In May 1980, the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army issued a circular on General Deng Hua's positive evaluation of the historical issue to the whole army. Deng Hua, who was 70 years old at the time, received the long-awaited good news in the hospital. He was very excited and said to his family: I really wish I could do more work for the army, "It's a pity it's too late." It was indeed too late, and more than 50 days later, General Deng Hua passed away forever with infinite attachment to the people of the motherland. During his lifetime, General Deng Hua was always concerned about the army and national defense construction, and his story should not be forgotten.
In 1910, Deng Hua was born in Chenxian County, Hunan. Deng Hua's father was an intellectual in the old society, and he was full of wealth, but he disdained to be in the same league with the corrupt elements in the officialdom. Deng Hua's childhood was spent in a small private school run by his father, and he was deeply influenced by his father from his knowledge to his personality. In 1925, Deng Hua went to Changsha to study, and successively studied at Yueyun Middle School and Nanhua Law and Political School. During this period, under the influence of progressive ideas, Deng Hua often participated in patriotism*** In 1927, Deng Hua joined the Communist Party of China. Although he experienced the bloody storm of the counter-revolutionary wave, Deng Hua withstood the test. During the 1928 Southern Hunan Uprising, Deng Hua joined the Red 7th Division, served under Mr. Zhu, and began his military career. During the Agrarian Revolution, Deng Hua successively served as the political commissar of the 12th Red Army Division and the director of the Political Department of the 2nd Red Division, and participated in five anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggles.
After the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, Deng Hua served as the director of the Political Department of the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. After the victory in the first battle of Pingxingguan, Deng Hua led the struggle against the "Eight-Way Siege" in the Pingxi area and participated in the establishment of the Pingxi Base Area. During the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, Deng Hua personally participated in the combat mission of attacking the Japanese puppet control stronghold. During the Liberation War, Deng Hua joined the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army and went north to participate in the Siping Defense Battle and the Autumn Offensive. After the liberation of Northeast China, Deng Hua commanded the 44th Army to go south and participated in the Pingjin Campaign. After the liberation of Tianjin, Deng Hua's campaign continued to move south to Liangguang to exterminate the remnants of the national army. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Deng Hua was appointed deputy commander of the Guangzhou Military Region. In 1950, Deng Hua participated in the campaign to liberate Hainan Island. He commanded the troops to use wooden sailing ships as the main means of landing, and in one fell swoop smashed the myth of the Kuomintang's so-called "unbreakable" "three-dimensional defense of land, sea, and air."
During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Deng Hua, as the deputy commander and deputy political commissar of the Volunteer Army, followed Mr. Peng into the war in North Korea, and played an important commanding role in the process of the first to fifth battles. The experience of working with Peng Lao made Deng Hua unforgettable for the rest of his life. Many years later, when he was reminiscing with Mr. Peng's wife Pu An, he also affectionately mentioned: Working by Mr. Peng's side is the happiest period for me. After returning to China, Deng Hua continued to serve as deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army and commander of the Shenyang Military Region. In 1955, Deng Hua was awarded the rank of general by the ** Military Commission. In the late fifties, Deng Hua was implicated by his old chief and left the army for a time. During his tenure as vice governor of Sichuan, he attached great importance to investigating the livelihood of the people at the grassroots level and went deep into the rural areas to solve many practical problems in production for the masses.
After entering a special historical period, Deng Hua was impacted. He was anxious, not because of the injustice he had received, but because he had been forced to lose the opportunity to work for the country and its people. After a long time, Deng Hua's depressed health condition turned on a red light. In 1977, Deng Hua, who was already in serious physical condition, received a notice to serve as vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences. He attached great importance to the modernization of the armed forces and had long hoped that through his own efforts, the people's army's actual combat capability would be raised to a new level. However, at this time, he was really powerless. While he was on the sickbed, he thought of the poem of the patriotic poet Lu You, "Lying down at night and listening to the wind and rain, the iron horse and the glacier fall into a dream". It may be that the eagerness to dedicate himself to the country has played a positive role, Deng Hua's condition has miraculously improved, he can slowly review documents in the ward, and he can also handle official business appropriately within the time allowed by the hospital.
At that time, it was already the spring of 1978. Deng Hua solemnly submitted a request to the organization to retry his historical issues. In the process of waiting for the results of the investigation, Deng Hua was not idle, and he wrote several articles on the construction of military equipment one after another. While recuperating in Guangzhou, he also wrote some articles summarizing the Battle of Hainan Island for the reference of relevant departments. Guangzhou is where Deng Hua has lived and worked for a long time, and he has a deep affection for this thriving city. Even when he already knew that his time was short, Deng Hua told his relatives the most not to cause trouble to the organization and not to occupy excessive national resources. He made three chapters of the law for his children, whether it was before or after his death, no one was allowed to use Deng Hua's name to make something special, and he didn't even think about violating discipline. Deng Hua is just like his father who subtly influenced himself back then, and tried his best to influence his next generation with noble character.
In 1980, General Deng Hua died of illness in Shanghai. Being unable to continue to contribute to the cause of the party and the people he loved was his deepest regret before his death.
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