In May 1953, Wang Fuzhi, commander of the 115th Division of the 39th Army of the Volunteer Army, was ordered to return to China for recuperation, and since he joined the Red Army in 1935 and left his hometown, he had not returned home for 18 years, so Wang Fuzhi decided to go home to see his father. Because going home is a private matter, Wang Fuzhi did not let his full-time driver send him home, nor did he notify the local leaders in advance, afraid that the local leaders' publicity and preparation would hurt the people and money, and the impact on himself was not good, so he was ready to go back to his hometown alone.
Wang Fuzhi's hometown was not open to traffic, when he was ready to walk more than ten kilometers home, he met an old man who drove an ox cart, the old man was kind enough to decide to carry Wang Fu for a ride, the two talked a lot on the road, but in the end, The king Fuzhi was surprised to find that the old man who came back by the way was actually his father. It is indeed a surprising thing that General Wang Fuzhi did not recognize his father, and Wang Fuzhi's father did not recognize his son. There are many deeds of General Wang Fuzhi, and perhaps we can find the reasons for this through his deeds.
General Wang Fuzhi
At the age of 12, he left home to join the army, and his appearance changed
Wang Fuzhi was born on September 24, 1923, to a poor peasant family in Fujia Xinzhuang, Sanyanquanlou, Zizhou County, Shaanxi Province. In 1928, when Wang Fuzhi was five years old, his mother died, and the young Wang Fuzhi lived with his grandfather, and his father went out to work in a landlord's family in Yan'an for the livelihood of a family of three.
Although the life of three generations of grandchildren is not rich, but Wang Fuzhi's father still gritted his teeth and begged for help, let Wang Fu go to private school for three months, and finally did not let him become an illiterate, which also laid the foundation for Wang Fuzhi's ability to learn after his death, after the death of Wang Fuzhi's grandfather, Wang Fuzhi's father returned home, and the father and son lived the life of a tenant, but the grain from the ground was only enough for one person's rations.
Portrait of Liu Zhidan
In 1935, Liu Zhidan led the Red Army in northern Shaanxi often in the vicinity of Wang Fu's home, Wang Fuzhi heard the deeds of the Red Army, he resolutely joined the Red Army, he explained to his father his idea of joining the army, his father did not stop, in his father's eyes to join the army as a soldier is always better than a hungry life at home, at least as a soldier can have a full meal.
In this way, the 12-year-old Wang Fuzhi joined the Red Army in northern Shaanxi in July 1935, when he joined the army, the Red Army soldiers asked him how old he was, wang Fuzhi at that time was already 1 meter 6 tall, he was afraid that the Red Army would not want him because of his young age, so he lied that he was 17 years old, which joined the Red Army team and became a member of the Red Army soldiers.
(Little soldiers of the Red Army are educated)
On October 1, 1935, Xu Haidong and Liu Zhidan, leaders of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, set up a battle plan for besieging the city and providing assistance, sending the Red 75th Division to the east of Laoshan Road and the Red 78th Division and the Red 81st Division to set up an ambush west of Laoshan Road to attack the 110th Division of the Northeast Army supporting the enemy. After the battle unfolded, the three divisions of the Red Army instantly divided and surrounded the enemy army, the 110th Division of the Northeast Army occupied the highlands in a panic to carry out defense, the battle was very fierce, at this time Wang Fuzhi was in the Red Seventy-fifth Division's Shao Gong Battalion, the Shao Gong Battalion were all fifteen or sixteen-year-old children, also known as the soldiers "Baby Battalion", originally the battle did not have the task of the Shao Gong Battalion, but the battle was too fierce, and in desperation, he transferred this group of baby soldiers to the front line to fight.
The task of the Young Communist Battalion was to attack a small high ground, the battalion commander divided the whole battalion into three echelons, one echelon attacked frontally to attract the attention of the enemy, and the other two echelons detoured from the side to encircle the enemy on the heights, Wang Fuzhi was in the roundabout echelon on both sides, when the Red Army lacked weapons, the small soldiers of the Young Communist Battalion could not get a gun, at that time Wang Fuzhi only participated in the battle with a shuttle dart, and with the beginning of the frontal attack, the Northeast Army focused its attention entirely on the small soldiers who exchanged fire with them head-on. When they found that the warriors were nothing more than fifteen or sixteen-year-old dolls, they let their guard down, and some people shouted, "There are all small bumps underneath, not climate." "
Old photo doll soldier
Wang Fuzhi and his comrades-in-arms were all at the age of the greatest angry, hearing that these soldiers of the Northeast Army did not care about them so much, the fire came directly up, and with a rush of killing, they rushed to the top of the high ground, and the enemy just reacted to this group of small dolls that they did not look at, and they all rushed to them, And Wang Fuzhi's dart pointed directly at the neck of a soldier of the Northeast Army holding a gun, frightening the northeast army soldier to throw the gun aside, so Wang Fuzhi reached the first gun after he joined the army. You must know that the real age of Wang Fuzhi at this time is only 12 years old, and he already dares to charge in the rain of bullets and bullets.
After the Battle of Laoshan, Wang Fuzhi was transferred to the 3rd Company of the 223rd Regiment of the Seventy-fifth Division as a liaison officer. In February of the following year, Because of his excellent performance and strong learning ability, Wang Fuzhi was recommended by the regiment to go to the regiment surveying and mapping study training class to study surveying and mapping, during the study period Wang Fuzhi was recommended to join the party by the surveying and mapping class, and the 13-year-old Wang Fuzhi had already become a party member, which was earlier than Xiao Hua joined the party at that time, according to the party history records, Wang Fuzhi was still one of the youngest communist party members. In October 1936, after the Central Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, Chiang Kai-shek sent Hu Zongnan to invade our base area in northern Shaanxi, and Wang Fuzhi followed the troops to participate in the Battle of Shan castle commanded by Peng Dehuai.
Monument to the Battle of Hill Castle
At the end of October, Under the command of Xu Xiangqian, Wang Fuzhi's unit was reorganized into the Western Route Army for the Western Expedition, and after the defeat of the Western Route Army, Wang Fuzhi and the team were separated, and only returned to the Red Army after several turns.
In 1937, after the peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident, the Anti-Japanese National United Front was established, the Red Army was officially reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, and Wang Fuzhi served as the chief of the surveying and mapping unit of the 687th Regiment of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. After the establishment of the New Fourth Army, Wang Fuzhi was again transferred to the 22nd Regiment of the 8th Brigade of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army as a communications staff officer, and later, because of his outstanding work ability, he was promoted to the head of the communications unit of the headquarters of the Third Division. After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, various military regions sent military talents to the northeast to form the Northeast Democratic United Army, and Wang Fuzhi was also among them.
Northeast Democratic Coalition Armband
In June 1946, Chiang Kai-shek openly tore up the "Double Tenth Agreement" to provoke a civil war, launched an all-out attack on our liberated areas, and the War of Liberation broke out, and Wang Fuzhi, then chief of the operations section of the Second Column and Fifth Division of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, followed the troops to participate in several counterattacks by the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army against the reactionary army, and made outstanding contributions in the battles of Sibao Linjiang and Sanxia Jiangnan. He led his troops in major battles such as the Liaoshen Campaign, the Pingjin Campaign, the Hengbao Campaign, and the Guangxi Campaign, and followed the troops from the Songhua River on the northeast border of our country to Nanguan, a town in the southwestern border of our country, and the 39th Army to which he belonged was the main force of the volunteer army that did not taste defeat in the Korean battlefield later.
(Wang Fuzhi and the warriors)
Wang Fuzhi left home to join the army has been constantly fighting, he followed the troops to the east and the west, there is no time to go home to see his father, and soon after the founding of New China, the Korean War broke out, Wang Fuzhi, as the commander of the main force of the ace division of the main force, also followed the troop movement, went to the front line of the DPRK to fight, stayed in Korea for three years, and did not have time to go home to see his father, his appearance has long changed because of several years of military career, and his voice no longer has a rural tone.
He participated in the Korean War and was promoted to the commander of the main division of the Volunteer Army for meritorious service
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War broke out, and the United Nations Security Council, under the control of the United States, passed a bill to form a United Nations army to provide direct military assistance to South Korea. On 15 September, unincorporated the Inchon landings under the command of Commander-in-Chief MacArthur, cutting off the Korean People's Army, reversing the tide of the Korean War, quickly returning seoul (present-day Seoul, South Korea) and pulling the front near the 38th Parallel. After the United Nations army entered the war, the Central Military Commission quickly formed the Northeast Border Defense Army, and the 39th Army, one of the main forces of the Four Fields of the People's Liberation Army, was also among them, and Wang Fuzhi was still a regimental commander of the 115th Division of the 39th Army at this time, and was also incorporated into the ranks of the Northeast Border Defense Army. Since then, China has broadcast almost daily to warn the United Nations forces, led by the United States, that if the United Nations forces cross the 38th Line and attack North Korea, China will send troops to the aid of North Korea.
On October 1, 1950, the ROK took the lead in sending troops into Korea to fight, but china did not send troops, the United Nations army believed that China did not dare to send troops into Korea to provide military assistance to Korea, so it ignored our warnings and sent troops across the 38th Line on October 8 to carry out large-scale military activities.
On October 19, 1950, the first units of the Volunteer Army secretly crossed the Yalu River and entered Korea to fight, including Wang Fuzhi's 39th Army. On October 25, the volunteer departments had reached the predetermined position for launching the first campaign, and peng Dehuai, commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army, received this news and immediately ordered the launch of the first campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
The 39th Army launched an attack on Wenjing, where the U.S. First Cavalry Division was stationed, at a scheduled time, and conquered the Wenjing area in just one hour. In the Battle of Wenjing, the 343rd Regiment of the 115th Division commanded by Wang Fuzhi took the lead in attacking Wenjing, annihilated most of the US army, and pursued with superior troops, making the first contribution of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Wang Fuzhi commanded the battle in the Korean War, and wang Fuzhi was behind the door frame in the picture
Subsequently, Wang Fuzhi led his troops to participate in the second, third, fourth, and fifth battles, and made outstanding achievements in the battles, and was promoted to the commander of the 115th Division by the General Headquarters of the Volunteer Army. After the end of the fifth campaign, the United States put forward a request for ceasefire negotiations in the international community, our leaders conveyed to the world through India the message of willingness to accept the requirements of ceasefire negotiations, the first phase of the Korean War ended here, in order to cope with the Chinese representatives at the negotiating table with the United States, the volunteer army changed from in-depth operations to mobile defensive operations, and the Korean War entered a state of fighting and talking at the same time.
The headquarters tunnel was blown up, and two flies became life-saving benefactors
In 1952, Wang Fuzhi led the 115th Division to hold the position east of the Linjin River to block the attack of the United Nations Army, in the face of the enemy's powerful artillery coverage ability, the Volunteer Army had already made a good response, using tunnel tactics to turn the position into a fortress, the Shells of the United Nations Army could not cause any harm to the Volunteer Army, but things were not absolute, Wang Fuzhi was almost killed on the Korean battlefield because the tunnel of the headquarters was blown up.
The Volunteers fought in the tunnels
On August 2, 1952, Wang Fuzhi was still the acting commander of the 115th Division at this time, and on the same day, the xinhua news agency reporter was writing a war report, when suddenly a loud noise came, the top of the tunnel was hit by enemy shells, Wang Fuzhi was suddenly pushed to the end of the tunnel by the strong air generated by the shells, Wang Fuzhi woke up again when he was pressed under the collapsed wood and stone of the tunnel, the tunnel was pitch black, Wang Fuzhi shouted the names of several municipal officials who had just been buried in the tunnel with him. It was found that the remaining six people in the tunnel had already sacrificed 4 people, and now wang Fuzhi and two division officers were still alive in the tunnel.
The three of them slowly removed the wood and stone pressed on their bodies and climbed together, but the process took the three people more than three hours, Wang Fuzhi and the two officers were experienced in hundreds of battles, accustomed to life and death, so they were not afraid of death at all, but they felt that this death was a bit humiliating, at least the sacrifice was not heroic, and when they were desperate, they heard the sound of Tintin Dangdang at the other end of the tunnel, and the three people were overjoyed, which showed that someone outside was digging a tunnel, and they had not been abandoned.
As the air in the cave became thinner and thinner, the three of them could not hold on, and there was a lack of food and water in the cave, and if there was no water to drink, the three people would die of lack of water if they could not hold on for three days, and Wang Fuzhi gathered the urine of the three people together in case of emergency. The day after Wang Fuzhi was buried in the tunnel, the sound of excavation outside suddenly accelerated, as if he knew that the three people inside the cave were still alive, Wang Fuzhi looked at the dark tunnel and suddenly there was a little light, and the air inside the cave gradually became sufficient, and Wang Fuzhi knew that the three people were rescued.
Wang Fuzhi and two rescued comrades-in-arms
After Wang Fuzhi was rescued, he learned that after he was buried in the tunnel, the deputy commander of the 115th Division immediately reported the matter to his superiors, and peng Dehuai, the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army, personally ordered the rescue of Wang Fuzhi, even if Wang Fuzhi died, his body would be rescued, so the sapper squad began to excavate day and night, and before Wang Fuzhi's three people were rescued, the squad leader of the engineering squad saw two flies flying out of the cave, which showed that there was plenty of air in the cave, and Wang Fuzhi and others were likely to be alive. The squad leader of the engineering squad immediately ordered the excavation to be accelerated, but it was necessary to pay attention to the fact that in the process of excavation, it was necessary not to cause a second collapse, so as not to cause secondary injuries to the living people, which successfully rescued Wang Fuzhi's three people.
The sapper squad dug a tunnel to save Wang Fuzhi
After Wang Fuzhi learned of this incident, he had been transferred to the rear hospital for recuperation, and later he asked who the squad leader of the sapper squad was, but no one knew and lost contact, so Wang Fuzhi regarded the fly as his savior and did not harm the fly all his life.
On the way home, he met his father, and the father and son did not know each other
In May 1953, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was nearing its end, the Volunteer Army Command took into account Wang Fuzhi's physical condition, and Wang Fuzhi had been commanding troops to fight after arriving in Korea, so it ordered Wang Fuzhi to recuperate and give Wang Fuzhi a vacation, Wang Fuzhi suddenly idled down after many years of fighting with the army and did not know where to go, he then remembered that he had not returned home for many years to see, so he decided to go home to see his father, when Wang Fuzhi returned to China, he had become the commander of the 115th Division. He has his own full-time driver and official car, but Wang Fuzhi believes that his return home is a private matter and cannot be used privately, so he took a bus to the county where his hometown is located.
After arriving at the county seat, Wang Fuzhi found that there was no car leading to his home in the county, and he wanted to go home for more than ten miles, in fact, Wang Fuzhi could say hello to the local leaders and let them arrange a car to send him home, but he did not do so, because if he said hello to the local leaders, the local leaders would definitely do a lot of unnecessary work for him, so he did not mention to anyone about his return home.
Wang Fuzhi finally chose to walk more than ten miles home, when he led the troops to fight in Korea, Wang Fuzhi often led the troops to march twenty kilometers at night, so these ten miles of road is nothing to him, he can get home in a few hours, looking at the rural dirt roads that have changed a lot, Wang Fuzhi feels that it is worth it to lead the troops to birth and death over the years, the people's lives have been changed dramatically, his father does not need to rent the landlord's land for farming, the land reform working group has distributed the land to the peasants, and his family should be able to get a few acres of land The grain from the field should also be enough for my father to eat alone.
With a happy mood, Wang Fuzhi was walking on the road, at this time an old man drove an ox cart from behind, the old man was very kind, watching Wang Fuzhi walking on the road in a military uniform, he stopped the ox cart and asked Wang Fuzhi, "Housheng, where is this going?" I'll take you for a while. Wang Fuzhi was very touched and accepted the help of the old master, the road was too boring, the old man asked Wang Fuzhi where he came from, and Wang Fuzhi truthfully said that he had returned from Korea to recuperate. As soon as the old man heard the spirit, how fierce the Korean War was fought, the whole country knew that whether it was won or lost, it would only take a few days to spread throughout the country, and the heroic deeds of the volunteer army on the Korean battlefield The old man also heard a lot, so he asked Wang Fuzhi in detail about the situation in the Korean battlefield, and Wang Fuzhi felt that there was nothing to hide, so he told the old man about some things.
Photo of the old man pulling an ox cart (not Wang Fuzhi's father)
After listening to some of Wang Fuzhi's experiences in Korea, the old man sighed and said that his son had joined the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, there had been no news, and he didn't even know whether he was dead or alive, if he was still alive, he should be about the same age as Wang Fuzhi, Wang Fuzhi thought about his comrades-in-arms in the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, and found that there was no such person as the old man said, but the number of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi was large, and Wang Fuzhi could not all know, but the old man said that his son joined the Red Army in July 1935. He was only 12 years old when he left, but his height had grown to 1 meter 6, and the more Wang Fuzhi listened, the more he felt that the old man was talking like himself, but he did not dare to ask the old man.
The two chatted all the way, after arriving at the Fu family's new village, the old master saw that Wang Fuzhi was still following him, so he asked Wang Fuzhi where to go, Wang Fuzhi said that his home was here, and said his name, the old man immediately burst into tears, it turned out that this old man was Wang Fuzhi's father, the father and son did not recognize each other all the way, it was really a creation.
In fact, Wang Fuzhi's father could not recognize Wang Fuzhi because Wang Fuzhi had changed too much, and after many years of leaving home, Wang Fuzhi had changed from a 12-year-old child to a teacher today, and his appearance and voice were different from when he was a child.
The reason why Wang Fuzhi could not recognize his father sounded moving, it was precisely because Wang Fuzhi had been away from home for too many years, and Wang Fuzhi's father had also suffered a lot before liberation, and Wang Fuzhi's father, who was more than 60 years old at the time, was already old like an old man of nearly 80 years old, so Wang Fuzhi would not recognize his father.
After the end of the Korean War, General Wang Fuzhi took his father to live with him and prepared to send his father to his death. After the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Wang Fuzhi returned to China with his troops and still served as a division commander in the 115th Division of the 39th Army. In 1955, New China implemented the military rank system for the first time, and held a grand award ceremony to award the title of commander and fighter who had made military achievements in the process of the founding of New China and the Korean War, and General Wang Fuzhi was awarded the rank of colonel for his military achievements on the battlefield and his contributions to the country.
General Wang Fuzhi was awarded a title
After the award ceremony, Wang Fuzhi went to the Nanjing Military Academy of the People's Liberation Army to study. In 1957, after Wang Fuzhi's studies, he returned to the 39th Army as the commander of the 116th Division. In 1960, Wang Fuzhi was successively promoted to chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 39th Army. In 1964, Wang Fuzhi was again awarded the rank of major general, becoming the youngest founding major general. Later, because of his long-term work in the front-line combat units, Wang Fuzhi was transferred to the General Staff Department of the People's Liberation Army in 1968, and was promoted to the head of the Operations Department of the General Staff Department the following year, and successively commanded the Zhenbao Island Self-Defense Counterattack And the Battle of Xisha.
In 1975, wang Fuzhi was affected by the Ye Jianying incident and was transferred from the General Staff Office of the People's Liberation Army, serving as the secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and the commander of the Shanxi Provincial Military Region. In 1980, Wang Fuzhi was rehabilitated by the Central Military Commission, transferred to the Urumqi Military Region as deputy commander of the military region, and was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee and a member of the Seventh and Eighth Standing Committees of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.
A recent photo of Wang Fuzhi's veteran general
As of December 2020, there are only 6 founding generals left, and the old general Wang Fuzhi is one of them, who is also a "living fossil" of New China, witnessing all the development history of New China since the founding of New China, and is a "national treasure" figure in China.