In 1994, Chen Yun, who was already 89 years old, suddenly received a letter. At this time, he had been retired for many years, rarely participated in party affairs, and rarely interacted with outsiders. Who would send him a letter?
After opening the envelope, the signature of "Daoming" at the end of the letter attracted his attention. He immediately finished reading the letter seriously and couldn't help but sigh.
The letter was actually sent by Lin Biao's daughter. She made two requests in the letter, and these two requests were also related to the Fourth Field Army.
In the War of Liberation, the Fourth Field Army and Lin Biao can be said to be closely related. Why is his daughter suddenly writing a letter to Chen Yun? What are the two requirements?
Lin Biao’s daughter’s requirements
Most people think that after Lin Biao passed away, the only descendants of the Lin family were Lin Liheng , that is, Lin Biao and Ye Qun’s daughter Lin Doudou.
In fact, Lin Doudou also has a sister named Lin Xiaolin .
Lin Xiaolin is the daughter of Lin Biao and his first wife Zhang Mei. Zhang Mei’s original name is Liu Xinmin. She and Lin Biao met and got married at the Yan'an Red Army University.
1941 gave birth to his daughter Lin Xiaolin.
But the two of them failed to reach the end, because they had a long time of disagreement and had already started to have conflicts in the Soviet Union.
Later, because of the war, Lin Biao was about to return from the Soviet Union, and specifically instructed Zhang Mei: " You can take good care of your children here, learn Russian well, and be a Russian translator for me after returning home. "
As a result, this sentence became empty words. Zhang Mei took the children alone. It was not until 1947 that Luo Ronghuan and his wife went to the Soviet Union that she learned from Luo Ronghuan and his wife that Lin Biao had already married Ye Qun and had already had children, so she asked her to marry another person.
Zhang Mei waited for 5 years, and only one letter of breakup came. Although Zhang Mei was sad, she still gritted her teeth and persevered, raising Lin Xiaolin alone.
Lin Xiaolin also lacked the care of her father, and her relationship with Lin Biao was not good, and she was even a little alienated.
Especially because of the "stepmother"'s interference, Lin Xiaolin's only father-daughter relationship for Lin Biao disappeared.
1950, after the founding of New China , Lin Xiaolin was finally taken back to live and go to school in China.
But because of Ye Qun's existence, Lin Xiaolin's identity is not well-known to the outside world, and she has never used her father's identity to seek any "special preferential treatment" for herself.
This has led many people to think that Lin Biao only has Lin Liheng, and Lin Xiaolin's existence has been in a process of being ignored for a long time.
But Lin Xiaolin never complained about her father. Although Lin Biao's actions had a very serious impact on her life, Lin Xiaolin never complained.
In 1975, Lin Xiaolin was transferred from Dali, Yunnan to the National Defense Science and Technology Commission in Beijing by the central government. His main work was to be responsible for the translation and management of Russian materials.
In order to completely let go of the past, Lin Xiaolin took the initiative to change his name to "Daoming".
Although Lin Xiaolin has never experienced wars, she has also experienced a life-threatening life in the depths of Xinjiang's desert, so she has always hoped to use her own strength to build the country.
1994, Lin Xiaolin finally plucked up the courage to write a letter to Chen Yun, and put forward two requirements:
1. Compose a military history for the Fourth Field Army;
2. Build a military history memorial for Pingjin Battle .
It turns out that during the long-term work, other field army had a large amount of historical records, but Lin Xiaolin rarely saw records of the Fourth Field Army, so many people at that time did not know much about the contributions made by the Fourth Field Army.
In the War of Liberation, the Fourth Field Army also made outstanding contributions to the founding of New China. Therefore, Lin Xiaolin believes that the efforts of all the soldiers of the Fourth Field Army should not be "burned" because of his father's mistakes, and that those heroes who died in the Battle of Pingjin should not be forgotten.
That's why she made such a request. The reason why she chose to write a letter to Chen Yun was because Chen Yun was retired and at home, but she was still concerned about national affairs at all times. Another reason was that Chen Yun and Lin Xiaolin also had the same view.
Chen Yun has experienced all important historical periods within the party, and has also participated in all the historical decisions made by the Party Central Committee in different historical periods. He is also one of the second generation of core leaders in the party. As long as he speaks, the Fourth Field Peace Battle of Pingjin will definitely attract people's attention again.
To restore the fourth field, I asked Hong Xuezhi for help
Chen Yun thought carefully and nodded immediately to agree to this matter.
For this reason, he specially found General Hong Xuezhi and asked him to come forward to help complete this "task".
The reason why Chen Yun invited Hong Xuezhi was, firstly, because Hong Xuezhi had participated in the entire construction process of the Fourth Field Army; secondly, because he had participated in the Pingjin Battle, and no one knew this history more clearly than him; the last important reason is that Hong Xuezhi once worked under Chen Yun, and the two made great contributions to the development of New China. In terms of personal relationships, the relationship between the two is deeper than that of ordinary people.
Chen Yun rarely interferes in external affairs, so when he first received a call from Chen Yun, Hong Xuezhi was also very surprised. He could not have imagined that there would be something that could alarm Chen Yun, who was already only 90 years old, to come forward to solve it himself.
Out of respect for the elders and revolutionary ancestors, Hong Xuezhi felt Hong Xuezhi at the first time.
As soon as we met, Chen Yun expressed his thoughts: " Xuezhi, I have something to do, the military compilation work of the First Field and the Second Field have basically been completed, and the Third Field is also sorting out the materials. How should the Fourth Field be handled? "
The two are worthy of being partners they worked with. Hong Xuezhi immediately understood the meaning of Chen Yun's words: "Do you want to compile the military history of the Fourth Field?"
Chen Yun nodded, but Hong Xuezhi showed a little bit of disgrace on his face. Seeing this, Chen Yun said: " Not long ago, Lin Xiaolin wrote me a letter. What she said makes sense. The contribution of the Fourth Field is It belongs to everyone. "
Hong Xuezhi still did not nodded in agreement. Chen Yun continued, " Among our founding generals, more than 500 of them were generals from the Fourth Field Army. Aren't you one of them? "
Under Chen Yun's persuasion, Hong Xuezhi finally figured it out. He nodded and said, "The task of is a heavy responsibility. I cannot make a decision without authorization. I need to ask my superiors first. "
The two of them talked for a moment, and Hong Xuezhi left in a hurry.
After returning to the army, Hong Xuezhi immediately wrote a report and submitted it to the central government, asking the central government to help implement the opinions.
Not long after, the report was approved by the central government, and Hong Xuezhi also started the preparations at the first time.
The Fourth Field Army is a great and special group in the history of the New China Revolution. It is one of the main forces of the People's Liberation Army during the Liberation War. It is composed of the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army and the Democratic Alliance Army in the Northeast after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan. Therefore, it is also called the Northeast Field Army .
Since the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, the armies of each sub-district have begun to concentrate on developing the military strength of the troops and prepare for wars that may break out again at any time.
During this period, the military strength of the Fourth Field Army was also rapidly improved with the support of the strong industrial foundation of the Northeast region.
In order to expand its influence and stabilize the situation in various places, the Northeast Democratic Alliance began to divide the troops into various places in a planned manner, and at the same time mobilized the masses to completely eliminate the remaining enemy forces.
From November 1945 to March 1946, they wiped out more than 70,000 bandits in the Northeast, and the situation in the Northeast was further stabilized.
At the same time, they carried out a unified coup for the troops, merged and redivided different military regions, and successfully launched the battle to defend Siping .
Although our army suffered heavy losses in this battle, it still has a considerable significance because this battle completely opened their name.
In March 1949, after several years of battle, the Fourth Field Team was finally successfully established, and Lin Biao became the commander of the Fourth Field Team.
Later, the Fourth Field Army participated in many battles, and the Pingjin Battle was completed under the promotion of the Fourth Field Army. The three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai and Pingjin successfully eliminated the main force of the Kuomintang, reducing the power of the Kuomintang by most of them.
So Lin Xiaolin's proposal is still very necessary. The Fourth Field Army is a must-see, and it cannot be ignored because of the fault of some people. Other heroes cannot be buried, and those heroes who died in the Battle of Pingjin are forgotten.
Hong Xuezhi immediately wrote a set of plans and submitted them to the central government, and was recognized by the central government again.
Soon, the military history compilation work of the Fourth Field Army officially began. In order to restore the history of the Fourth Field Army more detailed and clearly, the editors visited many soldiers who had served in the Fourth Field Army before finalizing the final writing plan.
At the same time, the construction of Pingjin Battle Memorial Hall was also put on the agenda. This should have been a welcome thing, but soon they encountered a problem in the site selection, that is, where should the Pingjin Battle Memorial Hall be built?
Some people believe that although this battle was launched to liberate Beiping , the Pingjin Battle actually only attacked Tianjin, so the memorial hall should be built in Tianjin.
Some people also believe that since it is the battle to liberate Peking, the memorial hall should be built in Beijing.
But at that time, the number of memorial halls in Beijing had basically been saturated. It was not suitable to build the Pingjin Battle Memorial Hall in Beijing, so the memorial hall was finally built in Tianjin.
In 1995, under the leadership of the Beijing Military Region, the Beijing government departments and the Tianjin government dispatched together to complete the foundation laying of the memorial hall in Hongqiao District, Tianjin.
Unfortunately, before the memorial hall was fully completed, Chen Yun passed away due to illness.
In 1997, the Pingjin Battle Memorial Hall was finally successfully completed under the anticipation of the crowd, and the opening ceremony was held. The Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Zhang Wannian specially arrived in Tianjin to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completion of the Pingjin Battle Memorial Hall.
This land covering an area of only 47,000 square meters consists of four parts: Victory Plaza, main exhibition hall, multi-dimensional demonstration and military authority. From the front hall to the back hall, it perfectly shows the arduous journey before and after the Battle of Pingjin. Marshal Nie Rongzhen also wrote the name of the special hall himself.
walked through the guidance hall. Looking around, they were almost all cultural relics that the soldiers who had fought bloody battles had used. The guidance picture shows a detailed description of that history so that people can understand the battle and its impact more clearly.
Walking into the guidance hall, it seems like you are in that bloody battle. The strong revolutionary atmosphere can always make people feel the passion and passion of that time.
There are also some cultural relics in the collection, which can be seen that the revolutionary patriots of that era were calm and persevering when facing war.
The compilation work of the Fourth Field Army was originally subject to some controversy because of Lin Biao, but after Hong Xuezhi asked Chen Yun for advice, the compilation work was also progressed smoothly and finally completed successfully.
This military history containing all the deeds of the Fourth Field Army has also become the first official document to record and describe it directly. The whole article has a total of 130,000 words, which fully displays the combat process of the Fourth Field Army from its establishment to its later development.
From the composition of the Fourth Field Army to the later process of participating in the War of Liberation and participating in the Battle of Pingjin, all of them are real manifestations.
As Chen Yun said: "Writing truthfully in , real history is the most important thing. "
This book not only presents a real Four Fields, but also objectively shows Lin Biao during the Four Fields period. After the publication of the book
, Lin Xiaolin was extremely excited. Her long-cherished wish was fulfilled by many years, which was a matter of her mind.
Later, Lin Xiaolin went to Chen Yun's tomb and expressed his gratitude to her. Although she had no feelings for her father, the heroes in the Fourth Field Army finally had their names, which was the greatest comfort for her.
