<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > Preface: At the end of June 2021, a white-haired old man wearing a neat military uniform, with medals hanging on his body in a wheelchair, he was carefully carried into the Great Hall of the People by the staff, this veteran is over ninety years old, and this time he will be awarded the highest honor in the party "July 1st Medal", the old man has a serious look, but his heart is very excited, So why did the appearance of this old man arouse the curiosity of many people at the scene, and who is he? </h1>
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="51" > who Wang Zhanshan is</h1>
In 1929 Wang Zhanshan was born in tangshan, Hebei Province, an ordinary peasant family, since he was born has not had a good day, every day hungry and full, life is very difficult, and Wang Zhanshan's father is the president of the rural association, in this turbulent era, Wang Zhanshan's father also has a pure heart, he is very supportive of the Eighth Route Army, and from a young age under the influence of his father, the young Wang Zhanshan, he had the idea of defending the country, when he was 10 years old, he joined the anti-Japanese children's group and helped the Eighth Route Army to stand guard. Wang Zhanshan's father had the title of "old revolutionary" in the township.
One day in 1946, in a clear space in Fengnan County, Tangshan, a group of ordinary people surrounded by Wuyangyang, and in the middle of the crowd were five men who were tied up with flowers, four of whom were the Eighth Route Army, and the other was Wang Zhanshan. Hearing these words, the surrounding people began to whisper: Isn't this the child of the old Wang family? It's pathetic to be 17 years old! This Kuomintang is really not a good thing.
While everyone was discussing, the crowd of "bang" instantly quieted down, the captain of the security team began to order the soldiers to start the execution, the executioner raised the machete that was dangling brightly, and as the captain of the security team "killed", the knife fell to the ground, and the Eighth Route Army also shouted before the execution: Long live the Eighth Route Army, long live the Communist Party! People's heads fell to the ground and blood splashed everywhere, and ordinary people who had seen such a scene were suddenly frightened and panicked, and some were directly scared away.
With the order of the captain of the security team, four eighth route army soldiers were executed one after another, the open space was stained bright red with blood, and only Wang Zhanshan was left alive for the five personnel, and the captain of the security team saw that he was still young and felt that he could take him under his command, so he said to him: You see that there is no good end against the Kuomintang, see that you are still young, give up the Communist Party, and join the Kuomintang. At this time, Wang Zhanshan watched his brothers being killed one by one, and his heart was full of hatred, and the Leader of the Kuomintang Security Brigade was still trying to win him over, which was really ridiculous!
He said to the Kuomintang: I will die here today, and I will not give up the Communist Party to join the Kuomintang, and if you have the ability, you will kill me! Wang Zhanshan's expression of seeing death made the security captain a little unable to get off the stage, even if he had put the knife on his neck, Wang Zhanshan's expression was not afraid in the slightest, the security captain just wanted to use it to intimidate the common people, so that they did not dare to join the Communist Party, and Wang Zhanshan's attitude officially angered him, so angry that he yelled "kill".
Wang Zhanshan closed his eyes tightly, waiting for the arrival of the god of death, after eighteen years of fighting is a good man, said that it was late and fast, the shelf at this time suddenly sounded a burst of gunfire, the people were frightened by this gunfire to flee around, and the Kuomintang was also startled by this gunfire, they understood that the eighth route army support troops came, and the executioner had already been frightened to flee without a shadow, so Wang Zhanshan was rescued by the Eighth Route Army in time, after being saved by the Eighth Route Army, Wang Zhanshan decided to follow the party, in 1947, The War of Liberation is in full swing, and Wang Zhanshan has passed the test and become a soldier of the People's Liberation Army, and he has performed very well on the battlefield with the spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice, and his yearning has also been realized, that is, to join the Communist Party and save the country and the nation, and in the face of the enemy's overwhelming artillery fire, Wang Zhanshan has not shown the slightest timidity, and his comrade-in-arms asked him: Comrade Wang Zhanshan, after fighting for so many years, are you not afraid? Wang Zhanshan returned firmly: I am not afraid, I was not afraid when the enemy took the knife to my neck.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="56" > solid</h1>
One day in August 1948, Wang Zhanshan was suddenly called to the house by the instructor and said to him: It has been a year since you joined the People's Liberation Army, although your military experience is not long, but your performance on the battlefield is very good, the organization also sees your efforts, so it wants to focus on cultivating you, and now the organization has decided to approve you to join the Communist Party of China! Wang Zhanshan was excited for a long time before he reacted, he couldn't believe his ears and asked happily: Really, instructor? The instructor smiled and said: Can I still lie to you about this, now stand up and read the oath of joining the party with me.
Wang Zhanshan immediately stood and followed the instructor to read out the oath of joining the party word by word, and then the instructor said to Wang Zhanshan in a serious tone: Now you, as a communist, must rush to the front to play a leading role in the war, but don't forget your own safety. "Rest assured, instructor, I don't shoot to death, I will fight wherever the party goes, even if I fight to the end," Wang Zhanshan said firmly.
After Wang Zhanshan joined the Communist Party, he fought more fiercely on the battlefield, and in the forefront of the battlefield, he could always see his figure, he had participated in the Liaoshen Campaign, the Pingjin Campaign, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and the Sino-Indian War, and Wang Zhanshan had made great contributions to the Communist Party, and in large and small battles, Wang Zhanshan's real fame was in the Pingjin Campaign, the capture of Jintang Bridge, even after many years, Wang Zhanshan, who was already dying, still remembered the scene at that time. This old man, who was more than half a hundred years old, almost got up from his chair when he talked about the battle of Jintang Bridge: The battle of Jintang Bridge, the battle flag, was bought with the lives of more than 80 comrades-in-arms of our company!
In 1949, the War of Liberation reached the most critical moment, after the Pingjin Campaign began, Wang Zhanshan followed the team to prepare to carry out the task of capturing the Jintang Bridge, and here, the People's Liberation Army encountered unprecedented obstacles, wanted to attack Tianjin and this is the only place to pass, Chiang Kai-shek sent heavy troops here, it is impossible to break through in a short period of time, and the Kuomintang is heavily guarded, even a fly can not fly, and according to the Kuomintang, it is "solid", the location of the Jintang Bridge is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Wanting to take this place can be described as extremely risky, just when everyone was hesitating, the Party Central Committee issued an urgent order here, we must take the Jintang Bridge!
The instructor who is rich in combat knows that it is undoubtedly a death sentence to rush forward now, so he decided to first take a few fighters to investigate the distribution of the enemy's firepower, and then make a decision, after several investigations, the instructor finally found a weak place of defense, they decided to break through from here, so they began to gather fighters, ready to forcibly break through the Jintang Bridge, our army was ordered to charge to the bottom of the enemy's weakest firepower, the weakest place suddenly flashed with fire, it turned out that there was a bunker camouflaged by the enemy, In the face of fierce enemy artillery fire, the Plaster was suddenly severely damaged.
The instructors and several fighters who led the soldiers to the front line were shot down to the ground, Wang Zhanshan braved the rain forest of bullets to rush to the instructor's side, found that he had no signs of life, the big brother who led himself into the door was sacrificed in this way, Wang Zhanshan was heartbroken, and then he could only rely on Wang Zhanshan to lead the soldiers, the People's Liberation Army had already lost most of the half after a charge, on the contrary, the enemy hid in the bunker, there were no casualties, Wang Zhanshan could only order the soldiers to retreat, He forced himself to calm down and think about the current situation of the battle, he looked around, trying to find a way to break through the enemy, but the People's Liberation Army could not break through the enemy's defense line without heavy weapons, and the only possibility was to blow up the enemy's bunker, but it was impossible to get close to the heavily guarded there, but seeing that the casualties of the soldiers were increasing, Wang Zhanshan decided to take a risk and fight, planning to blow up the bunker against the enemy's artillery fire.
He summoned a few people to organize a commando squad, each with an explosive package, and their task was to send the explosive package to the enemy's bunker to blow up the bunker, to create a breakthrough for the PLA troops, so several people led by Wang Zhanshan secretly sneaked back to the vicinity of the bunker, carefully evaded the enemy's search and slowly approached the bunker, he saw the opportunity to put the explosive pack directly into the enemy's bunker, and before the enemy could react, the bunker was blown to pieces, and Wang Zhanshan had no time to evacuate. It was directly overturned by the powerful impact, and the other bunkers were successfully destroyed by the warriors one after another.
Wang Zhanshan: People are in the position, and they will never take half a step back!
Wang Zhanshan blew up the bunker and successfully created an opportunity for the PLA troops to occupy the Jintang Bridge, the PLA took the Jintang Bridge with a single blow, after a fire duel, the red flag was finally planted on the Jintang Bridge and completed the task of organization, while many soldiers remained on the Jintang Bridge forever, Wang Zhanshan's company from the beginning of more than 100 people to occupy the Jintang Bridge only 24 people, this battle flag was the entire company with more than 80 lives in exchange, and Wang Zhanshan performed well in the battle. He was appointed by his superiors as the squad leader, and Wang Zhanshan, who was promoted to the first rank, was not proud and complacent, but more of a memorial to the victims, he followed the troops to quickly liberate Tianjin, and after the battle, the leader named Wang Zhanshan's company Jintangqiao Company, and took a group photo with the 24 PLA soldiers who survived, and to this day, that photo is still well preserved by Wang Zhanshan.
In 1949, after the victory of the War of Liberation, the founding of New China, originally thought that the war was over, and Wang Zhanshan, after so many years of fighting, could finally take a good rest, who knew that the next year, he received an order from the Party Central Committee to go to Korea to fight, at the beginning of the founding of New China, the US military began to cause war in Korea, in an attempt to burn the flames of war into China's territory, they ignored the warnings of the Chinese, repeatedly bombed China's borders with bombers, crossed the 38th Line, marched toward the Yalu River, and the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea was launched Wang Zhanshan's task was to lead the Chinese Volunteer Army to Korea for the first time.
In 1953, Wang Zhanshan, as a platoon leader of the 7th company and 3 platoons of the 404th Regiment of the 135th Division of the 54th Army of the Volunteer Army, followed the troops across the Yalu River to defend the motherland to Korea, and in early June the Korean armistice agreement was fully reached, but South Korea did not intend to cease war, but also promised to fight with China to the end, and at this time Mao Zedong decided to carry out a strike against South Korea, so the fierce Battle of Jincheng broke out. Wang Zhanshan's task is to lead the 404 regiment to hold the 408.1 and 408.2 highlands, the Battle of Jincheng can be said to be in the entire campaign to resist the United States and aid Korea, his fierceness is no less than the Battle of Chosin Lake, a few days later the entire regiment was almost destroyed, and several regiment cadres were also seriously injured, this year Wang Zhanshan was only 24 years old.
On July 18, before dawn, the enemy's aircraft artillery began to bomb the heights, the US Army under the cover of heavy firepower to press the heights step by step, the company commander of the 2nd Company led the troops to charge into the front, successively repelled the US troops 16 times, but because the gap between the enemy and us was too large, finally the US troops broke through the heights, the 2nd Company Commander when the enemy rushed to the heights, rushed into the enemy alone and pulled a grenade, and suddenly together with the US troops and the 2nd Company Commander were blown to pieces, and only 76 people were left in the entire unit of the 7th Company The cadres of the entire unit also sacrificed one after another, and the instructor called Wang Zhanshan to the front with a strong breath: Lao Wang, I am almost out of my way, and now the soldiers of the whole company have been handed over to you, and you must complete the tasks of the organization and not lose the position. Wang Zhanshanqiang, holding back tears, replied firmly: "People are in the position, and they will never take half a step back!"
The remaining dozens of fighters were ready to die, and with Wang Zhanshan's order, the soldiers were like chicken blood, no matter how the enemy attacked, they stuck to their positions, while the enemy pounced on the high ground wave after wave like they could not finish fighting, and Wang Zhanshan shot at the enemy with the determination to die, and the battle next to him suddenly roared angrily at Wang Zhanshan: Platoon leader, you calm down, if you sacrifice, the brothers will have no one to command. Hearing these words, Wang Zhanshan instantly woke up, he could not die, he also had to lead his brothers to defend the highlands, but also to lead the brothers back to their hometown.
The battle lasted until nightfall, the enemy stopped attacking, and Wang Zhanshan and the volunteers could rest for a while, he was so tired that he sat directly in the trench, the long battle made his hands tremble, the volunteers who had not eaten for a day were now in urgent need of replenishment, and without food Wang Zhanshan led several brothers to start rummaging over the corpses of the American troops, and they relied on a small amount of food to deal with the enemy for the next few days.
In the next four days and four nights of fighting, the US army still launched a fierce attack on our army, the volunteer army desperately confronted the enemy in the case of running out of ammunition, and Wang Zhanshan's body was punched out of 38 bullet holes by the enemy in this battle, but Wang Zhanshan did not flinch, he insisted on commanding his comrades to repel the enemy, and persisted until the arrival of reinforcements, during which they repelled the enemy's 38 charges, annihilated more than 400 enemy troops, and when the support troops arrived, they were all shocked by the situation in front of them, and the corpses on the entire position were scattered in the field. It had become a hell on earth, and they found several surviving warriors among the many corpses, all of them seriously wounded and unable to move, while Wang Zhanshan was found in the corpse pile, and the support troops found him with a breath, so they immediately sent him to the hospital for treatment.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="58" > Wang Zhanshan, who was carried into the People's Hall</h1>
After Wang Zhanshan was taken to the hospital, the doctor looked at his injuries and could not help but sigh: It is a miracle that he can live. After several days of rescue by the doctors, Wang Zhanshan was finally pulled back from the brink of death, and after he woke up, the first thing he asked was: I did not lose my position.
A simple sentence made all the medical personnel present nodding their heads movingly, Wang Zhanshan not only played a Chinese temperament, but also put the US military on the negotiating table, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea officially ended, and Wang Zhanshan was awarded the title of first class and a number of heroes by the Party Central Committee, in 1958, Wang Zhanshan returned to his hometown, and some of the volunteers were personally received by Mao Zedong, in 1979, Wang Zhanshan followed the troops to participate in the Vietnam Counterattack War, he was the deputy commander of the mobile division of the Guangzhou Military Region. In the Liangshan area, he led his troops to inflict heavy damage on the enemy five times, and once again resounded the reputation of Chinese soldiers throughout the world.
In 1987, Wang Zhanshan, who should have enjoyed his old age in peace, began to tell the red revolutionary story to his children in school after retirement, so that these future flowers of the motherland could grow more healthily, and in 2021, he was received by the Great Hall of the People and awarded the July 1st Medal, and when Wang Zhanshan's century was made public, it caused quite a stir in China.
From the War of Liberation to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and then to the founding of New China, without them there would be no us today, and Wang Zhanshan witnessed the history of the rise and fall of our country, and Wang Zhanshan thought that he was not so powerful, he just did what he should do, after returning to his hometown from Beijing, Wang Zhanshan more actively threw himself into party building, and whenever someone advised him: You are a lot older, there is no need to work so hard, it is time to enjoy the blessings.
Wang Zhanshan smiled and shook his head: "People can retire, but if I am a party member for a day, I will be a party member for life, and I will use the rest of my time to reflect the value." Wang Zhanshan, who is 92 years old, still thinks about doing things for the party and the country at all times, such a spirit is really worthy of our worship and pursuit, and he truly experiences the spirit of selfless dedication in his body, which is the brightest star in China, and old heroes like Wang Zhanshan and all the veterans of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression express their highest respect!