As everyone knows, after the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the mainland volunteer army bravely competed for the lead and desperately killed the enemy, and even if the strength of the two sides was very different, the mainland volunteer army did not retreat in the slightest. In this war, countless heroes emerged, who braved hardships and dangers and fought bloody battles with the determination to die.
Their heroic deeds, passed down to this day, deserve to be remembered by future generations. In this war, there is such a hero, he always rushed to the front in the war, in order to ensure the safety of the large troops, he stepped forward, regarded death as a homecoming, fought with the enemy to the death, and finally with a few hundred people, he beat tens of thousands of enemies to the ground and fled in a hurry.
The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
In his lifetime, he has made great achievements in battle, and every scar on his body expresses his determination to defend the people to the death, and from the wounds on his body, we can also see his cool and heroic posture on the battlefield. After the end of the war, originally this great hero should enjoy the honor he deserved, but when the state awarded him the medal, he "evaporated in the world", so that the medal was released for more than 30 years.
This hero has written too many miracles in his life, he touched the hearts of many people in China and North Korea, and in order to find him, Deng Gong did not hesitate to find a needle in a haystack.
More than 30 years ago, he was a hero of great achievements, and more than 30 years later, he appeared in front of people's eyes as an ordinary farmer. But the heroism he exudes from the inside out cannot be concealed, he is the first-class combat hero who painstakingly defended Park Dafeng and finally repelled the enemy with wisdom, and he is also the recipient of the July 1 medal - Chai Yunzhen.
Chai Yunzhen
Born into poverty, he always fought bravely on the battlefield
Chai Yunzhen was born in Sichuan in 1926 to poor, diligent peasants. Therefore, Chai Yunzhen knew from a young age that life was not easy, and in order to reduce some burdens on his family, he began to work in the landlord's house at the age of 12. Later, because Chai Yunzhen's father rolled down from the mountain and lost his labor force, Chai Yunzhen, who was less than 16 years old, picked up all the burdens in the family.
In order to get rid of the poor life of poor peasants, Chai Yunzhen came out early and returned late every day, even if the sweat wet his clothes, he did not feel tired. However, at this time, the Kuomintang launched a full-scale civil war, and The strong Chai Yunzhen was also arrested and became a strong man. Although Chai Yunzhen's family is very poor, he is not poor, so when he sees those bad phenomena in the Kuomintang army, he looks down on the Kuomintang in his heart, and he will not be willing to fight for this kind of villain.
Therefore, every time the Kuomintang wanted to fight with the People's Liberation Army, his heart was very rejected, and even if he was forced to go to the battlefield, he was only playing a trick on the spot. All along, Chai Yunzhen knew that the PLA was the righteous side, because only the PLA could resonate with poor people like them, so at that time, joining the PLA became his greatest wish.
Fortunately, in December 1948, Chai Yunzhen's Kuomintang army was defeated, and when the troops were reorganized, Chai Yunzhen gave up the travel expenses to go home and joined the people's army without hesitation, because this was what he had been looking forward to. After joining the people's army, Chai Yunzhen no longer hid himself as he had done in the Kuomintang army before, but gave full play to his combat ability without reservation, showing his extraordinary courage.
Nationalist troops were captured
Although Chai Yunzhen came from a poor family, he had a strong learning ability and was very clever, and not long after he was assigned to Erye, he learned a lot of ways to use weapons, even machine guns, he was also familiar with the road.
In April 1949, the Battle of the River Crossing broke out, and from ancient times to the present, people regarded the surging Yangtze River as a natural graben. At that time, it was a period of rising water levels on the Yangtze River, and the combination of winds and waves added a lot of difficulties to the People's Liberation Army that wanted to cross the Yangtze River, and at the same time, the Kuomintang side also played a wishful thinking.
The Kuomintang knew that it would not be easy for the People's Liberation Army to cross the Yangtze River, so it wanted to use the Yangtze River natural danger to wait until the People's Liberation Army crossed the river halfway or when it was at the beachhead to catch them all, so the Kuomintang deployed powerful firepower on the beachhead. On the evening of April 20, Chai Yunzhen was one of the first people's liberation army soldiers to cross the river. In the early morning of the next day, Chai Yunzhen rushed to the front with a machine gun and led his troops to launch a fierce attack on both sides of the Yangtze River.
In the face of the enemy's ferocious firepower, Chai Yunzhen did not have the slightest intention of retreating, he held a machine gun in his hand and crawled forward in the grass, firing wildly at the enemy's bunker. Finally, on April 22, they successfully took the Kuomintang's nearly 1,000-mile river defense position, successfully landed on the south bank, blocked the Yangtze River, and captured Kuomintang weapons and a large amount of ammunition.
In the Battle of crossing the river, we were generals of our army
After the end of the Battle of the Crossing River, because of Chai Yunzhen's outstanding performance in the war, the superior leaders praised him a lot, and Chai Yunzhen was also awarded the second class merit, which was the first time he made meritorious service since he joined the People's Liberation Army.
Later, the Fourth Corps of Erye was assigned to the command of Shino, and Chai Yunzhen's 15th Army was in the Fourth Corps of Erye, which was naturally under the command of Shino. In order to deal a fierce blow to the remnants of the Kuomintang, general Qin Jiwei, the supreme commander of Siye, led the 15th Army to fight elsewhere, and in the battle, Chai Yunzhen performed very well and won many battle merits. In December 1949, Chai Yunzhen finally got his wish and became a member of the party.
Fight the enemy to the death in a desperate situation and win the victory
In 1950, when the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, Chai Yunzhen, who wanted to contribute to the party and the country, did not hesitate to write a letter of request for war and joined the Chinese Volunteer Army. When he first entered Korea, because Chai Yunzhen was carrying other responsibilities, he did not go to the battlefield at the beginning, and at that time, he saw that the war in front of him was constant, and he was anxious, hoping that he could go to the battlefield as soon as possible.
Towards the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the US troops had already been beaten to the ground, and the volunteers were ordered to withdraw to the north. However, what was unexpected was that the US military, which was already dying, actually concentrated all its forces to open the front line and counterattack with all its might. In order to ensure the safe evacuation of large troops and wounded, Chai Yunzhen led his guard company to join the 134th Regiment and entered the dangerous Park Dafeng.
Soldiers of our army on the battlefield of Park Dafeng
Even so, their troops are less than 1,000 people, and it is still very difficult to resist tens of thousands of American troops. Although Park Dafeng has a dangerous mountainous terrain, this is also where the volunteer army must hold out. Because the headquarters, logistics and hospitals are not far from this place, once Park Dafeng falls into the hands of the United States, then the consequences will be unimaginable.
In order to take Down Park Dafeng, the US military began to use various large weapons to bombard the place indiscriminately, and rushed towards Park Dafeng in a mighty way. Chai Yunzhen knew that this was a fierce battle, but in order to ensure the safety of the large troops, he could only lead his comrades to fight to the death.
Due to the disparity in the strength of the enemy and us, it was not possible to make a hard appointment, so Chai Yunzhen had been thinking of various ways to kill more enemies, and after five days and five nights, the volunteers suffered heavy casualties, and the US army finally occupied two hills, but they also suffered a serious blow. The US military occupied two hills of Park Dafeng, which temporarily interrupted the supply of food and ammunition to our army.
In order to ensure supply, four cooks risked their lives to deliver food to Chai Yunzhen, but they were discovered by the US army. In order to prevent the volunteers from having food to eat, the ruthless American troops dropped shells on the four cooks, so two cooks died honorably. Seeing such a scene, Chai Yunzhen, in order not to let the remaining two cooks be harmed, rushed up with a soldier, restrained the fire of the US troops, and successfully rescued the two cooks.
Soldiers of our army on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
Chai Yunzhen and others knew very well that now that the US military had occupied those two hills, the situation was even more unfavorable to them, so the only way to save the situation was to take those two hills back. Although the idea is very good, but in the face of the Locust-like U.S. Army, how easy is it to retake the mountain?
In order to regain the two hills occupied by the US army, Chai Yunzhen and others were ready to fight to the death, leading their own troops who were so small that only a few people to sneak attack the US troops with hundreds of people, and used wisdom to take back the two hills. Even so, how could the U.S. military give up and fight back?
At this time, there were no more people left around Chai Yunzhen, but they still held on bitterly, beating the enemy to the ground and fleeing in a hurry. Chai Yunzhen once again created a miracle that people dare not imagine on the battlefield, because this kind of scene of winning more with less is indeed rare in history. Chai Yunzhen, who finally won the victory, showed a victorious smile on his face, but he himself was seriously injured and passed out.
Unloading the armor and returning to the field, "evaporation in the world" for more than thirty years
After the end of the war, because Chai Yunzhen played a vital role in this campaign, the safety of the large troops of our army was guaranteed. Peng Dehuai specially sent a telegram of thanks to General Qin Jiwei, and Chai Yunzhen was also awarded the honorary title of first-class combat hero.
At the same time, his company was also commended and was awarded the "Eighth Company of Special Merit". These honors were all bought with the blood of Chai Yunzhen and his comrades-in-arms, but his medals were unclaimed. Chai Yunzhen, who had repelled the Us army at that time, was already seriously injured, and when he woke up, he was already in the hospital, and because the communication technology at that time was not so developed, It caused Chai Yunzhen to lose contact with his troops.
His own troops also did not have Chai Yunzhen's contact information, after recuperating from his wounds, Chai Yunzhen returned to his hometown, he never mentioned to others what he did on the battlefield, and has been anonymous for more than 30 years. Although Chai Yunzhen lost contact with the troops, the troops never gave up looking for him, including the North Korean side, who also kept looking for Chai Yunzhen.
In 1980, Deng Gong met with north Korean leader Kim Il Sung, and the two recalled the war that year, and also mentioned those heroes who were brave and good at war, at the same time, Kim Il Sung also told Deng Xiaoping about Chai Yunzhen and asked about Chai Yunzhen's whereabouts, Deng Xiaoping did not know whether he was still alive, but he told Kim Il Sung that as long as Chai Yunzhen was still alive, even if it was a needle in the haystack, he would be found.
Deng Gong and North Korean leader Kim Il Sung
Sure enough, the kung fu paid off, and after searching for many forces, he finally found this old hero who had been anonymous for more than 30 years. The reappearance of this old hero, whom many people thought had been "sacrificed", many years later, made China and North Korea excited. The "First Class Combat Hero" medal, which has been placed for more than 30 years, finally found its owner.
It turned out that Chai Yunzhen, who had been injured in the hospital, returned to his hometown after not being able to contact the troops, plus the documents at that time wrote his name into a nearprosic character, so later when the troops used his name to find people, there was no gain. When Chai Yunzhen came from Sichuan, the search for Chai Yunzhen began to publish in the Sichuan Daily.
When Chai Yunzhen's son saw the newspaper, he found that the description was very similar to his father, so he told his father, but chai Yunzhen vetoed it. Chai Yunzheng's eldest son, Chai Bingrong, firmly believed that this person was his father, and the reason why his father did not admit it was because he did not want to add any burden to the country. Under the bitter persuasion of his family, Chai Yunzhen agreed.
In 1984, the old hero who had "disappeared" for more than 30 years came to Xiaogan, Hubei Province, and found Li Tianen, a war correspondent who was on the Korean battlefield, who had been helping to find Chai Yunzhen and issuing a search notice. Later, Chai Yunzhen was invited to North Korea, where he "revisited his hometown", where he occasionally remembered the scene when he fought bloodily with his comrades-in-arms.
Elder Chai Yunzhen explained to the soldiers the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
When Chai Yunzhen saw his portrait, he couldn't help but laugh, he said that he was still alive, so he had to bring this portrait back. After returning to China, the people of the whole country were waiting with joy for this heroic and fearless hero, and seeing this scene, Chai Yunzhen's heart was full of excitement, and at the same time, he was also very moved, because the motherland and the people have always remembered him and never given up looking for him.
Although Chai Yunzhen "disappeared" for more than 30 years, he has been making contributions to the country in obscurity, helping the people build roads, often carrying hoes and following the people to work in the fields. Not only that, he always loved to help others, and even some small ridiculous things he had to help others to uphold justice, so that later, whenever something similar happened in the village, the village cadres would ask him to help mediate the problem.
No matter where he is, Chai Yunzhen has always maintained a heart of serving the people wholeheartedly, as long as it is the reflection of the masses, he never ignores, but also actively visits, never ambiguous about the problems of the people, as long as the people have difficulties, he will not hesitate to help. Although he became an official, he never asked for a special treatment for his children. On December 26, 2018, Chai Yunzhen, who dedicated his life to the country, passed away, and the life of this 93-year-old man was ordinary and great.
Chai Yunzhen old man
epilogue
Chai Yunzhen is an eternal hero in our minds, he does not know how many times he has experienced nine deaths on the battlefield, and his courage to fight with one enemy and one hundred is even rarer. In that era, there were also many heroes like Chai Yunzhen who killed the enemy bravely on the battlefield, fought bravely, and never mentioned their exploits to others afterwards, such as Zhang Fuqing and Zhang Guofu.
They are not afraid of life and death, and they defend their families and the country. They have firm ideals and convictions, and they love the country and the party. They have exchanged their blood and sweat for the good life we have now, and it is precisely because of such people that our country will become stronger and stronger.