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No one is born a hero
But someone has to be a hero
69 years ago today
Huang Jiguang's life was forever fixed at the age of 21
June 25, 1950
The Korean War broke out
March 1951
Huang Jiguang signed up for the army
This year he
Just turned 20
The villagers gave it to Huang Jiguang
A handkerchief that reads "Lovely Motherland"
Huang Jiguang, who was leaving, gave the handkerchief to his mother
"Mom, I'm going to the front line soon
When you think about your son
You just take this handkerchief out and look at it
Your son is right next to you."
With the thought of his mother
Huang Jiguang went to the battlefield
He was assigned to the Chinese Volunteer Army
6th Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Regiment, 45th Division, 15th Army
Act as a communicator
April 1952
Huang Jiguang's 15th Army
Go to the Five Holy Mountains to take up the defense
At this time, Huang Jiguang had been transferred to the battalion headquarters
Acting as a correspondent for the battalion chief of staff
someday
The film team brings the Soviet movie "Ordinary Soldier"
Watched the hero in the movie
Footage of the machine gun muzzle blocked with the chest
Huang Jiguang was strongly shocked
Beginning of October 1952
In order to seek a favorable position in the armistice negotiations
Get rid of the passive situation on the battlefield
The U.S. military put the volunteers
The central front points the five holy mountains
As a target
For the Five Holy Mountains
Peng Dehuai, commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army
It was once emphasized:
"The Five Holy Mountains are the gateway to North Korea's central line
If you lose the Five Holy Mountains
We will have to retreat 200 kilometers without danger
Who lost the Five Holy Mountains
Who is responsible for the history of North Korea?"
The enemy wants to take down the Five Holy Mountains
It was about to be deployed by the volunteers in front of it
Highlands 537.7 and 597.9
Between these two highlands
There is a small mountain village with only about ten families
Upper Ganling
It is also an important gateway to the Five Holy Mountains
This battle
That is, the famous "Battle of Shangganling"
October 14, 1952
Commander of the U.S. 8th Army, Van Vleet, commanded the troops
The above Ganling is the main offensive target
Launching the "Golden Offensive"
He even thought arrogantly
It only takes five days to wipe out all the volunteers here
October 19
The Battle of Shangganling began on the sixth day
The Volunteers had lost all their surface positions
In order to retake the lost positions
Qin Jiwei, commander of the 15th Army of the Volunteer Army, gave the order
Concentrated 44 heavy artillery
and the strength of a rocket artillery regiment
Counter-offensive against the important 537.7 and 597.9 heights
Division Commander Cui Jiangong ordered
All cadres are assigned one level
All go to the front line to participate in the battle
After a bloody battle in the middle of the night
The Volunteers took back all their positions on Hill 537.7
Most of the positions on 597.9 Heights
But this is the only position 0
It can't be conquered for a long time
It's going to be light
If you can't take the enemy position before dawn
After dawn, the enemy will exert an advantage in air firepower
Combat tasks are not only difficult to complete
It would also result in heavy casualties for the troops
The battalion chief of staff was impatient
Let the correspondent go to 6 companies to deliver orders
Be sure to take Position 0 before dawn
The correspondent who delivered the order
It is Huang Jiguang
Huang Jiguang, who rushed into the command post of the 6th Company
Found 6 companies of more than 100 people
Only 16 people remained
Just in the company commander Wan Fu Lai
When shouting to the warriors who are going to go up together
Huang Jiguang stopped him violently
"Deputy Chief of Staff, please send me the task."
Seeing the Deputy Chief of Staff was somewhat hesitant
Huang Jiguang pleaded solemnly
"I promise to get the job done"
The warriors Xiao Dengliang and Wu Sanyang also crowded over to ask for battle
"Let's go together"
Forced
Zhang Guangsheng agreed to their request
"Huang Jiguang, I have appointed you as the squad leader of the sixth class
It's up to the three of you to complete the blasting mission."
In fact
There are no other candidates in the Sixth Company
The three of them handed over all their belongings
Including the Commemorative Medal for Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea
Huang Jiguang also specially wrote a letter written to him by his mother
Handed over to the company commander Wan Fulai
Mother Huang wrote in the letter
"Now I don't want anything
I just want you to be a hero
Tell me how many enemies you've killed."
Huang Jiguang asked the company commander
"If I sacrifice
Please send a letter to my mother on my behalf
Let her old man know
Her son was worthy of her
Worthy of the people of the motherland."
He then issued a military order
"Rest assured chiefs
We must get the job done."
Huang Jiguang will apply for joining the party and the determination to join the war
It was also handed over to the instructor Feng Yuqing
The letter of determination reads
"When you see the heavy bullet marks on The land of North Korea
and groups of orphans
Not exhaustive (forbidden) to shed tears
I would hate to hang (crush) the enemy's corpse into ten thousand pieces
Avenge the orphans
Dear Chief
Today is a great opportunity for me to make a contribution
I am determined to repay this blood debt from the enemy
For the complete liberation of Korea
And brave (ground) fighting...
When I was needed
I promise not to hesitate to give my life
Determined to use the heroism of the Soviet army Matrosov
Go and win the battle
Rest assured
Please listen to my good news..."
A standard military salute was given
The three cats rushed out of the tunnel
They crossed the mountain beams
For a moment enter the crater to hide
Hide next to enemy corpses for a while
Under the cover of Wu Sanyang
Huang Jiguang and Xiao Dengliang
The grenade was successfully stuffed into the bunkers on the east and west sides
The two fire points on the left and right quickly lost their voices
Can be 30 meters away from the central bunker
That's their ultimate goal
Blow up the enemy bunkers on the east and west sides
At this point, only the bunker in the middle remains
Under enemy machine gun fire
Wu Goat sacrificed
Huang Jiguang and Xiao Dengliang also fell
It was only thirty or forty meters away from the enemy fire point
At this time, Xiao Dengliang could no longer stand up
Only Huang Jiguang
He also dragged a wounded leg slowly forward
He struggled to throw a grenade at the same time
Also fell to the ground
The grenade blew up only a corner of the bunker
The enemy's machine guns changed their firing holes to continue strafing
The company commander and the instructor's eyes were on fire
I'm getting ready to rush up
At this very critical moment
They suddenly saw it
Charge the road
A figure moved
That figure was Huang Jiguang
He struggled to prop up his body with his injured arm
Struggling to climb in the direction of the bunker
One meter, one meter, one meter
The goal is getting closer
The company commander and instructor held their breath
finally
Huang Jiguang moved
Next to the bunker where tongues of fire are being spat out
Dawn is coming
The door of victory is close at hand
It was as if it was out of reach again
Huang Jiguang had no grenades at this time
He climbed to the dead end of the main bunker shooting
Prop up your upper body vigorously
He stood up hard and straightened up suddenly
Use your own chest that is not broad
Blocked the enemy's fire-breathing machine gun muzzles
Huang Jiguang was lying on the bunker
Both hands grasped the sack
Enemy bullets turned his body into a honeycomb
The flesh and blood are blurred in the chest and abdomen
The back has been pierced
"When I'm needed
I promise not to hesitate to give my life."
Huang Jiguang fulfilled his promise with his life
At this time, the soldiers of the 6th Company rushed out of the trenches
They walked the path that Huang Jiguang had walked
Rushed to the enemy bunker
Shoot all the bullets at the American soldiers
Early morning of October 20, 1952
The battle is over
At this time, the comrades-in-arms found out
Huang Jiguang was still lying on the bunker
His hands were still clutching the sacks on the bunker
Enemy bullets went through his abdomen
A bowl-sized hole was left in the back
February 26, 1953
Huang Jiguang's body was transported back to the motherland
He was buried in the Martyrs' Cemetery of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in Shenyang
March 30, 1953
The Party Committee of the 15th Army posthumously recognized Huang Jiguang as a member of the Communist Party of China
April 8, 1953
Chinese leading organ of the People's Volunteer Army
Posthumously honored Huang Jiguang with special merits
He was posthumously awarded the title of "Special Hero of the Chinese Volunteer Army"
Learned of his son's sacrifice
Huang Jiguang's mother, Deng Fangzhi
Not a single tear was shed
She just sat alone at the entrance of the village
Looking in the direction in which his son left...
Half a year after his brother's death
The mother will be the only able-bodied son in the family, Huang Jishu
It was also sent to the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
Became the 218th Regiment of the 73rd Division of the 23rd Army
A soldier of the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion
In 1953
Mother Huang is a model for the family of a special combat hero
Attended the meeting in Beijing in April of that year
National Women's Congress
At the end of the meeting
She met Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and other state leaders
After that, he was invited to chairman Mao's home in Zhongnanhai as a guest
"Chairman Mao, how are you old man?" Mama Huang said
"Mother Huang, how are you?"
The Chair responded
"You sacrificed a son
I also sacrificed a son
They all sacrificed gloriously
We're all martyrs."
After the meeting
Chairman Mao asked Deng Fangzhi
Visited Zhongnanhai's own home
Expresses the father of a martyr
A tribute to a hero's mother
Old Man Li Jide
He was Huang Jiguang's comrade-in-arms at that time
"December, minus 39°C
The feet are frozen, the hands are frozen
Huang Jiguang climbed up
Block the grenade
Plugged it with his body again..."
Recall the sacrifice of his comrade-in-arms Huang Jiguang
Jia Rugong, a first-class meritorious hero in Shangganling, was in tears
Huang Jiguang's chest was beaten into a honeycomb
His back was empty
Empty
There is no flesh and blood..."
@Steel Age 2011
Press your chest against the muzzle of the flamethrower
Face the cold death with your life
A body of hard bones
Full of pure blood
Huang Jiguang, 21 years old
To be alive is a banner
Falling down is a monument
Source: Central Committee of the Communist Youth League