What would it be like to suddenly have a national meritorious person next to you? Such a shocking thing happened in Shangcai, Henan Province. A meritorious man who made outstanding achievements in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea worked as a cleaner in a government guest house after returning to his hometown.
And the cleaner with the title of "special meritorious service" is named Reborsen, who, like many revolutionary predecessors, hid his heroic deeds and was willing to be an ordinary and hard-working person. So what kind of story happened to him?
Hard childhood
During the war years, there were many people who changed their fate by joining the army, and Ray Baosen was one of them. When Reberson was very young, his family was particularly poor, he had two older sisters above him, and the life of a family of five was all pressed on his father's head.
At that time, the family only had a few fields, and it was not easy to support the family, and it was also oppressed by the landlord. It was under such conditions that Rebalsen was born and grew up. However, the poor and difficult days of the family were not long broken by an accident.
Because the Lei Baosen family was always unable to pay the grain on time, the local landlord often came to them for trouble, and once the landlord took the opportunity to find stubble to insult Lei Baosen's aunt.
Rebalsen's father went to their door in a fit of rage, and an argument ensued, in the course of which his father hacked the other person to death.
In this way, he carried a human life for no reason, and in desperation, Lei Baosen's father could only flee with his family. They fled to their aunt's house, but because their aunt's family was also very poor, they could not support so many people, so they had to go elsewhere.
The family lived in a ruined temple and lived a precarious life. My father worked in the landlord's house, but because he offended the landlord and did not even get paid, he fell seriously ill in a fit of anger and died soon after.
A year later, her sister was sent to be a child bride, and Lei Baosen's mother also died of a serious illness, and Lei Baosen completely became a fatherless and motherless orphan. Fortunately, he had learned to beg with his parents before, and he could barely make ends meet.
It wasn't until he was eight years old that Reberson was adopted by a childless peasant couple that he ended begging along the streets.
Perhaps because he has eaten the suffering that ordinary people have not suffered since he was a child, Lei Baosen's personality is particularly strong. When he was 13 years old, in order to reduce the burden on his family and work in the landlord's house, no matter how hard and tired he was, he was able to persevere, and his mentality was particularly optimistic.
But as he grew older, Rebson also felt that it was not the way to attach himself to the landlord in this way, and he wanted to go in a higher direction. With this idea, Reberson made a bold decision to go outside the world.
He went through hardships to Zhengzhou, worked as a small number two in an inn, and because he was smart and studious and diligent, he was appreciated by his boss and his life gradually stabilized.
At this time, he met a regular visitor to the inn, a shoemaker, who changed his life.
Join the army and serve the country
Rebalsen had never read a book since he was a child, and he didn't recognize a word, but he could also understand many big truths, many of which were also taught to him by shoemakers. Over time, he learned from the shoemaker about the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and the Communist Party.
He deeply felt that the red glory of the Communist Party was shining on the poor people, so he developed a firm belief in the Party. The shoemaker's identity was actually a member of the Communist Party, and he was an underground party specializing in intelligence gathering.
He often went to the inn to chat with Lei Baosen in order to obtain useful information, after all, it was the most suitable place for intelligence. Later, he discovered that Rebalsen was not only clever, but also particularly interested in revolution, and developed him into an underground party.
Rebausen also cherished this opportunity, often providing a lot of reliable intelligence information for shoemakers. Once, his identity was almost revealed, and for safety he joined the Laiwu local armed forces with a letter of introduction from the shoemaker.
In 1948, Lei Baosen officially joined the Communist Party of China and was incorporated into the 26th Army of the People's Liberation Army. During the Liberation War, Lei Baosen participated in many battles with the army, became a brave sniper, and won the second and third class meritorious service.
Later, when the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began, Lei Baosen joined the Chinese Volunteer Army and went to Korea to fight against the US army.
At the beginning of the battle, the Chinese People's Liberation Army showed a high level of combat, and the US army was defeated and retreated one after another, and finally our army successfully occupied Seoul. At this moment, the US army was not willing to lose the battle, so it launched a large-scale attack on our army and caught our side by surprise.
Successive battles have made the PLA people have not had time to rest and face the attack of the US army, and the supply in the rear has begun to be inadequate, which is very unfavorable to the war situation and our side.
Faced with provocations from the U.S. forces, the 26th Army began to deploy new defensive operations. Rebalsen's company was assigned to the front to fight snipers. On that day, Ray Baosen was ordered to take 9 soldiers to ambush the American tank army.
It was a necessary road to Mt. Seven Peaks, which was flanked by high ground, where Rebalsen was waiting for the enemy to come.
After a while, the American tanks came over, and Ray Baosen counted, good fellow! There were 11 tanks with 100 U.S. troops on them. Ray Baosen counted the 9 people under his hands, how to win this battle?
Rebulson calmly and calmly crafted tactics in his mind as the Americans marched into a narrow road along the cliffs. Ray Boson had a cannonball thrown at the first tank, and an instantaneous roar sounded in the valley, and at any moment came a machine gun strafing.
Before the U.S. military could react, Lei Baosen gave an order: "Rush! The other soldiers rushed up to the Americans. Ray Boson rushed to the last tank at lightning speed and threw a grenade to blow up the tank.
Then under the cover of comrades-in-arms, the tenth, the ninth, the eighth... Ray Baosen blew up the enemy tanks one by one, and finally the American troops were beaten to the point of scattering, and the battle took only 25 minutes from the beginning to the end to kill 11 enemy tanks, and our army suffered zero casualties, which was a miracle.
The U.S. army launched an attack on the Seven Peaks Mountain, confronting Rebausen's company head-on. The war situation was extremely fierce, both sides lost a lot of troops, and the positions were several times different.
Lei Baosen was also seriously wounded in this battle, and later in order to cover his comrades, he did not want to be a prisoner, so he jumped off a cliff and was martyred.
Look for the greatest hero
Rebulsen originally wanted to end his life, but he did not expect to be rescued after jumping off a cliff. However, he was seriously wounded and could not return to the army to fight, so he returned to his hometown of Shangcai, Henan.
Because he was injured, he could not do heavy work, and when the government guest house was recruiting, he applied to become a cleaner in the guest house.
During his days at the guest house, Lei Baosen never mentioned the war of resistance. Because he couldn't do heavy work, he was ridiculed.
After the end of the war, the state commended the soldiers who had made outstanding contributions to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and Lei Baosen was awarded the honor of "Special Meritorious Service". But the comrades thought he had already died and held a funeral for him. It wasn't until 1953 that the organization, believing he was alive because he could not find his body, published a search notice in the newspaper.
That day, the leader of the guest house was reading the newspaper, just saw this search notice, looked at the photos in the newspaper, felt that he looked like a cleaner Ray Baosen, so he took the newspaper and asked him: "Old Ray, do you look like you?" ”
Lei Baosen looked at the photo in the newspaper, his eyes were red, and he said excitedly: "This is me." It turned out that the organization had never forgotten him and gave him such a high honor.
Subsequently, the organization arranged for Lei Baosen to serve in the Navy's Changshan, and after retirement, he returned to his hometown to live a happy old age.
There are many revolutionary ancestors like Rebausen, who never tell people about their heroic deeds, always dedicate themselves in obscurity, until a chance discovery of their experience. It also makes people see the lofty revolutionary feelings of these revolutionary ancestors.
The deeds of the old man Lei Baosen are full of legends, and the achievements of nine to one hundred have become another major miracle in the history of the War of Resistance. There are many miracles created by the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which we need to slowly read and taste.