Veteran to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea: He joined the army at the age of 17 and his life was hanging by a thread several times. He was shot in the abdomen and it has not been removed yet.

Foreword

He is a steel city wall. He joined the army at the age of 17 and followed Liu and Deng's army to launch the Battle of Southwest Shandong. He is a lucky man blessed by God. He marched thousands of miles into the Dabie Mountains, his life hung by a thread but he was able to fight back with all his strength. In the Battle of Xiangyang, he narrowly escaped death, and only three people in the entire platoon survived. During the battle, he was shot through the mouth and almost died. During the suppression of bandits in the southwest, he calmly commanded. Faced with the shameless behavior of the bandits, he led his troops to repel five attacks by the bandits. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he fought bloody battles and witnessed the heroic sacrifice of the regiment commander and deputy division commander. In the Battle of Shangganling, he completed the reconnaissance mission at the cost of blood and was shot in the abdomen. The shrapnel has not been removed to this day.

He is our hero, and the hero’s name is Ji Changfeng. Next, we will enter the world of this hero and recall those glorious years.

One day in July 1930, in a village called Jizhuang Village in Chiping County, Shandong Province, a baby boy was born. The boy's parents looked at this little life and were extremely happy in their hearts. So he was named Ji Changcheng (later renamed Ji Changfeng). In the spring of 1942, Ji Changfeng had grown from a baby to a 12-year-old boy. That year, Ji Changfeng joined the local anti-Japanese children's group. Became a "little warrior". At that time, Ji Changfeng's cousin Wuzhong was the captain of the military workers in the Eighth Route Army area. He was injured during the battle and was recuperating at Ji Changfeng's home. Ji Changfeng learned about the revolutionary theory and anti-Japanese policy of the Communist Party of China from her cousin, and had a preliminary understanding of the Communist Party of China. At the same time, under the influence of his cousin, a red seed was planted in his heart, waiting to take root and sprout.

In March 1944, under the introduction of his cousin, Ji Changfeng served as a correspondent for the Anti-Japanese County Government. He was only 14 years old at that time.

In the summer of 1947, Liu and Deng’s armies launched the Battle of Southwest Shandong. At that time, Ji Changfeng participated in front-line work. He wanted to join the army and become a real soldier, but he was the only one in the family. His mother was afraid that something might happen to her son on the battlefield, so she firmly refused to allow Ji Changfeng to join the army. In the end, it was his cousin who stepped in and finally made it possible. After learning the ideological work of Ji Changfeng's mother, Ji Changfeng was incorporated into a certain unit of Liu and Deng's army and became a real soldier.

Before the big army set off, Ji Changfeng’s family had little to eat. Her mother felt sorry for her son, so she ran more than ten miles away, borrowed a pound of flour from a relative, and borrowed a pound of tofu from a tofu shop. , wanting to give her son, who was about to leave, a meal of dumplings made by her own hands. But unfortunately, Ji Changfeng had already set off with his comrades. When his mother came home with her things, she discovered that her son had gone. As the saying goes, the mother is worried when her son travels thousands of miles, not to mention that her son joined the army in that era of war and chaos.

After Ji Changfeng joined the army, his mother missed her son and often cried at the end of the village looking at the road into the village. Whenever she saw a passing team, she would go up to inquire about her son. She eventually became ill with worry and died before she was 50 years old. The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, and the son wants to be raised but cannot be loved. The death of his mother has become the biggest guilt in Ji Changfeng's heart.

In August 1947, Liu and Deng’s armies marched thousands of miles into the Dabie Mountains, but suffered heavy losses. There were nine fellow villagers who joined the army with Ji Changfeng, but now only two are left, which shows the severity of the tragedy. At that time, the soldiers were fighting almost every day. On the one hand, they wanted the enemy's Kuomintang troops, and on the other hand, they had to think about how to deal with the bandits entrenched in the Dabie Mountains.

The bandits in the Dabie Mountains are also called "Xiaobao Team". To say how hateful these bandits are, the soldiers were very tired after fighting the Kuomintang troops for a day, but these bandits specially chose this time to attack the soldiers. They not only brutally killed the stragglers and injured comrades, but even Even the remains of the soldiers were not spared, their hearts and skins were dug out. Such a cruel and cruel behavior was outrageous.

Once, there was a shortage of food in the army, and the superiors issued an order for the platoon leader to take more than 20 soldiers to a nearby village to find some food, and Ji Changfeng was in the team. At that time, they had not eaten for three days, and the soldiers were too hungry to walk. Just when they were exhausted, they were suddenly surrounded by hundreds of bandits. Unprepared, the platoon leader and more than a dozen soldiers died heroically. The bandits were in hot pursuit. Just as their lives were hanging by a thread, the passing friendly forces took action in time, repelled the bandits and rescued Ji Changfeng and other soldiers.

After this incident, in order to completely eradicate this gang of harmful people and give the local people a peaceful life, Ji Changfeng's brigade made a long-distance raid and took advantage of the bandits' unpreparedness to destroy their gathering place in Songpu. The town was surrounded in one fell swoop. By the time the bandits reacted, the soldiers had surrounded them. After a night of fighting, more than 2,000 bandits were annihilated at one time. After several months of fighting, the Kuomintang plan wiped out 50,000 to 60,000 bandits in the Dabie Mountains, and finally gained a foothold in the Dabie Mountains.

Friends who know some history may know that the Battle of Xiangyang was the first fierce battle after Liu and Deng's army left the Dabie Mountains. At that time, Ji Changfeng's team had already broken through to the city, but was soon surrounded by the Kuomintang team in a private house. In the final bayonet fight, civilian houses were blown down by bombs, and both sides were buried in the rubble. When Ji Changfeng woke up, he had been rescued. Only then did he know that only three people in his platoon survived including him.

When Ji Changfeng recalled that time, he didn’t know how he was rescued. Two months later, Ji Changfeng received the news that his cousin Wuzhong also died heroically in that battle.

The War of Liberation was the most difficult period from 1947 to 1948. The war situation was stalemate, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. Countless comrades of Ji Changfeng died in the war. At that time, there was an unwritten rule in the army that anyone who was a member of the Communist Party must take the lead in the charge. Therefore, at that time, joining the party meant taking the lead in sacrifice. Ji Changfeng has been in the army for several years. He is very brave in every battle and performs very well. Ji Changfeng wanted to join the Party, but regarding the issue of his joining the Party, his platoon leader, company commander and instructor did not want him to join the Party, so they kept giving various reasons to not let him join the Party. In fact, it was not that they did not want him to join the Party, but that the old man wanted to join the Party. The leaders all knew that he was the only child in the family. In order to leave a successor to the old Ji family, the old leaders wanted him to join the party later. At that time, he did not understand the good intentions of the old leaders and felt that they were deliberately targeting him. However, when he understood the good intentions of the old leaders, it was already a year later. By then, the old leaders had already sacrificed.

Later, after the regiment leader learned that Ji Changfeng was the only child in the family, he made him a guard, which was equivalent to taking care of Ji Changfeng. After all, guards generally would not go to the front line unless absolutely necessary.

The Shuangduiji battle was the last critical battle in the Huaihai Campaign. As we all know, critical battles are usually fought very cruelly, almost with your life. The battlefield is littered with corpses, rivers of blood, and even nowhere. Put your foot down. Defending Shuangduiji is the Tiger Regiment of Huang Wei Corps, known as the elite force. At that time, soldiers from both sides were already red-eyed. Commander Wang Jinshan and brigade commander Li Desheng personally came to the front line to command.

At that time, the command post of Ji Changfeng's army was very close to the front line, less than 100 meters away. Even the enemy's grenades could be thrown at the door of the command post with a little force.

During the fierce battle, a group of enemies suddenly began to fight back and rushed directly into the compound of the command post. At that time, there were only about twenty people in the command post. The deputy commander is a college student. He is in his twenties. He is fair and thin, with very elegant eyes. Some soldiers secretly nickname the deputy commander "Second Girl", even though he is He is in his twenties, but he has been involved in the revolution for a long time and is very experienced in fighting.

He ordered not to shoot, led the enemy into the compound, then closed the door and beat the dogs, fired wildly with machine guns, and annihilated all the enemies at the headquarters.

The battle situation was very stalemate. The enemy's position could not be attacked for a long time and the casualties were increasing. Commander Yang Shoushan was very anxious, so he led Ji Changfeng and other soldiers directly to the front line for reconnaissance. However, he never expected that A bullet hit Captain Yang in the neck and died on the spot.

At the end of the battle, the cooks, health workers, guards and even cultural teachers in the regiment all picked up guns and formed a commando team. Ji Changfeng temporarily served as the acting platoon leader and joined the commando team. In the end, I The army successfully captured the enemy's position and annihilated the so-called elite Tiger Regiment. But during the battle, Ji Changfeng's mouth was pierced by a bullet. A slight deviation might have been life-threatening, but he still stayed in the hospital for more than two months after the war.

After the victory in the Battle of Crossing the River, Ji Changfeng participated in the liberation battle of Zhejiang, when the troops were stationed in Jinhua. Ji Changfeng recalled: "Those of us who grew up in the northern countryside have never seen the world. After entering a big city like Jinhua, there were many episodes. Some soldiers couldn't come down after going upstairs, so they jumped down and fell. Broken legs. Some people couldn't get used to eating rice and became deserters and returned to their hometowns. Some people sent bananas home, and their families cut them into radishes and ate them. Packing vegetables and noodles in buckets. In short, we made a lot of jokes, but we also gained knowledge and saw the world."

In October 1949, Ji Changfeng's troops marched into the southwest. Ji Changfeng was serving as the captain of the reconnaissance team at the time. After the Southwest Campaign ended, a new task came, which was to suppress bandits.

Once, after leading a reconnaissance team on a mission, he followed the food collection team and planned to return to the county town. As a result, he was ambushed by bandits halfway. Ji Changfeng directed the soldiers to retreat while fighting, until they retreated to a hill. In order to save ammunition, he ordered not to shoot. When the bandits approached, the soldiers threw a row of grenades. The people who were bombed by the bandits fell over and retreated in despair.

But not long after, they rushed back. Ji Changfeng used a telescope to find that those rushing in front were actually children, old people and women. He was holding working tools and sticks in his hands, but looking back, he saw the bandits pointing guns at the people from behind. This group of evil bandits actually let ordinary people become cannon fodder for them. At this moment, two people in the food collection team tried to escape, but were caught by Ji Changfeng on the spot. After some interrogation, it was revealed that there were actually six disguised bandits in the grain collection team, working together to steal grain. Ji Changfeng shot the two bandits directly.

At this time, the bandits launched a new round of attack. Ji Changfeng could not hurt the people, so he could only use grenades to scare them away when the people were far away. The remaining people were aiming at the bandits with guns. Fighting, just like this, successfully repelled five attacks of the bandits. After reinforcements arrived, the bandits dispersed.

Not long after the founding of New China, the Korean War broke out. Our country immediately sent troops to North Korea and began the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. In March 1951, Ji Changfeng followed the Volunteer Army into North Korea to fight, and happened to catch up with the fifth battle at that time. On April 22, the Volunteer Army launched a full-scale offensive. At that time, the regiment leader Wu Yansheng gave Ji Changfeng an order to take the radio with him. The reconnaissance team was assigned to another platoon and inserted into Qijianli. After Ji Changfeng received the order, he led the reconnaissance team to eliminate lone enemies encountered along the way. However, when encountering large enemy troops, he could only temporarily avoid the enemy's attack.

Finally, according to the original plan, they penetrated into Qijian ahead of schedule and completed the task assigned by the group leader

In the second stage of the fifth battle, Ji Changfeng led The reconnaissance team served as an interlude here and took advantage of the darkness to reach the enemy's high ground and annihilate a platoon of enemy defenders in just five minutes.

In the later stages of the fifth battle, Ji Changfeng's reconnaissance team was cut off from the main force by the enemy. Ji Changfeng remained calm in the face of danger and led his comrades to pursue the place where the artillery fire was the most intense. After two full days and nights of pursuit, we finally caught up with the large army, and no one of our comrades was injured or killed.

However, in the fifth battle, the volunteers suffered heavy losses. Ji Changfeng witnessed the sacrifices of regiment leader Wu Yansheng and deputy division commander Cai Qirong. The two martyrs were only 30 years old when they sacrificed their lives. Recalling that past event, the old man burst into tears.

During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the volunteers had difficulty replenishing logistical supplies and often went without food for several days. Ji Changfeng and his comrades often braved very bad weather and used strips of cloth or belts to build beds in trees to sleep.

In the winter of 1952, Ji Changfeng and the soldiers all suffered from night blindness due to long-term fighting in the snow. When the weather got a little dark, they could not see anything. In order to solve the problem of night blindness among the soldiers, the superiors , so he told them to boil pine needles into soup and drink it, which cured the soldiers' night blindness.

In October 1952, the Battle of Shangganling broke out. Even friends who don’t know history must know that the Battle of Shangganling was a brutal battle. Both sides invested a lot of troops. But who would have thought that this battle was actually a company-level battle. .

In early November, the 12th Army, which was undergoing repairs at the time, received an urgent order to go to the Shangganling position to take over the task of defending the 15th Army. At that time, Ji Changfeng was serving as the captain of the reconnaissance brigade of a certain regiment. At the beginning of the period, his task was to deliver ammunition to the front line. But later, because other reconnaissance teams suffered heavy casualties, division commander Zhang Jianfu ordered Ji Changfeng to lead the reconnaissance brigade to the battlefield to conduct reconnaissance missions and indicate targets to the artillery.

Ji Changfeng led the soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade to perform tasks on the front line for three consecutive days. During these three days, they faced fierce enemy fire almost every moment, and suffered more than 100 casualties in three days. , although more than 80 people were added, the cost of this casualty was not small. Although the casualties were heavy, the reconnaissance mission was successfully completed and was awarded the third-class collective merit.

Ji Changfeng’s hearing is not very good now. It was caused by an artillery shell during the Battle of Shangganling. He was also shot twice in the abdomen and almost died. The shrapnel has not been removed to this day.

After returning to China, Ji Changfeng successively served as the commander of the strategic company, the commander of the machine gun company, the commander of the police communication company of the Nanjing Military Region Chemical Defense Regiment, and the training staff officer. In the spring of 1963, Ji Changfeng transferred to work in the commercial system of Qingtian County.

Looking back on his 16-year military career, Ji Changfeng concluded that our soldiers are not afraid of hardship or death. The military quality is very good and the maneuverability is flexible. Veterans like us, as long as we hear the sound of a gunshot, we will know what kind of gun the other party used and what distance it was shot from. Many of our regiment and battalion cadres are veterans of the Red Army. They fight almost every day and have the longest combat experience in the world.

Summary:

The young man is determined to march into the army and spend his time in this life. Ji Changfeng has been in the army for sixteen years and has fought countless battles, large and small. From the War of Liberation to the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, he has built a Great Wall with his blood that is insurmountable for the enemy. In sixteen years, he walked from south to north, walking through the great rivers and mountains of the motherland with his legs. His life hung by a thread several times, but he managed to escape death. The injuries on his body were accompanied by a lifetime of honor. There are countless respectable and admirable veterans like Ji Changfeng who use their lives and youth to build the Great Wall of Steel for the motherland and protect the peace of the mountains and rivers.