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In 1953, a military jeep was parked at the entrance of the Henan Provincial People's Government Guesthouse.
At that time, a group of people in military uniforms walked into the station in a hurry and asked:
"Do you know where Lei Baosen is?"
Hearing this name, everyone couldn't help but start talking.
Because This person is just a taciturn cleaner in the guesthouse with fast legs and feet .
You can't imagine what connection he has with the army.
What is shocking is that after they found the cleaner, they saluted him immediately.
The leader of the soldier even stepped forward, held his rough hand, and choked with excitement;
"Old hero, we have been looking for you for a long time!"
Hearing this, Lei Baosen also tried his best to stand up straight and saluted him with a standard standard.
And he is the protagonist of the missing person notice published in " People's Daily " not long ago - Resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea combat hero Lei Baosen.
Lee Baosen
Two completely different identities scared the people around them to their eyes widen.
Only Lei Baosen himself, shook his head silently and said:
"I can't stand it, I can't bear it, I was unable to bear it back then..."
In his tearful narration, the long-sanctified thing finally surfaced...
Resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, bravely charged, and jumped on the cliff without fear in the face of danger
In October 1950, the US military openly crossed the "Three·Eighth Line" in an attempt to occupy the entire North Korea.
At the same time, enemy planes invaded Chinese airspace many times and bombed Dandong area.
The war is about to burn to Yalu River .
In order to defend the new regime, under Chairman Mao's wise decision, our government made the decision to "resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, defend the country and the country."
On October 19 of the same year, under the leadership of General Peng Dehuai, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army crossed the Yalu River with great confidence and went to the Korean battlefield in batches.
At that time, Lei Baosen's team was adapted into the 26th Army of the Volunteer Army and entered North Korea in November to participate in the war.
Resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea
Due to our army's unexpected fighting style and the heroic fighting of the soldiers, the first three battles to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea achieved phased victory;
broke the myth of the enemy's invincibility in one fell swoop and crushed their arrogant idea of "end the battle before Christmas".
However, as the front line lengthens, problems such as insufficient supply and backward equipment in our army have gradually emerged.
"United Nations Army " seized this opportunity and quickly concentrated troops and supplies;
and began to crazily crack down on the Volunteer Army supply line in January 1951.
At this point, the fourth battle to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea began.
, and the 26th Army where Lei Baosen is located is ordered to be responsible for the defense work of this battle.
Although the 26th Army is at a disadvantage in terms of weapons and equipment and personnel.
But the soldiers did not retreat at all, rushed to the front line without hesitation, and carried out various blocking and defensive battles with the enemy.
At that time, they had only one belief in their hearts:
"Treat all difficulties and fight to the end."
And among them, the most famous battle was Qifengshan Battle .
On March 22, 1951, the 26th Army was preparing to launch four lines 40 kilometers on the front and 55 kilometers in depth from Longyuanli in the west and Houping in the east.
This move is intended to implement mobile defense and be ready to wage fierce war with the "United Nations Army" at any time.
At that time, Lei Baosen was the squad leader of the 4th squad of the 9th Company of the 234th Regiment of the 78th Division of the 26th Army .
His mission is to lead the whole class and a bazooka team (a total of 9 soldiers) to set up an ambush formation in Qifeng Mountain next to Qingtan River.
Among them, the 299.3 highland is its outpost.
The terrain is narrow and long, and on the west side is Qingtan River; on the left side of
The hillside is more than 3 meters high and about 200 meters long.
Highway is below the cliff and is the only way for the "United Nations Army" to attack Qifeng Mountain.
Two days later, Lei Baosen led the soldiers to the 299.3 Highland.
Immediately afterwards, he quickly reconnaissed the terrain, analyzed the situation, and made plans in his mind.
is just as the saying goes, three cobblers are the ones Zhuge Liang .
In order to brainstorm, Lei Baosen decided to hold a meeting first to discuss with everyone.
For a moment, the soldiers started to discuss fiercely with each word.
Some people think that setting up an ambush on the end of the road, and attacking it from front to back;
Some people also suggest hiding on the side of the road, waiting for the enemy to approach, and then using the bazooka and grenade to attack...
"Everyone makes sense! This time we will have a 'pocket array'."
After listening to everyone's speech, Lei Baosen immediately stood up and concentrated his ideas.
And the formation in his mouth refers to:
digging a crescent-shaped trench behind the cliff, and all personnel used it to cover it.
At the same time, both ends of the trench are directly inserted into the highway from both sides of the cliff to facilitate later combat.
Enemy Tank came up, the bazooka team followed my order and beat the enemy's first tank first. I'll take the last one. In this way, block the enemy tanks inside. The machine gun team then blocked the enemy infantry. Finally, we all went together to clean up these iron turtles who could not move. Everyone said, won or not?
Lei Baosen spoke Henan dialect and said excitedly.
As soon as the captain's arrangements were heard, the soldiers and soldiers also answered confidently:
"Come!"
said it soon, and everyone immediately went to the trenches to build.
During this period, Lei Baosen also asked the soldiers to transform some existing fortifications on the mountain into fake fortifications.
Because based on the experience summarized in previous battles, the "United Nations Army" will almost dispatch planes first and bomb our position every time it attacks.
Lei Baosen can arrange a "mazen array" for the enemy and attract enemy planes.
It seems that everything is ready but the east wind is not available.
What surprised everyone was that they had been ambushing here for a whole three days and never saw the enemy.
North Korea in early spring is still biting cold, making people tremble with cold.
Many soldiers' trousers' legs are wet, and their skin also has a certain degree of frostbite.
The dry food on the body is also difficult to swallow because the weather is too cold.
The most important thing is that such a careful design cannot wait for the enemy, and some young soldiers are inevitably a little impatient.
But when I turned around, I saw Lei Baosen's eyes were like torch, staring at the foot of the mountain, with no anxiety on his face.
In response to this, he couldn't help but ask Lei Baosen:
"Squad leader, it's been several days, and even the US military's Mao hasn't seen it. Do you think they won't go here?"
"Don't panic, this road is the only suitable way for them to support in detours, and it's probably on the road."
Lei Baosen Qi sinks into Dantian , and while continuing to reconnaissance, he patiently answers his subordinates' questions.
Obviously, his judgment is correct.
Not long after, a deafening sound came from the southwest of the position.
looked closely and saw 12 enemy tanks, a jeep and a hundred people entering this area.
At that moment, everyone couldn't help but take a deep breath, and there was still a little shock and worry in their hearts.
No one expected that the US military sent twelve tanks.
But they only have 9 people.
Others think this is simply an impossible task to complete with an egg hitting a stone.
But this emotion quickly dissipated under the agitation of Ray Baosen.
"We should not be distracted, fight step by step as planned!
even if it is a hard bone, we must chew it!
even if it is sacrificed, we must shed the last drop of blood for the people!"
Just three sentences have become the "motto" that 9 soldiers always remember in their hearts.
Later, Lei Baosen made a quick decision and conducted orderly command.
Watching the enemy tanks gradually drove up the gray bridge, he gave the order:
"Machine gun fire cover."
Hearing this, the soldiers of the 4th squad rushed out like wild horses.
At this time, a rocket launcher was thrown on the first tank track, blocking their way forward.
The enemy also realized that they were ambushed and rushed to fight back.
In an instant, the entire Qifeng Mountain fire roared and gunpowder smoke filled the whole of Qifeng Mountain.
It’s a pity that the plan cannot keep up with the changes.
Because the "United Nations Army" tank team was too long, the last enemy tank did not fully enter.
Seeing this, Lei Baosen flexibly adjusted the plan and immediately threw the grenade at the second to the last, blocking the retreat of the tank in the middle.
At this time, the enemy troops in one of the tanks were angry and embarrassed after failing to hit the attack.
He wanted to open the hood and rush out and fight with the volunteers.
As a warrior who has experienced many battles, how could Lei Baosen be scared by this scene?
He ignored the enemy's bullets and rushed to the tank, quickly took out a grenade and threw it in.
"Boom" loudly, and the tank was blown up directly from the inside.
That's it. Ray Baosen led the soldiers to resolve the battle in less than half an hour with their unexpected strategy and "desperate life" style of play.
In the end, except for the last enemy tank that escaped, the remaining 11 tanks and a jeep were all blown up.
Kill nearly 100 enemies.
And we escaped without anyone dead.
This battle not only helped support the frontal battlefield;
is also the best record of the infantry squad anti-tank combat performance in our army's war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.
has not broken through this record so far.
However, victory is only temporary.
Although 4th squad fought a beautiful blocking battle, the US military did not give up on the battle for the 299 Highlands.
Not long after, they sent a large number of troops to conduct a tug-of-war with our army.
299 The highland has been turned several times, and both sides of the enemy and us have suffered heavy casualties.
Most of the soldiers of the 4th squad also died heroically while conducting hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
In the end, only Lei Baosen and the team's scorer Zhou Shiwu were left.
However, the enemy's artillery fire was approaching at this moment, and with the strength of both of them, it was impossible for them to escape unscathed.
This time, Lei Baosen did not hesitate at all.
To cover Zhou Shiwu's retreat, he took the initiative to fire his gun and shoot the enemy.
uses this to expose the position, attract most of the firepower, and give comrades more time to retreat.
Lei Baosen was fighting against the enemy while always paying attention to Zhou Shiwu's whereabouts.
Until he saw him slide down the hillside safely and escape from the encirclement, he made a bold decision.
"Even if I die, I will not be a prisoner. I die by the enemy snatch it!"
At that moment, Lei Baosen stood up and shouted, and then jumped off the cliff without looking back.
Just like that, he disappeared from the vision of the US military, but the words he left were echoing throughout the mountains for a long time.
Perhaps at that moment, he closed his eyes and told his story in his life all the time in his mind...
When he was in trouble, his family was destroyed, and fortunately, his fellow villagers took care of him warmly. It was the spring of 1923.
A farmer named Li rang out of the home of a farmer named Li in Kaocheng County (now Kaocheng Town, Lankao County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province).
Ray Baosen was born.
Before he, two baby girls had already arrived in this poor farmhouse.
His father relied on hard farming and working with landlords to support his family.
Although life is poor, with the love of parents and the company of sisters, Little Lei Baosen successfully grew to 1 year old.
This year, his aunt was falsely accused of owing debts to the landlord's son.
One day, while the Lei family went out to work, the landlord's son came to the house to force the debt.
Before leaving, he despicablely wanted to rape Aunt Lei Baosen in the name of repaying his debts.
However, this scene happened to be seen by Lei's father who was working home.
He was furious and raised his hoe in his hand, knocked the landlord's son on the head, and accidentally beat him to death.
In that era, it was a peasant family that angered landlords and evil gentry.
Therefore, at that time, Lei’s father had only one idea in his mind: escape.
For the sake of the life of the family, he had to drag his son and daughter to a relative in Shangcai, Henan.
But helplessly, the family who joined me is also a farmer.
Their own lives can barely go on.
is also willing but not capable of the Lei family.
The only thing you can do is save and save, occasionally bringing some food from the Lei family.
Then, find them a dilapidated temple so that they can have a place to settle down.
But this is not a long-term solution after all.
Lei Baosen's father had to go out early and come back late to work as a short-term worker for the local landlords in exchange for a little money to support his family.
But an accident happened soon after, which put the Lei family in desperate situation again.
Because she worked hard day and night, her nutrition could not keep up, and her father unfortunately fell ill.
However, to earn a little more wage, he did not tell anyone.
Even if you are sick, fever, dizzy, you still have to force yourself to go to the landlord's house to work.
When carrying water that day, Lei's father suddenly worsened due to his condition and his eyes were pitch black.
After he finally recovered, he took a step but tripped a stone.
staggered, and he fell heavily to the ground.
But there is a water tank from the landlord's house in that location.
Lei’s father accidentally broke it.
After hearing about this, the landlord offered "sky-high compensation" regardless of the situation.
Although Lei's father knelt in front of him, hugged his thighs, begging for explanation.
But where would the landlords care about the lives and deaths of these ordinary people?
He kicked Lei's father away and said ill-heartedly:
"If you don't give money, you will take your life to accompany you."
A few days later, the landlord sent someone to the ruined temple to smash Lei's house, and beat Lei's father to seriously injured him.
Before leaving, the only little money left in the house was also snatched away by the evil people.
A few days later, Lei Baosen's father died.
Ray Baosen was only 5 years old this year.
Naturally, the burden of the family fell on the shoulders of the mother Lei.
But as a weak woman, she has no ability to support three children at all.
As a last resort, he had to sell Lei Baosen's two sisters to others as child brides.
may not be singular.
Lei's mother unfortunately fell ill after suffering the double blow of her husband's death and her daughter being forced to sell people.
Not long after, she passed away and passed away.
A once happy family, now only the little Lei Baosen is left alone.
At that time, he was just a 6-year-old child.
He was unable to work, so he had to rely on begging everywhere and help from his fellow villagers.
Fortunately, shortly after, Lei Wen and his wife from Dawu Village in Shangcai Nan saw that he was so pitiful that they adopted Lei Baosen. The same is true for
, so he changed his name to Lei.
Under the care of his adoptive parents, Lei Baosen grew up safely.
However, although the adoptive parents love and protect him, they treat him as their own son.
But as the saying goes, half a boy is poor.
Lei Baosen knew that life at home was not easy either.
13 years old, in order to relieve the pressure at home, he took the initiative to go to the landlord's house to work and earn money.
is also here, and Ray Baosen can increasingly empathize with the various injustices suffered by his father before.
Do the most tiring work every day and get the lowest salary.
Make a slight mistake and your wages will be deducted.
sometimes becomes a "toy" that the children of landlords can insult and ridicule at will.
These things also make Lei Baosen always remember why his family was destroyed.
At that time, he would occasionally think in the dead of night: What's wrong with this society?
The landlord did nothing, but the family was rich.
And farmers like his parents and adoptive parents just barely fill their stomachs every day.
Landlords can bully, beat and scold the people at will, and even make their families ruined and there is nowhere to be explained.
Until he was eighteen years old, he decided to go out to work and earn money, and he could see a bigger world.
Just like that, Lei Baosen came to Zhengzhou from Shangcai .
Immediately afterwards, he relied on his fellow countrymen to work as a clerk in a restaurant.
At first, the boss saw that he was thin and worried that he could not work, so he didn't really want this person.
Later, it was because of the face of the middleman that he barely kept Lei Baosen.
Who knows that people cannot behave like appearance.
Although Lei Baosen is short and thin, he is not only hardworking and capable, but also smart and independent.
This made the boss change his mind a lot.
It was the day when he was a mate in a restaurant that Lei Baosen met all kinds of people.
He also understood more principles and gradually established his own ideas.
But occasionally, the original question still came to my mind:
"Why are the poor constantly suffering? Can the world be fair?"
Until 1946, he met a boss selling shoes.
From the shoe boss, Lei Baosen learned for the first time what is Communist Party of China .
He learned that the sufferings of the people can be changed.
And this person is an organization member of our party who has penetrated into the masses.
Under the influence of the shoe boss, Ray Baosen gradually established the ideal of communism.
It’s just that he has no education and cannot express his ambitions with his pen.
After thinking for a while, Lei Baosen decided to join the army and join the great revolutionary cause with his gun.
That's it, he quit his job at the restaurant.
, carrying the boss's letter of introduction from his shoes, came to Yanzhou, Shandong Province, and joined the local armed squad - Nanma District squad.
Here, he not only learned systematic military theory knowledge and practical skills.
More importantly, Lei Baosen can follow the team to kill bad people and help good people.
At that time, he truly felt that he had realized his own value.
In the spring of 1948, Lei Baosen was already a soldier in the First Brigade of the Yellow River spy company.
At that time, the spy company was adapted from local armed forces to the 9th Company of the 3rd Battalion, 234th Regiment, 78th Division, the 26th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
and he was honorably a machine gunner.
Then, Lei Baosen followed the troops to participate in Jinan Battle , Huaihai Battle and other battles;
and won the second-class merit of and the third-class merit of many times.
At the same time, he did not fall into his own thinking and improve.
During the baptism of war, he had a deeper understanding of the party, and he became a glorious Communist Party member.
It was also under the baptism of war that Lei Baosen understood that soldiers can be killed but not humiliated.
Like thousands of Chinese Communist Party members , he is never afraid of sacrifice.
, but I am absolutely unwilling to let myself become an enemy prisoner without dignity.
This is why he chose to jump off the cliff.
However, luck will definitely favor those warriors who do their best.
After he jumped off the cliff, a miracle actually happened...
Wish to be proud of his country with this body, and he was fortunate to bury his loyal bones in the green mountains
It turned out that Lei Baosen, who was determined to die for his country, was met by a passing Korean fellow villager.
Seeing that he was a friendly Chinese army, several North Korean fellow villagers raised money to send him to the hospital.
But unfortunately, he was too seriously injured, and was shot in multiple places on his body, injured fourteen places, and seven ribs were broken.
The medical level of the field hospital cannot be safely treated.
Lei Baosen told the soldiers about the history of the war
So, the doctors there could only do a simple treatment and then transfer them to a domestic hospital for treatment.
But the journey was exhausted, and the injury was too long;
Only part of the shrapnel on Lei Baosen's body was finally taken out.
In particular, there is a bullet that is directly embedded in his leg bone and cannot be taken out.
This also leads to lifelong disability.
After being discharged from the hospital, Lei Baosen looked at his scarred body, the crutches beside him, and the nurse doctor's concern expression...
He couldn't help but burst into tears, sighed, and silently turned his head to look out the window.
At that moment, Ray Baosen thought he was already a useless disabled person.
Returning to the army is just a problem for comrades.
So, he decided to hide all kinds of deeds and return to his hometown in Shangcai, Henan to live the life of an ordinary farmer.
Not long after returning home, he married a farm girl after being introduced.
Immediately afterwards, Lei Baosen found a job as a cleaner at the guesthouse of the People's Government of Henan Province.
At that time, he was actually in his early 30s.
But his skin is dark and there are already deep wrinkles on his face, looking like a weathered old man.
Not only that, because he is silent and doesn't like to joke, and when he walks, some good people in the guesthouse look down on him.
Someone even said sarcastically in front of him:
"What's the future for a big man to sweep the floor and wipe the table?"
Hearing this, someone else would have been furious.
, but Ray Baosen doesn't care.
He just lowered his head and did his own work silently.
worked hard to wipe the table, mop the floor, and take out the garbage...
On the side of the army, the comrades thought he had sacrificed heroically, so they held a memorial service for Lei Baosen and others.
But not long after, the 26th Army Political Commissar Li Yaohua discovered the problem:
The memorial service for the hero was held, but Lei Baosen's body was not found on the battlefield.
Will Ray Baosen still be alive?
With this idea in mind, Li Yaowen immediately joined hands with the People's Daily and other newspapers to publish a missing person notice:
Looking for a volunteer soldier from Lei Baosen, who is from Shangcai, Henan Province, and was born in 1924.
participated in the revolution in 1948. He was the leader of the 4th squad of the 9th Company of the 234th Regiment of the 78th Division of the 26th Army of the Volunteer Army. He was awarded the first-class merit and was awarded the title of First-class Combat Hero.
is unknown due to injury, so I am looking for traces urgently. Anyone with information must provide information.
The 26th Army Political Commissar: Li Yaowen.
Coincidentally, shortly after the message was sent, the leader of the guesthouse noticed the message.
He immediately called Lei Baosen to question, and after confirming his true identity, he immediately reported it to the central leadership.
Learn to learn that Lei Baosen is in the fall, Li Yaowen immediately sent someone to pick him up and return to the army.
Then the beginning scene appeared.
Until the military jeep was parked at the door of the guesthouse, everyone knew that
This unsightly Lao Lei was actually the hero squad leader of the anti-tank war against the United States and aid Korea.
He is a first-class combat hero and was awarded the honorary title of "First-class Warrior of the Democratic Republic of Korea" by North Korea.
Ray Baosen
And only 51 people in the army won this honorary title.
Raybaosen is one of them.
When he saw Li Yaowen, Lei Baosen immediately saluted a military salute.
But when asked why he didn't return to the army, Lei Baosen was silent.
I don’t know how long it took him to speak slowly:
"This is the honor of the entire 4th class. They all sacrificed their lives, but as the squad leader, I survived alone. Where is the qualification? What flowers and honors are there? Political Commissar, I..."
Li Yaowen also saluted him and patted his shoulder:
"Stay here and do your 4th class!"
"Yes! Chief!"
A loud answer finally made him unhappy his heart.
Peng Dehuai and Chairman Mao
1957 National Day, General Peng Dehuai personally invited Lei Baosen to attend the 8th anniversary celebration of the National Day.
Red flags are waving on Tiananmen Square .
As the salutes were fired, navy, army and air force soldiers marched solemnly and orderly on Chang'an Street .
Seeing the strength of the motherland, Lei Baosen couldn't help but burst into tears when he thought of his comrades who died.
Later, General Peng Dehuai also set up a special family banquet to invite Lei Baosen, and even Chairman Mao met him in person.
The moment he saw Lei Baosen, the chairman held his hand affectionately and said:
"I really didn't expect you to be alive! You are the pride of the People's Volunteer Army!"
What's sad is that people can't escape birth, old age, sickness and death.
On March 9, 2009, the pride of the volunteer army died of illness at the age of 86.
Ray Baosen's life was ups and downs.
When I was young, my family broke into a miserable life, I also met the warmth of my fellow villagers;
Youth joined the army and fought bravely to fight the enemy;
Return to an ordinary life in my prime.
But anyway, his life was intertwined with patriotism.
Postscript
How lucky we are to be born in this era and have a stable life and equal rights.
But we should never forget the revolutionary ancestors who have fought for our happiness for life!
is they used their blood sacrifice to exchange for today's strong China!
The martyrs will live forever, and the heroes will be immortal!
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Li Zhiguo, Nie Chen, Liu Heshe. Special meritorious official Lei Baosen [J]. Zhongzhou Jingu, 1996(04): 30-32.
