Reconnaissance hero Long Zhiyong: The Vietnamese army offered a reward of 6.5438+0.5 million for his head, and later served as the commander of the military division.

1975 After the Vietnam War of Resistance Against the United States, the Li Du?n Group, which was carried away by the victory, began to resist Japan and exclude China, and suppressed the normal life of overseas Chinese, resulting in a large number of Vietnamese overseas Chinese returning to China.

In addition, the Vietnamese side openly provoked armed conflicts on the Sino-Vietnamese border and sent armed personnel across the border to invade, causing many bloodshed incidents.

Long Zhiyong's hometown, Lingguang Village, Tunpan Township, Jingxi, Guangxi, is only separated from the northern provinces of Vietnam by a mountain and has experienced many hardships.

1978 One day in March, Long Zhiyong's uncle was working in the field, but unfortunately his leg was blown off by a mine buried by a Vietnamese agent, leaving him with a lifelong disability.

In addition, his classmate was kidnapped by Vietnamese agents on his way home, and his life and death are unknown.

These countries hated their families and left a deep memory for Long Zhiyong. ...

If you can't bear it, you don't have to bear it anymore!

1979 February 17, in order to teach ungrateful Vietnam a lesson, China decided to launch a "self-defense counterattack" against Vietnam.

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After the war broke out, Long Zhiyong led an emergency company of villagers' soldiers, cooperated with large troops to capture two enemy highlands and annihilated more than 30 people.

After the war, Long Zhiyong got the opportunity to enter the police academy for further study, but he gave up. He resolutely came to a regiment in Guangxi border defense and became a scout.

It stands to reason that Long Zhiyong, who just joined the army, is not qualified to be a scout, but he became a scout as soon as he joined the army, so that some people questioned that he came in through the back door, otherwise how could he have this honor!

However, this is not the case. Long Zhiyong can be a scout because of his real skill!

First of all, Long Zhiyong grew up on the border and often dealt with Vietnamese border people. He not only knows their customs like the back of his hand, but also speaks fluent Vietnamese.

Secondly, Long Zhiyong is tall and burly, practicing martial arts since childhood, and is very suitable for being a scout.

Finally, Long Zhiyong joined the Party before joining the army. During his tenure as a militia company commander, he has been engaged in border security patrol for a long time and has certain practical experience and leadership and command ability.

Therefore, because of this, Long Zhiyong became a scout directly after joining the army without selection.

However, it is easier to join a talent scout than to stay.

Scout training task is really too hard!

Although Long Zhiyong has good innate conditions, many of his original knowledge and skills are incoherent, unsystematic and unscientific, so he must learn from scratch according to the training outline after enlisting.

Due to the intensity of the training of the scout troops, Long Zhiyong was too tired to even carry chopsticks!

Besides sweating, bleeding during training is also common!

For example, there was a training climb, a steep wall more than 300 meters high. When Long Zhiyong climbed more than 200 meters in one breath, his arm suddenly became sour and slipped down the rope, and his hands were ground to pieces.

I thought the captain would let him go down to rest when he saw his injury. So, the captain took out two "band-AIDS" and handed them to him. Then he said coldly, "Stick them up and keep practicing."

Although Long Zhiyong felt a little uncomfortable, he knew that this was the "care" given to him by the captain, because only by sweating more during practice can he shed less blood in wartime.

Long-term hard training has greatly improved Long Zhiyong's physical fitness and basic tactical actions of scouts.

In addition, he also mastered many professional skills, such as military terrain, meteorological analysis, photography, radio use, car driving and so on.

At this time, Long Zhiyong has grown into a qualified scout!

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Compared with other arms, scouts perform very arduous and dangerous tasks on the battlefield.

They often infiltrate enemy-occupied areas, spy on the enemy's movements and inquire about the enemy's military objectives. , and provide detailed coordinates for our artillery strike.

Although they usually have no offensive tasks, they are always in danger of encountering the enemy.

In this way, not only can their lives not be guaranteed, but even our combat intentions may be exposed.

Therefore, in order to deal with emergencies, each scout team will be well equipped.

At that time, Long Zhiyong and others, a scout was equipped with three kinds of firearms, namely 56- 1 submachine gun, 54 pistol and 85 silent submachine gun.

Among them, the Type 56 assault rifle is equipped with three spare magazines, each containing 30 bullets.

This submachine gun has high strength and precision, but it is slightly heavier, so soldiers are used to calling it "iron submachine gun".

The equipped Grenade was originally an old-fashioned wooden handle, and later it was changed into a "Hami melon" Grenade, which was very powerful.

In addition, each class is equipped with 56 light machine guns and 40 rocket launchers.

If necessary, they can also get fire support from the regiment 100 mm mortar.

In addition to the basic weapons and equipment, each scout is equipped with a compass and a luminous watch, and each company has a thermal imager.

In the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, Long Zhiyong and others often lurk in the barren hills and suffer from the bite of poisonous insects.

However, due to the particularity of the task, they can't build tents and mosquito nets, so they can only rely on mosquito-proof hats issued by the army.

But even if they are wrapped up from head to toe, they will be decorated more or less every time they come back from a mission.

In addition to these, Long Zhiyong and others also had a very "special" equipment at that time-"high-top stab-resistant shoes".

This kind of shoe has a thick sole, which is heavier than ordinary combat boots and is not very comfortable to wear, but it can provide scouts with enough sense of security.

Because at that time, the Vietnamese army arranged a lot of poisonous bamboo sticks in the jungle, and they would be trampled carelessly.

And wearing this kind of "high-top stab-resistant shoes" can avoid being stabbed very well.

Besides being well-equipped, the food of scouts is higher than that of ordinary infantry!

At that time, the daily food cost of ordinary infantry was 0.75 yuan, and that of scouts was 1.26 yuan. The monthly ration of ordinary infantry is 45 Jin of rice, and that of scouts is 53 Jin.

When going out to carry out combat missions, every scout will bring compressed biscuits, canned lunch meat, a pot of water, water purification tablets and so on.

Why bring water purification tablets?

Because our army was fighting in the jungle at that time, most of the spring water was poisoned by the Vietnamese army, so it was basically undrinkable.

If it rains, drink water with a cloak. As for the spring water in the jungle, we should first find out whether it is poisonous, and then disinfect it with water purification tablets before drinking it.

To sum up, Long Zhiyong's fighting environment at that time was very difficult. In addition to the poisonous insects and beasts in the tropical jungle, he has to face all kinds of traps and the most dangerous enemy spy set by the enemy.

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On one occasion, in order to show the target to our artillery, Long Zhiyong personally led a class of soldiers and directly lurked under the enemy's artillery fire.

Due to the lack of materials, they only have some compressed biscuits left, and the fresh water has long been exhausted. It finally rained, and there was water to drink, but also poisonous insects.

When Long Zhiyong was lurking, he suddenly felt itchy inside his thigh. When he opened it, he found a dozen leeches sucking it.

In fact, this often happens in tropical rain forests.

Even if soldiers tie their cuffs and pants, these leeches will try their best to get into your clothes.

As Long Zhiyong later recalled:

So it can be seen how difficult the conditions they experienced at that time were!

In addition to the poisonous insects and beasts in the rainforest, the agents of the Vietnamese army are equally dangerous. In a combat mission, Long Zhiyong met such a Vietnamese agent.

It happened in an arrest operation in March 1984!

According to the enemy's briefing, it is very likely that Vietnamese agents will cross the border to our station to carry out sabotage and harassment in the early morning of the next day.

On the morning of 1, Long Zhiyong and five comrades-in-arms quickly packed their bags and set off for the preset arrest location.

But because it was dark and the road was rugged, there was no movement during the March, so we had to move quietly in the dark.

It's only about an hour's journey, but it took more than five hours to reach the scheduled place. They quickly lay in ambush, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

At about 9 am, six armed Vietnamese agents appeared, and they were touching our border along the path by the river.

Long Zhiyong's ambush point was only 100 meters away, when Vietnamese agents suddenly stopped and began to whisper, as if they had found something.

Then, four Vietnamese agents quickly occupied the position as a cover, and the other two agents rushed to Long Zhiyong's ambush point.

The agent who walked in the front, when only a few tens of meters away from Long Zhiyong, immediately loaded the bullet and then took aim while walking.

Long Zhiyong was startled and thought he had been discovered.

For Long Zhiyong, he now has two choices: the first is to take the lead in killing the enemy; Second, continue to wait for the enemy to approach, and then capture them alive.

But obviously, he can only choose the latter!

Because if Long Zhiyong shoots, he can really kill Vietnamese agents, but the remaining Vietnamese agents will definitely attack him.

You know, before these two Vietnamese agents contacted us, the other four agents had occupied a favorable position.

If they really fight, Long Zhiyong's chances of winning will not be great.

In addition, they are carrying out the task of catching criminals. If he is killed, the mission will be ruined, so we must consider the overall situation.

Long Zhiyong took a look and saw the agent look in all directions. Long Zhiyong decided that he was definitely not found, so he waited patiently for him to take the bait.

When the agent was less than 2 meters away from him, Long Zhiyong suddenly jumped up and pounced on him like a tiger.

Vietnamese agents are also very skilled. He quickly dodged, then put the submachine gun on Long Zhiyong's chest, ready to shoot.

At this critical juncture, the load of Long Zhiyong blocked the action of splitting the gun with a wave of his left hand, grabbed his muzzle and pushed it up. His right palm was severely cut in his hand, and the submachine gun fell to the ground.

Then, Long Zhiyong gave the Vietnamese agent a fierce output, and the Vietnamese agent was quickly knocked down. Without further ado, Long Zhiyong flew directly to him, ready to completely subdue him.

But the agent quickly recovered and kicked Long Zhiyong in the back of the head with his foot upside down.

The severe pain made Long Zhiyong loosen his hand, and the Vietnamese agents quickly turned against each other, pressing Long Zhiyong under his body and pinching his throat with both hands.

Long Zhiyong held his breath, stamped his foot and arched himself. A carp hit him and knocked his agent to the ground. Then he grabbed his throat and shouted in Vietnamese, "Don't move, or I'll kill you."

At this time, one of Long Zhiyong's comrades also rushed up, and the agent who followed saw that the situation was not good, and started to run, only to be shot by his comrades!

Responsible for the cover of four Vietnamese agents, at this time has been rushed to the distance Long Zhiyong they only 50 meters away.

I thought a fierce battle was coming, but when they saw the situation here, they were shocked. Long Zhiyong's comrades seized the fighter plane and fired immediately.

The whole battle only lasted for more than a minute, killing 5 enemies and capturing 1 enemy. None of us was killed or injured.

After the battle, Long Zhiyong personally interrogated the Vietnamese agents, who turned out to be a special agent squad leader with good skills. He leaked a lot of important information, such as the deployment of the enemy's troops.

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However, fighting is cruel!

As a scout, Long Zhiyong often goes deep behind enemy lines to carry out combat missions, which is very dangerous.

Because to carry out this task, it is necessary to sneak into enemy territory in disguise, but it is likely to be discovered by Vietnamese agents and their border residents during this period.

It's dangerous to meet agents or border people.

When you meet an agent, there will be a fierce battle between the two sides; When they meet border people, they will secretly report to the Vietnamese army at the post.

During that time, the Sino-Vietnamese border was constantly in war, so the Vietnamese border people were very vigilant. Once they find out, the task will be difficult to complete, so they must pretend.

However, it is not easy to do this!

Long Zhiyong's combat environment is basically high mountains, with trees and weeds, and there is basically no road.

But this is not the most serious. The most serious thing is that the Vietnamese army has also planted countless kinds of mines, which will be detonated carelessly.

After all, latent combat is different from large-scale combat. Engineers can be used for mine clearance, and in most cases they can only advance on their own.

At that time, our army's demining equipment was relatively backward, so in most cases, we used the "indigenous method", such as tying a pig iron weight with a rope, then throwing it out with all our strength and slowly pulling it back.

In this way, if there is a trip or hanging mine buried by the Vietnamese army on the ground, it will be sounded and detonated.

In addition, Long Zhiyong and others will also cut a long bamboo pole for mine detection. With rich experience, they can see the difference between mined soil and original soil.

For directional lightning, jumping lightning, etc. Long Zhiyong and others also have special indigenous methods to deal with it.

For this reason, in the counterattack against Vietnam, Long Zhiyong participated in more than 20 combat operations, and neither he nor his comrades were injured by mines.

Of course, no matter which demining method, the speed will be very slow, which is not the best choice for highly mobile scouts.

So more often, they will choose to advance from cliffs, because it is difficult for Vietnamese troops to mine in these places.

In addition, there is a good way to deal with mines, which is to make friends with local border people. They live in the mountains all the year round, and they know exactly where the Vietnamese army has mines and where they don't.

Because Vietnamese armed men often attack our border people across the border, the border people hate the Vietnamese army and often offer to lead our army.

In order to thank these simple border people, Long Zhiyong and his comrades often have dinner with them and give them old military uniforms or children's school supplies.

However, although Long Zhiyong has rich experience in investigation and combat, he sometimes misses.

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Long Zhiyong once had a high fever, and the reconnaissance mission didn't take him. Who knows that he is in a hurry and has just spent two hours with the leader.

Finally, considering that he is a local and familiar with the jungle environment, the leader agreed.

As a result, when climbing a hillside, the sick Long Zhiyong suddenly fell from the height of 10 meters. Here is the trap dug by the enemy.

Long Zhiyong's calf was stabbed by four bamboo sticks more than 30 centimeters long. At a critical juncture, he held his body with his hands to prevent his trunk from being injured, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

When his comrades pulled him up, the bamboo stick was still stuck in his calf. When he pulled it out, several comrades held him down with minced meat on the bamboo stick.

Long Zhiyong's calf can still see four clearly visible scars!

Although he was seriously injured, Long Zhiyong didn't go back, but gritted his teeth and continued to lead the way until the next day's task was completed and he returned to the camp for treatment.

1February, 985, the Vietnamese army re-established a small team opposite a town in our border defense, but it was well equipped and had been harassing us across the border.

In order to get rid of this team, Long Zhiyong and others made many cross-border investigations and found that this enemy was stationed on the hillside on both sides of the road, with two companies stationed behind and an observation post in front.

The enemies at several points are at odds, and no matter which one they fight, the other enemies will cover and cooperate.

Therefore, it is necessary to raid at night, make a quick decision, and be sure to end the battle before the enemy reinforcements arrive.

To this end, the division specially selected 15 elite soldiers from Long Zhiyong's reconnaissance company, with the company commander as the team leader and Long Zhiyong as the deputy team leader to lead the leading group forward.

As it was dark at night and the distance was only five kilometers, they walked for six hours.

After touching the place only more than 60 meters away from the enemy, the sharp group of soldiers expanded rapidly and occupied a favorable shooting position.

At this time, two enemy military dogs suddenly descended, and the enemy sentry also turned on the flashlight and walked towards the position of the international team.

At this critical juncture, Long Zhiyong decided to strike first and take the lead. Two sentries and two military dogs were killed.

Now that the whereabouts have been exposed, let the storm come more violently! A monitor fired a flare into the air, and the enemy's target was clearly illuminated.

"Beat", with the company commander's command, eight four-barrel rockets and seven submachine guns of Pioneer Group fired at the same time.

In a short time, the enemy garrison became a sea of fire!

Because the fighting started so suddenly, some Vietnamese soldiers even wore only a pair of shorts when they fled, and only rows of dense bullets greeted them.

During the battle, Long Zhiyong and his comrades found an enemy ammunition depot and immediately gave it a rocket.

With a loud noise, the enemy's ammunition depot was destroyed and even the beams were blown to the sky.

The battle lasted only about three minutes, killing 32 enemies, destroying enemy barracks 1 unit and ammunition depot 1 unit, and there was no casualty in our advanced regiment.

The victory of this battle set an example for our scouts to break the attack and was praised by the superior leaders.

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Long Zhiyong carried out the task of catching prisoners many times, which dealt a heavy blow to the enemy. The enemy hated him deeply. He once threatened to offer a reward of RMB 6.5438+0.5 million for his head, and even tried to hurt his family several times. Enemy agents also have his picture.

On one occasion, Long Zhiyong disguised himself as a farmer collecting herbs and went on a reconnaissance mission alone. He walked to the bridge and passed by Vietnamese agents, but he was not recognized.

He was shot by the enemy and fell off the bridge. The enemy spy thought that he would die, and happily went back to ask for credit and reward.

Before long, Long Zhiyong appeared again. It turned out that the bullet only hit his kettle, and he was fine.

It is said that his mother cried for nothing!

Long Zhiyong's heroic performance was more than once, and the dangers he encountered were countless. Fortunately, he can walk out of the battlefield alive every time, so many people say that he is a "lucky general" and he can always turn misfortune into luck.

According to statistics, during his more than 8 years as a scout, he led his comrades to complete the tasks of reconnaissance, capture and attack behind enemy lines 120 times, killing 46 enemies and capturing 15 enemies.

Long Zhiyong personally captured three prisoners and killed four enemies. Won three first-class merits and four third-class merits, and was awarded 18. He was awarded the honorary titles of "Top Ten Warriors" and "Reconnaissance Heroes" by Guangzhou Military Region.

Deng Xiaoping and the central leaders also praised him as "Li Xiangyang in 1980s" and "Star of Excalibur in Southern Xinjiang".

After the war, Long Zhiyong entered Nanjing Army Command College for further study. During this period, he studied hard and achieved a series of excellent results.

After graduating from military school, he asked to return to the army and continue to work and fight.

201165438+On February 28th, Long Zhiyong was appointed as the commander of Guigang Military Region and awarded the rank of senior colonel.

Although he has retired, Long Zhiyong is still playing his own residual heat for the country and the people.

He once said: "I am a veteran, and the country and the army have given me so many honors. I can't live up to the trust of the people, and it is incumbent on me to continue to exert the waste heat. "

At the end of the article, let's pay high tribute to the old hero Long Zhiyong!