Before Li Mu came here, it was hard to imagine that the old man who was so frail and even dying in the photo could still have such clear thinking, logic and speech expressions.
Recalling the prosperous years of those years, the old man was particularly excited. Finally, someone came to listen to his decades-long story, and he himself was very happy to tell it.
The old man was born in 1915, his ancestral home is in southern Anhui. When he was young, his family was well off. He followed his business family to settle in Hangzhou. He received a good education from childhood to youth and was a standard progressive young man.
In 1934, because the old man was particularly obsessed with flying and his family was well off, his family used money and connections to send him to the Central Aviation School, which was also located in Hangzhou at that time. The July 7th Incident in 1937 After the Anti-Japanese War broke out, the old man moved to Yun Province with the school. Within a few days, the Japanese invaders launched an attack on Shanghai, and the Battle of Songhu began.
During the Battle of Songhu, the old man's parents fled Jinling with his three brothers and sisters, because at that time the old man's parents felt that Jinling was the capital and there was no safer place in the world than Jinling.
The old man's parents sold all their property in Hangzhou and fled to Jinling with his brothers and sisters. They settled down in Jinling. However, they never dreamed that less than half a year after arriving in Jinling, the Japanese army would capture Jinling at the end of 1937 and launch a massacre. In that heinous massacre in human history, the old man's parents, brothers and sisters, as well as the eldest brother's wife and children, all died tragically under the butcher's knife of the Japanese army.
The old man who was in Yun Province at that time was completely devastated when he heard the bad news. If Bao Ze hadn't been paying attention, he might have committed suicide and reunited with his family under Jiuquan. However, Bao Ze in the army made him understand a truth: the rise and fall of a country depends on the survival of every man. His biggest responsibility is not to follow his deceased relatives, but to wait for the opportunity to avenge his deceased relatives and compatriots, and to defeat the Japanese invaders until they surrender.
Later, the old man came out of the aviation school and officially became an Air Force pilot, starting a tragic half-life legend.
In 1945, the National Air Force where the old man belonged cooperated with the United States in bombing the Japanese mainland. The old man flew a fighter jet to cover the American bombers returning from Japan. At that time, Japan was in its final madness. The old man was shot down by the Japanese army during an escort. He fell on his skull while skydiving in a mountainous area. Later, he was rescued by local villagers together with several American pilots. After several months of travel, he returned to Spring City. The old man's skull was also injured during that time, but he could not get timely and effective treatment. The treatment resulted in sequelae, which had little impact on life, but he was no longer suitable to continue flying fighter planes.
It was precisely because he could no longer fly fighter planes that the old man switched to civilian work, then married a wife and had a son locally. His son was born in early 1948, and the family of three lived happily. Although this kind of life was dull and happy at first, but when liberation was approaching in 1949 , seeing that the situation was over, the national army began to prepare to withdraw to Taiwan.
The aviation school had four transport planes ready to take off from Chuncheng, bringing with them the backbone of the National Army Air Force in Chuncheng as well as their families and friends. At that last moment, every kilogram of load on the plane was worth thousands of dollars to them. The Aviation Brigade The leader remembered that the old man was the winner of the Four-Star Order Medal during the Anti-Japanese War and had shot down four Japanese fighter planes, so he specially reserved a place for the old man on the plane. In that special era, this was all he could do. The ultimate.
At that time, many officers and soldiers of the National Army had to abandon their wives and children and follow the National Army to Taiwan alone because they only had one air or ship ticket. In their view, this one-way ticket was extremely rare and they had to seize it no matter what. , but Sun Xiaozhong did not accept it. He felt that he had lost all his relatives in 1937, and it was not until the eight-year war of resistance that he had new relatives and his only flesh and blood. He could not abandon them and go to Taiwan alone. Moreover, in his opinion, Come, Taiwan does not make him yearn for it at all. He wants to stay in this land where he has fought hard, and be with his wife and children, although his future is uncertain in the face of the change of political power.
What happened next was what Li Mu had heard before. The old man still stayed in the local area after liberation, was reported in the historical movement, and was repeatedly criticized.
Talking about this past event, the old man was not too sad. He said that he had experienced too much sadness in family relationships in his life. After so many years and so many things, he was already numb even if he didn't want to be numb. He was the only one. Among his regrets, one is that he did not have the opportunity to return to Jinling to find the bodies of his relatives and bury them, and the other is that the life and death of his only son is uncertain.
The old man sighed and said, "For the first regret, it is impossible to make up for even half of it in this life. I can only repay it by working for them in the next life. The second regret is that there may be a glimmer of hope in this life, but I don't dare to ask for it."
The host said: "Please tell us specifically the names, ages and related circumstances of your wife and son. We will then mobilize netizens across the country to help you find their whereabouts with us!"
The old man immediately nodded gratefully: "Thank you! Thank you very much!"
Then, the old man told the camera his wife's name, place of origin, birthplace and date of birth, and then introduced his son. His son was born on March 23, 1948. The old man named him Sun Lianli, nicknamed Sun Lianli. Xi'er, the word Xi'er is taken from the name of the old man's ancestral home. When the old man separated from his wife and children, his son was less than five years old, so he could no longer recall or provide more details about his son.
The old man has little hope of finding his son or his descendants, but Li Mu feels that the chance of success is not small. If the old man's son and the old man are four or five years old respectively, then he must be worried about his father and the old man. If he has a certain impression of his childhood, he must remember the relevant characteristics of his father, the location of his hometown, and the time he left his father. If his mother can tell him more stories about his father when he is growing up, then he He should know his father better than his father knows him.
The old man has lived in seclusion in the mountains for so many years. I don’t know if the old man’s son has tried to find him during these years. However, even if the son has not searched, as long as he is still alive and can receive this video, he will surely be able to identify his father’s identity. So the chance of finding it is still very high.
It would be extremely difficult for ordinary people to find one person among the population of 1.3 billion, but for Li Mu, he has a huge user group like YY and a large number of media resources, so he wants to find such a person. , it may not be difficult.
So, Li Mu promised the old man: "Don't worry, old man, we will do our best to let the people across the country see your interview, know your deeds, and know your past. We will also definitely share the relevant information about your wife and son." If you broadcast it, and with the help of people all over the country, the chance of finding it is still very high!"
The old man nodded happily: "That's good, that's good. If they are still alive and can look at me, I will die without regrets in this life. I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until that day and close my eyes."
Li Mu hurriedly said: "You seem to be in good health both physically and mentally. If you come down to the hospital with us for a systematic check-up and a good recuperation, your physical condition will definitely be better."
The old man waved his hand: "Thank you for your kindness. I have lived here for decades and am used to it. I have no relatives and no hometown. I can't remember my childhood home in southern Anhui. I can't find my ancestral graves." The house I lived in in Hangzhou was sold by my parents when I was 37 years old. It was just the place where our family once settled, and it was not my roots. My parents, brothers and sisters are all buried in Jinling, but I don’t either. I know where they lived in Jinling when they were alive. In the early years, I saved up money and went to Jinling three times. However, when I arrived in Jinling, I didn’t know where to go to worship them. I could only ask the locals everywhere, and I heard that there was one there. After passing the mass grave, I bought a bottle of wine and a knife and paper to go there to worship, but I would never be able to find their bones in this life, so I have no roots, no roots... "
When he said this, the old man seemed to have grown much older all of a sudden, his eyelids drooped feebly, and his waist that he had tried to straighten became rickety again. He shed two large, muddy tears, sighed, and said: "There is an old saying that fallen leaves return to their roots. When I was young, I didn't believe it. I thought it was an old feudal idea. But the longer I live, the more I want to find my roots. But I can't find the roots of my ancestors, nor can I find the roots of my parents. Here we are, I’ve lived here for so many years, so these are my roots.”
Liu Xinxin hurriedly said: "Old senior, the good medical and recuperation conditions outside the mountain can help you to maintain your body and bones better, so that you can live longer. Moreover, if your son is found in the future, you can stay outside the mountain." , so that he can meet you."
The old man smiled bitterly and said: "I am eighty-eight years old. I have lived long enough today. People, sometimes living too long is not a blessing, but a torture. I don't want to live for many more years. I just want to be able to live for a long time." I breathed my last here. If I breathed my last elsewhere, no matter how good the environment and conditions are, it is not my root. If I can really find my son in the future, I will bother him to say goodbye to me and come to see me. If When I die, come and add some soil to my grave. I will never leave this mountain again."
Liu Xin burst into tears anxiously and said, "Even if you go out and find your son, you will still be able to enjoy the blessings. You have worked hard here for so many years, and the society owes you so much. You must always give the society a chance to make up for it... "
The old man smiled and said: "Society doesn't owe me anything. The brothers Paoze who fought side by side back then were all passionate about resisting Japan and serving the country. Soldiers serving the country are like filial piety to their parents, who were born to us." Responsibilities and obligations, it is our failure to fulfill our responsibilities that has allowed the Japanese to come in and run rampant for so many years. If we say we owe a debt, it is we owe it to the country and the civilians who died at the hands of the Japanese."
Liu Xinxin said hurriedly: "Don't say that..."
The old man said seriously: "I speak from the bottom of my heart. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, many soldiers thought so, especially when the post-war battle losses were counted again and again, overturned by new numbers again and again, and the number of casualties continued to accumulate again and again. We Everyone will feel that they owe this nation too much. If we had worked harder back then, we might have been able to reduce this number. If we had become benevolent, this number might have been even smaller. Cao Zhi said that sacrificing one's life in a national disaster would be regarded as Death suddenly feels like home, this is the true portrayal of us at that time... "
Seeing that the old man was unmoved, Liu Xinxin was so anxious that she wanted to cry. The purpose of coming here was to persuade the old man to leave here no matter what, but no matter what she said, she could not change the old man's decision at all. This made her not only I felt a deep sense of frustration and even blamed myself in my heart.
When he didn't know what to do, Liu Xinxin looked at Li Mu with pleading eyes, full of pleading and expectation, hoping that Li Mu could think of a way to persuade the old man to come down the mountain.
Li Mu didn't know what to do.
Let the old man go to a big city to recuperate and have better living conditions, but the old man is unmoved; let the old man go out to wait for his son's whereabouts, but the old man remains unmoved; when he hopes to compensate the old man for the whole society, the old man feels that he is in debt. After losing this nation, what else can I do now
An idea flashed through Li Mu's mind. Although the old man had gone to Jinling to look for the bones of his relatives in the early years, the Holocaust Memorial Museum had not yet been built at that time. The Holocaust Memorial Museum was only built 20 years ago, and the most detailed relevant files were there. , firstly, he could take the old man there to check the whereabouts of his relatives, and secondly, he could let the old man pay homage to his relatives in the memorial hall, but after thinking about it, Li Mu still gave up.
The old man is too old. It is better not to let him experience such bloody atrocities in another way.
But besides this, what else can impress and convince him
Li Mu also fell into deep thought.
After a moment, Li Mu suddenly had an idea and pulled Liu Xinxin over and asked her, "Do you have a list of the Flying Tigers members that have been found so far?"
"Yes." Liu Xinxin said, "I have some printed information in my bag."
"take it out."
Liu Xinxin hurriedly took out a folded list from his bag. Some of these lists were very detailed, some were very vague. The detailed names, dates of birth, place of origin, current place of residence and previous employment information were vague. There is only a name and an approximate range of residence.
Li Mu handed the list to the old man and said, "Senior, these are the surviving Flying Tigers and Chinese Air Force pilots that we have found so far. Look at the names on them. Are there any that you are familiar with?"
The old man suddenly became excited. He took the list and wanted to read it carefully, but because the characters on it were too small to read clearly, he could only look at Li Mu with pleading eyes and said with uncontrollable excitement: "Young man, I can’t see clearly, please read it for me!”
"Okay!" Seeing the old man's excited reaction, Li Mu knew that this was probably true, so he took the list and read it out one by one.
"Chen Zhengbu, Li Quanyin, Huang Zizhong..."
Every time he read a name, the old man would frown and think about it for a long time, but every time he would shake his head with regret.
Until Li Mu read a name, the old man suddenly shivered with excitement.
"Tell me again, what is his name?"
"Han Zili, the son of the heir, the one who stands upright is the one who stands upright."
"Zili, Zili is still alive?"
(End of chapter)