On March 25, 1951, Qiu Shaoyun crossed the Yalu River as a member of the Chinese People’s Volunteers.
In October 1952, Qiu Shaoyun's company accepted a glorious and arduous task to eliminate the enemy forces in the 391 Highlands between Pingkang and Jinhua. However, the terrain of 391 Highland is unique, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. There is an open space more than 3,000 meters wide between the enemy's and our positions, which is the enemy's artillery blockade area. Impacting under such long-distance artillery fire will definitely cause heavy casualties to our army and affect the smooth progress of the battle. The superiors decided to use covert operations. The night before launching the attack, they lurked the troops at the forefront of the enemy's position to catch the enemy by surprise. It is necessary to keep hundreds of people hidden under the eyes of the enemy for more than 20 hours without any exposed target. Qiu Shaoyun and his comrades were not afraid and rushed to fight. Before leaving, Qiu Shaoyun made a steel oath: For the victory of the battle, he was willing to sacrifice everything he had.
In the middle of the night, more than fifty soldiers wearing camouflage thatch ambushed the open field covered with wormwood at lightning speed.
In the early morning of the 11th, the enemy's layers of barbed wire and clusters of barbed wire on the 391 Highlands did not reveal the secrets of our army's lurking. The commander in the observation post made a prompt decision and ordered to use artillery fire to destroy all the enemy's lurking secrets. Annihilation.
At noon the next day, the enemy's incendiary bombs ignited the grass around him. At this time, he only had to roll over to avoid burning himself. But in order to avoid exposing his target, he strictly adhered to the discipline of lurking, endured the severe pain of burning his body, and remained motionless, like a huge stone. Until the heroic sacrifice, the victory of the entire battle was guaranteed.
As dusk falls, it’s time to attack. The comrades were filled with hatred and chanting slogans of revenge for their comrades, and rushed into the canal towards the enemy like an overwhelming force. Only twenty minutes later, all the enemies were wiped out, and the flag of victory was flying on the 391 Highlands.
After the battle, comrades saw Qiu Shaoyun’s lurking position and saw the deep pit he dug in the ground with his hands...
On October 12, 1952, Qiu Shaoyun died.
For more than 40 years, Qiu Shaoyun’s heroic deeds have inspired generations of people. However, people don't know that such a shocking and weeping battle hero almost became an unknown hero.
At noon the next day, the enemy fired several incendiary bombs into the latent area. The fire burned Qiu Shaoyun's clothes, shoes and socks until his whole body was burned, but he remained motionless until his death.
He was only 26 years old when he died.