In 1979, an old farmer from Jiangxi "crashed his car" to seek an audience with the old leader. A military song proved his identity as a Red Army soldier.

As we all know, in the history of China’s revolution, the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army under the leadership of our Party once conducted a Long March of 25,000 miles. This Long March of the Red Army is not only a great feat in the history of our party and our army, but also a great miracle in the history of world military affairs.

During the Long March, the Red Army not only experienced climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands, but also constantly fought against enemies several times their size along the way. Along the way, the Red Army fought more than 380 fierce battles with the Kuomintang reactionaries and liberated more than 700 county towns. At the same time, the Red Army officers and soldiers themselves also paid a huge price. According to post-war statistics, more than 430 Red Army commanders above the battalion level died, and most of them were passionate young men in their 20s. In particular, during the Long March, Red Army soldiers continued to fall behind due to injury or hunger, and some Red Army soldiers lost contact with the main force due to other reasons. Some injured Red Army soldiers were caught and killed by the enemy; others lived in other places and lived anonymously among the people...

After liberation, the party and the country did not forget them and have been suffering. We are looking for these old Red Army veterans who have contributed to the Chinese revolution.

In 1986, the state civil affairs department took the lead and organized relevant personnel to review archives and visit old revolutionary areas. Soon, a group of old Red Army soldiers who had been separated from the organization for many years were found again. In accordance with relevant policies, the organization reissued certificates of honor to them and awarded them the glorious title of revolutionaries. At the same time, in terms of living benefits, financial subsidies are also provided based on specific circumstances.

Once, the county government held a memorial ceremony for a group of long-lost Red Army veterans. At the venue, dozens of old Red Army soldiers sat in the front row with solemn expressions. The county leader who presided over the meeting happily announced to the audience: "Now, let us welcome with warm applause the 'Lost Red Army' to come to the stage to receive the Red Army certificate!" As soon as he finished speaking, a veteran Red Army soldier strode up angrily. rostrum. The old Red Army patted his chest and said to the county leader: "Why do you call us the 'Lost Red Army'? We are the Red Army, and the Red Army is the Red Army. There is no such thing as being separated!" Before the county leader could react, the old Red Army soldier pointed out The old comrades in the audience continued: "Ask them, who among them is willing to fall behind? Who is willing to break away from the Red Army? We are all Red Army, we are all for the revolution, and we all shed our lives and blood in the same way. , why use different names?"

The county leader was stunned at first, and then he understood that these old Red Army veterans valued the word "Red Army" more than their lives. Because they are members of this revolutionary team. So, the county leader bowed deeply to this Red Army veteran, then he walked back to the microphone and said solemnly with a serious expression: "Please come to the stage to receive your Red Army certificate!" At this time, thunderous cheers rang out in the venue. Applause...

Among this group of Red Army veterans, there is an old man named Xiao Chengjia. At this time, he held the "Red Army Card" and looked at it carefully. Unknowingly, tears of excitement burst into his eyes. The smoke-filled battle scene decades ago seemed to be right in front of him.

In 1928, the revolutionary storm swept across the Ji'an area. Xiao Chengjia, who was only 12 years old, actively participated in the revolutionary trend under the influence of progressive ideas. He was the first to sign up to join the local farmers' association. Under the leadership of the party organization, Xiao Chengjia led the children's league members to fight local tyrants to divide their fields during the day and to stand guard at night. His outstanding performance was praised many times by the party organization.

Xiao Chengjia attended a private school for several years when he was young and was a well-known young scholar in the village who could read and write. The cultural knowledge he had learned came in handy at this time. He was good at writing slogans and shouting slogans.

In 1931, Xiao Chengjia, who was only 15 years old, was sent by the party organization to the Fifth Army Corps of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army as a young cadre with a good cultural foundation and rapid ideological progress. From then on, Xiao Chengjia became an official member of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

At that time, the 26th Route Army of the Kuomintang was stationed in Ningdu County. The predecessor of this unit was Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army. It was later incorporated by Chiang Kai-shek and renamed the 26th Route Army. Driven by Chiang Kai-shek, the 26th Route Army participated in the offensive to encircle and suppress the Central Soviet Area. Unexpectedly, as soon as they received fire, a brigade was annihilated by the Red Army. This battle greatly shocked the officers and soldiers of the 26th Route Army, and war-weariness arose among the officers and soldiers. At this time, Zhao Bosheng, a secret member of our party, was serving as the chief of staff of the 26th Route Army. He seized this opportunity and joined forces with progressive officers Dong Zhentang and Ji Zhentong to stage an uprising in Ningdu, leading more than 17,000 people from his unit to join The Red Army was organized into the Fifth Corps of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

It was under such circumstances that Xiao Chengjia came to the Fifth Army of the Red Army as the backbone of the Red Army. Organizationally, he was appointed captain of the propaganda team of the Legion's Political Department in accordance with his aptitude, giving full play to his skills in speaking and writing. Soon, Xiao Chengjia was transferred to the Ninth Army Corps as the captain of the propaganda team.

In October 1934, after the fifth counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression" failed, the Red Army implemented a strategic shift and began the arduous Long March.

During the Long March, Xiao Chengjia led the propaganda team and always appeared at the front of the team. He waved the red flag in his hand and shouted to the Red Army soldiers: "Comrades, come on! Dawn is ahead! Victory is ahead! Come on!"

Once, Xiao Chengjia was writing slogans in Xiao Chengjia's department. At this time, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De arrived. With a serious expression, he said to Army Commander Luo Binghui and Director of the Political Department Huang Huoqing: "According to the scouts' report, there is an enemy coming from the flank. You must organize your forces to stop it!"

At this time, the ninth The main force of the legion was deployed to the front to defend the position, and only the guard platoon remained in the legion headquarters. Luo Binghui and Huang Huoqing discussed it, and Huang Huoqing waved to Xiao Chengjia and said, "Captain Xiao, there is a group of enemies who want to attack us now. I order you to lead the guard platoon to block them. Do you have the confidence to complete the mission?" Xiao Chengjia hesitated upon hearing this. At that time, he had been engaged in propaganda work in the Red Army, and it was his first time to fight in battle. Therefore, Xiao Chengjia was a little hesitant. When Huang Huoqing saw this, he raised his voice and said loudly: "Are you confident to complete the mission?" This time, Xiao Chengjia did not hesitate anymore. He replied loudly: "Report to the leader, I am confident to complete the mission!" He stood up straight and asked Zhu De The three leaders, Luo Binghui and Huang Huoqing, paid a standard military salute. Afterwards, Xiao Chengjia led the guard platoon straight to the mountain pass next to him.

When they arrived at the ambush site, Xiao Chengjia and the soldiers chose favorable terrain to hide. To be honest, this was his first time holding a gun on the battlefield, and he felt a little nervous. Firstly, he was afraid that his lack of combat experience would delay the opportunity to fight; secondly, it was his first time to fight the enemy with real swords and guns, and he felt a little guilty.

More than an hour later, a group of enemies climbed up quietly. At this time, Xiao Chengjia calmed down. He informed the soldiers not to fire yet. When the enemy was completely within the effective range, Xiao Chengjia shouted: "Hit!" At this time, the soldiers in the guard platoon opened fire together. In an instant, tongues of flames shot towards the enemy group. The enemy was suddenly attacked and chaos broke out. In addition, there were several portable machine guns in the guard platoon, and the firepower was extremely fierce. Seeing the strong firepower of the Red Army, the enemy thought they had encountered a large force. After firing a few shots indiscriminately, they abandoned a few corpses and fled in a hurry. However, Xiao Chengjia's right hand was injured by an enemy bullet while commanding this battle. While bandaging the wound, he smiled and said to his comrades: "I was killed in the first battle. I have to remember this day!"

In the following days, Xiao Chengjia followed The large troops have been fighting on the Long March.

In 1935, the First and Fourth Red Front armies successfully joined forces. Xiao Chengjia was first transferred to the position of chief of the Youth Section of the Political Department of the Fourth Red Army. Then, according to work needs. He was also assigned to work in the Political Department of the West Route Army. Xiao Chengjia continued to do his job - responsible for the army's propaganda work.

The West Route Army marched all the way northwest. In the northwest of Gansu Province, it fought bravely with the "Ma Jiajun" commanded by the Kuomintang such as Ma Bufang and Ma Buxing. In the end, it was outnumbered and the entire army suffered heavy losses. The famous Red Army general Dong Zhentang died on the battlefield of the Western Expedition.

Xiao Chengjia was also seriously injured during the battle. A shell exploded next to him. He was hit by shrapnel and was bleeding profusely. If the health workers hadn't carried him out of the trench under a hail of bullets, Xiao Chengjia might have been "glorious" at that time.

The seriously injured Xiao Chengjia moved to the rear with the military hospital. Unexpectedly, they were surrounded by Ma Jiajun halfway...

Because Xiao Chengjia was seriously injured and he was only 20 at the time. He was 13 years old and as thin as a child of 13 or 14 years old. Therefore, he was deported by the Ma Jiajun back to his hometown of Taihe County, Jiangxi Province, and was imprisoned in the prison of the reactionary militia in Taihe County.

Xiao Chengjia’s mother learned that her son was being held in prison. She sold her family’s grain and livestock and barely scraped together 30 silver dollars to rescue her son from prison.

From then on, Xiao Chengjia completely lost contact with the Red Army.

In 1949, Xiao Chengjia’s hometown welcomed the People’s Liberation Army. When he learned that the People's Liberation Army in front of him was the Red Army, Xiao Chengjia burst into tears with excitement. At this time, his mood was extremely complicated: he was happy for the arrival of the People's Liberation Army, but at the same time he regretted that he had lost contact with the Red Army due to injuries. In the following decades, Xiao Chengjia often thought of his days in the Red Army, his comrades who had fought side by side with him, and the old leader Huang Huoqing who taught him how to sing. Whenever this happens, his mood is always surging and difficult to calm down.

Xiao Chengjia went to the local government many times and recounted his experiences. However, after many years, he was unable to produce evidence to prove what he said. Later, comrades from the civil affairs department told him that as long as he could find his former superior leader to issue a written certification for him, he would be able to resume his status as a member of the Red Army.

Once, he heard the name of the old leader Huang Huoqing on the radio. At this time, Huang Huoqing had served as the Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. With the support of his family, Xiao Chengjia decided to go to Beijing to find Huang Huoqing, the then director of the Legion's Political Department.

In 1979, Xiao Chengjia came to Beijing by train. He inquired all the way to the gate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. The armed police soldiers on guard stared straight ahead. Xiao Chengjia stepped forward and wanted to inquire about the situation of the old leader Huang Huoqing, but the young soldier always maintained a majestic standing posture and did not answer. At this time, the guard squad leader came out of the guard room next to the gate and came forward to question Xiao Chengjia. Xiao Chengjia told the squad leader about wanting to see the old leader Huang Huoqing. The guard squad leader was a handsome young man. After hearing Xiao Chengjia's purpose, he looked at Xiao Chengjia all over. In his opinion, what Xiao Chengjia told was a touching "story". He patiently advised Xiao Chengjia to leave here and not to affect the normal access of the gate. At this time, a Hongqi car drove towards the gate from a distance. The guard squad leader smiled and pointed at the Hongqi car and said to Xiao Chengjia: "Old man, the old leader in your 'story' is sitting in that car!" Upon hearing this, Xiao Chengjia immediately rushed towards the Hongqi car. Just as the Hongqi car was about to enter the gate, the driver suddenly noticed an old man dressed as a farmer rushing over and immediately stepped on the brakes. He rolled down the window and shouted angrily at Xiao Chengjia: "You don't want your life!" At this time, Xiao Chengjia didn't bother to explain. He shouted out the car window: "Old chief, I am Xiao Chengjia from the Propaganda Team of the Ninth Red Army. I am your soldier!"

At this time, the car door opened and Huang Huoqing walked out of the car. down. At this time, Huang Huoqing was already a 78-year-old man. He looked up and down at Xiao Chengjia, who was dressed as a farmer. He shook his head and did not recognize Xiao Chengjia. No wonder, the two separated in 1936 and have not seen each other for 43 years. At that time, Xiao Chengjia was still a child in his eyes.

Over the past few decades, a person's appearance has undergone tremendous changes, and Huang Huoqing is indeed unrecognizable. However, Huang Huoqing saw Xiao Chengjia's expectation from his eyes. So Huang Huoqing invited Xiao Chengjia into his office.

After sitting down, Huang Huoqing asked Xiao Chengjia: "Decades have passed and you say you are my old subordinate. How can you prove it?" At this time, Xiao Chengjia also realized this problem. At that time, Huang Huoqing was the leader of the legion and had contact with thousands of Red Army soldiers. Moreover, after decades, it is normal for the old chief not to recognize himself. However, Xiao Chengjia did not want to miss this golden opportunity. So, he lowered his head and thought for a while. Suddenly, he opened his mouth and said: "Old chief, do you still remember the song you taught me back then?" Before Huang Huoqing could speak, Xiao Chengjia sang affectionately: Don't be afraid of curves when traveling, don't be afraid of thorns when climbing mountains, don't be afraid of revolution. Bitter and tired, the Red Army is not afraid of the difficulties of the expedition. There are sweet oranges behind the coptis tree...

At this time, after hearing the singing, Huang Huoqing's face was already filled with tears. He held Xiao Chengjia's hand and said, "I I remember! I remember! You are the propaganda team leader Xiao Chengjia!"

Huang Huoqing invited Xiao Chengjia to his home. He asked his wife to prepare a table of delicious food and entertained his 43-year-old subordinate well.

When leaving the next day, Huang Huoqing personally wrote a certificate for Xiao Chengjia. At the same time, he also took out 200 kilograms of food stamps and 50 yuan. He held Xiao Chengjia's hand and said, "Xiao Chengjia! This is my personal sentiment. You must accept it!" Xiao Chengjia was filled with tears. He stood up straight and saluted Huang Huoqing with a standard military salute as before.