One day in 1960, the wind was beautiful, and the Nanjing Military Region received an important guest, Zhang Aiping.
Zhang Aiping was born in Daxian County, Sichuan, and participated in the revolution in 1925. At that time, he was the Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
Zhang Aiping is a busy person, there are too many things at hand to count, she can't take care of eating, and she can't sleep. Not only is the General Staff Department busy here, but there are also many things that need to be handled by him personally.
This time in Nanjing, all the itineraries were full. But when he arrived, a person was overjoyed. This person is Zhang Zhen.
Zhang Zhen is the dean of the Military Academy of the Nanjing Military Region and an old comrade-in-arms of Zhang Aiping. Hearing that Zhang Aiping was coming, he hurriedly took time out and had to arrange for Zhang Aiping to have a meal in Nanjing.
Zhang Aiping didn't want to go to dinner when she was so busy, but she couldn't resist Zhang Zhen's insistence on invitation. Especially Zhang Zhen secretly said a word to him, so that he could no longer refuse.
Zhang Zhenshen said to him mysteriously: "You have to eat this meal, because I also invited a person, he has agreed, you know this person, I think you should have a good chat!."”
This person is Xu Shiyou, commander of the Nanjing Military Region. Xu Shiyou and Zhang Aiping can be said to be old comrades-in-arms, but there has always been some mustard between the two. This has to start with the Battle of Dachen Island in the 50s.
At that time, Lao Chiang stationed his troops on Dachen Island and often sent troops to harass the coast of the mainland. In order to strike at the enemy, the East China Military Region decided to send troops to capture Dachen Island. The commander of the military region was busy with official duties, and most of the military affairs were handled by Deputy Commander Xu Shiyou and Chief of Staff Zhang Aiping.
When developing the battle plan, the opinions of the two men diverged. Xu Shiyou believed that he should concentrate his forces and directly capture Dachen Island. Zhang Aiping believed that the relatively easy Yijiangshan Island should be attacked first, and then Dachen Island should be attacked.
At last. Zhang Aiping's plan was approved. This made Xu Shiyou very annoyed. He was dissatisfied with the program and even openly said that the staff was a coward. Although he didn't name him, everyone knew that he was talking about Zhang Aiping.
The relationship between the two naturally cracked.
After the battle began, Yijiangshan Island was quickly taken by our army, and the defenders of Dachen Island fled without a fight, and our army won a battle, and the people of the whole country were deeply happy. But the contradiction between Xu Shiyou and Zhang Aiping is getting deeper and deeper.
Xu Shiyou thinks that Zhang Aiping is too arrogant and looks down on them.
Zhang Aiping believes that Xu Shiyou's temper is too explosive, his temperament is too domineering, and he also has a lot of complaints about his way of doing things.
In the blink of an eye, 6 years.
Zhang Aiping became deputy chief of the general staff, and Xu Shiyou was also appointed commander of the Nanjing Military Region. But the relationship between the two has not yet been repaired.
On the wine table on this day, the two met again, and the atmosphere was still very delicate.
Under Zhang Zhen's persuasion, Xu Shiyou took the initiative to raise a glass and said to Zhang Aiping: "We are all old comrades-in-arms, don't talk about those false things, I have done something wrong in the past, forgive me!."”
After speaking, the wine in the cup was drunk.
Zhang Aiping hurriedly stood up, picked up her wine glass, and said sincerely: "Lao Xu, I also have something wrong, and I did it too!."”
The two laughed, and the knot that had not been released for a long time was easily resolved.
The wine table began to heat up.
When old comrades-in-arms meet, there are naturally endless topics to talk about.
Drink happily, talk and laugh, just like back then.