Chapter 83 The True Story of "Who Is the Cutest Person"

Songgu Peak is an earthen hill on the flank of Sansuoli. Although it is called Pine Bone Peak, there are no lush green pines on the mountain, only peaks that stand like bones. The 3rd Company of the 335th Regiment of the 112th Division is stationed here. The extremely exhausted volunteer soldiers hardly had time to repair the fortifications, and a large number of American troops came along the road. Soon, the U.S. military launched a fierce attack on Pine Bone Peak. That offensive was overwhelming. A bloody battle in the Korean War began. First came the bombardment.The shells were too dense, shrapnel flew across the volunteers' positions, a sea of ​​flames, and thick smoke rose into the air.

Then, the American soldiers rushed to the position with a clatter. Many volunteer soldiers were killed by the bombing, and the surviving soldiers finished fighting with the American soldiers with bayonets. In this way, time after time, American soldiers came up and were driven out.Up, down; down, up, down again. By noon of the battle, most of the soldiers of the 3rd company who stood firm on Songgu Peak had died, and there were not many people on the ground.The final moment is approaching. During the battle, the company commander Dai Ruyi and the instructor Yang Shaocheng burned all the documents. Together with the few surviving soldiers, they recalled the various honorary titles the company had won:

We are the model combat company; We are the Sanhao Company; We are the company of heroes who will cross the Yangtze River... In the end, they all expressed their determination: even if they all died in battle, they would never let the Yankees pass through this position. This is an army that risked their lives, a group of soldiers who risked their lives, and soldiers who risked their lives. The battle started again.Fighting and fighting, the 3rd company discovered that the enemy reinforcements from behind the position had also come up, and they were already in the pincer attack of the enemies fleeing from the south and aiding from the north.

According to the post-war recollection of an officer of the 2nd Division of the U.S. Army: "We even saw the white stars on the Turkish tanks that came as reinforcements, but in the end we couldn't get together." The battle was extremely fierce. The bullets ran out, and the instructor Yang Shaocheng took up the bayonet and rushed towards the American soldiers; Zhang Xuerong, a soldier who was seriously wounded, crawled towards the enemy and fired the four grenades he had picked up; Xing Yutang, who was hit by the napalm bomb, rushed towards the enemy with whirring flames, bit the ear of an American soldier, and the two of them were burnt into a charred mass...

The fifth charge of the United Nations army failed again. In the end, on the Songgufeng 3rd company's position, there were only 7 volunteer soldiers who were injured but not injured. This tragic battle suppressed some United Nations troops who had seen the world. Kaiser, the commander of the 2nd Division of the U.S. Army, walked through a pile of corpses of the United Nations Army. When he raised his leg and stepped over a corpse, he stumbled and almost fell.In the end, the corpse was alive, and the corpse screamed in pain, sat up indignantly and shouted: "You son of a bitch, are you blind?"

It turned out that in the face of the tragic battle, the United Nations soldier was terrified, and after being injured, he simply lay down among the corpses and pretended to be dead. After the battle, Wei Wei, a famous writer, walked up Songgu Peak. Looking at the scorched battlefield, the corpses everywhere, and the tragic scene, he couldn't help crying. After returning, he wrote " Who is the cutest person" this famous article.This article was selected into the textbooks of primary and secondary schools, and Songgu Peak became famous all over the world. 40 years after this battle, on April 21, 1990, Xinhua News Agency broadcast a shocking news: Li Yu'an and Jing Yuzhuo, the two "martyrs" of Songgu Peak, are still alive!

As soon as the news was released, media from all over the country rushed to reprint it, and even North Korea's "Rodong Sinmun" also published the news. On May 21, "People's Daily" published a large photo of Li Yu'an meeting with Wei Wei in a prominent position. China Youth Daily also reported the situation as follows: One day in February 1990, an old man dressed as a farmer with a white beard, accompanied by his nephew, came to the reception room of the political department of a certain garrison in Baoding. He held Secretary Xie's hand tightly with both hands, and said excitedly, "See you all!"

Officer Xie asked in surprise, "Are you..." "My name is Li Yu'an, and I am a veteran of the 3rd company of a certain regiment." The old man took out his disability certificate and the primary school textbook with the article "Who is the cutest person" from his hand pocket and handed it over, adding, "It is The Li Yu'an in the Songgu Peak battle martyrs list." Officer Xie was stunned all of a sudden, he opened his mouth for a long time, but he didn't say anything.He quickly reported the situation to the head of the army, and Director Li Miaosheng of the Military History Office personally received Li Yu'an.

After investigation and verification, it was determined that the old man was indeed Li Yu'an, the deputy squad leader of the 3rd company. After the war, Li Yu'an returned to his hometown to work in agriculture.When talking about why he has been refusing to admit that he is the "martyr" in "Who Is the Cutest Person" in the past, he said: "I can't open my mouth. I'm afraid people will say that I live on my laurels, and I have to pay attention to the influence of everything. .Besides, the results are all written out, and the organization and the people have not forgotten us, which is interesting! Living and dead are not the same!"

Before retiring, Li Yu'an worked in the grain depot of Xinglong Town, Bayan County, Heilongjiang Province.The Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Government, and the Provincial Military District jointly made a decision to carry out activities to learn from Li Yu'an throughout the province. Yang Dezhi, former commander of the Chinese People's Volunteers, also cordially met with this admirable old hero. Later, the hero Li Yu'an returned to the Korean battlefield with the delegation and was awarded the highest level of medals. In fact, there is another martyr named Jing Yuzhuo who is still alive.

After he recovered from his injury, he gave up the chance of lifelong support from the state and resolutely returned to his hometown to work in agriculture.Later, when the leader of the army told him that he was going to ask for credit for him, he said: "What's the point of mentioning what happened 40 years ago! The real meritorious ones are the comrades who died on the battlefield. Ask me for credit. What about those who died? " The civil affairs department wanted to send Lao Jing a refrigerator and a color TV, but Lao Jing firmly refused to accept it.He said, "I've accepted the wish, so the things will be free!" The story of the two old heroes makes us descendants feel uneasy, and inspires and shocks our souls. They are the backbone of our nation.