During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the entire volunteer army assessed more than 300,000 meritorious servicemen (including special merit, first class merit, second class merit, and third class merit). Among them, there was a first-class hero named Zhang Jinlong, who once had the experience of frightening three thousand enemy soldiers by one person, which was a battlefield miracle that was difficult to replicate.
This happened in November 1950, during the Battle of Chosin Lake, which is of great significance in the history of both Chinese and American forces.
At that time, the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 177th Regiment of the 59th Division of the 20th Army of the Volunteer Army was ordered by its superiors to set up a position next to the road near Xinxingli in Korea to block the famous "ace unit", the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army.
On November 28, the two armies engaged in a fierce battle, which was extremely fierce.
The U.S. army was menacing, covered by aircraft, artillery and tanks, and well-equipped infantry and extremely fierce.
The commanders and fighters of the Fifth Company held their positions, fought bravely, overcame serious inferiority in weapons, repelled 11 crazy attacks of the enemy, destroyed 4 tanks and armored vehicles, and dealt a heavy blow to the US army, but they also paid a great price in casualties.
The enemy made a desperate bet, our army resisted with all its might, the entire position changed hands repeatedly, and the situation was extremely grim.
The company commander saw that the second squad position at the front was being besieged by the enemy, and in order to preserve their living strength, he ordered them to immediately move to the main position.
After a continuous bloody battle, the second class had only 4 people left at this time. Zhang Jinlong, a warrior who had already eliminated many enemies and was on the rise, asked his comrades to go first and stay behind to provide cover.
Unexpectedly, after the comrades left, the enemy surrounded them from three sides, and the firepower was particularly fierce, and Zhang Jinlong could not get out for a while, and could only continue to fight while looking for opportunities to move.
A group of enemies rushed over, and Zhang Jinlong threw grenades continuously, causing them to retreat.
But not long after, 7 American soldiers devised a ruse and came from three different directions toward Zhang Jinlong's location.
Zhang Jinlong fought for a while, and saw that these AMERICAN troops wanted to capture themselves alive, so he took advantage of this and flexibly wandered around the position like a loach, and even killed 4 enemies successively.
The other 3 U.S. troops screamed angrily and pounced viciously. Zhang Jinlong had already retreated to the mouth of an air raid shelter at this time, simply drilled in, and used the winding passage in the cave to hide and shoot while continuing to maneuver with the enemy.
It is reasonable to say that the enemy only needs to throw two grenades or a blasting canister into the hole, and he can blow up the air raid shelter, and Zhang Jinlong basically cannot escape death. However, the three U.S. troops seemed to be holding their breath and had to catch the mouth alive, and they did not throw explosive weapons into the hole.
Night was approaching, and by this time the Americans had turned on their gas lights and began to camp, and the positions were noisy.
Zhang Jinlong had already run out of bullets on his body, and only one grenade was available. Coupled with being tired, hungry and thirsty, trapped in the cave and in a dilemma, it can be said that he was forced into a real desperate situation.
However, the harsher the environment, the more it can often stimulate the morale of the warriors. Zhang Jinlong not only had no intention of fear, but made up his mind: instead of being trapped in the hole and unable to do anything, it is better to go out and fight with the enemy, kill one more and count one, anyway, it is enough!
However, Zhang Jinlong is a very intelligent warrior, he is not eager to go out and fight with the enemy, but patiently waits for time, ready to hit the enemy by surprise.
Therefore, when the U.S. army continued to shoot, he deliberately let out a scream to attract the attention of the enemy, and then for a long time there was silence in the cave.
The enemy was indeed confused by Zhang Jinlong's move, and concluded that he was either dead or seriously injured, but these guys were afraid of going in and being shot with a black gun, so they sat at the entrance of the air raid shelter and smoked and chatted.
Just when the enemy was talking and laughing, Zhang Jinlong had quietly emerged from the hole, he held the grenade high with one hand, and the fingers of the other hand picked the strings, and as soon as he rushed out of the cave, he shouted in unskilled English: "Surrender the gun and don't kill!" ”
It can be said that this is Zhang Jinlong's helpless move that has no choice in a desperate situation, which seems to be the most risky strategy, but it is actually the only way to get out of the desperate situation.
When he rushed out of the cave, he was ready to sacrifice at any time, but to his complete surprise, this helpless move had an incredible effect.
The 3 AMERICAN soldiers were stunned by Zhang Jinlong's broken drink, although they could not understand the English he spoke, but they looked at the grenade that had lifted the lid and pulled the string, and knew that as long as the volunteer soldiers in front of them pulled their fingers lightly, all the people present could not escape death, and everyone was scared like death, and did not dare to move at all.
A good Zhang Jinlong, seeing that the enemy was frightened, and keenly observed the surrounding terrain, immediately released the string, slammed down, rolled on the spot, rolled out ten meters away along the slope in front of him, and rolled onto the highway.
Immediately after that, he got up from the ground and continued to hold the grenade high, his fingers clasped to the strings, while shouting "Rush! Kill! ", while pulling out his feet and running wildly in the direction where the main position of the Fifth Company is located!
Although there were about 3,000 American troops on the position, they suddenly saw a Chinese soldier rushing forward with a grenade and shouting loudly, and they were all stunned and stunned, and they all dodged to the sides, and even took the initiative to give way to Zhang Jinlong.
Some of these U.S. troops saw Zhang Jinlong running to the front and planned to raise their guns to shoot, but when they saw that Zhang Jinlong was still around him, there were still many U.S. troops dodging in a daze, and in order to avoid hurting their own people, they did not dare to shoot for a long time.
That is to say, more than 3,000 US troops were clustered on the position, but for Zhang Jinlong, it was like entering no man's land, so he held up the grenade and ran wildly for more than 1,500 meters with a drum, and rushed straight to the main position of the Fifth Company.
Not to mention the enemy, even the comrades of the Fifth Company were stunned to see that scene.
However, as soon as Zhang Jinlong ran to his comrades-in-arms, he fell to the ground, perhaps because he was too excited, or perhaps his physical strength was seriously overdrawn, but fortunately, except for a few minor injuries, his body was not in serious trouble.
In this battle, Zhang Jinlong destroyed more than 50 enemies, coupled with the meritorious work of covering his teammates, and miraculously scared off three thousand enemy soldiers by himself, killing the enemy from a desperate situation, fully demonstrating the heroism of the volunteer army, so he was honored by the leading organ of the volunteer army for first-class merit.