In January 1956, Chairman Mao, accompanied by Chen Yi, Tan Zhenlin, and others, came to the Nanjing Military Academy for an inspection.
Dean Liu Bocheng introduced the cadres of the academy to Chairman Mao one by one, and when he introduced a founding major general, Chairman Mao joked with him as soon as he heard his name: "You are the policy!" Well, we should go with you! Everyone present laughed.
So, what is the name of the founding major general? It's really special, called Founder.
General Fang Zheng was born in 1914 in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, and after Mr. Peng launched the Pingjiang Uprising in Pingjiang County, Fang Zheng was also deeply inspired and joined the Red Army in 1930.
In May 1935, Fang Zheng was the director of the Club of the Fourth Regiment of the Red Second Division, and when the Red Army troops moved all the way to the Dadu River, in the face of the Kuomintang troops who were in hot pursuit behind, how tens of thousands of Red Army troops crossed the Dadu River became a problem.
At that time, the Red Army only had dozens of boats in its hands, and the time was simply too late, so the superiors ordered: Seize the Luding Bridge on the Dadu River, and the Fourth Regiment of the Red Second Division served as the vanguard force.
After receiving the order, Fang Zheng immediately summoned the soldiers to make pre-war arrangements and said to everyone: "Now only by taking the Luding Bridge can there be hope for the revolution. ”
After the warriors listened, they replied without hesitation, "Have faith!" Resolutely take down the Luding Bridge! ”
After the speech, Fang Zheng, together with regimental commander Wang Kaixiang and political commissar Yang Chengwu, led the troops to travel day and night, and finally arrived at the west bank of Luding Bridge in the early morning of May 29.
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When the Red Army suddenly appeared on the west bank of the Luding Bridge, the Kuomintang troops guarding the bridge were startled, thinking that they had seen a ghost, because their intelligence showed that the Red Army could not have appeared at the Luding Bridge so quickly!
After Fang Zheng led his troops to the west bank, he immediately began to fight and ordered: "No matter how many casualties there are, we must also take the Luding Bridge, this is the order!" ”
Fang Zheng commanded the fighters to fight, suddenly a shell fell not far away, a huge shock wave knocked him to the ground, the soil that was lifted up buried underneath him, the soldiers hurried to dig the soil, when they were dug out, Fang Zheng was gray-headed and lifeless, and the soldiers thought he had sacrificed.
After a while, Fang Zheng opened his eyes, looked at the sad looks of the warriors, and said loudly, "I'm not dead yet, what are you doing with your face?" Hurry up and help me up! ”
The soldiers saw that Fang Zheng was still alive and rushed to help him up, but they did not allow him to stay on the front line to direct the battle, but Fang Zheng said, "What is this little injury?" Leave me alone! ”
When the Red Fourth Regiment covered 22 warriors to take the Luding Bridge, Fang Zheng was relieved and said happily: "This is called the Road of Heaven and Heaven!" ”
Until his later years, Fang Zheng recalled the flying capture of Luding Bridge in that year, still full of spirit, and said to everyone: "When we received the order, the central government's request was to rush to Luding Bridge within one day, and it was impossible to see it at that time, but our soldiers all had iron feet, and they walked a total of 240 miles a day and a night!" ”
What is the concept of walking 240 miles a day and a night? Even if you don't sleep, it is equivalent to walking 10 miles per hour, and now the average person walking 10 miles an hour is nothing, but what if you walk for 24 hours continuously? Who can stand it?
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Fang Zheng entered the Nanjing Military Academy to study, and later stayed on to teach, became a teacher, and the story at the beginning of this article occurred, and General Fang Zheng has since had a nickname, which is called "Policy".
In 1955, when he was awarded the title, Fang Zheng was awarded the title of founding major general, and later served as deputy political commissar and deputy chief of staff of the Jinan Military Region.
On April 22, 1997, General Founder died of illness at the age of 83.
——To learn more about the story of the founding generals, you can check out the column of the history inn, a total of 100 founding generals.