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In 1951, the Fourth Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began. Under the leadership of Mr. Peng, our troops made a defensive operation and confronted the fierce US army for 87 days, ensuring the assembly of our army's follow-up troops.
In the brutal blocking battle, the battalion commander Cao Yuhai from Shandong repeatedly performed miraculous feats in the battle, and was awarded the honorary titles of first-class hero and special meritorious hero after the war, becoming a model of the whole army alongside Qiu Shaoyun, Hu Xiudao and others.
But under the circumstance that he became famous, his sister-in-law in his hometown was bullied and ridiculed by the villagers at will, and she suffered from the eyes of the villagers.
It was only after 49 years that his sister-in-law washed away the shame and made the villagers change their attitudes.
What is Cao Yuhai's legendary experience to achieve such an achievement?Why did his sister-in-law suffer special treatment from the villagers?
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Cao Yuhai, a native of Dongdiantou Village, Lipo Township, Junan County, Shandong Province, was born in March 1923 in a poor peasant family. Born in a poor peasant, he was exploited and oppressed by the landlord class and tasted the vicissitudes of life.
When he was 6 years old, Cao's father was beaten to death by the landlord simply because he couldn't pay the rent. After losing his father, at the age of just a few years, he began herding cattle and pigs for the landlord as a way to share the pressure of life in the family. In the autumn of 1939, the Japanese invaded Shandong. The Cao family, who live in the Yimeng Mountains, was once again hit hard by life. His grandfather was killed by Japanese devils who went to the countryside to "sweep up", and shortly thereafter, his mother and grandmother also died of illness.
At this point, he can only rely on his brother for his life before he is a minor. Fortunately, his brother was a few years older and married his daughter-in-law at the most difficult time for the Cao family. After the death of his parents, he was raised by his brother and sister-in-law.
But fate did not seem to be willing to let the poor man go easily, and his brother later fell seriously ill, and because the family was poor and could not afford to be treated, he eventually died soon after.
In 1942, the Eighth Route Army, which was fighting in the Yimeng Mountain area, came to his hometown. Under the active propaganda of the party organization, a large number of local people joined the army and joined the cause of the revolutionary struggle. He heard about the anti-Japanese charity of the Eighth Route Army a few years ago, which was an army that fought for the poor people of the world.
Under the call of our party's anti-Japanese propaganda, he remembered the unforgettable national disaster and family feud. The ideal of serving the country in his heart was ignited, and the idea of joining the army to fight and save the country through revolution gave rise to it.
In January 1943, Cao Yuhai signed up for the Eighth Route Army. Just one year later, he became a member of the Communist Party of China by virtue of his military exploits and firm political literacy. Shortly thereafter, when the Liberation War began, he went to the northeast with the army and soon made military achievements.
In the Battle of Siping, he fought bravely with his troops under the bombardment of the enemy's powerful firepower, and repelled several charges of the Kuomintang elite.
During the battle, he was wounded in several places, but after being bandaged he immediately returned to the front line. After the war, he was rated as one of the Ten Warriors of Siping by virtue of his outstanding military exploits, and received personal commendations from the commander and political commissar of Liang Xingchu.
In the Northeast Battlefield after that, he also participated in many battles such as the Black Mountain Resistance Battle, the Battle of Liaoxi, and finally invaded Shenyang and liberated the Northeast.
During the War of Liberation, he made meritorious contributions seven times, and was rated as a combat hero by the organization several times, becoming the envy of everyone in the army.
But during the battle to liberate all of China in the south, he was accidentally seriously wounded in the Battle of Yichang. After recovering from his serious injuries, he was transferred to Wuhan Prison and served as the prison director under the arrangement of the party organization.
In 1950, under the repeated insistence of ***, ** decided to go to North Korea to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. In prison.
As the warden of the prison, after learning the news, he immediately decided to respond to the call of the country and return to the battle sequence of the troops.
When he learned that the former troops would pass by Wuhan, where he worked, he took the initiative to find his former comrades-in-arms and begged them to take him with him to North Korea. Under his "deception" that he did not have any relatives, he finally returned to the army and became one of our troops who entered the DPRK.
After returning to the army, he took up the post of battalion commander of the 38th Army, and was the first to enter the Korean war with the army in October 1950.
After entering the Korean battlefield, he led his troops to participate in many battles and always moved forward bravely. No matter how tough the enemy is, they will eventually be beaten to shreds. In two battles not long after entering the DPRK, he led his troops to annihilate more than 1,000 enemy troops. In the third battle of the Korean battlefield, he served as the vanguard of the operation.
Taking advantage of the dangers of the Han River, the enemy built a defensive position, hoping to stop the advance of our troops. However, he led his troops to cross the river in temperatures of more than minus 20 degrees Celsius, breaking through the defense line in one fell swoop without the enemy expecting it. After that, he led a surprise attack of 40 kilometers, assaulted the enemy's position, annihilated more than 330 enemies, and captured a large amount of artillery equipment.
With this achievement, his name completely launched the Korean battlefield, and he was also praised as the "steel battalion commander". In the battle in the near future, this "steel battalion commander" will be transformed into steel, becoming the best protective barrier for our army, and turning Songgu Peak into an insurmountable natural danger for the US army.
Cao Yuhai returned to the army and made a great name on the Korean battlefield. Having won the reputation of steel, what kind of outstanding performance will he have in the next fourth battle?、
On January 25, 1951, the United **, stationed on the Korean battlefield, launched a full-scale offensive. On January 26, our army began to organize defensive operations on all fronts, and launched a desperate struggle with the United **. On the night of February 4, his regiment received orders from the division commander and began to urgently march towards the Gyeongan-ri area.
In the order of the head of the division headquarters, the task of Cao's division was to hold the 350.3 high ground in the Dongshan area north of Jinganli. The 350.3 defensive position was the core of the 38th Army's defense line defending the Han River area at that time, and was located on the main road leading to various places in the three major cities in South Korea. The defensive task of this high ground has a direct bearing on the overall success or failure of the fourth campaign of the whole army and even our army as a whole, and is of great significance.
Before the start of the war, the deputy commander of the 38th Army personally summoned him. After the meeting, the deputy commander stressed to him the importance of holding the 3503 high ground, and solemnly asked him whether he would be able to complete the task.
Of course, he knew what it really meant when a deputy commander personally found a small battalion commander to set up a battle. Needless to say, the 350.3 highland battle is definitely a tough battle. But when the deputy commander asked him with a serious face, he still said firmly: "Chief, please rest assured!"Our battalion is guaranteed to complete the mission!”
Although he made a promise to the chief, he knew very well in his heart that the terrain of the 350.3 Heights was unfavorable, the lone peak was independent, and he was facing enemies on three sides, and it was by no means as simple as he said in his words that he wanted to defend it.
In order to better inspire the soldiers and express to them their determination to live and die with the position, he and his instructors directly set up the battalion command post on the main peak of the high ground. This place is close to the position of the main force of the battalion headquarters, and it is the key to the battle for the heights.
It can be said that in order to take the high ground, it is necessary to break through the positions of the three companies. And his actions are precisely to show the fighters a fact. That is, he will fight with the troops until the last moment, and fight with the soldiers in the defense of the high ground.
And Cao Bu was not facing ordinary American troops, but the 1st Cavalry Division, one of the most elite main forces of the US army to fight in Korea. The quality of its troops is relatively high, and its first-class equipment is far superior to that of our army. And the most lethal thing is that the US troops responsible for attacking the high ground are more than ten times stronger than Cao Bu, who is stationed here.
On February 11, the main force of one of the regiments of the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army arrived on the battlefield. Under the cover of a large number of aircraft, tanks, and artillery, the elite soldiers of the 1st U.S. Cavalry Division began to attack.
Relying on the abundant artillery fire in their own hands, the American troops launched a frenzied output against our positions before the infantry charged. The 350.3 position was scorched under artillery fire, and even the villages near the heights were baptized by artillery fire.
Under the artillery fire, the 350.3 highlands kept trembling, shaking off the thick soil on the top of the mountain all over the mountains. The vegetation that used to be full of mountains also turned into blackened char during the battle. The position was littered with corpses scattered by the two armies, and the air was filled with charred smoke.
Faced with such a situation, he and his soldiers did not feel the slightest fear. Instead, they always held their ground and swore to defend the safety of the high ground.
Despite the enemy's best efforts, Cao Yuhai, the "steel battalion commander", still led his troops to stick to the high ground and resisted six fierce charges of the American army with his flesh and blood.
After the enemy finished the sixth charge, only more than 20 soldiers remained in his position. Seeing that the American troops launched a seventh charge, he vowed to live with the position, and distributed the remaining grenades to all the fighters.
After the American troops rushed up the hill, he led the charge and engaged the enemy in a desperate struggle. Under the courage of our soldiers, the US troops finally retreated from the 350.3 highland area. However, Cao Yuhai, the battalion commander, and Fang Xin, the political commissar, died in the battle. In the end, only two fighters in the entire position survived.
Cao Yuhai's bloody battle against Songgu Peak showed the perseverance of the Chinese people. For such a hero who was awarded the Special Combat Meritorious Service, why was his sister-in-law discriminated against and ridiculed by the villagers in her hometown?
He met his sister-in-law when he was sixteen years old. At that time, the Cao family was poor, and the Cao brothers under the death of their parents could be described as lonely. The two can only rely on their grandparents to support themselves and barely survive. Later, their grandparents also passed away one after another, leaving them alone in the world.
Fortunately, his brother met a good girl named Wang Yuehua in the future. Wang Yuehua not only did not dislike the Cao family's down-and-out family background, but devoted herself to housework after marrying into his family to help the Cao family live a happier life.
It was also under the upbringing of his sister-in-law that he was able to grow into a qualified young man like a half-grown child.
When the Eighth Route Army passed through the Yimeng Mountains, he resolutely bid farewell to his sister-in-law Wang Yuehua and embarked on the road of joining the army. After the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began, Wang Yuehua only learned that her brother-in-law joined the army again and went to the Korean battlefield.
After the Battle of the 350.3 Heights, Cao Ying was awarded the title of "Hero Battalion" by the headquarters of our army, and he himself was also recognized as a first-class combat hero. Meritorious Combat Hero. It is also a well-known existence among the heroes of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, only in Yang Gensi. Qiu Shaoyun and others.
His combat deeds were praised by the whole army, and later became a heroic model remembered by our army for generations. But his deeds are not known to the deceased, and they are not known to their relatives.
With the signing of the relevant treaty between China and the United States in 1953, the Korean War officially ended. The units of our army that went to fight in other countries have also returned to the motherland one after another. The families of soldiers from all over the country have also met with their relatives one after another, or received news that their relatives died on the battlefield.
But his sister-in-law Wang Yuehua is indeed the most special one among everyone. As a sister-in-law, she looks forward to the return of her brother-in-law every day. But even though she kept waiting for the news, she didn't receive the slightest bit of content related to the little uncle.
After the villagers found out about this special situation, gossip also began to appear. Some speculate that he won the war in North Korea, and after returning to China, he stayed in the big city and became a high-ranking official, and no longer cared about the sister-in-law who raised him. Others believe that he has disappeared and is afraid to return to his homeland as a deserter.
Although later, it was rumored that he died on the battlefield and became a "martyr". But when more villagers heard this, they dismissed it. Even some villagers will deliberately ridicule Wang Yuehua, saying that there is no evidence to prove his martyrdom at all, why should he be called a martyr. Wang Yuehua was very distressed about this, but she could only bear it silently.
It wasn't until 2000 that Wang Yuehua finally learned the truth of the incident. Because the local army needed to prepare for the construction of a military history museum, they sent people to Junan County, where Wang Yuehua was located, to collect content.
With the help of an insider, the staff found Wang Yuehua and hoped to learn about Cao Yuhai from her. Unexpectedly, Wang Yuehua actually learned from the staff that the little uncle had already died and became a special hero.
At this time, the martyr Cao Yuhai has been sacrificed for 49 years, and his sister-in-law Wang Yuehua has already become an 84-year-old old man.
It turned out that after his death, the troops had sent a martyr's sacrifice certificate to his hometown. However, due to the change of local administrative divisions, the letter was not successfully delivered.
Although Cao Yuhai's body has passed away, his deeds and spirit have been inspiring people to move forward. His name was engraved on the Chinese People's Volunteer Army Martyrs Memorial Tower, forever remembered in the hearts of the Chinese people.
He wrote a magnificent history of heroism with his own flesh and blood, and made great contributions to the defense of the independence and dignity of the motherland. His dedication and high quality will always inspire us and make us remember his name and pay tribute to him.
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