In 1949, a special person came to Zhengjiatang Hutgang in Qiliping, Huang'an County, Hubei Province, who was wearing a military uniform, full of vigor and excitement, only to see him stop at the door of a peasant family, hesitate for a long time, and finally knock on the door.
Soon, only a "creak" sound was heard, and the wooden door opened, and an old lady with gray hair and wrinkled face could be seen, looking at the middle-aged man in military uniform in front of her, the old lady looked puzzled and thought:
"I never seem to have seen this person."
At this time, the middle-aged man suddenly shouted at her:
"Mother."
The old lady trembled, obviously frightened, and looked at the middle-aged man and asked:
"Who are you?" I don't seem to know you, do you want to drink water? ”
The middle-aged man heard what the old lady said, nodded, and followed the old lady into the house.
Looking at this home is still the same as before, the middle-aged man remembers many past events, this is his home that has been away for decades!
While the middle-aged man was still reminiscing, the old lady had already walked over with the water, and with her was an old grandfather, who was obviously a couple.
At this time, the old man patted the middle-aged man's shoulder, and then smiled and said to him:
"Sir, you drink water."
The middle-aged man took the water handed by the grandfather and tried to suppress his emotions, at this time, he only heard the grandfather say to the middle-aged man:
"Sir, my son also went to join the army more than twenty years ago, and I heard that he was sacrificed on the battlefield, his name is Zheng Guozhong, I don't know if you recognize it?"
After saying this, the two old men leaned together and cried bitterly, they missed their son very much. In fact, this middle-aged man is their son
Zheng Guozhong
Watching his parents cry in front of him, Zheng Guozhong knelt in front of them and said with tears:
"Father, mother, the child is not filial piety, I am your son who is not angry, I am back."
Figure | Zheng Guozhong
After the two old people heard it, they were very shocked and looked at Zheng Guozhong carefully, and after a few seconds, the two old people finally reacted, and then hugged Zheng Guozhong tightly, the mother cried loudly, and the father also wiped tears on the side, and this state lasted for a long time.
Ten minutes later, the old people also calmed down and said to Zheng Guozhong:
"Son, you've been suffering outside all these years, why haven't you come home for so long?"
As a result, Zheng Guozhong told his parents about his experience over the years, and when they heard that Zheng Guozhong was in danger several times, their faces were full of worry.
When Zheng Guozhong told all about his experience, the old man said happily:
"Son, you are good, you are the pride of your father."
The old people are proud that their son is a big hero.
A few hours later, Zheng Guozhong said to his parents with a reluctant look:
"Father, mother, son This life has been given to the People's Liberation Army, because the troops need to march in a hurry, so I must go back immediately, you second elder must take care of your health, as soon as I have time, I will come back to see your second elder."
Figure | Pla
Before leaving, Zheng Guozhong gave all the money on his body to his parents, repeatedly told them to take good care of themselves, and finally, after prostrating his head three times at them, he turned around and left the house and returned to the army.
In fact, what Zheng Guozhong did not expect was that he went out to join the army at the age of 16 and became a deputy commander to visit his relatives after 22 years, but his mother could not recognize himself, which made Zheng Guozhong feel very guilty and felt that he did not take good care of his parents.
Seeing this, everyone will be curious in their hearts, who is Zheng Guozhong? How did he secretly join the army? What has happened to him all these years?
One day in 1913, Zheng Jia of Zhengjiatang Maowugang in Qiliping, Huang'an County, Hubei Province, was happy to have a son, named Zheng Guozhong, the whole family was very happy, immersed in joy, this family to cultivate the land for a living, life is very poor, Zheng Guozhong knew to help his parents work when he was very young, and other people in the village praised him as a good child.
A few years later, Zheng Guozhong's parents gave birth to another son, so the already poor family became more difficult, coupled with the poor local land and poor grain harvest, so the pressure of life became even greater.
When Zheng Guozhong grew up a few years older, he had reached the age where he could read, but where did this poor family have the money to send him to study, at that time, Zheng Guozhong looked at his parents who were busy every day and thought:
"I have to do something to change the family."
One day, Zheng Guozhong found his father and said to him:
"Dad, I want to learn a craft and lighten the burden on my family."
Seeing that his son was so sensible at such a young age, Zheng Guozhong's father was very pleased, patted Zheng Guozhong's shoulder and said:
"Tomorrow I'll ask someone where to take apprentices, and at your age, it's good to go outside and exercise."
A few days later, Zheng Guozhong's father asked a friend to find a tailor shop, and the owner of it agreed to let Zheng Guozhong be an apprentice, and on that day, Zheng Guozhong was very happy that he could finally do something for the family.
However, will Zheng Guozhong's apprenticeship really be so smooth?
After a few days, Zheng Guozhong's father took Zheng Guozhong to the tailor shop, handed Zheng Guozhong over to the teacher of the tailor shop and left, the teacher Fu looked at the sensible and capable Zheng Guozhong, liked it very much, and passed on all his knowledge in tailoring to Zheng Guozhong.
Figure | Tailor shop
In the tailor shop, Zheng Guozhong studied very seriously every day, in order to hurry out of the teacher, learn early, reduce the burden on the family, after studying in the tailor shop for a few years, Zheng Guozhong has successfully become a teacher, after that, he bid farewell to the teacher of the tailor shop and returned to his hometown to open a tailor shop.
Originally thought that he could rely on this craft to support his family, but after doing it for a while, Zheng Guozhong found that not many people came to make clothes at all, because there were some people in the neighborhood who were not rich in life, and they would not make a dress for several years, so Zheng Guozhong's business was also very bleak.
There was no way, Zheng Guozhong had to open a tailor shop while becoming a farmer, at that time Zheng Guozhong often thought:
How can the poor become poor no longer poor? How can I not be bullied?
Zheng Guozhong didn't understand, but after that, Zheng Guozhong got all the answers, what is the matter?
That day, because the business of the tailor shop was not good, Zheng Guozhong came to the field as usual to work, the weather was very hot, and it did not take long for Zheng Guozhong to be thirsty, so he came to a big tree to drink water, here is the water he brought from home, because he was afraid of being sunburned, so he hid under the shade of the big tree.
At this time, a group of people came from afar, Zheng Guozhong was very curious, usually this village will not come to anyone, how come today but a group came, so Zheng Guozhong went forward to see, found that this is an army, he asked a person in the team:
"What do you do?"
The man said:
"We are soldiers of the Red Army, the march passed through here, you should be the villagers of this village."
After hearing the words of the Red Army soldiers, Zheng Guozhong felt very confused and asked the Red Army soldiers:
"What did the Red Army do?"
The Red Army soldier smiled and said:
"The Red Army is the team that helps the poor fight the world, the team that rescues the poor and needy people."
Figure | Red army
After listening to the explanation of the Red Army soldiers, Zheng Guozhong's eyes widened, these few words shocked him, some time ago he was still thinking about how to make the poor change their lives, it seems that all this has found the answer in the Red Army. So he asked the Red Army:
"Can I join the Red Army?"
The soldier looked at Zheng Guozhong's eager gaze, took him to the side of the red army chief, and said to the chief:
"Report chief, this man wants to join the Red Army."
The head of the Red Army turned his head to look at Zheng Guozhong and said to Zheng Guozhong:
"Why do you want to join the Red Army?"
Zheng Guozhong said firmly:
"I want to help the poor."
Zheng Guozhong's answer surprised the red army commander, who was stunned for a moment and said:
"Well, I agree with you to join the Red Army, and from now on you will be a Red Army soldier."
In this way, Zheng Guozhong became a Soldier of the Red Army, followed the team out of the small mountain village where he had been living, and began a new journey.
In 1929, this was Zheng Guozhong's first year of joining the Red Army, that year he was only 16 years old, Zheng Guozhong, who had just come to the Red Army, was just a new recruit egg, in order to make himself grow up as soon as possible, Zheng Guozhong worked harder than others, because of his excellent performance in the army, Zheng Guozhong also joined the Communist Party of China in this year.
In the days when he first became the Red Army, Zheng Guozhong also followed the team several times to kill the enemy, understood the cruelty of war, and may still be talking to you today, and the comrades-in-arms who may still be chatting with you today will die tomorrow, but Zheng Guozhong is not afraid, as long as he thinks of those ordinary people who are still living in the depths of the water, he has endless courage.
Later, after Zheng Guozhong's own efforts, he was promoted from an ordinary soldier to a platoon leader, and then from a platoon leader to a company commander, and after the fourth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, due to Zheng Guozhong's outstanding performance, he was reused by the organization and became a young and promising regimental commander, so as long as a person works hard, he believes that one day he will achieve something.
In March 1935, the Red Fourth Front was broken
Chiang Kai-shek
The whole contingent intended to develop westward in response to the Long March of the Central Red Army. So, commander-in-chief
Xu Xiangqian
Decision to initiate
Battle of Jialing River
In Cangxi, Langzhong area to cross the Jialing River in the west.
Figure | Chiang Kai-shek
At that time, in order to make the crossing of the river smoothly, strict arrangements were also made, first of all, the Red Fourth Front Army quickly solved the obstacles to crossing the river in Cangxi, Yilong and other places from March 5 to 11, providing very favorable conditions for the Red Army to cross the river.
On the night of the twenty-eighth day, the battle began, Zheng Guozhong followed the team to annihilate an enemy brigade at Tazi Mountain in Cangxi County, forcibly crossed the Jialing River, straight to the Sword Gate Pass, and then with the efforts of all the Red Army soldiers, conquered the county seat of Beichuan, and at this point, the Battle of Jialing River ended.
In fact, in the whole process of the Long March, there are many such large and small battles, several times Zheng Guozhong almost sacrificed on the road of the Long March, the hardships and hardships of the Long March did not overwhelm Zheng Guozhong, climbing the snowy mountains, crossing the meadows, these experiences have made Zheng Guozhong unforgettable, even if he remembered it later, Zheng Guozhong would wipe his tears and say:
"At that time, there were a lot of Red Army soldiers who didn't come out."
Figure | The Red Army crossed the snowy mountains
After the end of the Long March, Zheng Guozhong came to northern Shaanxi, when Zheng Guozhong's Red Fourth Army did not march into the Hexi Corridor like other teams of the Red Fourth Front, so Zheng Guozhong had a short period of rest, during which time Zheng Guozhong always remembered the events of the Red Army's Long March.
During that time, although the days were hard and they often faced dangers, the soldiers helped each other, like family, and the thought of this made Zheng Guozhong moved. However, as long as he thinks of the soldiers who sacrificed on the Long March, Zheng Guozhong clasps his hands and vows to complete their unfinished mission and avenge them.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zheng Guozhong became the commander of the 769th Regiment of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and in 1940, the Japanese invaders began to launch the "cage tactics" in order to eliminate the Eighth Route Army, which was active in the battlefield behind the enemy lines. At that time, in order to break the enemy's cage tactics, our army launched on August 20, 1940
Battle of the Hundred Regiments
。
The Battle of the Hundred Regiments was roughly divided into three stages, the first stage was to destroy the Zhengtai Railway, the second stage was to cut off the enemy's main communications, and the third stage was to destroy the main strongholds of the Japanese army and counterattack those Japanese troops who invaded us.
At the beginning of the first phase of the Hundred Regiments War, the 769th regiment and the 14th regiment occupied the Lion Brain Mountain with lightning speed and built fortifications overnight, and the enemy would certainly not give up after knowing that the Lion Brain Mountain was occupied.
Sure enough, in the early morning of the next day, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on The Lion Brain Mountain, but the enemy did not attack the Lion Brain Mountain several times, but suffered heavy losses under the attack of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and there was no way, the Japanese army could only retreat to Yangquan first.
And that same morning, the enemy launched another fierce attack, they sneaked up on the southern flank of Lion Brain Mountain, so that our army was attacked in the abdomen, that day Zheng Guozhong led the cadres to the south side of the Lion Brain Mountain, Xiyu palm to check the terrain, just at this time, the enemy secretly touched up.
As soon as the battle broke out, all the personnel quickly found cover, took up the weapons in their hands, and opened fire on the enemy, at that time, the enemy's submachine gun fire was very fierce, which played a role in suppressing Zheng Guozhong and others. Therefore, Zheng Guozhong hurriedly asked the soldiers to pull the grenades and throw them at the enemy, and at the same time, he also quickly blew the horn to let the other fighters come to support.
Figure | bugle
However, the enemy seemed to be mad, and kept rushing to the high ground, although Zheng Guozhong and others had repelled their charge several times, but they still did not spare. At this time, the ammunition of Zheng Guozhong and others was also running out, there was no way, in the face of these enemies who rushed up, Zheng Guozhong led the warriors to fight with the enemy with bayonets. In the end, with everyone's efforts, the enemy was finally suppressed.
At this time, the support team of our army also rushed to the xiyuzhao position, and after some fighting, it finally killed all the enemies who wanted to sneak in a roundabout way, destroyed the enemy's plans, and also struck at the arrogance of the enemy and strengthened the morale of our army.
However, Zheng Guozhong did not let down his vigilance on this, the enemy will definitely come again, he received the order to hold on for seven days and seven nights, so during this period, the Position of Lion Brain Mountain must be held, and for the next six days and six nights, the enemy continued to launch a fierce attack, and all kinds of weapons were used, including poison gas bombs.
Finally, under the leadership of Zheng Guozhong and the joint efforts of all the soldiers, the position of Shinaoshan was held, and at that time, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army issued the "Victory Report" for four consecutive days, and everyone knew about the battle.
Peng Dehuai
Also praised:
"The warriors guarding the position of Lion's Brain Mountain are brave and tenacious."
In the Battle of Baijin County, the main task of Zheng Guozhong's unit was to attack the county town of Nanguan, where there were a large number of Japanese forces stationed at the county seat of Nanguan, and the strength of our army was too different from theirs.
Figure | Japanese army
Seeing that the enemy had garrisoned so many troops outside the county town of Nanguan, Zheng Guozhong thought to himself:
"If only I could attack from within."
As soon as this idea appeared, Zheng Guozhong thought of how to play this battle.
During the day, Zheng Guozhong did not attack, but let the soldiers be prepared, and when night fell, Zheng Guozhong came to the vicinity of the county town of Nanguan with the soldiers of the 769 Regiment, hidden in the trees, and through the observation of the telescope, the enemy's bunker could be clearly seen.
That night there was no moon, as long as you were careful, the enemy was difficult to find the traces of Zheng Guozhong and others, probably in the middle of the night, Zheng Guozhong led the soldiers to the city gate, and after quickly solving the guards' sentries, Zheng Guozhong led the soldiers to crawl forward, dodging the enemy's searchlights, and entering the city from between the two bunkers.
Figure | blockhouse
Everyone was very nervous in this link, afraid that they would make a little noise and be discovered by the enemy, which led to the failure of this operation, and after ten minutes, Zheng Guozhong and others finally all came to the city, they hid in the darkness, found a group of enemies, and then pulled out grenades to kill all those enemies.
At this time, the other enemies in the city also found the noise, so they hurried to that place, and Zheng Guozhong and others also knew that the enemy would definitely take action, so he dispersed the team, and after finding the enemy, he directly threw grenades, and after a while, the enemy suffered heavy losses.
They were not prepared at all in the face of the sudden attack of our army, so our army quickly took down the county town of Nanguan, and at that time almost eliminated more than 400 Japanese puppet troops, and only a small number escaped from the secret passage.
However, Zheng Guozhong also had very dangerous moments on the battlefield, such as a battle in 1942. Listen to me slowly.
In the spring of 1942, the Japanese puppet army in Taihang Mountain began a "copper and iron arm-like encirclement" against the command post of the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese puppet army vainly wanted to trap the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Mountains, at that time, the Japanese army tried its best to reconnoiter the garrison of the Eighth Route Army headquarters, in an attempt to annihilate the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.
On the night of the siege, the eighth route army had too few troops, and in addition to the few troops left in the special service regiment, the guard company, and the guard platoon of the Northern Bureau of the CPC, there were only Zheng Guozhong's 769th Regiment, and the number of japanese puppet troops on the side was a total of thousands, and their weapons were also some very powerful weapons.
At this moment, the generals of our Eighth Route Army, Peng Dehuai, Zuo Quan,
Luo Ruiqing
The others were all gathered in the forward headquarters, and in this case, their breakthrough pressure was very great.
Peng Dehuai, Zuo Quan, and others organized a meeting overnight to discuss countermeasures to break out of the encirclement. After receiving the task, Zheng Guozhong solemnly expressed to Peng Dehuai:
"Our 769th Regiment will certainly safely cover all the people in the headquarters to rush out of the encirclement, and even if the 769th Regiment fights until only the last person left, it will not yield to the Japanese puppet army, even if there is only one person left, we must protect all the people in the headquarters to break through."
Figure | Left right
Under the meticulous deployment of Zuo Quan's deputy chief of staff, Zheng Guozhong led the 769th Regiment to take the Shiziling Heights, which were located at the junction of South Aipu and North Aipu, which is the junction of present-day Xiangxian County in Hebei Province and LiaoXian County in Shanxi Province, and its shape resembled a "ten" character.
The terrain of the Cross Ridge Heights was very steep and dangerous, and after the 769th Regiment occupied the Cross Ridge Heights, our Eighth Route Army could attack, retreat and defend, and come and go freely.
Zheng Guozhong ordered the artillery company to bury the mountain cannons on the spot, because it was difficult to break through with the mountain cannons, and after burying these cannons, Zheng Guozhong personally led the 769th Regiment troops to cover Peng Dehuai's breakthrough.
Unexpectedly, however, the Japanese puppet army soon realized the importance of the Cross Ridge Heights, and they actually dispatched bombers to bomb the Cross Ridge Heights, and the 769th Regiment troops also launched a fierce attack on the Japanese puppet army.
Zheng Guozhong led his troops to cover
After the commander of the command safely broke out of the siege, the cunning Japanese puppet army took this opportunity and sent their elite troops (
Special advance into the killing squad
Sneak up from behind Cross Ridge Heights in plain clothes.
Figure | Marshal Peng Dehuai
When the sun set, after the last batch of troops of the Eighth Route Army led by Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo Quan arrived at the Cross Ridge Heights, he was unfortunately hit by enemy shells in the battle with the enemy, and he died heroically, at the age of 37, after learning the news that Deputy Chief of Staff of Zuo Quan was killed, Zheng Guozhong was sad, if this time there was no General Zuo Quan to adjust the strategic deployment in time and lead the troops to cover Peng Dehuai to break out of the encirclement, the Eighth Route Army would suffer huge losses.
Zheng Guozhong conquered the north for more than twenty years, participated in and commanded many vicious battles, and then he received the task of forming a naval base in Qingdao, from the army to the navy, it is undoubtedly a difficult challenge for a child who grew up in the mountains, but Zheng Guozhong did not flinch at all, assiduously and seriously studied naval knowledge, from 1950 to 1958, in these eight years, Zheng Guozhong made great contributions to the construction and development of the Qingdao base.
In 1955, Zheng Guozhong was awarded the rank of major general, and on January 11, 1992, Zheng Guozhong died of illness in Beijing at the age of 78.