In the Great War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Chinese Volunteer Army fought against the enemy under difficult circumstances and achieved very good results; today, the soldier we want to talk about, who fought a white-knife battle with the enemy under the condition of tuberculosis, stabbed 5 US soldiers with bayonets with his own strength alone.
You know, at that time, people called tuberculosis tuberculosis tuberculosis, once the disease was obtained, the doctor would let the family prepare for the aftermath, until the researchers found the pathogen and infection law of tuberculosis, and invented anti-tuberculosis drugs and methods to prevent tuberculosis, people would not talk about "tuberculosis" discoloration.
When our soldiers suffered from tuberculosis and vomited blood due to fatigue, they could also rely on white-knife warfare to kill several enemies, which has to be said to be a miracle in the history of war, and Chairman Mao, after learning of his deeds, said: "This man is a hero, I must meet him!" ”
So, who is he, and what other feats on the battlefield have made people see the fèn Zhang?
This person's name is Cui Jianguo, born in 1928 in Gaoping County, Shanxi Province, an ordinary family, since his birth, his hometown has been subjected to the "baptism" of war, warlord melee plus the later Japanese army's all-out invasion of China, so that the local people live a miserable life.
Figure | Cui Jianguo
Cui Jianguo's family conditions were originally acceptable, but with the continuous "sweeping" of the Japanese army, the family was also destitute, in order to reduce the burden on the family, he and his friends of the same age worked with the landlords on the Loess Plateau as sheep herding babies, but the area is often infested with some large predators.
Once, Cui Jianguo and others came to an area as usual to herd sheep, in the evening, heard a wolf howling in the distance, several people were shocked, some small partners were frightened and shivering, some small partners ran directly in the direction of home, Cui Jianguo calmed down to think about countermeasures, and then said: "Let's not panic, if the wild wolves bite the sheep to death, several of us will be picked up by the landlords, now we must not run around, wolves are afraid of fire, we now hurry to pick up some branches, ignite them, and drive away the wolves!" ”
Several people felt that he was right, and immediately went their separate ways, they collected a bunch of dry branches and set them on fire, and when the wolves came to their vicinity, Cui Jianguo and the others immediately stood on the outskirts of the flock and pointed their torches in the direction of the wolves.
The wolves saw the source of the fire, swirled in place, and did not dare to come forward, Cui Jianguo and others have been deadlocked with the wolves, and Cui Jianguo asked a small friend to go back to the village to find someone to rescue. After waiting for more than half an hour, all the branches that could be used were lit, and the wolves had no intention of retreating, So Cui Jianguo and a few friends took the initiative to go forward and waved torches at the wolves, and the wolves retreated step by step, trying to attack after their torches were all extinguished.
Cui Jianguo also had to sigh at the cunning of the wolves in his heart, fortunately, the little friend who asked for help called a number of adults in the village, who were armed with long sticks, machetes, and torches and quickly ran in the direction of the wolves.
The wolves saw that the number of our side was increasing, and they were scared away, and an adult in the village said to Cui Jianguo: "You little devil head, you can stalemate with the wolves for so long, the head melon is really flexible, you are really a Cui bold, but fortunately there is no danger!" ”
Cui Jianguo paid special attention to the movement of wolves in the subsequent life of sheep herding, and he would carry self-defense items such as machetes. During the herding of sheep, he personally saw that the Japanese devils dragged several ordinary Chinese people out of their houses, did training in the assassination of living people, and ransacked the valuable things in the homes of ordinary people and burned down the houses.
Figure | Soldier of the Eighth Route Army
Cui Jianguo was angry that he was just a child, otherwise he would have been able to go into battle to kill the enemy when he grew up, and let the Japanese know that Chinese was not easy to provoke, but fortunately, the Eighth Route Army came here to establish the Jinchaluyu Anti-Japanese Base Area, and the soldiers fought the devils with the support of the common people, inflicted heavy blows on the enemy in the battlefield behind the enemy's back, and dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the enemy.
After seeing that the Eighth Route Army was a unit that fought for the people, Cui Jianguo felt that this was the life he had been pursuing for a long time, and he wanted to become a member of the team when he grew up, driving all the Japanese devils out of China.
In June 1946, Cui Jianguo signed up to join the army, but at this time the War of Resistance Against Japan had ended, Chiang Kai-shek provoked a full-scale civil war, the Chinese Communist Party led the People's Liberation Army, in order to overthrow the kuomintang reactionary rule, liberate all of China in a just war, Cui Jianguo has since thrown himself into the revolutionary wave, he was incorporated into the 9th column of Liu Deng's army 26 brigade.
Since then, he has followed the army to the south to conquer the northern war, advanced into the Central Plains, participated in the Battle of Southwest Lu, jumped thousands of miles into the Dabie Mountains, and in each battle, he braved the enemy's "rain of guns and bullets" to charge forward, specializing in gnawing "hard bones", and his superiors directly promoted him from a grass-roots soldier to a squad leader.
In February 1949, Cui Jianguo's unit was reorganized into the 15th Army, changed its name, but he did not change his combat style, on the battlefield, still leading the way, not afraid of sacrifice, in the Battle of Crossing the River, he signed up to his superiors to participate in the crossing of the river, becoming a member of the "Sharp Knife Class".
As the saying goes, "the gun shoots the head bird", the members of the "sharp knife squad" have to face greater challenges when crossing the river, Cui Jianguo saw that his comrades around him were hit one by one and fell into the Yangtze River, and his heart was very uncomfortable, but he turned his grief into strength, successfully crossed the river to the other side, frantically strafed the enemy with a machine gun, blew up several bunkers of the enemy with grenades, and made a miracle.
Figure | Qin Jiwei
After the founding of New China, there were still quite a few remnants of Kuomintang reactionaries in southern China who colluded with some bandits to commit crimes, and in order to liberate the whole of China and enable the people to live a happy and peaceful life, Chairman Mao waved a big hand and said that it was necessary to liberate the great southwest so that the people's normal life could be guaranteed.
From October to December 1949, Cui Jianguo accompanied the army to the Liangguang area, and the soldiers annihilated 26,000 nationalist troops in just two months, and the following year, the large army came to Yunnan and Xikang without stopping, sweeping away the local bandits and letting the people eat the "peace of mind pill".
Cui Jianguo has been constantly trained on the battlefield, serving as a platoon leader in the team, under his leadership, the entire platoon of soldiers are like eating "leopard bile", in the battle is always brave to move forward, retreating a step will be regarded as a shame by them, such a team why worry about not winning the battle?
During the period when the soldiers of the 15th Army were suppressing bandits, war broke out on the Korean Peninsula, and the "United Nations Army" headed by the United States was uneasy and kind, and took advantage of this opportunity to intervene in the war and push the large army near the "38th Line." The Chinese Government issued a statement to the outside world strongly condemning the crimes of the US Government in invading Korea and interfering in China's internal affairs, but the US Government turned a deaf ear to this.
New China has just been founded for a year, and it is extremely in need of a peaceful and stable international environment, but the US Government has deceived people too much, and despite our many solemn statements, it still led its troops to cross the "38th Line," and it also took action on the day of the celebration of the first anniversary of the founding of New China. ”
Figure | Volunteer soldiers travel to North Korea
He not only said it, but also did it; a number of US warplanes brazenly invaded the airspace of New China, dropped a large number of bombs in the Dandong area of Liaoning Province, and many innocent ordinary people were killed or injured, as if they wanted to test China's bottom line, and if the Chinese Government did not make a big move, it would use the Korean Peninsula as a springboard to blockade and even invade China.
After deliberating on the resolution, the leaders of the cpc Central Committee made the policy decision of "resisting US aggression and aiding Korea and defending the homeland and defending the country," with Peng Dehuai as commander of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, leading the troops to fight across the Yalu River with great vigor.
On October 25, our army launched its first campaign after entering the DPRK, thanks to the movement tactics adopted by our army, which gave the enemy an unexpected blow, and the "United Nations Army" was defeated and retreated by our side, and they were expelled from the border between China and North Korea to the area south of the Cheongcheon River, annihilating more than 15,000 enemy troops, which directly ended MacArthur's illusion of trying to occupy the entire Korean Peninsula on thanksgiving eve and had the potential to reverse the entire battlefield pattern.
At the same time, Qin Jiwei led the 15th Army of the Chinese Volunteer Army from the Great Southwest region to Hebei for training, changing clothes, and the generals knew that they were about to go to the Korean battlefield, and their hearts were very excited, and some people said bluntly: "After a lifetime of fighting, I have not fought with the Yankees!" Their weapons are so advanced that they can be captured and tried! ”
Others say, "It's not all!" They also ate a sumptuous meal, with beef, turkey, and coffee, and we went over to teach them a lesson this time! ”
The officers and men of the 15th Army were highly motivated and used their precious time to train, hoping to achieve the best training results in the shortest possible time.
Figure | Korean Battlefield
On March 25, 1951, Choe Jianguo and others finally entered The Territory of Korea, they rushed to the front, at that time, friendly forces and the "United Nations Army" had begun the fourth battle, the soldiers of the 15th Army saw the battlefield in a mess along the way, many houses were destroyed, and the ground was full of large craters left by shell bombardment, such as warehouses, bridges and other important infrastructure were destroyed by the enemy.
The closer you get to the front line, the greater the shock to the hearts of the people, many soldiers and civilian corpses lie on the side of the road, probably because the war is tight, they have not had time to send people to clear the scene, before saying that they want to compete with the US military after seeing this "purgatory" on earth, they are eager to retract the big words they said before, the war is too cruel, whose son is the person who fell to the ground, and whose husband or father?
Along the way, there were US aircraft flying overhead, and the officers and men of the 15th Army could only keep hiding, delaying a lot of travel, and after they grasped the law of the enemy's dispatch, they hid in trenches and bunkers during the day, and then marched in a hurry at night, and it took more than 10 days before the people rushed to the front line of the battle.
On April 22, as the soldiers of the 3rd Corps and the 19th Corps came to the front, our numbers were superior, and the volunteer army launched the fifth campaign, and the superior ordered Cui Jianguo to lead a full platoon of fighters as a "assault platoon" to attack the 752 Heights in Mount Gary.
But there's a little bit of an episode in between. Cui Jianguo had previously suffered from tuberculosis because of overwork and a decline in physical resistance, still leading the soldiers to learn combat techniques, often coughing up blood, his superiors had asked him to rest for a while or do a good job of logistical support, but Cui Jianguo said: "Thank you for the chief's concern, but since we set foot on the land of North Korea, everything in front of us is devastated, the people are innocent, but there are countless deaths and injuries, our country has also been greatly threatened, where can I rest for a few days because of such a small problem?" Cruel enemies will not give us a chance to breathe! ”
Figure | Volunteer soldiers perform interspersed missions
Seeing that he was fearless in battle and sick, the chief was extremely touched in his heart, and said: "Now, we need a small detachment to serve as a commando team and take the 752 Heights of Mount Gary, who do you think can take on this heavy responsibility?" ”
Cui Jianguo felt that the chief was underestimating his ability, so he introduced himself: "Chief, we volunteer soldiers can complete this glorious mission, but only our second platoon can do better and complete it faster, please let us take over this major mission!" ”
The chief felt that he had not looked at the wrong person and said, "I knew that your boy would say these words, but I was still worried about your body, if you really can't hold on, don't force yourself, remember, we want to protect not only the people, but also the lives of each of our volunteer soldiers!" ”
After Cui Jianguo replied in the affirmative, he immediately gathered the whole platoon members and told them about this glorious mission, and the soldiers naturally had their eyes glowing, and Cui Jianguo said: "The superior trusts us, so he entrusted us with this task, remember, we must not disappoint everyone, we must let the name of our platoon resound throughout the army!" ”
After the counterattack began, Cui Jianguo led the soldiers to quickly march to the 752 Heights, he divided the entire platoon into four groups to distract the enemy, this road is full of dangers, the enemy set up a number of barricades on the road, there are barbed wire, traps, mines and so on.
Cui Jianguo had accumulated a lot of experience in various battles before, so it was easy to break through the enemy's blockade line, the whole platoon of fighters did not suffer any casualties, just when everyone passed through a dense forest, Cui Jianguo saw that the terrain here was most suitable for laying ambushes, so let everyone pass quickly, but Cui Jianguo walked, suddenly stopped, everyone was puzzled, asked: "Platoon leader, don't we want to quickly pass through this area?" ”
Figure | Volunteer soldiers clearing mines
Cui Jianguo hesitated for a moment and said: "Don't move around for the time being, the enemy here may not have sent ambush troops, but set up a minefield, I may have been recruited!" ”
The soldiers were in a hurry, not afraid that they would step on the mines, but worried about the safety of the platoon leader. Cui Jianguo naturally knew that at this time, he was their main backbone, and he absolutely could not panic, otherwise the soldiers would "mess into a pot of porridge."
Cui Jianguo is not flustered and also has capital, he has previously lined a lot of mines during the Liberation War, and he also won awards, so he bent down and dug up the dirt under his feet little by little, and found that it was not difficult to remove such mines, and it did not take long to successfully escape from danger.
Seeing that the company commander was safe and sound, everyone was very happy, and Cui Jianguo then said: "You are all following me, and now I want to remove all the mines leading to the mountain pass passage to clear the way for the arrival of the large troops!" ”
In this way, Cui Jianguo risked his life, carefully distinguished the road ahead, and in a few hours, he eliminated a total of 30 mines of various types, successfully led the entire platoon out of danger, and "built" a safe passage for the main force of our army.
When Cui Jianguo and others arrived at the 752 Heights, four team members surrounded the hill from four directions, "straight into" the enemy's bunker in four directions, and effortlessly killed 18 American soldiers inside.
Figure | Volunteer soldiers charged
Then, the four groups were integrated into two teams and attacked the second slightly higher hill, and the enemy at this hill saw that our army had taken the previous hill, and they fled down the hill in fright, and before the 3 unresponsive enemies could get down the hill, they were killed by a grenade from Cui Jianguo. The two hills fought for a total of 10 minutes, and the second platoon successfully took them down, and incidentally destroyed the strength of one platoon of the enemy.
After capturing the 752nd Heights, Cui Jianguo and others received instructions from their superiors to cover the large troops to attack Dashuidong, where the headquarters of the 38th regiment of the US army was located, and the soldiers of the second platoon marched non-stop towards Dashuidong, and when they penetrated the Hongchuan Highway, they encountered the enemy convoy, and it turned out that the enemy specially sent a convoy of reinforcements to sneak into our army in order to preemptively attack our army, fortunately, they were bumped into by Cui Jianguo and others, and he immediately asked the fighters to prepare for an ambush to cut off the connection between the garrison of the US 38 regiment and the reinforcements.
In the face of an enemy force tens of times their own strength, the soldiers had no fear, and they vowed to coexist with the position and die, and resolutely refused to let go of an American army.
When the enemy vehicles entered our firing positions, Cui Jianguo shouted: "Brothers, fight!" ”
In an instant, the sound of gunfire and artillery resounded throughout the valley, and the enemy also fell down with the sound of gunfire, and Cui Jianguo encouraged the soldiers: "Comrades, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the enemy is our living target, fiercely fighting in their direction, a bullet can put down several people!" ”
Figure | Volunteer soldiers captured a large number of enemies
The US military also used the weapons in its hands to fight back against our army, but our army hid behind the bunker and occupied favorable terrain, and no matter how the enemy fought, the effect was greatly reduced.
Cui Jianguo personally took up a rifle and slammed the trigger on the enemy, and when all the bullets were exhausted, he captured two carbines and a machine gun from the enemy' hands.
In order to avoid the total annihilation of the entire convoy of soldiers, the COMMANDER of the US Army wanted to do a dying struggle, they and the second platoon of fighters launched a white-knife battle, just our soldiers lack of ammunition, fighting bayonets is our army's strong point, since the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, many of our fighters have lacked weapons and ammunition, and even many fighters do not have guns, they can only engage in white-knife warfare with Japanese devils, accumulating rich combat experience.
The so-called "narrow road meets the brave to win", Cui Jianguo picked up a gun equipped with a bayonet on the ground and rushed out, with a healthy pace, aimed at the US soldiers who rushed to the front and stabbed hard, only to see the white bayonet into the red knife out, the man fell to the ground on the spot.
At this time, Cui Jianguo was in poor health, still coughing up blood, and could still assassinate a US soldier, and he really gave up his life. American soldiers came like a tidal wave, they saw that this Chinese had two brushes, and they were ready to kill Cui Jianguo. Cui Jianguo gave his comrades-in-arms a look, only to see the two cross-kill the enemy, change positions, confuse the enemy, and quickly break through the enemy's encirclement.
Figure | Cui Jianguo kills enemy oil painting
Cui Jianguo took advantage of the enemy's overwhelm, quickly stabbed 5 AMERICAN soldiers with a bayonet in a row, and the blood from the bayonet splashed Cui Jianguo's body, which was regarded as his "military merit badge".
His comrades-in-arms were greatly encouraged to see that Cui Jianguo was already seriously ill and was covered with knife wounds from killing the enemy, and showed a very strong will to fight, and all the enemies who would commit crimes in the future were picked up under them.
To give a few examples, among them, there was an ammunition man named Wu Yincheng who was crushed under the body of a strong enemy, he could not break free, he tore off the enemy's ears with his teeth, the enemy screamed, covered his head and quickly fled, a machine gunner named Wei Ming used a shovel (xiān) to split the head of the enemy, the US army was wearing a steel helmet at that time, you can imagine how strong he used, how fierce the battle was.
When Cui Jianguo walked to a group of enemies with a bent bayonet, a deeply shocking scene occurred, 6 American soldiers saw Cui Jianguo murderously walking in the direction of them with bayonets, they were so frightened that their legs and stomach trembled and they were powerless to resist, they fell to their knees in front of Cui Jianguo, folded their hands and spoke a mouthful of Chinese: "Surrender, surrender, surrender!" ”
Figure | Volunteer soldiers kill the enemy
After the previous night's battle, the enemy collapsed and scattered, and the next night, Cui Jianguo and others became extremely excited because of the results of the previous night's battle, regardless of the fatigue of many days of fighting, and quickly inserted themselves into the enemy's position, ready to give the enemy a final blow, the soldiers only threw a few grenades, the enemy was frightened to hide in the fortifications, Cui Jianguo easily captured a heavy machine gun, and went around the fleeing enemy, grabbed his hair, directly dragged him out, at this moment, in the eyes of the enemy, our fighters are a group of "devils" 。
For two nights of fighting, the soldiers of the second platoon made immortal achievements, and Cui Jianguo alone killed about 30 enemies, captured 7 prisoners alive, and captured many guns. After the arrival of the large troops of our army, the fighters attacked the 38th Regiment of the Us Army together, directly crippling the main force of the latter.
After the battle, at the symposium of heroes and models, he was rated as a "special meritorious person", but he said very modestly: "I am only a Communist Party member, I do not think this is a great achievement, I will sum up experience in each battle, strive to annihilate more enemies in the next battle, and contribute to the people of the whole country and even the world!" ”
After Cui Jianguo's deeds reached the ears of the leaders of the Party Central Committee, Chairman Mao could not help but sigh: "Suffering from tuberculosis and stabbing 5 US troops to death in a row, it is incredible, this person is a hero, find time, I must see him!" ”
Pictured| Mao Zedong
After the end of the Korean War, Choe Jianguo and others returned to China, and during the National Day in 1952, they were invited to Tiananmen Square to participate in the celebration, and Chairman Mao and other leaders of the Party Central Committee talked cordially with him.
In 1956, Cui Jianguo responded to the call of the state and transferred from the army to local work, actively treating diseases while continuing to dedicate his life to his new post.