Among the founding generals, some of them did not show their military ability on the domestic battlefield, and when they went to the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, they showed their skills, like General Fu Chongbi, who once became famous in the Tieyuan Blockade War.
In 1932, Fu Chongbi joined the Red Fourth Front and became a Red Army propagandist because of his cleverness and ability. Propaganda is not only about labelling slogans and good slogans, but also all kinds of mobilization, and the direction of job development is also in the aspect of political work.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, he worked in Jin-Cha-Ji under the leadership of Nie Rongzhen and served as a political officer in the combat troops for a long time.
In 1949, the 19th Corps he made was assigned to the First Field Army led by Mr. Peng, and participated in the Taiyuan Campaign and the task of liberating the Great Northwest.
After the founding of New China, he was only the deputy political commissar of the 64th Army, and although he was in the combat unit, there were not many opportunities for independent command of the operation.
During the period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 19th Corps, as the second batch of combat units to enter the DPRK, was transferred to the commander of the 63rd Army, from deputy political commissar to military commander, which was a great change.
In the volunteer army, the vast majority of military commanders are experienced in hundreds of battles, commanded many hard battles and vicious battles, and he appears to be somewhat "weak."
However, in the next Tieyuan Blockade Battle, his military style of being able to fight hard battles was displayed.
Tieyuan was a volunteer battlefield supply base, with hospitals and wounded, and the US army wanted to launch an attack on this place, occupy Tieyuan to cut off the logistics supply of the volunteer army, and put the 3rd Corps in trouble.
In order to avoid such an unfavorable situation, Mr. Peng was very anxious, and the troops that were not used in the surrounding area belonged to the distant water that could not be solved by near fire. At the moment of crisis, give Mr. Peng a "miracle".
After fu Chongbi's 63rd Army was on a mission, it lost contact with the 19th Corps. When the troops stabilized, they were released to the 19th Corps and informed of the specific location, not far from the Iron Plains. The headquarters of the Volunteer Army urgently transferred the 63rd Army to serve as a blockade to cover the evacuation of the rear. Mr. Peng told Fu Chongbi that he needed to persist for 15 days.
Objectively speaking, some high-level officials of the Volunteer Army have concerns about whether Fu Chongbi can persist for 15 days; he has been holding political work in the domestic battlefield, and such a hard and vicious battle is difficult for a political work cadre. Their worries are not unreasonable, and when they encounter hard battles and vicious battles, they need fierce generals like Xu Shiyou, Wang Jinshan, and Liang Xingchu to make people feel at ease.
Mr. Peng did not change the general temporarily, but placed hopes on him.
When the blockade battle began, the tragic and casualty level was no less than that of the Battle of Shangganling, and Fu Chongbi insisted on 13 days, resisting the attack of the American army to the death, ensuring the timely evacuation of tieyuan supplies, hospitals, wounded, and 3 corps.
This battle made the 63rd Army seriously injured, but it was a victory for the volunteer army, and Peng Dehuai added 30,000 new soldiers to the 63rd Army, which showed that the casualties at that time were very large.
After the Tieyuan Blockade War, many leaders who had views on him looked at him differently.
After returning from Korea, he continued to serve as a military commander and was stationed in Hebei.
In 1957, he applied to the Higher Military Academy several times, and even in 1960, on the eve of graduation, due to an accident, he was diagnosed with kidney problems, and it was learned that it was a tumor during the re-examination. He was then admitted to the hospital for surgery and chemotherapy.
During his hospitalization, his veteran leaders came to visit him, such as Yang Yong, commander of the Beijing Military Region, Yang Dezhi, commander of the Jinan Military Region, and Han Xianchu of the Fuzhou Military Region, who came to see him and sought medical treatment and delivered medicine to him.
After the operation, he recovered very well, and Nie Boss asked him to go out more and go wherever he wanted, and even greeted Liu Yalou, the commander of the Air Force, so that he could take a plane.
He was a little "crooked", thinking that his condition had worsened, as if he had arranged an aftermath. As a result, he was shocked, and his body recovered better and better, and he did not have a recurrence in the next 40 years.
He rested until June 1961, when he was appointed deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region and began a new journey.