At the end of December 1999, Peng Gang followed the last will of his uncle Peng Dehuai during his lifetime and moved his ashes from the "House of Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery" and moved back to his hometown in Wushizhai, Xiangtan, Hunan, and buried next to the tomb of Peng Jinhua and Peng Ronghua, the two younger brothers under the Wushifeng. The wanderer who left home finally "returned to his roots".
In fact, as early as 1996, Peng Gang submitted a report to the central government, requesting that his uncle's ashes be sent back to his hometown. Peng Dehuai had no children in his life. The relationship between him and his niece Peng Gang was like that of a father and a daughter, and Peng Gang had long regarded his uncle Peng Dehuai as his father. When Deng Xiaoping presided over Peng Dehuai's memorial service in 1978, Peng Gang was very "dissatisfied" about one incident.
Peng Gang was born in November 1938. Her father was Peng Ronghua, the second brother of the founding marshal Peng Dehuai. Guided by his brother Peng Dehuai's revolutionary thoughts, Peng Ronghua joined the Communist Party very early. After joining the party, Peng Ronghua actively organized and led the peasant movement, but unfortunately, he was arrested by the Kuomintang in 1938 and was brutally killed.
Peng Dehuai's eldest brother Peng Jinhua also participated in the revolution and joined the party earlier. In August 1931, he and other comrades led the "Yuwan Riot". After Peng Dehuai won the " Hundred Regiments Battle " in 1940, Peng Jinhua was assassinated by Kuomintang spies at home.
After Peng Dehuai's two younger brothers died, a total of eight children were left behind, and seven nephews and one niece were raised by Peng Dehuai. Peng Gang is Peng Dehuai's youngest niece, so relatively speaking, Peng Dehuai also gave Peng Gang the most love. In 1950, 12-year-old Peng Gang met Peng Dehuai for the first time, and Peng Gang has lived with his uncle for about 15 years.
For Peng Dehuai, who had no children in his life, having Peng Gang's company not only made him feel the warmth under Chenghuan's knees, but also in those bleakest years, Peng Gang also became an important spiritual pillar for Peng Dehuai to support him. The uncle and niece have long been like father and daughter, so it is not difficult to explain what happened later.
On November 29, 1974, 76-year-old Peng Dehuai died in Beijing due to advanced rectal cancer. It was not until four years later that he was "rehabilitated". On December 24, 1978, Peng Dehuai's memorial service was held in Great Hall of the People .
Hua Guofeng, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yun and other central leaders, as well as Peng Dehuai's family, old comrades-in-arms and old subordinates, all attended this solemn and solemn memorial service. As a representative of the central leadership, Deng Xiaoping was responsible for presiding over Peng Dehuai's memorial service. The scene was shrouded in an atmosphere of both grief and solemnity, and many people couldn't help but shed tears.
In December 1978, Deng Xiaoping personally instructed Peng Dehuai to "rehabilitate" him and held a high-standard memorial service for President Peng as soon as possible. When everything is ready, it becomes a big problem for who will write a "eulogy". Since it was only two years before the end of the Cultural Revolution and Peng Dehuai's identity was very special, many people dared not take on this arduous task.
Later, the vice president of the "Military Daily" could only go on the battlefield in person, but many people expressed different opinions during the eulogy, which resulted in the eulogy being revised and decided by Deng Xiaoping himself. However, when Deng Xiaoping finished reading the eulogy at the memorial service, it made General Peng Gang, the niece of President Peng.
Afterwards, Peng Gang also told General Wang Zhen about his "dissatisfaction", which also caused a considerable sensation at the time. It turns out that Peng Gang's so-called "dissatisfaction" mainly has two main points. The first point is that the issue of Peng Dehuai's death in the eulogy is not clearly stated; the second point is that the statement about Peng Dehuai's achievements is "vague".
Peng Gang believes that the eulogy written in the eulogy is not objective enough. It is not difficult to find from Peng Dehuai's revolutionary resume that it is more accurate to describe him as one of the leaders of the Party and the country. After General Wang Zhen conveyed Peng Gang's "dissatisfaction" to Deng Xiaoping, it was not until 1981 that the objective and comprehensive evaluation of Peng Dehuai was completed.
In fact, from some memoir articles written by Peng Gang, it can be clearly understood that as Peng Dehuai's only niece, she gave this old revolutionary with rare family affection and warmth in her later years.As the spiritual support for the final stage of Peng Dehuai's life, Peng Gang seemed to have been regarded as his biological daughter by Peng Dehuai.
Peng Dehuai was not only a founding marshal with great military achievements, but also one of the founders of New China. In his revolutionary career, he went from a cowherd from an extremely poor class to finally embark on the road of merit through continuous efforts. Every step contained extraordinary experiences, and these experiences also created a great revolutionary.
It can be said that Peng Dehuai has been upholding the truth throughout his life. Even at the moment when his life is about to end, he has never changed his ideal of pursuing the truth. As Peng Dehuai's youngest niece, Peng Gang had a very deep understanding of this hero of the Republic during the years he lived with him, so he raised his "dissatisfaction" with Deng Xiaoping's revised eulogy.
