Preferential treatment of prisoners has always been the policy of the People's Liberation Army, and during the Kuomintang-Communist Civil War, many soldiers of the Kuomintang troops surrendered to the PLA uprising on the battlefield because they were not accustomed to the perverse practices of the Chiang Kai-shek government.
Naturally, these captives who surrendered to our army were also treated well, and whether they were paid to go home or continue to join the Platon Army in battle, they were free to choose.
When Huang Daxuan, deputy commander of the 39th Army of our army, welcomed the new commander to his post, he found that his superior was Xu Huizi, who was captured on the battlefield. How did the two commanders meet? What are some of their unknown past events on the battlefield?
Defeated and captured
Xu Huizi was born in Penglai, Shandong Province in 1932, his family is not well-off, in order to change the status quo, his parents moved to Andong, Liaoning Province, when he was seven years old, the family moved to Andong, Liaoning.
At the time of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Xu Huizi was admitted to the Andong United Middle School with excellent results, which was originally run by the Communists, but the Kuomintang reactionaries led by Chiang Kai-shek provoked a national civil war, and the Kuomintang troops marched to the Liberated Areas, and Andong City was soon occupied by the Kuomintang.
The Communist teachers who had originally served in the school were expelled from the school, and as the Kuomintang army lost successively on the battlefield of liberation, forcing them to recruit troops everywhere, Xu Huizi joined the Nationalist army and became an ordinary soldier in this historical background.
In 1948, the Liaoshen Campaign broke out, in the face of the People's Liberation Army's overwhelming offensive, the Nationalist army was simply unable to support, although there were advanced American equipment to support, but in the face of the PLA's excellent tactics, the superiority in firepower was minimal, coupled with the low command ability of the Kuomintang officers, Xu Huizi watched as the large troops of the Nationalist army were gradually defeated on the battlefield.
Huang Daxuan was the company commander of a sharp knife company under the Fourth Field Army, and he was responsible for performing tactical interspersed tasks on the Liaoshen battlefield. Thanks to the fine work style of our army and the spirit of daring to fight and dare to fight, the task of the sharp knife company was greatly successful, and a large number of Kuomintang troops were captured.
Xu Huizi was captured by Huang Daxuan, along with the defeated Nationalist prisoners
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After this battle, Huang Daxuan's troops were reduced, and the wounded soldiers needed to be transferred to the rear for treatment, however, the war was not over, and the task of the sharp knife company was to advance quickly, and there was simply not enough time to rest.
Company commander Huang Daxuan decided to select excellent soldiers from among the captured Kuomintang soldiers to supplement the soldiers, and the sharp knife company, as an elite team, was also very strict in the selection of soldiers, in addition to having excellent military qualities, it was also required to be physically strong and able to perform high-intensity combat tasks.
Among the captured Kuomintang soldiers, it was difficult to satisfy Huang Daxuan, and the only one he faned was the tall Xu Huizi.
Joined the People's Liberation Army
After the defeat, Xu Huizi was a little frustrated, but learning that the PLA gave preferential treatment to prisoners and could also pay for the travel expenses of those who wanted to go home, xu Huizi changed his view of the Communist army.
In the face of the invitation of Huang Daxuan, the commander of the sharp knife company, Xu Huizi initially refused, he felt that with the end of the Liaoshen Campaign, the northeast ushered in liberation, and it was also a good choice to go home and settle down and find a job.
However, Huang Daxuan did not want such an excellent soldier to leave the army, so he began his ideological work, telling him about the decadent rule of the Kuomintang and telling him that many people still lived under the oppression of the landlord class.
Xu Huizi's heart was gradually moved, and he deeply understood this during his service in the Kuomintang army, and the Nationalist troops often could not even pay the military salaries. Moreover, in the chaotic world, he went to the army to break through, maybe there would be a better future, so Xu Huizi decided to join Huang Daxuan's sharp knife company and became a soldier in the People's Liberation Army.
Huang Daxuan's choice was not wrong, Xu Huizi soon showed his ability in the army, he went to school, had knowledge and culture, and was soon promoted to company instructor.
Most of the ordinary soldiers of the People's Liberation Army are from poor families, and there is no opportunity to study at all, Xu Huizi, as a cultural person, did not think of himself as a high-ranking person, but treated all the PLA soldiers equally, and fought together in the front line like brothers on the battlefield, which won him everyone's goodwill and respect.
Xu Huizi was also very brave in front-line combat, and during the Battle of Pingjin, the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Company were ordered to cross the icy river and carry out blasting operations on the enemy's entrenched bunkers.
The weather in January was very cold, Xu Huizi fell into the river when crossing the ice, the bone-chilling torrent made him tremble, but his firm will did not flinch because of the harsh environment, but with a large army against the fierce artillery attack to reach the neighboring bunker, under the cover of our army's machine guns,
Xu Huizi blew up the enemy's fortifications with two grenades and captured three soldiers.
See you again
Xu Huizi's excellent combat ability made him repeatedly praised by his superiors, and soon after, Xu Huizi was transferred from Huang Daxuan's company to a higher-level command department, and the two had already formed a deep revolutionary friendship after many battles of birth and death.
In the face of the departure of the old comrade-in-arms, Huang Daxuan was a little reluctant in his heart, but the soldiers took obedience to orders as their duty, and Huang Daxuan still expressed his congratulations on the promotion of the old comrades-in-arms.
After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Xu Huizi was ordered to follow the troops into the DPRK and launched a fierce battle with the US army, which ranked first in the world at that time.
After returning from North Korea,
Xu Huizi had been promoted to the rank of regimental staff officer
As a commander and fighter who worked from the grassroots level, he has many excellent experience in leading soldiers and has excellent work ability.
So in 1960, the party organization decided to send Xu Huizi to the People's Liberation Army Infantry Senior Command School for further study, because it has a certain cultural foundation, plus he has always maintained a positive learning attitude after enrolling, so his results have been among the best, after that, Xu Huizi has repeatedly achieved good results in the army.
He was promoted to division commander.
In 1983, Xu Huizi received an order to transfer,
He was sent to the 39th Army as a commander, and the deputy commander of the 39th Army was his old comrade-in-arms Huang Daxuan.
On the day xu Huizi officially took office in the 39th Army, Huang Daxuan could not believe his eyes, when he was separated from the battlefield of liberation, now more than thirty years have passed, the Kuomintang small soldiers who were once captured by themselves have now grown into a senior general of the People's Liberation Army and have become their superiors.
brief summary:
If Xu Huizi had chosen to go home instead of joining the People's Liberation Army with Huang Daxuan, he would certainly not have achieved such a high achievement. After seeing each other again decades later and becoming the boss of the old company commander, I think both of them are happy for each other's efforts.