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In 1988, after Hong Xuezhi retired to the second line, he was idle at home, often reading books and newspapers and writing memoirs.
As soon as he heard the reporter mention Mr. Peng, the 75-year-old general Hong Xuezhi burst into tears and sighed: "Mr. Peng, I really miss you." So, what touching story happened between Hong Xuezhi and Mr. Peng?
Before the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Mr. Peng had little contact with Hong Xuezhi
Hong Xuezhi and Mr. Peng have known each other for a long time, but the two really worked side by side during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea. As early as the Red Army's Long March, Peng Lao was always the commander of the Red Third Army Corps, and once, the Red Third Army Corps needed to raise food and military supplies, and Xu Xiangqian, the commander of the Red Fourth Army Corps, decided to transfer some of the materials to Mr. Peng, and it was Hong Xuezhi who escorted this batch of materials.
Hong Xuezhi was still a director of the Political Department at the time, and was ordered to find Mr. Peng and complete the handover, which was the first meeting between the two. The first time they met, the two didn't talk much, just a simple face-to-face, Hong Xuezhi's impression of Mr. Peng was that he was very serious, very decisive, and resolute.
Because of Hong Xuezhi's achievements in logistics management and the united front work of ethnic minorities, Liu Shaoqi greatly praised him, and the Red Army General Headquarters commended him, and Hong Xuezhi gradually grew into an outstanding cadre of the Red Army and entered the Red Army University to study. After that, the Red Army came to the base area in northern Shaanxi after the Long March, and Hong Xuezhi has been following the Fourth Front Army.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Hong Xuezhi went south to northern Jiangsu and southwestern Shandong, where he broke through the blockade of the Japanese army and built a base area. Hong Xuezhi grasped the construction of base areas with one hand and trained cadres for the New Fourth Army with the other, and within three years he developed a contingent of tens of thousands of people, and great results were also achieved in the anti-Japanese resistance in northern Jiangsu.
And Mr. Peng, who served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army during the anti-Japanese period, commanded the 100-regiment battle of more than 100,000 people.
During the Liberation War, Mr. Peng stayed in Yan'an and commanded Yiye to defeat Hu Zongnan's 200,000 troops, while Hong Xuezhi followed Mr. Lin to the northeast, and successively served as the deputy commander of the West Liaoning Military Region and the commander of the North Manchurian Military Region, defeating the Kuomintang army many times.
In 1948, Hong Xuezhi went south to participate in the battle of encircling and annihilating the Kuomintang New Fifth Army, giving the Kuomintang a heavy blow.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Hong Xuezhi, Deng Hua and Han Xianchu participated in the battle to liberate Hainan Island and gave Han Xianchu great support. Soon after the liberation of Hainan Island, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, and the Military Commission transferred Hong Xuezhi and Deng Hua to return to the northeast and lead the volunteers to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. At this point, the cooperation between Mr. Peng and Hong Xuezhi in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea officially began.
Sympathetic to each other, Mr. Peng trusts Hong Xuezhi very much
Before going on the expedition, Hong Xuezhi asked his old friend General Deng Hua what his personality was, and Hong Xuezhi had heard that Mr. Peng treated his subordinates very harshly, and he was a little apprehensive. Deng Hua said that Mr. Peng appreciates people who have the ability to do practical things, and Mr. Peng will definitely be satisfied with your brother's ability. However, Hong Xuezhi was still uneasy until he met Mr. Peng in North Korea.
As soon as the two met, Mr. Peng recognized Hong Xuezhi, the two shook hands and greeted each other, Mr. Peng praised Hong Xuezhi's contribution to the liberation of the Northeast, and Hong Xuezhi reported the situation of the Northeast Rear Base and the Korean battlefield and the Korean People's Army to Mr. Peng in detail, after listening to Hong Xuezhi's report, Mr. Peng was very satisfied with Hong Xuezhi, saying that Hong Xuezhi worked hard and decided to let Hong Xuezhi serve as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army, responsible for logistics.
At that time, our volunteers had no air support, and the roads in North Korea were destroyed by the US bombing, so Hong Xuezhi led the logistics support troops to work very hard while building roads and transporting food, weapons and ammunition to the front line. However, relying on the active dispatch of Hong Xuezhi and the leading comrades of logistics support, the steel logistics and transportation line of the Volunteer Army was gradually established, ensuring the supply of materials to the front line.
In April 1951, there was still a problem on the front line to resist US aggression and aid Korea, many soldiers had no food, so they could only go to get things to the Korean villagers to exchange, and many soldiers fought hungry and had mood swings.
After Mr. Peng learned the news, he quickly found Hong Xuezhi and asked Hong Xuezhi where all the logistics troops had gone, and why did the front-line soldiers look for food from the common people? What are you doing Hong Xuezhi?
After listening to Mr. Peng's questioning, Hong Xuezhi was also confused, Hong Xuezhi explained, it is true that some time ago, the US army bombed the transport troops, and many soldiers died, but Hong Xuezhi's backup has been delivered today, and he can guarantee it.
Mr. Peng listened to it, and hurriedly asked the secretary to check again, and the next day it was as Hong Xuezhi said, the front-line security problem had been solved. It turned out that there was a mistake in the intelligence, and Mr. Peng misunderstood Hong Xuezhi.
So Mr. Peng found Hong Xuezhi and gave him a pear to eat, Hong Xuezhi didn't understand why, Mr. Peng explained: "I should give you an apology (pear)." It made everyone laugh.
During the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, every day was high-intensity work, and the leaders of the headquarters relied on willpower to insist, and it was rare to have a chance to relax, so Mr. Peng pulled everyone to play chess together for entertainment, but Mr. Peng's chess skills were too poor, and he often lost to Deng Hua and Hong Xuezhi, and Mr. Peng shouted at every turn: "Big man Hong, this step doesn't count." ”
wanted to regret the chess, Hong Xuezhi also teased Mr. Peng and asked him to tie the chess pieces to a rope to facilitate the regret of chess.
After the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Mr. Peng believed that Hong Xuezhi was an outstanding general in the logistics support cause of our army, and recommended Hong Xuezhi to serve as the head of the logistics department of the People's Liberation Army.
After Mr. Peng passed away due to illness, Hong Xuezhi was very sad to get the news, for him, Mr. Peng was a serious and serious old superior, and he was also a good comrade-in-arms who had affinity and cared for his subordinates.
In 1987, Hong Xuezhi stepped back to the second line and was responsible for writing the war history of Siye, and in 1988, Hong Xuezhi was awarded the rank of general, becoming the only general in our army who was awarded the rank of general twice.
During the commemoration of the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Hong Xuezhi was responsible for writing his memoirs on a whim, but every time he recalled the three years he spent with Mr. Peng, Hong Xuezhi was emotional, so much so that when the reporter asked Mr. Peng, the 75-year-old general Hong Xuezhi burst into tears and opened his heart to say that he missed Mr. Peng very much.