Chapter 1264

A squadron leader made the old man Sun Xiaozhong burst into tears.

He has not heard this title for many years.

At the moment of national crisis when the whole country was smashed during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the National Air Force formed a squadron of six planes from the beginning, and formed a squadron of six planes. The squadron organization is retained.

At the very beginning, Sun Xiaozhong’s squadron had 24 planes. When he was promoted to the squadron leader, there were only seven planes left in the whole squadron. At the end of the war, there were only four planes left, and most of them were shot down. It is very difficult for pilots to survive, and the tragedy is evident.

After the war, Sun Xiaozhong became a civil servant, and after he was separated from the original pilots in the squadron, the title of squadron leader was hardly used anymore.

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 in front of him if they still remember When he, whether he still remembers certain things, Han Zili always feels extremely lost, because he really can't remember many people and things after racking his brains, which makes him feel ashamed of many people.

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

Fortunately, when Sun Xiaozhong mentioned the number of the army back then, the memory of the old man struggling at the bottleneck suddenly came out, and those fragments, those pictures, those people, and those things about that year also flooded into the After seeing him, he knew that the voice on the other end of the phone came from the squadron leader Sun Xiaozhong, which made him so excited that he couldn't add it.

Han Zili thought he was dreaming, and Sun Xiaozhong, the old team leader who had disappeared for decades, actually called him. He couldn't help asking again: "Squadron leader, is it really you? I'm Zili, are you really Is it Sun Xiaozhong?"

"It's me, Zili! I'm Sun Xiaozhong!" Mr. Sun repeated over and over again, and then sighed while wiping away his tears: "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 Sichuan?"

Mr. Han also choked up and said: "I also heard people say that you gave up the chance to go to Taiwan. I was already in Taiwan at that time, and I wanted to send you a telegram to persuade you to come, but they said that the regiment headquarters you were in were all withdrawn." , I can’t contact you by telegram. I wrote several letters to you, and I sent you to Yun Province but failed to find you. At the end of 1949, many pilots who followed the past fled back by plane because of homesickness. I also miss home. At the end of 1949, I found the right opportunity to escape..."

Mr. Sun sighed: "You are really amazing. If I were you, I might not dare to escape. If I was shot down, I would lose my life!"

Old Mr. Han wiped away his tears and said, "Old Captain, you are still amazing. You directly gave up the opportunity to go to Taiwan for the sake of your wife and children. I am not determined enough to run away without my wife and children. I am ashamed!"

Mr. Sun comforted: "I don't blame you. They must have told you that they would take your wife and children with you as members of the regiment, right?"

"Yeah, at that time they told me that they would take their wife and children to meet me, but I didn't know until I went there. At that time, it was impossible for my wife and children to live well. Only then did I know that I was cheated. Well, staying there means having to be separated from my wife and children, and I don’t know what year and month I will be able to reunite, so how can I bear it, so the old captain is amazing, and you have seen it more thoroughly than me... "

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

At this time, Mr. Han's son hastily whispered a few words in his ear. Li Mu had talked to him on the phone before and 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 phone: "Old captain, let's meet! I don't know how long I can live, if I can see you again before I die, I will die without regret! "

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

"I'm not close to you, old captain!" Mr. Han said, "I heard from other volunteers that they will take us old pilots to Chuncheng for a reunion after a while. Revisit the old place again! Maybe you can meet other old comrades in arms!"

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

"Who is Paul Crawford? Why is his name so long?" Old Mr. Han's memory was not completely retrieved, and he couldn't remember who this person was for a while.

Mr. Sun said: "Did you forget? Paul, the American who drove the No. 99 Shark P-40 in the Flying Tigers, once your plane was injured, and I covered your retreat with him. Afterwards, you specially invited him Let's drink together."

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

Old Mr. Sun said with a smile: "Both of us are not dead yet, why can't others live?"

Mr. Han also laughed, and said: "That's right, but we are so old, this may really be the last time we meet, old captain, you must be there then!"

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

When hearing this sentence, everyone present was relieved.

It seems that for the old man, his own body, better living conditions, and hopeful kinship cannot make him leave this thatched cottage, but the established friendship in the war has played a decisive role.

Liu Xinxing turned his head excitedly and wiped away his tears quietly. At the same time, he secretly glanced at Li Mu. No one would have thought of persuading the old man to go down the mountain by helping the old man find comrades in arms. If Li Mu hadn't followed, he might have fallen into a stalemate at the end of the persuasion just now , the final result is likely to be that the old man is still unwilling 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 family affection to convince the old man.

While Li Mu heaved a sigh of relief, he suddenly felt a blockage in his heart. He walked up to Liu Xinxin and said to him in a low voice: "I'm going out to smoke a cigarette, please work harder on the old man's side and try to let him Promise to go with us today."

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

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

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

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

Chen Chengwu nodded, took out the lighter and wanted to light it for Li Mu first, Li Mu was also very polite, stretched out his right hand to protect the flame, after the cigarette was lit, lightly tapped it on the back of his hand, and thanked him.

Chen Chengwu was 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 politeness. But if the other party's status is obviously higher, there is nothing wrong with not protecting the fire. Come on, with Li Mu's status, he is infinitely taller than himself, and he is so polite. I 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 notify the villagers that they heard that the old man was an anti-Japanese hero and wanted to come and see him. The soldiers tried to persuade him, saying that the old man was being videotaped 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: "I agree, it's really not easy to persuade him to agree!"

"I heard." Chen Chengwu said: "It was said earlier that the old man would not go down the mountain even if he died, and he just wanted to stay here. How did you persuade him? Let me hear it?"

"Hey, it's hard to say." Li Mu said, "The cameraman has taken the pictures. I'll show you the film when I go back. I'm afraid you'll cry after watching it."

Chen Chengwu said: "When the old man saluted us just now, I shed tears once. When I think of the old hero who flew a plane in the sky and fought fiercely with the Japanese devils, I feel very uncomfortable."

Speaking of this, 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 I, a soldier, would never have imagined that there would be such a group of veterans living here." such a miserable life..."

Li Mu said: "My biggest wish is to let the whole society pay attention to the life of these veterans in their later years. They not only need our material help, but also need our spiritual recognition. Such a great thing, but no one cares about it for decades, and everything is hidden in the stomach, that kind of feeling is really sad."

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

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

Chen Chengwu said: "This ghostly place can't even land a helicopter. I'm afraid the old man will suffer some crimes when he goes out with us. Our soldiers prepared folding stretchers when we came. Let's take turns carrying them out of the mountain."

Li Mu said: "Thank you for your hard work. If we can go out before dark today, let's rest in the town for one night, and then I will ask Xinxin to contact an ambulance from Yun Province, and take the old man directly to the hospital tomorrow morning."

Chen Chengwu hurriedly said: "No, let's go to our military sanatorium, next to the military hospital. Xinxin communicated with us before. What the old man said is that as long as he is a veteran within the coverage of the Yun Province Military Region, he can do it." Send it to military hospitals and nursing homes, and all expenses will be borne by the military region!"