One day in May 1952, in Huairen Hall, Zhongnanhai, Beijing, Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and other central leaders met with the Volunteer Army delegation, which had just returned from the Korean battlefield.
Chairman Mao shook hands with the members of the delegation one by one and had a cordial conversation. A female volunteer army representative was excited after shaking hands with the chairman and actually threw himself into the chairman's arms and cried. Looking at the girl in front of me, perhaps because she remembered her son who died on the battlefield, the Chairman's expression became sad. Seeing this, the reporter Lu Houmin on the scene quickly used a camera to freeze the picture, making it an eternal classic.
So, who is this girl who bravely embraces the Chairman? What happened later? It is understood that this young female volunteer soldier is named Jie Xiumei . She was born in 1932 and is from Gaoyang County, Baoding City, Hebei Province.
Although Jie Xiumei is a girl, she has had a dream of being a soldier since she was a child and wants to join the army and fight for her country. In 1948, 16-year-old Xie Xiumei joined the army as she wished. At that time, female soldiers rarely participated in front-line combat, and Xie Xiumei was arranged to be a literary soldier in the art team. Before joining the army, Xie Xiumei worked in the village theater troupe for a while, and the work of the art troupe was almost difficult for her.
Shortly after the founding of New China, the Korean War broke out, and the troops to which Jie Xiumei were affiliated were incorporated into the volunteer army's combat team. Jie Xiumei followed the team across the Yalu River and entered the Korean War to aid. Although the number of female soldiers in the Volunteer Army was small, they did not receive special care. Xie Xiumei walked through mountains and rivers and walked for 18 days.
Along the way, Xie Xiumei did not complain or get tired. She carried dozens of kilograms of load on her back not only did she not fall behind, but sometimes she would also help her weak comrades share the burden.
As soldiers of the art team, although they don’t have to go to the front line to fight, they also have their own responsibilities. Xie Xiumei and the art team have compiled the story of the front line soldiers not afraid of sacrifice and fighting bravely into a script, quick-paced , and then went to the front line camp to give the soldiers a condolence performance. After watching Jie Xiumei and his performance, the soldiers expressed their encouragement and were even more motivated.
At the end of 1951, the organization sent Jie Xiumei and several other art team soldiers to the frontline position hospital for condolences. came to the position hospital. After seeing the wounded there, Jie Xiumei felt very distressed and choked up for a while. Seeing that the position hospital was not in enough staff, Xie Xiumei volunteered to stay and take care of the wounded.
In his spare time, Xie Xiumei will sing scheming and telling stories to the wounded to encourage the morale of the wounded. The wounded not only received good care here, but also received spiritual comfort.
On the afternoon of the end of November 1951, Xie Xiumei returned from chopping wood and saw enemy fighter planes flying in the air. She was very vigilant and realized that the situation was not good. Then she threw down the wood and ran to the position hospital. As expected, as she thought, the enemy planes were bombing wildly near the village where the hospital was located.
Most of the injured were transferred to a safe area with the help of medical workers. One of the injured had not had time to move because the injury was too serious and it was inconvenient to move. At this time, the hospital was surrounded by a fire. Xie Xiumei rushed into the fire regardless of her own life, found the seriously injured person, and rushed out without saying a word.
The bombing of the enemy plane did not stop. A bomb fell near Jie Xiumei. Jie Xiumei reacted quickly and immediately placed the wounded on the ground. Then she quickly leaned over and lay on the wounded, using her body as a cover to protect the wounded, while she herself was covered by the splashed stones and was covered with injuries.
Taking advantage of the break between the bombing, Xie Xiumei quickly stood up, not caring about the injuries on her body. She carried the wounded again and ran towards the safety zone quickly. Because of Jie Xiumei's full protection, the injured was sent to the air raid shelter in the mountains without any injuries. At the same time, Jie Xiumei was injured. Faced with the gratitude of the wounded, Xie Xiumei smiled and said, "Protecting you is my mission, this is what I should do, there is no need to thank you.”
Soon, Xie Xiumei's glorious deeds spread in every corner of the front line. In order to commend Xie Xiumei's glorious deeds on the Korean battlefield, the organization awarded her personal first-class merit . As the only revolutionary female soldier on the Korean battlefield who won the first-class merit, in May 1952, Xie Xiumei was elected as the return representative of the Volunteer Army Art Team. , returned to China to accept the reception from the Chairman and presented flowers to the Chairman.
On May 23, Xie Xiumei and others waited early on the lawn behind Huairen Hall . Not long after, Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and others slowly walked out.
Before this, this was the first time that Jie Xiumei saw Chairman Mao at such a close distance. She was very excited. When it was her turn to shake hands with the Chairman and present flowers to the Chairman, she In fact, he threw himself into the arms of the chairman and hugged Chairman Mao tightly and cried bitterly.
Two months later, Xie Xiumei returned to the Korean battlefield again. On October 25, 1952, Xie Xiumei accepted Kim Il-sung's reception at Pingyang . Soon after, she officially returned to China with the team. In 1956, Xie Xiumei transferred from the army to the local area, and the organization arranged for her to serve as a leader in a printing factory in Hebei. Guide work. After coming to the local area, Xie Xiumei never showed off her past achievements to others. She just thought she was an ordinary demobilized soldier. When she came to a new environment, everything started from scratch.
Whether it was a soldier or a worker, she was equally glorious and great in Xie Xiumei's eyes, and she was also working for the country. After coming to the local area, she worked selflessly for decades. In January 1996, Xie Xiumei died of illness in Shijiazhuang at the age of 64.
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