Li Yannian was awarded the honorary title of "first-class hero" by the headquarters of the Volunteers, and won the second-class medal of freedom and independence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the third-class national flag medal. On the 70th anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he was awarded the "* * * National Medal".
195010/0/8 On October 8th, Li Yannian, instructor of 7th Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Army of 47th Volunteer Army, was ordered to counterattack the lost 346 highland. Li Yannian led the company to attack from the left and took the lead in occupying a hill. At dawn on the 9th, the 3rd Battalion captured five hills, including the main peak of 346 Highland, and the 7th Battalion joined three other companies. Li Yannian immediately organized officers and men to get ready for the enemy's counterattack at any time. In the counterattack of the US military, the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion also suffered heavy casualties in the face of repeated storm, long-range artillery and bombing support. By the afternoon of the 9th, after resisting the enemy's counterattack, Company 7 could only be organized into four classes, and the other three companies were even worse. So Li Yannian took the initiative to convene a meeting of four company cadres, organized troops, publicized victory, mourned the martyrs, and led everyone to be sworn in. In the fierce battle, Li Yannian is good at ideological work of officers and men. In view of the serious casualties, he reorganized the troops five times. In the case of heavy sacrifices of battalion and company cadres, he coordinated and organized four company operations. With his exemplary actions and powerful slogans, he encouraged the troops to March forward bravely in the case of smooth fighting. At the critical moment, he held his ground and turned the corner, and the troops maintained a high fighting enthusiasm. Under his command, the troops successively captured enemy positions, repelled enemy counterattacks several times, and wiped out more than 600 American troops, making it impossible to move on, maintaining the stability of the 47 th Army front with their own sacrifices and laying the foundation for our army's counterattacks. At the beginning of the meritorious service, Li Yannian troops focused on this battle.
In the TV series, the spirit of the Volunteers and Li Yannian, who are fearless and not afraid of sacrifice, shows the spirit of the whole Volunteers. Li Yannian, on the other hand, demonstrated the superb command art of our army's grass-roots commanders. They not only dare to fight, but also are flexible and changeable. They are good at adopting strategies and tactics that are not only superior, not inferior, but only realistic according to the changes in the battlefield situation and the enemy's situation.
I was particularly moved by Li Yannian's handling of the story of censoring liberation fighters, which reflected the responsibility and wisdom of Comrade Li Yannian. War is imminent. According to the arrangement of the superior, the loyalty of the liberation fighters in the army should be reviewed. Li Yannian has seven companies and many PLA soldiers. If these soldiers are reviewed on the eve of the war, they will develop resistance and affect morale and combat effectiveness. With a sense of responsibility as a political cadre and a deep understanding of his subordinate liberation fighters, Li Yannian argued that his superiors would allow him to review individual key personnel after completing the combat mission.
After completing the task, Li Yannian could have sent six liberation fighters to the division and security office for review as required, but he still felt that this was not appropriate. Before the centralized inspection by the Division Security Department, he began to inspect six soldiers in his own way: he led six liberation soldiers into the tiger's den and directly killed the psychological warfare officers sent to the US by the Kuomintang army in Taiwan Province Province. There are three risks in his line of work: first, there is the risk of being punished for disobeying orders from superiors; Second, there is the risk of being kidnapped and defected by liberation fighters; The third is the risk of mission failure and sacrifice. Every risk is related to his personal interests.
With high trust in the six soldiers and full judgment on the enemy's situation, Li Yannian achieved the established operational objectives under extremely difficult conditions, gained the understanding of his superiors and trust in the six liberated soldiers, and completed a special "review" to protect the dignity of the soldiers and the combat effectiveness of the troops. This is a classic case of political and ideological work.