On June 29, 2021, the outside of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing was very lively, the Golden Hall was brightly lit, the red carpet at the staircase was dazzling, and the faces of the Young Pioneers on both sides were even more enthusiastic.
At first glance, good things are happening.
Sure enough, at about 9:00 a.m., 5 state guest cars on Chang'an Avenue slowly drove under the guidance of 21 motorcycles, and passers-by saw it and paid attention to it, and at the moment they could not help but wonder, who was sitting in the car? How can you get such a high courtesy from the state?
State Guest Guard (Image from the Internet)
About ten minutes later, the state guest car stopped at the entrance of the Great Hall of the People, and down the car was an old man in a military uniform and a wheelchair.
Due to the inconvenience of legs and feet, the wheelchair stopped in front of the steps, and the three staff members who had been prepared in advance stepped forward and slowly lifted the wheelchair, so that the old man was carried by the staff into the solemn and sacred golden hall.
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At the moment before entering the hall, the old man looked up, and if he looked closely, he would find that there were already a little ripples in the old man's eyes, and he could see that the old man was very excited, and seemed to recall the glory days on the battlefield.
In an hour, a grand ceremony will be held in the Golden Hall, and on the occasion of the centenary of the Communist Party of China, the "July 1st Medal" will be awarded for the first time in the name of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to commend outstanding party members and advanced grass-roots party organizations in the country, and only 29 people in the country have this honor.
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So who is this old man who was carried into the Great Hall of the People? Why can you get such a precious "July 1st Medal"?
Little Boy Lang, swear to die to repay the favor of the party
The old man's name is Wang Zhanshan, a hero of hundreds of battles, with 38 bullet holes all over his body, and he is also a meritorious old man who can be written into textbooks.
Wang Zhanshan (Image from the Internet)
Wang Zhanshan was born in December 1929 to a poor family in Tangshan, Hebei Province.
In the era of warlord division and war, The young Wang Zhanshan, influenced by his father's patriotic feelings, joined the local anti-Japanese children's regiment from the age of 10, bent on standing guard for the Eighth Route Army and passing on information.
In 1946, a gunshot broke through the quiet mountain village, and the people were frightened to hide in Tibet, and then they saw five men being pushed forward by the Kuomintang and their party, and then came to a clearing.
"Huh? Isn't that the boy of the Royal Family? How did he get caught by the Kuomintang? A great master who only dared to show half of his head muttered.
"This boy is also too pitiful, only seventeen years old, and the Kuomintang is too cruel." The people next to him casually echoed the words.
Unsurprisingly, the "Wang Family Boy" in the mouth of the great master was Wang Zhanshan, who was already the leader of the militia at this time, and accidentally fell into the hands of the Kuomintang security team.
"Long live the Communist Party! Long live the Eighth Route Army! "Then the words fell, a young life ended his life, and blood was everywhere. At the last moment of his life, he finally shouted out his inner thoughts.
The captain of the security team was furious and ordered "Kill! ”
Four soldiers were killed one after another, leaving only the youngest Wang Zhanshan, but the captain of the security team was not in a hurry, and stepped forward to roar: "This is the end of the Communist Party, do you still want to follow the Communist Party to carry out revolution?" ”
Wang Zhanshan, who is not small in ambition, looked firmly at the Kuomintang and his entourage, showing the slightest hint of timidity: "Beheading must also engage in revolution!" ”
When he had finished speaking, he closed his eyes as if he were dead, and waited for the judgment of fate.
At the moment of the outbreak, the local guerrillas quickly rushed to the scene and dramatically saved Wang Zhanshan, who was only 17 years old.
As the saying goes, the grace of dripping water should be repaid by the spring, not to mention the grace of saving lives, and the Communist Party is still an army that is bent on the sake of the people, and the belief in swearing to repay the party's favor to the death has since taken root in Wang Zhanshan's heart.
Subsequently, Wang Zhanshan followed the pace of the guerrillas, and after layers of screening, finally joined the ranks of the People's Liberation Army as he wished, becoming a member of the Northeast Field Army.
Instructor Ma Zhanhai inadvertently learned of Wang Zhanshan's experience of "not being afraid of death" and asked him: "Are you really not afraid of death?" ”
Wang Zhanshan smiled and scratched his head: "I am not afraid that it is fake, but if there are undead people who make a revolution, I can also sacrifice others for the revolution." ”
In 1948, Wang Zhanshan joined the Communist Party under the introduction of his instructor Ma Shanhai, and after taking the oath, Ma Zhanhai encouraged him even more: "Since you joined the party, you can rush to the front in the future war." ”
"Rest assured, instructor, I will fight wherever the party points out, and I am not afraid of death." Wang Zhanshan made a promise that the red flag of the sickle hammer had been fluttering in his heart two years ago.
Bravely seize the Jintang Bridge and sacrifice your life to blow up the Dark Castle
One day in 2019, Wang Zhanshan stared intently at the "Jintang Bridge Company" battle flag on the TV, and not long after, he returned to the house and took out a yellowed old photo, which was a group photo of the original comrade of the "Jintang Bridge Company", and the 90-year-old man could not help but burst into tears, and his thoughts seemed to return to the battle decades ago.
In 1948, the Battle of Pingjin began. In order to liberate Tianjin, on January 15, 1949, Wang Zhanshan's Heroic Company of the Seventh Company went all the way to the front line and engaged the enemy in a fierce battle near the Jintang Bridge.
Jintang Bridge is a necessary place to conquer Tianjin, named "Jintang", which means solid and golden soup. Relying on obstacles and favorable terrain, the enemy held the Jintang Bridge. In other words, not a fly can fly in.
However, the Seventh Company received an urgent order: it was bound to seize the Jintang Bridge position!
Under the command of instructor Ma Zhanhai, the whole company was ready to go.
At Ma Zhanhai's order, the warriors rushed together to a relatively weak place near the Jintang Bridge, where the instructor had inspected many times before, preparing to break through the defense line with a single blow.
Suddenly, the explosion sounded, and the place that originally seemed weak had long been detected by the enemy, and the enemy was hidden in the bunker, and a string of bullets passed through the hall, and the soldiers of our army fell to the ground one after another.
After Wang Zhanshan learned the news that the instructor had been shot, he climbed to Ma Zhanhai's side regardless of the fact that he had no breath of life, Wang Zhanshan was grief-stricken, and his anger filled every cell of Wang Zhanshan's body, and he vowed to complete the task! Be sure to avenge the instructor!
Fortunately, anger did not destroy Wang Zhanshan's sanity, and the only way to break through the enemy's defense line was to use explosives to blow up the enemy's bunker. However, the enemy's defense was very tight, and it was impossible to rush through.
Seeing the soldiers fall in front of Wang Zhanshan one by one, at this moment, he did not care so much and decided to fight, holding the explosive package and several fighters quietly crawling to the enemy's position against the artillery fire.
Several of them climbed to different bunkers, and at the right time, they forcibly stuffed the explosive packs into the enemy's bunkers, and the explosions were incessant, but Wang Zhanshan was also hit by a lot of shocks, and was directly thrown away, fortunately, the other fighters also failed in their mission and successfully destroyed the enemy's bunker.
When the seventh company completed its task and the red flag was planted on the Jintang Bridge, the company of more than 100 people was only 24 people left when the group photo was taken, and the fresh lives of 80 soldiers remained here forever.
This is a heroic company, a battalion of iron soldiers, and the descendants of the "Jintang Bridge Company" have changed from one session to another, but the banner of the "Jintang Bridge Company" will never fade.
The Hero of The Hundred Battles has 38 bullet holes all over his body
The most legendary battle in Wang Zhanshan's life was the Jincheng Counterattack in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
In 1953, Wang Zhanshan, then the commander of the 3rd Platoon of the Seventh Company, followed the large troops of the Volunteer Army across the Yalu River to the Korean battlefield, and at the beginning he was responsible for the anti-airborne combat mission in the Pyongyang area.
In early June, the Chinese Volunteers had already achieved a phased victory on the Korean battlefield, and the United Nations army led by the United States was gradually defeated and had to join forces with South Korea to make an armistice compromise.
Unexpectedly, Rhee of South Korea "turned a blind eye" to the armistice agreement, and in an attempt to "reunify" the Korean Peninsula, he issued an order to "release" prisoners of war on the spot, which was actually a forcible detention of Chinese and North Korean fighters.
This move caused strong dissatisfaction among the Chinese volunteers, and in order to completely crush The arrogance of Syngman Rhee and promote an early armistice in Korea, the Kimseong counterattack war began completely.
Wang Zhanshan first followed the troops to the Jincheng area, and this time the main task of their 404 regiment was to defend the 408.1 heights and 408.2 heights.
On July 18, aircraft and artillery continued to attack our army, and under the cover of these heavy weapons, the ROK army launched one charge after another against our army, resulting in heavy losses to our army and many soldiers losing their lives one after another.
Among them, instructor Zhang Guanzuo, company commander Zhang Bingzhen, and deputy company commander Wang Qingshan were successively sent to the rear medical team.
The 2 platoon commander took the initiative to stand up and direct the battle, repelled 16 consecutive enemy attacks, and finally rushed to the enemy with grenades after the bullets were fired, and died with more than a dozen Rok troops.
In the end, only Wang Zhanshan and more than thirty warriors were left.
In the case of the enemy several times that of our army, Wang Zhanshan did not confront him hard, and he divided the fighters into small groups and scattered the shooting. Seeing that they were about to run out of food, Wang Zhanshan led the soldiers to negotiate with the enemy during the day, and at night they went down the mountain to search for "supplies" in the enemy's corpse pile, and brought rifles, grenades and food back to the camp. When he was thirsty, he drank his own urine, and when he was hungry, he nibbled on the bark of the tree, and insisted on it for four days and four nights in a row, repelling a total of thirty-eight enemy attacks, and there were 400 corpses on the position.
At this time, Wang Zhanshan was already unconscious, with thirty-eight bullet holes all over his body, and when he was found, he still had weak breathing, and immediately sent him to the rear hospital.
After this battle, the Seven Companies were awarded the collective first class merit. Wang Zhanshan recorded his personal first-class merit and awarded him the honorary titles of "First-Class International Meritorious Hero" and "Second-class Combat Hero".
To this day, when some people still praise him as a hero, the old man just blushed and choked and said, "I am not a hero, those who do not return from the battlefield are the real heroes." ”
In 1979, Wang Zhanshan served as the deputy commander of the Anyang Military Subdistrict in Henan Province, mainly responsible for the construction of militia and reserves.
Wang Zhanshan dedicated his life to the party, the country and the people.
The first ceremony of the "July 1st Medal" was awarded, and the old hero of Wang Zhanshan, who had been a horseman for a lifetime, deserved it! He composed an immortal myth with his repeated bloody battles on the battlefield. Hats off to the elderly!