Before introducing this combat hero and special hero, let's listen to a small story. The story takes place one day in June 1984, when a thief incident occurred in the family courtyard of the Wuxi County Broadcasting Bureau in Sichuan.
After the thief was sent to the police station, the lover of Xu Tianliang, deputy director of the Broadcasting Bureau, rushed home in a hurry to check whether the two treasures in the house had been stolen. Xu Tianliang also rushed home, and when he entered the door, he asked his wife if he was still there.
His wife told him with a smile that the things were intact, and Xu Tianliang's hanging heart was relaxed. At this time, the officers of the security section of the broadcasting bureau also rushed over, saw Xu Tianliang and his wife looking at two things, and leaned over to look at them curiously.
I saw a yellowed ** in a silk wrapped box, on which a young man had medals on his chest. Looking at the box again, it is the medal that Xu Tianliang once obtained.
The security officer was taken aback and asked him why he had so many medals, but he had never heard him say it. Xu Tianliang smiled and told him that this was his thing, and it didn't mean anything to tell others.
The security officer was very clever and realized that Deputy Director Xu was definitely not an ordinary person, so he reported the situation to the bureau, which in turn reported it to the county. In the end, this famous combat hero and special hero of the Volunteer Army surfaced.
Xu Tianliang was born in Wuxi County, Sichuan Province in 1929, joined the People's Liberation Army in 1949 and gradually grew into a heroic soldier. In June 1951, Xu Tianliang participated in the Tieyuan Blocking Battle with his troops, which was a tragic battle.
Xu Tianliang was ordered to lead a squad to attack the enemy's No. 4 position and hold it there. However, after breaking through the enemy's 4 hidden bunkers in a row, the team was left with only Xu Tianliang and a new recruit.
The enemy stubbornly resisted in the No. 4 fortification, Xu Tianliang handed over the submachine gun to the recruits for cover, and ran into the enemy's fortifications at the risk of his own life, throwing a grenade into it, and the enemy in the fortifications was killed.
Xu Tianliang rushed into the fortifications with new recruits and hurried to repair them, because the enemy would soon counterattack. Sure enough, as soon as their side repaired the fortifications, two platoons of the enemy rushed up in the dark, Xu Tianliang calmly observed the enemy's ammunition situation, and found that they still had 12 grenades and 300 rounds of ammunition left.
Xu Tianliang calmly commanded, and when the enemy approached 20 meters, he gave an attack signal, and the grenades were thrown accurately, and the enemy suffered heavy losses, and before he could finish throwing 12 grenades, the enemy was frightened and fled back.
The enemy mistakenly thought that our army was defending a lot, so he brought in small steel cannons to bombard Xu Tianliang's position fiercely. Xu Tianliang quickly moved to the bunker, and after the enemy's artillery fire stopped for a while, he quickly attacked with the recruits, handed over the machine gun to the recruits, and instructed him to shoot at the enemy and throw grenades at a distance of 15 meters from him, while changing positions to create the illusion of a multi-point attack.
Xu Tianliang held his position and fought eight enemy attacks with the recruits. He single-handedly destroyed 36 of the enemy, surprising the enemy with the defensive strength of position No. 4.
Since the enemy's offensive could not make a breakthrough, they thought that our army was strong in defense, so they sent a battalion to launch a final general attack.
In the heat of battle, Xu Tianliang and his recruits were out of ammunition, but they were still armed with bayonets, ready for a final duel with the enemy. At this moment, Cheorwon launched a ** on the entire front, and reinforcements rushed to the position.
Seeing his comrades-in-arms rushing in, Xu Tianliang couldn't hold on any longer, and fainted to the ground with exhaustion. Because of his heroic performance in battle, the Volunteer Army specially commended him and awarded him the honorary title of "Hero of the Second Class".
In 1979, due to physical reasons, Xu Tianliang transferred to work in the local area. But he hid all the medals, and no one knew that this kind old man was the battle hero and special meritorious hero who shocked the enemy back then.
It wasn't until the theft incident in 1984 that Xu Tianliang's deeds became known to the public, and everyone realized that the old man next to them turned out to be a great hero!