Peng's touching story

The story of the founding general Peng

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09: 20 on July 3, 2002/KLOC-0.

Peng (1898- 1974), formerly known as. People from Xiangtan County, Hunan Province. 19 16 years to join the Xiang army. 1922, he was admitted to Wujiang Military Academy in Hunan. After graduation, he served as the battalion commander and head of the Xiang army. Participated in the Northern Expedition. /kloc-joined China * * * production party in 0/928, and took part in leading Pingjiang Uprising in the same year. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as commander of the Fifth Army of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army, commander-in-chief of the Red Army and its front committee secretary, vice chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, commander of the Eastern Corps, commander of the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment, commander of the Red Army, commander of the China People's Red Army's anti-Japanese vanguard, commander of the western field army and political commissar. Participated in the Long March. During War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's period, he served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army (later renamed the 18th Army as deputy commander-in-chief), secretary of the Central North Bureau, vice chairman and chief of staff of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. During the War of Liberation, he served as commander of Northwest Field Army, commander and political commissar of the First Field Army, deputy commander of China People's Liberation Army, and first secretary of Northwest Bureau. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as vice chairman of the Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central People's Government, chairman of the Northwest Military and Political Commission, commander of the Northwest Military Region, first secretary of the Northwest Bureau of the Central People's Government, deputy commander of the China People's Liberation Army, commander and political commissar of Chinese people's Volunteer Army, and deputy prime minister and defense minister of People's Republic of China (PRC). 1955, he was awarded the rank of marshal. He is the vice-chairman of the first and second National Defense Commission, and a member of the sixth, seventh and eighth the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

1. "No matter how many regiments there are, it is called the Hundred Regiments War."

In the war room of the Eighth Route Army headquarters, a topographic map of Zheng Tai Road stands upright in the middle of the wall. Peng, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, stood in front of the map and stared for a long time.

Zheng Tai Road starts from Zhengding (Hebei) of Pinghan Road, and after merging, it climbs the majestic Taihang Mountain, passes through Niangziguan Natural Barrier, enters Shanxi, goes west to Yuci to connect with Tongpu Railway, and reaches Taiyuan. Zheng Tai Road, with a total length of more than 240 kilometers, crosses Taihang Mountain, connects Hebei Plain and Shanxi Plateau, and connects Pinghan and Tongpu second lines, which is of great strategic significance. In order to "mop up" the base areas behind enemy lines in North China, the Japanese army built a "cage" to trap the Eighth Route Army, with seven railway trunk lines, including Zheng Tai, Tongpu, Pinghan, Pingdan and Ji Jiao, as vertical and horizontal support points.

Peng measured it on the map with his hand. I saw his fist hitting Zheng Tai Road, and his eyes were shining strangely. On the map in front of him, the campaign plan of a big attack has gradually shown a clear outline. He is determined to launch a general attack on the enemy's traffic lines and break the Japanese "cage" policy.

After consulting with the heads of various units, Peng reported the destruction plan to the Central Military Commission. Immediately, the battle order was issued to the troops.

1940 At 8: 00 pm on August 20th, various regiments launched an attack as scheduled, and commanders from all walks of life descended the mountain like tigers and quickly pounced on enemy-controlled strongholds-stations, bridges and bunkers. Gunshots, explosions and shouts shook the designated sections of Zheng Tai Road, Tongpu Road and Pinghan Road. Peng stayed up all night, waiting for news from the front.

2 1 at dawn, Liu Bocheng, the teacher, first called: there are 4 Fort Lu Lianke in Chen Geng, all of which are on the defensive. They completely occupied Lujiazhuang Station in the southwest of Shouyang and destroyed all the railways and bridges to the west of 10 Station. Subsequently, Nie, He Long and others also sent back a good news to the headquarters.

After lunch on 22nd, the Minister of Operations reported to Peng and Zuo Quan about the participating troops, a total of 105 regiment. Wang Zhengzhu's voice just fell and Zuo Quan said, "Good! This is a hundred regiments battle, and the war department should carefully check the exact number. " Peng said: "No matter whether it is more than a hundred regiments, it is called a hundred regiments war." Immediately after consulting with Zuo Quan, he planned to send a telegram to all the troops and report it to the Central Military Commission, naming the sabotage as "Hundred Regiments War".

The Hundred Regiments War went through three stages, 1824 battles, which lasted 105 days. The Japanese army killed 2064 people, the puppet troops killed 5 155 people, the Japanese army captured 28/kloc-0 people and the puppet troops captured 18400 people. Destroy more than 3,000 miles of roads and 948 miles of railways; More than 260 bridges, stations and tunnels; Captured a large number of weapons and achieved brilliant results.

The victory of the Hundred Regiments War enhanced the prestige of the * * * production party and the Eighth Route Army, inspired the people's hearts, effectively refuted the fallacy that * * * production party did not fight in the middle of the anti-Japanese war, and also showed the boldness of Peng's resourceful general.

Second, Mao Zedong: "Send troops to aid Korea or your old Peng takes the lead."

1950 National Day Eve. Clusters of fireworks rose in Tiananmen Square, and the joyful crowd was immersed in the festive atmosphere. At this moment, in the Yiniantang conference hall of Zhongnanhai, Mao Zedong and the central leaders are discussing the situation in North Korea and sending troops to North Korea in a tense and serious atmosphere. It was on this night that MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the "United Nations Army", ordered the South Korean army to cross the "38th parallel" and attack northward.

65438+4 hours1October 4th, a special plane arrived at Xijiao Airport, and Peng quickly stepped down the gangway. The car carried him to Zhongnanhai like lightning.

Peng followed into the conference hall of Yi Niantang. I am very happy to see Peng's arrival. He immediately said, "You came at the right time. The US military has begun to cross the "38th parallel". Now we are discussing the issue of sending troops to North Korea. Please talk about your opinion. " Peng sat down, not in a hurry. After listening to several people's speeches, he knew that the central authorities had different opinions on supporting North Korea. Mao Zedong finally said, "What you said is also reasonable, but others are at a critical moment, and we have not stood idly by. Anyway, our hearts are sad. "

When he got home, Peng didn't sleep a wink all night, but his last sentence always echoed in his ears.

The next morning, I was entrusted to invite Peng to Zhongnanhai. Because Peng didn't speak yesterday, I want to hear his opinion.

Peng came to the office and sat down with them on the sofa. Mao Zedong said, "LaoPeng, you didn't have time to speak yesterday. Tell me what you think. " Peng said: "President, last night I thought it over and agreed to your decision to send troops to North Korea." Mao Zedong leaned down and said, "Go, go." "It is necessary to send troops to aid North Korea. If it is smashed, it will be equal to the victory of the liberation war a few years later. However, if the US military is placed on the banks of the Yalu River and Taiwan Province Province, it can always find an excuse to launch a war of aggression, so it is better to fight early than late. " As soon as Peng's voice fell, he asked, "Who do you think is suitable to send troops to resist US aggression and aid Korea?" Peng watched and asked, "Didn't the central government decide to send Lin Biao?" After talking about the situation in Lin Biao, Mao Zedong said, "I think you are still responsible for sending troops to aid Korea. You are not mentally prepared! " Peng was silent for a while and said firmly, "I obey the decision of the central authorities." I stood up and held Peng's hand tightly with both hands: "Well, Comrade Dwight, I thank you, and the people of China thank you. You are in danger, and I am relieved to have you. "

On October 8th, 65438/KLOC-0, an order was issued to appoint Peng as the commander and political commissar of Chinese people's Volunteer Army. Peng led the volunteer army across the Yalu River. After two years of hard fighting, the United States was finally forced to sign an armistice agreement and won a great victory in resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.

Third, marshal's "furniture"

There are only four "treasures" in Peng's "furniture": a revolver, a red star medal, eight silver dollars and a pack of historical materials. When working in Zhongnanhai, Peng kept them in a safe.

The revolver was a trophy seized from the Japanese devils during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, and Peng always took it with him as a historical memorial. He fought bloody battles in Taihang Mountain, defended Yan 'an, liberated the northwest, went to Korea to fight in the war, and never left him. That's his favorite thing.

When he was in the Central Soviet Area, the Central People's Committee of the Chinese Soviet Union awarded him the Red Star Medal, and Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De also awarded him. Referring to this medal, Peng sincerely said: "This is not a personal honor, it records the revolutionary spirit of countless heroic and dedicated revolutionary soldiers."

These eight silver dollars were given to him during the Red Army period. He often earnestly said to the staff around him: "The end of the dish is the food cost saved. At that time, the life of cadres and soldiers was very hard and there was no pocket money. They only have a few cents for food every day. At that time, officers and men were equal, and with the grain tail, they got a general share, which could be used to buy pocket money for daily necessities. I saved it with very little money. "

Senior leaders of the People's Liberation Army will try their best to collect eight silver dollars from grain, which is an excellent and vivid teaching material for revolutionary patriotism in wartime and peacetime.

This package of materials is Peng's notebook and some mimeographed copies of combat experience. One of them is Revolutionary War in China, which is the outline of his lecture at the Party School of Beifangju in June 194 10. He has been wrapped in red cloth and carefully preserved. On one occasion, he opened this package of materials, picked up Revolutionary War in China, turned a few pages and said to the guards, "Revolutionary experience is the most precious wealth. Unfortunately, these materials were not preserved in the past and were fed to mice. " As he spoke, he went to the table and sat down. On the first page of this material, he wrote: "It has been bitten by rats many times. Although this is the material, it is the actual material obtained from experience. "

This senior leader of the People's Liberation Army and the Party doesn't love money or beautiful women. He persistently pursues the belief of * * * and maintains a lofty spirit, which is worth learning from every party member and young people.

1959 after the Lushan meeting, Peng said emotionally when he left Zhongnanhai, "I have kept these things for decades. They came from the people and should be returned to the people now. " Then do it yourself, sort them out, wrap them one by one with infinite affection, and give all these four precious souvenirs to the party.

In the Soviet Union, I bought two things with rubles.

As a founding father, commander-in-chief of China People's Liberation Army and defense minister of People's Republic of China (PRC), Peng has the conditions to live a comfortable life. However, it is hard to understand that he still lives a frugal life close to poverty in a high position.

That's 1957 165438+ October. Marshal Peng led a military goodwill delegation from China to visit the Soviet Union. The Soviet side prepared some rubles for all the members and attaché s of the delegation and distributed them to individuals as pocket money.

At that time, Peng was unwilling to accept it, but it was impolite and unfriendly to refuse. Finally, after consideration, he accepted. A comrade in the suite bought a purple "Jill" bicycle produced by Lenin's factory with rubles sent by the Soviet Union. Peng praised the bicycle and was satisfied with its appearance and quality. He said to his secretary and interpreter, "This bike is very good. Buy a bicycle like this with my ruble and take it back to China for civil servants. There are too few public bicycles at home, which is really not enough. It is just right to buy a bike to take home. If there is any money left, you can buy another vacuum cleaner. It is troublesome to clean the carpet in the office every time. It would be much more convenient if there was a vacuum cleaner. " Soon bicycles and vacuum cleaners were bought, and Peng was very satisfied.

Peng self-sacrifice, maintained a frugal and incorruptible life style all his life, and became a shining example of party member, leaving precious spiritual wealth for future generations.

5. A photo with only shadows.

Among Peng's eight nephews and daughters, the second daughter is the one who has done her utmost to Peng. Peng Meikui still has a sad picture. That is the only photo of Mei Kui's three children and her grandfather Peng. However, unsuspecting people can't find Peng's shadow. What's going on here?

One day, Mei Kui took three children to see her uncle. The weather is fine and the children want to take pictures. Before the photo, Peng stood in front of the stage, fiddling with this and that, and finally arranged for the children to sit down, but he quietly walked away, but he couldn't bear to leave the children, so he hid behind the screen door and watched the children take pictures. In the photo on the left, Mr. Peng only left a dark figure. Only by careful identification can we see the broad shoulders, huge body and standing face behind him. Afterwards, Mei Kui asked Uncle why he wanted to avoid it. Peng said affectionately, "Now my reputation is bad. I have told you several times not to come to see me, but you must come. These children are still young. I hope they will grow up healthily and don't affect them because of what I left them. "

Peng Meikui remembers his uncle's love for his children. When it is hot, whenever he knows that the children are going that day, he fills the basin with water and puts it in the sun. When the children arrived, he took them to take a bath in warm water. Sometimes on public holidays, children don't go occasionally. He waited and waited until the last bus had passed. He was dissatisfied and looked forward to the next weekend. Looking at the photos and recalling my uncle's affection, Mei Kui said, "Although my uncle left a vague figure in the photos, my uncle's love and hope for the children are deeply imprinted in the hearts of the children."