When it comes to funeral parlors, it always gives people a sense of eerie horror, even in the daytime, it makes people sweat straight.
In the 1970s, outside the morgue of Jiangjin County People's Hospital in Chongqing, Sichuan, you can often see an old man with gray hair and a thin face, pulling a rack cart to carry the body, and the person who sees it is afraid to avoid it, even if the car does not pull the body, people will cover their noses to avoid him, as if there is something strange about the old man.
At that time, it was a special era, coupled with the rise of cremation, people could not accept it for a while, so they speculated about what the corpse transporter had done wrong, and gradually, rumors about him spread.
Some say he is a counter-revolutionary, others say he is a rightist, and some even say he is hungry and can't find food
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Whenever he heard these words, the old man shook his head and smiled bitterly, did not argue with others, and bowed his head to do his own work?
Did this old man really make a mistake, or didn't have enough to eat before he could do this business? Not only is it not,
He was also a combat hero who had made special achievements on the Korean battlefield, and his name was Tan Bingyun
Tan Bingyun, a native of Jiangjin County, Chongqing, was born cold and bitter, and Tan Bingyun, a young man, did not read a book, and at the age of seven or eight, he began to herd cattle for the landlord's family, and when he was a little older, he began to cut grass and herd cattle, working all day, but unfortunately he still did not have enough to eat.
What is even more unfortunate is that when Tan Bingyun was 20 years old, he was arrested by the Kuomintang, and the shangguan beat and scolded him at every turn, and often withheld military salaries, which can be described as miserable.
In December 1948, Tan Bingyun's troops revolted, and Tan Bingyun joined the People's Liberation Army, participating in the Battle of Huaihai and the Battle of Crossing the River
When Shanghai was liberated, Tan Bingyun took the lead, even if his foot was cut with a long bloody hole, he still ignored it, braving enemy artillery fire, pushing boats and bridges for the commandos in the river, and after the battle, he was awarded the third class merit.
In the troops of the People's Liberation Army, Tan Bingyun really felt the warmth and really felt the feeling of being the master of the house.
In 1950, when the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, Tan Bingyun, who had planned to return home for the Spring Festival, joined the volunteer army without hesitation, and in a letter to his father," he said:
...... The American robbers came, let me clean up these robbers first, and then go home to see the second old...
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In October 1950, Tan Bingyun, as a squad leader, followed the troops across the Yalu River, and in the severe cold of more than 20 degrees below zero, Tan Bingyun led the team forward, helping the comrades who could not move to carry guns, carrying sick comrades on the road, after thousands of hardships, arriving at the designated place on time.
Third Class Again
Because of foreign combat, logistical difficulties, coupled with the blockade of enemy aircraft in the sky, Tan Bingyun and others could only pick up the canned boxes thrown down by the Americans and cook leaves to fill their hunger, even so, Tan Bingyun still led the fighters to repel the enemy's attacks again and again, so,
Tan Bingyun made 2 more third-class merits
In April 1951, in the fifth campaign, the Volunteer Army and the Korean People's Army fought for more than 50 days, annihilating more than 82,000 enemy troops and carrying out a large-scale counterattack in the northern and southern areas of the 38th Parallel.
Late May,
The volunteer army withdrew and retired, and the US military took the opportunity to dispatch a large number of mechanical troops to frantically attack the north in an attempt to cut off the road of the PLA's southern retreat
At the critical moment, Tan Bingyun's unit received orders to build fortifications at The 390 Heights southeast of Jinhua to block the enemy and buy time for the large troops to cross the river.
On May 24, Tan Bingyun led his soldiers into three groups and was responsible for blocking enemy tanks on a narrow road.
The most difficult blasting task was handled by Tan Bingyun and a warrior named Mao He
At dawn on the 25th, Tan Bingyun, who was hidden in the scattered soldier pit, suddenly felt the ground shake, and immediately woke up Mao He, who was napping, and a moment later, a long series of tanks drove towards them, and the smoke and dust on the highway rolled in, if you let this pile of tanks pass, the consequences are unimaginable, Tan Bingyun's eyes, immediately red, he left the fortifications and quietly climbed forward.
When the distance between the tank was six or seven meters, Tan Bingyun quickly pulled out a grenade and threw it at the front tank, and after a loud noise, the tank only paused for a moment, then started again, and rolled forward.
Tan Bingyun saw this and threw a grenade at the tank's butt, and the tank was destroyed, but unfortunately,
When it exploded, a piece of shrapnel hit Tan Bingyun's forehead, and he fainted, woke up again, and heard a series of rumbling cannons
Without much thought, Tan Bingyun rushed to the second tank, but the last grenade was thrown, and the second tank had not yet been destroyed.
Seeing the situation, Tan Bingyun raised a machine gun to strafe, attracting enemy fire, letting Mao and Qiaoqiao go around to the back of the tank to blow up the tank, with a loud noise, the smoke behind the second tank rolled in.
Tan Bingyun saw the situation, immediately jumped on the tank, towards the turret Tianmen Li is a shuttle, sent the tank soldiers inside, to the western sky
Because there was no grenade, Tan Bingyun sent Mao He to the company headquarters to single-handedly pack up a jeep of the US army.
When Mao He returned with grenades, Tan Bingyun threw himself into battle again and attacked the third tank, which was very unlucky, and was ignited by flames on the shells inside, crackling and crackling, frightening the tanks behind him enough, and no longer daring to fight, retreating backwards.
This battle,
Tan Bingyun and the soldier Mao He blew up 3 tanks and 1 car of the US army, and annihilated 13 enemy people, successfully blocking the US tank group for 8 hours in front of the 390 heights, and bought valuable time for the volunteer army to cross the river
A few months later, the Volunteer Army held a commendation meeting, and peng Dehuai, commander of the Volunteer Army, shook Tan Bingyun's hand and said excitedly:
You lonely hero, you are really the greatest bodhisattva under the heavens, you blocked the US 11th Division for a full 8 hours, only to evacuate the North Han River, I don't know how many comrades' lives were saved!
After the war, Tan Bingyun was killed
Awarded "Anti-Tank Hero" and "Meritorious Service"
and other titles,
The name was listed alongside Qiu Shaoyun in the list of heroic models, and was jointly published in the "Biography of the Heroes of the Volunteer Army" together with Huang Jiguang, Yang Gensi and others
In September 1951, in the auditorium of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army,
Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou, General Manager Zhu, and others cordially received Tan Bingyun and other heroes of the volunteer army
In 1952,
North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, accompanied by President Peng Dehuai Peng, received Tan Byung-yun
Tan Bingyun left a deep impression on him, and after more than 20 years, he visited China again and asked to see Tan Bingyun again...
Because of years of conquest, Tan Bingyun's health conditions, hypertension, emphysema, stomach ulcers, etc., was identified as a Class A disability, in 1953, Tan Bingyun returned to his hometown, when he left the army, he only carried a yellow backpack and wore an old military uniform.
Tan Bingyun, who returned to his hometown, almost never mentioned his own affairs on the Korean battlefield, and he resolutely obeyed the organizational arrangements, never took credit for himself, nor did he pay attention to conditions; he successively served as deputy chief of the public security bureau, deputy chief of the civil affairs bureau, director of the enterprise factory, and so on.
In 1967, the county prepared a funeral home, Tan Bingyun took over this heavy responsibility, from site selection, design, construction are all handled by Tan Bingyun, almost all eat and live on the construction site,
Because of overwork, his old illness recurred, and his stomach was cut off by two-thirds
The doctor told him to rest for two months, but Tan Bingyun, who was worried about the construction site, could not stay at all, and after less than a month of hospitalization in Chongqing, he rushed back to the construction site in a hurry.
In 1971, the funeral home was built, and people at that time were full of fear of this place, and no one wanted to do it, so,
Tan Bingyun personally went into battle to sort out the remains of the deceased, dressed, carried, burned, and buried the ashes
At that time, the traffic was inconvenient, Tan Bingyun pushed the shelf car to transport the body, and concurrently served as a "corpse transporter", because people did not understand Tan Bingyun's identity, which had the gossip at the beginning of the article.
In addition to dealing with the funeral home' work, Tan Bingyun also went to the countryside to publicize the benefits of cremation, because old ideas, scolding and even fists and feet happened from time to time, and even the deceased was pulled halfway or to the crematorium, and then returned to ask for it back...
Although it was not understood by the public, Tan Bingyun still insisted on doing this, and after several years of hard work, the people gradually accepted cremation.
In 1983, at the age of 59, Tan Bingyun retired from his job.
Because I suffered a head injury on the battlefield, it was very difficult to work
After retirement, Tan Bingyun did not idle, but turned his attention to the disabled and orphans, taking care of their lives, finding a way out for them, every holiday, Tan Bingyun always spent in the welfare home or spent, to give them warmth.
In 2001, Tan Bingyun completed the journey of life, and after his death, the secretary of the Jiangjin Municipal Party Committee personally presided over a memorial service for him, and thousands of people sent him off, and the scene was extremely touching.