In May 1951, Liang Xingchu, Wen Yucheng, Wu Ruilin, Wu Xinquan and four other military commanders returned to Beijing and were cordially received by Chairman Mao. At this meeting, Chairman Mao not only personally invited the four military commanders to dinner, but also received a bonus for the four military commanders. How much is that?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" which 4 armies were the first to enter the DPRK >? </h1>
In July 1950, in response to the increasingly tense situation in Korea, the Northeast Border Defense Army was formed, with four corps under its command. Because it was the Northeast Border Defense Army, these four armies all came from the Northeast Battlefield of that year, and of course they were also the main force of the whole army.
For example, the 38th Army, formerly known as the First Column of the Northeast Field Army, was commanded and the first commander was General Li Tianyou. The first column was the first-class main force in Lin Biao's hands, the Fierce Tiger Army, three times in Jiangnan, the bloody battle and four draws, and Li Tianyou played a famous name. In the process of the Four Wild Army's southward march, the commander of the 38th Army was replaced by Liang Xingchu, who was a well-known tiger general, and he was the one who led the Tenth Column in the bloody battle of Montenegro.
For example, the 39th Army, formerly known as the Second Column of the Northeast Field Army, the iron-blooded troops brought out by Liu Zhen fought from the northeast to Nanguan in Guangxi. After Liu Zhen left, his old subordinate Wu Xinquan took over as commander. At a mobilization meeting of the Northeast Border Defense Army, Wu Xinquan stood up and said:
The American devil is not three heads and six arms, we beat the paper tiger as a real tiger, beat him personally on the horse!
That's a bold thing to say!
There is also the 40th Army, which is even more famous and well-known in the world. The predecessor of the 40th Army was the Third Column of the Northeast Field Army, which was the famous whirlwind column, which fought from the northeast to Hainan Island, and the commander was Han Xianchu, the commander of the whirlwind who won every battle. After Han Xianchu was promoted, Wen Yucheng took over as the commander of the army.
Han Xianchu was the commander of the whirlwind, as fast as lightning, and Wen Yucheng also had a nickname, called the Iron Foot Division Commander, with the speed of the soldiers.
Finally, the 42nd Army, reorganized from the fifth column of the Late Northeast Field Army, was commanded by Wan Yi. Not afraid of ten thousand, just in case (Yi), Wan Yi took out the fifth column, and after he left, the tiger general Wu Ruilin took over as the commander. Wu Ruilin had been wounded in the leg and was called Wu Lame, but he was a cripple who made the enemy feel frightened.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > 4 armies have their own legends in the Korean battlefield</h1>
These four armies were the first to enter the Korean War, and from the beginning of the first campaign, they faced a strong enemy, dared to show their swords, and were the main force on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Each army has its own war legend in the Korean battlefield.
Let's talk about the 40th Army under Wen Yucheng's command. The opening of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was created by the 40th Army. On October 25, a division of the 40th Army moved very quickly, and suddenly encountered the enemy at Onwell. Wen Yucheng asked Peng Dehuai, and Peng Dehuai ordered them to attack decisively.
Wen Yucheng, a veteran general who has been experienced in the battlefield for a long time, carefully arranged a pocket array, and the officers and men of the 40th Army who had just set foot on foreign land followed the fierce tigers on the mountain and completely annihilated the enemy army with one blow, thus realizing Chairman Mao's strategic goal of winning the first battle. Peng Dehuai asked the central authorities to take October 25 as the anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Moreover, the 39th Army under the command of Wu Xinquan, the first battle, the 38th Army did not achieve its strategic expectations, Liang Xingchu was very upset, but Wu Xinquan was very glorious and handed over a satisfactory answer. The 39th Army inflicted a heavy blow on the U.S. First Cavalry Division at Unsan, which was the "Founding Father Division" of the U.S. Army, an old unit brought out by Washington.
In the second campaign, the 39th Army took the lead in entering Pyongyang and declared the liberation of Pyongyang. In the third campaign, the 39th Army took the lead in attacking Seoul, liberating the capitals of two countries in succession, and Wu Xinquan threatened to shake the Korean Peninsula.
There was also the 42nd Army under the command of Wu Ruilin, and the 42nd Army fought five battles, participated in 441 battles, and annihilated 28,162 enemy troops. There is a very famous story, that is, in 1971, Nixon sent Kissinger on a secret visit to China, and Premier Zhou specially asked Wu Ruilin to attend when he received Kissinger. (For figures, refer to "27 Armies in the History of the Chinese Volunteer Army")
When Qiao Guanhua introduced Wu Ruilin, Kissinger said that we Americans are not unfamiliar with General Wu's name, and we are more familiar with your nickname. Wu Lame is a nightmare for American soldiers.
Of course, the most famous is Liang Xingchu, and the 38th Army he commanded. The 38th Army was originally the first-class main force, but in the first battle, Liang Xingchu was more unlucky, and encountered unfortunate events one after another, resulting in inadequate interludes, not timely, missing the fighter, and being scolded by Peng Dehuai.
By the second campaign, Liang Xingchu and all the officers and men of the 38th Army, knowing their shame and courage, boldly interspersed the three houses, fought fiercely at Songkuo Peak, held longyuanli, cut off the enemy's retreat route, and fought a big victory. Peng Dehuai made clear rewards and punishments, and in a telegram he high-profile called the 38th Army the Banzai Army. Liang Xingchu also became the commander of the Long Live Army.
There were many military commanders on the Korean battlefield, all of whom fought well, but only Liang Xingchu won the honorary title of Commander of the Long Live Army, so his fame was the greatest, and even became a label in the entire War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > four military commanders returned home and unexpectedly received a bonus, how much was that? </h1>
In late May 1951, the Volunteer Army Command informed Liang Xing and four other military commanders to return to China to report to Chairman Mao. At that time, Liang Xingchu had just returned to North Korea from the country to recover from his illness, received a notice, and immediately left to return to China. When he arrived in Shenyang on the 29th, Wu Xinquan, Wen Yucheng, Wu Ruilin and other 3 old comrades-in-arms, as well as Deng Hua, deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, were already waiting there.
On the same day, they took a train to Beijing and stayed at the Beijing Hotel. After breakfast the next day, Li Tao, chief of operations of the General Staff and later the founding general, came to see Liang Xingchu and others on behalf of Premier Zhou and Nie Rongzhen. To the surprise of Liang Xingchu and others, Li Tao handed them 2 million yuan each. (This figure comes from Liang Xingchu's wife Ren Guilan's book "Commanding the Long Live army: The Military Career of General Liang Xingchu")
Please don't misunderstand, it is 2 million yuan of old currency, and the discounted yuan is 200 yuan. Up to now, 200 yuan may not be money at all, but at that time, new China had just been founded, the country was still very poor, and 200 yuan was a big sum of money.
Li Tao said to Deng Hua, Liang Xingchu and others,
This is sent by the Central Military Commission, I hope you will buy some nutritional supplements to supplement your body.
Obviously, this is a bonus given to them personally by the central government, completely for their personal use. They fought for the country, worked hard, and of course were eligible for this bonus.
(Admiral Li Tao)
Liang Xingchu asked Li Tao,
When will I report to Chairman Mao?
Li Tao said,
I'll let you know when the time comes.
On June 1, Liang Xingchu and others received a notice that Chairman Mao would receive them. When they arrived in Zhongnanhai, the secretary said that Chairman Mao was reviewing the documents and asked Liang Xingchu and others to go to Mr. Zhu and sit down first.
Coming to the commander-in-chief's office, Liang Xingchu and the others met Mr. Zhu, who was wearing a gray Zhongshan suit. Mr. Zhu asked everyone's names and praised the 4 military commanders for fighting well, driving the Americans back to the 38th line, and playing out military prestige and national prestige. Mr. Zhu asked some more about the situation in the Korean battlefield.
After a while, the secretary came to inform that Chairman Mao had asked the generals. Liang Xingchu and the others left President Zhu's office and went to the place where Chairman Mao lived.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="29" Chairman Mao said >, "My guests, where is the reason not to eat?" </h1>
The weather in June was already very hot, and at that time there were not such good conditions as now, the indoors were too hot, and the reception was arranged outdoors. There was a log table and a few chairs in the shade, and Chairman Mao came out of his office and shook hands with everyone.
Deng Hua introduced several military commanders to Chairman Mao, and when he introduced Liang Xingchu, Chairman Mao said,
I know, during the Long March, he was the first cavalry commander of the Red Army.
Liang Xingchu replied,
It's the battalion commander.
Chairman Mao said,
Like the battalion commander and the regimental commander, a hundred and ten horses can be called a company commander.
Chairman Mao, of course, knew Liang Xingchu. During the Red Army period, Liang Xingchu served as the commander of the reconnaissance company directly under the Red First Army, and he obtained some newspapers from the Kuomintang, which published the news that Xu Haidong led the Red 25th Army to northern Shaanxi and met with the victorious division of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi led by Liu Zhidan.
This news is too important; there is a Red Army in northern Shaanxi, and Chairman Mao has strengthened his confidence in settling down in northern Shaanxi, and he especially instructed Liang Xingchu that everywhere he went in the future, he would find ways to get the Kuomintang newspapers, which was an important spiritual food.
Chairman Mao sat everyone down, took out a "Greater China" cigarette, lit one first, and then said,
Comrades who can smoke, please also smoke.
Chairman Mao went on to say,
When you come to Beijing, you can look around and see that it is very difficult in Korea, play a little, rest and rest, or you can make a report to the troops preparing to enter the DPRK for combat and introduce their experience in fighting against the United States.
Deng Hua began to report on his work, and Chairman Mao smoked while taking a pencil and writing down something on a white piece of paper. When it comes to the Fifth Campaign, Chairman Mao said,
Practice has proved that after encircling the enemy, it is necessary to concentrate superior forces and destroy the enemy that night, otherwise the next day, the enemy will rely on the support of aircraft artillery, or hold on, or escape, making it difficult for us to eat it. Therefore, in the war of annihilation, the appetite should not be too large, and it is impossible to eat several divisions of the enemy in one bite.
After Deng Hua finished his report, Chairman Mao asked Liang Xing and the other 4 military commanders,
What else is there to add?
Liang Xingchu said,
We were poorly equipped, no planes, no tanks, and too few cannons.
We have ordered 100 divisions of equipment from the USSR, which can be greatly improved.
(Chairman Mao and Liang Xingchu shake hands)
At this time, the staff came over and asked Chairman Mao,
Is it to invite guests to dinner?
My guests, where is the reason not to eat? Four dishes and one soup, home-cooked.
On the dinner table, four dishes were quickly served, back to the pot meat, fried tofu, bamboo shoots fried meat, stir-fried spinach, four plates of vegetables all with peppers, and a large bowl of sour and spicy soup, also floating with peppers on it.
These dishes are obviously prepared with more care. Deng Hua and Wu Xinquan are Hunan people, Wu Ruilin is Sichuan people, Wen Yucheng and Liang Xingchu are both Jiangxi people, 5 guests, plus Chairman Mao, a total of 3 Hunan people, 2 Jiangxi people, 1 Sichuan people.
We Hunan people love to eat spicy, Jiangxi old watches also like to eat spicy, Sichuan people also like to eat spicy. Therefore, the meals on the table are relatively spicy.
The meal was lively and lively, and it felt like the generals and Chairman Mao were close to each other.
After the reception, Liang Xingchu and others were also warmly received by various headquarters, ate Beijing's roast duck, shabu lamb, and toured various scenic spots and historical sites. It is really a triumph of the general, loved by the people of the country, and there are flowers and applause everywhere. This is the best respect and gratitude for the heroic generals who fought for the country.
This article refers to books such as "Commanding the Long Live Army" and "27 Armies in the History of the Chinese Volunteer Army", like the welcome to click to follow, or leave your valuable comments.