preface
Qin Jiwei, the founding lieutenant general, left everyone with the appearance of daring to fight and be proud during the Red Army period, and this has never changed.
During the Liberation War, just because of Marshal Chen Yi's words, he went around clamoring to invite Marshal Chen Yi's guests.
Picture 丨 "Hundred Battles General" Qin Jiwei
As it happened, Marshal Chen Yi was also a man of temperament, and when he heard that Qin Jiwei wanted to invite guests to a big dinner, he directly found himself.
Unexpectedly, this meal was exchanged for a check, a punishment
Qin Jiwei - Qin Dadao
With the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Qin Jiwei was appointed commander of the Taihang Mountains, and it was not long before the War of Liberation began.
In order to speed up the pace of the liberation cause, on August 15, 1947, the Ninth Column of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army was officially established, and Qin Jiwei served as the commander of the column.
What is strange is that since Qin Jiwei took the Ninth Column with him, he has always regarded himself as a "little brother", and he must listen to the opinions of Chen Geng's elder brother in everything, and when he starts a war, he must listen to the command of the four columns led by Chen Geng.
Tu 丨 Chen Geng with outstanding military talent
As an old Red Army and veteran soldier, Qin Jiwei never knew the word retreat on the battlefield, that is, with a fierce force, he defeated Jiang Bandits and Japanese Kou one after another.
So is it really as Qin Jiwei said, willing to be under the command of the four column chiefs?
Answer: Of course not!
We can see from Qin Jiwei's nickname during the Red Army period - "Qin Dadao", when he could even ignore the Headquarters of the Red Army in order to go to the battlefield!
Picture 丨 Qin Jiwei's dashing appearance when he was young
Each of us, at different ages, has a distinctive nickname that represents our personalities, memories, thoughts, and so on over time.
This seems to be an inexplicable inheritance, surrounding every periphery, even our heroic Red Army is not exempt from the vulgarity, and each of their nicknames has a special historical background, which is endlessly evocative.
This includes Qin Jiwei, whose nickname is very straightforward, which is called "Big Knife" and "Qin Big Knife".
The sword, a weapon that had existed for thousands of years, was no stranger to Qin Jiwei.
The large knife used by the soldiers of the Red Army in that year
In 1925, in Huang'an County, Hubei Province, there was a child of about ten years old, sweating profusely and wielding a chai knife to split firewood, only to see his knife fall in his hand, and the wood with the thickness of his calves was completely split.
This teenager is eleven-year-old Qin Jiwei, his parents both died in this year, and he must learn to rely on himself in order to survive.
According to legend, Qin Jiwei's sword technique was learned when he was in the countryside, some said that it was taught by a knifeman in the village, and some said that he himself realized a set of knife techniques...
But Qin Jiwei really knew how to use a knife to fight and destroy the enemy, that was after joining the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1929, and when he was called "Qin Dadao" by everyone, he became a company commander in the Red Army.
Figure 丨 General Qin Jiwei
It was late November 1931, when the Red Fourth Front began to attack the county seat of Huang'an, and all the attacking forces were in full swing, ready to use the shortest possible time to defeat Huang'an.
Looking at the other side, Qin Jiwei, who had just become the commander of the second company of the pistol battalion of the Red Fourth Front Guard Regiment, was full of grievances
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Stand guard at the entrance of the headquarters.
Saying that he was standing guard, but Qin Jiwei did not see it at all, he walked around the door of the headquarters, one would touch the gun, one would look at the knife, and the other would look up at the room where the door was closed, as if there was something urgent that made him upset.
But why would Qin Jiwei be like an ant on a hot pot, not standing guard well, and still scurrying around at the entrance of the headquarters.
Pictured a Red Army soldier armed with a pistol
The reason is very simple, the entire Red Fourth Front Army has a fight, but his Qin Jiwei's unit is responsible for "watching the gate", which makes his heart itch like a cat scratching.
At this time, Qin Jiwei had been laid off, but instead of going back to his room to rest, he strode towards the camp commander's room, muttering as he walked: "My company has pistols and a big knife on their backs, but they stay in the headquarters all day..."
When the battalion commander's room arrived, Qin Jiwei kicked open the camp commander's door without saying a word, and in the battalion commander's slightly surprised expression, Qin Jiwei said in a loud voice: "Battalion commander, this old man of the post is no longer standing, who loves to stand who stands, I will take the troops to the front line to fight!" ”
Picture 丨 Heroic and tenacious Red Army team
The battalion commander was also a man of temperament, seeing that the person coming was Qin Jiwei, the original expression of some surprise immediately disappeared, picked up his broken military uniform and began to sew it up, originally raised his head in shock by the sound of slamming the door, and slowly lowered it.
Seeing that the battalion commander did not "hear" his own voice, Qin Jiwei came to his senses, and he began to be angry and Dantian was ready to shout again: "Battalion commander..."
As soon as the word battalion commander was exported, he was interrupted by a gesture that forced Qin Jiwei to swallow the rest of the words back into his stomach.
"I want to fight..." The battalion commander finally spoke, but his head still did not rise, but Qin Jiwei nodded impatiently.
The battalion commander ignored him and continued, "If you want to fight, you Qin Jiwei are heroes, leave your company behind, you can go wherever you want, you don't have to report to me anymore." ”
Pictured: Qin Jiwei (first from right in the back row) poses with some leaders of the Taihang Military Region and the Military Sub-district
This frightened Qin Jiwei and left the company behind, then he was not a company commander, and he still let himself love where to go, this is to let himself leave the Red Army!
At this time, Qin Jiwei was already frightened, and his eyes stared motionlessly at the battalion commander.
At this time, the battalion commander did not get up, still bowing his head to mend his military uniform, seeing that Qin Jiwei did not speak, he continued: "By the way, leave the gun behind, just take your big knife to the battlefield, and when this battle is over, I will seal you as Qin Big Knife!" ”
After that, not only do you want to leave the company behind, but you don't even let yourself take the gun, do you really go to play with the big knife?
When Qin Jiwei was preparing to grease the soles of his feet and slip away, the battalion commander spoke again:
"Qin Jiwei, you remember to Lao Tzu, we are the Red Army, we are an organized and disciplined unit, and we dare to kick in my door, who gave you the courage, immediately give me the egg!"
At this time, Qin Jiwei, who did not run when to run, returned to the barracks and recalled the whole thing, and slowly knew that what he had done was not right.
The fiery and restless heart that he wanted to go to the battlefield had long been discouraged by a few words from the battalion commander, but from then on, Qin Jiwei had an extra nickname- "Qin Dadao".
Qin Dadao was eager to go to the battlefield and ignored the safety of the headquarters
The victory in the Battle of Huang'an brought the morale and reputation of the Red Army to an unprecedented height, and countless people joined the Red Army for a time, and the Red Fourth Front also took the opportunity to replenish a number of soldiers.
Even Qin Jiwei's Second Company was assigned ten new soldiers, all of whom were from Huang'an City.
With new soldiers joining, Qin Jiwei, as the commander of a company, must ensure that these new comrades are integrated into this big collective as soon as possible.
Captured weapons and equipment were placed in front of the Soldiers of the Red Army
At the ceremony of joining the company, Qin Jiwei said solemnly:
"Huang'an is a heroic city, and when I first joined the Red Army, my instructor was a Huang'an person, and he once told me that since Dong Biwu, the Huang'an people have embarked on the road of revolution, only to advance, not to retreat; even if they die, it is the glory of the Huang'an people, and if they are greedy for life and afraid of death, it may also be the shame of the Huang'an people."
Speaking of this, Qin Jiwei took a deep breath and shouted loudly:
"We are all Huang'an people, and I, as a company commander, have only one special care for you, that is, to give you the opportunity to charge forward on the battlefield!"
This is Qin Jiwei's way of leading troops, charging, even if he falls on the road of charging, he must also bravely charge forward.
Pictured: The people's army climbs the city walls
After Huang'ancheng recuperated, the Red Army began to attack on all sides, and in one battle, the Nationalist army found that the momentum was not right, threw down its weapons and ran away.
The Red Army immediately began to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and the pistol battalion also surrounded the headquarters and began to advance.
Just after chasing for a while, Qin Jiwei felt that someone was calling him, and when he looked back, yes, it was the battalion commander who was shouting.
Seeing Qin Jiwei turn back, the camp commander shouted, "Qin Dadao, you stand for me, what are you doing, do you want the headquarters?" ”
Hearing the battalion commander's words, breathlessly Qin Jiwei immediately replied: "Battalion commander, headquarters I... I've been following it, I can't lose it! ”
Hearing Qin Jiwei's words, the battalion commander directly became angry: "Follow? Keep your eyes open and take a good look and see where you've even rushed! ”
Picture 丨 Heroic and tenacious people's army
Qin Jiwei, who had just lost his own money, was about to argue when the battalion commander roared angrily, "Have you even run away?" ”
This sentence really shocked Qin Jiwei: "It is impossible, my company still has a desertion?" ”
The battalion commander's anger was getting stronger and stronger: "You show me, is this a desertion, this is a big desertion!" ”
Looking in the direction of the battalion commander's finger, Qin Jiwei, who was originally angry, instantly smiled happily.
It turned out that the ten new soldiers who had just been added before, Qin Jiwei's Huang An compatriot, were brandishing large knives and screaming and rushing forward, and had already run to the ranks of other troops.
In the film and television drama, the Red Army attacked the county seat of Huang'an
Seeing that Qin Jiwei was still smirking, the battalion commander slapped his head: "You still have a smile on your face, this is the soldier you brought, after the battle, give me a good reflection!" ”
Until the end of the battle, Qin Jiwei grinned and kept laughing.
When those little fellows came to his side, Qin Jiwei reprimanded their behavior in a very strange tone:
"Fighting a war depends on the brain, when it is time to charge, you must rush forward desperately, when you should not rush, you must stabilize me, you say chase, a few of you even ignore the headquarters, give me a good reflection!"
After saying that, Qin Jiwei, who could no longer hold back, began to laugh loudly again, and the battalion commander on the side looked at the root of his teeth and itched.
Figure丨 Qin Jiwei analyzed the situation on the battlefield at the command post
Throughout the Red Army, including during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Qin Jiwei's fighting style was like this, and it was precisely because of this courage to fight and dare to rush that the soldiers led the soldiers to many victories.
Qin Jiwei invited Chen Yi, but in exchange for an inspection and a punishment
By the time of the Liberation War, Qin Jiwei had become the commander of the newly formed Ninth Column.
What makes people feel strange is that since the establishment of the Ninth Column, Qin Jiwei has never taken the initiative to ask for the main attack, but has mainly focused on partial division and strategy.
Even Qin Jiwei,000 troop command that he cared most about, was willingly replaced by Chen Geng.
Can it be said that after more than ten years of war, Qin Jiwei did not have the momentum and bloodiness of that year?
Gu Jingsheng, commander of the Ninth Column of the Central Plains Field Army (right), director of the Political Department
Of course not, this was a unique learning opportunity that he had found for himself and Jiu Zhong.
In the words of Qin Jiwei: "The Ninth Column was established late, and it was after the Third Column and the Sixth Column that the third son of the Taihang people, who was born from the Taihang Mountains, fought many battles, but most of them were partial divisions, the main attack was less, and there was more cooperation, so in the command relationship, they must also accept the command of the commander of the fourth column." ”
Qin Jiwei's meaning is very clear, the Ninth Column is the "little brother" who has just been born, and the fourth column led by Chen Geng is the big brother who has already become an adult, since he is inferior to others in all aspects, he must put down his body and study seriously, waiting for the opportunity to leap into a dragon.
Speaking of opportunities, opportunities came to Qin Jiwei's eyes.
Figure 丨 General Front Committee of the Huaihai Campaign
In September 1948, with the liaoshen campaign unfolding one after another, the offensive of our people's liberation army was like a bamboo, annihilating more than 470,000 Kuomintang troops.
At the end of September, the Central Military Commission approved the proposal of the East China Field Army to prepare for the Huaihai Campaign, and in order to ensure a complete victory in the Huaihai Campaign, the Central Plains Field Army led by Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping was ordered to cooperate with the Huaye Campaign.
In early October, under the orders of Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, Nakano gathered the strength of the first, third, fourth, ninth, and four columns and began to attack the cities of Zhengzhou and Nanyang in Henan in preparation for the upcoming Battle of Huaihai.
It was in the battle against Zhengzhou that the Ninth Column commanded by Qin Jiwei finally ushered in the moment when he transformed into a dragon.
Pictured by Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping
Of course, at the beginning of the Zhengzhou Campaign, the Ninth Column was still a "supporting role", and Qin Jiwei also wanted to open up, whether it was to attack the stronghold or cooperate, his ultimate goal was to destroy the enemy.
However, after analyzing the situation on the battlefield, Qin Jiwei boldly judged that the Nationalist defenders in Zhengzhou would definitely abandon the city and flee.
Therefore, Qin Jiwei did not listen to the command of "Big Brother" this time, but instead took the initiative to order the Ninth Column to make a good deployment and report his ideas.
Unsurprisingly, as the first, third, and fourth columns approached Zhengzhou, the troops of the two divisions of the Nationalist defenders in Zhengzhou, without firing a single shot, fled directly north.
The Ninth Column of the Central Plains Field Army was put into battle in the Battle of Liberating Zhengzhou
The march of the Zhengzhou garrison to the north directly disrupted the operational arrangements of Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yi, and at this time, Deng Xiaoping quickly picked up the phone and called Qin Jiwei, with only one order
"Can't let go of an enemy!" ”
Qin Jiwei, who was guarding the phone, seemed to have the ability to predict the prophet, and when the phone rang, he immediately answered it.
Hearing the voice coming from the phone, Qin Jiwei replied in a standing posture:
"Rest assured, commissar, they absolutely can't run!"
Marshal Chen Yi speaks humorously
Chen Yi, who was next to Deng Xiaoping, was still a little uneasy, after all, the Ninth Column had not yet performed such an important task, and Chen Yi said by telephone:
"Qin Jiwei, this time it's up to you, play well, I sing "Borrow the East Wind" to you, if you can't beat it, you have to spank!"
Hearing Chen Yi's words, Qin Jiwei smiled: "Please rest assured Commander Chen, when we finish fighting Zhengzhou, we will still go into the city to listen to Zizi!" ”
Chen Yi also said with a smile:
"Well, that's it, and when the time comes, you'll be entertained."
Qin Jiwei did not renege on his word, and he led the Ninth Column, which had already made all preparations, to surround the fleeing Kuomintang troops in the Laoyachen area north of Zhengzhou, annihilating more than 10,000 enemy troops.
Chairman Mao drafted a telegram for the Xinhua News Agency to annihilate the enemy of Zhengzhou
After Qin Jiwei eliminated the fleeing Kuomintang troops, Zhengzhou was liberated on October 22.
Three days after the liberation of Zhengzhou, Chen Yi arrived at the Headquarters of the Ninth Column and said something that made Qin Jiwei extremely excited in front of the whole Ninth Column: "The Ninth Column is mature, and it is time to fight a big battle!" ”
As soon as these words were uttered, all the soldiers of the Ninth Column instantly rejoiced, and Qin Jiwei, as the commander of the Ninth Column, was even more proud, and immediately said that he would invite guests and invite guests.
Chen Yi also smiled and said, "We both talk about words!" ”
Qin Jiwei, who laughed loudly, took Chen Yi's arm and said in an atmospheric manner: "Go, let's go to the theater, just watch "Borrowing the East Wind". ”
Picture 丨 Opera "Borrowing the East Wind"
Hearing Qin Jiwei say to go to the theater, Chen Yi stretched out his arm:
"At this time and another time, now that I'm in the city, I'm coming all the way, you can't let me listen to the drama hungry, you have to find me a big hotel!"
Hearing that Chen Yi was hungry and still looking for a big hotel, Qin Jiwei personally drove a jeep and took Chen Yi around the street to find a big hotel.
But the problem has emerged, Zhengzhou has just been liberated, many rich people have run away, even few hotels have been opened, and there are even fewer big hotels.
In desperation, Chen Yi had to lower the standard, find a small restaurant, order half a kilogram of beef, beat three or two old white dried, and eat it like this.
Just as Qin Jiwei was taking Chen Yi to drink a large amount of wine and eat meat, the phone of the Zhengzhou Garrison Headquarters rang, and the duty officer picked up and learned that it was Political Commissar Deng Xiaoping.
Figure 丨 Deng Xiaoping during the Liberation War
Deng Xiaoping called and said, "I am Deng Xiaoping, looking for you Commander Qin!" After hearing the duty officer say that Qin Jiwei was not there, Deng Xiaoping directly hung up the phone and rushed to the Zhengzhou Police Headquarters.
Looking at Qin Jiwei's side, he and Chen Yi sent Chen Yi away after they had enough wine and food, and then turned to the grand theater to watch the play.
Deng Xiaoping
drive
After arriving at the Zhengzhou Garrison Headquarters, I found that in addition to Qin Jiwei, there were still some cadres who were not in position, and this matter was big, Zhengzhou had just been liberated, and the commander of the garrison went to drink and listen to the play.
At this time, Deng Xiaoping was furious, and he had been sitting in the duty room, waiting for Qin Jiwei's return.
As soon as Qin Jiwei returned to the duty room, he saw Deng Xiaoping sitting there, standing up in a hurry, saluted a standard military salute, and shouted: "Hello political commissar!" ”
Pictured: Qin Jiwei and Deng Xiaoping
When Deng Xiaoping saw Qin Jiwei's appearance, his anger suddenly subsided for a while, but he still said solemnly: "Tonight, we both have an affair, you give me an examination, I will give you a punishment!" ”
Looking at Qin Jiwei with a confused face, Deng Xiaoping said: "Just write here, I will accompany you." ”
Qin Jiwei, who had won the battle, did not expect that he would just go to a restaurant and listen to a play, and as a result, he was punished.
Of course, Qin Jiwei also understood in his heart that this was Deng Xiaoping sounding the alarm bell for himself and the Ninth Column to prevent the proud troops from breeding complacency.
After this "incident," Qin Jiwei finally really calmed down and began to study the campaign tactics.
The Fifteenth Army led by General Qin Jiwei won the Battle of Shangganling
In the following campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea, the Fifteenth Army of the Volunteer Army under his command, in shangganling, played out the military prestige of our volunteer army and beat the US army even more to the bone.
In 1955, at the first ceremony of the People's Liberation Army, Qin Jiwei was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, becoming an excellent and glorious founding general of the republic.