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Original Title: Xue Jianqiang: The Spirit of the Iron Blood Battle Spirit Is Forever
[Gran victoria e himno heroico: conmemoración del 70 aniversario de la operación en el extranjero de los voluntarios del pueblo chino para resistir la ayuda estadounidense a Corea]
Among the 11 senior generals above division level who died during the war to resist US aggression and aid to Korea, Xue Jianqiang, chief of staff of the 116th Division, was the youngest. He was only 29 when he died.
“No one wants to die, everyone wants to live, but honor overrides this law. Honor makes people brave to be close to death,” Xue Jianqiang wrote in the Korean Battlefield Diary. The honor you referred to is a personal pursuit and an ideal. It is the love of the country and sincerity to the popular army.
Xue Jianqiang, formerly known as Xue Guishan, was born in Lianshui County, Jiangsu Province, born in 1922, joined the New Fourth Army in 1940, joined the Communist Party of China in April 1941, served as an instructor in the Lianshui County Brigade, Battalion Commander and Chief of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, and a staff member of the China People’s Army. Long wait.
In September 1945, Xue Jianqiang joined the battle to free Huaiyin. After that, Xue Jianqiang marched to the northeast with the troops and participated in the Siping Defense War and the Changchun War of Resistance. During the Battle of Kaoshantun, he was shot in the leg and remained on the front line until the battle was finally won.
During the Liaoshen campaign, Xue Jianqiang had an outstanding performance and was awarded the “Medal of Bravery” after the war. During the Battle of Pingjin, Xue Jianqiang led the troops to storm the city from the Hepingmen, and after the victory, he headed south again from Hunan to Guangxi.
In October 1950, the 116th Division of the 39th Volunteer Army Corps went to the front for the first time to fight the United States and Aid Korea. Xue Jianqiang served as the 116th Division chief of staff and led his troops to participate in the first, second and third battles. In the first battle, the 116th Division, with the cooperation of the 115th Division, severely damaged the 1st Division of the founding fathers of the United States at the Battle of Yunshan, annihilating more than 2,000 enemies, creating the first victory of the confrontation. of the modern Chinese-American army and seizing 4 aircraft.
In the second battle, the 347th Regiment of the 116th Division screamed across the battlefield, turning the 24th Regiment of the United States 25th Division into an engineering company and all 115 people surrendered to the collective battlefield.
In the third battle, Xue Jianqiang led a reconnaissance team to investigate the enemy’s situation, captured 12 prisoners and discovered the details of the 70-kilometer enemy defense zone on line 38, and provided reliable intelligence for the victory of the battle.
In January 1951, the 1st Battalion of the 347th Regiment attacked Bugol-ri. In the fierce battle, Xue Jianqiang always insisted on commanding on the front line. On the afternoon of January 3, Xue Jian defied enemy artillery to survey the enemy’s situation in front of the position, preparing to stage an attack at dusk. While lifting a mirror under a tree to observe the enemy’s situation, the enemy’s howitzer exploded, shrapnel hit his temple, and the young man fell on a foreign battlefield. To commemorate its immortal exploits, North Korea changed the name of Bugok-ri Mountain to “Jianqiangling.”
After Xue Jianqiang’s death, his body was transported back to the homeland and buried in the Harbin Martyrs’ Cemetery in Heilongjiang. His tombstone remains silent, and his spirit of fighting bravely and without fear of sacrifice is widely spread. “Xue Jianqiang is a commander who has high ideals and has experienced many battles,” said Wang Jihua, director of the Lianshui County Party History Committee. “He interprets the word ‘hero’ with a spirit that is not afraid of sacrifice.”
(Our reporter Liu Jican, our correspondent Sun Yingji)
