In 1937, Shen Tieliang only had a broken tank and a load of new soldiers who had never even touched a cannon.
The superior's order is just one sentence: Hold on.
He placed the tank across the gap in Guanghua Gate.
When the cannonball is fired, use the barrel to poke it. If the barrel is broken, use the crawler track to crush it. If the crawler track is broken, it doesn't matter. There is still a wrench in the car!
This is the starting point of China's armored forces.
It is also the starting point of Shentie Plow.
Later, in Kunlun Pass, Tonggu, Yeren Mountain, and Changjin Lake, he drove better and better tanks and guarded more and more territory.
Seventy-three years later, at the age of 103, he was lying in the hospital.
Someone outside the window played the song "Mountains and Rivers Are Safe".
Before he closed his eyes, he said: "This life is worth it."
China's Armored Troops' Elegy
Invigorating and refreshing