On the afternoon of November 4, 1950, the Battle of Chosin Lake, which shook the world, saw a rare calm.
This morning, the retreat was made by Liutanli
The 7th and 5th Regiments of the 1st Marine Division all withdrew into Shimogaru-ri after 4 days and 3 nights, which allowed the 1st Marine Division to form a defensive circle held by more than 8,000 people.
At this time, the 58th Division, the 59th Division of the 20th Army of the 9th Corps and the 79th Division of the 27th Army that besieged this area had basically lost their combat effectiveness, while the 76th, 77th, and 88th Divisions of the 26th Army of the Reserve Army were still on the way to Chosin Lake.
After song Shilun, commander of the 9th Corps, received the report, he scolded a Hunan native saying,.
With a fist, he smashed the plank in front of him to pieces.
Looking at the commander who was very annoyed by the green tendons, the staff officers did not dare to make a sound, but only looked down and picked up the telegrams and pencils scattered on the ground.
After calming down, Song Shilun ordered the 3 divisions of the 26th Army to march during the day, at all costs, to rush to Hagaru-ri before the evening of the 5th to intercept the 1st Marine Division that would continue to withdraw.
At the same time, the Song Dynasty also urgently ordered all armies to take advantage of the gap between battles to rush grain.
Because of a large number of frostbite frostbite, in addition to thin clothing, mainly food shortages, as long as the soldiers can eat a hot meal every day, even if it is a few potatoes, it will reduce frostbite and frostbite.
At this time, the 20th Army commanded, which was also a tense atmosphere.
Deputy Commander Liao Zhengguo waved his one arm and loudly instructed the guards: "Go and call Yu Qiuqing to me." ”
Before going abroad, Yu Qiuqing
Liao Zhengguo, nicknamed "Liao Duzi", was the only iron-blooded general of the New Fourth Army to break into the outskirts of Shanghai and blow up the Japanese Hongqiao airport.
Soldiers have bullets in their guns and grain in their stomachs, which is the minimum requirement for logistics.
Since the battle of Chosin Lake, U.S. aircraft have cut off the railways and roads on which logistical attacks are based.
The reason why the 7th and 5th Regiments of the 1st Marine Division, which were surrounded on all sides, were able to escape into The Lower Osamauri was that the logistical supply was seriously lagging behind was a prominent reason.
For a time, the resentment and dissatisfaction of many commanders of the troops pointed directly at the logistics supply, which made Liao Zhengguo not only very annoyed, but also grumpy, so that Yu Qiuqing, the logistics director of the 20th Army, also tried to avoid him.
Yu Qiuqing, a 37-year-old yu Qiuqing from Yueyang, Hunan Province, began to herd cattle for the landlords in the village at the age of 7, and he only paid 2 yuan a year, and he often did not have enough to eat.
In 1930, at the age of 17, Yu Qiuqing joined the Communist Party of China and joined the Independent Division of the Red 16th Army in Xiang'egan.
After the Red 16th Army was reorganized into the Red 16th Division in 1933, Yu Qiuqing served as the special agent of the 47th Regiment, and began his career in army logistics until March 1949, when he became the director of the logistics department of the 20th Army of the People's Liberation Army.
After three years of guerrilla warfare in the south, the incident in southern Anhui, and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, although Yu Qiuqing was already wounded in many places, he refused the care of the organization to recuperate, and resolutely participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
After going abroad, Yu Qiuqingyu
November 25 in Nanguan Lake, west of Chosin Lake,
Wrote the first family letter to his wife.
Yu Qiuqing's wife is named Bai shan, and she is the deputy captain of the medical team of the 20th Army's Qufu Left Behind Office in Shandong Province, and she also has a young daughter Yu by her side
Xiao Qinghe's son who has not yet been weaned
metaphor
Ooka.
Yu Qiuqing wrote in his family letter:
After we went from Shandong to the northeast, we immediately volunteered to participate in the Korean war, which was a very glorious and great move.
But it is also the most arduous and complex, especially when fighting far from the country will encounter unforeseen difficulties, but we have grown up in difficulties, and no matter what difficulties will be shattered in the face of our determination. This is overcome with complete confidence.
At the same time, I also hope that you will take good care of and educate your two little babies, which are the descendants of the revolution, your own children, only you can manage it!
Baishan, I hope you remember my words, let's work hard, defending the motherland is our responsibility!
I have many things placed at Comrade Wang Bin, because of the inconvenience of materials, I only have a backpack with me, this hot water bottle handbag has not been obtained, it is also brisk, as soon as I say it, I will leave, without any worries.
Today is colder, the pen is frozen as soon as it moves, I can't talk about it in detail.
Don't burn the first letter until you receive my second letter, keep it well.
All but hope for the health of you and our two dearest children.
Yu Qiuqing in the Jiangnan period (left)
As Liao Zhengguo's right-hand man, the 20th Army was short of ammunition, food, and clothing, and there were a large number of frostbite, so Yu Qiuqing naturally had an unshirkable responsibility.
After a while, Yu Qiuqing walked in: "Deputy Commander Liao, you are looking for me." ”
"Yu Qiuqing, aren't you hiding from me every day, my deputy commander in charge of logistics is looking for you, the logistics minister!"
"Deputy Commander Liao, where I am hiding from you, the logistics supply is really annoying."
Liao Zhengguo angrily questioned Yu Qiuqing:
"The soldiers have no food to eat, the guns have no bullets, the people have no thick cotton clothes, and the 177th Regiment, 1 Battalion, 6 companies, a total of 125 soldiers, froze alive in the position, you say, how to fight this battle?" Ah!"
Yu Qiuqing carefully analyzed and said:
Although the Northeast Military Region allocated 20 military grains of 1 million catties, more than 7,000 shells, more than 140,000 rounds of ammunition, 40,000 grenades, and 12,000 kilograms of explosives, this was to be transported from the north bank of the Yalu River... At present, the railway can only reach the river boundary, and from the river boundary to Qianchuan, there are only mines and small railways, and the military logistics has set up a transfer terminal in Qianchuan.
Maekawa to Longshuipi, you can get through the car..."
Liao Zhengguo said, "What about cars?" You're giving me luck!" ”
Yu Qiuqing continued to analyze: "The original 45 trucks of our army are all captured old cars, and the drivers lack the experience of driving without lighting at night, coupled with the bombing and overturning of enemy aircraft, there are very few vehicles left to participate in the transportation. I asked the corps headquarters for another automobile company from the Northeast Military Region to be responsible for this section of transportation. ”
"Oh." Liao Zhengguo nodded and took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket with his left hand.
Yu Qiuqing drew out a cigarette and lit it: "We have set up transfer stations in Longshuipi and Zhitianli, and the section from Qiancijie to Xindeli depends on manual transportation, and we have also set up temporary transfer stations, which are directly transported by regiments and divisions to front-line troops." ”
“
I don't want to stand this or that, I want the troops to eat, put on cotton clothes, and no longer freeze to death
!”
Yu Qiuqing complained bitterly: "The transportation line is too long, the means of transport are lacking, and the manpower is not enough. ”
"If there is no difficulty, what do you want us people to do?" Upon hearing that Yu Qiuqing was difficult, Liao Zhengguo was angry again.
Liao Zhengguo softened his tone: "To fight a war is to fight logistics. The military guard battalion will be handed over to you, and then organize the cultural and labor corps, and you must open up the transportation of Qian Cijie to Xindeli and ensure the supply of front-line combat troops. ”
Yu Qiuqing immediately agreed: "As long as there are people, the logistics department will resolutely complete the task." ”
Yu Qiuqing during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
2 kilometers away, in the 20th Army field hospital in a wide mine, female soldiers of the Cultural and Labor Corps are caring for the wounded carried from the front line day and night.
The first batch of the 20 military cultural and industrial troupes entered the DPRK with only 18 members, jokingly known as the "Eighteen Arhats".
At first, there were only two female team members, one was Yao Zhengren, who joined the New Fourth Army in 1942, and the other was Hu Lin, the only college student who had joined the army for less than a year. Soon after the battle began, Hu Lin was promoted to the captain of the nurse team, and Yao Zhengren served as an instructor.
At this time, Liao Zhengguo, the only personnel who could be directly mobilized were this nurse team.
Considering that the nurse team was all girls in their 20s, Liao Zhengguo told the correspondent: First let Hu Lin and Yao Zhengren go to the nearby village to find cattle to climb the plow, so as to save effort.
When he walked into a family and saw the old-fashioned violin hanging on the wall, Yao Zhengren couldn't help but look up at the front end.
North Korean Ama Ni immediately understood something, took off her hand and gave it to Yao Zhengren in advance.
Hu Lin was anxious: "Ama Ni, we need cattle to climb the plow." ”
Seeing that Ama Ni could not understand, Hu Lin stretched out her two hands to pretend to be the horn of the cow, and bent down to learn the sound of the cow "mooing", Ama Ni laughed and frequently nodded, and happily borrowed the cow hidden in the woods behind the house to climb the plow.
Hu Lin was happy, and reached out to compare the need for several cattle to climb the plow, and Ama Ni immediately contacted 8 cattle to climb the plow.
Just as several people were still on their way back, all of them were frostbitten in the Dead Eagle Ridge position
More than 60 wounded of the 59th Division were also taken to the military field hospital.
When the female nurse Chen Yongli heard that all the women had sent were frostbite, she turned and ran into the nearby woods to pick up some dried pine branches, but before she could light them, she heard the sobbing of other female soldiers.
Chen Yongli went forward to take a look, and the wounded who were frozen straight and straight, some of them moved their hats and ears and fell off, some of them took off their shoes and their fingers also poured out, and some of them had bitten their lips because they were shivering with cold.
At this moment, a trembling little warrior was carried in.
Chen Yongli hurriedly ran over after lighting the pine branches, carefully using scissors to pick apart the hard rubber shoes of the state, and then unzipped the cotton coat and put the little soldier's feet into the arms of the white shirt.
A soldier next to him who had lost one of his legs and was waiting for the evacuation once heard Chen Yongli sing: "Nurse Xiao Chen, you sing a song, after you sing, the little soldier who is frozen will wake up." ”
After the founding of New China, Chen Yongli's foreign language classes at the university were replaced by Russian, and in more than half a semester, Chen Yongli not only mastered simple spoken language, but also learned many classic Soviet songs.
A small road is long and winding, leading to the far side of the fog,
I'm going to follow my lover to battle along this slender path...
Chen Yongli, who was only 16 years old, held the cold feet of the little soldier and softly sang this famous military song "Xiaolu" during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, and the female soldiers who could sing and dance also hummed:
He was risking a hail of bullets and bullets, which really concerned my heart
I want to become a clever little bird and fly to my lover's side at once...
At this time, Hu Lin, Yao Zheng and Amani also rushed to the pit. Seeing a very touching scene in front of him, Yao Zhengren waved his hand to play the violin, and Hu Lin also joined the singing with tears in his eyes:
On this snowy morning, the battle is still going on brutally,
I will bravely bandage his wounds and rescue him from the fire...
Singing and singing, the little warrior who slowly became conscious squirmed a few times with chapped lips, and a female soldier hurried forward to feed a few spoonfuls of boiling water.
It wasn't long before the little warrior, who had regained consciousness, saw his feet sticking out in the arms of Chen Yongli, who had fair skin and pink cheeks in front of him, and tears suddenly burst out.
That night, when Hu Lin and Yao Zhengren led the nurse team and Ama Ni to climb the plough with 9 cattle and pull the grain transported from New Delhi to the front of Guangcheng Ridge, Yu Qiuqing commanded the guard battalion of the army to open a road.
After unloading the ox cart, the female soldiers, like the people of the guard battalion, each carried a small bag of grain and climbed toward the 1726-meter Guangcheng Ridge.
The female soldiers who had not rested for several days and nights, coupled with the young and weak, did not hesitate for a while, some tired, some hemoptymid, and some shed tears.
Carrying a large bag of grain, Yu Qiuqing encouraged as he walked: "Don't stop, if you stop, you will freeze, keep moving forward." ”
Yu Qiuqing carried the grain bag of a fainting female soldier on his shoulder and walked over to another weeping female soldier: "Little devil, don't cry, be strong, and follow me on." ”
Yu Qiuqing and his wife Baishan
Watching the beard pulling a wooden stick like an old man's Yu Qingqing, the weeping female soldier stood up violently, climbed to the top of the mountain, closed her eyes, and rolled over and slid down the hillside with a grain bag.
Yu Qiuqing at the bottom of the hillside, through the light, looked at the female soldiers who were sliding down the Guangcheng Ridge with grain bags, and could not help but sigh and burst into tears.
Yu Qiuqing has experienced hundreds of battles, even in the most difficult domestic country
The 3-year guerrilla war in the south was not so arduous.
On December 10, after the 1st Marine Division withdrew from the Huangcaoling area, the 20th Army, which had less than 200 combat strength, was ordered to withdraw from the battle.
Yu Qiuqing breathed a long sigh of relief.
By the time all the wounded of the troops were treated, it was January 2, 1951.
On this day, Wu Zhengping, who came to North Korea from Tonghua, the front guard in the front of the country, happened to bring a reply from Baishan,
Yu Qiuqing immediately wrote a reply:
We did have a New Year in Korea. This year has been very interesting, full of snow, but also everywhere is the white mountains, go out to see, this is very good!
After reading your letter, I also got a lot of comfort and warmth, on the one hand, you and Xiaoqing Xiaogang are very good, on the other hand, you say that you are relatively pure in thought, which I think is a big gain.
The troops are now resting, but there are frequent reports of success on the Western Front, the volunteers have crossed the south of the 38th Line, the enemy has retreated on a large scale, and the continuous victories in the war have further encouraged our determination to finally eliminate the US troops in Korea, and it is entirely possible that we can only work hard to win the final victory.
I think that although the leadership is relatively chaotic, as long as everyone works together and works hard, although the leadership is a little chaotic, this loophole can be filled, and I hope that you can provide advice as a reference for leadership. That's the way it should be, right!
The casualties were heavy and must be replenished quickly and company hygienists trained as soon as possible. More than 100 people were selected from the health corps and more than 300 people were added to it, and a brigade was prepared to be set up in Tonghua, and Wang Tong, you, and Jin Hong were responsible for two months of surprise education, mainly bandaging, hemostasis, fixation, and nursing, and after two months of education, they were assigned to the company for internship.
But we also take into account that Wang Tong has three children, Xiaohong Xiaozhang can be placed in the nursery, but Xiaohao must be brought. As for you, Xiao Qing is no problem, Xiao Gang can certainly be weaned, but whether Tao Yuhua (a comrade-in-arms of the White Mountains) can afford to raise him must also be considered, so I think it can be brought, you see how please consider.
If Tao can take on the responsibilities of Ooka, you come to Tonghua, and Ooka can also put it at Minister Mao's office, but you need to tell him repeatedly.
In addition to you and Wang Tong, whether you can also select a few backbones that can serve as squadron-level backbones (or as instructors), this is the best, please discuss with Minister Mao how.
This second letter abroad, Yu Yu, cleared the talk of work, that is, to mobilize his wife to be able to go to Tonghua and serve as a training job in the company health center on the battlefield.
Yu Qiuqing's letter to Bai shan
On January 10, 1951, after all the work had an eyebrow, Yu Qiuqing remembered his cold and hungry self, so he wrote a third family letter in Liutan, and Ji Hongtao, who returned to China on the same day, brought it to his wife Baishan:
(1) If the woolen coat is broken and cannot be worn, can you give me a vest?
(2) It is difficult to buy everything here, to see if you can buy something to eat there. Toothbrush soap is also gone, please bring me a toothbrush and two pieces of laundry soap.
All goodbye, may you and the child be healthy, and transfer me and Xiaoqing Ooka to say hello!
This salute!
At this time, the third battle of the volunteer army had ended, the fourth battle was about to begin, and Yu Qiuqing, who had experienced the fierceness of the second battle, seemed to have a premonition of something, and the words "all goodbye" and "this salute" were used in the letter.
And when Bai Shan again received a letter from North Korea with his name written on it, it was a letter from Qi Mingqu, deputy director of the Logistics Department of the 20th Army, informing Yu Qiuqing of his sacrifice.
It turned out that the 20th Army did not participate in itself
The fourth campaign, which took place from 25 January to 21 April, took part in the fifth campaign from 22 April to 10 June.
The five campaigns were divided into two phases. During the first phase of the period from 22 to 29 April, the 11 corps of the Volunteer Army frontal battlefield eliminated the Un-1 and put it on
The main force arrived
Seoul
and the area south of the North Han River and The Zhaoyang River.
On 30 April, as the Volunteers were retreating, the United Nations army took the opportunity to start a massive counterattack, and the situation in the battle took a sharp turn for the worse.
On the night of May 12, when Yu Qiuqing led Qi Mingqu to Yangkou, the place where the troops were assembled, the 20th Army postponed the combat meeting and the logistics meeting to the night of the 13th and 14th, respectively.
The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first. On May 13, Yu Qiuqing was appointed deputy commander
Liao Zhengguo left after clarifying the tasks of the second stage
Qi Mingqu waited for the meeting, and he returned to the logistics department camp overnight to arrange tasks.
The Logistics Department of the 20th Army was camped in The Bamboo Valley, an area that had been occupied by the Combined Forces and had laid a large number of mines before its withdrawal.
Liao Zhengguo advised
Yu Qiuqing: "Beware of mines! And Yu Qiuqing, who was anxious to go back to arrange the task, still drove the car overnight.
On the way, I met the fourth division of the logistics department of the volunteer army, and the head of the fourth division also reminded me
Liao Zhengguo: "From time to time, there are landmines exploding on the road. ”
To fight a war is to fight logistics. In any case, the soldiers must be given bullets in their guns and grain in their stomachs, and the lessons of the second battle are too profound.
Yu Qiuqing, who insisted on returning to the camp, hurriedly reminded the driver, Dai Jiqun, to drive slowly when he reached the bamboo valley.
At the same time, the seating method was also adjusted, and the guard sat in the co-pilot position in the right front, and sat on the right rear of the back row, while the correspondent sat next to himself in the left rear of the back row.
Dai Jiqun was cautious all the way, but when he drove off the highway and turned right into the small mountain road, he suddenly touched a mine, the guards were killed on the spot, Yu Qiuqing's hip was blown open more than a foot long, and Dai Jiqun and the correspondent were also thrown out of the way for a moment to faint.
After some emergency treatment, although Dai Jiqun and the correspondent came alive, Yu Qiuqing was too badly injured and died at about eleven o'clock that night.
On the afternoon of May 14, when Qi Mingqu, who had learned the news, rushed to the scene despite the enemy plane bombing, Yu Qiuqing had already been buried, and the only relics around him were a revolver that had already blown off the handle of the gun.
He died before he could get out of the division, and the hero was in tears.
The news of Yu Qiuqing's unfortunate death shocked the entire 20th Army.
Military Commander and Political Commissar
Zhang Yixiang immediately ordered the head of the military organization: "Definitely give."
Minister Yu Qiuqing
Have a memorial service! You go to the scene and speak on behalf of the military chief. ”
finally
Zhang Yixiang added: "Even if the enemy bombs, this memorial service will be held!" ”
Qi Mingqu's letter to Baishan
Yu Qiuqing's sacrificial place is close to the Zhaoyang River, and the south bank across the river is the position of the United Nations Army, losing Yu Qiuqing, a cadre at the level of a full division.
Zhang Yixiang was so angry that he forgot for a moment the danger of holding a memorial service during the day.
On the morning of May 15, braving U.S. aircraft bombing and shelling across the river, Yu Qiuqing's memorial service was held as scheduled in today's Yangkou-eup Bamboo Valley in Yangkou County, South Korea.
Qi Mingqu and the personnel of the military logistics department camp all participated, and it was not until the director of the military organization department finished speaking that Yu Qiuqing's body was transported to Jincheng Shanyangli for temporary storage.
After Yu Qiuqing's sacrifice, according to the unified regulations of the 9th Corps Headquarters of the Volunteer Army, Yu Qiuqing's grandfather and parents in his hometown in Hunan received a pension equivalent to 500 kilograms of rice.
On October 16 of that year, after Qi Mingqu received a letter from Baishan on August 13, he immediately wrote a letter saying that Yu Qiuqing's martyr's certificate and the revolver that had run out of guns were handed over to Sun Shaoce, a cadre of the Logistics Department who returned to China after handing them over to Baishan.
In the letter, Qi Mingqu detailed Yu Qiuqing's experience before and after his sacrifice, and said that because the enemy planes bombed fiercely, the 38th Line was far from the Yalu River, the military was very tense, and transportation was difficult, and he would have the opportunity to transport his remains back to China.
Fortunately, Yu Qiuqing's letters on the Korean battlefield, Baishan not only did not burn a single one, but also preserved intact to this day.
These letters, along with the revolver without the handle of the gun, have become the eternal remembrance of the martyr Yu Qiuqing by Bai shan and his descendants.
For various reasons, the remains of the martyr Yu Qiuqing are still in North Korea, and Baishan and her descendants, although they have some regrets, feel very honorable.
Yu Qiuqing's grandson, Yu Feng, in an article remembering his grandfather, preached like this:
How many martyrs have died in countless battles in North Korea? When a soldier is in the bloody battlefield, he has no time to take care of the thousands of things behind him, a concern for the motherland and relatives can make the deceased rest in peace, and also let every living person no longer cry in his heart, which may be the best memorial to the victim.
The blood of the hero stains the snow of Korea, and the bones of heroes are buried in the snow!