At the end of the Korean War, Luo Shengjiao, a soldier of the 47th Army of the Volunteer Army, sacrificed his life to save a North Korean teenager who fell into an ice cave. However, he should have been treated as a hero, but in the first report, he was designated as a "non-combat attrition" and reported as an ordinary drowning accident. This judgment almost made the hero a "war in violation of discipline".
Luo Shengjiao, whose original name was Yucheng, was born in 1931 in Xinhua County, Hunan Province, and joined the army in 1949. After the outbreak of the Korean War, it was incorporated into the 141st Division of the 47th Army of the Volunteer Army and went to fight in Korea as a reconnaissance company. After the 47th Army entered the DPRK, the Korean War has entered the middle and late stages, the two sides began to negotiate at Panmunjom, but talked about fighting, and soon, the skies over the Korean Peninsula were once again densely clouded with war doubts, and the US military launched the so-called "Autumn Offensive".
Luo Shengjiao's unit was ordered to ambush the passing American troops in Ngau-tail Cave. As a military document, Luo Shengjiao did not need to go to the front line at the beginning of the war. But Luo Shengjiao took a few grenades, found the company commander, and asked to join the battle. At the repeated request of Luo Shengjiao, the company commander agreed to let him go into battle, but could not go to the front, and was only responsible for covering the wounded.
After the troops finished repairing, it began to rain heavily in the sky. Shortly after dawn, the front reported that the U.S. troops had entered the ambush circle. Soon the two sides exchanged fire, and the Americans relied on heavy firepower to attack the mountain where the Luo Sheng Sect was located, trying to pull out the nail that was inserted across the road as soon as possible.
Soon, the U.S. army touched it, and the two sides launched a tug-of-war on the position. At this time, Luo Shengjiao noticed that not far away, there was a warrior with serious injuries in the shoulder and head. Luo Shengjiao immediately jumped out of the fortification and crawled towards the wounded. After a while, he came to the wounded and skillfully bandaged them.
Luo Shengjiao saw that the wounded were seriously injured, and simple bandaging was no longer enough, and they must be sent down the mountain for treatment. He picked up the wounded man on his back and hurried down the hill. After settling the wounded man, Luo Shengjiao climbed back to the position, and at this time, the battle on the position was even more intense. The U.S. military is fighting back, and the U.S. military is pouring in more and more.
The Luo Sheng Sect looked around for wounded warriors. Just at this moment, there was a sudden scream and scolding sound from the front. Luo Shengjiao ran over to see a warrior wrestling with the tall American army.
This was the first time that the Luo Sheng Sect had observed the US military so closely. Only to see him pick up a gun next to him, quickly step forward, and give the AMERICAN troops a heavy butt. The two joined forces to subdue the U.S. military. Luo Shengjiao picked up the grenade on the ground, briefly bandaged the soldier, and continued to search for the wounded.
After the failure of the Autumn Offensive, the two sides returned to the negotiating table. The 47th Army was ordered to rest, and Luo Shengjiao's reconnaissance company, because it had just experienced a brutal ambush battle, was sent to Ishida to take a big rest, and spent New Year's Day here in 1952.
Luo Shengjiao
While recuperating, Luo Shengjiao came into contact with the Korean people in the nearby village while training, and soon became familiar with them. On January 2, after performing his morning exercises, Luo Shengjiao suddenly remembered that when he was training by the river yesterday, two grenades that had not exploded had not yet been found. He went to the river with his comrade-in-arms Song Huiyun to look for it.
While Luo Shengjiao was looking down, he suddenly heard the cries of several North Korean children not far away. Luo Shengjiao looked up, only to see a few skating teenagers, who were gathered around an ice cave, pointing and pointing, and in the distance, Luo Shengjiao also vaguely saw that there was a teenager struggling in the ice cave.
Someone fell into the water! Luo Shengjiao couldn't manage so much, so he quickly ran over, and while running, Luo Shengjiao also threw his hat, cotton clothes, etc. on his body to the ice behind him. After arriving at the ice cave, the anxious looks of several teenagers confirmed his suspicions, and he quickly took off his cotton pants and cotton shoes, pounced, and jumped into the ice cave.
At that time, the surface of the river was frozen, and under the ice layer, there was a rush of water. The Luo Sheng Sect did not know how deep the river was. After jumping into the water for a long time, Luo Shengjiao did not find the teenager. Finally, Luo Shengjiao couldn't hold back, and surfaced, revealing his wet head and exhaling heavily. After a while, he got into the water again.
At this time, the cold wind suddenly became larger, and several layers of ice on the ice surface became unstable, making a slight impact sound, and the ice surface had become unsafe. After a while, Luo Shengjiao drilled out of the water, this time, his face had been frozen white, his teeth were clenched tightly, and his body was shivering. He opened his mouth, exhaled heavily, gritted his teeth, and burrowed into the water to save the teenager whose life and death were unknown.
Soon, shortly after Luo Shengjiao's third drill into the water, the surface of the water shook for a while, and then several teenagers saw two small hands sticking out of the water, and immediately revealed their heads, which were their partners who fell into the water. Everyone held their breath and watched this tense moment.
Only to see the teenager struggling to grasp the edge of the ice cave, trying to climb up, only to see his two thin arms tightly grasping the edge, is climbing hard, the teenager climbed up the ice surface little by little, unexpectedly, the ice surface collapsed again, the teenager fell into the ice cave again.
At this time, Song Huiyun, a comrade-in-arms of the Luo Sheng Sect, arrived with a grenade. Seeing the clothes of Luo Shengjiao in the distance, he immediately understood that Luo Shengjiao had gone into the water to save people. Unable to swim, he was in a hurry, pulled his leg and ran back, saw a telephone pole at the entrance of the village, and carried it on.
When he returned, Luo Shengjiao had already revealed the surface of the water, took a deep breath, and sank to the bottom of the water, holding up the teenager who had just fallen into the water, and the teenager appeared on the water again, seeing that Luo Shengjiao was about to lift the teenager onto the ice, and suddenly the ice collapsed again, and the teenager fell into the water with ice.
At this time, Luo Shengjiao once again drilled out of the water, his face had been frozen purple, and his two arms were constantly trembling. Song Huiyun rushed back with the pole, and he hurriedly stretched out the pole. Luo Sheng taught the situation, sank into the water again, and used his head and shoulders to push the teenager out of the water. The teenager clutched the telephone pole tightly and was pulled out of the water by Song Huiyun.
Teenager in the water
After Song Huiyun pulled up the fallen teenager, he quickly continued the name of the Great Khorasan Sect and tried to use the same method to pull him up, but the Luosheng Sect never surfaced again, and remained in the glacier forever.
Soon, the Korean compatriots and comrades-in-arms rushed over, and everyone worked together to smash the ice and fish out Luo Shengjiao. However, the young man's heart stopped beating forever.
After Luo Shengjiao's sacrifice, his unit, without knowing what the reason was, only treated it as a general drowning accident, and also reported Luo Shengjiao's sacrifice as a "non-combat attrition", and also informed the companies of the accident. This characterization makes it easy for people to think about the "violating discipline warriors." If it were not for the rescued young man's family and the North Korean compatriots who knew how to be grateful, it would have been over.
One day, Ye Jianmin, commander of the 141st Division, had just left the regiment and returned to the division headquarters in Ishidali. As soon as he arrived at the door, he found that the door had already been surrounded by North Korean people, and one by one he looked very excited, surrounded by three layers of the outer three floors, the people inside could not come out, and the people outside could not enter. Ye Jianmin thought that something big had happened and quickly got out of the car to inquire.
Ye Jianmin
When I inquired, I learned that a soldier named Luo Shengjiao, who was far away from the reconnaissance company, had unfortunately died because he had saved a North Korean teenager Who had fallen into the water, Choe Ying. These North Koreans came here to ask the troops if they could bury Luo Shengjiao according to North Korean customs, and a 55-year-old Korean aunt, Yuan Shannu, also said with tears in her eyes that she was willing to give her grave to Luo Shengjiao and let him sleep peacefully on this land.
Looking at the Korean compatriots who were emotional and tearful, Ye Jianmin, who had experienced hundreds of battles and was accustomed to life and death, was also moved. He immediately said that he would definitely handle this matter well.
After going back, Ye Jianmin was very confused, how could he not know such a touching thing! He quickly summoned the chief of the Propaganda Section and the Direct Engineering Section and asked, "Do you know that there is a soldier in the reconnaissance company named Luo Shengjiao, who unfortunately sacrificed himself in order to save a North Korean teenager who fell into the water?" ”
One of the section chiefs replied: "The matter of Luo Shengjiao has been reported to the army as a "non-combat attrition," and the drowning accident of Luo Shengjiao has also been reported to the whole division, so that everyone can pay attention to the fact that there is no reaction in the army at present. ”
Hearing this, Ye Jianmin was a little annoyed: "Accident? I'm afraid you haven't understood it yourself! At this time, he also remembered that a few days ago, he had read a drowning notice, and at that time, he did not mention that Luo Shengjiao was sacrificed because of saving people, and he also regarded it as a general accident handling.
Unexpectedly, if it were not for the fact that the Korean compatriots had found the division headquarters today, they really did not know that Luo Shengjiao was sacrificed to save people. The whole division up and down, there is too much work on rest and rectification, many cadres have gone to the company to reorganize, there are not enough manpower, every day big and small things, thousands of things, may also be neglected, thinking of this, Ye Jianmin suppressed the anger, said in a serious tone: "The correct conclusion should be placed after the investigation and study, go, we will go to the scene now." ”
Ye Jianmin braved the bitter cold of more than thirty degrees below zero, led two section chiefs and several guards, and drove directly to the village where the reconnaissance company was stationed. The mother of the teenager Cui Ying, who fell into the water, heard that the volunteer army division commander had come in person, and quickly took Cui Ying to see Ye Jianmin.
While Cui Ying's mother led everyone to the scene of the incident, she tearfully repeated the luo shengjiao's rescue process. When Ye Jianmin came to the river where Luo Shengjiao saved people, the ice cave was still there, and at this time, the ice surface was already much stronger, Ye Jianmin walked over and looked down at the size of the ice cave.
This ice cave is relatively small, and it is entirely possible for young Cui Ying to fall from this ice cave, but Luo Shengjiao is tall and exhausted in the process of saving people, and it is difficult to break through the ice and jump up on her own. Obviously, Luo Shengjiao's sacrifice was to save people, which was different from ordinary drowning accidents.
After returning home, Ye Jianmin decided that the sacrifice of Luo Shengjiao, like the heroic sacrifice on the battlefield, and at the same time support the wishes of the Korean people, would bury Luo Sheng on the spot. Finally, the accident report of Luo Shengjiao was revoked, and in the name of the 141st Division, he asked the army for Luo Shengjiao's credit.
The next day, the memorial service of Luo Shengjiao was held in Shitian, attended by more than 2,000 people, and the 47th Army fired 21 cannons to express its respect for Luo Shengjiao. Without the persistence of Division Commander Ye Jianmin and the Zhi'en Tu Bao of the Korean compatriots, I am afraid that this hero's story would be drowned in the long river of history.