In September 1976, generals from all over the country and thousands of people rushed to Beijing, because the great leader Chairman Mao passed away and the superstar fell. The whole country was sad.
Xu Shiyou, who was the commander of Guangzhou Military Region at that time, came from Guangzhou thousands of miles away to bid farewell to the last journey of his extremely respected leader. After the memorial service of Chairman Mao, Minister of Defense Ye Jianying came to find Xu Shiyou and asked him in person: " Can you still command Nanjing Military Region ?"
Hearing this, Xu Shiyou fell into thought. After all, he is no longer the commander of the Nanjing Military Region.
pic | Xu Shiyou and Ye Jianying
Chairman Mao and Shi Chang passed away
On the evening of September 8, 1979, Chairman Mao was already dying, and the members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee came to the sickbed in groups and said goodbye to him. Ye Jianying, Wu De and Li Xiannian were in a group. The three of them came to Chairman Mao’s bedside and reported their names. Chairman Mao’s hand was moving slightly.
The three of them didn't stay for long and planned to withdraw. When they walked to the door, Chairman Mao signaled with his hand. A nurse next to him noticed Chairman Mao's meaning and immediately caught up with Ye Jianying: "Chief, Chairman, is greeting you."
Ye Jianying quickly walked to the hospital bed again. He shook hands with Chairman Mao, who was already very weak. Ye Jianying bent down and leaned his head and put his ear close to Chairman Mao's mouth. Seeing what Chairman Mao wanted to give advice, Chairman Mao's lips moved slightly, as if he was going to say something, but he couldn't say it.
Finally, Chairman Mao's fingers moved slightly on the back of Ye Jianying's hand a few times, and without saying anything in his heart, Ye Jianying stayed for a while and walked out of the ward.
That night, no one left the hospital, so everyone waited in the corridor, staring at the surveillance graphics, hoping that a miracle would happen, but not. At 0:10 am on September 9, 1976, Chairman Mao's heart stopped beating and he left us forever.
bad news came out, and countless people rushed to Beijing to bid farewell to the respected leader for the last time.
Chairman Mao and Ye Jianying
As old friends who have been with Chairman Mao for decades, Xu Shiyou was deeply saddened. He followed Chairman Mao to fight south and north, and ushered in the founding of New China. Even the name Xu Shiyou was given to him by Chairman Mao. With such profound emotions, Xu Shiyou, who has always been straightforward, does not hide his sadness and sadness.
Xu Shiyou burst into tears, and cut all the photos and portraits of Chairman Mao in the pictorial, posted them on the wall of his bedroom, sitting alone in the room without saying a word for a long time.
On the day of Chairman Mao’s death, Xu Shiyou took a special plane to Beijing. The mourning hall to mourn Chairman Mao was set up in Great Hall of the People . Xu Shiyou went straight to the Great Hall of the People to wake Chairman Mao, but because he was carrying a gun, it was a pistol seized by him leading his troops from a commander of the Kuomintang. For many years, Xu Shiyou has kept this gun on his waist and always kept the gun and the gun. When he was about to go in, he was stopped by the guard at the door: "Chief, you can't bring a gun when you go in."
Xu Shiyou was a straightforward person and said straight to the point: "Why can't I bring a gun in?"
guard explained that it was a rule, and Xu Shiyou asked directly: "Which regulations are? Why don't I know?" After that, he glanced around with a majestic look, and then walked into the Great Hall of the People angrily. The guards dared not stop him at all.
pic | Chairman Mao and Xu Shiyou
On September 18, Chairman Mao’s memorial service was grandly held in Tiananmen Square . The vast number of leaders and thousands of people gathered in the square to bid farewell to the leader Chairman Mao’s last journey.
Marshal Ye Jianying regrets Chairman Mao’s death, and at the same time does not forget the burden on his shoulders. He must live up to Chairman Mao’s entrustedness and protect the motherland and the people. After Chairman Mao’s memorial service, Ye Jianying found General Xu Shiyou: "Can you still command the Nanjing Military Region?"
Xu Shiyou thought for a while, and then answered firmly: "No problem, the current commander of the Nanjing Military Region is my bodyguard."
Xu Shiyou's beloved general
In 1955, Xu Shiyou was appointed as the commander of the Nanjing Military Region. In 1973, the eight military regions were transferred. Xu Shiyou went to Guangzhou to serve as the commander of the Guangzhou Military Region. When Chairman Mao passed away in 1976, the commander of the Nanjing Military Region was Nie Fengzhi , Xu Shiyou's old subordinate.
Picture|Nie Fengzhi and Xu Shiyou and his wife
To talk about the years of friendship between Xu Shiyou and Nie Fengzhi, it can be traced back to the war decades ago During the fight.
1929, Nie Fengzhi was 16 years old. He suffered a lot from a poor family since childhood. Nie Fengzhi was determined to sign up for the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and join the revolution. Nie Fengzhi was small and small. When he went to register, the company commander of the Red Army was unwilling to accept him.
Nie Fengzhi did not give up. He followed the Red Army troops every day. Wherever the troops went, he followed him, leading the way for the Red Army, standing guard and reconnaissing the enemy situation. His determination and fighting spirit impressed the Red Army's company commander, and admitted him in an extraordinary manner. Nie Fengzhi was able to join the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army . html l3
1930, his company was organized as the 7th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division. Nie Fengzhi was a company servant, the commander of the 1st Regiment was Wang Shusheng, the commander of the 1st Division was Xu Xiangqian, and Xu Shiyou was a company commander of the 1st Regiment.
During the Red Army, Xu Shiyou and Nie Fengzhi participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations in the Hubei, Henan and Anhui Soviet Area, Sichuan and Shaanxi Soviet Area anti-"three-way siege" operations, and the Long March of the Red Army. Nie Fengzhi served under Xu Shiyou for a long time.
pic | Nie Fengzhi
pic | Nie Fengzhi
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The soldiers of the army all know that Xu Shiyou is a straightforward person. Sometimes when analyzing combat mistakes after the war, Xu Shiyou would not hide it and curse directly to warn everyone. When Xu Shiyou's temper comes up, his subordinates are always nervous and nervous. Nie Fengzhi seems to be different from others. He is also a very energetic person, and he can say things straight.
After the battle at the Beihe Temple, the battles of the three division commanders Nie Fengzhi, Sun Duanfu and Liu Yong were all unsatisfactory. In the command post, Xu Shiyou said to the three of them: "Before the war, they spoke better than singing, and they were all heroes. After a battle, they were all bear bags! He also said that he was a general who was always defeated. I think he was a general who was often defeated..."
and the few people listened to Xu Shiyou's "swearing" and did not dare to speak. It was indeed the result of the battle that was unsatisfactory and should reflect. When Xu Shiyou was teaching a few people, Nie Fengzhi spoke up and refuted: "Although the three of us have something wrong, you can just curse it almost. We keep scolding it, and let it live? From yesterday to now, we have not eaten a bite of food and our stomachs are about to be hungry. "
The person next to Nie Fengzhi was stunned by Nie Fengzhi's "bold".
Xu Shiyou really "don't scold" anymore. Hearing that everyone had time to have a good meal, he immediately instructed the guard to prepare food for everyone. Xu Shiyou appreciated Nie Fengzhi's outspokenness.
pic | Nie Fengzhi and his comrades are together
Xu Shiyou and Nie Fengzhi, both of them are children of farmers, and they have bravely fought from poor life. They are both upright and upright people, and have formed a deep fighting friendship in their long combat career.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Shiyou was the commander of the Jiaodong Military Region. He led his troops to defeat the "sweeping-offs" of the Japanese and puppet troops many times, consolidate and develop Jiaodong Anti-Japanese Base , while Nie Fengzhi was the leader of the 13th Regiment of the Jiaodong Military Region and participated in many battles.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to draw troops from Shandong Branch and Shandong Military Region to the Northeast. Nie Fengzhi, who was the commander of the 5th Division of the Jiaodong Military Region at the time, was selected by Military Commission and became one of the candidates to advance into the Northeast.
Xu Shiyou did not want this old subordinate to leave, and he told Nie Fengzhi directly in person: "Don't go to the Northeast, continue to stay in the battlefield in Shandong. ”
Nie Fengzhi has been unable to understand. The Central Military Commission clearly ordered why Xu Shiyou notified himself to stay. Later, Nie Fengzhi realized that Xu Shiyou was really reluctant to part with his beloved general, so he sent a telegram to the Central Military Commission in the name of the leader of the Jiaodong Military Region, saying that Nie Fengzhi was unwell and needed to rest. He suggested that the Central Military Commission change another candidate.
The Central Military Commission replied: Agree.Xu Shiyou finally kept Nie Fengzhi, and the two fought side by side on the Shandong battlefield.
pic | Xu Shiyou
In the early days of the Liberation War, Xu Shiyou served as the commander of the 9th Column of the East China Field Army. Nie Fengzhi was the chief of staff of the 9th Column of the East China Field Army. The two fought side by side and participated in the battles of Laiwu, Menglianggu and other battles.
In September 1948, Xu Shiyou was personally designated by Chairman Mao as the commander-in-chief of the Jinan Battle Siege Force. Jinan is not only the capital of Shandong Province, but also the last defender of Chiang Kai-shek in Shandong. Chairman Mao and the Central Military Commission attached great importance to Jinan Battle , giving Xu Shiyou two to three months.
In the battle of Jinan, Xu Shiyou's love general Nie Fengzhi led the 9th Column to be organized in the Siege East Group to take on the assist task. When issuing the superior order, Nie Fengzhi boldly replaced the "assist" with "main attack".
At the oath-taking meeting, the commander and battalion commander of the Ninth Column emphasized the "main attack" task when they came to the stage to speak, which puzzled Xu Shiyou, the commander-in-chief of the rostrum who came to do mobilization work. Is it an "assist" or "main attack"? Xu Shiyou quietly asked the political commissar Tan Zhenlin: " Boss Tan , is this order sent wrong?"
Tan Zhenlin sent a staff officer to quickly call for inquiries and confirmed that it was a "assist" and returned to Xu Shiyou: "That's right, I The Ninth Column was the 'assist'. "
Picture | Tan Zhenlin (center)
Xu Shiyou then went to the 9th Column Command, his face changed, and he shouted to Nie Fengzhi: "Nie Fengzhi, you are so brave. The battle is imminent, you actually dare to change the order of Huaye privately."
Nie Fengzhi quickly explained that the reason why he changed the "assist" task to "main attack" was just to mobilize morale and let the soldiers fight freely, so as to quickly annihilate the enemy. Nie Fengzhi told Xu Shiyou: "If we attacked each other in the east and the east, it would be very likely that the enemy's deployment would be inconsistent. We can't figure out where we are the main attacker and where we assist. Isn't this better?"
html fought side by side for more than 0 years, and Xu Shiyou trusted Nie Fengzhi. After hearing Nie Fengzhi's explanation, Xu Shiyou didn't say anything more. He told Nie Fengzhi: "A knife in the west, a knife in the east, two knifes poked in the inside, piercing his internal organs!"On September 16, 1948, the battle of Jinan started, and the soldiers of the Ninth Column were motivated and fought bravely. On September 24, the Jinan Battle was won, and the Kuomintang general Wang Yaowu was captured in this battle. This victory greatly inspired the soldiers' confidence in fighting.
A captured Kuomintang general asked Nie Fengzhi with confusion: "Which side is your army siege the main force?"
"Both sides are the main force." Nie Fengzhi replied with a smile. His change to "assistance" to "main attack" has become a good story, thanks to Xu Shiyou's trust.
pic | Nie Fengzhi
People's Liberation Army is invincible, brave and fearless, the Kuomintang army is defeated step by step, decades of revolutionary road finally ushered in victory. After the founding of New China , Xu Shiyou and Nie Fengzhi both participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea to defend their country.
After returning from the Korean battlefield, Xu Shiyou first served as the second deputy commander of East China Military Region . In 1955, Xu Shiyou was appointed as the commander of the Nanjing Military Region; and Nie Fengzhi also served as the deputy commander of the East China Military Region Zhejiang East Front Command, Nanjing Military Region Air Force , Fuzhou Military Region Air Force commander.
1973, Chairman Mao agreed with Ye Jianying's opinion and decided to reciprocate the commanders of the eight military regions. According to the order, the reciprocating was as follows:
Nanjing Military Region Commander Xu Shiyou and Guangzhou Military Region Commander Ding Sheng;
Shenyang Military Region Commander Chen Xi and Beijing Military Region Commander Li Desheng;
Jinan Military Region Commander Commander Yang Dezhi exchanged with Wuhan Military Region Commander Zeng Siyu;
Fuzhou Military Region Commander Han Xianchu and Lanzhou Military Region Commander Pi Dingjun exchanged with
In this way, Xu Shiyou left Nanjing and went to Guangzhou. Later, Nie Fengzhi took over as Xu Shiyou and became the commander of Nanjing Military Region.
Picture | Ye Jianying and Zhou Enlai
When Ye Jianying found Xu Shiyou, he was no longer the commander of the Nanjing Military Region, but Nanjing’s position is important. Now Premier Zhou, General Zhu and Chairman Mao have passed away one after another. Three highly respected and important leaders have left us. The impact is huge. Stabilizing the next situation is an important task for other leaders.
As a veteran, Ye Jianying trusts Xu Shiyou. It would be great if Xu Shiyou could continue to command the Nanjing Military Region, which would be beneficial to the country and the people. Considering this, Ye Jianying chose to ask Xu Shiyou for his opinion and received his affirmative answer.
Nie Fengzhi's care
After promised Ye Jianying, Xu Shiyou quickly contacted his old comrade Nie Fengzhi. Nie Fengzhi did not hesitate to choose to believe Xu Shiyou and Ye Jianying without hesitation, quickly completed the work handover of the Nanjing Military Region and handed over the command power to Xu Shiyou.
With the efforts of national leaders such as Ye Jianying and Xu Shiyou, the people lived a stable life after experiencing the grief of the death of the great man.
pic | Xu Shiyou
After retirement in his later years, Xu Shiyou lived in Nanjing. He lived at Zhongshan Mausoleum No. 28, and Nie Fengzhi was also the commander of the Nanjing Military Region. When Nie Fengzhi was still free, he would visit Xu Shiyou. When he went there, he would bring some fruits or Moutai liquor that Xu Shiyou loved to drink. When Nie Fengzhi went there, he would chat with Xu Shiyou and fish by the pond.
In 1981, to celebrate the 54th anniversary of the founding of the army, the Nanjing Military Region organized a grand military parade in Gulou Square in Nanjing. Tens of thousands of people came to visit the military parade. Although Nie Fengzhi was the commander of the Nanjing Military Region, he did not forget the old leader Xu Shiyou and insisted on inviting Xu Shiyou to participate.
On the day of the military parade, Nie Fengzhi invited Xu Shiyou into the command car and inspected the officers and soldiers of the three armies with him. The two "chiefs" left a beautiful memory for the reviewing troops together.
Later, Xu Shiyou's health became worse and worse. In 1985, the Nanjing Military Region General Hospital conducted a physical examination on Xu Shiyou. It turned out that his physical condition was not optimistic and even had the possibility of cancer. In order to determine Xu Shiyou's physical condition faster, several leaders of the Nanjing Military Region agreed: go to the People's Liberation Army General Hospital for further examinations.
All the members of the Party Committee Standing Committee signed the report and sent it to Commander Nie Fengzhi for review.
pic | Nie Fengzhi
Nie Fengzhi finished his work and finally got rested. His secretary quickly told Nie Fengzhi the report. Nie Fengzhi, who was woken up from sleep, was about to lose his temper, but when he saw the news, he was stunned. He was silent for a long time, and finally he held the pen in his hand and signed the report tremblingly.
He urged his secretary to properly arrange for Xu Shiyou to go to a hospital in Beijing for treatment.
And Xu Shiyou didn't know everything. Although everyone had thought about it, it was also very difficult to ask Xu Shiyou to leave Nanjing to treat his illness. The unanimous opinion of all the leaders of the Nanjing Military Region was: Let Nie Fengzhi persuade Xu Shiyou to go to Beijing for examination.
Nie Fengzhi understands the old boss's temper. He patiently persuades Beijing, with advanced examination methods and much better treatment conditions. He hopes that Xu Shiyou can go to Beijing and so on, but no matter how he persuades him, Xu Shiyou just insists on one thing: not to go.
Picture | Xu Shiyou
Xu Shiyou insisted on his opinion, but Nie Fengzhi was unable to do anything. Finally, under the consultation of all the leaders of the Nanjing Military Region, the Nanjing Military Region General Hospital dispatched a special medical team to serve as Xu Shiyou's health care work and always monitor his health.
Nie Fengzhi took the time to see him. Later, his health became worse and worse, and Xu Shiyou could only sleep in bed. Nie Fengzhi always cared about him. On October 22, 1985, 80-year-old Xu Shiyou closed his eyes at the Nanjing Military Region General Hospital.
7 years later, Nie Fengzhi also died in Nanjing.
