Text/Huang Yulan Finishing/Su Zhiqiang
My father, Huang Xijun, was born in Lijin County, Shandong Province, in 1922 in a poor peasant family in Songjiaji Village, Dagai District.
In October 1945, he participated in the revolution in his hometown, joined the Communist Party of China in March 1947, and served as the squad leader of the third battalion and seven companies of the 85th Regiment of the 10th Column of the East China Field Army in February 1947. In 1946, due to the civil war provoked by Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang and launched a key offensive against the liberated areas such as Yan'an Liberated Area and Shandong Revolutionary Base Area, our Shandong Bohai Naval Region was upgraded and reorganized from local troops to the 10th Column of the East China Field Army after training.
In 1947, he participated in the Liangshan Blockade Combat Mission, and his father followed the East China Tenth Column, under the leadership of Commander Song Shilun, the troops marched all the way west to cooperate with the brother troops, and escorted Liu Deng's army into the Central Plains to fight. After the completion of the two liberation of Kaifeng and other campaign tasks, my father's East China Tenth Column was transferred to Anhui, Suzhou, and Shandong, and the troops returned to the East China Field Army, crossed the Longhai Line and moved to the Lunan region, and participated in the Lunan Campaign, the Laiwu Campaign, the Menglianggu Campaign, the Jinan Campaign and other major battles on the Shandong battlefield.
After the victory of the Battle of Jinan in 1948, the East China Field Army continued to move south to liberate Yanzhou, and the troops were transferred to the Suzhou-Anhui region and participated in the famous Huaihai Campaign. In February 1949, the 10th Column of East China was reorganized by the troops of the Northern Jiangsu Region, and after the unified reorganization of the whole army according to the instructions of the Central Military Commission, the former 10th Column of the East China Field Army was reorganized into the 28th Army of the Third Field Army, and in order to adapt to the large corps operations with the Kuomintang Army, the Third Field Army was subordinate to four corps, the 28th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the 10th Corps of Commander Ye Fei.
In April 1949, the Second and Third Field Armies launched the Yangtze River Crossing Campaign at the same time on April 19, and the 28th Army of my father's 10th Corps crossed the river from Jiangyin to the south and went straight to southern Jiangsu, and the 10th Corps liberated Suzhou, Changzhou, Kunshan and other cities. Then he moved on to the combat mission of liberating Shanghai. In the battle of attacking Shanghai, because the enemy's castle was tightly guarded and the battle was difficult to overcome, our army strictly forbade the use of heavy weapons in order to protect Shanghai, so our army suffered heavy casualties. According to my father's recollections, their 28th Army entered Wusongkou in Xie Yi's Shanghai troops, in the battle against the international radio station, many comrades-in-arms were blocked by the enemy's bunkers, and many of their comrades-in-arms were injured and bled and died, they are all heroes who have experienced a hundred battles, and they fell before ushering in the dawn of new victory and the establishment of New China, my father said in his recollections: He is a lucky one, they want to avenge the sacrificed comrades-in-arms, and continue to move forward for the liberation of the country!
At the end of June 1949, they finally ushered in the victory of the Battle of Shanghai! The Central Military Commission and the Third Field Army ordered the Tenth Corps and the Third Route Army to continue to wave south into Fujian, to undertake the task of liberating the entire territory of Fujian, my father's comrades-in-arms, all the way through the mountains and rivers, in the mountainous areas of Fujian in August, is in the annual high temperature season, they are not afraid of hardships and dangers, overcome difficulties and challenges, all the way to Fujian, all the way to Fujian, on August 17, 1949, with the cooperation of the Tenth Corps and the Third Route Army, victoriously conquered the capital city of Fujian Province, Fuzhou City returned to the hands of the people.
The commanders and fighters of the 28 th Army carried forward the glorious tradition of our army, the spirit of not fearing difficulties and sacrifices, and all the officers and men fought bravely, and a large number of heroic collectives, heroic companies, heroic figures, and heroic deeds emerged in the operation to liberate Pingtan Island. My father was one of the 100,000 troops who went south to Fujian to participate in the liberation of Fujian, they were not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice in the war-torn era, experienced a hundred battles, because of the army and horses for half their lives, they were injured many times in battle, causing serious injuries to their health, therefore, and won many meritorious service awards, we as their descendants, we have such a father, and we are proud and proud.
Comrade Huang Xijun has made meritorious service awards and honorary certificates
According to the needs of national construction, my father transferred from the army to work in Changchun City in 1955, worked in the Shanxi Provincial Construction Department in 1956, and was later transferred to the Xishan Mining Bureau of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province and other departments. During the war years, his body was injured and caused by illness, and later in his work, as he grew older, he died of a heart attack that could not be cured, and he left us as early as 1979, and my father died of illness at the age of 57.
Comrade Huang Xi's meritorious service medal and military transfer certificate
Comrade Huang Xijun attended the Heroic Model Commendation Conference
The Central Committee calls on us not to forget our original intention, keep our mission in mind, learn the history of the party, understand the history of the Chinese revolution, as the red descendants of the old revolutionaries, we should carry forward the spirit of the older generation, inherit the red culture, continue the fire, and let the red blood be passed on from generation to generation. Therefore, since I retired in recent years, I have had the privilege to work with my father's old comrades-in-arms and descendants to promote and promote red culture, participate in some commemorative activities, go to the places where my father's generation fought, look for red footprints, and do some public welfare activities in various ways within the scope of my ability, so as to play an active role for the country and society in my lifetime, and do public welfare things that are beneficial to the society.
Descendants of the 28th Army of the Third Field Army: Huang Yulan
About author:Huang Yulan, female, hometown: Lijin County, Shandong Province, born in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province in 1957, formerly worked as an employee of the department of Xishan Mining Bureau, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. After his retirement, he now lives in Jinan City, Shandong Province, and is an amateur calligraphy enthusiast. I am honored to be invited to participate in the activities organized by the Fujian Cadres History Research Association in the southeast of Shandong, in order to commemorate the 10th Corps of the Third Field Army and the 28th Army of my father's generation, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Fujian in 1949.
March 21, 2024