In 1943, the War of Resistance Against Japan was not yet completely over. Although at that time we did not predict that the Japanese government would finally choose to surrender two years later after dropping two atomic bombs on the United States, we had the confidence to continue to fight against the Japanese aggressors, we had survived the most difficult moment, and victory would eventually belong to the great Communist Party.
However, there were still some problems this year. In the past, our military was very weak compared to the Japanese army, but in the past few years of fighting against the Japanese army, we did not lose heavily on the battlefield, but took advantage of the terrain and tactics to not let the Japanese army take advantage, and won a lot of space for our own development
No matter how much the enemy targets our army, we will not be afraid. Having survived such a difficult period at the beginning, will you still be afraid of a problem of financial and economic difficulties? In the People's Liberation Army area, everyone works together and has enough food and clothing. In such a mighty and mighty movement, the officers and men of the 359th Brigade performed the most.
Lack of funds, lack of means of production, these are not things, because they still have their own fierceness. Relying on this fierce strength, the officers and men of the 359th Brigade worked hard every day, carried forward the spirit of arduous struggle, and turned Nanniwan into "northern Shaanxi And jiangnan."
It should be known that the opponents of the 359th Brigade are not only the sweeping of the Japanese invaders and the economic blockade of the Kuomintang diehards, but also the harsh natural environment. The planting environment in northern Shaanxi is much worse than that in Jiangnan.
I only recognize the right reason for death
The protagonist of our story today is the brigade commander of the 359th Brigade, who was awarded the rank of general in the first ceremony after the founding of New China.
Although Wang Zhen's personal ability is very strong, both in terms of war strategy and production. The latter's abilities came mainly from his family.
He was born into a tenant family, and his production was learned from an early age. It is precisely because he was born in a tenant family that he already felt dark and unfair to the old society when he was a teenager, and the seeds of rebellion in his heart are sprouting and growing.
In 1922, Wang Zhen joined the army in Changsha and later became a railway worker. It was a process of his slow contact with progressive ideas and the organization of the Chinese Communist Party. In the subsequent Revolution, he joined the workers' movement very actively. In January 1927, Wang Zhen joined the Communist Youth League of China and became the Communist Party of China in May of the same year.
Wang Zhen was good in every way, except for the aspect of admitting death. As long as he thinks it's right, he will always insist on a certain reason or reason, and it will be difficult for others to persuade him, even the nine-headed cow may not be able to pull it back. Also, he only listened to Chairman Mao.
In January 1934, seven years had passed since Wang Zhen joined the Communist Party. The Second National Congress of the Chinese Soviet was held in Ruijin Shazhouba, and Wang Zhen was also invited to this meeting.
When making military reports on the Xianggan Soviet area, they were specially listened to by Li De and Bogu. They were not optimistic about Wang Zhen's use of Chairman Mao's sixteen-character tactics to face the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" tactic, and they felt that this tactic should have been eliminated long ago and was not suitable for use in the current battle.
After the meeting was over, Wang Zhen reported the situation at the meeting to the chairman once again. After listening, the chairman said to Wang Zhen: "We still have to concentrate our forces and fight with the enemy's big movement, and specifically find and fight their tails and waists." This would not only disrupt their formations but also crush their important forces. At this time, I still have to use my "sixteen-character combat method". It is irrational to confront the enemy hard, and we do not have this strength, so we must give full play to our advantages and start a guerrilla war with the enemy. ”
At this time, Wang Zhen did not retort at all: "I listen to the chairman!" Chairman Mao did not expect him to say such a sentence so firmly, so he asked him: "They do not listen to me and oppose me, do you dare to listen to me?" Wang Zhen continued to answer: "It turns out that your strategy is useful and correct. It's not that I believe you without any reason, it's just that we've used the Sixteen-Character Tactics and won a big victory, and nothing could be more convincing than that. So, wherever you tell me to go, I will go, and I will fight as much as I want. I listen to you! ”
After the meeting with Chairman Mao, Wang Zhen returned to the Xianggan Soviet District to continue to fight the enemy. He still used Chairman Mao's tactics to carry out guerrilla warfare with the enemy, and successfully eliminated the enemy and achieved major results.
A base established in a difficult situation
When the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Wang Zhen was appointed as a member of the Military and Political Committee of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and concurrently served as the brigade commander of the 120th Division. He led his troops to the front line of the anti-Japanese resistance in Shanxi, using the previously skilled guerrilla tactics to ambush the Japanese army, and won many victories.
Not only that, in addition to the small units that ambushed the Japanese army, Wang Zhen also led a team to destroy the transportation of the Japanese army. This small-scale harassment made the Japanese miserable, but it boosted the morale of the fighters on the anti-Japanese front in Shanxi.
Beginning in February 1938, Wang Zhen commanded his troops to continuously restore seven counties including Ningwu and establish an anti-Japanese regime and achieved major successes. After that, in accordance with the strategic deployment of his superiors, he continued to advance closer to the Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region and fought dozens of battles with the enemy. In this difficult environment, Wang Zhen still created the Yanbei Anti-Japanese Base Area. What a boldness!
With determination, you can get things done
In September 1949, Wang Zhen led his troops to promote the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang, and later served in Xinjiang as the secretary of the sub-bureau and the acting commander and political commissar of the Xinjiang Military Region. At this time, what fell on him was a very heavy task - the food problem.
Although Xinjiang was peacefully liberated and the Xinjiang Military Region was successfully established, it became a problem for the people in the military region to eat, and Xinjiang did not have so many grain reserves to provide three meals for the 200,000 troops for a long time. So what to do? Even now it is too late to reclaim the land, and by the time the harvest season comes, the 200,000 troops will have been starved to death. Their only way was to go to the surrounding cities to pull grain, but the freight rate was too expensive to solve the urgent need.
But good villains can drag back the clock. To this end, Wang Zhen specially invited several experts in related fields to investigate and see which places are suitable for farming. After a period of meticulous investigation, they finally found that the water and soil resources near Shihezi are very rich, and there are 4 million mu of land that can be reclaimed.
Without further ado, Wang Zhen immediately ordered all soldiers to participate in agricultural production. As the saying goes, if you come true, there is nothing impossible, only you have nothing to do. With the efforts of all officers and men, Xinjiang harvested more than 60 million catties of grain at the end of the year, which was enough for them to eat for the first half of the year.
On March 12, 1993, Wang Zhen died in Guangzhou at the age of 85. Before he died, he told his relatives to donate his cornea so that it would continue to shine in the eyes of another person. His will read: "The ashes are scattered on the Tianshan Mountain, always standing guard for the Chinese nation, and always yearning for the magnificent communism." ”
brief summary:
The number of difficulties we encounter in life is also uncountable, and sometimes we feel that life is a process of suffering. It's not, suffering is just one of the things that gives us emotional experiences.
To put it bluntly, in the absence of reincarnation being proven to be true, our lives are meant to experience all sorts of things. Whether positive or negative, it is an experience, trying to understand its essence.