"Yang Zhicheng, withdraw!" I can't get down anymore! ”
In the early morning of November 18, 1962, in order to remove the Indian army's no. 7, 8, and 9 strongholds in Ban Gong Lo, the main attack companies of the 3rd Battalion of the 11th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Army quietly surrounded it from behind.
The main target of the 9th Company was The 7th Stronghold, the battle went very smoothly, the Indian troops stationed at the No. 7 Stronghold were completely annihilated by the 9th Company before they could even get dressed, but the 9th Company could not celebrate, because they found that the 8th Company, which was responsible for attacking the No. 8 Stronghold on the right, was in trouble.
Stronghold No. 8 was a saddle-shaped highland, and due to the terrain limitations, the 8th Company could not achieve the effect of a surprise attack, but instead was suppressed by a bunker in the attack process, and the 8th Company was exposed to the fire range of the bunker and could not retreat.
Seeing this, the 9th Company decided to send a platoon to support, and after 3 movements, the platoon quietly swerved back to the side of the bunker, and the attack was launched only 20 meters away from the bunker.
The distance of 20 meters does not look very far, but these 20 meters have almost no cover, and on such a battlefield, every meter is a ghost gate. The 1 platoon leader organized 3 demolition teams, 1 group of two people, ready to use explosive packs and explosive canisters to blow up the bunker.
However, when the first group of fighters launched an attack, the 1st platoon was discovered by the enemy in the bunker, the enemy immediately turned the muzzle, the bullets rained down on the 1st platoon, and the two soldiers of the first demolition group were all wounded and fell; the second group followed, but still fell down before even the bunker was approached.
The two fighters of the last demolition group were one named Yang Zhicheng and the other wang Zhongdian. Yang Zhicheng was holding an explosives package, Wang Zhongdian was holding a blasting canister, and before the two men continued to attack, the 1st platoon of fighters strengthened their fire cover, and the soldiers of the 8th Company also provided fire support for them, finally suppressing the fire of the bunker a little.
Yang Zhicheng and Wang Zhongdian saw the opportunity to jump out of the bunker and quickly approached the Indian bunker. Yang Zhicheng came to a corner and began to place explosives packages, while Wang Zhongdian ran directly to the dark castle to shoot holes.
Yang Zhicheng had just put away the explosives and was waiting for Wang Zhongdian to come and retreat to a safe place together, but he heard Wang Zhongdian suddenly shout this sentence to him, which made Yang Zhicheng remember for a lifetime.
It turned out that Wang Zhongdian had inserted the blasting canister into the gap in the sack used to build the dark fort, but before he could pull the fire, the explosive canister was pushed out by the Indian soldiers in the bunker; Wang Zhongdian pushed the blaster into the bunker again, but it was pushed out again; Wang Zhongdian pushed the blaster into the dark fort for the third time with all his strength, and in order not to let the Indian army push it out again, he used his body to hold the blaster and shouted for Yang Zhicheng to immediately be in danger.
This scene was seen by Ren Changrong, a soldier of the 8th Company, who understood in an instant what Wang Zhongdian wanted to do.
"Wang Zhongdian, hurry down!" Ren Changrong shouted anxiously, but Wang Zhongdian had completely ignored it, and he resisted the explosive canister and resolutely pulled the fuse.
After Yang Zhicheng saw it, he couldn't save Wang Zhongdian, so he could only pull his own explosives package and roll down from a place five or six meters away from the bunker.
"Boom!" With a loud noise, the explosive canister and the explosive pack exploded almost at the same time, and the bunker was razed to the ground in the fire and smoke, and Wang Zhongdian was also heroically sacrificed.
"Wang Zhongdian's sacrifice was at 8:20 a.m. on November 18... Only 3.8 seconds before and after... 3.8 seconds has affected my whole life. ”
Yang Zhicheng never forgot this time, and these 3.8 seconds not only affected Yang Zhicheng's life, but also changed the entire battle situation at that time, if there was no Wang Zhongdian's sacrifice of life, the 8th Company and even the entire 3rd Battalion would pay a greater price, and if the task could not be completed on time to open the channel, it is difficult to say whether it would have an impact on the follow-up battle situation.
Wang Zhongdian, born in 1944 in a poor family in Jiaozuo, Henan, when he was three or four years old, he followed his father to the field to farm, and once watched his brother who was less than 10 years old being beaten to death by the landlord, the dark society made Wang Zhongdian grow up very fast, and also made him very eager to break the cage of this old society.
Soon hope came, and after the liberation of Jiaozuo in October 1948, Wang Zhongdian carried his school bag and walked into the school of his dreams, which also made him determined to join the People's Liberation Army from an early age, because he knew that the People's Liberation Army was the people's army and an invincible army.
Wang Zhongdian was admitted to Jiaozuo No. 4 Middle School at the age of 14 and was repeatedly awarded the "Five Good Students" with excellent results and good moral character. In 1961, the 17-year-old Wang Zhongdian actively signed up for the army, but due to malnutrition from childhood, he was brushed off during the medical examination because of his height and weight, which was the second time he was brushed for the same reason.
Wang Zhongdian was not convinced, and directly found the commander of Li Company, who was responsible for receiving the troops at that time, and wanted to join the army. Li Company Commander actually liked this young man very much, especially touched by his enthusiasm for joining the army, in fact, the problem of height and weight was not critical, after all, most of them were poor at that time, malnutrition was not a problem, and it was good to stay in the army for a while.
It was just that Li Lianchang considered that Wang Zhongdian only had two sisters and fathers in the family, and the family labor force was relatively scarce, so he was very hesitant to whether to have this soldier in the end.
A few days later, the recruits who had enlisted in the army began to assemble one after another, and Wang Zhongdian was very anxious and could only use his connections! So he summoned his father, his sister who had participated in the revolutionary work, and the minister of the municipal armed forces department to the residence of Li Company Commander and began to do the last "ideological work" of Li Company Commander.
Because Wang Zhongdian's school participated in the task of supporting the country's industrial construction 3 years ago, Wang Zhongdian's performance was very outstanding, and he was also well-known in the local area, so the Minister of Armed Forces was very supportive of his joining the army, thinking that he would shine in the army, so he constantly praised Wang Zhongdian's goodness in front of Li Company Commander, and also said the praise and praise that Wang Zhongdian had previously received, and emphasized that although Wang Zhongdian looked thin, his physical fitness was very good, and he could walk eight or nine miles on the mountain with ore on his back.
"This soldier, you will take it this year no matter what!"
Wang Zhongdian's father was also aware of Li Lianchang's concerns, so he said:
"If I work, I dare to compare myself with the boys!"
In the end, Li Company Commander was persuaded by everyone to approve Wang Zhongdian's enlistment at the last moment, and Wang Zhongdian happily boarded the train to the Xinjiang Military Region.
No one expected that a year later, the 18-year-old Wang Zhongdian became a "Huang Jiguang-style" combat hero, using his life to open up the road to victory. After the war, Wang Zhongdian was posthumously awarded the honorary title of "Hero of Battle"; Yang Zhicheng, who blew up the bunker with him, was also awarded first-class merit; ren Changrong, a soldier of the 8th Company who witnessed Wang Zhongdian's sacrifice, was awarded the third class merit.
In Jiaozuo, Wang Zhongdian's hometown, the government and the masses built the "Wang Zhongdian Martyrs Memorial Hall" for Wang Zhongdian to remember this great hero and inherit the great spirit.