Liu Zhongzhu, a 103 -year -old anti -Japanese war veteran Liu Zhongzhu, died and was invited to Beijing to participate in the "9 · 3" military parade

Cover Journalist Yang Li

Liu Zhongzhu, the veteran of the Sichuan -fighting war, did not wait for the commemorative day of the victory of the Anti -Japanese War this year, nor could he meet with his former comrades and relive the years.

On the afternoon of July 19, the younger soldiers who were invited to Beijing for the Anti -Japanese War and were nearly 100 years old, representing Sichuan Anti -Japanese soldiers participating in the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's Anti -Japanese War and the World Anti -Fascist War. Leave the ground at the age of 103.

"His death made everyone who followed the history of the Sichuan Anti -Japanese War and cared about the veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japan." Zhang Guangxiu, Secretary -General of the Institute of Anti -Japanese War History of Bashu Sichuan, sighed that the five anti -Japanese veterans of the War of War of Resistantity for War in Zheng Weibang, Chen Jiaqian, Huang Kairen, Zhong Hua, and Liu Zhongzhu were As a representative of the Sichuan anti -Japanese soldiers, he was invited to participate in the "September 3" military parade. "In recent years, five veterans have died. Liu Lao is the last of the five. Living fossils', his departure is a major loss of the history of Sichuan Anti -Japanese War. "

"Liu Lao loved to attend a veteran party before his life. Although he only had several times a year, he had to gather with his old comrades every time, and at the same time told the story of the anti -Japanese war with young people." Chengdu volunteer Xiao Chen recalled, Every time I talk about the emotional area, Liu Lao will raise a cane and repeat the shooting action.

In an interview with the cover journalist, Liu Lao also told the story of him and his comrades -in -arms many times, hoping to let more young people know the huge sacrifice paid by Chuan's anti -Japanese war and promote the spirit of the Anti -Japanese War.

In 1941, Liu Zhongzhu was assigned to the 3rd consecutive Battalion of the 307th Regiment of the 103th Division of the 8th Army of the Expeditionary Force and devoted himself to the Anti -Japanese War. In his description, the most mentioned the battle is Songshan Battle. Every time he talks about this, he holds his fist tightly, and the relaxed skin is still bulging. "The Japanese army occupied geographical advantages and built a very strong bunker. We have tried many times and paid a huge sacrifice. "In his orally at that time, they finally tapped the tunnel through secrets and landed explosives, and blown up the enemy's central main castle before they could be rushed up, but the comrades -in -arms sacrificed fiercely," using huge casualties, only the casualties were only the only one. The Japanese army wiped out all the Japanese army. It can be said that every inch of land there is immersed in the blood of the brothers. "

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