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Time, in the summer of 1964, in a theater in Beijing, **was holding a large-scale modern drama show with the cadres**, during which, looking at the hard performance of the literary and artistic soldiers on the stage, even the old man couldn't help but smile, and constantly praised the efforts of the choreographer and actors.
Not only that, but suddenly, ** also thought of one thing, since the plot on stage is adapted from real events, how are the prototypes of the characters in the play doing now?
Thinking of this, ** hurriedly asked the staff around him, and when he heard the words, everyone hurriedly introduced the recent situation of those combat heroes back then, but what is strange is that when it comes to the prototype of the protagonist in the play, everyone closed their mouths together, or until *** kept asking, they didn't tell the truth.
It turned out that this grassroots officer was not promoted because of his status as a special operations hero, but has been stagnant, and he is still the deputy company commander after 11 years, and now he is on the verge of retiring and changing jobs!
So what's going on here? Who is this person, what is blocking his way to promotion, and will it bring a turn for his career when he hears the news?
"Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment".
Announcing the answer, this officer who has repeatedly made military exploits but has a bad career is not a bystander, it is the famous special operations hero in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea - Yang Yucai, as for what kind of feats he has made and why he has not been promoted for 11 years, of course, this matter is a long story, if you want to sort it out, then we still need to start with a well-known modern Peking Opera "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment".
Time back to the early 60s of the last century, at this time, the land of China can really be said to be a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending, especially the literary and artistic undertakings ushered in the first spring after the founding of the People's Republic of China! For this reason, a large number of innovative works have emerged, such as "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment", which was adapted from the real battles in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, by Comrade Sun Qiuchao, a famous drama expert.
After three years of meticulous creation, this modern Peking Opera finally completed its first performance in Shandong Province, and unsurprisingly won a full house with its exquisite costumes and passionate lines!
After that, "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Troupe" instantly became popular all over the country, for this reason, the organization also specially invited the troupe to the capital Beijing to perform, as for the result is naturally very good, not only the local people applauded it, but even many leading cadres couldn't help but fall into it and couldn't extricate themselves.
In this way, after a spread of ten to a hundred, this matter also reached the ears of ***, hearing the news, he immediately came to the theater in August 1964, not surprisingly, the great man also praised the plot and creativity of "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Troupe", therefore, just after the performance, he also came to the backstage to visit the performers and behind-the-scenes workers, and then there was the beginning of the scene.
**Asked everyone about the recent situation of the prototype characters in the play, and heard that for other people, the staff were all gushing introductions, but who knows, when it came to the prototype of the protagonist, they all closed their mouths, or it was not until *** showed displeasure and repeatedly asked that General Xiao Hua on the side told him the truth.
According to General Xiao Hua, the prototype of this protagonist is named Yang Yucai, who is a first-class combat hero in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and after the war, ** also met him in person.
Hearing this, ** suddenly realized, he finally remembered this past, but in addition to nostalgia for the past, a question also emerged in his mind, since he is a combat hero, since he has been personally received, why are these people secretive about this Yang Yucai?
With questions, ** continued to ask about Yang Yucai's recent situation, at first, he thought that this combat hero had made some mistakes after returning to China, but after inquiry, the real situation made him so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time!
It turned out that this Yang Yucai not only did not make any mistakes in his personal life, but he has always been conscientious, but even so, eleven years have passed since the end of the war, and he is still a deputy company commander in charge of recruit training in the Jinan Military Region, and his position has not been promoted at all, so that now he is already disheartened and has the idea of retiring from the army and changing jobs.
A hero who is conscientious, has made great contributions to the country, and is a first-class hero from birth to death, has not been promoted for eleven years, how can *** not be angry?
As for the reason, he quickly had a guess at that time, in his opinion, the reason why this Yang Yucai's position has been stagnant is likely to be targeted by others, so, in order to seek justice for this hero, only at the first time, ** specially sent someone to the Jinan Military Region to investigate, but this time the great man miscalculated, after a detailed visit, he was surprised to find that the reason for Yang Yucai's promotion was not artificial, but his personal experience!
Level 1 Battle Hero
In 1964, it had been eleven years since the end of the Korean War, but who knows, in the process of a **performance,** learned an infuriating thing, that is, the first-class combat hero in the war, the prototype of the protagonist of the Peking Opera of "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment", and the national hero Yang Yucai, who he once personally received, is still a deputy company commander, not to mention the slightest promotion, and has already come up with the idea of retiring from the army and changing jobs!
In this regard, at first, *** thought that Yang Yucai was targeted and was put in small shoes by a cautious chief, but after careful investigation, he found that everything was not man-made, but caused by Yang Yucai's personal experience!
In fact, unlike what everyone imagined, Yang Yucai was not an old revolutionary, an old Red Army, not only did he not climb the snowy mountains and wade through the grassland, but he did not even participate in the three major battles of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and his real enlistment time was probably after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, and even so, he joined the ranks of the Communist People's Liberation Army, but a strong man who was forcibly pulled into the Kuomintang by the Shanxi warlord Yan Xishan.
This chaotic life lasted for two or three years, and it was not until April 1949, with the liberation of Shanxi, that he finally broke away from the Kuomintang army and immediately joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
After entering the people's army, Yang Yucai suddenly woke up, in the process of daily training and fighting, he also had full motivation, in order to complete the great cause of liberating the whole of China, in the next half a year, he followed the army to fight in the south and the north, not to mention a lot of military achievements, but also won the unanimous recognition of his comrades-in-arms and superiors.
Time came in a flash after the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to his outstanding performance, he successfully joined the Communist Party of China in only one year after joining the army, and became a glorious Communist Party member.
In the next two years, Yang Yucai, as a member of the reconnaissance team, did not less for the troops to find out the enemy's situation, made contributions, meritorious service should be rewarded, and his position was soon promoted, as of the eve of the Jincheng Battle, he had become the deputy platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon.
In fact, at this time, the Korean War has come to an end, in the face of the stubborn resistance of the volunteers and the heavy weight of their own troops, the United States has long had the intention of peace negotiations, but what China and the United States never expected is that at this time, South Korea's ** Syngman Rhee out of fear, actually took the initiative and used despicable means to obstruct the negotiation process many times.
Seeing this situation, it was unbearable, so in July 1953, in order to set an example, the famous Battle of Jincheng kicked off, and at the beginning of the campaign, Yang Yucai's department received a glorious and arduous task, that is, to explore the situation of the White Tiger Regiment and prepare for the next battle!
On the evening of July 13 of that year, under the leadership of Yang Yucai, 12 soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon disguised themselves as "US military adviser squads" rushed to the vicinity of the camp of the South Korean elite White Tiger Regiment.
In order to successfully infiltrate the camp, Yang Yucai personally captured a South Korean soldier and asked for the password for that night, with the help of the correct password, everyone was able to successfully pass through the enemy's mobile outpost, and finally entered the vicinity of the headquarters of the White Tiger Regiment.
However, what Yang Yucai never expected was that he had just entered the barracks, and as far as he could see, there were no strict guards, and the entire White Tiger Regiment was in a mess, and he saw that those South Korean soldiers were scrambling to move things, and the posture was obviously to evacuate overnight.
This is bad, if the White Tiger Regiment escapes in formation, not only will their mission this time be declared a failure, but even the plan carefully arranged by the superiors will be bankrupt in an instant, therefore, at this time, Yang Yucai fell into hesitation, hesitating to attack the White Tiger Regiment directly, so that the large army in the rear would know the news in advance.
This is undoubtedly a difficult choice, the reason is very simple, you must know that Yang Yucai's reconnaissance team has a total of thirteen people, in the face of a regiment of thousands of people, taking the initiative to attack is undoubtedly self-defeating, but if you just retreat like this, you are not reconciled, therefore, after hesitating for a long time, Yang Yucai issued a terrifying order, that is, take the initiative to attack the enemy's regimental headquarters and mecha regiment, even if all the members are sacrificed, they must buy time for the large army!
Of course, this is not a hot-headed decision made by Yang Yucai, he also decided to gamble when the enemy army was retreating and was already in chaos, and it turned out that he was right, when our thirteen-person squad launched a surprise attack, the South Korean White Tiger Regiment mistook them for the large army of volunteers, and they were in a mess in an instant, not to mention that they didn't even have decent resistance.
Seeing this situation, Yang Yucai, who had confidence, didn't care about anything else, and immediately rushed towards the enemy's regimental headquarters, directly led his troops to kill the commander of the enemy's mecha regiment and the 97 people under his command, not to mention, but also directly captured the White Tiger Army flag awarded by Syngman Rhee personally to the White Tiger Regiment, and what's more, due to the timely launch of the raid, soon the large troops in the rear also rushed over, and quickly expanded the results of the battle, and beat this South Korean elite to lose their armor and flee in embarrassment!
Speaking ushered in a turnaround
In the battle of the surprise attack on the White Tiger Regiment, it can be said that he Yang Yucai should be the first merit, of course, the organization has not forgotten his merits, only after the battle, the Volunteer Army Headquarters recorded him a special merit, and after returning to China, he was awarded the title of a first-class combat hero, and personally received condolences by ***, so the question is, since this military merit is real, why do you still say that Yang Yucai is not promoted and his personal experience?
It seems that everyone obviously ignores one thing, that is, Yang Yucai's background and enlistment time, let's talk about the former, although compared with other soldiers and grassroots officers, Yang Yucai's credit is much greater, but his background is really a little embarrassing, in our army at that time, most of the soldiers and cadres were born in poor people, and directly joined the Red Army, the Eighth Route Army or the People's Liberation Army.
But what about Yang Yucai? Although there is another hidden truth behind this, he was also forced to join the Kuomintang troops, but the facts are the facts, and the composition is still very important for an officer, and when the resume and merits are very similar, it is not surprising that when the troops select candidates for promotion and promotion, they will naturally give preference to people with relatively "clean" resumes.
Let's talk about the latter, in fact, if Yang Yucai's enlistment time was during the Red Army period or the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, even if he surrendered from the Kuomintang troops, after returning from the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there would be no problem for him to raise a few ranks, but the problem is that he only joined the People's Liberation Army in April 1949, and he only joined the party in 1950, which is a little too late compared with other cadres at the same level.
Therefore, based on the above considerations, Yang Yucai has not been promoted for a long time, and since returning to China from a platoon commander to a deputy company commander, he has not moved for 11 years, and seeing this situation, seeing that he is getting older and older, his physical fitness is gradually unable to keep up with the pace of young people, which is why he plans to retire from the army and change jobs.
But fortunately, at this time, *** unexpectedly learned of the situation, and his things finally took a turn for the better, under the support of ***, soon the Jinan Military Region promoted him to battalion commander, in the following years, he was motivated to rise in his position, from battalion commander to regiment commander, and then from division deputy chief of staff to deputy division commander, during which he was even lucky to participate in the first.
Fourth, the fifth and second National People's Congress, such an ending can be regarded as worthy of his ups and downs along the way.