What are the identities of a person in his or her lifetime? And how do you switch these identities?
Just like this man, he was a well-known general on the battlefield, who was shocked by the world, and he was also a football enthusiast, often diverting the set on the battlefield to the ball game, which amazed his opponents.
In addition, he is also the father of 12 children, not because of the large number of children and neglect their education, but to cultivate their children into talents, so that they all become good children who inherit the spirit of their fathers and serve the motherland.
This person was Wu Xinquan, the founding lieutenant general of China. His rank is not very high, but his record is quite exciting. So, what is the story that belongs to Wu Xinquan?
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In 1912, Wu Xinquan was born in a village in Pingjiang. At the age of 15, he joined the Red Guards and embarked on the revolutionary road. In 1930, Wu Xinquan became a member of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, participated in the agrarian revolution, the Fifth Anti-Encirclement and Suppression Campaign, and successively served as a staff officer, instructor, and commissioner of the Red 3rd Army. In 1934, he began a long and arduous journey with the Long March.
In 1937, Wu Xinquan, then deputy director of the Regimental Political Training Office, led his generals to join the Battle of Pingxingguan; in 1938, because the regimental commander and chief of staff failed to resist the temptation of the enemy and create the "Zhang Lan Incident", Wu Xinquan was ordered to reorganize the army as a member of the Youth League Committee to sweep away the bad impact of the defection incident.
At the beginning of the following year, Wu Xinquan, who was near Changzhi, overheard that a certain regiment of the Japanese army would pass by this place, so he had a plan. He quickly gathered his generals, led his army to the road that the Japanese army had to pass, set up an ambush, and annihilated more than 3,000 enemy troops with the tactic of avoiding reality and virtuality, which was "humiliated" before Yixue.
In 1945, Wu Xinquan once again led the army into battle, winning the Battle of Funing, suppressing bandits in the northeast, and opening up the base area in western Manchuria.
Three years later, the Nationalist government gathered a large army to prepare to attack Faku and Xinlitun, and Wu Xinquan, who was stationed nearby, was not afraid at all, and immediately decided to surround the enemy in several ways. 60 cannons were sprayed together, and the soldiers, under the command of Wu Xinquan, attacked the enemy front and back and won the victory.
In 1950, Wu Xinquan entered the Korean battlefield as the commander of the 39th Army of the Volunteer Army, opening his own highlight moment of war.
There, Wu Xinquan created a total of 4 "firsts": The 39th Army was the first army in The history of China and the United States to formally engage in a firefight with the US army, they fought in Yunshan, which lasted 3 days and 3 nights, and finally the brave and tenacious soldiers of our army won the battle, capturing 4 enemy aircraft and countless tanks and cars.
The 39th Army was also the first volunteer to enter Pyongyang, a vital city that has not fallen into the hands of others since occupying Pyongyang.
At the same time, Seoul was also the first to be attacked by the 39th Army, and the soldiers who bravely killed the enemy occupied the presidential palace with a rapid and fierce offensive, laying a solid foundation for the victory of the entire battle.
In the fourth battle, Wu Xinquan commanded the 7th Division of the 39th Army to successfully intercept the fleeing enemy troops, and took the initiative to attack, using the night to divide the enemy and implement an annihilation strategy. Throughout the battle, they captured more than 3,000 enemy troops, including more than 800 U.S. troops, which was the highest record for capturing U.S. troops.
In 1951, Wu Xinquan, who had just finished the Fifth Campaign, suddenly received a phone call from his superiors, saying that the headquarters had decided to send Wu Xinquan and several other generals back to China to meet Chairman Mao. They had lunch with Chairman Mao at Fortress Garden and were praised and encouraged by the chairman.
Returning to the battlefield, Wu Xinquan and others were indeed more and more courageous in the war and did not fail to live up to the hopes of the motherland and the people. Wu Xinquan personally led the officers and men of the 39th Army to dig tunnels for more than 100 miles, commonly known as the "Underground Great Wall", providing a solid guarantee for the lives and training of the soldiers, which was highly praised by the command.
Under the effective cover of the tunnel, Wu Xinquan and the officers and men of the 39th Army not only annihilated more than 20,000 enemy troops, but also successfully advanced the enemy position by 10 kilometers, laying a favorable foreshadowing for the final victory of our army.
In 1953, Wu Xinquan returned to China after victory and served as deputy chief of staff of the Northeast Military Region and chief of staff of the Shenyang Military Region; in 1957, he entered the Military Academy for further study. In 1960, Wu Xinquan became the deputy commander of artillery.
It can be said that almost all of his brilliant achievements occurred on the Korean battlefield, and he was a very good general. But when Wu Xinquan took off his military uniform, people who knew him would be particularly surprised, because the Wu Xinquan in life was in great contrast with Wu Xinquan on the battlefield.
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Wu Xinquan's biggest hobby in life is ball sports, basketball, football, table tennis... Wu Xinquan was all addicted to it and was extremely enthusiastic.
As long as he has free time, he will definitely come to the scene to watch the game. Wu Xinquan's way of watching the game is particularly interesting, seeing a good ball, that is, shouting "wonderful"; when there is a mistake, he scolds the "stink ball", and rushes down the stands, urgently "commanding", which has a posture of replacing the coach.
One of his favorite words is: "Playing is like fighting, you must be brave and tactical, so that you can defeat your opponent." ”
Once, Wu Xinquan was hospitalized for heart disease. Doctors forbade him to watch a ball game, saying it was bad for his heart. When Wu Xinquan heard this, he immediately turned his face and retorted: "I don't watch the ball game to have a heart attack!" ”
When the ball game was about to start, Wu Xinquan, who had already expected it, took the remote control first, fixed the TV on the channel of the live ball game, and "cut off" the possibility of watching the ball game from the source.
Another time, Wu Xinquan was excited by the German-French battle of the Football World Cup, and his wife suddenly told him that his 8th granddaughter had just arrived in the world, and Wu Xinquan, who had no time to take care of the others, replied smoothly: "Good... strike! ”
His wife continued, "The children are waiting for you to give them a name!" ”
While paying attention to the football game, Wu Xinquan took a pen and paper and wrote down the word "German french" and handed it to his wife.
In his twilight years, Wu Xinquan, who loved ball sports, specially gathered his sons to form a basketball team and personally guided them to "ling" the organ department field, and won the nickname: Wu Jiajun.
In addition to ball sports, Wu Xinquan's performance on the dance floor is also very eye-catching, and his best dances are waltz and tango.
Whenever a dance party is organized, Wu Xinquan and his wife are always the most eye-catching presence. Don't look at Wu Xinquan's rough appearance and large body, in fact, he dances, and the dance steps are particularly light and elegant, making it difficult to look away at first sight.
Wu Xinquan in life, like thousands of ordinary people, is an ordinary person who has his own interests and hobbies and is often addicted to them. In his body, he could not see a trace of the "pride" that belonged to the superior, nor could he see the "self-conceit" of the officials.
If you have to say a little bit of Wu Xinquan's "difference", it is probably his family composition.
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Once, Premier Zhou happened to meet Wu Xinquan and his wife and asked sarcastically: "Has your 'aircraft carrier' recently added new aircraft?" ”
Wu Xinquan laughed heartily and shook his head.
Why did Premier Zhou ask such a question? What is an "aircraft carrier"? In fact, the prime minister would laugh at this because Wu Xinquan's family members were really large.
In addition to the couple, he also has 8 sons and 4 daughters, a total of 12 children, in stark contrast to most high-ranking cadre families, which is why Premier Zhou used to refer to Wu Xinquan as an "aircraft carrier" and his children as "equipment" on an "aircraft carrier".
Wu Xinquan's eldest son was called Wu Wanxiang, the eldest daughter was called Wu Chongyang, and the rest of the children were Huaiyang, Wanping, and Xiping.
Although there are many children, Wu Xinquan's education of children is not ambiguous. Like most of his revolutionary predecessors, he resolutely refused to allow his children to live on the privileges of their fathers, demanding that they must learn to be self-reliant.
At that time, Wu Xinquan and his wife's wages were not high, and in order to support 12 children, they were frugal and frugal, and their lives were extremely poor. The family did not have enough money to buy clothes for the children, so they were allowed to wear uniforms issued by the school.
There were ignorant children who hated the general quality and style and refused to wear them, so Wu Xinquan told him solemnly: "Now that you have clothes to wear, you are already very happy." Some people can't even wear clothes. In the future, if you are so selective, I think you will not go to school! ”
When the social system was changed to a salary system, and all the necessities of life had to be purchased by himself, Wu Xinquan, who was distressed, thought left and right, and finally decided to make his own clothes.
He gritted his teeth and saved some of his money and bought his wife a sewing machine. Mrs. Wu Xinquan, who is not a female celebrity at all, is speechless, but she still bows to "reality" and begins to learn sewing techniques.
Technology is solved, but what about cloth? There will always be attrition in learning, and with the Wu family's conditions at that time, they could not afford this expense at all.
On a whim, Wu Xinquan ran to the logistics department and asked the staff to help him collect waste parachute fabrics and sew "ingenious" clothes for the children.
Wu Wanxiang told the world that Wu Xinquan's teachings to them were particularly strict since childhood, and they were not allowed to be rude and unruly, and they had to say hello when they saw their elders, and to keep quiet when there were guests.
Every winter and summer vacation, their family will hold a family meeting, and all the children will show their parents the report card, and they will be praised for their good learning.
Sometimes, parents are busy with work and can't take care of the children at home, so they will assign the task of caring for their younger siblings to 3 older children: Chongyang is responsible for supervising everyone's work and rest, such as bathing, washing feet, changing clothes, etc.; Wanxiang undertakes the work of taking his younger siblings out to play and carry out sports activities; Huaiyang supervises everyone's study.
For Wu Wanxiang when he was a teenager, one of the things he was most looking forward to was the weekend dinner, his parents did not come to the table, did not move the chopsticks, and no one was allowed to move the children.
Cut watermelon in the summer, and Chongyang will take the initiative to give the largest two pieces to his parents. In the minds of the Wu children, their parents are the most important beings in their lives, and they have never felt the eccentricity of their parents.
After growing up, the first salary earned by the Children of the Wu Family in their lives must be handed over to their parents, according to Wu Xinquan, this rule is to warn the Children of the Wu Family to maintain the hard and simple style of the elders, and not to spend money extravagantly!
Under the words and deeds of Wu Xinquan and his wife, all the children of the Wu family have become the pillars of the country, continue to emulate the elders in their respective posts, add bricks and tiles to the construction of the motherland, and pay their own strength, and live up to the expectations of Wu Xinquan and his wife.
Looking at Wu Xinquan's life, we will find that he was indeed a rather legendary revolutionary ancestor: in his early years, he fought on the battlefield, made great achievements, accumulated combat experience, and when he resisted US aggression and aided Korea, he became famous in World War I and handed over a "battle record answer sheet" that amazed the world.
Taking off his military uniform, he calmly returned to the "role" of ordinary people, indulged in hobbies and interests, and never violated the firm position and original intention of a revolutionary; the number of children in his family was huge, but Wu Xinquan and his wife treated each other equally, never favored any one, and carefully taught them to grow up and become talented and contribute to the construction of the motherland.
Such a "capable ancestor" naturally has a perfect reason to gain the admiration and respect of future generations, right?
Text/Zhao Helan