At some important moment in 1949, a heated argument broke out in the office of the director of the Guangzhou Military Management Commission. **The marshal sternly said to Chen Geng, you can't do specialization, if you do it together, I will do it for your four corps alone, what's the matter?Chen Geng also responded emotionally, you run barefoot and try, if you think this is appropriate, then I will never mention this matter again. So, what exactly caused the dispute between the two?
**) In 1949, against the backdrop of the victory of our country's three major battles, the Kuomintang was defeated and retreated, and Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, who had contradictions with Chiang Kai-shek, also decided to retreat to Hainan Island. During this period, the Fourth Corps led by General Chen Geng had been pursuing the enemy forces, trying to wipe them out on the mainland of China before Bai Chongxi arrived. In order to prevent the enemy from escaping overseas, our troops worked day and night, and finally rushed to Lianjiang before the arrival of the enemy, preparing to stop the enemy here.
A few days before the outbreak of the war, when Chen Geng was conducting a pre-war inspection, he suddenly found that many soldiers were wearing shabby straw sandals on their feet, and some soldiers even did not have straw sandals, so they could only walk barefoot on the battlefield. This made Chen Geng's heart feel painful. He knew very well that all this was caused by the rapid march a few days ago, and the shoes of the soldiers had long been worn out, and the soldiers who had no shoes to wear had painful blisters on their feet. Faced with this situation, Chen Geng was worried. The big war was imminent, how could he watch the soldiers go barefoot to meet the enemy?So, he immediately found General *** with a bottle of good wine, hoping that he could find a way to solve the problem of rubber shoes for the Fourth Corps.
However, at that time, Guangzhou had just been liberated, and the stock of materials was very tight, and it was impossible to allocate enough rubber shoes. In the face of General Chen Geng's request, General ** also expressed helplessness, and he told Chen Geng that not only the soldiers of your Fourth Corps have no shoes to wear, but also many soldiers of the Guangzhou Military Region. We can't specialize, if we make a separate batch of rubber shoes for the Fourth Corps, then what will the soldiers of other units think?** The general believes that in order to solve this problem, it must be solved by all the fighters.
Hearing this, General Chen Geng was a little excited, and he insisted: "I don't care, unless you run out barefoot to try and see if you can stand it, if you can stand it, I will never mention it in the future." Ye Shuai and Chen Geng, their personalities are usually gentle and polite, but in a matter of purchasing rubber shoes, the two actually argued. This is quite surprising, after all, as front-line soldiers, they have a deep understanding of the difficult plight of soldiers. However, at that time, Ye Shuai was faced with the problem of budget allocation, and he could not afford to approve such a huge budget at once.
Despite this, Ye Shuai eventually made a compromise. He managed to secure a batch of galoshes for Chen Geng's troops. And Chen Geng also supported with practical actions, squeezing out a part of the funds from the troops, so that every soldier could wear new shoes. This is a small move, but it has brought a great morale boost. After putting on the new shoes, the fighters multiplied their combat effectiveness, and finally completely annihilated the enemy army and won the battle.
Such stories are not unique. In my ** team, every general, including Chen Geng and Ye Shuai, regards soldiers as their own children. Mr. Zhu, when he saw that the soldiers' straw sandals were worn, he would personally stay up all night to repair them and then deliver them to them. **The general, because of his great care for the soldiers, was affectionately called "old mother" by the soldiers. There are countless such generals.
It is precisely because of their selfless love that the soldiers feel the warmth of home, so that they can unite as one and bravely join the battle. With their youth and enthusiasm, they struggled for the glory of New China, and with courage and perseverance, they forged the cornerstone of New China.