On September 19, 1947, the 2nd Column of the Northwest Field Army, led by Brigade Commander Dun Xingyun (a famous general of the Northwest Field Army and became a founding lieutenant general in 1955), was ordered to capture Laoshan, south of Yan'an, and crushed the enemy troops guarding there.
In between battles, Don Nebula sat on a hill, and the warriors passed in front of them with their captives. When he saw a warrior holding a bound captive, he told the warrior to stop and ask, "What's going on?" ”
The warrior pouted and replied, "This guy is still unconvinced when he is a prisoner, he is not honest, and he wants to run!" ”
Don Nebula looked at the prisoner in a torn military uniform, and his face revealed a sense of pride, but his eyes revealed the weakness of his heart, and Dun Xingyun asked him: "What is his name and what is it for?" ”
"Huang Jichang, engineering company political (governance) instructor!" An arrogant look of "not changing the name, sitting still and not changing the surname".
Guard Wang Jinshui teased at the side, "Oh! Skinny donkey pull hard - still hard to support the shelf! ”
Dun Xingyun knew that most of the political (administrative) instructors in Chiang Kai-shek's army were some young students who were deeply poisoned and some stubborn officers. They were defeated on the battlefield, but in their hearts they were not convinced; they had a stupid concept of "orthodoxy," had no understanding of the reactionary nature of Chiang Kai-shek's army, and had illusions about the temporary strength of Chiang Kai-shek's army.
Dun Nebula said to the warrior who escorted him: "You untie him, don't tie him up, don't be afraid of him running!" ”
The warrior hesitated, then reluctantly untied the rope.
Dun Xingyun said to Huang Jichang: "Don't be afraid of you running, you have no place to run, run today, tomorrow where we will catch you back!" You don't believe what I say? If you don't believe it, you can try it. ”
Huang Jichang did not say a word, lowered his head, and lifted the rope that bound him.
He was no longer the indomitable "hero" of Jiang Jun, which made him feel more humiliated than the rope binding, and he raised his head and looked at the distant mountain tip without inferiority.
Dun Nebula smiled slightly, turned and walked away.
A few days later, Huang Jichang did run away again.
At the beginning of October, under the leadership of Dun Xingyun, the Dusi Brigade broke through all the way and successively conquered Jiuxian County, Huaibai Town, Tuji Town and other places, and captured the county seat of Huanglong in one fell swoop.
By coincidence, Huang Jichang, a prisoner who escaped from Laoshan, was captured by our army again here, and the soldiers recognized him in the captive group.
Dun Xingyun said to Huang Jichang, "I said that you have no place to run. Now that you're captured again, you can still run. Zhuge Liang once captured Meng meng seven times, and our People's Liberation Army will have more belly than Zhuge Liang! ”
Huang Jichang was speechless, but soon he escaped again.
On October 11, the 4th Independent Brigade and the 359th Brigade jointly conquered Hancheng. The enemy trapped in the city was intimidated by the military might of the People's Liberation Army, abandoned the city and fled, leaving the east gate and running north in the direction of Yichuan. Some of the enemies did not come and flee, and they became prisoners of the People's Liberation Army.
Coincidentally, when the officers of the Dusi Brigade were clearing up their captives, they found that Huang Jichang, who had been captured by our army twice at Laoshan and Huanglong, had been captured for the third time.
Some people angrily scolded: "This is a diehard, willing to die for old Jiang and shoot him!" ”
When Dun Xingyun walked up to Huang Jichang, he bowed his head in shame.
Dun Xingyun asked him, "Huang Jichang! You're calling it that name, right? ”
Huang Jichang looked up, he did not expect that the chief of the People's Liberation Army actually remembered his name, and nodded with shame.
Dun Nebula said, "This is the third time you have been captured, what else can you say?" ”
Huang Jichang said, "I, I... Never run again. ”
Dun Xingyun laughed loudly and said cheerfully, "It doesn't matter, Zhuge Liang caught Meng, seven captures and seven indulgences, you are only the third time!" If you don't figure it out, you don't need to run secretly, we will let you go freely, but as long as you return the life of Old Jiang, even if you run to the end of the world, you will be arrested by us! ”
Huang Jichang was convinced and joined the Independent Fourth Brigade as a liberation fighter.
Later, in a battle between the DusiTh Brigade and Chiang Kai-shek's army, Huang Jichang braved fierce artillery fire to come and go and rescue several wounded from the line of fire, and at that time he was covered in blood and could not tell who was wounded. His performance was fully affirmed by his superiors.
When Dun Xingyun learned that Huang Jichang's education level was not low, he arranged for him to join the propaganda force, which gave Huang Jichang a greater place in the army.
Huang Jichang was grateful for Dun Xingyun's kindness, so he used the pen in his hand to write a moving battle report. In the course of his work, he deeply understood the People's Liberation Army and finally became a staunch revolutionary fighter.
In early 1949, the Northwest Field Army was reorganized into the First Field Army, and Huang Jichang marched into the frontier with his unit. After the founding of New China, he has been engaged in journalistic work in the frontier.