In 1955, when he was awarded the title, **saw the marshal's uniform and suddenly burst into tears,** and said frankly: The chairman misses him
In 1955, New China had just emerged and was facing a moment when the whole country was in ruins. After the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which liberated the whole of China and defended the country, the evaluation of the merits of the senior generals of the whole army and the awarding of awards were forced to be postponed to this year.
On the occasion of the award ceremony, ** reviewed the marshal's military rank costume designed by the Military Commission. In the face of these costumes, the chairman fell silent, unable to shake off the memories of the past for a long time.
The crowd watched as the chairman turned from silence to tears. In this awkward atmosphere, ** was the only one who seemed to have understood why the chairman was crying.
At the beginning of the founding of New China, the country was facing major challenges, and at this moment, looking back on the past, the tears of ** seemed to be a silent tribute to the hardships and sacrifices of the past. ** Deeply aware that the Chairman's tears are a deep remembrance of those heroic and hard-won years.
In 1955, after a long period of planning, the ** Military Commission finally determined the schedule of the first award ceremony in New China.
At the one-day meeting, Mr. Peng and other high-level executives gathered in Zhongnanhai, holding the final list of awards, ready to make a final report to ***.
According to the final plan, the chairman did not seem to be very interested in the rank of "generalissimo", which made Mr. Peng and others quite dissatisfied.
However, with the Chairman mentioning some examples, such as *** and Deng Gong and others who did not participate in the award, everyone could only reluctantly accept the current list of awards.
After the discussion of the list, Mr. Peng showed the marshal's uniform that had passed the "final review" of the Military Commission, and pointed out that the logo on the costume was the revolutionary medal awarded by the chairman to the Red First Regiment during the Jinggangshan period.
At the mention of Jinggangshan and the Red First Regiment, the chairman couldn't help but open the dusty memories and recall the time spent in those red years.
Yes, the 'four great generals' who came out of Jinggang Mountain back then, now only ** and Lao Peng are left, but they are just ......”
As he spoke, the chairman's voice began to choke, and at this time, *** on the chairman's side saw tears welling up from the chairman's eyes.
Don't be sad, Chairman, the sacrifice of Gongluo and Zhonghao is also for the sake of New China. ”
** Reassured.
Many people present who had experienced the Jinggangshan period also began to think of the heroic general, and sighed that if it weren't for the unfortunate death of General Wu Zhonghao back then, he might have been a marshal now.
After all, everyone understands that **'s love and praise for General Wu Zhonghao is quite significant, which is not only important, but also the deep revolutionary feelings between the two.
Looking back at the Jinggangshan base in those years, ** made no secret of his praise for Wu Zhonghao's clear strategic vision, and clearly said that everyone was beyond their reach.
When asked about the people on Jinggang Mountain, I believe there is only one answer to the chairman's favorite general, and that is General Wu Zhonghao, who is unsurpassed.
The first hero of the Autumn Harvest Uprising.
Wu Zhonghao grew up in a scholarly family, and his father was a talented man in the late Qing Dynasty, which made his studies always be supervised and concerned by his father, expecting him to achieve brilliant achievements in the imperial examination.
However, Ng Chung Ho has not yet set foot on the road to education, and his father died of illness, leaving him young and his resilient mother.
Although her mother was equally well-educated, she did not lessen her expectations for Wu Zhonghao's studies. Whether it is the Four Books and Five Classics, or Tang and Song poems, he has long remembered the historical truths in them when he was young.
As Wu Zhonghao grew up, with the support of his mother, he completed primary and secondary school successively, and finally entered Beijing Normal University.
Arriving in Beijing for the first time, Wu Zhonghao was exposed to the new wave ideas that were incompatible with the late Qing society. The whole society was filled with a revolutionary atmosphere, and he was deeply attracted by this revolutionary idea full of novelty and hope.
Here, Wu Zhonghao met his "guide" on the revolutionary road - Mr. Li Dazhao.
After gaining a deeper understanding with Mr. Li Dazhao, Wu Zhonghao, under his guidance, came into contact with the newly established Party for the first time and learned about the concept of communism. Subsequently, he actively applied to join the party and stated that he would unreservedly dedicate himself to the great revolutionary cause of New China
In 1925, Wu Zhonghao realized the lack of his own ability and decided to go to the Whampoa Military Academy to further military knowledge.
After graduating, he met *** in Guangzhou. In the dialogue between the two of them on the situation and future development of old China, Wu Zhonghao was impressed by the chairman's excellent strategic vision and strengthened his determination to join the revolution with him.
In 1927, the Autumn Harvest Uprising led by ** broke out, and Wu Zhonghao became an ordinary battalion commander in the uprising team.
On the eve of the outbreak of the uprising, a regimental commander turned out to be a deliberate mutiny, ready to report to the Kuomintang army. Wu Zhonghao discovered this abnormal behavior in time, directly ordered to stop it, and successfully extinguished the crisis of information leakage of the uprising.
**After learning that Wu Zhonghao should deal with the emergency treatment of "a certain regiment commander's defection", he highly praised him and said bluntly: "Thanks to Wu Zhonghao's vision, otherwise we would have to think about where to flee before the uprising began." ”
In February 1928, Wu Zhonghao served as the commander of the third battalion and became the main attacking force in the attack on Ninggang City. In this battle, he killed more than 300 enemies and captured more than 100 alive, which was a major victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army after Jinggangshan.
In the spring of 1930, at the strong suggestion of Wu Zhonghao, the Red Army advanced to southern Jiangxi.
On March 20, the Red Fourth Army was reorganized, and Wu Zhonghao was appointed commander of the third column.
On May 18, 1930, Wu Zhonghao led the third column into western Fujian, and from May 23 to June 9, he successfully captured Longyan City, annihilating more than 2,000 Chen Guohui brigades, triggering a peasant uprising in Longyan and laying the foundation for opening up the base area in western Fujian.
In mid-June, the third column was expanded into the 12th Army of the 1st Red Army, with Wu Zhonghao as the commander.
In late June 1930, Wu Zhonghao unfortunately contracted pneumonia and was sent to the ** Red Hospital.
** has never been the kind of leader who gives special treatment to the team for personal needs. However, in the case of Wu Zhonghao's hospitalization, ** broke his own principles for the first time. He not only gave special instructions to provide special care for Ng Chung Ho, but even visited the hospital in person several times, regardless of the contagiousness of the pneumonia.
In October 1930, Wu Zhonghao led a platoon of guards, preparing to mobilize the Southwest Jiangxi Independent Regiment and plan to march to Zhangzhou, Fujian.
When passing through Anfu County, he was attacked by the Anfu Jingwei Regiment, and Wu Zhonghao was forced to fight.
Soon, more than half of the guard platoon **, when they broke through to Liangjia Mountain on the outskirts of the city, the whole army was annihilated, and Wu Zhonghao was killed by Luo Hangou, the head of the Jingwei Regiment.
An outstanding general, thus died.
When the news of Wu Zhonghao's death was presented to ***, **'s tears instantly overflowed his eyes. In the face of this grief of losing a family member like a sibling, the chairman could not accept the fact of Wu Zhonghao's sacrifice for a long time, and just silently looked at the sky outside the window, tears flowing.
More than 6,000 officers and men of the Red Twelfth Army wept silently. At that time, Mr. Peng, the commander of the Red Third Army, directly found ***, please let me lead the team, I want to avenge Zhonghao. ”
Hearing this, the chairman tried to cheer up from his grief and said firmly: "Luo Hangou, you must arrest him back!".”
Mr. Peng led more than 5,000 Red Army soldiers to successfully annihilate the Jingwei Regiment of Anfu County and capture Luo Hangou alive. Mr. Peng personally supervised the beheading, and the political commissar of the Red Twelfth Army personally operated the knife and avenged Wu Zhonghao's blood revenge.
It is a pity that even in the many searches conducted after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the remains of General Wu Zhonghao could not be found. Even the chairman could only accept the cruel fact that Wu Zhonghao was buried in the land of China.
The man died in a hundred battles on the battlefield, and the strong man was shrouded in horseheat. "
**This poem, written in May 1929, truly depicts the heroic life of Wu Zhonghao.