One night in December 1952, on the Korean battlefield, on the Ganling Tunnel.
English songs broke the silence of the night and floated over the battlefield.
It was Christmas Eve, and the American soldiers who had gone overseas to fight listened to the music of their parents, and couldn't help but think of their relatives at home, eager to end this damn war now and go home to reunite with their loved ones.
Curiously,
The English songs did not come from American positions, but from the positions of the Chinese Volunteers.
At this time, the broadcast was being operated by a young girl who was in full bloom.
While playing the song, the female soldier occasionally shouted to the opposite side in English: "It is almost Christmas, and my relatives are looking forward to your early return home and reunion, do not sacrifice in vain for this unjust war." ”
Although it is only a short distance of a few hundred meters from the enemy, a bad one may be killed under enemy fire at any time,
But this only female soldier in the Shangganling Tunnel seemed so calm and calm, as if this was not a battlefield for the two armies at all
, and there has never been a daytime bloody killing.
This female soldier was named Liu Luzeng, who originally had favorable family conditions, and had a good education since she was a child. However, when the country needed it, she abandoned a peaceful and stable life, and without hesitation, she threw herself into the pen and rushed to the front line of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Liu Lu was born in 1928, and his ancestors were considered to be officials and eunuchs.
It is precisely for this reason that although Liu Lu has always wanted to enter the army after graduating from soochow University Law School, he has never been able to do so. The reason is that the family composition is not good, and it should be known that in that special historical period, the family composition almost directly determines a person's fate.
The Outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, as the fighting progressed,
The Volunteers captured many PRISONERS of the United Nations army.
But there was a very embarrassing problem, most of the volunteer soldiers were not highly educated, and they were less likely to speak English, which was very difficult to communicate with prisoners of war.
Even if there were a few warriors who could communicate with them, it was a drop in the bucket compared to the number of prisoners of war.
Therefore, the central authorities decided to urgently recruit a group of translators to make up for the shortcomings of the volunteer army in this regard.
Liu Lu realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her, because soochow University, where she attended, was once a church school with a special English class.
Thankfully, she studied very seriously and communicated with foreigners without any pressure.
Excited, she filled in her name on the registration form, followed by a nervous wait. Fortunately, this time Liu Lu did not overturn the car on the issue of family composition,
He was honorably a member of the Chinese Volunteer Army.
Crossing the Yalu River and walking on the land of North Korea, there is no picturesque scenery here, some are just smoke and smoke everywhere, and there are wars everywhere. Fighters with Star-Spangled Banners roared overhead, followed by frantic strafing.
For the first time in his life, he saw a cruel scene of guns and bullets, flesh and blood, and said that he was not afraid that it was false.
Enduring the intense discomfort of his stomach and his trembling legs, Liu Lu finally crossed the blockade line of the US army.
When he first arrived in North Korea, Liu Lu's biggest feeling was cold. It should be known that the time they crossed the Yalu River was in the depths of winter, and because of the sudden incident, the volunteer army's cold protection materials were not very abundant, and many combat troops rushed to the front line wearing single clothes.
Second, before coming to Korea, Liu Lu had never received formal military training.
She needs to be familiar with complicated military terminology in a very short period of time and have basic military literacy.
This pair has always been pampered, Miss Liu is undoubtedly a huge challenge.
Liu Lu was not intimidated, but chose to face the difficulties. She memorized all the military terms in her notebook and memorized them wherever she went. In the end, I was stunned by rote memorization and learned eight or nine, and I could soon work independently.
At first she was assigned to the Enemy Works Department under the Political Work Department of the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army.
Specific tasks were to translate English materials, interrogate prisoners of war, and produce English propaganda materials
Listen to the enemy's Taiwan screening important content report to the superior.
At this time, although Liu Luzeng's work was complicated, it was far from arduous.
Basically, it is some step-by-step work. Until one day, the Ninth Corps received the order to rush closer to the 38th Line, and Liu Lu had ushered in the first nightmare since entering the Dynasty.
As the name suggests, the so-called rapid march is to march quickly,
At that time, their troops needed to travel 90 miles a day.
Note that this is not a walk on the main road, in order to avoid being discovered by the enemy's reconnaissance aircraft, the soldiers take a hidden mountain path, the degree of difficulty you can imagine.
In addition, everyone had to carry disguises, salutes and food.
This is not easy for a strong young man, not to mention Liu Luzeng, a big lady with ten fingers that does not touch the spring water of the yang.
It didn't take long for her feet to be covered with blood blisters, and seeing that she was about to fall behind as she walked slower and slower, Liu Lu knew that once she fell behind in this situation, the only thing that awaited her was death. I wanted to grit my teeth and insist, but the strength did not allow it, but fortunately, in order to take care of her as a female soldier, the leader specially used a buffalo to pull her forward.
There was no formal camp on the march, so we had to rush to where to sleep. Sleeping in bomb shelters is even more commonplace here. In a cold, humid environment for a long time, she was weak and suffered from arthritis.
It was also on this rush march that Liu Lu faced the threat of death for the first time.
That night she and her comrades slept in the bomb shelter again, and although the environment was very bad, she quickly fell asleep due to fatigue.
The next day she opened her eyes and found that it was pitch black all around, and at first she thought that it was not yet daylight, maybe she was up early. But when she carefully observed the situation around her, she found that it was not right, not that it was not dawn, but that there was a heavy snow last night, and the entrance to the cave was sealed by heavy snow, and the sun could not shine in.
This frightened her,
After a long time, the comrades in the air raid shelter are afraid that none of them can get out alive.
She quickly woke up her comrades-in-arms around her, and everyone discussed whether there was a way to save themselves.
Coincidentally, at this time, the comrades sent by the large army to contact them came along with the mark. Finding them in distress, without saying a word, they dug in and out, which saved them.
As the United Nations army gradually retreated, more and more prisoners of war were taken by the Volunteer Army.
At that time, the grain of the enemy industry department was carried back from the logistics department by the soldiers one by one
Now so many prisoners of war cannot rely on the enemy's ministry alone to die of exhaustion.
When the leaders saw this, they ordered the prisoners of war and the soldiers of the enemy ministry to carry the food together.
As the saying goes, the forest is big and there are birds. There are a small number of prisoners of war who are unwilling to work, saying that they are not comfortable today, and finding a squint tomorrow, anyway, they are not working.
For such people, persuasion and education are simply playing the harp on the ox, and they cannot be scolded, which can wretch the leadership of the enemy ministry. At this time, Liu Lu took the initiative to stand up and said, "Otherwise, I will try to do their work." ”
The leader also agreed to let her try it out with the idea of a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
The next day, Liu Lu first observed the specific situation of the prisoners of war, and she found that those who did not participate in the labor were basically officers who had once been high, and the vast majority of soldiers still obeyed orders.
With this discovery, Liu Lu had thought of a way, she gathered all the prisoners of war together, and told them that although the Chinese army treated the prisoners preferentially, they did not raise white food, whether they were officers or soldiers, they would treat them equally when they arrived here.
From tomorrow onwards, those who do not carry grain will have no food to eat.
To say that the effect of this trick is really immediate,
The next day the officers all consciously took part in the labor.
The first is that they are afraid that Chinese really won't give food; the second is that they really can't stand the pointing out to them by their original subordinates.
Foreign military personnel, especially American servicemen, have always been full of pride, especially in the face of Asian armies, as if they were born with a sense of superiority. This sense of superiority of some people has not changed even if they have become prisoners of the Chinese army.
Liu Lu had met such a guy once.
The captive was an American pilot who did not even pay attention to his own army, and was even more scornful of the Chinese army
。 Unexpectedly, this time, he was caught alive by Chinese, who he had always looked down on, and he was greatly ironic.
On the first day of his arrival at the Enemy Works Department, this pilot was very uncooperative, and he did not say anything to him, which was a headache.
Liu Lu once felt that to deal with such a person, he must first destroy his pride.
Asked if she had a good way, Liu Lu once said: "Let's first stop the preferential treatment for him, let him understand that non-cooperation is not good for himself." Then he was held with the South Korean captives, and it was estimated that he would not be able to hold out for a few days before it was his turn to hurry. ”
To know that the United States has not taken the South Korean army as cannon fodder, if you want to say who the South Korean soldiers hate the most, I am afraid that the United States will still be in front of China.
Throwing American soldiers into South Korean prisoners of war, the results can be imagined
It can only be said that Comrade Liu Luzeng is really too naughty.
Sure enough, within a few days, this arrogant American pilot took the initiative to find the leader of the Enemy Works Department, apologized for his previous behavior, and said: "I was in a bad mood and behaved badly the other day, can you not let me be locked up with South Korean prisoners of war, I am willing to answer any questions you have." ”
Liu Lu once used human wisdom to solve one difficult problem after another of the enemy's work department. No matter how difficult the prisoner of war, in her hands, she can be obediently cured.
The baptism of war also allowed Liu Lu to grow up rapidly, transforming from a rich lady into a qualified volunteer soldier.
When the Battle of Shangganling broke out in 1952, the 24th Army on the 38th Parallel planned to launch a powerful political offensive against the enemy on the eve of Christmas.
This requires a soldier who is proficient in English to shout at the other side.
Although Liu Lu had understood that Shangganling was the real front line of war, it was not the same as the degree of danger of the enemy's ministry of works.
After all, she was close to the enemy, and a single shell could kill her.
But since the motherland needs it, it is naturally incumbent upon you as a soldier.
Liu Lu once took the initiative to find a leader, saying that he was good at English and was willing to carry out this task. At first, the leader did not agree, because he knew too well how bitter Shangganling really was, and thought that the female comrades could bear it.
However, Liu Lu had a very resolute attitude, talked to the leader three or four times, and said that he was not afraid of being tired no matter how hard he was, and finally got the order to enter Shangganling.
However, the road to Shangganling was not a smooth road, and the enemy set up a heavy fire blockade in order to block the logistical supply of the volunteer army.
One of the most dangerous is the road that has always been known as the "Valley of Death".
It was an open field, unobstructed, and had been basically ploughed over by enemy artillery fire. The comrades of the Volunteer Army could only rush through desperately in the interval of artillery fire,
The speed is fast enough for nine deaths, and the rush is slow enough for ten deaths
。
Liu Lu's two years of tempering is no longer what it used to be, and his military quality is not worse than that of male soldiers. With a command, she rushed out with the fighters of the transport team, as fast as an arrow off the string, and with the rumbling cannon sound coming from behind her, Liu Lu had rushed through the "Valley of Death" without any danger.
On this day, after breaking through the enemy's layers of blockade, Liu Lu finally entered the Shangganling Tunnel.
Her arrival surprised the warriors in the tunnel, knowing that a warrior who could speak English would be sent from above.
But I didn't expect that it would be a female comrade with a clear eyebrow
No one would believe that women can be so fearless.
From this moment on, there was a different color in the tunnel of Shangganling.
The warriors were very kind to her and were doing their best to take care of the only female soldier.
Of course, occasionally there are small requests, such as "Sing us a song, or put on a piece of music." This is the wish of several warriors who are about to enter the battle, and Liu Lu, as a "battlefield nightingale", has never disappointed the soldiers.
The days in the tunnels were really bitter, the air was not circulating, and the wax had to be lit, cooking with a coal stove, coupled with the body odor of the soldiers who had not bathed for a long time and the smell of blood on the wounded, the environment inside could be imagined.
There Liu Lu had all the world was three shell boxes, eating, working, sleeping all here.
Moreover, there is a shortage of water in Shangganling, and it is a problem to supply the troops with drinking in peacetime, let alone for cleaning. This was more painful for Liu Luzeng, who loved cleanliness, than not being able to eat.
The scene mentioned at the beginning of the article appears every night in Shangganling.
Sometimes Liu Lu would read several letters on the radio that had not been sent by the fallen American troops and intercepted family letters.
This greatly shook the enemy's military morale, resulting in the other side having to frequently change front-line troops.
Liu Luzeng's work has been fruitful, but it has also brought a little side effect. The enemy generals have a deep hatred for the so-called "battlefield nightingale",
Therefore, wherever there is broadcasting, it will be taken care of by the enemy's artillery fire
。 Liu Lu's position was flattened by enemy shells for several meters, and even the tunnels sank a lot.
Liu Lu occasionally encountered some special work in the tunnel, such as after a battle, the volunteer army was too wounded, and the medical soldiers were already a little overwhelmed. Liu Lu had seen this situation and took the initiative to come forward to help.
Among them, there was a soldier with 13 wounds all over his body, who was covered in blood when he was carried back to the tunnel by his comrades-in-arms, Liu Lu was originally very afraid of blood, but in the face of seriously injured comrades-in-arms, she did not hesitate at all, immediately picked up scissors, and went forward to cut cotton clothes for him to treat the wound.
In early 1953, Liu Lu was ordered to return to the army, and under the escort of a squad leader, she reluctantly left her comrades who had been together for more than a month.
Half a year later, the Korean War was at a critical stage, and there were already signs of peace talks between the two sides. At this time, it is particularly important to launch a political offensive against the enemy army, and Liu Lu's performance in the Shangganling Tunnel last time was amazing.
So this time the leader directly named her, and Liu Lu came to the front line of the battle for the second time.
Having had the experience of facing the artillery fire directly, Liu Lu was now more calm and calm, this time the position was only two or three hundred meters closer to the enemy, and the faces of the opposing soldiers were faintly visible.
After half a year, when the sound of "battlefield nightingale" appeared again in the front line position
At that time, the soldiers on both sides tacitly stopped the attack as if they had agreed in advance, and quietly listened to Liu Luzeng's broadcast.
Later, the volunteer army on the front line was replaced by the 16th Army, but Liu Luzeng's propaganda team remained.
The reason was that the enemy army had become accustomed to her voice, and Liu Lu had been able to play a role in confusing the enemy here.
Soon after, the volunteers occupied the hill defended by Syngman Rhee's army, forming a three-sided encirclement of the United Nations army led by the United States. At this time, the enemy army has long lost the courage to fight, and is bent on how to escape, but if you want to run, you have to see whether the volunteer army is willing to release water.
At this moment, Liu Lu had received orders that the armistice negotiations had reached an agreement, and asked her to broadcast the news immediately
The armistice took effect at 8 p.m. that night.
The warriors who were struggling on the line of death had been looking forward to the early arrival of peace, and when they received the order, the tunnels were completely boiling. From time to time, the warriors came up to her and asked: How many minutes until 8 o'clock? The same is true of the enemy's positions, except that they are mixed with a hint of defeat in addition to excitement.
Finally, at 8 o'clock, the soldiers climbed the top of the wall for the first time, without the sound of gunfire in their ears and no longer needed to avoid the strafing of enemy aircraft. The soldiers on the opposite side also climbed to the top of the mountain, they saw the true face of lushan of the "battlefield nightingale", and they always thought that the volunteer army's broadcast was just a recording prepared in advance, but they did not expect that there were really female soldiers on the other side.
The Korean War is over, but Liu Luzeng's life will continue,
Although she made great contributions on the battlefield, in peacetime her family composition became the biggest stain.
Liu Lu was never reused until 1978, when her career was on the right track
He was appointed by the state as the manager of the U.S. department of China International Travel Service Nanjing Branch.
Once Liu Lu had gone to the United States to work, and she was eating at a restaurant in New York, but she was recognized by the manager of the restaurant.
It turned out that the manager, who was more than half a hundred years old, was named James, a prisoner of war that Liu Lu had interrogated in North Korea.
The Korean War was a brief episode in Liu Luzeng's life, but it affected her life and left her with indelible memories.