At first, the lead was loose and the mine did not explode.
The second time, the mine exploded, but it was a rifle that exploded behind the tank without causing any damage.
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Zhang Liangrong's heart was broken, but before he could even escape, the enemy's artillery had already carried out artillery bombardment based on his position.
The huge roar of the shell landing exploded in Zhang Liangrong's ears.
The remains of dirt, branches, and stones rushed straight into Zhang Liangrong's body, and he felt that he was dead.
But fortunately, the huge impact blew it into the fortifications, and Kankan recovered a life.
Hukou barely escaped, and the danger of this experience often haunted his heart, but when Zhang Liangrong was 95 years old, he said that he would go to liberate Taiwan even if he died in battle.
Zhang Liangrong
Who is this old man? What kind of relationship does he have with Taiwan? Where did the battle that was of great significance to him take place?
Undeterred death squads
On September 24, 1948, the Central Military Commission received an unexpected telegram.
The sender is Su Yu.
Su Yu
The content of the telegram was very short, only 10 words "recommending the immediate battle of Huaihai", but it caused great repercussions within the central government.
Some people agreed that they should take advantage of the victory after the victory in the Battle of Jinan, and some people suggested that the soldiers should rest and fight later.
And when Su Yu sent a telegram to the central government, the street battles in Jinan were still fierce.
Su Yu hoped to use the Battle of Huaihai as a base point to make adequate preparations for the capture of Xuzhou.
Some people feel that such an idea is too hasty, but if the people are liberated one day ahead of schedule, the people will be able to live a peaceful and stable life one day ahead of schedule, which is also in line with the GUIDING Ideology of the Communist Party of China of "annihilating the enemy north of the Yangtze River." It can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.
As a result, the Central Military Commission reached an agreement and on September 25 sent a telegram to Su Yu that "it is very necessary to hold the Battle of Huaihai."
The arrow is on the string and can be sent at any time, and Chairman Mao also expressed his inner thoughts in a telegram sent to Huaye on October 11, 1948.
Chairman Mao
"The Huaihai Campaign was conducted in three stages, the first was to annihilate Huang Baitao's corps and liberate Xin'an Town, Zaozhuang and other places, at the same time, the Central Plains Field Army needed to cooperate, attack the Zheng Xu line, and contain Sun Yuanliang's corps."
The two major field armies cooperated tacitly, and Xiaohuaihai developed into Dahuaihai, and after the Kuomintang army lost Jinan, in October 1948, it reduced the strength of the "suppression of bandits" and used the two railway lines of Jinpu and Longhai to establish a defensive position of one point and two lines.
The outside is brazen and fearless, but the inside is precarious, and within the Kuomintang, no one wants to be the one who "comes out" when fighting the Plaster.
Chiang Kai-shek's first choice was Bai Chongxi, but Bai Chongxi believed that the nationalist army was completely passive and resolutely resigned.
Bai Chongxi
For a while, there were no close associates to be sent, and finally Chiang Kai-shek decided to entrust the matter to Liu Zhi.
From this point, it can be seen that the defeat of the Kuomintang was inevitable in the Battle of Huaihai.
However, because of the expansion of the war situation and the extreme fierceness of the Kuomintang army, it was impossible for the PLA troops to be without casualties.
Chiang Kai-shek
Even in the white-hot phase of the battle, there was a huge disparity in strength.
As a witness to the war, Zhang Liangrong also has more feelings about this matter.
Because he was one of the members of the assault squad in the Battle of Huaihai.
It is said that it is a commando squad, but the tasks performed by Zhang Liangrong and others are no different from those of the death squad.
Because they are responsible for blowing up enemy tanks.
Zhang Liangrong
Guns and bullets can hurt people, but compared with tanks, they are the inadequacy of small witches.
However, on the battlefield of the Huaihai Campaign, Zhang Liangrong's unit experienced such a situation.
The enemy has aircraft support in the air and tanks on the ground, while the PLA troops only have guns and grenades, and everyone has a bayonet pinned to their waists so that when the bullets run out, they can fight the enemy hand-to-hand and take a few cushions with them.
The disparity in strength was enormous, and the Kuomintang suppressed the PLA's repeated attacks with fierce firepower.
As soldiers continue to fall, day by day, more than a hundred people in a row struggle for a day, and only a few people may be left to return safely after the war to rest.
Supporting the people of the Battle of Huaihai
This is not the way to go, and the soldiers who have followed cannot fall under the fierce shelling of the enemy one after another.
Tanks must be blown up, the sooner the better.
Under such circumstances, the superiors decided to form a special assault squad to deal with tanks, and to ambush the shells and blow them up on the road where the tanks were marching.
Weakening the local military force is the purpose of the commando squad, but if it wants to be implemented, the assault squad must hide in the front line, bury the bomb in the midst of the chaos of war, and also pay attention to concealment, and can not expose its whereabouts.
Zhang Liangrong
Once exposed, the assault squad will only be a dead end.
Everyone, including Zhang Liangrong, rushed to the scene with the determination to die, but none of them escaped from the battle and said a word.
If you exchange your own body for the survival of more comrades-in-arms, this account is worth it, and this front line is not in vain.
"Ordinary" farmer after returning home from the army
In order to cover the advance of the assault squad, the PLA fighters attacked in unison, and did not stop until the members had successfully arrived at the predetermined location.
The next job is to lay mines.
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With time pressing and no handy tools at hand, Zhang Liangrong looked at the tanks that were "flaunting their might" and began to plan them by hand without hesitation.
The palm of his hand was cut by the sharp rock and bleeding, Zhang Liangrong did not stop, his ears were full of the sound of bullets grazing his shoulders, and Zhang Liangrong was completely unaware.
All he could think of was to hurry up, and then a little faster.
The pits were dug one by one, and Zhang Liangrong methodically planted mines one by one and hid in the fortifications.
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Everything is dark, just waiting for the enemy tanks to take the bait.
The roar was getting closer and closer, and Zhang Liangrong's hand holding the lead was gradually tense.
The first lead was too long to be pulled.
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Although the second one was successfully blasted, it did not even have "scratches" on the tank, but it exposed Zhang Liangrong's hidden location.
His heart was broken, and he immediately wanted to retreat, but how could the speed of his legs be compared to such a behemoth as a tank, Zhang Liangrong's feet had not yet moved a few steps, and the shells had already fallen like a dense rain.
Zhang Liangrong
Fortunately, thanks to digging a fortification in advance, Zhang Liangrong retrieved a life, and immediately after waking up, he caught up with the troops and resolutely threw himself into the next battle.
For life and death, Zhang Liangrong looked very lightly, since entering the army led by Liu Bocheng, regardless of the life of fighting day and night, Zhang Liangrong has become accustomed to it, and the departure of the people around him, Zhang Liangrong has also been forced to gradually calm down.
Liu Bocheng
The martyrs who sacrificed for the revolution all put the great righteousness of the homeland before their personal life and death, and the comrades-in-arms were using their own sacrifices to escort the people's lives and lay a solid foundation for the victory of the revolution, rather than spending time on remembrance, Zhang Liangrong was more willing to do all his energy to fight bloody battles and kill the enemy to defend the country.
Fortunately, the soldiers did not sacrifice in vain.
In the 66-day Battle of Huaihai from November 6, 1948 to January 10, 1949, the People's Liberation Army defeated the Kuomintang army of 800,000 with 600,000 people, and the number of enemy soldiers who annihilated and captured the enemy army was as high as 550,000, a record high.
This is a great victory of historic significance, and it is also the tacit cooperation of Liu Dengsu's three armies, and it is also the inevitable result of the fearless struggle of countless heroic soldiers like Zhang Liangrong.
Comrade Xiaoping
The process of liberating all of China has taken another step, but Zhang Liangrong's pace of conquest and effectiveness has not stopped.
In the Battle of Crossing the River in 1949, the Southwest Campaign in November 1949, and the Yunnan Bandits, Zhang Liangrong participated, and won three special merits and one third class merit.
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The conditions are naturally dangerous, but zhang Liangrong only feels proud when he looks at the successive liberation of the areas illegally occupied by the Kuomintang, the gradual elimination of local criminal and evil forces, and the more and more smiles that appear on the people's faces, and the praise of the masses when mentioning the People's Liberation Army.
Because he felt that he was worthy of those brothers who sacrificed on the battlefield.
They had not been able to see this prosperous world with their own eyes, but it did not prevent the society from being stable and effective.
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However, Taiwan has always been a regret in Zhang Liangrong's heart.
On top of the Taiwan policy, the mainland pursues a peaceful settlement, but because of the stubbornness of some lawless people, the relationship between taiwan's wandering son and his Chinese mother is still somewhat tense.
Zhang Liangrong hopes to play a part in Taiwan's return, but he is discharged from the army before him.
Zhang Liangrong
Deeply hidden in the name and fame
On October 1, 1949, the People's Republic of China was proclaimed, and the increase in national strength eliminated the illegal trespassing of some countries, and the number of wars was greatly reduced.
Military parade ceremony
The country does not want to let the youth of the soldiers be thrown above the troops, and it is unavoidable to fight before the founding of the country, so everyone is widely mobilized to join the army and defend the country.
However, after the founding of New China, the youth of soldiers could have more diverse choices, so by 1955, the state began to call on the majority of commanders to leave the army and participate in the work.
Zhang Liangrong is also one of them.
Zhang Liangrong (right)
With his outstanding performance in the campaign, Zhang Liangrong could have obtained an official and a half position in the army, and the state had already arranged a job for him, but he refused the kindness of his superiors.
"Our ancestors are farmers, I can fight, but the officials may not be able to do a good job, this position is still given to people better than me." 」
When fighting, Zhang Liangrong thinks of leaving the hope of life to his comrades-in-arms side by side, so he will always take the initiative to invite Miao to participate in the adventurous work, when he retires, Zhang Liangrong also wants to give better job opportunities to capable people, he always does not compete, honestly, even if he needs this stable day very much.
Because Zhang Liangrong is the epitome of the vast number of poor people under the turbulent times.
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Born on August 3, 1924 in a poor peasant family in Ziyang, Sichuan Province, his stomach has never been "bulging".
Because there are more children in the family, because there is less food in the family.
In order to alleviate the financial pressure of his parents, Zhang Liangrong began to work in the landlord's house at a very young age, suffering from blind eyes and suffering, and his stomach still could not eat.
But even under such conditions, Zhang Liangrong has never complained about the world, but hopes that through his own efforts, the world will "no longer have people like himself."
So in March 1948, he resolutely threw himself into the revolution and became one of the mighty troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
The six military merit badges are a brand of war memory, but after being discharged from the army in April 1955, Zhang Liangrong packed all traces of his hero into a small wooden box with his unassuming appearance.
medal
The daughter often asked him what was in the box, but Zhang Liangrong just clutched the key tightly, and Yun said lightly, "All are witnesses to his father's past."
In order to cultivate his daughter to become a pillar of the country, Zhang Liangrong often told her heroic stories on the battlefield, but without exception, the protagonist was never himself.
Because of this, the daughter only knows that her father has been a soldier and fought in battle, but she does not know that Zhang Liangrong is still an anonymous hero.
The family lived in the three groups of Laojunshan until November 2018, when Yanjiang District collected information on veterans, when Zhang Liangrong exposed his combat experience.
Zhang Liangrong (front row, second from right)
The mystery that covered Zhang Liangrong's body was gradually dispelled.
It turned out that he had served as a squad leader in the army, fought eight times, was wounded twice, and was commended by his superiors many times for his bravery and fearlessness in combat.
But Zhang Liangrong never said this.
Even after the Yanjiang District Veterans Affairs Bureau checked the relevant archives and confirmed that Zhang Liangrong was a veteran, and the medals installed in his small wooden box were confirmed, Zhang Liangrong only had one sentence: "This is all in the past, and it is not me who is heroic, but the martyrs who sacrificed."
Zhang Liangrong
Everyone is in awe of it, and after this exposure, some reporters came to the door in 2019 and wanted to talk to this hero and let the world see his style, and Zhang Liangrong was 95 years old at this time.
The years urge people to grow old, but as a soldier, Zhang Liangrong is still full of energy, except for the fact that his hearing is almost lost after entering old age due to wartime damage, there is nothing wrong with it.
But during the interview, Zhang Liangrong's reaction was somewhat "twisted".
The reporter complied with the facts and praised him, but he only lightly understated a sentence, and was unwilling to stay on top of the question of praising himself.
The interview went quickly, but when the reporter asked about the Taiwan issue, Zhang Liangrong's mood suddenly became excited.
"As long as the Ministry of National Defense gives an order and orders me to go, I will definitely go, and those who die in battle must also go, as long as I can let the compatriots in Taiwan go home, as long as I can let them go home."
Zhang Liangrong
However, before the words could be heard, Zhang Liangrong said again: "This is impossible, the mainland has always pursued a peaceful settlement of Taiwan, and what is more, there will be casualties in war, and our government that advocates the people as the mainstay will not do this."
As long as Taiwan follows the one-China principle, the mainland will always maintain respect for Taiwan.
Cross-strait reunification is not only Zhang Liangrong's dream, but also the inner vision of all people with conscience.
And this dream will surely come true.