In February 1951, the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion, 377th Regiment, 126th Division, 42nd Army of the Volunteer Army, was ordered by superiors to block the "ace unit" of the US army, the 1st Cavalry Division, in Baolong, Korea.
The commanders and fighters of the Second Company fought extremely fiercely with the invading enemy, and there were not small casualties on both sides.
On the fifth day of the fierce battle, only the squad leader Zhao Xingwang and the soldiers Chen Guoxing and Yin Ronghua were left on the front-line second squad position.
The company commander personally ran over between battles and said to Zhao Xingwang and the other three: "The whole company has been put into battle and cannot support you." You must hold out until the sun sets the next day, until not a single enemy is allowed to pass on the road! ”
The three of them said in unison: "We will certainly resist the enemy's wild attack, fight to the end, and resolutely complete the task!" ”
At dawn the next day, the enemy dispatched more than 20 aircraft, more than 20 tanks, and more than 30 artillery pieces, using about 1 regiment of troops, to launch a full-line attack on several volunteer positions on the north side of the road.
After the enemy's indiscriminate bombardment, Zhao Xingwang saw through the smoke and dust that more than 100 American troops rushed from the bottom of the mountain in two directions to the high ground.
Zhao Xingwang was about to shout for Chen Guoxing to prepare for battle, when he suddenly saw a cloud of explosive smoke rising from Chen Guoxing's trench. After a loud noise, Chen Guoxing disappeared in the thick smoke.
"Chen Guoxing, old Chen!" Zhao Xingwang shouted and rushed over.
He pulled Chen Guoxing out of the floating soil set off by the explosion, only to see that Chen Guoxing's face was iron blue, yin red blood flowed down his temples, and the dirt and blood on his face were together.
Zhao Xingwang quickly ripped through the cotton coat, pulled out a piece of cotton, wiped the blood from his face, and then tore off a strip of cloth and wrapped it around Chen Guoxing's head.
"Squad leader, watch out for the enemy coming up!" At this time, Yin Ronghua shouted loudly.
Zhao Xingwang saw that his comrades were seriously injured, and saw the enemy on the hillside hunched over his neck and surging upwards, and a strong anger burned in his heart.
He put down Chen Guoxing, turned around and set up the machine gun, aiming at several enemies in front of him, just a few point shots, and these enemies lay down like dead pigs.
A shuttle of bullets ran out, he reached back to ask for the clip, saw no response, and then remembered that Chen Guoxing was seriously injured, and he touched the grenade next to him.
At this time, a magazine full of bullets was handed over, and he could not look back, and pressed the magazine to shoot at the enemy.
Yin Ronghua also threw a grenade over there, and they hit each other hard, and the enemy was beaten down.
Zhao Xingwang turned his head to look back, wanting to praise the ammunition hand that had just handed him ammunition in time, only to see that in the bunker behind him, Chen Guoxing's arm was stretched forward, and he was still holding a magazine in his hand, and his dusty face was dripping with blood, and his teeth were biting his lower lip.
"How much perseverance did he use to support me and pass me the last clip!" Zhao Xingwang was excited, and there were tears in his eyes.
"Old Chen, old Chen..." Zhao Xingwang shouted, but Chen Guoxing had already sacrificed heroically.
It was almost noon, and the enemy attacked again, and the shells poured out one by one. The volunteer positions were so thick with smoke and dust that they were almost blown upside down.
The anti-artillery holes in the position were all blown up, and Zhao Xingwang and Yin Ronghua would jump to this crater and jump to that crater, cleverly avoiding the enemy's shells.
The enemy came up, and they adopted a flexible "loach tactic" and moved back and forth in the trenches, fighting here for a while and throwing grenades there.
The two of them were fighting vigorously, and an enemy rushed up to Yin Ronghua's position, and Zhao Xingwang hurried over and threw two grenades at the enemy. He took a closer look and saw Yin Ronghua lying on the edge of the trench, his hands open, and a grenade in his right hand.
The enemy came up again, and he couldn't take care of Yin Ronghua, so he raised his machine gun and swept up at the enemy.
The enemy saw that there was only one person on the position and rushed upwards desperately.
Zhao Xingwang's eyes were red, and he aimed at the enemy hard, and was fighting hard, when suddenly someone next to him shouted: "Blow up you little devils..."
Zhao Xingwang turned his head, only to see that Yin Ronghua's face was covered with blood, his eyes were round, and he raised his head vigorously, and the hand that raised the bomb upward had not yet fallen, and after he threw the last grenade, his body was twisted and he fell into the trench.
The enemy was beaten down, Zhao Xingwang ran over and shouted Yin Ronghua's name, Yin Ronghua slowly opened his eyes, and said in a weak voice: "Squad leader, is the sun setting?" ”
"Soon, Yin Ronghua!"
"Squad leader, I didn't complete the task, you a top..." Before he could finish speaking, Yin Ronghua closed his eyes.
"Yin Ronghua! Yin Ronghua..." Zhao Xingwang cried out in grief. He looked at the westward sun, picked up Yin Ronghua and gently placed him in the bunker, gave a military salute to this lovely comrade-in-arms, and returned to the trench.
Zhao Xingwang was the only one left in the position, he bandaged the wound, pulled out the dust in the trench, pulled out a handful of dirty snow and put it in his mouth, picked up a shovel to repair the fortifications, and then collected ammunition and prepared to fight the enemy for the final battle.
The sun was about to crush the mountain, and the enemy split into several ways to touch the second squad position.
Zhao Xingwang clutched the machine gun, and when the enemy had less than thirty meters left, the machine gun suddenly opened fire.
When the enemy saw the machine guns on the mountain shooting at them, they all cowered and lay on the ground. After a while, seeing that there was no movement, I continued to climb up.
Zhao Xingwang ran left and right and threw grenades at the enemy, and then picked up the machine gun and swept at the enemy.
But the enemy saw that there were few people and attacked him in many ways, trying to open a gap. Zhao Xingwang killed left and right, and the enemy was still getting closer and closer.
At this critical juncture, a burst of heavy machine gunfire sounded on the enemy's side and behind him, knocking the enemy down.
This was the friend of the right position, seeing the second squad on this side, and supporting him with firepower.
Zhao Xingwang was overjoyed, and while the enemy was in chaos, he threw several grenades at them in succession, and the enemy howled and rolled down the mountain.
At this time, the sun had completely set, reinforcements arrived, the so-called "ace unit" of the US First Cavalry Division was finally defeated after 32 attacks, and the task of the Second Company to hold its position was successfully completed.
After the battle, the second company that insisted on defending Baolongli was awarded the honorary title of "Baolongli Hero Company", while Zhao Xingwang, who fought bloodily to protect his position, was honored with special merit and was rated as a "second-class combat hero", and was also awarded the "Order of the Korean National Flag of the Third Class" issued by the Democratic Republic of Korea.