In recent years, with the popularity of a number of film and television works, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea has reappeared in front of people's eyes, and it has touched the hearts of countless Chinese sons and daughters in a thick time.
In these film and television works, we have seen the cruelty of war, and we have also seen the courage and perseverance of our ancestors to defend their families and the country. Like us, they love the ground beneath their feet and are willing to pay with their lives.
What we are going to talk about next is a war hero who won a first-class merit in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, his name is Jiang Cheng, who single-handedly destroyed more than 400 enemies in the Battle of Shangganling, which can be described as a myth in the war.
One day in 1928, Jiang Cheng was born in an ordinary small village in Chongqing. His parents were out-and-out peasants, working in the fields all day long, but they had been living in poverty due to the exploitation of the landlords.
Due to its special geographical location, Chongqing still maintained relative stability when the whole country was full of gunsmoke, but this stability did not make the life of Jiang Cheng's family better.
On the contrary, because the whole country was in the midst of war, the exploitation of these peasants by the village landlords became even more unscrupulous. In Jiang Cheng's memory, he seemed to have been born to work as a coolie for the landlord, because he didn't know what kind of life he could choose.
But fortunately, the pace of liberation of our army is further accelerating, but the People's Liberation Army came to Chongqing and Jiang Cheng's hometown, and everything changed. Jiang Cheng knew that it was precisely because of the help of the People's Liberation Army that their lives could be improved.
In line with his gratitude to the People's Liberation Army and because of the yearning in his heart, Jiang Cheng finally chose to join the ranks of the People's Liberation Army and became a soldier in the machine gun company.
At that time, China's internal liberation war had entered the final stage, and soon after Jiang Cheng joined the army, New China was officially proclaimed, and the five-star red flag was already raised on Tiananmen Square.
But soon, a new crisis befell the long-suffering people again. In order to protect the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China, China sent troops to participate in the war on the Korean Peninsula, and this time, our enemy was the US military, which has the most sophisticated equipment in the world.
To this day, when it comes to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, we still can't imagine the tragic situation on the battlefield, countless soldiers used their lives to build a steely Great Wall for us, and as a piece of masonry in the Great Wall, Jiang Cheng once annihilated more than 400 enemies in the Battle of Shangganling, and shot down an enemy plane with artillery fire.
After this battle, Jiang Cheng was also seriously wounded. He had watched his comrades fall one after another on the battlefield and never get up again, he didn't expect to be luckier than them, but the moment he opened his eyes again, Jiang Cheng knew that he had survived.
Because of his outstanding performance in the war, Jiang Cheng was later awarded a first-class meritorious service, but before he could issue a certificate, Jiang Cheng had already returned to his hometown and started a new peasant.
Because the staff registered Jiang Cheng's personal information incorrectly, the first-class merit certificate that would have been mailed to Jiang Cheng was sealed in the first organization. In the years that followed, Jiang Cheng, who escaped death, rarely mentioned his military career, for him, that time meant both honor and the departure of his comrades.
Due to the fact that the identity of the combat hero was not recognized, Jiang Cheng was considered to have only been a "big soldier" for a few years after that. He was not wealthy, and lived on the hard work of himself and his wife.
Later, in order to build roads for the village, Jiang Cheng borrowed a loan of 2,400 yuan from the bank in his personal name. Because he couldn't pay the money, Jiang Cheng was approached by the bank staff several times, and finally had to sell his son's house to pay off the debt.
The reason why Jiang Cheng's identity was discovered was because someone found his long-sealed first-class merit certificate, and found this old hero who had lived in seclusion in the village for many years, and it was only at this time that people knew that this seemingly unknown old man had made contributions to the country.
After that, ** handled a pension for Jiang Cheng and returned his son's house, and Jiang Cheng's spirit of not seeking fame and fortune was also praised and admired by people. He was a national hero and a role model for people.