Grandpa's Military Uniform

"Grandpa's Military Uniform" When I opened this book, the first thing that hit me was the reality after all the halo has faded. Too many war stories focus on portraying fearless heroes, but this book is different. Grandpa, a 100-year-old veteran, frankly expressed the simplest feeling in his heart - he was scared to death on the battlefield. Bullets missed him, familiar fellow villagers fell one after another, and fear never left him. He was not a patriot who voluntarily went to the battlefield, but an ordinary farmer in the countryside of Sichuan. He was captured as a young man at night and followed the large army out of Sichuan on straw sandals. I have never read a book, I don't understand any grand principles, I am in troubled times, I am under fire when I move forward, I have no way to survive when I retreat. This involuntary behavior epitomizes countless low-level soldiers of the Sichuan Army. The most touching foreshadowing is hidden in a dialogue: If you are full of fear, why do you still charge forward? Grandpa did not give an answer, but the entire story spanning the Anti-Japanese War, Resisting U. S. Aggression and Aid Korea slowly pieced together the answer. An old military uniform that has been sealed for half a lifetime and a few dusty military medals serve as tokens throughout the text. Looking back at the half-life of our ancestors from the perspective of future generations, the first-person narrative is simple and thick, with a strong flavor of Sichuan fireworks. There are no gorgeous and sensational words, and the plain narration of the past can always make people feel sore at the tip of their noses. Don't deliberately exaggerate, don't mythologize veterans. In the book, you can see the exhaustion of the new soldiers on the march, the panic under the air raids, and the homesickness of those who left their hometowns. It is full of the struggles and tenacity of ordinary people. If you like historical war records that are rooted in reality and full of fireworks, you must read "Grandpa's Military Uniform". We always see the cold words in history books. This book allows us to see behind the words, ordinary people who have been afraid and struggled, but still shouldered the suffering.

Highlights 1. True empathy Relying on real-life prototypes of Sichuan army men who experienced the two-front war, the first-person narrative has a sense of gravity. It does not deify the veterans, but directly writes about the "scared to death" human nature, and breaks out of the heroic routine of the anti-Japanese theme, which is particularly poignant. 2. Distinct dialects and regional labels Sichuan words such as "yuanba" and "shazi", Sichuan farmers, catching young men, and straw sandals coming out of Sichuan accurately identify the background of the Sichuan Army story, and the chapter writing style fits perfectly.

This is a very interesting war documentary novel. The author uses first-person writing to recreate his grandfather's military career during the war years! The writing is smooth, the style of recall is realistic, and the characters are three-dimensional and full! Recommend!

Five-star praise! The plot is quite interesting, the protagonist's character is quite likable, the growth line is clear, and the emotional and career lines are written in a natural way. The pace is not sluggish, the details are also foreshadowed, and it looks very good. The author's updates are stable, and I hope to continue to maintain this quality in the future, as long as the plot does not collapse.

A rare realistic war story in dialect! He does not create gods, but dares to write about the fears in the hearts of veterans. There is great power under the plain words, and it is worth reading calmly!

Very good, I will keep following it

Very well written, keep it up.

What an awesome dialect!

A very good dialect version of the war story!

Not bad, I will keep chasing you

The writing is very down-to-earth, has local characteristics, and vividly describes the cruelty of war.

Every time I read this realistic war history, I feel grateful for the senseless spirit of the martyrs of that era.