On October 7, 1986, Marshal ** passed away at the age of 94.
The first to arrive at the mourning hall was his former partner *** He didn't come alone, three generations of the Deng family came here. According to Chinese tradition Xi only the most affectionate families can enjoy this courtesy.
Recalling the fighting years when the two of them fought hard to guard Taihang Mountain, leap into Dabie Mountain, and chase the Central Plains, they couldn't help but burst into tears. Zhuo Lin also hugged and cried with Marshal ***'s widow Wang Ronghua.
**Wrote an article commemorating ***,During the war years, people referred to the two of them as Liu Deng, ** described the relationship between the two as Liu Deng could not be mixed with a ton.
The marshal made important contributions to the Chinese revolution, he was highly respected in the army, and his memorial service was carefully studied. In the end, ** decided to personally host the memorial service.
During the preparation of the memorial service, the family of **Marshal made two requests to **:
One isThe ashes of Marshal *** were scattered in the Taihang Mountains, Huaihai region, Nanjing, Chongqing and Kaixian County, Sichuan.
This is easy to understand. Kaixian is the hometown of Marshal ***, and other places are where he fought or worked. In this way, he can rest with the soldiers who fought with him and shed their blood and died, and can rest in peace among the people who are related to him in flesh and blood.
The second isIf a person is missed at the memorial service, he should be notified to attend. When Wang Ronghua was examining and approving the list of people attending the memorial service, he found that there was no Xiao Yongyin, former deputy commander of the Wuhan Military Region, and asked him to be notified immediately to attend the memorial service.
** has led countless soldiers in his life, why did Wang Ronghua only name Xiao Yongyin, and what kind of special feelings did he have with the marshal?
**Marshal Memorial Service Xiao Yongyin's life is quite legendary, and at the age of 13, he joined the Red First Army and became a bugleman. In 1935, in a battle in northern Sichuan, Xiao Yongyin's 33rd Regiment was defeated.
Seeing that the enemy army was about to break through the front line of the Red Army, the regiment commander Zhang Changhou had no troops available and was ready to go into battle in person. Xiao Yongyin, who served as the commander, took the initiative to ask for help, and the head of the regiment looked at his immature face and hesitated for a long time before agreeing to let him go.
Xiao Yongyin fought extremely bravely, and rushed the enemy into chaos at once, but on the way to pursuit, he himself was shot and fell halfway up the hill. After being carried down, he was no longer moving, and there was no sign of life.
Unexpectedly, this young general won the battle in the first attack, but he was about to die in the first battle, and the regiment commander was extremely sad. Fortunately, after three days and three nights of fighting against death, Xiao Yongyin finally woke up.
At that time, the troops were about to cross the snow-capped mountains, and in order to reduce the burden, it was stipulated that the seriously wounded should be temporarily hidden in the homes of the villagers. It was an order, and the regimental commander had to obey it, and he stood in front of the stretcher and refused to leave, tears rolling in his eyes.
At this time, the army commander Xu Shiyou passed by, and after learning about the situation, he said: "Bring the little ghost with you!.""If you stay in your hometown, you will not only lack medical treatment and medicine, but also face the enemy's search and arrest, and I am afraid that there will be more luck than luck.
It was Xu Shiyou's words that saved Xiao Yongyin's life. Xu Shiyou didn't know Xiao Yongyin at that time, and he probably couldn't imagine that decades later, he would serve as the commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and Xiao Yongyin would become his deputy commander.
After the end of the Long March, Xiao Yongyin accompanied the Western Route Army to carry out the task of opening up the Hexi Corridor, which was the most difficult moment in his life. The troops fought a bloody battle with the Ma family's army, and finally lost because they were outnumbered.
The Shiwo meeting decided that **Chen Changhao would return to northern Shaanxi to report to **, and ** lead the left detachment to continue to Xinjiang. Before leaving, ** said to ***: "Comrade Xiannian, give me your guard platoon commander." ”
The guard platoon commander is Xiao Yongyin, who took a fancy to his wit and bravery. Before parting, ** told Xiao Yongyin: "You must protect the chief." ”
The enemy has already blocked the lines of communication, and bounty notices have been pasted in towns and cities: "Capture 200,000 people in the ocean." ”
On the way, Xiao Yongyin wittily got rid of a traitor and broke through the layers of levels set by the enemy. Later, due to the increasingly strict inspection of the enemy, in order to narrow the target, ** Chen Changhao decided to act separately from the troops.
**Wrote a letter to ** and handed it to Xiao Yongyin, agreeing that whoever arrived in northern Shaanxi would report the situation of the Western Route Army to **. This letter became the belief that supported Xiao Yongyin's survival, and on the way, he slept in the open air, suffered from cold and starvation, and escaped from the enemy several times with wit.
No matter what difficulties he encountered, he was able to lift his spirits when he thought that the task of delivering the letter was not yet completed. After nine deaths and more than four months of arduous trekking, when they arrived in Longdong, only he and Chen Mingyi, the combat staff officer of the General Headquarters of the Fourth Front Army, were left in a small team of more than 20 people.
Here they met the Western Army, and the commander *** went out to greet him in person after learning that someone had returned. At this time, Xiao Yongyin was already ragged and skeletal in marketing, and his face was white only with teeth, and he looked no different from a beggar.
When they saw ***, it was like seeing a loved one, and they wept bitterly. Seeing their appearance, *** who loves soldiers like children also held their hands tightly, choked up and said, "It's not easy to come back alive!."”
Since then, Xiao Yongyin has been working under ***.
Xiao Yongyin has followed two marshals in his life, and later he recalled: "I learned to be brave with Marshal *** and learned to fight with Marshal ***." "Xiao Yongyin has fought countless battles under the command of ***, and he is good at fighting tough battles.
In the autumn of 1946, in order to respond to the battle of the Central Plains and Northern Jiangsu, Liu Deng's army launched the Longhai Campaign, cut off the Longhai line, and annihilated the enemyMore than 60,000 people. After the victory, Liu Deng's army took the initiative to withdraw to the liberated areas of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan.
Lao Jiang was unwilling after being bitten, and in order to ensure the smooth flow of the Longhai line in the future, he mobilized 300,000 troops and chased after him from the east and west. Its vanguard was Zhao Xitian's reorganized third division, which was fully equipped with American weapons and equipment, and was composed of veterans with combat experience, and Zhao was Gu Zhutong's nephew, who was extremely arrogant.
After several days of fighting, Liu Deng's army was not replenished, and it was very tired, with only more than 50,000 people on the battlefield of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan, and was at an absolute disadvantage. If we immediately meet the enemy, it will be very difficult, and if we do not fight, we will inevitably abandon the strategic points in southwestern Shandong, which will not be conducive to future maneuvers.
The military meeting of Liu Deng's army had never encountered such a quiet scene, and everyone did not say a word whether they fought or not.
After a long time, Wang Jinshan broke the deadlock: "I advocate fighting, our 6th column is a young column, as long as the main column can be saved, it is worth it for us to fight the enemy." ”
The more he talked, the more excited he became, and he also made a military order: "The column fights until there is one brigade left, and I will be the brigade commander;."When there was only one regiment left, I was the commander of the regiment ......”
This statement strengthened everyone's confidence, and Liu Deng unanimously decided to fight. Liu Deng analyzed the battle situation, as long as he defeated the enemy all the way and thwarted the enemy's spirit, he could have a great impact on the entire situation. They used the tactic of luring the enemy deep into the army and lured Zhao Xitian to Dayanghu Village, 30 kilometers west of Dingtao County, Luxi.
Zhao Xitian's lone army penetrated deeper and pulled more than 20 kilometers with the troops behind, and then was stubbornly resisted by Liu Deng's army, and was surrounded in several villages less than 3 kilometers near Dayang Lake. Zhao Xitian's division headquarters was located in the Tianye Temple behind Dayang Lake.
When the time was ripe, the 6th Column served as the main frontal attack on Dayang Lake, and the 18th Brigade commanded by Xiao Yongyin was the main attack force of the 6th Column. The enemy's reinforcements were 20 kilometers away, and if the blockade was ineffective, reinforcements could arrive in a few hours, leaving little time for Xiao Yongyin.
The general attack was about to be launched, when Wang Jinshan suddenly called** and said: "The commander said that he was going to you, and I left him with me." "Obviously, ** is a little uneasy about the war on the front.
Xiao Yongyin was taken aback, his brigade command post was only a few hundred meters away from the front line, and a fierce battle was imminentHe hurriedly said: "Please tell Commander Liu, be sure not to come, I promise to fight this battle." ”
Pressure is motivation. Informed that the commander of *** was coming to the front, the fighters were greatly encouraged and heroically rushed towards the enemy positions. The general attack began in the middle of the night, and as soon as dawn dawned, the soldiers entered Dayang Village, opening the strongest defense line of the enemy army.
** After receiving the report, under an order, all 4 columns attacked, chasing the remnants of the enemy for hundreds of miles. Finally destroy the enemy 1More than 70,000 people were captured, and the division commander Zhao Xitian was captured alive.
The enemy is not a paper tiger, this battle was extremely tragic, the 16th Brigade ** reached more than 2,000 people. Many years later, Xiao Yongyin still remembers a string of numbers with blood:More than half of the 52nd Regiment, one-third of the 53rd Regiment, and the worst of the 54th Regiment, two-thirds.
Soon after, ** listed the battle of Dayang Lake as a typical battle example in the "Summary of Three Months".
**In August 1947, in order to crush the enemy's key offensive on Shandong and Yan'an, Liu Deng's army jumped from southwest Lu to Dabie Mountain in three routes.
When they broke through the enemy's defense line and came to the Ru River, the enemy army judged the intention of Liu Deng's army, and immediately mobilized 20 brigades to chase after them, and the other 4 brigades were blocked on the south bank of the Ru River, and the north and south attacked to wipe out Liu Deng's army on the front line of the Ru River.
At this time, the Right Route Army commanded by Yang Yong had crossed the Ru River, the Left Route Army commanded by ** had also arrived at the Huai River, and the Middle Route Army also had troops crossing or were crossing the Ru River.
Only the main force of the 6th Column, the Central Plains Bureau, the field army headquarters, a large number of southbound cadres, and thousands of former migrant workers who came from the liberated areas were still on the north bank of the Ru River.
When Xiao Yongyin, commander of the 18th Brigade, was observing the enemy situation on the north bank, he found that enemy planes were circling in the air, smoke and dust were billowing on the roads on both sides of the south bank, and the enemy troops were spreading along the south bank and forming a blocking position.
Xiao Yongyin, who had experienced a hundred battles, immediately realized that it was necessary to seize a bridgehead on the south bank when the enemy's foothold was not stable, so as to create the possibility for the army to cross the river, and he ordered the 52nd Regiment to cross the river immediately. At the same time, people also asked people to find materials to repair the pontoon bridge.
The troops finally found a small boat and immediately rushed to the south bank, and some soldiers floated to the opposite bank with a log in their arms. A squad caught the enemy off guard who had just entered Daleigang and quickly seized the village. By dusk, the main forces of a regiment had all crossed the river and consolidated the bridgehead.
The field army headquarters was on the move and could not be contacted, Xiao Yongyin did not get an order and it was not easy to act on his own, he was extremely tormented in his heart and waited anxiously.
Late at night, Liu Deng's army rushed to the front line. Chief of Staff Li Da spread out the map and analyzed the situation: There are three integrated divisions of the enemy army behind, which are forty or fifty miles away, and they can be arrived at dawn. On the south bank of the Joux River, there are four enemy brigades, which have already laid out their defensive lines.
Political Commissar *** said succinctly: "Whether or not we can cross the Ru River is related to whether or not we can accomplish the strategic task of leaping forward, and we have no other way out but to fight through it." ”
In fact, there was not much of a problem in the past, the problem was that there were more than 30,000 people in the Central Plains Bureau and the Noji Bureau, most of whom were non-combatants. It was too difficult to cover such a large team to break through the enemy's defenses.
At the moment of life and death, the burden fell on Xiao Yongyin's shoulders again. The 18th Brigade was responsible for breaking through the enemy's defensive positions and opening the passage, and Commander Liu Deng acted with the 18th Brigade. From the unease of the battle of Dayang Lake to the current action with the 18th Brigade, **'s trust in Xiao Yongyin has changed qualitatively.
Xiao Yongyin was anxious when he heard this: "No, it's too unsafe." ”
** raised his voice and said in an indisputable tone: "You go to war, don't worry about us, you must make a way from the middle!".”
Xiao Yongyin knew the character of the leaders, and he couldn't persuade him, so he could only implement it. Before getting up, ** advised: "When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, be brave!."Be fierce!Got it?”
Xiao Yongyin decided that he and the political commissar would go to the 52nd Regiment and the 53rd Regiment respectively, and divide the left and right wings to advance at the same time, with the 54th Regiment as the second echelon. He specially arranged for the 1st Battalion of the 53rd Regiment to protect the safety of Chief Liu Deng, and the battalion had more than 700 people, all wearing steel helmets, and was the strongest unit in the 18th Brigade.
Xiao Yongyin ordered the soldiers to load bayonets, untie grenades, and resolutely destroy the enemy when encountered, leaving no stronghold where they passed. Because any straggler may threaten the safety of Chief Liu Deng.
The troops attacked and advanced, laying down one village and then another, and continuing southward. In order to maintain the safety of the front and the head of Liu Deng, the ** soldiers kept reeling the line, and they understood that if the line went south, it would mean that the battle line was advanced by one inch to the south.
By dawn, the 18th Brigade had tore a hole five or six miles wide and more than 10 miles deep from the enemy's position. In the end, more than 30,000 people from the Central Plains Bureau, Yeji, and the directly subordinate team successfully crossed the Ru River.
Later, Du Yide, the political commissar of the 6th Column, wrote in his memoirs: "The Battle of the Ruhe River was the most tense and serious battle of our army on the way to the Dabie Mountains, and it was also the most fierce battle. ”
After the liberation of ** and ***, due to work reasons, Xiao Yongyin and *** Tian were on their own. But the deep friendship forged during the war years has left a deep mark on their hearts.
Late one night in 1970, Xu Shiyou called Xiao Yongyin: "Liu Shuai is here, you go pick it up." ”
It was an eventful time, ** came suddenly, Xiao Yongyin expected that the old handsome situation was probably not very good. He didn't know what happened after he saw ***, and the old man really came to "take refuge".
** With a long sigh, he said, "I'm old and useless, come here and cause you trouble." ”
The sad tone made Xiao Yongyin feel very uncomfortable to listen to, he felt that Liu Shuai was too polite and said: "Liu Shuai, I am your soldier......."I'm talking about materialism, how you treated me before, and how you still treat me. I'm sorry for you to be so polite!”
What a hardship to see the truth!** I was relieved and happy.
During his stay in Nanjing, in order to make the old man feel better, Xu Shiyou personally went up the mountain to hunt game and warmly entertained him, and asked his subordinates to visit and chat with the old man in turn.
But after a few days of observation, Lao Shuai didn't seem to be willing to meet people, only when he was with Xiao Yongyin, he was in a slightly happier mood.
Xu Shiyou explained to Xiao Yongyin: "You have time to visit him more and chat with him, he doesn't want to deal with others." ”
It's really weird, **As soon as I saw Xiao Yongyin, I started talking and laughing.
** He spent most of his later years in Beijing, and every time Xiao Yongyin went to Beijing, he had to visit the marshal's home. The last time I visited Liu Shuai, it was permanently engraved in Xiao Yongyin's mind.
At that time, Liu Shuai was admitted to 301 Hospital, Xiao Yongyin pushed open the door and saw the old handsome man lying on the hospital bed, his nose was sour and he burst into tears. He grabbed Liu Shuai's hand and said loudly: "Teacher, I'm Xiao Yongyin, I'm here to see you!."”
The old handsome, who had already lost his ability to think, seemed to understand Xiao Yongyin's words, opened his mouth wide, breathed heavily, and gurgled in his throat.
The marshal who once commanded thousands of troops and horses, but also couldn't resist the cruel fate, and now he can't say a word despite all his might.
Looking at the old handsome's trembling body, Xiao Yongyin held his hand tightly, and tears came out of his heart. He sat stiffly in front of Lao Shuai for half an hour, until Liu Shuai's mood gradually calmed down.
Xiao Yongyin stood up, saluted the marshal for the last time, and said heavily: "Division commander, I'm leaving!."”
The ** who had been guarding the ward came out and asked curiously: "Chief, are you Xiao Yongyin?"Liu Shuai would suddenly shout in his sleep: "Xiao Yongyin!."”
Xiao Yongyin replied: "The old man told me to go to war!."”
The young little ** was stunned for a long time, how could she understand the special feelings between the commander and his subordinates during the war years.
After the marshal and his wife received the notice to attend the memorial service of the marshal, Xiao Yongyin immediately rushed to Beijing from Wuhan, and he said tearfully in front ......of the marshal's spirit: "Liu Shuai, I, Xiao Yongyin, am late and didn't see you off."”
When he had finished speaking, he threw himself down in front of the grave and wept aloud. Wang Ronghua and his children immediately helped Xiao Yongyin up, and said in an inquiring tone: "I want to scatter the ashes." ”
Xiao Yongyin replied with tears: "I agree." ”