In 1957, Lei Baosen was invited to Zhongnanhai and was able to meet *** and heard *** affectionately praise him as "Jiren has his own natural appearance", and the experience of this volunteer hero is unbelievable. Not so long ago, however, he was just a cleaner in a guest house. So, what exactly made him receive a special reception from the chairman?What about his experience?Lei Baosen's childhood was extremely tragic. In 1923, he was born into a poor peasant family in Lankao County, Henan Province. The family is poor, and not having enough to eat has become commonplace. Even more unfortunate, the son of a landlord had a bad idea of Lei Baosen's aunt, which led to a tragedy.
In order to seek justice, the grandfather impulsively stabbed the son of the landlord's family to death, although he avenged his aunt, but also caused the family to flee. They fled to Shangcai County, where they struggled to live in a ruined temple. In order to make ends meet, my father had to go out every day before dawn to fetch water and vegetables. However, an accident left his father in prison and unable to take on the responsibilities of the family. The mother sent her sister to be a child bride with great difficulty, and she took Lei Baosen around begging. However, fate played a cruel joke again, and my mother unfortunately contracted an illness and eventually died. Six-year-old Lei Baosen lost his loved ones and could only survive on the handouts of well-wishers.
Lei Baosen was adopted by a local family when he was eight years old, and although his new family was good to him, he didn't want to be dependent on others all the time. When he grew up a little, he went to work as a long-term worker, and then joined the army and joined the party. He went to Zhengzhou with several partners, but they were separated one after another after arriving. In the process of looking for a partner, he worked in a suburban orchard, and although life was difficult, he also gained a lot of knowledge. During that time, Lei Baosen got acquainted with the underground workers of our party, and was influenced by their propaganda, was full of yearning for our party, and began to assist our party in communication work.
In 1946, the underground workers hurriedly approached Lei Baosen, informed him that his identity as a party assistant had been exposed, asked him to evacuate urgently to the Laiwu area, and handed over a letter of introduction. After a long journey, Lei Baosen found our party functionaries in the Laiwu area and joined the ranks of the People's Liberation Army. In the subsequent War of Liberation, he was promoted to squad leader with outstanding performance, and honorably joined the Communist Party of China and became a special meritorious hero. After the end of the Liberation War, he immediately threw himself into the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea. There, Lei Baosen made a name for himself and became a well-known hero.
On March 14, 1951, after receiving an order from his superiors, Lei Baosen led 9 soldiers in his squad to the 229 heights of Qifeng Mountain to block the enemy. The superiors informed Lei Baosen that the enemy's mechanized units were likely to pass from here, so they went to the ambush site with a large amount of anti-tank equipment. After a long ambush, the enemy's mechanized troops finally arrived. On the afternoon of the 27th, a rumble sounded in the sky, and then 12 enemy tanks were exposed to the vision of the volunteers. In the face of so many enemies, Lei Baosen and his soldiers were not afraid, but were extremely excited, eager to start a life-and-death battle with the enemy immediately.
Immediately after the enemy tanks were completely surrounded, Lei Baosen ordered an attack, and a rocket launcher was fired at the enemy's armored vehicles, and with a loud bang, those once majestic tanks immediately turned into a pile of scrap metal. The enemy sensed an ambush and immediately launched a counterattack, however, Lei Baosen and his troops repelled the enemy's attack with the favorable terrain, and the enemy could not approach them in any case, and suffered heavy losses themselves. In the end, the battle ended with the enemy losing 11 tanks, and Lei Baosen and them came out unscathed. As a result, Lei Baosen set the most outstanding record in the history of infantry anti-tank combat.
After the battle, Lei Baosen was awarded the honorary title of Special Meritorious Hero and First Class Battle Hero. However, before he could accept the honor, the enemy attacked again. In this battle, Lei Baosen led his soldiers to fight bloodily, but in the end they were defeated because they were outnumbered. Lei Baosen's class was the only one left in him, and in order not to fall into the hands of the enemy, Lei Baosen chose to jump off the cliff. Fortunately, he fell on a stack of firewood and was taken to a nearby hospital by local North Korean residents. Due to his injuries, Lei Baosen was subsequently sent back to China for acceptance**.
* Later, Lei Baosen wanted to return to the army, but the doctor told him that his health was too poor and that returning to the army would only cause trouble for his comrades. In desperation, Lei Baosen chose to return to work in a guest house in his hometown in Henan. After the end of the Korean War, Li Yaowen, the political commissar of Lei Baosen's original unit, believed that he was still alive and issued a missing person notice on the people's **. Fortunately, this notice was seen by the staff of the guest house, and Lei Baosen's identity was finally revealed to the world.