On February 17, 1979, Chen Quangang ran to the company commander and begged: "Company commander, let me get in touch!" ”。The company commander looked at Chen Quangang in front of him, full of hesitation, just because he was still a recruit and had just been discharged from the hospital. But what makes the company commander paradoxical is that Chen Quangang seems to be the best choice. After some struggle, the company commander agreed to Chen Quangang's request: Don't fall in love with the war, go and return quickly!
never thought that it was this mission that allowed Chen Quangang to write a legendary story about himself.
In 1958, Chen Quangang was born in an ordinary family in Lingchuan County, Guilin, Guangxi, and his father was a teacher. Under the influence and cultivation of his father, Chen Quangang has been very good at learning since he was a child. But Chen Quangang was restless in his heart, he didn't want to study as he should, but wanted to be a soldier.
The reason why he wants to join the army is because Chen Quangang especially admires Dong Cunrui, Lei Feng and others, and wants to defend his family and the country like them. In addition, Chen Quangang's neighbor's grandfather was a soldier who participated in the War of Liberation and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and he often told Chen Quangang various revolutionary stories. Affected by this, Chen Quangang planted a seed to join the army since he was a child.
After going to high school, Chen Quangang couldn't settle down to study, and the idea of joining the army became even stronger. All this makes the family very worried. So, in order to make Chen Quangang settle down, his father wanted to set a marriage for him.
After Chen Quangang learned about it, he was very opposed: "I am only 18 years old, and I still have nothing to do, how can I start a family!" ”。Under his strong opposition, the marriage was abandoned.
After graduating from high school, Chen Quangang immediately ignored everything and decisively signed up for the army. But his journey to join the army did not go well.
When I signed up for the first year, I heard that he was an only son, and the recruiting unit didn't want him. Chen Quangang was unwilling, soft grinding and hard foaming, and it took a lot of speech to persuade the staff. As a result, during the physical examination, he had an attack of tonsillitis and could not pass.
At that time, Chen Quangang didn't mention how sad he was, because this time it was his own reason. On the day of the rejection, Chen Quangang returned to the village and borrowed 20 yuan from a friend. When his friend asked him what he was borrowing money for, he said he was going to the hospital to have his tonsils cut, which scared his friend a lot, but he lent him anyway. On the same day, he went to the hospital to have his tonsils removed.
In the second year, Chen Quangang finally joined the army as he wished.
But who knows, less than half a year after joining the army, the counterattack against Vietnam has begun. Chen Quangang's unit was ordered to rush to the front line of operations.
On February 17, 1979, the counterattack against Vietnam officially began. Chen Quangang's unit was ordered to charge at position 815. The company commander first sent a platoon to charge, and at first, the progress was very smooth, and it didn't take long to occupy position No. 815. But in the afternoon, the situation changed abruptly, and the No. 815 position was surrounded by the Vietnamese army.
To make matters worse, because the Vietnamese army launched a heavy artillery bombardment of the PLA on the 815 position, communication between the company and the 815 position was interrupted. Seeing that the life and death of a platoon of soldiers were unknown, the company commander was very worried.
To this end, the company commander twice sent a signal corps to contact the 815 position. But the communications soldiers were either killed halfway or pressed back by the enemy's fire. So, don't mention how anxious the company commander is.
Just when the company commander was at a loss, Chen Quangang came to him: "Company commander, let me go, I have been running fast since I was a child, and I can hide, I will definitely be able to rush to the 815 heights!" ”
It's up to you? As you saw earlier, a few veterans can't finish it, and you're still a rookie! If you go, you will die in vain! No, absolutely not! The company commander asked rhetorically!
These days, I've been out observing the terrain and I'm very familiar with it, and I have a way! I'm sure I'll be able to bypass the enemy's blockade! Chen Quangang fought again.
As soon as he heard Chen Quangang talk about observing the terrain, the company commander thought about it, indeed, Chen Quangang has been going out to inspect the terrain in the past few days, maybe he can really do, it seems that there is no more suitable person than him, so he should be a dead horse and a live horse doctor. So he agreed to Chen Quangang's request for war: "Okay, don't fall in love with war!" Find out the situation and come back immediately! ”
In the end, the company commander was still not at ease, so he asked the deputy squad leader Chen Cong to go with him.
That night, Chen Quangang and Chen Cong took advantage of the night to crawl towards the 815 heights.
Because they had to pass through several blockade lines of the Vietnamese army throughout the whole process, the two were very cautious. At first, the two of them went very well. But 100 meters away from the Vietnamese army's position, they were still discovered by the Vietnamese army.
When the Vietnamese army found out about them, they chased them like crazy, while Chen Quangang and his comrades-in-arms took advantage of the night to hide. Seeing a large number of Vietnamese soldiers rushing towards him, his teammate Chen Cong raised his gun and wanted to shoot at the Vietnamese army, but Chen Quangang stopped him: "Don't be exposed, our task is to send a letter, the task is not completed, don't fight hard!" Gotta Live! ”
After that, the two hid in a crack in a stone and successfully escaped the Vietnamese army's arrest.
After the Vietnamese army left, the two continued to move. In order to cover up their voices, the two only moved around when the wind was blowing, using the sound of the wind to cover up their footsteps.
After a while, the two finally came to the halfway point of the 815 position. However, the two did not go up blindly, but sounded the code. But what puzzled the two was that after the code was issued, there was no response from the top of the mountain.
So the two decided to climb to the top of the mountain to see what was going on. For safety, the two chose to move forward in a formation with a 5-meter gap between the front and back.
After arriving at the top of the mountain, Chen Quangang broke out in a cold sweat, because the 815 position had been occupied by the Vietnamese army. Seeing that the position was occupied, Chen Quangang was very confused: "Where have all the comrades in a platoon gone?" ”
It turned out that seeing that the position was heavily surrounded by Vietnamese troops, the platoon commander knew that he could not hold it, so in order to reduce unnecessary sacrifices, he led the soldiers to move to the position on the other side.
Seeing that the position had been lost, Chen Quangang beckoned his comrades to return to the company headquarters. But as soon as the two of them turned around, they found that there were a large number of Vietnamese troops at the foot of the mountain, and at this moment, Chen Quangang and his comrades fell into an encirclement, and they couldn't retreat quietly.
Seeing that he was surrounded, Chen Quangang realized that he couldn't rush out without fighting. Thinking that there was no need to send a letter and that he could fight happily, Chen Quangang was full of excitement. He knew that he was in the dark, the enemy was in the light, and the initiative was in his own hands.
After that, Chen Quangang told his comrade-in-arms Chen Cong to retreat, while he climbed up to the 815 position. He decided to take the Vietnamese army on the 815 position!
When he reached the top of the mountain, he found that there were only three Vietnamese troops on the position, but there was a machine-gun bunker. So, Chen Quangang slowly crawled towards the dark castle. Approaching the Bunker, he drew a grenade and stuffed it into the Bunker. After that, Chen Quangang ran towards the foot of the mountain. With a bang, the enemies in the bunker were killed.
However, in a hurry, Chen Quangang also lost contact with his comrades. After that, he was left alone.
* The sound made the Vietnamese army discover Chen Quangang's traces, and then a frenzied chase. Fortunately, there was cover of night, and Chen Quangang shot while running. The Vietnamese army was unable to catch him.
In the end, Chen Quangang hid and took advantage of the terrain to ambush the Vietnamese army. Under Chen Quangang's ambush, 11 Vietnamese soldiers were killed by his guns.
However, there were too many Vietnamese troops after all. After that, in order not to expose himself, Chen Quangang chose to hide and no longer fight back. This hiding is two days and two nights. Because before leaving, he didn't bring anything to eat, so Chen Quangang could only eat wild grass when he was hungry, and he could only drink cow boiling water when he was thirsty.
During the day, Chen Quangang never came out to move, and after nightfall, he moved closer to the company's position step by step. During this period, he fainted several times due to fatigue. Not long after he fainted, the cold of the night woke him up again.
Fortunately, in the end, he successfully returned to the company. After meeting the company commander, he truthfully reflected the situation and told the story of his ambush of the Vietnamese army in the past few days. After hearing about his battle process, the company commander and his comrades praised him, saying that he did not look like a recruit at all.
It's a pity that good luck hasn't always favored Chen Quangang. In a battle a few days later, on February 26, 1979, Chen Quangang died heroically at the age of 21 to cover his comrades.
Chen Quangang exchanged his life for the happy life of thousands of families. Although he fell, he supported the territory and tranquility of the motherland, and he was a model of our times and the backbone of the nation.