In Zhenping County, Henan Province, there is a middle school called Xuefeng Middle School. The name of this middle school is to commemorate the famous general of our army, Peng Xuefeng - yes, among the founding generals in 1955, there was the figure of Peng Xuefeng, and in the history of our army, there were many generals like Peng Xuefeng who died before dawn. They will never die.
1. Leader of the student movement
Peng Xuefeng was born in 1907 in Henan. As a teenager, Peng Xuefeng coincided with a peak of the student movement in modern Chinese history, during which time Peng Xuefeng participated in many student movements and played an important role in the student movement. However, with the deepening of the student movement, Peng Xuefeng also realized a truth: that is, the fate of poverty and weakness in old China, relying on the student movement alone, is afraid that it will be difficult to solve. It was also at this time that Peng Xuefeng came into contact with the red thought, which gave Peng Xuefeng a way forward.
The Road to Revolution
In 1927, Chiang seized power from the Republic of China, but the Republic of China remained fragmented due to imperialist interference. Old Chiang's orders were only valid in the southeast. Our side, on the other hand, intends to take advantage of the contradictions within the enemy to gain favourable conditions for our revolutionary work. Therefore, in 1929, Peng Xuefeng was assigned to Shandong province and was responsible for the work of military movement.
In 1932, Peng Xuefeng returned to the Soviet zone and served as a commander in the Red Army. After that, Peng Xuefeng participated in countless battles and experienced the Long March.
In 1937, the Japanese invaded the mainland in an all-round way. The Yan'an side put forward the great idea of protracted war: Based on the characteristics of the Japanese and Kosovars in having short-term surprise capabilities and China's long-term war potential, our army should establish base areas behind the enemy's rear, fight against the Japanese and Koso for a long time, and finally achieve a reversal of the war situation. Under the guidance of this great idea, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army and other armed forces marched behind enemy lines and began eight years of anti-japanese activities behind enemy lines.
In the following year, Peng Xuefeng built the Eighth Route Army Anti-Japanese War Base In eastern Henan. Peng Xuefeng actively built the base area and expanded the source of troops in the base area, and on the other hand, actively resisted the Japanese Kou and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese Kou.
In 1940, in order to strengthen the construction of the New Fourth Army, the Yan'an side reorganized Peng Xuefeng's troops into the battle sequence of the New Fourth Army, and Peng Xuefeng was appointed as the division commander of the New Fourth Army - from which it can be seen that the Yan'an side attaches great importance to Peng Xuefeng.
The general was sacrificed
During his tenure as commander of the New Fourth Army, Peng Xuefeng on the one hand engaged in military struggle with the enemy, while on the other hand, he actively promoted the united front work, and originally some local squires did not have much trust in the New Fourth Army, but under Peng Xuefeng's patient work, the squires began to trust the New Fourth Army and actively helped the New Fourth Army. From this, it can be seen that Peng Xuefeng is an all-round talent.
In 1944, the anti-Japanese situation was basically clear. Although the arrogance of the Japanese Kou is still arrogant, the clear-eyed people know that the Japanese Kou is already the end of the crossbow, and it is only a matter of time before they are defeated. At this time, our army's enemy rear base areas were also in full swing and blossoming everywhere because of their previous efforts, which aroused the jealousy of the Chongqing side. Therefore, the Chongqing side assigned some troops to create friction with our army. In order to crush the enemy's plot, Peng Xuefeng commanded the army and fought against these scum.
In order to boost morale, Peng Xuefeng personally went to the battlefield and commanded the soldiers to fight. At this time, a stray bullet flew from nowhere, concentrating on the general's key points, and then the general died because the rescue was ineffective, at that time, General Peng was only 37 years old.
Aftermath
Although Peng Xuefeng died, he left a lot of legacy to the people's cause. For example, in the base areas, the general actively set up schools and reserved a large number of talents for local and army building - after all, talents are the hope and future of the country and the nation.
Peng Xuefeng's son was named Peng Xiaofeng, and he was considered to be the general's widow—because Peng Xiaofeng was born after the general's death. Although he had never met his father, Peng Xiaofeng inherited his father's spirit and in 2006, after 62 years of sacrifice, Peng Xuefeng received the rank of general.