According to the WeChat public account "Xiaogan Radio and Television", Wang Qingzhen, a veteran hero of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, died in Xiaogan, Hubei Province on October 27 at the age of 87.
Wang Qingzhen was born in 1936 and is a health worker in the 45th Division of the 15th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers, and is also the character prototype of Wang Lan, a health worker in the movie "Shangganling".
During the Battle of Shangganling, she served as a hygienist and once sorted out the remains of the "super hero" Huang Jiguang.
Wang Qingzhen Source: Xiaogan Radio and Television
According to CCTV News, Wang Qingzhen entered North Korea at the age of 15 with the Chinese People's Volunteers. In October 1952, the Battle of Shangganling began. Wang Qingzhen, together with other health workers, threw herself into the intense field rescue work. At her worst, she had to take care of more than 20 sick and wounded by herself.
There was a shortage of materials on the battlefield and there was no water, so Wang Qingzhen melted the snow and soaked dry food; There was no kettle, and she replaced it with a canning box; Without bandages, she bandaged her wounds with strips of parachute cloth from which the enemy dropped flares; There was no cotton wool, so she dismantled the cotton clothes and took out the cotton for treatment and used it.
General Qin Jiwei, who commanded the Battle of Shangganling, once wrote this passage in his memoirs: "There was a female soldier who impressed me deeply, her name was Wang Qingzhen, she was only seventeen years old, and she nursed more than 20 seriously wounded in the tunnel ward behind Wusheng Mountain. In order to relieve the pain of her comrades-in-arms, this girl helped the wounded to urinate, and her noble sentiment was awe-inspiring. ”
Wang Qingzhen is caring for the wounded. Source: CCTV News
In the Battle of Shangganling, Huang Jiguang died bravely. The first task of Wang Qingzhen and her comrades-in-arms is to sort out the remains of the martyrs as soon as possible.
In a bombed-out house, Wang Qingzhen and his comrades-in-arms used warm water to clean the black blood clots that had coagulated on Huang Jiguang's body. With tears in their eyes, they sewed up Huang Jiguang's pierced chest and changed him into a new military uniform.
Wang Qingzhen once recalled that when he saw the body, Huang Jiguang's hands were still held high, maintaining the posture of sacrifice. His body was completely pierced by bullets, leaving a bowl-sized bullet hole in his chest.
Source: CCTV News
In March 1953, Wang Qingzhen was awarded the second-class meritorious service for his outstanding performance and was awarded the Medal of Honor for the second-class soldier.
In 1958, Wang Qingzhen was demobilized and returned to a medical device factory in Beijing and became an ordinary worker. In 1961, Wang Qingzhen responded to the call of the army, re-enlisted in the army, and has been engaged in health work in the army, and joined the Communist Party of China in October 1962.
After retiring, Wang Qingzhen participated in the "Veteran Revolutionary Tradition Report Group" and preached the spirit of "Shangganling". She also often volunteered to treat the sick and sick for the needy, and was willing to give to the poor and the poor.
In November 2021, Wang Qingzhen was rated as an "advanced retired military cadre" by the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission.
In a previous interview with the media, Wang Qingzhen said that he was just an ordinary member of thousands of soldiers.
Wang Lan in the movie "Shangganling" is a representative. In the real war, there were many more hygienists like me. They are all doing well, they are all the prototypes of Wang Lan. I just did what I had to do. Wang Qingzhen said.
Source: Governor of Chang'an Street