Trace the red memory and look back at the beacon journey. In order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, co-sponsored by the Institute of Party History of the Shanxi Provincial CPC Committee, the Political Work Bureau of the Shanxi Provincial Military Region, and the Shanxi Radio and Television Media Group, and undertaken by the Shanxi Radio and Television News, the editor compiled and sorted out the stories of their own revolution dictated by 100 party members and veterans who had undergone the baptism of the revolutionary beacon years, recalled the red glory days of that year, and lamented today's peaceful and happy life.
The hundred-year journey is magnificent, and the original intention of the hundred-year journey has lasted for a long time. These "stories of the original heart" are the simple memories of party members and veterans of their own road to joining the army, one true story after another, full of their firm belief in loyalty to the party and their unity with the party, the spiritual outlook of Hao Shou Dan's heart and the old age and strength, and the noble feelings of always maintaining the original heart and keeping the mission in mind, which is not only a tangible positive energy, but also a living value. The stories are all dictated by the parties, and the characters and events are full of flesh and blood, so that readers can get emotional resonance from the story, produce action consciousness, let the red gene and the revolutionary flame be passed on from generation to generation, continue the spiritual blood of the communists, and take the long march road of the new era.
Special planning of Shanxi Radio and Television News
Line of Fire newspaper
Zhang Qiwang, born in August 1930, is a native of Taigu County, Shanxi Province. He joined the army in July 1947 and joined the Party in August 1948, where he served as the political commissar of the Pingding Ammunition Depot. He is now a retired cadre at the deputy division level of the Fourth Retired Cadre Recuperation Center of Taiyuan Of the Shanxi Provincial Military Region.
In 1947, I finished my studies and prepared to join the workforce. At that time, a chief of the Second Taihang Division saw that my handwriting was still good, so he asked me to work in the Political Department of the Second Division. At that time, the Political Department was publishing a newspaper called the Forward Tabloid, which was in urgent need of manpower, and after I briefed them on my situation, they were very happy and put me in charge of the printing and distribution of the tabloid.
During the war years, everything in the army was simple because of its ugliness, and our tabloid was certainly no exception. Tabloid is a weekly newspaper, four editions per issue, eight pages, ink printing, each issue can print 200 or 300 copies. The paper used is glossy paper, and sometimes even the glossy paper is not available, so it is replaced by wool paper. My task was to be responsible for engraving the pages prepared by the editors and distributing the newspapers to the troops after printing them, so as to ensure that the soldiers could see the newspapers as soon as possible.
In July 1948, the Battle to liberate Jinzhong began. At that time, Commander Xu Qianqian was leading the Eighteenth Corps to liberate Linfen, and Yan Xishan, the leader of the Shanxi bandits, ordered Zhao Chengluo to command the troops of five divisions to rescue Linfen. Xu sent a telegram to Xiao Wenjiu, deputy commander of the Jinzhong Military Region, the former commander of the Jinzhong Military Region, asking us to block Zhao Chengguo by our five regiments. At that time, Zhao Bu had already reached the Taigu area, and after passing through the Taigu, it was Taiyuan. Our army rushed out to intercept the enemy.
I packed the mimeograph machine, ink, paper, etc., carried the burden with a burden, wrapped the wax paper, steel plate and iron pen in a hanging hanging and hung it obliquely on my shoulders, and followed the troops on the march. Our little printing house is all "tied to me". At that time, the troops stipulated that when marching, each soldier should carry no more than sixteen pounds, including guns, bullets, clothing, etc., but the morale of the soldiers was a necessary condition for winning the war, and the newspaper was an important weapon for morale, which was too important for our political mobilization, and I had to carry it. The troops marched in a hurry, and there was no rest in the middle, and they had to race against the clock to intercept the Yan bandit army. The burden on my shoulders was getting heavier and heavier, and I wanted to put it down for a while several times, but I thought about it for a while, and I couldn't let myself slacken off, so I gritted my teeth and summoned up my strength to desperately keep up with the troops. When the leader of the Political Department saw that I was tired enough, he said to me: "Xiao Zhang, you hold on for a while, and I will find a soldier to help you." ”
The troops finally blocked Zhao Cheng's bandit army in the area of the rim, and before the soldiers could catch their breath, they threw themselves into battle. Behind the Yan bandit army, Xu Qianqian commander was commanding a large army to catch up. Commander Xu Qianqian gave us a death order that We must block Zhao Chengluo and never let a Yan bandit army run away. That night, I rushed to print newspapers in the field, and the manuscripts were sent by the officers of the Political Department and various companies, and the content contained the victories of the PLA in various places, but mainly the battle stories and heroic deeds of the troops. This time, we placed the propaganda of the task of blocking the enemy in a central position, and published the propaganda draft written by the Political Department in a prominent position in the newspaper. The propaganda draft pointed out to the soldiers that Zhao Chengyu had reached the end of the road and called on everyone to "resolutely block the enemy and not let an enemy run away!" "Even if you fight to the last gun, you will never let the enemy pass the rim!" The next day, these slogans quickly spread throughout the army with the Forward Tabloids. I had just finished this issue of the newspaper and immediately rushed to print the next issue. Unexpectedly, in order to rescue Zhao Chengbao, the enemy air force sent several planes to "patronize" our army's positions, one of which was shot down by our army's infantry machine guns, and the other four or five escaped. In order to ensure the safe publication of the newspaper, I moved the small printing house to the temporary dug air raid shelter, and continued to report under the dim light.
Zhao Chengluo would never have imagined at that time that the only people who would stop his 100,000-strong army from returning to Taiyuan were the five regiments of our army. But he knew very well that if he didn't pass the rim, he would die. His eyes turned red sharply, and he drove the Yan bandit army to desperately press against our army's position, but our army seemed to have taken root and did not move. At this time, the bandit leader Yan Xishan sent reinforcements from the direction of Taiyuan, and the battle entered a white-hot state, and the two Yan bandit armies were more than ten miles apart, but under the obstruction of our five regiments, they could not meet for a long time.
Zhao Chengrong had not yet had time to figure out what kind of army the opponent was, and Xu Xiangqian's army had already surrounded him. The troops of our two divisions fought non-stop for 3 days and nights, although there were casualties and the soldiers were somewhat tired, but they successfully completed the blockade mission. Commander Xu Qianqian ordered us to withdraw from the battle, rest, and complete the combat task with the main force of the Eighteenth Corps. This battle liberated Jinzhong and annihilated 100,000 enemies.
After a period of rest, the troops were ordered to participate in the Battle of Taiyuan. This time, there was another little soldier in my printing house, and we marched together with the "small printing house", and my burden was reduced a lot. At this time, the focus of propaganda of the Political Department shifted to the liberation of Taiyuan.
In October 1948, our army began to sweep the Yan Bandit Bunkers on the outskirts of Taiyuan. Two combat heroes appeared in our troops, and newspapers also vigorously publicized and reported the deeds of these two combat heroes. In order to blow up the enemy's bunker, under the cover of our army's machine guns, these two men, one named Yang Liu'er, the other named Xu Huwa, under the cover of our army's machine guns, rushed forward in spite of themselves, the enemy's machine guns kept firing, they suffered several wounds, but they still resolutely completed the task against the rain of bullets and bullets, and when they came back, they were covered in blood. The battle on the outskirts of Taiyuan was carried out smoothly under the inspiration of these explosive heroic deeds, and thousands of pillboxes of the Yan bandit army were quickly cleared by our army. Our army's forwards went straight to the small shop, and the liberation of Taiyuan was just around the corner. In November, the military spokesman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China solemnly declared to the whole country: "In another year or so, we will be able to fundamentally crush the Kuomintang reactionary regime." "The Political Department immediately asked me to engrave it as a good news report, spread it throughout the army, and boost morale. At that time, when the whole army heard Chairman Mao say that victory was coming, they were very encouraged and held their nerve to fight this battle well. However, the Central Military Commission ordered the Eighteenth Corps to "encircle and not fight" Taiyuan. Originally, in order to fight well in the Pingjin Campaign and consider the overall situation in North China, the central authorities were afraid of taking Taiyuan and scaring Fu Zuoyi away, so they asked the Eighteenth Corps to pose as if it was temporarily powerless to attack Taiyuan in order to conceal the enemy Yan and Fu's second army. As a result, the combat teams outside the city became a task force, and the Forward Tabloid launched the "Full Tank Water Campaign", asking the soldiers to do something for the people outside Taiyuan City to ensure that the water tanks in their hometowns were full. The people outside Taiyuan City have long been poisoned by the Yan bandit army, and seeing that the People's Liberation Army loves the people so much, they have sighed: "The People's Liberation Army will definitely win, and Yan Xishan will definitely fail!" ”
In April 1949, the Battle of Pingjin and the Battle of Huaihai had long been concluded in victory, and the Kuomintang-Communist Beiping negotiations were broken up with the Kuomintang refusing to sign, and the battle to liberate Taiyuan was finally put on the agenda. At this time, our Nineteenth Corps, Twenty Corps, and two artillery divisions in the Northeast Siye also came to Taiyuan City. Taiyuan City was surrounded by our army, and the balance of forces between the enemy and us also changed. Our army alone has more than 1,300 cannons, while the Yan bandit army in Taiyuan City has only 100 cannons. The Eighteenth Corps' "Children and Soldiers' Newspaper" called for: Cancel the right to speak of enemy artillery! The "Forward Tabloid" immediately reprinted it, and this sentence was immediately spread throughout the army and became popular. With such strength and morale, victory must belong to us. At 10:30 a.m. on April 24, our army liberated Taiyuan City, eliminated nearly 200,000 Yan bandits and Japanese dog traitors, and immediately liberated the entire territory of Shanxi.
I worked for three years in the Forward Tabloid, which was easy to understand, combative and humorous, and had a great influence on the soldiers, many of whom read it as a literacy textbook. In the process of running a newspaper, I learned a lot of things, and the important thing is to learn to use poetry to record life, and this habit has been preserved to this day. Unfortunately, the Forward Tabloid, which I had collected for many years, was lost in many relocations.
Material finishing | Han Feng Fan He Tian Qiaozhen
Footage collection | Zhao Xincheng Continued Yuze Ye Doudou