During the "Eleventh" holiday of a certain year, many local citizens came to the Martyrs' Cemetery of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in Shenyang, and they spontaneously visited the graves of these soldiers who died in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Others bring their children here and tell their children about the heroes. In the meantime, we found a very meaningful scene, that is, in front of the tomb of the martyr Huang Jiguang, there was a model fighter, and next to the tombstone hung many photos of China's existing fighter jets.
Not only are there these in front of Huang Jiguang's tombstones, but many heroes of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea have fighter model and photos in front of their tombs. After careful understanding, we can understand that this was because in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, our army was suppressed by the enemy army due to the weakness of its air force, and caused countless deaths and injuries as a result.
The citizens of Shenyang did these things to let these martyrs know that our air force has developed very well, that there are many fighter jets, and that their previous efforts have not been in vain. They also want the martyrs to see that our country is now very strong and will not be provoked or even attacked by the enemy as it was before.
Today I would like to introduce to you a Yang Gensi who won the honorary title of "special hero" in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea; he is a very remarkable comrade, and his deeds are worthy of our understanding.
Pictured| Yang Gensi
First, after experiencing hardships at an early age, he finally joined the New Fourth Army
Yang Gensi, born in 1922 in a poor peasant family in the Huangqiao District of Taixing County, Jiangsu Province, was originally named Yang Gengxi, when he signed up for the New Fourth Army, the registration staff heard Yang Gensi, and wrote the wrong name on his enlistment registration form, but Yang Gensi said that this name was also very good after knowing it, so he kept using it.
Yang Gensi's family was very difficult, and when he was young, he had to work in the family, responsible for herding cattle, while his father went to work in the landlord's house, and he could get very little wages. But my father always felt that money was difficult to earn, and he could make a little money to ensure that the family did not starve to death. If he did not work for the landlord's family, the landlord would not rent the land to his family, so the father was helpless.
Due to long-term labor, his father's health was not good, and he would even vomit blood while working, but the family did not have money to ask his father for a doctor, so he died of illness. After the death of the father, the burden of the family naturally fell on the mother, but the mother's health was not good, and because of the root of the disease at that time, the body has always been in a state of deficiency.
Her mother, who was already weak, also died of illness shortly after her father's death, when Yang Gensi was only 8 years old. In order to keep himself alive, Yang Gensi became a cowherd and relied on the sky to eat, and neighbors would sometimes pity him for giving him some food. Whenever Yang Gensi got food, he would thank his neighbors with tears in his eyes and do some farm work for the neighbors to show his gratitude.
But this is not the way, Yang Gensi eats very little every day, basically can only eat one meal, when encountering difficulties, a meal a day can not be guaranteed. When Yang Gensi was 12 years old, his brother returned from Shanghai, and when he was young, he went to Shanghai with his companions to work and earn money, although he did not make much money, but at least three meals a day. But in order to save some money for tickets, my brother has not returned for a long time, and naturally does not know the news that his parents have died.
Pictured| Shanghai in the last century
When his brother returned to learn that his parents had died, he was bitter because he could not send his parents on the last journey, and he was very resentful of this difficult era. When he saw that his brother was having such a hard time and that he was powerless, the resentment of the times was even stronger.
In order to take better care of his younger brother and to eat for his younger brother, his brother took Yang Gensi to Shanghai, where the two brothers worked together in a carpet factory in Shanghai. When he first arrived in Shanghai, looking at the prosperity of Shanghai, Yang Gensi was envious. He had never seen such a scene. There are no cattle on the road, no one farms, there are high-rise buildings everywhere, and the people on the road are very brightly dressed.
It was a scene he had never seen in his rural hometown. But when Yang Gensi began to work, the oppression of the capitalists made him breathless, and the world outside the factory did not belong to him at all. Although he could eat every day, he did not pay much labor every day, and the factory owner did not squeeze people less than the landlord. But in order to be able to let himself eat, Yang Gensi still gritted his teeth and persevered.
On a rare day off, Yang Gensi walked on the streets of Shanghai to admire the prosperity of Shanghai, at this time, he saw the children selling newspapers waving their newspapers in their hands, shuttling through the streets of Shanghai, he said: "Come and see, come and see, the New Fourth Army has burned the Hongqiao Airport!" This was the first time Yang Gensi had heard the name of the "New Fourth Army", but the name had already taken root in his heart.
Although Yang Gensi can persist, the factory cannot persist. In 1941, the factory owner closed the carpet factory for some reason, and Yang Gensi and his brother lost their jobs. The brothers returned to the countryside, and Yang Gensi went to the landlord's house and gave the landlord's family a "cow", that is, a person who raised cattle for the landlord's family.
At that time, it was not difficult for us to imagine how good the landlords were at squeezing people, and now Yang Gensi was able to think about some things independently. Seeing that the peasants had been working for a long time but could not get the grain they deserved, and the landlords who were lazy and lazy but could still eat big fish and meat, Yang Gensi's heart was full of grief, and he thought countless times that if this situation could be changed, if someone could come to save these poor peasants.
Pictured| landlord in the last century
Finally, he heard about the Chinese Communist Party, and after understanding, he knew that the Chinese Communist Party was an organization that could help poor peasants to seek redress. Everywhere the Communist Party went, it would drive away the local landlords, give the peasants a peaceful and stable living environment, and the Communist Party would fight away the enemy. At this time, he made up his mind to follow the Chinese Communist Party forward.
Coincidentally, he heard that the New Fourth Army was recruiting soldiers. After consulting with his brother, he came to the recruitment office of the New Fourth Army, successfully joined the New Fourth Army under the name of "Yang Gensi", and was also incorporated into the old regiment and a battalion, 3 companies, 3 platoons and 9 squads, when he was only 22 years old. For him, the previous name is like the shackles of the old era, and he can usher in his new journey without the old name.
2. Capture the enemy's guns with spears
Yang Gensi, who had just joined the New Fourth Army, was full of energy, and he wanted to make a career in the army and dedicate a force to the stability of the country. But he had been in the army for almost a month, and he didn't even have a gun, and the team only gave him a spear.
Yang Gensi told the 3 platoon leader of his desire for a gun. When the platoon leader heard Yang Gensi's words, he smiled and said, "Comrade Yang Gensi, if you want to have a gun, then first hone your killing skills, and then go to the battlefield and capture a gun that belongs to you from the enemy." ”
At this time, Yang Gensi knew that there were not many weapons in the army, generally they could save money, and most of the guns were snatched from the hands of the enemy by the soldiers, and he thought: "This is simply a symbol of heroism!" After that, Yang Gensi practiced his killing skills every day, in order to be able to use the spear in his hand at a critical moment to capture the enemy's gun.
Figure | weapons of the New Fourth Army
Finally, the Emperor Did Not Live Up to the Hard Heart, and the Opportunity Finally Came! On February 22, 1945, the party organization sent soldiers from the old battalion to attack the town of Shagou. Shagou Town is located on an island in the middle of a lake, where the enemy and puppet troops have set up many bunkers, and with these strong bunkers built on Shagou Town, they have been fighting with our army, so Shagou Town has become a "nail" that our army must pull out.
In Shagou Town, the 22nd Division of the enemy puppet army was stationed, which was a division led by Liu Xiangtu, and the "Steel Helmet Company" that Made Liu Xiangtu proud was also stationed in Shagou Town. Our army fought a fierce battle with the 22nd Division of the enemy puppet army, and although the enemy puppet army was better equipped than our army, they still could not resist the strong offensive of our army and rushed to the head.
At this time, Yang Gensi always remembered that he was going to capture a gun from the enemy, so he set his sights on an enemy puppet soldier who fled with a gun. Yang Gensi chased after this enemy puppet army, saying: "Surrender your guns and don't kill!" This sudden sound startled the puppet soldier.
He quickly looked back, and when he saw that the visitor was just a recruit egg with a spear, he said, "As long as you still want my gun, if you chase me again, I will take your life." But he said this very weakly, because there were no bullets in his gun.
But this sentence successfully frightened Yang Gensi, who pointed the spear in his hand at the gun of the enemy puppet army, and neither of them dared to act rashly. Finally, Yang Gensi seized the opportunity and stabbed at the shoulder of this enemy puppet army, but this blow was dodged by the enemy puppet army, and the two fell into a stalemate.
Figure | enemy puppet army
At this time, Yang Gensi suddenly said to the back of the enemy puppet army: "Squad leader, you are here!" When this enemy and puppet army heard that there was another soldier behind him, he was frightened and trembled, and he was about to look back, Yang Gensi seized this opportunity and directly stabbed his spear into the heart of this enemy puppet army, and after this enemy puppet army shouted, he fell to the ground. In this way, Yang Gensi finally had his first gun.
Yang Gensi was a soldier who had captured the gun earlier in the New Fourth Army, and when the 3rd Platoon Commander saw the gun in Yang Gensi's hand, he said: "Comrade Yang, you are doing a good job!" Keep up the good work! Yang Gensi was praised by the platoon leader, his face was full of red light, he clenched the gun in his hand and said to the platoon leader: "Platoon leader, you can rest assured, I will continue to work hard, and I will ensure that I will not disappoint the party organization!" ”
Three or three times on the battlefield to send Larre
After entering the army, Yang Gensi also did many things that made us sigh, and he even won the title of "Combat Hero" for the accuracy of his grenade throwing and the successful blasting of multiple enemy points. After receiving the honorary title, Yang Gensi was not proud and complacent, but continued to delve into the knowledge of explosives.
In January 1946, the New Fourth Army arrived in Yanzhou, Shandong, which is a military town, and the regimental organization within the New Fourth Army planned to select people to study in the brother units in order to improve the blasting technology in the troops. When Yang Gensi learned of this news, he immediately signed up and successfully entered the training class with Lin Maocheng as the blasting instructor.
Yang Gensi admired Lin Maocheng very much and was particularly serious when studying. Every day, he will write down the problems he found during the day study in a small book, and then look for answers on his own at night. If you still don't understand, you will ask Lin Maocheng, Lin Maocheng is very fond of this warrior who is willing to work hard in blasting technology, and is naturally willing to tell Yang Gensi the answer.
Picture | Lin Maocheng
Here, Yang Gensi finally solved the long-standing doubts in his heart, he had not known whether the explosives were powdered or other states, after inquiry, he knew that the original explosives were piece by piece, and the weight of the explosives contained in each explosive package was different. On the battlefield, the explosive package is usually delivered to the battlefield by the demolition hand, or the explosive package is directly led by the demolition hand.
The training class ended quickly, and with full of explosive knowledge and a large improvement in blasting technology, Yang Gensi returned to Lianli and soon became a good blaster in Lianli. When the soldiers in the company came to ask Yang Gensi about the knowledge of blasting, Yang Gensi did not hide his secrets and told the inquiring warriors all the knowledge he knew.
Soon, the New Fourth Army received another mission, this time a surprise mission to retake Guo Liji. At night, the soldiers of our army advanced to the enemy position of Guo Liji. Yang Gensi carried an iron guy, this iron guy weighed 10 pounds, his head was round, and a wooden stick was attached to his tail. This iron guy's name was "Lalay", which was a new thing in the army, and even Yang Gensi was using it for the first time.
The warriors wanted to take advantage of the night to make a surprise attack and kill the enemy by surprise, but they did not expect that they were discovered by the enemy, and the battle was about to start. Yang Gensi could not fight the enemy because he was carrying Larre on his shoulders, and could only wait for the opportunity to detonate Larre.
When the time came, the enemy's firepower was suppressed by our army, and Yang Gensi quickly carried Lare to the enemy's bunker, which was a dead end that the enemy could not find. He pulled Lare's ring of fire violently, and quickly ran back to his previous position, lying on the ground and covering his ears, waiting for a loud sound that would shatter the heavens and the earth, but time passed by minute by minute, and Larre did not explode.
Figure | communicator
At this time, Yang Gensi received an order from the company commander passed by the communicator to let him quickly carry out the explosion. Yang Gensi quickly carried another Lare from the other squad and carried out the previous operation, but Lalei still did not explode. This can make Yang Gensi anxious. He hurried forward to check, it turned out to be damp, no wonder it couldn't explode.
At this time, a third Laray was also transported from the camp. Yang Gensi made a clever move, and put the three Lalei into an inverted "pin" glyph, he thought that this should be able to detonate the previous two Lalays together, but if the third Lalei was also damp, it would be difficult to do, and it could only depend on luck. Fortunately, the third Laray was useful.
With a loud bang, the enemy's bunker was blown up to half of it. The soldiers rushed into the enemy's bunkers through this blasted passage, and our army was victorious. After the battle, due to Yang Gensi's heroic performance on the battlefield, he was awarded the honorary title of "Demolition King".
4. Capture a platoon
In January 1947, the old first battalion of the New Fourth Army wanted to attack Qi Village. Qi Village was located on the west side of Zaozhuang in Shandong Province, where three enemy battalions and a mountain artillery company were stationed, and the enemy also laid heavy fortifications here. Our army's enthusiasm for fighting has always been high, but the enemy army has been shrinking in the fortifications under construction and refusing to engage in a direct confrontation with our army, and our army can only temporarily surround the enemy army in heavy fortifications.
However, this is not the way to go, and it is difficult to ensure that the enemy's reinforcements will not come. After discussion, the battalion decided to send demolition men to blast the enemy camp. And this task naturally fell to Yang Gensi, who was already the deputy squad leader of the 9th squad and the leader of the first demolition team at that time.
Picture | bunker
There were five main enemy bunkers, a large circular bunker and three small bunkers next to it, as well as a square bunker located to the northeast of the circular bunker. Yang Gensi was tasked with blowing up the circular bunker. After discussion with his deputy, Yang Gensi decided to throw explosive packages into the bunkers under the cover of fire.
But at this time, the enemy's fire was directly aimed at Yang Gensi, fortunately Yang Gensi dodged in time, which did not die on the spot, but only hurt his ears. There was no way he could hurry back to the camp and happened to run into the deputy regimental commander. After inquiring about the situation, the deputy regimental commander said: "Change the target, you first blow up the square bunker." ”
Yang Gensi took the order, and came to the square bunker with the explosive package, when he was about to pull the explosive package, but he heard a sound coming from inside. Listening carefully, it turned out that the enemy troops inside had quarreled, and some of the enemy troops still planned to surrender. Hearing this, Yang Gensi had a new idea, after all, it was much better to capture the enemy than to kill them directly.
He flipped into the bunker with the explosives package and kicked open the door inside. Yang Gensi made a gesture to pull the explosives package, and he said to the enemy who was close to a platoon inside: "Do you want to die or want to live, if you want to live, line up to go out and put down your guns." ”
The enemy troops looked at yang gensi who suddenly appeared very panicked, and after hearing Yang Gensi's words, they quickly put down their guns and ran out of the bunker. Not long after, the enemy who was guarding the village of Qi was completely annihilated by our army.
This time, Yang Gensi was awarded the "East China First Class Combat Hero" for his excellent performance.
Fifth, carry the explosive pack in your hand and die with the enemy
In October 1950, Yang Gensi, who had been in the army for several years, was sent to the Korean battlefield and he was appointed commander of the 3rd Company of the 172nd Regiment of the 58th Division of the 20th Army of the Volunteer Army. In November, after boarding the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Yang Gensi was ordered to lead a platoon of troops under the command of the three companies to hold Xiaogaoling in the southeast of the 1071.1 highland on the outskirts of Hagaru-ri on the shore of Chosin Lake in South County, North Korea, with the purpose of cutting off the enemy's retreat to the south.
Pictured| Shimogaku-ri
On the 29th, the enemy once again attacked the 1071.1 heights, dense bullets, countless bombs fell on the small high ridge, the soldiers stationed here wanted to rush out when the enemy was far away, and then Yang Gensi said: "Wait a while, wait until the enemy is close, then rush out, hit him by surprise." The soldiers all trusted this Yang Company Commander very much and agreed with him.
The enemy's tanks were getting closer and closer, and when they were only a few tens of meters away from our army's camp, Yang Gensi jumped out of the trench, raised the gun in his hand, and said: "Soldiers, rush!" The enemy was temporarily forced to retreat, but Yang Gensi knew that the enemy would soon rush up again.
At this time, Yang Gensi received a note, which was written by the top brass of the unit, which wrote a lot of words of encouragement and expressed trust in them.
After a short while, the enemy army did rush up again, and the soldiers fought with passion against the enemy, and finally the enemy's 8th attack was repulsed. But on the same day, the enemy launched another 9th attack, looking at the few explosives left in the troops, thinking about the reinforcements that had not yet arrived, Yang Gensi made a decision, that is, to fight the enemy to the end.
He told the wounded soldiers to hurry back to the camp, while he himself remained on the battlefield. As if thinking of something, tears gradually welled up in their eyes, and they said, "Company commander, we are not leaving, we will stay on the battlefield with you." ”
Yang Gensi looked at the soldiers in front of him and said, "Soldiers, you are the future of our country, if you are all gone, then how can this war be won?" I am the company commander, and you are to obey orders. Now I order you to hurry back to the camp for medical treatment. The warriors listened to Yang Gensi's words and eventually had to return to the camp.
The | statue of Yang Gensi
Yang Gensi looked at the dozens of enemies who were already close to him, picked up a package of explosives, and ran to these enemies, pulling the explosive package while running, and shouting loudly in his mouth: "Rush! For the sake of new China, rush! With a loud noise, the earth trembled, and dozens of enemies died in this explosion, and our Yang Gensi hero also died heroically with this loud noise.
Yang Gensi repelled the US attack 9 times, and the last time he directly took away dozens of US soldiers, which greatly shocked the US army, and they could not help but sigh: "The Chinese soldiers are too terrible!" ”
For his heroic performance in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Yang Gensi was awarded the title of "Special Hero" and the honorary title of "Hero of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea", but no amount of awards can clearly explain his contribution to New China.
Although Yang Gensi has left us, his spirit has infected many people. Some of these people, who were infected by Yang Gensi's spirit of sacrificing himself as a country and not being afraid of danger, continued to struggle for the national defense construction of New China, and some did not join the army, but they passed on the spirit of Yang Gensi to their next generation and inherited the precious spiritual wealth left to us by Yang Gensi.
As long as Yang Gensi's heroic deeds can still be told, as long as his spirit can still be inherited, then he will never leave us!