According to the "People's Liberation Army Daily", not long ago, the Party Committee of a certain unit of the Guangxi Frontier Defense Force gave a first-class merit to Xiao Jiaxi, a feeder of a certain regiment. In the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, Comrade Xiao Jiaxi fought tenaciously behind enemy lines for eight days and nights, and returned to the embrace of the motherland successfully. Comrades of the Central Consolation Group praised him as a "steel warrior, a man made of special materials". The People's Liberation Army Daily published an editor's note saying: People should have a little spirit. What spirit did Xiao Jiaxi, an iron warrior, show in fighting back in self-defense? It is a high degree of patriotism and a revolutionary heroic spirit that is not afraid of hardship and death. In the struggle to defend and build the four modernizations, our cadres, soldiers, * * * party member and * * * Youth League members, with this spirit, can overcome unimaginable difficulties and create all kinds of miracles on earth!
Xiao Jiaxi joined the army in 1978. In the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, he was surrounded by the enemy after completing the combat mission. Unfortunately, he was shot and injured in his right hip and lost contact with the troops. In the sinister and extremely difficult situation, Xiao Jiaxi remained calm and undaunted. He wisely spilled the blood of the wound on a path, but he cleverly hid himself in a cave, holding a gun and unscrewing the cover of a Grenade, ready to fight the enemy to the end. After defeating the enemy's pursuit, Xiao Jiaxi drilled caves and squatted in the grass during the day to observe the enemy's situation, determine the direction and choose the route; Taking advantage of the weakness that the enemy dare not come out at night, he broke through in the direction of the big dipper and bravely broke through the enemy's blockade lines. However, his wound worsened day by day, and by the fourth day, he could no longer stand and walk. The wound ten centimeters long, six centimeters wide and three centimeters deep has festered and the pain is unbearable. Xiao Jiaxi was not tortured by serious pain. He gritted his teeth and moved on. When he couldn't walk upright, he crawled, his army trousers were worn out, and his hands, feet, legs and knees were stained with blood, which he completely ignored. At that time, he had no grain except a pinch of salt and half a pot of water. When he was hungry, he dug weeds such as purslane and houttuynia cordata along the way to satisfy his hunger. For a few days, even edible weeds could not be found, so I drank a few mouthfuls of water in the ravine and ate a few grains of salt. Suffering from pain and hunger, he fainted four or five times a day and continued to crawl forward after waking up. Under extremely difficult circumstances, Xiao Jiaxi wanted to be ready to fight and annihilate the enemy at any time. He carried a semi-automatic rifle, a Grenade and 300 bullets on his back, and none of them were lost. With amazing perseverance, he fought the enemy, the pain, the hunger and thirst, and overcame unimaginable difficulties. After eight days and nights, he finally returned to the embrace of the motherland.