On July 28, 1953, the commander-in-chief of the Sino-Korean coalition forces, accompanied by Li Kenong, arrived in Kaesong to come to Fengzhuang and signed the armistice agreement, which lasted two years and nine months The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea came to an end. At the beginning of August, ** left for China and stayed in Shenyang for a while, Gao Gang, the head of the Northeast Bureau, wanted to keep him: "Mr. Peng wants to go back to Beijing? Stay a few more days, and I'll accompany you to a few more places. ”
** said: "Don't go back to Beijing first, go to Harbin early tomorrow morning to see how Chen Geng is doing with the military academy." Beijing was preparing to welcome General Peng, who had returned triumphantly from North Korea, with a sea of flowers, but he was slow to go to Harbin first to see the Kazakh military industry presided over by Chen Geng, which surprised Gao Gang.
Gao Gang instructed the secretary to send a special car to Mr. Peng, Mr. Peng waved his hand and said, don't trouble you, it's all arranged, you can get busy. Gao Gang understood his temper, so he didn't say anything more. Mr. Peng came back from North Korea, only brought a guard Jing Xizhen who had followed him for many years, in order not to disturb the local comrades, he asked Jing Xizhen to book a ticket, and the two took an ordinary bus to Harbin, just hung up a ** for Chen Geng in advance.
Chen Geng previously served as the head of the 3rd Corps of the Volunteer Army in North Korea and the deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, and also served as the acting commander, returned to China in the summer of 1952 and was ordered to prepare for the establishment of the Harbin Military Engineering Institute. After a year of intense construction, Kazakhstan's military industry has begun to take shape, and the opening ceremony is about to be held.
When the news of the Korean armistice reached the Kazakh military industry, the cadres, instructors, and trainees all rejoiced at the victory of the volunteers, and the cadres and soldiers who had fought in the DPRK were even more happy and raised their glasses to celebrate, and some young cadres celebrated the victory like a carnival. Chen Geng was also so excited that he didn't close his eyes all night, but in order not to affect the entrance examination of the students, he did not agree to hold a celebration of the whole school.
Chen Geng was very happy to learn that Mr. Peng was going to come to Kazakhstan for military industry, but according to Mr. Peng's requirements, he didn't want to alarm everyone, Chen Geng just notified several other hospital leaders.
Early in the morning of August 6, Chen Geng called Zhang Yan, director of the Political Department of Kazakhstan's military industry, Xu Lixing, director of education, and others, with a mysterious smile on their faces, and said: "Everyone, I want to ventilate you, I received a ** from Mr. Peng last night, and he is coming to inspect us today." ”
Chen Geng. Zhang Yan, Xu Lixing and others widened their eyes, surprised and delighted, everyone wanted to see General Peng's demeanor. Without waiting for Chen Geng to finish speaking, he asked in unison: "When are we going to greet Mr. Peng?" But Chen Geng told them that Mr. Peng came to ** last night to speak categorically, and he was not allowed to notify the provincial and municipal leaders, and he was not allowed to hold a welcome ceremony, so he only let Chen Geng go to the station alone to pick him up. When several hospital leaders heard this, they had no choice but to give up.
Chen Geng went to the station in advance and waited on the platform. After a while, the bus from Shenyang entered the station, and Chen Geng recognized Mr. Peng in the crowd at a glance. Mr. Peng carried his military uniform in his hand and wore a white coarse cloth shirt, followed by the old guard Jing Xizhen. Chen Geng hurriedly walked up, shook hands with Mr. Peng, took his shirt, and said why not take the official car, it is not safe. Mr. Peng said, **It's not safe, it's good to take a bus.
Chen Geng took Mr. Peng to his residence in Kazakhstan, Zhang Yan, Xu Lixing and others were already waiting at the door, saluting Mr. Peng excitedly and shaking hands with him. Someone reported that the Northeast Bureau came to ** and arranged a hotel for Mr. Peng in the urban area. Mr. Peng frowned and said, if you don't go to the hotel, don't you say it's okay, just stay at your Dean Chen's house.
Chen Geng's residence in Kazakhstan is three small bungalows with a total of 24 square meters. Previously, the relevant departments of Songjiang Province (withdrawn from the province in 1954) gave Chen Geng a small building with a courtyard, but Chen Geng gave the small building to the professor to live in, and he still lived in a small bungalow in the school. Peng is always the vice chairman of the ** Military Commission, and he also lives in a small bungalow when he comes to Kazakhstan, and Zhang Yan is very surprised.
Mr. and Mrs. Xu Lixing.
Mr. Peng looked at the furnishings in Chen Geng's house, nodded with satisfaction, and said that your old style has not changed. I pulled a chair and sat down, and softly recited the "Burrow Ming", "The mountain is not high, there are immortals, the water is not deep, and the dragon is spiritual......."Chen Geng also answered, "Si is a burrow, only Wu Dexin." The two looked at each other and smiled.
When Mr. Peng arrived at the school, lunch time had already passed, so he didn't let Zhang Yan and other school leaders accompany him to eat, Chen Geng took Mr. Peng and the guards to the cadre canteen, and instructed the chef to make a simple three dishes and one soup. Then he suddenly remembered something, asked Mr. Peng to wait, trotted to Zhang Yan's residence, and said anxiously: "Director Zhang, what is delicious in your house, hurry up and get some!" ”
Zhang Yan scratched the back of his head and said, what can I eat at home? He is from Anhui, Chen Geng said that a few days ago, you came to your hometown, didn't you bring a bag of small dried fish, we Hunan people call it "bitter fish". Zhang Yan snorted, hurriedly found out the remaining small dried fish, and gave it all to Chen Geng, saying Do you call this delicious? Still take this to entertain Mr. Peng?
Chen Geng said proudly, you don't understand, Mr. Peng is very hospitable, I guess he likes to eat your fish! With that, he trotted all the way back to the cafeteria. When Zhang Yan heard this, he didn't have the heart to take a nap, and wanted to see if Mr. Peng really liked to eat small dried fish, so he also came to the canteen. He didn't want to disturb Mr. Peng's dinner, so he stood at the door and looked inside.
I saw Mr. Peng talking to Chen Geng, while grabbing the small dried fish with his hand and stuffing it into his mouth, and a plate of small dried fish was almost bottoming out. Chen Geng's eyes were sharp, and when he saw Zhang Yan flashing at the door, he shouted: "Director Zhang, Zhang Yan, come here." Zhang Yan had no choice but to come in and greet Mr. Peng. Mr. Peng smiled innocently, beckoned him to sit down, and said, "Director Zhang, your bitter fish is quite delicious." ”
Harbin in the 50s.
This situation made Zhang Yan never forget it for the rest of his life. Many years later, when he talked about Mr. Peng's arrival in Kazakhstan's military industry, he still said with emotion that Mr. Peng was wearing a washed and faded tweed military uniform, without any marks and medals, like a demobilized regiment-level cadre, who would have imagined that this was the commander-in-chief of the volunteer army who commanded a million-strong army to defeat the United States! I felt that I couldn't get my hands on the small dried fish, but Mr. Peng ate it so deliciously.
In the afternoon of the same day, Chen Geng organized the school cadres to report to Mr. Peng, and then Mr. Peng took the initiative to see the old professors who did not attend classes. Mr. Peng shook hands with professors from all over the country one by one, and said a few words, saying that the Korean War was won, and for the sake of national defense construction, you are needed to run a school, and you have worked hard, thank you. The professors were all excited and applauded vigorously.
The weather was relatively hot, and Chen Geng proposed to take Mr. Peng to the Songhua River to see the scenery and cool off. Zhang Yan also went with him. In summer, the Songhua River is huge, and the scenery is even more pleasant in the evening, and there are many young people swimming and playing under the embankment. Mr. Peng looked at the people swimming in the water, and suddenly asked, "The river is so urgent, have you ever drowned?" ”
Zhang Yan replied casually: "Of course people will drown, I heard that there are people every year." A female ** in our college recently drowned. * When he heard this, he turned around and asked, "Why did you drown?" ”
Harbin in the 50s.
Zhang Yan said that this female ** is from the Harbin Military Industrial Hospital, there is a cadre who wants to deal with her, the girl does not agree, and the leader of the hospital comes forward to persuade her, I don't know what she said, maybe the girl is small-minded, she can't think about it for a while, and she ran to the river alone at night and committed suicide by throwing herself into the water.
** changed his face and raised his voice and said, "What, suicide?" How did you deal with it? Zhang Yan was about to answer, but Chen Geng tugged at the corner of his clothes behind him and motioned him to say less. Zhang Yan had no choice but to say, we are dealing with it. Chen Geng didn't want to block Mr. Peng, but Mr. Peng was already angry, and said angrily: "What else is there to investigate?" Expelled all those cadres from dang! ”
After that, Mr. Peng was not in the mood to look at the river, and walked towards the jeep with a straight face. Chen Geng whispered to Zhang Yan in the back: "Oh, you don't say a few words." Peng is always an anxious person, and he can't tolerate cadres violating discipline, and the more you say, the more angry he becomes. Back in the small bungalow of the college, Mr. Peng told Chen Geng that this matter must be dealt with seriously.
After dinner, Mr. Peng was in a much better mood, and Chen Geng were both wearing vests and shorts, shaking a pu fan in their hands, and chatting all over the world. The next day, Mr. Peng went to see the construction site of the college building, and went to several departments to listen to the lectures of the old professor for a while. In the small hall of Wangzilou, Chen Geng arranged for some cadres at or above the regiment level to meet with Mr. Peng, saying that some comrades had never seen you and had long wanted to meet you, and there was thunderous applause in the small auditorium.
Mr. Peng lived in the Kazakh military industry for two days, and on the morning of August 8, he got into the car arranged by Chen Geng and returned to Beijing to resume his life.