Before the attack on Laoshan on April 28, the 118th Regiment of the 40th Division of the 14th Army of the Chinese Army received an order. The 1st Battalion performed roundabout missions, the 2nd Battalion assisted, and the 3rd Battalion was responsible for the main attack.

In 1984, my country's battle to regain Laoshan began. Before the attack on Laoshan on April 28, the 118th Regiment of the 40th Division of the 14th Army of the Chinese Army received an order. The 1st Battalion performed roundabout missions, the 2nd Battalion assisted, and the 3rd Battalion was responsible for the main attack. The specific task of the

1 battalion is to make a circuitous interspersion in the direction of Laoshan facing Vietnam , occupy the position, attack the enemies defeated by our army from Laoshan, and at the same time block the enemies who reinforce Laoshan from the depth of the enemy. It is equivalent to having to withstand the enemy's two-way flanking attack, and the task is very difficult.

1 battalion 1st company, 2nd platoon and 4th squad are recognized as sharp knife squads. As the squad leader, Chen Hongyuan did his part and took the lead in the charge. Facing the terrain of deep mountains and old forests, each specially carried a sharp machete to open the way.

However, because the road from Mahei to the main peak of Laoshan is a steep mountain canyon, covered with dense large trees bamboo rattan, there are also mines and barbed wire ambushed by the enemy along the way, bringing the enemy with them. fire attack.

Due to the special terrain, our army had already begun an artillery battle before facing the enemy head-on. Hundreds of cannons with calibers of 152, 122, 130, and 85 mm made the sky red.

However, the enemy responded in kind. Our army's intensive artillery fire did not cause substantial damage to the enemy. As soon as the fire ceased, enemy artillery fire fell like raindrops on the assembly area of ​​the 1st Battalion.

What's worse is that the enemy's artillery shells are equipped with instant fuzes. As soon as they reach the sky above our camp, the shrapnel splashes everywhere like a goddess scattering flowers, causing great damage.

Before the official attack started, more than 20 people were killed in the 3rd company, and more than 10 people were killed in the 1st company. Our troops were already in disarray.

However, these did not stop Chen Hongyuan, the leader of the sharp knife squad. He still took the lead in charging into the battle, like a beast that kept charging towards the enemy. However, due to the continuous enemy artillery fire, the follow-up personnel of the sharp knife squad did not keep up with his pace.

Due to the enemy's double attack, he was not allowed to pause or think for a moment. He rushed towards the enemy's high ground alone while finding cover to dodge, but he did not know that he had already separated from the team.

Chen Hongyuan first climbed through a barbed wire fence and climbed over a high anti-infantry cliff, jumped into a trench, and rushed in from behind the high ground. Only then did he realize that he was lost.

Because based on the experience of pre-war deployment and sand table drills, the 1st Battalion’s goal was Highland 1072. Obviously the mountain in front of him did not match Highland 1072. What to do with

? Entering the tiger's den alone? Although Chen Hongyuan has achieved impressive results in previous "competitions", after all, this is his first actual battle.

Facing the enemy's double-layered ground and air attacks alone, Chen Hongyuan felt very uneasy, but he thought of what veterans often say, "The more you fear death on the battlefield, the more likely you are to die "!

So he began to crawl forward in the trench, raising his head slightly, and kept crawling forward with his left hand. After climbing more than ten meters, he saw a dark tunnel entrance, and vaguely heard the sound of chirping inside.

Without saying a word, he took out a wooden-handled grenade, opened the safety guard and threw it in. Then, with lightning speed, he raised his gun and fired a long burst of more than twenty rounds.

Then he held his breath and listened to the movement inside. The deathly silence made him muster up the courage to slowly get in, and found that inside were several fragmented and burnt enemy corpses that had been bombed.

He stepped over the enemy's corpse and walked slowly inside, getting darker and darker. Suddenly a big hand grabbed the barrel of the submachine gun in his hand, making him unable to move.

During the life-and-death fight, Chen Hongyuan reacted instinctively and quickly adjusted his position, just as the two sides were trying to pull each other's guns.

Chen Hongyuan used the advantage of holding the handle of the gun to aim the barrel at the enemy's head. He tried hard to pull the trigger. A gunshot sounded and the enemy fell to the ground.

Then he counted the results of the victory just now, and all 7 enemies were killed.

I saw that there were two 60 mortars and some ammunition in the cave, as well as a wooden bed. He guessed that this was an enemy's artillery squad. Because they were hiding in a cave to avoid our shelling, they didn't have time to run out, but Chen Hongyuan made dumplings.

After a while, Chen Hongyuan heard voices that sounded like voices at the entrance of the tunnel again. He lay on the bed, pointing the gun at the hole.

Because the enemy just entered the hole, they couldn't see what was going on inside at all. At this time, Chen Hongyuan occupies a favorable position, and has the demeanor of one man being able to control everything.

When the enemy was about 2 meters away from him, he shot and killed 4 of them, and quickly found several submachine gun magazines from the dead bodies (the ones used by the Vietnamese army at the time were all aided by my country in its Anti-American War) Type 56 submachine gun).

In his first actual battle, he killed more than a dozen enemies in a row. He instantly gained courage, and his fear had long been forgotten.

So, he struck while the iron was hot and continued his search. Suddenly, a Vietnamese soldier wearing a sun hat came before his eyes. Both sides were exposed. When they met in a narrow road, they competed for hand speed.

In a moment, Chen Hongyuan immediately rolled to the corner of the tunnel, took out the grenade and threw it out without saying a word.

But unfortunately, the grenade hit the trench wall and bounced back. Seeing the grenade emitting smoke under his feet. The next second, he picked up the grenade without hesitation and threw it back, killing the enemy.

He was walking alone along the tunnel when he suddenly heard the sound of a telegram coming from a nearby hiding place. He sneaked over and took out two grenades. With precise parabolic movement, the three enemies inside were stunned and captured. Got a telescope and a code book.

He continued to search and entered another short hole. There were three wooden boxes inside. One box contained cannonballs and bullets, and the other box contained some Vietnamese documents, files, and official documents. clothes, some of which were in Vietnamese currency.

Without much effort, a Vietnamese soldier came in from the outside. Chen Hongyuan immediately shot him and knocked down the enemy.

The enemies outside have noticed the ruthless character inside, and they are throwing bullets and grenades into the hole one after another. Seeing that there was nowhere to escape, Chen Hongyuan quickly scanned his surroundings.

At this critical moment, he quickly pulled off a quilt from the bed next to him and covered his head. As a result, a small piece of shrapnel hit his wrist. He gritted his teeth and pulled it out.

At this time, he was in a confrontation with the enemy outside. Neither of them knew the situation of the other party. He had an idea and planned to pretend to be dead.

But the cunning enemy put a wolf dog in from the outside, ready to bite.

When the wolf dog was less than 3 meters away from him, Chen Hongyuan knew that he had no choice but to go shopping.

So he shot the wolf dog and fell to the ground. Then he planned to rush out of the cave and die with the enemy.

However, just as he was about to rush out, a hail of bullets came in from the outside. One bullet pierced his steel helmet, and the bullet penetrated into the middle of his left eye and eyebrow, causing excruciating pain.

He gritted his teeth and pulled out the bullet. Blood stained half of his face, but it was too late to think, so he had to simply bandage it.

At this time, he was already determined to die, and he was ready to fight the enemy to the death with a mentality that he would rather die than surrender.

At this moment, the sound of cannons and gunshots rang out outside the cave, and the sounds of Chinese characters were heard. He was overjoyed and shouted with all his strength, "I am Chen Hongyuan!"

"Isn't this the fourth squad leader?" Zhou Hui, the instructor of the 6th company, replied, and led the soldiers to surround him.

Instructor Zhou investigated Chen Hongyuan's results and killed 16 enemies and a military dog ​​. Only then did he know that this was an enemy company headquarters on Highland 49, and it turned out that he was fighting for the 6th Company! Comrades from

Chen Hongyuan handed over his submachine gun, bullets, and binoculars to them, leaving only a backpack and four grenades with him.

Luo Quan supported him and walked for a while. Chen Hongyuan, considering that the war was not over yet and it was time to hire people, quickly stopped Luo Quan from continuing to escort him and said quickly: "I'm fine. You can go back. We need people on the high ground!"

However, , although Chen Hongyuan simply bandaged the wound, he was seriously injured and had difficulty walking, but he still chose to walk down the mountain alone.

Although the journey was not far, my physical strength was basically exhausted. In addition, my left eye was bleeding profusely and my body was already hollowed out. I relied on my persistent belief to walk down the mountain firmly. When I couldn't walk any more, I rolled and crawled.

After walking only a few hundred meters, he encountered 3 wounded soldiers and 2 martyrs from our army. He was injured and unable to move forward, but none of the four people were willing to abandon the bodies of these two martyrs and take turns. Carrying forward.

Not only were their physical strength severely exhausted, but they also had to be wary of the enemy's retreat. After three days and three nights, they survived by drinking "footprint water" and eating "grass roots". On the fourth day, Liu Nianguang The battalion commander finally led people to find them who were dying.

Chen Hongyuan was awarded first-class merit. After being issued an order by Chairman Deng Xiaoping of the Military Commission, he was awarded the honorary title of "Lone Hero".

Chen Hongyuan later served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Human Arms of Xicheng District, Beijing, with the rank of colonel. He is now retired, and his son Chen Ju has also honorably become a soldier.

To this day, who is still alive among the winners of the "Lone Hero" award?