In 1955, in order to commend the generals who had made outstanding achievements during the war years, the People's Republic of China decided to award them different military ranks according to their seniority and military exploits.
At the end of the award ceremony, all the generals left the scene, but the attentive *** Prime Minister found that there was still a general on the stage who had not left. ** Puzzled to come forward and ask: "Everyone else has already left, why are you still here?" ”
The general replied, "My name has not yet been pronounced." "* As soon as you hear it, immediately check why a person's name is missing from the investiture ceremony. So, who is this missing general?
Huang Mars: Ill-fated when he was young, young people devoted themselves to the revolution - bloody breakthrough in the Southern Anhui Incident Huang Mars, the general who broke through in the bloody breakthrough in the Southern Anhui Incident, was born in 1909 and is a native of Henan.
When he was 7 years old, due to the warlord melee in the Central Plains and natural disasters, his parents took him to flee to Jiangxi. He was sold to a family in Jingdezhen and has since been separated from his parents. However, the fate of Yellow Mars took a major turn at the age of 21.
In 1930, he joined the Communist Youth League, and his ideological consciousness improved significantly. The following year, he was sent to study at a military and political school in northeastern Jiangxi, and three months later joined the Communist Party.
After the July 7 Incident, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out. In order to realize the agreement between the anti-Japanese national united front and the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Red Army and guerrillas in the eight southern provinces were reorganized into the newly organized Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the armed forces in southwestern Fujian, where Huang Mars belonged, were also reorganized into the Second Detachment of the New Fourth Army, and he served as the commander of the Third Regiment.
Supplies and equipment were scarce, and each person could only receive three rounds of ammunition. In this situation, Huang Mars decided to take the initiative and seize the equipment from the enemy. He led his troops to destroy Japanese vehicles between Dangtu and Wuhu in Anhui Province, seized a large amount of supplies, and improved the equipment and supplies of the troops.
In August, he once again led his troops to fight the puppet bandit army, killing and wounding more than 340 enemy soldiers and capturing a lot of mortars, radios and bullets. He also seized the favorable opportunity to expand his ranks and mobilize the masses to build up self-defense forces.
In order to smash the Japanese army's "sweep" in the Xiaodanyang area, Huang Mars, according to the deployment of the detachment, led his troops to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army in the battles of Hengshan and other battles, and the defense of Hengshan was also one of the very difficult battles.
In the winter of that year, the Japanese troops stationed in Nanjing and their Shaozo gathered more than 2,000 Japanese puppet troops to "sweep" the Hengshan base area. In the face of such a grim situation, Huang Mars sent two teams to jump out of the periphery and personally commanded two companies to block the enemy's advance on the 351 heights of Longwang Mountain.
Huang Mars Huang Mars led his troops to use trenches and woods as cover, and successfully repelled many attacks by the Japanese puppet army, and the battle lasted two days and two nights. In this battle, our army not only killed more than 200 Japanese puppet soldiers, but also captured many ***
Although the Japanese army Shaozo was defeated by our army, he was still unwilling, and once again organized the Japanese puppet army to "sweep" Hengshan in three ways. In the face of the Japanese attack, Huang Mars quickly led the soldiers of the 3rd Regiment to jump to the periphery to fight, and then successfully killed 15 Japanese soldiers near Yangjiadian Village.
At the beginning of 1940, Huang Mars was ordered to lead the 3rd Regiment to the Tongfan area to carry out the anti-Japanese struggle. In May, more than 3,000 Japanese troops, under the cover of aircraft and tanks, launched a frantic attack on the garrison of the 3rd Regiment.
In the face of such a huge attack by the enemy, Huang Mars did not have the slightest fear, he not only killed more than 300 Japanese puppet soldiers, but also successfully smashed the conspiracy of the Japanese army to attack.
In the subsequent anti-"sweeping" struggle, the 3rd detachment accidentally lost several confidential documents when breaking through, Huang Mars personally led the soldiers to retrieve them after knowing it, and the leaders of the New Fourth Army, Xiang Ying and Zhou Zikun, praised him: "Serious and responsible for the party!" ”
Just as the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was in full swing, the Kuomintang diehards gradually exposed their ugly faces.
In January 1941, Ye Ting and Xiang Ying led more than 9,000 soldiers of the New Fourth Army in an attempt to move north. However, what is sad is that they were ambushed by up to 80,000 Kuomintang troops, which is known at home and abroad as the Southern Anhui Incident.
At this critical juncture, Huang Mars took on the heavy responsibility of leading the team to break through. In an extremely dangerous situation, it was Huang Mars who left a precious revolutionary spark for our party.
The northward movement of the New Fourth Army was divided into three columns: left, center, and right, with Huang Mars serving as the political commissar of the middle column, and the military headquarters, the organs of the Southeast Bureau, and the teaching column following the column.
On January 6, when the troops arrived in Jing County, Anhui Province, they were suddenly attacked by Kuomintang troops. After studying, the military department decided to implement a breakout operation. In the process of breaking through, Huang Mars personally went to the front line to command, and his thigh was unfortunately hit by shrapnel and he was bleeding profusely.
Although Huang Mars was seriously wounded, he still defied the pain caused by his body and firmly commanded the battle. However, due to the careful planning of the Kuomintang offensive and the large gap in strength between the two sides, our army's breakthrough finally failed, and many soldiers of the New Fourth Army were killed at the guns of the Kuomintang.
Ye Ting had no choice but to order a breakout, and the Yellow Mars Middle Column broke through to the northwest. The team ran out of ammunition and food, and the soldiers who broke through the siege were heavy, and in the end, only 72 soldiers broke out of the encirclement and became the backbone of the 7th Division of the New Fourth Army.
Chiang Kai-shek spread the route of the New Fourth Army to the north, causing the Japanese army to tightly seal the Yangtze River. Fortunately, Huang Mars found the liaison station of the underground party and was escorted across the river. He immediately went to the Jiangbei guerrilla column, reported the course of the incident in southern Anhui, and handed over the silver dollar.
During the breakout, Huang Mars's thigh was severely inflamed, but he continued to fight with tenacious perseverance. It was only after the founding of the People's Republic of China that the shrapnel in his leg was removed.
The smoke of war has not yet dissipated, and new tasks have begun. After the end of the Southern Anhui Incident, the ** Military Commission reorganized the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, and ordered the southern Anhui breakthrough troops and several troops in Jiangbei to join up to form the 7th Division of the New Fourth Army, and Huang Mars was responsible for assisting in the containment and reorganization of the troops.
One day, more than 20 comrades-in-arms charged with Huang Mars, and they had mixed feelings for the rest of their lives. Huang Mars wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and encouraged everyone to persevere and believe that the revolution would win.
In the Battle of Laiwu, Huang Mars led the soldiers to brave the severe cold to advance, forming a battle encirclement situation, and with the close cooperation of various columns, concentrated superior forces to annihilate the enemy one by one.
His actions not only ensured a quick victory and a complete victory in the battle, but also enabled the field army to always take the initiative and completely annihilated tens of thousands of Kuomintang troops stationed in Laiwu.
Huang Mars, a heroic revolutionary soldier, his deeds will always be remembered in our hearts.
In the Battle of Laiwu, our army captured countless enemy troops, and the speed of victory in the battle was amazing, which set the highest record since the beginning of the Liberation War. As the political commissar of the 25th Army, Huang Mars put forward a proposal to cross the river from Wuwei Youfangzui before the launch of the battle to cross the river, which was finally adopted by his superiors.
This appropriate landing site enabled the 25th Army to break through the enemy's river defense at the fastest speed, expand the results of the battle, and even annihilate the 20th Army, the "trump card" of Chiang Kai-shek's remnants of the enemy in the south of the Yangtze River, creating a brilliant record of our army annihilating the enemy's army.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Huang Mars served as the director of the Political Department of the 10th Corps of the People's Liberation Army, and after studying at the Nanjing Military Academy, he served as the second political commissar of the Jiangsu Military Region.
Huang Mars excelled in revolutionary work, and his colleagues found him to be always studying and working day and night, seemingly never tireless. Although his troops were scattered, he would still cross the mountains and mountains at nightfall to inspect and arrange the work.
He participated in the revolution for decades, always maintained the true character of the working people, worked hard and simple, and devoted himself to public service. Huang Mars opposes any form of hospitality and gifts, even old comrades-in-arms are no exception.
Once, he went to the 56th Regiment to inspect the work, and after Wang Peichen reported to him about his work, he invited him to live in his room. Huang Mars nodded in agreement, but when he walked into the room, Wang Peichen's guard Zhang Shichun brought a pot of old hens that burned badly and two pairs of dishes and chopsticks.
Huang Mars looked at Wang Peichen with a puzzled face, but Wang Peichen insisted that he eat quickly.
Wang Peichen had an old hen during the special period, which made him feel very precious. However, when Huang Mars saw this old hen, not only did he not move his chopsticks, but solemnly told Wang Peichen that he did not allow anyone to engage in special treatment.
Wang Peichen explained that the old hen was purchased with his scrap money, and it was the first time in many years that he had bought something for Huang Mars. The guard also explained that Huang Mars had handed him his scrap money yesterday and asked him to buy the biggest old hen to entertain Wang Peichen, and it took him a whole morning to buy this big and good old hen.
Hearing their explanation, Huang Mars felt very ashamed and said that he had wrongly blamed them. He said, "Xiao Zhang, sit down, let's eat together, otherwise I won't drink a mouthful of soup." ”
Huang Mars is known for his seriousness and seriousness, he never enjoys any privileges, which is also worth learning from. At the 1955 investiture ceremony, something unexpected happened to Huang Mars.
At 2:30 p.m. on September 27, 1955, ** and others presided over a grand award ceremony in the *** auditorium on the west side of Ziguang Pavilion on the northwest coast of Zhongnanhai.
The ceremony was solemn and simple, and the directors of various offices and ministers attended the ceremony, and the atmosphere was warm and solemn. Next, ** awarded the rank of general to 10 generals and shook hands with them one by one to congratulate them.
After the award of the rank of general, ** continue to confer the rank of general, lieutenant general, and major general, and award the corresponding generals in Beijing in recognition of their outstanding achievements.
Due to the large number of generals attending the ceremony, more than an hour has passed, and only a small half of them have been awarded. **Considering that if the ceremony is extended, it will have an impact on the party and state leaders and other activities that follow.
So, after careful consideration, it was decided to change the way of awarding titles, a group of 15 people, and after reading the list, the people on the list immediately took action. This method effectively speeds up the awarding of titles.
However, this method was still not enough to complete the award in a short period of time, so *** decided to take the stage in groups of 20 people to receive the order of the rank, and the progress was faster than before.
However, towards the end of the ceremony of awarding the rank of lieutenant general, an unexpected thing happened. It turned out that when the other generals left the venue, there was a lonely person standing in the audience.
This scene made *** feel very puzzled, and he stepped forward and asked: "Comrade Huang Mars, everyone else is gone, why are you still standing here?" General Huang Mars replied: "I didn't hear my name pronounced, I only heard the pronunciation of 'Huang Huoqing' (who was the division commander of Tianjin at the time), and I did not hear the pronunciation of 'Huang Mars.'" ”
When the staff will"Yellow Mars"It was read"Huang Huoqing"Immediately realize that something went wrong. He didn't blame the staff for this, but asked the staff to read Huang Mars's name again.
After Huang Mars took the order, he saluted a standard military salute to ***, and then walked off the award stage amid warm applause. This is not only respect for Huang Mars, but also respect for the entire award ceremony.
Because the award ceremony is a very solemn and serious matter, involving many soldiers, if you hear someone else's name and go to the stage to confer the title, it will bring some unnecessary trouble.
Huang Mars is not only a serious person, but also a caring and considerate comrade. He is burly and has a serious expression, but he is actually very enthusiastic and good at dealing with people.
Huang Mars, a principled political commissar, often visited his old comrade-in-arms Li De'an when he was seriously ill and bedridden, and used his 4 yuan to buy nutritional products for him. When another comrade-in-arms, Wang Peichen, was hospitalized due to his injuries, although he knew that Wang was addicted to smoking, he still insisted on following the regulations and refused to give extra money.
Despite this, Huang Mars gave all his 10 yuan and watches to Wang Peichen, hoping that he could recuperate well in the hospital. Although it is only 8 yuan, this is undoubtedly a huge help for them in difficult times.
Huang Mars (back row, second from right) and teammate Wang Peichen went to find the secret contact point, but most of the day has passed, and Wang Peichen has not returned. In this anxious wait, Huang Mars wants to smoke a cigarette to distract himself.
However, when he smoked half a cigarette, he realized that it was the last cigarette. He immediately realized that Wang Peichen was very addicted to smoking, so he immediately extinguished the remaining half of the cigarette and prepared to leave it for Wang Peichen.
This little story tells us that Huang Mars is a person who is delicate and considerate of others.
When Wang Peichen returned to the regiment headquarters with the soldiers, it was already close to dusk. As soon as Huang Mars saw him, he handed over half a cigarette and said excitedly, "Look, what is this?" ”
Wang Peichen took the cigarette and was very happy. Huang Martian asked him again if he had eaten and what he knew about the situation. After Wang Peichen answered, he began to enjoy this half of the cigarette.
Huang Mars often divides a cigarette into several segments to share with everyone, although this is a small matter, but it shows the close relationship between him and his subordinates, and some people even call him "Grandma Huang".
These things also reflected his noble sentiments and qualities as a member of the Communist Party. Huang Mars, like other veteran generals, has the quality of diligence and thrift, and his requirements for his children are also very strict.
He usually dresses very simply, wearing old single clothes in summer and military coats during the Liberation War in winter. He also carries a sewing kit with him, and repairs his clothes when they are torn, never bothering others.
Huang Mars: A lifetime of dedication to the revolutionary cause, strict requirements for children's education Huang Mars, a family of six children, has devoted his life to the revolutionary cause.
He treats every child equally strictly, scrutinizing everything from school performance to homework. Although he has a busy schedule, he always patiently teaches the children and answers their questions.
In the late summer of 1970, Huang Mars was admitted to Beijing Hospital with cancer. Although his physical condition is deteriorating, he still insists on caring about his children's learning.
On April 27, 1971, Huang Mars died of illness at the age of 62. His passing was deplorable to many. * once spoke highly of Huang Mars: "Comrade Huang Mars has always been loyal to the party and has made great contributions to the revolutionary cause. ”
He spent his whole life fighting for the revolutionary cause, and his spirit will always live in the hearts of the people.