China News Service, Zhangzhou, March 15 (Qiu Lihong and Dai Weiguo) "I grew up listening to my grandfather's stories. Later, my father also wore military uniforms. Of course, my generation will not be left behind." In Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province in 2024 Among the new recruits who enlisted in the army in the spring of that year, there was such a recruit named Zheng Dingbin, who continued to inherit the red blood.
Zheng Dingbin, a new recruit from Zhangpu County in the spring of 2024.
Photo courtesy of Zhangzhou Veterans Affairs Bureau
"Neighbors say that the story they heard most when I was in elementary school was my father's battle story." On the other end of the phone, Zheng Dingbin's father, Zheng Lianwen, looked very proud when talking about his father, and choked up several times.
He said that his father, Zheng You, participated in the revolution in 1947 (before being arrested as a young man), joined the party in February 1948, and participated in the Huaihai Campaign, the Crossing River Campaign, and the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. During the battle to resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, two toes were frozen and two toes were frozen. Half of each finger was cut off by shrapnel, and he returned to his hometown as a disabled veteran in 1954.
"I also listened to my father's stories and started to join the army..." Recalling his father's experience, Zheng Lianwen said that what he admired most was that his father had to drink his own urine for almost a week because there was no water on the battlefield. On the last day, he felt that he was about to die before the troops found him.
In 2014, Zheng You ended his glorious life, leaving endless glory to this family.
Under the influence of his father, Zheng Lianwen joined the army in 1986. During his time in the army, he always maintained his red family character, participated in many major training missions, and served one year overdue.
Information related to Grandpa Zheng Dingbin.
Photo courtesy of Zhangzhou Veterans Affairs Bureau
This year, Zheng Dingbin will graduate from college.
He originally wanted to join the army and signed up again. After rigorous physical examination, political assessment and pre-service education, he was approved as a scheduled recruit and was about to go to the military camp.
When reporters met Zheng Dingbin recently, after undergoing pre-service education and training, he had a straight and strong military posture, sharp and determined eyes, and his confidence and determination to join the army were even firmer.
"It is now the third generation of our family to join the army and serve the country. This is a very honorable thing. Just like my name 'Dingbin', I must take up this 'baton', just like my father and grandfather."
Zhangpu County pre-service education leader said: "Zheng Dingbin has a strong desire to join the army and is very active at ordinary times. I hope he can bring his family's red genes to the army, practice hard, learn skills well, make contributions to his position, and contribute to the army." Add color to the motherland and bring glory to our hometown." (End)