<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Centennial General 165: He Dongsheng</h1>
Author: Forget about the jianghu
Many founding generals have distinct personalities, which are also diverse in their nicknames.
For example, Marshal He Long, who "made a revolution with two kitchen knives," and General Wang Zhen, who "made a revolution with two kitchen knives," and General Wang Zhen, who "100,000 troops in Tun Tianshan," were both called "bearded men"; Zhou Gong, who had been in charge of the military for many times, was also recognized as the "Duke of Beautiful Hair"; Xu Haidong, the founding general, was called "Xu Tiger" because of his bravery in battle; and Pi Dingjun, who was "less advanced in the middle" because of the breakthrough in the Central Plains, was called "leather monkey" by the division commander Liu Bocheng.
He Dongsheng
In the Shandong base area, there are also two "monkey" generals: one is Liang Xingchu and the other is He Dongsheng.
Liang Xingchu, a tiger general from Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, was called "Liang Da Ya" by his comrades-in-arms because of his protruding front teeth, but after participating in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he underwent corrective surgery, and the "big teeth" were not obvious. During the Long March, Liang Xingchu was the commander of the reconnaissance company of the Red First Army, repeatedly haunted in the heart of the enemy army, and was called "Liang Monkey" by the regimental commander Lin Biao, and this nickname was brought to the anti-Japanese battlefield.
In addition to Liang Xingchu, there was also a "hair monkey" general in the Shandong anti-Japanese base area, who was He Dongsheng.
Liang Xingchu in the anti-Japanese battlefield
He Dongsheng was born in 1911 in Youxian County, Hunan Province, to a destitute family.
He Dongsheng has been stubborn since he was a child, once, his father suspected that a winter melon in his hand was stolen, picked up a flat burden and beat him, his mother told him to run, but He Dongsheng stood motionless in the same place, waiting for his father to beat him, so that his father was angry. In the evening, He Dongsheng disappeared, and a few days later, a neighbor found He Dongsheng on a field mound. It turned out that for several days at night, he had been sleeping in broken temples, caves and fields.
As he grew up, He Dongsheng gradually understood things and helped his parents share the heavy responsibilities of life.
In 1930, a Red Army passed by He Dongsheng's hometown, and the 19-year-old He Dongsheng signed up to join the army. But because he was dark, thin and short, the recruiting Red Army rejected him. But He Dongsheng's stubborn temper came up, you don't want me, I also want to go with it. A few days later, the recruiting comrades were touched by him and accepted him as a propagandist.
Don't look at He Dongsheng is not tall and burly, he is a good hand in fighting. In February 1933, in the Fourth Anti-Encirclement battle of Huangpi, the Red First, Third and 21st Armies surrounded and annihilated the 52nd Division under the command of Commander Lin. A beautiful ambush battle took only 3 hours, annihilated the 52nd Division, and killed the division commander Li Ming. The 22-year-old He Dongsheng first appeared sharp, and he killed a platoon of the enemy army by himself, and was praised by the 26-year-old Lin Army Commander.
He Dongsheng, who had experienced the test of war, became more and more courageous in the Vietnam War, and was soon promoted to platoon commander, communications company instructor, and battalion commander, and participated in the 25,000-mile long march to northern Shaanxi. After the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, He Dong was promoted to the commander of the 115th Division's teaching brigade and participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
"Encircle and suppress" Jiang Jun in the Soviet zone
In October 1938, the chairman proposed at the congress to "send troops to Shandong".
In March 1939, He Dongsheng, along with Chen Guang, Luo Ronghuan's 115th Division headquarters and the 686th Regiment, entered Shandong from the junction of Henan and Hebei, and marched into Mengshan after the breakthrough of Lufang in May. In 1939, the 115th Division formed the 7th Regiment, with Li Ziying as the regimental commander and He Dong as the chief of staff.
Mengshan is located in the north of Lunan, which is a strategic point to Jiaodong, Luzhong and Luxi, but due to the strict blockade of the Japanese army, the supply of materials in the base area is very difficult, and He Dongsheng often takes 7 regiments to escort guns, ammunition, funds, medicines and other materials on secret communication lines.
In October, hundreds of Surabaya bandits, including Lu Demiao and Ma Xianyu, sneaked into Mengshan to rob him, and were called "donkey horse teams" by the people. The Taining Border Region requested the 7th Regiment of the 115th Division to assist in the battle, and He Dongsheng, chief of staff of the 7th Regiment, led the 7th Regiment to set up an ambush and wipe out the "Donkey Horse Team" at Majiayu.
Soon, He Dongsheng was appointed as the commander of the old 6th Regiment (formerly the 686th Regiment). In March 1941, the Battle of Qingkou began, He Dongsheng and Liu Xiyuan commanded 6 regiments to conquer Haitou, Xingzhuang and Qingkou, annihilating more than 1,000 enemy personnel, and when retreating, 1 company of 1 Hara Feiyou and 18 other people blocked the transfer of more than 500 Japanese Kou to cover the main force, and only one survived the bloody battle, and the 1st company was awarded the title of "Eighteen Warriors of Qingkou".
In April 1943, the Binhai Military Region was unified, with commander Chen Shiyu and political commissar Fu Zhuting. Luo Huasheng, the leader of the 4th regiment, Wu Dai, the political commissar; Zeng Guohua, the leader of the 6th regiment, later went to the party school to study, He Dongsheng succeeded him, and the political commissar Liu Xiyuan; the 13th regiment leader Liang Xingchu, the political commissar Qin Shimian.
Chen Shiyu decided to pull out a large stronghold on the edge of the base area in order to strengthen the prestige of our army.
In terms of combat deployment, He Dongsheng's 6th Regiment attacked, Luo Huasheng's 4th Regiment pretended to attack, and Liang Xingchu's 13th Regiment came to the rescue. The stronghold city was thick with high walls, and Chen Shiyu deployed 6 regiments of artillery companies directly under the military region and personally sat in charge, and the artillery company only had 2 guns and 10 shells.
After the battle was launched, the Japanese stronghold was strong in firepower, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who charged fell in a pool of blood one by one, and He Dongsheng came to the artillery position and ordered to open fire on the Japanese stronghold. However, according to the custom, the company commander only obeyed the commander Chen Shiyu, and He Dongsheng pulled out his hand to grab it, shouting at the artillery company commander: "Don't fire the cannon again, kill you!" ”
With a few cannon shots, the Japanese position was blown open by a gap, and the 6th Regiment rushed in. Chen Shiyu, who heard the news, found out everything that happened at the scene and had to acquiesce. After the war, He Dongsheng asked Chen Shiyu for punishment, and Chen Shiyu smiled: "Do you still know that I am a commander?" ”
Coastal anti-Japanese base area
In the autumn of 1943, the Japanese puppet army gathered more than 10,000 people to carry out a large-scale "sweep" of the coastal base area, and He Dongsheng led 2 platoons of 2 companies of 6 regiments and 81 people to take cover behind the palace and block the fierce attack of hundreds of Japanese puppet troops on the gourd-shaped highlands of the mountains. The next morning, 2 platoons were built one after another, except for he Dongsheng, the regimental commander.
The head of the military region and the cadres and fighters looked at the mountain from afar, and there were Japanese "sun flags" everywhere, and everyone expected that He Dongsheng must have sacrificed and martyred the country, so a funeral ceremony was held for him, and the local people also set up a spiritual hall at home to sacrifice him. However, that night, He Dongsheng and the guards returned with a Japanese prisoner. After this battle, the Japanese puppet army directly called He Dongsheng an undead "hair monkey".
In October 1945, the 2nd Shandong Division was ordered to go out of customs to fight in Jinxi.
He Dongsheng was then the deputy commander of the 2nd Division, and the division commander was Luo Huasheng. When the troops passed by the Xinmin Ma Sanjiazi Station, they saw that the train was full of ammunition and quilts, guarded by the Soviet army and the Xianji Eastern troops. Luo Huasheng negotiated to support a little ammunition, and the guards replied that they must have the permission of Commander Li Yunchang. He Dongsheng invited the Soviet army to drink, and took advantage of the drunkenness of the other side to smuggle away a batch of weapons and ammunition.
In February 1947, when Sanbao linjiang, Du Guanghua, commander of the 10th Division, died heroically at the 571 Heights, leaving behind his wife Chen Ling, a one-year-old daughter and a widow. Later, after the introduction of the organization, He Dongsheng and Chen Ling were combined, and He Dongsheng regarded the two children as his own.
In the following three dozen and four flats, He Dongsheng suddenly felt a chill in his waist when he charged, looked down and found that there was a hole left in the leather jacket, took off the leather jacket and saw that the bullet bullet had burrowed into the skin, and his ass was still exposed. He Dongsheng casually threw the warhead to the ground, put on a leather jacket and continued to charge.
Due to He Dongsheng's repeated distress, Lin Zong repeatedly reprimanded him and asked to stay in the headquarters, but the next battle remained the same. So much so that every time After the battle, Chief Lin and Luo had to ask the staff officers: "Check to see if the monkey is still alive, and where is it now?" ”
He Dongsheng and his wife Chen Ling
On January 14, 1949, when the general offensive of the Tianjin Campaign began, the 38th Army and the 39th Army mainly attacked the western front.
He Dongsheng, commander of the 113th Division of the 38th Army, was at the division command post, and deputy commander Cao Lihuai arrived with the guards and servants to see he Dongsheng to the front line. Without saying a word, He Dongsheng and Cao Lihuai entered the tank and headed towards the Jintang Bridge, reaching the place where the gunfire was most intense, only to see a building blocking the way of the attacking troops. He Dongsheng ordered the tanks to crash directly into the building, and the fighters behind him quickly took down the building after following the attack.
After the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began, Peng Zong was thirsty for talents and raised He Dong to the 38th Line.
However, when the order arrived at the Central South Military Region, he was suppressed by Lin Zong, and when He Dongsheng, then vice president of the Central South Military and Political University, learned of it, he called Lin Ban to ask for war, and Lin criticized He Dongsheng on the phone: Running a school well is more important than leading an army.
He Dongsheng has always been most afraid of the taciturn but majestic Lin Zong, although he is unwilling but helpless. By not participating in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, He Dongsheng lost the opportunity to make contributions to the battlefield again like Liang Xingchu and Liu Xiyuan. In September 1955, He Dongsheng's old comrades-in-arms Liang Xingchu, Liu Xiyuan, Zeng Guohua and others were awarded lieutenant generals, and he, along with Luo Huasheng and Wu Dai, was awarded major generals.
However, He Dongsheng's life experienced hundreds of battles but "retreated from the whole body" unscathed, which was really envious of others.
In his later years, He Dongsheng loved to watch three old movies "Mine Warfare", "Tunnel Warfare" and "Plain Guerrilla", and the rest of the films were almost not watched. Such a good attitude also makes him happy. In August 1998, General He Dongsheng died of illness at the age of 87.
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