Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the people's lives have become better and better, and they have become richer and richer, but the war years have left us with the tradition of thinking of danger in times of peace, and in the era of peace, we should cherish the revolutionary fruits exchanged by our predecessors.
So in 1958, in order for the army to maintain a good work style, remember the bittersweet, and continue to carry forward the fine style of the excellent troops, he began to call on the army cadres to experience life in the company, and many founding marshals and generals actively responded to the call, including the name of General Cheng Jun, and his experience in the army finally achieved a good story.
At that time, when the deputy commander was seen, the squad leader was about to report, but the chief walked up to a private and raised his hand in salute.
Cheng Jun
There are brave and strategic, and the battlefield is full of prestige
General Cheng Jun, whose original name was Cost Xin, grew up like many Communist fighters, came from a poor background, participated in the peasant uprising in 1927, and began to embark on the road of revolution, and it was precisely because of this step that he changed his life later.
He later joined the Red Army in 1930 and became a glorious Communist fighter the following year, when he was just 20 years old, but the first 20 years of his career were really not good.
It was also this decision that he began to fight all his life, from the beginning of the Long March to the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, he was a rare general of our army.
In 1936, Cheng Jun's Red Second Army, arrived at Wumeng Mountain and fought against the Kuomintang troops several times our army, fighting very hard, and Cheng Jun's regiment received orders to march to Zhezhuang Dam in Hezhang, Guizhou, to set up an ambush and prepare to attack the enemy.
At noon, the Kuomintang troops had already reached the encirclement, but at this time Cheng Jun directly shouted "fight", which was very tiger and tiger, the Red Army began to charge, the two sides began to exchange fire, and the soldiers immediately charged at the top of the hill.
However, at this moment, Yu Qiuli, the political commissar of the regiment, heard a crisp gunshot in his ears, and he immediately dragged Cheng Jun to the side, and as a result, Cheng Jun escaped from danger, Yu Qiuli was injured, and he was also saved by Yu Qiuli.
Yu Qiuli
Then in April, in order to be able to cross the Wumeng Mountain smoothly, the Red Army began to break through the blockade line continuously, and the Guizhou warlord Wang Jialie built a very strong blockade line here, and a howitzer battalion was guarding the throat of The Wumeng Mountain.
Moreover, whether or not we can cross this blockade line is also related to the survival of the Red Second and Red Sixth Legions.
At the critical moment, Cheng Jun said a very domineering sentence: "Huashan has a road, knock down the cannon tower." ”
He Long replied with a "want to get", so he asked Cheng Jun's advance troops to attack this turret at night and kill it.
That night, he and the political commissar Yu Qiuli led two battalions of the Eighteenth Regiment to the turret, causing Wang Jialie's blockade to directly tear open a large opening, successfully winning the task, and buying a favorable time for the large troops.
But he is not only brave, but also more strategic.
In 1938, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was progressing, the All-People Resistance Against Japan had been established, and Cheng Jun was singled out by the organization and elected as the battalion commander of the Eighth Regiment.
But when he came to the new unit, he was busy doing two things, one was training, and the other was expanding the army.
However, after the expansion of the army, although the strength of the army has increased, it has faced more problems, and the key problem of eating has not been solved, and because of this problem, the soldiers have suffered from strange diseases, and the most urgent task is to solve this problem.
Therefore, After consulting with Zhao Qimin, Cheng Jun said: "The key is to get grain!" ”
Zhao Qimin
However, where to get this grain became a problem, and at that time, the two people found Qin Qinglin, the head of the Kuomintang Xuyi County, to negotiate, but Qin Qinglin constantly pushed back.
In a hurry, Cheng Jun thought of a way, that is, to borrow grain from the landlords, and in the process of borrowing grain, Cheng Jun used his brain to find ways to get grain for the troops.
However, the landlords were all shrewd people, there was no benefit at all, and the progress was not good, so in the process of borrowing grain, a landlord took his son, found Cheng Jun, and asked him if his son could become a guerrilla leader.
Because this Song landlord, who had suffered the loss of the county magistrate Qin Qinglin, wanted his son to be a guerrilla leader, his waist was hardened.
Later, the two discussed that it would be feasible, which not only borrowed grain, but also allowed the guerrilla forces to grow.
It was really a new thing to let the landlord's son become a guerrilla leader, and under the influence of this, other counties also followed this method, and in a very short period of time, other counties also had guerrilla teams established, and had to admire Cheng Jun's mind.
The troops came with a veteran named Fa Xing
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, many generals who participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression were given the ranks of generals, lieutenant generals, and major generals, and became official state cadres, but the generals who came from poor backgrounds did not have bad habits, but they all missed them very much.
In 1958, many generals were received by the central leadership, because Chairman Mao had learned that there were two generals in Sichuan, put down the leadership shelf, went deep into the grass-roots soldiers, and became big head soldiers again.
Moreover, being sent to the army to experience life, remembering bittersweet thoughts, and recalling the days when the army once marched and fought, this is also a good practice of not forgetting the original heart, and it is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.
Later, at the meeting, Chairman Mao mentioned this initiative, and then on September 20, the relevant documents stipulated that a wave of cadres joining the army was set off, and many generals took the lead in participating, including Cheng Jun's leading response.
The unit he arrived at was a radar company, which was not an idle company, but a heavy task, and in order to better carry out the task, the soldiers often took turns to guard the radar station in three shifts.
At that time, he was very curious about this veteran who looked a bit old, but because he was also born in a poor family, he was very grounded, so he soon mingled with the soldiers, there was no leadership frame at all, if it was not a later event, the little comrade who might get along with him day and night did not know that this was a great general.
His life in the radar company was full, he was no different from ordinary soldiers, he ate and lived with them, never engaged in specialization, and when he encountered problems that he would not, he would take the initiative to ask these soldiers.
The soldiers also especially like such a kind "uncle", and also called him "Lao Cheng", for the professional knowledge of radar, they also rushed to teach him, such an atmosphere is very harmonious, but Lao Cheng's skilled technology still convinces these small comrades again and again.
However, I thought that this experience would not be exposed until he left, but I did not expect that a person's sudden inspection interrupted the calm of the past.
Deputy commander of the hall, but salute the veterans?
Cheng Jun has been in the Radar Company for some time and has also adapted to life here.
On this day, the company received a notice from its superiors that there would be leaders who would come to inspect and let them prepare for the reception in advance, but Cheng Jun was very worried at this time, because the leaders of the Fuzhou Military Region basically knew him, and once he appeared, his identity would be exposed, but if he did not show up, it would also arouse the suspicion of his comrades-in-arms.
He was also in a dilemma, and he could not avoid it that day, because on the day of the inspection, it was the turn of his class to be on duty at the radar station, and there was no way to avoid it, and he could only hope that the leader did not see him.
When the superior leader came to inspect, when he saw the leader coming, the squad leader shouted and stood up, and everyone stood up, and he was also like an ordinary soldier, standing up in a standard military salute, but it was no one else who came to inspect this time, it was his old subordinate Liu Peng, who was familiar with it anymore.
After the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea that year, the two worked together, Cheng Jun was appointed commander of the air defense force of the North China Military Region, and Liu Peng was later transferred to the air defense unit of the North China Military Region as deputy chief of staff, which happened to be his old subordinate.
Then in 1955, China held the rank of general, Cheng Jun awarded lieutenant general, liu peng was awarded major general.
In 1958, General Cheng Jun, who served as a big head soldier, held the position of deputy commander of the air force of the people's liberation army and director of the air force technology department of the Chinese.
When Liu Peng swept over the faces of each of the soldiers, his gaze stayed on Cheng Jun's face, and at first he couldn't believe it, and then he was startled at once, and he rushed to Cheng Jun to salute a standard military salute, and Cheng Jun returned the salute according to the custom.
But after he tried to understand, it was too late, a superior leader suddenly saluted an ordinary soldier, which made everyone's eyes converge on Cheng Jun's face, Liu Peng reacted at once, the general was experiencing military life in the army, and no one knew his identity at all.
When he mixed up like this, everyone knew that Cheng Jun's identity was different, and he was really "breaking into a big disaster", and he could only hope that his old chief would not blame himself.
After recognizing the identity of the general, he resolutely refrained from specialization
After Liu Peng left, these little comrades-in-arms were also very curious, and they gathered around to ask Cheng Jun what was going on, and in desperation, Cheng Jun had no choice but to tell the truth, but after knowing the truth, the soldiers would not work with him as before, and they could not regard him as a close comrade-in-arms in the past.
Cheng Jun also understood such behavior, which would indeed affect his military life experience a little.
On the second day of his "publicity", the attitude of the company towards him changed significantly, and he went to the canteen to eat as usual, but was called aside by the squad leader, who mysteriously told him that today was a special day and asked him to eat in the dormitory.
Cheng Jun also did not know that this was a disturbance, thinking that this was the birthday of the soldiers in the squad, but he did not expect that it was special care for him, when he went to the dormitory with the squad leader, he only saw a soldier serving a plate of fried eggs, which was to give him special preferential treatment and open a small stove for him.
At this time, Cheng Jun knew that things were a bit troublesome, because of his identity, the warriors around him, intentionally or unintentionally, wanted to tilt the balance to him, and he was very angry about such treatment.
Therefore, the squad leader and the soldiers were called in, and solemnly stated that he had come to the army to serve as a soldier, not a cadre, and would not allow himself to receive such preferential treatment in the future, and hoped that such a phenomenon would not happen again in the future.
After saying that, he gave these fried eggs to the soldiers, but he said that the soldiers still had some bias in their hearts, so this preferential treatment appeared on his duty again.
At that time, the radar station needed three shifts to guard the radar, so when he went on duty at night, the class specifically told him to let him come back tomorrow, the wind at night was already very cold, but Cheng Jun resolutely did not do it.
However, in order to deceive him, the squad leader organized a class meeting and raised his hand to vote on whether to agree to agree to follow the soldiers to the night shift, naturally with the joint cooperation of everyone, he concealed Cheng Jun, but that night, the squad still went on duty and deliberately left him alone.
However, as early as when the soldiers set off, Cheng Jun had already detected their small movements, and also rushed to the radar station in advance, Cheng Jun saw this scene a little angry, and directly said to the squad leader: I failed to obey the squad leader's orders, but today I should be on duty, I can't let others take the place because of my special status, so it is unfair to me or others.
After that, the squad leader saw the wisdom of the old chief, and never gave him preferential treatment again, so that he could stay in the army and experience the life of the army.
Cheng Jun was very satisfied with the next life of the army, he lived with the soldiers, shared interesting things in the army, and truly formed a comrade-in-arms friendship with the soldiers, which was also a very unforgettable experience for him.
When he left, the soldiers were very reluctant, and he also deliberately took photos with the squad leader to leave memories.
epilogue:
Such a special veteran, in the life of the army, strictly demands himself, but also mingles with the soldiers, and forms a good friendship with the soldiers, is an admirable good general.
Later, when he returned to his leading post, he also made some contributions to the development of China's air force cause, and even more so that china's air force, with their efforts, realized modernization, and proudly said: "Our aircraft no longer need to fly twice." This sentence was given to Premier Zhou and also to General Cheng Jun.
In this bittersweet experience, let us understand the hardships of the war years, and now the happy life, we must cherish it even more.