Hong Xuezhi used to work from home. After receiving the call, he quickly put down his work and rushed to Shanghai.
This call is from Chen Yun, an old officer in Hong Xuezhi.
And Chen Yun didn't elaborate on the specific things on the phone, just said to arrive in time, there are important tasks for him. And hung up the phone, Chen Yun holding a letter, frowning tightly.
/kloc-One day in mid-October, Comrade Chen Yun was resting at home as usual.
The door of the house was knocked, and a postman handed Chen Yun an urgent letter.
Chen Yun opened it and found that the letter was written by Lin Biao's daughter Lin. In the letter, Lin mentioned that since the reform and opening up, the country's economic and social development has made great progress, so the troops in major military regions are compiling military history.
At that time, the First Field Army, the Second Field Army, the Third Field Army and the East China Field Army were compiling military history.
The Fourth Field Army, which also made great contributions in the War of Liberation, has been slow to compile military history.
Similarly, in the new era, all localities began to attach importance to the role of historical relics and patriotism education.
Many memorial halls have been built in places where major battles took place to let everyone know the contributions and sacrifices made by revolutionary martyrs for today's stable life.
However, where the Fourth Field Army has made outstanding contributions, the construction of the memorial hall has been delayed.
These situations make Lin very anxious. She is worried that the Fourth Field Army will not get a correct historical evaluation, so she is very anxious.
Under Lin's consideration, she decided to write to Comrade Chen Yun who fought with her father in the Fourth Field Army for help, hoping that Comrade Chen Yun could organize the compilation of the military history of the Fourth Field Army and build a memorial hall for the Battle of Peiping and Tianjin.
At that time, Comrade Chen Yun had retired to the second line and had a rest in Shanghai. After receiving this letter, Comrade Chen Yun frowned.
He knows that these two requirements are thorny issues and the work is not so easy to do.
And this job must be done by a suitable comrade. After several reflections, Comrade Chen Yun remembered his old subordinate Hong Xuezhi.
Hong Xuezhi was in charge of army logistics at that time, and he was conscientious and careful in his work. In Comrade Chen Yun's view, if these two tasks are entrusted to others, he may not be at ease. At that time, it would be foolproof to give them to Hong Xuezhi.
After choosing the right candidate, Comrade Chen Yun called Hong Xuezhi, who is far away in Beijing. On the phone, Comrade Chen Yun didn't specify anything specific, but said that there was something very important to ask Hong Xuezhi to help in Shanghai.
Knowing that his old leader had something to ask for, Hong Xuezhi immediately put down what he was doing and rushed to Shanghai.
After arriving in Shanghai, Comrade Chen Yun handed Lin's letter to Hong Xuezhi without saying anything, and told him that he had been asked to solve these two things.
And earnestly said to Hong Xuezhi: "The Fourth Field Army is our old army, and their achievements and sacrifices should be remembered by the people and the country."
After careful consideration, Hong Xuezhi decided to undertake these two arduous tasks. Because after getting this letter, Hong Xuezhi seems to have returned to the troubled times of war.
The Fourth Field Army is an old-fashioned powerhouse. Its predecessor was the famous Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. Yang Jingyu, Dong Cunrui and other famous heroes are all soldiers of the Fourth Field Army.
After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, Chiang Kai-shek sent troops to the northeast to try to control the factories and mineral resources here.
In order to deal with this problem, our party also sent the Eighth Route Army and a part of the New Fourth Army to the northeast to prevent accidents.
The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army sent to the Northeast merged with the local Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces and were renamed the Northeast People's Autonomous Army.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang attempted to wipe out our party and army. On the other hand, the CPC Central Committee put forward the policy of "defending the south and the north", trying to control the heavy industry in the northeast to make up for the shortcomings of our army.
1September 1945 15, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China appointed Chen Yun, Peng Zhen and others to guide the work in Northeast China and awarded them the rank of Lieutenant General.
At the same time, 1 10000 troops and 20000 leading cadres at all levels were transferred from liberated areas across the country to the northeast, and the Northeast People's Autonomous Army was strengthened.
With the approval of the CPC Central Committee, Lin Biao was appointed as the commander of the Northeast People's Autonomous Army.
1945165438+10. In October, the Northeast People's Autonomous Army was renamed the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces.
Later, during the War of Liberation, the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces were renamed the Northeast People's Liberation Army and the Northeast Field Army, and finally named the Fourth Field Army.
In the War of Liberation, the Fourth Field Army also made outstanding contributions.
No matter the battle of Xinkailing, the three battles in the south of the Yangtze River, the battle of Sihe, or the summer, autumn and winter battles launched in the northeast, the Fourth Field Army has made great achievements, and the Kuomintang reactionaries have no resistance under the offensive of the Fourth Field Army.
When the War of Liberation was in full swing, the Fourth Field Army independently launched the Liaoshen Campaign, and after arduous fighting, it liberated the whole Northeast.
After the liberation of the whole Northeast, the Fourth Field Army launched the Pingjin Campaign with the North China Field Army and won, basically liberating the whole North China.
At this point, the northern region was basically liberated.
But at this time, there were still Kuomintang troops in many areas in the south.
In this way, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China transferred the Fourth Field Army, which made great achievements in the War of Liberation, to the south to liberate the people in the Kuomintang-controlled areas in the south.
On the southern battlefield, the Fourth Field Army fought in South China Theater and Hainan Island successively, and fought heroically in 14 province, liberating the whole island of Hainan Island and planting our flag at the southernmost tip of our territory. The Fourth Field Army even nearly liberated Hong Kong.
The Fourth Field Army not only made great achievements, but also produced many general stars.
According to statistics, among the more than 600 generals in Jianguo/KLOC-0, the Fourth Field Army has 539 people.
There are two founding marshals and as many as 33 founding generals.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), a large number of defense ministers, air force commanders, naval commanders and military commanders also emerged. It can be said that the Fourth Field Army holds up half the sky of China's military defense.
Because of this, Lin Biao's daughter Lin specially wrote a letter to Comrade Chen Yun, hoping that he, an old comrade of the Fourth Field Army, would come forward and vindicate the Fourth Field Army.
After Chen Yun handed this letter to Hong Xuezhi, Hong Xuezhi hesitated for a long time and refused the task.
It is precisely because Hong Xuezhi, as an old subordinate of the Fourth Field Army, knows the brilliant experience of the Fourth Field Army better than others, so he refused. Hong Xuezhi is worried that his ability is not enough to accomplish this important task.
Knowing Hong Xuezhi's worries, Comrade Chen Yun told him the current situation seriously and recalled their past experience in the Fourth Field Army to impress Hong Xuezhi.
From 65438 to 0945, Hong Xuezhi served as deputy commander of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army and was ordered to lead a team to the Northeast.
After arriving in the northeast, he resolutely carried out the instructions of the CPC Central Committee to "establish and consolidate the northeast base area", and under the obstruction of the Kuomintang, opened the railway from Chengde to western Liaoning, which provided a strong foundation for the subsequent personnel transfer of our army.
1946, Hong Xuezhi served as the deputy commander of Liaoxi Military Region, and commanded famous battles such as Tongliao, Zhongchang Road and Siping Defence War.
Later, he served as the commander of the sixth column of the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces, led his troops to participate in the three major battles in the south of the Yangtze River and won. After that, Genhao led his troops to participate in three offensive operations in the northeast in summer, autumn and winter.
In the summer campaign, first annihilate the 38th Division 1 12 Regiment of the Kuomintang New Army, and then continue to pursue the victory and annihilate the temporary 2 1 Division of the enemy.
In Siping Campaign, he led his troops to fight fiercely with Kuomintang troops 15 day and night.
In the autumn battle, the commander of the enemy's second division was directly killed. Under his command, the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces successively captured Liaoyang, Anshan, Yingkou and other military places, and were commended by Chairman Mao.
1948165438+10 Hong Xuezhi led his troops to the battle of Peiping and Tianjin, which blocked the way for the defenders of Peiping and Tianjin to escape at sea and took part in the tough battle of Peiping and Tianjin.
1950, Hong Xuezhi launched the battle of Wanshan Islands and sank four warships, creating a miracle of sinking warships with wooden sailboats.
What is most commendable for Hong Xuezhi is that it established a solid logistics supply road for volunteers in the Korean War.
On the Korean battlefield, our army lacks the guarantee of air superiority. Under the American bombing and bad weather conditions, Hong Xuezhi improvised under various unfavorable conditions and provided solid logistical support.
The experience of logistics support in the Korean War also provided valuable experience for China's later joint logistics support.
In this way, Comrade Chen Yun saw Hong Xuezhi's carefulness and ability and decided to give him this task.
Under the persuasion of Comrade Chen Yun, Hong Xuezhi recalled the days when he fought bloody battles in the Fourth Field Army, and finally agreed to Comrade Chen Yun's request.
However, Hong Xuezhi put forward a condition: "I can be responsible for the history of the four fields, but I need the old chief to be the general adviser, and leave the specific matters to me."
Comrade Chen Yun agreed to this request. Originally, Comrade Chen Yun wanted to be personally responsible for the compilation of military history, but because of his advanced age, he really had no energy to complete the compilation of military history of the Fourth Field Army, so he gave it to Hong Xuezhi after careful consideration.
After returning to Beijing, Hong Xuezhi immediately applied to the Central Committee for the compilation of History of the Fourth Field Army, and applied for the construction of a memorial hall for the Battle of Peiping and Tianjin.
After receiving the application, the CPC Central Committee attached great importance to it and immediately approved it, appointing Chen Yun as the general counsel and Hong Xuezhi as the leader of the writing leading group, and began to write the History of the Fourth Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
At the beginning of the mission, Hong Xuezhi had a headache.
Because at that time, the compilation of the military history of the first, second and third field armies had basically ended, and the military history of Hua Ye was drawing to a close.
However, due to historical reasons, the compilation of the military history of the Fourth Field Army is almost zero, and many materials are seriously lost. If you want to start compiling, you have to collect data again.
Faced with so many problems, Hong Xuezhi can only find Comrade Chen Yun again and discuss with him how to solve them.
Finally, after discussion between two people, they decided to stick to the principle of seeking truth from facts.
In the process of the Fourth Field Army's expedition to the south and the war to the north, the team gradually expanded and incorporated many surrendered Kuomintang troops. The personnel composition is very complicated, so it is difficult to collect information.
In order to ensure the smooth compilation of military history, they decided to seek help from shenyang military area command and Guangzhou Military Region.
Historical materials are divided into northeast battlefield and south battlefield according to the route and combat area of the Fourth Field Army.
Fill in the missing parts through the internal information of the army. As for the small-scale battles such as the Battle of Pingjin, they were handed over to the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences for sorting out.
For some vague historical materials, we can understand what happened at that time by interviewing veterans and their dictation.
Hong Xuezhi personally led the team to look around, and the veterans were very excited and cooperated when they learned that they were going to compile the military history of the Fourth Field Army.
Unfortunately, Comrade Chen Yun's physical condition went from bad to worse. Finally, Comrade Chen Yun died in 1995, and he failed to see the success of compiling the military history of the Fourth Field Army.
However, before his death, Comrade Chen Yun left a final entrustment: "The compilation of the military history of the Fourth Field Army should not only be excellent, but also have facts, exchanges, comparisons and repetitions."
Hong Xuezhi held back his inner grief, insisted on Comrade Chen Yun's entrustment before his death, earnestly completed the compilation of military history, and finally completed the War History of the Fourth Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army 1998.
The compilation of military history in four fields ended with the construction of the Ping Jin Campaign Memorial Hall.
Due to historical reasons, the construction of the Ping Jin Campaign Memorial Hall has been postponed.
The construction of the Ping Jin Campaign Memorial Hall has also become Comrade Chen Yun's greatest wish before his death.
While accepting the task of compiling military history, Hong Xuezhi submitted an application to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to build a memorial hall for the Battle of Pingjin, which was approved.
However, in the preparation of the memorial hall, everyone has different opinions on the location of the memorial hall.
At that time, the main leaders, Comrade Chen Yun and Comrade Hong Xuezhi, wanted to build a memorial hall for the Ping Jin campaign in Tianjin.
Other comrades in the working group want to build a memorial hall in Beijing.
Because the Battle of Ping Jin played an important role in the War of Liberation, it was the victory of the Battle of Ping Jin that greatly accelerated the liberation of our country. And Beijing is the capital, so it is more memorable to build the memorial hall in the capital.
Hong Xuezhi, however, thinks that although it is very memorable to build it in the capital, the Beijing area was peacefully liberated at that time, and there was no large-scale fighting and resistance.
Tianjin is the main battlefield of Ping Jin Campaign and the place where the soldiers of the Fourth Field Army fought bloody battles. It is more suitable to build it in Tianjin.
After many discussions and careful studies by the CPC Central Committee, the construction site of the Pingjin Campaign Memorial Hall was set in Tianjin.
1997 The Pingjin Campaign Memorial Hall was successfully completed and its opening ceremony was held. The entire Pingjin Campaign Memorial Hall covers an area of 47,000 square meters. At the proposal of Chen Yun and Hong Xuezhi, the memorial hall is open to all free of charge.
Tianjin Municipal Government has listed it as the first batch of science and education bases in China.
Primary and middle school students all over the country can better learn the spirit of revolutionary ancestors and receive patriotic education here.
The most regrettable thing is that Comrade Chen Yun died before the completion of the memorial hall, and he couldn't see the completion of the memorial hall that he was obsessed with.
Hong Xuezhi finally lived up to Comrade Chen Yun's entrustment, and completed the compilation of the military history of the Fourth Field Army and the construction of the memorial hall for the Battle of Peiping and Tianjin, so that the former glory of the Fourth Field Army reappeared in front of the world.
But also enable future generations to remember the contributions of revolutionary martyrs who shed their blood in those years, and provide valuable experience and historical materials for future generations' historical research work.