A soldier starved on the position for 5 days and 5 nights, his comrades were sacrificed, the company commander took out a reluctant to eat a frozen apple and stuffed it to him, he accepted it with tears, and then rushed up more than 100 American troops, but did not expect a move by the volunteer soldiers, scared more than 100 American troops to flee in a hurry.
This heroic soldier is called Lin Bingyuan, and when the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began, he was still farming at home.
In 1951, after the writer Wei Wei returned from North Korea, he wrote "Who is the cutest person", which was published in the People's Daily and broadcast by the People's Radio throughout the country, touching countless Chinese people and arousing a wave of enthusiasm for joining the army.
Lin Bingyuan was part of the army craze, and after a few months of training in the northeast, he entered the Korean battlefield.
At first, Lin Bingyuan was assigned to the artillery company, but it didn't take long for him to be transferred to the infantry company as a soldier due to the needs of the war.
Moving closer to the front line, Lin Bingyuan became even more excited, feeling that his responsibility was heavier, and he began to dig tunnels and train firearms.
On November 1, 1952, when the Battle of Shangganling reached the stage of counterattacking and consolidating positions, Lin Bingyuan's company was ordered to hold the No. 2 and No. 8 positions on the No. 597.9 heights.
As soon as the artillery fire stopped, a large number of American troops rushed up, and the soldiers used crazy fire to block the enemy.
In this way, they held out for 3 days, and the enemy did not take a single step forward, but all the soldiers in the company were gone, and only one leading cadre was left, and only 8 soldiers remained.
At night, the instructor cheered everyone up in the tunnel: just hold on for two more days, reinforcements will arrive, and our company must carry forward the revolutionary spirit, as long as there is one person, we must not lose our position!
The instructor arranged for Ma Zhenbin, the machine gun squad leader, to take Lin Bingyuan and two soldiers to guard the No. 2 position, and the deputy squad leader to take three soldiers to guard the No. 8 position.
Early the next morning, Lin Bingyuan and the others were just about to walk out of the tunnel to the position, when suddenly a burst of shells struck, and one of them landed right next to the tunnel.
A wave of air knocked Lin Bingyuan to the ground, and the collapsed soil buried Lin Bingyuan underneath.
It took a long time for Lin Bingyuan to come to his senses, he thought: I will never die in this tunnel, I will die on the battlefield, if you want to come, come if you want to come, I will wait for you.
Lin Bingyuan stood up, rushed out, rushed to the No. 2 position, and waited for the arrival of the enemy.
On this morning, the enemy organized two regiments to counterattack on the 597.9 heights, and two platoons of American troops also came to position No. 2.
Lin Bingyuan's four people hid behind the bunker and saw the situation at the bottom of the mountain clearly, and the American troops huddled together and slowly climbed up the mountain.
The American soldiers reluctantly walked up, looking up at each step, and only the officers behind them shouted loudly for a long time before they were willing to take a few steps.
When the enemy got closer, the fighters pulled off the ring of the grenade at the same time and threw it at the enemy, and the enemy was immediately in chaos, and after a few rounds of grenades, a fierce battle ensued between the two sides.
The enemy, who had prepared for a day's attack, was taken by surprise, and by the time they retreated, they had lost almost a platoon of troops.
However, Lin Bingyuan's two comrades-in-arms also died, and the squad leader Ma Zhenbin was also seriously injured, Ma Zhenbin said to Lin Bingyuan in a weak tone: Lin Bingyuan, you are a member of the regiment, you must fight to the end and avenge your comrades-in-arms.
Lin Bingyuan firmly swore to squad leader Ma: The people are in the position, and they will never retreat.
After hearing this, Ma Zhenbin closed his eyes with confidence.
At night, Lin Bingyuan came to the tunnel to report the situation to the instructor.
The instructor handed Lin Bingyuan a pot of water that had been saved, and took out an apple from his pocket that he was reluctant to eat and stuffed it to Lin Bingyuan.
Lin Bingyuan didn't accept it anyway, but the instructor said seriously: Bingyuan, you must eat him, because you have to complete a more difficult task.
Lin Bingyuan took the water and apples solemnly, turned around and returned to the position.
At noon on the fifth day, a reinforcement company slowly touched up, and Lin Bingyuan was left alone, but he did not have a trace of timidity.
At this moment, two soldiers from the brother's army came up and came to help Lin Bingyuan.
The enemy slowly approached, 3 people frantically threw grenades, and after a chaos, the US army also began to counterattack, and the US army advanced weapons and equipment began to suppress fire.
A volunteer soldier was sacrificed, and there were only 2 Lin Bingyuan left on the position, who were suppressed by machine guns and couldn't raise their heads.
After a while, Lin Bingyuan said: No, this is too cowardly, the enemy will occupy the position immediately, I rushed up to fight with them, and when I die, you must hold the position.
Lin Bingyuan did not hesitate and tied his belt full of grenades.
At this time, the U.S. military had already rushed to the front, Lin Bingyuan roared angrily, threw out two grenades, and as soon as the explosion ended, Lin Bingyuan appeared on the top of the mountain, his whole body strapped with grenades.
The enemy troops in front of them were so frightened that they began to run backwards, Lin Bingyuan frantically threw grenades, and the American troops staggered down, and those who ran slowly were directly squeezed down and trampled under their feet, and the commander who supervised behind them could not stop it.
At this moment, the sound of artillery shook the sky, exploded in the American army, and a charge horn was heard on the top of the mountain, and volunteer reinforcements rushed in, frightening the American army to retreat en masse.
In the evening, everything was quiet, and Lin Bingyuan looked at the No. 2 position, which had been held for 5 days, it was still standing there, and it still belonged to the position of the volunteers.
In this battle, Lin Bingyuan, who had just enlisted in the army for a few months, killed more than 140 enemies and was awarded the title of special meritorious hero and second-class combat hero, and Chairman Mao also cordially received him.
But as for the title of hero, Lin Bingyuan said: The title of hero is not mine, it is all the volunteer soldiers who exchanged their lives and blood.
Today, the old hero who is over 90 years old is still in good health, and he often says: As long as the motherland is in need, I will still pick up a gun, fight for China, fight for the people, and am not afraid of sacrifice!
Resources:
"This is how heroes are born" and "People's Daily" 19530705 author: Zhao Zhongxin
""Memories of Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea" people are in the position! Lin Bingyuan, a veteran of the Volunteer Army, recalls the lonely battle against the enemy