“This year, when my family was building a new house on my great-uncle's (grandfather's elder brother) homestead, they dug up three bullets while digging the foundation. My great-uncle killed Japanese soldiers during the War of Resistance Against Japan. These three bullets were brought home by him after he was discharged from the army and kept as souvenirs.” 　　Three bullets dug up, severely rusted

　　Yesterday morning, the reporter met netizen “TV Zhang Songtao”, whose hometown is Zhangzhuang Village, Qingnian Town, Zhaoling District. The day before yesterday, he went back to his hometown on business and was surprised to find three bullets stored at home.

　　Upon inquiry, he learned that in February this year, when the family was building a new house and digging on his great-uncle's old homestead, they had barely dug a few times at the corner of the wall when the hoe hit something hard. Digging further, several bronze-colored objects appeared in the soil.

　　“The family thought they were ancient copper coins.” “TV Zhang Songtao” said, but to everyone's surprise, after careful excavation, three rifle bullets were cleaned out of the soil.

　　The cartridge cases and warheads of the bullets are intact, each bullet is more than 7 centimeters long. The bullets are severely rusted, and some cartridge cases are covered with green copper rust. Worried that children might take them and hit them, causing an accident, he quickly brought the bullets back and handed them over to the relevant authorities.

　　The bullets hide a story of the War of Resistance

　　“My great-uncle participated in the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou during the War of Resistance Against Japan.” “TV Zhang Songtao” said. His great-uncle was named Zhang Lianshan, born in 1912. Around 1930, when the Kuomintang was conscripting soldiers door to door, Zhang Lianshan, as the eldest son of the family, went to the battlefield. Later, after the July 7 Incident broke out, Zhang Lianshan accompanied his unit to participate in the Battle of Shanghai, fighting the Japanese in Shanghai.

　　“When I was a child, my great-uncle often told me stories about fighting the Japanese. He said that during the Battle of Shanghai, he fought in Shanghai for several months. At that time, they fought day and night, and there were dead bodies everywhere, arms and legs everywhere. Besides fighting, the soldiers also looked for valuable things. A watch might be worn by several people in one day; one died and another took it, that one died and someone else took it.” “TV Zhang Songtao” said. His great-uncle was never seriously wounded. After the Battle of Shanghai, his great-uncle's unit was scattered by the Japanese, and he returned to his hometown.

　　Later, as the war situation became tense, Zhang Lianshan joined the army again to participate in the Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou, fighting the Japanese in Guangdong and Guangxi. After the War of Resistance Against Japan ended, Zhang Lianshan returned to his hometown. Later, when the whole country was liberated, he was allocated land and farmed at home all his life, living to the age of 83.

　　“In the 1980s, when my great-uncle was alive, the family still had Japanese shovels, aluminum lunch boxes, and razors. Over the years, these items have been lost; otherwise, they could have served as souvenirs of the victory in the War of Resistance.” “TV Zhang Songtao” said that before his great-uncle passed away, he told his family that he had buried three bullets used in the War of Resistance under the courtyard wall at home, wanting to leave a memory for the family, so that future generations would remember his fearlessness of sacrifice and his defense of the country.