On October 5, 1985, Liang Xingchu, the famous "general of Montenegro" of our party, passed away in Beijing Hospital, and as soon as the news came out, everyone was heartbroken.
Liang Xingchu's wife Ren Guilan was even more tearful, almost fainting, heartache, Ren Guilan decided to complete her husband's last wish, handed over an application to my party, and finally obtained the "consent" instructions.
So what exactly is written on this application that Ren Guilan submitted to my party? What are the touching stories of "Montenegro General" and "Long Live The Army Commander" Liang Xingchu? How did Ren Guilan and Liang Xingchu, a model couple in the military, know each other during those glorious years?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="63" > an application: the general's last wish</h1>
In 1980, Liang Xingchu, who had been a horseman for a lifetime, finally returned to Beijing and was personally received by Marshal Ye Jianying, who said such a sentence after seeing General Liang Xingchu.
"Xingchu, go to the Jinan Military Region, right?" To be an adviser, but also to stand on the last shift of the revolution. ”
Marshal Ye Jianying was naturally well-intentioned, after all, since Liang Xingchu went to work in the local area in 1973, he had not been reunited with his old comrades for a long time.
Allowing the then 68-year-old to return to the army again was not only to complete the handover of new and old cadres, but also to make up for Liang Xingchu's past shortcomings.
Hearing Ye Shuai's words, Liang Xingchu was slightly frightened, but he finally smiled and shook his head after reacting quickly.
"Forget it, when I'm old, I won't go to that hilarity, and I can't be a consultant!"
Shortly after this discussion, Liang Xingchu submitted an application for leave, and our party finally agreed to Liang Xingchu's decision to leave, taking into account Liang Xingchu's physical problems.
However, Liang Xing still adhered to the belief of dedication to the country in his heart, so at that time he actively carried out another very meaningful work - writing memoirs.
Since his official retirement in 1980, Liang Xingchu can be said to have devoted all his energy to this cause, and he hopes to be able to tell future generations little by little the experience he has summed up from his past experience, so that they can remember the revolutionary spirit while taking fewer detours, which is a great and selfless spirit.
However, just after Liang Xingchu was almost ready and had collected all kinds of information on his life experience in the war, he suddenly encountered a car accident, and his literary and historical materials that could fill 19 wooden boxes were burned.
So much so that Liang Xingchu was devastated, until his death, he had been reading his memoirs with his wife Ren Guilan, and there was a lot of sorrow on his face.
However, since people like Liang Xingchu, who had been honed from the blood and fire on the battlefield, would not give up because they had been hit, Liang Xingchu later began to collect information again, preparing for his own memoirs again.
Unexpectedly, a sudden heavy cold eventually took away his life, and the unfinished memoir became the absolute sound and regret in his life.
As Liang Xingchu's wife, Ren Guilan is the most aware of how much her husband is interested in memoirs, so after learning of her husband's death, her first reaction is to submit a report to the country, which mainly tells about this content.
"I hope the party and the state can agree and help me complete my memoirs."
This request is completely reasonable, because Liang Xingchu's life has made many contributions to the party and the country. His heroic deeds should be remembered by the world, his revolutionary spirit should be inherited by the people of china, he is a great "Montenegrin general" and a "long live army commander" that everyone admires.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="64" > two stories: the glory left by the general</h1>
In our party's army, there are not many generals with top military ability and excellent achievements, but there are very few generals who can really have a nickname of their own, because behind each nickname often represents a heroic epic.
As it happens, Liang Xingchu belongs to this group of people, and what is even more remarkable is that he has more than one nickname.
The first is the "Black Mountain General", a nickname derived from the famous Black Mountain Blockade Battle in the Liaoshen Campaign.
On October 20, 1948, the Northeast People's Liberation Army successfully conquered Jinzhou, and prepared to lure the enemy to penetrate deeper and destroy the westward marching corps that came to support.
However, seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Old Chiang Kai-shek personally flew to Shenyang to deploy the evacuation operation, and seeing that the situation on the battlefield was about to deviate from the expectations of our army, our party immediately decided to send a unit to block the operation of the Westward Advance Corps in the black mountain and the Big Tiger Mountain area, delaying the troops who came from Jinzhou.
The war was very fierce, and in order to tear apart our army's defense line, the enemy bombarded with artillery fire for three days and three nights, and in the process, the corps led by Liao Yaoxiang launched many surprise attacks.
Our army's positions were occupied by the other side several times because of excessive casualties, but even in terms of equipment and numbers, the troops led by Liang Xingchu still relied on outstanding perseverance to withstand Liao Yaoxiang's attack.
When the Jinzhou troops arrived, it was precisely because of the cooperation of Liang Xingchu and his tenth column that our army finally defeated the Western Advance Corps and also captured Liao Yaoxiang and other senior generals of the Nationalist army.
In this battle, the Tenth Column and other units of our army dragged down the Nationalist army at the cost of more than 4,100 casualties, and eventually caused them more than 8,000 casualties.
This battle is also known as the three major blockade battles in the three major battles together with the Tashan Blockade Battle and the Xudong Blockade Battle, which is of great significance, and Liang Xingchu was also awarded the title of "Black Mountain General" for his outstanding performance.
As for Liang Xingchu's other nickname, it comes from the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
In 1950, China was involved in disputes on the Korean Peninsula, and many people knew that Chairman Mao had appointed President Peng as the commander, but they did not know that Chairman Mao had also appointed Liang Xingchu and his 38th Army as "pawns on horsebacks."
After the war began, Liang Xingchu and his 38th Army received orders to attack Xichuan, and at the beginning, Liang Xingchu did a good job, but later he unexpectedly found that a "black regiment" had appeared in the target area, and in order to prevent this well-equipped unit from causing trouble for our army again, Liang Xingchu chose to report the situation first and then wait in the same place for advice.
Liang Xingchu's approach was very appropriate in normal times, saying that he had to be praised for his old and steady, but under that circumstances, it brought himself great trouble.
Because he was too cautious and did not encircle the enemy and the pseudo-Eighth Army in time, the other side finally escaped by chance, and After learning of this incident, Mr. Peng criticized Liang Xingchu by name at the meeting.
"They all say that you are a tiger general, what a tiger general, I think it is a rat general!"
General Manager Peng's words gave Liang Xingchu a great stimulus, so that later when our army asked the 38th Army to fight Dechuan, Liang Xingchu took the initiative to refuse the practice of sending him an additional division from the army, and at the same time led the troops to intersperse many times, while annihilating a large number of enemies, and brilliantly completed the tasks entrusted to him by the organization.
Because of this, Mr. Peng, who was still very angry before, would personally sit down to write a commendation order, and deliberately added "Long live the Chinese People's Volunteer Army!" on it! Long live the 38th Army! Two sentences, so that after seeing this commendation order, Liang Xingchu burst into tears.
It is precisely because of this battle that the Thirty-eighth Army will be called the "Long Live Army", and the commander of the Thirty-eighth Army, Liang Xingchu, will become the "Commander of the Long Live Army" in people's mouths, which is both an honor and a memorial.
These experiences of leading comrades to fight hard are Liang Xingchu's most cherished wealth, and it is precisely because of this that he has the last wish to write a memoir.
So how did Ren Guilan, who worked tirelessly and would rather go to thousands of miles to fulfill her last wish for her husband, come together with Liang Xingchu in the first place?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="65" > know each other: tracing in the footsteps of husbands</h1>
The first encounter between Ren Guilan and Liang Xingchu can be traced back to the time when the Tenth Column had just arrived in Western Liaoning, when Liang Xingchu felt that Ren Guilan was thinly dressed and clothed her, but did not want him to be the commander of the column, so Ren Guilan regarded him as a "friendly administrator".
After that encounter, the two met several times one after another, and most of them were Ren Guilan who saw more when treating the wounded, Liang Xingchu felt that Ren Guilan was an intellectual, gentle woman who met his heart, and Geng Zhi directly confessed,
"Comrade Ren Guilan, I want to establish revolutionary feelings with you, do you think it is okay?"
At that time, Ren Guilan did not understand the meaning of "revolutionary feelings", but with a delicate mind, she could feel Liang Xingchu's feelings for her, and it just so happened that she also had this meaning for Liang Xingchu, so she simply nodded and replied with a word.
Good.
In this way, Ren Guilan and Liang Xingchu seem to have come together "hastily", but the long time together and the various tribulations they have experienced together can prove that they are indeed a match, and they also have enough love to spend the rest of their lives together.
After handling her husband's memorial service, Ren Guilan immediately devoted herself to the compilation of her husband's memoirs, and after many visits and meticulous investigations, she finally wrote a work of more than 400,000 words, "Commanding the Long Live the Army".
From the lines of this 400,000-word work, you can see the wife's thoughts of her husband, the admiration of the soldiers for the general, and the people's remembrance of the revolutionary martyrs.
Although this work seems to be written by Ren Guilan, in fact, it is jointly written by thousands of Chinese people who revere their ancestors, which is our common intention.