In the winter of 1943, one night, more than 20 people from the Nantong County Squadron of the New Fourth Army escorted Wang Yujie, an instructor from Jinsha District, and more than 10 other comrades to attend a meeting of anti-Japanese backbones.
Why do I need an escort?
Because it was necessary to pass through the Japanese blockade line, it was necessary to pass through a Japanese stronghold when crossing the river.
They soon reached the bridge. On the south side of the bridge is the stronghold of the devils, where more than 10 Japanese devils are stationed. They don't have to cross the bridge, they just sneak around from the north end of the bridge. Even so, the squad leader Ji Cheng thought that he could not be careless, and he had to find out the situation first.
Therefore, he asked the liaison officer to inform Instructor Wang and the others to hide in place, and he took 3 soldiers to explore the way. The four people lay on the ground, clinging to the cold and hard dirt road, and quietly touched forward.
Five fingers are not visible.
Suddenly, Ji Cheng heard the sound of twittering, and his heart was shocked. I thought it was good to act after dark, but I didn't expect to almost hit the muzzle of the devil's gun. He looked in the direction where the sound was made, faintly, like an earthen slope, with eight or nine figures on it, as if there were a machine gun. Oops, not an ordinary enemy patrol at all. Ji Cheng lay there, motionless. At this moment, it was too late to let the liaison officer run back to inform the people behind, but as long as there was a movement here, the enemy would suffer a big loss as soon as he opened fire at a high place. Quiet all around. Just as Ji Cheng was trying to figure out a way, suddenly, a voice came from not far behind him:
"Ji Cheng, what's going on?"
This question is particularly clear in the night.
"Click, click, click" The Japanese machine guns sounded.
Ji Cheng rolled sideways, and at the same time, he pulled out a grenade from his waist and threw it at the enemy machine gun. The other 3 fighters also took up their rifles and began to shoot. "Boom", the grenade exploded in the middle of the enemy, and several devils screamed.
However, the Japanese army, taking advantage of the large number of people and the geographical advantage, frantically returned fire. The rain of bullets overwhelmed Ji Cheng, and they couldn't lift their heads. Wang Yujie and the others in the back heard that the front had opened fire, hurriedly retreated, and took a detour. However, after the two fighters finished their bullets, they were unfortunately hit by the Japanese army and died on the spot. During the battle, Ji Cheng and another warrior's bullets were also almost finished.
Ji Cheng saw that not far away was the slope, and below it was the river. After firing the last bullet, he rolled over and rolled down the slope, wrapped his body in a large cotton coat, and rolled into the river at once.
Another fighter was too late to retreat, was hit by a Japanese bullet, and was also killed.
Ji Cheng soaked in the cold and bone-chilling river water, still wearing cotton clothes and cotton pants, shivering with cold. Fortunately, the cotton clothes and cotton pants still had some buoyancy in the river, and he did not sink in the middle of the river. In this way, he persisted in the middle of the river.
Due to the cold water of the river, the Japanese devils did not go down to the river to search for it, but only searched the surrounding area.
It was a long time before they retreated. Ji Cheng was frozen numb and unconscious.
On the eve of dawn the next day, Ji Cheng woke up. He slowly climbed up from the river, found a nearby hometown that supported the anti-Japanese work, and knocked on the door...
Under the care of his fellow countrymen, his body quickly recovered. More than half a month later, he was back in the army.
This year, he was only 17 years old.
After returning to the unit, he fought bravely, successively serving as squad leader, platoon commander, company commander, deputy battalion commander, etc., and also participated in the Battle of Menglianggu, the Battle of Huaihai, and the Battle of Crossing the River. After the liberation of Nanjing, he stayed in Nanjing to work.