Chapter 20 18. Martyred General

I am used to reading several different books at the same time, so there are books waiting to be read everywhere, which can be taken easily.Once, it took three hours to watch a movie on TV. After watching it, I suddenly realized that more than an hour of life was wasted, so I put a few books beside the chair watching TV. As soon as the advertisement was released, I immediately picked up the book, and raced against the clock to spend a lot of time reading. However, reading in this situation is very particular.After accumulating some time of experience, I know that there are several kinds of books that can adapt to this special environment.

One is to re-read the book you are familiar with, and you don’t have to chase the plot anymore, you can put it down at any time. One is notebook books, short articles, read a paragraph in a few minutes, without contextual involvement, you can read one by one. One is a collection of prose and miscellaneous essays, the reason is the same. That day, I picked up a book: "Sacrifice Records of Chinese Anti-Japanese Generals" (1931-1945), which records the Chinese army generals who died for the Anti-Japanese War in these years, published by United Publishing House, edited by Liu Chen, Qiao Lingmei is the deputy editor-in-chief.A total of 359 generals at all levels are recorded (there is no explanation in the book, they are counted one by one, and there may be a few mistakes).

The Japanese invaded China, the whole country resisted the war, and the soldiers were at the forefront of the war. The national strength of the two sides was very different, and the war was extremely tragic. Looking at the biographies of the sacrificed generals, they were all sacrificed in young adults, from their twenties to their forties. Iron-blooded men , Fighting bravely on the battlefield, when I was reading their biographies, I was half lying down, but naturally, I became sitting upright, and then, with respect in my heart, I stood up.Then think of the generals and below, school officers, lieutenants, non-commissioned officers, soldiers, how many Chinese people died in order to resist the Japanese?How many people were slaughtered by the invading army?

After closing the book, what appeared on the TV screen was blurry. It was obvious that the place and time of reading the book were not right, so I should read it with a smile on my face. This book is not an ordinary reading book, but it is indeed worth reading, and I am filled with emotion: each article is just a few hundred words, which is the life of an iron-blooded general!Although their lives are short, they have obviously found their goals. The mediocre ones sigh, it is difficult to really understand, so they can only sigh: it is so great!