preface
Pictured| General Yang Chengwu
On March 21, 1987, an octogenarian man came to Beijing with a middle-aged man, and along the way, the middle-aged man hugged the old man tightly with his hands, looking at the old man's anxious look, the middle-aged man said directly: "Uncle, you go slowly, don't be in a hurry." ”
"I'm going to see Master Yang, how can I not be in a hurry?"
The old man said somewhat breathlessly.
Soon, the old man and his nephew found the CPPCC National Committee, because they were not familiar with the place of life, the old man and nephew did not know how to open their mouths, but could only keep looking inside at the door, at this time the comrade on duty of the CPPCC National Committee noticed these two people, and asked: "Old master, what do you have anything to ask, or do you want to find anyone?" ”
When the old man heard this, he hurriedly said:
"Right, right, I'm looking for someone, my name is Xing Jinsheng, I want to see Vice Chairman Yang Chengwu, Yang Shichang."
After the duty officer heard that he was looking for Vice Chairman Yang, he hurriedly took the old man to the reception room, and said with some embarrassment: "Vice Chairman Yang may not have time now, I will contact you first to see, if the time is long, you may have to go back first." ”
The old man was anxious when he heard it:
"If you mention his name to him, he will definitely see him, no matter how long he waits."
The receptionist quickly called the secretary of Vice Chairman Yang Chengwu, who quickly reported the situation to Yang Chengwu.
When Yang Chengwu learned that xing jinsheng was looking for him, he was very happy and quickly said to his secretary:
"Big Brother Jinsheng is here?!" I want to see him, and I want to see him soon. ”
Who is Xing Jinsheng, who can get Yang Chengwu to pay so much attention? It all started 47 years ago....
Xing Jinsheng saved General Yang Chengwu's family
In 1940, the anti-Japanese base areas in Beiyue and Pingxi in North China were full of anti-Japanese flames, and the Japanese army concentrated more than 70,000 troops to carry out a large-scale "sweep" of the Anti-Japanese base areas of the Eighth Route Army, in a vain attempt to eliminate the main force of the Jin-Cha-Ji Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.
At that time, General Yang Chengwu was then the commander of the Independent First Division of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, and he was following the deployment of the military region, leading his troops to adopt the tactics of avoiding reality and attacking the west from the east, and maneuvering with the enemy in the areas of Tang County, Quyang, Laiyuan, and Yi County in Hebei Province, and attacking the enemy one after another.
During an anti-"sweep" battle, General Yang Chengwu led his troops to Wufengzhai, and it was also at this time that he contracted malaria, for which he had to stay with several soldiers in the home of his fellow villagers in Wufengzhai to recuperate.
At the same time, General Yang Chengwu's wife Zhao Zhizhen, holding her young daughter Yi Sheng, had just moved here from under the eyes of the enemy, and the family rarely saw each other several times a year, and this time they met together, and they could enjoy the joy of reunion in the smoke of gunfire, and their joy was conceivable.
Wufengzhai was a mountain higher than Wolf's Tooth Mountain, and at that time, General Yang Chengwu's family temporarily lived in a place called Bulao'an, where only one family lived, four simple earthen houses, and the terrain was very hidden.
Although this place is only 20 miles away from the Jinpo stronghold of the Japanese army, there is the 25th regiment headquarters of the Eighth Route Army stationed in Niugang to the south of it, and a reconnaissance company of the 25th regiment stationed in Dugang to the east.
The landlord of this family is a pair of brothers, and the brother's name is
Xing Jinsheng
Black, thin and thin, over 30 years old and not yet married, his brother has married and had children.
After General Yang Chengwu's family arrived, they treated General Yang Chengwu and his family more like relatives, according to local customs, they called Zhao Zhizhen "old sister", Yang Chengwu "brother-in-law", Yang Chengwu and Zhao Zhizhen, who called Xing Jinsheng and his brother the eldest brother and second brother.
In this way, General Yang Chengwu, under the care of Xing Jinsheng, quietly and happily recovered from illness for two days. Unexpectedly, the cunning enemy army still discovered the whereabouts of Yang Chengwu and others, and the enemy surrounded them at dawn, and on that day, General Yang Chengwu's family and the landlord's family were eating breakfast with talk and laughter, when suddenly, the door was directly knocked open by the guards.
"Commander, quick.... Come on...... The enemy is coming! Before the guard could finish speaking, he faintly heard a burst of gunfire.
"Don't panic, what's going on?" Yang Chengwu looked at the nervous guard, still calmly and calmly asking.
"Probably the enemy smelled something, and early this morning he pounced from the Jinpo stronghold through the path towards here." Now the enemy has exchanged fire with our troops. The guard replied slowly.
At this moment, the sound of gunfire became louder and louder, listening to the sound, the Japanese army even used the grenadier, and after a while, the comrades and a commander and fighter of Dongshan Liang reconnaissance hurried to the place where General Yang Chengwu lived, shouting: "Commander, run, run!" ”
Realizing that the situation was not good, the soldiers also urged General Yang Chengwu to leave quickly, and everyone was just about to step out of the door, when suddenly the whistle of the enemy plane swooping was heard in the sky, and after a while, the white light of Dongshan Liang flashed, and the bomb dropped by the enemy plane exploded.
Xing Jinsheng, who was standing by, said to Yang Chengwu in a fiery mood, "You hurry up!" Old lady, they still have us! ”
Pictured| General Yang Chengwu and his wife Zhao Zhizhen
At this time, the Japanese army had already rushed to DongshanLiang, only a few hundred meters away from where Yang Chengwu lived, and the enemy planes in the sky were still roaring, and began a second dive strafing.
"Go!" Yang Chengwu looked at his wife and daughter, then at Xing Jinsheng's family, and then at the surrounding situation, at this time he thought of the troops, thought of the future War of Resistance, he could only look at his wife and daughter in a hurry, and then rushed out the door with several soldiers.
Looking up, the Dongshan liang was full of enemies wearing steel helmets, bullets were shooting at them like raindrops, and the bombs dropped by enemy planes exploded one after another not far from them.
When Yang Chengwu had just ascended the Western Mountain Liang, the enemy had already chased after them from the East Mountain Liang, and they quickly turned over the West Mountain Liang, and everyone climbed to the top of the Tianjin Ditch in one breath, and finally got rid of the enemy.
Seeing that the enemy did not pursue, Yang Chengwu couldn't help but raise his glasses and look in the direction of the Bulao'an, only to see that three or four houses had been lit up, and there were enemies standing around, seeing this situation, Yang Chengwu's hands holding the glasses could not help but tighten involuntarily.
"Oops! Zhizhen and Jinsheng big brother they can't come out! General Yang Chengwu looked at the raging fire, his heart was very anxious, and then, his body trembled involuntarily, his body became cold, and malaria struck again.
That night, Yang Chengwu led his warriors to hide on the mountain beams of Tianjin Gou.
It was just after dawn, and the scouts reported: "The enemy has retreated. ”
After hearing this news, Yang Chengwu and the two warriors hurried back to the Bulao'an to find their relatives, went down the mountain, and just turned the corner, Yang Chengwu heard someone shouting at him: "Master Yang! Master Yang! ”
Yang Chengwu looked back and fixed his eyes, and cried out in surprise, "Big Brother Jin Sheng!" He walked forward quickly, clasped Xing Jinsheng's hand tightly, and asked eagerly:
"How are you, Zhizhen and the child?"
"It's all right, it's all right, the old lady and the children are there!" Xing Jinsheng smiled and pointed not far away, hearing that his wife and daughter were still there, General Yang Chengwu's hanging heart was completely released.
Subsequently, Yang Chengwu asked Xing Jinsheng:
"Big Brother Jinsheng, how did you hide?"
It turned out that when the enemy was about to rush to the Bulao Temple, the Xing Jinsheng family hid Zhao Zhizhen and his wife in a nearby cave, which was very hidden, and it was also covered with thick hay, which was the hiding place of the Jinsheng family. But because the cave was small and there were not too many people to hide, Xing Jinsheng first arranged Zhao Zhizhen and his wife, and then he took his brother and his concubines, braving the bombardment and strafing of enemy planes, and ran to another cave to hide.
It was not until later that Yang Chengwu finally figured out that when they moved to Wufeng Village, they were discovered by enemy detectives, so the Japanese army would send aircraft to cover the infantry to attack Bulao'an.
In 1987, Xing Jinsheng went to Beijing to find General Yang Chengwu
General Yang Chengwu, who lived in Xing Jinsheng's home for a period of time and experienced life and death together, never forgot his old landlord
Let Xing Jinsheng know that General Yang Chengwu still remembers himself because many years later, General Yang Chengwu's own memoir "The War of Resistance Behind Enemy Lines", in which General Yang Chengwu clearly tells the story of Wufengzhai's distress.
After the publication of "The War of Resistance Behind Enemy Lines", the Tianjin People's Radio began to broadcast the book continuously, and at that time, the villagers of Wufengzhai would often sit around and listen to the radio station, and when they heard the chapter of "Wufengzhai in Distress", they rushed to Xing Jinsheng's home and said to him:
"There are you on the radio station, and Master Yang has not forgotten you!"
Subsequently, the children also learned the tone of the announcer, and gave Xing Jinsheng a colorful performance, xing Jinsheng heard it, and constantly nodded: "There is this thing, there is this thing..." Speaking and speaking, the old man's excited tears did not feel that they had fallen, this year Xing Jinsheng was more than 80 years old.
Remembering the days with General Yang Chengwu in the past, Old Man Xing Jinsheng wanted to see General Yang Chengwu again while he could still walk.
Figure | "War of Resistance Behind Enemy Lines"
For many years, Xing Jinsheng had never been married, he had always lived with his nephew, so he told his nephew his thoughts one by one, and the nephew pondered for half a day and advised him:
"Uncle, the things on the Wufeng Village have been going on for decades, and there has been no contact, and the general is now the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and there are many major national events!" Can we see the crops of the land in the soil? I'll leave it at that..."
Before his nephew's voice could be heard, Xing Jinsheng shouted angrily:
"Master Yang has a temper and disposition, I have a bottom in my heart, he has not forgotten me for decades, I went to Beijing to see him, I will definitely be able to see him, I just want to see him again!"
Xing Jinsheng felt that his nephew did not want to go with him, so he found his niece's house and asked his grandson to take the car straight to Beijing.
In March 1987, the 85-year-old Xing Jinsheng came to Beijing with the support of his nephew, and soon they found the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and said to the duty officer:
"I want to see Vice Chairman Yang, Master Yang, my name is Xing Jinsheng, and he knows me."
The telephone from the reception room of the CPPCC National Committee directly reached General Yang Chengwu's office, and when the secretary learned of this, he hurried to report to General Yang Chengwu.
"Big Brother Jinsheng is still alive?" General Yang Chengwu was very happy to hear this news, and Lian Lian said to his secretary: "Quickly invite Elder Brother Jin Sheng to come home, I want to see him, and I must see him soon." General Yang Chengwu also explained that the secretary should let the elderly Xing Jinsheng live in the reception station of the CPPCC National Committee, and must let the elderly eat and live well.
Subsequently, after General Yang Chengwu returned home, he told his wife Zhao Zhizhen about Jin Sheng's eldest brother coming to Beijing to find him, and After Hearing this, Zhao Zhizhen said with great emotion:
"What a good big brother Jinsheng, if it weren't for him, it would be difficult for WufengZhai to get out of danger!"
Pictured| General Yang Chengwu and Zhao Zhizhen
Yang Chengwu nodded and said, "Who said it wasn't?" In those days, General Yang Chengwu and his wife had been looking forward to the arrival of the elderly Xing Jinsheng.
General Yang Chengwu and elder Xing Jinsheng met again after a gap of 47 years
On the afternoon of March 26, 1987, a grass-green Beijing jeep pulled Xing Jinsheng and his party into a small courtyard along the hainan side of Beijing.
As soon as Old Man Xing Jinsheng stepped out of the car door, General Yang Chengwu and his wife Zhao Zhizhen greeted him with a smile.
"Big Brother Jinsheng, welcome to our family!" General Yang Chengwu grabbed the old man's hand and refused to let go for a long time.
Zhao Zhizhen was also very excited and said: "Big brother, for so many years, we miss you!" ”
Xing Jinsheng's old man, maybe excited, maybe excited, didn't say a word for half a day, just looked at General Yang Chengwu for a while, looked at Zhao Zhizhen for a while, it seemed that in the depths of his mind, he was trying to find the shadow left by their husband and wife, and after a while he blushed and said slowly: "The appearance has not changed much!" I finally see you again today! ”
General Yang Chengwu and his wife carefully helped the old man Xing Jinsheng into the house and let him sit on a long sofa, and then the husband and wife sat next to the old man.
Picture | General Yang Chengwu and his wife took a group photo
"Your old man seems to be in good health, this year's 85th birthday, right?" Blessed! General Yang Chengwu greeted the old man affectionately.
"Blessed! Blessed! If it weren't for Master Yang and them tucking their heads to fight little Japan, I'm afraid that I would have gone into the soil early to see Prince Yan. The more Old Man Xing Jinsheng spoke, the happier he became, and his smile was piled up on his wrinkled face.
After chatting for a while, old man Xing Jinsheng asked:
"What about Yi Sheng? Did you go to work? I want to see this kid! ”
With that, the old man looked around and did not see the child he had been holding in the cave to hide from the enemy.
"Big brother, Yi Sheng, she is no longer there..." General Yang Chengwu said, his eyes full of tears.
When the old man heard this, he didn't say a word sadly, but just took a big gulp and smoked a cigarette.
General Yang Chengwu and Zhao Zhizhen were afraid that Brother Jinsheng was too sad, so they busied themselves with the topic and asked: "Big Brother, how has the life of the villagers been in the past few years?" Are you having a good day? ”
"Everyone is very good, these years are much stronger than in the past, that is, in the past two years, we have been hit by hail disasters, the harvest is worse, and we must eat the state's grain." Old Man Xing Jinsheng replied.
Listening to Jinsheng's elder brother's words, General Yang Chengwu thought about it, and Zhao Zhizhen turned around and returned to the house, took a bundle of military blankets, cotton clothes and cotton pants, and a box of candy, food, and 200 yuan, and handed it to Xing Jinsheng.
Old Man Xing Jinsheng shook his head and said, "I can't take this, I just came to see you." ”
General Yang Chengwu saw that Elder Brother Jinsheng was unwilling to accept it, and advised:
"This is a little heart of our husband and wife, the money is not much, the eldest brother you make a pocket flower, clothes, candy to the children, in the future you have any difficulties, just bring a letter." 」
The old man looked at what was in front of him, and then looked at General Yang Chengwu, who took the initiative to hold the general's hand, and tears of excitement flashed in his eyes: "I came this time and saw you, I was blind even if I died!" ”
General Yang Chengwu also clasped the hand of Jin Sheng's eldest brother, and everything was in silence, and then, General Yang Chengwu and his wife also asked about the situation of the masses in the old area getting rid of poverty and getting rich, and asked about the villagers who lived together in those years.
Pictured| General Yang Chengwu and his wife took a group photo
At the dinner, General Yang Chengwu and his wife invited the elderly Xing Jinsheng to the upper seat, poured wine, and then, the two of them stood up together and wished the old man together: "Big Brother Jinsheng, our husband and wife toast you, I wish you a long and healthy life!" ”
The old man listened to the words of the general and his wife, and happily raised his wine glass and drank it all.
General Yang Chengwu's family regarded the elderly Xing Jinsheng as a guest of honor, this one added rice to the old man's bowl, the other one put vegetables on the old man's plate, a burst of comfortable laughter flew out of the window from time to time, and the small dining room was filled with indescribable friendship and family affection.
After dinner, Yang Chengwu's family walked out of the dining room surrounded by the elderly Xing Jinsheng, and suddenly he thought of something, so he hurriedly said to Elder Brother Jinsheng:
"Big brother, let's take a picture together!"
Old Man Xing Jinsheng thought of being able to take a group photo with General Yang Chengwu's family, and his heart was overjoyed, and Lian said, "Be well." ”
In front of the door of the dining room, Elder Brother Jin Sheng wore his dog skin hat and his old leather jacket and stood in the middle with his wooden crutch, while General Yang Chengwu and his family stood on either side of the old man.
After the photo was taken, the elderly Xing Jinsheng and his nephew said goodbye to General Yang Chengwu and his family, and sitting on the car, the elderly Xing Jinsheng kept looking back, and General Yang Chengwu and his wife also stared at the distant car for a long time and did not want to leave.
In the photo of General Yang Chengwu and the elderly Xing Jinsheng, not only the eternal friendship is left, but also the unrelated affection between the general and the landlord's big brother...