General Pi Dingjun spent his life fighting horses, and made outstanding achievements in both the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation. Such a revolutionary hero should have spent his old age in peace, but in 1976 he was unfortunately hit by an air crash, and his remains were buried in Babaoshan. But the blame lies in the fact that the central government ordered the removal of Pi Dingjun's ashes out of Babao Mountain 15 years after his death. Today we're going to learn the story behind this.
He has made great achievements in battle and is famous
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army wantonly killed on the mainland, of which Henan was more seriously attacked because it was located in the Central Plains. In 1944, Japan launched the Battle of Henan, and the Kuomintang army had no intention of responding to the enemy and was gradually defeated. At this time, the Party Central Committee ordered General Pi Dingjun to lead troops to support western Henan and establish an anti-Japanese base area.
Pi Dingjun led the soldiers to bravery, first seized the Dengfeng airfield, and then attacked Heishiguan in GongXian County at night, breaking the delusion of the Japanese puppet army controlling the aircraft railway traffic line, and saving tens of thousands of ordinary people who were enslaved and worked by the Japanese puppet army. These successive victories greatly enhanced the people's sense of trust in the Eighth Route Army and their belief in victory against Japan. In 1945, Pi Dingjun completely drove out the Japanese army in Henan, and the common people affectionately called him "Commander Pi".
During the Liberation War, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized 300,000 troops to encircle and suppress the CPC Central Plains Military Region in order to eliminate the Communists. However, at that time, the main force of the Central Plains Liberation Army was only 60,000 people, and in the face of the enemy's superiority in strength and material logistics, the central government asked the PLA to immediately break through to preserve its strength.
Pi Dingjun led a small group of troops pretending to be the main force to attract the enemy's war and cover for the large troops who broke through. This battle, which successfully escaped from difficulties after countless hardships, was revered by posterity as the "Breakthrough of the Central Plains", and Pi Dingjun's bravery and fearlessness were even more admirable.
In the event of an air disaster, the stars will fall
After the founding of New China, Chairman Mao praised Pi Dingjun very much when he conferred titles on the soldiers, calling him "Pi Meritorious and Less Promoted to the Middle School." Because the record of the Central Plains breakthrough was really dazzling, the rank of major general who was prepared to be awarded to him was changed to lieutenant general.
The years passed, and the conquest left countless illnesses on Pi Dingjun's body. When fighting with the Japanese Kou with the bayonet, the knife wound on the forehead was one inch deeper and he would die. During the Red Army's expedition, it was hit above the condyle joint by a bullet from the enemy who was chasing it, and it was almost impossible to walk. The bomb exploded with shrapnel embedded in the body, and even after surgery, it would faintly hurt, not to mention the large and small gun marks. But Pi Dingjun regarded these as his meritorious medals and never regretted them.
In 1976, General Pi Dingjun, who was suffering from an eye disease but refused to obediently stay in the hospital for treatment, heard that the anti-landing exercise of the three services was about to begin on Dongshan Island, and because he was worried about state affairs, he ignored the obstruction of the Central Military Commission and the doctors, but still insisted on going there, and sat in front of him to be at ease.
Therefore, the Fuzhou Military Region sent a Mi-8 helicopter crew to greet them. However, no one expected the accident, the helicopter took off and crashed into the hillside on the west side of the stove mountain, and all 13 crew members, including General Pi Dingjun, were killed and killed.
The bad news of General Pi Dingjun's death has made countless people mourn, but at this time, there are malicious foreign media who spread conspiracy theories. There are talk of time bombs on the plane, and there are accusations that this was purged within the party. Before leaving, when Pi Dingjun's son dissuaded his father from going to the exercise, he mentioned that "someone shot a black gun." This sounded nothing at the time, but in hindsight, the crowd inevitably became suspicious and suspicious.
The wife questioned and made a request
Pi Dingjun's wife, Zhang Feng, was deeply saddened to learn the news that both her husband and son had died. At that time, the domestic situation was unstable, and the international situation was also changing, and Zhang Feng, who wiped away her tears and regained her sanity, proposed to the organization to thoroughly investigate the plane crash, because she felt that there were many doubts.
The course of the aircraft changed on the same day without prior notice. After the plane lost its contact signal, why did the Air Force, which was the first to get the news, not search in time. After investigation, the Central Military Commission found that the air accident was mainly due to the poor meteorological conditions and loopholes in the logistics organization and support work.
At the memorial service, more than thousands of people came to mourn the father and son of General Pi Dingjun. Their ashes were later moved to Babaoshan in Beijing and buried in the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery in accordance with relevant regulations. However, the people in western Henan, who had been rescued by General Pi Dingjun, were very grateful for the old general and hoped to move general Pi Dingjun's ashes to the Dengfeng Martyrs' Cemetery.
When Zhang Feng learned of this, he hesitated for a long time and then made a request to the central authorities. She wanted to divide General Pi Dingjun's ashes into two parts, one buried in Dengfeng and part buried in Zaoshan, where the air disaster occurred. Zhang Feng also made a will that after her death, she would bury her ashes with her husband at the top of the stove mountain and sleep with him for a long time. Since there had never been such a precedent before, the central government approved the request to move Pi Dingjun's ashes out of Babaoshan in 1991 after careful discussion in the light of public opinion.
epilogue:
General Pi Dingjun made great contributions to the revolutionary cause when he was young, and when he was old, he was also full of concerns about the development of the motherland, and did not hesitate to drag the sick body to the scene. At the age of 62, he could have continued to shine, but he was killed by the air crash, which is really regrettable. But the fearless spirit it left behind is worth learning from each and every one of us.