One day in 1929, the Red Army came to Huang'an County, Hubei Province. Here, the Red Army, with the local masses of the people, overthrew the landlords who were bullying the people, and the peasants were temporarily liberated. In order to defend the victorious fruits of the revolution, the Red Army called for the establishment of local armed forces, and many young people in the village responded positively and ran to join the army, and the village immediately set off a war."
Join the army fever
Among them was a teenager who was also eager to join the Red Army and contribute to changing the status quo of society.
But at this time, he was still working in the field, and when his companions told him the news, he quickly ran home to get his father's consent, but his father looked embarrassed after listening to it, after all, the family was poor, if the son went to join the army now, wouldn't he have to have one less laborer, and besides, if he went to the battlefield, it was possible that he would not be able to come back. He looked into his son's longing little eyes, considered it for a while, but still refused his request.
This 16-year-old teenager is inevitably disappointed in his heart, but he also understands his father's helplessness. Father's health is not good, the family's livelihood depends on less than an acre of crops harvest, the burden of life is almost all on the shoulders of this teenager, as the top pillar of the family, naturally can not easily leave home.
Most of the expectations of the people in the village for life are to keep to themselves, and it is best to be able to live a plain life on one side of the land, and it is best for the younger generations in the family to learn a craft. Wherever the craftsman goes, he can at least make ends meet, which is the idea of most people in the village, and the teenager's parents are no exception.
At the age of 10, he was sent by his family to a tailor's house as an apprentice, and when he returned from school, his family let him open a tailor shop, at least the money he could earn to marry his wife. But what he did not expect was that the business of the tailor's shop was very bleak, and it did not take long to close, so he had to return home to continue to guard the acre of land, living a day of sunrise and sunset.
The news of the Red Army's conscription in his hometown caused a lot of waves in his mind, but after being rejected by his family, his mood quickly returned to calm. In the days that followed, he continued to go out to farm as usual. But the thought of joining the army lingered in his mind.
One day, he was working in the family's crop fields, loosening the soil in the fields with a hoe in his hand. Suddenly, he stood up, threw the farm tools in the ground, and ran in one direction, which led to
Red army
Temporary garrison in Huang'an. He tried countless times to persuade himself to stay and serve his parents, but in the end he chose to listen to his own inner decision.
He approached the red army chief and submitted an application for registration. The Red Army cadre in charge of conscription looked at him, and although he looked relatively short, his eyes were particularly bright and energetic, and he looked like a young man with a lot of ideas. But the comrades of the Red Army still gave him a preventive shot: "If you want to be a Red Army, you are not like your family, you have to go to the battlefield in a serious way." Fighting takes risks, but be prepared. In addition, after joining the army, you need to go out with the army at any time, and you can't go back to your hometown often, and the soldiers of the Red Army have always been home from all over the world. ”
The picture | old photo of the Red Army
Immediately afterward, the comrade kindly told him that the Red Army contingent was a big warm family, that everyone came from all over the world, that they were simple and simple people, and that there were no twists and turns in dealing with people. What's more, everyone will definitely look at the young age of the teenager and take more care of him, and the parents of the teenager do not have to worry too much.
Hearing this, the teenager's heart fell into a tangled confusion again. But he thought about it for a while, but he still firmly determined his previous choice. For the sake of the country and the people, he should stand up and contribute to the Chinese revolution, which is his responsibility and his ambition. At a young age, it is rare to have such an enlightenment. Just in time for the Red Army to pull out, he hesitated and left his hometown directly with the Red Army.
Eighteen years later, China was in the midst of the War of Liberation. In 1947, Liu Deng's army advanced thousands of miles into dabie Mountain. The three columns under his command, as the left route army of Liu Deng's army, won a great victory in the Battle of Zhangjiadian without reinforcements. After the victory of the battle, the three columns ushered in a short period of recuperation. Deputy commander of the three columns
Zheng Guozhong
After much deliberation, he made a request to his superiors: he wanted to return to his hometown to visit his relatives. It turned out that he was the teenager who quietly left home to join the army.
He left home and joined the army for 18 years, returning to his hometown to visit his relatives, but his old mother did not recognize him: Who are you? What's going on? Since joining the army and leaving his hometown, he has not returned to his hometown for eighteen years, and he does not know the recent situation of his parents or how they are doing.
After receiving the approval of his superiors, he immediately set off lightly. Along the way, he was lamenting that the years were fleeting, and the young and naïve teenager who was once young and young now seemed to be difficult to find in him.
When Zheng Guozhong returned to his hometown and found the door in his memory, it was still the same as when he left home, but he could see the traces of renovation several times. At this time, Zheng Guozhong wandered at the door for a while, quite a feeling of near-homesickness, and did not push the door in for a long time, or an old woman, heard the movement at the door, and walked out.
Pictured| Zheng Guozhong
Only to see, she opened the door and saw a heroic officer in a straight military uniform standing in front of her door, with three or two soldiers around her, looking very strange, so she asked: "Sir, who are you, are you looking for someone?" ”
Zheng Guozhong saw something he hadn't seen in years
Old mother
A heart that had been sharpened long ago became soft, and his eyes were filled with tears, but he did not expect that the old mother did not recognize himself. His heart was full of bitterness, and then he knelt on the ground and prostrated his head to the old mother, while saying:
"Mother, I am your son Guozhong!"
The old woman seemed to be shocked, she rubbed her eyes hard, approached Zheng Guozhong again, carefully studied for a while, and finally determined that this was the son who had been "missing" for eighteen years. The old man was excited in his heart, and he hugged Zheng Guozhong deadly, and he was happy and angry.
It turned out that Zheng Guozhong left home without a sound, and did not even leave a message. Although his family speculated that he was likely to join the army quietly, but there was no news back, and his family always thought that he was killed in battle.
Unexpectedly, eighteen years later, the family was unexpectedly reunited. The old woman, who had been full of white hair, had never been so happy in more than ten years, and she immediately tinkered with the idea of cooking a home-cooked meal for her son.
In the evening, the family rarely gathered and ate a reunion dinner. The family was very curious about Zheng Guozhong's military career in recent years, and asked a lot of questions. Zheng Guozhong looked at his relatives, and his memory seemed to drift back to when he was a teenager at home, eating simple and simple hometown dishes, and his heart was extremely satisfied.
However, the days of reunion always pass quickly and the return date is set. Zheng Guozhong still had a task on his body, and a few days later, his family said goodbye at the door together. Looking at the old mother whose eyes were full of reluctance, his heart was also a great attachment to his relatives, and his family was placed in the softest position in his heart.
He wanted to soothe his parents' hearts and did not want his parents to worry about his safety at all times, so he told his parents that as long as he was in the army rest period, he would try to write to his family as soon as he had time to report safety. When the country is liberated and the society is stable, he can take them over, and then they can live together and do filial piety before their knees.
Zheng Guozhong once again left his hometown, returned to the army, and threw himself into the tense battle. In fact, as early as two years before Zheng Guozhong joined the army, when he was still a "cropper" in his family, the seeds of revolutionary thought took root in his heart.
In December 1927, after the victory of the Jute Uprising,
Dabie Mountain
The region also set off a wave of revolution. Comrade Mao Zedong's"
The countryside surrounds the cities and seizes power by force
The idea spread to Zheng Guozhong's hometown, and Zheng Guozhong was baptized by his thoughts, became a hot-blooded young man who longed for revolution, and actively participated in armed construction, when Zheng Guozhong was still a young man.
In 1929 he joined the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. A young man, but with a steadiness and insight beyond his peers, he was very bold on the battlefield, and in the eyes of the army leaders, he was also a rare plastic talent. In the same year, he was accepted by the party organization, became a member of the Communist Party, and has since been firmly on the road of revolution.
In the many anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggles of the Red Army, Zheng Guozhong, relying on his bravery and wisdom, has made certain achievements, and has also tempered his will on the battlefield, and he has gradually grown from a jerky recruit to a veteran soldier who stands alone.
In the four anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns of the Eyu-Anhui-Suzhou, Zheng Guozhong performed very prominently and was recognized by Comrade Xu Xiangqian, the head of the Red Army. Later, in the battle to create the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Region, he also established outstanding military achievements. Along the way, his military ability was constantly improved, and he was already a regimental commander of the Red Fourth Front at the time of the Red Army's Long March.
Figure | Xu forward
In 1935, Zheng Guozhong accompanied the army for thousands of miles
Long
。 In order to cover the Central Red Army, Zheng Guozhong's Red Fourth Front was launched
Battle of Jialing River
。 Under the leadership of commander-in-chief Xu Xiangqian and political commissar Chen Changhao, it was decided to concentrate the main force and make a breakthrough from the weak part of the enemy's defense, and then occupy the favorable position of the Jialing River and annihilate the enemy in the layout movement battle.
The terrain around the Jialing River is undulating, the water flow is naturally turbulent, and the terrain of Jianmen Pass is even more steep and difficult to cross, and it is a huge challenge for the Red Army to take this route on foot. It was precisely because the enemy army saw the dangerous terrain here that the Red Army could not cross the river, so it did not send heavy troops to garrison this area, which also became a very weak area on the enemy's blockade line.
However, they underestimated the perseverance and combat effectiveness of the Red Army, and the Red Army also intended to make a plan and conform to the enemy's psychology of light enemy, so that their calculations in their hearts were disappointed. For the Red Army, this is a choice where opportunities and challenges coexist.
Zheng Guozhong led a regiment to successfully cross the Jialing River at Tazi Mountain in Sichuan, fought bravely, annihilated the strength of one brigade of the enemy army, and achieved the victory of defeating one brigade of the enemy army with one regiment. The Red Fourth Front army did not have time to rest, so it rushed to Jianmen Pass, marched all the way, and after conquering the county seat of Beichuan, it officially began the Long March.
In the process of the red four going south, it has experienced many twists and turns. During this period, he climbed the snowy mountains three times, and finally successfully met the Red Army in Huining, Gansu in 1936. Later, due to the strategic needs of the Red Army, Zheng Guozhong's Red Fourth Army ushered in a short rest period in northern Shaanxi.
Soon after, the War of Resistance Against Japan began, and he continued to engage in the war. In the Battle of Lion's Brain Mountain, Zheng Guozhong, who was the commander of the 769 regiment, led his subordinates to make the first contribution to the comprehensive victory of the first stage of the Hundred Regiments War.
Picture | old photo of the Hundred Regiments War
In 1940, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered a stalemate. In order to smash the conspiracy of the Japanese army, open a breakthrough in the confrontation between the two armies, and firmly grasp the initiative of the battle in the hands of our army, the Eighth Route Army decided to launch a hundred regiments war.
On August 20, the Eighth Route Army gathered 400,000 troops from 105 regiments and launched the famous "War of Resistance" on a front that stretched for more than 2,500 kilometers in the North China Theater.
Battle of the Hundred Regiments
”。
In order to contain the Japanese troops stationed in Yangquan, Chen Xilian led the 14th Regiment of the main regiment of the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, even in heavy rainy weather, to occupy The Lion Brain Mountain, and then used this as a stronghold to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese troops in Yangquan.
On the 21st, the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 769th Regiment, which inspected the terrain around Yangquan, also joined the battle. Zheng Guozhong, who was the commander of the regiment at the time, led a battalion commander Li Desheng to fight fiercely with the enemy for several days. By the sixth day of the battle, the soldiers were still fighting on the front lines of the battle.
It was rainy in the summer, the trenches were full of mud, and the yellow mud on the soles of the soldiers' feet weighed several pounds, and the walk was not light enough, as if carrying an iron block. In addition, the food supply on the front line was not enough, and the soldiers sometimes ate brown rice and some coarse grains, and they were satisfied with clean water. It was not until the 26th that the soldiers of the 769th Regiment and the 14th Regiment of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division completed their combat missions and withdrew from Lion's Brain Mountain.
For this reason, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army issued a "Victory Report" for four consecutive days, reporting to the whole country on the victory of the Eighth Route Army at Shinaoshan.
Peng Dehuai praised the battle: "The troops guarding The Lion Brain Mountain are brave and tenacious. ”
Li Da, chief of staff of the 129th Division, also praised: "The troops guarding Shinaoshan carried forward the style of brave fighting, fought tenaciously, and repelled the enemy's attacks again and again, which not only shows that our army attacked like a fierce tiger, but also defended like Mount Tai, killing the mighty wind of the Japanese army!" ”
Zheng Guozhong led his subordinates to achieve good results in the first stage of the Hundred Regiments War, and the soldiers did not become complacent, but continued to work hard and continued to fight on the front line of the campaign. Subsequently, in the second stage of the Hundred Regiments War, Zheng Guozhong led his subordinates to fight again. After the operational deployment of the Eighth Route Army, it was decided to attack Jia'an (
nǎo
This battle was also a hard battle, and the superior sent Zheng Guozhong to lead the troops as the main offensive force.
Picture | old photos of the Battle of Guanjia'an
The topographical conditions of the main position are somewhat special, there is only a narrow path leading to the hilltop position, the enemy and us have been facing each other for a long time, and the Eighth Route Army is still looking for an opportunity to open the enemy's blockade line. Zheng Guozhong found that the strong attack could not be achieved, and it would increase casualties. He ascended to a high ground, took out his telescope and looked around, and under his meticulous observation, he found that the ridges of the position in front of him were piled up with loess soil, which was relatively soft, and perhaps consider passing through the underground "passage".
He quickly ordered people to bring tools, and personally led his soldiers to prepare to dig a tunnel directly to the enemy's position. However, the distance to the enemy camp is not short, and it is not a small task to temporarily dig a tunnel.
However, the fighter plane could not be delayed, and Zheng Guozhong led the soldiers to dig tunnels day and night, and also paid attention to cover, so that the enemy could not discover our army's intentions. Fortunately, the loess soil was loose and easy to loosen, and with the concerted efforts of all the soldiers, a straight line was chiseled out to pound the enemy camp."
Temporary channels
In this way, when the enemy was still letting down his vigilance, Zheng Guozhong led his soldiers to raid the enemy camp and killed the enemy by surprise. The enemy army tried to break through many times, but was also blocked by the fierce artillery attack of the Eighth Route Army, inflicting heavy damage on the enemy.
In 1940, in order to cut off the Taihang Mountains and Taiyue base areas of the Eighth Route Army, the enemy stepped up the repair of railways. In order to crush the enemy's sinister intentions, Liu Bocheng, commander of the 129th Division, and Deng Xiaoping, political commissar, decided to take strong measures to not give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of.
Therefore, our army put forward the slogan of "facing the line of communication"; the enemy built the railway without authorization, and the Eighth Route Army focused its attack on the enemy's so-called communication line, and brazenly launched the Baijin Campaign.
The picture | old photo of the Battle of Baijin
The 769th Regiment led by Zheng Guozhong was ordered to attack Nanguan, the county seat, and before the war, Zheng Guozhong had a general understanding of the situation between the enemy and ourselves, and sent scouts to the vicinity to survey the landform. He learned that the best defensive area of the main position was being occupied by the enemy army, and objectively speaking, the enemy's strength was also more than that of the Eighth Route Army.
In order to preserve as much vitality as possible, outsmarting is the best policy. He immediately summoned the generals, held a short meeting, pooled their wisdom and efforts, and formulated a combat plan. Immediately afterward, he quickly mobilized commandos and assigned them to attack the enemy camp at night. Must wait until after dark before moving, two adjoining from the enemy
blockhouse
Lurking in the middle, sneaking into the city, and then throwing all the grenades he was carrying into the camp where the enemy was stationed, and finally slipping away, leaving only the enemy to mess up his position.
Zheng Guozhong led his generals to prepare outside the city, and when the enemy army was in chaos, it was the best time to attack. Sure enough, in the face of the fierce offensive of our army, the enemy was powerless, most of the Japanese puppet army was annihilated, and only a few fish that slipped through the net tried to escape from the tunnels and were also captured by our army.
Zheng Guozhong has been fighting for many years and has faced many tests of life and death. One day in 1941, he was leading his troops to prepare to break through the blockade line set up by the Japanese army in Shahe County, Hebei Province. Zheng Guozhong was unclear about the situation ahead, but he could not delay the fighters, but could only increase the intensity of reconnaissance.
Unexpectedly, he was suddenly attacked by the enemy in the middle of the way, the situation was very critical, Zheng Guozhong was injured, and under the cover of the guard Yu Panwen, he was able to successfully break through the encirclement. Later, every time Zheng Guozhong remembered that thrilling experience, his heart was full of gratitude to the guards, and the spirit of sacrificing his life to save each other made Zheng Guozhong very moved.
During the Liberation War, Zheng Guozhong won the trust of his superiors with his outstanding military skills, who entrusted him with heavy responsibilities many times, and then Zheng Guozhong was appointed as the brigade commander of the Ninth Brigade of the Third Column of Luyu in Jinji.
After winning the Battle of Zhangjiadian, he returned to his hometown after a long absence and met his parents who were always worried about him. The brief reunion soon passed, and soon after returning to the army, he was transferred to the deputy commander of the Eleventh Army of the Third Corps of the Second Field Army, leading his troops to participate in major battles such as the Battle of Huaihai and the Battle of Crossing the River, establishing outstanding battle achievements, and Zheng Guozhong's fame also accumulated continuously, and for a time he became a famous general in the Second Field Army, which made the enemy army very jealous.
After the founding of New China, Zheng Guozhong continued to fight in the front line of national construction. In July 1950, Zheng Guozhong came to Shandong for the first time under the orders of his superiors
Qingdao
He led his subordinates to the Eleventh Army and its subordinate units to rush to Qingdao, they were shouldering heavy responsibilities, and their superiors assigned Zheng Guozhong to lead their subordinates to form a naval base in Qingdao.
Zheng Guozhong spent half his life fighting on horseback, and this was his first time in Qingdao. He lives inland all year round and is unfamiliar with the environment of coastal cities. After living in Qingdao for a while, he gradually adapted to the climate characteristics of this place, and Zheng Guozhong always remembered the tasks given to him by his superiors before leaving.
The establishment of a naval base is undoubtedly a huge test for Zheng Guozhong. He had never commanded a naval battle, let alone boarded a ship. However, Zheng Guozhong is not a character who retreats from difficulties, he has a tenacious spirit of hard work in his bones, not to mention, someone always needs to open this head and create this cause.
In order to make up for his knowledge shortcomings in naval construction, for a period of time, Zheng Guozhong often shut himself in his office, collected a large number of scientific materials to read at night, and loaded the theoretical knowledge of naval warfare into his brain. Sometimes when you encounter a blind area of knowledge, for a while and a half and you can't figure it out, you will quickly go to the door to consult experts and teachers in this area, even if you are in a high position, in the field of knowledge that you do not understand, you can also ask without shame, humbly seek advice, and will not put up a little official shelf.
In this way, under the diligent study, Zheng Guozhong gradually moved closer to a naval expert. Therefore, he also met many like-minded friends, and when he led the construction of the navy, he often humbly listened to the opinions of others, learned from each other's strong points, and learned from the strengths of all.
The picture | an old photo of Qingdao
From 1950 to 1958, for a full eight years, Zheng Guozhong devoted great efforts and made great contributions to the construction of the Navy's Qingdao base. During this period, he was still busy, specially going to the Naval Military Academy to study naval knowledge. In the classroom, he was different from other classmates, he was one"
General Cadets
Staying with the young students, he felt a few years younger. In terms of learning, he never accepted defeat, and he was one of the most serious students in the class.
In 1955, Zheng Guozhong was awarded the rank of rear admiral, which was a great affirmation of the achievements of the Qingdao Navy construction by the party organization. He felt very excited and satisfied in his heart. Zheng Guozhong accumulated a lot of work experience at the Navy's Qingdao base, so the party organization once again transferred him to Liaoning Bay to participate in the construction of the naval base.
With many years of practical combat experience, this time he served as the commander of the base, and soon found a suitable work rhythm, and the work was also fruitful. The spirit of being highly responsible in his work was appreciated by the local party organizations, and the comrades highly recognized him.
In 1959, Marshal Zhu De once went to the naval base to inspect the work, he was very satisfied with the construction results he saw, and openly praised Zheng Guozhong: "There are achievements, not simple!" ”
Zheng Guozhong has struggled all his life for the cause of China's revolution and construction, and his lofty life realm is admirable.