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In October 1950, in the golden autumn season, General Zheng Dongguo went to Beijing and received a banquet.
After learning the news, he was thrilled and soon met ***
At the banquet, they talked and laughed happily, and when it came to his feelings, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and said with great shame: "* In the past few decades, I have forgotten the teacher's teachings ......”
After hearing this, he smiled, waved his hand and said, "I won't mention the past." ”
Why did General Zheng say this, why was he so excited that he shed tears?
It turned out that in his early years in Whampoa, ** served as the director of the Political Department, and the general was his student.
As for the "sorry" thing, it was more than 20 years later, and there was a letter between the teacher and the student that could not be delivered.
So, during the Liberation War, what did ** say to General Zheng, and what did the general do that he regretted?
Undelivered letters
During the war years, it was a common thing for old classmates and colleagues from the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to meet each other on the battlefield.
In the War of Liberation after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there were countless cases of former comrades-in-arms becoming enemies.
Just when the Liberation War was entering its final stage, ** wrote a letter to his former student, General Zheng Dongguo.
In September 1948, the strategic decisive battle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was first fought in the Northeast Plain.
On October 14 of this year, the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army attacked Jinzhou and fought fiercely for 30 hours, and the soldiers won the battle and took Jinzhou.
In this battle, they completely annihilated the defending enemy and captured more than 90,000 enemies.
On the day that the PLA soldiers took Jinzhou, Lao Jiang couldn't sit still and arrived in Shenyang directly by plane.
Not only that, but he also sent a plane to Changchun and issued a warrant to General Zheng Dongguo, the deputy commander of the "General Suppression" stationed in the northeast.
The warrant was written, ordering him to quickly break through and retreat south to preserve his strength.
Lao Chiang's order was easy to order, but it was not easy to really implement it.
After General Zheng received the warrant, he was so worried that he could not sit still, and he sent a telegram back, saying that the passages to the Guannai had been sealed, and if he wanted to break through, it could be described as "difficult to go to the blue sky." ”
After receiving the telegram, Lao Chiang was also heartbroken, but he insisted that General Zheng retreat.
On October 15, he ordered again: "You must break through the siege, otherwise military law will deal with it!"”
The reason why he wanted Zheng to retreat south was because if the defenders of Changchun did not leave, they would inevitably be absorbed and transformed.
If it is surrounded and annihilated after withdrawing, although it will not have much effect and impact on holding Nanjing, it will not increase the opponent's forces.
Lao Jiang couldn't use it himself this time, so he destroyed it, and he didn't want the CCP to pick up a "big bargain", which was completely careless of human life.
How could General Zheng not know Lao Jiang's careful thoughts?It's just that he's come this far, and he can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.
The possibility of breaking through Changchun is very small, before the Battle of Jinzhou, on May 24 of this year, the Northeast People's Liberation Army has ended the battle on the periphery of Changchun, and the soldiers have lifted the predicament of the Northeast.
There is no way, these ** can only survive on airdropped food every day, and the situation is critical.
It is precisely in this way that conflicts gradually arise within the team due to various things.
* There has always been a lot of trouble in the team because of the struggle of various factions, and this time it has been directly put on the surface, and some army commanders have the idea of uprising.
On October 17, 1948, Zeng Zesheng, the commander of the 60th Army, took the lead in the uprising, and the New 7th Army surrendered.
The New 7th Army was his old unit, they surrendered, and Zeng Zesheng persuaded him to revolt, which made him very tormented in his heart.
Before he could recover his strength, on October 20, the People's Liberation Army had already entered the city, and many troops gave up their struggle after a moment of resistance.
At that time, he was really in a desperate situation, and he had become a veritable "Commander of the Light Pole".
At 11 o'clock that evening, he sent a final telegram to Lao Chiang, expressing his determination to "become a benevolent".
From the moment he learned that the People's Liberation Army was entering the city in a big way, he put a gun under his pillow.
His opponent, General Xiao Jinguang, knew that he would not surrender easily, so he just surrounded the entire Changchun City, but did not attack, obviously giving him face to surrender.
At the same time, ***, who was then the vice chairman of the ** Military Commission, learned of the good news of Changchun, and he thought that General Zheng had been his student.
He immediately wrote a letter to persuade his former students to recognize the overall situation, remember the original intention of the revolution in Whampoa, and revolt against Chiang.
The letter was sincere, and it was also said that he would meet and contact "Er Xiao" on the front line.
The letter was forwarded to the front by telegram, and the PLA entered the city and handed the letter to Shi Shuo, the deputy commander of the surrendered New 7th Army, asking him to forward it to General Zheng.
Unfortunately, at that time, gunfire broke out around Zheng Dongguo's headquarters, and the city was in chaos, and the people he sent were unable to deliver the letter.
So, how did General Zheng Dongguo finally make up his mind to surrender?
It turned out that just when he was about to "apologize for his crimes", he touched the gun under his pillow and disappeared.
Immediately afterwards, several close subordinates walked in, crying and saying, "Chief Zheng, you can't kill yourself, this is not a dead end, everything is still in a way." ”
Then, he was hugged downstairs by his subordinates, and when he walked to the door, he saw that the hall was full of People's Liberation Army.
Only then did he understand that the wood had been completed, that his subordinates had made contact with the PLA, and that the two sides had negotiated all the issues.
The reason why the People's Liberation Army was able to enter the city unhindered was that everyone put their guns into the sky, and put down ** after pretending to resist.
Therefore, he reluctantly let go of the ** and left it to the other party's disposal.
Under everyone's arrangement, the special service group of the General Headquarters fired a shot into the sky, marking the successful negotiation between the two sides and the smooth liberation of Changchun.
What happened in Changchun, Lao Jiang knew very well in his heart, but he still did not let go of the opportunity to "set an example".
Just 3 days after Zheng Bu's surrender, the streets and alleys of the city were full of obituaries of General Zheng Dongguo's heroic sacrifice.
And after he himself arrived in the liberated area, he learned that his teacher had written to him.
Although he didn't receive the letter, he never forgot his care for ***.
And he couldn't afford to get sick because of his defection, which is one of the reasons why *** invited him to dinner.
So, what did the teachers and students talk about at the dinner?
He went to Beijing for medical treatment
Since 1948, after leading his troops to surrender in Changchun, General Zheng Dongguo has not been retaliated against by Lao Chiang, but he himself was not convinced and depressed, so that he once fell seriously ill.
In August 1950, with the consent of **, he went to Shanghai for medical treatment, and stopped in Beijing on the way.
**After learning about this, he proposed to invite him to dinner.
In the past, the teacher invited a banquet, and he was very grateful as a student, and after the invitation, he went to the teacher's home non-stop.
When he arrived, he also found that another teacher, General ***, was also there.
**Seeing General Zheng enter the living room, he hurriedly got up, walked over quickly, clasped his hands and said, "Welcome, we haven't seen each other for a long time, this opportunity is rare......."”
Decades later, General Zheng saw that his former teacher was still as honest and enthusiastic as he was back then, and he was also moved by this sincere emotion.
He looked at *** as if he saw Director Zhou in the Whampoa Military Academy in the past, and he had mixed feelings for a while, and it took a long time before he choked up and spoke.
He said, "*I'm sorry for you. For decades, I forgot the teachings of my teacher, and on the eve of the liberation of Changchun, you wrote to me, and I am very grateful to you and the party's lenient policy. ”
** waved his hand at him and said with a smile: "Don't mention the past, aren't you here?"In the future, we will all do something for the people!”
After taking his seat, the prime minister cordially asked him: "Do you still have acquaintances in Beijing?"”
He thought for a while and said: "In the first phase of Huangpu, there is an old classmate named Li Qizhong, I have a good relationship with him, and it is said that she is now in Beijing. ”
** nodded and said: "I know this person, he is now a counselor of the Government Council. After saying that, he asked the staff to hurry up and invite people to come.
Not long after, General Zheng's old classmates came, and the four teachers and students at the dinner table talked happily, as if they had returned to the past.
During the banquet, ** also asked the general about his health and family situation very intimately, and also asked him about his future plans.
General Zheng didn't know how the country would treat rebel generals like them in the future, so he pondered for a moment and said, "I don't have any special skills, I'm old, and I plan to go home and farm." ”
When his old classmate heard it, he interjected: "Okay, you dare to say that you are old in front of the teacher."”
This sentence made the whole table laugh, and the originally delicate atmosphere was eased.
**This side immediately noticed that his student had some concerns in his heart, so he said kindly: "Dongguo, you are not yet 50 years old, young, and now that the country has just begun to build, there are still many things waiting for us." ”
General Zheng's words moved him very much, and he immediately replied: "I will go to Shanghai to treat my illness first, take care of the housework, and wait for the arrangements at any time later!."”
The prime minister nodded and said, "That's good, you take care of your body and can come to work at any time." ”
In the winter of the following year, after a year of recuperation and Xi study, he saw the development of New China, wrote a letter to his old friend Li Qizhong, and wrote about his own experience, he was full of expectations, and prepared to go to Beijing for the Spring Festival.
Subsequently, his old friend informed the prime minister of this situation and was very happy, and soon after, he sent a telegram to General Zheng and invited him to come to Beijing as a guest.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in the new year, the prime minister, who had a lot of affairs, took time out to receive him in the Government Council.
General Zheng excitedly reported to him his new understanding of the people and the party, and expressed his willingness to participate in the construction of new China.
After listening to the report, ** was very satisfied with him, a former student: "Your thinking has made new progress, which is worth celebrating, and I welcome you on behalf of everyone." ”
In June 1952, General Zheng Dongguo's family went to Beijing, and under the arrangement of the Ministry of Water Resources, he served as a counselor of the Ministry of Water Resources.
Some people may be puzzled that General Zheng Dongguo was half-pushed and half-promised in the First Battle of Changchun, and he did not take the initiative to contact the CCP like Pan Wenhua and other generals, but why can he still be regarded as an uprising general?
Speaking of this issue, we have to mention that in 1954, a conversation occurred when he met ***.
A famous battleground general
One day in April 1954, General Zheng Dongguo suddenly received a red invitation, opened it and saw that it was *** inviting him to Zhongnanhai for dinner.
Since he surrendered, he has never been able to meet the legendary figure ***.
This invitation with gold letters was undoubtedly a spiritual shock to him, and he was so excited that he didn't sleep well the night he got the invitation.
The next day, according to the agreed time, he came to the door of *** on time.
In the same vein, the Chairman immediately greeted him cordially.
The general has never seen *** and saw the other party's eyes blazing, and he looked a little cramped.
Seeing that he was nervous, the chairman invited him to smoke a cigarette, which made him feel much more relaxed.
After the two sat down, this officially entered the topic.
Very happy, he said: "Now I am relieved, we finally sit on a bench and speak, your name is Zheng Dongguo, this name is good, you are meritorious to the people." ”
General Zheng was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and listened to the chairman continue: "At the beginning, if you hadn't called back to Chiang Kai-shek, Zeng Zesheng's 60th Army would have been bombed to the ground by Chiang's planes. ”
It turned out that when Changchun was besieged, in addition to saying that he wanted Zheng to retreat south immediately, he also considered killing all the rebellious 60th Army.
When General Zheng beat Lao Jiang **, he told the other side that it was pointless to bomb the 60th Army, so he let the 60th Army survive.
Said: "You are quite right, there is no point in bombing, Chiang Kai-shek is too ruthless!You are a famous anti-Japanese general, we also talk and count, as long as you put down **, we are all welcome. ”
The chairman also said something similar to that of the prime minister, and he also thought that he was still young and could do a lot of practical things for the country.
In this regard, General Zheng was very surprised in his heart, the chairman's work was even busier, and in such a situation, he could still find time to meet with himself.
Subsequently, they continued to talk, from the small things in life, to the theoretical and practical experiences that they have gone through all the way.
He has a new understanding of the party and a little more admiration for ***.
Moreover, in 1950, there may have been a lot of people who were not sure.
On the eve of the domestic decision to resist US aggression and aid Korea, ** weighed the pros and cons for a long time in the matter of ordering the dispatch of troops.
On the issue of the US military's combat capability and equipment, General Zheng Dongguo was also present at that time, and he talked about an example of Sino-US cooperation in operations in the past.
In the past, when the army was marching, American soldiers were tired of walking, and they often chose to lose **, ammunition, and then clothes.
Sometimes, the road is long, and by the time everyone reaches their destination, many American soldiers have only one pair of pants left on their bodies.
There was no way, the equipment that was originally used for the front-line struggle had to be transported over first to replenish the US army.
** Laughed heartily, and later used the example of the general to tell everyone many times, don't be afraid of the enemy, to overcome the idea of "admiration for beauty" and "fear of beauty".
General Zheng Dongguo, as a famous general who has experienced a hundred battles, he has made great contributions in the anti-Japanese battlefield.
After the Liberation War and the founding of the People's Republic of China, I learned that I had lost my way, kept in mind the teachings of *** and ***, worked hard to transform my mind, and later worked hard at the job and worked hard until 1991 to draw an end to my life.