragmatic. This is the true military spirit and the good son of the Party!
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