On January 10, 1949, the Northeast Field Army launched the Famous Battle of Tianjin, and the 7th Company of the 342nd Regiment of the 114th Division of the 38th Army was appointed as the sharp knife company of the whole division.
Wang Huanwen, the deputy squad leader of the second squad of the first row, is a native of Tianjin, and in the battle to liberate Tianjin, his mood is naturally different.
What is even more amazing is that Wang Huanwen actually participated in the battle with his eyes "half open and half closed", and he made a great contribution.
The fact that a half-blind warrior becomes a hero of battle may be a miracle unique in military history.
When the troops entered the outskirts of Tianjin and various large armies surrounded the enemy tightly, the soldiers were in a high mood and enthusiastically sought battle.
Wang Huanwen has a closer feeling than others, you must know that this is the hometown! When he was a child, he used to run all over the city to pick up coal cores, what a golden bridge, Roosevelt Road, he could touch it with his eyes closed.
But since he joined the army at the age of 18, he has been fighting in the south and the north, and he has not returned to his hometown for many years.
Hearing about tianjin, Wang Huanwen's mood was extremely excited. But what made him extremely frustrated was that he had a strange disease at this critical moment, his eyes were swollen like blood peaches, and he couldn't see anything ten steps away.
The comrades-in-arms repeatedly advised Wang Huanwen to recuperate, but he politely refused.
The instructor specifically talked to Wang Huanwen about this matter, and insisted that he go down, saying that even if he stayed in the company, he would not be allowed to participate in the battle.
Wang Huanwen didn't say anything to his face, but behind his back he secretly resolved: "I am only half blind now, even if both eyes are blind, I will touch tianjin city!" ”
One night, Wang Huanwen's second squad was responsible for monitoring the enemy and covering the construction of fortifications throughout the company.
Wang Huanwen thought of an idea, so he secretly led a group and touched the vicinity of a thatched pile 50 meters from the enemy. But he couldn't see anything clearly, so he asked the new warrior Wang Zhonghai, "Where are you?" ”
"There's a big haystack here!"
"The enemy's activities are not clear, right?"
"It's not three steps away, how can I see it clearly?" As soon as the lights are illuminated, it is easy to do. ”
"Yes! Write down the enemy's bunkers, barbed wire, and so on. ”
"Hmmm!"
The next day, the instructor knew that Wang Huanwen had touched the eyes of the enemy, and he was angry and loving, and he said to Wang Huanwen solemnly: "You don't want to live? ”
Wang Huanwen thought in his heart: "You didn't say it right, seeing that your hometown is about to be liberated, it is also the meaning to go back and drink cold water, who dares to say that I don't want to live, I still have to fight for the line of fire to make meritorious contributions!" ”
But as soon as the words in his heart changed in his mouth, Wang Huanwen sincerely pleaded: "Instructor, let me participate in the battle, the eye disease will be fine." ”
"If you dare to act without permission, you will not be allowed to participate!"
When Wang Huanwen heard it, although the instructor's tone was very severe, he had actually approved himself to participate in the battle, and he jumped up excitedly: "Instructor, thank you!" ”
What the instructor did not expect was that Wang Huanwen, a "local passer", really played a special role.
The task of the Seventh Company is to develop in depth, and Wang Huanwen is a member of the sharp knife squad of the whole company.
The battle began, and as soon as the breakthrough was made, the enemy on the second floor was killed. Wang Huanwencai fought a shuttle, and the 12 enemies surrendered.
Wang Huanwen and the sharp knife class continued to rush forward, but what made him extremely angry was that his body was sweating and a layer of white film had grown on his eyes. This is really the same as the blind man, stumbling and stumbling, and Wang Huanwen is so anxious that Wang Huanwen is like a fire in the room, and he can't wipe it off.
The warrior Xu Jinyi picked up a broken steel helmet and got some clear water for Wang Huanwen. He washed his eyes so he could vaguely see something.
He took a closer look, hey! Plugged in to the Japanese Concession came. On the tall building opposite the intersection, the enemy's dense firepower overwhelmed the sharp knife squad. There was also a large tank under the building that slammed its guns, so that the soldiers could not lift their heads.
Instructor Shen Pingzhong crawled over with a serious injury, and he saw Wang Huanwen and said, "You are familiar with the terrain, is there a way to blow up the tank?" ”
Wang Huanwen thought about it, in fact, he had no other tricks, the only way was to run down the street without hesitation, could he still pretend to be a bone eye at this point? So he replied firmly: "There is a way, here I am very familiar!" ”
"Yes, count me in!" When Wang Huanwen saw that it was Guo Futian, he nodded his head and agreed.
Each of them, holding a packet of explosives, turned around and rolled into the street, the bullets piercing the cotton coats with several transparent holes, but fortunately they were not injured.
More than 20 meters away from the tank, the two stood up and rushed forward, and the enemy tank actually ran away in fright.
The two rushed to the bottom of the building in a chaotic breath, and they had just released a package of explosives, and the upstairs picked out the white sheets.
Wang Huanwen couldn't see it, and with the smoke to order the second package, Guo Futian teased Wang Huanwen. He said: "Deputy squad leader, you are responsible for violating discipline. ”
"Don't listen to that set, don't blow up the building, the enemy won't bow his head!"
"People have already picked up the white flag!"
"Really?"
"Who's still coaxing you?"
The two continued to develop in depth, and when they inserted into the North Market, they lost contact with Company Li and joined the eighth company to continue fighting.
Wang Huanwen rushed through the enemy's blockade line with Guo Futian and burrowed into a basement, and as soon as Guo Futian entered, he said: "Pay your gun and don't kill, give preferential treatment to prisoners!" ”
This shout stunned Wang Huanwen, who held up his submachine gun and asked, "What's wrong, is there a situation?" ”
"Seventy or eighty high officials!" Guo Futian blurted out.
Wang Huanwen excitedly supported Guo Futian's shoulder and walked down the stairs step by step, but the enemy did not even move at all.
It wasn't until the enemy approached that Wang Huanwen knew that they had already raised their hands and were waiting to surrender.
An enemy officer may have seen Wang Huanwen's bloodshot eyes, was moved, and said in a loud voice: "The PLA soldiers are really good-looking, admired, admired!" ”
Tianjin was liberated, Wang Huanwen was honored by the troops once for his great merits (at that time, only major and minor merits were recorded, regardless of one, two or three special merits), and the deed of "half a blind man making a great contribution" became a good story for the whole army. Thankfully, Wang Huanwen later healed his eyes in his hometown.