One day in September 1984, a man in his 30s hurried into his home, holding something in his hand: a copy of the Sichuan Daily.
As soon as he entered the house, he shouted, "Daddy, Daddy, where are you?" I have something big to tell you! ”
Just then, an old man of about 60 years old walked in from outside wearing a straw hat, carrying a hoe on his shoulder, looking as if he had just returned from farm work.
He spoke in a thick rural voice and said, "What's the matter, how old are the people, always fussy, what's the matter with me!" ”
The man's name was Chai Bingrong, and when he heard his father's accusations, he scratched his head in embarrassment, and then he remembered his important matter and quickly spread out the newspaper:
"Dad, this is really not my fuss, you read this search notice in the newspaper, is this looking for you?"
How can an ordinary farmer be sought after?
The old man felt a little confused, but he still took the newspaper in his son's hand, but he only glanced at it roughly, and found that the person he was looking for in the newspaper was different from his own name, so he did not sum the newspaper in a good mood and said:
"It's not me who is looking for here, although it's very similar to me, but my name is Chai Yunzheng, and the person I'm looking for above is called Chai Yunzhen." Only one word is missing, but it's not the same person either. ”
Chai Bingrong patted his thigh, pointed to the search notice, and said:
"Father, if you look at what is said above, You participated in the Battle of Pu Dafeng in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and you see that you did not participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea!" And this, a broken finger, you are also right. The name is also so similar, maybe it is you? It's just that I didn't know the name at the time, and I wrote it wrong. ”
Pictured| Volunteer Army to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
After listening to his son's analysis, Chai Yunzheng thought suspiciously: Is chai Yunzhen really me?
Seeing that his father began to believe his own speculations, Chai Bingrong continued: "Father, you see that you often tell me about what happened in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea that you participated in, don't you want to see your comrades-in-arms again?" Don't want to chat with them anymore? Moreover, they all published a notice in the newspaper to find people, presumably there must be something very important to find this Chai Yunzhen. ”
Since Chai Yunzheng returned to his hometown, how could he not miss the old comrades who fought together in blood, he was persuaded by his son and finally made up his mind, so he immediately said to Chai Bingrong: "That line, I will go like this." ”
But this decision is easier said than done.
Chai Yun has been a farmer for so many years, his savings are not much, and he has only made up twenty or thirty yuan after going through his home, and even the road fare is not enough. Chai Yunzheng clapped his hands and decided to sell the livestock that the family used to produce cubs, so that he could collect the money to go to the newspaper address (that is, the political department of unit 39155 in Xiaogan City, Hubei Province).
So is Chai Yunzheng really the Chai Yunzhen mentioned in the search notice?
Why did Unit 39155 seek him with such fanfare? What kind of past does he have?
Chai Yunzhen was born in 1926 in a poor rural area in the countryside of Dafo in Yuechi County, Sichuan Province. Anyone who knows anything about recent history should know that in that era the country was in a very dark period.
People in poor villager families like Chai Yunzhen are already very difficult to survive.
In order to alleviate the pressure at home, Chai Yunzhen came out to find work when he was 12 years old, working as a long-term worker for a large landowner, hoping to earn some money to relieve the burden on the family.
But even if Chai Yunzhen worked non-stop every day, and even fainted due to overwork, he still made very little money.
But what about the thousands of low-level people like Chai Yunzhen? For them, having this little money is better than nothing, so Chai Yunzhen can only bow his head and endure the oppression and exploitation of the landlord class.
When Chai Yunzhen was 15 years old, the family situation was even more difficult, it can be said that the family relies on Chai Yunzhen for food, does he not know that the landlord has been oppressing himself? He knew, but he had no other way, those high -flying "vampires" would not teach the people how to break free of the shackles, in order for the family to survive, Chai Yunzhen's only choice was to continue to be a cow and a horse.
If chai Yunzhen used to have time to rest every day, after the age of 15, it seems that there is only one thing left in his life.
After a long time of high-intensity work, Chai Yunzhen's body had problems, but the poor could not afford to get sick! In order to save the cost of buying medicine, Chai Yunzhen finally gave up the idea of continuing to work as a long-term worker in the landlord's house.
Although life is difficult, Chai Yunzhen always laughs at life.
But even if he is optimistic, Chai Yunzhen has to face the dilemma that his family can no longer open the pot.
The experience of being oppressed by the landlord when he was a child let Chai Yunzhen know that if he still guarded the acre and three points of land at home, there was no way to let his family eat and wear warm, so Chai Yunzhen decided to go out as an apprentice after consulting with his family and learn a technique.
The figure | landlord in the film and television drama
But not long after Chai Yunzhen left home, he was forcibly recruited by the Kuomintang.
After being captured by the Kuomintang and recruited into the army, this simple peasant saw a darkness that he had never seen before.
In the past, he knew that the landlord was hateful, and the landlord raised him, just like raising a cow and a donkey, but he was able to earn some money to support his family, but after being forcibly recruited by the Kuomintang, it was common not to pay grain, and the situation at home was even more difficult.
Not only that, in addition to bullying these small miscellaneous soldiers, the officers and soldiers above will also order Chai Yunzhen and others to make dog legs for themselves and bully innocent ordinary people. For example, The Kuomintang soldiers may just look at the people unfavorably and ask them to beat the people in the street.
When the Kuomintang soldiers were oppressing the poor and poor, Chai Yunzhen did not want to join them and intervened to stop them, but the soldiers directly beat him together. Once he was so badly injured that he almost didn't survive.
Chai Yunzhen was not alone, there were many people who were dissatisfied with the Kuomintang soldiers' faction, they were all poor people who were recruited, and after seeing the decay within the Nationalist army, they had long had the idea of escaping.
But a conundrum is in front of these people, even if they succeed in escaping, where can they go? The Kuomintang's forces were strong, and everyone was worried that they had already been arrested by the Kuomintang before they could find a place to stay.
Figure | Chai Yunzhen
At this time, a person made a suggestion, and this suggestion was like a fire in the endless night, illuminating the hearts of this group of desperate people.
"Or let's find a time, when this group of Kuomintang soldiers didn't find out, to flee to the Communists!" The man exclaimed, "I know the Communist Party, and this organization is particularly good, speaking only for the poor peasants, and there will be no oppression of people." ”
Chai Yunzhen had heard about the deeds of the Communist troops before, and he was very moved, but others hesitated, the Kuomintang had accumulated power in their hearts for a long time, and if the Communists did not accept them, then as deserters, they would only have one way to die.
Without the help of others, Chai Yunzhen could not think of a comprehensive plan, so the idea of throwing himself into the Communist Party was temporarily suppressed in his heart.
However, the opportunity soon came, and the song of liberation was sung in all corners of the land of Shenzhou.
In 1948, on the eve of the Battle of Huaihai, Chai Yunzhen's Kuomintang troops, fearing the bravery of the Communist fighters, scattered and fled before they could fight.
But Chai Yunzhen did not run away, because he believed that a team like the Communist Party would not kill innocents indiscriminately.
Later events confirmed his idea that the Communist forces, which had always insisted on "Chinese and not fighting Chinese," did not have too much embarrassment for soldiers like Chai Yunzhen.
Soon, Chai Yunzhen joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which he had always longed for, and was later incorporated into the guard company.
In the Battle of the River Crossing in 1949, Chai Yunzhen bravely rushed to the forefront of the battle as a machine gunner in the army.
This is very dangerous, but Chai Yunzhen is not afraid.
The enemy army was very cunning, and seeing that Chai Yunzhen's position was more powerful, they concentrated their guns to attack him, and Chai Yunzhen's ship was almost overturned by the enemy's fire.
Fortunately, Chai Yunzhen actively responded to the crisis, not only successfully dodging the enemy's onslaught, but also countering the first army, capturing three heavy machine guns and several ammunition of the enemy.
Chai Yunzhen won the second class for his outstanding performance in the Battle of crossing the River, and later, Chai Yunzhen, who had a strong fighting style, participated in many battles with enemy troops of all sizes and won many honors.
In December 1949, Chai Yunzhen was finally approved to join the Communist Party of China.
Picture | oil painting of the Battle of the River Crossing
In October 1949, Chairman Mao solemnly announced the founding of New China on the tower of Tiananmen Square.
But the battle hasn't stopped! In 1950, Korea was invaded by the US military, and our country warned many times, but the US military did not care, and led the war to the 38th line.
National dignity cannot be trampled upon, and the Volunteer Army to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea crossed the Yalu River and headed for the Korean battlefield. As soon as Chai Yunzhen heard the news, he immediately signed up as a member of the glorious volunteer army, and he was incorporated into the 8th Company of the 134th Regiment of the 45th Division of the 15th Army of the Volunteer Army.
The 15th Army is a well-known heroic unit in the volunteer army, and many of the soldiers we are familiar with are from this army, such as Huang Jiguang and Qiu Shaoyun, and Chai Yunzhen's 8th Company is the leader of the 15th Army.
In the Battle of Shangganling, in order to compete with the enemy for the battlefield, Chai Yunzhen's 8th company confronted the enemy on the battlefield for more than 30 days, and could not relax every day, killing more than a thousand enemies in the battle with the enemy, so this company was known as the "Eighth Company of Shangganling Special Gong".
In May 1951, the 134th Regiment was assigned to serve as a blockade mission at Park Dafeng, and Chai Yunzhen was already the squad leader of the 8th Company and 7th Squad.
The U.S. Army and the Canadian 25th Brigade fought a fierce battle with the 134th Regiment of the 45th Division of the 15th Army of the Volunteer Army at Park Dafeng for 5 days, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, but neither side refused to give up, because park Dafeng was a dangerous terrain and was a must for entering Jinhua.
Picture | Huang Jiguang painting
After 5 days of fierce fighting, there were not many soldiers left in our army, and two hills were taken away by the enemy.
Seeing this situation, the general organized all the remaining fighters into the second echelon, stubbornly held the position, and ordered Chai Yunzhen to lead the remaining 9 fighters of the 7th squad of the 8th Company to attack, fight the enemy to the death, and retake the two hills occupied by the enemy.
The task was arduous and unusual, but Chai Yunzhen was not frightened, and he resolutely accepted the task of nine deaths. He succeeded, the two hills were lost, and not only that, under his leadership, the remaining 7 squads of fighters also repelled many enemy attacks.
However, the enemy fire was strong, and the 10 fighters of the 7th squad (including Chai Yunzhen) were finally left with only 1, that is, Chai Yunzhen.
Looking at the corpses of his comrades around him, Chai Yunzhen's heart was extremely painful, but the war was not over, and he still had to continue fighting. He picked up the submachine gun next to the enemy's corpse, and also picked up several grenades, and rushed up when the enemy attacked again.
Chai Yunzhen threw all the grenades in his hand at the enemy, and the submachine gun in his hand was also aimed at the enemy at this time, and one bullet after another was fired, hitting the enemy who launched the attack.
With the passage of time, the submachine gun in Chai Yunzhen's hand had run out of bullets, and the grenades in his hand were also exhausted.
At this time, what supported Chai Yunzhen to continue fighting was only faith.
Without any ranged weapons, he raised his bayonet and charged into the enemy for a final fight.
Chai Yunzhen was like a mighty god of war on the ancient battlefield, and with a bayonet, he knocked down the enemy troops one by one.
Finally, there was the last American soldier left on the battlefield.
Pictured| soldier of the Volunteer Army to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
At this time, Chai Yunzhen's strength had long been exhausted, and he could only use his bayonet to prop himself up so that he would not collapse to the ground. Looking at the American soldiers on the opposite side, Chai Yunzhen raised his bayonet again and rushed to the American soldiers on the opposite side.
The American soldier with the bayonet in his hand was frightened by Chai Yunzhen's fierce appearance and retreated, but his chest was still pierced by the bayonet in Chai Yunzhen's hand, and Chai Yunzhen's abdomen was also pierced by the bayonet in the American soldier's hand.
The two immediately wrestled together, and although Chai Yunzhen was not as tall as the American soldiers, he still suppressed the American soldiers with his own strength.
At this time, the American soldiers were constantly struggling, suddenly, he touched a stone, in order to break free of Chai Yunzhen's clamps, he grabbed the stone and smashed it on Chai Yunzhen's head, and when Chai Yunzhen was smashed with blood, he also took the opportunity to bite off Chai Yunzhen's right index finger.
Chai Yunzhen let out a scream and relaxed some of the strength to suppress the American soldiers, so the American soldiers quickly got up and fled.
But it didn't go far, Chai Yunzhen caught up again, this time he directly solved the American soldier.
Seeing that the American soldiers were finally solved, Chai Yunzhen could no longer resist the weakness of his body and fell on the battlefield.
After the victory of the battle, the soldiers of the 134th Regiment of the 15th Army immediately thought of Chai Yunzhen, because Chai Yunzhen's exploits were so great that he alone annihilated a hundred enemy soldiers. But then the volunteers found that they didn't even know where Chai Yunzhen had gone.
Although they immediately began to search, because the people in the original unit changed batch after batch, the search was fruitless for a long time. The North Korean side also thought that Chai Yunzhen had been sacrificed, so they erected an empty monument for Chai Yunzhen and made a posthumous portrait.
Pictured| volunteer soldier fighting on the Korean battlefield
Of course, Chai Yunzhen did not sacrifice!
In 1983, Li Tianen was arranged to be the head of the military history writing team of the Fifteenth Army of the Volunteer Army, and he received the task of finding Chai Yunzhen and achieved results, and the hero finally reappeared in front of everyone.
Lee was tasked with finding Chai Yun-jin because Kim Il-sung visited China in 1980.
In 1980, Kim Il Sung came to Beijing to participate in the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, when deng Xiaoping received him.
After the two met, they talked about the 15th Army because of the theme of the event, and then talked about the outstanding talents in the 15th Army, at which time Kim Il Sung mentioned Chai Yunzhen.
Just at that time, Deng Xiaoping saw that Qin Jiwei was also participating in the activity, so he asked about Chai Yunzhen.
Qin Jiwei mentioned his former comrade-in-arms, his eyes were slightly moist, but he said firmly: "Chai Yunzhen is very high and great, he is a heroic figure, I do not believe that he has been sacrificed, he has been looking for the whereabouts of Chai Yunzhen, as soon as there is news, I will immediately report it." ”
After many inquiries and active searches, Li Tianen concluded:
Chai Yunzhen is most likely from Sichuan, and most likely still alive. Because he found Sun Hongfa, a warrior who had carried Chai Yunzhen off the battlefield, Sun Hongfa told Li Tianen about the characteristics of Chai Yunzhen's right index finger being bitten off by the enemy and full of scars.
This greatly narrowed the scope of Li Tianen's search, but Sichuan was very large, and it was still too difficult to find, so he came up with a way to publish a search notice in the Sichuan Daily.
Fast back in 1984, when Chai Yun was passing through the boat and finally came to the address in the newspaper, when he was wearing a straw hat, simple clothes, and mud on the legs of his pants, when he saw the guard at the door, he said: "Aren't you looking for Chai Yunzhen?" I may be Chai Yunzhen, but my name is Chai Yunzheng. ”
After speaking, he took out his demobilization certificate and disability certificate.
After hearing these words, the guards were overjoyed, and while receiving Chai Yunzhen attentively, they asked another comrade to go in to find Li Tianen.
In fact, at this time, Li Tianen was a little desperate, because he had been posting the search notice in the newspaper for more than ten days, but there was still no news at all, and he even began to wonder if he had found the wrong direction.
As a result, just when he was upset, he saw a small soldier running in and reported that there was a person at the door who might be Chai Yunzhen.
Hearing the news, Li Tianen almost jumped up from the stool, and he said loudly: "Really? fast! Take me there! ”
When anyone saw Chai Yunzheng, they couldn't believe that such an old man dressed as an ordinary peasant would be a combat hero, but countless combat heroes were willing to return to the countryside in anonymity after the country survived the crisis, so after seeing Chai Yunzheng's first glance, Li Tianen was a little surprised, but also had a premonition, and the old man in front of him was the Chai Yunzhen he was looking for.
Chai Yunzheng said, "I saw the search notice you had in the newspaper, and it felt very similar to me, but it was a word away from my name." ”
Later, Li Tian'en asked a lot of details about Park Dafeng's blockade battle, and Chai Yunzheng answered like a stream, at this time Li Tian'en was already a little excited, especially when he saw the defect of Chai Yunzheng's right index finger and the scar on his head, he already believed that the simple-looking old farmer in front of him was the person he was looking for.
After a series of certifications, it was finally determined that Chai Yunzheng was Chai Yunzhen.
But why is the name written on the search notice not Chai Yunzheng but Chai Yunzhen? What did Chai Yunzhen experience after being carried off the battlefield?
Later, after inquiry, everyone finally knew the reason why the name on the search notice was inconsistent with Chai Yunzheng's name.
Originally, when Chai Yunzheng first entered the Communist Army, his name was still Chai Yunzheng, but when he was just incorporated into the guard company, the cultural instructors in the company felt that Chai Yunzheng's name should have some political significance, so they changed "Zheng" to "Zheng".
Later, Chai Yunzheng's guard company was added to the 8th Company of the 45th Division of the 15th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and because of the accent of the soldiers who registered their names, they wrote "Chai Yunzheng" as "Chai Yunzhen".
After Chai Yunzhen was carried off the battlefield by Sun Hongfa, he was sent back to a military hospital in China because of the limited medical technology in the hospital behind the troops, so he could not treat his wounds.
When Chai Yunzhen woke up, he saw that he was surrounded by a group of people dressed in white and wearing masks. When they saw him wake up, they were very excited, and they kept saying, "This is a miracle!" ”
After more than a year of recuperation, Chai Yunzhen's injuries healed, and at this time he also knew that he could no longer go to the battlefield, and because the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was not over at that time, he could not contact his comrades-in-arms, so he lost contact with the troops.
After recovering from his injuries, Chai Yunzhen went to apply for a disability certificate and a demobilization certificate, and after receiving the 80 yuan and a thousand catties of grain tickets issued to him by the government, he returned to his hometown in Sichuan and returned to his old home, that is, farming.
However, Chai Yunzhen is not a demobilized person who no longer cares about the country's major affairs, he is still actively responding to any call of the state.
When the village was engaged in land reform, he actively participated, and was finally elected by the villagers as the deputy township chief; when the village ran a people's commune, he was elected as the secretary of the party branch of the brigade because of his own excellence.
Chai Yunzhen, who finally connected with the troops, was deeply moved, and he went to meet many old comrades-in-arms who he had missed for a long time.
As soon as they met, the two of them joked, and the old comrade-in-arms said, "It's really you, old thing, not dead yet!" Chai Yunzhen smiled and replied, "You are not dead, I may die!" In 1985, Chai Yun-jin went to North Korea and was twice received by Kim Il-sung.
Kim Il Sung said, "Chai Yun-jin is a living hero! ”
The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea took the lives of many soldiers, and it is precisely because of this that heroes like Chai Yunzhen are more loved by us and cherished by us!
The existence of a combat hero like Chai Yunzhen who is still alive in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea warns us all the time that that history really exists, and we must not forget that history!