One day in 1938, ** met with *** who had just graduated from Marxist-Leninist College at Yangjialing's residence At this time, some comrades who graduated from Kang University and Marxist-Leninist College were arranged to work and went to the anti-Japanese front one after another, ** was also arranged as a battalion commander of the 129th Division, at this time he was preparing to leave, and at this moment, he received a notice of reception.
**Seeing *** sighed in my heart, the scene of the first meeting between the two three years ago is still vivid, in the eyes of ***, ** is still the "young hero".
Thinking in a hurry, ** turned around, and asked softly*** I heard that you were arranged to be the battalion commander of the 129th Division?”
** My heart was sour, I nodded, ** said a little angrily after hearing this"It's so unfair. ”
Suddenly, tears flowed from his eyes, **knowing,**treating himself like this is actually the greatest relief to more than 20,000 members of the West Route Army, and later, under the personal arrangement of **, ** did not go to the 129th Division as a battalion commander, but went to the New Fourth Army as the chief of staff of the fourth detachment.
It is precisely because of this job arrangement that he has since taken root in the Hubei-Henan border, participated in and led the Anti-Japanese War in the Central Plains, and achieved his own glory, successively serving as the commander and political commissar of the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army, the commander of the Central Plains Military Region, and the second deputy secretary of the Central Plains Bureau.
What is the intersection with ***?Why do you take such care of ***?
At the end of May 1935, when the Red Army was tired and stranded from the Long March, he suddenly received a telegram from the Red Fourth Front Army:
We have sent a small team to the southwest to occupy Mau Kon to get in touch with you. Once your vanguard has been contacted, please immediately show the general course of action for the future. Please ask my comrade commander of the advance dispatch about our situation, and you will find out the general situation.On June 12 of the same year, ***, who was then the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army, sent a clearer telegram to the **Red Army again, and also clearly pointed out that the comrade who came to greet the **Red Army in place of the Red Fourth Front Army was the political commissar of the Red 30th Army
On June 16, in a Catholic church in Maogong, Sichuan, **etc.** leaders met *** for the first time
** At this time, although he was already one of the main generals of the Red Fourth Front Army, in fact, he was very young this year, only 26 years old.
**After learning ***'s age, he was also surprised, he held ***'s hand tightly and exclaimed: "It is worthy of its name, it is really a hero out of a teenager." ”
Don't look at *** has made so many contributions and won so many battles in the Red Fourth Front Army, but when he saw the *** he admired in his heart, he was still nervous, and in the face of ***'s praise, ** blushed a little for a while, **laughed when he saw this.
Subsequently, **decided to test *** whether he is really a teenage hero?
After some pleasantries, **ask***What is the climate in the Min (Jiang) Jia (Lingjiang) area?What are the geographical conditions there?What is the life of ordinary people?
It turns out that ** is indeed a qualified and excellent Red Army general, and in the face of ***'s questions, he answered them one by one:
"The area between the two rivers of Min and Jia, there are many flat dams in the mountains, rich in products, and there are many people, mainly of the Han nationality, but also the Qiang nationality and the Tibetan nationality, from the point of view of logistical support, here is completely able to meet the supply and supply of the troops, from the perspective of strategic location, here is connected to the old base area of Sichuan and Shaanxi in the east, Shaanxi and Gansu in the north, and the Chengdu Plain in the south, which can be attacked and defended, can advance or retreat, and has a large room for maneuver.Hearing this, he nodded with more satisfaction, he knew,**Passed his own test, and then,**Unsparing praise***Since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth, and we hate each other!”
Since then, ** has left a deep impression in the heart of ***.
**Although he is young, his political beliefs are very firm, after the division of the grassland army, ** followed the right army south, during this period, he stood firmly with **, and others against Zhang Guotao's ** behavior.
In October 1936, the three main forces of the Red Army met, and in the same year, in order to open up the passage with the Soviet Union, it was decided to send the Red Fourth Front Army to form the Western Route Army and cross the Yellow River to implement the Ningxia Plan.
After the Western Route Army set out on the expedition, the soldiers fought very bravely, but because the troops had no logistical supplies and no provisions, they eventually suffered heavy losses and had to declare defeat.
In March 1937, the Military and Political Committee of the Western Route Army held its last meeting, at which ** was entrusted with important tasks.
At that time, the meeting decided that Chen Changhao and ** returned to Yan'an and reported to **, while the rest of the team was led by *** Li Zhuoran to continue the westward expedition.
In such a critical situation, the 28-year-old *** lived up to expectations, he led the soldiers over the watershed of the Qilian Mountains, walked in the ice and snow for more than 20 days, and then crossed the deserted Gobi Desert, and finally arrived at the Xingxing Gorge at the junction of Gansu and Xinjiang.
At this time, Teng Daiyun was greeting them in Xingxing Gorge, and when several people saw each other, tears fell like rain.
After that, ** first came to Lanzhou to recuperate, until December 1937, he returned to Yan'an.
**I was very happy to learn that *** had returned to Yan'an, and immediately notified that I wanted to meet *** Li Zhuoran and others.
After the defeat of the Western Route Army, ** seems to be a little different from the young hero two years ago, ** of course understands that this is *** inner bitterness.
For the defeat of the Western Route Army, ** spoke highly of it, he said: "The Western Route Army is a failure, but this does not mean that the vast number of cadres and soldiers of the Western Route Army have not worked hard, they are heroic and tenacious, in the revolutionary struggle, there will be victories and defeats, failure is the mother of success, we must learn a bloody lesson from the defeat of the Western Route Army, the future of our Chinese revolution is great, and the Chinese revolution will definitely win in the end." ”
After listening to ***'s words, ** was deeply encouraged and shocked, and then, under ***'s personal arrangement, ** entered the third phase of the Xi of Kang University.
After graduating from Kang University, he was transferred to Marxist-Leninist College for further study, and the reason why he took such care of him was actually because he thought that he was indeed a rare talent.
After the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee in 1938, the vast number of students of Yan'an Marxist-Leninist College and Kang University were arranged to work and embarked on the front line of resistance against Japan.
One day, Tan Zheng, then director of the Political Department of the rear of the Red Army, talked to him and told him that he had decided to send him to the 129th Division as a battalion commander, and that he had been demoted from a corps-level cadre to a battalion-level cadre.
** is a person who cherishes talents, after he learned about this, he thought that it was really overkill to arrange *** as the battalion commander, so the scene at the beginning of the article happened.
Later, he became famous, and even was pre-awarded as a general in 1955, all of this, in addition to his own excellence, is also inseparable from his cultivation, it can be said that if *** did not intervene in *** was appointed as the battalion commander, then *** may have achievements in the future, but it is definitely not so big.
For the deliberate cultivation of ***, in fact, *** has kept gratitude in mind.
In November 1972, the then Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal accompanied the young Prime Minister of Nepal, Kirti Nidi Bista, to Shaoshan to pay homage and visit his hometown.
As soon as I got out of the car, ** excitedly said to the prime minister around me, as well as the leaders of Hunan Province and others: "I wanted to come in the fifties, and I also wanted to come in the sixties, but I never came. ”
Prime Minister Bista replied: "We in Nepal should thank China, you are a big country, since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, we have always lived in harmony, China has given us a lot of help." ”
When I was in Shaoshan, **I also said the truth that I had buried in my heart for many years,**said:"** is my war teacher, ** is my economic teacher, ** is my revolutionary mentor all my life. ”