The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was the founding battle of New China, in this war, the volunteers relied on their super perseverance and courage to repel enemies who exceeded their own strength again and again, and often came out of nowhere and dealt a fatal blow to the enemy.
At that time, the four-star general of the United States and the commander-in-chief of the United **, Li Qiwei, once said this:
Chinese soldiers are warriors, they can suddenly appear on the position of the South Korean army even if they are wearing rubber shoes, and those South Korean soldiers see that the Chinese ** people are so frightened that they do not turn back and run away, and even the farther away from the Chinese, the better. ”
Although Li Qiwei's words are exaggerated, they do exist on the Korean battlefield, especially on the Korean battlefield, and there are many chasing heroes, Leng Shuguo is one of them.
Figure The Volunteers to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea charged.
First, family letters inspire ambition
Leng Shuguo was born in 1928, when China was in a dark period, with warlords fighting and invasion by Western forces, and the people had been living in dire straits, and Leng Shuguo grew up in such an environment.
Leng Shuguo's parents are just ordinary farmers, the family is not wealthy, Leng Shuguo is not the only child in the family, he also has a little brother, under the influence of the social environment, their family's life is also relatively poor.
Fortunately, Leng Shuguo is a confidant child, he learned the craft with a carpenter in the same village when he was just 11 years old, and he was already an apprentice when he was 15 years old, and he can do his own work, with such a craft, it is not a problem to support his family.
Although Leng Shuguo can support his family, he is not satisfied with his current life, and with the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has started again.
Leng Shuguo knew that the Communist Party was a party that really thought about the people, so he told his parents that he wanted to join the army, and after getting his parents' consent, he resolutely embarked on the journey to join the army.
Coincidentally, when Leng Shuguo walked out of the township, he happened to meet the conscription team, and in this way, Leng Shuguo was arranged to enter the fourth company of the 372nd Regiment of the 42nd Army after a short training in the new barracks.
The company commander of the fourth company saw that Leng Shuguo was very clever and knew some words, so he was assigned to the communications class, and after receiving simple training from Leng Shuguo in the communication class, he officially took up his post.
After the outbreak of the Korean War, the 42nd Army where Leng Shuguo was located was also ordered to secretly enter the Korean battlefield to prepare for war.
On the battlefield, the fighters are fleeting, and neither the volunteer troops nor Commander-in-Chief Peng know much about the combat mode of the joint **.
Therefore, in the first two battles, although the volunteer army won the victory, it also paid a considerable price, and even the volunteer army had a feeling that the strength was used in the wrong place.
Figure The March of the Volunteers to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
As the volunteers fought more and more times with the United Army, and gradually figured out their combat laws, in this way, Commander-in-Chief Peng and the commanders of various units finally found the weakness of the United Army, and they became more and more handy in fighting.
At that time, Leng Shuguo had been working as a correspondent when he was on the Korean battlefield. On the battlefield, although the correspondent does not need to go into battle to kill the enemy, he relies on the communicator for all communication and distribution.
Therefore, Leng Shuguo has a great responsibility.
And Leng Shuguo, who is a party member, has always believed in it"Revolutionary soldiers have a brick, where there is a need to move".As the saying goes, he never asked to go to the battlefield to fight, but the arrival of a letter made Leng Shuguo change his mind.
On October 16, 1950, when the 42nd Army entered the DPRK secretly, the soldiers of the 42nd Army were not allowed to send letters to their homes during this time, and they had to ensure absolute secrecy.
However, when the war began, the 42nd Army was completely exposed to the United **, so there was no need to continue to keep it secret, and the soldiers were allowed to send letters home.
The soldiers who set foot on foreign soil for the first time were curious about the war, although they wanted to share their views on the war in their letters.
However, due to the provisions of the secrecy regulations, the soldiers could not strictly state the battlefield situation when they sent letters to their homes, so most of the soldiers' letters were words such as "reporting safety" and expressing concern for their families, and the same was true for Leng Shuguo.
The family members in China received letters from their relatives who went out to fight, and everyone was very excited, so they also wrote letters one after another, and at Leng Guoshu's house, it was his younger brother who wrote a reply for him.
After Leng Shuguo joined the army, many young people in the same village also followed suit and became a glorious soldier. In those days, the comparison between each family was not who was rich or powerful, but which family had joined the army and made meritorious contributions.
Leng Shuguo's younger brother was a little anxious when he saw that many soldiers in the same village who had joined the army had made war exploits, so he took the opportunity of his parents to write a reply to his brother and wrote his careful thoughts in the reply.
Figure: The Volunteer Army launched a charge in the cold winter.
As the battle started again, the troops began to move according to the battle, and many soldiers' letters from home could not be received, but fortunately, Leng Shuguo's letters were not lost.
Leng Shuguo, who received the letter from home, was very excited, and when he unfolded the letter, he found that his younger brother was so dissatisfied with him.
"Brother, you have been a soldier for three or four years now, and the people who served as soldiers with you back then have already received military merit medals.
And those who served in the army after you were also rewarded by the troops.
Now you have no meritorious service.
I was looked down upon in the village, and I couldn't hold my head up. ”
After receiving a letter from home, Leng Shuguo knew that it was even more difficult for him to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield as a correspondent.
However, if he wanted his family to walk in the village with their chests held high and their heads up, he had to leave the communications squad and go to the battlefield.
But the task of serving as a correspondent was personally given by the company commander, and Leng Shuguo spent day after day in the entanglement, and the letter sent by his younger brother was also tempered by him.
As the second battle of the Volunteer Army came to an end, the 42nd Army began to encircle and annihilate the United ** and South Korean troops, which was the strength of the 42nd Army, so it won one battle after another.
This made Leng Shuguo no longer able to hold back his restless heart, so he found his company commander Wang Xiuqing, in front of the company commander, Leng Shuguo said bluntly:"Company commander, this communicator's errand makes me want to do it anymore, I want to go to the front, I want to be a soldier. ”
Facing Leng Shuguo's picking, Wang Xiuqing, who was the company commander, was very angry and scolded loudly
"This is the troops, you think it's your home!
You can do whatever you want, the soldiers in the past few years have been in vain, and the military orders are like mountains, and you have forgotten where to fight?
Besides, if you want to be a correspondent, you don't want to do it, you look at the comrades who died around you, they sacrificed for the war without any complaints, why do you pick and choose? ”
Facing the company commander's questioning, Leng Shuguo took out the wrinkled letter paper, and after the company commander saw the content of the letter, he said lightly:
"You, you, I know it's a good thing to compare meritorious service between soldiers, but. Alas, well, after all, you are a correspondent in the company, so you should go to the fifth class to be the deputy squad leader! ”
Hearing the appointment of the company commander, Leng Shuguo said excitedly
"Yes, company commander, I promise to kill more enemies, make more meritorious contributions, win glory for the company, and win glory for myself. ”
Figure Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea to defend the homeland and defend the country.
When Leng Shuguo was the deputy squad leader of the fourth company and the fifth squad, the second large-scale battle of the Volunteer Army in Korea had ended, after the news of the successive victories at the front.
Commander-in-Chief Peng is ready for a third major campaign, in which he is ready to drive the United ** and South Korean forces south of the "38th parallel".
For this, after the start of the third campaign, the 42nd Division of the 124th Army received it"Cooperate with the relevant forces to destroy the South Korean division."tasks.
After receiving the task, the 124th Division immediately carried out the assignment of combat tasks, and the 372nd Regiment must arrive at Jiningli within the specified time to ensure the completion of the objectives of the whole army.
However, the higher authorities only gave the 372nd Regiment 18 hours, and during this time, the 372nd Regiment not only had to urgently march 75 kilometers, but also had to conquer the enemy's stronghold on the "38th Parallel".
In the process of emergency marching, it is necessary not only to pay attention to the control of time, but also to arrange troops to seize positions.
They even had to evade the patrols of US night planes, and once they were spotted by US planes, the planes would immediately drop bombs to bomb the marching volunteers.
In the face of the threat of US aircraft, the Volunteer Army experienced the blow early, and the 372nd Regiment survived in order to ensure safety.
Therefore, they could only march at night, and did not emit a little light during the march, and tried to pass through the mountains and forests as much as possible, and in this way, the 372nd Regiment of the Volunteer Army was not attacked when the American planes were hovering overhead.
If it is the wit of the 372nd Regiment of the Volunteer Army that it was not attacked by aircraft, then when it came to conquering the periphery of Daoseong, this position grabbing could be described as a "miracle".
At that time, the 372nd Regiment as a pioneer regiment had to arrive in Jiningli in time, and in the 372nd Regiment, the regiment commander took the fourth company as the vanguard, and the commander of the fourth company, Wang Xiuqing, after receiving the task, ordered the fifth squad where Leng Shuguo was located as the vanguard of the attack on Daochengxian.
When the fifth class led by Leng Shuguo arrived at Daoseonghyeon, they saw a big mountain lying across the road ahead, the mountain was steep, there were no large trees on the mountain to borrow, and only a few small trees stood proudly in the snow on the slope.
Picture: Heavy artillery fire from U.S. troops.
As the squad leader of the vanguard, Leng Shuguo took the lead, in order to test the steepness of the mountain, Leng Shuguo picked up a few stones on the ground, and threw all the stones in his hand to the hillside, and the stones quickly rolled down in between.
With the experience of climbing mountains when he was a child, Leng Shuguo thought that this mountain slope was extremely steep, and if it was simply like climbing a mountain, it would definitely not work.
In desperation, Leng Shuguo took off his gloves in the cold winter and climbed up with his hands and feet, and under such a crawling method, Leng Shuguo almost fell off.
Fortunately, he had the snow on the mountain above his head, but the climbing speed was slow, and after a while, Leng Shuguo's head and hands were already numb, and Leng Shuguo had to slow down in the process of crawling, adjust the angle by the way, and continue to climb up.
After many hardships, the fifth class led by Leng Shuguo finally climbed to the top of the mountain.
Unexpectedly, Daocheng Xian was one mountain after another, and he had just climbed to the top of one mountain, and another mountain stood in front of Leng Shuguo.
At this time, Leng Shuguo and the others were shocked by such a situation.
Of course, the South Korean soldiers stationed in another province had already discovered the approach of the volunteer soldiers, but the distance was far, and the South Korean defenders could not determine the location of the volunteers for the time being, so a large number of shells exploded around Leng Shuguo and others.
Leng Shuguo and the others came back to their senses under the sound of cannonballs, and immediately climbed to the top of a higher mountain, even if the sound of guns and cannons above their heads, even if the bombs around them, Leng Shuguo and the others had only one purpose, that is, to climb over the mountains.
In the dark and cold night, they climbed up with their bare hands, even if their hands were pierced by sharp rocks, they did not stop, and this mountain slope was as smooth as a mirror, and they would be thrown down if they were not careful, and they wanted to climb this mountain, Leng Shuguo and the others took off their shoes, and they were finally able to barely go up.
Just as Leng Shuguo was climbing up little by little, a large army engaged the Korean defenders at the foot of the mountain.
Just when the battle between the two sides was fierce, the fifth squad led by Leng Shuguo had reached the top of the mountain, and at the top of the mountain, it formed an interactive trend with the volunteer army at the foot of the mountain, surrounded the Korean defenders, and quickly occupied Doseonghyeon.
Pictured by a hygienist bandaging the wounded and sick on the battlefield
After the occupation of Doseonghyeon, the large force of the 372nd Regiment advanced all the way on the road of rapid march, and the fourth company, which was the vanguard company, also advanced rapidly after Doseonghyeon was breached.
And Leng Shuguo also ran at the front of the entire team with his fifth squad, in order to arrive in Jining as soon as possible, Wang Xiuqing, the commander of the fourth company, ordered:"No matter how many scattered enemy troops there are on the road, ignore everything and go full speed. ”
Therefore, under the order of the company commander, Leng Shuguo didn't care at all when he was advancing at full speed, even if there was an enemy soldier on a certain hill to fire a cold gun. Just when Leng Shuguo was advancing at full speed barefoot, the soldiers beside him had already been left far behind by him.
Originally, Wang Xiuqing, the company commander, was afraid that Leng Shuguo would participate in such a tragic war for the first time, and he was afraid.
So he also sent the squad leader of the fifth squad to his side, but he didn't expect that Leng Shuguo's extremely fast march would leave the fifth squad leader and the other three fighters far behind.
When the fifth squad leader found out, he had no choice but to speed up with his comrades, and when they were chasing Leng Shuguo, the commander of the fourth company found that there was no trace of the fifth squad, and he also followed closely behind to chase the soldiers of the fifth squad.
In the same way, the 372nd Regiment was also in hot pursuit of the Fourth Company, and under such pursuit, Leng Shuguo ran to a village called Dao Dali.
In the darkness of the night, the village is usually very quiet, with only a few barking dogs.
But here, there were voices of talking in the village, and there were definitely quite a few of them.
At this time, Leng Shuguo found that there might be an enemy situation in this village, so he set up an ambush in the village, waiting for the five squads and four people behind, wanting to discuss with them before deciding whether to continue to advance or encircle and suppress the enemy troops in the village.
Leng Shuguo waited on the way through the fifth class, and because the four soldiers of the fifth class were also marching fast, Leng Shuguo quickly waited for them, and the five of them gathered in this way.
Figure: U.S. troops captured on the Korean battlefield.
After Leng Shuguo briefly introduced the situation in the village, after a brief discussion among the five people, it was decided that Leng Shuguo would first go to the village to conduct a simple reconnaissance, mainly to clarify the number and status of the enemy army.
The village of Dao Dali is not big, and the enemy troops are all gathered together, and Leng Shuguo has quickly reconnoitred it.
Under Leng Shuguo's introduction, the enemy is estimated to be a battalion of troops, about 400 people, with 13 trucks, and the soldiers are all South Koreans, with guns and artillery, but this unit may have just fought a war and is not in a good mental state.
After the other four heard Leng Shuguo's introduction, did they fight or not?
The difference in strength between the two sides is huge, 5:400, but the good thing is that the enemy is not on guard, and even the guns are not at hand.
Except for a few patrol officers who were awake, the rest of the people were sleeping, and the five people of the fifth squad decided to encircle and suppress the 400 enemy after taking into account the actual situation.
That's right, five people surrounded and suppressed 400 people, which has to mention that our army has won more with less many times"Three-three system".This way of sending troops can maximize the combat capability of soldiers.
So, under Leng Shuguo's arrangement, he divided the five people into three lanes, himself as the middle lane, and the remaining four people into two teams, left and right.
After all five of them entered their positions, Leng Shuguo took the lead in throwing his grenade out after seeing the opportunity.
Immediately afterwards, the four people behind also began to throw grenades, and under the bombardment of the first wave of grenades, the enemy was killed and wounded, and then the five began to pick up machine guns and strafe, and suddenly the enemy fell again.
Before the enemy could calm down, Leng Shuguo and the other five began to harvest the enemy army in parts.
Just when Leng Shuguo and the others were fighting fiercely, the fourth company arrived, and sure enough, with the addition of the fourth company, 400 enemies were all surrounded and suppressed, but at this time, Leng Shuguo was nowhere to be seen, because he was aiming at a target, a target that must be seized.
Pictured: A performance by a Korean battlefield artist.
In this team of more than 400 people, there is a blue-eyed beauty ** official, and Leng Shuguo's target is him.
Leng Shuguo had already targeted him at the beginning of the battle, and he kept an eye on the American soldier as he fought.
Under Leng Shuguo's observation, the rank of the US military is major, and he must be the head of these more than 400 people.
If he catches this US military major, then his opportunity to make meritorious service will come, and his family will definitely be able to hold his head high in his hometown.
No matter how many enemy troops Leng Shuguo stood in front of him, he moved forward without hesitation.
Seeing that Leng Shuguo was about to pursue the major US soldier, he saw the US major enter a jeep.
As the vehicle started slowly, Leng Shuguo immediately stepped forward, rushed over with an arrow step, firmly grasped the door of the jeep, and then grabbed the clothes of the American soldier.
The American is tall and strong, and when he saw Leng Shuguo being thin and small, he wanted to entangle him with a right hand.
The left hand reached to the waist, ready to pull out the ** to kill Leng Shuguo, but he didn't expect Leng Shuguo to pull the major out of the jeep violently, and the major was stunned by a habitual fall.
Immediately, Leng Shuguo handed over the American major to the soldiers of the fourth company behind, and he threw himself into the advance again, Leng Shuguo and the people of the fifth class did not forget their most important task, which was to seize Jiningli.
The soldiers of the fifth squad were the same as the previous marching methods, Leng Shuguo had always been in the front, and because Dao Dali was far from Jiningli, the fifth squad arrived at the destination quickly.
When the five people of the fifth squad arrived at Jiningli, they saw the enemy urgently assembling, it may be that the sound of guns and cannons came from Dao Dali, and the enemy was about to board the truck and leave, how could Leng Shuguo and the others, who had just won a battle, let them go?
Originally, his ** had been used up in Daoda, but fortunately, he had just replenished it in time on the battlefield.
Seeing that they were about to escape, Leng Shuguo and the others immediately picked up their submachine guns and aimed at the jeep and truck**, the gun was not aimed at the people in the car, but at the tires, and sure enough, after a few shots, all the vehicles could not move.
Celebrating victory in the Korean War.
At this time, Leng Shuguo ordered the remaining four people of the fifth squad to pick up the grenade and throw it at the truck and jeep, but he didn't expect the grenade to ignite a large amount of ammunition in the truck, and the grenade appeared in an instant.
The tires **, the vehicle could not walk, the ammunition truck was blown up, dozens of enemy soldiers were killed.
In such a situation, the enemy army had long been frightened and scattered, in order to destroy the enemy as much as possible, Leng Shuguo and other five people pursued the enemy again, and then a large army arrived, and captured many prisoners while occupying Jiningli.
When the prisoners were counted after the battle, it was discovered that an American major had attracted the attention of the commander of the 372nd Regiment and the commander of the fourth company.
After inquiry, it was learned that this person was a consultant of South Korea, and he was captured by Leng Shuguo, and this kind of credit made everyone in the fifth class happy for Leng Shuguo.
As he spoke, the commander of the 372nd Regiment asked Leng Shuguo and the other four soldiers to call over and prepare to praise them in person.
But when he saw that the five soldiers were barefoot, he was saddened, and the regimental commander looked at their already bruised feet.
Immediately ordered the entourage to find shoes to wear for Leng Shuguo and the other five people, and in this battle, Leng Shuguo finally dreamed of it, and was awarded a first-class merit, and he also obtained"Chase the Heroes".The title.
After the end of the Korean War, Leng Shuguo also set foot on the land of China again, and Leng Shuguo, who fulfilled his dream of becoming a soldier, also fulfilled his family's expectations and returned to his hometown with a first-class meritorious medal.
Due to the fact that Leng Shuguo's feet and hands were exposed for a long time on the Korean battlefield, it was very difficult for Leng Shuguo to endure every winter.
With the implementation of China's troop reduction policy, Leng Shuguo took the initiative to leave the army and returned to his hometown to become an ordinary commune cadre, and did not rely on military merits for his own welfare, until today.
The Korean War was a difficult course, and in addition to "pursuit heroes" such as Leng Shuguo, there were also many advanced figures on the battlefield.
They used their lives to defend the dignity of the motherland and proved the strength of the Chinese volunteers with their lives.
As a young man in the new era, bathed in the holy light of the motherland, only by living up to the time and working hard can the blood of the ancestors not be shed in vain and the wounds not in vain.