Tell me about the ice sculpture company.

There is such an 88-year-old man in Sichuan. /kloc-at the age of 0/6, he lost his hands and legs and had to "walk" on a simple hand-propelled tricycle. In this way, he spent more than 70 years of his life.

Who the hell is this old man? What did he go through?

His name is Zhou Xiaodi, and he used to be a member of China's Volunteers to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. 1950, he participated in one of the most tragic battles in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, namely the famous Battle of Changjin Lake.

The most touching thing about the battle of Changjin Lake was the "Ice Sculpture Company". All the soldiers froze to death in the battle formation, and Zhou Xiaodi was one of the survivors of the "Ice Sculpture Company". In the environment of MINUS 40 degrees, he lurked for three days and nights, and finally all his limbs were frozen and had to be amputated. In this way, a young soldier aged 16 lost his hands and feet.

But in the life after Zhou Xiaodi, as long as someone mentioned the bitter battle, he would keep saying "I'm sorry".

Who is he sorry for? What was the secret of that battle?

1June, 934, Zhou Xiaodi was born in a remote mountain village in nanbu county, Sichuan. There are four brothers and sisters in the family, and Zhou Xiaodi is the youngest boy in the family.

My parents are honest farmers, and my family is particularly poor. In order to solve the problem of food and clothing, Zhou Xiaodi's two brothers have never studied, and they have been burdened with life for a long time, working outside to earn money to support their families. But parents clearly know that only reading can change their destiny.

So, Zhou Xiaodi became the hope of the whole family, and the whole family scrimped and saved for him to go to school. 10 years old, Zhou Xiaodi was sent to a private school, and he also lived up to expectations. Many textbooks are taught by teachers.

I thought that Zhou Zhoudi would study hard and change the fate of the whole family after he achieved something in the future, but the accident happened.

1945, the Kuomintang, represented by Chiang Kai-shek, ignored the expectations of the domestic people for peace and flagrantly launched a civil war.

At the beginning of 1949, at that time, the Kuomintang army had been defeated by our army, and the Kuomintang soldiers fled and fell, and there was a serious shortage of men. So the Kuomintang moved the plan of conscription, broke into the homes of ordinary people and forced young men to go to the battlefield to be soldiers.

1949 One evening in April, the Kuomintang suddenly broke into Zhou Xiaodi's home. When they learned that there were three sons at home, they asked Zhou Xiaodi's parents to choose a son to take away, or they would have to pay a huge sum of money to avoid the recruitment quota.

Although Zhou Xiaodi's parents are uneducated, they are very clear about whether the Kuomintang is good or bad. Wouldn't it be better to let the children go to war now? But in the face of the aggressiveness of the Kuomintang, I am afraid of provoking them and making extreme behavior.

Parents really can't afford it, so they can only beg to let their families go, but the Kuomintang insists on taking a son away.

At that time, the two brothers were not at home, and Zhou Xiaodi almost cried when he looked at his parents' pitiful appearance. He hated the Kuomintang in his heart and didn't want his brother to suffer any more. He bravely stood in front of the spy and said, "Don't embarrass my parents, I'll go."

In this way, Zhou Xiaodi, who was only 15 years old, became a soldier of the 47th Kuomintang Army. He lived in fear every day in the army. He knew that going to war meant dying. Although Zhou Xiaodi was a soldier of the Kuomintang, he hated it in his heart.

However, Zhou Xiaodi is lucky. Before he went to the battlefield, the People's Liberation Army won the liberation war, his Kuomintang troops were dissolved, and he was also incorporated into the 26th Army of the 9th Corps of the People's Liberation Army.

When he became a PLA soldier in an all-round way, he found that every soldier was regarded as a comrade-in-arms by his superiors here. After a period of understanding, he realized that the People's Liberation Army was a good force serving the people wholeheartedly, so he was dead set and became a qualified PLA soldier.

1950 When the Korean War broke out, the United Nations troops led by the United States openly crossed the 38th parallel, completely ignoring China's warning, which was about to threaten China's territorial security. The central government decided to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and Chinese people's Volunteer Army went to the DPRK to fight bravely and cross the Yalu River.

And become a full member of Chinese people's Volunteer Army.

After half a month's March, comprehensive troops entered North Korea. During the day, enemy planes kept circling in the air for reconnaissance, so they had to stay put. As night fell, they hurried for dozens of miles and the overall speed slowed down.

It was 1950, 1 1. North Korea has entered the cold winter and soon caught up with the cold current that has not happened in 50 years. Especially at night, the temperature is close to MINUS 40 degrees, and the soldiers only wear thin winter clothes. The soldiers in the north can't stand this cold, let alone the soldiers in the south.

Due to the lack of cold experience, a large number of soldiers were frostbitten, and even some comrades were frozen to death in the snow. Coupled with the lack of materials and food in the rear, volunteers have encountered great difficulties in food, clothing, housing and transportation.

To face the double challenges, soldiers should not only be ready for battle at all times, but also fight against nature and learn to survive in this cold climate. Despite the extremely difficult conditions. Without a word of complaint, the soldiers marched step by step to the battle site in the biting cold wind.

Soon, the soldiers ran out of dry food, so they had to borrow some potatoes from the locals. But in this cold climate, potatoes are frozen like bricks, and some soldiers' teeth directly collapse when eating potatoes.

In the case of unbearable hunger, the soldiers had to take out the remaining Chili powder, mix it in the snow, melt the snow with their bodies, and then give everyone a gourd ladle of water to drink. A person can barely satisfy his hunger by drinking only one ladle a day. In this way, the soldiers finally arrived at Changjin Lake with tenacious willpower.

According to the plan, American troops will be lured to this place in the near future, and all they have to do is ambush in the snow. Of course, in order to avoid being discovered by the reconnaissance plane, the soldiers must stay still, otherwise once they are discovered by the enemy, they will fall short.

The soldiers listened to the arrangement of their superiors and lay still in the ice and snow in the extreme cold of MINUS 40 degrees. It was still snowing at that time, and the soldiers could only resist the cold by tenacious willpower.

Late at night, on the bank of Changjin Lake, the soldiers quietly waited for the enemy to enter the encirclement. However, in the case of motionless, it is easy to doze off and it is very cold. Once you fall asleep, you may lose your life unconsciously. Therefore, once a soldier dozes off, the soldiers next to him will wake each other up.

In this way, the soldiers stayed motionless in the snow for three days and three nights.

Finally, on the fourth day, the enemy came into our army's sight.

When the charge horn sounded, many soldiers were indifferent, lying in the ice and snow, just moving in the direction of the charge, like an ice sculpture, and the whole world seemed to press the pause button at that moment.

Moments later, some well-built soldiers struggled to stand up and charged the enemy, while many others could not stand up, some were frozen in their arms, some were frozen in their legs, and even many soldiers were frozen into ice sculptures and sacrificed.

At this point, the considerate brother, although his brain is still awake, has lost consciousness in his legs and his hands have been frozen by submachine guns. When he saw that only some soldiers were charging, he was worried and tore his hands and submachine gun apart. The whole skin of his palm was torn off and he was bleeding profusely. He has long forgotten these pains, relying on a strong will to beat his frozen legs with a submachine gun, but his legs are still unresponsive.

My considerate brother knows that he can't stand up, but when he sees his comrades charging with their lives, some soldiers have fallen in the enemy's gunfire, and the enemy is in front of him, but he can't go into battle to kill the enemy himself. He was anxious and blamed himself, and his tears flowed downwards.

As a shell landed beside Zhou Quan's brother, Zhou Quan's brother fainted.

After the battle, when the comrades returned to look for the wounded soldiers, they found their considerate brother who was still breathing. The medical staff found that his hands and feet were severely frostbitten and rushed him back to the field hospital.

In the field hospital, the wounded were overcrowded, most of them were frostbite, and severe frostbite had to be amputated. Most of these soldiers are in their twenties, and the youngest are only 16 and 17 years old, but no one cries because of pain.

Zhou Xiaodi is a soldier with severe frostbite. His limbs were frozen to death. In order to save his life, the doctor had to amputate his leg.

His leg and left hand are necrotic, and he has decided to amputate, while his right hand still has some blood. What the doctor is doing is trying to keep his right hand. Doctors don't want to see young soldiers lose all their limbs, even if they only keep their next hand.

The next day, when the doctor uncovered the gauze wrapped around his right hand again, he found that the wound on his right hand had rotted and blackened due to severe frostbite. In order to prevent infection to the whole arm, the doctor performed a second amputation for Zhou Xiaodi with tears in his eyes, only his left and right hands were amputated.

In this way, Zhou Xiaodi's hands and legs were amputated. At the age of 16, he lost all his limbs.

When Zhou Xiaodi woke up, it was already the seventh day after the operation. Only then did he know that his hands and legs were gone. Seeing this, his heart completely collapsed, and the doctor could only keep comforting him. After all, no one can accept such a disability, not to mention that he is still a boy of 16 years old.

However, what Zhou Xiaodi said shocked all the doctors.

He cried and said, "Doctor, I am a soldier. I have no hands or feet. No more steel guns. I want to die. "

A soldier of 16 years old, although all his limbs have been amputated, is not worried about his future life, but that he can't go to the battlefield again.

At this moment, all the doctors and nurses shed tears of sadness.

After the Battle of Changjin Lake, soldiers with serious injuries were sent back to China for treatment, and Zhou Quan's brother was one of them.

In the days when he was recovering from his illness in the hospital, for Zhou Xiaodi, he never got out of the shadows. When military leaders come to visit, they always encourage Zhou Xiaodi to regain confidence and live a strong life.

Zhou Xiaodi said: "I appreciate the concern of the organization, but I didn't finish my task at all in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. I am sorry for the organization, and I am even more sorry for those comrades who died. When the charge sounded, I couldn't charge with my comrades to kill the enemy. I really don't have any credit. "

The superior leader said, "Comrade Zhou Xiaodi, since you can go to the battlefield, you are already a qualified soldier. Don't blame yourself. People all over the country hope that you can live strong. "

Seeing that Zhou Xiaodi was still in the shadow of remorse, his superiors gave him a copy of How Steel was Tempered, hoping that he could slowly find the courage to face life from Pavel Colta King, the hero in the book.

1953 65438+February, Zhou Xiaodi was rated as a first-class disabled soldier, and was transferred to the Sichuan Revolutionary Disabled Soldiers' Rest Home for a long time, but it was difficult for him to start his life again after losing his limbs.

In the case of losing his limbs, Zhou Xiaodi stuck to his life because he didn't want to trouble anyone. He must spend several months practicing a simple life skill.

Finally, with his efforts, Zhou Xiaodi can take care of his daily life. Although he has no hands and feet, he still has a mouth. He dresses, eats and bathes himself with his mouth and auxiliary tools.

Gradually, Zhou Xiaodi regained his confidence in life. Not only that, he even started his own hobby. Because his study and research were interrupted when he was a child, he didn't want to leave regrets now, so he began to read books and practice calligraphy every day, and even won a calligraphy award later.

In the days of the retreat, Zhou Xiaodi can be said to be full, but as a boy in his twenties, he has reached marriageable age. It's a pity that Zhou Xiaodi hasn't even been in love. In his mind, he felt that his severe disability was unacceptable to any girl.

A comrade-in-arms in a sanatorium, after learning about Zhou Quandi's deeds, thought Zhou Quandi was a very responsible person, so he planned to introduce his cousin Zeng Fanshun to Zhou Quandi.

Zhou Xiaodi said, "Don't be ridiculous. Although I am also eager to get married, which lesbian can accept me like this and introduce your cousin to me without harming your cousin. "

Zhou Quan refused politely, but his comrades still explained the situation to his cousin. The other party actually expressed their willingness to get along with Zhou Quandi. Soon, his cousin Zeng Fanshun wrote a letter to Zhou Xiaodi. After receiving the letter, Zhou Xiaodi immediately asked his comrades. Although he was accused on the surface, he was happy in his heart.

The next day, Zhou Quandi wrote a reply to Zeng Fanshun. In the letter, he truthfully reflected his physical condition, and told the other party in detail many difficulties he would face in the future, in order to make the other party prepare for the worst.

What Zhou Zhoudi didn't expect was that Zeng Fanshun not only didn't dislike him, but also wrote more frequently. Over time, a letter from you, a letter from me, heats up rapidly. Half a year later, the two formally established a love relationship.

Until the day of 1958, the old man in the reception room of the rest home found him and said that someone was looking for him at the door. Zhou Xiaodi forearm came to the gate with a tricycle and saw a young girl standing there. He knows very well that this person is his girlfriend Zeng Fanshun, whom he dreamed of at night.

They have been in love for two years by correspondence, but they have never met. The first time we met, the whole person was extremely nervous. One is to finally meet my sweetheart, and the other is to be afraid that the other person will see his physical condition with his own eyes.

However, a move by Zeng Fanshun completely dispelled doubts and tensions. Zeng Fanshun gave him a deep hug and told him that he was not going to leave this time and wanted to spend the rest of his life with him.

Soon after, under the witness of many comrades-in-arms, the two married and were blessed by everyone around them. Later, they gave birth to three lovely children, and the family lived a happy life.

Unfortunately, it often backfires. In 200 1 year, when their husband and wife could have spent their old age peacefully, Zeng Fanshun was diagnosed with cancer. Soon after, he passed away, and Zhou Zhoudi was sad for a long time.

Although Zhou Xiaodi may die alone without his wife, the government and people have not forgotten him. Today, there are still many leaders and enthusiastic people from all walks of life who come to express their condolences to the elderly.

When people mentioned the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the thoughtful old man kept repeating that sentence.

"Whenever I think of the scene in the ice and snow, I will blame myself. Sorry for the organization, sorry for the comrades who died. At the moment when the charge sounded, I couldn't charge and kill the enemy with my comrades. This is the biggest regret in my life. "

In September of 20021year, Zhou Xiaodi was selected as the national "most beautiful retired soldier" candidate list in 20021year. On the podium, Zhou Xiaodi said: "As long as my heart is still beating, I will continue to do what I can for the party and the country and educate the next generation."

Today, Zhou Xiaodi still lives in a nursing home, and we also wish Zhou Lao a healthy and comfortable old age. Without them, there would be no happy life today.