At the end of the 1960s, when New China had just been founded, all kinds of wastes were revived. And at this time of the handover of the old and the new, it is time to break the superstition. Therefore, the state decided to vigorously develop cremation after comprehensive consideration, and at that time, Jiangjin County, Chongqing City, in response to the call of the state to develop cremation, took the initiative to build the first crematorium in the county. It is worth mentioning that because people were still more superstitious at that time, they believed that people must have a whole corpse after death. Under the influence of such a climate, the crematorium had almost no employees, and at this time, an old man who looked to be in his fifties took the initiative to take on the responsibility of receiving corpses, transporting corpses, and burying corpses
cremate
tasks.
At that time, the crematorium was still some distance from the hospital, and the hearse was only affordable by large households at that time, in order to facilitate the transportation of the body, the old man found a board truck to pull, and on the road the old man inevitably encountered some pedestrians, who scorned the work of the old man, treated each other coldly, and insulted him. In the eyes of some people, this old man was either a "lower nine streams" before liberation or a "counter-revolutionary force" exiled to this side, how can normal people do this work. At that time, the old man only laughed and laughed when he heard these rumors, and did not comment.
A few years later, a citizen actually saw the old man sitting on the rostrum at a report meeting organized by the government, which made the identity of the old man even more suspicious. Is he really the "lower nine" or "counter-revolutionary force" in other people? If so, why did he sit on the podium? Let me take you through the causes and consequences of the matter!
It turned out that the old man's name was Tan Bingyun, a special meritorious hero and first-class combat hero in China, he was a native of Jiangjin County, Sichuan Province, born in 1921, he officially joined the Communist Party of China in August 1950, and the wonderful story about him began with the Korean War in the 1950s and 1960s.
The situation was further complicated by the outbreak of the Korean Civil War on June 25, 1950, and the Blatant invasion of the Korean Peninsula by the US Imperialists. While the Korean Peninsula is close to China, and the two are only separated by a Yalu River, the invasion of Korea by US imperialism is bound to have a huge impact on our country. Chairman Mao therefore issued a call for "the people of the whole world to unite to defeat any provocation of US imperialism", and on this basis, Chairman Mao decided to further send volunteers into Korea to help Korea resist the invasion of US imperialism.
At that time, Tan Bingyun had only recently joined the Communist Party, and he had planned to return to his hometown to visit his parents after a while, and the holidays had been approved, but due to the shortage of manpower, he suddenly received an order to enter the DPRK to fight. Thinking that he would soon be able to realize his wish to kill the enemy for the country and gallop on the battlefield when he was young, Tan Bingyun gladly accepted the dispatch of the organization, so he did so
convenient
Wrote a letter from the family to the person who brought it home, probably originally planning to return to his hometown to visit his relatives after a while, but now there is
Us imperialist invaders
Burning and looting on the Korean Peninsula is bound to have a lot of adverse effects on China's nascent regime, and he will go to the Korean Peninsula to clean up those
And then go home to see the second elder.
Looking back, Tan Bingyun's military journey was not so smooth, and it can even be said that it was full of ups and downs and twists and turns. In 1943, Tan Bingyun was forcibly arrested by the township security chief in the name of arresting Zhuangding, and then he entered the Kuomintang army and became a Kuomintang soldier, when the internal commanders of the Nationalist army were independent, and the soldiers below were also bullying, when Tan Bingyun first arrived, he naturally could not avoid being bullied, so it was a whole five years. Later, Tan Bingyun deeply felt that he could not continue like this, and there was a way that "good birds choose trees to inhabit, and virtuous subjects choose the Lord and do things." ”
During the Battle of Huaihai in 1948, Tan Bingyun joined forces with his comrades-in-arms to abandon the dark and surrender to the Light, officially becoming a member of the People's Liberation Army. It turns out that misplaced gold may look like mud and sand, Tan Bingyun was bullied and did nothing in the Kuomintang, and in the People's Liberation Army, he really understood to fight for the people, and because of this, Tan Bingyun performed
get
Extraordinary bravery, even made a third-class merit, honored to be the head of the class.
On October 24, 1950, Tan Bingyun officially joined the 7th Company of the 239th Regiment of the 80th Division of the 27th Army of the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army, and followed the troops across the Yalu River to the Korean Peninsula. When they first arrived, regardless of whether they could immediately enter the state of battle, for Tan Bingyun, whether they could successfully survive this winter was a very serious problem. Because North Korea is located in Northeast Asia, the temperature in winter can be continuously maintained at more than -20 degrees Celsius in winter, and this entry into North Korea is very hasty, even Tan Bingyun just received the notice and immediately rushed to come, other fighters did not even prepare a few cotton clothes, the first time into North Korea
target
The difficulties they encountered can be imagined.
At that time, Tan Bingyun was the squad leader of this squad, and he understood that it was his responsibility and obligation to take the soldiers to the designated place without leaving anyone behind, so he constantly encouraged the soldiers not to give up and work hard. At that time, it was cold and frozen, and it was inevitable that some warriors would be infected with wind and cold.
So
He encouraged everyone to help each other and lead by example, some soldiers were sick, he took the initiative to carry his comrades forward, if some soldiers were overworked and wanted to rest, he encouraged these soldiers and helped them carry guns. In this way, Tan Bingyun created a myth that under such difficult conditions, he had to bring the whole class to the designated place on time and on time, during which no one was left behind, and no one was killed or injured. This made many superior leaders feel incredible and relieved, and because of this, Tan Bingyun was awarded the third class merit.
Later in the war, our army turned to fighting in Xinxingli, and this battle cannot be described as tragic, the US military relied on its own excellent weapons and equipment to gain a huge advantage, but Tan Bingyun led his comrades-in-arms to rely on leaves to feed themselves in the case of continuous bombing by aircraft and the inability to keep up with supplies. Even so,
They still do
Several times to force back the enemy's attack, once again awarded the third class merit.
In April 1951, our army launched a fierce offensive against the enemy. After more than a month of fierce fighting, our soldiers have shown fatigue, and at this time the grain and grass have been exhausted, and in order to preserve their strength, our army has begun to prepare for retreat. In order to defeat our army, US commander-in-chief Ridgway formulated a "blitzkrieg plan." He immediately drew up a heavy tank unit from the US Second Division, ordered this unit to go to the 90,000-mile ferry crossing of the North Han River, and then joined the motorized troops, so that the internal and external forces should be combined to jointly cut off the transfer road of the volunteers.
At that time, the leader of the volunteer army headquarters also realized the intention of the enemy army, so he ordered the troops to withdraw rapidly north. However, how could the US military let go of this opportunity and follow behind, and Ridgway sent multiple planes to bomb our army indiscriminately. At that time, because of the long war, there was no bridge above the North Han River, so everyone cut wood on the spot, connected the wood to make a boat to row across the North Han River, or a warrior who could swim from the river swam over, and those who could not swim could only swim
Slowly crawl over the log
。 Crossing the river in this way is indeed very effective, but it will undoubtedly take a lot of time to go on, so Tan Bingyun was ordered to go to the 390 highland next to the road to snipe the enemy army in the 390 heights next to the road, so as to buy time for the transfer of large troops.
Tan Bingyun knew that if he wanted to block so many enemies with the strength of one squad, the key point of holding the road was tantamount to hitting the stone with an pebble, but if he blew up the enemy's tanks in another way, there might be a glimmer of life. So he and Mao He were responsible for the most difficult tank blasting tasks.
At that time, Tan Bingyun and Mao He came to the road next to the 390 heights, they dug the scattered soldier pit and hid in the pit, fully focused on monitoring the enemy's movements, and then with the roar of the tanks, Tan Bingyun
Just know
The enemy has arrived. At the same time, the enemy also repeatedly took searchlights to investigate the surrounding situation, but they were all undisturbed by Tan Bingyun and Mao He with branches
earth
Cover up the past. Then Tan Bingyun took a grenade from his waist and handed it to Mao He, instructing, "As soon as I open the grenade, you must immediately open your mouth so that your ears will not be deafened." ”
Then Tan Bingyun quietly climbed out of the scattered pit, and then he stared intently at the tank, calculating the distance between him and the tank. Seeing the American tanks approaching, closer. Tan Bingyun stood up violently, and then the grenade he was holding slammed into the top of the Us tank in a near-perfect parabola, and a loud noise erupted. Immediately after that, Tan Bingyun actually ran out of the grass regardless of his personal safety, and then quickly picked up the grenade and made up for it. This time, due to the close distance, Tan Bingyun had not yet fallen down, and the grenade exploded, and then a shrapnel hit Tan Bingyun's forehead.
With the first experience, Tan Bingyun understood that to continue to fight tanks on the highway was to find death, and he needed to find a safer place to continue his mission, so he quickly left the road and rushed from the side of a dry ditch next to him towards the oncoming tank, because Tan Bingyun's forehead was hit, the blood directed to his left eye, he still relied on his right eye, which could still see clearly, and tenacious perseverance to throw the last grenade on his body.
This time the grenade fell directly on the turret, and the tank was immediately scrapped. But the American soldiers did not die, he struggled to climb out of the tank, and then he maneuvered the turret to fire the cannon everywhere. In order to buy time for Mao He, Tan Bingyun ran out to attract the attention of the enemy, and then Mao He quickly went around the back of the tank, threw grenades, and the tank quickly turned off. After only a short time, the enemy scrapped two tanks, and the American troops behind them were frightened and hurriedly turned around and fled for their lives.
At this point, Tan Bingyun blocked the US Second Division on that road for eight hours without artillery support and fortifications, during which the US military lost three US tanks, a jeep, and 13 American soldiers, making a major contribution to our army's War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. So on September 24, 1951, Tan Bingyun was honored with special merit and awarded the title of "first-class combat hero", and later he returned to China to participate in the National Day ceremony, where he was cordially received and greeted by Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou. A year later, the North Korean leader personally awarded Tan Bingyun the "Medal of Honor for Soldiers of the First Class."
After returning to his hometown, Tan Bingyun still hopes to contribute to the construction of the country. As a result, he was promoted one after another, successively serving as the chief of the Civil Affairs Bureau and then as the deputy director. Because he was low-key and simply dressed. At that time, he presided over and built the first crematorium in Jiangjin County, but the workers did not dare to carry and burn the corpses, so in desperation, he undertook the work of moving and burning the corpses.
There was once a passage that swept the Internet: "Where there are good years, but someone carries the weight for you." "It is precisely because there are countless revolutionary ancestors like Tan Bingyun who have carried the burden of the country forward, that we have a quiet and good time today.
In this article, I would like to pay high tribute to the revolutionary ancestors like Tan Bingyun and salute!