In 1981, the founding general Han Xianchu returned home to visit his relatives, and after many years, the hometown where he had grown up had completely changed its appearance, and the thatched house of the past was gone, replaced by a mud house that could barely shelter the wind and rain.
Seeing the changes in his hometown, Han Xianchu was full of emotions.
Han Xianchu
There is a founding general in the village, and the villagers are very proud and proud, and now Han Xianchu has returned to his hometown to visit his relatives, and his father and fellow villagers are all surrounded by a sandwich to welcome, and they have talked and laughed along the way, enthusiastically introducing to Han Xianchu the various changes in his hometown.
At this time, an old voice in the crowd shouted excitedly: "Zu Bao, you are back, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
I saw an old man in his 70s, trembling with crutches, shaking away from the crowd of onlookers.
When Han Xianchu saw the gray-haired old man in front of him, he couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Zubao" is his nickname, and he is the closest person who will call him that.
Han Xianchu stepped forward to help the old man and shouted, "Sister Xiu."
I think that Xiu Jie was also a young and beautiful big sister, and now she has become a white-haired old man.
Han Xianchu was born in 1913 to a poor rural family in Hong'an County, Hubei Province, to parents who worked as farmers for a living.
When he was 3 years old, his mother died due to difficult childbirth, and his father pulled Han Xianchu alone to grow up.
The exploiting class of the old society that cannibalism made Han Xianchu's father work day and night, and the long-term overload of labor intensity caused his father to become overworked and sick, and his father, who had no money to see a doctor, also died when he was 12 years old.
Leaving only Han Xianchu alone in this world, the young Han Xianchu lost his parents, and it was the show girl from the same village who reached out to help him get through the difficulties.
Han Xianchu called Xiu Girl XiuJie, Xiu Jie treated Han Xianchu like a sister to her brother, giving him food and washing clothes and sewing clothes, for Han Xianchu, the warm-hearted Xiu Sister is not a relative like a relative, he identified Xiu Jie as his own sister in his heart.
In order to make a living, Han Xianchu worked as a cattle herder for the landlord, and when he was a little older, he also learned a craft and became a smith.
However, the meager income in the countryside was not enough to make ends meet, so Han Xianchu embarked on the road to Wuhan to work as a short-term worker.
During his part-time work, Han Xianchu was often insulted and beaten by his boss, and he often did not get paid for his work, and Han Xianchu, who was oppressed by the exploiting class, also developed a rebellious mentality, and he was determined to eliminate the exploiting class and change the miserable life of the common people.
When the Jute Uprising broke out in 1927, Han Xianchu joined the mighty revolutionary army and threw himself into the peasant revolution with full enthusiasm.
Jute Uprising oil painting
In a few years, Han Xianchu joined the Red Army and became a communist, step by step becoming a revolutionary general.
Han Xianchu's character and style of daring to fight were well-known in the army.
The most enjoyable thing is Han Xianchu's boldness, when someone asked Xu Shiyou who the most admired revolutionary general was, Xu Shiyou did not hesitate to answer: Han Xianchu.
On May 18, 1936, Peng Dehuai led the Red First Army and the Red Fifteenth Army to take charge of the western expedition and expand the revolutionary base area, of which the Red Fifteenth Army marched west in two ways.
The Red Seventy-eighth Division led by Han Xianchu took the north road alone.
While marching to Dingbian Chengguan, the scouts found that a cavalry battalion of the Kuomintang Ma Hongkui was stationed in Dingbian City, and Han Xianchu ordered the troops to remain stationed.
He, along with the commander of the 232nd Regiment and the political commissar, went to observe the movement of the enemy forces in the city.
The enemy had long been aware of the Red Army stationed outside the city, but it remained immobile and did nothing, which was not at all like the style of the Kuomintang army.
Dingbian City
Han Xianchu concluded that the enemy army neither shot nor harassed, nor abandoned the city to escape, nor did it take the initiative to attack, for only a few reasons.
The Kuomintang army stationed in Dingbian City was a lone army, isolated and helpless, and when they could not understand the strength of the Red Army, they did not dare to act rashly, and in addition, they did not abandon the city and fled, they were afraid of going back to be criticized, so they could only stand in the city and not come out.
After analyzing this, Han Xianchu also had a plan in mind, and he decided to take the initiative to send troops to suppress the enemy troops in the city, and before the action, Han Xianchu sent a telegram to Commander Peng Dehuai and the headquarters of the Red Fifteenth Army, briefly explaining the current situation of the enemy forces in the city and the request for instructions to immediately attack the city.
After receiving the telegram, Peng Dehuai thought about it for a long time and decided to let Han Xianchu take a detour to Dingbian City and not take the initiative to start a war, because once Han Xianchu failed in attacking the city, it would affect the overall combat operations of the Red Army.
Han Xianchu, who received the telegram, hesitated, according to his plan was to attack the city, which was contrary to Peng Dehuai's instructions.
To fight now is to disobey Commander Peng Dehuai's orders, and if you don't fight now and then turn around and fight again in the future, the difficulty will be greatly increased.
After thinking about it for a long time, Han Xianchu finally made a decision to disobey Peng Dehuai's order to detour and directly attack the city.
Peng Dehuai
The troops led by Han Xianchu were always fast and accurate in combat, accurately striking the enemy's key points in a short period of time, and winning the battle, so the opponents encountered by the Kuomintang army, Han Xianchu, would frown and find it difficult to deal with.
In 1948, Han Xianchu served as the commander of the Third Column of the Northeast People's Liberation Army in the northeast, and many of the Kuomintang generals appointed in the northeast at that time had fought with Han Xianchu, and they all uniformly called Han Xianchu "whirlwind commander".
Du Yuming was once a defeated general under Han Xianchu, and after being beaten by Han Xianchu, he was also transferred out of the northeast by the Kuomintang, and whenever Han Xianchu was mentioned, Du Yuming would say: "Commander Whirlwind, it is not easy to deal with." ”
On the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, everyone knew that the Thirty-eighth Army had played the name of the Banzai Army, but few people knew that there was also a credit to Han Xianchu.
Du Yuming
Han Xianchu, who was in the battlefield, took off his military uniform and was an approachable fellow, although his parents died early, but Han Xianchu still remembered the kindness of his father and fellow villagers, as long as he had time, he would return to his hometown to visit his relatives, on the one hand, he could reminisce with his fellow villagers, on the other hand, he could also inspect the people's feelings.
In 1975, Han Xianchu, who was the commander of the Lanzhou Military Region at the age of 62, returned to his hometown to visit his relatives in a busy schedule, and the villagers were very excited to hear that Han Xianchu was coming.
The commander of the military region went home to visit his relatives, and the local government departments were busy and ready to greet the commander of the military region, and the commune killed chickens and fish, and took out all the good things that could only be eaten in the New Year at home.
Han Xianchu simply returned to his hometown to visit the people, and did not want the local town government department to waste money in order to pick up the wind and wash the dust, but the enthusiasm of the local government was too high.
Han Xianchu left one
In desperation, Han Xianchu decided not to eat in the commune when he returned to his hometown, so he circled around the village, went to the homes of ordinary people to eat, and simply filled his stomach wherever he went.
As soon as Han Xianchu returned to his hometown, he loved to go from house to house and alley with the villagers, and found many problems from it, the life of the people is still very hard, and there are many difficulties that need to be solved.
In the process of chatting with the villagers, the time passed unconsciously, and when it was time to eat at noon, Han Xianchu happened to be at the home of a fellow villager.
Although Han Xianchu and his fellow villagers were often approachable, the distance between them was still a little far.
Han Xianchu's temporary decision made his compatriots happy and worried at the same time, and the commander of the military region ate at home for fear of bad hospitality.
There are several chickens in the courtyard of the hometown, these chickens they are usually reluctant to eat, are willing to kill one at the New Year's Festival, in order to entertain Han Xianchu, the villagers grabbed a chicken in the courtyard, ready to stew after entertaining Han Xianchu.
Han Xianchu rushed forward to stop the fellow villager, and he graciously took the hand of the fellow and said, "The fellow does not have to be rigid, the life of the common people is still very difficult now, for me to do this, I am also uneasy." ”
"Eating a light meal, I don't want to go, the villagers will be more uneasy when they do this, as long as the villagers have difficulties, just say, I can do it, I will help the villagers solve the difficulties." 」
Han Xianchu's words made the hearts of those present warm, and the villagers were proud of having such a fellow.
One winter, Han Xianchu still wanted to go back to his hometown to see, the staff carried him to the vicinity of his hometown, but at that time, it was already snowing heavily, and the snow on the ground completely blocked the way back to his hometown.
Han Xianchu's stubborn son came up, had to open the car door and walk back, at that time he was old, his physical fitness was not as good as before, the staff absolutely did not allow him to take risks, after all, that section of the road was not close, braving the wind and snow to walk back must be sick.
Under the obstruction of the staff, Han Xianchu had no choice but to give up and rest in the commune.
When the fellow villagers heard that Han Xianchu had returned, they braved the wind and snow to rush to the commune with cotton clothes, which made Han Xianchu very moved.
Han Xianchu saw that his fellow villagers were shivering with cold, and he still held a brand new cotton coat in his arms and sent him over, afraid of freezing him, Han Xianchu was unwilling to accept it, the fellow villager insisted on letting him accept it, and the commune cadres also advised Han Xianchu to accept it, and the villagers did not have the help of the cotton clothing public society.
Han Xianchu was silent for a moment, picked up the cotton coat and put it on the body of the fellow, he was not disgusted that the cotton clothes made by the fellow were not good enough, but he felt uncomfortable watching the fellow suffer and freeze, and the heart of the fellow Han Xianchu accepted it, but he could not ask for the things of the fellow.
The life of his fellow countrymen is still very difficult, even the cotton clothes are reluctant to wear, and he puts the responsibility down to the fact that he is not good enough.
On October 3, 1986, Han Xianchu died of illness in Beijing.
He has devoted his whole life to the burning of the proletarian revolution.
Hats off to the old general!