In 1988, in Hechuan County, Sichuan, " Jiang Cheng ! Jiang Cheng!" A group of people came to the sericulture field to find someone with a newspaper. An old man about sixty years old stood up and said : " , I am Jiang Cheng, what are you arguing about?"
I saw only one of the leaders who looked like Jiang Cheng. Hand: "Old man, you have worked hard!" He handed the newspaper in his hand to Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng's family took a look at the newspaper, and it was a "Happy News for Revolutionary Soldiers."
Everyone knows that Jiang Cheng not only served as a soldier, but also participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea , and even killed more than four hundred people in the battle of on Ganling The enemy shot down a plane with a machine gun and won the first-class merit of the volunteers!
But he never told everyone, even his relatives. If it weren't for this newspaper, I'm afraid everyone would still be Jiang Cheng as a silkworm breeding technician.
talked about his record: Jiang Cheng held the position for seven days and seven nights in the battle of Shangganling. He wiped out more than four hundred enemies with a severely wounded body and shot down an enemy plane. It sounds like the mythology of those TV dramas.
Maybe it was compiled? No, this is true. Next, I will take you to review that period of war .
Jiang Cheng was born in 1928. At that time, years of war and chaos, coupled with poverty, made him experience the hardship of working for others as well as the taste of begging. Jiang Cheng said: "At that time, there were only two rooms, two acres of land, and one cow. There was no way. If you don't go out to work for others, how can you feed the family of seven?"
The turn of time came to December 1949. Less than two months after the establishment of the Republic, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was about to break out. The 21-year-old Jiang Cheng resolutely chose to join the army and decided to defend the country. Jiang Cheng said: "I am ashamed that I failed to join the fight to defend the country when I was a teenager like other revolutionary ancestors. It's not too late to start now."
Jiang Cheng is just a young soldier who has just joined the army. , But he took the lead in several battles, and worked hard in the learning process, and was slowly promoted to deputy squad leader of the cannon company.
In November 1952, Jiang Cheng's 92th regiment rushed to support Shangganling on the order of Peng Dehuai. On November 8, the troops officially arrived at Shangganling.
At that time, the 537.7 highland of Shangganling, after many days of fighting between the two sides, was already dilapidated. There was not a single tree or a single grass. The incendiary bombs fired by the U.S. military burned everything exposed on the ground into black charcoal. Everywhere I go, my eyes are all rocks.
The US military is approaching Shangganling step by step. Had it not been for the 92nd regiment, where Jiang Cheng was in, arrived in time, I'm afraid the four companies who were responsible for holding on to this high ground before, and the remaining 24 people would not last long. After all, they have been without water and food for 11 consecutive days, and after many days of bloody fighting.
learned that the 92nd regiment had arrived at Shangganling,Peng Dehuai issued an order: "Officially launch a counterattack on the 11th!" During the remaining dozens of hours of rest, Jiang Cheng and others did not idle, and moved the remains of their comrades in the trenches. Set up machine guns and build fortifications.
After that, the companies and battalions stayed in their positions according to the deployment. Jiang Cheng's battalion was arranged to the forefront of the position. Jiang Cheng held a machine gun like that, crawling in a position as wide as a dustpan (broom).
The battle started quickly, and the US military's shuttle bullets and incendiary bombs continued to pour up Ganling 533.7 Heights. Our volunteers were unwilling to show weakness and responded with fierce artillery fire.
The comrades sacrificed one by one. Jiang Cheng glanced back and saw the bodies of many comrades lying in the trenches. He didn't have the slightest fear in his heart. Instead, he was full of anger, venting all his anger on the enemy's attack.
The machine gun in Jiang Cheng's hand is not an ordinary machine gun, it is a SG43 Guoliunov heavy machine gun. Approximately 100 bullets can be fired per minute.
Although Jiang Cheng was angry, he still did not lose his mind. He knew that if he blindly shot out the bullets, he would soon fall into a shortage of ammunition. So he used a short shot method, that is, seeing an enemy shoot a bullet, which gave this heavy machine gun a long firepower continuity. Later, an American plane began to hover over Jiang Cheng. It was obvious that Jiang Cheng was discovered by the enemy.
Jiang Cheng was in that position with only the width of a dustpan, and launched a desperate struggle with this enemy plane. He can't hide, he can't hide, because the position is so big. This battle is not the death of the plane, or the death of Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng recalled: "At that time, when the plane was above my head,I aimed at the top of the head and hit it; when he flew up above me, I aimed the gun at the top and hit it.
The enemy plane dropped an artillery shell and exploded not far from Jiang Cheng. After landing, it exploded with high-speed rotating shrapnel, unceremoniously cutting Jiang Cheng’s stomach with a particularly long hole, Jiang Cheng’s When the intestines fell out, Jiang Cheng didn't hesitate to stuff the intestines back into his stomach, and then took the machine gun and fired at the plane.
Jiang Cheng said, "What is this? Huang Jiguang once blocked the enemy's muzzle with his body. Isn't I just a little bit of intestines falling out?
Finally, Jiang Cheng seized the opportunity and fired at the plane from nose to tail. The enemy plane quickly crashed down in thick black smoke. Jiang Cheng relied on willpower again. Continue to fight until he faints on the ground when he loses his energy.
After waking up, Jiang Cheng found himself lying in the hospital. In this battle, Jiang Cheng killed more than 400 enemies with heavy machine guns. A heavy machine gun powerfully suppressed the enemy’s firepower and blocked the enemy’s transportation routes..." and won first-class merit.
In 1953, the Political Department of the Volunteer Army issued a gratifying report: "Guifu Jiang" Comrade Cheng made contributions in the Battle of Shangganling, and he was approved to record first-class merit once. In addition to the merit award, I hereby congratulate Comrade Jiang Cheng for serving the people and the whole family. "
In 1955, Jiang Cheng returned to China with the troops and returned to his hometown. He brought only a few things. Apart from the clothes and socks he changed with him, he only had a towel, a piece of soap and a cloth ticket of 16 feet. To himself He won’t mention a word about the honors he gained in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. As for those medals , he has already been locked in the box, and few people have seen it. Before his identity was exposed,That is, his younger brother Jiang Qipeng met once, and in this way, Jiang Cheng, who hid his merits and fame, became a farmer with peace of mind.
The family thought that Jiang Cheng had only served as a soldier in the army for a few years, and he had fought in battles, and then returned. They didn’t know the honor he had received, because Jiang Cheng had never followed him. His wife and children have told about his military exploits. Jiang Cheng’s son Jiang Minghui told reporters, “I’ve seen my father’s medals, but I have never seen military medals. They are all commemorative medals!” Jiang Cheng’s nephew, Jiang Renxian, recalled, “I know that he participated in the War of Resistance against U.S. Aid and Aid Korea, but I don’t know that he had set up such a medal. Great military exploits."
The reporter who interviewed Jiang Cheng noticed that from his demobilization in 1955 to 1964, there had been nearly ten years, and his resume was blank. Jiang Cheng answered the reporter’s doubts about “being a farmer”. It turned out that after Jiang Cheng came back, he had never found any department of the government. He worked as a farmer, and the government department did not know his true identity.
According to the regulations of the army, after demobilization, Jiang Cheng should be issued a "Good News for Meritorious Service". However, due to the wrong address of the army at that time, Jiang Cheng was not found in Xinglong Township, Hechuan County. In the county, this "good news for meritorious service" was not delivered to Jiang Cheng for a long time. In this way, Jiang Cheng has been farming in obscurity for 10 years.
However, life will continue. Jiang Cheng’s family is too poor. This stubborn old man has never looked for the government as a “heritor”. He tried his best to make a living. In the end, he started again. Sericulture technology to improve life when young.
In 1964, Jiang Cheng came to Longxing County to engage in sericulture breeding work by relying on excellent sericulture breeding technology to help villagers earn income. Jiang Cheng couldn't beat the thunder every day. At 5 o'clock, he went out with two steamed buns and didn't go home until 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock in the evening. Sometimes in time for the cocoon recycling season, he didn't even return home and directly stayed in other people's homes.
wife Chen Mingxiu said distressedly: "The conditions at home are poor and there is no flashlight. He comes back so late every day, often walks in the dark, and once fell into the pit and kicked his fingernails. Flew."
Because Jiang Cheng devoted himself to sericulture breeding at that time, he rarely went home. So much so that the youngest son Jiang Minghui thought he was an incompetent father.
In 1983, the village decided to build a road. Jiang Cheng took the initiative to ask Ying to be a leader to lead everyone in building roads. But I never thought that when the road was halfway repaired, everyone was out of money. Jiang Cheng was silent for a long time and smoked several cigarettes. I took a loan in my own name and the road was completed.
In 1991, Jiang Cheng came to find his youngest son Jiang Minghui and told him about the loan for road construction. Jiang Minghui felt bad and asked his father how much money he had loaned. Jiang Cheng said: "I borrowed more than 1,000 yuan in principal back then, and now it should be more than 2,400 plus interest."
Jiang Minghui, who has just worked for three years, is black. 2400 yuan, I worked for three years, frugal, and finally saved a thousand yuan.
There is no way, Jiang Minghui sighed: "Father's debt is paid." In order to pay off the loan, Jiang Minghui not only sold his house, but also looked for people to borrow money everywhere. At that time, Jiang Minghui and his girlfriend had been in love for three years, and they were saving money to get married. In the face of a sudden situation, Jiang Minghui had to reluctantly cut his love and sold the house to help his father pay off the debt. At that time, the house was not worth the money, it was just sold. After more than 400 yuan, I borrowed part of the money to replace the loan left by my father.
Because of this loan of more than two thousand four hundred yuan,He almost didn’t even get married. After selling the house, he could only live in the collective dormitory. At first, his girlfriend didn’t understand his behavior and scolded him as “stupid”. Later, after Jiang Minghui explained it clearly, his girlfriend Moved by this person who valued love and righteousness, the two finally came together.
After the two got married, because Jiang Minghui did not have a house, he could only live in the wife's house at first. In our current terms, Jiang Minghui became the son-in-law.
His father was a first-class feat in the War of Resistance against U.S. Aid Korea. Not only did his son borrow a huge amount of "loans" for his father, he accidentally became a "door-to-door son-in-law." No one can believe it.
It took 8 years for Jiang Minghui to pay off his father's loan. Jiang Minghui never complained about the "father's debt repayment". Many years later, someone asked about this, and his answer was still "Father's debt is repaid, it is right and proper."
In 1985, Jiang Cheng's eldest son Jiang Renjun joined the army. In his home letter to his son, he always wrote only one sentence: "You must listen to the party, follow the party, and serve the people well. Everything is good at home."
above Didn’t it talk about the Volunteer Army’s Political Department sending out a congratulatory message to Jiang Cheng’s family?
In fact, the good news was sent as early as 1953, but the people at that time mistakenly wrote Jiang Cheng’s hometown "Longxing Township" as "Xinglong Township".The staff below took the good news and looked for people everywhere, but did not find it, which led to the good news being returned by the eight districts (mentioned above).
If not, in 1988, when Wang Jueying, the former principal of Hechuan Normal School, was sorting out his files, he found the good news that Jiang Cheng had obtained first-class merit, and thought of his student Jiang Qipeng (Jiang Cheng) ('S younger brother), and thought that his student once said that his brother (Jiang Cheng) had participated in the Korean War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. He decided to give it a try and find someone to send this happy news, which has been in dust for 36 years, to Jiang Cheng's home.
I am afraid that Jiang Renjun and Jiang Minghui will never understand the deep feelings of their father Jiang Cheng for the party.
At that time, a staff member of Hechuan District also sighed: "I didn't expect that the first-class heroes in the War of Resist US Aid Korea would be by our side." Then someone went to interview Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng, who is 90 years old, is easy to forget things, but when it comes to the battle in Shangganling, he is still talking.
Someone asked Jiang Cheng: "You made such a great contribution in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, but why did you never tell your family that you have won first-class merit?"
said: "Jiang Cheng said:" What's the matter, fight a few more enemies in the battle. I have to contribute to the people when I go home. It is said that I won first-class merit in the battle of Shangganling, which is nothing to show off. Compared to those sacrifices on the battlefield. My comrades-in-arms. I don’t look dazzling, my ears are not deaf, and my legs and feet are fine.I can still participate in work to support myself, I am already satisfied.
Jiang Cheng never finished the work at the sericulture station. He did temporary work, and his salary was based on the standard of temporary workers. Until 1988, when he was about to retire, he appeared in the "Revolutionary Soldiers' Good News". After being discovered, it attracted the attention of the higher-level units, and finally solved the status problem for him, enjoy "enjoy the benefits of all-people employees", and set his salary at 80 yuan. At this time, 36 years have passed since he made first-class merit in Shangganling.
Over the past 30 years, no matter how difficult the family is, no matter what difficulties he encounters, Jiang Cheng has not made any request to the organization, nor has he revealed his first-class identity to the organization. He worked silently as a farmer. When the country and the collective needed him, he could step forward and teach people how to raise silkworms to help the people get rich, and even borrowed money to build roads for the village.
He did not give the organization and The country caused any trouble, and his children did not borrow any light from him. On the contrary, he left a "huge debt" for his son because of the road construction. There are many revolutionary heroes who are impoverished but never willing to seek help from organizations. For example, in the War of Resistance against U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Park Dafeng killed more than 100 enemies and made a special class of first-class combat hero . Chai Yunzhen , after being injured, he was demobilized and worked in farming silently for more than 30 years. It was not until Deng Xiaoping and Qin Jiwei came forward to find him back. The world knew about it.
In addition, there are second-class heroes Liu Zuokun He was received by Marshal Zhu De, but after he was demobilized (1956), he declined the organization’s arrangements and went straight back to work in farming. He kept concealing his identity until Sun Tzu encountered problems as a soldier (1998).He just took out a certificate and a medal to prove his identity. At this time, 42 years have passed...
There are many heroes who "do not admire fame" like Jiang Cheng, Chai Yunzhen, and Liu Zuokun, but we don't know it. .
Looking at the heroes’ army-green clothes, rusty medals, and yellowed files, we can see that their hearts are always towards the party and the people.
The author would like to say that the martyrs are in their twilight years and are full of enthusiasm. In fact, the biggest wish of the veterans is to pass on the spirit of resisting U.S. aggression and aid Korea. Their biggest wish is not to hope for their longevity, but to expect these "loveliest ones". "Human" can live forever in the memory of the people and nation and become the mark of the red gene.
Just as many veterans have said, they never think of themselves as heroes. The real heroes are those comrades who sacrificed on the battlefield. It is the peace that these comrades exchange for their blood and lives. We veterans just Looking at the great rivers and mountains of the motherland with friendship and friendship, they are so brilliant to comfort their spirits in the sky.
Postscript: Nowadays, Jiang Cheng is still alive. As long as the country needs him, he still plays a pioneering role. When he was 87 years old, in order to support the development of the olive planting project in the village, he was in The whole village took the lead in transferring the land from the family, and volunteered to do the persuasion work of other villagers. Because of his high prestige in the village, the land transfer proceeded smoothly.
For veterans, the word "country" is always above all else. Now Jiang Cheng is over 90 years old and is still alive. He has been selected as "China Good Man List" and " National Moral Model Candidate" .
Veterans do not die, dedication is forever! The heroes choose to remain anonymous, but we must not forget their contributions. Pay tribute to the heroes in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
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