One day, a regiment of the 8th Artillery Division of the Volunteer Army attacked the hill occupied by the enemy and erected the barrel of the howitzer. Artillerymen maneuvered artillery to fire at near-vertical angles at enemy troops on the top of the hill, and a reporter took pictures with a camera. The artillery comrades stopped one after another and said, "Don't shoot, this is not in line with the artillery code, don't learn from us." ”
In April 1951, an article titled "Who is the Cutest Man" was published in major newspapers in China, singing the praises of our great volunteer soldiers. The author is Wei Wei, a 31-year-old war correspondent who visited the front line three times during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and recorded many touching battlefield stories with his pen and camera.
In November 1950, just a month after the volunteer army entered the Korean War, Wei Wei went to Korea with the General Political Condolence Group. According to the orders of his superiors, the purpose of Wei Wei's visit was to investigate the ideological situation of the US prisoners of war so that he could carry out propaganda warfare against the enemy in the future. Through Wei Wei's investigation in the prisoner-of-war camp, many captured American troops were tired of the war, and most of them were coerced by the us domestic authorities and forced to fight this unjust war of aggression.
After Wei Wei completed the tasks assigned by his superiors, he could have returned to China, but he made a decision to go to the front line to interview the volunteer soldiers. In the face of Wei Wei's request, his superiors approved it, and Wei Wei rushed to the front line of the battle to record the heroic killing of the enemy by the volunteer soldiers.
Our warriors were brave and fierce on the battlefield, and they were never timid in the face of the enemy's guns and bullets, but in the face of Wei Wei's inquiries, they were nervous and unable to speak. Wei Wei changed the way he interviewed, took the way of chatting with the family, and mingled with the soldiers. Later interviews went a lot smoother, and many moving battlefield stories were recorded by Wei Wei in the process of chatting about family routines.
Three months later, Wei Wei published "Who is the Loveliest Person", praising the volunteer soldiers with steel will. In the spring of 1953, Wei Wei went to Korea for the second time and came to the 40th Army of the Volunteer Army for an interview. At that time, the 40th Army of the Volunteer Army was engaged in a fierce battle with the so-called "United Nations Army", and the head of the army was worried about Wei Wei's safety.
Coincidentally, at this time, a regiment of the 8th Artillery Division of the Volunteer Army was assigned to the command of the 40th Army, and the artillery regiment was in a relatively backward position compared to other combat units of the 40th Army. The military commander sent someone to escort Wei Wei to the artillery regiment and instructed the comrades of the artillery regiment: "We must ensure the safety of Wei reporters and take good care of him." ”
Wei Wei wanted to go to the front line for interviews, but he was worried about causing trouble for the front-line troops, so he had to obey the arrangements of the 40th Army. When Wei Wei came to the artillery regiment, the artillery regiment was cooperating with the brother troops to attack a hill occupied by the enemy. Wei Wei came to the forward artillery position and carefully watched the soldiers operate howitzers, wanting to record the heroic posture of the artillery comrades.
Only a few artillery comrades were seen flexibly operating the artillery, putting the barrel up and attacking the enemy's hill position with curved firing. Wei Wei was not familiar with the operating regulations of the artillery, and for safety reasons, asked the political commissar of the artillery regiment: "Howitzers bombard vertically, what if the shells go out and land on our own heads?" ”
The regimental political commissar smiled and said, "Reporter Wei, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there will be mortars firing flat. By the time of the Liberation War, the 4 field bunkers were directly bombarded with artillery. Wei Wei was about to take a picture with his camera, but the comrades of the artillery regiment stopped him one after another and said, "Reporter Wei, don't take pictures, this does not conform to the artillery drill code, you must not learn from us." ”
The regimental political commissar also said: "Reporter Wei, this place is too dangerous, we will send you back to the regimental headquarters." Wei Wei still recorded this matter, and the volunteer army faced the so-called "United Nations Army" armed to the teeth, and created and invented more effective tactics and tactics to strike at the enemy (artillery vertical curved firing is one of them).
In 1958, Wei Wei went to Korea for the third time to record the triumph of the volunteer army. The Korean people sent tears to each other, the volunteers said goodbye, and Wei Wei's newsletter witnessed the great friendship between the Chinese and Korean peoples.
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