The 92 -year -old veteran of the Changjin Lake died to donate the remains. Family: He only ate two meals a week in North Korea

Jimu Journalist Zhang Wanjun

At 17:07 on September 15th, the 92 -year -old anti -US aid veteran of the North Korea who had participated in the battle of Changjin Lake died in Fuyang, Anhui. After his death, his children donated Meng Lao's cornea and remains in accordance with his last wish to help others reproduce light and use for medical teaching research.

Meng Zhao has experienced many wars such as the war of liberation, the war against the United States, and the war against the United States, and the Anti -US Aid Vietnam War, and participated in the famous Changjin Lake Battle in North Korea. The old man made a decision to donate the remains before his death, saying that he would contribute to the country again.

At the age of 18, he entered Wu Rongma's career for 31 years

Meng Zhao's son Meng Xianyong introduced to Jimu Journalist that his father was born in a poor peasant family in Yanggu, Shandong in 1930. The 7 brothers and sisters ranked least. In the era when the soldiers were deserted at the time, food and clothing became an out of reach of him and his family. In order to survive, he fled near Dongying, Shandong. In 1948, Meng Zhao, 18, joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Meng Zhao is in the army

Meng Xianyong learned from his father's mouth that shortly after joining the army, Meng Zhao followed the army to participate in the battle of liberating Shanghai south. "We rushed to Shanghai in an urgent army overnight. At that time, the battle was very fierce and sacrificed a lot of soldiers. The soldiers stayed on the street at night."

In October 1950, Meng Zhao rushed to North Korea to participate in the war of resistance to the United States and aid North Korea in the 175th Regiment of the 59th Division of the 20th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. From November 27th to December 24th, 1950, Meng Zhao followed the army to participate in the battle of Changjin Lake.

Meng Xianyong introduced that in 1953, his father returned to China with the army. After studying in a military academy in Nanjing, he returned to the army. He successively served as a company instructor and camp instructor to engage in ideological and political work. In 1964, the Anti -U.S. -Aid Vietnam War broke out, and his father followed the army to the front line to participate in the war.

"At that time, the father's army was the engineering department, which was mainly responsible for the construction and maintenance of the road road. Because the enemy's plane bombarded during the day, they could only get into the cat's ears during the day and come out to repair the road at night." Meng Zhao's daughter's daughter's daughter’s daughter Meng Yunxia introduced that his father returned to China after 8 years on the battlefield and was still engaged in political workers in the army. In 1979, Meng Zhao transferred to work in a unit in Fuyang, Anhui. Since then, he has been living in Fuyang. In 1985, he retired from his job.

Eat only twice a week in the battle of Changjin Lake

According to Xinhua News Agency, Meng Zhaoli recalled during his death in the battle of Changjin Lake that in October 1950, the instructor mobilized troops to fight north. After crossing the Yalu River, they took the train for a few days and rushed to the Changjin Lake area to accept the combat task. One morning they began to launch an offense. Four enemy planes came over. The first plane "咚 咚 咚" and hit two shuttle bullets. The second plane dropped two burning bombs and was thrown into the house to burn. A comrade -in -arms ran out of fire. He let his comrades fall down, pressed him in the snow nest, buried the warrior to save the fire, and finally rescued his comrades.

Meng Zhao recalled that at that time, the food was not available. A warrior sent three potatoes. They put the potatoes in the armpit and warmed up. After a day or two, they changed some radish dumplings with the local people. They grabbed a little bit. He ate twice a week. Later, the weapons and ammunition were gone. He was responsible for carrying 10 people to carry the ammunition. After the enemy's tank on the hillside found him, he hit a shells. After he lay down, he found something on his face. It was broken. He blocked the wound with a hat, ran with ammunition, and relying on the box grenades he mentioned. The soldiers hit the enemy and recaptured the position. Later, a shell exploded by them, and his comrades were gone, and he felt sad.

Zhang Shaowei, Secretary -General of the Volunteer Association of Fuyang City, has repeatedly visited Meng Zhao's old man many times. Meng Lao repeatedly told him his experience in the battle of Changjin Lake. Zhang Shaowei introduced that when he accompanied Meng to watch the movie "Changjin Lake", Meng Lao said that except for the hat he was wearing at the time, other plots were similar to the movie. Lao Meng also used an orange to show him how to eat frozen potatoes at the time.

Meng Yunxia introduced that during the battle of Changjin Lake, most of the comrades of his father's teams were sacrificed, some were sacrificed in the battle, and some were frozen to death. "When my father told us about the experience of the Korean battlefield before, he began to say that he only played a mountain below the Shang Ganling and what lakes. Later, after watching the movie" Changjin Lake ", he recalled that he was participating in the longest. The Battle of Jinhu. "Meng Yunxia said.

The family donates the body in accordance with the wishes of the legacy

Meng Chen's granddaughter Meng Chen introduced that Grandpa's life was simple and simple, and he was reluctant to throw away when the clothes were broken. Grandpa is usually very low -key and never pays attention to eating and wearing. It also requires the descendants. It is required that the younger generations always remember that the happy life is not easy. It is exchanged for blood and sweat.

Family photo

Meng Xianyong said that his father had a good health before and rarely entered the hospital, but after the Spring Festival this year, his body deteriorated. A few days ago, my father lived in the hospital again, and told a few children in private that after death, he had to move the customs and customs, and set up a simple matter behind him. He did not bother the country. He decided to donate the body for medical research. At first, the children did not understand. The old man said that many of his comrades -in -arms during the war were sacrificed. He missed them. He felt that his comrades had contributed to the country. Why couldn't he make a little contribution to the country after death? Both Meng Xianyong and sisters understood their father's thoughts. On September 12, according to the wishes of Meng, his children signed a donation agreement with the relevant departments.

On September 15, Meng Zhao died at the age of 92. The children donated Meng Lao's cornea according to their father's wishes to help others reproduce their light. On September 17, after the memorial service of the old man, the children donated his body to the Anhui Red Cross Heritage Reception Station with tears in tears for medical teaching research.

"The old man Meng Zhaoli is a very remarkable person. He always thinks about the country, and the same is true of educating children!" Zhang Shaowei said.

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