In 1950, Changjin Lake staged the most tragic battle since the founding of New China, and countless stories of song and tears emerged. On the south bank of the Cheongcheon River in North Korea, 1,178 martyrs are buried together, and on Mount Songyue, there are 12,000 martyrs' monuments...
Although decades have passed, their heroic deeds still affect generations of people.
Kong Qingsan was born in 1926 to a poor peasant family on the outskirts of Jinan, Shandong Province. He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1948, joined the Communist Party in 1949, and entered the Korean War in 1950. He was the squad leader of the Artillery Regiment of the 80th Division of the 27th Army. On November 27, 1950, in order to cover the task of the troops in the Battle of Sungshin-ri, Chosin-gun, Hamnam-do, North Korea, he put his shoulder against the gun mount so that the artillery could be fired normally, annihilating more than 40 enemies, but he himself died heroically.
When Kong Qingsan was 12 years old, the Japanese devils occupied his hometown and burned and looted in Jinan, followed by the death of his grandfather, the unemployment of his father, and the poverty of the Kong family. In 1942, when the traitors wanted to build a yamen and occupy his family's wheat field, Kong Qingsan's father only said that he would not want the people to live", so he was arrested and imprisoned, and he was killed the next year. Since then, the young Kong Qingsan has shouldered the burden of the whole family, and swore in his heart that he would take care of his mother and younger siblings and would avenge his father!
In 1945, after the surrender of Japan, Kong Qingsan originally thought that he could avenge his grievances, but the original bully turned around and changed, put on the Uniform of the Kuomintang, and still rode on the poor, not only that, Kong Qingsan was also arrested by the Kuomintang.
In the Kuomintang troops, Kong Qingsan did not know how many beatings he suffered, until the People's Liberation Army liberated Weixian County, he took off his Kuomintang uniform, joined the People's Liberation Army and joined the 92nd Infantry Artillery Company.
In September, Kong Qingsan participated in the campaign to liberate Jinan, and during the attack, suddenly a bunker fired a criminal bullet, Kong Qingsan's deputy squad leader was killed, the squad leader was wounded, and at this critical juncture, Kong Qingsan shouted, "Comrades, come with me, avenge the squad leader!" Rushing to the enemy's position, with the help of three other comrades-in-arms successfully blew up the enemy's bunker, clearing the way for the troops to advance.
After the liberation of Jinan, Kong Qingsan's garrison was more than a dozen miles away from home, but Kong Qingsan, who shouted every day before the war and went home to see after victory, was deterred by his hometown close at hand, but desperately practiced shooting techniques.
During a day off, the instructor asked him why he didn't go to rest, and he replied, "Instructor, I can't rest." I can see clearly how the squad leader and the deputy squad leader and several comrades were sacrificed and injured, and when I think of this, my heart is uncomfortable, I want to practice my skills and avenge them! ”
The instructor said, "Good! However, practicing technology can not be rushed... Alas, Kong Qingsan, your home is so close, don't you want to go home and have a look? The leader approves you to go home! ”
Kong Qingsan was very excited, but he didn't know what to say.
The next day, when he was getting ready to go home, the instructor stopped him again and asked him what he had prepared!
"I'm not ready, go back to see my mother, stay one night and come back!" Kong Qingsan replied.
The instructor smiled and asked him what if his mother asked him to stay?
Kong Qingsan didn't know how to answer at once, but he secretly decided that he must come back and never leave the revolutionary ranks!
When Kong Qingsan learned from his mother that after the tragic experience of his family after he left in the past few years, Kong Qingsan said: "Mother. Without liberating all of China, I can't come back! ”
Unexpectedly, Mother Kong shook her head and said, "Child, you didn't hear your mother's meaning clearly, I told you the difficulties and pains in your family, I want you to remember, you must fight a good war, avenge your grandfather and father... Child, the mother is reluctant to you, but you are taking the right path, the mother can not pull your hind legs, the mother is not that kind of stupid person! ”
Kong Qingsan heard her expectations for herself from her mother's words and said firmly: "Mother, I must remember what you said and fight well." ”
Kong Qingsan, who returned to the army, exercised himself more diligently and demanded himself more strictly. Before the troops were ready to participate in the Battle of Huaihai, Kong Qingsan found an instructor and applied to join the party.
"Why did you join the party?" The instructor asked him.
"The party has saved me, saved my whole family, I will always follow the party, and now there is going to be a war, you said that the Communists must go to the forefront, but I am not yet a Communist!"
During the Battle of Huaihai, Kong Qingsan braved enemy fire to push the artillery into the open area in front of him and blew up the enemy's bunkers. During the Battle of Poison Arrow, he carried a 120-pound cannon barrel and chased after the enemy. During the exercise of liberating the Zhoushan Islands to attack warships, many ordinary people said, "There is no kung fu of flying cornices to walk the wall, don't think about climbing to the top." But Kong Qingsan was carrying a 120-kilogram gun barrel, and after many efforts, he finally climbed to the top.
Kong Qingsan's bravery and heightened consciousness won the unanimous affirmation of his commanders and fighters, and in November 1949, he joined the Communist Party as he wished.
After the outbreak of the Korean War, in order to defend the country, the Chinese Volunteer Army resolutely marched to the battle of life and death.
In October 1950, MacArthur boasted that he could end the Korean War before Christmas, mobilizing more than 200,000 troops on the East and West lines to march toward the Yalu River.
The U.S. Army on the Eastern Front consisted mainly of the 1st Marine Division and the 7th Infantry Division, plus one brigade each from Britain and Turkey, totaling about 65,000 men.
Responsible for blocking this part of the enemy is the 9th Corps of the Chinese Volunteer Army, which is composed of 150,000 people from the 20th Army, 26th Army and 27th Army. Due to insufficient preparation and covert marching, these 150,000 people are lightly armed and simple, and even the warm clothing is not enough, facing the superior firepower of the US army, the battle is very difficult.
In order to be able to stop the enemy in Xinxingli, Kong Qingsan and his comrades braved the severe cold, wore single clothes, and quickly marched in the lofty mountains, and it took 8 days to reach the place in front of Xinxingli.
On the third day after they arrived at the position, a meeting of cadres above the shift was held in the regiment.
Seeing that the squad leader had gone to a meeting, the soldiers speculated that there must be an important task, but they were afraid that they would not be able to take the important task, and they had been waiting anxiously.
In the afternoon, when Kong Qingsan returned, the soldiers came forward to inquire about the news.
"Squad leader, don't let other classes eat meat, let's drink soup!"
"This time there are hard bones to chew!" Kong Qingsan then told the soldiers about the meeting and said that he had grabbed the hardest task.
Originally, when the chief arranged the task, he said that the 8th Company in charge of the main attack should be equipped with an artillery squad, and all the squad leaders surrounded it to grab the task.
Kong Qingsan reported to the chief: "In our class of young people, all the newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and the first gunner Yi Huidong and the second gunner Li Shengyong fight the sea and cross the Yangtze River to deal with the enemy bunkers. Entrusting the task to our class will only win glory for the motherland and will never disgrace the motherland! ”
It was with this speech that Kong Qingsan won the most important task of this battle for the 5th class.
At 6 p.m., the 5th class set off, and later, in order to climb the hill, everyone dismantled the cannon and climbed the mountain with the cannon on their backs.
At this time, the battle between the 8th Company and the enemy had begun, and Kong Qingsan ordered his men to assemble the cannons and find the company commander himself. At this time, the 8th Company Commander and Deputy Company Commander were waiting for them...
"Fifth squad leader, you see over there, there is a separate house in front of the hill, the enemy's fire is from under that house, the two demolition men we sent have been sacrificed, whether this battle can be won or not depends on whether you can eliminate this fire point."
The deputy squad leader then said: "Fifth squad leader, on the left side of the post is a big mountain, on the right is a small ditch, there is no terrain to take advantage of, and the direct fire cannon cannot be mounted behind the hill..."
The deputy squad leader's meaning was obvious, and the difficulty of setting up the cannon was too great.
The deputy squad leader pointed to the front and said, "You see, there are only a dozen meters in front of you, and you have not yet left the power circle of the shell explosion, which is very dangerous!" ”
But Kong Qingsan said without hesitation, "It doesn't matter! Company commander, five squads guaranteed to complete the task! ”
Kong Qingsan and his soldiers braved the enemy's gunfire and bullets to push the cannon to the top of the hill, but they could not find a place where the cannon could stand. They planed around, leaving only a little white mark on the ice.
Just when he was in a hurry, Kong Qingsan looked at the stone under his feet, and suddenly had a way, he shaved a few times in front of the stone, revealing a small nest, the soldiers hurriedly lowered their bodies to move the artillery over, and their left leg just stepped on the top of the small nest, and everyone was relieved.
But suddenly, someone shouted, "No! "It turns out that the right pillar is already tilted up more than a foot high, so how can such a one-legged cannon hit the enemy target!"
At this point the attack was about to begin, and the comrades of the assault were ready, all waiting for the artillery, while the soldiers of the artillery squad were watching their squad leaders. At this time, Kong Qingsan's head was oozing sweat...
The enemies in the distance were converging, every minute there were enemy bullets tilting down, every minute there would be warriors falling, Kong Qingsan knew that time could not be delayed any longer, and every minute decided victory and defeat.
Time seemed to have passed a long time, and as if a moment had passed, Kong Qingsan finally seemed to have made up his mind and said to Li Shengyong and Yi Huidong:
"Aim! Fire immediately. ”
"Fire? How does this work? ”
"Okay! I have a way! Kong Qingsan replied firmly.
After Li Shengyong leaned down to aim, he heard Kong Qingsan shouting, "Okay, get ready to shoot!" ”
"Squad leader, you..."
Everyone looked back, and it turned out that Kong Qingsan had inserted a shovel into the lifting ring behind the right pillar, and the shovel was against the ground, and he held the shovel handle tightly with his hand, pulled it backwards with all his strength, and used his shoulder against the pillar hoe.
People who know a little bit of artillery knowledge know that the recoil of the Type 92 infantry gun is very large, let alone a person, even if a sack weighing hundreds of pounds is pressed on it, it will also be shocked. What is even more dangerous is that the five squads are within the circle of gunfire, and if they are not concealed, they will completely become the target of shrapnel.
"Quick! fast! Pull the fire!" Kong Qingsan still urged behind him, for the sake of victory, in order to destroy the enemy, he opened everything up.
The soldiers were dripping blood in their hearts, but everyone understood that military orders were like mountains and could not tolerate private feelings. Yi Huidong looked back at his squad leader, and finally slammed the cannon...
Just when Yihui pulled the artillery from the east, Li Shengyong, in order to reduce the burden on the squad leader, also threw himself close to the right column hoe and tightened the collar with both hands.
The artillery sounded, the enemy's house collapsed, the fifth class successfully completed the task, Li Shengyong was thrown aside by the recoil force of the right column hoe and fainted, while Kong Qingsan was shot through the stomach by a large piece of shrapnel, and the powerful recoil force lifted him to the bottom of the hill...
The soldiers of the assault, like a waterfall, rushed out of the ditch and rushed to Xinxingli.
The deputy company commander and soldiers rushed to Kong Qingsan, hugged him and shouted:
"Kong Qingsan! Kong Qing three !......"
"Squad leader! !...... the squad leader"
But they could no longer call back their dear comrades-in-arms.
Kong Qingsan sacrificed his precious life for the motherland and the people, and his deeds quickly spread to all corners of the battlefield, inspiring the soldiers to fight more bravely. He was also posthumously awarded the title of "Special Meritorious Service" and "First Class Combat Hero of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army".
Kong Qingsan's name is forever engraved on the shore of Chosin Lake", the "Memorial Tower of the Volunteer Army Martyrs", which will always live in the hearts of the motherland and the people.