On November 17, 1944, a deputy platoon commander of our army was unfortunately killed in battle, and he was the commander of the Jiaodong Military Region at that time
Xu Shiyou
Grief-stricken by the news, he personally held a memorial service and went on a hunger strike for a day, at which Xu Shiyou bid farewell to the hero and draped one of his new clothes over the hero's body.
Who is this hero? What outstanding contributions have been made? Why did he receive such a high courtesy from Xu Shiyou?
This hero is
Ren Changlun
In 1921, Ren Changlun was born in a place called Sun Huzhuang Village in Longkou City, Shandong Province, and it is said that because this village had only two surnames, Sun Huzhuang Village, it was named Sun Huzhuang Village.
Figure | Ren Changlun
Ren Changlun's family to farm for a living, life is very difficult, when Ren Changlun was young, he was particularly sensible, other children in the village are playing outside every day, and Ren Changlun is different, he often takes the initiative to help his father work, although the life is a little hard, but the family can still feel incomparably happy together.
However, a happy life is not so long, what is going on?
When Ren Changlun was six years old, his family suffered a change, and his father was bedridden due to a serious illness, and he died soon after, leaving the young Ren Changlun and his mother to live alone.
After the father left, the burden of the whole family fell on the mother alone, in order to let Ren Changlun live well, Ren Changlun's mother was early and greedy every day, doing all kinds of things, and the sensible Ren Changlun also knew that his mother took care of the family very hard, so he would often help his mother.
Figure | Poor little mountain village
After about four years of such a life, Ren Changlun's mother also passed away, and now only Ren Changlun is left to live alone, and Ren Changlun was only ten years old at that time.
The uncle saw that Ren Changlun was alone and lonely, so he adopted him, after that, Ren Changlun lived with his uncle, the uncle was particularly kind to Ren Changlun, and also sent Ren Changlun to the academy to study, Ren Changlun cherished the opportunity to read, but because of the previous encounter, he was more mature than the average child.
One day, Ren Changlun came home from school, saw his uncle and aunt discussing the matter of borrowing money, and knew that his uncle must have suffered a lot in order to let himself study, so the sensible Ren Changlun made up his mind to drop out of school and go home to help his uncle reduce the burden.
In this way, Ren Changlun returned home, in order to help his uncle reduce the burden, Ren Changlun ran outside to work for a short time, in the local area, there is such a custom, that is, the employer chooses "gong", generally will not choose the bare backbone, so Ren Changlun's aunt made a long shirt for Ren Changlun with coarse cloth.
Figure | Coarse cloth kaftan
Because of this long shirt, Ren Changlun can often get some work, but whenever Ren Changlun sees that his friends around him can't get a job because of their bare backbones, he will lend them his long shirts, so in the local area, Ren Changlun's popularity is particularly good, and he is praised by his neighbors.
Ren Changlun's hometown is the place where the Boxer Rebellion once operated, in the local area, there are many stories about the Boxer Rebellion, those legends of "killing the stolen officials" and "imperial humiliation" all attract the interest of Ren Changlun, perhaps influenced by these legends, Ren Changlun also has a heroic complex, he hates the evil forces that oppress the people.
After the Lugou Bridge Incident on July 7, 1937, the flames of anti-Japanese resistance also burned to the Jiaodong area, and soon after, Sun Huzhuang also established his own anti-Japanese self-defense regiment, and for Ren Changlun, who has had a heroic dream since childhood, what he wanted most was to join this anti-Japanese self-defense regiment.
On that day, when he heard that the Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Regiment was recruiting people, Ren Changlun rushed over to participate, and the process was quite smooth, so Ren Changlun became a member of the first anti-Japanese self-defense regiment in Sun Huzhuang.
Figure | Lugou Bridge Incident
At that time, Ren Changlun would often follow the members of the Self-Defense Regiment to lay mines and grab "tongues", which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army and the puppet army, and Ren Changlun's intelligence and bravery were also reflected in this activity again and again.
I remember one time, Ren Changlun and
Wang Baoyu
，
Wang Jianwu
The three were sent to the market to reconnoiter the enemy situation, at that time, they found that there was a puppet army in front of them buying eggs, and when they looked closely, they also found that the puppet soldier still had a gun pinned to his waist, and they looked at each other, understood their intentions, and immediately began to act.
Wang Jianwu and Wang Baoyu secretly walked behind the puppet army, and then Wang Jianwu jumped and jumped directly on the puppet army, picked up the stone in his hand and smashed it on the puppet army, Wang Baoyu on the side also moved quickly, took the gun from the puppet army, and soon, the puppet army was subdued.
Ren Changlun was also very happy after seeing the two partners after taking the puppet army, but at this moment, a group of enemies rushed over from the other side of the market, so Ren Changlun quickly said to Wang Baoyu:
"You will bring this puppet army back first, and I will cover you."
Wang Baoyu nodded, and then said to Ren Changlun:
"Be careful yourself."
Figure | Japanese puppet army
After seeing that Wang Baoyu and the others had already walked for some distance, Ren Changlun hid in the crowd and shouted at the enemy:
"The Eighth Route Army is coming."
When the enemy heard this, he immediately began to panic and did not dare to move forward at will, and this change also made the market chaotic, full of crowds, and in this way, Ren Changlun blended into the crowd and successfully walked out.
However, although he could also fight the enemy in the Self-Defense Regiment, Ren Changlun most wanted to join the Eighth Route Army.
In August 1940, when Ren Changlun was a soldier of the Huangxian Anti-Japanese Brigade, he carried out several missions, and in October of that year, the Anti-Japanese Brigade of Huangxian County was incorporated into the Fifth Battalion and Fifth Company of the Fourteenth Regiment of the Fifth Brigade of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army.
After becoming a soldier of the Eighth Route Army, Ren Changlun learned a lot, and his combat experience became more and more abundant, and soon after, he also participated in several battles.
Figure | Eighth route army
Fighting bravely shows the true colors of heroes
Among them, What impressed Ren Changlun was the battle in January 1941, when our army troops fought with the Japanese army in Ye County, when Ren Changlun was responsible for delivering ammunition to the soldiers in front, the battle lasted for several hours, and the ammunition of the soldiers in front was also exhausted, so a white-knife battle was launched.
At that time, Ren Changlun was carrying a box of grenades to the front line, he saw the squad leader was fighting with the enemy, and it was obvious that the squad leader's physical strength was somewhat weak, just at this moment, Ren Changlun quickly put down the grenade, and then rushed behind the enemy, hugging the enemy, and the squad leader in front also seized the opportunity and stabbed the enemy in the shoulder.
The enemy was rolling on the ground in pain, trying to pick up the gun in the distance, at this time, the sharp-eyed Ren Changlun found this, quickly ran over, and then picked up the three or eight big covers, and stabbed at the enemy, after the battle, because of Ren Changlun's excellent performance on the battlefield, the organization decided to reward the gun to Ren Changlun.
This was Ren Changlun's first gun, and he cherished it very much, and ren Changlun also believed that in the future, he could use this gun to kill more enemies and drive out all the Japanese troops who invaded Chinese territory.
Figure | Three-eight big covers
On the battlefield, Ren Changlun was unusually brave, every time he rushed to the front, remembering that once, the organization sent Ren Changlun's unit to attack the enemy, when the enemy's firepower was very fierce, in the process of fighting with the enemy, Ren Changlun's arm was unfortunately shot, but he did not flinch because of the injury, and endured the pain to fight with the enemy.
After that battle lasted for several hours, Ren Changlun and his comrades-in-arms were almost running out of bullets, so Ren Changlun took up the knife in his hand, rushed to the enemy's side, and fought closely with the enemy, the soldiers were infected by Ren Changlun's bravery, and they took up the weapons in their hands to kill the enemy, and finally with the joint efforts of everyone, the enemy was finally defeated by Ren Changlun and others.
When Ren Changlun followed the team to monkey ditch in Fushan County, he got the news of the organization, and heard that some Japanese troops would pass through monkey ditch in the near future, so he ordered Ren Changlun to ambush in monkey ditch and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.
After receiving the order from the organization, Ren Changlun and his comrades ambushed near the monkey ditch, and a few hours later, the enemy did appear in the monkey ditch, and through observation, he could see that the enemy was still driving a truck, and inside the truck, there were a large number of Japanese troops.
Figure | Model of a Japanese truck
When the Japanese entered the ambush circle, the gunshots sounded in the monkey ditch, at this time, Ren Changlun picked up a grenade and threw it near the enemy truck, only to hear a "bang", the grenade exploded, and the enemy truck was unable to move because of this explosion, and stopped to the side.
In the face of the strong firepower of our army, the Japanese army quickly found a cover to hide, in this ambush battle, Ren Changlun's calf was injured, after some simple bandaging, he asked to return to the battlefield, but the squad leader saw Ren Changlun limping and refused Ren Changlun's request.
Ren Changlun repeatedly asked, there was no way, the squad leader had to agree to let Ren Changlun continue to fight, and Ren Changlun also destroyed several enemies under the condition of this injury, and was a very brave warrior.
In addition to being brave in battle, Ren Changlun had risked his life three times to save his comrades-in-arms.
Risking death to save comrades-in-arms
The first time Ren Changlun saved his teammates was when he attacked the enemy's stronghold, at that time, because the enemy had prepared in advance, our army could not take the enemy down for a while, and the enemy's firepower was supported, so our army decided to temporarily retreat in order to reduce casualties.
As soon as the enemy saw our army retreating, he sent a team to pursue, and at that time, together with Ren Changlun, two new recruits who had just joined the army were retreating, and at that time, when he saw that the enemy was about to catch up, the situation was very critical, and Ren Changlun said to the two soldiers:
"You go first, and I'll cover you."
The two warriors knew that their combat experience was not very rich, and staying behind would drag Ren Changlun down, so they nodded and ran forward, watching the two comrades go farther and farther, Ren Changlun carefully analyzed the terrain of this place, he found that there was a fork in the road not far away, so Ren Changlun thought of a way.
He hurried to the bushes beside the fork in the road, and when the enemy was getting closer, he took the gun in his hand and fired a shot at the enemy in the front, and the enemy fell to the ground, and the enemy behind him was drawn to the fork, and finally, Ren Changlun, relying on the terrain, successfully got rid of the enemy who was pursuing him and returned to the army.
The second time Ren Changlun saved his comrades was when he was pursuing the puppet army, when our army won a victory in a battle, the enemy saw that our army's firepower was so fierce, and they fled one after another, so our army planned to take advantage of the victory to pursue and eliminate all these enemies in one fell swoop.
At that time, two or three hundred puppet soldiers escaped in front, because the scene was too chaotic at that time, Ren Changlun was also mixed with the enemy, and suddenly, the sharp-eyed Ren Changlun saw that there were several puppet troops in front of him besieging our army soldiers, and just when the puppet army was about to kill the killer, Ren Changlun took up the three or eight big covers in his hand and shot the puppet army.
The other puppet troops saw that their companions had been shot and fell to the ground, and they were also frightened and did not dare to make any other moves, so Ren Changlun wiped out all the puppet troops around him, and then rescued the soldier of our army.
The third time Ren Changlun saved his comrades was when he attacked Xiao Luan's stronghold, and not long after the battle began, he found that the enemy situation had changed, and if he rushed to attack, it would definitely be very dangerous, so he had to retreat first.
When everyone had retreated, the team began to roll call and found that there was one less person, who turned out to be the third squad leader
Deming
During the retreat, the thigh was shot by the enemy and could not walk, so there was no retreat.
After knowing that the third squad leader had not yet returned, Ren Changlun volunteered to bring Shi Deming back, when a fire was lit next to the enemy's bunker, and not far away from the deer (
zhài
）
A pile of fires was also lit, and the third squad leader, Shi Deming, was in the middle of these two fires.
Figure | abatis
After seeing the specific location of the third squad leader, Ren Changlun rushed over, and when it came to Lu Zhao, he quickly hid it, and soon, Ren Changlun came to the side of the third squad leader, and he said to the third squad leader:
"Squad leader, I'll take you out."
Shi Deming was very touched to see Ren Changlun come to save himself despite the danger, he looked at his legs, and then shook his head.
Ren Changlun did not understand what it meant, so he said:
"Third squad leader, hurry up, or the enemy will soon find us."
At this time, Steming said:
"My leg hurts, it will definitely drag you down when the time comes, or you should go first, don't worry about me."
Seeing that the third squad leader rejected himself, Ren Changlun said decisively:
"I can't leave you alone, and if I want to go back, I'll go back together."
After saying that, he untied one of his own foot wraps, and then tied them to Shi Deming's waist, pulling Shi Deming out, and when they climbed halfway, the foot wrap actually broke, so Ren Changlun quickly untied the other foot wrap and tied it back to Ren Changlun, so step by step he pulled Shi Deming out of the deer, and as soon as the deer was out, Ren Changlun quickly carried Shi Deming back to the army.
Figure | Wrap your feet around your feet with a cloth
Climb the ladder to blow up the bunker
There is a person in the Jiaodong area called
Zhao Baoyuan
He was the largest diehard and pro-Japanese element in the Jiaodong area, and it was often seen that he colluded with the Japanese army, maimed the local people, and slaughtered the anti-Japanese troops.
In 1941, the organization decided to counterattack the surrender faction of Zhao Baoyuan, in March, our army team came to Facheng, Facheng is Zhao Baoyuan's old lair, he built fortifications here, at first, Zhao Baoyuan naively thought that he was solid in Facheng, but when the battle really started, he knew how brave our army was.
After the battle, all of the fortifications built by Zhao Baoyuan around Facheng were breached by our army, and by July, only three large bunkers were still resisting, and they could not turn over any wind and waves.
On July 26, our army issued an order to remove the three remaining bunkers of the enemy in one fell swoop, and Ren Changlun's team attacked the largest bunker.
Figure | blockhouse
Soon, the battle began, Ren Changlun and his comrades braved the enemy's gunfire and bullets to split the deer on the periphery with machetes to clear the obstacles for the troops, and when all the deer were cleared, Ren Changlun lit a fire under the bunker, one was able to fire attack, and the other was to occupy the bottom of the bunker more quickly.
After our soldiers occupied the bottom of the bunker, they quickly set up a ladder, and Siming, under the cover of his comrades-in-arms, also climbed the ladder, just at this time, the enemy poured boiling water on Siming, threw stones, and tried to knock Steming off the ladder.
Under the attack of the enemy's stones and boiling water, Shi Deming finally failed to hold on and fell off the ladder, at this time, Ren Changlun shouted at the soldiers on the side:
"Cover for me, I'm on."
The enemy saw that there were still people who dared to rush up, so they threw the stone over again, originally Ren Changlun had been injured during the charge, and now he was attacked by the enemy, and the blood instantly gushed out of his body, although he was now seriously injured, but Ren Changlun still did not give up, and climbed up step by step.
Just as he was about to climb up, a brick appeared above his head, and Ren Changlun only felt that his eyes were black and he was about to faint, at this time, he heard his comrades below shouting:
"Ren Changlun, throw the grenade."
After hearing the shouts of his companions, Ren Changlun also reacted, using the last bit of strength in his body to throw the grenade into the enemy's gun hole.
The comrades below saw Ren Changlun fall, quickly caught him, and then seized this opportunity to successfully annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.
In October 1943, Ren Changlun's unit was ordered by the organization to go to Lunan to open up a base area, and the team was in The vicinity of Koji
Li Yongping
A battle had been fought, and two hours after the war had begun, the enemy's strongholds on the periphery had all been cleared, and now he was in the enemy's inner bunker.
However, the bunker was extremely strong, and if it attacked from the outside, it would not produce substantial damage at all, at this time, the soldiers of our army rushed to the bottom of the bunker through the cover of their comrades-in-arms, and then quickly built a ladder, at this time, the deputy squad leader
Wang Fengyun
Carrying the explosive packet, he climbed up the ladder, and he wanted to stuff the explosives into the enemy's bunkers.
But just when Wang Fengyun climbed up, unfortunately he was shot and killed, watching the deputy squad leader fall from the ladder, Ren Changlun was very sad, his eyes were already red, only to see him pick up the explosive package next to the deputy squad leader Wang Fengyun, and then climbed up the bunker, and then lit the fuse and threw the explosive package in.
When the enemy saw the explosive package that had been thrown in, they were all dumbfounded, only to hear a "bang", the bunker was blown out of a huge opening, and the other fighters saw the situation and threw bombs into it, and the enemies inside were wailing:
"Don't lose it again, we surrender."
In the end, the battle ended in victory.
And Ren Changlun's performance in this battle once again impressed many warriors, and Xu Shiyou was also greatly praised by him after hearing Ren Changlun's deeds, saying that he was a fierce general.
In August 1944, the Shandong Military Region's Congress of Combat Heroes was held, and Ren Changlun attended the meeting, at which Ren Changlun was elected as a member of the presidium and also received the title of first-class combat hero.
Figure | Xu Shiyou
After the meeting, many reporters wanted to visit Ren Changlun to record his story, and Ren Changlun said to reporters:
"If you want to visit, visit the other soldiers, I haven't done anything, I just think of the people who are still suffering, and I know that my mission is not yet complete." 」
Battle hero Ren Changlun
In November 1944, the Japanese army gathered a large number of troops to sweep the base area of our army, and Ren Changlun was not in the army at that time, but when he heard the news, he was furious and rushed back to the troops from hundreds of places overnight.
The first thing Ren Changlun did when he returned to the unit was to find the head of the military region to apply for a battle, and when the chief saw that Ren Changlun's body had not yet fully recovered, he refused Ren Changlun's request, but Ren Changlun said:
"I can't stand not letting me fight, I can't see the Japanese army arrogant in front of my eyes, I will protect myself."
Finally, at Ren Changlun's repeated requests, the chief agreed to let Ren Changlun return to the battlefield, at that time, our army ambushed in Qixia County, ready to annihilate them in one fell swoop, when the Japanese army entered the ambush circle of our army, the soldiers of our army launched a fierce attack, in the face of the sudden attack of our army, the Japanese army was also somewhat overwhelmed.
Figure | Ren Changlun (painting)
However, soon, they readjusted their teams and made a crazy breakthrough, at this time, Ren Changlun, who was the deputy squad leader, led the soldiers of the ninth squad to repulse several enemy attacks, but still let them occupy a small high ground.
When the Japanese army occupied that small height, it seriously affected the safety of our soldiers, so Ren Changlun took the initiative to ask the platoon commander for instructions and asked him to lead the soldiers of the ninth class to attack the small height.
Soon, Ren Changlun led the soldiers of the ninth squad to lay down the small high ground, but at this time there was a turnaround.
When the small highland was knocked down, the enemy was not satisfied, so he gathered a large number of soldiers to besiege the small highland, and the ninth squad of fighters led by Ren Changlun had already consumed almost all the bullets when attacking the small highland, and now they were facing the fierce attack of the enemy, and in a few moments, all the bullets were used up.
At this time, the reinforcements of our army had not yet arrived, and seeing that the enemy was about to rush up, Ren Changlun said to the soldiers of the ninth squad:
"Without bullets, we will use bayonets and must hold our positions."
After saying this, Ren Changlun took the bayonet and rushed over, and soon, several enemies were eliminated, just at this moment, an enemy stabbed into Ren Changlun's body with a bayonet, Ren Changlun did not fall, took the bayonet and eliminated all five enemies around him, after that, Ren Changlun no longer had the strength and fell on the position.
Not long after, the reinforcements of our army rushed over and wiped out all the Japanese troops, and when everyone found Ren Changlun, he had already died, and Ren Changlun's record of killing five enemy people after being stabbed in the body by the bayonet was also spread in the ranks, and everyone admired such a brave warrior.
After Ren Changlun's sacrifice, in order to commemorate this great hero, people renamed his hometown Sun Huzhuang "Changlun Zhuang", and at the same time, the Jiaodong National Defense Theater Troupe also composed an ode to Ren Changlun called "Battle Hero Ren Changlun".
This is our great hero of China, the backbone of our nation, and when we live a happy life today, we must not forget these heroes.