"Open the safe, pull out the nose, load the bullet, grasp the handle of the gun, pull the trigger with your index finger, and charge at the enemy!" In a small courtyard of a farmhouse in Shandong, a 96-year-old man is holding a Mauser military pistol and explaining to the people around him.
I saw a red flannel on the table in front of the old man, on which lay a dagger and another old Mauser military pistol, the body of which was somewhat old but still bright.
As we all know, China is a country that strictly controls guns. In 1996, China officially implemented the "Gun Control Law", the so-called gun ban order, which stipulates that citizens must not possess firearms and ammunition without the permission and license of the public security department, otherwise it will constitute the crime of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition and be investigated for criminal responsibility. But this old man can actually hold a gun, and there are two!
Not only that, the neighbors and friends around them all know about the old man's gun, but no one has reported it, and even when the staff of the relevant government departments came to visit, they did not confiscate it, and they seemed to be very relieved to put the gun in the hands of the old man.
What is the identity of this 96-year-old man from Shandong? Where did he get these two Mauser military pistols? And why was it that these two guns were collected so far, and no one dared to confiscate them?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > the bitter "Tenghezi"</h1>
The old man's name is Teng Xiyuan, a native of Laiwu, Shandong, born in 1925 in a peasant family, the third of five brothers.
When Teng Xiyuan was 10 years old, his parents died unexpectedly, and the eldest brother had to take care of his younger brothers as a child, and was forced to take his younger brothers to beg for a living due to impatience.
But in that difficult era, no one was easy, even begging became a "hot job", the brothers often begged for a day without getting a bite to eat, hungry and fierce, they shaved the grass roots and chewed, and a "meal" was solved.
Even if the brothers work harder, the two younger brothers still become weak day by day, and the fifth brother is starving to death in front of several brothers, as soon as he recalls the hard life of that year, the old man Teng Xiyuan's eyes are red and he shed tears: "The life now is really happy, if the fifth is still there..."
Teng Xiyuan
In 1937, the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, and the Japanese army invaded China, burning and looting. While wandering around begging, the four brothers saw cracked land, dried up blood, and the remains of the villagers, which made the young Teng Xiyuan hate the Japanese devils to the bone, and often helped the county brigade pass on information when asking for food.
Teng Xiyuan's two older brothers joined the ranks of the Communist Party long ago, and under the influence of their brothers, coupled with what he had seen with his own eyes, the Communist Party did for the people, and he understood that only the Communist Party could save the people!
In February 1938, teng Xiyuan, who was only 13 years old, resolutely decided to join the army, and the members of the Laiwu County Brigade, who were responsible for conscription at the time, saw that he was too young, dark and thin, and advised him to go home and live a good life with his family.
Teng Xiyuan still insisted on joining the army: "My father is dead, I have no home, my two brothers have joined the Communist Party, and I also want to become a soldier and go to the battlefield!" Kill the devil! ”
The people present were very moved to hear about Teng Xiyuan's encounter, and finally the captain personally made a decision, making him a member of the Laiwu County Brigade. Because he was dark and small, everyone affectionately called him "TengHezi".
Despite his youngest age, Teng Xiyuan insisted on training and fighting with everyone, never flinched, and he secretly vowed to be a "big hero".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > the name of the first gun was "Valiant"</h1>
In early 1940, at a mobilization meeting, chief Liao Rongbiao said, "Who is the hero?" Who are the bears? Whoever gets the devil's head is the real hero! ”
"TengHezi report!" The skinny Teng Xiyuan replied loudly, "In less than eighteen days, I will be able to take a devil's head!" ”
Liao Rongbiao looked at it, it was a black and thin "baby soldier", he was very pleased, and immediately made a promise: "Good! If you can complete the mission, I'll reward you with a magazine gun! (Mauser military pistol)"
Teng Xiyuan, who was already boiling with blood, heard this, and his face turned red with excitement: "Yes! Mission accomplished is guaranteed! ”
At that time, no one expected that it was this humble "baby soldier" who did a shocking thing.
On this day, Teng Xiyuan just followed the other two members of the county brigade out on patrol, and when they reached the vicinity of Beishanyang Village, they saw a group of Japanese troops approaching in their direction.
"Cover!" The leading team members whispered orders, the three of them scattered at the same time, Teng Xiyuan grabbed the wall of the pigsty on the side of the road, and with a few strokes of his legs, he flipped over to the top of the pigsty and hid it, and the other two also hid in the firewood and grass stacks and cornfields.
After a while, dozens of Japanese troops came to Beishanyang Village, heard the chaotic footsteps, and the three held their breath and did not move until the footsteps disappeared.
"Sand... A small footstep came, and the three of them hurried back to hide, fixing their eyes on it, and it turned out to be a single Japanese ghost.
Teng Xiyuan observed from a high place to confirm that there were no other enemy troops around, so he made a neck-wiping motion with the two people in the shadows, and his teammates looked around and nodded slowly.
The lone Japanese found themselves getting farther and farther away from the large army, and hurriedly accelerated their speed to catch up, when suddenly, a black shadow jumped from the roof and kicked him on the back, crushing him to the ground, and two other teammates also came out and grabbed his struggling arms and legs.
Tensi, who was sitting on the back of the Japanese army, saw that he still wanted to resist, and took out the dagger he carried with him and stabbed it down fiercely, and the white knife entered the red knife and came out, and after a scream, the Japanese army did not move again.
And that dagger is still kept by the old man Teng Xiyuan, placed in the red flannel pocket he sewed by hand.
In the summer of that year, the Japanese army frantically swept through the anti-Japanese base areas in Luzhong in a vain attempt to use the "three lights" policy to eat up the anti-Japanese base areas. The Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army fought a fierce battle with the Japanese army here, the Battle of Yang Jiaheng.
"That big blade cuts over, and if you don't pay attention, your head will be killed!" Recalling the scene of participating in the war at that time, the old man Teng Xiyuan stood up excitedly: "If the enemy kills us, I will kill him!" I know that the thief catches the king first, and if he wants to fight, he must first hit the standard-bearer of the Japanese devil! ”
So in the battle, Teng Xiyuan hid in the shadows and waited for the opportunity, pulled out his gun, aimed in the direction of the Japanese flag bearer, and waited for the other side to emerge.
With a "bang" of gunfire, the flag bearer was killed, the Japanese flag fell, and the other Japanese troops suddenly lost their positions, and in a panic began to fight back at us and launched a crazy attack.
Teng Xiyuan recalled: "We had a platoon leader, very brave, rushed to the front, and when the bullets were gone, he hit them with the butts of his rifle, and the butts of the guns were broken, killing six enemy people, but in the end he was shot and killed." ”
Teng Xiyuan was all empty of bullets at that time, and before he could catch his breath, a devil took the opportunity to rush out from the side, drew out an Oriental knife, shouted, and rushed over with a cushion step, Teng Xiyuan was defenseless for a while, and was stabbed in the arm socket, he suppressed the severe pain, gritted his teeth and pressed his arm down, clamped the Oriental knife, and then put a foot in the devil's heart, while he fell to the ground, grabbed the bayonet and rushed into the devil's neck, fiercely plunged into it, the devil struggled a few times, and soon there was no movement.
Before the wound could be bandaged, two more devils ran over with the Toyo knife in their hands, and Teng Xiyuan pulled out the bayonet and held it tightly, and the two of them began to fight...
In this battle, Teng Xiyuan was awarded the first class merit. Chief Liao Rongbiao was very happy, he patted Teng Xiyuan's shoulder and gave a thumbs up: "Good boy, there is really yours!" come! I promise the box gun! With that, Liao Rongbiao personally hung the box gun on Teng Xiyuan's chest.
Teng Xiyuan touched the Mauser military pistol that was still warm, and smiled and revealed a row of small white teeth.
That year, Teng Xiyuan was only 15 years old.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="24" > the name of the second gun was "Witty."</h1>
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, although Teng Xiyuan was not very old, he was already a veteran who had experienced hundreds of battles.
Years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression have also made his understanding of the Communist Party more and more profound, and he often said: "The Communist Party saves the people, I eat the meal of the Communist Party, the Communist Party taught me to grow up, and I want to follow the Communist Party with all my heart!" ”
When the Liberation War broke out, Teng Xiyuan threw himself into the battle without hesitation, and in his hometown of Laiwu, Shandong, he encountered the biggest crisis of his combat career.
History calls this battle the "Battle of Laiwu".
In 1947, under the command of Chen Yi and Su Yu, the East China Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army went to the Shandong Liberated Area to conduct operations, and in order to contain the enemy, huaye headquarters ordered four columns on the inner line to surround and annihilate the Kuomintang reorganized 11th Division occupying the Nanma area. Teng Xiyuan, then the commander of the artillery company, once again threw himself into the front-line battlefield.
Nanma Town wars were frequent, Teng Xiyuan was ordered to rush to Lu Village in Nanma Town, one day, when he was on the sentry, he found that there was something wrong in the distant ravine, so he and another small warrior separately touched from both sides to investigate, this look frightened, this ravine is densely packed with lurking enemy troops, at least one battalion!
At this time, the enemy's lurking position is very close to our base camp, if they are allowed to cross the blockade line, it will bring unforeseen danger to our soldiers, but the nearest garrison will take more than half an hour to rush over, the situation is very critical, we must find a way to block this enemy army here!
"It was just me and my teammates, and the weapons in our hands were only three grenades, a rifle, and a pistol." Recalling this, the old man Teng Xiyuan still had palpitations, "I quickly calmed down and decided to scare them." ”
Seeing that his teammates were very flustered, Teng Xiyuan signaled him to quickly calm down: "Don't panic, I have a way to listen to me!" The two men gathered the weapons they were carrying, and at this time the sun had already set, and Teng Xiyuan and the enemy troops were waiting for the night to fall.
When the first star in the night sky lit up, a grenade was thrown from a distance in front of the ravine, and the "bang" exploded, instantly making the lurking army tense, were they exposed?
Immediately after a few gunshots, a voice roared, "The enemy in the ravine listens!" You are already surrounded! Shoot and don't kill, preferential treatment for prisoners! ”
The enemy troops in the ravine looked at me and I looked at you, and there was no movement, after all, they had not yet seen the enemy army, and they did not know how many people there were. Before the leader could give the order, there was another burst of gunfire, and it seemed that there were really many people.
The timid soldiers had already thrown their weapons to the ground, and as someone took the lead, more and more people threw away their guns and clasped their heads in their hands, ready to surrender.
Our artillery company, guard company, first battalion, and second battalion, which were guarded in the distance, quickly rushed over and surrounded this ravine after hearing the sound of gunfire, and everyone found out at this time that there were two reinforcement battalions hidden in this small ravine!
After the enemy was captured, he learned that the only people surrounding them were Teng Xiyuan and a small warrior!
Teng Xiyuan's bravery and wit defused a major crisis, and also cooperated with our troops, not to waste one soldier and one pawn to capture two reinforcement battalions of the enemy, and to be awarded the first class merit.
At the commendation meeting, Su Yu rewarded him with a box gun and personally hung it on his body, praising him as a "lone hero".
The military merit medal of the old man Teng Xiyuan
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="31" > blasting hero by the Yalu River</h1>
On the forehead of the old man Teng Xiyuan, there was a dark brown depression, and shrapnel had been removed a few years ago, and the brown-black scar was like a medal that would never fade. Behind this special medal, there is another legendary story.
On October 1, 1949, the founding of New China, the whole country was full of jubilation, the people rejoiced, and celebrated the birth of the motherland.
Less than a year later, the Korean War broke out, and the Korean People's Army drove the Rok army to Busan and captured 90% of South Korea's land. On September 15, the United Nations army, mainly Us troops, landed at Inchon, South Korea, to help the South Korean army start a large-scale counteroffensive.
In the face of the arrogant behavior of the US military, Zhou Enlai made a speech warning the United States:
"The Chinese people must not tolerate foreign aggression, nor can they allow the imperialists to ignore the wanton aggression of their neighbours."
However, MacArthur decided that the newly established China did not dare to confront the United States at all, so the United States ignored the repeated warnings of the Chinese government and frequently launched border wars, and even on October 1, the day when we celebrated the birthday of the motherland, it even crossed the 38° north latitude line to provoke our country, and openly declared: "In history, the Yalu River is not an insurmountable obstacle that China and the DPRK have completely divided." ”
In order to maintain the integrity of China's territory and to protect the safety of the Chinese people, on October 8, 1950, the Chinese Volunteer Army rushed to the battlefield at the request of the DPRK to fight alongside the Korean People's Army.
The battle was very urgent, and the troops had just crossed the Yalu River when they encountered the enemy and began to fight. At that time, the American troops had air support in the sky and motorized infantry on the ground, while our army could only rely on two legs to avoid the planes that kept roaring in the sky and fight against the well-equipped enemy.
There was a veteran soldier in Kou Town, Laiwu District, who often came to Teng Xi's distant home to reminisce about the past, and only he survived a class during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, almost once he cried.
"It was really tough back then." Teng Xiyuan said: "The troops have to march hundreds of miles in a day, and whether they are male comrades or female comrades, they dare not fall behind. The enemy blew up the bridge, the reinforcements could not keep up, and we had no choice but to continue to fight forward. ”
The daily food is fried noodles, and then even the fried noodles are gone, so I eat the potatoes that have frozen in my arms, and when I am thirsty, I hold a handful of snow and drink it when I cover it.
In such a difficult environment, the heroic Chinese volunteer troops resisted the repeated charges of the American army and defeated the enemy one after another.
In 1953, Teng's unit fought in the Mapingli area of North Korea. In one operation, enemy tanks blocked the troops' way, our side lacked air support, and the infantry was difficult to compete with this "iron knot", and it was temporarily deadlocked.
Some people have proposed that the tank can be blown up with an explosive package, but the power of the explosive package is limited, and someone needs to hang the explosive package on the engine of the tank to successfully explode, so the question is, who goes?
"I'll come." Teng Xiyuan, the commander of the artillery company, ignored the objections of others, took the explosives in his arms and said to his comrades-in-arms: "I am a party member, I must take the lead by example, if I am unfortunate enough to die, you will help me carry a letter to my family." ”
On the tank, the enemy in the turret was reconnoitring the situation with a telescope, Teng Xiyuan relied on the cover of night, and the cat quickly advanced in a small ditch, and soon touched the side of the tank and pulled out the explosive package.
"Actually, I didn't think I would survive." Old Man Teng Xiyuan said, "It's difficult, but someone has to do it, so I went." ”
When Teng Xiyuan successfully hung the eight-pound explosive package on the tank engine, the enemy found him and immediately threw a grenade, and Teng Xiyuan, who had finished hanging the explosive package, had quickly run back, he just ran out two or three meters, the grenade exploded, he escaped the disaster, but he was still injured, leaving a scar on his forehead.
After a loud noise, the tanks blocking the road became "scrap iron lumps", the obstacles were successfully cleared, the troops rushed up, took the strategic point, and Teng Xiyuan became a hero of the explosion.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="49" > "The tree has grown, and I am old."</h1>
After the victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Teng Xiyuan returned to his hometown in Shandong with the troops, and his wife, who was anxiously waiting at the door of his home, rushed over as soon as she saw him, and the two hugged each other tightly.
After retiring from the army, Teng Xiyuan did not deliberately publicize his merits, nor did he reach out to the party for help, and voluntarily stayed in the Laiwu County Construction Bureau to continue to shine for the land he loved.
Teng Xiyuan smiled and said, "At that time, Laiwu was still very small, everywhere was empty, the trees on the street were planted by me one by one, and now that the trees have grown, I am also old." ”
In addition to urban greening, Teng Xiyuan has also managed buses and driven cars, from the Kouzhen Commune to the bus company, from the garden department to the water supply company, the municipal and other departments, he has been working all his life and has made outstanding contributions to the local economic and social development.
"Happiness does not forget Chairman Mao, and development depends entirely on the Communist Party", cross-criticism: "Always follow the party." This is a couplet pasted on the doorstep of the old man Teng Xiyuan, since joining the party in May 1940, it has been a full 74 years, the old man still has a red heart to the party, remember the party's teachings.
Teng Xiyuan also often said to the party members of the younger generations with a heavy heart: "The Communist Party is to serve the people wholeheartedly, not in words, but in practical actions, and to make its own lifelong contributions to the party and the people!" ”
The old man is also very strict with his children, and he often says that peace is not easy to come by, that it is necessary to be hard-working and simple, and strive to repay the society and the country.
To this day, the 96-year-old Teng Xiyuan still keeps the two Mauser military pistols that accompanied him through the glory years, as well as the dagger that killed the devil, and does not forget to take it out and wipe it carefully every day, and he is reluctant to let go for a moment.
Whenever he carefully touched the lines on the gun, it seemed that he was back on the battlefield of the flames and wolf smoke, and the dead teammates were still there, charging with him...
As for why he has been able to hold a gun for so many years, the elderly Teng Xiyuan took out a gun license and a gun holding instruction, which was specially granted to him by the 6206 unit of the People's Liberation Army in 1982, that is to say, he has legal gun licenses.
Local government workers and neighbors also knew that Teng Xiyuan had guns, but everyone had no objections, because they knew that these two guns had special significance for the elderly.
"We all know that he is a veteran and a great hero!" Neighbor Zhang Da Niang gave a thumbs up and said: "The gun is placed in the hands of such a hero, we are a hundred assured!" ”
On Teng Xiyuan's desk, there is a manuscript with the "Battle of Huaihai" written on the cover, and the handwriting in the squares is very neat, and the pen is strong and powerful, which was written by Teng Xiyuan himself.
When an old chief came to visit him, he said: "You have been fighting horses all your life, the Luzhong War of Resistance has given birth to the red flag, the commander of Teng Company has shown his magic with two guns, the size of 2,500 battles, and the sword has galloped across The Eastern Taishan... You can write a book to record it, and it is also a souvenir. ”
This year 2021 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party, in order to celebrate this special year, Teng Xiyuan decided to follow the advice of the old chief and write a book, named "The Battle of Huaihai", to record history and enlighten future generations, which he felt was both a tempering for himself and a contribution to the country.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="63" > conclusion</h1>
Looking back at the past, the old man Teng Xiyuan's life was almost accompanied by the flames of war, from the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the War of Liberation, and then to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he never flinched, and always rushed to the forefront; during this period, he also participated in more than ten large and small battles such as the Battle of Laiwu, the Battle of Huaihai, and the Battle of Crossing the River, and was wounded 5 times before and after, and was awarded the title of first class meritorious service three times, second class meritorious service twice, and third class meritorious service three times, composing a heroic legend.
"If I need to, I can also pack a march to the battlefield!" This is the heroic veteran of this heroic land, raised! The predecessors have opened up the dawn of the times, and the younger generations will pass on this torch! Thank you for the fearless efforts of the revolutionary martyrs like the old man Teng Xiyuan, please rest assured! As a descendant, we will inherit the fire, and the motherland will be more prosperous in the future!