On the afternoon of September 27, 1955, the *** auditorium on the west side of the Ziguang Pavilion in Zhongnanhai was very lively, which was the first time that the whole army was awarded the title of general since the founding of our army.
* The commander-in-chief looked at the familiar and unfamiliar faces in the audience, full of emotion.
Suddenly, he saw a very young lieutenant general, he immediately stepped forward quickly, held the lieutenant general's hand tightly, and said with relief: "Little ghost, you have also been promoted to lieutenant general......"Who is this young lieutenant general in your mouth?
What are some of the amazing legends in his life?
In June 1950, the Korean War was ignited. In October, in order to protect the family and defend the country, the CCP decided to go to the Volunteer Army to resist US aggression and aid Korea. On October 25, the Volunteer Army, under the command of Commander ***, started its first campaign.
It lasted 10 days, and the officers and men of our volunteers won a brilliant victory with the courage of not being afraid of sacrifice and bravely charging. The first confrontation with a foreign army ended with a great victory. After the end of the first battle, the Volunteer Army Command held a summary meeting.
Although the victory in this battle was supposed to be a "celebration party", in reality, it was not.
**The general looked around at the army commanders sitting around, and suddenly raised his voice: "What about Liang Xingchu of the 38th Army?" Liang Xingchu was nervous, he stood up tremblingly and replied, "Mr. Peng, I'm here." ”
** Sternly asked: "Liang Xingchu, why are you procrastinating?" I asked you to insert it to Heecheon, why didn't you execute it? "It turned out that in the first battle, due to intelligence errors, the 38th Army missed the fighters and let go of part of the enemy.
This made *** very angry, especially the 38th Division of the 112th Army, their predecessor was the team of the Pingjiang Uprising, which he created with his own hands, but now he has fought such a defeat, ** naturally cannot tolerate it.
** Unceremoniously criticized Liang Xingchu's mistakes, mercilessly pointed out his mistakes and threatened to be dealt with in accordance with military law. Although Liang Xingchu tried to defend himself, *** insisted that his actions seriously delayed the fighter plane and must be severely punished.
All the generals present were shocked by the harsh rebuke of ***, and no one dared to speak.
Seeing this situation, Deputy Commander Deng Hua tried to persuade *** and seemed to realize that he might have spoken too much, so he turned around and left. After the meeting, Liang Xingchu sat alone in the conference room in a daze.
At noon, Director Ding of the Operations Department of the Volunteer Army came to him for dinner, and Liang Xingchu heard it and said angrily: "Mr. Peng is going to kill my head, what else will I eat?" ”
Director Ding obviously also sensed the tense atmosphere at the meeting, and he comforted: "Mr. Peng saw me just now and mentioned that you were criticized, and he said that the criticism of you was heavier, but he hoped that you would not lose confidence because of criticism, and you must win the next battle." ”
After hearing this, Liang Xingchu said firmly: "I am a blacksmith, if I don't fight well in the next battle, I am not Liang Xingchu." After making bold statements, after Liang Xingchu returned to the military headquarters, he immediately put his words into practice, and he convened a military party committee to ask everyone to sum up experience, learn lessons, and go all out to prepare for the next battle.
Liu Xiyuan, political commissar of the 38th Army, began his speech with a heavy heart. Although he did not attend the meeting of the Volunteer Army Headquarters, General Peng's severe criticism of the 38th Army at the meeting has spread throughout the army.
Liu Xiyuan said: "The failure to fight well in the last battle is not only the responsibility of Commander Liang Xingchu, but also my responsibility, and I apologize to everyone. Subsequently, after discussing with Liang Xingchu, Liu Xiyuan launched an activity of "creating a heroic unit and winning glory for the 38th Army" in the whole army.
As the main force of the soldiers of the Liberation War in the northeast and most of China, the soldiers of the 38th Army did not fight well in the last battle, and they held back a lot of strength in their hearts. Inspired by Liang Xingchu and Liu Xiyuan, the enthusiasm of the soldiers of the army quickly increased, and they were all looking forward to the arrival of the next battle.
The opportunity has finally arrived.
Liu Xiyuan (first from right) launched the famous Second Battle on November 7, 1950 at the suggestion of *** and ***. In this campaign, the Volunteer Army Command ordered the 38th Army to capture Tokugawa first.
Before the campaign was launched, Han Xianchu, deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, came to the military headquarters of the 38th Army. Seeing Han Xianchu's arrival, Liang Xingchu, commander of the 38th Army, took the initiative to propose: "Old Han, whatever instructions you have, I will follow them." ”
However, Han Xianchu's answer made Liang Xingchu feel a little dissatisfied. He said coldly: "I'm not here to be your commander. Although Liang Xingchu knew that Han Xianchu was a person with a "knife mouth and tofu heart", he still felt a little angry about it.
Han Xianchu said: "In order to successfully capture Tokugawa, Shiji decided to send a division of the 42nd Army to support you. Hearing this, Liang Xingchu's face became very ugly.
As a rule, it is quite normal to have fraternal troops cooperate. However, at this time, the soldiers of the entire 38th Army were very angry, and they were eager to immediately show the prestige of the 38th Army and restore the honor of the troops.
What if someone came to help? Liang Xingchu hurriedly said: "Let the 42nd Army act according to its own plan, and the task of capturing Tokugawa will be handed over to our 38th Army." ”
Han Xianchu was very satisfied with Liang Xingchu's answer.
Han Xianchu agreed to Liang Xingchu's proposal and promised to report the matter to his superiors. Liang Xingchu immediately called the Volunteer Army Headquarters, saying that their 38th Army would be responsible for capturing Tokugawa.
This outcome was expected, but he stressed that what he needed was to annihilate the enemy, not just drive them out. Liang Xingchu took the ** and firmly told the *** that there was no joke in the army, and I would wrap the enemy's dumplings. ”
Zhang Kuiyin, the reconnaissance section chief of General Liang Xingchu, was found that night, and Liang Xingchu asked: "Do you dare to act behind enemy lines?" Zhang Kuiyin replied: "Perform the task as usual, there is no one who dare." ”
Liang Xingchu was very happy when he heard Zhang Kuiyin's answer, and he said: "Very good, you lead an advance team, cross the front line, sneak across the Datong River, sneak into the Wuling Tomb south of Tokugawa, blow up the highway bridge, so that the enemy has nowhere to escape." ”
Zhang Kuiyin accepted the order at that time.
Zhang Kuiyin led 321 warriors on a secret expedition on the eve of the war, and after going through hardships and dangers, they finally reached Wulingli and successfully destroyed the highway bridge. In the early morning of the next day, Liang Xingchu commanded the 38th Army to launch an attack, quickly encircling and annihilating the enemy, and perfectly completed the strategic task.
** Very happy when he learned about it: "The 38th Army fought very well. Then, ** ordered the 38th Army to continue the battle and break through the enemy's defense line on the Gariling Heights in one fell swoop.
The 38th Army was undaunted and once again completed its task brilliantly.
In the face of a powerful offensive by our troops, the enemy decided to retreat, and the American commander MacArthur approved this decision. After Liang Xingchu learned the news, he immediately sent the 113th Division to the Sansholi and Longyuanli areas to cut off the enemy's retreat.
In this battle, the 113th Division created a miracle in the history of the world's infantry, they marched 150 miles in just 14 hours and successfully stopped the enemy.
With the arrival of the main forces of our army, the enemy's will to fight completely collapsed. In the end, our army won a decisive victory in the second battle.
In the second campaign, the 38th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers performed well and made great contributions. Therefore, the commander decided to personally write the order of commendation in recognition of their heroic performance.
However, just as the staff officer was about to take away the commendation order and distribute it to the whole army, ** suddenly shouted: "Take it back, take it back." Then, he again added two sentences to the commendation order: "Long live the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, long live the 38th Army." ”
When Deng Hua and Hong Xuezhi, deputy commanders of the Volunteer Army, saw these two sentences, they were very surprised. * And didn't change his decision because of their surprise.
He solemnly ordered them: "Immediately report to the whole army and report to the Military Commission." "That's the *** style. He will both severely criticize those who do not complete the task, and will also give full appreciation and rewards to those who have done well.
The 38th Army is known as the Long Live Army because of the commendation of ***. This honor is not only due to Liang Xingchu's outstanding leadership skills, but also inseparable from the contribution of political commissar Liu Xiyuan.
The two of them worked closely together and eventually led the 38th Army to glory. After the war, they returned home and received the rank of lieutenant general in 1955.
Liu Xiyuan was one of the youngest founding lieutenant generals of our army, and he was only 38 years old when he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. On the day of the award, ** happily said to him: "You little devil, you have also become a lieutenant general." ”
* This "prophecy" was mentioned 20 years ago.
Liu Xiyuan was born in 1917 in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, to a peasant family, and although his family was poor, his father had high hopes for him, and the family tightened his belt to send him to school when he was 9 years old.
However, in those days, it was not easy to change one's destiny through reading. In 1930, the turning point of fate came, and Liu Xiyuan ushered in the opportunity to change his fate.
This year, Liu Xiyuan was 13 years old, and saw that the ranks of the Red Army were completely different from other old warlord troops, and immediately decided to join. He witnessed the capture of Ji'an by the Red Army and the establishment of the Soviet**, and participated in the vigorous activity of "fighting local tyrants and dividing land".
From then on, Liu Xiyuan embarked on the road of revolution.
When Liu Xiyuan first joined the army, because his body was too thin, he was knocked to the ground by recoil as soon as he came into contact with the gun. His superiors thought that he might not be suitable for front-line work, so they recommended him to serve as a commander in the special service company.
Soon he was transferred to the Red Army School as a correspondent. Here his fate magically changes again, as he meets two noble people who have had a great impact on his life.
And ** are two outstanding people. At that time, ** served as the principal of the Red Army School, Liu Xiyuan performed well at a speech conference and won the first place, which attracted the attention of ***.
A few days later, ** found Liu Xiyuan and asked him to serve as a youth member of the branch and secretary of the Youth League branch. Liu Xiyuan was surprised when he heard this, and humbly declined the proposal.
However, ** resolutely stated: "I have identified you." ”
Liu Xiyuan's new starting point in life stems from the careful arrangement of the first class. He lived up to expectations, constantly learning and improving himself, and possessed a number of skills. In 1934, the commander-in-chief of the Red Army took a fancy to him at a glance and even predicted that he would become a general in the future.
Liu Xiyuan, who was only 17 years old at the time, was full of excitement and anticipation.
* Attaching importance to the cultivation of talents, Liu Xiyuan was transferred to his direct subordinate team and combat units for training, which significantly improved his ability. Therefore, in his work, Liu Xiyuan did not feel great difficulties and troubles, and successfully completed all tasks.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Liu Xiyuan was once again taken seriously, serving as an instructor of the 3rd Battalion of the 686th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan soon after.
In the Battle of Pingxingguan, the 686th Regiment, under the leadership of the regiment commander Li Tianyou, engaged in a fierce head-on battle with the enemy. In the face of the superiority of the Japanese army's firepower, the soldiers were undaunted and showed a heroic and fearless spirit.
However, the Japanese army took the opportunity to seize the commanding heights of Pingxingguan, the Lao Ye Temple. At this time, Li Tianyou decisively ordered the 3rd Battalion to recapture the place. However, the commander of the 3rd Battalion had been wounded, and instructor Liu Xiyuan became the temporary military commander.
Although Liu Xiyuan was rarely on the frontline before, at this critical moment, he showed the demeanor of a famous general and was not afraid of danger. Under his command, the fighters of the 3 battalion quickly routed the enemy at Lao Ye Miao, successfully taking it under control of our troops.
The Eighth Route Army won a decisive victory in its first expedition, shattering the myth of the Japanese army and boosting the morale of the national resistance fighters. Liu Xiyuan performed well in this battle and made great achievements.
Since then, his heroic fighting spirit has been constantly stimulated, and he has successively served as the political commissar of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the PLA division, and the deputy political commissar of the column, and has continuously contributed to the cause of national liberation. "
During the War of Liberation, Liu Xiyuan fought bravely for the liberation of New China and made great contributions. In 1950, he was transferred to the political commissar of the 38th Army, and when he was awarded the title in 1955, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, when he was only 38 years old, and was one of the youngest four founding lieutenant generals in our army.