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1955, the PLA first assessed its rank. Pi Dingjun, then deputy commander of Fujian Military Region, should be rated as Major General according to his qualifications. However, when Chairman Mao reviewed the list of reports, he made an exception and said: "The skin has merit, but the gold is less."

In this way, Pi Dingjun was awarded the patriotic rank of loyal monarch, which is not only a great praise from Chairman Mao for Pi Dingjun's outstanding exploits in the breakthrough of the Central Plains, but also a full affirmation of his exploits in fighting in the south and the north.

After the victory of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Pi Dingjun served as the brigade commander of the Central Plains Military Region 1 Column 1 Brigade. This brigade is famous for fighting evil wars and battalion commanders, so it is also called "leather brigade".

1June, 946, Chiang Kai-shek assembled 300,000 troops and besieged 60,000 troops in the Central Plains Military Region in a narrow area of less than a hundred miles. Chiang Kai-shek decided to launch a general attack on July 1 day and annihilate the main force of the Central Plains Military Region within 48 hours.

At such a critical juncture, Chairman Mao ordered: "Break through at the fastest speed, without any worries, survival first, victory first!" So according to Chairman Mao's instructions, the Central Plains Military Region decided to break through to the west on the evening of June 26th.

Wang Shusheng and others led the first column; Li Xiannian and Wang Zhen led the second column, crossed the Pinghan line before the enemy launched a general attack, and shifted strategically to the west. At the same time, the Central Plains Military Region decided to let Pi Lu eastward, giving the enemy the illusion that the main force was advancing eastward, thus covering the breakthrough of the main force to the west.

On the afternoon of June 24th, Wang Shusheng issued an order to Pi Dingjun:

Wang Shusheng paused and continued: "Several leading cadres of Pilv will prepare a set of casual clothes in the future, and they can change clothes at critical moments." Wang Shusheng knew how dangerous it was to cover more than 50,000 people with 7,000 people, so as soon as he said this, Pi Dingjun and others' faces suddenly changed.

Pi Dingjun knows very well that if the Central Plains army wants to break through the overall situation, it is helpless to "lose the pawn to protect the car", but can we "protect the car" without losing the pawn? So, after accepting the task, Pi Dingjun thought about how to deploy troops to attack, while thinking about the survival of troops after completing the task and how to create miracles.

That night, Pi Dingjun ordered the troops to pretend to be ready for action in the east, southeast and northeast directions, while the border guards continued to reinforce the fortifications and give the enemy a defensive position; At the same time, a number of troops were dispatched, quietly moving westward in the dark, and swaggering eastward the next day, creating the illusion that large troops were gathering eastward to prepare for a breakthrough.

Pi Dingjun's move has also become misleading the enemy, making them think that the main force of the Central Plains Military Region is advancing eastward to break through, and then the enemy has been strengthening its alert on the eastern front.

It was not until 26th that the enemy finally discovered that the main force of the Central Plains Military Region was rapidly moving westward, and it didn't react until it was cheated. So the frustrated enemy launched a fierce attack on Pilu from the east, south and north.

In the face of the menacing enemy, Pi Dingjun was fearless and calmly commanded the troops to fight. This afternoon, Pilu received an exciting telegram: "The main forces have all crossed the Pinghan line!" This telegram also means that Pilu has successfully completed the task assigned by the organization. What should Pilv do next?

The Central Plains Military Region originally thought of three plans: one was to pursue troops to the west; The second is to fight guerrilla warfare in situ; The third is to break through to the east and go to the Jiangsu-Anhui liberated area.

After research, Pi Dingjun finally decided to go east to break through, so why did he do it?

On the evening of 26th, Pi Dingjun took advantage of the situation and ordered the troops to quickly withdraw from their positions. In order to confuse the enemy and prevent them from finding the right direction, Pilu first followed the main force to the west for more than 10 kilometers, then quietly returned and headed east.

The next morning, hundreds of thousands of enemy troops chased the west. At this moment, more than 6,000 leather brigade officers and men hiding in the Woods can feel the ground shaking. In this way, Pilu's soldiers took refuge in the Woods for a day and a night.

As the radio station lost contact with the Central Plains Military Region, Pi Dingjun directly contacted Yan 'an headquarters, and Chairman Mao's instructions came from the radio waves, repeating many times: "Let's go! Go! "

In the early morning of the 28th, more than 6,000 people from Pilv quickly moved eastward behind enemy lines. On the evening of July 3, Pilu arrived near Wujiadian in the hinterland of Dabie Mountain.

On July 10, Pilu was blocked by the enemy, with enemy blocking in front and pursuers behind. Pi Dingjun immediately ordered 1 regiment to pretend to attack, and the 2nd regiment made a detour to attack the enemy's rear. After two hours of fierce fighting, more than 200 enemy troops were successfully wiped out, and the way forward was opened. They arrived at Mozitan in Dabie Mountain that night.

An enemy 48 army has built fortifications in Mozitan, and large troops can arrive at midnight. Pi Dingjun immediately ordered: "Before the enemy arrives, we must cross the Pi River from Mozitan as quickly as possible."

3 regiments 1 camp to cross the river and occupy the commanding heights on the shore. All the soldiers of the third regiment crossed the river. Because of the sudden flood, the engineering platoon failed to bridge three times. If you continue to build bridges, you will be caught up by the enemy.

So Pi Dingjun ordered the soldiers to cross the river. 65438+ At 0 o'clock in the morning, just as everyone was crossing the river nervously, the enemy occupied the hill in front of Mozitan and strafed our army with intensive firepower. The troops who arrived in Hedong first immediately launched a fierce battle with the enemy, suppressed the enemy's firepower, and only covered the subsequent troops crossing the river.

After all the soldiers in Pilu crossed the river, they quickly advanced to the southeast. The investigator reported: "The main force of the enemy's 48 th Army is coming from Tongcheng to our army." Hearing this, Pi Dingjun decided to change the direction from southeast to north.

12 July, during the capture of Mao Tan factory in Dabie Mountain, the enemy was mobilizing three divisions, 10 security corps, and set up several blockade lines to stop the leather brigade in Central Anhui.

On July 19, Pilv came to Jinpu Railway. At this time, the enemy has already deployed a large number of troops to intercept at the stations along the Jinpu Railway. PiDingJun ordered to turn to the southeast, near shimenshan across the jin-pu railway.

In the early morning of July 20th, when the 1 regiment passed by, an enemy armored train suddenly intercepted and divided the 1 regiment into two sections. At such a critical moment, Pi Dingjun ordered the 3rd regiment to control the favorable terrain on the east side and stop the enemy armored trains, while the 2nd regiment used light and heavy machine guns to reinforce them.

1 group soldiers fought to enter, and after nearly three hours of fierce fighting, they finally crossed the Jin-Pu line. When Pilv came to the northeast of Mingguang and Sanjie, he happened to meet Jiashan detachment of Huainan Military Region.

Since the breakthrough of the Central Plains, Pilu has been fighting alone for 24 days and nights. After 23 battles, big and small, it finally reached the Jiangsu-Anhui liberated area, creating a miracle of the breakthrough of the Central Plains.

Soon after, Pi Brigade was incorporated into Central China Military Region 13 Brigade and started a new journey.

1947 65438+ 10, Pi Dingjun was appointed as the deputy commander of the 6th column of the East China Field Army and the 24th Army of the 3rd Field Army, and also participated in the battles of Meng Lianggu and Laiwu, which made great contributions to the establishment of the new China!

In September 1952, 1 1, Pi Dingjun led the 24th Army of the Volunteers to fight in Korea. It was during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea that Pi Dingjun appreciated and promoted a soldier-Zhang.

Everyone knows that the Battle of Shangganling is one of the fiercest battles between China and America. This unprecedented and tragic battle lasted for 43 days and nights, and finally our army won.

1952, soldiers of the 24th Army braved the cold of minus 30 degrees Celsius and secretly came to Shangganling position. At that time, the enemy took advantage of their "air superiority" and firepower superiority, ignored the existence of the Korean People's Army and volunteers, and even pretended to do gymnastics on the ground.

When Pi Dingjun learned of this, he immediately flew into a rage: "The mountain temple thundered, and monsters came out to do mischief! You can't let them be so arrogant, you must beat them down! "

On the first day when 18 entered the Shangganling position, Zhang stepped onto the sniper platform for the first time, full of hatred and impulse surging in his heart. But it's a great pity that Zhang Yi emptied a shuttle of bullets when he fired, but he didn't hit an enemy.

This failure made Zhang see his own shortcomings, so he trained harder, improved his shooting ability quickly, and was soon approved to join the sniper team. Zhang used a Soviet-made 1944 rifle, and then he broke his own record with a sniper.

According to statistics, nine shots were fired and seven enemy soldiers were killed, which exceeded all the old snipers. By the end of February, Zhang had killed 7 1 man with 247 bullets in 22 days, becoming the first sniper in the company.

Soon after, the war department staff Xiao reported the matter to Pi Dingjun, and Pi Dingjun said happily, "Really? This is good news. Find this soldier at once. I want to see with my own eyes how he destroyed the enemy! "

Pi Dingjun is not a person who believes rumors easily and takes things very seriously. He is never careless about big things, but he is careful about small things. Pi Dingjun looked up at the sky, stopped Xiao, who was about to leave, and said, "Come back, I have one more thing to tell you."

Staff Xiao paused and asked doubtfully, "Commander, what tasks have you not explained?"

Pi Dingjun didn't speak, but turned and took out a pair of brand-new boots from under the sleeping ceiling, handed it to Xiao Staff, and said:

Staff Xiao refused to accept leather boots. He said: "Commander, this pair of leather boots was specially given to the head of the army by the headquarters of the Volunteers. As soon as our army arrived, we gave him two or three pairs. What are you wearing? "

Pi Dingjun was silent for a while and said with emotion, "A soldier with a gun is sniping in the ice and snow. They need these boots more. These boots can be worn by army leaders, and so can soldiers. Without soldiers, where does the head of the army come from? Ok, stop nagging and go! "

After all, Zhang's strength is there, so he also won the leather boots award from Pi Dingjun. However, Zhang doesn't want to wear leather boots, but keeps them with him all the time. Zhang said: "I didn't do it because of thrift, nor because I was afraid of frostbite, but because I took my boots as precious souvenirs to encourage me to continue to kill the enemy and serve the country!" "

When the troops entered the summer counter-offensive campaign, Pi Dingjun came to Zhang's eighth company to inspect. This time he came prepared, and he wanted to see Zhang, a "sharpshooter". At this time, he has been promoted to a platoon leader and brought out a group of sharpshooters.

Staff members Pi Dingjun and Xiao came to the company and found Zhang. He intended to test Zhang's shooting skills on the spot, but unfortunately, the enemy's positions were far away. So how can he prove his skill?

Just then, Xiao saw a group of sparrows flying in the sky and said, "Please ask Comrade Zhang to shoot down both sparrows and birds."

Pi Dingjun nodded and said, "Yes, but it is more difficult than destroying the enemy."

Zhang listened to Pi Dingjun and hid in a piece of grass without hesitation. About a quarter of an hour later, only a few shots were heard, and then some sparrows and birds fell from the air.

Staff Xiao rushed over to check it out and reported excitedly: "Report commander, Zhang shot down 4 sparrows with 6 bullets, bird 1 bird!" Pi Dingjun said to Zhang, "Zhang, come and let me see what gun you are using."

Zhang handed PiDingJun the gun wrapped in cloth, and PiDingJun looked around and found nothing novel. In a word, it is an ordinary Soviet rifle. Pi Dingjun said: "No matter how you look at it, it is still very ordinary. But I didn't bring my gun this time. Counselor Xiao, bring him the rifle on the jeep. "

The gun in Pi Dingjun's mouth is a "Mosinnagan" gun, which is more powerful than ordinary rifles and naturally has higher accuracy. This is a special gift from the national condolence group to the Korean battlefield, and each unit has only one.

Zhang is very happy to get this gun. After returning to the company, he immediately went to a remote place to test the gun. The distance of 400-500 meters basically refers to where to play!

Later, our army got the news that the third division of the US Army was preparing to retreat ahead of schedule, and Zhang immediately led the sniper platoon to ambush on a hillside in advance. As soon as the enemy started to act, the sniper platoon began to shoot and knocked down the 10 enemy at once.

Because the soldiers in the sniper platoon were well hidden, the enemy Zhang Er and the monk were puzzled and didn't know where the bullets came from. But as long as they move, they must be shot in the back and ignite the enemy.

The enemy doesn't care about the cover of artillery fire at all, and he doesn't pay attention to tactics and tactics. They sent a company directly to flank them. However, because our army came prepared and dispatched a battalion of mobile forces to carry out counter-outflanking, our army won the final victory.

Pi Dingjun has always kept talented people with special skills in mind. He always regards talents as good seedlings to be cultivated.

1953, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League held a meeting in Beijing, and the 24th Army got a quota to represent the soldiers of the 24th Army.

Everyone should know that this quota is very valuable and an opportunity to learn. Without hesitation, Pi Dingjun said to the 72nd division commander, "This quota is for Zhang of your division 2 14. This young man is very good, a good prospect, and his future development will definitely be very good! "

Before Zhang went to Beijing, Pi Dingjun found him and wanted to talk to him. Zhang was a little nervous when he received this notice, because he didn't know what the commander really wanted to talk to himself. Talk about ideas? When you arrive in Beijing, you should be modest and prudent, and you should not lose face to the 24 th Army by speaking and doing things. Do you want to ask me how many enemies I have destroyed?

Zhang thought it must be so, so before going to Pi Dingjun's residence, he took out those boots from under the bed. Since Pi Dingjun awarded the "Mosinnagan" rifle to Zhang, whenever he defeated an enemy, he would put the shell casings into his boots, and now a large number of shell casings have accumulated in his boots.

When Zhang came to PiDingJun's residence, PiDingJun was looking at the map. As soon as he turned around, he saw a man in leather boots. He was very puzzled and asked, "What are you doing with it?"

Zhang replied, "Commander, I think you need it more than I do!" " Zhang Gang said, and put the boots on the table, and the shells in the boots also made a noise.

Pi Dingjun asked curiously, "What's in this?" "Bullet shell."

"What are you doing with bullet casings?" Before Zhang could explain, Xiao told Pi Dingjun what he thought.

Pi Dingjun suddenly realized, "How many shells are there in your boots?" "2 1 1!"

Pi Dingjun thought for a moment and said, "You killed 265,438+065,438+0 enemies, which is very good, but you need to bring a memorable figure to report to the CPC Central Committee. Tell you what, how about you kill 2 14 enemies for me, which happens to be the name of your regiment? "

Zhang said excitedly, "Good! I will live up to the expectations of the captains! "

Soon, Zhang went to Beijing for a meeting on behalf of the 24th Army. When he came back from Beijing, his superior selected outstanding cadres to go to the military academy for further study, so he was recommended by Pi Dingjun and became one of them.

Pi Dingjun has never forgotten to set up a shooting training team with Zhang as the backbone, but letting him study in a military school is a major turning point in the life of cadres, and the future will be broader. Although Pi Dingjun had many disappointments in his heart, he recommended Zhang.

The most regrettable thing is that when Zhang left the army, Pi Dingjun had just gone out for a meeting, so they failed to shoulder the last time.

Although Pi Dingjun and Zhang don't work in the same place, his concern for Zhang only increases.

One day, when Pi Dingjun was watching the documentary of 1964 all-army contest at home, he suddenly found that Chairman Mao and Luo Ruiqing were meeting a commando shooter, and an instructor was standing next to them. The instructor stood on the shooting range and loudly introduced the special forces shooter: "He used 40 bullets in 40 seconds and hit 40 half targets at a distance of 100 meters!"

Pi Dingjun recognized the instructor as Zhang at a glance. He excitedly said to his family, "Look, look, this instructor is Zhang. He's with our 24th Army! Sure enough, the future is bright! "

During Pi Dingjun's tenure as commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, Zhang was already a divisional cadre. He never forgets Pi Dingjun's gratitude to him and wants to visit the old chief several times. But unfortunately, at that time, the troops were nervous, and Pi Dingjun was busy with the northwest combat readiness inspection and often ran around the border, so the two could not meet.

1On the morning of July 7th, 976, Pi Dingjun left Fuzhou Military Region with his staff and prepared to fly to Zhangzhou, southern Fujian. In the morning 10, the plane landed at Zhangzhou airport, and Pi Dingjun and his party got off the plane for a short rest, while waiting for the airport to go through customs clearance procedures.

On this day, the weather near Zhangzhou was not ideal, and the stratus bottom of the route ahead was only 400 meters high. The performance of the plane taken by Pi Dingjun and others is relatively good, and according to the regulations, the height of the cloud floor is only 300 meters, which also meets the flight conditions. Therefore, Zhangzhou Airport decided to let it fly after repeated discussions and studies.

After the plane took off, it flew normally at a speed of 240 kilometers per hour. However, after 20 minutes, the radio contact between the ground and the plane was suddenly interrupted. The airport dispatcher has a bad feeling. He held the receiver tightly and kept shouting, but no matter how he shouted, the other party didn't respond. ...

The army and local authorities immediately sent personnel to search and finally found the wreckage of the plane at an altitude of 480 meters in jujube hill. All the people on board 13 were killed, including Pi Dingjun and his eldest son Pi Guo Hong.

The veteran kowtowed and wept bitterly: "Old army commander, your soldier and sniper-Zhang came to see you! You've been looking for me for so long, and so have I. I didn't expect that there would be a gap between Yin and Yang before we met. Old captains ... "

Yes, this wailing veteran who can't afford to kneel in front of Pi Dingjun's portrait is Zhang. He couldn't believe that his old army commander had gone like this, and it was the biggest regret in his life that he couldn't visit each other before Pi Dingjun died.

On October 29th, 2007/KLOC-0, Zhang passed away at the age of 77. Although the story of Pi Changjun and sharpshooter is over, we will always remember them!