He was a veteran of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, who fought in eight battles, received three special merits, one third-class merit, and remained a farmer in anonymity for sixty years. Neighbors in the same village laughed at why he didn't recover Taiwan? The 95-year-old said that if the Ministry of National Defense gave orders, even if he died, he would go to liberate Taiwan.
In 2019, Zhang Liangrong, who is already 95 years old, is nagging with the elderly in the same village, and everyone is curious about Zhang Liangrong's past, it is said that Zhang Liangrong once participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan and is a veteran of the War of Resistance.
But Zhang Liangrong never mentioned this matter, and such an attitude aroused people's curiosity even more.
Why don't you mention the glorious deeds of the past? Is this something to brag about?
A few village elders did not ask any deeds about the war, and could not help but sarcastically say zhang Liangrong, "You are a veteran, why don't you go to liberate Taiwan?" ”
Zhang Liangrong, who was originally hunched over his back and shrugged his head to speak, suddenly straightened his waist and told them in a loud voice:
"If the Ministry of National Defense gives an order, even if you die, you will liberate Taiwan." Don't look at my age, I'm older and shoot better than they are. ”
Zhang Liangrong
What kind of past does Zhang Liangrong have? Why not mention all this?
All of this began in 1924, when Zhang Liangrong was born in Danshan Town, Yanjiang District, Ziyang City, Sichuan Province, to farmers. Zhang Liangrong did not deliberately let Zhang Liangrong study, the poor Family Zhang Liangrong from childhood to follow his parents to farm, after growing up, he learned to do a little business, until 1948, the business could not continue, Zhang Liangrong could only go to join the army, as a new guest egg Zhang Liangrong came to Liu Bocheng's command, belonging to the jinji Luyu Field Army Fourth Column Eleventh Brigade.
Less than half a year after joining the army, Zhang Liangrong caught up with the Huaihai Campaign, which is also the most difficult battle in Zhang Liangrong's heart, in November 1948, Zhang Liangrong joined the army for less than half a year, he caught up with the Huaihai Campaign, after arriving at the troops, often fought all day and night, every day on the battlefield, Zhang Liangrong was fighting with his life, the Kuomintang army almost occupied all the advantages, there were always planes supporting them in the sky, there were tanks on the ground charging, shells could explode around at any time, whenever the explosion sounded, There will be comrades who will die on the battlefield.
Zhang Liangrong received a more difficult task, his superiors ordered him to blow up the tanks on the ground, and it was almost impossible for a person to kill the weapons that had both lethal and defensive power on the ground with his bare hands, but in order to complete the task, Zhang Liangrong still walked out of the relatively safe fortifications.
Due to the tight time, Zhang Liangrong did not even have complete tools, he could only dig a pit and lay mines with his bare hands, and everything was only owed to the East Wind, and Zhang Liangrong, who had done all this, hid in the surrounding fortifications again, thinking that he could successfully complete this task. However, when the tank passed through the minefield, the lead of the mine was loosened, and when Zhang Liangrong painstakingly detonated the mine, the enemy tank had already rumbled away, and this time the mine exploded.
tank
However, not only did not blow up the enemy's tanks, but also let the enemy find Zhang Liangrong hiding in the fortifications, the enemy did not say a word and fired a cannon at Zhang Liangrong, Zhang Liangrong saw that the situation was not good, had to hide inside the fortifications, but because the power of the enemy's artillery fire was too great, he was still stunned.
Time passed quietly, Zhang Liangrong did not wake up until dark, looking at the dark sky around him, he could only look for it one foot deep and one foot shallow in the direction of the troops, he finally found the troops before dawn, unfortunately he failed to complete the task entrusted to him, the superiors did not blame him, but praised his bravery, dared to blow up the enemy's tanks by himself, already had great courage, hearing this, Zhang Liangrong's heart rekindled hope, such praise was more exciting than anything.
Since then, in the Battle of Huaihai, Zhang Liangrong has repeatedly made miracles with his brave and astute courage, and in the process of constantly blowing up tanks, he has also explored his own set of experience, because of his outstanding performance, Zhang Liangrong was promoted to squad leader, most of the time, Zhang Liangrong's task is to take soldiers to bomb tanks, and even once a group of them blew up all five tanks of the enemy army, watching the original iron lumps become a lump of scrap iron, Zhang Liangrong is extremely proud, and it is precisely because of the miracle of blowing up tanks. At the commendation meeting of the Huaihai Campaign, Zhang Liangrong was awarded the special merit.
In addition to this special merit, Zhang Liangrong's military career has two other special merits that are particularly eye-catching.
On March 23, 1949, liu Bocheng drafted the teaching materials for crossing the river, and officially kicked off the battle of crossing the river. In the battle of crossing the river, Zhang Liangrong's performance was still remarkable, and this time he was still the vanguard, trying to open the way for the large troops behind.
Battle of the River Crossing
Because the Kuomintang's aerial firepower was too fierce, they could only sneak across the river in the middle of the night, but when they crossed the river, it was the flood season, the Yangtze River was windy and high, and there were enemies looking at the tiger, so when Zhang Liangrong appeared on the river with his fighters, he was immediately noticed by the Kuomintang who was monitoring at a high place. Provide opportunities for the large troops behind to cross the river.
This outstanding performance, so that Zhang Liangrong once again won the special merit medal, soon after the founding of New China, Zhang Liangrong followed the troops to appear again in the mountains of the southwest bandits, this time Zhang Liangrong still won the medal of special merit, different from the previous two medals, this medal looks a little easy, this is a medal obtained from reclamation, just ploughing the land can get the special merit medal?
It's unbelievable, but it's true.
On November 1, 1949, New China had just been proclaimed, but there were still fleeing Kuomintang troops in the southwest, Hu Zongnan regarded the southwest as the last straw of life, in order to eliminate the Kuomintang forces in the southwest, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping led the troops to the southwest, the southwest terrain is rugged, the people's customs are fierce, the first problem facing the People's Liberation Army is grain shortage, but our party has always adhered to the principle of not taking a needle and a line from the masses, and after there is no grain, it relies on some soldiers to reclaim wasteland and the surrounding people for grain. It's just that this reclamation is not easy for Zhang Liangrong and the soldiers, because in the southwest wasteland, the armies of various countries have planted many mines and bombs nearby, although the power of these mines and bombs is not large, but if encountered in the reclamation process, it must be casualties, when Zhang Liangrong and the soldiers reclaim the wasteland, the sound of shell explosions will always sound from time to time, some soldiers will be killed or disabled when they are reclaimed, it is under such psychological pressure that Zhang Liangrong finally led the soldiers to complete the reclamation. He successfully raised grain for the army, so after the Southwest Campaign, Zhang Liangrong also received the Special Meritorious Service Medal.
These three special meritorious medals include Zhang Liangrong's life and praise him for defending his family and country.
After the war, Zhang Liangrong also chose to retire from the army because of his injuries, and after retiring from the army, he returned to his hometown of Sichuan and became a worker at the Danshan Town Distillery.
Zhang Liangrong Medal
Zhang Liangrong, who originally had a stable job, finally chose to quit this job and return to Laojun Village as an unknown farmer, sealing all his previous exploits in a small box, which he would carry with him until now, not to let his children touch, and the children did not know his previous achievements, until the government recounted veterans, Zhang Liangrong re-entered people's vision.
The villagers who mocked Zhang Liangrong in the past also stopped speaking, why did Zhang Liangrong hide his name?
One is to live unharmed and not want to trouble the country.
Second, the comrades-in-arms have all died, and in the hearts of the old people, these merits also have their share.
It is precisely because of such simple ideas that the old man has hidden his fame for sixty years and paid for the country regardless of gains and losses, and it is precisely because of this that this 95-year-old veteran still wants to recover Taiwan until now.