During the war years, many outstanding talents emerged, who charged forward on the battlefield and made great contributions. And the founding lieutenant general was put up for adoption at the age of 3 and returned to his hometown after the age of 26.
He had a rough life and devoted himself to the revolution
The founding lieutenant general's name was Zeng Guohua, a native of Guangdong, and he had many brothers and sisters in his family. Because he had to raise a lot of children, it was difficult for the family to make a living, and his parents gave him away when Zeng Guohua was 3 years old.
After arriving in his new home, he was often tormented by his adoptive parents because of his status. Not only did he have to do a lot of farm work every day, but he also often couldn't eat, and his experience was very rough when he was a child, and this experience also honed him.
In 1924, Zeng Guohua left his hometown, and then came to the army to join the army and follow the army to participate in the Northern Expedition. Six years later, he came to the 52nd Division of the National Army as a soldier and participated in the Central Plains War. The Central Plains War began in 1930, and after the Northern Expedition, there were five powerful warlords in China, namely Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army, Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army, Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, Yan Xishan's Jin Sui Army, and Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren's Gui Army.
Because of the contradictions between the two sides, war broke out between the two sides, in which the Northwest Army, the Gui Army, and the Jin Sui Army sent their main forces, totaling more than 800,000 troops, and Chiang Kai-shek sent 500,000 troops. Chiang Kai-shek had no advantage in numbers, but Chiang Kai-shek was superior in money and weapons, and the war lasted for 6 months, ending in a victory for Chiang Kai-shek, with Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang announcing their abdication.
During his time as a soldier in the national army, he participated in many battles and gradually grew up in the battles. In 1931, the national army began to encircle and suppress the Soviet area, and finally the Red Army won, and later Zeng Guohua wanted to join the Red Army, and after his superiors understood his wishes, they decided to assign him to the Red 4th Army.
A year after joining the Red Army, Zeng Guohua participated in a challenging mission, when the Red Army was going to attack Ganzhou, his army fought with the Ganzhou army, in this battle, Zeng Guohua was wounded, but he did not flinch and persevered. After the battle, the troops came to Qinglong Town to rest.
Soon after, his army participated in the campaign to attack Zhangzhou, Fujian, and encountered a flash flood on the road into Zhangzhou, which blocked the troops, at this time Zeng Guohua took the initiative to stand up and cross the river with his comrades, and in the later battles, he also rushed to the front, and captured a batch of weapons, after this battle, he was promoted to squad leader.
In 1933, in the fourth anti-encirclement and suppression, Zeng Guohua successively participated in the Battle of Huangpi and the Battle of Caotaigang, after the victory, his unit was ordered to attack the county seat, in the campaign, he was hit by a bomb must need surgery, in the absence of conditions, the doctor did a simple operation for him, because of serious injuries, he stayed here for 2 months before returning to the army, when it was just in time for the reorganization of the army, he was appointed as a platoon commander.
Due to Zeng Guohua's outstanding performance, he was promoted to company commander, but during his tenure as company commander, the company he led was defeated in battle, and in the process of retreating, he could not calm down for a long time. From an ordinary soldier to a company commander, Zeng Guohua has experienced countless battles and is on the verge of death countless times, but he was not afraid, he has always rushed to the front and made his own efforts for the battle.
Take on the commando captain and keep going
Because of the command error, the Red Army began the Long March, after the beginning, Zeng Guohua's army was responsible for blocking the Kuomintang, the Kuomintang army began to attack it fiercely, after a few days of fighting, Zeng Guohua's unit was victorious, and successfully completed the task of crossing the river with other troops.
In this battle, his unit suffered heavy losses, and the number of soldiers was halved, which also showed the intensity of the war from the side.
He participated in the second battle to capture Zunyi City, successfully defeated 2 divisions and 1 regiment of the Kuomintang, and achieved very good results. Three months later, he participated in the forced crossing of the Dadu River, and then successfully joined the Red 4th Army.
After the Wayaobao meeting, the Red 1st Army was ordered to start the Eastern Expedition Campaign, at this time Zeng Guohua was in this team, according to the relevant arrangements, Zeng Guohua's 5th regiment was responsible for the assault mission, the superior asked to form an assault team, and the division commander decided to let him serve as the leader of the commando.
This assault mission is difficult and difficult, but after receiving the task, Zeng Guohua did not complain at all and has been preparing very hard. After accepting the mission, the division commander took him to the corps commander Lin Biao, who told him in detail about the process of the mission and especially instructed him to prepare carefully. After listening, Zeng Guohua said that he would definitely complete the task successfully.
When the official mission was carried out, he forged ahead bravely, successfully completed the mission and successfully helped the troops cross the Yellow River, and after the war, he was awarded the title of hero and promoted to brigade commander.
The actual combat of real guns on the battlefield has accumulated his actual combat experience, but he is still relatively lacking in theory. Therefore, his superiors let him enter the Anti-Japanese War Red Army University to study, and after a period of study, he gained a lot.
After the start of the Anti-Japanese War, he has been promoted to battalion commander, he led the troops to participate in the Pingxingguan victory, according to the order of the superior to set up an ambush in Pingxingguan, because the Japanese army has many weapons and complex terrain, so Lin Biao asked each team to fight alone, so that the surrounded Japanese army can only fight by itself, can not be rescued well.
After Zeng Guohua received the order, he led his troops to prevent the rendezvous of the Japanese front line and the support troops, and the surrounded Japanese troops immediately understood their plan and put up a fierce resistance, because the attack was fierce, Zeng Guohua's troops soon could not resist, and after he knew it, he immediately ordered the troops to seize the advantageous position, and then gain the initiative.
After receiving this order, the soldiers quickly succeeded in taking the advantageous position, which the Japanese army did not realize at this time, and then Zeng Guohua's army attacked the Japanese army from the head of the Japanese army, and took it by surprise, and after a period of fighting, the Japanese army was all defeated.
After successfully defeating the Japanese army, he was ordered to help other troops, and because of the previous victory, his troops already had a clear understanding of the Japanese army, and in the subsequent battles, he was also ordered to destroy the Japanese transportation lines, which was very difficult at the time, but he still successfully completed the task.
In this great victory, Zeng Guohua showed maturity, commanded in an orderly manner, repelled many attacks by the Japanese army, and won a great victory, which had a good impact on the time.
In April 1938, the Japanese army sent 30,000 soldiers to attack the southeast area of Shanxi, where the purpose of the Japanese army was to eliminate the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, Zeng Guohua was ordered to participate in this war, responsible for helping other troops to attack the Japanese division, his team participated in the battle 9 times, made a great contribution, after the battle, the commander of the 129th Division Liu Bocheng praised his troops.
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the central government formulated a new strategic plan, in October 1945 Zeng Guohua was appointed deputy division commander, according to the instructions of the superiors, he to lead the troops to fight in the northeast region, specifically responsible for the task of crossing the sea of the troops, and then in the northeast region, Zeng Guohua and the national army to fight, the two sides fought fiercely for a long time, and finally the national army was defeated, this battle inspired the morale of the army.
The founding lieutenant general returned home after 26 years
In 1953, the Third Army of the Air Force was ordered to participate in the Korean War.
In May, his army officially entered the Korean battlefield to participate in the war, and because of the good preparations, it quickly won the Korean armistice, and the Korean War ended. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and he continued to work on the battlefield ever since.
Once, he was going to the Fujian Military Region on a business trip because of business, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to return to his hometown to see, because of many reasons, he had been away from home for 26 years at this time, and the 26 years of away from home made him miss his hometown a lot.
He returned home to see his elderly father, who did not immediately recognize him and was sent away when he was 3 years old, and his father was not very impressed with him. It wasn't until he told him about his being sent away that his father recognized him, crying and saying, "God has eyes," and his siblings were overjoyed when they found out who he was.
After returning to his hometown, someone once proposed that he go to his adoptive parents' house to have a look, but Zeng Guohua refused after hearing it, because during the time of his adoptive parents, he suffered a lot of bad experiences, and these experiences brought him great pain.
He only stayed in his hometown for a few days due to work and left shortly after, and this brief return home also eased his homesickness.
In 1968, he was transferred to the deputy commander of the Air Force, responsible for the relevant Air Force training, in order to understand the information of the troops as soon as possible, he spent more than one year to come to the military region troops for inspection, he came to a unit, will communicate with the relevant responsible persons, and his efforts have also been rewarded, the troops he managed have made a lot of achievements. In 1978, he died of illness at the age of 68.
Zeng Guohua's life was bumpy and legendary, he was sent away by his parents when he was a child, spent a dark childhood with his adoptive parents, and in order to get rid of the dark life, he chose to go to the Kuomintang to serve as a soldier. After leaving the Kuomintang, he chose to join the Red Army, where he began his legendary life, where he participated in many wars, made great contributions, fought for decades, and became the founding lieutenant general.