"There is no escaping the fact that you are destined to have an opponent who is 20 years younger than you in your destiny. "After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Fu Zuoyi, a Kuomintang general, found a fortune teller for divination.
The fortune teller firmly ** Fu Zuoyi will meet a nemesis in the future. However, Fu Zuoyi was not bothered by this, but laughed and said:"Haha, how is this possible?
The one who can defeat me on the battlefield has not yet been born. "
Fu Zuoyi's self-confidence is not water without a source. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he led the ** in the Suiyuan Anti-Japanese War, the Taiyuan Defense Battle, the Wuyuan Victory and other battles, defeated the Japanese army and the Japanese puppet army, and became a high-profile general in the northern region.
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the 12th Theater of the Kuomintang, controlling important cities such as Beiping and Tianjin.
However, fate is often unpredictable, and just when Fu Zuoyi was about to climb to the peak of his life, he met his destined nemesis, Zheng Weishan. In the War of Liberation, Fu Zuoyi was defeated by Zheng Weishan four times in a row, and finally became a prisoner.
So, who is this Zheng Weishan, who can defeat Fu Zuoyi four times?
Heroes come out of youth, and Macheng has a long history of revolution. Macheng County in the northeast of Hubei Province is located in the mountainous area of Dabie Mountain, with inconvenient transportation and barren land. However, in a difficult environment, the people of Macheng have given birth to generation after generation of revolutionary heroes and made great contributions to the cause of China's independence and liberation.
Among them, General Zheng Weishan is an outstanding representative of the revolutionary heroes of Macheng, and his deeds inspire us to move forward forever.
In 1915, Zheng Weishan was born in the fourth township of Chengma District, Macheng County, Hunan Province.
However, instead of being held back by poverty and lack of knowledge, he threw himself into the revolution at the age of 13 and was infected by the influence of his father, Cheng Guolin. Zheng Guolin was the chairman of the Soviet Agricultural Association of the Fourth Township, and Zheng Weishan served as the leader of the Young Pioneers of Hongxiang.
In this difficult period, the Kuomintang carried out a large-scale encirclement and suppression of the jute area, and Zheng Weishan braved the hardships and dangers, transmitted important information to the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and made positive contributions to the revolution.
Zheng Weishan, a young man who became a full-fledged member of the Communist Party at the age of fifteen because of his bravery and fearlessness. He was favored by the commander of the 1st Division of the Red Army and was appointed as a herald.
Due to his familiarity with the local terrain and his extensive experience in underground struggles, he was soon transferred to the General Signal Corps of the Red Fourth Front Army, where he held several positions such as squad leader, detachment leader, and instructor.
In the Kuomintang's encirclement and suppression of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Region that began in 1930, Zheng Weishan participated in three "anti-encirclement and suppression" battles, as well as four offensive campaigns organized by the Red Fourth Front Army.
These experiences allowed him to accumulate war experience. In the autumn of 1932, in the face of the Kuomintang's frenzied encirclement and suppression, Zheng Weishan's Red Fourth Front Army in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Region began its westward expedition, and he was promoted to company commander and went out with the army.
Zheng Weishan's career as a young general in the Red Army, the Red Fourth Front Army set out from the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Region in October 1932, and his first division became the pioneer of the whole army.
In Zaoyang, Xinji, Manchuan Pass and other places, they successively defeated the Kuomintang army. This victory broke the Kuomintang blockade and allowed the Red Fourth Front Army to cross the Pinghan Railway and reach southern Shaanxi in November.
By February 1933, they had established a base in the "Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet District" centered on Tongjiang, Nanjiang, and Bazhong. Here, the Red Army fought local tyrants, divided the land, and established rural cooperatives, thus arousing the enthusiasm of a large number of local poor peasants to join the Red Army.
At the time when Tian Songyao's army was pressing the border and the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Region was at stake, the Red Fourth Front Army, under the leadership of the Red Fourth Front Army, decisively adopted the tactics of "tightening the position and attacking it", and after more than four months of hard fighting, it successfully repelled Tian Songyao's attack and annihilated the Sichuan army for nearly 150,000 and more than 10,000 prisoners.
Zheng Weishan's unit performed well in the battles of Longnan, Yingqu, and Xuanda, and he always charged ahead and made a major contribution to the final victory of the Red Army.
In the three anti-encirclement and suppression campaigns in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Region, Zheng Weishan performed well and was promoted to the political commissar of the 81st Regiment of the 27th Division for his merits. However, before the Red Army had a chance to breathe, the Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang mobilized 200,000 troops to invade the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet region and launched a large-scale "six-way encirclement and suppression" against the Soviet area.
In the face of Liu Xiang's attack, the Red Fourth Front Army adopted the strategy of "tightening its position" and thwarted the enemy's attack in four large-scale battles, capturing and killing more than 80,000 enemy troops, and its reputation spread throughout western China.
In these battles, Zheng Weishan once again demonstrated his military talents, and as a result, in December 1933, he was promoted to the political commissar of the 27th Division of the Red 9th Army, becoming a divisional commander.
At that time, he was only 18 years old.
In March 1934, Zheng Weishan was appointed as the political commissar of the 89th Division of the Red 30th Army. In June, he led two regiments over the snow-capped mountains, successfully met the ** Red Army, and joined the ** Red Army at Dawei, successfully completing the task.
In August of the same year, Zheng Weishan returned to the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet region, and in the face of the comeback of the Sichuan warlord Tian Songyao, he led his troops to take the initiative. Zheng Weishan was famous for his fierce pursuit, and led his troops to achieve a major victory in the Battle of Longnan, crushing the siege of Tian Songyao's four regiments and annihilating them completely, causing Tian Songyao to abandon his armor and flee from the wind.
At the end of the year, the Red 30th Army transferred three elite regiments to form the 88th Division of the Red Army, and Zheng Weishan, who was only 20 years old, was appointed as the political commissar of this heroic division. In just one and a half years, the 88th Division fought more than 10 fierce battles with warlords from all walks of life in Sichuan, and Zheng Weishan was undefeated, defeating more than 100,000 enemy troops in total, and his headquarters also became the top unit of the Red Fourth Front Army.
This young hero has been known to the world since ancient times, since he joined the army at the age of 15, he has gone through a hundred battles, has not tasted defeat, and has been promoted from a herald all the way to the political commissar of the Red Army's ace division, and the future is bright.
However, even the most perfect life can have setbacks and difficulties.
In October 1936, the 88th Division led by Zheng Weishan began its westward expedition under the order, crossing the Yellow River and entering the territory of Gansu and Ningxia, where they engaged in fierce battles with the long-entrenched warlord "Three Horses".
However, because the Red Army had just arrived here and was unfamiliar with the place, the 20,000 Red Army of the Western Expedition finally failed to win, and the 88th Division led by Zheng Weishan was also scattered by the enemy. Zheng Weishan had to disguise himself as a beggar, begging all the way, suffering hardships, and finally returned to Yan'an.
When crossing the Yellow River in the east, Zheng Weishan looked at the endless yellow sand in the west, and made up his mind: "One day, I will return here with the 88th Division and fight again with the 'Three Horses'!" ”
After Zheng Weishan returned to Yan'an, he realized his lack of military literacy, and he refused to return to serve in the army, and instead entered the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University to study.
He started with basic literacy and writing, studied diligently every day, and in just two years, he completed all the courses. After graduation, just as the Anti-Japanese War broke out, Zheng Weishan did not immediately choose to go to the battlefield.
He felt his own inadequacy, and he believed that if he went to the battlefield to command the battle hastily, he would only joke with the lives of the soldiers.
General Nie gave Zheng Weishan advice: "How about thinking about being a teacher?" Our Eighth Route Army has recently absorbed a lot of revolutionary fighters, but there are not many experienced fighters like you. ”
Zheng Weishan was deeply inspired and immediately accepted General Nie's suggestion: "Okay, I'll try it." So, 23-year-old Zheng Weishan entered the Military and Political School of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and served as the chief instructor of the military section.
Almost all of his students were older than him, but his war experience was unmatched, so all the students respected him.
Lacking bookishness, Zheng Weishan's lessons are always practice-oriented, combined with the battles he has personally experienced, so his teaching methods are both lively and practical, and are loved by students.
His outstanding performance quickly attracted the attention of ***, and even Sun Yi, the principal of the military and political school, praised him as a great talent, thinking that it was a waste of his talent to let him only be a teacher.
In the end, ** personally transferred Zheng Weishan to the Jinchaji Military Region Teaching Corps and served as the political commissar of the entire Teaching Corps.
Mr. Zheng's job responsibilities have shifted from training cadets to mentoring the ranks of officers throughout the military region, while also giving him the opportunity to return to the battlefield he knows and has long gone.
He went deep into the war front line in the northwest of Shanxi Province, constantly observing the changes in the battle situation and conducting personalized teaching according to the personality and talents of the officers. Under Zheng Weishan's meticulous guidance, the combat level of the grassroots officers of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was markedly improved, laying a solid foundation for the success of the subsequent Battle of the Hundred Regiments.
After nearly six years of precipitation, Zheng Weishan felt ready to return to the front line of the battle. He found *** and said with confidence: "Commander Nie, I think I am ready to lead the army again." ”
** replied, "Okay, I've been waiting for your words for a long time." ”
** Resolutely approved Zheng Weishan's request, and promoted him to deputy commander of the Fourth Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. In the last three years of the Sino-Japanese War, Zheng Weishan's 4th Division carried out a series of successful "anti-sweeping" operations, and he also created a tactic called "night guerrilla warfare", which dealt a major blow to the Japanese army.
Defeated Fu Zuoyi four times In 1945, with the unconditional surrender of Japan, Zheng Weishan, as the pioneer of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, went north to Taihang Mountain and took over the important city of Zhangjiakou faster than the Kuomintang.
At the same time, Fu Zuoyi, commander-in-chief of the 12th Theater on the Kuomintang side, moved south from Guisui (present-day Hohhot) and took over important cities such as Beiping and Tianjin.
In the northwest of Beiping, there is a city called Zhangjiakou, which is only 300 miles away from Beiping. It was here that the young and promising Zheng Weishan met the long-famous ** general Fu Zuoyi, and the two became rivals due to the arrangement of fate.
The duel between the two kicked off the battle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in North China. In June 1946, Chiang Kai-shek treacherously launched a full-scale civil war. In September of the same year, Fu Zuoyi led 11 integrated divisions of 70,000 people, and launched an attack on Zhangjiakou in two ways.
At the same time, ** stationed in the northeast also sent tens of thousands of troops in an attempt to cooperate with Fu Zuoyi's troops to encircle the PLA in Zhangjiakou.
Under the threat of enemy forces on three sides, the ** Military Commission made a proposal to Zheng Weishan, emphasizing that the main thing should be to destroy the enemy's living forces, rather than holding on to the city. After careful consideration, Zheng Weishan adopted the suggestion of ** and decided to take the initiative to attack.
He led eight brigades and attacked eastward, and launched a fierce attack on six divisions of Fu Zuoyi's division near Huailai. After three days and three nights of fierce fighting, Zheng Weishan successfully defeated two enemy divisions and forced the enemy to retreat by virtue of the favorable terrain.
Immediately afterward, other PLA troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region launched a surprise attack on Baoding, successfully capturing several county towns and annihilating thousands of enemies.
After successfully annihilating the enemy's living forces, Zheng Weishan calmly evacuated Zhangjiakou and returned the city to Fu Zuoyi. After the battle, a reporter asked Fu Zuoyi about the results of the battle: "General Fu Zuoyi, our army fought fiercely in Zhangjiakou for three days and three nights, but only occupied this empty city, can you explain the reason?" ”
Fu Zuoyi could only cover up embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "In any case, I did occupy Zhangjiakou." The first contest between the two generals ended with a small victory for Zheng Weishan.
Soon after, they met for the second time in 1947.
Winter offensive"In China, Zheng Weishan led the third column to attack the Laishui coast, and Fu Zuoyi urgently dispatched the 35th Army south to respond. Fierce battle in the mountains on the east bank of Laishui, Zheng Weishan set up an ambush by virtue of the terrain, and wiped out more than 7,000 people from the 32nd Division of the 35th Army in one fell swoop, including Li Mingding, the commander of the 32nd Division, and Lu Yinglin, the commander of the 35th Army.
Lu Yinglin is Fu Zuoyi's confidant, and the two have been classmates and friends for many years. In this battle, Zheng Weishan won a complete victory and shook North China.
At the end of 1948, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) had won a series of major battles, and the KMT's rule at home was in turmoil. Chiang Kai-shek tried to make a desperate bet and sent elite troops to raid Xibaipo, the garrison of ***.
After Fu Zuoyi received the secret order, he quickly mobilized an elite army and secretly went south, aiming directly at the *** station where the chairman was located. However, Zheng Weishan marched south from the northern part of Shanxi at the same time, marching 600 miles in four days, successfully blocking Fu Zuoyi's troops and crushing this conspiracy of the Kuomintang.
In the third encounter, Zheng Weishan won the victory.
In the Pingjin Campaign to liberate Beiping and Tianjin, Zheng Weishan led the Second Corps of the North China Military Region to successfully encircle and annihilate Fu Zuoyi's elite 35th Army in the Zhangjiakou area.
With the defeat of the Kuomintang army, Fu Zuoyi realized that the general trend had gone, and chose to surrender in January 1949, and the thousand-year-old capital of Beiping was peacefully liberated. And Zheng Weishan also successfully recovered Zhangjiakou, which he had voluntarily abandoned, and achieved the feat of winning all four battles against Fu Zuoyi.
After that, Zheng Weishan kept in mind the promise he made by the Yellow River, returned to the northwest with the 19th Corps, crossed the Yellow River, participated in the battles of Ningxia and Lanzhou, liberated the vast northwest region, and completely eliminated the warlords entrenched in the northwest, the "Northwest Three Horses".
Zheng Weishan, a heroic general of the People's Liberation Army, has been fighting for the cause of the country and the nation all his life. After the liberation of the country, he did not hesitate to devote himself to the Korean War, and successfully thwarted the attacks of the American army many times.
Even at the age of 70, he still stuck to the northwest region, held an important post in the Lanzhou Military Region, and made great contributions to the development of the great northwest.
He devoted his whole life to the country and the nation, and until the last moment of his life, he still chose to scatter his ashes on the Gobi Desert in Lanzhou.
His perseverance and love for his career made him a great revolutionary general, and his spirit will always shine in the vast Gobi in the northwest.