In June 1967, Chairman Mao met with relevant personnel at Great Hall of the People . Before the reception event began, Chairman Mao specifically said to the staff: "Remember to see if the commander of the Beijing Military Region Zheng Weishan has arrived."
Chairman Mao asked Zheng Weishan three times if he was present, but unfortunately, he received a negative answer. Seeing that the time was up, the staff said to Chairman Mao, "Chairman, the time is up, why don't we start first?" Chairman Mao shook his head and said, "No, if Comrade Zheng Weishan doesn't come, don't start!"
When Zheng Weishan arrived at the venue, Chairman Mao asked the staff to announce the start of the event. During this period, Chairman Mao also took the initiative to hold Zheng Weishan's hand and said: "There is Xu Shiyou in the south and Zheng Weishan in the north. I'll be relieved if you two are here!"
Who is Zheng Weishan? Why can Chairman Mao take it so seriously?
Zheng Weishan, who made Fu Zuoyi feel uneasy,
Zheng Weishan was born in Xinxian County, Henan Province in 1915. He joined the Communist Party in 1930 and joined the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in the same year. Zheng Weishan's father was also an old revolutionary. He participated in the Juma riot and served as the chairman of the village Soviet. Under the influence of his father, Zheng Weishan's thoughts changed and his yearning for revolution became deeper and deeper.
In 1930, Zheng Weishan brought more than 70 Red Guards to participate in Red Army , and he also became Xu Xiangqian's messenger. In 1933, Zheng Weishan was promoted to the political commissar of the 27th Division of the Red 9th Army for his outstanding performance. He was only 18 years old at the time, at the age of moving forward bravely and not afraid of death.
Zheng Weishan
In Red Fourth Front Army , Zheng Weishan has a famous nickname "Night Tiger". In the famous Huangmaoya battle, he led his troops to attack the enemy at night. After a fierce battle, he wiped out 14,000 Sichuan Army soldiers, which also made the 88th Division a "close, fast, fierce and cruel" combat style.
On the way to Long March , Zheng Weishan climbed snowy mountains three times, crossed grasslands three times, and even participated in the main Red Army meeting three times. At the end of 1936, Zheng Weishan led the soldiers of the 88th Division to participate in the Western Expedition of the Western Army of and commanded the battles of Sishilipu, Yongchang and others. But it is a pity that the Western Route Army eventually failed and almost wiped out the entire army, with extremely heavy losses.
In 1937, Zheng Weishan entered Yan'an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University to study, and after graduation in 1938, he was sent to the Jin-Cha-Hebei Anti-Japanese Front. In June 1947, when our army changed from strategic defense to strategic offensive in the War of Liberation, the Military Commission ordered Zheng Weishan to follow Liu and Deng's army south.
Zheng Weishan was very happy after learning the news because his dream was to go to the front line to kill the enemy. But at this moment, Nie Rongzhen also valued Zheng Weishan's ability. He tried his best to keep Zheng Weishan and persuaded Zhu De, and in the end Zheng Weishan stayed. In July 11947, Jinchaji Field Army was officially established, and Zheng Weishan served as the commander of the third column.
Among the many PLA generals, Zheng Weishan is famous for his "capable fighting". The third column he led gallops on the battlefield in North China and is called the "North China Power Team" for his courage to fight. As a brave and wise general, Zheng Weishan also wrote the most brilliant page of his military career on the battlefield in North China.
1947 Qingfengdian Battle , the Field Army Command originally planned to let Zheng Weishan lead the soldiers of the third column evacuate near Xushui and Dingxing and attack westward. But Zheng Weishan had different opinions. He said: "If we continue to stick to it, we can achieve the effect of 'leaving the snake out of the hole', so that we can capture all the enemies in one place!"
Not long after, Zheng Weishan sent a telegram to the Field Army Headquarters. Because the situation was relatively urgent, his tone in the telegram was not very good: "We did not consider it, and we are not going to attack westward in the future to attack Laishui . My opinion is to stick to our position and strive to wipe out the enemy completely."
The head of the Field Army Command was not angry after receiving the telegram from Zheng Weishan, but agreed to his opinion. It was precisely because of Zheng Weishan's persistence that the enemy mistakenly thought he had captured the main force of our army, which led to the enemy's 3rd Army to escape from Shijiazhuang and go north to fight our army. After a fierce battle, Zheng Weishan's troops wiped out the enemy's 3rd Army and captured the enemy commander Luo Lirong alive.
In January 1948, in order to attack the arrogance of Fu Zuoyi's troops, the Jin-Cha-Hebei Field Army sent 6 columns of troops to attack Pinghan Road and other places. Faced with our army's attack, Fu Zuoyi was not afraid at all. He was not afraid of it except In addition to instructing local troops to fight, its main force continued to stay in place and look for the best time to act. Seeing this, the field army command immediately changed its tactics. First, it concentrated the forces of two columns to attack Baoding , and then with the cooperation of local militia and troops, pretended to attack Baoding, which made Fu Zuoyi feel that our army must win Baoding. Sure enough, Fu Zuoyi thought that our army really wanted to seize Baoding, and then ordered the main force Pinghan Corps to start the action. Once the Pinghan Corps starts to act, it means that the enemy troops stationed in Laishui are relatively weak. Therefore, Yang Dezhi, commander of the field army , immediately decided to let Zheng Wei Shan led the soldiers of the Third Column to head north, attack Laishui, and annihilate the enemy troops stationed here.
Fu Zuoyi
January 11, Fu Zuoyi realized that he had been deceived, and immediately ordered the direct troops and commander of the 35th Army, known as the "Ace Army", to lead the 32nd Division to take a car south. The enemy's 35th Army was Fu Zuoyi's direct troops, and Fu Zuoyi was the first commander of the army. and the 32nd Division was one of Fu Zuoyi's two backbone forces, and he was praised as the "Tiger Head Division". All officers and soldiers of the division wore tiger head armbands.
Fu Zuoyi sent the 32nd Division to win, so Zheng Weishan decided to strike down his arrogance. He decided not to attack Laishui City for the time being, but to annihilate the enemy troops coming to support first. This plan was also approved by Yang Dezhi.
htmlOn January 13, Zheng Weishan led the soldiers of the Third Column to wipe out the 32nd Division of Fu Zuoyi. The division commander Li Mingding was killed in the melee, and the commander of the 35th Army Lu Yinglin also committed suicide. Fu Zuoyi was heartbroken after learning the news and said: "We must eliminate Zheng Weishan's third column. If this revenge is not avenged, I am worthy of the title of a soldier in my 35th Army. "successfully annihilated Fu Zuoyi's ace army
On November 26, 1948, Zheng Weishan received an order and led the third column to the north and arrived in Laishui and other places to gather and standby. At this time, Fu Zuoyi knew that the battle in North China was inevitable, but he did not know whether to withdraw or continue to hold on. Therefore, Fu Zuoyi contracted the more than 500,000 troops on the Pingjin front and arranged it into " long snake formation ".
In response to Fu Zuoyi's plan, Chairman Mao made a combat policy of "suppressing the Northeast, dividing the siege, and annihilation on the spot". On December 6, Zheng Weishan led the soldiers to the north and implemented the plan formulated by Chairman Mao with his brothers to prepare to surround the new security guards.
The 35th Army of the Kuomintang Army, which was the army that Zheng Weishan wiped out Fu Zuoyi's 32nd Division before. Zheng Weishan decided to surround the troops first and then trap them in groups, so that Fu Zuoyi would not run away.
On December 8, Zheng Weishan led the third column and Zeng Siyu led the fourth column to completely surround the new security guard. In fact, as early as December 6, the enemy's 35th Army could evacuate, but the commander Guo Jingyun was arrogant. He said:
"Our weapons and equipment are much stronger than them, and we still have enough cars, even if the People's Liberation Army comes to attack, we can stop it. What's more, when we came, we only took one day to get to Zhangjiakou . Is it still going to take two days to go back? ”
However, when our army launched an attack, the enemy's 35th Army could not retreat because they were already surrounded by the soldiers of the Third and Fourth Columns.
At this time, Guo Jingyun realized something was wrong. He quickly ordered the 12th Brigade to break through, but unfortunately there was no breakthrough. After a fierce battle, the 35th Army was surrounded by our army in the new security city and was not allowed to enter and exit.
The 35th Army is Fu Zuoyi's ace army, so he naturally won't ignore it. Zheng Weishan knew Fu Zuoyi very well. He immediately sent a reconnaissance squad to reconnaissance east along the south bank of the Yang River, and instructed the scouts to pay special attention to the enemy situation in the direction of the earth and engineering.
Zheng Weishan (left)
On the morning of December 9, the scout came to report: "Report, there is movement in the direction of the earth and the earth!" At 3 pm, Zheng Weishan received another report: "A large number of enemy troops moved west along the Yanghe River south of the earth and the earth and the west." Zheng Weishan concluded based on these information: "This is very likely to be coming to pick up the enemy." So he hurriedly gave the fourth place to the fourth place. The commander of the column, Zeng Siyu, called, first told the other party about the situation, and then said, "Is there any troops in Shacheng area?"
Zeng Siyu said, "We have no troops in Shacheng. The main task of the Fourth Column is to do its best to prevent the 35th Army from fleeing east..." Zheng Weishan was a little anxious after hearing Zeng Siyu's words, because he knew that there was a small gap east of the new Baoan City. If the enemy approached from here, he could directly hit the rear of the People's Liberation Army.
Zheng Weishan didn't have time to think too much, so he immediately ordered the 9th Brigade and 7th Brigade to continue to defend the new security forces in accordance with the original plan; the 9th Brigade drew a regiment as the second echelon of the besieged city, and the main force of the column set out immediately to welcome the enemy troops advancing westward. At the same time, Zheng Weishan also reported the operation to the leader of the Corps.
On December 22, Zheng Weishan, in accordance with the orders of the superiors, attacked the new security guards with the soldiers of the Fourth Column and annihilated Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army. Immediately afterwards, Zheng Weishan led his troops to Datong , cutting off the attempt of Fu Zuoyi's troops who had fled west to Guisui and Dong Qi's armed forces, which played a very critical role in peacefully resolving the Suiyuan problem.
Zheng Weishan's last battle
After the outbreak of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Zheng Weishan served as deputy commander and chief of staff of the 19th Corps of the Volunteer Army and acting commander of the 20th Corps.
In April 1953, the Central Military Commission issued an order to rotate senior cadre positions, and Zheng Weishan and the new commander Yang Yong changed positions. Immediately afterwards, the commander of the Volunteer Army issued instructions for the summer counterattack. In order to fight the counterattack, the Military Commission asked Zheng Weishan and others to change their positions after the battle was over. In this way, Zheng Weishan participated in the combat meeting and accepted the task.
At the meeting, Zheng Weishan boldly proposed an idea:
"Selecting can make the defense of the Eastern Front unfavorable, and it is necessary to make the enemy in the Jincheng area unfavorable on the Eastern Front. After our army captures it, it will facilitate development to the west, and use the 883.7, 949.2 highlands and Cross Mountain as offensive targets. These three places are on the east side of Jincheng, which are the focus of the enemy's defense and our army's attack. The difficulty. "
Then Zheng Weishan carefully analyzed the significance of these three points and made arrangements: "The 60th Army attacked the 883.7, 949.2 and 973 Heights; the 67th Army mainly attacked the Cross Mountain; the 68th Army attacked the Cross Mountain for the second echelon." After Zheng Weishan put forward this opinion, it received many opposition because everyone felt that this plan was a risk. Zheng Weishan had a different opinion. He said: "If the lost ground of our army's outskirts is not taken back this time, it will be difficult to recover in the future, and there is no possibility of recovery..."
Zhang Zuliang
At that time, everyone did not speak, and the scene was silent. At this time, the commander of the 60th Army Zhang Zuliang broke the silence: "I think Commander Zheng has a good idea. The geographical location of these positions is very important. If the enemy focuses on defense and continues to launch attacks on our positions, it will pose a serious threat to our army.If you want to completely change this situation, you must completely remove it! ”
After a fierce discussion, a bold plan formed in Zheng Weishan's heart. He slapped the table and stood up and said: "Call, if you hit the wrong one, I will be fully responsible! ” Zhang Zuliang said: “You and I share the responsibility! "
Zheng Weishan waved his hand and said, "No, this is what I proposed, not to mention that I am still the commander of the Corps, so I should be fully responsible. OK, OK, that's it, the 60th Army attacked the 883.7 highland and the 949.2 highland..." After the
meeting, Zheng Weishan organized the preparations before the lurking, while repeatedly familiarizing himself with the terrain and sent three staff officers to the Volunteer Army Command to report on the work. After listening to the report, Deng Hua, deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, emphasized in particular: "Remember to make preparations. If the lurking is discovered by the enemy, you must launch a strong attack immediately. No matter what happens, the troops must rush to the enemy's position at all costs, and the artillery must be prepared to support at any time..."
Considering the actual difficulties of the 60th Army, Deng Hua decided to allocate the 20th Regiment of the 7th Artillery Division to them to enhance their ability to suppress and attack the enemy's firepower.
The next day, Zheng Weishan came to the 60th Army's garrison and came to the 180th Division with the commander Zhang Zuliang to visit the troops in the hiding mission. As soon as Zheng Weishan returned to the Corps headquarters, he received a call from Deng Hua: "How is it? Can you launch an attack on time? "Zheng Weishan said hesitantly: "It's not OK, it's still possible to postpone it for two days..."
Deng Hua asked in confusion: "What's going on? "Zheng Weishan said: "In the main attack direction of the 67th Army, because the enemy had thrown too many gasoline bombs before, the plants and trees were low after burning, and it was not easy to avoid. It needed to rely on the soldiers to dig holes to get close, so it would take two days to wait. "
Deng Hua said: "Then you can't sit still and wait for death in the past two years. You can have a feint attack and give the enemy an illusion. "Zheng Weishan said: "I have this idea and am preparing to launch an enemy position near the west bank of the Northern Han River in advance to attract the attention of the 5th Division of the South Korean. "
Before the battle started, Zheng Weishan moved the command center to Longmen Mountain, which is less than 2,000 meters away from the enemy's position. On the evening of June 9, more than 3,500 volunteer soldiers entered the lurking area. After a fierce battle and the heroic sacrifice of the soldiers, they finally successfully lurked to the designated location. Because the lurking was too successful, our army occupied South Korea's third place just over an hour after launching the battle. The position of the 27th Regiment of the 5th Division created a model battle to annihilate one enemy regiment at a time since the position war, and also created a miracle in the history of war.
On the third day, the 5th Division of the South Korean Army and the 3rd Division of the Reserve Team began to counterattack, but because our army was prepared for a long time, their counterattack failed. On June 15, our army successfully occupied all positions east of the North Han River of the 5th Division of the South Korean Army.
On June 12, the 67th Army of the Volunteer Army began to attack Cross Mountain west of Han River . After several hours of tunnel combat, our army annihilated most of the enemy and then quickly occupied the position. This battle was also praised by the Volunteer Army Command.
On June 14, the 20th Corps commanded by Zheng Weishan also occupied the true meaning of one division and one regiment of the enemy, and through cooperation, it also led to the meaning of cooperation. The results of the battle were recovered, and more than 30,000 enemy troops were killed and injured.
It is worth mentioning that this was the last battle commanded by General Zheng Weishan, and it was also the most glorious page in his war career. Afterwards, Xu Shiyou said to Zheng Weishan: "Old Zheng, have you ever thought about how to explain to the Military Commission and Chairman Mao if he failed this time? ”
Zheng Weishan said firmly: "I have never thought about failure because I will not fail. I understand the opponent, but I believe more in my determination and the plans I have made, and I believe more in the generals and commanders and soldiers! "
Chairman Mao: Comrade Zheng Weishan is here and then open
In 1955, when the People's Liberation Army first awarded the rank of lieutenant general. In 1966, the Central Committee established the Capital Guard Working Group directly led by Zhou Enlai, and Zheng Weishan was transferred to the group to work. After taking office, he worked diligently and successfully completed all the tasks assigned to him by Zhou Enlai.
Especially in the event where Chairman Mao met with more than 10 million young students, Zheng Weishan performed his loyalty, organized strictly, and protected the safety of Chairman Mao and other central leaders. Afterwards, Zheng Weishan was appreciated by Chairman Mao and praised by Premier Zhou Enlai many times.
In January 1967, Zheng Weishan served as the acting commander of the Beijing Military Region and became an important military leader in defending the capital, defending the Party Central Committee, and defending the North China border defense. During this period, there was an enemy who wanted to use nuclear weapon against our country. Zheng Weishan personally came to the border frontline, and all food, clothing and housing were at outposts and border stations to understand the local situation and deploy countermeasures to ensure the safety of the North China border.
June 16, Chairman Mao met with relevant staff at the Great Hall of the People. Before the reception event began, Chairman Mao said to the staff around him many times: "Do you go and see if Comrade Zheng Weishan is here?" After receiving a negative answer, Chairman Mao said: "If Comrade Zheng Weishan does not come, the reception event will not start, and we will talk about it when he comes."
When Zheng Weishan arrived hurriedly, Chairman Mao said: "Okay, Comrade Zheng Weishan is here, we Let's start." During the break of the event, Chairman Mao also came to Zheng Weishan and held his hand tightly and said: "There is Xu Shiyou in the south and Zheng Weishan in the north. I feel much more at ease with you!"
In May 1968, during the construction of a Beijing army in Mancheng County, Baoding, a group of Beijing troops discovered the tomb of Zhongshan King from the Western Han Dynasty during the construction period, and there were many cultural relics inside. During that period, these cultural relics were at risk of being destroyed and robbed at any time, so Zhou Enlai personally wrote a letter to Zheng Weishan to ask him to protect these cultural relics.
After receiving Zhou Enlai's letter, Zheng Weishan took action immediately and clearly stated: "Military projects must completely obey the needs of archaeologists; as long as the army can solve the problem, we will strongly support it; the safety of archaeological teams and vehicle transportation is fully responsible for the Hebei Provincial Military Region..."
In addition, Zheng Weishan also personally came to the site of the Zhongshan King's Tomb to study specific measures to protect cultural relics. Thanks to Zheng Weishan's high attention, this Han tomb was successfully excavated and the cultural relics buried underground for more than 2,000 years were well protected.
Later, after expert identification, this Zhongshan King's tomb has more than 2,800 cultural relics in the Han Dynasty, such as , gold thread jade clothes , , Changxin Palace Lantern , etc., and the number is the largest in the world's archaeological discovery in the 1960s.
In April 1969, Zheng Weishan was elected as a representative of the "Ninth National Congress" of the Communist Party of China and a member of the 9th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In June, Zheng Weishan was appointed commander of the Beijing Military Region.
In 1982, Zheng Weishan, who returned to work, was appointed as the commander of the Lanzhou Military Region and the first secretary of the Party Committee. Before leaving, Deng Xiaoping personally met him and said, "You are an expert in combat, so I don't need to say more. But I mainly emphasize two points: First, spend 20 years to green the northwest to benefit future generations; Second, cultivate and select 10 successors."
This is Zheng Weishan's third time entering Lanzhou. At this time, he was 67 years old and his health was not very good, but he still worked hard and led relevant staff to survey the terrain of the Northwest Plateau three times, and walked about 70,000 kilometers.
Based on on-site investigation and research, Zheng Weishan developed a more complete defense combat plan in the northwest region in accordance with the defensive combat plan formulated by the Military Commission. In this way, Zheng Weishan worked in the Lanzhou Military Region for more than three years. He also strengthened military construction in accordance with Deng Xiaoping's instructions and cultivated a batch of outstanding cadres.
In 1985, Zheng Weishan retired from his job, but he was still concerned about the construction of the troops and returned to the old troops from time to time to visit the fresh blood... Whether in the war years or in the period of peaceful development, Zheng Weishan was always unswerving to the party and the revolutionary cause and never changed.
In 1999, Zheng Weishan participated in the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but unfortunately, his condition began to worsen a year later.In March 2000, Zheng Weishan was admitted to the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army. At the end of his life, he said to his children who were guarding the bedside:
"People always die. This is a natural law, and you should not be too sad. I don't save much in my life. Please hand over my last month's salary to the party organization as my last party dues. Donate the money you saved usually to the school in Dabie Mountain , so that the children can have books to study...
After I die, I will not hold a memorial service, do not hold a farewell ceremony for the body, nor do I go to Babao Mountain. The body is left to the medical unit for dissection and cremation, and then scatter my ashes on the mountain in the roof of the Dabie Mountains..."
On May 9, 2000, Zheng Weishan died of illness at the age of 85.
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