In 1981, the 126th Regiment of the 42nd Division received the arduous task of recovering Kuolin Mountain. This mission gave the whole regiment a deeper understanding of the cruelty of war, and also allowed them to experience the tension and danger on the brink of life and death.
Although facing the test of life and death, the whole regiment understood that only by uniting as one could the final victory be achieved.
In the middle of the night, the chief of military administration and the chief of staff of the 126 regiment took part in the operational meeting of the 14 Army, where they had an in-depth discussion. From their dialogues, we can understand what kind of inner struggles and thoughts the regimental commanders experienced in the face of the sudden test of war, and this is of important reference significance for our army to achieve victory in future wars.
General Yao Shuanglong, a native of Heqing, Yunnan, of the Bai nationality, entered Tibet twice to suppress bandits and quell the rebellion, participated in the counterattack against Vietnam, the operation to recover Kuolin Mountain, the border minesweeping and other battles, and led the troops to fight an exemplary battle example in the Gulin Mountain operation, on February 1, 2023, he died in Kunming at the age of 91.
General Yao fought on the battlefield all his life and made outstanding contributions to the country, and his deep friendship with his comrades-in-arms and the families of martyrs is admirable. The core idea of the new copywriting: to commemorate the heroic deeds and exploits of General Yao Shuanglong, to show his contributions to the country and the people, as well as his deep friendship for his comrades-in-arms and the families of martyrs, and to have high prestige.
The whining of a small number of officers and soldiers is not surprising, this is just their way of releasing the pressure. When a battle order is issued, a real soldier will die without hesitation and generosity.
The 1st Battalion of the 126th Regiment was awarded honorary titles by the Military Commission after the battle, and the Kunming Military Region also awarded 6 collectives and 8 individual honorary titles. In addition, 53 collectives were awarded first-class merits, 93 collectives were awarded second-class merits, and 160 collectives were awarded third-class merits.
This large-scale meritorious service award is really rare. Behind every shining military medal, there are heroic deeds that sacrifice life and forget death. Let's start with the 8th company that used to be the most unsettling.
On April 22, 1981, Shao Weigui, commander of the 8th Company, and He Zhengchang, instructor, received an order to go to the office of the regiment commander Yao Shuanglong at 8 a.m. After the two arrived, Regiment Commander Yao told them straight to the point that the order of the tasks of the 8th Company had changed and that they needed to act after a certain company.
Commander Yao said that this is based on the regiment's trust in the 8th Company, and hopes that they will take this opportunity to show their strength. At the same time, Regiment Commander Yao also stressed that the 8th Company must not make any more mistakes, that no signs of retreat will be allowed on the battlefield, and that battlefield discipline will be strictly enforced once discovered.
After receiving the task, Shao Weigui and He Zhengchang were about to leave, and the head of the Yao regiment suddenly reminded them to manage their families well and not to talk nonsense about "steel knife company" and "tofu company".
In this regard, Shao Weigui was noncommittal, because he had nothing to do with the "Steel Knife Company", and the "escape" incident had nothing to do with him. His wife is not highly educated, and she doesn't understand the terms "Steel Knife Company" and "Tofu Company" very well.
If it weren't for the ridicule of the officers and soldiers of other companies and their families, how would she know this.
Shao Weigui has been in the 1st Company during his service in the army, and when the 1st Company participated in the border self-defense counterattack operation in 1979, he missed the glorious moment when the 1st Company was awarded the Steel Knife Company because of his studies.
However, this did not affect his progress, and the regiment took a fancy to his loyal character and outstanding ability, and appointed him as the commander of the 8th Company. After the 8th Company experienced the "battlefield escape" incident, the regiment was particularly picky about the cadre allocation of this company.
The new instructor, He Zhengchang, took office on the third day after the former military and political chief of the 8th Company fled the battlefield, showing the courage and responsibility to accept orders in the face of danger. Deputy instructor Li Zicheng held his position when the "escape" incident occurred in the 8th Company, and was eventually promoted to deputy instructor.
In addition, the 1st platoon commander was promoted by the reconnaissance platoon leader of the special service company, and the 2nd platoon commander was originally the deputy instructor of the 7th company, but was demoted to the platoon commander due to frustration in supporting the 8th company. The commander of the 3rd platoon was one of the victims of the "escape" incident, and after examination by the military district, it was found that they were unaware of the incident and were innocent.
After returning to the battlefield, they were brave and tenacious, made important contributions to the victory of the battle, and were eventually promoted to squad leader, and were promoted to 3rd platoon leader by the regiment before the Battle of Kulin Mountain.
At 6:30 a.m. on May 7, 1981, the Battle of Kuolin Mountain officially broke out, and the 8th Company will prove that they are by no means a "tofu company"! In the battle of life and death, the platoon commander Xiong Qing died heroically.
He was seriously wounded three times but still continued to fight, dragging his tired body, lying on the ground, killing 4 enemies. After being wounded for the second time, he still commanded the fighters to fight with great perseverance, crawling towards the enemy's forward positions.
At this time, the enemy's shells were beside him**, he was wounded in many places, and the soldiers wanted to transport him back**, but Xiong Qing resolutely refused. He endured severe pain and commanded his soldiers to fight bravely, while indicating the location of the enemy's fire point to the artillerymen, until the last drop of blood was shed and he died a heroic death.
The regiment headquarters received the news of Xiong Qing's sacrifice, and the deputy regiment commander Zhao Honglin burst into tears, remembering what Xiong Qing said on the night on the eve of the expedition: "Today I took my comrades-in-arms to practice, in addition to completing the task, I also wanted to bring them back from the battlefield, and not a single one of them should be left there." ”
Xiong Qing thought so and did so, he used his blood to heat the land of the motherland. After the war, the platoon led by Xiong Qing was awarded the collective first-class meritorious service, and he was awarded the honorary title of "Heroic Platoon Commander" by the Kunming Military Region.
Equally heroic was the machine gunner Tang Yunhe. When the 2nd Platoon charged to the top of the No. 30 Heights, Tang Yunhe was wounded and fell into the trench, and he was seriously wounded in the trench and fought to the death with the enemy, and was finally outnumbered and dragged into a dark hole by the enemy.
When his comrades found him in the dark cave, he had already died a heroic death. According to the memories of his comrades-in-arms, they did not know what kind of fight Tang Yunhe had waged with the enemy in the cave, only that when his comrades-in-arms carried Tang Yunhe out of the dark hole, they saw that the enemy had stabbed him more than 30 times, and the blood stained the entire uniform.
Xiong Qing and Tang Yunhe, they are both heroic warriors, and their sacrifices are for our peace and tranquility. We should always remember their heroic deeds and pay them a deep respect.
At the end of the operation of Koulinshan, the 8th Company won the collective second-class merit. Although some people say that the 8th Company was supposed to be a first-class meritorious service, but it was demoted because of the incident of a martyr's family "asking for explanations", the truth is no longer known.
At the celebration meeting of the 126th regiment, Shao Weigui, the commander of the 8th Company, refused to come to the stage to accept the award, and finally reluctantly came to power under the order of the regiment leader. The veterans believe that Shao Weigui has an opinion on the collective second-class merit, but more importantly, when introducing the results of the 8th Company, he said that "the 8th Company followed a certain company to cross the border", which made Shao Weigui difficult to understand and accept, and he believed that it was inaccurate to summarize the battle of the 8th Company.
More than 40 years later, we admire the bloody backbone of Company Commander Shao Weigui, but under the historical conditions and political environment at that time, it was normal for the 8th Company to bear pressure and misunderstanding from all sides.
But history has proven that the 126th Regiment is a heroic unit, and the 8th Company is worthy of the August 1st Army Flag and the martyrs who sacrificed.