Written by Yuan Guoxiang
Start with "A Deck of Mahjong Cards".
Dun Xingyun is the deputy commander of the Second Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. After the liberation of Jiuquan, I met him at the celebration of the founding of the People's Republic of China. He was a man of great physique, with a good demeanor, a serious face, an unsmiling face, and a standard military man, which made me a little daunted. In fact, when I saw him in the future, he was easy-going, without a fight, and often played mahjong with several section ministers in addition to intense work. When we were preparing to march to Xinjiang, Chen Zhiqiang, the photographer, brought the beautiful mahjong tiles and said that they were taken by Deputy Commander Dun from the Butterfly Building of the Mabuqing Mansion in Linxia, and that they should be put into our photographic equipment box!" When the Second Army was stationed in the border city of Kashgar in the west of the motherland, life calmed down, and this set of mahjong tiles became a treasure.
In February 1950, Deputy Army Commander Dun Xingyun was ordered to serve as political commissar of the Fifth Army organized by the Revolutionary National Army of the three districts in Yili, and concurrently served as the secretary of the CPC District Party Committee in Yining, Tacheng, and Altai Districts. Before leaving, he looked for this mahjong tile, and Secretary Chen brought the deck of cards to me to hide, and said that who asked, you said you don't know. So, I pressed the deck of cards and a camera that I also brought from Ma Buqing's mansion to the bottom of the box. A few days later, Deputy Army Commander Don left, and the comrades of the Political Department were relieved to take it out to play.
In this matter, I once wrote an article "A Deck of Mahjong Tiles", which has been published in "Xinjiang Daily" and "China Elderly Daily". Because in the midst of intense marching and fighting, is there still entertainment in our troops? The answer is yes, not only yes, but also mahjong. At that time, when I had just joined the army as a photographer, I saw the chief playing mahjong, and I said a strange remark: "Does the Kuomintang play mahjong, but does the Communist Party also play mahjong?" This actually caused a conversation between Tian Zhong, the head of the propaganda department (later vice chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region), and me. He said, "Little ghost, do you see that we have money at the mahjong table?" and I said, "No." "That's right, the Kuomintang plays mahjong for gambling, and we play mahjong for entertainment, do you understand?" "Understood, understood!" Minister Tian laughed, and I quickly slipped away. But for the fact that I hid mahjong tiles, I always felt ashamed of Deputy Commander Don Xingyun in my heart.
Because at that time, it was he who led the avant-garde regiment of the Fourth Division to play the vanguard in the journey into Xinjiang. Quelling the rebellion of burning Hami and robbing banks; arresting the reactionary battalion commander of Shanshan who resisted our army's entry into the city; dealing with the chaos after the rebels burned, killed, and looted in Yanqi and Luntai; and arresting the criminal who raped the daughter of the Kuqa county magistrate, he was tried and executed. It is said that when he was walking and hunting with his wife Wei Ling on the streets of Aksu, Dun Xingyun raised his gun three times, and three birds fell to the ground, thus deterring the Kuomintang military and police and not daring to start a riot. This matter was known to Commander Peng Dehuai, who criticized him for fighting and taking his wife with him. Don Xingyun said that because of the great danger in the army, bringing family members can reassure the army. Mr. Peng smiled and understood his determination to settle down in the frontier and dedicate himself to the border defense of the motherland. In fact, the wife, formerly known as Wei Yiling, is not an idle woman. She is an old cadre who defected to Yan'an in 1937 and went to "Kang Da". Then, Deputy Army Commander Don and Division Commander Yang Xiushan led their troops through the 800-mile Gobi and stationed in Bachu, Kashgar, and Yache on foot, making great contributions to the liberation of the western territory of the motherland and the benefit of the people of all ethnic groups in the border areas. They deserve to be the founding generals of a new China.
He is Brigade Commander Chen in "Defending Yan'an".
In the days after the liberation of Kashgar, I did not have much contact with Deputy Commander Don Xingyun, but I only took pictures of the leaders, leaving his voice and smile, but I heard a lot of stories about his battles. It turned out that the brigade commander Chen Xingyun in the novel "Defending Yan'an" written by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Pengcheng was written according to the prototype of the commander of the Fourth Brigade of the Independent Brigade, Dun Xingyun, but the surname was changed, and the name and sound were still the same. It's not bad at all, Du Pengcheng was eating in the same pot with us at that time, and many comrades-in-arms even helped him copy the manuscript. Everyone knows that he has always been a military correspondent of the Fourth Brigade, that is, the later Fourth Division, and his notebook was filled with a pillow during the three-year liberation war. He knew best about the commander's command, the battle situation, and the deeds of heroes and models, so he was able to write such a majestic and magnificent picture of the revolutionary war.
This is even more true in reality. In 1947, when Hu Zongnan attacked Yan'an, Dun Xingyun led the Fourth Brigade to cross the Yellow River west and rushed to participate in the Northern Shaanxi Campaign. Under the command of Peng Dehuai, Wang Zhen and other leaders, they fought the first battle against Qinghua, the second battle against Yangmahe, and then the battle against Panlong Town, destroying one brigade of the enemy in each battle, and winning three brilliant victories in three battles. In particular, in the Panlong Offensive Battle, Dun Xingyun and the soldiers summed up their experience together, studied methods, adopted trench operations, tunnel blasting, climbing stone walls with human ladders, broke through the enemy's main position, and attacked the commanding heights of Jiyu Pass, making the first contribution to laying down Panlong Town, not only destroying more than 6,700 enemies, capturing Major General Brigade Commander Li Kungang alive, but also seizing a large number of materials and ammunition, and strengthening our army with equipment. Based on their experience, Chairman Mao sent a telegram on June 6 proclaiming: "We must learn to work in close proximity and be good at tackling tough problems."
On the morning of August 20, the Northwest Field Army launched a general attack on the lone enemy who had penetrated deep into Shajiadian. Dun Xingyun led his troops to ambush in Zhangjiaping, and after defeating one of the enemy's companies, he connected four positions and stormed the Xiaomiao Heights. The 10th Regiment attacked the hill and fought all the way to Fengshan behind the enemy's division headquarters. When the 13th Regiment repelled the enemy's counterattack, the chief of staff, Lieberthal, died heroically. The 4th Brigade effectively cooperated with the brother troops, cut off the enemy at Shajiadian, and completely annihilated the enemy's 36th Division, and Zhong Song, known as the "ace division commander", jumped off the cliff and fled. Our army also turned back and eliminated the 123rd Brigade of the reinforcements, and annihilated more than 6,000 enemies, fighting a great victory.
At noon on August 21, Chairman Mao, Vice Chairman Zhou, and Ren Bishi rode 30 miles on horseback to inspect the battlefield and congratulate the commanders in Yuancun. He said: "The battle of Shajiadian was fought well! It was a turning point in the war situation in the northwest. In our Hunan dialect, it is over the mountain pass. Then asked: "Which is the brigade commander of the Fourth Brigade of the Du?" Wang Zhen pushed Dun Xingyun to the front, Chairman Mao shook hands with him cordially and said, "You guys fought well!" Don Xingyun said: "It's a pity to let Zhong Song run away!" Chairman Mao said again: "Facing the enemy on the side of the water is a taboo for soldiers." But Mr. Peng commanded well, and the comrades fought bravely and fought well. The most difficult period has passed, and the road ahead is easy. Hu Zongnan wants to smash our 'altars and jars', and we must also fight to him and smash his 'altars and jars'!" Then, in accordance with Chairman Mao's deployment, Don Xingyun and others quickly pursued, and successively fought the Jiulishan Blockade Battle, the Qusijiao Ambush Battle, and the Chakou and Laoshan victories, and went straight to Nanniwan. Later, they hit Huanglong Mountain, captured Shibao, Hancheng, and Yichuan, and emerged the special combat hero Lian Dehe, who could not break his leg and could not get out of the line of fire, and Wang Zhen, the commander and political commissar of the second column, also awarded the 13th Regiment (later organized as the 10th Regiment) a medal flag of "the first meritorious service in the Yichuan battle".
In the winter of 1947, the second column crossed the Yellow River east and participated in the battle to liberate Yuncheng. In the spring of 1948, Dun Xingyun led his troops to cross the Yellow River to the west, stormed Wazi Street, and won the Yichuan Da. then smashed the Xifu Baoji and shook the rear of Hu Zongnan. At the beginning of August, Dun Xingyun commanded the troops to attack Huti Mountain, went straight to Wangzhuang Town, and once again wiped out the 36th Division, and the famous battle heroes Peng Qingyun and Du Lihai emerged. But unfortunately, when Brigade Commander Don went to the front line to direct the battle, his right thigh was pierced, and blood stained his trouser leg red. Dun Xingyun, who had been injured many times, had experience, and he pressed the major artery to stop the bleeding, and Deputy Chief of Staff Ma Sen insisted on carrying him down, quickly bandaging it, and sending it to the rear for rescue. However, Yuan Guangyu, the health minister of the Fourth Brigade, saw that the injury was serious, shook his head and said that it was difficult to save his leg. He Biao, Minister of Health of the Northwest Field Army, and the Minister of Health of the Seven Columns rushed to the consultation, and adopted the most effective method of surgical treatment at that time, so as to save the life of Brigade Commander Don. When his wife Wei Yiling arrived and accompanied him back to the Hejin Rear Hospital in Shanxi Province to recuperate, Yang Xiushan took over as the commander and political commissar of the Fourth Brigade.
In the summer of 1949, Dun Xingyun, who had just recovered from his wounds, hurriedly rushed to the westward army from the northeast with a group of engineers and technicians according to the instructions of Commander Wang Zhen. At this time, Dun Xingyun had been promoted to the deputy commander of the Second Army, and he participated in the battle process of liberating Gannan, sweeping Qinghai, seizing the Hexi Corridor, and marching to Xinjiang, and personally led the four divisions to fight the vanguard, reaching the bottom of the Pamir Plateau.
Ili flew out of the "white peacock"
Dun Xingyun was appointed political commissar of the Fifth Army and secretary of the Ili District Party Committee. He knew very well that the three districts of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan were a piece of land liberated by the ethnic minority people in Xinjiang after they staged an armed uprising to resist the rule of the Kuomintang. The National Revolutionary Army there had long confronted the Kuomintang army along the Manas River, effectively cooperated with the Chinese People's Liberation Battlefield, contained the Kuomintang army, and contributed to the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang. Therefore, Chairman Mao said in a telegram to the governments of the three districts: "Your struggle over the years is part of the democratic revolutionary movement of the whole Chinese people. "However, there is no organization of our party there, and the army is also the same as that of the Soviet Union, and it is urgent for our party to come to work and help them build the party and carry out social reforms. The same is true of the newly organized Fifth Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which urgently needs to establish the party's leadership, strengthen political work, and build it into a people's army worthy of the name.
At the beginning of February 1950, Deputy Commander Dun Xingyun left Kashgar and went to Ili to take up his post. While passing through Urumqi, General Wang Zhen gave him a detailed explanation of the task. He was accompanied by more than 10 cadres, including Li Quan, director of the Political Department of the Fifth Army (former political commissar of the Fifth Division), Li Yunhe, deputy director of the Fifth Army, and Li Yunhe (former director of the Fourth Division). After they arrived in Yili, they were warmly welcomed by compatriots of all nationalities and all walks of life and by the vast number of officers and men of the national army. Despite the language barrier and different customs, Political Commissar Dun, Director Li, and Liu Guanghan, secretary of the Yili Prefectural Party Committee, resolutely implemented the party's ethnic and religious policies, respected the customs and habits of various ethnic groups in the locality, and set an example by going deep among the masses, discussing and prudently handling problems, and soon opened up the work situation. In particular, he established good relations with some veterans of the revolution in the three regions, such as the Russian army commander Lesken, the commander of the Ili Military Region later Margov, and the deputy political commissar Cao Danov, and so on, and in accordance with Chairman Mao's instruction that "the leaders of the Xinjiang Democratic League can directly join the Communist Party of China without a preparatory period," they first introduced and developed a number of representatives of various nationalities who have performed well and are eager and shoulder heavy responsibilities to join the CPC, and have established party committees at all levels in the three regions and party organizations at all levels of the five armies and divisions and regiments from top to bottom. On this basis, the leading bodies of the Ili District Administrative Office and the local and county people's governments have been readjusted and strengthened, thus laying a foundation for doing a good job in local work, carrying out democratic reforms, stabilizing social order, and doing a good job in agricultural and animal husbandry production.
In the autumn of 1951, the Xinjiang Military Region sent Zeng Di, director of the Political Department, as the head of the regiment, and Ma Hanbing, secretary general of the Xinjiang Branch and director of the Propaganda Department of the Xinjiang Military Region, as the deputy head of the regiment. The Ili District Party Committee and the Fifth Army also dispatched a large number of cadres to actively participate. As the main leader of the military and the locality, it can be said that Dun Xingyun has gone all out, cooperated with all parties, went deep into the front line, and gave specific guidance. When the vast number of peasants in Turpan Weizi, Yining County, lifted the lid of the eunuch-level struggle and pulled out the big bully, the water tyrant, and the former township chief Maisimu to carry out the reasoning struggle, the people were stunned. It turned out that 70% of the land here was swallowed by him, and 184 of the 333 peasant households had no land to plant, and 143 families had no houses to live in. On the old elm tree in front of his house, more than 150 peasants were beaten by the hanging, 16 of whom were killed, and some were maimed and thrown into dry wells. This cruel fact shows that feudal serfdom still exists in the three districts of Ili, and the vast number of poor peasants are in dire straits. Don Xingyun seized this opportunity to organize veteran revolutionary comrades from the three districts to visit and change the argument of some people that Iraq, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan are old revolutionary areas and there is no need to carry out social reform. On the basis of unifying the thinking of the leaders at all levels, the Ili District Party Committee and the Xinjiang Military Region Working Group struck while the iron was hot and then plunged into the great struggle of land reform. In this way, the peasants were mobilized to be the masters of the country, completely smashed the feudal shackles, divided the land, divided the floating wealth, elected village cadres, recruited party members, and fulfilled the basic tasks of the democratic revolution.
On October 1, 1952, Don Xingyun went to Beijing to attend the National Day ceremony. When the masses of the people of all nationalities in Ili found out, they rushed to tell ---each other and discussed what should be sent, so that this beloved old Red Army, good political commissar, and Communist Party secretary who had done his best for the liberation of the broad masses of the people should be brought to Beijing, the capital of the motherland.
Yes, the white peacock flew to Beijing, and Don Xingyun was also left in the capital as the commander of naval aviation. He did grow wings, like a white peacock, and flew from the western frontier of the motherland to the front line of the East China Sea; he took off from the authentic Tuba Road and went straight to the blue sea and clouds of the motherland.
Naval aviation achieved brilliant results
When Don Xingyun became the commander of naval aviation, there was still a great debate about whether or not to form this branch of the army. This is because the mainland has already established an air force that initially took shape, and it is also in a difficult period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea. However, Taiwan's Kuomintang Air Force, under the command of US imperialism, frequently invaded China's southeastern coast to harass it. Chairman Mao instructed: It is necessary to strengthen the combat readiness of the air force and air defense forces to prevent the enemy from attacking the Shanghai area. In this regard, Don Xingyun comprehended and was full of enthusiasm, seized this rare opportunity, and put forward a specific proposal for the formation of naval aviation. That is, to learn from the experience of the past war years, to build a small "fist" first, and then wait for an opportunity to develop; to deal with the enemy's attack first, and then to regain air supremacy. This proposal was reported by the Navy Headquarters, and Premier Zhou, after repeated investigation and study, issued an instruction on August 4, 1952: "I intend to agree with the Navy's air force construction policy proposed by the Navy." Chairman Mao decisively instructed on the same day: "Approve it according to the week." In this way, Don Xingyun convened the party committee of the Naval Aviation Department, unified his thinking, and made up his mind to build the naval aviation unit well on the basis of the existing 25 regiments of the 9th Air Division, an army regiment, and a naval aviation school in accordance with the instructions of the party Central Committee. Then, the 51st Regiment was transferred from the Air Force and reorganized into the 6th Regiment of the 2nd Division, forming an "iron fist" of fighter aircraft. On one occasion to meet enemy planes over Nantian Island, Brigade Leader Cui Wei and Squadron Leader Jiang Kaijian, under the command of Commander Don Xingyun and others, were brave and resourceful, and made a long-range assault according to the actual situation, and shot down two American-made F-47 bombers with MiG-15 fighters. It ensured the safety of our fleet and set a record of naval aviation combat victories. Soon after, they applied Chairman Mao's idea of "concentrating superior forces to fight a war of annihilation" and shot down eight enemy planes in succession along the southeast coast, which not only shocked the world and inspired the people of the whole country, but also safeguarded the security of the mainland's 10,000-mile sea frontier.
On September 27, 1955, Dun Xingyun was awarded the rank of lieutenant general by Premier Zhou and other central leaders at the award ceremony in Huairen Hall in Beijing. When Chairman Mao saw him, he looked at him and said, "Oh! You are a ton of nebula, and you have lost weight!" When he saw that the blue-background gold plate on his epaulette was different from the black-bottom epaulettes of other navies, he said: "Oh! You have become the commander of naval aviation." Don Xingyun replied, "Yes." Chairman Mao replied: "Good, good!" In an instant, both of them recalled the hard years of the war in northern Shaanxi. The chairman asked again: "Where have you been from northern Shaanxi?" Don Xingyun replied: "Xinjiang." Chairman Mao nodded and praised: "Naval aviation has won a lot of battles, which is very good." A wave of happiness swelled in Dun Xingyun's heart. He thanked Chairman Mao for his encouragement to the naval aviation forces, thanked Chairman Mao for still thinking about him, the brigade commander of the year, and determined to answer Chairman Mao's concern with the practical action of "building a strong navy."
In 1957, the Kuomintang Air Force used high-performance reconnaissance planes provided by the United States to repeatedly infiltrate the depths of our continent to carry out strategic reconnaissance and harassment at high altitudes and high speeds, or at dark nights and low altitudes. For some time, our Air Force and Naval Aviation did not shoot down a single enemy aircraft. Chairman Mao once commented on an air defense operation report: "Comrade Peng Dehuai: It is very necessary, please urge the air force to go all out to annihilate the invading enemy." At this time, the Central Military Commission had transferred the headquarters of the 17th Division and the 49th Regiment of the Air Force to the Navy. The naval aviation was expanded to two fighter divisions and one bomber division. The second division was stationed in Ningbo, the fourth division was stationed in Luqiao, and the sixth division was in Liuting. They won victory in the battle to liberate Yijiangshan Island, creating a glorious example of our army's army's army, navy, and air force joint operations. On January 18, 1958, two F-84 enemy planes tried in vain to sneak in from the sea, and four fighter planes of the Shi Peiyu Brigade of the 6th Division took to the air to wait for battle, seized the fighters over Zhujiazui, and damaged the two enemy planes under the cover of sunlight. On 18 February, the first day of the Lunar New Year, an enemy RB-57 reconnaissance plane flew into the hinterland of Shandong from an altitude of 15,000 meters. At that time, our army was not able to fly such a high fighter, and the 10th Regiment of the Fourth Division had already studied the method of dealing with this plane. Group Commander Hu Chunsheng was the first to spot the enemy plane in Zhucheng, and he jumped up twice in a company and opened fire, seriously injuring the enemy plane. Wingman Shu Jicheng continued to attack, and as a result, RB-57 dragged the smoke and fell into the sea. It was soon found out that the downed pilot was Colonel Zhao Guanghua, winner of the Kuomintang "Flying Tiger" medal. Taiwan deliberately concealed this on the grounds of a "lost flight." Don Xingyun immediately returned to Beijing and released information through the Xinhua News Agency, exposing the crime of collusion between US imperialism and Chiang Kai-shek to invade the mainland of the motherland. Later, the details of the shooting down by another PZV-7 high-altitude reconnaissance plane, which came to collect intelligence on the mainland's atomic bomb, were also announced. Because, it was also ambushed and shot down by the hunters of the naval aviation led by Don Xingyun, overcoming many technical difficulties.
In August 1958, in order to support the anti-American armed struggle of the people of Lebanon, Jordan and other Middle Eastern, and to counter Chiang Kai-shek's arrogant clamor for "counterattacking the mainland", Chairman Mao decided to bombard Kinmen and let the air force be stationed in Fujian. Dun Xingyun urgently summoned the commander of the 4th Division, Li Wen, to fly a fighter plane to Beijing, and called Wang Kun, the commander of the 10th Regiment, to lead the team to transfer from the air to Fujian, preparing to immediately participate in the battle. When he subsequently arrived at the new airport in Fujian, he called on the troops to work hard to complete their tasks, never disappoint Chairman Mao's generals, and strive for honor for the 4th Division of the HNA Army. On 13 August, naval aviation won its first battle, damaging two enemy aircraft. On 23 August, 10,000 artillery pieces bombarded Kinmen, hitting the Kuomintang in Taiwan and hurting the hearts of US imperialism. The United States was forced to withdraw 200,000 naval and air forces from the Arabian Sea to deal with the situation in the Taiwan Strait. This not only supported the anti-imperialist struggle of the people of the Middle East, but also taught Chiang Kai-shek's crazy ambition a hard lesson.
The fisherman embarked on the road of revolution
Dun Xingyun, formerly known as Dun Xinyin, was born in Yinhai Village, Shishou County, Hubei Province in 1912, lost his father at an early age, only studied in private school for three years, and fished for a living at the age of 12. He joined the Children's League in 1927 and the Komsomol in 1929. In the spring of 1930, he and more than a dozen regiment members followed Liu Zaizhen, secretary of the district party committee, and crossed the Yangtze River by boat to attack the regimental defense of Hengdi Town, and surrendered 25 guns. Then, Dun Xinyin took the group of regimental members to disguise themselves as mourners, concealed the checkpoint checkpoint, and sent a boatload of guns and ammunition from Nanxian County, Hunan Province to the Shishou Xiaohekou Base Area. In June of the same year, he joined the Red Army and joined the Communist Party. He changed his name to Don Xingyun and was determined to set a lofty goal and fight for the revolution all his life. Since then, he has followed He Long to guerrilla warfare in Honghu Lake and western Hunan, and has served as squad leader, platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander, and deputy regiment commander. He fought for a long time against all kinds of counter-revolutionary encirclement and suppression armies, as well as against the landlord forces such as the "Arctic Society" and the "Broadsword Society".
Once, Mr. He called Dun Xingyun and said: "I will give you an important task, I will write a letter, and there are 300 silver dollars, early tomorrow morning, you will take it to Longshan Cottage to find the leader there, and say that I, He Long, ask him to take care of a dozen injured brothers." Dun Xingyun knew that He Longwei was famous in all directions, and the mountain kings in this area also respected him. So I packed my package, carried a grenade in my arms and set off. When he came to the foot of the dragon cottage, he raised his head and shouted to the cave, and hung a basket on it, told him to put the letter in, and then hung it up. After a while, he put down the basket again and hoisted him from his tall weight. When I went up to the middle of the mountain and entered the entrance of the cave, I saw the torches flashing on both sides, and a group of strong men raised their swords and shouted. They wanted to test Adjutant He Long's guts. Although Dun Xingyun was a little caught off guard, he had also fought a few battles, and he had already prepared in his heart, so his face did not change, he was calm, and said calmly: "Commander He sent me to visit you and send 300 oceans, which is not a tribute." If it is done, he will come to thank you!" The leader's attitude changed, and he ordered: "Set the wine! Let Commander He break the bank, nothing can be done." Then, bowl after bowl of wine was persuaded during the feast, he wanted to try the amount of wine that the adjutant had drunk. Don Xingyun said goodbye: "Thanks to the leader for agreeing to settle the wounded. I was too drunk to drink, and I had to rush back to report to Commander He. But the man still made him drink three more bowls of wine, and then he was sent down the mountain with torches. Before dawn, Don Xingyun rushed back to the troops, and He Long was very satisfied. Afterwards, there was a story in the cottage in that area that "He Long's adjutant was full of guts".
In 1935, after the Second and Sixth Army Corps were reorganized in Xiangxi, Dun Xingyun served as the commander of the Sixteenth Regiment of the Sixth Division of the Red Second Army Corps. He fought many tough battles with Division Commander Guo Peng and Political Commissar Yuan Renyuan during the Long March. For example, when the troops arrived in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan, He Long ordered the Sixth Division to kill the pursuing enemy. The 16th Regiment, which served as the rearguard, immediately blocked the attack, and the battle was fierce and the situation was critical. Regiment Commander Don immediately led two companies to attack from the flank, charged into battle, repelled the enemy's repeated counterattacks, ensured the smooth passage of the main forces of the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps, and rushed across the Jinsha River, embarking on the road of joining the Red Fourth Front Army. Then, starting from Ganzi, he climbed two snow-capped mountains, walked hundreds of miles of grassland, endured hunger and cold and fought with the enemy, walked the Long March, and triumphantly arrived in northern Shaanxi.
In the autumn of 1937, the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, and the deputy commander of the 715th Regiment of the 358th Brigade of the 20th Division led the team to cross the Yellow River east and enter the anti-Japanese battlefield. Then he led the military engineering team to mobilize the masses to fight guerrillas in the area of Laoxian County, Shanxi, and raised an anti-Japanese team of 3,000 people, which was later organized as the 714th Regiment, and he served as the head of the regiment. He also attended the Seventh Congress of the Communist Party of China and was directly taught by Chairman Mao, Commander-in-Chief Zhu and other central leaders. At the beginning of the Liberation War, he served as deputy commander of the 8th Division of the Jinsui Military Region and commander of the 4th Independent Brigade, and made major contributions to countering the offensive of the Kuomintang army and expanding the liberated areas in the northwest of Shanxi. In the winter of 1946, when the 359th Brigade returned to Shanxi for military expansion and training, it happened to be combined with the 4th Brigade with sufficient troops to form the second column and the Luliang Military Region. At the beginning of 1947, under the leadership of Wang Zhen, Guo Peng, and Wang Enmao, they crossed the Yellow River to the west, participated in the difficult and difficult Northern Shaanxi Campaign, and defended Chairman Mao, the Party Central Committee, and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region.
The star disappeared into the clouds
In the history of the Chinese revolution, in the sky with brilliant stars, the Dun Nebula was one of them. Because he was loyal to the revolution and could fight well, from Honghu to Xiangxi, from the Long March to the Anti-Japanese War, from North China to the Northwest, from the army to the navy, and from the air force to the armored troops. His life was full of revolutionary romanticism, and he deserved to be a general who could fight tough battles. However, the road he has traveled has not been smooth, and in the Honghu area, he was once regarded as a "reorganization faction" by Huaihuai, removed from the post of company commander, and almost beaten to death. During the Long March, he was almost poisoned to death due to hunger and eating wild grass by mistake. In the 1940 War of Resistance Against Japan, his chest was pierced by the enemy, and in the 1948 War of Liberation, his right leg was broken. And in the period of statehood after the victory, he was also rectified one after another. After the Lushan Conference in 1959, it was said that he was Peng Dehuai's cadre, and he was dismissed from his post as secretary of the party committee of HNA for a long time before he was rehabilitated.
When the Cultural Revolution came, Don Xingyun was already the deputy commander of the armored corps, and he was in charge of science and technology and the work of academies. Just when he was wholeheartedly developing our army's advanced tanks and working hard to train the backbone of the troops, Lin Biao and the "Gang of Four" counterrevolutionary clique regarded him as He Long's sworn friend, fabricated all kinds of crimes, and even put on the big hat of counterrevolutionary, imprisoned him for five years, brutally persecuted, and almost blinded his eyes. Don Xingyun firmly believes in the party and the people, firmly believes in the truth of the revolution, and believes that Chairman Mao will not forget him. In the moment when the clouds were thick and black and white were reversed, he was unswerving, mighty, unyielding, never bowed his head, and never told lies. After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Don Xingyun was rehabilitated and resumed work, serving as the head of the advisory group of the Armored Corps Department. Unfortunately, his body could not recover, his condition became more and more serious, and he did not have time to contribute to the party, so he died in January 1985 at the age of 72.
Whooping! Pain! Another brilliant star has disappeared from the Chinese People's Liberation Army. When the news reached Xinjiang, many of his comrades-in-arms and veteran subordinates sent him telegrams of condolences! The vast number of Uygur, Kazakh, Mongolian, and Xibe cadres and masses in the Ili region also paid tribute to him! Comrade Don Xingyun, the respected veteran chief, you can rest in peace in the heavenly spirit.