General Deng Yifan had just been reunited with his family, but he received an order to be transferred to the battlefield in Vietnam. Without hesitation, he agreed: "I obey the party's distribution!."* When talking to him, he said, "You have to think about it, I understand your situation." You haven't been with your family for long, are you really ready to go to war?”。Deng Yifan replied firmly: "Yes!."* Patted him on the shoulder and said, "Yes, but you have to communicate well with your wife and calm her down." ”。After Deng Yifan left Zhongnanhai, he took the train back to Nanjing. He didn't know how to explain it to his wife and daughter, or how to reassure them. He had to admit that in his decades of fighting, he had never felt fear of death, and what he was most afraid of was seeing the disappointed expressions of his wife and two lovely daughters. He knew that his daughters were raised by his wife and were very eager for fatherly love, but the military order was like a mountain, and in the face of the needs of the country, he had to carry a gun into battle. He sighed deeply and comforted himself in the hope that he could be forgiven by his wife and daughter. When he returned home, his two daughters greeted him and coquettishly hugged his arm.
He stroked his daughters' hair dotingly, and then said, "I have something to say, listen." Zhou Zhizhong seemed to have guessed something, and his eyes turned from bright to dim. Deng Yifan explained the organization's orders one by one, and said: "I have promised to leave in two days." ”。Unlike usual, the wife and the two daughters did not say anything, the wife's eyes were red, and she just said: "You must be careful when you go to the battlefield, we will wait for you to come back." ”。A few days later, Deng Yifan, Wei Guoqing, and Mei Jiasheng set off from Nanning and embarked on a journey to aid Vietnam and resist France. Since the French had occupied most of Vietnam's cities, the members of the advisory group had to fight the Vietnamese in the deserted and dense forests. The environment here is extremely harsh, with all kinds of unknown creatures living quietly, including blood-sucking leeches and poisonous snakes. The members of the advisory group must not only keep an eye on the enemy's movements at all times, but also have to protect the exposed **, which will be poisoned if they are not careful. In order to protect the safety of the members, Deng Yifan personally cut down bamboo and built a temporary command post. Most of Vietnam has a tropical monsoon climate, with high temperatures and rainfall.
It often rains in the dense forest where the advisory group is located, and the command post is temporarily set up without rainproof facilities, resulting in indoor and outdoor rainwater. In the face of the harsh environment, Deng Yifan's revolutionary enthusiasm was not weakened, and he still devoted himself to his work. Life on the battlefield made him rarely write letters to his family, because he didn't have time and didn't want to waste a moment. However, Zhou Zhixin was in a hurry and went to Vietnam to visit her husband. But Deng Yifan is still busy, and her arrival has not changed the pace of his work. Although the two hugged tightly when they met, Deng Yifan was busy with work and barely accompanied Zhou Zhizhong, causing her enthusiasm to gradually cool. On the day Zhou Zhizhong left Vietnam and returned to China, Deng Yifan couldn't find time to send her, which made her dissatisfied. Two years later, Deng Yifan should have been given a vacation after returning to China, but he was met with a divorce agreement filed by his wife. Faced with his wife's decision, Deng Yifan was in great pain, but finally chose to return to the battlefield and gave up family happiness. In 1955, he returned to China and was awarded the Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Vietnam for his performance in Vietnam. It was a difficult choice between his family and his responsibility for the country, and he chose to dedicate his family's happiness to the country.
After returning to China, Deng Yifan was awarded the rank of lieutenant general and was awarded the Order of August 1 of the Second Class, the Order of Independence and Freedom of the First Class and the Order of Liberation of the First Class.