Chapter 37 36. Xiang Xiuli——Heroes of fire are more important than Mount Tai

Xiang Xiuli (1933-1959), female, Han nationality, from Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, a member of the Communist Party of China.During his lifetime, he was a trade union member and squad leader of Guangzhou He Jigong Pharmaceutical Factory. After the public-private partnership in 1956, Xiang Xiuli became a packer in Guangzhou Hejigong Pharmaceutical Factory.She works actively, works hard, does not bargain, and has been rated as an advanced worker many times.She overcame the difficulty of low education level, studied hard, and mastered the operation technology of the trial production of methylthiouracil chemical agent. On the evening of December 13, 1958, Xiang Xiuli and two workers on duty were busy working when suddenly a bottle of anhydrous alcohol slipped from their hands, the bottle broke, and all the alcohol in the bottle spilled out and spread around. With the heat radiating from the 10 burning coal stoves, the alcohol burns quickly.If it is not extinguished in time, it will cause an explosion of more than 60 kilograms of flammable and explosive metal sodium not far away.Once the metal sodium explodes, it will cause a major fire in the entire factory area and nearby residential areas, and the consequences will be disastrous.At the critical moment, Xiang Xiuli used her body to throw herself into the burning alcohol, fought desperately with the fire, and finally avoided a vicious explosion accident.However, Xiang Xiuli was burned by the fire, with 67% of her body burned, of which second and third degree burns accounted for 65%.She was in shock in the hospital for three days and three nights, and the first thing she said after waking up was to ask about the loss of the factory and the safety of her colleagues.Although the hospital tried its best to rescue him, he was honorably sacrificed because of his serious injuries, and gave his life at the age of 26.She was chased as a revolutionary martyr by the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government.

Recalling Xiang Xiuli in the past, countless people burst into tears.After she was rescued and woke up in the hospital, she saw the party branch secretary, and the first thing she asked was: "Has the metal sodium exploded, and has the factory suffered any damage?" When her mother went to visit her, she comforted her mother softly and said: "No When it burns to the factory, I will be at ease." Her husband is a train driver, and when he visits her, she always asks, "Why don't you go to work? Don't come to see me often, and don't miss me when you drive." Abandon her thoughts to avoid accidents.” When she knew that the Party was doing its best to rescue her, and there were hundreds of people lining up to ask for blood transfusions and skin donations for her, she would often say: “The Party and comrades care about me so much, what should I do?” To repay it?"

Kuang Yutong, a surgeon who had nursed Xiang Xiuli day and night, described in an article that Xiang Xiuli was still concerned about the progress of others when her life was dying.It was a night when Xiang Xiuli's trauma was in severe pain. Kuang Yutong talked to her about Qiu Caikang, a Shanghai steel worker who struggled with severe burns. She was moved and said, "I want to learn from Comrade Qiu Caikang." Kuang Yutong said: "I also want to learn from him, and at the same time, I also want to learn from you. I am still a member of the Communist Youth League!" Xiang Xiuli said to her excitedly and earnestly: "Dr. Go!" These words penetrated the young doctor like a warm current, and she replied excitedly: "Yali, I will definitely work hard in this direction!"

In medical treatment, whenever Xiang Xiuli's wound is touched, it hurts more than a knife cut. In order not to let everyone feel sorry for her trauma, she endured it tenaciously.On New Year's Eve last year, a party was held in the hospital. When Xiang Xiuli heard the sound of dance music, she said to the doctors and nurses, "It's New Year's Eve, let's dance. I can't get up now. I will dance with you when I get better." Being a doctor and nurse When they really danced and sang, Xiang Xiuli also sang happily.On the last morning of her life, she stared at the sunlight coming in from the window, and still asked hopefully: "Comrade doctor, how many days will I be able to get out of bed and walk, and how many days will I be able to leave the hospital to work?" Nursing The medical staff who have seen her all said: Only Communist Party members can have such a strong will and revolutionary optimism.

After thirty-three days of all-out rescue, this strong fighter of the proletariat and a good daughter of the party finally died honorably due to her injuries.Just before she stopped breathing, she told her husband in a very weak voice, "Rely on the party... listen to the party and follow the party forever." Although Xiang Xiuli died gloriously, her influence on people is expanding day by day.Many factories and schools held memorial services and deed report meetings for Xiang Xiuli.There was an endless stream of people who went to Guangzhou He Jigong Pharmaceutical Factory to express their condolences to the party branch.Many units and schools have carried out activities of learning to be beautiful.The Propaganda Department of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the leaders of the Communist Youth League Guangdong Province, and the Guangzhou Municipal Committee all called on the Communist Party members and Communist Youth League members in Guangzhou to learn the noble qualities of beauty.Lin Boqu, Dong Biwu, Guo Moruo and other comrades all wrote inscriptions in memory of Xiang Xiuli.Xiangxiu's lofty communist spirit and heroic image of self-sacrifice will live forever in people's hearts.