At 7:30 p.m. on March 23, 1953, after four minutes of artillery fire, the soldiers of the 423rd Regiment of the 141st Division of the 74th Army of the Volunteer Army began to attack the main traffic route to Seoul.
In fact, this is not the first time the volunteer army has attacked here, starting in June 1952, the volunteer army has captured the highland five times, but unfortunately it was retaken by the United States and South Korea, both sides poured countless shells on this small hill, and the grass and trees on the mountain were blown up, so the volunteer soldiers gave this mountain a very appropriate name - Old Bald Mountain.
In this offensive, the situation is still not optimistic, and the local garrison here is a reinforcement company of the "United Nations Army" in Colombia, 20 platoons of the US 7th Division, 2 search squads, and a tank company.
The advantage in terms of strength is secondary, the key is that the United Nations army has built 195 large and small light and dark bunkers here, with a strong defense system and dense firepower.
In the words of Trudeau, commander of the US 7th Division, the old bald mountain is "the strongest position."
Knowing that it was a fierce battle, the volunteer soldiers who "seized the mountain" did not flinch in the slightest, and the soldiers who took the lead signed the red flag and solemnly swore that they must plant the red flag on the old bald mountain!
As soon as the battle began, it entered a white-hot situation, and the first to rush was the demolition team, followed by Hao Zhongyun, the battalion commander holding a submachine gun, and Hao Zhongyun was surrounded by machine gunners Jin Zhenbiao, Song Deqing and others.
Under the desperate rush of the soldiers, they soon dug up 17 bunkers of the enemy army in a row, and the flag bearer planted the red flag on the main peak of the old bald mountain, however, the battle did not end, and then the "United Nations Army" counterattacked fiercely.
In the fierce battle, Jin Zhenbiao was shot 3 times in the leg, fell into the trench, and when he climbed up, the group leader, the squad leader, the red flag bearer, and the ammunition hand were all sacrificed, although there were no comrades around, but Jin Zhenbiao did not flinch, seeing more than 10 enemies rushing over, raising the machine gun was a strafing.
However, the "United Nations Army" did not talk about martial virtue, and immediately used incendiary bombs when they saw that they could not fight, and Jin Zhenbiao's back and hips were burned, and his clothes were almost burned out, and he passed out.
Fortunately, the comrades-in-arms took the old bald mountain, and when it was almost dark, he was found and carried by the comrades to the rear hospital, which saved his life.
According to post-war statistics, Jin Zhenbiao annihilated a total of 165 enemies, which was one of the fighters who killed the most in this battle, and it was for this reason that he was awarded the title of first-class meritorious hero and second-class combat hero.
In October of that year, He Long went to the Korean battlefield to comfort the soldiers and specially received this Xiangxi fellow; in November, Jin Zhenbiao followed the battalion commander Hao Zhongyun back to China and made a report on the Battle of Lao bald mountain.
This battle made the famous writer Lao She feel a lot of emotions, and with them as the prototype, he wrote a "Nameless Highland Is Famous", of which Jin Biao's prototype was Jin Zhenbiao.
In September 1954, Jin Zhenbiao followed the troops back to China, as a combat hero, he was in the army, can be described as a green cloud, first a squad leader, a platoon leader, and then an acting company commander, if this continues, it is not impossible to become a regimental commander and division commander in the future.
However, in 1957, everything changed, what happened? This also starts from Jin Zhenbiao's origin.
Jin Zhenbiao, a native of Zhonghu Township, Wuling, Zhangjiajie, Hunan, was born into a poor local family.
During the Republic of China period in western Hunan Province, bandits were quite famous, and here the mountains were densely forested, there were many caves, and the terrain was dangerous, which was especially suitable for hiding.
Among the many bandits, there are many who kill people and set fires to families and rob houses, but there are not a few who are forced to go to Liangshan because of poverty, and there is another kind, which is captured by bandits, and Jin Zhenbiao belongs to the third type.
Although poor, Jin Zhenbiao was an opinionated person, starving to death of the bandits, and on the 3rd day of being captured by the bandits, he took an opportunity and quietly slipped away.
However, this experience became a stain on Jin Zhenbiao, and after the 47th Army entered xiang to suppress bandits, Jin Zhenbiao was sent to reform and became a volunteer soldier and entered the Korean War.
It is reasonable to say that such a little thing has passed in the past, but after Jin Zhenbiao became a first-class hero, many people became red-eyed, and once again talked about Jin Zhenbiao as a bandit, and also made up a nose and eyes, saying that they raped girls and attacked the granary.
In his hometown, there was an old Xiucai surnamed Zhao, who was instructed by the adulterer to directly write a complaint and sued Jin Zhenbiao.
At that time, there were many movements of all kinds, and for a person's origin, it was also quite important, and this false accusation directly ruined Jin Zhenbiao's future, and in the military, he not only lost his position, but also was expelled from the party and sent to labor reform.
Fortunately, his wife did not abandon him and accompanied him in her suffering.
In 1962, Jin Zhenbiao was "demobilized" and returned to the countryside, when he was already a father of 6 children, plus there were elderly people who needed to be supported, and his hardships and hardships could be imagined.
And the villagers, for their family, are also sneering, after all, in that era, most of the poor people in western Hunan were poisoned by bandits.
If life is just a little bitterer, it is still enough, and what is even more painful is that not long after returning to the hometown, the catastrophe will come.
During the exercise, Jin Zhenbiao was brought to the stage many times, often beaten to the nose and swollen face, and even once, his "apprentice" took advantage of his lack of attention, an axe split into his back, split a 5-inch wound on his back, straight to the lungs, almost killed him, and lay in the hospital for 8 months.
Later, the "martial struggle" intensified, and the commune in his hometown sentenced Jin Zhenbiao to death, ironically, the old Xiucai who falsely accused him at the beginning was sentenced with him.
Fortunately, jin Zhenbiao's matter reached the ears of the superior leaders, and he was stopped in time, and he saved his life.
In 1979, Jin Zhenbiao regained his status as a disabled soldier (leg injury), which was a little better.
In the 1980s, several of his children had basically grown up, and Jin Zhenbiao's hard days were somewhat survived, once, he went to the Military Museum in Beijing, and when he saw the machine gun he had used in the exhibition hall of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea on the third floor, the long-sealed memory was suddenly awakened, sitting on the ground crying like a child.
Although fate has been unfair to him, he has never lost his good nature, in 1976, his hometown wanted to build tunnels, and Jin Zhenbiao, who had dug tunnels and shot holes on the battlefield, became the "main force of demolition".
One autumn, the reservoir gate was stuck by foreign objects and could not drain water, but the suction near the gate was particularly large, and if you were not careful, you might be sucked into the gate, no one dared to go, helpless, the commune offered a reward of 300 yuan to find a warrior.
After Jin Zhenbiao heard about this, he volunteered to solve the trouble for the township, 3 times into the water to clean up, only to open the floodgates, afterwards, the township wanted to give him 300 yuan, but he did not want, just casually said: "Do you have to collect money for the villagers to do something?" ”。
You know, 300 yuan at that time was not a small amount.
Later, Jin Zhenbiao became a CPPCC member in Wulingyuan District, and although he did not have much power, he really understood the people's suffering and did practical things for the people.
In the second half of his life, Jin Zhenbiao's life was not bad, however, in his heart, there has always been a thorn, that is, in 1957, he was expelled from the party, and for decades, he has always wanted to rejoin the party.
In 2008, the 77-year-old Jin Zhenbiao submitted an application to join the party for the first time, but unfortunately it was not approved, and since then, he has submitted it twice, but it has not been passed...
Soon, the time came to 2019, when Jin Zhenbiao was 89 years old, his life had entered the countdown, and his deeds were seen by a retired teacher named Wu Yang.
Wu Yang is also a veteran, he has a strong interest in Jin Zhenbiao, for this reason also specially interviewed the old man's family, when he learned of the old man's wish to join the party, he immediately contacted the leaders of the municipal party committee, and wrote a "last wish of a veteran of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", which aroused great attention.
On September 6, 2019, Jin Zhenbiao, who was lying in a hospital bed, finally became a party member, which made the old man excited.
Unfortunately, only 74 days after becoming a party member, this first-class meritorious hero of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea passed away...