I wonder if you have ever seen a movie called " Garland Under the Mountain ". In this movie, Commander Lei, as the commander of the army, personally sent his only son to the battlefield of the Vietnam counterattack, and unfortunately died. Do you think this is just a movie plot?
The reality is even more cruel than this.
After the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam started in 1979, Liu Bin, commander of the Baoshan Army Division, sat on the front line and personally directed the battle. His wife Wang Changqun also came to the front line as a service member.
The eldest son Liu Guang
However, what he did not expect was that Liu Guang, the son of Liu Bin, gave up the hard-won opportunity to go to college and applied to the organization to return to the army and continue fighting on the front line.
At this time, as the eldest son of the commander, he had just been engaged . Regardless of his mother's opposition, he resolutely embarks on the battlefield where his life is at risk at any time. When his mother saw that she couldn't persuade him, she left him alone. Liu Guang also wrote a letter to his mother before leaving:
""My father was born and died on the battlefield. Mom, you also participated in the revolution at the age of 15. I think you will slowly understand your son's heart. ...".
Liu Guang, who returned to the front-line troops, became a scout. After Liu Guang's arrival, his troops quickly entered the battlefield of the Vietnam War. In this battle, Liu Guang completed the battle in 58 days. More than 40 reconnaissance and arrest missions. Not long after he returned to the army, he won the second-class merit for his outstanding performance. However, in December 1981, he left forever.
On December 5, Liu Guangzhi. At that time, he was already the deputy company commander of his unit. As usual, he led the team to complete the reconnaissance mission. However, in this mission, they encountered unprecedented difficulties
because they encountered minefields, and they had to. These landmines must be cleared. Liu Guang took the lead in clearing several landmines, but one of his comrades accidentally touched a mine. In order to save his comrades, Liu Guangfen ignored the danger and accidentally touched it. Another landmine made a loud noise, and Liu Guang died heroically. He was only 22 years old when he died.
After his death, Liu Guang brought endless grief to his mother, but his father just said "This is the duty of a soldier."
However, the white head overnight seemed to tell us something, but it also seemed to tell us nothing.
The second son Liu Ming
After learning that his eldest brother had unfortunately died, Liu Ming also made a decision that shocked his family.
Liu Ming took the initiative to apply to participate in the front-line battle. According to the regulations at that time, because his brother had already sacrificed, he did not have to join the battle order, but he still insisted on participating.
Similarly, before leaving, his second son Liu Ming also asked. The mother left a letter
"I am not doing this out of a hothead. Being able to fight for the motherland and the dignity of the nation, I feel extremely happy and happy even if I die..."
What the mother did not expect was that this letter from her youngest son would eventually become his suicide note.
The Battle of Songmaoling in the Vietnam counterattack was particularly cruel, and it was here that Liu Ming's troops faced fierce attacks by the Vietnamese army and fought back again and again. However, modern warfare. It's not just a charge.
The Vietnamese army Song, who couldn't be conquered for a long time, began to jump over the wall and frantically began to throw countless artillery shells at our army's position in Songmaoling. The air-raid shelter capacity of Liu Ming's unit was limited. As the commander, he took the initiative. He let the injured and other comrades hide in, while he was guarding the entrance of the air raid shelter alone. Unexpectedly, a shell happened to fall where Liu Ming was.
Liu Ming died heroically on the spot, and his mother was only 21 years old. Before he could get over the grief of his eldest son, he received the bad news again, and he fainted on the spot. As a father, Liu Bin could only hide in the office and cry silently in the face of the successive deaths of his two sons.
Daughter and Son-in-law
What is unexpected is that just three days after receiving the bad news about his youngest son Liu Ming, Liu Bin, as the leader of the army, once again sent his son-in-law and daughter to the battlefield.
The organization considered that five members of his family would join the war, and his two sons died for the country, so they decided that the son-in-law should stay and take care of the elderly. And Liu Bin said: "My son-in-law is a master's surgeon and needs to go to the front line for training. My two sons died because of failure to rescue them in time. Let him go, save one more wounded person and one less sacrifice."
After the battle, My daughter and son-in-law returned safely.
Conclusion
In this battle, a family of six people fought on the battlefield. As the commander, Liu Bin was the only two men in the family who died in the battle. The family was called the contemporary " Yang Family Generals ", and they deserved it!
On April 20, 2010, Liu Bin completed 86 years of his life and left us forever.
