In 1979, in the second phase of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, the People's Liberation Army sentry who was on alert suddenly spotted a "suspicious" person.
The man was covered in blood, his clothes were torn into rags, and his exposed body was covered with dense wounds. At the moment of seeing the Plaisan sentry, he rolled down the hillside unsupportably, shouting with his last strength: "Don't shoot... It's gay... My name is Xiao Jiaxi. ”
Then he passed out.
Xiao Jiaxi
Although he spoke Chinese, the Plapuers, who were accustomed to the cunning tactics of the Vietnamese army, did not dare to be careless. Just in case, they sent the man, who claimed to be Xiao Jiaxi, to the field hospital for treatment in the name of "secret agent".
However, what they did not expect was that after this man woke up, he not only alarmed the central government, but also was awarded a first-class merit by the state!
What's even stranger is that this man on the battlefield in Vietnam didn't kill an enemy!
Why? What did he experience on the battlefield in Vietnam? Why would he be awarded such a high honor by the state if he had not killed a single enemy?
A counterattack against vietnamese self-defense broke out, and the cook Xiao Jiaxi first landed on the battlefield
In 1979, Vietnam staged a drama of "Farmer and Snake" for China.
As a neighboring country with water and water, China has been selflessly assisting Vietnam since the founding of New China, and we have sent generals to teach the Vietnamese army to resist the French and American invaders; we tightened our belts and provided them with $20 billion in materials; we helped them build schools, hospitals, and construction for development.
However, after gaining the support of the Soviet Union, Vietnam's ambitions swelled rapidly, and they tried to become the hegemons of Southeast Asia, turning their guns on China. They left China's favor behind, brazenly invaded China's borders, killed mainland border residents, and invaded and occupied mainland china.
In February 1979, China officially announced the launch of a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, fiercely attacking the ungrateful Vietnamese, defending the border and defending the border people!
Oath of Oath Against Vietnamese Self-Defense
The first stage of the battle soon began, and the soldiers of our army fought in bloody battles, heroically killed the enemy, wiped out a large number of living forces of the Vietnamese army with an indomitable momentum, and quickly and accurately completed the strategic objectives of the first stage.
However, the Vietnamese soon realized the terrible point of our army, and they quickly adjusted their strategy and began to take advantage of the terrain and environment to engage in difficult mountain warfare with our army. Thus began the difficult second phase of the battle.
After the battle began, our 41st Army, after a difficult battle, captured the important town of Gao Binh in eastern Vietnam, began to shrink the front, and organized a strategic retreat. Responsible for covering the retreat of the main force was the 150th Division of the 50th Army, which was assigned to the command.
There was such a young soldier in the 150th Division, who was born under the red flag and grew up in New China. He was a fellow countryman with Marshal Liu Bocheng, grew up listening to the story of Marshal Liu Bocheng, and dreamed of becoming an invincible combat hero like him.
This little warrior is Xiao Jiaxi.
At the age of 20, he finally realized his dream and became a glorious soldier.
However, the dream deviated slightly from reality, and he did not become a soldier who shot and killed the enemy every day, but became a feeder for the army to buy vegetables and fruits.
The young and vigorous Xiao Jiaxi was very disappointed, but he knew that the soldiers took obedience to orders as their duty, and they should make a useful brick and move wherever they needed to.
After figuring it out, Xiao Jiaxi threw himself into the work of the breadwinner. He procured vegetables and side foods every day rain or shine, silently supporting his comrades who were shooting at the enemy's guns in logistics.
After the outbreak of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, Xiao Jiaxi came to the Vietnamese battlefield with his army and felt the impact of the war for the first time.
The 150th Division, where it was located, was unfortunately attacked by the Vietnamese army while covering the retreat of the main force. The cunning Vietnamese took advantage of the terrain of the home country and constantly blocked the 150th Division. They did not dare to fight against the strong main force, so they focused their attacks on the relatively weak scattered troops and rear organs.
In order to protect the safe retreat of its comrades, the 150th Division fought bravely with the Vietnamese army and suffered heavy casualties.
Looking at the comrades-in-arms who had just talked and laughed with themselves, in the blink of an eye, they turned into cold corpses and died in a foreign country, Xiao Jiaxi deeply realized for the first time: It turns out that war is cruel and will kill people!
Shock, anger, grief, fear, all kinds of complex emotions shrouded in the heart, the little warrior who had never experienced the wind and rain grew up in an instant under the baptism of war, he wiped away his tears and endured sorrow and anger, thinking that one day he would avenge his comrades-in-arms!
Soon, Xiao Jiaxi ushered in the opportunity to fight on the front line.
Soon after, the 150th Division was against the Vietnamese army while once again covering the retreat of the large troops, and Xiao Jiaxi was given the opportunity to fight side by side with his comrades and kill the enemy. This battle was still fought very fiercely. The fighting began at 4 a.m. and fought non-stop until 10 a.m. For a full 6 hours of fighting, the 150th Division completed the blockade mission, but also suffered heavy casualties.
After the war, Xiao Jiaxi and his comrades-in-arms silently cleaned the bodies of the martyrs who died, sorted out the relics, and watched the migrant workers bring their bodies back to the motherland. Kill a foreign country, return home!
Subsequently, Xiao Jiaxi and his comrades followed the orders to chase the large troops north. However, an accident occurred.
Separated from the troops, 7 soldiers ran alone to their homeland
Since the 150th Division was assigned to the 41st Army, there was a rather troublesome and chaotic situation in the operational command, and the disorder of the command system directly led to the relatively passive and slow movement of the troops. Unfortunately, the Vietnamese army was keenly aware of this weakness of the 150th Division and formulated a vicious battle plan based on it.
In a mountainous area with complex terrain, a company of the second battalion of the 448th Regiment of The 150th Division, to which Xiao Jiaxi belonged, was unexpectedly ambushed by the Vietnamese army.
The fierce battle began in an instant, and the fighters quickly calmed down after the panic and launched a deadly struggle with the Vietnamese army. After a difficult and bloody battle, the warriors successfully broke through the siege in the darkness.
However, due to the chaotic situation and the fact that the terrain was relatively complicated, Xiao Jiaxi's company was scattered during the breakthrough, and Xiao Jiaxi and the other 7 soldiers were separated from the large troops and lost contact.
Thankfully, these 7 men included a company instructor with a compass, who held the compass and guided the soldiers all the way in the direction of the motherland.
All they have is a vague direction. But they were faced with the complex terrain of the vast mountains, the heavy defensive lines laid by the Vietnamese army, and the cunning enemy who could jump out at any time to harvest their lives.
In order to join the large troops and return to the motherland safely, the 7 warriors decided to go out day and night and sneak secretly!
However, even though they had maintained twelve thousand points of vigilance and caution, they still encountered the enemy.
On the fourth day of being separated from the large army, 7 fighters encountered a small group of enemy troops while taking refuge in the mountains.
Due to the timely evasion, the enemy army was unable to find out the specific number of our troops. They were afraid that a large number of Chinese troops were guarding the mountain, and in their hearts they did not rush to attack the mountain, but stayed at the bottom of the mountain, ready to wait until the situation was clear and sure that nothing would happen before they started.
Apparently, the cowardice of the Vietnamese army provided a chance for the 7 fighters to escape, and they took advantage of the fact that the enemy army was relaxed in the middle of the night, quietly descended the mountain and continued to march towards the north where the motherland was located.
However, the warriors had not far to go when they encountered two more enemy troops. 7 to 2, the cunning Vietnamese army saw that the situation was not good and immediately hid in a nearby cave. The instructor pulled out the grenade, pulled the lead and threw it into the cave where they were hiding!
After the violent explosion, two Vietnamese soldiers were killed, and there was no longer any movement in the cave. However, the sound of the explosion attracted the vietnamese people nearby, and a large group of them rushed towards Xiao Jiaxi and other fighters with their heads stuffed.
Speaking of which, we must say what kind of existence the Vietnamese people really are in the war of self-defense against Vietnam. You must know that our army did not understand these people, but at the beginning it suffered a great loss.
Vietnam has been in turmoil for a long time, and under the baptism of successive baptisms of the War of Resistance Against France, the War of Resistance against the United States, and the Civil War, Vietnam has long since become a country where all the people are soldiers. In order to win the war, they have no bottom line and do whatever it takes.
When our army first entered the Vietnamese battlefield, these so-called civilians took advantage of the kindness of the soldiers to carry out assassinations, and what is even more frightening is that many Vietnamese troops will disguise themselves as civilians to approach our army, and for this reason, our army has lost a lot of soldiers. Later, when we saw the Vietnamese people again, our army learned to stay away.
Therefore, as soon as they saw this group of Vietnamese people, Xiao Jiaxi and other fighters immediately became vigilant. They reacted quickly and burrowed into the dense forest.
On their way out of the enemy's pursuit, the warriors found a cave where the Vietnamese army had been stationed. Fortunately, there were some bacon and rice that the Vietnamese army had not taken away in the cave, which made the soldiers who had been hungry for four days happy, and they immediately rested on the spot and feasted.
After eating and drinking, the warriors did not stay long and embarked on the way forward.
At this time, however, a dilemma lay in front of them.
"Iron Warrior" 9 days and 8 nights legendary road
The first option: Continue along a remote mountain road, with relatively little chance of encountering enemy troops, but it is unlikely that you will be able to catch up with the large troops within the final withdrawal time.
Once this is the case, they must rely on their own strength to cross the heavy mountains and cross the heavy defensive lines before they can return to the motherland. You can imagine how many dangers will be encountered.
The second option: march along the road to catch up with the troops, although the speed will be fast, but this is equivalent to completely exposing yourself to the enemy's line of sight, the risk factor is higher.
After careful consideration and discussion, the 7 warriors finally chose the second path.
Unfortunately, the warriors had just advanced along the road when they encountered several times the enemy at a turning point.
Seeing the enemy approaching step by step, despair hung over the hearts of the soldiers, and just when they were ready to rush up and die with the enemy, Xiao Jiaxi's little warrior stood up.
He said to the instructor, "Instructor, you take everyone with you, and I will draw the enemy's attention!" ”
After saying that without waiting for the instructor to answer, Xiao Jiaxi rushed out with a gun. He ran while shooting wildly at the enemy.
At this time, Xiao Jiaxi had only one thought in his mind: even if he sacrificed himself, he would tear out a way of life for his comrades-in-arms!
Xiao Jiaxi succeeded, and the enemy did not find the hiding place of his comrades, and all turned their guns at him.
Against the dense bullets, Xiao Jiaxi desperately ran in the paddy field. He's also a recruit egg, and the only thing he knows is the dodging skills he learned when he was in a recruit company.
However, even the best dodging techniques can be ineffective under dense bullets. Xiao Jiaxi, who was running fast, felt a sharp pain in his hip, and he looked back, and the blood had already stained his pants red at some point.
However, in hot pursuit by the enemy, he did not have time to bandage his wounds. In this way, Xiao Jiaxi was bleeding all the way and running all the way.
I don't know how long he ran, Xiao Jiaxi's legs lost consciousness, the blood on his pants was dry and wet, wet and dry, and he finally got rid of the enemy's pursuit.
Xiao Jiaxi found a hidden cave and stopped, and urgently bandaged the wound with a triangle scarf. Although he was seriously injured and faced the danger alone, as soon as he thought that the instructors were safe, Xiao Jiaxi felt that everything was worth it.
After that, Xiao Jiaxi waited in this cave for two more days, and only after determining that the enemy army had given up the search did he come out of the cave. In the past two days, he had not dripped water, and when he was hungry, he would lick the small piece of salt left on his body.
But soon, the salt was also eaten. If hunger is tolerable, it is urgent to replenish hydration. In fact, along the way, Xiao Jiaxi did not encounter mountain springs and streams, but he did not dare to move these waters.
As we said before, the Vietnamese military and civilians have no bottom line in the war, and in order to cut off the livelihood of our army, they have poisoned most of the water sources.
Therefore, Xiao Jiaxi dug up wild vegetables when he was hungry, and when he was so thirsty that he couldn't hold on, he would collect some muddy water in the paddy field to drink.
In this extreme predicament, Xiao Jiaxi walked alone for four days.
However, a more serious situation has emerged. Due to the hot weather, Xiao Jiaxi's wound was not treated in time, and he soon became infected and inflamed. One morning, when Xiao Jiaxi woke up from his sleep, he suddenly found that his wound was actually full of maggots!
Xiao Jiaxi gritted his teeth and found a small wooden stick, and forced the pain to pull the maggot out of the wound. The worsening of the wound cast a heavy shadow on his heart, and he did not know how long he could hold out, but he thought: Even if I climb, I will climb back to my motherland, and I will never die on the land of the Vietnamese invaders!
After that, Xiao Jiaxi's body became weaker and weaker, and sometimes he would be unconscious several times a day. But as long as he was awake, as long as he had a shred of strength, he kept marching. One day, Xiao Jiaxi was walking and suddenly noticed that a large cornfield appeared in front of him.
Vietnam does not grow corn! Xiao Jiaxi was overjoyed, he suppressed his excitement and ran forward, and finally, a stone stele engraved with "Sealing Mountains and Cultivating Forests" appeared.
Arrived home! I'm back in my country!
After marching alone for 9 days and 8 nights, Xiao Jiaxi finally returned to the embrace of the motherland!
The vigilant PLA sentries soon spotted him, and the opening scene appeared. Before passing out, Xiao Jiaxi struggled with his last strength and shouted, "Don't shoot... It's gay... My name is Xiao Jiaxi. ”
The sentry comrades found that Xiao Jiaxi, who was already extremely weak, was still carrying a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, 320 rounds of ammunition, and 5 grenades.
Afterwards, someone asked Xiao Jiaxi: "Why didn't you throw away the equipment that weighed dozens of pounds?" If you drop them, won't you be much faster? ”
Xiao Jiaxi shook his head and replied, "On my first day as a soldier, the company commander told me that a gun is the second life of a soldier. If I lose all my guns, what is the difference between me and a deserter and a traitor? ”
Xiao Jiaxi, who had fainted, was rushed to the hospital for treatment, and the doctor found that he had many serious wounds on his body, and the extreme survival of 9 days and 8 nights also brought his physical state to the brink of collapse. After several surgeries and two months of treatment, Xiao Jiaxi saved his life.
The doctor couldn't help but sigh: "Such a tenacious vitality is really a miracle in the history of physiology." ”
Xiao Jiaxi's deeds soon spread throughout the entire military region, and General Wang Zhen, who was then vice president of the state, also personally rushed to the hospital to visit him and praised him: "Although you did not make meritorious contributions in killing the enemy on the battlefield, in the time of nine days and eight nights, you relied on your loyalty to the motherland and the people, did not discard weapons and ammunition, and crawled back to the motherland, and you are a well-deserved hero!" ”
After that, Xiao Jiaxi was awarded the honorary title of "First Class Meritorious Service" by the troops, and the Central Military Commission also awarded him the honorary title of "Iron Warrior".
"Even if you climb, you must also climb back to the motherland!"
When encountering danger, Xiao Jiaxi did not hesitate to sacrifice himself to win a life for his comrades-in-arms; when he was alone in danger, he always maintained loyalty to the motherland and the people. His tenacious perseverance, indomitable will, and belief in survival are worthy of the title of "Iron Warrior"!