Mid-Autumn reunion night, strong family and national conditions. The Mid-Autumn Festival carries people's desire for family reunion, and also carries a deep and profound feelings for family and country. "School and national conditions" is the responsibility to defend the country and the pursuit of willingness to make contributions.
There is such a veteran in Chongqing who participated in the Battle of Shangganling in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea . During the battle, he shot down enemy planes with heavy machine guns, annihilated more than 400 enemies, and won first-class merit once and third-class merit once.
After demobilization and discharge from the army, he did not disclose his achievements, nor did he ask any first-level organization to make a request for normal work arrangements. He just worked silently as a farmer and had a deep reputation for 36 years. Today, let’s meet this heroic veteran Jiang Cheng together.
made great achievements in the Battle of Shangganling
91-year-old Jiang Cheng often forgets things now, and even his relatives can't remember them clearly. But when asked about the Battle of Shangganling in November 1952, the old man began to talk endlessly.
△Jiang Cheng
Jiang Cheng: In our battalion, there is only my machine gun, at the front, the most effective firepower position. My position is only a little wider, and there is only one dustpan as wide.
1949, 21-year-old Jiang Cheng joined the People's Liberation Army. In October 1950, the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, and Jiang Cheng joined the North Korea with his troops to join the war. On November 1, 1952, the 12th Army where Jiang Cheng was located began to enter the Battle of Shangganling, and the 537.7 highland of Shangganling was in the most critical situation.
△Jiang Cheng’s younger brother Jiang Qipeng
Jiang Cheng’s younger brother Jiang Qipeng: (Counterattack is) On November 8, 1952, they were notified to prepare and the counterattack began in three days. In half a month, their division sacrificed more than 5,600 people in that battle. One day, only 24 officers and soldiers from their four companies were left.
fought for half a month, and had no water and food for 11 days. At this critical moment, Jiang Cheng's 92nd Regiment stood on the most dangerous line of the Korean battlefield. It was in this cruel bloody battle that Jiang Cheng made a wonderful achievement.
Jiang Cheng: (Enemy) When the plane flies, it flies down, and I will hit it. When it flies to the middle, I will hit it in the middle, and when it flies to the tail, I will hit it in the tail.
Jiang Cheng’s younger brother Jiang Qipeng: Because his skills are very high, he can fire and fire. Generally, heavy machine guns go out as soon as they touch them, but he fires and fires. He has told me when he comes back.
shot down an enemy plane and killed more than 400 enemies
It was in this battle that an enemy plane crashed under the pursuit of Jiang Cheng's heavy machine gun. Jiang Cheng was seriously injured because he was hit by shrapnel in his abdomen. Now we can still see the deep scars left on his abdomen. After the victory of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Jiang Cheng was demobilized and returned to his hometown in Hechuan, Chongqing, and became an ordinary farmer again.
△Scars on Jiang Cheng’s abdomen
In 1953, a good news of merit for Jiang Cheng’s father was sent from the Political Department and Command of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army, which read: “In the battle of Shangganling in November 1952, in the battle of counterattacking and holding on to the 537.7 highland, this comrade played a high degree of bravery and tenacious spirit, overcame many difficulties, and led the team to master the technology under strict enemy artillery occupation, and wiped out more than 400 enemies with heavy machine guns, destroyed one enemy heavy machine gun, effectively suppressed the enemy’s firepower point, blocked the enemy’s transportation roads, shot down an enemy plane, was seriously injured and did not leave the line of fire, cooperated with the infantry to complete the task, which played a major role in the victory of the battle.”
Indifferent to fame and fortune, do things honestly The past is not as fierce as smoke. Even though it has been more than half a century apart, you can still feel the tragic battle between the lines of this long-yellow meritorious service and good news.
The good news was sent in 1953. It was not until 35 years later that my family saw the good news that the local people knew that Jiang Cheng had made such military achievements on the Korean battlefield. What was going on?
In the archives of Hechuan District, Chongqing, we saw the good news of the meritorious service. On the back of the good news, there was a sentence: Returned from District 8, because there was no such person in the investigation.
Hechuan District Archives Staff: When sending the good news, it was written as Xinglong Township, which caused the good news not to come to his family.
Since the good news wrote the Longxing Township where Jiang Cheng was located as Xinglong Township, the good news was not delivered smoothly, no one knew Jiang Cheng's heroic deeds in the Korean War.In the 36 years since he was demobilized and discharged from the army, he did not disclose his legendary past to any first-level organization, nor did he ask any first-level organization to make a request for even normal work arrangements. He just worked silently as a farmer.
Jiang Cheng’s younger brother Jiang Qipeng: He never talks about this matter, nor does he show off his achievements on the battlefield, and even his children rarely talk to them.
△ Jiang Cheng's third son Jiang Minghui
Jiang Cheng's third son Jiang Minghui: (He said) There is nothing to show off. Anyway, it is for the country and the people, and he said it is not worth showing off.
Jiang Cheng: I just want to do more to the people, and fight a few more enemies when I fight the enemy. This is my purpose of serving the people.
1988, the relevant departments of Hechuan modified the "Hechuan County Chronicles" and sorted out the archives and materials, and found this unclaimed good news. "Comrade Jiang Cheng of your residence made achievements in the Battle of Shangganling, and he was approved to be awarded the first-class merit once. In addition to giving me a reward according to merit, he would like to report good news to Comrade Jiang Cheng for his contribution to the people and his whole family was glorious." The good news was circulated to Longxing Township where Jiang Cheng was located. Only then did everyone know that the silkworm breeding specialist in the village was actually a combat hero who had made first-class merits. The government solved the treatment of all employees for Jiang Cheng. At this time, Jiang Cheng, who was 60 years old and 8 months old, began to receive a retirement salary, and his children thought his father would win more for them.
Jiang Cheng's third son Jiang Minghui: At that time, we thought he wanted to ask the country to help us sisters. At that time, they were all transferred to urban household registrations, and they were all able to work. My father had this kind of thinking. He said at the time that the country was still poor, and we could not add any burden to the country.
Jiang Cheng has a total of five children. He has not made any demands for any child to use his first-class achievements on the battlefield.
Jiang Cheng's third son Jiang Minghui: The biggest influence is that I am just like him, being honest and doing whatever jobs others arrange, no matter whether they are at the silkworm planting station or now, I just do it steadily.
Little brother Jiang Qipeng: Don’t you regret becoming a soldier in the future?
Jiang Cheng: There is no regret, I have no regrets along the way, I just want to fight a few more (enemy) and win more. How to serve the people is an end, a purpose, there is nothing to be proud of, and never anything to be proud of.
Legendary Veteran Never Fade
The children have little words in their eyes. The most common thing they say to the five siblings is "do things honestly and be a person with every duty." Jiang Cheng's eldest son Jiang Renjun also served as a soldier. He said that before he went to the army, his father explained three sentences: Be prepared to sacrifice when he is in the army; be strict with yourself in the army; do not cause trouble to the organization. In the old man's heart, the word "country" is always above everything else.
The glorious years hide military achievements, and be loyal to the original aspiration for life. The "wealth" that the old man invisibly conveyed to his family is the rare "family and country feelings" he silently protects. On the reunion night, Mr. Jiang Cheng's family also sat together to spend the festival together and had a happy time. We wish their family happiness forever, and I wish you good health and tribute to you! (CCTV reporter Chen Yang, Liu Peng, Sun Xiaolu)
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