"I want to fight, I can't watch the devils run amok, I can't stand it without telling me to fight."
In August 1944, Ren Changlun, who attended the Heroic Congress of the Shandong Military Region, heard that the traitor Zhao Baoyuan had colluded with the invading Japanese army to carry out a large-scale sweep of the Anti-Japanese Base Area in Asan.
But the chief did not let him participate in the battle, for the simple reason that he had been injured in the previous battle, there was shrapnel on his shoulder, and his physical strength had not fully recovered.
In the end, the chief was touched by Ren Changlun's strong desire to resist Japan, and not only agreed to his participation in the war, but also promoted him to be the deputy platoon commander of the 3rd Platoon of the 5th Brigade, 14th Regiment, 5th Regiment, Shandong Column.
Soon, the time came to November 17, more than 700 Japanese troops on Oshima, along the Yanqing Highway south to Laiyang, after receiving the news, the 14th Regiment decided to deploy in Haiyang Changsha Fort and eat this Japanese army.
After the battle began, the Japanese army pounced on the 5 companies near the 14th regiment, in the fierce battle, the 3 platoon leader was wounded, Ren Changlun took over the command, he divided the 9th squad into two groups, attacked from both sides of the Japanese army, under the command of Ren Changlun, the 3 platoons repelled the Japanese 4 attacks, at this time, the 3 platoons ran out of ammunition.
Seeing that the Japanese army rushed up again, Ren Changlun did not say a word, raised his bayonet, and took the lead in a white-knife battle with the Japanese army, after a short engagement, Ren Changlun quickly resulted in two devils, at this time, four Japanese troops surrounded Ren Changlun.
The narrow road met the brave to win, with one enemy and four, Ren Changlun was not afraid, seeing the Japanese army in front of him raise his gun to stab, Ren Changlun raised his gun to stab back, and at once he slammed the Japanese bayonet back, and then quickly stabbed forward, resulting in the death of this devil.
Solving the front of the Japanese army, the Japanese troops on the left and right sides also raised their knives to stab him, he flashed backwards, dodged the bayonet, the devil on the left pounced on the air, fell down, Ren Changlun followed the trend, kicked him down the hillside, the devils on the right saw Ren Changlun so brave, timid, went around the back to try to sneak attack, heard the sound of Ren Changlun suddenly turned around, with a bayonet to flick the tip of the devil's gun, the butt of the gun smashed heavily on the devil's head, and then made up a bayonet, sent him to the western sky.
At this moment, Ren Changlun revealed a flaw, and the ghost who had not moved, looking at the timing, stabbed at Ren Changlun with a knife, and Ren Changlun was heroically sacrificed, only 23 years old.
When Ren Changlun's comrades saw this scene, the anger was completely ignited, and an unprecedented battle broke out, and in the end, the ghost left 258 corpses and 12 prisoners, and fled in a hurry.
Soon, the news of Ren Changlun's sacrifice reached the ears of Xu Shiyou, commander of the Jiaodong Military Region, who was heartbroken and decided to hold a memorial service for Ren Changlun.
It is said that on the day of the memorial service, Xu Shiyou did not enter tommy all day, and personally covered the body of Ren Changlun with a new cotton jacket of his own.
Why is it that a deputy platoon commander was killed and the commander of the military region personally held a memorial service, and it was so solemn? The reason is very simple, because the heroes pity each other, because in the 4 years that Ren Changlun joined the army, he participated in more than 120 battles, was wounded 9 times, and still went forward!
Ren Changlun, a native of Yantai, Shandong, was born in a cold and bitter background, and when he was born, his family was moving, and his grandfather heard that his daughter-in-law had given birth to a big fat boy, and he smiled closely.
At that time, the Ren family, poor and poor, always borrowed a house to live, but also always moved, in order to please a lottery, Grandpa gave him a milk name "move prison".
The young Ren Changlun can be described as soaking in bitter water to grow up, his family only has a few acres of barren hilly land, paid a heavy tax, there is little left, his father can only helplessly go out to carry work, until Ren Changlun is 4 years old, the family has 2 thatched houses, even if there is no need to move again.
Unfortunately, when Ren Changlun was 6 years old, the Kuomintang smoked Zhuang Ding, and his father was severely beaten because of resistance, and he died of grief, leaving only their mother and son to rely on each other.
After the death of his father, his mother was angry, coupled with the burden of the family, when Ren Changlun was 10 years old, he also passed away, after the death of his parents, his uncle adopted him, regarded him as his own, and sent him to school, and it was at this time that he had the name "Ren Changlun".
The hardships of childhood have created Ren Changlun's precocious personality, and his uncle's family is not rich, and the sensible Ren Changlun voluntarily dropped out of school at the age of 14, working short-term jobs everywhere to help his uncle support the family.
In 1938, the Invading Japanese Army captured Yantai, burned and plundered everywhere, and was a disaster for the township, while the national government officials either fled in the wind, or became traitors, aided and abetted, and watched the villagers suffer, Ren Changlun was like a knife.
Soon, under the leadership of the Red regime, Ren Changlun's hometown established an anti-Japanese democratic regime, and the 17-year-old Ren Changlun did not say a word, signed up to participate, put up slogans, planted mines, and ambushed, and fought bravely to be the first, which was unanimously praised by comrades.
In the summer of 1940, the 19-year-old Ren Changlun got married to a poor woman 3 years younger than him, Mu Guilian, and on the wedding night, Ren Changlun said to his wife: "The chance of the village self-defense regiment fighting with the devils is a little less, I want to go to the regular army, so that I can fight the devils every day." ”。
In August of this year, the opportunity came, the Huangxian County Brigade expanded the team, because of the newlywed Yan'er, the village cadres hid from Ren Changlun, but after Ren Changlun got the news, he immediately ran to inquire about the situation, and under the bitter pleading, the village gave him a quota, Ren Changlun bid farewell to his wife and went to the county brigade as a soldier.
Soon, the Huangxian Anti-Japanese Brigade was reorganized into 5 companies of the 14th Regiment of the 5th Brigade of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army, and Ren Changlun became a small soldier under Xu Shiyou, because of the shortage of weapons, Ren Changlun, who had just joined the army, had no weapons and was responsible for transporting ammunition.
In December 1940, the 14th Regiment attacked Guojiadian in Ye County, Shandong Province, the battle was extremely fierce, and when Ren Changlun carried ammunition to the position, the soldiers had already begun a white-knife battle, and when they saw the situation, Ren Changlun immediately rushed up.
Although he was not tall, Ren Changlun fought extremely bravely, and when he saw a ghost fighting with his comrades-in-arms, Ren Changlun threw down the ghost at once, and took the opportunity to seize the devil's three or eight big covers, and raised his hand to stab the ghost to death.
Ren Changlun, who used a bayonet for the first time, felt that the assassination was not smooth, so he took the three-eight big cover and smashed the enemy with the butt of his gun, and this scene of not being afraid of death happened to fall into the eyes of the battalion commander, and the battalion commander was full of admiration, and after the battle, he praised Ren Changlun fiercely, and left him the three-eight big cover captured by Ren Changlun.
With the gun, Ren Changlun was excited, studied and practiced diligently, not only was the marksmanship like a god, the stabbing technique, but also the fire was pure, and on the battlefield, he was brave to take the lead.
In March 1941, the Jiaodong Military Region launched an attack on the pro-Japanese leader Zhao Baoyuan, in July, it hit Zhao Baoyuan's old lair Facheng, by mid-July, there were only 3 large pillboxes left on the outskirts of Facheng, and on July 26, the Eighth Route Army launched an attack on these three bunkers, and Ren Changlun's 5th Company was responsible for attacking the largest one.
As soon as the battle began, Ren Changlun took the deer group, brandished a large knife, cut open the enemy's deer, helped the follow-up troops to clear the obstacles, and then he lit the firewood under the bunker and attacked the enemy in the bunker, fighting until midnight, the troops suffered heavy casualties, Ren Changlun's shoulders and legs were also wounded, but the stubborn enemy in the bunker still refused to surrender.
Therefore, Ren Changlun and his comrades set up a ladder to attack, although the body was wounded twice, but the brave Ren Changlun was still the first to climb the ladder, and when he was close to the gun hole of the bunker, a brick flew out and smashed on Ren Changlun's head, he endured the dizziness, drew out a grenade, and stuffed it into the gun hole, with a loud noise, the bunker exploded into the flower, the comrades took the opportunity to rush in, completely annihilated the enemy, because of the outstanding performance, after this battle, Ren Changlun became a party member.
Ren Changlun, who became a party member, further sublimated his thinking, and Ren Changlun, who was on the battlefield, never abandoned any comrade-in-arms and always kept the most dangerous things to himself.
In the winter of 1941, the troops attacked a stronghold of Rikou in Qixia County, and after the battle, they found that there were 3 squad leaders missing, and the third squad leader was able to cover the withdrawal of the troops, and the leg injury failed to rush out, Ren Changlun immediately stood up and asked to save the 3 squad leader.
When he reached the 3rd squad leader, the enemy in the bunker also found him, opened fire on him, and when He saw the situation, he immediately pounced on the 3rd squad leader and used his body to help him block the bullets.
The 3rd squad leader tried to let him go several times, but Ren Changlun refused, he said: "My mission is to save you, and I will not go back if I can't finish the mission!" ”。
In the end, Ren Changlun completed the rescue mission, but the process was extremely dangerous, a bullet hit Ren Changlun's head, slightly deviated, and his life was not guaranteed.
Another time, during the battle, Ren Changlun was wounded, but when he saw his comrade-in-arms Sun Fuli trapped in the enemy's defense regiment, he endured severe pain, killed 3 enemies with 3 shots, and rescued his comrades-in-arms.
When attacking the outlying stronghold of Changyi County and retreating, he and 2 comrades stayed at the end to play cover, when the enemy's large troops came after him, Ren Changlun left alone, regardless of the danger, running and shooting, directing enemy fire to himself and covering the two comrades to leave.
In October 1943, Ren Changlun was following the troops to attack the traitor Li Yongping, outside the bunker trench, Ren Changlun and others were suppressed by enemy machine guns and could not advance.
At this critical juncture, Ren Changlun stepped forward again, first with a grenade, then with a package of explosives, and then pounced on the bunker.
The enemy in the bunker was frightened by Ren Changlun's arrogance of seeing death as a homecoming, and even forgot to shoot, and when the reaction came, Ren Changlun had stuffed the explosive package into the gun hole, the bunker was blown open, and the enemy obediently surrendered...
From officially joining the Eighth Route Army in 1939 to 1944, in just 5 years, Ren Changlun participated in more than 120 battles, was wounded 9 times, and left 11 scars on his body, but Ren Changlun never took credit, he said: "For the benefit of the party and the people, when it is time to shed blood, he will not hesitate to shed blood!" ”
It is precisely because there are countless fierce soldiers like Ren Changlun who dare to fight and dare to fight, the 14th Regiment stood out in the Shandong battlefield and established one of the main regiments under Xu Shiyou, and the regimental commander praised Ren Changlun more than once in front of Xu Shiyou, although the status of the two is far apart, but Xu Shiyou has a strong interest in Ren Changlun.
In July 1944, Ren Changlun was selected as the combat hero of the whole regiment, because he was wounded in the shoulder and there was still a bullet that had not been taken out, and the chief wanted him to rest and rest, so he sent him to participate in the Shandong Military Region's Combat Hero Congress, where Ren Changlun was also named the "First Class Combat Hero" of the Shandong Military Region.
Immediately after that, Ren Changlun heard that Zhao Baoyuan and the Japanese army had invaded the Asan base area, ran 700 miles back to participate in the battle, and sacrificed heroically.
After Ren Changlun's sacrifice, Xu Shiyou, in addition to holding a solemn memorial service for him, also named his 5th Company "Ren Changlun Company" to commemorate this hero.
In October 1948, in the Battle of Tashan, the "Ren Changlun Company" won the collective first class merit, and in March 1949, Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu personally inspected this team, and Chairman Mao also saluted the battle flag of the "Ren Changlun Company."
The name "Ren Changlun Company" has been used to this day, and during the 2015 military parade, it also appeared, accepting the review of the party and the people, but the times have changed, and there are very few people who know Ren Changlun...