During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, such a strange thing happened: In the process of transporting supplies to the front line, two volunteer soldiers accidentally lost the truck of materials because of an encounter with the enemy, so they had to snatch a car from the enemy and drive it back. Unexpectedly, they were awarded the second class merit by their superiors with this remedy, which was quite a bit of yin and yang, and it was crooked.
What's going on here?
It was one day in November 1951, when Song Huiguo, the driver of the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion, 18th Regiment of the 18th Automobile Regiment of the Logistics Department of the Volunteer Army, received an urgent order: a truckload of sorghum rice was transported to the front line overnight.
As we all know, the rations of the volunteer troops on the Korean battlefield are fried noodles, and the fried noodles are mainly made of soybeans, corn, sorghum, etc., which is very easy to store and carry.
In war, there has always been a saying that "the army has not moved, and the grain and grass have gone first", so transporting grain is a very important task.
Song Huiguo did not dare to be sluggish after accepting the task, and immediately loaded the car with his assistant and set off.
As they were about to reach the front in their car, they suddenly heard a burst of gunfire, which was an alarm from our air defense post, which indicated that there were Us bombers nearby.
Under such circumstances, Song Huiguo had no choice but to immediately turn off the headlights and continue driving in the dark.
However, because this area is the junction between the enemy and us, the terrain is intricate, and it is extremely difficult to drive blindly under black lights.
Song Huiguo drove the car for about two miles, turned a corner, and suddenly found that the situation was not good - how could the lights be bright not far ahead?
It is obvious that the volunteers cannot turn on the lights at night, and there must be a US military camp in front, which shows that the car's driving route has been deviated and crashed into the US position!
This can't help but make Song Huiguo anxious in his heart: personal safety is small, and the problem of not being able to complete the task is serious!
Driving further forward is equivalent to throwing a net, and you must immediately turn back to find another way out. However, when Song Huiguo drove the car and turned around in the dark, because he could not see the road conditions clearly, the wheel actually slid into the ditch next to the road, causing a rollover, and how to drive up.
Song Huiguo and his assistants were all in a cold sweat, this cart of sorghum rice is an urgently needed material on the front line! This situation is really terrible at the moment! What to do?
Just as they were helpless and chaotic, two beams of lights suddenly swept over, making them unable to open their eyes, and it turned out to be a truck driving from the US position.
"The enemy is coming, just fight with them!" Song Huiguo whispered to his assistant.
Just as they were about to enter the fighting, the cab door of the truck suddenly opened, and a U.S. military driver stepped out, shouting something in English.
Although Song Huiguo could not understand English, he felt that the other party was not malicious, and it looked like he wanted to come over to help.
Perhaps because it was dark and could not be seen clearly, coupled with the fact that Song Huiguo and his assistants were wearing US military helmets, the US military driver mistakenly regarded them as his own.
When Song Huiguo flashed his body into the shadow that the headlights could not illuminate, he quietly pulled out his gun, and when the American driver approached, he suddenly reached over and held the gun against the door of his head.
The other party was surprised, but did not dare to squeak, and could only tie his hands.
Song Huiguo and his assistant escorted the US military driver, ran to the back of the truck, opened the tarpaulin, and saw that there were more than twenty US soldiers lying in the carriage, looking like they were all drunk and unconscious.
"Haha, a cart of crap!" The assistant was overjoyed, and quickly pulled out a grenade from his waist, "Get rid of all of you!" ”
"Don't touch them! Don't hit the grass to scare the snake! Song Huiguo immediately stopped him and quickly made a bold decision, "Since our car is no longer moving, simply rob their car and take these devils back!" ”
The assistant immediately returned to his senses and nodded his head in amazement: "Right, right, right!" Capturing a group of captives is also a big gain! ”
In the end, Song Huiguo and his assistants got into the US truck, escorted the driver and more than twenty drunks on the car, and drove directly into the forward position of the volunteer army.
The front-line troops took the prisoners with surprise and delight, and when they were counted, there were 25 American soldiers with drunks in the driver. Later, after interrogation, it was learned that these US troops had originally changed their defenses from the front line and were ready to take a car to the rear to rest, but they were all captured by Song Huiguo and other two people.
Although Song Huiguo and his assistants lost a truckload of sorghum rice that was urgently needed on the front line, they snatched a car from the enemy and drove back, "by the way" capturing so many AMERICAN prisoners, which can also be regarded as a miracle, just to make up for it.
Later, with the approval of the Headquarters of the Thirty-eighth Army, Song Huiguo and his assistants were not punished, but were rated as second-class merits.
This rather legendary experience was spread as a beautiful talk in the military for a time, and later the military propaganda team adapted this matter into the Shandong express book "A Car of Sorghum Rice", which was widely praised in China.