At the end of October 1949, Deng Hua, the commander of the 15th Corps of Siye, was working in the army, and the mountains of documents on the desk kept his eyes wandering.
Suddenly, a personal letter that had nothing to do with business caught his attention. The letter began: "Commander Deng Hua, hello, I am a little soldier of the 46th Army, named Deng Xianshi, and my mother's name is Qiu Qing'e......Seeing this, Deng Hua's emotions suddenly got a little out of control, and he saw that his eyes were red and his eyebrows were frowning, as if he had thousands of regrets and regrets in his heart.
The guards around him were puzzled, and hurriedly asked what happened, Deng Hua paused for a long time, and then said word by word: "It's a big deal, it's a big deal, I found my son."
So, is Deng Xianshi really Deng Hua's son? Why did he reveal his identity to Deng Hua after liberation?
The commander's father is you? "On October 1, 1949, Tiananmen Square was crowded with people, and the birth of New China made countless Chinese people ecstatic, and the three mountains that pressed on the Chinese were finally overthrown on this day.
However, much of South China was still occupied by reactionaries. On October 2, the day after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the People's Liberation Army began the Guangdong Campaign.
Under the leadership of Deng Hua, the 15th Corps of Siye moved south from Wengyuan and Conghua, and together with other troops, formed a flanking attack on Guangzhou. After more than 10 days of fierce fighting, the 15th Corps entered the urban area of Guangzhou from the northern suburbs, quickly annihilated the fleeing enemy in a hurry, and successfully liberated Guangzhou.
As the economic, military, and political center of South China, Guangzhou's importance is self-evident, therefore, Deng Hua, who has made first-class contributions, has also won a special commendation from the Military Commission, and his has also made headlines on the front pages of many newspapers and periodicals.
All of a sudden, the military and civilians of Guangzhou were immersed in a joyful atmosphere. However, in the 12th Army of the 46th Corps in Hunan, there was a 23-year-old little soldier who secretly wiped away tears.
After this little soldier named Deng Xianshi saw Deng Hua's ** in the newspaper, a familiar feeling arose in his heart. It turned out that he had been carrying a ** with him, which had been yellowed, but he could see at a glance that the person in the ** looked almost exactly the same as Deng Hua.
He quickly explained the situation to his comrades, and everyone knew that he was an orphan, his father's whereabouts were unknown, and his mother had died young, so he took special care of him. However, he said that Deng Hua was his father, and his comrades-in-arms were still a little suspicious.
Finally, the news reached the ears of the company instructors. "Deng Xianshi, what's wrong with you lately? The instructor asked with concern. Deng Xianshi said frankly, "Deng Hua is my father."
However, when the instructor heard this, he asked suspiciously, "General Deng Hua is the commander of the legion, how can he be your father?" Despite this, Deng Xianshi's expression was still firm, and he told his experience in detail, saying that he was born in Chenxian County, Hunan, and his mother's name was Qiu Qing'e, and he took out ** for the instructor to compare.
After initial confirmation, the instructor felt that they did have some similarities. Subsequently, the two went deep for a night, and a dusty past was finally revealed.
Deng Hua, a teenager born in a scholarly family, has been influenced by his father since he was a child and loves to read. Although he performed well in the private school, he had a different dream in his heart - to go to the battlefield and become a heroic soldier like Zhao Zilong in Changsha.
Years later, Deng Hua was revered as a "Confucian general" in the People's Liberation Army, which may have something to do with this experience in his early years. With his father's encouragement, he had a deep interest in the current situation, especially during the period of national turmoil and warlord division, and his passion made him eager to dedicate himself to the country.
When he was 12 years old, he went to the county seat alone to study, and at the age of 15, he went to Changsha to study at Yueyun Middle School and Nanhua Law and Political School.
Under the influence of the May Fourth Movement, communist ideas spread rapidly in China. Deng Hua, who was deeply affected, began to actively participate in the school's patriotism and took "anti-imperialist and anti-feudal" as his slogan.
However, his parents were concerned about these actions of his. Although Deng Hua's father was an intellectual and relatively open-minded, because he grew up in a feudal society, traditional ideas were still deeply imprinted in his heart.
Therefore, his parents arranged a family affair for Deng Hua, hoping to calm him down. Deng Hua was a young man who embraced new ideas and was very averse to arranged marriages. However, he is also a well-known filial son in Shili Eight Villages, and although he was unhappy with his parents' orders and matchmakers' words, he finally agreed to it.
He got married in his hometown, and his wife's name was Qiu Qing'e. Although she is not highly educated, she is smart and meticulous. Whether he is studying or participating in patriotic activities, she fully supports him.
Her living arrangement is well organized, and he can confide in her whatever is on his mind. One of them is a progressive young man, and the other is a woman with traditional behavior, but in life, they have developed a deep love and affection.
Their relationship is harmonious and they have become an enviable fairy couple. In 1926, Qiu Qing'e gave birth to a son for him, and he named him Deng Xianshi. He looked at Xiao Xianshi's face, and his eyes were full of tenderness.
He held the child in his arms and kissed and kissed, and Qiu Qing'e also showed a satisfied smile.
The turning point in Deng Hua's life occurred in the spring of 1927, a time of gunsmoke and fear, and the White Terror gripped the whole of China. When Deng Xianshi was born, the peasant movement in Hunan was in full swing, and Deng Hua made many friends of the Communist Party during his study at the University of Law and Political Science in South China.
Under their guidance, Deng Hua read a large number of Marxist books and gained a deeper understanding of the concept of communism. Soon after, he resolutely joined the Chinese Communist Party.
However, the joy of joining the party did not last long, and Deng Hua encountered the danger of his life for the first time. On April 12, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek staged a counter-revolutionary coup d'état, triggering an unprecedented White Terror.
Countless Communists were hunted down and taken to prison by Kuomintang agents, where they were tortured and their lives were unpredictable.
When the revolutionary cause was facing ups and downs, Deng Hua returned home. Seeing her husband return, Qiu Qing'e couldn't suppress the joy in her heart, but at the same time, she was deeply worried about her husband's safety.
She also listened to the advice of her parents-in-law many times, trying to persuade Deng Hua to quit the revolutionary ranks, but whenever the words came to her lips, she always swallowed them back. The reason is also very simple, although Deng Hua returned home, his heart was still concerned about his comrades-in-arms who stayed in Changsha.
He was anxious every day, flipping through the newspapers to make sure they were safe. Qiu Qing'e understood that revolution was Deng Hua's lifelong ideal, and as his wife, how could she interfere?
Deng Hua also fell into a tangle, staying in his hometown, maybe he could live a quiet life, but continuing the revolution was a life of death.
He was ambitious and determined to join the revolution and find the lost ranks. However, he always thought about his wife and children in his heart, and looking at Deng Xianshi's smiling face, his heart was full of contradictions.
In the end, Qiu Qing'e took the initiative to say that sentence: "Go ahead, I know I can't keep you." This sentence made Deng Hua cry like rain, and the thought of his family made his heart like a knife.
But in the face of the increasingly severe national situation and difficult life, he decided to let go of his children's love and adhere to his ideal of serving the country. Deng Hua hugged his wife tightly, took out a school **, and promised that if he sacrificed, someone would definitely bring the news back.
After speaking, Deng Hua resolutely left, Qiu Qing'e smiled and watched him go away, until his figure disappeared from sight, she burst into tears.
Deng Hua first showed his edge, but Qing'e unfortunately passed away, Deng Hua showed outstanding military talent after leaving his hometown. He participated in the Shonan Uprising and successfully gained a foothold in the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army.
In April 1928, he followed ** to Jinggangshan and served as the chief of the Organization Section of the Political Department of the 3rd Column in the Red Fourth Army. In the next four anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns, Deng Hua's performance was also outstanding.
Although he had the opportunity to send letters to his family, he told them not to reply to them in order to protect his family due to the raging war at the time. However, unfortunately, the Deng family still fell into the hands of **, and in order to avoid arrest, Qiu Qing'e returned to her parents' house with Deng Xianshi.
The hardships of life have made Qiu Qing'e age a lot, even if she is only in her twenties, she already has gray hair on her sideburns. Despite this, she never blamed Deng Hua for these difficulties, but for as long as Deng Xianshi can remember, she has always told him that his father is a great hero who stands up to the sky.
In 1934, the Red Army embarked on the arduous 25,000-mile Long March, in which Deng Hua lost contact with his family. In those painful days, Qiu Qing'e never gave up, and while looking forward to the news of her husband, she raised Deng Xianshi alone.
In 1937, when the full-scale war of aggression against China broke out, Deng Hua had been promoted to the director of the Political Department of the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and emerged in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
However, Qiu Qing'e listened to the rumors and mistakenly thought that Deng Hua had been sacrificed. After persevering for many years, she finally fell seriously ill due to physical and mental exhaustion, and her health deteriorated.
By 1941, the turbulent situation and poverty made it impossible for her to survive. Before she died, she handed over the ** left by Deng Hua to Deng Xianshi, and repeatedly told him: "This is your father, he is a hero." ”
It turns out that you have a deep obsession in your heart, Deng Xianshi. When you were fifteen years old, your parents died, and you became an orphan, but instead of crying, you chose to be strong, and you used your mother's words to motivate yourself and resolve to contribute to your country.
So, you embarked on the road to find your father, for the anti-Japanese troops, you ran around and endured all the hardships, but you never gave up. After the end of the Sino-Japanese War, you returned to your hometown, but you did not find your family, your mother has died, and your heart is full of sadness.
However, you did not get depressed because of this, you chose to move on, for your dreams, for your beliefs, you embarked on a new journey again. Deng Xianshi, you are our hero, you are our pride.
Soon after, the Liberation War began, and Deng Hua threw himself into battle. Over the next four years, he participated in and commanded famous battles such as the Battle of Siping, the Battle of Liaoshen, the Battle of Pingjin, and the Battle of Hunan and Jiangxi, and with his outstanding achievements, Deng Hua served as the commander of the 15th Corps of Siye from May 1949.
In the process of liberating Guangzhou, his contribution shocked the people of the whole country, and the situation mentioned at the beginning appeared - after Deng Xianshi saw Deng Hua ** in the newspaper, he immediately recognized this as his father and informed the company instructor.
Subsequently, the instructor reported the situation to his superiors to Zhan Caifang, commander of the 46th Army, and Xiao Jinguang, commander of the 12th Corps.
After Zhan Caifang and Xiao Jinguang learned about this, they attached great importance to it, and they immediately rushed to the barracks to meet Deng Xianshi. Although they had some doubts in their hearts at first, the moment they met Deng Xianshi, all their confusion was answered.
Xiao Jinguang praised again and again: "It's too similar, it's too similar." The only doubt is the name Deng Xianshi said, and the father he mentioned in his mouth is called "Deng Duohua", which is only one word less than Deng Hua.
Zhan Caifang didn't dare to delay, and immediately found Deng Hua and talked to him. During the conversation, Deng Hua frankly told him that his original name was actually Deng Duohua, and he changed it to Deng Hua in order to escape pursuit.
At this point, Zhan Caifang and Xiao Jinguang were fully confirmed. They immediately asked Deng Xianshi to write a long letter to Deng Hua, describing his life experience in detail.
After many years of separation, the father and son reunited on the letterhead, Deng Hua burst into tears, until the father and son met, his emotions could no longer be controlled, and he kept apologizing in his mouth. After that, Deng Hua made a personal request to Xiao Jinguang for the first time, hoping to bring Deng Xianshi to his army, but Deng Xianshi resolutely refused.
He decided not to let his father make an exception, insisted on staying in the 46th Army, waiting for the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy. In this way, Deng Hua, as the commander of the army, participated in the Battle of Hainan Island and the Korean War, leaving a brilliant record.
Deng Xianshi, on the other hand, has always been an ordinary soldier who loyally serves the people's army. Some people say that the tiger father has no dog son, and the father and son soldiers are dedicated to the country, and the PLA is really blessed.