As we all know, our army has a tradition that when infantry meet artillery on the battlefield, they call "Big Brother" "the big brother". This "Big Brother" is not a casual call. It is the sincere and simple revolutionary emotion cultivated in the battle between blood and fire.
Resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea movie " Heroes and Children " is an indelible memory for those who have come through the 1960s and 1970s.
In the movie, the hero Wang Cheng faced the surging enemy and shouted at the report phone : "Fire at me! Fire at me!" and made it a permanent monument. If you are careful, you will find that he had several communications with the artillery before this.
When he was the only one left on the position, he kept calling for artillery fire with his phone on his back, "Yan'an , Yan'an, shoot at the No. 4 target." When the shells exploded accurately in the enemy group and the enemy left the body and fled in panic, he shouted excitedly to the phone: Good fight! Good fight! Comrade artillery, thank you...
wang Cheng is calling artillery fire
Our army is fighting, infantry fights face to face with the enemy on the front line, and even fights hand-to-hand with bayonets. The artillery, at the right time, uses long-range firepower to support the infantry, attack the enemy hard, and protect their comrades as much as possible, so as to win the battle together.
Therefore, in the battle, the infantry often give the precious spoils they seized to the artillery in order to thank the artillery for their fire support and to compensate for the regret that the artillery was difficult to seize from the line of fire, and to show their respect. The author is fortunate to come into contact with two real cases in this area, and I will share them with you today.
Teacher Yang Nanzhen introduced the M2 carbine
Just a few days ago, in the Military Museum new media platform, Teacher Yang Nanzhen focused on introducing a Volunteer Army seized the US military's M2 carbine on the Korean battlefield. The most special thing about this carbine is that its butt stock is engraved with a few lines of words: "Dedicated to: the heroic people's artillery, gifted by the fourth detachment." Below it, a scene of an artillery and a cannon in battle is vividly portrayed. This cannon is also very interesting. You can tell at a glance that it was the 92 infantry cannon of the Japanese devils, because in the early days of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, most of the artillery used by our army were captured by the Japanese army.
M2 carbine clearly engraved in class
Teacher Yang was very excited when introducing this M2 carbine. He said that there are many stories behind this gun, but the story behind this is another story that is untestable now. It reflects the moving story of the People's Army, especially the Volunteer Army, in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, in order to eliminate the enemy's infantry and artillery.
Coincidentally, by chance, I found a photo from a friend, which was a photo of a Soviet-made AK-47 rifle with missing magazine. When I looked carefully, I found words on the guardrail and the butt stock. After identification, all of these words were nailed with pins. The guardrail reads: 1.15 battle souvenir; the butt stock says: I will give you the artillery regiment of the First Infantry Division, and the signature is: The First Infantry Regiment.
This gun with cultural value
"1·15 Battle" battle was seized. This rifle obviously comes from the Laoshan front line in combat against Vietnam. Literally, in order to thank our division's Artillery Regiment for its strong support in combat, the First Infantry Regiment gave them a captured rifle after the war. Is scenarios like
seem familiar? There should be the same story behind this AK-47 rifle and the M2 carbine in the hands of Mr. Yang Nanzhen. Of course there are also differences. In addition to the different types of capture places and guns, the source of this AK-47 rifle is verified and clear.
Afterwards, the author checked a large amount of historical information about the first army's infantry division participating in the Vietnam War and gradually figured out the ins and outs of the story behind this rifle.
1984, the 118th Regiment of the 40th Division of the 14th Army had just recovered Laoshan occupied by the Vietnamese army; on April 30, the 31st Division of the 11th Army recovered Zheyin Mountain; on May 15, the 122nd Regiment of the 41st Division of the 14th Army recovered Bali Hedong Mountain. After that, the troops turned into defense and withstood the Vietnamese army, who were unwilling to fail, took turns to counterattack. The troops in the front are exhausted and urgently need to change the defense and rest.
On July 20, 1984, the first infantry division of the first army rushed to the Yunnan border as the first batch of Laoshan rotary combat troops according to the orders of the superiors. In order to covert attempts, the regiment number was changed to the 1st Regiment of the 41st Division (A), with code name 35155 troops, and the numbers of each battalion, company, and team remain unchanged. It is said that until the first regiment mission ended a year later and when he returned to Hangzhou, the Vietnamese army opposite did not understand the real source of the troops that had fought with them for a year.
htmlOn July 28, the First Infantry Regiment arrived in Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, where the Laoshan Front is located. After several months of intense combat training, it officially entered the Laoshan defensive position on December 3, mainly responsible for the defensive combat tasks of the 662.6 Highland and Nara area. This area is the forefront of defense operations in the entire Laoshan area and is the main throat for the enemy to seize the entire bow area.
troops were training in the battle
Just one year ago, on July 12, the Vietnamese army dispatched more than 10,000 troops to organize a large-scale counterattack on our Laoshan position. With the close coordination of our infantry and artillery, they were completely shattered, and more than 3,700 bodies were thrown down and retreated in panic. This battle is known as the "July 12" victory in our military history.
failed this, and the Vietnamese army still did not give up. In order to realize its "third battle plan", they gathered heavy troops in the Qingshui River and Huangluo areas facing my Laoshan, and made six months of combat preparations, attempting to fight with me, hoping to "recover lost land" in one fell swoop.
Infantry Regiment entered the position and found that after several months of hard work, the Vietnamese army had dug 46 kilometers of spider-web-like traffic trenches and trenches on the frontier positions close to our Laoshan, and completed the "trench extension" offensive preparations. The nearest place was only about 20 meters away from our post.
harsh battlefield environment
. Due to the continuous bombing of Vietnamese artillery fire, 80% of the fortifications were destroyed. In addition, the construction conditions were harsh, making repairs very difficult. The first infantry regiment is about to face, which will be a very serious enemy situation and extremely frequent, tragic and cruel battles. After
, the First Infantry Regiment, under the call of the commander Fu Quanyou, "It would rather be a structure worker to be exhausted than be bombed by the enemy," organized defensive operations while carrying out structure work and digging operations. With everyone's joint efforts, all officers and soldiers of the First Infantry Regiment fought hundreds of battles with the enemy in more than a month, and built a complete defense system on the Laoshan position, firmly riveted on the position without allowing the enemy to advance a little.
The then commander Fu Quanyou was commanding the battle
Time came on January 8, 1985. The First Infantry Regiment received a notice from the superior enemy: The Vietnamese army plans to launch a large-scale counterattack on me in the near future, and the enemy in front of me has completed all the attack preparations.
The superior gave the first infantry regiment two combat tasks: one is to make the first regiment be prepared to fight against enemy camps and large-scale counterattacks. The other was to use an regiment to strengthen the strength of the company with an and cooperate with infantry artillery to capture the enemy's highlands No. 2 and No. 3. Annihilate the two highland enemies, crush the threat of their "trench extension" tactics to our positions, change the current passive situation, and stabilize the defensive situation.
Facing the mission, Li Jisong, the political commissar of the First Infantry Division, said to the leaders of the First Infantry Regiment: "You must fight back with one hand and attack with the other. The First Regiment must shoulder the heavy burden."
The commanders and fighters of the First Regiment were commanding the battle
Infantry Division assigned the division's artillery regiment to the First Regiment, requiring it to participate in the battle within the combat organization, focusing on firepower shooting within the planned, focusing on suppressing the enemy's shallow, near-depth targets. The first regiment also formed a temporary light gun group of 2 100 mortar companies and 2 82 mortar companies within the system and strengthened. They mainly call for shooting, and they will shoot as they please, and they will hit wherever they are.
In order to facilitate the coordination of infantry and artillery, they further clarified the infantry's fighting style and the method of artillery support, and achieved "three unifications and one clear": unify the name of the land and object, the position number, the method of calling firepower, the coordinated signal and command; and clarify the location of the main fire control points of the artillery. The commander of the artillery regiment, Tang Quandong, and the commander of the first regiment, Chen Chuanfa, shared a map in the same command post, made a determination to fight together and cooperate closely.
Arson fire was roaring
html In the early morning of November 15, the battle to fight against the enemy started. The battle lasted for a whole day. The Vietnamese army dispatched three regiments and one battalion, and launched more than 30 attacks from squads to battalions and regiments to the first regiment position in multiple directions and waves. They fired more than 10,000 shells on the three main positions in ours, and all the fortifications on the surface positions were blown up.
Our army's infantry and artillery work closely together to exert the overall combat power, leaving a large number of corpses on the road of attack. Because our army was accurate in intelligence and prepared for combat, the enemy's conspiracy was not allowed to succeed, and he exchanged for a larger victory at a small price.
While dealing with the enemy's counterattack, the first regiment also ordered the Ninth Company to launch a battle against the enemy's No. 2 and No. 3 high grounds at 9:50 that day.
"Sixteen Warriors"
After fierce battle, the Ninth Company, with the cooperation of the reinforcement team, took down the two high grounds at around 19:00 on the 16th. When the commander Fu Quanyou heard the good news from the front in the command post, he shouted excitedly: "Come on wine to celebrate the victory..."
The enemy was naturally unwilling to accept the defeat and continued to launch a crazy counterattack against our army occupying the highlands of No. 2 and No. 3. During the anti-enemy counterattack, the infantry and artillery developed a high degree of tacit understanding. Faced with the influx of enemies, they adopted the effective combat method of "firing the cannon, cutting the waist with small cannons, and taking the head with infantry".
The artillery fire was exerted, the enemy trembled, and fell down. The soldiers excitedly called on the radio: "Thank you guys, the artillery brothers, you've fought so well!" Is this situation very similar to Wang Cheng on the Korean battlefield more than 30 years ago?
Our army rocket launcher fired the Vietnamese army
After 5 days and 4 nights of fierce fighting, the Ninth Company completed the attack and point-drawing mission, and with the support of reinforcements and artillery, repelled the enemy's 18 counterattacks from the platoon to the battalion, and exchanged blood and life for the final victory.
This "15" battle lasted from the 15th to the 19th. The first infantry regiment fought simultaneously in both offense and defense, severely damaged 4 regiments and 3 battalions of the Vietnamese Army and captured 2 high grounds. I exchanged a major victory for annihilation of 1,356 enemies at the small price of wounding 308 people and killing 105 people, and seized a large number of weapons and ammunition, including 26 AK-47 submachine guns.
After the war, in order to thank the artillery regiment of the division for its timely and precise fire support in combat, the First Infantry Regiment selected one from the seized AK-47 submachine guns and gave it to the "Big Brother of Artillery". In order to keep the engraved characters permanently, the smart soldiers used pins to nail the aforementioned lines of characters on the upper guard and butt stock.
Due to the changes in the troops in recent years, it is said that this rifle has been handed over to a warehouse of its superiors and has been permanently sealed.
Infantry and artillery, this "brotherhood" condensed in the battle between blood and fire will be passed on forever.
Some of the pictures in the article are from "Memories of the Burning of War" written by Zhao Chuanxi, the political commissar of the regiment at that time. I would like to express my gratitude here.
