General Xu Shiyou Pingsu always gives people the impression of "fierce flying" and "big old and rough" without emotion, but in fact, this is all a superficial phenomenon.
Many facts tell us:
Xu Shiyou is not a rude person.
On the battlefield, he was a "tiger general" with wisdom and strategy; in life, he was a "grass general" who "did not wear leather shoes and wore grass shoes". He has the tenacity and martial courage characteristic of a soldier, the simplicity and kindness of a peasant, and the detachment and indifference of a Shaolin monk.
Among them, the Battle of Jinan was a major stroke in Xu Shiyou's military career.
After this battle, in order to fulfill his promise to a martyr, General Xu Shiyou searched for the martyr to be orphaned for 10 years!
Truly do a promise of gold.
So, what kind of commitment is it that makes Xu Shiyou look for 10 years? What was the end result?
General Xu Shiyou
The most magnificent battle of Jinan, the tearful martyrs died alone
In July 1948, the War of Liberation entered a period of decisive victory.
In accordance with the arrangements made by Chairman Mao and the headquarters of the Central Military Commission, Xu Shiyou, commander of the Ninth Column of the East China Field Army, served as the commander-in-chief of the siege, and the Platon Army concentrated its forces to strive to liberate Jinan as quickly as possible.
In the early morning of September 24, our army launched the fourth offensive, and the death squads of the Seventy-third Regiment of the Twenty-fifth Division of the Ninth Column of Huaye rushed to the head of Jinan City and engaged in a deadly struggle with the enemy death squads several times larger than mine.
In the end, our warriors drove the enemy death squads down to the head of the city, a large number of troops were able to enter the city, and the whole city of Jinan was liberated on September 24.
Behind the success of the "Jinan Campaign" is the selfless sacrifice of the soldiers of our army who are willing to throw their heads and spill their blood, and many touching stories that can be sung and wept have emerged.
Today, I want to talk about a soldier who heroically sacrificed his life in the "Battle of Jinan", his name is Guo Youpeng.
Guo Youpeng was originally a clerk at a rice shop in Shanghai, who had learned martial arts since childhood, and had practiced his strength in the rice shop, and it was no problem to knock down three or five big men with his bare hands. Later, when the PEOPLE's Liberation Army passed through his hometown, he voluntarily joined the PLA death squad. After joining the team, he was disciplined and brave in battle.
When he left Shanghai that year, he was only three months old, and his wife was already pregnant. Later, in a letter with his wife, he learned that his young daughter, who had just been born, suffered from congenital heart disease, so Guo Youpeng was very worried about his young daughter who had not yet met during these days.
During the Battle of Jinan, as a death squad member, he himself was cut off by the enemy in his left arm and shot twice after he stabbed 5 enemies in hand-to-hand combat in Dengcheng. His comrades rushed him to the hospital, but because his injuries were too serious, doctors and nurses said they were incompetent.
On his deathbed, Guo Youpeng offered to meet General Xu Shiyou.
Xu Shiyou was originally dealing with urgent official business after entering the city, and after hearing about Guo Youpeng's heroic deeds, he was very admired, and he did not hesitate in the slightest, and immediately rushed to the hospital on horseback to see the last side of the martyr.
Xu Shiyou
Xu Shiyou strode to the hospital bed, saw the weak Guo Youpeng, his heart was very sad, he grasped Guo Youpeng's hand, and expressed his respect for Guo Youpeng:
"I am Xu Shiyou!" I salute you in the name of all the officers and men of the siege regiment - you are a hero! ”
Yes, General Xu Shiyou has always mingled with the soldiers, eating and living together, without the general's shelf. He said more than once that the soldiers were his brothers, and that even if the soldiers had any problems with him, General Xu Shiyou would do his best to satisfy them without violating the principles. Seeing Guo Youpeng so badly injured, General Xu Shiyou was even more sad.
At this time, Guo Youpeng couldn't help but shed tears and murmur in his mouth, as if he had something to say.
Xu Shiyou saw the situation and realized that he must have something important to give to himself, so he leaned over and asked softly:
"You can't put down anything, even if you say it to me Xu Shiyou!"
At this time, people had already seen that Guo Youpeng had reached the last moment of his life, he was already extremely weak, his voice was already very small and small, and the whole hospital was very quiet, quietly waiting for him to say his last request.
At this time, Guo Youpeng used the last bit of strength in his body and said half a sentence:
"I have a daughter in my Shanghai family who has never met before, and she has congenital heart disease..."
Before he could finish speaking, the hero had used up all his strength to die.
This brave warrior on the battlefield left the worry and tenderness of the last moments of his life to his daughter!
General Xu Shiyou, who had not shed tears for a long time, was already in tears at this time, he was touched by the selfless fearlessness of Guo Youpeng's soldiers, and he was also touched by Guo Youpeng's deep affection, family affection is the most simple emotion in the world, but it has the most touching power in the world.
He took off his military hat and paid tribute to Guo Youpeng's body: After the capture of Shanghai, I will definitely visit your daughter in person!
A promise weighs thousands of dollars, and it is a long way to find people
Eight months after the death of Guo Youpeng, our Third Field Army liberated Shanghai.
Xu Shiyou, who was then commander of the Shandong Military Region, immediately sent a telegram to the Twenty-seventh Army of the Third Field Army, which had made great contributions to the liberation of Shanghai, after learning of the news of the liberation of Shanghai.
At the same time, he did not forget his promise to the martyr Guo Youpeng.
In a telegram sent to Commander Nie Fengzhi (Nie Fengzhi), Xu Shiyou specifically instructed:
Ask Commander Nie to look for the daughter of martyr Guo Youpeng in Shanghai, and I will come to visit.
Since it was still during the Liberation War, the population flow of various cities was huge, and the household registration information statistics in various places were not perfect.
In Shanghai, it is extremely difficult to find the family of the martyr who worked outside the country only through the name of the martyr.
Nie Fengzhi was also very touched to learn of the deeds of Guo Youpeng's warriors, and specially sent people to walk the streets and alleys to find them. Although a lot of effort has been put into this, it has not been found.
Soon, Xu Shiyou was transferred to the deputy commander of the East China Military Region, and he personally came to Shanghai to find Yang Fan, director of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau, told him about the heroic deeds and last words of the martyr Guo Youpeng, and repeatedly asked Yang Fan, hoping that Yang Fan could help him find the orphans of the martyrs.
He also toasted a glass of wine to YangFan: "Be sure to tell me as soon as you find it." ”
Yang Fan attached great importance to this matter, and he wrote down the name of the martyr Guo Youpeng and issued instructions to find the martyr's widow.
The relevant departments of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau handed over the matter to investigator Qian Yunshi for handling. Qian Yunshi, a 45-year-old Shanghai native, is an outstanding veteran police officer of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau, who not only joined the party very early, but also had a high ideological consciousness and a strong ability to work. There is no doubt that he is the best person in charge of this matter.
In order to obtain more information about the martyr Guo Youpeng, Qian Yunshi first wrote to the headquarters of the East China Military Region where the martyr Guo Youpeng died, hoping to find out the specific situation of the martyr Guo Youpeng, such as the specific address of the hometown, the contact information of his wife, and other family members.
Unfortunately, because of the complicated war environment at that time, the field ambulance station of the field hospital of the Jinan Front Siege Corps was a temporary institution, and as soon as the battle was over, the temporary hospital on the battlefield was disbanded, and the relics of the martyr Guo Youpeng were also missing.
This can make Qian Yunshi difficult, the beach is so big, it is impossible to go door to door to inquire, even if it is to post a notice in the whole of Shanghai, I do not know the appearance, age, and place of origin of Guo Youpeng's daughter, only know that she suffers from congenital heart disease.
Coupled with the fact that it was in the chaotic stage at the beginning of liberation, where should this start?
Shanghai at the time of liberation
Soon, Qian Yunshi cheered himself up again:
This is a serious political task, and no matter how difficult it is, it must be completed by oneself!
After some thought, Qian Yunshi planned to start with Guo Youpeng's wife to find it. At that time, Shanghai had been liberated for more than a year, and Guo Youpeng, as a revolutionary soldier, had no news, so his family should report or inquire about the news to the relevant government departments. In this way, the departments that have been heard should have relevant records there.
Therefore, Qian Yunshi asked the civil affairs department back and forth, but after tossing and turning for half a month, there was still no progress.
In the early morning of this day, Qian Yunshi, who had no idea, brought relatives who came to Shanghai to visit relatives and came to the breakfast restaurant he frequented. Inadvertently, he picked up a locally published newspaper, and as he casually flipped through it, he found that there was an article in the newspaper dedicated to recalling and mourning the martyr Guo Youpeng!
This made Qian Yunshi overjoyed, and he watched it excitedly over and over again.
The author of this article was a comrade-in-arms of the same company as Guo Youpeng at the time, and they joined the army together from Shanghai to northern Jiangsu, and the two were familiar with each other's situation. More importantly, he also mentioned Guo Youpeng's daughter who had never met and suffered from heart disease!
So Qian Yunshi could not take care of his relatives, nor did he care about eating breakfast, so he hurriedly contacted the newspaper to urgently contact the author, and the two quickly set the address to meet - Wuxi.
During the conversation, Qian Yunshi learned that the surname of Guo Youpeng's former comrade-in-arms was Lin. Guo Youpeng was only 27 years old at the time of his death, his hometown was in Ningbo, Zhejiang, his parents died since childhood, at the age of 13 he came to Shanghai alone to do business in Mihang, joined the underground organization of the Communist Party of China in the middle of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and later arranged by the party organization to go to northern Jiangsu.
At that time, there were more than 20 people who went to northern Jiangsu with Guo Youpeng, and one of them was Lin Mou.
Because both of them had been in Shanghai and were still in a company, they were familiar with each other and knew each other more.
According to Lin's recollection, Guo Youpeng mentioned his daughter Juanjuan more than once, because Juanjuan suffered from congenital heart disease, in order to treat her daughter, so his wife also took her daughter alone and worked in a spinning factory in Shanghai's Yulin District.
But as for Guo Youpeng's home address and his wife's name, Lin Mou did not know anything.
At this time, Guo Yunshi was very happy, he shouted that he had broken the iron shoes and immediately reported the situation to director Yangfan.
In this regard, Yang Fan said: "Then go to the yarn factories in Yulin District to find it, you should be able to find it." ”
In order to quickly search, Yang Fan also instructed additional personnel, but after several weeks of investigation, nothing was found.
Willow dark flowers, 10 years of hard work to achieve
In the blink of an eye, in 1957, the daughter of the martyr Guo Youpeng is still missing.
At this time, Xu Shiyou was the commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and he still remembered that incident.
In October of the same year, Xu Shiyou went to Shanghai for a meeting and met Huang Chibo, who was then the director of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau. During the conversation, Xu Shiyou revived the search for the widow of the martyr Guo Youpeng and asked: "The Yangfan authorities did not find it for a long time, can you find it now?" ”
Huang Chibo is also an old revolutionary. He joined the Red Army in 1930, and his long revolutionary career made him have an incomparably special affection for the revolutionary martyrs, and he was touched by the deeds of the martyr Guo Youpeng, and immediately said to General Xu Shiyou: "Commander Xu is assured, I will definitely help the martyr Guo Youpeng to realize his last wish, and immediately send someone to find him." ”
Xu Shiyou nodded, "As soon as you have news, tell me immediately!" ”
Huang Chibo attached great importance to this matter, and he sent someone to inquire about the specific situation of Qian Yunshi, who had been in charge of this matter, and found out the "Situation Report" reported by Qian Yunshi a few years ago. Because this work was very difficult, he immediately dispatched 3 outstanding investigators from the Shanghai police system to form a special investigation team, saying that it was necessary to overcome all difficulties, realize the last wish of the martyr Guo Youpeng, and successfully complete the task!
Huang Chibo
At that time, it had been 8 years since the liberation of Shanghai, and the household registration and public security had been greatly improved, and it was naturally much more convenient to find.
The three-member investigation team carefully read Qian Yunshi's report, and after some analysis, they always believed that:
Since Shanghai is not easy to find, let's start from Ningbo and go to the hometown of the martyr Guo Youpeng to investigate.
According to the address that Qian Yunshi inquired in 1950- Ningbo Tianfeng Pagoda, and after a family investigation and visit, the three-person team successfully found Guo Youpeng's uncle, and learned through inquiry that Guo Youpeng's wife was named Qin Yulan, and before the founding of the People's Republic of China, he went to work in a spinning factory in Yulin District, Shanghai.
The investigation team was overjoyed, hurried back to Shanghai, and through a meticulous search, finally found Qin Yulan, who had changed her job and worked in a garment factory.
But by this time, Qin Yulan had remarried, her husband was a primary school teacher, and she had a son who was attending elementary school.
Qin Yulan saw that the investigators mentioned Guo Youpeng and his daughter, and couldn't help but cry out at once, and the investigators also thought that the child had an accident: "Juanjuan's current situation, you have to make it clear to us, otherwise we can't explain it to the leader, and we are sorry for the martyr's spirit in heaven." ”
With this said, Qin Yulan said a love origin while crying:
In Qin Yulan's description, because her daughter Juanjuan had congenital heart disease, it was very hard for her to be a single woman to support her family and take care of her daughter, plus she never received a reply from her husband, and she was also fired from the yarn factory in Yulin District, and her life was once on the verge of being in dire straits. Fortunately, under the introduction of her fellow villager Mrs. Jiang, she found another job as a seamstress.
Old Lady Jiang looked at Qin Yulan with Juanjuan pitiful, so she recognized Qin Yulan as a dry daughter, and Qin Yulan was both obedient and respectful to Old Lady Jiang. As long as Mrs. Jiang opens her mouth, she will obey if she has no idea.
After the liberation of Shanghai in 1949, Qin Yulan, who could not contact her husband for a long time, still did not get news of her husband, and her co-workers and Mrs. Jiang speculated that Guo Youpeng should have been sacrificed. Therefore, Mrs. Jiang persuaded Qin Yulan to remarry, introduced her to a primary school teacher, and brokered the two to meet.
This teacher was very satisfied with Qin Yulan, who had a good face, but was quite critical of her child with a congenital disease. When Mrs. Jiang saw the situation, she gave an idea: give the child away!
Qin Yulan was also very satisfied with the teacher in front of her who was the same age as her and had a good financial situation, and in order to remarry, she weighed it up and decided to accept Mrs. Jiang's suggestion and gave Juanjuan away in July 1949!
The other party's family was an old lady who burned incense at the City God Temple, and as for what name and contact information this old lady had, Qin Yulan did not know.
The three-person team looked at each other and was stunned for a moment before asking, "Then do you remember the old lady's appearance, accent, and clothing?" ”
Qin Yulan carefully recalled and gave the investigation team two photos of Juanjuan.
The investigation team quickly reported the situation to Huang Chibo, and Huang Chibo also sighed when he heard the news, after eight years, the situation in the City God Temple was different from the original, how to find the unknown old lady who had burned incense at the City God Temple? It's no different than finding a needle in a haystack.
After Xu Shiyou learned of this situation, he also beat his chest in anger, he remembered the appearance of the martyr Guo Youpeng when he died, remembered Juanjuan's bumpy life since childhood, and said that he must find Juanjuan, otherwise he is sorry for the martyr's spirit in heaven.
In April 1959, Xu Shiyou went to Shanghai again for a meeting, after which he met Huang Chibo. Xu Shiyou once again expressed the hope that Director Huang would help find the martyr's orphans, and it was also his wish that the martyrs' survivors would be his own.
Huang Chibo couldn't help but be touched by Xu Shiyou, a promise to ordinary soldiers, General Xu Shiyou actually remembered for so many years, and he couldn't help but feel admiration. He immediately restarted the search for orphans, and personally went through the previously left investigative materials to discuss the search ideas with the investigation team.
Huang Chibo had been engaged in reconnaissance work during the Liberation War, and decades of reconnaissance work had made him very experienced. According to his analysis, he believes that Juanjuan has congenital heart disease, and since the old lady has adopted her, she will definitely go to the hospital for consultation. The old lady's family conditions should be better, and she may also tell the doctors and nurses about Juanjuan's life, so it is advisable to focus the investigation on the major hospitals in downtown Shanghai.
The fourth from the left is Huang Chibo
The three-man team acted immediately.
Facts have also proved that Huang Chibo's idea is very in place.
In just one and a half days, investigators found an important clue at Shanghai Guangci Hospital: an old lady had regularly brought a little girl to the hospital for congenital heart disease treatment. In the gap between treatments, the old lady also told the nurse that this sick little girl was called Zhang Yinjuan, who she had brought at the City God Temple in the summer of the year of liberation.
The information is highly consistent with what Qin Yulan said.
But because the hospital did not keep the specific medical records of the girl, it could only wait for the old lady to take her to the doctor again.
A week later, the news came from the hospital that the old lady had brought the little girl to the hospital again. The doctor saw the great joy and treated the little girl while asking the nurse to contact the investigator.
The three investigators rushed to the hospital and saw the old lady and the little girl!
When the investigators explained their intentions, the old lady told them about her adoption of Zhang Yinjuan: the old lady's surname was Zhang, the family was well-off, after the victory of the War of Resistance, her husband took two young aunts and wives to Taiwan, Mrs. Zhang did not want to go, the husband left him a little family property, let her stay in Shanghai.
She usually likes to go to the City God Temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha, in the summer of 1949 met the desperate Qin Yulan, the kind-natured old lady Zhang could not help but be moved by compassion when she saw the cute little girl, plus she was very lonely to stay in Shanghai alone, and raising this little girl was also to give herself an emotional sustenance.
At that time, she did not know that Juanjuan had congenital heart disease, and later Juanjuan's illness was known, but the old lady did not give up Juanjuan, not only took Juanjuan to the hospital, but also specially hired a nanny to take care of Juanjuan. Now, Juanjuan is in the fifth grade.
Because the relics of the martyr Guo Youpeng have been found, it is impossible to prove Juanjuan with first-hand evidence. At that time, there was no paternity testing technology, in order not to make mistakes, the three investigators arranged for Mrs. Zhang to secretly confirm Qin Yulan, Juanjuan has grown up, Qin Yulan may not be able to recognize, can only let Mrs. Zhang to identify Qin Yulan, who has not changed so much, and Mrs. Zhang found Qin Yulan among the ten female workers at a glance. And Qin Yulan also provided a photo of Juanjuan ten years ago, from which it can be faintly seen that this is the same child.
The image comes from the Internet
After ensuring that the martyrs' orphans were accurate, Huang Chibo instructed General Xu Shiyou to inform general Xu Shiyou of the situation, along with the investigation materials, and several photos of Juanjuan's life.
At this point, Xu Shiyou finally fulfilled his promise to the martyr Guo Youpeng,
For a full decade from 1948 to 1959, Xu Shiyou did not give up, and the investigators did not give up, and finally found the daughter of the martyr Guo Youpeng and comforted the martyr's spirit in heaven.
Knowing that Juanjuan was found on this day, Xu Shiyou was very happy, he could not immediately go to Shanghai because of work reasons, he entrusted someone to send Juanjuan 5 catties each, 5 pounds of candy, biscuits, a set of stationery, and also gave Mrs. Zhang a piece of silk clothing from Zhejiang. Later, two Nanjing specialty ducks were added and sent to Mrs. Zhang's family as a bag to express respect and gratitude.
In May 1960, Xu Shiyou came to Shanghai to meet Juanjuan, he was very happy to touch the top of the little girl's head, asked many words, each sentence is full of caring meaning, the most profound of which is: "Little girl, I have been looking for you for 10 years." ”
Xu Shiyou also said to Mrs. Zhang, who came with you: "You have done a meritorious thing for the revolution, thank you very much!" ”
Unfortunately, two months later, Juanjuan fell into a bicycle on the road, and her fright led to a heart attack, and after ineffective rescue, she died on July 19, 1960.
General Xu Shiyou was very sad when he learned of this, and he sent greetings to Mrs. Zhang.
The story ends here, and the author's heart cannot calm down for a long time... Xu Shiyou, Guo Youpeng, Qin Yulan, Mrs. Zhang, etc. in the story, when faced with difficulties and setbacks in life, made different choices and made people think deeply.