In April 1946, the enemy launched a large-scale attack on the first-line positions of Songshuling, Daheyan and Xiahujiaogou of the Liaodong Military Region. The Fourth Column of the Liaodong Military Region fought back and launched the famous Battle of "Sanbao Benxi".
With the progress of the war, the fourth column, under the condition that the troops participating in the battle were seriously insufficient, decided to carry out a strategic transfer and withdraw from the city of Benxi.
Under the personal command of deputy commander Hu Qicai, the generals of the four columns lined up in a neat and orderly, busy and chaotic retreat outside the city.
Just when Hu Qicai was about to leave the city, he suddenly saw a surprising scene -- only to see that above the gate of Benxi City, there was a soldier of our army sitting, holding a military water bottle in his hand, and he was leaning back and drinking bitterly with no one around his neck.
At this time, the vanguard of the enemy army was about to reach Benxi City, and the sound of gunfire was loud, and the shouts of killing of the two armies outside the city also came to the ears from time to time. The evacuated troops all had solemn expressions, and they only cared about walking in quickly, who would have thought that this person would drink without changing his face!
"Who is this guy?" The city gates are so dangerous, isn't this looking for death? Hu Qicai saw this person's appearance, and couldn't help but get angry, and decided to go up and grab someone.
Hu Qicai got off his horse and walked up to the head of the city to take a look, only to find that this guy was not a stranger to himself, he was Li Fuze, the commander of the Fourth Column and Eleventh Brigade.
In the army at that time, Li Fuze was really quite a bit of a leader, and in today's terms, he was a typical rich second generation + student bully.
Li Fuze's origins are somewhat unusual, he was born in 1914 in Changyi, Shandong. His father was an industrial and commercial capitalist, so the family was quite wealthy, and it is said that there were nearly three hundred rooms alone. Zhang X Winery, Qing X Beer, these well-known enterprises in Shandong, their fathers have shares in it.
Born in such a wealthy family, Li Fuze can enjoy better living and studying conditions than most of his peers. At the age of 21, he was admitted to Fudan University and became a high-talented student in the Department of Economics.
However, in the summer of the following year, Li Fuze was expelled from the school for participating in the progressive organization, and he had to transfer to Daxia University (the predecessor of East China Normal University) to continue his studies, during which time he joined the "Shanghai Students National Salvation Federation".
After entering the all-out War of Resistance, Li Fuze resolutely threw himself into the anti-Japanese contingent and joined the Eighth Route Army. He was highly appreciated for his culture and talent, and was quickly promoted in the army, and by the time the Japanese surrendered in 1945, he was already a brigade commander of the Eighth Route Army.
In the ranks of the Eighth Route Army at that time, Li Fuze was a rare talent, a Confucian general who drank a stomach full of ink. But he had a little habit, that is, he loved to drink, and he always carried a small wine jug with him, and drank two sips from time to time.
This is related to Li Fuze's birth and growth environment, because his father loves to drink, and there is also a local style of wine, Li Fuze has heard about it since childhood, and he can't do without wine after he becomes an adult.
What is surprising is that Li Fuze also particularly likes to drink while fighting, and can really be called a "military wine fairy". Whenever the battle situation was urgent, he would take out the wine jug and grunt and drink a breath, drink the arrogance and dry cloud to continue to command the battle.
However, this alcoholic feature did not go wrong, but allowed him to fight better, and once set a wonderful example of leading a battalion to take the enemy's 18 hills in one go during the Eighth Route Army.
Now that the enemy soldiers were approaching the city and the situation was extremely critical, Li Fuze calmly and unhurriedly drank from his neck in the tense atmosphere of the withdrawal of the troops.
Hu Qicai looked at the way he smacked his mouth, and knew that it must be wine and not water, so he angrily asked, "Li Fuze, what are you doing as a boy?" ”
"Report deputy commander, I'm drinking!" Li Fuze replied in a deep voice.
"Have all the troops of your Eleventh Brigade withdrawn?" Hu Qicai asked.
"Report to the deputy commander, our unit has completed its retreat!"
"What about your wounded and heavy wounds?"
"All of them were evacuated, and no one or one thing was left behind."
Hu Qicai nodded, and the words turned sharply: "At this time, you haven't forgotten the whole two mouthfuls?" What wine do you drink? ”
"Five X skins." Li Fuze smiled and shook the wine jug in his hand, and just as he was about to hand it to Hu Qi, there was a deafening noise under the city gate, which was originally an enemy shell that blew a gap in the city wall.
Hu Qicai waved his hand, and said angrily and funnyly: "Let's go, drinking is not a good time!" ”
Previously, Hu Qicai had certain contacts with Li Fuze in his work, and knew that he was a high-caliber student at Fudan University and had a brain in fighting.
This experience of meeting at the city gate made Hu Qicai further realize the difference between Li Fuze and the ordinary people, and felt that this guy could drink calmly and leisurely under the circumstances of such an urgent military situation, and he also had the style of a general.
Not long after the Battle of Sanbaobenxi, the superiors made adjustments to the personnel of the four columns, and Hu Qi was promoted from a deputy to a full post. The first thing he did after taking office was to promote Li Fuze to the chief of staff of the fourth column.
That is to say, Li Fuze suddenly came to a company of three levels (main brigade level - deputy division level - main division level - deputy army level).
Hu Qicai has the wisdom to see people, and Li Fuze has also lived up to expectations, and indeed has become a good partner and helper for Hu Qicai since then.
After the end of the War of Liberation, Li Fuze participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in 1950, and all of them made many military achievements. In 1955, Hu Qicai and Li Fuze were awarded the ranks of lieutenant general and major general, respectively.