Why did General Xu Shiyou refuse to be buried in Babaoshan?
The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop; the child wants to be raised but the relatives are not there! Our parents have been paying for us all our lives. How much can we repay them? Time is always too ruthless, don’t leave everything to the future, it’s really too late in many cases. There was a general in the founding of the country who was also a filial son. Unfortunately, his filial piety was destined to be a regret for his life.
After sixty years of military service, with great military exploits and nine deaths, Xu Shiyou went from a new soldier to the founding general, step by step, life and death at every level. During the Long March, he participated in death squads seven times and was wounded four times. During the anti-"Six Route Siege" period in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area, he held the belief that position determines life and death, and led his soldiers to repel enemy charges time and time again, defeating enemies several times their size. Gannan reserved a seat, and he led the army to fight fiercely with Hu Zong in the south for two days and nights, annihilating the enemy, and then opened the door to Gannan and won a way out for the Long March.
During the Anti-Japanese War, he and Chen Geng lured and annihilated the Japanese army in the Xiangchenggu battle. A reinforced infantry squadron dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army; during the Jiaodong sweeps, Xu Shiyou led the Jiaodong army and civilians to crush the Japanese and puppet troops with flexible tactics. The cannibalization strategy has strengthened the people's armed forces. After 1945, Xu Shiyou successively participated in the Battle of Laiwu, the Battle of Menglianggu, and the Battle of Jiaodong, and gradually gained fame and momentum in the war.
On the battlefield, he was an invincible commander, but off the battlefield, he was an incompetent son. In that era, there were several families who were successful. How many soldiers did not abandon their small families for everyone? There are many people who never shed tears of longing when they dream back at midnight!
General Xu Shiyou missed his family during the war. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in order to build the country, he only returned home twice from 1952 to 1959, and each time he knelt in front of his old mother. Reluctant to get up, unable to hold back tears of regret and regret every time.
His mother passed away, and he did not have time to see her for the last time. The news that his mother was critically ill was also informed by a local notice! He cried like a child, a sad child without his mother! He couldn't sleep well for several days!
The organization proposed a proposal for cremation after death and asked every party member to sign in support, but he refused! He didn't want his mother's bones to disappear after she died. He longed to be buried next to his mother's tomb after death. He didn't have time to fulfill his filial piety during his lifetime, but he wanted to keep his mother by his side forever after death! In the end, his wish came true and the organization approved his request. When he died, General You Taizhong personally selected a nanmu coffin for him and buried him next to his mother's tomb!
General Xu Shiyou was filial, but that era was cruel. He gave up his family for the sake of the country, but his heart was always tightly tied to his relatives!