In the streets of Changchun in 1977, the "Eleventh National Congress" was warmly celebrated everywhere, and an old farmer in rags was wandering around, talking to others from time to time, with a very happy smile on his face.
Don't look at this old farmer who is not dressed well, but when others talk to him, they all have a little respect and politeness, and they look like one
"Big Man"
。
Just as the peasant and the people were talking happily, a man suddenly found him and said hurriedly:
"Oh, Elder Hong, don't take a walk here." Let's hurry back to pack up our things, the time is not waiting for anyone, we have to leave immediately, the central plane can wait for you at the airport for half a day! ”
The old farmer was stunned for a moment, and thought that the other party was a liar, and the other party answered very seriously:
"This is a notice from the Central Organization Department, it is true! If you don't believe it, don't you know if you go with us? ”
The farmer said without haste:
"You see it's already noon on this day, and we're not in a hurry to be here, so we might as well go after lunch." Besides, you see I haven't changed my clothes! ”
"Elder Hong, it's too late, eat on the plane!"
Who knew that the man was very urgent, and he did not allow this peasant to tell him, but he must be taken to Beijing.
When he arrived in Beijing, this peasant realized that he was so anxious to recall himself to Beijing because of the "Eleventh National Congress" and that he had been elected as a member of the Central Military Commission and needed to attend this meeting of the Central Military Commission.
Due to the haste of departure, the farmer did not even change his clothes, and after attending the meeting, he took a group photo, and he was also wearing the clothes of the farmer.
Who is this farmer? Why was he so urgently recalled to Beijing? Moreover, one second a peasant who was still in rags, the next second he became a member of the Central Military Commission? What story happened to him about such an identity gap?
Photo - The 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
"General County" came out of the great general
This farmer, named Hong Xuezhi, participated
The Long March, the Liaoshen Campaign, the Pingjin Campaign, the Battle of Crossing the River, and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
and many other wars, and made great achievements.
Hong Xuezhi and Deng Hua are also very close comrades-in-arms, because they are politically implicated, so his life has undergone several changes.
Hong Xuezhi's family is in Jinzhai County, Anhui Province, and people familiar with this place know that this small county town is located at the junction of Yuwan and Hubei, and 59 generals have come out before and after, which is known
"General County"
Name.
Hong Xuezhi (1913-2006), an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, was awarded the rank of general twice in 1955 and 1988, and was known as the "Six-Star General"
When Hong Xuezhi was young, his family was very poor, according to his own recollection in his later years:
"My family is relatively poor, not even a house, rented a landlord 4 thatched houses to live, only 2 acres of barren slopes, my father in order to support the family, weaving a variety of handicrafts, framed and pasted calligraphy, and opened a grocery store, which barely supported the family." At that time, my father went to bed all day and got up early, worked until late at night every day to fall asleep, got up early in the morning to struggle, in order to let me go to school, my father was busy, and I only went to school when I was ten years old. However, when I was thirteen years old, my father died of illness and I was forced to drop out of school. ”
The principal of Hong Xuezhi's primary school was a Communist Party member, and seeing that Hong Xuezhi was clever and clever, he deliberately guided him to the revolutionary road and gave Hong Xuezhi a copy of the Communist Manifesto.
Since then, revolutionary knowledge and truth have taken root in the heart of the young Hong Xuezhi and influenced his life.
Figure - Hong Xuezhi
In 1929, Hong Xuezhi joined the Red Army guerrillas and served as a squad leader. After one uprising after another, Hong Xuezhi understood more and more that if he wanted the poor to be the masters of their own homes and live a happy life, he must follow the Communist Party in making a revolution.
In this way, an ignorant teenager was inadvertently led to the road of revolution.
In the coming decades of ups and downs, although he has suffered a lot and his life has been relatively difficult, Hong Xuezhi has never forgotten his responsibility and mission as a communist.
Always adhere to the front line of the revolution, throw away the head and spill blood
Only for the Chinese people can usher in happiness and liberation as soon as possible.
If you use eight words to describe Hong Xuezhi,
"Jingo Iron Horse, Wen Wu Shuang Quan"
Probably more than appropriate.
Soon after joining the guerrillas, Hong Xuezhi did not hesitate to take the oath to join the Communist Party of China because of his inner yearning for the revolutionary cause.
Hong Xuezhi's revolutionary conviction is firm, and his revolutionary ability is also very prominent. In 1987, at the age when Hong Xuezhi was about to retire, he received it again
Deng Xiaoping
The appointment of him as deputy secretary general of the Central Military Commission is actually related to Hong Xuezhi's excellent military ability.
During the period of the agrarian revolution, Hong Xuezhi, who was still very young, was successive
He served as a squad leader and platoon leader of the Red First Army and the Red Fourth Army
And then it slowly became
Political instructor and branch secretary.
In this battle, Hong Xuezhi was trained and his ability was also highlighted.
Don't look at his promotion so quickly, but the people under his hands are very convinced, and everyone agrees with Hong Xuezhi's combat opinions. It can be seen that Hong Xuezhi's work ability is obvious to all.
But a "prodigy" like Hong Xuezhi always has to go through several life and death tests, and the old genius dares to rest assured that he will "become famous".
Figure-Deng Xiaoping (Core Figure of the Second Generation leadership collective of the Communist Party of China)
During the Red Army period, Hong Xuezhi fought very bravely, and as a result, during the Battle of Sujiabu, the 29th Regiment of the 10th Division of the Red Fourth Army was responsible for blocking Chen Tiaoyuan's reinforcements, and because the battle was so fierce, the first company elected the company commanders of two machine gun companies, all of whom died heroically during the charge.
Hong Xuezhi was ordered to take over the position of company commander of the machine gun company, and in the process of fighting bloodily, Hong Xuezhi was strafed by the enemy.
One of the shots hit Hong Xuezhi in the lung
At that time, the blood was direct, and Hong Xuezhi, who had lost consciousness, rolled down the mountain with one toe.
After the rescue of his comrades-in-arms, Hong Xuezhi was carried to the Red Army Hospital, but due to lung injuries, the blood flow slowly condensed into a blood clot in the lungs, and Hong Xuezhi began to have difficulty breathing, and everyone thought that Hong Xuezhi was dead.
At the time of dying, an enemy prisoner, in order to make meritorious contributions, told everyone that he was a military doctor, and after giving Hong Xuezhi a few pills, Hong Xuezhi, who had already reported to Yan Wangye, slowly began to recover.
Such a miracle surprised everyone. Maybe heaven also felt that a hero like Hong Xuezhi, who was concerned about the world's life, should not fall so early!
In 1933, Hong Xuezhi led the third brigade of cadets and followed
The Anti-Japanese General Colonel participated in the Hundred Regiments War and the Anti-Sweeping Campaign
In the following year, he led the Anti-Japanese General Colonel Huazhong to send a brigade to the anti-Japanese front in northern Jiangsu, straddling six provinces, breaking through the enemy's blockade and defensive line, and successfully arriving at the headquarters of the New Fourth Army.
Made a prominent performance of "no one in the whole team was reduced"
It was highly praised by Liu Shaoqi and Chen Yi.
Because of this, Hong Xuezhi also became the vice president of the Fifth Branch of kang da and trained a large number of revolutionary fighters for the New Fourth Army.
However, in 1935, Hong Xuezhi once again encountered "accidents".
During the Long March, Hong Xuezhi was ordered to be responsible for the logistics of the Red Fourth Army, and under very difficult circumstances, Hong Xuezhi completed the task brilliantly.
However, because of the accumulation of labor, Hong Xuezhi actually fell ill.
In the face of Hong Xuezhi, who has a high fever, the doctors are helpless, and Chinese medicine and Western medicine have been used repeatedly, but only no improvement has been seen.
Finally, the comrades-in-arms "carried" an old Chinese medicine doctor in his 70s from 70 miles away on a stretcher, said that Hong Xuezhi was typhoid fever after taking the pulse, prescribed a prescription, and bluntly said that "medicine is to get rid of the disease."
Everyone was very happy to learn that Hong Xuezhi had been saved, but when they saw the prescription, everyone was worried again:
"Where can you find medicinal herbs in this desolate mountain?"
After the comrades-in-arms searched around, most of the medicines were still put together, but only the most critical medicine of the four tastes was never found.
Because the Long March passed through the meadow at that time, the medical staff of the military hospital proposed to try their luck in the mountains and forests, but they accidentally found these four herbs that "stepped on the iron shoes and found nowhere to find, and it took no effort at all".
After taking three pills, Hong Xuezhi, who had been in a coma for several days, slowly opened his eyes, and under the careful care of the old Chinese medicine doctor, Hong Xuezhi slowly recovered his health, and the appearance of a dragon and a tiger, and when he was sick, he sentenced two people.
Figure - Long March
Clever, accidentally saved Peng Dehuai
Speaking of Hong Xuezhi,
He is also peng Dehuai's "savior".
In August 1950, after the end of the Liberation War, Hong Xuezhi was ordered to stay in the south. Probably because the water and soil are not satisfied, the sweltering weather in the south makes Hong Xuezhi get a strange itchy skin disease. After several ineffective treatments in the local area, Hong Xuezhi wanted to try it in Beijing.
Unexpectedly, just after arriving in Beijing, Deng Hua, who was the commander of the Thirteenth Corps at the time, found Hong Xuezhi, and this time they met and changed Hong Xuezhi's fate.
Figure - Deng Hua (28 April 1910 – 3 July 1980) was a founding general
At that time, Deng Hua had already been appointed to take up a post in the northeast, and it was reasonable to say that the two men would not meet in Beijing. Therefore, when he met his old comrade-in-arms in Beijing, Hong Xuezhi was very surprised in his heart, but Deng Hua always smiled and said nothing.
Where did Hong Xuezhi want to get it, Deng Hua's delay in moving this time was because of it
Has its own "little abacus".
"Comrade Xuezhi, the northeast border defense needs you, and I have already booked the train ticket for you." In this way, after eating, you will go to the northeast together! ”
Lin Shuai learned that Hong Xuezhi had arrived in Beijing, and quickly sent someone to take Hong Xuezhi and Deng Hua to his home, and it turned out that he had prepared such a "big gift" for Hong Xuezhi.
"Aren't you curious as to why I haven't left?" I just want you to come and make me the deputy commander of the Thirteenth Corps and help me manage the army. ”
Deng Hua said with a smile.
At this time, Hong Xuezhi had already "chased ducks to the shelves", and he had to go if he didn't go. However, Hong Xuezhi was a little embarrassed, he was not prepared at all, he also had a skin disease, which suddenly had to go to the northeast, and he was really a bit caught off guard.
However, it is precisely because of this arrangement that he later
He participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and was known as the "first person in modern logistics."
Tu-Lin Biao (December 5, 1907 – September 13, 1971) was one of the first major leaders of the People's Liberation Army Chinese, and a marshal of the People's Republic of China
After arriving in the northeast,
The border defense task in the northeast is extremely arduous
。 At that time, the volunteer army did not have air superiority, so the enemy often sent aircraft to bomb. As a front-line commander, Peng Dehuai, his headquarters, there is a large degree of security threat.
In order to protect Peng Dehuai's safety, after receiving military orders, Hong Xuezhi proposed to build an air raid shelter and move the headquarters to the air raid shelter, so as to protect Peng Dehuai's safety.
Hong Xuezhi's proposal was widely recognized by everyone, but it was strongly opposed by one person, and this person was Peng Dehuai himself.
Peng Dehuai believes that he is full of great righteousness, even the Heavenly King Lao Tzu is not afraid, will he still be afraid of these US planes? Therefore, when he saw that there was an engineer company working near the headquarters, Peng Dehuai was very angry and immediately drove the construction team away.
After Hong Xuezhi knew, let the construction team not care and continue to build as planned. After Peng Dehuai knew, he asked the guards to call Hong Xuezhi:
"Are you doing nothing day by day?" I know it all day long! ”
"Report! It's an air raid shelter! For your safety. No matter what you think, I'm doing things according to the orders above, and you can't control me! ”
Hong Xuezhi replied with a straight face and a very serious answer.
These two people, one with a sharp temper, the other with a sharp temper.
Picture-Peng Dehuai (1898-1974) was a Chinese proletarian revolutionary and military man. Chinese one of the founders and leaders of the People's Liberation Army, Marshal of the People's Republic of China
Within a few days, the bomb shelter was built. But at this time, Hong Xuezhi encountered a tricky thing, that is, Peng Dehuai said that he was unwilling to enter the air raid shelter, which could make everyone embarrassed.
At that time, the Korean battlefield was full of turmoil, and the war situation was changing rapidly. The U.S. military base sent condor commandos, formulated
"Wai Ying Project"
The so-called "Huaiying Plan", in which "Huai" refers to Peng Dehuai, and the "Ying" in it refers to Mao Anying.
Picture - Mao Anying, the eldest son of Mao Zedong and his wife Yang Kaihui
The Soviet Intelligence Service received the report of the operation and quickly transmitted the contents of the report to us. When the great man learned of this, he personally drew up an urgent telegram for the headquarters of the Volunteer Army to move quickly and proceed with caution.
But Peng Dehuai's temper was too sharp, and he was unwilling to transfer anything. Hong Xuezhi was keenly aware that the US aircraft were more frequent than usual, and it was very strange that these planes always circled the volunteer headquarters and were very suspicious.
After consulting with Deng Hua, Hong Xuezhi believed that the US side may take some action and must let Peng Dehuai enter the air raid shelter as soon as possible.
But our boss is so stubborn, how can he smoothly enter the bomb shelter? Hong Xuezhi had a clever plan at this time, and he sent someone to take off the map that Peng Dehuai hung in the headquarters, and then secretly hung it in the air raid shelter.
Peng Dehuai returned to the headquarters to see that his map was gone, and there was no way but to obediently enter the air raid shelter according to Hong Xuezhi's "design".
Who knows, just a few days after Peng Dehuai entered the air raid shelter, an accident occurred, so that Peng Dehuai saw Hong Xuezhi and said:
"Or you Hong Mazi good man, not your old husband Xiuyi!"
It turned out that the strange action of the US military plane at that time was to survey Peng Dehuai's house. Shortly after Peng Dehuai moved into the bomb shelter, his original house was bombed like crazy.
The Mao Anying we mentioned in the previous article was unfortunately killed by a bomb dropped by a US military plane because he had to return to the old site of the headquarters to sort out the documents.
After this incident occurred, Peng Dehuai could not calm down for a long time. On the one hand, he was very sad about Mao Anying's sacrifice. On the other hand, there is a kind of fear of escaping death.
Figure - Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
He was awarded the rank of general twice
On the Korean battlefield, Hong Xuezhi had a prominent performance. At that time, in the fourth and fifth battles, the volunteer army was frantically blockaded by the American army, in order to alleviate the logistical pressure, the volunteer army set up a logistics command.
He also specially appointed Hong Xuezhi as commander
During this period, Hong Xuezhi relied on his own ingenuity and courage to fight with the US military to ensure that logistical supplies could smoothly reach the front battlefield, solve the worries of frontline soldiers, and ensure the smooth progress of the battle.
You must know that in the art of war, there has always been a saying that "the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass have gone first." Whether or not the battle can be won and whether it can be carried out smoothly depends to a large extent on logistical support work.
If there are worries in the battle, even if there is a wizard to command, the chances of winning the battle will be greatly weakened.
Therefore, the logistics supply work looks the most "insignificant", but in fact it is "a thousand miles away".
Hong Xuezhi's work ability should not be underestimated, and his work achievements should not be ignored.
Because the volunteers fought bravely in the Korean battlefield, they finally helped the Korean side win the war. In 1953, the North Korean side organized the award, and Peng Dehuai was listed among them. But Peng Dehuai specifically mentioned:
"If you really want to discuss merit and reward, then Hong Xuezhi should be awarded a medal."
From this sentence, it can be seen that Peng Dehuai's appreciation and recognition of Hong Xuezhi can also be seen from the side of Hong Xuezhi's outstanding combat achievements on the Korean battlefield.
In 1955, china also organized a large award,
Hong Xuezhi was awarded the rank of general
。 But the general, implicated four years later, was removed from the post of logistics minister. Back in Changchun, he became an ordinary farmer.
It was not until 1977, during the "Eleventh National Congress" held by the whole country, that Hong Xuezhi was once again valued by people, so there was the opening scene.
Figure - Awarded 1955
After Hong Xuezhi arrived in Beijing by special plane, he went to attend the meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Eleventh National Congress without resting his feet, and when he arrived at the scene, Hong Xuezhi realized that he had restored his honor and
He was elected a member of the Central Military Commission and concurrently served as the director of the office of the national defense industry
Three years later, Hong Xuezhi returned to his post again and became the head of the logistics department. At this point, twenty years had passed since he had been removed from office. Time flies, things are people, and Hong Xuezhi's heart is very complicated.
In 1982, appointed and promoted by Deng Xiaoping, Hong Xuezhi was appointed deputy secretary general of the Central Military Commission, and in 1988 he was reinstated to the rank of general.
As a result, Hong Xuezhi became the only general in China's history to be awarded the rank of general twice.
Life is hard and simple
Although Hong Xuezhi was also a founding general and made great contributions to new China, Hong Xuezhi has never been "proud of his achievements".
After being restored to the rank of general, Hong Xuezhi still retained a hard and simple style of life, never used his power for personal gain, and also required his family and children to be as diligent and frugal as possible.
According to the staff around Hong Xuezhi, in addition to wearing leather shoes when participating in official duties, this old gentleman usually wears cloth shoes, and his life is very simple.
Elder Hong only wore two pairs of leather shoes in his life, and he never added them for thirty years, until elder Hong's death, he never bought a new one. Such a simple style of life deserves everyone's study and respect.
Throughout his life, Hong Lao has been committed to the cause of national liberation, although he has received a little "unfair treatment", but it can be seen from his life photos that he has always maintained an optimistic and open-minded attitude towards life.
Even though he lived in poverty, Elder Hong enjoyed it. If you are not a person with great wisdom and pattern, how can you have such an attitude towards life?