Wen Niansheng returned to Yueyang to visit relatives after leaving home for 32 years, and the Wen family's house caused a sensation. Villagers came from all over the world to catch a glimpse of the general who had become a big official outside.
Wen Niansheng's life when he was young was full of hardships and hardships. He was born into a poor family, his father made a living by farming and working as a day-laborer, and his mother made ends meet by spinning cloth.
Although the family has two acres of land and four houses, they owe a lot of foreign debts and can only eat half a year's food. In order to ease the burden on the family, he began to learn from his father at the age of 8 to farm, chop wood, collect dung and help the landlord herd cattle.
When he was 10 years old, his family reluctantly sent him to a private school for night school, but after only two months, he was forced to drop out because the family had no money. Although he only had primary school knowledge, he fell in love with learning and was always clamoring to go back to school.
However, his family couldn't afford his tuition, so his mother had to let him learn a trade, hoping that he would have a job to earn a living. Soon after, his mother sent him to his uncle's house to learn tailoring.
However, this uncle is not a good-natured person, and he hits Wen Niansheng with a ruler at every turn. Moreover, my aunt is also a mean person, so she asked Wen Niansheng to work and come back to see her children.
Despite the hardships and hardships of life, Wen Niansheng has always maintained an optimistic and positive attitude, and his tenacity and perseverance are admirable.
Wen Niansheng was abused and bullied in his youth, and in order to escape this life, he chose to run away from home. Although the journey was full of hardships, he did not find a job in Yueyang County, so he could only wander to Bakou Town as an apprentice.
After the war, he returned to the Dongting Lake area and other places, and made a living by doing farm work and part-time work. His experience made him deeply feel the cruelty and ruthlessness of life, and he was deeply dissatisfied with society.
In July 1926, he saw that the National Revolutionary Army was popular with the people, and felt that he could avoid being angry by joining the army, so he resolutely joined the National Revolutionary Army. With his excellent performance, he was promoted to squad leader and participated in the Eastern Crusade against Chiang Kai-shek.
But as the tide of battle changed, his unit was incorporated into the Gui warlords. There, the discipline was so poor that he was deeply disgusted. It was at this time that he heard that the Red Army troops would not fight people and that they were equal to officers and soldiers, so he decided to join the Red Army.
We want to let the Red Fourth Front go back, and we will take the lead ourselves. In August 1930, the Red Army attacked Changsha for the second time, and Wen Niansheng actively signed up for the death squad. He fought bravely on the battlefield, and although the two sides were disparity in strength, and the Red Army finally withdrew from the battle, he won the praise of his superiors and was promoted to company commander.
After nearly 2 years of fighting, he was promoted to regimental commander. At the end of April 1932, Wen Niansheng led his troops to participate in the battle to capture Wenyingwei. He led his warriors in a bloody battle, forcing the enemy to abandon their positions and retreat to a temple.
Wen Niansheng took advantage of the victory to pursue and surrounded the enemy army in the polder. The next day, the Red Army attacked at the same time, blew open the gate of the Zhenjun Temple in one fell swoop, and successfully seized Wenyingwei. As a commander of the war, Wen Niansheng was commended by his superiors.
A few months later, Chiang Kai-shek launched a fourth encirclement and suppression of the Soviet area, and the Red Army decided to take the lead in attacking the enemy's weak points while the Kuomintang deployment was not yet complete. Wen Niansheng was shot in the right leg during the battle, bleeding profusely, and was sent to the rear hospital for rescue.
At that time, the conditions of the Red Army hospital were very poor, and even disinfectants and anesthetics were in short supply, and his injuries had to be operated on immediately. In this case, he asked the paramedics to tie his hands and feet with ropes, endured severe pain, and watched the doctors open the knife and remove the bullets.
Although he was sweating profusely in pain, he never screamed. After the operation was completed, the towel in his mouth had been bitten off, which showed his perseverance.
During the Red Army's Long March, Wen Niansheng's unit served as the rear guard of the Military Commission to protect the safety of the first organs. In the battle against the Sichuan army in Guizhou Province, he fought bravely and protected the safety of the ** organs, but in the battle, the Red Army suffered heavy losses.
In order to preserve strength, ** decided to lead the Red Army out of the battle and cross the Chishui River to the west. In the course of the march of the Right Route Army, after the Red Army and the Red Fourth Front Army converged, the Left Route Army did not follow the order to go north and attempted to go south, and **decided to lead the ** organs to the north.
Wen Niansheng was ordered to lead the regimental training battalion to escort *** but was hindered on the way, ** personally analyzed the situation and said to Wen Niansheng: "Let the comrades of the Red Fourth Front Army stand aside."
We take the lead, and they will follow. In the end, the Right Route Army reached the Russian border in Gansu and was reorganized into the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment of the Red Army, with Wen Niansheng as the captain. After the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Wen Niansheng stayed in the rear to protect the safety of the base area, and served as the head of the garrison, responsible for guarding Song Jiachuan and preventing the advance of the Japanese army.
He led his troops to fight back, successfully stopped the Japanese attack, and in the end, he led his troops to surprise the Japanese army and won the victory.
He defeated a part of the Japanese army with the tactics of flanking from the left and right, and won the battle. This victory boosted the morale of the military and civilians and was praised by ** and ***.
However, the Japanese did not give up, they tried to cross the Yellow River. The heroic resistance of Wen Niansheng and others eventually bankrupted the Japanese army's plan. Soon, considering the safety of the Guanzhong area, ** ordered Wen Niansheng to lead the troops and move to the Guanzhong Plain.
As soon as they arrived in Guanzhong, the Kuomintang troops were eyeing each other, constantly creating friction and attacking Yan'an. After a day of fierce fighting, due to unfavorable terrain and poor equipment, our troops were forced to abandon their positions and retreat to the main positions.
Hearing the news of the defeat in the battle, Wen Niansheng immediately rushed to the position and carefully observed the layout of the Kuomintang army. After many explorations, he decided to give full play to the Eighth Route Army's expertise in close combat and night combat, and personally led a company to reach the enemy's army headquarters from the flank, and finally won the victory.
The soldiers praised Wen Niansheng one after another: "Commander Wen fights like a tiger coming down the mountain." "Despite the temporary defeat of the Kuomintang army, they did not abandon their plan to occupy Guanzhong.
They resorted to blockades, trying to cut off the food of our army, so as to win without a fight. Under these circumstances, the lives of the military and civilians in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border region have fallen into a difficult situation.
In order to break this predicament, ** launched a large-scale production campaign and called for self-sufficiency of the military and civilians. Wen Niansheng actively responded to the call of **, he specially made a hoe weighing 4 catties, and led the soldiers to go up the mountain to cultivate the land in addition to training and fighting.
They went out early and returned late every day, opened up wasteland, reclaimed several barren mountains nearby, and planted bud valleys. In addition to carrying out guard duties, Wen Niansheng's garrison regiment also reclaimed more than 30,000 mu of land and planted dry grain and rice in addition to fighting.
**After learning that the garrison regiment's education and training and large-scale production activities have achieved remarkable results, he was very happy and specially wrote an inscription to Wen Niansheng: "Take both production and education into account." ”
Wen Niansheng performed well in the War of Liberation, participated in a series of battles such as the Zhengtai Campaign and the Shijiazhuang Campaign, and successfully liberated the ancient city of Taiyuan. On the eve of the founding of New China, he served as deputy commander of the Hunan Military Region, leading the troops to eliminate bandits and establish military exploits.
In 1951, he returned to Yueyang to visit relatives, care about urban construction, help villagers, comfort relatives, and give gifts, showing his filial piety and love.
Wen Niansheng's mother died of illness and could no longer see his appearance, so he could only look for his shadow in **. His parents and eldest brother also passed away one after another, and now only he and his younger brother are left to rely on each other.
They chatted late at night, and they couldn't sleep with each other's joy. Wen Niansheng refused his brother's request to go out with him to do things and let him farm at home. The next day, Wen Niansheng, accompanied by his younger brother, went to Fengjiayuan to pay tribute to his parents.
When investigating the difficulties in his hometown, Wen Niansheng stuck to his principles and refused the request for supplies from the county leaders, but he actively sought funds to build a reservoir for the irrigation of farmland.
He also used his own money to buy a charcoal truck for his hometown. He loves the motherland and the nation, is strong and upright, is the proud descendant of Wen Tianxiang, and has made contributions to the construction of the country.
Wen Niansheng is an outstanding member of our party, and he served as deputy commander and director of logistics department of the Guangzhou Military Region. He demanded himself with the standard of an ordinary soldier, devoted himself to his work, insisted on improving the system, and ensured the management of materials and food for the troops.
In the face of the call of the cadres of the ** Military Commission to serve as soldiers, he responded positively. Despite his poor health, he continued to work with the fighters, and even in the face of dysentery, he persevered, always working with revolutionary determination and enthusiasm.
His spirit will always remain on the land of China, and he is the descendant of the hero Wen Tianxiang, which deserves to be remembered forever.