In 1969, a small local war took place on Zhenbao Island, located in the Hulin area of Heilongjiang Province, China.
In the end, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) successfully defended the territory and let the menacing Soviet army flee in disarray, which was the Battle of Zhenbao Island, which took place more than 50 years ago.
In this local battle, when Sun Yuguo, the head of the Hurao Frontier Station of the People's Liberation Army, led a patrol detachment to Zhenbao Island to carry out normal patrol tasks, he encountered a sudden attack by the Soviet army.
Sun Yuguo and his comrades repelled three enemy attacks, killing and wounding more than 60 enemy soldiers, and a T-62 tank was also blown up on our territory by Sun Yuguo and others.
After the victory of the battle, the news reached Beijing, ** was very happy, and asked Sun Yuguo to go to Beijing immediately to participate in the "Ninth National Congress" of the Communist Party of China.
At the meeting, ** stood up twice to applaud Sun Yuguo!He also made some deafening remarks, which caused a sensation throughout China.
However, the battle hero Sun Yuguo never expected that his trip to Beijing would hide great danger in the midst of flowers.
Until the mid-70s of the 20th century, Sun Yuguo was inexplicably involved in a series ......of political struggles, which made it difficult for him to save his life
Some veteran comrades who were born in the early 60s of the 20th century, or who experienced that time, should still remember the Zhenbao Island incident that occurred in early 1969.
At that time, radio and newspapers across the country were overwhelmingly promoting the self-defense counterattack of Zhenbao Island and the combat hero Sun Yuguo.
The documentary filmed on the spot also has such scenes: the scene of PLA soldiers fighting the invaders in the snow despite the severe cold of dozens of degrees below zero.
The People's Liberation Army in the camera shouted a loud slogan: If people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone, if people offend me, I will offend people;Dig deep holes, accumulate grain, and do not seek hegemony.
To this day, the Museum of Chinese Affairs still houses the tanks captured by the Soviet Army in March 1969, that is, during the Battle of Zhenbao Island.
In this series of events, Sun Yuguo's name soon resounded throughout the country, and everyone knew that he was a combat hero who went to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
More than 50 years have passed, and the smoke of Zhenbao Island has long since dissipated, what kind of special experience does Sun Yuguo have?
In August 1941, Sun Yuguo was born in a peasant family in Dandong City, Liaoning Province. Because there are many children in the family, the conditions are very bad.
When he was five years old, Sun Yuguo suffered the first major blow in his life, his father was overworked all the year round, his body could not recuperate, unfortunately he suddenly fell seriously ill, and soon died.
After the breadwinner of the family was gone, the mother struggled to live with her four children. When he grew up, Sun Yuguo helped his mother work in the fields.
At that time, for the ignorant Sun Yuguo, he did not know where he was going in the future.
At this time, the Fourth Field Army liberated the entire northeast, and the family life of poor people like Sun Yuguo was rapidly improved.
Sun Yuguo also happened to be of school age. According to the original conditions of his family, the mother did not have any extra savings for the children to go to school.
Under the care of the people, Sun Yuguo and his brothers and sisters were able to enter the school.
In July 1958, Sun Yuguo finished primary and junior high school and wanted to continue his studies, but his mother disagreed, so she asked her son to sign up for the army or become a factory worker, so that he could repay the Chinese Communist Party for their great kindness to their family.
Because he missed the time to sign up for joining the army, Sun Yuguo had to work in Shenyang Metallurgical Machinery Factory first.
In September 1961, upon the recommendation of the factory, Sun Yuguo joined the army honorably. He was first assigned to a detachment of the Liaoning Provincial Public Security Corps, and later transferred to an artillery company of the Shenyang Military Region.
Whether in the public security corps or the artillery company of the military region, Sun Yuguo was never afraid of hardship or tiredness, and he rushed to carry out various tasks.
With a high sense of party and government consciousness and outstanding ability, Sun Yuguo was quickly valued and trusted by his superiors, and in early 1963, he was transferred to the Hurao Frontier Station in Heilongjiang Province.
In December of the same year, he joined the Communist Party of China as he wished.
After becoming a party member, Sun Yuguo successively served as the secretary of the company, the administrator of the Raohe Frontier Station, the deputy political instructor, and the head of the Hurao Frontier Station from 1964 to 1965.
Just as Sun Yuguo was serving at the Hurao Border Station, the original big brother, the Soviet Union, increased a large number of troops to the border between China and the Soviet Union, creating a number of incidents, which led to the gradual deterioration of the situation.
**、With the leadership of the **Military Commission***, we have held many discussions on the current bad situation on the Sino-Soviet border.
After discussion and discussion, it was finally decided to carry out a military self-defense operation in the Zhenbaodao area of Hulin County, Heilongjiang Province.
In those years, Sun Yuguo, who was the head of the border station, had to lead a patrol team back and forth between the border station and the Zhenbao Island area every day to carry out normal patrol tasks.
Considering the tense situation, the pressure on Sun Yuguo and other leading cadres is also very great.
In October 1968, 27-year-old Sun Yuguo asked the organization for leave and returned to his hometown in Dandong to hold a wedding. Only three days after the marriage, Sun Yuguo received an urgent telegram from the troops, and without much thought, it must be that the situation in the border area has deteriorated again.
Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve, since he has put on this military uniform, Sun Yuguo has the obligation and responsibility to "give up the small family and take care of everyone".
Sun Yuguo, who had returned to the front line, increased the intensity of border patrols in accordance with the plans drawn up by the General Staff Headquarters and the Shenyang Military Region, and at the same time he also formulated several sets of emergency plans.
In the early morning of March 1, 1969, Sun Yuguo, as usual, led the patrol team of the border station to Zhenbao Island to carry out normal patrol tasks.
Soon after landing on the island, Sun Yuguo spotted two Soviet military vehicles driving over.
As soon as the car stopped, a Soviet captain "Big Ivan" with a purple face and a leg that was not yet bright jumped down, pointing at Sun Yuguo and other PLA soldiers with his fingers, and cursing in his mouth.
Since Sun Yuguo had worked in the Sino-Soviet border area for many years, he immediately heard that the Soviet captain was not good at his words.
Since the other party shouted and scolded as soon as he got out of the car, Sun Yuguo also knew that he would definitely not be able to give up on this matter today.
Sure enough, under the order of the lame Soviet captain, more than 30 Soviet soldiers immediately got out of the car and dispersed, and they surrounded Sun Yuguo and the patrol detachment, and beat the Chinese soldiers with large wooden sticks in their hands.
Two recruits who had just joined the army were immediately wounded, much to Sun's annoyance.
However, the higher authorities had already instructed the PLA defense forces to ensure that they did not fight back and did not fight back.
Sun Yuguo had no choice but to endure the humiliation and bear the burden, take into account the overall situation, and force his comrades-in-arms to support the two wounded soldiers to withdraw from the island.
The next day, Sun Yuguo still risked his life and continued to lead the patrol team to carry out normal patrol tasks.
Just after 8 o'clock in the morning, after Sun Yuguo and his team landed on the island, they found more than 70 Soviet troops invading Zhenbao Island in two armored vehicles, a military truck, and a command vehicle.
At the head of the pack is yesterday's Captain Ivan.
Sun Yuguo first shouted loudly: This is Chinese territory, you must withdraw immediately, otherwise you will bear all the consequences!(Russian).
Ignoring Sun Yuguo's warning, the Soviet troops fired directly at the patrol detachment of our PLA, and six PLA soldiers died on the spot.
In this situation, the patrol detachment immediately returned fire and knocked down more than forty enemy troops on the spot, including the lame captain.
The second group of the squad, which was patrolling nearby, immediately joined up with its comrades when they heard the gunshots.
More than 10 days later, the Soviet army, unwilling to accept defeat, made a comeback, and they gathered more than 20 tanks, more than 30 armored vehicles, and more than 200 infantry, and invaded Zhenbao Island from the northern border area at about 8 o'clock in the morning of March 15, 1969.
Sun Yuguo calmly and calmly relied on the favorable terrain with his comrades-in-arms, and without the support of artillery, aircraft, armored vehicles, and other heavy firearms, he repelled three enemy attacks, killing and wounding more than 60 Soviet troops.
The Soviet T-62 tank, which is treasured in the China History Museum, was blown up by Sun Yuguo and his comrades.
When the news of the PLA's complete victory in the Battle of Zhenbao Island spread, Sun Yuguo became famous throughout the country.
** Even asked Sun Yuguo to immediately come to Beijing from the border post on the banks of the Ussuri River to participate in the "Ninth National Congress" of the Communist Party of China.
After receiving the notice from the leader, Sun Yuguo was overjoyed, after all, not anyone is qualified to go to Beijing, and even be able to get in close contact with his old man.
At the beginning of April 1949, the "Ninth National Congress" of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing as scheduled, and Sun Yuguo had already rushed to Beijing at this time.
He delivered an impassioned speech at the congress in the presence of all delegates and state leaders.
When Sun Yuguo spoke, he stood up twice to applaud him.
Following ***'s reminder, when *** got up and applauded for the second time, Sun Yuguo strode towards his old man's house, shouting as he walked: **Long live!
**Very happy, he held Sun Yuguo's hand tightly.
On April 14, 1969, when the "Ninth National Congress" of the Communist Party of China was in the second stage, ** delivered a speech at the meeting, and he gave Sun Yuguo a high evaluation.
Or even bluntly speaking"This time, the PLA did not use planes, tanks, armored vehicles and command vehicles, and it took only 9 hours to repel three attacks by the Soviet army, which was equipped to the teeth.
It's not that we don't want planes, tanks, and armored vehicles, but the essence of fighting still depends on bravery and to dispel superstitions. ”
**This deafening speech caused a sensation throughout China, and all major military regions, all branches of the armed forces, and all active units began to carry out a series of related activities to "break superstition" according to this speech.
After the end of the Ninth National Congress, the ** Military Commission awarded Sun Yuguo and other ten PLA soldiers the title of "Battle Hero".
Sun Yuguo was unusually promoted to deputy commander of a certain regiment of the frontier defense army, and gave dozens of reports and speeches throughout the country.
In 1972, Sun Yuguo returned to his original army as the head of the Frontier Independent Regiment.
At the end of 1973, Sun Yuguo served as the deputy commander of the Heilongjiang Provincial Military RegionIn February 1974, Sun Yuguo served as the deputy commander of the Shenyang Military Region.
At that time, he was only 33 years old, the youngest senior general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army at that time.
It can be said that the trip to Beijing in 1969 made Sun Yuguo not only gain fame, but also rise in his position step by step, of course, all this is what he deserves.
What the combat hero Sun Yuguo didn't expect was that there was actually a crisis hidden behind the flowers.
As we all know, during the "Ten Years of Turmoil", Wang Hongwen, one of the members of the "Gang of Four", was once regarded as a ** person.
For Wang Hongwen, his main task at that time was to gain the trust of *** and defeat those potential opponents.
Sun Yuguo's special experience, coupled with his status as a combat hero, made Wang Hongwen hold a grudge against him.
However, Sun Yuguo's political experience is still shallow, so Wang Hongwen thought of a way.
In March 1974, in the name of his superiors, he asked Sun Yuguo to come to Beijing to study in the third reading class.
During his studies, Wang Hongwen spread erroneous ideas to Sun Yuguo many times.
Tempted by this erroneous thinking, Sun Yuguo once took people to the General Staff Headquarters to "set fire to the wasteland" and "lift the lid".
During those two years, Sun Yuguo's behavior was somewhat crazy, and even violated some of the party's correct policies.
On October 6, 1976, the "Gang of Four" and the rest of the party were wiped out, and the relevant departments immediately severely criticized and educated Sun Yuguo and suspended him from his post for examination.
During the censorship, Sun Yuguo was very annoyed, he thought that he had failed to live up to the cultivation of ***, and he had actually fallen from a dignified combat hero to this.
He hated all the more the erroneous ideas instilled in him by the "Gang of Four."
Such severe mental pressure made Sun Yuguo even have extreme thoughts.
Fortunately, Sun Yuguo adjusted in time, and he truthfully explained some of his problems to the organization.
In November 1982, the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission gave Sun Yuguo a serious warning within the party, and he was immediately transferred to another job according to his post in the regiment.
In this way, 42-year-old Sun Yuguo was assigned to an arsenal of the logistics department of the Shenyang Military Region as deputy director.
The change of identity and working environment from the army to the local area made Sun Yuguo very uncomfortable at first.
In line with the principle of "doing a line, loving a line", Sun Yuguo quickly did a good job and was unanimously praised by the factory leaders and employees.
In July 1985, Sun Yuguo also successfully passed the national factory director qualification examination.
At the beginning of 1988, Sun Yuguo was transferred to the state-owned 3301 factory to continue as the deputy director.
Because after the reform and opening up, there was a trend of going to the sea in society, and the factories could not pay wages, and the cadres and workers were anxious to leave.
In order to stabilize the overall situation, Sun Yuguo brought sponsorship in just three months, stabilized people's hearts, and made production normal.
After more than 10 years of tempering, Sun Yuguo, who has entered the second half of his life, has successively served as the deputy general manager of Shenyang Jincheng Electronics Building, the deputy director of the Political Department of the Economic and Trade Bureau of the Logistics Department of the Shenyang Military Region, and the deputy director of the Economic and Trade Bureau of the Logistics Department of the Military Commission.
In 1998, Sun Yuguo handed over the Jincheng enterprise that he had developed and grown to the local government, and transferred to the local government for the second time according to the treatment of the deputy division.
After his retirement, Sun Yuguo still shines in the local area, and he goes to schools and government agencies to publicize the heroic deeds of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) free of charge.
At the end of 2002, Sun Yuguo went to Zhenbao Island for many years to sweep the graves of his comrades-in-arms who were buried here.
When parting, Sun Yuguo said this to everyone present with tears in his eyes"You must leave me a cemetery here, and I will be buried with my comrades when I die." ”
Throughout Sun Yuguo's life, he was born in poverty, and was able to read and write under the care of the people, and then joined the army, retreated from the enemy army in the Zhenbao Island incident, and became a well-known combat hero in the country.
But after becoming a fighting hero, Sun Yuguo's ideological education failed to keep up, and he actually mixed with the counterrevolutionary clique and made serious mistakes.
In the second half of his life, Sun Yuguo devoted most of his energy to starting a business and achieving remarkable results.
The ups and downs have run through Sun Yuguo's life so far, and now that he is over eighty years old, he only hopes that this combat hero can be in good health, and through words and deeds, the heroic deeds of the People's Liberation Army will be spread to more people.