Three generations have searched for 60 years of anti-US Aid Korea volunteers, the descendants of which are hoping to find the remains

　　The Descendants of a Volunteer Army to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea

　　Three generations have looked for their grandchildren for 60 years, hoping to take the soil home at his grave

　　70th Anniversary of Resisting U.S. Aid Korea 4

　　On July 8, 2020, Zhao Mingshan received a portrait of his grandfather, Wang Xiqi, a martyr from the War of Resistance Against America and Aid by Lin Yuhui.

Zhao Mingshan excitedly sent this portrait to his aunt and uncle to see, "Like! It's so alike!" Zhao Mingshan's aunt looked at his father's face on the portrait, and tears gradually appeared in her eyes.

Police officer Lin Yuhui is well-known to the public because he is good at imitating portraits. Starting this year, he proposed to provide free portraits for 100 revolutionary martyrs. After Zhao Mingshan learned of this, he passed through the descendants of his grandfather Wang Xiqi’s comrades and found Lin Yuhui. Through Lin Yuhui’s brushes, Zhao Mingshan was the first I saw the appearance of Grandpa this time.

　　"This makes up for one of our family's regrets." Zhao Mingshan said, "There is no picture of grandpa in the family, we can only take the picture of the aunt who looks most like grandpa to him (Lin Yuhui) for reference." But for Zhao For Mingshan and his family, they still have one wish: to find the remains of grandpa.

"We have searched for 60 years for three generations, and now my parents are no longer there. I only hope to find my grandfather’s remains in my generation, but my grandmother’s last wish was to go to the Korean grandpa’s cemetery and kowtow and hold. Take the soil home and let his soul return to his hometown."

　　Text, picture/Guangzhou Daily full media reporter Cheng Yilun

　　A cadre registration form, an armband embroidered with "People's Heroes", and three commemorative medals with the words "People's Heroes East China Field Army Medal" and "Memorial of Crossing the River Victory" are the few left by Wang Xiqi to his family. "Nianxiang".

As for the story of his grandfather, Zhao Mingshan mostly learned from his parents.

In November 1950, Wang Xiqi followed the East China Field Army to North Korea to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, but he never returned.

As for the story of his grandfather in the war, Zhao Mingshan has very little information. He only saw information about his grandfather on the list of famous martyrs in Rongcheng County, which read: "On the way back to China to resist the US and aid Korea, he was strafed by enemy planes. Sacrifice, at the age of forty." In order to trace Wang Xiqi's remains and the story of his life, Zhao Mingshan's grandmother, parents, and three generations of Zhao Mingshan spent 60 years and still have not been able to find them.

　　Brave and good at fighting many times as the main attack

　　Wang Xiqi was born in Xilingchang Village, Datuan Town, Rongcheng City, Weihai, Shandong Province in February 1910. There were two oil workshops and one martial arts hall in his home.

Wang Xiqi has been practicing martial arts with his father since he was a child, and has developed a good skill.

　　According to Zhao Mingshan's review of "The Story of Wang Xiqi," a book about his grandfather and family accounts, he learned that Wang Xiqi joined the Eighth Route Army in 1939, when he was 29 years old and had married.

Wang Xiqi’s enlistment resume clearly records his past: In 1942, he served as the deputy squad leader of the Special Task Force of the Shandong Military Region; in 1945, he was the secretary of the 70th regiment of the 8th Column of the East China Field Army; in 1946, he was the 8th Column 22 of the East China Field Army. In 1949, he served as an officer of the Democratic Movement of the 231th Regiment, the 8th Column, the 26th Army, and the 77th Division of the East China Field Army; in 1949, he was an officer of the Political Office of the 26th Artillery Regiment; in November 1950, he was an officer of the Political Office of the 26th Artillery Regiment.

　　Some anecdotes about Wang Xiqi have also been recorded in the textbook of the Invalids.

In 1946, Wang Xiqi’s saving deeds was published in an article entitled "Three and a half pounds of big shoes". The book stated: "Wang Xiqi, a guard soldier of the Jiaodong Military Region Special Forces, had a pair of shoes to make up, and the bottom to make up. The bottom was patched and patched, nailed and nailed, weighing three and a half catties, and the new shoes issued were either given to comrades-in-arms or returned to their superiors." Dazhong Daily also published Wang Xiqi’s story, which was mentioned in At the Group's Production Conservation Exhibition, Wang Xiqi's pair of large shoes that weighed more than sixty and a half catties was exhibited.

In Wang Xiqi's backpack, there are often sewing kits with small awls, hemp ropes of different lengths, and a bundle of shredded leather. Wang Xiqi uses these things to constantly repair shoes.

If any other soldier's shoes were broken during the march, he would help the opponent to sew them with shredded leather when he saw it.

　　According to records in the book, Wang Xiqi fought bravely. "During training, he carried six 38-style rifles, and he could leap over six-foot-high obstacles."

During the 13 years of the East China Field Army’s Southern and Northern Wars, Wang Xiqi also served as the main offensive figure many times. He participated in the Battle of Linyi during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the Huaihai, Crossing the River, and Shanghai during the War of Liberation. "The honorable title.

The family only looks forward to returning a certificate

　　In November 1950, Wang Xiqi set out from Shanghai to North Korea with the 8th Column and 26th Army of the East China Field Army.

"At that time, my grandmother rushed to Shanghai to see him, but unfortunately I didn't catch up. The last time I saw him was my father. He recalled the scene at that time, only remembering that grandpa was very busy, and everyone around him was shouting,'Wang Leader, Weng and Mrs. Weng just said goodbye after a hurried chat."

　　Unexpectedly, this became the last side of Wang Xiqi and his family.

In June 1952, the 26th Volunteer Army returned to China to perform new tasks.

On his way home, Wang Xiqi was shot and killed by an enemy plane.

What the Wang family finally hopes to come is only a certificate of revolutionary martyrs.

　　Zhao Mingshan told reporters: "Later, my comrades-in-arms told my grandmother that my grandfather should have died after the fifth battle. At that time, he had a chance to come back safely, but was attacked on the way back to rescue his comrades. In the end, the medical staff failed to remove him. He was rescued, and before he died, he still wrote the names of several children on his clothes..."

　　But for this "legend", it is difficult for Zhao Mingshan to verify it again.

As Wang Xiqi's family lived in Shandong, transportation and communications were not well developed in those days, and Wang Xiqi's army was reorganized, and the search for the remains was progressing slowly.

"My grandmother always wanted to find my grandfather's remains before she died, and this became a knot of my parents' heart before they died."

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　　"Finding the remains has to be done in your generation, and it will be a long way to go to the next generation." Zhao Mingshan's father died in 2009, exhorted before his death.

In order to be able to find the remains, starting in 2011, Zhao Mingshan devoted himself to the work of finding the remains of his grandfather.

He flipped through historical websites to search for his grandfather’s story, and finally found a yellowed photocopy, and kept a page of screenshots; in order to find his grandfather’s comrades, he even opened Weibo, joined the martyrs’ family search QQ group, and continued to search. Information about grandpa.

In 2013, Zhao Mingshan made a special trip to the Martyrs Cemetery in Shenyang to resist the US Aid Korea. "I saw my grandfather's name there, but there was no remains of him."

　　On March 28, 2014, the remains of the first batch of 437 Chinese People's Volunteers were successfully transported back to China, and they were buried in the cemetery of the martyrs in Shenyang City.

This news ignited Zhao Mingshan's hope, and he contacted Deng Qiping, the son of special-class combat hero Deng Shijun, with the Martyrs Descendants Seeking Group.

"Seeing this team is like seeing relatives." Zhao Mingshan met a group of descendants of volunteer martyrs with the same fate, and everyone encouraged each other to persist in looking for the remains of their ancestors.

　　On the Ching Ming Festival in 2019, Zhao Mingshan signed up to participate in the memorial activity to North Korea organized by the family search group.

During the Anti-US Aid Korea, more than 100,000 volunteers and soldiers gave their precious lives. Many martyrs were buried in about 70 martyrs' cemeteries in North Korea. Every year, the family-seeking group organized the descendants of martyrs to go to some cemeteries to pay homage or find their remains.

"At that time, a martyr with the same name and surname was found,'Wang Xiqi', but unfortunately he was not from Shandong."

　　Among the more than 60 descendants of martyrs who were traveling with Zhao Mingshan at that time, one found her father’s remains at the martyrs’ cemetery as he wished. “At the time, I watched the old lady and her daughter crying and worshipping in front of the martyrs’ tomb. I only feel envy and awe.” Because the remains of many martyrs could not be relocated from North Korea, people after the martyrs would often choose to take a handful of soil from the tomb of the martyrs to take home. “I also took a handful of soil and brought it back, thinking All volunteer martyrs are our families." Zhao Mingshan said.

　　Won't give up looking for clues

　　Although the first trip to find relatives in North Korea was fruitless, Zhao Mingshan said that he would not give up the search.

During the epidemic this year, Zhao Mingshan once again visited the military history archives in his hometown. In a military history about the Volunteer Army’s 26th Army, he finally gained a little bit. “I found the route of the 26th Army back then. Follow the marching route of the year to search again, maybe you can find the remains of grandpa." Zhao Mingshan said.

　　At the same time, Zhao Mingshan found the offspring of a comrade-in-arms of his grandfather through the Internet, and contacted Officer Lin Yuhui with the help of the other party.

"Now, based on my grandfather's portrait, relics, archives and medals, I will continue to look for old comrades in the former Shandong Military Region Special Service Corps, and the old comrades and descendants of the former 26th Army 77th Division 231 Regiment. I hope to find my grandfather as soon as possible. Relevant clues to the North Korean cemetery."

　　At the end of the interview, Zhao Mingshan also told reporters that one of his wishes was to get a commemorative medal for his grandfather on the 70th anniversary of the War of Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea: "I think this is also the wish of many martyrs' descendants. In this way, at least family members can I missed one more."

　　Note: If readers have clues related to the martyr Wang Xiqi, please contact Zhao Mingshan.

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