What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Speaking of Pi Dingjun, everyone knows that he was the hero of the breakthrough of the Central Plains. In fact, for the people of Henan, it is especially necessary to miss Pi Dingjun. In the later period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Pi Dingjun fought in northern Henan and western Henan, leaving battle footprints in many places.
In 1944, after the Battle of Yuxianggui, the 400,000 troops of the Kuomintang First Theater of Operations collapsed for thousands of miles, losing 38 county seats in 37 days, and western Henan, including Luoyang, fell. Wherever the Kuomintang is defeated and retreated, the Eighth Route Army will come up.
According to the instructions of the central authorities, the anti-Japanese advance independent detachment in western Henan was established, with two regiments, a total of more than 1500 people, with Pi Dingjun as the commander. As a not very famous general of the 129th Division, Pi Dingjun had to stand alone from then on, fighting alone, and he was going to open up a new world in western Henan.
Pi Dingjun was in Lin County at the time, and he wanted to go to western Henan, of course, to cross the Yellow River. The Yellow River is a natural barrier. It was not easy to cross the Yellow River, and the puppet army had already built a defensive line on the other side of the river, and there were Still Japanese troops chasing after it. In a word, the military situation is urgent, and the situation is in danger.
If you don't get these more than a thousand people, you may be buried here. However, there are skins that are all there, and they are not afraid of anything. Pi Dingjun is known as the "Leather Monkey" and is very intelligent. He contacted the underground party organization and did the work of the puppet army on the other side of the river, and the puppet army promised not to open fire on the Eighth Route Army.
But across the Yellow River, you can't do it without a boat. Pi Dingjun only found a few broken boats, and could not carry many people at all. That's better than nothing. Pi Dingjun still had a way, he ordered the troops to find a lot of gourds, and when marching, each person carried two gourds on his back. People don't know what medicine he sells in his gourd.
When we reached the Yellow River, everyone suddenly realized. It turned out that Pi Dingjun tied the gourds to the boat, increasing the buoyancy of the boat, so that the boat could carry more people and speed up the river crossing. Commander Pi was truly extraordinary.
After making some arrangements, Pi Dingjun ordered deputy commander Fang Shengpu to lead his troops to cross the river first, and Fang Shengpu reached the other side of the river and signaled the success of the crossing. However, this is only the first step in the long march. The warriors were anxiously waiting.
At this moment, Pi Dingjun said to the guards, I will sleep first, and then wake me up when I cross to the last boat. What are you kidding, it's all this time, and you still have to sleep? Don't want to die? Did you disregard the lives of the warriors?
The guards were very surprised. There was no way, and when he finished speaking, Pi Dingjun lay down on a large bluestone slab. Pi Dingdu has a habit of dipping the pillow on it. His wife said that Pi Dingjun said to her before going to bed, and when I slept, I fell asleep in an instant, snoring like thunder.
No matter how big things are, Pi Dingjun can tolerate it. That mental quality is really super good. Soon after Pi Dingjun lay down, he snored. At this time, the troops were nervously and orderly boarding the boat and crossing the river. Every soldier who passed by Pi Dingjun could hear his even snoring, which meant that their Commander Pi was sleeping soundly.
Pi Dingjun was more down-to-earth, and the soldiers were more confident. It was almost dawn, Pi Dingjun was woken up, it was already going to the last boat, Pi Dingjun got up, calmly said, GOOD, get on the boat. In this way, Pi Dingjun followed the troops across the Yellow River smoothly.
As soon as they passed, the Japanese army chased after them, but it was already half a day late, and it was impossible for the Japanese army to catch up with Pi Dingjun.