As a proletarian revolutionary of the older generation, Wang Zhen, a general of the first generation, participated in hundreds of battles large and small in his lifetime and served as the leader of many important posts. Speaking of General Wang Zhen, in addition to liberating Xinjiang, you can also think of his direct superior, Mr. Peng.
As we all know, there are five fierce generals under Mr. Peng's command, namely Wang Zhen, Yang Dezhi, Wang Enmao, Yu Qiuli and Xu Guangda. Among these five fierce generals, the one who is most similar to Mr. Peng is Wang Zhen.
First of all, Wang Zhen, like Mr. Peng, is from Hunan, and secondly, both of them have a "smelly" temper and have to scold people at every turn. In addition, both of them were also angry, and the nine cows could not be pulled back.
However, these two people, from the defense of Yan'an in 1947, became the most direct superior and subordinate. The tip of the needle is to Mai Mang, and the quarrel is common for the two people.
For this matter, Mr. Peng often said:
Wang Zhen and I are two Hunan mules, and when we get together, we fight. But when we get in the car, we will definitely go to one place.
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This is true.
In 1948, Mr. Peng led our Northwest Field Army to liberate the Great Northwest, and in order to open up the situation, it was decided to launch the Chengyang Campaign. In this battle, the second column commanded by Wang Zhen was responsible for attacking Huti Mountain.
The terrain of the Huti Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Relying on the terrain, the Kuomintang army built many open and dark bunkers, which can be described as an airtight iron net. In the face of this "hard bone", Wang Zhen personally commanded the troops at the front line command post, but when the second column was fighting hard, a familiar figure appeared in the front line command.
Wang Zhen turned his head to see that it was Mr. Peng who was holding a telescope. He was taken aback and hurried forward. It should be known that Wang Zhen's headquarters was very close to the front line of the battle, and there was no time to build fortifications, plus the front line was fiercely fought, the dust outside the command post was flying, and the stray bullets were flying randomly, which was very dangerous.
At this moment, as the supreme commander of our Northwest Field Army, it is too dangerous to appear at the command post at the forefront. Therefore, Wang Zhen could not take care of reporting the situation, and opened his mouth to ask Mr. Peng to return to the rear.
Who knew that Mr. Peng did not pay any attention to him at all, but slowly walked to the observation hole, raised the telescope to observe the military situation in front, and then said slowly:
What, you king beard here can be, I can't?
When Wang Zhen heard this, he was also anxious and was about to step forward to discuss his theory. Suddenly, a shell landed near the command post. Suddenly, the mountains shook and the dust flew.
Such a dangerous situation made Wang Zhen even more worried and strongly demanded that Mr. Peng go back. But Boss Peng was not moved, and he did not pull Wang Zhen to the front line together to see, which could make Wang Zhen anxious.
When Wang Zhen saw that he could not be persuaded, he secretly followed behind and asked The deputy chief of staff of General Manager Peng to persuade him. Who knew that the deputy chief of staff listened to Wang Zhen's words and laughed:
Mr. Peng's temper is more familiar to you than mine, you wang beard can not be persuaded, I can have any tricks.
When Wang Zhen saw that this method did not work, he used the radical method again, saying that Mr. Peng did not believe in his command ability. Who knew that Mr. Peng's words directly choked him to death:
Who doesn't believe your command, you command, I look at mine, and I don't hinder you?
Although the two often talked on the battlefield, their friendship in private was still very good.
After the founding of New China, General Wang Zhen stayed in Xinjiang to work, and he shouldered the burden of military and government and led the military and people of Xinjiang to work hard. His figure always appeared in the fields, working with the masses of the people.
Due to many injuries during the war years, coupled with many years of hard work after the founding of the country. In 1955, General Wang Zhen's old illness recurred, and the organization arranged for him to be admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital for medical treatment.
Due to the severity of his condition, the doctors at Union Hospital agreed that Wang Zhen needed to be operated on. However, at that time, Wang Zhen was already a founding general, with a special status, and the risk of this operation was extremely high, which was likely to endanger his life. Therefore, in addition to obtaining the consent of the family, it is also necessary to obtain the consent of the direct superior, that is, Mr. Peng.
When Wang Zhen's illness notice and surgical approval letter were placed in front of Mr. Peng's desk, Mr. Peng picked it up and read it countless times. He picked up the pen many times, put it down again, thought about it, and could not make up his mind to sign.
This is because, at that time, not long after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the medical level of the whole country was still very limited, and such a large-scale operation, even if the medical level was done by Peking Union Medical College Hospital, which was the top in China, there was a great risk.
Moreover, although Mr. Peng and Wang Zhen are enemies of joy and happiness, they are also friends of hardship, and their feelings are extremely deep, and Wang Zhen also has a very high position in Mr. Peng's mind.
It was precisely these two reasons that made this General Peng Da, who had dared to cross the sword in front of thousands of troops and horses, make it difficult.
Mr. Peng pondered hard for two days, and after a series of psychological struggles, he finally chose to sign. After all, only with surgery can there be hope.
Fortunately, God bless, the operation was very successful, and General Wang Zhen was also discharged from the hospital shortly after. After being discharged from the hospital, Wang Zhen was too late to cultivate and returned to work. In the years that followed, General Wang Zhen made a lot of contributions to the stability and development of the motherland.
On March 12, 1993, General Wang Zhen died of illness in Guangzhou at the age of 85.