On October 7, 1986, Chinese Marshal *** died of illness in Beijing, and his death plunged the whole country into deep grief. ** During his lifetime, he fought for the country all his life, and his achievements are indelible.
***, who was 82 years old at the time, couldn't help but shed tears when he heard the news. In order to fulfill ***'s last wish, he dragged his elderly body to personally preside over ***'s memorial service.
However, when he saw the list submitted by the funeral committee, he lost his temper in a rare way. He asked, "Who counted this list, why is there one less person?" ”
When his wife Wang Ronghua learned about this, she also hurried over and asked, "What happened?" Holding the list in his hand, he asked resolutely: "Why is there no name of Xiao Yongyin?"
How can there be no name for him? In the face of Deng Gong's inquiry, everyone was shocked. In the end, it was ***'s wife Wang Ronghua who stood up and calmed down the matter.
So, who is Xiao Yongyin? Why did *** insist on inviting him?
Xiao Yongyin and ***'s handsome relationship is better than ***. Born into an ordinary peasant family in Huang'an, Hubei Province, he lived a difficult life as a child, and was thin when he joined the Red Army at the age of 13.
During the Long March, although he was only a teenager, as the trumpet leader in the team, he always rushed to the front, and finally was seriously injured and was carried on a stretcher for three days and three nights before surviving.
Fortunately, Commander Xu Shiyou took a fancy to his talents, and with his help, Xiao Yongyin survived the Long March and became a qualified Communist Party member. After two years of arduous life on the Long March, his life began to change.
Eventually, he and *** met for the first time on a stormy day.
At the end of February 1937, the situation of the Western Route Army was unprecedentedly dangerous. As a result, the Communist Party of China and the Military Commission urgently ordered the formation of the "Western Aid Army", which was composed of the original headquarters of the Fourth Front Army in northern Shaanxi, the 32nd and 28th armies of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, and the cavalry regiment to carry out support tasks.
However, the situation of the Western Route Army has reached the edge of the cliff, and they can not wait for the arrival of the Western Army, so they can only look for the scattered soldiers, and on the other hand, on the way to face the Qilian Mountain, dozens of guest houses and shelter stations have been opened to accommodate those lost soldiers.
They anxiously awaited news as they tried to regroup their ranks. It wasn't until mid-July that the headquarters of the Western Army finally waited for two unusual people.
I saw that these two men were in rags, their hair was unkempt, because they had not been trimmed for a long time, and they were even more unkempt on their shoulders, like wild men, and their clothes had almost been hung into strips of cloth.
** and Chen Changhao decided to leave the Western Route Army temporarily and return to northern Shaanxi to report the situation of the Western Route Army to the organization. **Specially asked *** for the guard platoon commander Xiao Yongyin, and Chen Mingyi took a simple team on the road together.
Although they expected the journey to be difficult, they did not expect that their dry food had already been eaten halfway through. In order to solve this problem and hide their identities, ** decided to go alone with Chen Changhao, Xiao Yongyin and Chen Mingyi took a letter written by him personally and went to northern Shaanxi to find ** organization.
** instructed them: "If you arrive in northern Shaanxi first, give this letter to **, and then explain the situation on our side." However, without the guidance of ***, this team of only a few people quickly dispersed.
In order to avoid revealing their identities, Xiao Yongyin and Chen Mingyi could only pretend to be "beggars" and beg all the way. The journey was far more arduous than they had imagined.
After listening to their experiences, tears flowed down my face. Xiao Yongyin and Chen Mingyi also had tears in their eyes, ** gave them some food, and sighed: "It's not easy for you to come back alive!" ”
Xiao Yongyin was excited, he choked up and said: "For the sake of the party organization and the revolutionary cause, even the sacrifice is worth it." Then, he took off the worn felt hat on his head, took out a letter from it and handed it to the leader of ***, the situation of the Western Route Army is critical, this is a letter from Commander-in-Chief Xu, please give it to ***
Although I met Xiao Yongyin for the first time, after experiencing the wind and waves, I was still able to calmly complete the tasks of the organization, and I was full of appreciation for Xiao Yongyin. He took the letter that Xiao Yongyin guarded with his life, and said with a smile: "I will hand it over to ** on time."
After that, Xiao Yongyin was appointed as a battalion commander of the 129th Regiment of the 385th Brigade of the 14th Division, fighting side by side with ***, and the revolutionary friendship between the two began.
The veteran *** deeply influenced Xiao Yongyin with his excellent battlefield control and command ability, so much so that Xiao Yongyin said that his modern battlefield theory was learned from ***.
Xiao Yongyin performed well on the battlefield and lived up to the expectations of ***. At the end of 1938, the Japanese army carried out a routine sweep near Dayangzhuang in Ningjin County, Xiao Yongyin was extremely dissatisfied with this, and decided to take action, even if he could not defeat the Japanese army, he would interfere with them.
After many reconnaissances, he personally led 12 commandos, armed with rifles, broadswords and grenades, to sneak into the vicinity of Dayangzhuang at night. Perhaps because the Japanese were overconfident, one of the guards actually began to nap.
Xiao Yongyin saw that the opportunity was coming, and beckoned the soldiers to quietly approach and successfully deal with the Japanese army. The remaining dozen or so people tried to carry back the gun carriage, but because they were not familiar with the advanced **, they accidentally touched the fire rope and caused the shells to fly out, alarming the other Japanese.
Xiao Yongyin and others took the opportunity to take advantage and threw grenades to blow up the Japanese army. They planned to burn down the houses and take the gun wagons while the remaining Japanese troops hid in the rooms. However, the fire attracted the attention of a large Japanese army, and reinforcements arrived in a mighty manner.
Xiao Yongyin saw for believing and saw through that what the Japanese army was trying their best to protect was not an ordinary artillery carriage, but a powerful mountain cannon. He quickly sent reinforcements and successfully snatched the mountain artillery back to the regimental headquarters.
This mountain cannon was later transferred by the brigade headquarters and the division headquarters and transferred to Taihang Mountain, which amazed everyone. ** The general even looked at the mountain cannon boy carefully as if he were admiring a work of art, and personally inscribed on it to express his praise for the first battalion.
He also praised Xiao Yongyin for bringing him a "treasure". * The importance of Xiao Yongyin can be seen, no matter when and where, he regards him as his right-hand man.
In 1947, the War of Liberation entered its most severe moment, and the situation was tense. On the evening of August 17, the "Liu Deng Army" had just successfully leaped into the Dabie Mountain, and the 18th Brigade, under the leadership of Xiao Yongyin, had also arrived on the north bank of the Ru River.
Looking at the wide river, Xiao Yongyin was a little worried, how could he quickly cross the river under the premise of ensuring safety? At this moment, ** and *** and others suddenly arrived, which surprised Xiao Yongyin.
** said to Xiao Yongyin with a solemn face: "Now the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Kuomintang are following us, and the nearest distance is only 25 kilometers. If we fail to cross the river as soon as possible, the whole army will be in danger of being wiped out by the Kuomintang. ”
Xiao Yongyin heard the nervousness in ***'s tone, he immediately stood up and said firmly: "Chief, I will completely obey your command, no matter what you ask me to do, I will do my best to carry it out!" ”
Also immediately got up, stared at him intently, and then replied neatly: "Okay, I believe you!" ”
**'s words made Xiao Yongyin remember in his heart: "Now is a critical moment, we must be prepared to fight to the death with the enemy, whether it is day or night, as long as the opposite side is an aircraft cannon, we must open a life channel as soon as possible to ensure the safety of the main force." ”
Xiao Yongyin proposed that he lead the 18th Brigade to move first, while the other troops chose a relatively safe route. However, ** and *** were categorically opposed to this plan, and they made it clear: "If our forces are separated, the strength will be weakened, which gives the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of."
We must unite now! Xiao Yongyin saw ***'s determination, so he had to agree to this plan. That night, under the coordinated command of Xiao Yongyin and Li Zhen, they took the ** that was very different from the enemy army, and fought a way of life among hundreds of thousands of troops, ensuring the safety of *** and ***.
This battle became a model for people many years later, and even whenever *** mentioned it, his face would be filled with a smile of satisfaction. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, although there were fewer opportunities to fight, Xiao Yongyin still worked hard for the country's security wholeheartedly.
When Xiao Yongyin learned that the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was about to break out, he had been waiting for the call of his friend Wang Jinshan. However, he couldn't wait for any news, and he felt very aggrieved in his heart.
He took the initiative to find *** and begged *** to agree to his request. ** Knowing Xiao Yongyin's firm character, he immediately approved his request. Xiao Yongyin went to the Korean battlefield again and made great contributions to the defense of the motherland.
At the 1955 investiture ceremony, he was awarded the rank of Major General in recognition of his merits. Although Xiao Yongyin and *** are active in their respective jobs, the friendship in their hearts is indelible.
When *** died in 1986, ** was very angry when he saw that Xiao Yongyin's name was not on the list of the funeral committee. In the end, **'s wife Wang Ronghua personally called** to inform Xiao Yongyin, and he learned the news of his best friend's death.
After learning the news, Xiao Yongyin held back the grief in his heart and immediately boarded a plane to Beijing and came to Marshal ***'s home. Looking at the marshal's **, Xiao Yongyin couldn't help crying: "Liu Shuai, I came late, I couldn't see you off, forgive me!" ”
After speaking, Xiao Yongyin fell in front of the posthumous photo of Marshal *** and cried bitterly. This kind of friendship during the revolutionary period is always moving, Xiao Yongyin's cry infected everyone present, and even Wang Ronghua couldn't help crying bitterly.
In 2002, Xiao Yongyin died of illness in Nanjing at the age of 85.