One day in October 1950, a military jeep drove into Fenghuang Village, Qiling Town, Wuhua County, Guangdong Province. The car stopped at a farmhouse, and a plaster chief, accompanied by guards, entered the courtyard. The owner of the house, Zeng Wenshan, is 90 years old and is basking in the sun in the courtyard. After seeing the chief of the People's Liberation Army come in, he stood up trembling and asked, "Sir, who are you looking for?" The chief hurried forward, hugged the old man, and said, "Father, I am the old ten, I have come back to see you!" ”
So who is this plausible plausibusman? He was Zeng Guohua, then chief of staff of the 15th Corps. Zeng Guohua was born in 1910, and his father, Zeng Wenshan, worked as an accountant at a commercial firm in the town. When Zeng Guohua was born, he had 3 older brothers and 6 older sisters, and later his mother gave birth to a younger brother and a younger sister. Among these 12 children, Zeng Guohua ranked tenth. Such a large family of people, all relying on a little salary of Zeng Wenshan as an accountant, lived a very difficult life.
When Zeng Guohua was three years old, the family really couldn't open the pot, and his father had no choice but to give him to a man named Lü Guanchen in a neighboring village as an adopted son. The Lü family has several acres of arable land, and Lü Guanchen is still a feng shui gentleman, so the family is still well off. In the first few years after arriving at the Lü family, Lü Guanchen and his wife were quite good to Zeng Guohua. When Zeng Guohua was 6 years old, Lü Guanchen's wife gave birth to a boy, and the couple's attitude toward Zeng Guohua suddenly deteriorated, treating him as a small long-term worker who carried water, collected firewood, herded cattle, and cut grass.
In 1924, the Northern Expedition Army came to Wuhua County, and Zeng Guohua, who had suffered enough in the Lü family, sneaked out of his house and signed up to join the army. At first, Zeng Guohua was too young to carry a gun to fight, and could only work as a service soldier doing chores, and only two years later was incorporated into the 25th Division of the National Revolutionary Army as a combat soldier. At that time, the discipline of the 25th Division was very poor, and the commander often scolded the soldiers and withheld military salaries, and Zeng Guohua was very dissatisfied with this. In August 1931, the 25th Division was surrounded and destroyed by the Red Army around Fangshiling, and Zeng Guohua was liberated.
At that time, the Policy of the Red Army in dealing with prisoners was to stay voluntarily, willing to stay and join the Welcome of the Red Army, and to pay the travel expenses for those who wanted to go home, Zeng Guohua did not hesitate to sign up for the Red Army, thus embarking on the revolutionary road. During the Red Army period, Zeng Guohua participated in many anti-encirclement and suppression operations and the Long March, and was promoted to the head of the Red 5 Regiment by virtue of his battle achievements. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zeng Guohua served as the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 685th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division, and soon after the Battle of Pingxingguan began, the second battalion was responsible for occupying the highlands southwest of Laoye Temple to the north of Guangou and cutting off the vanguard of the Japanese army.
After the battle began, Zeng Guohua led the second battalion to bravely charge and kill, and Zeng Xiansheng, the commander of the fifth company, took the lead in fighting with the Japanese army with bayonets, and after being seriously wounded, he pulled out a grenade and died with the enemy. Under the command of Zeng Guohua, the Second Battalion did a good job in fulfilling the tasks assigned by the regiment. After the war, the 5th Company was awarded a pennant of the "Pingxingguan Battle Assault Company". After that, Zeng Guohua led the second battalion to carry out activities in the area west of Niangziguan and Pingshan County, and while looking for fighters to attack the Japanese puppet army, he let go of the masses and expanded the ranks. In just over two months, the size of the second battalion has expanded several times, and it has been upgraded to the fifth detachment of the 115th Division, and Zeng Guohua is the commander of the detachment.
After that, Zeng Guohua led five detachments to fight against the Japanese puppet army in Ji'nan and Luxi and other places, three dozen Dengming Temples, and bloody battles against the Dazong family, and achieved good results. In late October 1940, Zeng Guohua served as the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 115th Division, during which he led his troops to a long-distance attack, using the "flanging tactic" to conquer Tancheng, which the Japanese army had painstakingly managed for many years, and won the first victory in the battle since the 115th Division entered Lu. Subsequently, the 2nd Brigade took advantage of the victory to capture 18 Japanese puppet army strongholds, including the town of Matou around Tancheng. The Japanese merchants who followed the Japanese army everywhere in economic plunder, after seeing that the goods in their warehouses had become the spoils of the Eighth Route Army, could not help but exclaim: "In Shandong, there is no longer a safe place." ”
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zeng Guohua led his troops into the northeast to fight, and served as the brigade commander of the Seventh Brigade of the Third Column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, the deputy commander of the Third Column, the chief of education of the Northeast Military and Political University, and the chief of staff of the 13th Corps of the Siye Army. In June 1950, the 13th Corps Headquarters was transferred to the 15th Corps Headquarters, and Zeng Guohua served as the chief of staff of the 15th Corps and participated in the Guangxi Bandit Crackdown. In October 1950, when the work of suppressing bandits came to an end, Zeng Guohua had a short opportunity to rest, and he decided to use this opportunity to go home to visit his old father.
From the age of 14 to the present, Zeng Guohua has been away from home for 26 years, and he misses his father and family very much, so he lightly drove Jian Cong and returned to his hometown with only two guards. Zeng Guohua was sent to the Lu family at the age of 3 and never returned after joining the army at the age of 14. His father, Zeng Wenshan, thought that he had already died, and that Zeng Guohua's appearance had changed a lot since he was a child, so Zeng Wenshan, who was nearly ninety years old, did not recognize him. When Zeng Guohua said that he was the tenth elder, Zeng Wenshan finally recognized his son and even said, "God has eyes." Because there were still tasks, Zeng Guohua stayed at home for only two days before returning to the army. Later, he took his father to his side and let the old man enjoy his old age in peace.