Chapter 1264 The Deep Love of the Robe

A squadron commander made old man Sun Xiaozhong burst into tears.

He hadn't heard this title for too many years.

At the critical juncture of the nation in the Anti-Japanese War that smashed the whole country, the National Air Force started with a squad of six aircraft, divided it into a squadron of six aircraft, and finally hit some squadrons as long as there were still two aircraft. Squadron formation is retained.

In the beginning, Sun Xiaozhong's squadron had 24 aircraft. When he was promoted to squadron commander, there were only seven aircraft left in the entire squadron. By the end of the war, there were only four aircraft left, and most of them were shot down. It is very difficult for the pilots to survive, and the degree of tragic is evident.

After the war, Sun Xiaozhong changed his position to civilian, and after being split with the pilots in the original squadron, the title of squadron commander was almost no longer used.

Han Zili on the other end of the phone was also full of tears. Memory loss is a painless torture for older people. More and more people and things are forgotten by him. When people ask him if he still remembers When he remembered something, Han Zili always felt extremely lost, because many people and things he really couldn't remember even after racking his brains, which made him feel ashamed of many people.

In the past few years, he can't remember much about the events of the Anti-Japanese War, and many things are not remembered as much as his son, so when Sun Xiaozhong just said his name, he couldn't remember the details of the name. , but this name seems to be full of different meanings in his subconscious, and this huge contradiction makes him particularly painful.

Fortunately, when Sun Xiaozhong mentioned the number of the army that year, the old man's memory of struggling at the bottleneck suddenly flooded out, and those clips, those pictures, those people, and those things also flooded in like a tide. After meeting him, he knew that the voice on the other end of the phone came from Sun Xiaozhong, the squadron captain of the year, which made him so excited that he couldn't add it.

Han Zili thought he was dreaming, and the old captain Sun Xiaozhong, who had disappeared for decades, would call him. He couldn't help but ask again: "Squadron Captain, is it really you? I'm Zili, are you really? Is that Sun Xiaozhong?"

"It's me, Zili! I'm Sun Xiaozhong!" Mr. Sun repeated over and over again, and then wiped his tears while sighing: "I heard that you went to Taiwan in 50 years, but their volunteers told me that you were in Sichuan. Du, why did you go to Chuandu?"

Mr. Han also choked up and said: "I also heard that you gave up the opportunity to go to Taiwan. I had already arrived in Taiwan at that time, and I wanted to send you a telegram to persuade you to come, but they said that the regiment you were in had already withdrawn. , I couldn't send a telegram to contact you. I wrote you several letters, and the people who sent them to Yunshang didn't find you. At the end of 1949, many pilots who followed the past fled back by plane because of homesickness. I was also homesick. At the end of 1949, I found an opportunity to escape back..."

Mr. Sun sighed: "You are really amazing,

If I were you, I might not even dare to escape, even if I was shot down, I would lose my life! "

Mr. Han wiped away his tears and said, "Old Captain, you are still amazing. You gave up the opportunity to go to Taiwan for the sake of your wife and children. I was not determined enough, so I left my wife and children and ran away. I'm ashamed!"

Mr. Sun comforted: "It's not your fault, they must have told you that they would take your wife and children with you afterward, right?"

"Yeah, at that time they told me that they would take my wife and children to meet me for a while, but I didn't know until I went there. In that situation, it was impossible for my wife and children to get along. Only then did I realize that I was deceived. Now, staying there means that you have to be separated from your wife and children. I don’t know what year and month we will be able to reunite, so I can’t stand it, so you are still the old captain, and you can see it more thoroughly than me... "

Mr. Sun nodded and suddenly fell silent in front of the phone.

At this time, Mr. Han's son hurriedly whispered a few words in his ear. Li Mu talked to him on the phone before, and he needed Mr. Han's help to persuade the old man to go down the mountain.

After a minute or two of silence, Mr. Han said on the other end of the phone: "Old Captain, let's meet! I don't know how long I will live. If I can see you again before I die, I will die without regrets! "

Mr. Sun said without hesitation: "I want to meet, I want to meet, you give me an address, I will find you!"

"I'm not close to you, old captain!" Mr. Han said, "I heard from some volunteers that they will take us old pilots to Spring City to reunite in a while. Let's just meet in Spring City, and we can still be alive before we die. Revisit the old place again! Maybe you can meet other old comrades in arms!"

Mr. Sun said, "I heard just now that Paul Crawford is still alive and will come to China in a while, do you still remember him?"

"Who is Paul Crawford? Why is his name so long?" Mr. Han didn't fully retrieve his memory, and he couldn't remember who this person was for a while.

Mr. Sun said: "Have you forgotten? Paul, the American who drove the No. 99 Shark P-40 in the Flying Tigers, once your plane was injured, I covered your retreat with him, and you specially invited him afterwards. Have a drink together."

Mr. Han was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized: "I remember the person you mentioned! He is still alive!"

Mr. Sun smiled and said: "We are not dead yet, why can't people live."

Mr. Han also smiled and said, "Yes, but you are so old, this time may really be the last time we meet, old captain, you must be there by then!"

Mr. Sun immediately assured: "Don't worry, I will definitely be there!"

When they heard this sentence, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that for the old man, his own body, better living conditions and hopeful kinship could not prompt him to leave this thatched hut, but the established war camaraderie played a decisive role.

Liu Xinying turned his head excitedly and wiped his tears quietly, and at the same time glanced at Li Mu quietly. No one thought of persuading the old man to go down the mountain by helping the old man find comrades. , the final result is likely to be that the old man is still reluctant to go down the mountain, and he can only retreat in despair, and then find a way to help the old man find the whereabouts of his relatives, and then use his family to persuade the old man.

While Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly felt a block in his heart, he walked to Liu Xinying, and whispered to him: "I'm going out for a cigarette, the old man's side, you have to work harder to get him Promise to come with us today."

Liu Xinying nodded lightly, and Li Mu had quietly retreated from the thatched hut. When he came out, he realized that dozens of villagers had already arrived at the door. Come in to see the fun.

Walking up to Chen Chengwu, Li Mu took out a cigarette and handed him one, saying, "Any one?"

Chen Chengwu looked at Li Mu in surprise, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Li, do you smoke too?"

Li Mu smiled slightly: "Occasionally, one pack a month."

Chen Chengwu nodded, took out a lighter to light it for Li Mu first, Li Mu was also very polite, stretched out his right hand to protect the flame, and after the smoke was lit, lightly placed it on the back of his hand, and thanked him when he arrived.

Chen Chengwu is even more surprised. Smokers have the rules of smokers. If someone lights a cigarette for you, if you give the other party face, you must protect the fire out of courtesy, but if the other party's status is obviously higher, it is understandable not to protect the fire. In Chen Chengwu's opinion Come on, in Li Mu's capacity, he was infinitely taller than himself, and he was so polite. He really didn't expect it, and this further increased his good impression of Li Mu.

Li Mu took a puff of cigarette, and after Xu Xutu came out, he asked him, "Why are there so many villagers here?"

Chen Chengwu said: "The old village chief went door-to-door to inform them that these villagers heard that the old man was an anti-Japanese hero, and they all came to see it. The soldiers persuaded him well, saying that there was a video of the old man inside, and they waited outside. "

After finishing speaking, Chen Chengwu asked Li Mu, "Did the old man agree to go down the mountain?"

Li Mu nodded: "Yes, it's really not easy to persuade him to agree!"

"I heard." Chen Chengwu said: "I said earlier that the old man didn't want to go down the mountain when he died, and just wanted to stay here. How did you persuade him? Come and listen?"

"Hey, it's hard to describe in words." Li Mu said, "The photographer has taken all the pictures, and I'll show you the film when I go back. I'm afraid you'll cry after watching it."

Chen Chengwu said: "I shed tears once when the old man saluted us just now. When I think of the old hero who was flying a plane in the sky to fight the Japanese devils, I feel very uncomfortable now."

Speaking of which, Chen Chengwu looked at Li Mu and said seriously, "Mr. Li, what you have done is of great significance, if it weren't for you, even a soldier like me would never have imagined that such a group of veterans are still living their lives. Such a miserable life..."

Li Mu said: "My greatest wish is to make the whole society pay attention to the old age of these veterans. They not only need us to give material help, but also need us to give enough spiritual recognition. Such a great thing, but no one cares about it for decades, everything is hidden in the stomach, that kind of feeling is really sad."

Chen Chengwu nodded again and again, and then asked, "By the way, can the old man follow us today?"

Li Mu said: "I'm letting Xinxin continue to work and see if I can convince the old man to come with us today. It shouldn't be a big problem."

Chen Chengwu said: "This ghost place can't even land a helicopter. I am afraid that the old man and us will suffer some crimes. When we came, our soldiers prepared a folding stretcher. Let's take turns to carry them out of the mountain."

Li Mu said, "It's hard work for you. If we can't get out before dark today, we'll rest in the town for a night, and then I'll let Xinxin contact an ambulance from Yun Province, and take the old man directly to the hospital tomorrow morning."

Chen Chengwu hurriedly said: "No, go to our military area sanatorium, next to the military area hospital, communicate with us before the novelty, the chief of the old man means that as long as it is a veteran within the coverage of the Yun provincial military area, you can Send it to the military region hospital and nursing home, and all the expenses will be borne by the military region!"