The soldiers of our army have experienced life and death on the battlefield, so they especially cherish those comrades who fight side by side, in peacetime, comrades in arms will often move around and help each other, but there is a general who happily went to the army to visit his comrades-in-arms, but he ate a closed door, and after ten years, the general never went out to visit friends.
The general, named Qi Dinggen, was born in 1917 in Jinxian County, Jiangxi Province, and like most of the soldiers in the army, Qi Dinggen was born into poverty, his parents were honest farmers, the family could not even eat enough, and there was no spare money to support Qi Ding to keep up with school.
Not only that, the young Qi Dinggen was also sent by his mother hundreds of miles away to Learn Carpentry in Lichuan County, and during his apprenticeship, he was beaten and scolded a lot by his master and suffered a lot.
1930 was a turning point in Qi Dinggen's life, that year our army came to jiangxi counties to recruit soldiers, 14-year-old Qi Dinggen heard about it and immediately signed up, when the soldier in charge of conscription asked him why he wanted to join the army? Qi Dinggen's answer surprised people: "I want to eat a full meal and don't be scolded." ”
Qi Dinggen was rejected by the recruits because he was too young, but he was not dead hearted, and he always followed behind our army team, and finally was accepted into the team.
Qi Dinggen in the army did not evade training because of his young age, on the contrary, he not only trained seriously, but also worked hard to learn cultural knowledge, vowing to build himself into a literary and martial all-rounder.
Later, Qi Dinggen was called "Qi Mengzi" by the soldiers in the army because of his bravery in fighting on the battlefield, and his next performance also made the soldiers of our army more convinced that he really deserved this nickname.
Qi Dinggen had been seriously injured 8 times on the battlefield, and the small injuries were countless, and the most serious one he was injured was when he was hit by a bullet through the chest and back, which was only one centimeter away from the heart.
Although Qi Dinggen fought bravely, his temper was also very hot, and in 1943 our army was ready to take Sun Liangcheng in one fell swoop, and in order to complete this task, our army made a lot of preparations.
When the march reached the vicinity of Wang Guozhuang's stronghold, Zeng Siyu, who was the commander, ordered Qi Dinggen, the commander of the Eighth Regiment, to lead his men to dig trenches to prepare for the battle.
Although Qi Dinggen accepted the task, but failed to complete the task within the specified time, Zeng Siyu was very angry, he even scolded Qi Dinggen in public, this scolding made Qi Dinggen's violent temper come up, he also angrily told Zeng Siyu: "Don't say that there are trenches, even if there are no trenches, I can also lead my subordinates to win the battle!" ”
After saying that, he took up his gun and rushed to the front line, he led the death squad to charge the enemy three times, not only successfully took Wang Guozhuang's stronghold, but also annihilated two companies of the enemy army.
After the founding of New China, Qi Dinggen, who was fierce in nature, ate a closed door, and in peacetime, the organization gave these meritorious people preferential treatment and allowed them to enjoy their old age in peace.
The glass of the car he often drove was broken, and the bumper in front of it was also wrapped in tape, in short, there were all kinds of problems, even so, Qi Dinggen still regarded this broken car as a treasure, and resolutely did not replace it.
Once, on a whim, Qi Dinggen wanted to visit his old comrade-in-arms Yang Dezhi at the Dry Rest House, and he drove the broken car to the door of the Dry Rest House, but was splashed with cold water by the guards, who stopped him outside the door.
Qi Dinggen suppressed his violent temper and patiently said to the guards, "I am your brother-in-law General Yang, if you don't believe it, you can go inside and ask you General Yang." ”
The guards had believed him, but when they saw his car, they firmed up their thoughts: "This car is so dilapidated, how can it be General Yang's comrade-in-arms?" This man must have come to make trouble. ”
Therefore, no matter how Qi Dinggen explained it was not to let him in, half a day passed, Qi Dinggen's patience and enthusiasm were worn away by this guard, he drove home in a huff, and decided not to interact with Yang Dezhi again.
Later, Yang Dezhi learned about this matter from the guards, he knew Qi Dinggen's temper, and thought that something bad must have happened, so he quickly prepared two bottles of liquor and some good dishes, and went to Qi Dinggen's house, and the two brothers also released their previous suspicions in the staggering of chips.
In order to appease his comrades-in-arms, Qi Dinggen always said that it didn't matter, but in the ten years after this incident, he only concentrated on training troops and developing the cause of national airborne troops, and no longer had the idea of visiting his friends.
In 1986, General Qi Ding and General Died, and he made a will before his death: do not bury the body, but donate it to the state for scientific researchers to study.