Text | Xu said lightly
During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the volunteers created one war miracle after another, and a large number of combat heroes emerged, such as Tan Fangyun, who made special meritorious contributions in the Battle of Shangganling.
Tan Fangyun was born in Zhongjiang County, Sichuan Province in 1932, and at the age of 19, he joined the army and went to the Korean battlefield and became a messenger in the 1st Company of the 133rd Regiment of the 45th Division of the 15th Army of the Chinese Volunteers.
Tan Fangyun trained conscientiously, fought bravely, and had excellent military quality, and soon became the backbone of the company. On October 14, 1952, the Battle of Shangganling, which shocked the world, began, and the 15th Army of the Chinese Volunteers participated as one of the main forces.
On the night of October 28, the 133rd Regiment of the 45th Division of the 15th Army of the Chinese Volunteers received an order to recapture the 537.7 Heights occupied by the enemy, and in order to prevent the volunteers from approaching, the enemy blocked the area around the 537.7 Heights with artillery fire.
Tan Fangyun formed a combat group with 3 soldiers, successfully found a path that could pass through the blockade of artillery fire, and successfully reached the 537.7 height with a large army.
After the large force of the volunteer army launched an attack on the 537.7 height, Tan Fangyun led the combat team to attack another position of the enemy army, successfully destroyed the enemy's fire point and occupied the position. The enemy immediately launched a fierce counterattack on Tan Fangyun's position, and Tan Fangyun and others repelled many rounds of enemy attacks one after another, but their own casualties were also very large.
After repelling the 6th round of enemy attacks, only Tan Fangyun was left in the position. There is no time to grieve, because a new round of enemy attacks is coming soon, Tan Fangyun collected all the ammunition on the position, but there are only 4 grenades left, and there are few bullets, how can this stop the enemy?
Just when Tan Fangyun was worried, the dense enemy climbed up again, and before he had time to think about it, Tan Fangyun shot out. The bullets ran out, the grenades quickly ran out, all the weapons that could be used were used, and just as Tan Fangyun was about to fight bayonets, a smoking grenade sat at his feet.
Tan Fangyun's eyes were quick, and he picked up the grenade on the ground and threw it towards the enemy, only to hear a loud noise, and the enemy was blown up. Soon another smoking grenade was thrown up, and Tang Fangyun did the same, picked up the grenade and threw it down.
The enemy seemed to be scared, did not dare to rush up, hid below and kept throwing grenades at the position, which made Tan Fangyun think of a way to retreat from the enemy. He ran back and forth on the position, picking up grenades thrown by the enemy and throwing them down, blowing up the enemy in embarrassment.
Several times when Tan Fangyun went to pick up grenades, the grenade suddenly exploded, and Tan Fangyun's right hand was seriously injured by shrapnel, fortunately there was no danger to life. Tan Fangyun continued to pick up grenades and throw them with his left hand, insisting on fighting until the enemy retreated.
According to statistics, Tan Fangyun threw back a total of 36 enemy grenades, creating a miracle of war, and the group he led killed a total of 136 enemies in this battle.
To know that the grenade detonation time is only a few seconds, it is already very difficult to pick up an enemy grenade on the battlefield and throw it back, but Tan Fangyun threw it back a total of 36 times, and passed by the Grim Reaper 36 times, no wonder some netizens said that this is a man who even dare not accept the Grim Reaper.