**As the first general in the history of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to command a million soldiers, he often gives people the impression of being decisive in killing.
But what is very surprising is that **, who has always been cold, actually often cares about people - after every big war, ** will call *** and ask him:"The hairy monkeys in our army, are they still alive? ”
*With *** and *** every time I smile and say to **:"Don't worry, our hairy monkeys will be fine. ”
The "hairy monkey" in the mouth of Lin and Luo,It is He Dongsheng, who is known as "Zhao Zilong" in the People's Liberation Army-- Since joining the revolution, He Dongsheng has been born and died several times, but he was miraculously unscathed, so he was affectionately called "hairy monkey" by his revolutionary comrades-in-arms.
So, what kind of contribution did the "hairy monkey" He Dongsheng make to the revolution and construction of New China? How did he, who has experienced a hundred battles, create the myth of "Zhao Zilong in the army" of the People's Liberation Army?
Today, this episode tells you about:Founding Major General - He Dongsheng.
He Dongsheng) was born in 1911 in an ordinary peasant family in Youxian County, Hunan. He Dongsheng in his childhood was exactly the same as his nickname "Mao Monkey"., the character is very naughty: either go up to the tree to dig eggs, or go down to the river to catch fish, the family has no way to take this naughty child.
According to He Dongsheng's recollection, once he was playing in the wild and picked up a big winter melon, and when he happily carried the big winter melon he picked up, his father thought that he had stolen it, so he beat him with a flat pole. He Dongsheng escaped from his home overnightIt wasn't until three days later that the family found He Dongsheng, who had run away in a field.
He Dongsheng).In 1930, the Red Army, which called on the people to "fight local tyrants and divide the land", came to He Dongsheng's hometownSince then, He Dongsheng, a "stubborn boy" who was famous in the township in the past, ushered in a turning point in his fate.
He Dongsheng, who had long heard about the Red Army's chivalrous deeds, immediately went to the Red Army's registration office in high spirits, saying that he wanted to join the revolutionary ranks of the Red Army. However, the comrades of the recruiting points of the Red Army sawHe Dongsheng in front of him was dark and thin, like a monkey, so he refused He Dongsheng's request.
He Dongsheng) After He Dongsheng was rejected by the Red Army comrades at the recruitment point, a rebellious and strong energy surged into his heart, and he ignored the dissuasion of his family and the comrades of the Red Army recruitment pointResolutely followed the large forces of the Red Army to fight in the north and south, and He Dongsheng paid attention to the Red Army's marching arrangements along the way, train and arrange troops on weekdays, and demand themselves according to the standards of the Red Army, and help the Red Army to do some things within their ability such as carrying burdens and sentry.
Over time, the soldiers of the Red Army who he followed were touched by He Dongsheng's sincerity, so they agreed that He Dongsheng became a real member of the revolutionary ranks.
Group photo of He Dongsheng's family).
After joining the revolutionary ranks of the Red Army, He Dongsheng was strict with himself everywhere, changed his old habit of not listening to command and education, and used his hard work in the period of youth and rebellion on the battlefield - in 1932-1933, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "Fourth Encirclement and Suppression" against the revolutionary base area of the Red Army in the Zhongyan Soviet DistrictHe Dongsheng was organized and dispatched to participate in the Battle of Huangpi.
In this brutal battle, He Dongsheng took the lead and rushed to the forefront of the Red Army, killing 30 enemy soldiers in a battle with a rifle, and he was unscathed in this battle. The soldiers of the Red Army admired He Dongsheng's courage and good fighting, and from then on they called He Dongsheng "He Mengzi", describing him as brave in battles and often rushing to the front of everyone.
However, this is not the last nickname in He Dongsheng's life.
Schematic diagram of the battle of Huangpi).
Although He Dongsheng and other Red Army soldiers fought very bravely and tenaciously in the anti-encirclement and suppression war, they were unfortunately affected by the erroneous command of Bogu, Wang Ming and othersThe Red Army failed in the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression operation in 1934, and He Dongsheng and others followed the Red Army and began the Long March.
After experiencing the baptism of arduous battles such as climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands, He Dongsheng grew into a more determined Red Army soldier. On July 7, 1937, Japan launched the Lugou Bridge Incident, and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke outIt was also during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression that He Dongsheng's name of "hairy monkey" began to spread throughout the army.
Lugou Bridge Incident).
In 1940, he led the Eighth Route Army to launch the Battle of 100 Regiments, which "shocked China and foreign countries", and dealt a painful blow to the Japanese army invading China. In order to retaliate against our army, the invading Japanese army launched a harsh sweep against our army's anti-Japanese revolutionary base areas. A game between the two armies of sweeping and counter-sweeping officially kicked off in North China from 1940 to 1944.
In the autumn of 1943, the Japanese puppet army dispatched tens of thousands of people to launch a harsh sweep of the coastal anti-Japanese revolutionary base where He Dongsheng was located. In the face of the sudden sweep action of the Japanese army,He Dongsheng ordered a total of 81 troops under his command to form a "commando team" to cover the party and government organs in the coastal revolutionary base area, and the fathers and villagers retreated first.
What the Japanese troops who came to sweep did not expect was that the 81-man assault force composed of He Dongsheng and other soldiers of the Eighth Route Army actually blocked them for a day and a night. Under the complete resistance of He Dongsheng and others, the Japanese army failed to take a step forward, and the father and old folks of the coastal anti-Japanese revolutionary base area were transferred to buy precious time.
Later, seeing that the Japanese offensive was becoming more and more fierce, He Dongsheng decided to divide his assault team into two platoons and attack separately to throw off the Japanese army. After another round of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the two platoons went to the top of the mountain to meet, but they were the only ones who did not see He Dongsheng. Looking at the "Rising Sun Flag" fluttering all over the mountains, He Dongsheng's comrades-in-arms couldn't help but become anxious.
Later, the soldiers of the two platoons heard the news of He Dongsheng's sacrifice from the people in the coastal anti-Japanese revolutionary base area, so they thought that He Dongsheng was really "glorious", so they couldn't help but cry bitterlyTogether with the local people, a mourning hall was set up to mourn He Dongsheng.
But what the soldiers didn't expect was that just as they were about to guard He Dongsheng's spirit in front of an empty coffin, He Dongsheng, who died in the evening, walked to the front of the mourning hall with a comrade-in-armsAccompanying them was also a Japanese prisoner who was tied up by He Dongsheng and this soldier of the Eighth Route Army!
Since then, He Dongsheng has not died in great disasters, and the glorious deeds of bringing back a Japanese soldier prisoner have been beaten and praised。Because the monkey is alive and kicking, it is difficult to hurt a single hair of the monkey no matter how hard people do it, so people give He Dongsheng the nickname "the hairy monkey who can't be killed".
Young He Dongsheng).
However, the reason why He Dongsheng was called "hairy monkey" by everyone was not only because he was repeatedly born and died in the revolutionary war for several years, and the enemy army had not injured him a single hair, but also becauseHe is impatient, outspoken, and courageous.
According to the soldiers under He Dongsheng's command, recalled:He Dongsheng was a particularly impatient person, and when he was fighting in the field, he would always rush to the front of the soldiers. When it came to the positional battle, He Dongsheng was in the command post for a while, and then ran to the front of the machine gun platoon of the position to inspect the deployment of the position. When encountering a new machine gunner, He Dongsheng will also go down to the field himself and demonstrate to the recruits how to kill the enemy with a machine gun.
He Dongsheng).How impatient is He Dongsheng's personality and temper? At a critical moment on the battlefield, He Dongsheng even did not hesitate to quarrel with his immediate boss in order to win a battle。Chen Shiyu, the commander of the Binhai Naval District who served as He Dongsheng's immediate boss, is an example.
Once, He Dongsheng and Chen Shiyu commanded the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army to prepare to finish off a Japanese pillbox, and also transferred mortars to prepare to bombard the Japanese fortress. After seeing the shells transported by the Eighth Route Army, Chen Shiyu shook his head and said:"We have only a dozen shells in total, and we can't solve the problem of pillboxes. ”
Seeing that Chen Shiyu was reluctant to launch a general attack because he was reluctant to shell shells, He Dongsheng was anxious and said to his immediate boss Chen Shiyu:"You can't bear the shells, and I can't bear the lives of my soldiers! The artillery company commander listens to me, boom me! ”
In the end, with the dual cooperation of our artillery bombardment and infantry raid, the Japanese pillboxes were completely eliminated. It is precisely because He Dongsheng dared to "confront his superiors" and made a quick decision that our army was spared unnecessary losses in this Japanese fortress battle。Therefore, Chen Shiyu was embarrassed to say anything more about He Dongsheng later.
It is worth mentioningThe short-tempered He Dongsheng likes to fiddle with his military hat very much when he is angry, and when he is most angry, he often throws his military hat on the ground and starts scolding。When he was the regiment commander, everyone in the regiment knew that the hat was the "barometer" of He Dongsheng's mood, and every time a battalion and company-level cadre looked for He Dongsheng, he would ask the guards"Where is the captain's hat? ”
If the guard's answer was "on the eyelids", then the cadres and soldiers knew that He Dongsheng was in a very unhappy mood at this time, and they all ran away one by one. But when the guard said that He Dongsheng's hat was on the back of his head, then everyone dared to joke with him.
He Dongsheng).Although He Dong was short-tempered in his life, he was as careful as a hair when dealing with people, and he was a very affectionate person。After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1945, he traveled thousands of miles to lead his troops to the Northeast Battlefield, and was later incorporated into the Northeast Field Army. In 1947, in the battle of "Sanbao Linjiang", He Dongsheng's comrade-in-arms: Du Guanghua, commander of the 10th Division of the Fourth Column of the Northeast Coalition Army, unfortunately died heroically, leaving only a pregnant wife and a daughter.
After considering that He Dongsheng had not yet married a wife and had children, the soldiers would tentatively suggest to He Dongsheng whether they could take care of Du Guanghua's wife and children and marry Du Guanghua's wife. What everyone didn't expect was that He Dongsheng, who was short-tempered on weekdays, readily agreed, and throughout He Dongsheng's life, he took good care of Du Guanghua's wife and childrenThe child born to Du Guanghua's wife later always regarded He Dongsheng as his biological father, and it was not until He Dongsheng's death that his mother told her the truth
Mr. and Mrs. He Dongsheng).
As the saying goes, "those who respect others, people always respect them", He Dongsheng, who cares about his comrades-in-arms and attaches great importance to love and righteousness, has not only been widely loved by his colleagues and subordinates, but also received the attention of ** and others. After each war, ** will find *** to ask "the hairy monkey of the Northeast Field Army, have they been sacrificed or injured", and *** Every time I inquire about He Dongsheng's news, I will come back and report to **"Our hairy monkey is fine, you can rest assured. ”
He Dongsheng experienced the agrarian revolution, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation during the Red Army period, followed the people's army in the southern and northern wars all his life, and was brave and fierceTherefore, He Dongsheng in his later years was also called "Zhao Zilong in the Chinese People's Army".
On August 27, 1998, He Dongsheng, the "hairy monkey" of the Northeast Field Army and the "Zhao Zilong" of the Chinese People's Army, left the Chinese people forever at the age of 87, but he will always live in the hearts of the Chinese people and be forever remembered by future generations.