Chapter 6: The Korean War Breaks Out

Double Happiness was upgraded to become a father, which is the latest among the old subordinates, and other people like Chen Shou Gai Longquan have already become grandfathers, Chen Zikun is also fifty years old, and the eldest son Chen Bei is thirty years old, belonging to an older young man.

Although Chen Bei is lame, he is still a cadre of the People's Air Force, with a salary of several hundred catties of millet every month, and more importantly, he is the son of Chen Zikun, the provincial chairman.

There were not many school-age women in the circle of the former Jiangdong eunuchs, and Chen Bei's playboy reputation was so good that those who knew the roots did not dare to marry him, and the children of the families of revolutionary cadres and the young female cadres of the army and government organs belonged to another social circle and could not be reached.

Once Xia Xiaoqing said half-jokingly: "If it weren't for Liu Ting's relationship, I think his aunt would be the right person." ”

Chen Zikun said that this will definitely not work, it will mess up the etiquette, but he can let Liu Yuan help introduce some female classmates from Jiang University, and they are generally scholarly.

Parents worry and work, but Chen Bei is very good, since the installation of aviation aluminum alloy prosthetics, his self-confidence has returned, this day off, driving a jeep to Liu Cunren's house, to play with his aunt Liu Yuan.

It was unfortunate that the old Liu family was greeting guests, and a young man with glasses was sitting at the table in a regular manner, with two pens pinned to the breast pocket of a blue cloth tunic, his eyes were clear and slightly shy.

Liu Yuan sat next to her, a little happy and a little shy.

Liu Cunren's hair was all white, he was still wearing a long shirt, and he looked at the boyfriend his little daughter brought home with a smile.

Chen Bei's sudden appearance surprised everyone, Liu Cunren smiled generously, and said You young people let's talk, and then entered the back room, and his wife came out with a teapot, and he was also pulled in.

The atmosphere in the room was a little awkward, and Liu Yuan introduced: "This is Zhang Guangyin, the editor of the newspaper, and this is Chen Bei, an instructor of the Air Force Aviation Academy." ”

Zhang Guangyin took the initiative to stretch out his hand: "I am a classmate of her Chinese Department of Jiang University, and I heard Liu Wei tell your story." ”

Chen Bei shook hands with him, sat down naturally, and chatted casually.

In the end, Liu Yuan suddenly said: "On Labor Day next month, I will marry Zhang Guangyin, will you come then?" ”

Chen Bei smiled: "Great, I will definitely come, if you need any help, just say hello, I have a car here." ”

Zhang Guangyin and Liu Yuan thanked each other.

Chen Beidao: "You guys are discussing the wedding, I really don't have eyes, so I won't bother you, I'll leave first." He got up and left, and although he was already walking more neatly, he could still see that the step of one leg was unnatural.

Suddenly, Liu Yuan's eyes turned red, and she whispered to Zhang Guangyin that I would go out to send it off, and I went out quickly, and the yard was quiet, the gardenias were blooming, and there was a dark fragrance.

I'm sorry......," Liu said.

Chen Bei stopped, turned around slowly, and smiled brightly: "Auntie, what do you say, bless you and Xiao Zhang." ”

On the day of the wedding, Chen Bei really came, and gave a big red envelope, the ceremony was set in the auditorium of the provincial party committee, and there was no banquet, so he bought some peanuts and melon seeds and candy cubes, cut a big red double happiness, and hung a few red lanterns, simple but full of joy.

In the warm applause, Zheng Zeru, the first secretary of the provincial party committee, walked into the auditorium, shook hands with a couple cordially, and wished them smooth sailing on the road of marriage, and also indomitable on the road of revolution.

The newlywed three days are not big or small, Secretary Zheng has always been approachable, and today he is closer to the masses, and he has the audacity to ask: "Secretary Zheng, when will you get married?" ”

As we all know, Secretary Zheng delayed his personal problems for the sake of revolutionary work, and he was still living alone in a single dormitory when he was very old.

Zheng Zeru replied to everyone with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, I have been used to living alone over the years, so I won't look for it." ”

Everyone was in awe, or Secretary Zheng's realm is the highest, which is difficult for ordinary people to reach, sacrificing personal and family happiness for the revolutionary work, and selflessly dedicating his entire life to the party and the country, what a great feeling.

Zheng Zeru gave a notebook and two pens to the newlyweds, and was invited to be a witness, and the wedding was very successful and successful.

After Labor Day, Chen Bei was even more silent, and when his family mentioned that he was introduced to him, he said that Secretary Zheng was not married, and I was only thirty years old.

A month and a half later, when the Korean War broke out, the newspapers said that South Korea, with the support of US imperialism, attacked North Korea in a rampant manner, but was defeated by the heroic North Korean People's Army.

The Korean war immediately caught Mr. Chen's attention, and he had a seven-lamp shortwave radio at home that could listen to the world's radio, and since the war began, he listened to the BBC and the Associated Press every night to keep an eye on the peninsula.

After the end of World War II, the Korean Peninsula was divided between the Soviet Union and the United States, the north was a pro-Soviet regime, the south was a pro-American regime, and they were eyeing each other to annex each other, and now that the war has finally broken out, it is unknown whether it will trigger a direct confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, and then develop into the third world war.

In mid-September, under the command of MacArthur, the US troops landed at Inchon in central Korea, cutting off the rear route of the KPA to the south, the North Korean army quickly collapsed, the war situation turned dramatically and reversed, and the US military swept through the northern part of Korea and approached the Yalu River.

At the same time, the US Navy's Seventh Fleet entered the Taiwan Strait and threatened to defend Taiwan, but the PLA's naval and air forces were still very weak, and the campaign to force the Taiwan Strait had to be suspended.

The clouds of war are thick, the US military has already hit the doorstep, and the northeast is China's heavy industrial base, a big granary, the Chinese people have finally defeated the Jiang bandit army, and the US imperialists have made a comeback, trying to enslave the Chinese people, which is simply unbearable.

One night, the official residence on Fenglin Road rang a rapid telephone ringing, it was a long-distance call from Beijing, urgently recruiting Chen Zikun to enter Beijing, Chen Zikun set off overnight, took a special plane to Beijing, there was a special car waiting at Nanyuan Airport, and after the people arrived, they drove to the General Staff Headquarters non-stop.

As one of the few personnel in China who has a good understanding of the US military's tactics and tactics and logistical supply, Chen Zikun was urgently summoned to provide advice on the decision-making of state leaders.

On the plane, Chen Zikun wrote a report of several thousand words, giving a detailed introduction to the military strength of the United States, and also analyzed MacArthur himself, and the report was presented to Zhongnanhai, and he was faced with a group of senior staff officers to answer questions face-to-face.

The senior staff officers of the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters were all experienced soldiers who had fought the Japanese and Chiang's bandits, but they had never fought against the American devils, and they sat in a small conference room one by one with notebooks and pens to listen to Chen Zikun's speech.

"I came in a hurry, and the preparation was not very detailed, so I will talk about two aspects, one is a weapon, and the other is a person...... The United States is the most developed capitalist country, extremely rich in materials, and the country's factories are running at full capacity, which can supply 30 million troops, from airplanes, tanks, automobiles, artillery, to military uniforms, boots, canned dry food, and even chewing gum and condoms......" Chen Zikun said eloquently, and there was a chuckle below.

"Chairman Chen, we all know what you said, the Kuomintang army is a full set of American-style equipment, driving Dodge ten-wheel cards, holding carbines, drinking Coca-Cola and eating canned ham, but it has not been wiped out by us." A staff officer said, and everyone agreed.

Chen Zikun smiled: "Even the most elite Kuomintang army cannot meet the standards of ordinary US Army divisions, first of all, the logistics cannot keep up, what is the ammunition projection of a salvo of US standard army divisions, who knows?" ”

No one answered.

"The amount of ammunition projected by a salvo of the Japanese A division is 10 tons, and the elite integrated division of the Kuomintang cannot reach this standard, while the US Army division can launch 50 tons of ammunition in a salvo, not counting the support of army aviation and naval artillery, the US army fights a war, firepower first, grasps air supremacy, first bombs you ten times, and then uses heavy artillery groups to continue bombing, and finally let the tanks, the other side is often disabled without even seeing the enemy's face."

There was silence below, and the staff officers frowned deeply.

"General Chen, the information you provided is very helpful, but we believe that the war depends on people, not weapons, no matter how powerful the weapon is, someone must operate it, the enemy who is greedy for life and afraid of death, no matter how powerful the tank and artillery are given to him, it is useless to give him a powerful tank and artillery, we have verified this in the War of Liberation, our army in the battle to liberate Jinan, a soldier captured a regiment of enemies." It was the young staff officer who put forward his own unique opinion.

Chen Zikun said: "You are very right, this is also the second aspect I want to talk about below, people, the national nature of the United States is generally rough and bold, early western pioneering, women and children also picked up guns against the Indians, although the American soldiers are greedy for life and afraid of death, the oil tone is slippery, but the basic quality is good, everyone is literate, can operate machinery, and dare to play with life when stunned, during the Pacific War, the United States Marine Corps and the Japanese army fought bloody battles on Iwo Jima and Kuah Island, and the casualty rate is extremely high......"

The staff officers recorded in their notebooks that those who can work in the General Staff Department are naturally not ordinary people, and it is okay to despise the enemy strategically, but they must not turn a blind eye to the enemy's superiority.

Chen Zikun continued to explain the tactical characteristics of the US military, when suddenly there was a gentle knock on the door of the small conference room, and an officer came in and whispered: "General Chen, the chairman wants to see you." ”