Wang Bicheng, then commander of Kunming Military Region, refused, while Qin Jiwei, the former commander of Kunming Military Region, took the initiative to refuse. Finally, Comrade Xiaoping personally appointed Yang Dezhi, commander of the Wuhan Military Region at that time, and the position of commander-in-chief of the Western Front was finally settled.
However, in the direction of Guangxi on the East Line, there was no other opinion from beginning to end. The coach was Xu, then commander of the Guangzhou Military Region.
Then, I believe many people have had a question-how excellent Xu is and how brilliant his resume is, so that all the participants at that time sincerely felt that the Eastern Front coach belonged to him?
If you want to know the legend of General Xu, you should start with his experiences as a teenager.
Xu, 1905, was born in a rural family in Henan. When I was a child, due to my poor family, Xu worked as a handyman in the martial arts school. Later, I stayed in Shaolin Temple for eight years and learned a good kung fu.
When he was a teenager, Xu hated evil and had a bad temper. He accidentally killed the wicked and joined the army to avoid disaster.
1927, Xu's vicious company manager has a nickname "not to be taunted". This man bullies men and women and does all kinds of evil. Xu Youshi didn't like him for a long time, so he was hacked to death.
Later, under the leadership of Fu Mengxian, a secret of our party, Xu trudged 100 kilometers day and night, and finally found the headquarters of the Red Thirty-first Division and joined the Red Army.
As the saying goes, "golden scales are things in the pool, and they will turn into dragons in case of wind and rain." Xu, a ruthless character who dares to kill evil thieves, has still been a ruthless character since he joined the Red Army at 1927. It's just that his malice is directed at the enemy.
1933 when Xu was 28 years old, he was already a deputy commander of the army. However, a leopard cannot change his spots. Although Xu was already the deputy commander, once the war was deadlocked or unfavorable, he immediately rushed up with the death squad.
This is not once, but seven times. Even though he was injured four times, Xu remained the same. Really hard on the enemy, even harder on yourself!
During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Xu served as commander of Jiaodong, led the broad masses of people in Jiaodong and launched an arduous guerrilla war with the Japanese puppet army.
Xu Youshi deeply understood the essence of Chairman Mao's guerrilla warfare thought, and applied it to practice, crushing the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese and puppet troops again and again, making the devils and puppet troops in Jiaodong fearful.
Chairman Mao spoke highly of the war led by Xu in Jiaodong: "Xu is a general and won half the sky in Jiaodong, great, great!"
During the War of Liberation, Xu, together with Chen Yi, Su Yu and other military generals, commanded the battles in Laiwu, Meng Lianggu, Jiaodong, Jinan, etc., wiped out countless enemies, captured the city, and dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Shandong Kuomintang army.
This is our general Xu, who can fight tough battles, dares to fight tough battles, is good at fighting tough battles, and almost never lets the organization down!
1955, Xu was awarded the rank of founding general. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as commander in Shandong Military Region and Nanjing Military Region for many years and accumulated rich experience in modern army building.
1973, Xu was transferred to the Guangzhou Military Region as the commander, shouldering the heavy responsibility of defending the southern Xinjiang of the motherland.
Xu still lived up to expectations and did a good job in the Guangzhou Military Region. 1974 successfully commanded the Xisha self-defense counterattack, and was considered to have had the experience of fighting Vietnam.
1979 February 17, the Vietnam war officially started. Under the command of General Xu, the troops on the Eastern Front fought stubbornly in the face of the enemy's fierce resistance and beat the enemy to flight.
After the capture of lang son, the military stronghold of Vietnam, we are about to invade Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, and the morale of our army is high. At this time, the central government suddenly gave the order to retreat.
Xu looked at the red arrow on the military map at the headquarters in Nanning, which represents the forward route of our army. Our army has crossed the lang son area, and there is a large plain ahead, which is beneficial for our mechanized troops to attack.
Seeing that Hanoi is about to be captured will give the Vietnamese army a big shock. This order came too suddenly, even at an inappropriate time. What should we do?
It is impossible to disobey orders. Our commander Xu Da, at this time, is not the original soldier in Wu Fupei. The central government's decision-making must focus on the overall situation, and the Eastern Front War commanded by itself has always served this overall situation.
General Xu turned against his usually dark and cold round face, and even showed a sly smile at the corner of his mouth, indicating obedience. At the same time, he insisted on dragging, pointed to the map and said, "Arch, arch, arch again ..."
About Xu's word "arch", it is probably related to his often helping his mother mow grass and feed pigs when he was a child. Here, what Xu wants to express is that we should try our best to gather and stretch forward, so as to put more pressure on the enemy.
Perhaps it is hoped that advancing from lang son will bring greater pressure to Hanoi, forcing the Vietnamese military to withdraw some troops from Cambodia for self-defense, so as to better achieve the purpose of this war. So he said to other military leaders, "Let's arch forward again and scare them all at once!"
Xu immediately sent troops, and then dozens of kilometers south to lang son, closer to Hanoi.
Many Vietnamese government departments and agencies were scared out of their wits when they saw this scene, and they evacuated from Hanoi one after another, and some even forgot to pack their documents and belongings.
When Xu received the battle report from the front, he was proud for a moment. He smiled and opened the sleeves of their military uniforms, revealing two dark and strong arms with several obvious scars. He said to the people at the headquarters, "Are you scared to pee?" Get back! Get your ass out! "
But everyone in Nanning headquarters knows that their commander Xu just smiles happily on the surface, but in fact he doesn't feel well.
When Xu Youshi captured lang son, he was ready to conquer Hanoi. Only under the command of the Central Committee can he give the Vietnamese authorities a real "fall of the capital".
However, after receiving the information about the invasion of lang son, the Central Committee not only did not let the troops entering Vietnam continue to advance southward, but issued a retreat order.
Now, even if we persist in the past, the Vietnamese side shows no sign of withdrawing troops from Cambodia. Instead, it has launched a national mobilization and tried to fight to the death with our army, which completely failed to achieve the expected purpose of sending troops.
Xu Youshi held out the little carrot's finger and gestured on the map: "They are all plains, and tanks and cannons have just been put into use. I can reach Hanoi in less than two hours. "
But at this time, we really can't go any further. The order of the Central Committee has been clearly issued. At this time, the leading group with Comrade Xiaoping as the center is all for the overall situation, and we may not be an asshole anymore.
Therefore, Xu can only grit his teeth and issue an order to the frontline troops: "Give me all those jars!"
After receiving the evacuation order, the frontline troops calmly took up the battle, launched a swift offensive against the Vietnamese troops who were defeated from time to time and came from the north, repelled them with the fiercest offensive, and vented their evil spirits.
On the way back, the soldiers destroyed all military and heavy industrial facilities along the way according to General Xu's instructions. After successfully completing the tasks assigned by the Central Military Commission, they finally returned home in triumph.
After the battle, General Xu returned to Guangzhou from Nanning. Before he left, he specifically told him: "You are not allowed to inform anyone when you go back, and you are not allowed to meet them. I will shoot whoever leaks! "
However, when Xu returned to Guangzhou airport, as soon as he walked out of the airport, he saw a welcoming crowd not far away. Suddenly, his face turned black and he said angrily, "Welcome!"
Then I left directly from the special passage of the airport, swearing as I walked: "See how I can clean up this leaking guy when I go back!" Really against the sky. "
General Xu got on the military vehicle directly after leaving the passage, ordered the driver to drive at once, and then left.
After waiting at the airport for a long time, people who were extremely excited after General Xu arrived were directly allowed to hang aside, and at that time they were all dumbfounded. After a while, they had to go their separate ways.
General Xu's performance may make most people feel that this is too unreasonable!
In fact, this kind of performance is precisely the true nature.
You know, after removing all kinds of auras, General Xu is just an ordinary farmer.
When I was a child, I learned martial arts to prevent my mother from being bullied. The original intention of being a soldier is to avoid evil and seek revenge. Later, I transferred to the * * * army, and gradually had the idea of doing practical things for the people.
When Xu was appointed commander of Nanjing Military Region, he lived in No.8 Hospital of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. There used to be a big lawn in the yard, but our commander Xu Da just transformed the lawn into a test field and a vegetable garden.
He dug up all the lawns and planted sorghum, corn, wheat, sweet potatoes and many vegetables. Not only that, a pigsty was built by hand near the road under the wall, and there were three or four acres of ponds nearby.
So with this "unique" terrain, Xu directly lived a comfortable life of raising pigs and raising fish in the small courtyard.
Perhaps he built the village head. He arranges staff to feed pigs, fish, weed and fertilize every morning. The division of labor is clear and the requirements are particularly specific.
In the back, Xu himself had nothing to do, so he simply found a dozen rabbits to raise and became the "rabbit commander".
It is the responsibility of farmers to farm, grow vegetables and raise livestock. But Xu has another hobby, which is simply obsession, and that is "drinking"!
"Grape wine luminous cup, want to drink pipa immediately rush. Drunk in the battlefield, you don't laugh, and you have fought several wars in ancient times. " Wang Han's "Liangzhou Ci" is the most authentic feeling of the warriors in the battlefield about wine.
Imagine, on the battlefield with yellow sand everywhere, I listened to the sound of Qiangdi, the flag sounded violently in the wind, and the enemy was not far away. Maybe the next moment he will go to war and never return. Let me drink three bowls and kill the enemy.
General Xu is such a battlefield man who has no wine and no joy and is addicted to alcohol.
However, modern wine is different from ancient wine. The higher the education, the easier it is to reach the top. Therefore, alcohol has always been banned in the army, especially for commanders and soldiers, and they should always stay awake.
It's just that this can't beat our "Xu Da Drunk". When Xu Chu first arrived in the base area of Hubei, Henan and Anhui, he stole wine in his work and life, and took a few sips quietly when no one was around to comfort the wine bugs in his stomach.
But wine tastes like a fairy, and it has a long aftertaste after drinking. It's either blushing or smelling of alcohol, which is especially difficult to hide. Later, Xu's drinking was discovered by General Zhan.
When General Zhan is patrolling in the army, every barracks must be inspected. When I came to Xu's residence, I saw Xu's kettle hanging on the wall, so I shook it and suddenly there was a smell of wine.
Xu know, at this time, there is nothing to hide. Facing General Zhan's inquiry, he had to tell the truth. General Zhan knew this situation a long time ago. Because Xu didn't delay his work because of drinking, and he fought bravely in the army, he was a rare and good prospect, so he kept turning a blind eye.
But this rotten head can't be opened. It needs a good beating. General Zhan pretended to be cold-faced and taught Xu, "Do you know that drinking is not allowed in the army?"
Knowing the leader's mind, Xu hurriedly dozen careless eye, said that work and war must not drink, nothing at ordinary times just sip a few mouthfuls, otherwise the whole body has no strength.
General Zhan was furious and said with a smile, "Boy, don't be careless in front of me. If one day I meet you drunk, I won't chop you to death! "
Xu's casual attention to General Zhan is not entirely casual. Xu really made up his mind not to drink when he was working and fighting.
It was only about drinking that it spread to the army. Someone tipped them off, but they were turned back by their superiors with the words "If you can win battles for Lao Tzu again and again like Xu Jiugui, I will let you drink".
After the Red Army entered, Chairman Mao knew that there was a man in the team who could fight, dared to fight hard and loved to drink. He also talked to him specifically and told Xu that drinking is ok, but don't delay the business because of drinking.
At that time, Xu made a three-chapter agreement with the chairman, solemnly agreeing not to drink before the war, not to drink during the battle and not to drink after the defeat. And his three vows were really fulfilled later.
Speaking of which, Xu actually has a domineering story of "choosing a handsome man because of wine".
When Xu was appointed as the commander in chief of the Eastern Front, Xu's first thought was who would be the deputy commander. So, in his mind, he quickly searched the old comrades who had fought together and fought side by side, and finally settled on Liu Changyi's face.
Liu Changyi, 19 14, a native of Hong 'an, Hubei Province, participated in the Agrarian Revolution, the Long March, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation and made great contributions to the people's liberation in China. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955.
Liu Changyi has a nickname "Meng Zhang Fei", and he is also a fierce man. On the battlefield, he was called reckless. Once you hear a gunshot, it's called a rush, and it's called a quick injury.
As long as it is not too serious injury, Liu Changyi regardless, after the injury fighting enthusiasm is even higher.
Therefore, Liu Changyi has experienced countless wars and hundreds of adventures. From head to toe, from inside to outside, from chest to back, scars left on the battlefield can be seen everywhere. Whenever the rain is unbearable, I rely on alcohol and tobacco to paralyze my spirit. I am a real smoker and alcoholic.
I have to say, it is really similar to Xu. Everyone dares to fight on the battlefield, and the hobby after the war is just a glass of wine.
At this time, Liu Changyi was the deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region. Xu He worked together in the Nanjing Military Region for a long time, and they had a tacit understanding. As long as one person blinks, the other person will understand what this means.
After receiving the call from the old leader, Liu Changyi quickly handed over the work at hand and rushed to Guangzhou from Nanjing. You know, at this time, Liu Changyi has a big problem because of years of battlefield trauma.
Xu also knows the situation, but Xu really hopes that this old comrade-in-arms can cheer up and help him fight this battle. He knew that these two old guys, even after World War I, would never have a chance to lead the troops to fight again.
After arriving in Guangzhou, Xu hosted a banquet at home and decided to welcome this old comrade-in-arms.
At the banquet that day, Xu said nothing about Liu's physical condition, nor about Xu's research and consideration of the Korean battlefield.
The two just kept catching up and drinking. Once the glorious years, the past narrow escape, and now the young and middle-aged are side by side.
Unconsciously, the three bottles of Moutai on the table were empty.
Suddenly, the two men fought on the wine table. Xu was drunk, so he said to him, "All three bottles have bottomed out. Can my brother still drink? "
Liu Changyi retaliated with a domineering attitude: "Brother is wrong. My old Liu is called Meng Zhang Fei. This is not done for nothing, so there is nothing I dare not do. As for drinking, how big is it? I can't say, but I'm afraid I've emptied my brother's inventory, and you'll secretly swear when I leave. "
So the two continued to clink glasses and drink.
After a glass of wine, both of them passed out. Xu woke up after a day's sleep, but slept for two days. Xu couldn't help sighing: "This guy is really important. Not afraid of death, yes, the deputy commander is him, can't be wrong! "
In wartime, in Nanning headquarters, it was the general who followed Xu's command policy and made specific plans.
General Liu Changyi carried out the plan in every specific arrangement, and achieved perfection in almost every detail, which played an irreplaceable role in checking and filling gaps and concrete implementation.
There is no doubt that General Xu chose this handsome eye. Even after the war, General Xu first returned to the Guangzhou Military Region to deal with the work, and the post-war fortification in Guangxi was arranged.
At that time, the Vietnamese border was unstable, and Liu Changyi's arrangement of defensive combat missions was perfect in all aspects, which was unanimously affirmed by the inspection team of the Military Commission.
After coming back, Xu once again set out to celebrate, and the two of them had another black wine.
Later, Liu Changyi boasted: "When drinking the celebration wine, he asked me to have three drinks with others, but I refused. I said, you drink, I drink. That day, he drank almost, and I was still early! "
That is a kind of heroism and full of pride.
Later, someone mentioned the story of "drinking and choosing a deputy handsome", and Xu was even more proud. He also said such a philosophy: "It is not difficult to learn to fight, but not everyone can lay down his life for the enemy."
Yes, there were many people who could command the war at that time, but only a general like Liu Changyi who was not afraid of death and dared to fight hard could make the soldiers at the front do it, dare to fight hard and be willing to fight hard on the battlefield.
Otherwise, it's just planning and arranging in the rear, which always lacks a little meaning.
And such a small detail can turn the situation around in an emergency.
In the counterattack against Vietnam in self-defense, Xu took no time to command in the rear, occasionally getting angry, worried and excited, and quickly calmed down his emotions to keep himself calm, so as to ensure that every command he issued was correct enough.
Some people say that commanders should not have emotional fluctuations on the battlefield. However, the author believes that unless the soldiers are not their own, it doesn't matter after the fight, otherwise no mood swings are nonsense.
The terrain in northern Vietnam is complex, and the Vietnamese army has been in constant war for ten years. The soldiers are familiar with the battlefield and have rich experience. In the process of advancing, our army encountered many difficulties.
Therefore, although the counterattack against Vietnam was only a short period of 28 days, the complexity and urgency of the situation were unexpected, and the problems were constantly fed back to the headquarters, which made many people feel directly.
But Xu is still not nervous, even the report is not clear, just let the operational staff say something.
He only makes big operational plans and operational guidelines, and the specific implementation is completely decentralized. Any unit that fails to complete it will be punished by military law.
In fact, what is the specific military law? Just ten big "kill" words: kill if you don't meet the enemy! Those who are afraid of running away from the enemy, kill them! Those who delay the fighters, kill them! Whoever disturbs the morale of the army will be shot! Leak military information, kill! ……
A big word "kill" is the bottom line set by General Xu for all troops entering Vietnam on the Eastern Front. There is no human feelings at all, and since ancient times, people have been merciful, which is obvious!
In that year's self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, there were many commanders and combatants like Xu and Xu.
It is precisely because of their painstaking efforts and foresight that the officers and men who entered Vietnam can continue to advance with great morale. Finally, in 28 days, they completely completed the task assigned by the CPC Central Committee and returned to the north with ease and triumph.
Forty years have passed, and the two old generals have long since passed away, but their heroism still lingers in the hearts of our younger generations!
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