In 1955, Zhang Lixiong was awarded the rank of colonel at the rank of regular army; in 1961, he was awarded the rank of major general. General Zhang Lixiong, who is now 107 years old, is still tough.
This is really a response to a sentence: life is bitter after there is sweetness. As a general who has participated in many major battles, Zhang Lixiong cherishes the stable life he has today.
After experiencing suffering, Zhang Lixiong understands the importance of a happy life better than the average person. Indeed, through the resume of General Zhang Lixiong, we seem to see that era of smoke and smoke again.
Small Red Army, big deeds
On November 21, 1913, Zhang Lixiong was born in Yanzita Natural Village, Tongxian Township, Shanghang County, Fujian Province. In the year zhang Lixiong was born, Song Jiaoren was assassinated at the Shanghai railway station and died.
Later, the murderer was arrested in the Shanghai Concession, and the relevant personnel said that they found his communication records with Zhao Bingjun on the murderer's body. That is to say, at that time, some people suspected that the murder of Song Jiaoren was actually ordered by Yuan Shikai.
After all, everyone knows that Zhao Bingjun is a loyal confidant of Yuan Shikai. At this point, many patriots were furious, and they could not tolerate Yuan Shikai's blatant persecution of the righteous men of the country.
Moreover, Yuan Shikai also illegally signed a large loan for the aftermath in April 1913, preparing to seize the opportunity to launch a war and eliminate the southern forces. Therefore, even Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who was in Japan at the beginning, rushed back to China and prepared to attack Yuan Shikai.
Unfortunately, Sun Yat-sen's strength is relatively limited after all. On September 1, 1913, Zhang Xun and the Armed Guards conquered Nanjing, and various localities announced the abolition of independence, and Sun Yat-sen and others were forced to flee.
It was in such a big environment that Zhang Lixiong was born. At that time, the overall situation in society was not very good, and Zhang Lixiong, who was born in the countryside, had no good life to live. Zhang Lixiong in his childhood came with poverty and hunger. It is precisely because of these experiences that Zhang Lixiong's inner determination to yearn for freedom and light will be more firm.
In 1929, 16-year-old Zhang Lixiong joined the regiment. As a small group member, although Zhang Lixiong can do very limited, Zhang Lixiong has never been perfunctory. He was able to do everything that came to him properly.
So, at the age of 18, Zhang Lixiong joined the Chinese Communist Party; by the age of 19, Zhang Lixiong had become a glorious Red Army soldier. At that time, he was the first person in their local area to sign up for the Red Army.
In view of Zhang Lixiong's excellent performance, it did not take long for him to receive a notice from the Shanghang County Party Committee: immediately set off to study at the Red Army School. Receiving such a notice, Zhang Lixiong was overwhelmed with excitement. He deeply felt the importance and education of the Chinese Communist Party of China for the soldiers. After arriving at the Red Army School, Zhang Lixiong began to be exposed to a new world that had never been touched before.
When he was young, because his family was poor, Zhang Lixiong only attended school for half a year. And it is this half a year's time, but it has also left an indelible trace in Zhang Lixiong's heart. Because he was too eager to learn new knowledge.
It is precisely because of this painful experience that Zhang Lixiong especially cherishes this opportunity to study at school. During the day, Zhang Lixiong absorbs all new knowledge like a sponge; at night, Zhang Lixiong will also carefully review the course.
It was also considering the future development of the Little Red Army that there were not only indoor theory classes in the classroom at that time, but also outdoor practical training. The scope of study also includes politics, military and literature.
It can be said that this learning experience, in the following decades, was deeply imprinted in Zhang Lixiong's memory. After graduating from the Red Army school, Zhang Lixiong was assigned to the machine gun company of the 1st Battalion of the 100th Regiment of the 34th Division of the Red Army.
When he arrived at the regiment, Zhang Lixiong was assigned a revolver. This is the first time since Zhang Lixiong joined the army that he has a gun that truly belongs to him. The battalion commander who gave the gun also said to Zhang Lixiong: This is the soldiers who took it from the enemy at great risk, and as a soldier, we should cherish the gun that we will fight side by side with ourselves in the future.
Later, the Red Army's fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression" war was victorious. After experiencing the baptism of war, Zhang Lixiong became a real Red Army soldier. He began to understand that it was precisely because of the unremitting struggle and sacrifice of his compatriots that the people would have the hope of a better life. With such a belief, Zhang Lixiong became more and more aware of what kind of burden he was carrying on his shoulders.
With the passage of time, Zhang Lixiong grew up while learning, and at the same time became stronger and stronger in combat. Then came the tougher days. In October 1934, the Red Army lost the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, which had a huge impact on the Red Army.
Therefore, in order to preserve their strength, more than 80,000 Red Army troops embarked on the road of the Long March. And this road, it was quite arduous: there was a harsh unknown environment in the front, and then there were Kuomintang pursuers. At that time, Zhang Lixiong was still serving in the Red Fifth Army. The main job of the Fifth Regiment of the Red Army was to be responsible for the rearguard, for example, in the original forced crossing of the Wujiang, Jinsha and Dadu Rivers, there was Zhang Lixiong's figure.
How fierce these battles are, even through the descriptions in the texts in the textbooks, we can still feel it. Because the Red Army was not well equipped enough, many times it was hard to resist. In addition to the fierce battle, the Red Army's crossing the meadow is also an endless bitter history. At that time, because Zhang Lixiong's unit was split by the Kuomintang, Zhang Lixiong had to cross the meadow three times.
Marching on the grass, each step takes a lot of physical energy. Because, marching on the grass, every step taken is unknown. Everyone has to be more careful and cautious than usual in order to be down-to-earth.
But even so, many Red Army soldiers died on the way across the meadow. Because for the Red Army at that time, the most difficult problem to solve was to eat, live and travel. Take eating, for example, when marching, everyone's food was limited. The supply team was surrounded and blocked by the Kuomintang, and there was no guarantee that every soldier could eat.
Moreover, Zhang Lixiong was still the last group of troops to cross the meadow. It can be said that the troops who walked in front of them had already eaten all the wild vegetables they could eat. When it came time for Zhang Lixiong to eat them, they had to eat something even more unpalatable. So at that time, in order to fill their stomachs, they even ate the belts they wore. Even so, there are still many comrades who are starved and dizzy and mentally weak.
The accommodation was also very grueling. In the meadows, it would be better to walk to that kind of dry place; when it came to the swampy area, it was really dangerous. During the day the road is not easy to walk, and at night it is impossible to find a place to rest. Zhang Lixiong later recalled that in the wet swamp, when even the fire could not be born, they had to lean on the backs of their comrades to keep warm.
When I go to bed at night, I also snooze against each other. But a gust of wind blew over, and the feeling of cold penetrating into the bone was an experience that many people had never experienced in their lives. Even if there is no rest at night, the daytime march cannot be delayed. Imagine, in that environment, how much perseverance did those old Red Army rely on to support themselves in order to walk out of the meadow?
Moreover, there are many mud traps in the swamp, and if one is not careful, it may be a farewell. Therefore, in order to walk through the dangerous road, the Red Army soldiers had to hold hands to carry it together. It was also at a price unimaginable to ordinary people that the Red Fifth Army guaranteed the northward movement of the large troops. In the end, the Fifth Red Army received the honorary title of "Iron Stream Defender".
As the political commissar of the Red Fifth Army's teaching brigade, Zhang Lixiong's contributions along the way are obvious to all. This former rural boy has slowly grown up.
After several battles, it has finally become a generation of famous generals
Crossing the meadow was arduous, and after coming out of the meadow, Zhang Lixiong immediately threw himself into the revolution. After all, the situation was not clear at that time, and there was no stopping at one step.
Later, in order to open up the international line and establish a détente situation conducive to the long-term development of the Chinese Communist Party, the Western Route Army of the Red Army decided to control the Hexi Corridor. In order to achieve such a strategic goal, it is bound to be impossible to avoid the high platform.
Located in the western part of Gansu Province, Gaotai has been a place of contention for soldiers since ancient times. Because the south of the city is the Qilian Mountains; the north of the city is an endless desert, as the main road of the Lanxin Highway, the importance of Gaotai is self-evident.
On January 1, 1937, the Fifth Red Army, under the command of Dong Zhentang, launched an attack on Gaotai. In this fierce battle, more than 3,000 officers and men of the Fifth Red Army sacrificed more than half. And Zhang Lixiong, who participated in the war at that time, also almost lost his life to Gaotai. At that time, a shell landed near the command platform, and the raised shrapnel hit Zhang Lixiong's left leg.
Zhang Lixiong, who was seriously injured, was carried to the health center, who had thought that just after bandaging, there was a shout of horse bandits outside the health center. Feeling bad, Zhang Lixiong had to flee the health center in pain and hide in a small alley.
At this moment, a fellow villager passed by and confirmed Zhang Lixiong's identity as a Red Army, and hid Zhang Lixiong. It was with the help of this fellow that Zhang Lixiong was able to recover and then escaped from the tiger's mouth.
During that time, the enemy launched no less than 30 attacks, and the battle was so fierce that even Zhang Lixiong, who had experienced the Long March, still felt sad. Later, in the anti-Japanese base area that opened up northern Henan, Zhang Lixiong became acquainted with Pi Dingjun, who later walked with Zhang Lixiong for many years of life and death.
At that time, after the Japanese army had absorbed the two armies of the Kuomintang, it began to frantically launch an attack on our army. In order to strike at the enemy and liberate the people of northern Henan, our army decided to establish the Seventh Sub-district of the Taihang Military Region. Pi Dingjun, who was already the commander of the Fifth Military Region at that time, became Zhang Lixiong's partner. In the test of the war, a deep revolutionary friendship was established between them.
For example, when the county seat of Linxian was liberated, they showed extraordinary tacit understanding between them. At that time, in order to reduce losses, Zhang Lixiong and Pi Dingjun decided to outwit Lin County.
Therefore, they first released the news that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was going to attack Lin County; then, they arrested the enemy's chief of staff, Li Dayong. Under the joint arrangement of our army, Li Dayong really believed the news that the Eighth Route Army was going to dispatch 20 regiments to attack Lin County.
In the end, Li Dayong, who had received the news, fled back to Lin County under the condition that our army was "not strictly monitored." Li Dayong, who was holding the "important news" in his hand, really conveyed the news he had already received to the puppet army, which was probably "I prejudged your prejudgment"!
Then, in this battle, our army not only took LinXian county, but also inflicted heavy losses on the puppet army in Linxian County. It can be said that Zhang Lixiong and Pi Dingjun are really the best partners.
With the cooperation of the two, they smashed the enemy's "encroachment" plan in nearly 300 battles. In the process, they also established an anti-Japanese base area in northern Henan with a population of more than 100,000. In the following ten years, they have had a lot of cooperation, and their cooperation has brought countless victories to the country and the people. It can be said that having such a general is our happiness.
After the founding of New China, Zhang Lixiong served as the political commissar of the 13th Army, shouldering the heavy responsibility of defending the southeast coast and southwest border of the motherland. And Geng Lixiong, even in the most difficult years, has never taken a step back, has not lowered his bottom line.
It was not until 1973 that Zhang Lixiong was transferred back to Beijing. During this period, there have been people who have been complaining about Zhang Lixiong, but Zhang Lixiong believes that this is the task entrusted to him by the organization, and what he can do is to complete every job entrusted to him by the organization.
After that, the country's life is getting better and better, and the life of the elderly Zhang Lixiong is naturally more and more fulfilling. Especially after the information age, countless news media and reporters have interviewed this old hero.
But no matter when and under what circumstances, the peaceful, plain and worried situation of the old man Zhang Lixiong has never changed. In the face of more honors and praise, The elderly Zhang Lixiong is always so indifferent.
epilogue
Today, Zhang Lixiong, who is 107 years old, is still in a tough body. In ordinary days, he is also like an ordinary old man, spending his time in chai rice oil and salt. What is slightly different is that whenever someone mentions that past history, Zhang Lixiong's old man seems to be able to see his former comrades-in-arms in his mind.
Indeed, that period of glory is not only hidden in Zhang Lixiong's memory, but also in the long river of history. I believe that every Chinese will not forget the tragic but tearful years!