According to Xinhua News Agency (reporter Wang Zhi) in Wangsheren Village, Licheng District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, Kong Qingsan's heroic deeds can be described as well-known.
Kong Qingsan, born in 1926 in a poor family, joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army in 1948 and served as a gunner and squad leader of the 92nd Infantry Artillery Company of the 27th Army. Subsequently, he participated in the Battle of Jinan, the Battle of Huaihai, and the Battle of Crossing the River. In 1949, he joined the Communist Party of China.
In November 1950, Kong Qingsan joined the Chinese Volunteer Army and served as the 5th Squad Leader of the 92nd Artillery Company of the 80th Division of the 27th Army. He participated in the Second Campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and carried out the task of blocking the Eastern Front of the Korean Battlefield.
On November 27, the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army launched a campaign to encircle and annihilate the invading American forces at Sungshin-ri, Chogjin County, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea. The third squad of Kong Qing was assigned to the 8th Company of sharp knife infantry of the main attack force, performing the task of covering the advance of the assault troops. The fighting was fierce. A U.S. military fire point spewed tongues of fire, and the 8th Company commando was blocked, forming a confrontation with the U.S. army.
Due to the small guard, the gun could not shoot directly. Kong Qingsan decisively pushed the infantry artillery with a killing radius of 25 meters to a small post only 20 meters away from the target, and immediately built a fortification on the ice. But the ridge was full of ice, light and hard, and it was impossible to build a position. At this time, the US troops fleeing from the ditch are running towards Xinxingli, and if the US troops are allowed to converge in Xinxingli, the consequences will be very serious. The situation is urgent. Regardless of his body, Kong Qingsan resolutely pressed his shoulder against the right bracket of the cannon and resolutely ordered the cannon to be fired. With the fire of the shell explosion, the US military fire point was destroyed, more than 40 US troops were annihilated, and the road of the commando team was opened, but Kong Qingsan was hit by the recoil of the infantry artillery, and another shrapnel was hit in the abdomen, and he died heroically.
In order to commend Kong Kyung-san's heroic deeds, in 1952, the leading organ of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army posthumously awarded him the title of "First Class Combat Hero of the Chinese Volunteer Army", and engraved his name on the "Volunteer Martyrs Memorial Tower" on the shore of Chosin Lake in North Korea.
People's Daily (2019.07.11 15th edition)