In July 1950, Chen Yi received a call from Luo Ronghuan in Beijing that the personnel who had been scheduled to come to East China as air force commanders were reluctant to come to East China to serve.
This made Chen Yi very angry, decided to find a good general within Huaye, as the commander of the air force, he thought about the generals in East China one by one, and finally set his eyes on Nie Fengzhi's body, in Chen Yi's view, Nie Fengzhi was smart, studious, and extremely serious no matter what he did.
Competitive, tenacious, keen, thoughtful, sharp, and unintended, he is an excellent cadre who not only dares to fight, but is also good at fighting, and is good at fighting both a tailwind battle and a good fight against the wind.
After repeated weighing, Chen Yi finally decided to give this tricky burden to Nie Fengzhi.
Nie Fengzhi was born in 1913 in Hubei Province
Dawu County joined the Communist Youth League in 1928, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1929, and the Communist Party of China in 1931.
Participated in Laiwu, Meng Lianggu, Nanma,
Linqu, Jiaohe, Zhouwei, Jinan, Huaihai, Dujiang, Shanghai, liberation of Yijiangshan Island and other major battles and battles of the organization and command.
A party history expert commented on Nie Fengzhi as follows:
"In the Chinese Liberation War, at almost every historical turning point, or in the dramatic process, there were wonderful performances by General Nie Fengzhi, although he was not the protagonist or commander-in-chief."
The troops led by Nie Fengzhi have emerged many heroic collectives and individuals, such as:
"Jinan First Regiment", "Ten People Bridge", "First Boat Crossing the River", Wei Pingguo, Han Decai, Du Fengrui...
The Battle of Meng Lianggu, the capture of Jinan, the capture of Nianzhuang, the battle of Crossing the River, and the liberation of Shanghai, the 9 columns he led were all the first achievements, walking in the forefront of each unit.
Chen Yi immediately called out to Nie Fengzhi to come over and not let him go to the army again, but to make him the commander of the air force of the East China Military Region.
Suddenly receiving this order, Nie Fengzhi was still a little nervous, stunned, he felt that he was not a cowherd from a high-tech, university job that the Air Force could not do, and replied:
"Mr. Chen, you can do whatever you tell me to do, but I can't do this commander." Except for being bombed, I never understood this plane, not at all..."
As soon as Chen Yi heard Nie Fengzhi say this, he immediately became angry.
"Don't understand? Do you know the Army? Can you command a war when you herd cows out? Can you herd cows and be the chief educator? My good comrades grin, don't understand to learn, things are man-made, these are not all learned. This is our own Air Force, which insider do you say to go to? There is no insider. ”
Upon hearing Chen Yi say this, Nie Fengzhi thought for a moment and then replied firmly:
"If Mr. Chen thinks I can, then I'll go." Actually, I still like to do something new. In the past twenty years, I have also been really annoyed by the enemy. ”
Nie Fengzhi whether he drove the ducks to the shelves or decided to take the position of commander of the Air Force, he would not be able to learn, which was his own advantage all along.
Chen Yi saw that Nie Fengzhi nodded, so he gave him two days to prepare, and then went to the air force of the military region to report.
August 1, 1950,
The Air Force of the East China Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was formally established.
The newly established East China Air Force did not yet have its own command structure, and Nie Fengzhi's first major task was to complete the establishment of the organization and the formation of troops in a short period of time, as well as to accept Soviet equipment.
The so-called Soviet equipment refers to Chen Yi's dispatch from the Soviet Union after coordination with the Soviet Union for security reasons in East China
A mixed air defense unit led by General Bakirsky. These include fighters, bombers, and strikers, as well as anti-aircraft guns, radars, searchlights, and so on.
Chen Yi arrived with Nie Fengzhi
General Bakirsky said, "Your Excellency, Comrade General, this is Comrade Nie Fengzhi, the new commander of the Air Force of the East China Military Region. ”
General Bakisky knew Nie Fengzhi, and it is said that in the Documentary on the Battle of Huaihai filmed by the Soviet Union, only Nie Fengzhi was on the camera for so many column commanders, but Lao Ba did not intend to save face for Nie Fengzhi, he said directly, and gave Nie Fengzhi a month to complete all the command studies. Later, he said that he could let his assistant guide him for another month.
Nie Fengzhi deeply felt that the price of not being able to learn was the destruction of the machine and the death of people, which was related to the safety of Shanghai and East China, so he said unequivocally:
"Anyway, teach me for a month, or teach for another month, and whenever you teach me, I'll let you go, otherwise, Your Excellency, Your Excellency, General, won't want to go back to Moscow!"
The words amused both of them.
From not having been exposed to the Air Force, to learning within a month
The full set of command knowledge mixed with air defense is very difficult, and Nie Fengzhi has to face a cramming education every day, from ABC to air combat command, there is a lot of knowledge to learn.
But Nie Fengzhi just decided that every day must be completed and truly mastered
What Bakirsky prescribes.
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed, and Nie Fengzhi rushed to Chen Yi's place
Witty report: Commander Nie has completed the prescribed learning content and can start the "examination" on September 5.
The 5-day "examination" was over, and Nie Fengzhi's performance was very satisfactory to the Soviets, and he said to Chen Yi:
"You see, you students are perfectly qualified. All standard fives! I can guarantee that your Chinese Air Force will definitely win the battle in the future. ”
Victory comes so quickly!
After the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, the United States used its huge air force to show off its might on the Korean battlefield. After the volunteers entered the war, the air force implemented the policy of building while fighting,
According to the principles of "if it is advantageous, fight if it is advantageous, and do not fight if it is not profitable," "fight if you win a fight, run if you can't win a fight," or "hide if you can't win a fight," the mood of the commanders and fighters for war is very high. Since Kashgar shot down enemy aircraft on January 21, 1951, the Volunteer Air Force has won more than one defeat, and heroes such as Wang Hai and Zhang Jihui have emerged. However, it did not change the situation of the enemy and us in the air, and the battlefield was basically maintained over the Yalu River.
In October 1952, when Nie Fengzhi was appointed acting commander of the Combined Air Force of the Chinese Super League, Peng Dehuai told him unmistakably that in the past, it was built while fighting, and now it must be the actual combat stage, and asked Nie Fengzhi to put the air front
Pushed over the Cheongcheon River and the airspace south of it.
It is very difficult to complete the tasks assigned by Peng Dehuai, the Soviet Union has been fighting in Korea for more than a year and has not yet completed this goal, while the Chinese Air Force has only been formed for a few years, but it has only a little combat effectiveness. On the other hand, the US Air Force is the hegemon of the world, and it is very difficult for the fledgling Chinese Air Force to defeat the air hegemon.
However, the order had been given, and there were no conditions to create the conditions to be completed, and he had been painstakingly planning how to fight a victorious battle.
On September 4, 1952, the U.S. Air Force struck again, and with superior aircraft performance and skilful technology, they selected more than 100 aircraft in a complex weather.
The enemy thought that in such weather, the Chinese Air Force would not dare to take off to engage them, and would once again be destroyed by them.
However, this time, they met Nie Fengzhi, a general who dared to hit others and did not dare to fight.
Nie Fengzhi carefully analyzed the situation between the enemy and us, and wanted to be unfavorable
Find out what is good for you in your disadvantages.
He believes that the US military must think that the volunteer air force will not dare to take off, the defense will be lax, and the arrogant troops will be defeated, and if our side sends troops, it will be unexpected, or it is possible to win. Coupled with the fact that the enemy has been bullied to the doorstep, so our troops are there
Morale, spirit and winning psychology will prevail.
At this time, the Soviet Air Force, which was acting as air supporter, had already taken off to prepare for battle. Nie Fengzhi immediately dispatched two brigades of 16 planes to take off
greet
enemy.
16 to 100, with weak soldiers against strong soldiers, the gap is so huge, but the end result
Shot down and wounded 5 enemy aircraft, and we were shot down and wounded 6.
Judging from the final result, it was a draw, but from the perspective of the entire air battle, the Volunteer Air Force still played better. But such a draw was not a victory but a defeat in Nie Fengzhi's view.
Nie Fengzhi's goal was to win, to fight a war was to win, and for the sake of victory, he did not consider any personal problems, but humbly studied, listened to different opinions, and then improved his command.
Under his command, the volunteer air force fought better and better. In December alone, the Volunteer Air Force shot down 37 enemy aircraft and wounded seven.
At the end of this year, Eisenhower came to power, and in order to end the Korean War as soon as possible, the United States successively dispatched 123 aircraft groups and more than 10,000 sorties to make a claim to important military targets such as volunteer railways, bridges, positions, and bases in the north
The fierce bombardment of the "Air Encirclement Campaign". The Pentagon triumphantly thought it could force the volunteers to tie up their hands.
However, Nie Fengzhi taught the Americans how to behave, and he poured out all the fighters in his hands, and successively dispatched more than 4,000 fighters to line the air front
Pushed to the line of the Cheongcheon River.
After Peng Dehuai heard this, he was very happy and specially called to praise Nie Fengzhi.
Nie Fengzhi completed the strategic goals explained by Mr. Peng for the first time, and he also breathed a long sigh of relief. But he wasn't satisfied with that.
Although our army is there
Spiritually, momentum, courage, and bravery have prevailed, but in terms of real strength, it is still far from the US Air Force.
Calming down, Nie Fengzhi "combed" in detail the bits and pieces since he took office and the establishment of the Air Force, and found that except for the set of accidents he learned from the Soviet Union's Bakirsky, the Chinese Air Force had no other experience, the only thing that was some guerrilla tricks and fighting methods since the actual battle in the past few months.
Thinking of the word "guerrilla," Nie Fengzhi suddenly found that this was exactly what he was good at, and that war other than the word "air force" was the one that Nie Fengzhi was most familiar with, and he decided to learn from his previous experience in war.
Soon, Nie Fengzhi sorted out a set of strategies and tactics that were imperfect but indeed belonged to him.
The biggest feature of this set of strategies is to turn disadvantages into advantages, make maximum use of our army's limited aircraft, take off in batches, and take turns to participate in the war and use them repeatedly, so that the aircraft participating in the war are always in good condition...
Under nie fengzhi's command several times, the enemy did not dare to go north after being beaten to the point of being dizzy.
The area from the Yalu River to the Cheongcheon River has become the "MiG Corridor" for the Pentagon.
The chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force had to order troops not to easily break into the "MiG Corridor." Also exclaimed
"Communist China became one of the world's leading air powerhouses almost overnight. ”
In 1954, Nie Fengzhi left the Korean battlefield and returned to the air force command post of the East China Military Region, successfully completing his mission.