On January 8, 1931, Huang Jiguang was born in Facaiya Village, Zhongjiang County, Sichuan Province.
Huang Jiguang bravely pounced on the eye of the machine gun
In the spring of 1949, Zhongjiang County was liberated, and Huang Jiguang joined the militia.
In March 1951, Huang Jiguang was the first in the village to sign up for the Chinese Volunteer Army.
In July 1951, Huang Jiguang entered Korea as a correspondent for the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion, 135th Regiment of the 15th Army of the Volunteer Army.
In April 1952, Huang Jiguang accompanied his troops to the forward position of the Five Holy Mountains in Korea. In July of the same year, Huang Jiguang joined the Chinese New Democratic Youth League (the predecessor of the Chinese Communist Youth League). During this period, he fought bravely and was awarded the third class meritorious service once.
On the night of October 19, 1952, the volunteer army attacked The 597.9 Heights in the Battle of Shangganling, during which Huang Jiguang was wounded and jumped up to block the enemy bunker machine gun hole with his chest and died.
Character deeds
Early life
Huang Jiguang, formerly known as Huang Jiguang, was born in 1931 to a poor peasant family in Zhongjiang County, Sichuan Province. Since childhood, his family was extremely poor, and his father died of illness and hatred due to oppression by landlords. Since he was a child, Huang Jiguang has carried long-term labor for landlords, cut grass and herded cattle.
In November 1949, Huang Jiguang's hometown was liberated, and the village organized a peasant association, and Huang Jiguang became the first member of the peasant association. He also actively participated in the struggle against hegemony of the Qing bandits, was elected as the leader of the village children's regiment, led the militia to capture the fleeing landlords alive, and searched for guns and ammunition hidden by the pseudo-baochang, and was rated as a model militiaman.
Korean
After the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea began in 1950, in March 1951, when Zhongjiang County was recruiting new volunteers, Huang Jiguang was the first in the village to sign up. During the physical examination, he was not selected at first because of his short stature, and later the battalion commander who recruited was touched by Huang Jiguang's enthusiasm for joining the army and was admitted out of the box. Huang Jiguang crossed the Yalu River with his troops and went to the Korean front, and was assigned to a certain unit of 2 battalions and 6 companies as a correspondent.
In the counterattack of Shangganling to resist the United States and aid Korea, Huang Jiguang bravely blocked the enemy's machine guns with his chest and sacrificed himself heroically
In April 1952, Huang Jiguang's unit went to the forward position of the Five Holy Mountains to take over the defense, and Huang Jiguang's logistics work was outstanding. In July 1952, Huang Jiguang joined the Chinese New Democratic Youth League and was awarded the third class meritorious service once.
Combat background
On October 14, 1952, the United Nations army led by the United States began to attack the 597.9 Heights and 537.7 Beishan Highlands in Gyeongwha County, Gangwon Province, and the Battle of Shangganling began. Located on the Five Holy Mountains, Shangganling was the gate in the middle of the volunteer army's defensive line and a steel knife that penetrated the heart of the invading army. On a height of only 4 square kilometers, the "United Nations Army" has invested 60,000 troops, pouring 1.9 million shells and 5,000 aerial shells, up to 300,000 shells a day. The volunteer army also successively invested more than 40,000 troops and fired 400,000 shells. The grass and trees on the position were gone, and the rocky hill was beaten into a powder pile more than half a meter deep. The unprecedentedly tragic Battle of Shangganling set a record for the highest firepower density in the history of world warfare.
Huang Jiguang received special merit in the Battle of Shangganling
In the unimaginable rain of fire and bullets, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army was able to repel the Aggressors led by the United States, who had the most powerful firepower in the world, because there were countless heroes like Huang Jiguang in the Volunteer Army.
Heroic sacrifice
In the Battle of Shangganling, Huang Jiguang's battalion fought fiercely with the American army for 4 days and nights, and on the night of October 19, 1952, he was ordered to seize The 597.9 Heights west of Shangganling. Huang Jiguang came to the Sixth Company with the battalion chief of staff. After the Six-Link Company captured three positions, it was blocked by Position Zero. Position Zero has a group fire point of the US army, and in order to attack the hill, it is necessary to first destroy this fire point. The battalion chief of staff sent three consecutive groups of demolition teams, but the demolitionists were all killed or wounded during the impact. It was nearly dawn on the 20th, and if this fire point could not be quickly destroyed and the position of the main peak of Zero could be captured, the entire fighter would be delayed. The six companies suffered heavy casualties, and only a few people were able to participate in the attack.
Huang Jiguang used his body to block the enemy machine gun shots
At the critical moment, Huang Jiguang stepped forward and asked to take on the blasting mission. He wrote in his letter of determination: "Resolutely complete all the tasks entrusted by the superiors, strive to be heroes and join the party." The battalion chief of staff approved his request and ordered him to lead 2 soldiers on the task of breaking the fire point. Huang Jiguang led his comrades to rush up, destroying several enemy fire points in a row. 2 soldiers were killed, 1 was seriously wounded, and Huang Jiguang was also wounded in many places.
U.S. flares illuminated the positions, and several fire points crossed and strafed, blocking the road. Huang Jiguang was not afraid, taking advantage of the grenade explosion smoke, dragging the injured body to continue creeping forward. As you approach the central fire point of the U.S. Army, throw out the last grenade with force. The grenade exploded not far from the US army, the US military fire point was blown off half, the US machine gun suddenly stopped shooting, and Huang Jiguang was also stunned by this huge explosion. However, when the troops launched a charge, the remaining machine guns in the American fire point sounded again, firing wildly at the volunteer charge troops, and the attack of the troops was once again blocked. Huang Jiguang woke up from the sound of gunfire, but he had no ammunition, so he endured severe injuries and severe pain, climbed hard to the bunker hole, resolutely jumped up, opened his arms, pounced straight into the fire point, blocked the muzzle of the rifle that the US troops were strafing with his chest, and sacrificed his young life to clear the road for the troops to charge. Inspired by Huang Jiguang's heroic spirit, the troops quickly captured the Shangganling Heights, completely annihilating the two battalions of the US army guarding about 1,200 people.
When the comrades rushed to position Zero, they found that Huang Jiguang's body was still pressed against the enemy's firing hole, his hands were still firmly grasping the sacks around him, and his broad chest was still tightly blocked with the enemy's muzzle... The comrades-in-arms saw that Huang Jiguang's leg had been broken, there were seven serious injuries on his body, and there was a long blood mark behind him. After the sacrifice, Huang Jiguang's wounds did not bleed all over his body, and there was no blood in front of the bunker--the blood was all flowing on the road. It is conceivable that at the last moment, Huang Jiguang dragged his seriously injured body with such strong perseverance that he climbed to the enemy's bunker and jumped up again.
Awards and honors
On March 30, 1953, the 15th Military Committee of the Volunteer Army of the Communist Party of China posthumously recognized him as a "model member" and posthumously recognized him as a member of the Communist Party of China.
On April 8, 1953, the leading organ of the Chinese Volunteer Army posthumously awarded Huang Jiguang the title of "Special Hero of the Chinese Volunteer Army".
On June 25, 1953, the Supreme People's Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea awarded Hwang Jiguang the title of "Hero of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea", as well as the "Gold Star Medal" and the "National Flag Medal of the First Class".
On September 10, 2009, Huang Jiguang was named "100 Chinese People Who Have Touched since the Founding of New China" in the selection activity jointly organized by 11 departments, including the Central Propaganda Department, the Organization Department of the Central Committee, the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee, the Central Documentation Research Office, the Central Party History Research Office, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the All-China Women's Federation, and the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army ”。
On September 25, 2019, the Central Propaganda Department, the Organization Department of the Central Committee, the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee, the Working Committee of the Central Committee and State Organs, the Central Academy of Party History and Documentation, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission jointly awarded Huang Jiguang the honorary title of "Most Beautiful Strivers".
Social evaluation
In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Huang Jiguang's heroic feat of sacrificing himself to block the hole of a gun inspired and educated several generations. His heroic spirit of desperation was admired by people, and his heroic deeds became a model for people to learn.
Posthumous commemoration
From March 3 to 6, 1953, more than 20,000 people from all walks of life in Shenyang held a memorial and burial ceremony for the martyr Huang Jiguang, and the tomb was erected in the city's Volunteer Army Martyrs Cemetery.
In 1953, the Sichuan Provincial People's Government named Huang Jiguang's Shima Township (a newly established township in Xingfa and other places in 1951) as "Jiguang Township". In 1996, it was changed to Jiguang Town.
Tomb of martyr Huang Jiguang
Tomb of Huang Jiguang
Huang Jiguang Memorial Hall
In March 1984, the Zhongjiang County People's Congress decided to build a new "Huang Jiguang Memorial Hall" in the western foothills of Kuishan Mountain, the eastern suburb of the county.
Hats off to the heroes
Zhongjiang Huang Jiguang Memorial Hall