The 89-year-old Yang Desheng was an old soldier to resist US aggression and aid Korea and a comrade-in-arms of Yang Gensi before his death. Recently, he returned to his old company after many years' absence, and he was most concerned about the equipment used by officers and men.
Today, "Yang Gensi Company" has been changed from an infantry company to an armored infantry company. Seeing that his old company had a infantry fighting vehicle, the old man couldn't wait to go up and experience it. The old soldier sitting in the infantry fighting vehicle subconsciously held his fists. I don't know if it was because of formality or what he thought.
When interviewed by a reporter, the old man recalled the situation at that time and said, "I was very excited. At that time, my brain fainted several times ... I controlled myself." "If we had this weapon in the past wars, we wouldn't be today (separation of life and death) and Yang Gensi wouldn't be sacrificed ..." The old man put his hand over his eyes and held back his tears.
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The naming origin of Yang Gensi Company:
Yang Gensi Company was born in 1932 in the "Lantian Riot" in eastern Fujian, and participated in the arduous three-year guerrilla war in the south. During the Anti-Japanese War, the company, as a "sharp knife" of the New Fourth Army, repeatedly made great achievements in the battles and battles such as attacking Hushuguan at night, burning Hongqiao Airport and decisive battle against Huangqiao.
In October, 195, the company entered the DPRK to participate in the war. In the second and fifth battles, the Huachuan blocking war and the Jincheng South defense war, the company always took on the most important task and played a military and national prestige. In the second campaign to encircle and annihilate the American troops in the South Hamgyong Road, Yang Gensi, then the company commander, was ordered to take a platoon to guard the southeast hill of the 171 highland outside Xiajieyuli, responsible for cutting off the way for the American troops to flee south.
under the command of Yang Gensi, the whole platoon fought back tenaciously, and successively repelled eight group charges of American troops under the cover of planes and artillery. Finally, only Yang Gensi and two other wounded people were left in the position, and all the bullets were gone.
At this time, more than 4 soldiers from the 1st Division of the United States Marine Corps besieged us. Yang Gensi ordered the wounded to withdraw from the position with heavy machine guns, picked up the only bag of explosives, lit the fuse, and jumped at the enemy group, mutually assured destruction with the American troops who climbed the position. After the war, the headquarters of the Volunteers awarded Yang Gensi the honorary title of "Superhero" and named the company "Yang Gensi Company".
Beijing Daily -89-year-old veteran of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea experienced new equipment and shed tears with excitement.