The suffering boy resolutely joined the army
Fengyi Town, Maoxian County, named after the meaning of "the saint comes out, the phoenix comes to Yi", is surrounded by mountains and rivers, rich forests, and has been a good place to live and work in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River since ancient times. In old China, the beautiful mountains and rivers and fertile land of Fengyi Town brought no happiness to the poor peasants, only sorrow, hardship and worry, and the life of the poor family was very difficult.
In the spring of 1920, He Yunong was born in a poor peasant family in Shang Village, Shuixi Village, Fengyi Town. He Yunong's father was a well-known Chinese medicine practitioner in the village, who also worked as a farmer. He Yunong's family lives in a few dilapidated mud houses, relying on his father's practice of medicine and farming a few acres of dry land in the mountains. In a normal year, life at home is barely possible. In the event of a famine, the only thing the family can count on is the wild vegetables in the mountains and the "Guanyin soil" under the rocks.
He Yunong is the eldest son in the family. The children of the poor are in charge of the family at an early age. When He Yunong was very young, he followed his parents to work in the fields, and began to go up the mountains to herd sheep, horses, mow grass, collect dung, chop firewood, dig wild vegetables, and search for herbs, ....... Although life is not easy, his father who has studied in a private school knows the importance of reading, and when He Yunong was seven years old, he was sent to a private school in the village by his father to be enlightened. At that time, Shuixi Village, which had suffered from years of warlord wars and the scourge of smoke, had long been in ruins, suffering from the distribution of money, asking for food, poor expenses, smoking, raff, and the harm of heavy smoke. Digging the ground, planting grain, harvesting, felling, charcoal-burning, working for a short time, and supporting the ......, He Yunong's family sweats every day and breaks into eight petals, and the days are still getting harder and harder. In order to make a living, 14-year-old He Yunong walked dozens of miles to Weizhou (present-day Wenchuan County) to help people work as an apprentice.
At the end of 1934, the people who used to "carry their backs" in Weizhou brought the news that the Red Army was coming, and the extreme panic of the eunuchs, military police, and rich people in Weizhou City confirmed the rumors of the "backers", and the air was full of chaos and tension about the coming war. Just when people were panicking, He Yunong received a letter from home, so he hurried home. At night, He Yunong returned to Maozhou (the old name of Maoxian County), and before he crossed the threshold of his home, he was forcibly dragged away by the village security chief, and rushed to the city with torches with the villagers under the supervision of the township security team to strengthen the city wall of Maozhou. There are many people who have been forcibly brought to repair the city wall, and there are people from all villages in Maozhou, men, women, and children. As soon as the morning dawned, a large number of Kuomintang troops, Sichuan warlord troops, and Tusi leaders sent "native soldiers" headed eastward, saying that they were going to "defend against the communists" and "fight against the moldy army." The Kuomintang propagandized everywhere, saying that the Communist Party and the Red Army were "the second boss of the mold" and "the second boss of the stick", and that they were demons who wanted to "eat people", "communist wives", "kill people and set fires", and so on. Having personally experienced the oppression, exploitation, and bullying of the officials and the tyrants, the poor people who were still in dire straits were indifferent to the Kuomintang's propaganda, and besides, many people had heard that the Red Army was a contingent of the Communist Party and a contingent of the poor who were in charge of the poor people, and they all hoped for the early arrival of the Red Army.
In the spring of 1935, the sound of cannons and the roar of airplanes reached the city of Maozhou, and a large number of Kuomintang soldiers from Guan County rushed to guard Tumen. The work on the construction site became heavier, and the people were not allowed to go home, and they kept repairing the fortifications on the city wall day and night. One evening, when the sky was overcast and cold rain was coming, I suddenly heard the sound of fierce gunfire coming from the direction of the land ridge in the east. As soon as the guns rang out, the Kuomintang, the Tusi heads, and the gentry fled the county with their families, and the soldiers, bullies, and bastards took the opportunity to loot the shops and households in the city, and the city was in chaos. On the construction site, the people had already dispersed, and He Yunong also slipped down the city wall and escaped back to his home on the west bank of the river with the help of the villagers. The next night, He Yunong's father, who had been captured by the defeated Kuomintang soldiers, also fled home. At this time, those Kuomintang **, soldiers who had time to escape from Maozhou in the future, and Tusi Touren, Baojia Chief, and Township Baoding fled to the depths of the mountains behind the stone village of Qiang Village.
When the news came that the Red Army had entered Maozhou City, He Yunong's father contacted some relatives, friends and neighbors to prepare to meet the Red Army. Father told He Yunong that the Red Army was a good man!
On the third day of entering the city of Maozhou, the Red Army crossed the river on a raft and came to Shuixi Village, where it was stationed at Tusi Yamen, and later, the headquarters of the Red Army was also located here. When the legendary Red Army came, He Yunong excitedly ran to the yamen to take a look, and his father asked him to stay there to help make tea, pour water, and sometimes lead the way and run errands. After the Red Army entered the village, it did not shoot guns, did not arrest people, did not Latin people, did not raise salaries, did not distribute donations, did not want people's things, did not beat and curse people, asked people to lead the way, hired people to help and paid wages ......; I also saw the Red Army helping the masses in the village to carry water and chop firewood, repair houses and sweep yards, and mow grass to make ,......He also listened to the Red Army's propaganda policy to the masses and teach people to read and write,......There were fireworks in the village that had not been seen for a long time, and it didn't take long for the villagers who had taken refuge in the mountains to return to the village.
Under the leadership of the Red Army, the villagers actively fought against local tyrants, divided the land, abolished the hereditary Tusi system, established people's power, and changed the appearance of Shuixi Village. The villages in Qiangshan actively raised food for the Red Army, transported the wounded and ammunition, and many young people took the initiative to join the army. People in the mountains say that if you want to be a soldier, you must become a Red Army, and the Red Army officers and men are the same, no one comes to bully people, and the Red Army is full of food when it comes, and if you want to completely turn over, you have to go with the Red Army. He Yunong made up his mind to become a Red Army!
Soon after, the Red Army troops stationed in the village received the order to march, and the commander of the Red Army took the initiative to ask He Yunong, a clever little clever who was helping at the regiment headquarters, if he was willing to join the Red Army. His family was very supportive of He Yunong's participation in the Red Army, and his parents personally sent him to the Red Army Headquarters.
In the summer of 1935, He Yunong, a 15-year-old Qiang boy, officially became a little soldier of the Red Army.
Footprints all over Taihang, mountains and rivers in the chest
In 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, and the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army rushed to the front line of resistance against Japan. He Yunong, a reconnaissance staff officer of the 772nd Regiment Headquarters of the 129th Division, was ordered to lead a reconnaissance detachment out of the customs to reconnoiter the movements of the Japanese troops along the Jingcheng County. After effectively smashing the "six-way attack" and "nine-way siege" of the Japanese invaders, the 129th Division moved to the Taihang Mountains.
In April 1938, He Yunong led a reconnaissance detachment to Xingtai Station on Pinghan Road to reconnoiter the movements of the Japanese puppet army, and was ordered to cover the deputy division commander to cross Pinghan Road to open up an anti-Japanese base in southern Hebei. After the cover mission was over, he received short-term training at Pi Dingjun's training camp, during which he was discovered by Li Da, chief of staff of the 129th Division, who had come to inspect the training camp's offensive exercise, and was transferred to the headquarters of the 129th Division as a reconnaissance staff officer of the Second Section.
In the summer of 1939, He Yunong served as the head of the Operational Section of the 129th Division Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. In order to establish a solid anti-Japanese base in the Taihang Mountains, the division commander and political commissar instructed He Yunong to quickly organize forces to find out the mountains and rivers of the Taihang Mountains as soon as possible, and to complete the connection of the topographic maps of the border areas of Shanxi, Hebei, and Henan provinces that cannot be connected. The division commander and political commissar said that it is necessary to investigate the soldiers' key geographical records clearly, because this is the need for the troops to settle down and settle down! In the face of this glorious and arduous task, He Yunong, who was full of passion, led the team to climb over the mountains and mountains, slept in the open air, and spent nearly a year climbing all over the Taihang Mountain, making the landscapes, slopes, and forest fields of Taihang clear, and accurately drawing a complete topographic map of the Taihang Mountain and the surrounding areas, which provided a strong guarantee for the 129th Division to gain a foothold in the Taihang Mountain base area. **The teacher praised He Yunong and said, worthy of being a graduate of Red University!
On May 19, 1942, the Japanese invaders gathered more than 20,000 people to suddenly attack the Taihang Mountain base area, attempting to encircle the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the organs of the Northern Bureau, and to wipe out the headquarters of the 129th Division at the angle between the Qingzhang River and the Zhuozhang River. After analyzing and judging the situation, Li Da, chief of staff of the 129th Division, decided to avoid the enemy's edge and disperse to break through. He Yunong, who was the captain of the communications team at the time, was ordered by Li Da to secretly escort the commander of the *** division to break through, and he and Zhou Jian, chief of the management section of the division headquarters, selected capable guards to form an escort team. The team set off under the cover of night, He Yunong led the way, he relied on the mountain-shaped landform that he knew well, chose the familiar and hidden breakthrough route, avoided the route shown on the map, walked the gentle slope of the mountain, along the sheep intestine trail in the Taihang Mountains, turned around, and cleverly led the team to jump out of the blockade, and escorted the division commander at dawn the next day to highlight the Japanese siege, and successfully rendezvous with the external line receiving troops. After the division commander escaped safely, the general order commended He Yunong and other escorts. This breakout was later written into the history of the war, and it was called "An ingenious breakout." â
In 1944, He Yunong was ordered to take an organ guard squad south to the Xinxiang area of the North Henan Plain to carry out the struggle against the enemy. He united with patriots, actively fought for the enemy and puppet army to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, stubbornly maneuvered with the Japanese puppet army in a difficult situation, quickly gained a foothold in the plain area, formed a fist against the enemy, and held the bridgehead position against the enemy in the plain guerrilla zone of the Eighth Route Army.
In 1945, after Japan's unconditional surrender, He Yunong was also the commander of the 44th Regiment of the Acting Military Division, cooperating with Taihangdi.
The main forces of the 7th and 8th Army Divisions carried out an armed offensive against the Japanese and puppet strongholds along the Qing line in North Henan Province, resisted stubbornly, and refused to surrender their weapons, and continued to fight in northern Henan.
Iron shoulders to carry logistics
At the beginning of 1950, the People's Liberation Army was ordered to march into the army. The problem of transportation and transportation was abruptly placed in front of the troops entering Tibet like the towering Himalayas. The construction of the highway into Tibet has become the primary key to the march.
On the one hand, on the one hand, on the other hand, on the road. Under the call of the People's Liberation Army, hundreds of thousands of people's Liberation Army, engineering and technical personnel, and migrant workers of all ethnic groups have started a difficult course of decisive battles against cliffs and dangerous rivers with a high degree of revolutionary enthusiasm and tenacious fighting will.
Marching into the **, do not eat the place. In order to ensure the material needs of the troops entering Tibet, the Second Field Army of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) quickly set up a headquarters to support the march into Kang-Tibet, with He Yunong as chief of staff of the headquarters, responsible for the preparation and transportation of military materials, as well as the construction of highways and airports and other logistical support work. Soon after, the Headquarters for Supporting the Advance into Kang-Tibet and the rear organs of the Eighteenth Army into Tibet were merged into the Rear Forces Command of the Eighteenth Army, and He Yunong was appointed deputy chief of staff of the Eighteenth Army and chief of staff of the rear troops.
The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first. In the plateau and cold region, the challenge of building a "heavenly road" on the roof of the world and opening up a mountain and road is rare in the world, and the difficulties faced by the road-building army in providing material and logistical support are unprecedented. Shouldering the heavy task of logistics, He Yunong did everything possible to raise military supplies, vowed to never fail to live up to the trust of the party and the people's trust, to complete the task, to resolutely ensure the supply of materials for the troops entering Tibet, to ensure the logistics of the troops, and to maintain the combat effectiveness of the troops.
Let the mountains bow their heads and let the rivers give way! He Yunong encouraged the comrades to build up confidence, not be afraid of the mountains and the difficult roads, and overcome the dangers of water and rapids. He took the lead, regardless of the dangers that could be seen everywhere, and personally surveyed and searched for material transportation routes; He often walked or rode horses on rugged and slippery mountain roads, went to temples and villages, mobilized religious figures in Tibetan areas and Tibetan people to support the troops entering Tibet, and organized a front yak team and a cowhide raft team to transport supplies for the troops, which effectively guaranteed the supplies of the front-line troops**; He often went to the road construction site to check the living conditions of the troops, and found that the soldiers were building roads in the rain and snow during the day, and slept in tents built with square raincloths when they entered Tibet at night. After he learned that the liberation shoes issued by the troops entering Tibet according to the original standards were very worn out on the construction site, and that after the soldiers' shoes were worn out, the feet, especially the heels, were seriously worn, and the wear marks could easily turn into abrasions, and the worn wounds were more likely to crack and become inflamed. ......The fighters said: "There is difficulty in finding Chief of Staff Ho! â
In August 1953, in order to strengthen the leadership of the Kang-Tibet (Sichuan-Tibet) road construction project, He Yunong concurrently served as the chief of staff of the road construction command. "No matter what the work is, the problem does not stay overnight. He set rules for himself. He devoted himself to road construction work day and night, without sleep or food, and was both a commander and a combatant. "No matter how high the mountain is, it is not as high as our will; No matter how hard the stone is, it is not as hard as our fighting spirit. "What he said, the comrades remembered.
The Sichuan-Tibet line, which stretches for more than 2,000 kilometers, crosses the Hengduan Mountains in the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, climbs many high mountains, and crosses many rivers and ,......Mountains, canyons, rapids, rapids and marshes, landslides, mudslides and avalanches, alpine, hypoxia, strong radiation, variable climate and permafrost ,......He Yunong and the road construction army fought all the way to the wind and snow, and fought all the way! The military and civilians who built the road completed one "impossible task" after another, and built the plateau highway in the "forbidden area of human life" with the simplest tools, creating an eternal miracle, making indelible contributions to safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and leaving a valuable spiritual wealth for future generations. The winding Kang-Tibet (Sichuan-Tibet) road is full of statues of heroes!
Erlang Mountain, Dadu River, Gongga Mountain, Bangda Grassland, Nujiang River, ......, along the way, what rain farmers' will condensation and blood and sweat to pay!
Defend the family and the country and send his son to join the army
In the 70s of the last century, Sino-Vietnamese relations deteriorated, and Vietnam continued to carry out armed provocations in the border areas around Guangxi and Yunnan, and the surrounding wars continued to spread, seriously threatening China's border security. Our country** issued a warning to Vietnam in the harsh language of "do not say anything unprepared", demanding that Vietnam stop all military harassment on our borders, but the Vietnamese authorities are still stubborn. In February 1979, China launched a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam.
The border crisis and the country are facing war, and He Yunong, who has been fighting all his life, is excited. Although he is approaching the age of sixtieth year, he can't personally go into battle with a gun to kill the enemy, but he still has a son of the right age under his knees! ââĶI am a soldier, you are the son of a soldier, and it is our duty to defend the country, and it is our duty to do so! He Yunong encouraged his son to go on his father's behalf. "It is incumbent upon us to protect our family and defend the country! Son He Xiaowu's answer was very firm.
I am too old to go to Xinjiang anymore, so I will be replaced by my son, and I will be willing to shed my blood, which is glorious. He Yunong personally sent his son He Xiaowu to the army and sent him to the most dangerous front line on the Sino-Vietnamese border.
* After issuing the order to fight against Vietnam, He Yunong, then deputy director of the Logistics Department of the Chengdu Military Region, resolutely carried out the instructions of the first one, and in spite of his old age and infirmity, personally sent the troops out to the expedition, personally went to Yunnan to adjust the transportation of materials, shouldered the heavy task of logistics support for the front-line troops, and brilliantly completed various support tasks, thus contributing to the victory of the troops.
In order to boost the morale of the troops, He Yunong was ordered to inspect the troops on the front line. When the reconnaissance company lined up to be inspected by the chief, when he walked in front of He Xiaowu, a soldier of the reconnaissance company, He Yunong's resolute and loving eyes touched his son's eyes, and in the face of his son in front of him, he did not shake hands with him, but just clenched his fist and made a powerful gesture towards him. The chief He Yunong did not stay in front of the soldier He Xiaowu of the reconnaissance company for one more second, and his father He Yunong did not say a word to his son He Xiaowu, but the soldier He Xiaowu understood the meaning of the chief's fist clenching - fight well! Son He Xiaowu understands the deep meaning of his father's fist clenching - to fight!
On the front line of the Vietnam War, He Xiaowu's unit quickly entered the battle and had a head-to-head confrontation with the so-called "trump card" troops of the Vietnamese army. After fierce and vicious battles, our heroic People's Liberation Army finally defeated the enemy's "trump card" army, which lost its armor and fled in disarray. He Xiaowu fought bravely and was awarded a second-class meritorious service, and his heroic deeds were introduced in a special publication of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army. Tiger father has no dog! The son He Xiaowu did not live up to his father's earnest entrustment and high expectations, which made the veteran soldier He Yunong feel very gratified.
The heroic Chinese People's Liberation Army completely defeated the Vietnamese army, and the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam was won within a month. He Xiaowu returned home, although he was seriously injured in the battle of Huang Lianshan, but it was the luckiest thing to return from the battlefield safely.
He Yunong's eldest son He Jiajun participated in the 1969 Zhenbao Island counterattack, and the fifth son He Xiaowu participated in the 1979 self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, known as "one door and three masters". With the guidance of the veteran soldier He Yunong, this family of Jiangmen with outstanding military achievements has always maintained the true character of an ordinary soldier.
Written by: Kun Jiding).
[Character Link].He Yunong, Qiang nationality, born in January 1920, is a native of Shuixi Village, Fengyi Town, Mao County. In 1935, he joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. He has participated in the Long March, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Pinghan, Huaihai, crossing the river, liberating the southwest, marching into the first and other campaigns and battles. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of colonel and was awarded the Order of August 1, the Order of Independence and Freedom of the Second Class, and the Order of Liberation of the Second Class. Enjoy the treatment of the corps. In 1988, he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Red Star of the 2nd degree. He died in Chengdu in August 1996.
*: Maoxian Historical Center.
Maoxian Rong ** Center
Edited by Xu Ya.
Editor-in-charge: Zhao Kanglin.
Review by Yu Bin.