The hero we want to introduce today, Cao Qinggong, he is a native of Muding County, Yunnan, and was the deputy squad leader of the 1st Company and 7th Squad of the 119th Division of the 356th Division of the 40th Army of the Volunteer Army.
He was a heroic first-class hero of the Volunteer Army.
In February 1951, Cao Qinggong's company was ordered to conduct a blocking battle on the 286 heights on the north bank of the Hongchuan River. Cao Qinggong observed the terrain in depth before the battle, and considering that the position was not steep, he suggested setting up multiple lines of defense to better block the enemy.
His suggestion was approved by the company, and in the end, he and two fighters managed to seize the forward position. The enemy quickly attacked, but Cao Qinggong took advantage of the terrain, and when the enemy approached 15 meters, they quickly dropped the cluster grenade, which caused the enemy to panic, leaving 12 corpses and fleeing.
After the failure of the enemy's first attack, he changed his tactics and no longer stormed Cao Qinggong's position, but went around to the top of the mountain to attack from top to bottom. But Cao Qinggong had already seen through the enemy's strategy, and he led two soldiers to quietly leave the position and go around behind the enemy, and when the enemy fell from the sky, they also suddenly appeared from behind the enemy, causing the enemy to be dizzy.
In the end, all the enemies were annihilated by Cao Qinggong and the soldiers, except for one person who fled. This battle fully demonstrated Cao Qinggong's outstanding fighting wisdom and courage.
Cao Qinggong led his comrades to bravely resist the enemy's third attack, and they violently attacked the enemy with machine guns and grenades in their hands. However, the enemy cunningly arranged a machine gun squad to strafe down from the top of the hill, resulting in the death of one of our soldiers, and Cao Qinggong and another comrade-in-arms were also wounded.
At this critical moment, Cao Qinggong showed his bravery and wisdom, he shot up the hill to attract enemy fire, and at the same time made his comrades take a detour up the hill and successfully eliminated the machine gun point.
However, when this comrade-in-arms was about to descend the mountain, the enemy suddenly fired a cold shot, and this comrade-in-arms died a heroic death. Cao Qinggong was the only one left on the position, and the company's communicator arrived and conveyed instructions for him to withdraw from the position.
However, Cao Qinggong firmly stated that he would fight to the end to avenge the death of his comrades. Next, the enemy rushed to the position in three directions, and Cao Qinggong collected all the grenades around him and threw them at the enemy.
However, the enemy also began to throw grenades at Cao Qinggong. Suddenly, Cao Qinggong's left arm was blown off, and blood gushed out. However, as the enemy got closer and closer, Cao Qinggong endured the pain, bit the pull ring of the grenade with his mouth, and continued to throw at the enemy, successfully repelling the enemy.
After Cao Qinggong witnessed the enemy retreating, he fell to the ground and fell into a coma. I don't know how long later, a grenade ** next to him woke him up from his coma. He opened his eyes and saw that the enemy was rushing up the hill in the dark.
Cao Qinggong looked around and found that there were still three grenades, he threw two of them with all his might, and then when the enemy rushed up, he pulled the last grenade and died with the enemy.
On the top of the mountain, the company's communicator witnessed the scene with tears in his eyes. He returned to the company and reported Cao Qinggong's deeds to the whole company, and everyone shed tears. After the company repelled the enemy, everyone found Cao Qinggong's body, only to see that he was covered with bruises, and could hardly find a complete place, and everyone wept bitterly.
After the war, the headquarters of the Volunteer Army took into account Cao Qinggong's heroic deeds and posthumously remembered his special merit and awarded him the honorary title of "first-class hero". The author of the Historical Inn, Arasha, recorded the heroic deeds of this heroic and fearless hero.