In 1979, shortly after the start of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, our army won an important victory. The officers and men of the 2nd Battalion of the 116th Regiment of the 39th Division of the 13th Army made great contributions in this operation, stubbornly resisting the elite 316-A Division of the Vietnamese Army, and assisting the 37th and 38th Divisions to successfully take Tangtang. For this reason, the unit submitted an application for meritorious service to those who had outstanding performance in the battle, including Xie Zhixi, the acting company commander of the 6th Company, who applied for first-class merit at that time.
The application was denied
Xie Zhixi is looking forward to this, and the officers and men of the 6th Company also recognize such an application, after all, Xie Zhixi's performance during the battle is really eye-catching, and it is worth applying for first-class merit. But to everyone's surprise, after the final results were announced, Xie Zhixi's application for first-class merit was not approved, which made Xie Zhixi disappointed, and directly put on an attitude in an interview, which made the scene quite embarrassing.
Why is Xie Zhixi like this? Because he has emotions in his heart. After this battle, the 6th Company was rated as a heroic company capable of attacking and defending well by the Central Military Commission, and even the first-class merit of the instructor Zhu Shan was approved, and even the 2nd Company of the 117th Regiment was rated as 2 first-class combat heroes.
Those who know Xie Zhixi know that Xie Zhixi has a strong personality and is not convinced by anyone in the army. Later, the superiors sent someone to investigate the matter, but Xie Zhixi did not have a good face and still refused to cooperate. Although it was wrong for Xie Zhixi to do this, Xie Zhixi had just made a meritorious service after all, so he couldn't be punished.
In the end, the superiors had no choice but to find three people to persuade them, and this finally calmed down the turmoil. These three people are Nie Zhongfu, deputy regiment commander, Li Qingfu, battalion commander, and Shen Jiashou, deputy instructor of the battalion. Why is Xie Zhixi not afraid of heaven and earth, but he will give face to these three people? It is mainly related to his experience in the army, and Xie Zhixi's rejection of his application for first-class merit is also related to his performance during his military service.
Once upon a time as a soldier
Xie Zhixi is a native of Chengdu, and after joining the army, he came to the 2nd Battalion of the 116th Regiment of the 39th Division of the 13th Army, but he did not reach the 6th Company at first, but stayed in the battalion headquarters as a communicator. Xie Zhixi was educated, and after joining the army, he quickly showed his own specialty, especially in the aspects of reading pictures, reading pictures, and operating radio stations, and his performance was particularly outstanding, and he was also valued by the troops.
Xie Zhixi's advantages are outstanding, but his shortcomings are also obvious, not only is his life style lazy, but he often does not participate in training, and even often contradicts his superiors. Therefore, Xie Zhixi was only in the battalion headquarters for more than a year, and he was arranged to be a soldier in the company, so that he could hone and temper his mind. Xie Zhixi didn't care about this, but it made it difficult for the grassroots companies, after all, the military competition in the regiment began immediately, everyone knows why Xie Zhixi transferred the company, who wants to have one more "drag oil bottle" in the company?
So, an embarrassing scene appeared, and the companies were unwilling to accept him, and in the end, it was the instructor Shen Jiashou who accepted him while the company commander was away, and he was able to enter the 5th company. But what surprised everyone was that although Xie Zhixi was lazy and did not train, his military talent was amazing, and he actually shined in the military competition in the regiment, which made the officers and men of the 5th Company happy, and the other companies regretted not doing it at the beginning.
In this way, Xie Zhixi gained a firm foothold in the 5th Company, and later when he was ready to retire, he was recommended by the battalion commander and instructor to serve as a platoon commander in the newly formed 6th Company, and was able to continue to stay in the army, and then the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam began, Xie Zhixi participated in the war with the army, responsible for blocking the elite 316-A Division of the Vietnamese army.
According to the original plan, Xie Zhixi should lead his troops to capture the 463 Heights, be responsible for covering the 4th Company, and assist the 4th Company, which occupied the No. 3 Heights of Dai Nai at that time, to complete the task of blocking the enemy, and wait for the arrival of the company's main force. However, after Xie Zhixi occupied the 463 Heights, he found that the unnamed heights in front of him were more suitable for blocking the enemy, so he led his troops to the unnamed heights.
Surprisingly, the unnamed heights were guarded by enemies, and Xie Zhixi rode a tiger to the ground, so he launched a charge on the nameless heights. Although he finally conquered the nameless heights with the help of the main force of the 6th Company, he was also criticized by his superiors. Due to the urgency of the battle, the enemy quickly pressed over, and no one investigated the matter at that time, Xie Zhixi still began to carry out the blocking mission on the nameless high ground with the 6th Company as a platoon commander.
This battle can only be described as arduous. A company had to fight against an elite division of the Vietnamese army, and the other side could not advance an inch, and the tragedy can be imagined. As the Vietnamese army was in a hurry to rescue the enemy at Tangtang, the artillery fire was very fierce, and the nameless heights were soon covered by bombardment, wave after wave, and the commander and deputy commander of the 6th Company were soon seriously injured in the artillery fire and could not continue to command the operation.
At this time, Xie Zhixi took the initiative to stand up and serve as the acting company commander and continued to command the operation. Xie Zhixi was the platoon commander at that time, and when the company commander and deputy company commander could not continue to command the operation, this practice was in line with the practice in the army, so the soldiers of the 6th Company had no objection to this, and the operation soon continued in an orderly manner.
During this period, the 6th Company once fell into a bitter battle, and Xie Zhixi was ready to go to the front line with a charge, but was finally stopped, because only he could read and read the map, and if he died, the battle would be even more unfavorable. Fortunately, the officers and men of the 2nd Company quickly came to support, and finally allowed the 6th Company, which had been fighting for more than 20 hours, to rest and recuperate, and finally successfully completed the task of blocking the enemy.
I see
Xie Zhixi's performance in this battle is obvious to all, whether it is seizing the unnamed high ground, or serving as the acting company commander to command the operation, and stubbornly blocking the elite division of the Vietnamese army, it is a great achievement. Even the 2nd company that came up later had first-class combat heroes, and it was reasonable for Xie Zhixi to be recorded as an acting company commander, but why was he only recorded as a second-class merit in the end?
Soon, the reason why Xie Zhixi's application for first-class merit was not approved became clear, and it turned out to be related to some of his actions before the war. During Xie Zhixi's tenure as platoon commander, there was an outstanding recruit who was proud of his talent and deceived Xie Zhixi, and was slapped by Xie Zhixi in public. There are also veterans who are not satisfied with Xie Zhixi, and provoke Xie Zhixi in public with a bayonet, Xie Zhixi actually wants to fight with the other party with a bayonet, although he is pulled away by his comrades, but the impact is not good.
When the veterans of the Shanghai Garrison District went to the 6th Company to serve as supplementary soldiers, they relied on their veterans and did not train actively, and when Xie Zhixi criticized them, it triggered a conflict between the supplementary soldiers and the soldiers of this company, which led to a conflict.
During the unit's mission in Tibet, the communicator caught a wild duck and was about to improve the food for the company cadres, but Xie Zhixi secretly took it away to cook it and shared it with a few comrades-in-arms who had a good relationship. Later, the secretary bought a rabbit, which was also stolen by Xie Zhixi, and after it was roasted, he shared it with his comrades.
In addition, Xie Zhixi also secretly caught chicken and duck stew, and secretly "replenished nutrition" for the soldiers in the platoon before the war. During the march, because there were civilians blocking traffic, Xie Zhixi was worried about delaying the speed of the march, so he ordered people to shoot into the air and open the road in a forceful way. But Xie Zhixi is not these performances, once during the rapid march, each platoon discarded dry food, only Xie Zhixi resolutely did not allow to throw away guns and food, and later the battle was extended, and the soldiers of the 6th Company were able to eat a full meal because of the food in Xie Zhixi's platoon.
Because of these merits, Xie Zhixi did not record the first-class merit, and took a second-class merit after comprehensive consideration. Under the persuasion of the three respected people, Xie Zhixi did not continue to cling to this matter and calmly accepted the second-class merit. After Xie Zhixi changed jobs, he stayed in the public security system in Chengdu and continued to contribute to the country.