During the Korean War, our army had a well-known army, known as the "Banzai Army", which was invincible on the Korean battlefield and terrified the enemy. Its commander, Liang Xingchu, was extremely brave on the Korean battlefield and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955.
However, such a famous general who has experienced a hundred battles suffered the fate of being idle at home in the 70s, which attracted the attention and injustice of many people. Among them, our *** marshal is particularly concerned.
** After learning of Liang Xingchu's plight, the marshal recalled him to Beijing in 1981 and offered him two options, hoping that he would continue to contribute to the cause of socialism.
Although both directions looked attractive, Liang Xingchu unexpectedly chose to refuse. So, why is Liang Xingchu idle at home? What kind of choice did Ye Shuai give him?
Why did Liang Xingchu refuse ***'s kindness?
Liang Xingchu, who grew from a blacksmith to the founding lieutenant general of the Red Army, is more than 1.8 meters tall and is an out-and-out tough guy. He was born in 1913 into a peasant family in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province.
Although his father was just an ordinary farmer with a low level of education, he knew the importance of reading, so he sent Liang Xingchu to study at a local private school.
However, Liang Xingchu behaved very naughty in school and was not liked by the teachers. Over time, his interest in learning faded.
In order to give the naughty boy Liang Xingchu a way out, his parents decided to let him drop out of school to learn a trade when he was 9 years old. They tried to get him to learn tailoring, but the patience and meticulousness of tailoring was a big challenge for Liang Xingchu.
He embroidered like Zhang Fei through the eye of a needle every day, which made him feel very frustrated as a man. What's worse is that Liang Xingchu's embroidered clothes and cloth always have problems, either a short section or a lot wider, which makes the landlord who bought the cloth very angry, and if he does not pay the boss, the boss will be angry at Liang Xingchu, and he is often reprimanded by the boss.
Liang Xingchu tried to shave his head, but his skills were not good, and he was pointed out by his master that he was not suitable for this profession, so he was faced with a career choice again. At this time, Liang Xingchu was already 14 years old, and his father was worried that he would have nothing to do all day, so he decided to give him another chance to study.
To motivate him, his father took him to the blacksmith's shop, showed him the hard work of the blacksmiths, and warned him: "If you don't study hard, you will have to work as hard as they will in the future!" ”
Liang Xingchu's father was pleasantly surprised by his son's interest, and seeing that he was keen on sparking iron, he strongly asked his father to let him continue the craft. It turned out that the father unexpectedly trained his son to become a blacksmith.
Since then, Liang Xingchu has stayed in the blacksmith shop, and he is enthusiastic and a quick learner at first, but as time goes on, he gradually gets tired of striking iron.
Iron striking is a hard job, tired and tired, every day after work, Liang Xingchu felt a sore body, if he failed to complete the task, his employer and master would scold him. He worked in the blacksmith for three years until 1930, when two people changed the course of his life, they were *** and **.
In that year, **He** led the Red Army troops to Ji'an and Liang Xingchu's village, they sat in the middle of the crowd, spoke to the people cordially, and distributed delicious food to the poor, which made Liang Xingchu deeply moved!
Liang Xingchu, 17 years old, decided to join the Red Army because he was deeply dissatisfied with the bad attitude of the ** army towards the people in the past. Before the departure of the Red Army, he signed up for the army and began his military career.
In the army, he was deeply trained, especially the experience of blacksmithing, which made him understand the truth that "you need both brute force, skill, and perseverance". These experiences had a positive impact on his later military life and made him more determined to embark on the path of revolution.
When we think of a blacksmith, we always think of that strong muscle and indomitable spirit. Liang Xingchu also used his own actions to interpret this point of view. His path to promotion was full of challenges and tests, full of iron and blood.
After being wounded and becoming a tough guy Liang Xingchu joined the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area, he participated in a series of battles with the Red Army, and his position was also promoted at the first level, so it can be said that his promotion was all based on his own strength.
During his time in the Red Army, Liang Xingchu was wounded nine times and was promoted nine times. During the First Anti-Encirclement War, Liang Xingchu, as a soldier of the communications squad, was wounded in battle.
While he was wounded, Liang Xingchu walked outside the village and witnessed a ruffian bully bullying a peasant woman. The woman's husband was seriously ill and she had to sell the family's goose in order to raise money for medical treatment.
As a result, a ruffian bought the goose and defrauded the woman of her money with counterfeit money. In desperation, the woman went to the doctor, only to be told that she had been deceived. She went back to the ruffian to theorize, but not only did the other party not admit it, but also punched and kicked her.
Liang Xingchu was very angry when he learned about this. Despite the fact that he was unable to move because of his injuries, he stepped forward to stop the ruffian's behavior.
Liang Xingchu was a very brave man, and his deeds touched many people. He was seriously wounded nine times in battle, but each time he never gave up and always insisted on fighting on the front line.
With his tenacity, he eventually assumed the post of regimental commander in 1935. Although he was left with a lifelong disability as a result, his spirit is worthy of our learning and admiration.
Ren Guilan, Liang Xingchu's wife, once described her husband affectionately: "During the Red Army, Liang Xingchu went from a soldier to a regiment commander, participated in countless battles, was wounded nine times, and was promoted to nine ranks, and every scar witnessed his journey from a soldier to a mature commander.
These battles not only left scars, but also allowed him to accumulate valuable combat experience, which was highly praised. Liang Xingchu's first contact with *** was on September 18, 1935, when the Red Army had reached Hadapu in Gansu, and due to the fierce confrontation between our army and the Kuomintang army along the way, we were already in a state of complete isolation from the outside world. ”
In a situation full of dangers, the whereabouts of our large army is a big question, and everyone feels confused. If you go directly to northern Shaanxi, in case Liu Zhidan, Xu Haidong and other troops are not there, it will undoubtedly be a trip in vain, and you may be surrounded by the enemy.
Therefore, it is crucial to obtain intelligence at this time. At this critical time, Liang Xingchu stepped forward and played his huge role. Wearing the uniform of a Kuomintang officer, he and another comrade successfully entered Hadapu.
The ** defenders of Hadapu mistakenly thought they were ** senior generals, so they let them into the city.
Liang Xingchu was calm and calm, but instead led one of our troops into Hadapu smoothly. On the same day, we quickly occupied the entire Ha Ta Pu. The occupation of Hadapu is not the ultimate goal, more importantly, we have obtained the latest newspaper, which happens to report the whereabouts of Xu Haidong, Liu Zhidan and others.
The Kuomintang probably never dreamed that the newspaper they used to show off their military exploits would fall into the hands of ***. **According to this newspaper, the location of Liu Zhidan, Xu Haidong and others was speculated, and the direction of progress was pointed out for us.
And Liang Xingchu, who delivered this newspaper to ***, has undoubtedly made a great contribution!
Under the instructions of ***, Liang Xingchu's reconnaissance work provided important information for our army to go to northern Shaanxi. He found not only the enemy's cavalry ranks, but also hundreds of war horses.
This made *** see the excellent opportunity to sneak attack the enemy, and immediately ordered Liang Xingchu to lead the troops to attack. This operation was very fruitful, and we successfully seized Liu Zhidan's base area.
Liang Xingchu quickly eliminated the enemy in front of him and captured hundreds of war horses. He gave some of them to the leading comrades as a means of transportation, and *** rewarded all the remaining war horses to Liang Xingchu's company.
Thus, the first cavalry company of our army was officially formed! The enemy originally thought that after the Long March, there were not many horses left in our army, but he did not expect that our army formed a cavalry company, and Liang Xingchu also led this cavalry company to show its might on the battlefield!
Liang Xingchu then participated in many battles, including the Battle of Pingxingguan and the battle of ** command during the Liberation War. He also went to the Jiangnan region three times to fight and was known as the "Tiger General".
Liang Xingchu became famous in the Korean War, and his Long Live Army terrified Americans. However, such a powerful army was built up in the midst of scolding.
As the commander of the 38th Army, Liang Xingchu personally participated in the battle for the founding of New China and won the first battle.