In 1980,Liang XingchuHe returned to Beijing from Taiyuan to live and presided over the daily work of the Military Commission at that timeHe was unwilling to waste talent, so he suggested that Liang Xingchu could go to the Jinan Military Region or the Shenyang Military Region as an adviser.
This year, although Liang Xingchu was only 67 years old, he himself knew that because of the perennial campaign, his physical load was too heavy, and there were problems everywhere, and in the end, in order not to delay the party's cause, Liang Xingchu chose to decline and applied for retirement.
**After learning about it, he expressed his understanding and agreed to Liang Xingchu's retirement application.
In this way, Liang Xingchu settled down in Beijing peacefully, but what people didn't expect was that fate only gave Liang Xingchu 5 years.
In 1985, Liang Xingchu was admitted to the hospital because of a severe cold, and under the attention of the hospital, he received excellent care and his condition was well suppressed.
When some old comrades-in-arms came to visit, Liang Xingchu's face was ruddy, and everyone said that he was about to be discharged from the hospital.
But on October 5, there was an accident.
After seeing off his old comrades-in-arms again, Liang Xingchu picked up the newspaper to read, and after a while, he suddenly felt pain in his heart, and this pain increased sharply, and the staff saw Liang Xingchu's expression and immediately called a doctor.
Unfortunately, this day coincided with the National Day holiday, and Liang Xingchu's attending doctor was also on vacation and was not in the hospital.
At that time, due to the fact that communication was not as convenient as it is now, for a while, the hospital could not contact Liang Xingchu's attending doctor, so the hospital had to rearrange a doctor.
However, the doctor did not know Liang Xingchu's previous illness very well, so he had to measure his blood pressure from scratch and do an electrocardiogram.
After a busy job, it also delayed the best time.
On the evening of October 5, 1985, Liang Xingchu died of illness at the age of 73.
As an outstanding general of our army and the commander of the Long Live Army, the death of Liang Xingchu made many old comrades-in-arms feel sudden, sad and indignant, and everyone unanimously demanded that Liang Xingchu's body be autopsied, to see if there was any serious medical accident, and some people wanted to say that the doctor must be held accountable for dereliction of duty.
These circumstances were collected to Liang Xingchu's wife, Ren Guilan.
In fact, Ren Guilan is the saddest person about the death of her husband, because the two have been in the same boat for so many years, and there are not many good days, and now they are going to enjoy their old age well, but suddenly yin and yang are separated, and Ren Guilan's heart hurts like a knife.
But in the end, Ren Guilan still made a decision, she did not agree to the autopsy of Liang Xingchu's body, nor did she agree to hold the doctor responsible.
After getting along with Liang Xingchu for so many years, Ren Guilan understands that her husband is generous, brave in war, and considerate of the staff in peacetime.
At the same time, Ren Guilan made a request to **, she hoped to fulfill Liang Xingchu's last wish.
*Approval soon.
What was Liang Xingchu's last wish? What kind of request did Ren Guilan make to **?
Jiangxi Ji'an has used the name "Luling" in history, from ancient times to the present, Luling talents have come out in large numbers, the famous writers Yang Wanli, Ouyang Xiu, Wen Tianxiang and others, are Luling people.
There is an ancient village in Luling, because the village is beautiful and picturesque, so this ancient village is also known as "the first village of Luling culture".
This ancient village is Liang Xingchu's hometown, called Mipi Ancient Village.
In 1913, Liang Xingchu was born in an ordinary family in Mipi Village.
Liang Xingchu in his youth, like most people, was naughty, mischievous, did not like to study, and often made some small moves in the school to tease others.
Despite this, Liang Xingchu did not make any improvement, and eventually, he was notified by the school to drop out.
Liang Xingchu didn't feel anything about this result, anyway, he didn't like to read, but this incident made Liang's father half dead.
After Liang's father learned about it, he thought that his son needed to be guided correctly, and if he continued to be lawless, I am afraid that there would be no hope in life.
Therefore, Liang's father decided to send his son to learn some decent handicrafts.
According to Liang's father's own words, if Liang Xingchu learns tailoring successfully, eating and drinking will not be a problem in the future, and he will be able to support himself.
But Liang Xingchu didn't like tailors.
Sometimes, Liang Xingchu deliberately made a mistake in cutting things, or made things different from those requested by customers, and after a few times, the tailor shop stopped dry, so Liang Xingchu was sent home.
Liang's father sent Liang Xingchu to learn hairdressing.
Liang Xingchu is still not good at learning, when he gives people haircuts, he either gives people a haircut of yin and yang, or gives people a haircut that requires different hairstyles.
The barbershop also dismissed Liang Xingchu.
Seeing that his son was so "naughty", Liang's father finally sent Liang Xingchu to the blacksmith in anger.
It is not an easy task to strike iron in the blacksmithing shop, Liang's father originally wanted to sharpen his son's temperament, but what Liang's father didn't expect was that Liang Xingchu actually fell in love with iron.
In this way, Liang Xingchu worked in the blacksmith for three years.
These three years had a huge impact on Liang Xingchu, and even Liang Xingchu later believed that the perseverance, ingenuity, and brute force he experienced in the process of striking iron laid a solid foundation for his future military career.
In 1930, Liang Xingchu left the blacksmith shop, joined the Red Army, and embarked on the revolutionary road.
Don't look at Liang Xingchu's young age, but when he started fighting, he was not ambiguous at all, in the six years he was in the Red Army, Liang Xingchu was wounded nine times, and every time he was wounded, his position was promoted by one level.
Therefore, Liang Xingchu's wife Ren Guilan sighed with emotion"Lao Liang went from a soldier to a regiment commander, fought countless battles, was wounded nine times, and was promoted to nine levels, which happened to be a scar first-level military rank. ”
Liang Xingchu had such a brilliant military experience, and his revolutionary career naturally had shining points.
Statistically speaking, there are three things in Liang Xingchu's revolutionary career that are worth writing about.
The first thing happened in 1935.
In mid-September of this year, the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment under the leadership of *** conquered Lazikou, after the battle of Lazikou, ** seemed hesitant, due to the information closure at this time, ** could not determine the next foothold of the Red Army.
When he learned that there was a Hadapu town dozens of miles ahead, he decided to send people to Hadapu to reconnoiter the enemy.
This task fell on Liang Xingchu, then commander of the reconnaissance company.
One day, while the reconnaissance company was having dinner, the communicator from the corps headquarters hurried over and informed Liang Xingchu to go to the corps headquarters to accept the mission.
Liang Xingchu immediately threw down his job and went straight to the corps headquarters, at this time, the corps commander and the political commissar and chief of staff Zuo Quan were all around *** looking at the map.
Seeing Liang Xingchu coming, Zuo Quan beckoned him to sit down: "Hadapu, 40 miles away from here, is a big town, and there is no regular Kuomintang army to garrison it, so you should immediately set off and occupy Hadapu."
Zuo Quan finished the task, ** spoke.
**Said"Liang Xingchu, I'm hungry and thirsty now, you must get me some spiritual food after you enter the city." ”
When I say spiritual food, I mean recent newspapers, magazines, etc.
Liang Xingchu took ***'s advice to heart, and after returning to the army, he set off with the reconnaissance company.
On the way to Hadapu, everyone considered that outwitting was the best way, so they all changed into Kuomintang military uniforms and dressed up as ** soldiers.
Liang Xingchu was deliberately arrogant and domineering along the way, and when he arrived at Hadapu, he also showed an invincible appearance, and the mayor of Hadapu and the head of the militia did not doubt Liang Xingchu's identity.
On the same day, when a welcome banquet was held in Hadapu Town, Liang Xingchu brought all the dignitaries and dignitaries present **, and informed them of their true identities"We are the advance team of the Red Army, and all your soldiers have been disarmed by us.
Liang Xingchu did not forget ***'s instructions, he immediately sent someone to the post office to send some recent newspapers and magazines back to ***.
Among these newspapers, there was really something needed, and the enemy reported that Liu Zhidan led the Red Army to occupy Anding, Yanchang, Baoan and other counties in northern Shaanxi.
**After reading it, he laughed: "This Liang Xingchu has made a great contribution, and he has "caught" Liu Zhidan and Xu Haidong for me.
Subsequently, a meeting of the troops was held, and it was announced loudly:"Comrades, let me tell you the good news, there is a Soviet region in Shaanxi and Gansu, and there is a very large base area in northern Shaanxi. We will now go to northern Shaanxi to meet Liu Zhidan and Xu Haidong. ”
Liang Xingchu's greatest contribution in this matter was to determine a foothold for the Red Army.
Time flickered, and in 1948, Liang Xingchu had become the column commander of the People's Liberation Army after more than ten years of training.
After the outbreak of the Liaoshen Campaign, ** first commanded the troops to carry out the Jinzhou Campaign.
Jinzhou was besieged by our army, Chiang Kai-shek immediately sent Liao Yaoxiang and others to lead the troops to help, Liao Yaoxiang led the troops to rescue Jinzhou, must pass through the Black Mountain, Dahu Mountain area.
* The task of guarding Montenegro was given to Liang Xingchu.
After Liang Xingchu received the task, he gasped.
Liao Yaoxiang's corps had the Kuomintang ace troops "New First Army" and "New Sixth Army", as well as the New Third Army, the 71st Army, the 49th Army, the 52nd Army and several cavalry brigades, numbering more than 120,000 people.
The Dongye Ten Columns led by Liang Xingchu are less than 30,000 people, and there is a big gap between our army and the enemy in terms of numbers, and even more so in terms of equipment, Liao Yaoxiang's troops are all American weapons and equipment, and the disparity between the enemy and our strength is too great.
Not only that, but geographically, the narrow strip of land between the Black Mountain and the Great Tiger Mountain is 25 kilometers apart, and if three divisions are placed here, each division will be under the heaviest pressure.
All this indicates that Black Mountain, Dahu Mountain, will definitely become a cruel and bloody battlefield.
* also knew the dilemma of the Ten Columns, so he sent a telegram to Liang Xingchu, ordering that only the Ten Columns should hold on for three days, no more than a minute, no less than a second.
If he can't hold on, it will be Liang Xingchu's delay in military affairs, and if the position is lost after three days, Liang Xingchu will also be a hero.
Liang Xingchu deeply realized the importance of this battle, and for this reason, he made up his mind to complete the task no matter what.
On October 23, 1948, the tragic "Montenegro Resistance Battle" officially began.
Under the command of Liao Yaoxiang, the planes and artillery launched a fierce bombardment of the positions held by our army, although our army did not have such a strong artillery fire, but our army used the advantage of close combat to fight with the enemy, the two armies fought very fiercely, after the loss of the 101 heights, Liang Xingchu disregarded his identity, personally went to the front line to command, and finally recaptured the lost land.
In this way, under the tenacious command of Liang Xingchu, our army held out for three days and three nights and successfully completed the task.
The victory of the "Black Mountain Resistance Battle" made Liao Yaoxiang's corps lose the possibility of westward advance and the time to retreat south, and then, ** led the main force to arrive and annihilated Liao Yaoxiang's corps in one fell swoop.
In this battle, Liang Xingchu made great contributions.
As for the dazzling battle of Liang Xingchu's third revolutionary career, it was the second battle during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
In the first battle, Liang Xingchu, who was the commander of the 38th Army at the time, did not fight well and was scolded by General Peng, and in the second battle, the 38th Army received the task of attacking Tokugawa.
Originally, he wanted the 42nd Army to send a division to support the 38th Army, which was regarded as a shame by Liang Xingchu, and he issued a military order to Deputy Commander Han Xianchu to fight Tokugawa, and the 38th Army was enough.
In this battle, the soldiers of the entire 38th Army were full of strength, not only quickly defeated Tokugawa, but also the troops of its 113th Division marched nearly 150 miles in one night, rushed to Sanshori, and closed the floodgates of the encirclement from the rear.
More than 40,000 men of the enemy's Fourth Army were intercepted in the narrow strip between Yuanchuan and Sansho-ri and Yongwon-ri.
When the enemy learned that it was the 113th Division stationed in Sanshori, they used up the most advanced artillery bombardment, but the 113th Division did not retreat.
After seven days and nights of fighting, the American troops fled, and they had to admit that this battle had become a shameful rout in the history of the American army.
In the second battle, the 38th Army made great achievements, and General Peng personally sent a congratulatory telegram, and added a sentence at the end: Long live the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, long live the 38th Army.
As a result, the 38th Army had the title of "Long Live Army".
Liang Xingchu, as the first commander of the Long Live Army, was very excited.
After the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Liang Xingchu returned to China and successively served as the commander of the Hainan Military Region and the deputy commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, and in 1955, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
During the special period, Liang Xingchu served as the commander of the Chengdu Military Region, and in 1973, he was sent to Taiyuan for labor reform until he returned to Beijing in 1980.
In his later years, Liang Xingchu always wanted to write a memoir about his revolutionary experience, but for many reasons, he could not make it.
After Liang Xingchu's death in 1985, his wife Ren Guilan made a request to **, hoping that ** would approve that she could continue to write the general's memoirs.
*Agreed.
After 16 years of collection and compilation, Ren Guilan finally understood her husband's life thoroughly and wrote the book "Commanding the Long Live Army".