Contemporary Lanling King! Jade Face God of War - Tang Zhanghong

Great times call for great spirits, noble causes need to be led by example, and there is a power called example. Today's protagonist is Tang Zhanghong, the "Jade Face God of War". Tang Zhanghong, a native of Zhongjiang County, Sichuan Province, joined the revolution in April 1951 and was attached to the 82nd Mortar Company of the 135th Regiment of the 45th Division of the 15th Army of the Volunteer Army.

In 1950, shortly after the birth of New China, the mountains and rivers were broken, and everything was in ruins. At this moment, the "United Nations Army" headed by the United States ignored the repeated warnings of New China and resolutely crossed the 38th Line and burned the flames of war to the doorstep of New China. The planes of the US military bombed the areas adjacent to our country and the DPRK, causing heavy losses to the safety of our people's lives and property. At this critical moment, the CPC Central Committee resisted the pressure of all sides and made the decision to "resist US aggression and aid Korea and defend the family and the country." Chinese People's Volunteer Army, which crossed the Yalu River with great strength and vigor, fought a deadly contest with the invincible US military on the Korean Peninsula. In the entire War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Battle of Shangganling was the most tragic, and the Chinese People's Volunteer Army resisted the fierce attack of the US army when its weapons and equipment were far inferior to those of the enemy. In this battle, countless heroes emerged, and Tang Zhanghong was one of them.

In 1951, Tang Zhanghong, who was only 16 years old, entered Korea with his troops, and he was replenished to the heavy artillery company of the 135th Regiment of the 45th Division of the 15th Army, and became an artilleryman. With his extraordinary learning ability, he quickly mastered the necessary skills of the gunner and played a good "cold cannon". The so-called "cold cannon" is to take advantage of the enemy's inattention to give sporadic artillery attacks, because the enemy is not prepared for defense at this time, so the "cold cannon" can often achieve unexpected results.

In 1952, the enemy launched the Battle of Shangganling, and Tang Zhanghong was deployed to the forward position of Shangganling because of his accurate artillery techniques, and cooperated with the infantry of the volunteer army to block the enemy's attack and crush the enemy's attempt to occupy the Five Holy Mountains. On October 14, 1952, the war began, as an artilleryman, Tang Zhanghong was constantly loading and firing cannons, and unconsciously he had fired more than 200 shells. At this time, the barrel has become red, and if the barrel is not cooled, it may lead to the red barrel igniting the lead of the shell in advance when the shell is put in, and if this happens, it will endanger the safety of the entire position. However, Tang Zhanghong did not have anything at hand that could cool down the barrel, the well was under the mountain, too far away from himself, and he scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks in a hurry. Just when Tang Zhanghong's heart was on fire, an idea suddenly appeared in his mind, why not use urine to cool down the barrel? So he sprinkled a puddle of urine on the gun suit, and then put the gun suit on the gun barrel, and after a few minutes, the temperature of the gun barrel finally dropped.

After the barrel cooled, Tang Zhanghong continued to fire in the direction of the enemy. Eight hours later, he had fired nearly a thousand shells, by which time his hands were already scalded by the fiery barrels, and the blood was not stopping. However, he insisted that "minor injuries could not reach the line of fire", and even though he was already covered with wounds, Tang Zhanghong still held his position and vowed to coexist with the position. However, under the fierce shelling of the enemy, Tang Zhanghong was not spared, one of the enemy shells landed only 3 meters away from him, his position was destroyed, he was also buried under the dust, fortunately, the cannon barrels around him saved him, so that he would not suffocate due to lack of oxygen when he was buried in the soil. The comrades-in-arms scooped Tang Zhanghong out of the soil and carried him into the air raid shelter. A few tens of minutes later, Tang Zhanghong woke up, he was bleeding, his limbs were weak, he had a headache and nausea, he was obviously injured by the shelling just now, but he had already killed the red-eyed man who had come too late to care about the wounds on his body, and insisted on finding his own mortar and returning to the battlefield. However, his physical condition did not allow him to continue fighting, and he vomited incessantly and eventually fainted.

The comrades-in-arms injected Tang Zhanghong with a dose of morphine, which made him wake up. Afterwards, he received a notice from his superiors, who asked them to hold their positions for another 5 minutes before they could turn into the main tunnel. He counted the remaining shells on the position, and after handing over to the remaining 6 comrades-in-arms and a grenade, he kept all the remaining 20 shells to himself. He walked out of the air raid shelter, stood by the trench, held the gun barrel in his right hand, used his body as a gun mount, loaded the shells with his left hand, and hit the enemy with the remaining shells in 5 minutes, before he turned into the main tunnel. According to post-war statistics, in the Battle of Shangganling, Tang Zhanghong annihilated more than 420 enemy troops with an 82 mm mortar in his hand, effectively blocking the enemy's attack. Tang Zhanghong was also recorded as a special merit by the volunteer army headquarters for this battle, and was also praised as "the gunner who put glasses on the shells".

Donald is still alive and well, and in 2020 was named a model veteran of Sichuan Province. At that time, Tang Zhanghong was really beautiful and full of spirit, and he was definitely a "beautiful man". Although the years have robbed him of his appearance, Donald is still a strong iron bone. Tang Laozhen is the current Lanling King, the living "special merit"!

The people's hero is immortal, he should not be forgotten, he is Tang Zhanghong!

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