In the early days of the founding of our country, because of the long years of war, guns were rampant throughout the country. Guns are "displaced", which also causes serious cases of gun crimes to occur from time to time.
In fact, since the founding of New China, the party has recognized the dangers of citizens holding guns and begun to carry out strict gun control.
Until the emergence of the Firearms Control Law of the People's Republic of China in 1996, this law clearly stipulated that any unit or individual was prohibited from possessing, manufacturing, buying and selling, transporting, leasing or lending firearms in violation of the law.
As soon as this law came out that year, the whole country began to confiscate firearms.
Pictured| a total ban on guns
However, when it came to Laiwu, Shandong, it encountered trouble, an old man in Shandong was armed with a double gun, and the police officer went to collect it but did not return.
So why?
At that time, the government received reports from the public that an elderly man was in possession of a double gun. The government that received the news immediately sent police to investigate and found that the old man was named Teng Xiyuan, a retired worker, in his seventies, and indeed possessed a double gun.
The names and home addresses of the gunmen were determined, and several policemen came to Teng Xiyuan's home. Teng Xiyuan and his wife saw the arrival of several policemen unknown. After the local police officer arrived at the old man's house, he asked straight away: "Old man, now that the state has banned the use of guns, I heard that you still have two guns at home, and I have to trouble you to cooperate with our work." ”
After listening to the words of the police, Teng Xiyuan knew the intentions of the policemen. He was silent for a while, slowly walked to the room, took out a small red box, and opened the box in front of several policemen.
The police officers present were shocked to see what was inside the box, which displayed two Mauser military pistols, which are also known as barge guns. In addition to two beautifully polished pistols, there was also a long dagger, whole
Placed inside the box.
Pictured| Guns and daggers from Teng Xiyuan's collection
Also known as the box gun in China, the barge gun is a pistol produced by the Mauser factory in Germany and one of the earliest automatic pistols in the world. This kind of gun often appears on the battlefield of modern Chinese history, as long as it is a soldier of that period, they all have a deep affection for the shell gun. However, after the founding of New China, this gun was gradually eliminated because it was not very comfortable to use.
At the moment of seeing these two military pistols, the police speculated in their hearts that this was probably not a simple possession of guns, and the old man obviously collected these two guns. And judging by his age, he should be an old party member, a soldier with a story with these two guns.
Sure enough, the old man rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, and took out a very old piece of paper, although the paper was old, but it was neatly folded and well preserved. Teng Xiyuan silently opened the paper, and what came into view was the seal of the 6202 unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
At this time, the old man said that he really did not want to hand over his old buddy. It turned out that he had long known that the state wanted to collect guns, so he had already reported them to the PLA troops, so his possession of guns was allowed by the state and was legal.
So what are the origins of these two guns? What is the legendary story of these two guns and the old man Teng Xiyuan, so that the troops can agree that he has kept these two guns? The police were very curious about this, and simply stayed behind, listening to the old man tell the story of those years of war.
The picture | the certificate stamped by the People's Liberation Army
Teng Xiyuan was born in October 1925 in Laiwu, Shandong. His family was poor, his parents had both died, and his five brothers depended on each other. Among the five brothers, Teng Xiyuan ranked third. In the days when the war broke out later, Teng Xiyuan's eldest brother was the first to join the army, and the second brother followed closely behind. The two older brothers joined the revolution one after another, left their hometowns, and fought in the south and the north, leaving Teng Xiyuan alone to take care of his younger brother at home.
Young Teng Xiyuan could only feed his two younger brothers by begging along the road, and in that era of war and chaos, there was starvation and bone death along the way, and no one had extra food to share with them. Even though Teng Xiyuan tried his best to get some food to feed his younger brothers, his youngest brother still starved to death on his back because he had no food.
In 1937, the Japanese army created the "Lugou Bridge Incident" and launched an all-out war of aggression against China, and also threatened to occupy China within three months, implementing the "three lights" policy of burning, killing, and robbing the light, burning and looting on the land of China, acting arbitrarily and committing all kinds of evil deeds.
During the stalemate phase of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army carried out a large-scale and frequent sweep of the revolutionary base areas in North China, initially starting from the Jin-Cha-Ji anti-Japanese base areas. Laiwu was also brutally killed by the Japanese army, and Teng Xiyuan spent his childhood in hiding from the Japanese army's sweep. Every day, he was afraid to hide in Tibet, watching the Japanese soldiers act recklessly, and everywhere he went, there was a cry of mourning and screaming.
Although Teng Xiyuan was not very old, his two brothers who were soldiers in his family had instilled in him the idea of annihilating the enemy and serving the country from an early age. The atrocities and massacres of the Japanese army in front of him made him even more determined to join the army, and he wanted to drive these inhuman beasts out of the land of China with his two brothers!
At the beginning of 1938, Teng Xiyuan wanted to sign up for the anti-Japanese team, but at that time he was only thirteen years old, and because of long-term malnutrition, he was running around, and the whole person looked black and thin, not like a thirteen-year-old baby at all.
Figure | Fei Teng Xiyuan
At that time, Liu Zizheng, the political commissar of the county brigade, saw that he was so young and still looked weak and could not help the wind, and did not agree to accept him into the army. However, Teng Xiyuan had long been determined to join the army, go into battle to kill the enemy, and defend his family and defend the country, so he did not give up, but repeatedly pleaded with Liu Zizheng, hoping to agree to join the army.
The political commissar could not resist Teng Xiyuan's "dead skin lai face" and promised to leave him in the county brigade. In this way, the young Teng Xiyuan became a member of the Laidong County Brigade. Teng Xiyuan was too young and very familiar with the local terrain, plus he was still a small child, although he could not go into battle to kill the enemy, but it was convenient and flexible to move. Taking these factors into account, the county brigade sent him to do intelligence work.
Because Teng Xiyuan often ran outside, his skin was tanned and he was very thin, his teammates called him "Teng Hezi". So "Teng Heizi" began to pretend to be a little beggar under the eyes of the Japanese army, passing information to the county brigade and investigating the situation.
Teng Xiyuan was brave and resourceful, repeatedly cleverly and skillfully evaded the search of the Japanese army, passed on a lot of useful information to the comrades of the county brigade, and helped the base point of the county brigade to evade the sweeping of the Japanese Kou, and performed very well. Gradually, everyone looked at this skinny little "TengHezi" with astonishment.
In 1940, the Eighth Route Army began to prepare for the Hundred Regiments War, the War
The core of the fight was to destroy the communication points of the Japanese army and pull out the main strongholds of the Japanese army in the anti-Japanese base areas. Because of the continuous development of the Hundred Regiments War, the Japanese army also launched a large-scale sweep of China's Jinsui Border Region, brutally ravaging the innocent Chinese people.
Figure | Hundred Regiments Battle
In this year, because of the traitors' whistleblowing, a Japanese Kou team launched an encirclement and suppression operation against the troops in the base area where Teng Xiyuan was located. Surrounded by layers of Japanese soldiers, two teammates of the prefectural brigade were unfortunately arrested. The 15-year-old Teng Xiyuan and several other comrades were not caught by the Japanese soldiers because they were on a mission abroad.
Watching the Japanese soldiers who were not far away with rifles groping step by step, Teng Xiyuan, who had been circling with the Japanese army for several years, showed great composure. Hiding in the haystacks, he knew he couldn't go back to the county brigade's stronghold, because it was already exposed. So he jumped from the wall in the courtyard and escaped from the Japanese encirclement, preparing to find other marching troops to counterattack the Japanese army.
On the way to find reinforcements, Teng Xiyuan met two teammates who wanted to return to the stronghold, and he hurriedly pulled them aside and told them that the stronghold had been surrounded by Japanese troops and could not go back. So the two teammates also followed Teng Xiyuan to find other Eighth Route Army troops.
The three of them have maintained a high degree of vigilance on the way. Suddenly, Teng Xiyuan found a single enemy, who was sneaky and seemed to be looking for troops. He immediately looked at his teammates, and then pulled out a dagger and tried to attack from behind. When the Japanese approached, Teng Xiyuan jumped violently on his back and suppressed the Japanese army with all his strength.
Teng Xiyuan's teammates also rushed to help, and finally with the cooperation of his teammates, Teng Xiyuan used this long dagger to wipe the neck of the Japanese soldier. Before he could shout, he felt blood spurting from his neck and falling to the ground, unable to move again.
The teammates watched as Teng Xiyuan bladed a Japanese soldier and gave him a thumbs up. This was the first time teng Xiyuan had personally killed the enemy, and the dagger that killed the Japanese army had also been preserved by him to this day, that is, the dagger that was placed with two guns.
Figure| Teng Xiyuan
This hand-bladed Japanese army was only the beginning of Teng Xiyuan's battle to kill the enemy, and the real fame of the first battle was the battle he was going to fight next. Teng Xiyuan walked with his teammates for a long time, and finally found the Eighth Route Army unit, which was the fourth detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and the commander of this team at that time was Liao Rongbiao.
Because the stronghold of Teng Xiyuan's unit was destroyed by the devil, he stayed in Liao Rongbiao's team. Before they could rest, they ushered in a vicious battle, and the Japanese army launched a frenzied sweep of the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base areas.
In order to resist the Japanese army, our army organized a team to fight back. However, the Japanese army was well-equipped and prepared, occupied the superior geographical position, and launched a fierce attack on our army. Our army could not resist and supported it with tenacious faith.
Just when our army and the Japanese army were in a stalemate, Teng Xiyuan was overjoyed when he saw the flag officer of the Japanese army playing the flag. The flag officer of the Japanese army is to pass orders to the combat soldiers on the battlefield, and as long as there is a flag officer, there will definitely be a commander of the Japanese army.
"Capture the thief before the king", Teng Xiyuan stayed where he was, holding his breath, quietly waiting for the opportunity, ready to kill the commander of the Japanese army first. In this way, Teng Xiyuan constantly adjusted the position of the pistol, and finally "banged" twice, and the commander and flag officer of the Japanese army fell to the ground in response.
Without the command of the commander, the Japanese army was at a loss, chaotic, and very chaotic, creating an opportunity for our army to counterattack, and our army took advantage of the situation to concentrate firepower and launch a counterattack against the main force of the Japanese army. In the process of counterattack, Teng Xiyuan bravely killed the enemy, and after firing all the bullets, he fought a white-knife battle with the Japanese army face to face.
In the process of close-quarters hand-to-hand combat, Teng Xiyuan was stabbed in the armpit by Rikou's bayonet, and suddenly a sharp pain came. The sound of the horn sounded, the comrades rushed forward with all their might, and the wailing of the Japanese army continued to sound. Teng Xi could not take care of the pain in his armpits, and took the sharp knife in his hand to stab the Japanese soldiers, at this time the reinforcements also arrived at the battlefield, and finally our army completely annihilated the enemy army and won the victory.
In this battle, Teng Xiyuan took the lead in killing the Japanese commander, performed outstandingly, and became famous in the first battle. After the war, his superiors awarded him first class merit and awarded him his first medal since joining the army. Commander Liao Rongbiao personally praised him: "You little TengHezi, you are really good at beating devils!" After saying that, he personally presented him with an award, and after the award, he gave him a box gun.
Figure | Liao Rongbiao
This is the origin of the first box gun in Teng Xiyuan's collection, and then this gun has been following Teng Xiyuan on the battlefield and has become his inseparable "good buddy". The origin of Teng Xiyuan's second "good guy" is even more powerful, which was given to him by Su Yu himself.
On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, but with it the intensification of contradictions between our army and the Kuomintang. Not long after the Chongqing negotiations, Chiang Kai-shek could no longer hide his wolf ambitions and launched a civil war. At that time, Teng Xiyuan was already a company commander of an artillery company, and he had rich combat experience and joined General Su Yu's East China Field Army.
One day, Teng Xiyuan arranged for sentries to go to the observation deck to observe the enemy situation, while he and a comrade-in-arms went to patrol the sentry. No sooner had they climbed a hill than they noticed an army not far away, heading for it. It was not clear whether it was friend or foe for the time being, teng Xiyuan hurriedly pulled his comrades around him to lie down so as not to be discovered, and then Teng Xiyuan began to carefully observe this army.
He found that this army was equipped with mortars, large machine guns and other heavy weapons, and at first glance it was Chiang's troops. They had about two battalions, almost two hundred men, and were coming this way. The appearance of this army caught Teng Xi far off guard, and he did not know what to do for a while. Now there were only two of him and his comrades-in-arms, but the enemy had more than two hundred and well-equipped.
It was no longer possible to return to the large troops, and by this time the enemy was getting closer and closer. Teng Xiyuan began to examine the weapons on himself and his comrades, only three grenades and two guns. Teng Xiyuan and his comrades-in-arms analyzed the current situation, and suddenly had a clever move, thinking of a good way to make the enemy not dare to act rashly, but also to delay time and wait for the rescue of the troops. That's to stage an empty city plan for them.
After Teng Xiyuan told his comrades about his plan, he began to act. Still in the ravine and with his vision obstructed, he chose a perfect position and threw a grenade at the Nationalist army first.
They were startled to hear the explosion and could not understand the situation for a while. However, before they could react, Teng Xiyuan's comrades opened fire on this unit, but basically did not hit them, just to scare them.
At the same time, Teng Xiyuan also changed directions and threw the remaining grenades at the enemy, and kept firing his guns into the air, shouting as he fired: "You are surrounded!" Shoot and don't kill, preferential treatment for prisoners! In the empty valley, Teng Xiyuan's voice grew stronger.
Picture | Teng Xiyuan tells the origin of the gun
Faced with the sound of gunfire and explosions in all directions, the Kuomintang troops became even more nervous, thinking that they had really fallen into the ambush of the People's Liberation Army, and did not dare to act rashly. In order to detect how many people there were in the People's Liberation Army, they began to get on guard and shoot at the place where there was gunfire.
With the sound of cannon fire, Teng Xiyuan knew that his plan had succeeded. Such a big movement of the Kuomintang army can just attract a large force of our army, and when the time comes, this enemy unit will not be able to escape by inserting its wings. Sure enough, the large troops of our army arrived in time and annihilated the Kuomintang, a small contingent of two hundred people, within a few minutes.
After the war, Teng Xiyuan learned that this unit was an elite unit of the Kuomintang, and he had actually scrapped the elite strength of the enemy army as soon as he emptied the city. Teng Xiyuan's plan to empty the city not only enabled our army to completely annihilate the elite troops of the enemy army, but also captured a large number of advanced weapons as a result, enriched the military quartermaster strength of our army, and made first-class merits.
At the celebration meeting, Teng Xiyuan was credited with a first-class meritorious service and awarded a medal. Su Yu called him a "lone hero" and rewarded him with a brand new shell gun, which was handed over to him in the envious eyes of his comrades-in-arms. This is the origin of Teng Xiyuan's second box gun, and this pistol also followed Teng Xiyuan around in his conquests, becoming his second "good guy" who never left his body.
Pictured| General Su Yu
In 1949, when New China was founded, Teng Xiyuan thought that he could finally live a peaceful life. But the United States does not want us to live in peace. In 1950, in the name of the "United Nations Army," the United States blatantly interfered in the internal affairs of North Korea and crossed the 38th Parallel in an attempt to turn North Korea into their territory.
This is only the first step in the US plan, and they have repeatedly sent planes circling in our airspace to bomb our northeast region! It's intolerable! Although New China is still in its cradle, China's territory is inviolable. When receiving a request for assistance from the DPRK side, our leader resolutely decided to send volunteer troops to resist the United States and aid Korea.
At the end of 1950, Teng Xiyuan boarded a train into the DPRK and went to Korea to resist the United States and aid Korea. In 1953, Teng's unit was tasked with fighting the U.S. army in Mapingli, North Korea. The cruelty of this battle is self-evident, the US military is well-equipped, and at the same time occupies air superiority, and our army is very difficult to fight.
In the Battle of Mapingli, our troops were attacked by enemy tanks. And our army's weapons can not attack the tanks of the US army at a long distance, there is no effective means of counterattacking the tanks, the only way is to find a soldier with an explosives package, under the cover of comrades-in-arms, groped near the tank to blow up the tank.
This task is undoubtedly extremely dangerous, and there is basically no way to live. But Teng Xiyuan, who was the commander of the artillery company, volunteered and took over the task. The moment he put the explosive package on his back, he decided he couldn't come back.
Fortunately, the explosives exploded smoothly and the American tanks were destroyed. Although Teng Xiyuan was stunned and dying, he was also unharmed under the treatment of doctors. However, he left a scar on his head that became a permanent mark of that battle.
After this battle, Teng Xiyuan was awarded the glorious title of "Explosion Hero", and he returned to the embrace of the motherland after achieving fame. The story shared by the old man ended here, and the police officers present listened to it with great fascination and were amazed by the legendary story of the old man Teng Xiyuan. These two shell guns should indeed remain in the hands of the old man, because this is a testimony to his life and glorious years.
Although he had two guns, the neighbors around them were not afraid when they knew the origin of the guns, and it was more reassuring to have a hero of the War of Resistance next to them. The old man's gun has also undergone special treatment, can not open fire, can only be collected as a collection, as the old man's memories of that period of war.
Teng Xiyuan has always told us that today's comfortable life is bought with the blood and lives of the martyrs of the predecessors, and we must cherish it even more. Listening to the old man's words, the crowd nodded. Veterans who have fought all their lives cannot forget the glory days on the battlefield, and we who live in the era of peace should not forget that we must use our own strength to create a strong motherland!