Wang Fuzhi
August 2, 1952, was still a tense day for the soldiers on the Korean battlefield.
The soldiers of the 115 division who had experienced the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation were already used to the hail of bullets, but a piece of news panicked them who had been on the battlefield for a long time.
At that time, the US military had just finished bombing our positions. The hole where the acting commander of the 115th Division Wang Fuzhi was was blown up. A total of 7 people, including him, were buried under the rubble, and their lives were uncertain.
The soldiers quickly began an operation to rescue the division commander, but no trace of the division commander was found.
At this critical moment of life and death, Mr. Peng judged that Wang Fuzhi was still alive through two flies. What was going on?
Joined the army at a young age
Wang Fuzhi was born in 1923. At that time, China was poor and weak. As a child of the lower class people, Wang Fuzhi's living conditions were extremely harsh.
When he was a child, he had to share the burden of supporting the family for his father. Not only did he herd cattle for the landlord's family, but he also often worked in the fields. This was undoubtedly very hard for a young child.
The father feels pain in his heart when his child is so affected. He knows that only knowledge can change the fate of his child. So he saved a sum of money frugally and allowed Wang Fuzhi to study.
But soon his father could no longer afford the tuition, so Wang Fuzhi's study career was only three months.
However, Wang Fuzhi learned to read in these three months. In that era when illiteracy was everywhere, it was a great thing to be able to read. This also made Wang Fuzhi have the ability to read when he joined the Red Army in the future. A skill.
After he stopped going to school, Wang Fuzhi lived his old life, working for the landlord's family to make money. In the blink of an eye, he grew up to 12 years old. It was also this year that Wang Fuzhi's village welcomed a group of new faces.
Liu Zhidan
They are the Red Army, and the leader is Comrade Liu Zhidan. This was the first time Wang Fuzhi saw the Red Army, and it was also the first time he realized that the Red Army was on the side of the oppressed.
As a peasant child who had been oppressed by landlords all year round, Wang Fuzhi suddenly became very fond of the Red Army and wanted to become one of them.
But Wang Fuzhi was only 12 years old at the time, not yet old enough to become a soldier. However, Wang Fuzhi was tall. At first glance, he thought he was a young man of 16 or 17 years old.
The person in charge of the Red Army recruitment did not see the clues, so Wang Fuzhi joined the Red Army.
Child soldiers back then
At that time, the Red Army was in short supply of supplies, and there were even fewer firearms. Wang Fuzhi was a new recruit and he was young, so he could not get a gun for combat missions. He went to the battlefield with only a spear .
Although Wang Fuzhi was young, he was very quick-thinking. The enemy he faced at that time was on a high ground, and the main force was attracting most of the enemy's firepower from the front. Wang Fuzhi led the rest of the people to quietly attack from both sides of the high ground. Go up.
During the march, bullets whizzed past Wang Fuzhi's ears, but newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Wang Fuzhi calmly lowered his body and quickly came to the enemy's side.
Before the enemy could react, took out the spear in his hand and subdued the enemy in front of him, and seized the first gun in his life.
After this battle, Wang Fuzhi was transferred to study surveying and mapping because he had the experience of studying and could read, and soon became a surveyor. At that time, when there were no advanced terrain surveying machines, the Red Army The maps are all drawn manually.
In repeated terrain surveys, Wang Fuzhi gradually gained a deeper understanding of the battlefield. He no longer limited himself to the individual soldiers in front of him, but used the overall situation to analyze how to use troops better.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Fuzhi became a combat staff officer and worked at the headquarters of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army. He often discussed the war situation with Huang Kecheng, the commander of the Third Division, and over time the two formed a deep friendship.
Every time he fought, Huang Kecheng needed to go to the front line of the battle to obtain battlefield information as quickly as possible. However, due to his high myopia, riding a horse was too dangerous, so Wang Fuzhi offered to drive the division commander to the battlefield on a bicycle.
Wang Fuzhi carried him for more than two years. It was only because Wang Fuzhi gritted his teeth and pedaled through the battlefield that Huang Kecheng was able to issue combat instructions accurately.
Huang Kecheng
The soldiers were able to break the Japanese army's mopping up plans six times. Under the layers of Japanese attacks, they were able to severely damage their strongholds and continuously expand our army's sphere of influence.
The fact that Wang Fuzhi carried Huang Kecheng on his bicycle spread throughout our army, and everyone praised Wang Fuzhi for his contribution to the fight against the Japanese army.
Until the 1980s, Zhang Aiping, the chief of the general staff, was still talking about this matter. She smiled and said to Wang Fuzhi that he was not just carrying Huang Kecheng, but the headquarters of the Third Division.
During the War of Liberation, Wang Fuzhi made many military exploits, especially during the Battle of Pingjin. Wang Fuzhi, who served as the commander of the 343 Regiment, led his troops to first attack Tianjin and quickly laid down the city wall.
As the bright red flag of our army flies above the city of Tianjin, the morale of our army has also been greatly improved.
However, Wang Fuzhi was unfortunately shot in the thigh during the battle. He quickly stopped the bleeding from the wound and immediately went back to commanding the battle. Relying on his precise grasp of the battle situation, the 343 regiment was successfully captured under his command. to Tianjin.
After that, Wang Fuzhi continued to fight bravely for the great cause of liberating the country. Soon the Kuomintang was unable to withstand our army's offensive and retreated steadily. The domestic liberation war also came to an end.
Although the domestic fighting is over, in North Korea, the invasion of the US military has threatened our country, so before we had time to take a breath, in 1950, Wang Fuzhi embarked on the road of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.
served as acting division commander
After arriving on the Korean battlefield, Wang Fuzhi quickly joined the battle. At that time, he was the commander of the 343rd Regiment of the 115th Division of the 39th Army. He held an important position and shouldered very heavy responsibilities.
At that time, Wang Fuzhi received orders from above, requiring him to lead the 343 regiment to occupy Longtou Cave before the US military, providing favorable conditions for the large forces to capture Yunshan.
Yunshan is an area that our army has always wanted to occupy. Because it is connected in all directions, it plays a decisive role in transporting troops on the battlefield. Once Yunshan is captured, it will be equivalent to a heavy blow to the US military.
From the perspective of the entire terrain, Longtou Cave is located in the south of a traffic artery leading to Yunshan.
If this place is occupied by the US military in advance, then the US military can use this road to reinforce Yunshan, and secondly, it will also provide a way for the US military in Yunshan to evacuate. This will have a great impact on our army's capture of Yunshan. negative effect.
At that time, Yunshan had been surrounded by our army on three sides, and we only waited for Boss Peng's order to launch operations.
However, because the troops set off one day late and spent another day fighting with US skirmishers, the two-day gap allowed the US 1st Cavalry Division to take the opportunity to enter Yunshan.
Peng Dehuai
This 1st Cavalry Division is a difficult opponent. Not only is it well-equipped, but the soldiers are also well-trained, especially Commander Milburn, who has a lot of research on tactics. He soon realized that if he wanted to keep Yunshan, he had to capture Longtou Cave.
This coincided with our army's combat ideas, but the soldiers were very fast. Wang Fuzhi rushed ahead of the US military and captured Longtou Cave on November 1, 1950. Using his control of the terrain, he fought with the enemy in the middle of the night. The U.S. military launched a battle.
Company B of the 5th Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army was completely unable to withstand the attack of soldiers from the 1st Company of the 343rd Regiment. The battle ended in just 50 minutes. More than 80 US troops died under the guns of the 1st Company, and more than 20 US troops After being captured, the remaining 20 or so American troops fled in panic.
The 343rd Regiment, which had won the victory, pursued the victory, and then in the next two days, they ambushed the 5th Regiment of the 1st US Cavalry Division and a battalion of the 7th Regiment.
Under the command of Wang Fuzhi, the 343rd Regiment severely damaged the US military. More than 400 US troops were killed or seriously injured , and 40 people became prisoners of our army.
Relying on Wang Fuzhi's command and the bravery of the soldiers of the 343rd Regiment, the U.S. military reinforcements were unable to enter Yunshan, making it difficult for the U.S. troops in Yunshan to withstand our offensive, retreating steadily, and finally withdrew from the battlefield.
Wang Fuzhi's 343rd Regiment played a big role in the victory of this battle. Wang Fuzhi was also praised by the headquarters, saying that his combat literacy and fighting spirit surpassed that of the US military. Wang Fuzhi also became the agent of the 115th Division. Teacher .
However, the war is still going on. Even though our army won the battle of Yunshan, the situation of the subsequent battle is not optimistic.
The US military's air force is very powerful, but our country has just ended successive years of war, and its military equipment is extremely backward compared with the US military. Even the anti-aircraft guns that shoot the US Air Force are very rare, making air combat extremely difficult.
Faced with the indiscriminate bombing by the US military, our army adhered to the principle of "cannot afford to fight but can afford to hide" and dug tunnels and built trenches on the battlefield. Once American artillery shells hit, the soldiers hid in the repaired holes.
This method has greatly reduced the casualties caused by US military air strikes.
However, artillery shells have no eyes on the battlefield. Even if there are potholes as cover, the power of the artillery shells is still enough to collapse the potholes. Wang Fuzhi almost lost his life as a result.
flies help
At that time, Wang Fuzhi was discussing the war situation with five other colleagues in a pothole, and a war reporter was taking notes.
At this time, the sound of explosions of artillery shells came from outside the cave. Wang Fuzhi knew that this was another air raid by the US military, but he was already used to such scenes. He had withstood many artillery shell attacks before, and he must not be able to do it this time. What could go wrong.
Unexpectedly, this attack was particularly accurate. A cannonball exploded above the pit where Wang Fuzhi was. The huge power instantly caused the pit to collapse. The place where the seven people originally stood was instantly turned into ruins.
When the US military's fighter jet flew away from the battlefield, the soldiers saw in the dust that the hole where their division commander was had changed beyond recognition, and they hurried forward to dig and rescue.
However, under the bombing of the US military, huge rocks and soil blocks were piled up layer by layer. It was very difficult to know where Wang Fuzhi and others were. In addition, the soldiers did not have the tools at hand, so the rescue operation progressed very slowly.
At this time, Wang Fuzhi was struggling to save himself at the bottom of the cave. When the shell fell, Wang Fuzhi was pushed deep into the pit by the strong airflow. He was not completely in the center of the explosion, so he saved his life.
But four people were not so lucky. They were killed on the spot, and one of them was the war reporter. Although Wang Fuzhi saved his life, his body was trapped among the ruins and could not move.
Wang Fuzhi first shouted loudly, and after receiving a response, he found out that there were three other people alive including himself, and then asked the other two to slowly try to move his body.
In order to avoid a second landslide, the three of them acted very carefully. It was not until three hours later that they crawled out from under the stone that was pressing them.
Although his body was no longer restrained, the space for the three of them to move was still very small. In addition, being buried deep underground, the thin air made Wang Fuzhi realize that the situation was not good. It was very possible for the three of them to I will be trapped here to death.
With layers of rocks on his head, Wang Fuzhi knew that the three of them would never be able to get out by themselves. They could only rely on outside rescue.
In order to let the rescuers know his position, Wang Fuzhi knocked on an object that could make a sound at hand, and the other two people also followed suit.
But the knocking sound became very weak after passing through the soil layer. The noise on the battlefield prevented the rescue soldiers from hearing Wang Fuzhi's distress signal.
After tapping for a while to no avail, Wang Fuzhi decided that there was no need to continue wasting energy, so he stopped tapping and chose to lie still to conserve his energy.
During the period when Wang Fuzhi was resting, the soldiers above the pothole were like ants on a hot pot, anxious.
Wang Fuzhi is a kind man and treats the soldiers as his own son. Therefore, his soldiers respect him very much . Now the division commander is buried deep underground, and everyone wants to rescue the division commander as soon as possible.
Wu Xinquan, the commander of the 39th Army at the time, was also very anxious about this matter. Wang Fuzhi was a rare talent.
Although sacrifice on the battlefield is inevitable, the life and death of Wang Fuzhi has not yet been determined. With a glimmer of hope, Wu Xinquan informed Peng Dehuai of the matter.
Peng Dehuai also attached great importance to Wang Fuzhi. It was because of Wang Fuzhi's preemptive strike that he won the Yunshan Battle.
The most important thing right now is to rescue Wang Fuzhi from the pothole, and he will either die or die.
After Peng Dehuai issued the order, engineer troops immediately went to rescue Wang Fuzhi.
At this time, a day and a night had passed since Wang Fuzhi was buried. As a veteran who had experienced many battles, Wang Fuzhi had faced too many life-and-death moments, but this was the first time he had been buried alive.
Short of water and food, lack of oxygen , Wang Fuzhi and the other two felt that death was approaching them.
But soldiers are not afraid of death. As long as there is a little hope, they cannot give up. Wang Fuzhi collected his urine and drank it as a supplement to water resources. The other two people also followed suit. From then on, they could do whatever they could. All he could do was wait silently.
They all say that death is not terrible, but the process of waiting for death is the most terrible thing. During the waiting time, every second was very painful for Wang Fuzhi and the three of them. Just when they were about to accept their fate, the sound came from above their heads. It gave them hope of life.
These sounds were made by the engineering troops when they were digging holes. As soon as they received the order from Mr. Peng, the engineers rushed to the landslide site to carry out excavation work.
The leader responsible for this matter warned everyone to pay attention to any movement and never miss any signal that may be sent by Wang Fuzhi.
Therefore, everyone involved in the rescue operation was very focused, and no disturbance could escape their eyes.
After digging a hole, an engineer found two flies flying out of the gap and reported the matter immediately.
After Peng Dehuai heard about this, he believed that flies must exist where there are living people. These two flies should have been in the potholes when the US military bombed them. They were buried as the potholes collapsed, indicating that Wang Fuzhi was likely to be there. Underneath the hole where the flies flew out.
Without further ado, after receiving Peng Dehuai’s analysis, the engineers began to dig into the hole, and Wang Fuzhi also began to knock on objects in response after hearing the movement above his head.
This signal greatly inspired the engineers. They quickly dug out the hole and rescued Wang Fuzhi and the other three.
At this time, 38 hours had passed since Wang Fuzhi was buried. It’s hard to imagine what kind of mood Wang Fuzhi had when he spent more than thirty hours.
From then on, Wang Fuzhi regarded flies as his savior and never swatted flies. The engineer soldier who discovered the fly left after rescuing Wang Fu. Not being able to learn his name became Wang Fuzhi's lifelong regret.
Wang Fuzhi, who survived the catastrophe, continued to fight bravely on the battlefield. In 1964, Wang Fuzhi became a major general and one of the last batch of founding major generals of our country. Wang Fuzhi is now 99 years old and is one of the only five founding generals of China. one.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Fuzhi never saw his father again after he left home to join the army at the age of 12. It was not until the end of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea and the triumphant return of the volunteers that Wang Fuzhi had time to look for his old father.
In 1953, Wang Fuzhi returned to his hometown in uniform. Because the village road was rugged and military vehicles could not approach, Wang Fuzhi walked to the village.
On the road, an old man drove a donkey cart past him. Wang Fuzhi stopped the old man and hoped that he would give him a ride.
When the old man saw that Wang Fuzhi was a soldier, he readily agreed. The two chatted along the way. When asked if the old man had any children, the old man sighed. He said that he had a son who joined the army when he was 12 years old and never had his son. information.
Wang Fuzhi was shocked because what the old man said was very consistent with his own situation. He quickly asked the old man what the name of his child was. When the old man said that his son was called Wang Fuzhi, Wang Fuzhi burst into tears and shouted at the old man. : "Dad!"
Since then, the father and son finally reunited after 18 years of separation.
In these 18 years, Wang Fuzhi grew from a young and immature baby to a handsome and tough man in his thirties, so much so that his father could not recognize him at all.
And because his father was worried about his son all day long, his face was older than that of his peers, and he was not very similar to the father in Wang Fuzhi's impression. Time has aged their looks, but it has also led them to reunite.
Such a situation was not unique in China at that time. Thousands of young people chose to leave their homes and go to the battlefield in order to protect their motherland from being invaded. They were sons, fathers, brothers, and the backbone of their families.
However, only by reluctantly leaving our small home can we save the nation from the fire and water. This kind of justice is worth keeping in our hearts.
References
[1] "My Story of Resisting U.S. Aggression and Aiding Korea", "Wang Fuzhi: A Fly Saved My Life"
[2] "Wen Cui Bao", "Two Flies Saved Wang Fuzhi"
[3] "Government "Legal System", "Two Flies Saved the General Wang Fuzhi"
[4] "Literature and History of the Spring and Autumn Period", "The General Wang Fuzhi Who Survived the Disaster"
