In May 1946, in order to stop the armed conflict in the Central Plains, the Two Sides signed the "Hankou Agreement", but what they did not expect was that the Nationalist army refused to implement it, and by late June, the Nationalist army increased to 220,000 troops, encircling 60,000 People's Liberation Army in a small area less than 100 miles centered on Xuanhuadian, and the war was about to break out.
At this moment, Wang Shusheng, commander of the First Column, found Pi Dingjun, then commander of the 1st Brigade of the First Column, and gave Him a difficult task: ""
Do everything possible to make the enemy unable to find the main direction of action for 3 days, and after the completion of the cover mission, decide the direction of action on their own.
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The 1st Brigade has a total of more than 7,000 people, although Pi Dingjun is known for fighting good and vicious battles and hard battles, but on this point of strength, a hard encounter with the Nationalist army is tantamount to hitting a stone with a pebble, although the task is arduous, although the 1st Brigade may be more fierce and less auspicious, but Pi Dingjun still agreed to it with one mouth:"
Rest assured, commander, resolutely complete the cover mission!
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Back in the troops, Pi Dingjun immediately held a meeting to formulate a strategy: First, the forward troops continued to strengthen the offensive and posed as a defensive position against the enemy; second, they sent reconnaissance personnel to inspect the terrain and understand the route into the Dabie Mountains; third, they used the terrain and the enemy to go around in circles to slow down the enemy's westward advance and minimize casualties.
At that time, The Baique Garden, where Pi Dingjun was located, was not far from his hometown of Jinzhai in Anhui, and this battle was uncertain, and Pi Dingjun missed his mother for more than 10 years, so when the scouts entered the Dabie Mountain, Pi Dingjun told the scouts his address and asked him to find his mother by the way.
To Pi Dingjun's surprise, the scout not only found his mother, but also brought her old man back to meet himself, where the old man met Pi Dingjun's wife, and his wife Zhang Feng also learned from his mother-in-law that Pi Dingjun belonged to the tiger and not a snake, 9 years older than himself, and his heart was unbalanced...
When relatives meet, the scene is always touching, and this scene happens to fall in the eyes of Wang Chenghan, the commander of the independent division of the 1st Brigade, who has not seen his mother for 15 years.
Wang Chenghan, a native of Huang'an County, Hubei Province, was born in a local ordinary peasant family, although the family was generally poor, but at the age of 8, his parents still sent him to a private school, unfortunately, not long after going to school, his father died of illness, as the eldest son in the family, he could only drop out of the Yang family.
In the Spring Festival of 1930, Wang Chenghan, who had been an apprentice in a shop in Hekou Town for 3 months, returned home with a silver dollar and a pack of shisha, and as soon as he returned home, he happily handed over his "salary" to his mother.
Looking at the happy son, Wang Chenghan's mother cried bitterly:
My son has finally been able to make money.
What Wang Chenghan did not expect was that this would be the only time in his life to honor his mother.
In 1930, Xu Xiangqian, deputy commander of the Red First Army, led his troops into Hekou Town, followed by the song of the Red Army."
...... The commanders and soldiers are the same, and no one comes to oppress people... Those who can work have work, and those who can plough the field have farmland.
This song "To Be a Soldier is to Be a Red Army" made 13-year-old Wang Chenghan deeply infected, and without the need for the Red Army to mobilize, Wang Chenghan signed up for the Red Army.
Soon, the news of Wang Chenghan's participation in the Red Army reached his mother's ears, and the old man learned of this news and walked more than 50 miles to the town to see his son.
But when he learned that his mother had come to see him, Wang Chenghan did not dare to see him, because he was afraid that his mother would take him back and not let him revolutionize.
Therefore, Wang Chenghan could only hide in the corner and secretly watch his mother until his mother, who had been wandering for a long time, left disappointed.
What Wang Chenghan did not expect was that this meeting was the last time he met his mother.
In December 1930, Wang Chenghan officially became a Red Army, serving as a service member in the workers' pickets in Hekou Town, and in 1932, at the age of 15, Wang Chenghan became a squad leader of the Red 25 Army, because he dared to fight and fight for high consciousness, and in less than a year, Wang Chenghan was promoted to company commander.
In December 1932, the Nationalist army launched the fourth encirclement and suppression of the revolutionary base area of Eyuwan, but unfortunately, at this time, Wang Chenghan suffered from typhoid fever, high fever did not recede, and he was extremely ill.
Although Wang Chenghan was already a company commander at that time, but in the end he was still a 15-year-old child, sick, especially wanted to eat the cowpea dishes made by his mother, in order to meet Wang Chenghan's wish, a comrade-in-arms worked hard to find a cowpea, did not expect to miraculously improve after eating.
In December 1935, the Red Army fought an ambush battle against the Nationalist army in Ganquan County, Shaanxi Province, in this battle, the Red Army killed more than 1,000 people, captured more than 3,700 people, and captured countless people, because of his outstanding performance in the battle, Wang Chenghan was rewarded with a shell gun and a pair of rubber-soled cloth shoes, and got the reward, Wang Chenghan, who was already 18 years old, was in tears, because with this pair of shoes, his mother no longer had to be careful that he would walk at night and tie his feet.
In 1936, the Red Army completed the Long March, and Wang Chenghan was already the commander of the 264th Regiment of the 88th Division of the Red 30th Army.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he rushed to the battlefields of Shaanxi and Shanxi, and in 1944 he was transferred to the Henan Military Region and became a regimental commander under Pi Dingjun, which led to the scene of envying the reunion of Pi Dingjun's mother and son.
In the Central Plains Breakthrough Battle, the "Leather Brigade" responsible for the rear of the palace not only completed the 3-day blockade task excellently, but also successfully jumped out of the encirclement and marched towards the Liberated Area of Suwan.
Along the way, Wang Chenghan also intentionally or unintentionally asked the people he met about the whereabouts of his mother, and finally, the kung fu paid off, Wang Chenghan met a fellow countryman, in the mouth of the fellow, he knew that his mother had been dead for 10 years.
It turned out that when he did not see Wang Chenghan in Hekou Town, his mother was full of worry in her heart, and after returning home, she often washed her face with tears, and later, Wang Chenghan followed the Long March of the Red Army, and his mother was even more worried.
Once, the old man met a fortune teller, so he calculated a fortune, and as a result, this jianghu warlock said that Wang Chenghan had been killed, which made the old man suffer a lot and died of illness in June 1936.
Hearing the news of his mother's death, Wang Chenghan was in tears, but it was a critical juncture in the battle, although it was close to his hometown, but he was busy with war, and he could not withdraw to worship his mother.
Wang Chenghan performed very well in the Liberation War, made great contributions to the cause of liberation, and severely damaged the Ma family army when commanding the Xianyang Blockade War, and was also praised by Peng Dehuai.
In 1949, the founding of New China, at this time Wang Cheng, the commander of the Suining Subdistrict of the Hanchuan North Military Region, the position was improved, and Wang Chenghan was even busier, and he could not find time to worship his mother.
In 1950, Wang Chenghan wanted to go to Korea to fight, for Wang Chenghan, this is a life and death battle, if you do not worship your mother, there may be no chance, so he took two days off, specially returned to his hometown, in front of his mother's grave, Wang Chenghan was kneeling, crying bitterly, expressing his apologies to his mother.
Fortunately, Wang Chenghan returned from the Korean battlefield and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955 and promoted to general in 1988.
In 2009, Wang Chenghan died at the age of 92, and after his death, his ashes were buried in his hometown of Hong'an, where he struggled for the revolution all his life and finally fell back to his roots.