In TV news reports, I was delighted to see the true prototype of the company commander in the old movie Shangganling and the true prototype of the company commander Zhang in China in the old movie Surprise.
Both old heroes are over 90 years old. Speaking of the past of the Korean battlefield 70 years ago, they are still so clear-headed and fluent. They can clearly remember where they fought several wars and how many comrades they sacrificed.
Time is like a song, the hero is not old.
Zhang, born in 1926, is from Zanhuang County, Hebei Province. At the end of the Anti-Japanese War,/kloc-joined the army at the age of 0/9 and became a soldier in the Independent Regiment of the First Division of the Eighth Route Army Taihang.
With the troops 195 1 on the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, he served as the 7th company commander of the 45th division of the Volunteer Army 15 Army in the Battle of Shangganling.
In the brutal battle of Shangganling, Zhang led the company to hold on for 43 days in the tunnels lacking water, food, medicine and ammunition, which not only repelled the enemy's crazy attacks again and again, but also counterattacked and regained positions many times, successfully completing the tasks of persistence and counterattack entrusted by superiors.
After the war, the 7th company of 135 regiment won the first class merit. Company commander Zhang won the first class and second class medal of independence and freedom of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
1954 Zhang returned to China and participated in the British model congress of the Central South Military Region as a representative of the British model. 1In the autumn of 955, Zhang, who had been promoted to deputy battalion commander, entered Nanjing Senior Infantry School under the care of the organization. 1963 retired from the post of deputy chief of staff of the regiment due to illness, and was organized to rest in the cadre retreat of Xinyang Military Division in Henan Province.
1957, Chairman Mao instructed relevant parties to film the Battle of Shangganling. Chang Ying Factory, which specializes in shooting military movies, immediately set up a creative team, with Sha Meng and Lin Shan as directors. Because Lin Shan has written many revolutionary works, he, Cao Xin, and are the creators of the script of Shangganling. The directors visited Shangganling twice to experience the life of volunteers. They also decided to invite the protagonist prototype Zhang as a cast consultant. Zhang couldn't come because he was studying in Nanjing Department at that time.
But Zhang is indeed the prototype of the company commander of the eighth company in the old film Shangganling, and also the witness and author of the "One Apple" text in the primary school textbook.
From War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to the Liberation War and then to the front line to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, Zhang fought for 10 years, was injured eight times, won the first class merit four times and won the first class merit two times. He is a worthy hero company commander.
After the film Shangganling was released, Zhang Ji Fa watched it many times, but failed to see it from beginning to end. Most of the time, he only dares to watch in the middle. The reason is that the actual combat scenes in his memory are far more tragic than those in the movies, and those comrades who died make him feel sad when he thinks about it. ...
After leaving his post to recuperate, Zhang regarded caring and educating the next generation as his sacred duty. While persisting in the struggle against diseases, he went to Hubei, Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Guangdong and other provinces and regions countless times to give thousands of revolutionary traditional reports to millions of people.
Zhang's wife, Wei Zuqin, is a family composed of matchmaking organizations after his return from North Korea. They have four daughters, three of whom joined the army. 1967 The youngest daughter has been in the front line of the army and is already the commander.
(stills of the movie Shangganling)
94-year-old Zhang recently appeared on the screen, telling the story of "an apple" in the battle of Shangganling, and also telling the touching story that the operator was too thirsty to speak and did not hesitate to bleed and moisten his throat. ...
Zhang
Zhang, an old hero to resist US aggression and aid Korea, is the true prototype of the reconnaissance company commander in the old movie Surprise. Now he is 98 years old.
At that time, he led the advance team of the 38 th Army to go deep into the enemy's rear with wit, blew up the Wuling Bridge in one fell swoop, cut off the retreat and backup of the enemy who fled south, and played a key role in the victory of the second campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea.
After the war, Zhang was awarded the first class by the headquarters of the Volunteers. It is also the only 38 th Corps-level cadre who made a first-class merit in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
(Zhang's later years)
He was born in Pingyao, Shanxi Province, 1922, and 1937 took part in the revolution. He has served as a soldier of the Sixth Squadron of the Second Brigade of Shanxi Political Guard, a surveyor of the First Regiment of Shanxi Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, a reconnaissance platoon leader of the reconnaissance team of the Second Army Division of Shanxi Province, and a reconnaissance staff officer and chief of the reconnaissance section of the Second Army Division Command.
195 1 year 1 year entered the Korean war, and Kui Zhang was the chief of the reconnaissance section of the 38th Army of the Volunteers and the deputy chief of the intelligence section of the 38th Army Command. Since then, he has served as the training director of the 50 th Army, the training director of the 38 th Army, the chief of staff and deputy division commander of the division, and the deputy chief of staff of the Heilongjiang Military Region. From 65438 to 0982, enjoy the treatment of deputy military posts and rest after leaving the post.
The thrilling story of the legendary battlefield originated in the afternoon of1950165438+1October 24th.
The day before the second campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea started, Liang Xingchu, commander of the 38th Army of the Volunteers, issued an order to call Zhang, the reconnaissance section chief of the military department, and cut to the chase.
"Give you a task. You and 1 13 division reconnaissance chief Zhou Wenhua, with two companies and two engineering platoons, with English and Korean translators, and more than 300 people form an army advance team. With the cooperation of the internal affairs department of South Pyongan Province in North Korea, it is necessary to sneak into the south of Tokugawa and blow up Tokugawa Tongshunchuan and Pyongyang Wuling Bridge before 8 am on the 26th. Do you dare to perform this task? "
At that time, 28-year-old Zhang stood up and replied firmly: "What's not to dare!"
Liang didn't say much, just waved and ordered, "All right, let's go!"
This is a real scene in the second campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea.
This ingenious and bold story of surprise attack behind enemy lines is described in detail in many historical materials recording the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. In the 23rd volume of Legend of People's Republic of China (PRC) (Zhang Zhu) published by Writers Publishing House, the title of this chapter is: Mao died in Dayu Cave and Zhang raided Wuling Bridge.
The old film "Surprise" is an artistic representation of this thrilling experience.
According to records, after the Battle of Tokugawa, when Han Xianchu, commander-in-chief of the Western Front of the Volunteers, delivered the battle report of the 38th Army of Tokugawa to the General Command of the Volunteers, Commander Peng could not help but comment happily: "This 38th Army is very powerful, and the raid on Wuling Bridge is wonderful ..."
1960, on the basis of the existing military education film Surprise on Wuling Bridge, Bayi Film Studio took this war case as the material, directed by Li Yang, screenwriter and Xu Youxin, and starring Zhang Yongshou, Yoshida Xing,,, and successfully filmed the feature film Surprise, which was a household name and a smash hit.
The uniqueness of this film, which is deeply loved by the audience, is that it is directed by soldiers who have really experienced the bonfire in the Korean battlefield, using real materials and using live ammunition in shooting. Zhang Yongshou, the actor starring Fang Lianchang in the film, is also an old soldier who participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Yin once said: "I have seen the movie Surprise many times. Although the film is artistic compared with the real events, it is very real. Every time I watch it, I always think of my comrades-in-arms, but after all, the film is not as good as the actual war case, and there are still many wonderful places that have not been filmed ... "
Recalling the past, Zhang was often filled with emotion in his later years.
He likes to talk about fallen comrades, but he doesn't talk about himself. He explained that there was a scene in the film where Yong Fang and a squad leader disguised as enemy soldiers stopped a car on the road and conducted reconnaissance on Kangping Bridge, which was artistically invented by the film director.
The core of the movie "Surprise Attack" is to insert behind the enemy and "blow up the bridge" to stop the enemy. It can also be said that this bridge is the most important around the plot of the film. The bridge in the film is named "Kangping Bridge".
But perhaps few people know that the Kangping Bridge in the movie was shot at Cangshan Bridge in Xikou Town, Fenghua, Zhejiang Province, instead of Wuling Bridge on the Korean front.
When shooting a thrilling jump shot, the director asked for it. In the film, Fang Lianchang grabbed the steering wheel of the jeep from a squad leader. After the comrades jumped out of the car, he drove alone to attract the pursuers to the edge of the cliff. Just before the car fell off the cliff, he flew into the side of the road, and the jeep fell into the valley and burst into flames.
When the enemy pursuers saw the burning car wreckage under the cliff, they mistakenly thought that the soldiers' cars were destroyed. They smiled proudly and said, "Run, I'll see where you are going!" "
For his brave performance in the film that year, Zhang Yongshou just smiled faintly: "At that time, he was young and had experience in fighting on the battlefield, so it was basically a shot to take such a thrilling shot."
After retirement, Zhang worked as an off-campus counselor at Yuhong Primary School in nangang district, Harbin. At other times, I like to read military books anytime and anywhere. Up to now, he still treasures the important maps of the attack on Wuling Bridge and a bunch of military medals he won.
In the face of these medals that record combat exploits, Kui Zhang always thinks of those comrades who died.
Zhang's wife Chi Xiuqin is also his comrade-in-arms. She used to be a typist at the headquarters of the Volunteers. After four battles, Yin was transferred to the Volunteer Command for a period of time. They got married on 1954 and have four children.
For many years, Zhang never revealed that he was the prototype of the protagonist in the movie Surprise. People didn't know Zhang's heroic deeds until researchers of military history and war history came to the door.
(Still from the movie "Surprise")
Yin said: "This is all in the past. Fighting for the motherland and the people is the bounden duty of a revolutionary soldier. What can I say compared with the comrades who died? All honors are exchanged by comrades with life and blood. "