In 1994, Chen Yun called Hong Xuezhi and said to him straight to the point: "I invited you here this time. There are mainly two things to bother you. These two sudden major tasks surprised Hong Xuezhi. Because of Lin Biao, the writing of the history of the Fourth Field War could

In 1994, Chen Yun called Hong Xuezhi and said to him straight to the point:

"I invite you here this time, mainly because there are two things to trouble you. The other field army 's war history writing work has begun, but 4 field has not been launched. So I want you to preside over the compilation of the 4 field history, and at the same time, the task of building the Pingjin Battle Memorial Hall will be delivered to you."

These two sudden major tasks surprised Hong Xuezhi. Because of Lin Biao, the writing of the 4 field history could not be advanced for a long time. After all, the character Lin Biao was too sensitive at the time.

Hong Xuezhi

and Pingjin Battle was guided by Lin Biao, so naturally the memorial hall could not be built.

Now, Chen Yun has taken the initiative to let Hong Xuezhi supervise these two tasks, and Hong Xuezhi is very surprised in his heart.

Because he is a soldier from the Fourth Field Army, he has a deep relationship with the Fourth Field Army. After so many years, he also wants to do something when he sees the Fourth Field Army being coldly treated by history.

However, Hong Xuezhi didn't understand why Chen Yun suddenly gave these two things to himself?

Wandering and helpless

In fact, the direct reason is because of an emergency letter. Chen Yun took out the letter to Hong Xuezhi. The person who wrote the letter was Lin Biao's eldest daughter, , Lin Xiaolin, .

Lin Xiaolin and her mother

Lin Biao has two sons and one daughter. Lin Liguo and Lin Liheng were born to the same Ye Qun, and the eldest daughter Lin Xiaolin was born to her ex-wife Zhang Mei

For a long time, people have ignored Lin Xiaolin and excluded her from Lin Biao's family relationship. Lin Xiaolin himself also grew up in a state of lack of fatherly love.

However, after my father passed away, it was this long-ignored daughter who was the one who cared about her father's funeral the most.

Lin Xiaolin suffered from wandering since childhood. Lin Biao and her mother Zhang Mei got married in northern Shaanxi. At that time, in order to escape the arranged marriage at home, Lin Biao hurriedly fell in love with the female student Zhang Mei and entered the marriage hall.

Zhang Mei is a very good marriage partner. She is knowledgeable and has a beautiful appearance. People praise her as a flower in northern Shaanxi.

Although the marriage was in a hurry, the relationship between the two was pretty good after marriage.

In 1938, Zhang Mei became pregnant with their first child, but at this time, Lin Biao was injured in the shooting and had to go to the Soviet Union to recuperate.

Zhang Mei couldn't worry about her husband's body, so she decided to walk with her big belly. However, the long-distance bump caused her first child to suffer from premature birth and death.

The death of the child left a deep psychological shadow on the couple. After burying the child, the couple arrived in the Soviet Union, but over the long period of time, the conflict between the two gradually deepened.

Lin Biao's stills

Zhang Mei is lively and cheerful, while Lin Biao is quiet and silent. Their personalities are completely different, but they are together because of impulse. This marriage may have been irrational enough from the beginning.

However, Zhang Mei's pregnancy again eased the relationship between the two. This time she became pregnant, Zhang Mei gave birth to their only daughter, Lin Xiaolin.

Lin Biao, who was a father for the first time, loved this child in every way. Moreover, because of the death of the first child, Lin Biao treated his newborn daughter more carefully.

He often hugged his daughter and spent the whole day with her, but such a warm time lasted only four months.

Four months later, Lin Biao, who had been well-behaved, decided to return to the country and continue to go to the front line to command the battle.

Lin Biao's stills

However, the four-month-old daughter cannot walk with her. Such a young child cannot withstand the bumps of the journey. Therefore, Lin Biao decided to let Zhang Mei and Lin Xiaolin stay in the Soviet Union for the time being.

However, at this time the relationship between him and Zhang Mei was already shaking, and separation would only make their relationship end faster.

Sure enough, in 1946, Zhang Mei received a breakup letter from Lin Biao, which was completely expected, but it still gave Zhang Mei a lot of excitement.

At that time, Zhang Mei was in a bad physical and mental state, so she put her daughter in a nursery and handed it over to the care of the Soviet nurses, which led to the young Lin Xiaolin growing up in a lonely and helpless state.

by chance

In 1948, Zhang Mei returned to China and remarried, while Lin Xiaolin continued to live in the Soviet Union. Her father and mother each had new families, and only she seemed like a redundant person.

Without the guidance of her parents, she didn't know how to get along with each other intimately, and even spoke Chinese stutter.

It was not until 1954 that the organization finally decided to take Lin Xiaolin back to China.

That's it. Lin Xiaolin met his father, but the first time he met was not pleasant.

Lin Xiaolin was in very poor condition at that time. She was malnourished since childhood and was thin. She also shaved her hair because of scabies .

When she walked to her father, she couldn't think of how to talk to her father in Chinese, and in the end she could only say hello in Russian cowardly.

Lin Biao does not understand Russian, and Lin Xiaolin does not understand Chinese. Therefore, they can only translate between them by Ye Qun, and Ye Qun showed a very impatient attitude.

She didn’t have much feelings for this stepdaughter. Lin Biao asked Ye Qun: What did Lin Xiaolin say?

Ye Qun told Lin Biao coldly that Lin Xiaolin was swearing and scolding him.

Then, Ye Qun told Lin Biao's reply to Lin Xiaolin, and she said: Lin Biao blamed his daughter for being uneducated.

This made Lin Xiaolin heartbroken. She thought her father disliked her. Since then, she has no choice but to have too much contact with her father.

Lin Biao

It was not until a long time later that Lin Xiaolin realized that it was just because of the misunderstanding of the translation that he and his father should never be alienated from each other.

But when she understood, it was too late.

In the following days, Lin Xiaolin studied hard, hoping that he could integrate into the Chinese environment.

Although her relationship with her father was never able to get close to her for various reasons, the love she showed was real.

When we met several times, Lin Biao bought clothes and books for his daughter, Lin Xiaolin showed his father photos of himself in the Soviet Union, and some diaries left by his mother.

Ye Qun

But there are not many times like this after all, Ye Qun tried to cut off the exchanges between father and daughter with a stiff attitude.

The lack of getting along with her father is Lin Xiaolin's lifelong regret. She knows too little about her father. In the few short periods of time, she felt that her father was not a bad person.

If it weren't for all kinds of mistakes, Lin Biao would have been a very good father. However, with Lin Biao's death, these ifs can only stay in the hypothetical stage.

In 1966, Lin Xiaolin, who had graduated, decided to respond to the national call and build the Northwest.

At this time, her feelings for her father were a little complicated. She loved her father, but she also resented her father's indifference towards her.

She packed her bags with a contradictory mood, but at this moment, news came again that her father wanted her to return to Beijing, which surprised Lin Xiaolin.

But she just got on the plane and a new notice came again, saying that her father had arranged a new job for her, located in a remote area of ​​Xinjiang. Lin Xiaolin was surprised by something like

. She didn't understand why her father did this. Later she vaguely guessed that it was probably because of her stepmother.

In short, it was another accident that Lin Xiaolin was unable to return to Beijing, nor could he meet his father for the last time, but spent several years of hard years in Xinjiang.

However, in Xinjiang, Lin Xiaolin actually gained a rare peace. No one disturbed her here, and not many people knew her identity.

She does her job peacefully. She is a serious and pure person. She never makes any mistakes when she is working. Her colleagues like this new young girl very much.

Look at

positively, but such a peaceful day came to an abrupt end with the death of his father, and Lin Xiaolin began to be constantly under censorship day and night.

She suffered from severe mental weakness and could not sleep well for a few years. She closed her eyes and was awakened by a nightmare.

She knew she would never see her father again, and the feeling of anxiety torture her.

But many years later, Lin Xiaolin still accepted the reality and spoke for his father and the Siye.

In 1994, the state decided to compile the war history of the People's Liberation Army.

If you want to talk about that history, you will definitely not be able to avoid the glorious achievements of the Fourth Fields. However, during the revision process, the Fourth Fields were ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

Lin Xiaolin felt very worried from the moment he saw the news. Later, as the war history of the Second Field Army was published, the revision of the First Field and the Third Field Army was in full swing, with only the Fourth Field Army, and it was still unknown.

In addition, the Pingjin Battle Memorial Hall has not been built.

Lin Xiaolin felt that she could no longer remain silent. She knew that the reason for all this was her father Lin Biao after all.

But she felt that she should not erase those glorious history just because of her father.

This is not only an unfairness to Lin Biao, but also an unfairness to millions of soldiers in the four fields. Since we need to look at history, we must have an objective perspective. Wrong is wrong, right is right.

However, Lin Xiaolin was just an ordinary employee at that time, who could she find to solve this problem?

In the vast sea of ​​news, Lin Xiaolin noticed a name - Chen Yun.

Chen Yun

At that time, Chen Yun served as the director of the Central Advisory Committee and had a relatively large voice. Moreover, another thing made Lin Xiaolin realize that Chen Yun was able to objectively view Lin Biao's achievements.

Previously, Chen Yun was responsible for the revision of "The Battle of Liaoshen". At that time, he pointed out:

"The fourth field is the fourth field, and Lin Biao is Lin Biao. The two cannot be confused."

This attitude made Lin Xiaolin see hope, so she wrote a sincere letter, hoping that Chen Yun could pay attention to the issue about the fourth field.

This letter shocked Chen Yun. In fact, he had already thought about this issue countless times.

This letter made him make up his mind, withstand the pressure, and complete these two things that Lin Xiaolin entrusted.

Hong Xuezhi

To complete these two things, we must hand over the heavy responsibility to Hong Xuezhi.

Chen Yun and Hong Xuezhi are both witnesses of the history of the Fourth Field Army. They watched the Fourth Field Army come over through ups and downs. If they had to ask about the historical achievements of the Fourth Field Army, they both felt the deepest.

What's more, Hong Xuezhi is famous for his reliable work. He is a good player in logistics in the war years or in production and construction in the peace years.

Let Hong Xuezhi, who was born in the fourth field, complete such a glorious historical task, which can be regarded as a beginning and an end.

Hong Xuezhi immediately decided to accept the task. At the same time, he asked Chen Yun what principles should be followed when revising the history of the Fourth Field War?

You should know that whenever Lin Biao was mentioned at that time, everyone was very nervous. When talking about Lin Biao, many materials were ignored or mentioned in the same way, and used the least amount of writing to avoid controversy.

However, this method does not work when writing the history of the Fourth Field War. If you want to describe the Fourth Field War, how can you avoid the character Lin Biao?

Let alone the Fourth Field Army, Lin Biao must not ignore it even in the entire history of the People's Liberation Army of China.

Fair and Justice

This is the most worrying issue for Hong Xuezhi. Since he has made up his mind to revise the war history of the Fourth Field Army, he must do his best. If he has just mentioned it, then this matter is meaningless. It is better not to do it.

Chen Yun

And Chen Yun's words finally gave Hong Xuezhi a reassurance. Chen Yun said:

"Not only the upper part, not the book, only the reality, exchange, compare, and repeat."

summarized it into four words - objective and fair.

According to this principle, Hong Xuezhi quickly devoted himself to the revision of the Fourth Field War History with great enthusiasm. He and Chen Yun submitted an application to the Central Military Commission.

After waiting for a while, the instructions from Military Commission finally came down, and the central government agreed to carry out the two tasks mentioned by Chen Yun. Now, the two of them were finally truly relieved.

Hong Xuezhi and Chen Yun immediately served as consultants in person. At the same time, they invited a group of generals from the Fourth Field Army of the past to work together to provide a large amount of precious information.

The revision of the war history was faster than expected. In 1998, the compilation of the war history of the Fourth Field Army was completed and officially unveiled.

This incident is of great significance, which means that we will no longer take a evasive attitude about the history of the Fourth Field Army and Lin Biao. We will evaluate Lin Biao fairly and justly.

Another thing, the construction of the Pingjin Battle Memorial Hall has also been put on the agenda.

This incident inspired people to be more enthusiastic, because the Battle of Pingjin was a very important part of the entire history of the War of Liberation and a very precious story. People hope from the bottom of their hearts that there is a place to commemorate it.

However, controversy comes with it, the main controversy is about the choice of location.

Pingjin Battle naturally took place at Beiping and Tianjin. So, was the memorial hall built in Beijing or Tianjin?

Everyone argued endlessly, but in the end, they could only find Hong Xuezhi to make a decision.

Hong Xuezhi's opinion was built in Tianjin:

First of all, Tianjin is the main battlefield, and Peiping is peacefully liberated.

Although the liberation of both cities is of great significance, since the battle memorial is to be built, the main purpose must be to commemorate those soldiers who sacrifice their lives. In this way, Tianjin is naturally more suitable.

Furthermore, as a political and cultural center, Beijing has too many famous buildings. The construction of a memorial hall here may not attract much attention, and it is also optional for Beijing itself.

However, at that time, there was no large-scale combat memorial hall in Tianjin, so it was a win-win situation to place the Pingjin Battle Memorial Hall in Tianjin.

Hong Xuezhi's reason convinced everyone, and in this way, the memorial hall broke ground in Tianjin.

Hong Xuezhi also emphasized that after the construction of the memorial hall is completed, it must be open for free, because we are building this memorial hall not for economic benefits, but for more people to understand that period of history.

In July 1997, the memorial hall was officially completed and it was open for visits. As General Hong Xuezhi told me, visits are free to this day, and this memorial hall has become Hong Xuezhi's pride.

The warriors in the fourth field should be happy if they have spirits in the sky. Their achievements have never been forgotten, but will always exist on the land of China.

Reference materials:

Hong Xuezhi, Chen Yun and others "History of the Fourth Field Army of the People's Liberation Army of China"

Zhang Yunsheng "Maojiawan Documentary: Memoirs of Secretary Lin Biao"

Li Chengwen "Lin Xiaolin: My Father is Lin Biao"