Waiting for Zheng Weishan, the chairman met with the personnel
In June 1967, ** presided over a meeting with relevant people in the Great Hall of the People. When the meeting was about to begin, ** specifically instructed the staff: "Be sure to confirm whether Zheng Weishan, commander of the Beijing Military Region, has been present." ”
** Asked Zheng Weishan three times if he had arrived, but unfortunately received a negative answer. When the staff saw that the time had come, they said to ***: "Chairman, the time has come, why don't we start first?" ”
However, ** shook his head resolutely and said: "No, Comrade Zheng Weishan has not arrived, we can't start!" ”
When Zheng Weishan arrived at the venue, the chairman asked the staff to announce the start of the event. During this period, the chairman also took the initiative to hold Zheng Weishan's hand and said: "There is Xu Shiyou in the south, Zheng Weishan in the north, and I feel at ease with the two of you." ”
So, why did Zheng Weishan win so much attention from the chairman? Zheng Weishan, born in Xinxian County, Henan Province in 1915, joined the Communist Party in 1930 and the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in the same year.
His father, also an old revolutionary, had participated in the jute riots and served as chairman of the village soviet, and these experiences had a profound impact on his thinking. In 1930, Zheng Weishan joined the Red Army with more than 70 Red Guards and became the first herald.
His heroism led to his promotion to political commissar of the 9th Division of the Red Army in 1933, when he was not yet 18 years old. In 1934, Zheng Weishan served as the political commissar of the 88th Division of the Red 30th Army, when he was only 20 years old.
The 88th Division was composed of three veteran regiments with honorary titles in the whole army, and Zheng Weishan led his troops, as the vanguard of the Red 30th Army, to carry out combat operations such as attacking mountainous areas and forcibly crossing rivers, fought a series of beautiful battles, and displayed outstanding military command ability.
Zheng Weishan was a true revolutionary hero, and his heroic deeds and outstanding talents made him an important figure in the eyes of the chairman.
Zheng Weishan, a famous general of the Red Fourth Front Army, is famous for his name as the "Night Tiger". In the battle of Huangmaoya, he led his subordinates to attack the enemy army at night and successfully annihilated the Sichuan army140,000 people, making the 88th Division a "close, fast, fierce, and ruthless" fighting style.
During the Long March, he climbed snow-capped mountains three times, crossed grasslands three times, and even participated in the main division of the Red Army three times. At the end of 1936, he led the soldiers of the 88th Division to participate in the Western Route Army's Western Expedition, and participated in the battles of Shilipu and Yongchang.
However, the Western Route Army eventually suffered defeat and suffered heavy losses. Zheng Weishan entered the Yan'an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University in 1937, and after graduation, he was sent to the Jinchaji Anti-Japanese Front.
In 1947, as the Liberation War shifted from defense to offense, the Military Commission ordered Zheng Weishan to follow Liu Deng's army south. But Zheng Weishan's dream was to go to the front line to kill the enemy, and in the end he stayed.
In July 1947, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Field Army was established, and Zheng Weishan served as the commander of the third column. He was famous for his "ability to fight", and led the three columns to fight and fight on the battlefield in North China, and was known as the "North China Force".
Zheng Weishan was a wise and brave general, and wrote the most glorious page of his military career on the battlefield in North China. In the Battle of Qingfengdian, he insisted on holding his position, successfully luring the snake out of the hole and killing the enemy in one net.
Zheng Weishan sent a telegram to the field army headquarters, the content of which was to hold the position and strive for the total annihilation of the enemy army. Despite his firm tone, he did not anger the chief. Zheng Weishan's insistence made the enemy mistakenly believe that he had captured the main force of our army, thus leading out the enemy's 3rd Army, and after a fierce battle, our army successfully annihilated the enemy's 3rd Army and captured the enemy's commander Luo Lirong alive.
In January 1948, the Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army launched an attack on Pinghan Road and other places, but Fu Zuoyi's troops were not afraid and continued to stay in place. Seeing this, the field army headquarters changed its tactics, first concentrating its forces to attack Baoding, and then pretending to attack Baoding, so that Fu Zuoyi had the illusion that our army would take Baoding.
Sure enough, Fu Zuoyi ordered the Pinghan Corps to start moving, which meant that the enemy troops stationed in Laishui were weak. As a result, Yang Dezhi, the commander of the field army, decided to let Zheng Weishan lead the soldiers of the three columns to the north, attack Laishui, and successfully annihilate the enemy army.
Fu Zuoyi's descendants, known as the "Ace Army" of the 35th Army, and its main force, the 32nd Division, were completely annihilated by the third column led by Zheng Weishan on January 11, the division commander Li Mingding was killed in the melee, and the commander of the 35th Army, Lu Yinglin, also committed suicide.
Fu Zuoyi was deeply distressed by this and vowed to eliminate Zheng Weishan's third column.
Garrisoned in Xin'an was the 35th Army of the Kuomintang Army, the heroic unit led by Zheng Weishan that successfully defeated Fu Zuoyi's 32nd Division. After careful consideration, Zheng Weishan decided to surround this force first, and then trap them firmly, so as to prevent Fu Zuoyi from escaping.
So, on December 8, Zheng Weishan and Zeng Siyu led the third and fourth columns to successfully surround the new security regiment. In fact, the enemy's 35th Army had a chance to withdraw on December 6, but their commander Guo Jingyun was too conceited, believing that their ** equipment and vehicles were enough to withstand the attack of the PLA.
He even thought that it only took them 1 day to get to Zhangjiakou, and it should only take 2 days to go back. However, when our troops attacked, they could not retreat, because they were already surrounded by the fighters of the third and fourth columns.
At this time, Guo Jingyun realized the seriousness of the problem, and he immediately ordered the 12th Brigade to break through, but unfortunately, they were unsuccessful. After a fierce battle, the 35th Army was completely surrounded by our troops in the new security city and could not enter or exit.
As Fu Zuoyi's trump card army, Fu Zuoyi is very concerned about this army. Zheng Weishan knew this very well, and he immediately sent a reconnaissance squad to reconnoiter east along the south bank of the Yanghe River, and paid special attention to the enemy situation in the direction of civil engineering.
Zheng Weishan (left) On the morning of December 9, scouts came to report: "Report, there is a change in the direction of civil engineering!" At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Zheng Weishan received another report: "There are a large number of enemy troops moving west along the Yanghe River south of Tumu. ”
Based on this information, Zheng Weishan deduced: "This is likely to be a force that has come to meet the enemy." So he immediately called Zeng Siyu, the commander of the fourth column, first told the other party about the situation, and then said: "Is there any of our troops in the Shacheng area?" ”
Zeng Siyu replied: "We have no troops in Shacheng, and the main task of the Fourth Column is to make every effort to prevent the 35th Army from fleeing eastward ......Zheng Weishan was a little worried when he heard Zeng Siyu's answer, because he knew that there was a small gap east of Xin'an City, and if the enemy approached from here, it would be able to directly attack the rear of the PLA.
Zheng Weishan didn't have time to think about it, he immediately ordered the troops of the 9th Brigade and the 7th Brigade to continue to defend Xin'an according to the original plan; At the same time, a regiment of the 9th Brigade was drawn as the second echelon of the siege, and the main force of the column immediately set off to meet the enemy troops advancing westward.
At the same time, Zheng Weishan also reported the operation to the head of the corps. On December 22, Zheng Weishan, in accordance with the orders of his superiors, attacked Xin'an with the soldiers of the Fourth Column and annihilated Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army.
Immediately afterwards, Zheng Weishan led his troops to Datong and cut off the attempt of Fu Zuoyi's troops who had fled west to Suiyuan to join Dong Qiwu's troops, which played a very crucial role in the peaceful settlement of the Suiyuan issue.
General Zheng Weishan played an important role in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. After the outbreak of the war, he served as deputy commander and chief of staff of the 19th Corps of the Volunteer Army, and after receiving instructions from the Military Commission for a summer counterattack operation, he put forward a bold idea.
In his opinion, if three targets are selected on the eastern front in the Jincheng area, namely. 2 Heights and Hill of Crosses, to attack, not only to turn the enemy's defense from disadvantageous to advantage, but also to make it easier for our army to develop westward after the capture, and to take these places as offensive targets.
Although this plan was opposed by many people, believing that it was a risk, Zheng Weishan insisted that if we did not recover the lost territory of our army's salient this time, it would be difficult to recover it in the future, and there would even be no possibility of recovering it.
He therefore strongly advocated the implementation of the programme.
At the military conference, Zheng Weishan put forward a bold plan to completely uproot the enemy's important positions. Commander Zhang Zuliang supported his idea and expressed his willingness to take responsibility together.
Zheng Weishan resolutely refused, believing that this plan was proposed by him, and that he was still the commander of the corps, so he should be fully responsible. After the discussion, Zheng Weishan began to organize the preparations before the lurk, and familiarized himself with the terrain, and also sent three staff officers to the Volunteer Army Headquarters to report on the work.
Deputy Commander Deng Hua particularly stressed that it is necessary to be prepared with both hands, and once the enemy is found lurking, it is necessary to immediately launch a strong attack, rush to the enemy's position at all costs, and the artillery must also be ready to support at any time.
Taking into account the practical difficulties of the 60th Army, Deng Hua decided to assign the 7th Regiment of the 20th Artillery Division to them in order to enhance the ability to suppress and combat enemy fire. The next day, Zheng Weishan came to the garrison of the 60th Army and visited the troops who were on the task of lurking with Commander Zhang Zuliang.
After returning to the Corps headquarters, Deng Hua asked about the time of the attack, and Zheng Weishan replied that it would need to be postponed for another two days.
Deng Hua asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?" Zheng Weishan explained: "The enemy in the direction of the 67th Army's main attack threw a large number of gasoline bombs, causing the grass and trees to burn, making it difficult to dodge, and we need soldiers to dig holes to get close."
So, we plan to wait two days before we act. Deng Hua suggested: "In these two days, we can carry out feints and create illusions." Zheng Weishan agreed: "I also have this idea, and I am preparing to launch an attack on the enemy positions near the west bank of the North Han River in advance to attract the attention of the South Korean 5th Division." ”
Before the battle began, Zheng Weishan moved his headquarters to Longmen Mountain, which was less than 2,000 meters away from the enemy's position in a straight line. On the night of June 9, more than 3,500 volunteer soldiers entered the lurking area, and after fierce fighting and sacrifice, they finally succeeded in lurking to the designated place.
As a result of such a successful lurk, we occupied the position of the 27th Regiment of the 5th Division of South Korea in just over an hour after launching the battle, creating an exemplary example of destroying one regiment at a time since the beginning of positional warfare, and also creating a miracle in the history of warfare.
On the third day, the South Korean 5th Division and the 3rd Reserve Division began to counterattack, but because our troops had already taken precautions, their counterattack was unsuccessful. By June 15, our army had successfully occupied all the positions east of the Bukhan River of the 5th South Korean Division.
On June 12, the 67th Army of the Volunteer Army began an offensive on Cross Mountain, west of the North Han River. After several hours of trench fighting, our troops annihilated most of the enemy forces, and then quickly occupied positions.
This battle was also praised by the Volunteer Army Command. On June 14, the 20th Corps commanded by Zheng Weishan also occupied the positions of one division and one regiment of the enemy, and through the results of coordinated operations, a total of 56 square kilometers were recovered, and more than 30,000 enemy troops were killed and wounded.
General Zheng Weishan's last battle was the most glorious page of his war career and a successful campaign under his leadership. He firmly believed in his determination and plan, understood his opponent, and successfully protected the security of the Military Commission and ***.
He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general when the PLA first conferred the title in 1955, and was transferred to the group in 1966 when the Capital Guard Working Group was established.
He did his best, worked diligently every day, and successfully completed the tasks assigned to him. Especially in the activities of receiving more than 10 million young students, he was loyal to his duties, closely organized, and protected the safety of the first and other leaders, and was appreciated by the prime minister and praised many times.
During his tenure as acting commander of the Beijing Military Region, he personally went to the front line of border defense to understand the local situation and deploy countermeasures to ensure the security of the border defense in North China. His leadership and selfless dedication are admirable.
On June 16, ** met with relevant staff in the Great Hall of the People. Before the start of the meeting, ** said to the staff around him many times: "Do you go to see if Comrade Zheng Weishan is here?" ”
After receiving a negative answer, ** said: "If Comrade Zheng Weishan does not come, the meeting will not start, and we will talk about it when he comes." When Zheng Weishan arrived in a hurry, ** said: "Okay, Comrade Zheng Weishan has arrived, let's start." ”
In the interval between activities, ** also came to Zheng Weishan's side, held his hand tightly and said: "There is Xu Shiyou in the south, Zheng Weishan in the north, I am much more relieved to have you!" ”
In May 1968, during the construction of Mancheng County, Baoding, the first unit of the Beijing Army discovered the tomb of King Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty, and there were many cultural relics in it. During that period, these cultural relics were at risk of being destroyed and looted at any time, so *** personally wrote to Zheng Weishan and asked him to protect these cultural relics.
After receiving the letter from ***, Zheng Weishan immediately took action and made it clear: "Military engineering must be completely subordinated to the needs of archaeologists; Materially, as long as the army can solve it, we will definitely support it; The Hebei Provincial Military Region is responsible for ......the safety of the archaeological team and the transportation of vehiclesIn addition, Zheng Weishan also personally came to the site of the tomb of King Zhongshan to study specific measures to protect cultural relics.
Due to Zheng Weishan's great attention, this Han tomb was successfully excavated, and the cultural relics buried in the ground for more than 2,000 years were also properly protected.
This tomb of the King of Zhongshan is the site with the largest number of Han Dynasty cultural relics found in the world's archaeological history, with more than 2,800 pieces identified by experts. In 1969, Zheng Weishan was named a representative of the "Ninth National Congress" of the Communist Party of China, and at the same time was appointed commander of the Beijing Military Region.
In 1982, he was already 67 years old and not in good health, but he was still full of energy and was appointed commander of the Lanzhou Military Region and first secretary of the party committee. Before leaving, ** met with him and emphasized: "It will take 20 years to green the northwest for the benefit of future generations; Cultivate and select 10 ** people. ”
During his three-year stay in the Lanzhou Military Region, Zheng Weishan led his staff to survey more than 70,000 kilometers of roads and, in accordance with the Central Military Commission's defensive operation plan, worked out a complete set of defensive operations plans for the northwest region.
He has always been committed to strengthening army building in accordance with the instructions of the first class and cultivating batches of outstanding cadres. In 1985, he retired from his job, but he still cared about the construction of the army, and from time to time he returned to the old army to visit the new recruits.
Whether in war years or peacetime, Zheng Weishan has always been unswervingly loyal to the party and the revolutionary cause.
In the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zheng Weishan participated in the celebration with a healthy body. However, the disease crept in the following year. In March 2000, he received ** in the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, and before he died, he said to his children who were guarding his bedside: "Life is in the world, it is inevitable to die, this is the law of nature, and you don't have to be too sad."
I didn't have much savings in my life, and the last month's salary was used as the last party fee I left to the party organization, and the rest of the money was donated to the school in Dabie Mountain, so that the children could have books to read ......After death, don't hold a memorial service, don't hold a farewell ceremony for the body, and don't go to Babao Mountain, the body will be left to the medical unit for autopsy and cremation, and finally my ashes will be scattered on the ......ridge of Dabie MountainOn May 9, 2000, Zheng Weishan died of illness at the age of 85.