In 1997, a Chinese entrepreneur, Jiang Menglan, came to the North Korean Military Museum to visit. There were many bronze statues of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

Establish bronze statues of martyrs for the living?

In 1997, a Chinese entrepreneur Jiang Menglan came to the North Korean Military Museum to visit. There were many bronze statues of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. During

, Jiang Menglan was surprised to find that one of the bronze statues of the martyrs was very familiar. When she looked closely, she turned out to be her old acquaintance Shen Shugen .

Jiang Menglan never knew that this friend had ever had such an experience, and she didn't know why he was still alive but was made into a bronze statue of a martyr.

At that time, Shen Shugen was the president of the bank and had participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. So why was he erected a statue in North Korea? What kind of experience did Shen Shugen have ever had?

Hero Story

In June 1951, the Korean battlefield had entered a white-hot stage. It was the late stage of the fifth battle, and the battlefield situation was still complicated.

Shen Shugen was the platoon leader of the 3rd platoon of the 8th Company, 179th Regiment, 64th Division of the 20th Army of the Volunteer Army. One day, he received an emergency order from his superiors, asking him to lead the troops to travel together at night and rush to the commanding heights of Jifeng, the Huachuan battlefield.

Shen Shugen’s mission is to take down the Jiufeng position and stick to it for a day and a night to assist in defending the flanks of our army. The task of

was not simple. At that time, Shen Shugen's troops' weapons and equipment were far inferior to those of the enemy, and there was no reinforcement or supply.

must complete the persistence task under such circumstances, which will test Shen Shugen and the fighter's will.

The enemy naturally knew the importance of Jiu Peak, so he invested a large amount of troops into Jiu Peak battlefield.

0,000,000, once the enemy's mechanized force will be able to enter a large plain area. At that time, the main force of the enemy will meet the 20th Army, and our army will fall into a very passive situation under the strong firepower of the enemy.

Comparison of the strength of the two sides at that time, the two strengthened battalions of the US military had more than 1,000 people, and the weapons and equipment were well-equipped.

, and Shen Shugen has only 31 people. The best weapon is an mortar , and the enemy is an tank armored vehicle. In this way, it is impossible to fight head-on, and you can only be smart.

At that time, Shen Shugen planned to divide his troops into three groups to take the Jifeng first, and planned to launch an attack in the early morning of the next day, but the weather was not good, and a heavy rain broke out.

Just as the soldiers were worried about this, Shen Shugen felt the opportunity instead. He knew that the US military would definitely hide from the rain.

So when Shen Shugen's troops entered the position in the dark, they could not see any enemy.

In this way, Shen Shugen successfully occupied the commanding heights of Jiufeng, and then the soldiers began to build fortifications and were ready to face the next challenge.

After the rain stopped, the US military found that the position had been occupied, so he was furious to take back the position.

The enemy despises him very much and plans to send a company to take the position in one round of charge.

Shen Shugen already had a counterattack plan. He first ordered two squads of 24 soldiers to defend the enemy head-on, and he himself took a squad to the side of the enemy and attacked the enemy from the flank.

Soon Shen Shugen arrived at the designated location, and then mentioned the machine gun to sweep the US troops in front of them.

After a moment, the US military was crowded together and before it could react, it was knocked down by bullets. Accompanied by a wailing sound, countless corpses of the US military were left on the position.

After the first wave of attack was frustrated, the US military launched a second round of attacks. This time they did not choose to charge, but set up four machine guns and positions to strafuse us.

Shen Shugen immediately set up a mortar and accurately attacked each machine gun position, and soon collapsed the attack.

The US military, who had no choice, moved out several cannons and planned to use firepower to capture the position. Thousands of shells fell like raindrops.

However, at this time, Shen Shugen had already left the position and became hidden on the grass in the distance.

After the shelling was over, Shen Shugen returned to the position again. Time came to night. It was time for our army to perform.

Shen Shugen broke into pieces and attacked the enemy at night through individual combat through individual combat.

The enemy could not see our soldiers in the night, and the two sides fought fiercely.

In the end, Shen Shugen's troops repelled the enemy's 13 attacks, and both sides even began a fierce hand-to-hand battle with .

Just as the two sides were in a stalemate, the superior sent an order and the task had been completed. Take the time to retreat.

But at this time the entire position was enemies, and Shen Shugen could only lead the soldiers to fight and break through.

Finally, after a cruel battle, the combat platoon led by Shen Shugen successfully held on the siege of the enemy for two days and two nights, and finally successfully broke out.

In this battle, our army destroyed 356 US troops at the cost of two people being killed and two people being injured, and Shen Shugen alone destroyed nearly 200 people.

Shen Shugen escaped after the war and returned to China successfully and received commendation. However, in the North Korean Military Museum many years later, Shen Shugen was regarded as a martyr and made into a bronze statue. What's going on?

"Living" bronze statue of martyrs

46 years after the end of the war, in 1997, a businessman from Zhejiang came to the North Korean Military Museum. The businessman was named Jiang Menglan. At that time, he came to North Korea because of some business matters.

After completing the work, he planned to inspect North Korea. He heard that there is a military museum in North Korea, which contains many bronze statues of volunteer army martyrs.

As a Chinese, Jiang Menglan has deep respect for the volunteer army that entered North Korea to fight, so he planned to visit the North Korean Military Museum to commemorate the volunteer army soldiers who fought bravely back then.

In order to remember the volunteer soldiers who died in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the Korean people erected many bronze statues for them in the Military Museum to commemorate their achievements.

The cutest person lived forever in the hearts of the Korean people in this way. Jiang Menglan came to the North Korean Military Museum in awe to visit. During this period, he saw many stories about Korean War .

Jiang Menglan was a little fascinated by the heroic story. He was moved by the heroic story. While watching and walking, he came to the position where the bronze statue of the martyr was erected.

Every martyr's bronze statue is full of heroic spirit and his attitude is firmly staring into the distance. They will continue to defend their country in this way.

Jiang Menglan looked at her majestic figures and suddenly found a familiar figure in it.

has a very familiar image as a martyr, and this person has a lot of friendship with him. How could he become a martyr in to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea ?

Jiang Menglan looks more and more like her. In order to confirm that she did not recognize the wrong person, he also came to the bronze statue of this martyr to watch the introduction. A familiar name suddenly appeared in the introduction of

. It introduces Shen Shugen in detail the combat process and highlights the heroic deeds of the Battle of Jifeng that year.

Seeing this, Jiang Menglan was sure that she had not recognized the wrong person. This was her old friend Shen Shugen.

But strangely, Shen Shugen was still alive at that time, so why did he become a martyr? A bronze statue was erected here.

Then Jiang Menglan took a photo of the bronze statue that looked like Shen Shugen, and then returned to China with photos and doubts.

Jiang Menglan's old friend Shen Shugen was the bank president of Shangyu Branch at that time and was still alive at that time.

The two have been friends for many years. Because Jiang Menglan’s business affairs often have business dealings, they have become good friends from partners.

However, Jiang Menglan never heard the other party say that she participated in the Korean War, and she didn't know why she saw his bronze statue in North Korea.

So after returning to China, Jiang Menglan immediately found Shen Shugen and showed him this photo. Shen Shugen was also very surprised after reading it.

He didn't expect the North Korean people to commemorate him in this way, and he never thought that the past he never mentioned would be asked about today. Then Shen Shugen told Jiang Menglan the story of that year.

The current bank president is Shen Shugen, the platoon leader of the battle hero at that time. He was born in Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province in 1927. He had already begun to join the revolution as early as 1944. He was only 18 years old at that time.

After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Shen Shugen joined the Communist Party of China in 1948 and has been fighting bravely on the battlefield since then.

Shen Shugen was originally just a small soldier in the guerrillas. With his military achievements on the battlefield, he was also promoted to the position of platoon leader. After the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea began, he continued to join the Korean battlefield.

The situation on the Korean battlefield was not optimistic at that time. After 1951, the commander of " United Nations Army " changed from MacArthur to Li Qiwei, which gave our army a headache.

Li Qiwei learned through analysis that our army's logistics supply capacity was insufficient, and he often launched offensives at night. He called this tactic "Moon Offensive" and "World Offensive".

For this purpose, he formulated a series of plans, and he ordered his subordinates not to go deeper alone, but to act more in groups.

Pay more attention to taking the commanding heights and looking down at the battlefield from a high point.

In this way, as long as there are troops attacked by the volunteers, the nearby troops can come to support immediately. This is the famous "magnetic tactic". With this style of play, Li Qiwei caused our army to suffer a lot during the Second Battle, and the US military was incredibly powerful at that time. Fortunately, under the tenacious fighting will of the volunteers, the situation was successfully reversed and corresponding confrontation measures began to be taken.

After that, Shen Shugen participated in the fifth battle and performed well in the Battle of Jiufeng. He finally returned home successfully. He did not sacrifice on the battlefield.

Speaking of this, Shen Shu was also very surprised. He did not expect that North Korea would erect a bronze statue for himself, because he had been living in China after the war, so what was his life after the war.

received commendation after the war

The Battle of Jifeng created another myth of our army's victory with fewer and more, laying a solid foundation for the victory of in the later Shangganling Battle. Shen Shugen deserves to be the hero in this battle.

After the end of this battle, the entire third row of soldiers were awarded honors and were awarded the collective special merit.

, and Shen Shugen, who performed well, won the title of "Jiufeng Blocking Hero", and his story was also praised by the entire army. During the entire Korean War, Shen Shugen made countless contributions, and obtained all from the special merit to the fourth merit.

But if you want to say that the most valuable one is the title of "Level 1 Combat Hero". The title of

is the highest honor of the volunteer soldiers, and only a few dozen people were able to receive the honor at that time.

However, Shen Shugen did not make a very high profile after winning many honors. In his opinion, soldiers made meritorious service in wars, so there is no need to celebrate too much.

This shows that Shen Shugen is not only brave in combat, but also has a noble character.

Relying on his outstanding record, North Korean leader Kim Il-sung also awarded Shen Shugen the third-level international medal after the war, and returned to China and was received by the great Chairman Mao.

Chairman Mao, who had always been frugal at that time, actually used the specifications of five dishes and one soup to entertain Shen Shugen, which was the highest standard etiquette at that time. You should know that the new China had just been established and the domestic economy was still in a stage of being in ruins. It is possible to receive it with such specifications, which shows Chairman Mao’s recognition and appreciation of Shen Shugen.

Both China and North Korea praised this hero very much. With Kim Il-sung's praise, Shen Shugen also has a lofty position in the hearts of the North Korean people. Therefore, it is reasonable for the North Koreans to cast a bronze statue for him to commemorate.

Since then, Shen Shugen has been working in the army until he has changed his career in 1979 and chose to return to his hometown and start a new journey of life.

At that time, he had experienced many years of baptism in the army, and his former glory had faded and he became the bank president of the local Shangyu branch.

At this time, he was very low-key, and he did not mention any matters about the Korean War at all, nor would he take the initiative to tell others that he had made great contributions to the Korean War.

Because of this, Jiang Menglan, who has been his friend for many years, did not know his story and was shocked by the bronze statue of North Korea.

When he learned that he had a bronze statue in North Korea, he was surprised at first, and then expressed his gratitude to the North Korean people.

He thanked North Korea for remembering himself, and at the same time said that this bronze statue not only commemorates himself, but also commemorates the many soldiers who made outstanding contributions to the war back then.

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Although Shen Shugen is no longer in the army at this time, he has never forgotten his responsibilities and continues to silently exert his remaining energy.

Until December 28, 2010, Shen Shugen left the people he had been guarding at the age of 82.

No one will forget the contribution he has made, and will not forget the cutest person he once was, Shen Shugen and a group of heroes will always live in the hearts of the people.

Shen Shugen is able to own a bronze statue in the Korean Military Museum, which shows his outstanding contributions to the Korean War. There are also many heroes like him in the Volunteer Army.

North Korea has not forgotten the help the volunteers gave them back then. These bronze statues also represent the friendship between China and North Korea.

Shen Shugen chose to live a low-key life after the war and continued to contribute silently to the people, which shows the strong personal charm of our soldiers.

They are not only heroes on the battlefield, but also unsung heroes in people's lives. They are worthy of our learning and admiration.

References:

"Remember the First-level Battle Hero Shen Shugen"

"How to Forget the War and Hero - Interview with the First-level Battle Hero Shen Shugen"

"Old Hero New Legend"