In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Ching-wei launched counter-revolutionary incidents one after another, and tens of thousands of Communist Party members were massacred. In the midst of the White Terror, it is no exaggeration to say that the blood of the revolutionary aspirants was bloody.
At an important juncture of the Chinese Revolution, he put forward the great theory of "power from the barrel of a gun". Twenty-two years later, a new China has emerged.
However, many people have a feeling: **Although he has strategized and commanded countless battles, his old man doesn't seem to have any special feelings for guns, and he has never seen his old man touch a gun.
So, is that really the case?
**'s hometown is Shaoshan, Hunan, and the ancestors of the Shaoshan Mao family can be traced all the way back to the Yuan Dynasty.
In the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, a peasant named Mao Taihua fled from his hometown Jiangxi to Yunnan to avoid trouble, and married a wife and had children. Later, he followed Zhu Yuanzhang and made great achievements in the campaign to establish the Ming Dynasty.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, in order to supplement Hunan, which suffered serious population losses, Mao Taihua's family migrated from Yunnan to Hunan.
Since then, Mao Taihua's descendants have inherited his blood and bravery, and have joined the army in all dynasties and conquered the world.
In 1959, ** returned to Shaoshan Chong for the first time after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, Zeng Guofan founded the Hunan Army, and Shaoshan was not far from his hometown Xiangxiang, so there were many Mao's children who participated in the Hunan Army. From the beginning of the Hunan army to Zuo Zongtang's recovery of Xinjiang, many Mao's children have made military exploits and gained fame.
The military attachés of the Qing Dynasty were divided into 10 ranks. In addition to the second-level "general soldier" and the fifth-level "guerrilla", a total of 35 Mao's children have served in the other 8-level military positions. Among them, there are 3 who have served as the highest-ranking "governors".
After the Xinhai Revolution, the children of the Mao family participated in the Protectorate War and the ** War. **'s father also served as a soldier in the Hunan Army for a period of time.
**The father of Mao Yichang.
Therefore, the Mao family has always inherited the legacy of their ancestors who were martial and strong, strong and competitive. **I grew up in this family with a tradition of being a soldier and fighting wars. When he was a child, some of the elders who had fought were still alive, even those who had passed away, and their reputation still existed, and it was impossible not to be affected by this martial spirit.
Many old people remember that when they were young, they liked to wrestle with their friends, play war games, and read books and liked to watch martial arts like "Water Margin". When I was in elementary school, I also got up early in winter, ran and exercised in thin clothes, and washed my face and bathed with cold water.
In the 1950s, ** met a classmate from elementary school in Beijing, and during the conversation, he also recalled the past in elementary school: "At that time, I was thin, but tall, and when I fought, most people did not dare to approach me. I played against the hardest guy in the class, and he only had a tie. ”
After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, the 18-year-old *** resolutely threw his pen into Rong and became a private in the Hunan army, and he Xi systematically practiced queues, shooting, bomb throwing, and tactical coordination. At that time, the chief of staff and director of the Military Department of the Hunan Governor's Office was Cheng Qian, who was nominally in charge of the Hunan army.
Cheng Qian. On September 7, 1949, ** personally went to Beiping Railway Station to greet Cheng Qian, and after meeting, he also made a joke and thanked the "old superior", saying that his military skills were all learned in the Hunan army.
Half a year after serving in the army, the "North-South Peace Talks"* felt that the revolution was over, so he quit the army and continued to study Xi in Changsha.
In November 1917, a group of routs fled to Changsha. At that time, there was no garrison in Changsha City, only a few policemen. If this group of routs enters the city, the common people will suffer. Just when everyone was terrified, ** stepped forward.
With more than 200 classmates and dozens of policemen, he used wooden guns, firecrackers, and gongs and drums to fight a "psychological ambush" outside Changsha City, which not only scared away the rout, but also captured a genuine rifle!Changsha is a sensation.
Facts have proved that the blood and bone marrow of the first have been condensed with martial genes since childhood, and the old people have been soldiers, touched guns, and "fought" when many founding generals have not seen guns.
However, what is less known is: **On the real battlefield, he once braved the rain of bullets and took the lead in rushing through the front!
In April 1928, Mr. Zhu and *** met in Jinggangshan. At the inaugural meeting of the Red Fourth Army held not long after, ***, who does not like to dance with guns and sticks, unexpectedly carried a box cannon. According to the memories of General Chen Shiyu, who has been with *** since the Autumn Harvest Uprising, it was the first time he had brought a gun in his memory. However, after the inaugural meeting, ** returned the gun to the guards.
Admiral Chen Shiyu.
In early January 1929, Chiang Kai-shek once again launched a "meeting and suppression" against the Jinggangshan base area. The former commander of the Red Fourth Army decided to divide the troops into two routes, the boss was responsible for defending Jinggang Mountain, and the boss led the main force of the Red Fourth Army to leave the base area, jumped to the outside line to attack the enemy, and came to "encircle Wei and save Zhao" to relieve the siege of Jinggang Mountain.
Early in the morning of January 14, ** and Mr. Zhu led more than 3,600 ragged Red Army soldiers to drive down Jinggang Mountain.
On January 16, after ascertaining the movement of the main force of the Red Army, the Kuomintang army also divided its troops into two routes, continuing to besiege Jinggangshan all the way and pursuing the main force of the Red Army descending the mountain. This ruined the original plan of the Red Fourth Army.
The Red Army, which had left the base areas, not only did it not have the support of the local party organizations and the masses, but also had to face constant attacks from reactionary militias along the way. Coupled with the fierce pursuit of tens of thousands of people in the enemy's two brigades, ** and the Red Army led by Mr. Zhu fell into a bitter battle all the way, and even Mr. Zhu's wife Wu Ruolan was seriously injured and captured (later heroically righteous).
For this period of battle, ** was later summarized in the summary as "the most difficult time for our army", and Comrade Jiang Hua, who was the former commander of the Red Fourth Army, called it "the defeat of the army like a mountain".
Comrade Jiang Hua in his later years.
At the beginning of February, the Jinggangshan base area was captured by the enemy, and there was no way to retreat, so ** and Mr. Zhu could only lead their troops to move to Ruijin.
The 9th was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the Red Army had just set up camp when the enemy army came again. ** and Mr. Zhu decided to take advantage of the enemy's contempt for the Red Army and take advantage of the favorable terrain of Dabai to fight an ambush battle.
At that time, the pursuing enemy forces were at least twice as strong as the Red Army, and they were well armed and well armed, with plenty of ammunition. And the Red Army was not only small in number, not enough to eat, but also had little ammunition left.
On the 10th and 11th, after the Red Army and the two regiments of the Kuomintang Liu Shiyi's division exchanged fire twice at Dabaidi, the enemy finally all entered the trap, but the Red Army's bullets were also gone, and they could only launch a fierce white-knuckle charge that was not afraid of death. Commanders and fighters fought bloody battles with their bayonets, sticks, stones, and fists.
Liu Shiyi. At that time, ** also held a box gun and led a guard platoon to rush to the enemy troops down the mountain. Even if the guard platoon commander next to him was shot and fell to the ground, ** still fought hard. Because he knows the survival of the Red Army, and he is fighting here!
In the end, the Red Army, which had survived the death, finally won the victory, not only destroying more than 800 enemies, but also capturing nearly 1,000 rifles.
* In his post-war report, the comrade praised this battle as "the most honorable battle of the Red Army since its founding." It can be said that without the victory in this battle, there would be no ** Soviet area in the future.
Later, in the battle against "encirclement and suppression" in the **Soviet area, Chen Shiyu, chief of staff of the Red 1st Army, captured a delicate gold-plated pocket pistol and gave it to the regiment commander**. I also thought the gun was good, so I gave it to *** again
But after *** took the gun, his face sank, and then he put the gun on the ground, and said half-jokingly:"By the time I use it, the Red Army will be finished!”
Obviously, ** still remembers the life-and-death and thrilling battle of Dabaidi that just passed.
In this way, ** really doesn't like to "touch the gun", but in fact, ** is still very affectionate about the gun, in his heart, the gun is not only**, but also has more meaning.
In the 1960s, ** once said when meeting foreign friends: "When I was young, I didn't think about leading troops to fight. I am an intellectual, an elementary school teacher, and I have never studied military affairs, so how can I know how to fight a war?The Kuomintang engaged in the White Terror, killed a group of 50,000 Communist Party members, and arrested a large number of them, before we picked up our guns and went up to the mountains to fight guerrillas!Chiang Kai-shek can beat us, can't we beat him?!”
Before *** went to Jinggangshan, Jinggangshan already had two peasant armies of our party with several hundred people.
When *** learned of their news, he first sent someone to send a handwritten letter to Yuan Wencai, the leader of one of the teams, hoping that the two armed forces could join forces. But Yuan Wencai was worried that his team would be "swallowed up", so he replied politely refused.
After seeing the reply, ** gave each of the 3 messengers a short gun, and asked them to bring a message, saying that they hoped to go to "worship the mountain". Yuan Wencai agreed, and invited *** banquet, ** extraordinary conversation made Yuan Wencai very impressed. After the banquet, ** unexpectedly gave Yuan Wencai 100 spears.
Yuan Wencai martyr.
In the "Green Forest" at that time, this gift was extraordinary, Yuan Wencai was greatly moved, not only gave back 1000 oceans, but also introduced *** to Wang Zuo, the leader of another team.
Before meeting, ** sent He Changgong to exterminate a group of bandits who opposed Wang Zuo. At the meeting, ** also gave Wang Zuo 100 spears, plus the head of the bandit leader. Wang Zuo was moved and vowed to follow the Communist Party all his life.
Martyr Wang Zuo. Through these 200 spears, ** became friends of life and death with Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo, and the Jinggangshan base was born from then on.
During a battle in 1928, the future founding general Chen Bojun captured an old damaged pistol. After some scrambling, the gun could be used, but he was careless, and accidentally killed his teaching captain Lu Chi.
Admiral Chen Bojun.
The soldiers were indignant and demanded that he be shot. **After hearing the news, he rushed to the scene and persuaded everyone: "There is no Whampoa student anymore, if you take another one, the loss will be too great!."At the same time, he suggested that "capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes are unforgivable", and beat Chen Bojun 100 boards.
Of course, in order to convince the fighters, ** also said a lot of simple truths, and in the end, everyone agreed to ***'s suggestion.
Since then, Chen Bojun has always been loyal to this "big handsome" and has made great contributions to the Chinese revolution.
In March 1937, the bad news of the exhaustion of the Western Route Army reached Yan'an, and many comrades believed that this was caused by Zhang Guotao's wrong line, so they severely criticized him, and during this period, everyone's anger also spread to some commanders and fighters of the Red Fourth Front Army.
Xu Shiyou, the future founding general of the People's Republic of China, felt aggrieved for his comrades-in-arms, so he decided to organize some old comrades-in-arms to leave Yan'an and fight guerrillas.
Admiral Xu Shiyou.
On April 4th, the day they were about to leave, Wang Jian'an told *** about it, and immediately asked *** to "arrange" Xu Shiyou into a single room in the cave.
That night, ** went to apologize to Xu Shiyou in person, but he almost received a "cannon to heaven", but fortunately, the guards were quick and stopped Xu Shiyou.
This incident made the comrades in Yan'an indignant and demanded that Xu Shiyou be shot. Xu Shiyou was also aggrieved, so he asked to see *** and explain things clearly before being shot. **When you see the death sentence, you immediately reject it and agree to meet with it.
However, Xu Shiyou also proposed that he was a soldier and that he had to bring a gun to meet *** and immediately agreed, and asked *** to hand over a loaded pistol to Xu Shiyou.
Subsequently, Xu Shiyou went to the cave of ***, and after entering the door, he knelt down on his knees, put the gun on, and apologized for his mistake. Since then, Xu Shiyou has sworn to follow *** to the death and defend the victory of the revolution with his life. After his death, he was the only general to carry a gun to guard the spirit.
Through these two short guns, ** saved 2 red generals with outstanding achievements for the Chinese revolution.
According to historical records, during the Long March, for the sake of safety, the organization was equipped with a pistol and 40 rounds of ammunition. Fortunately, this gun never had a chance to be used, and after reaching northern Shaanxi, ** gave the gun and bullets to Zhang Mingke, the guerrilla leader of Wuqi Town.
For nearly 30 years after that, the historical data continued to record the chairman touching the gun, until a ** appeared in 1964.
In the early 1960s, the Nanjing Military Region vigorously popularized the "Guo Xingfu Teaching Method," and the combat effectiveness of the troops was greatly enhanced. When the marshal learned about this, he felt that it was very meaningful, and in 1963 he reported it to ***.
Guo Xingfu. **After reading the report, I was very satisfied and praised: "This is a great discovery" (talking about Ye Shuai's discovery of Guo Xingfu's teaching method).
In January 1964, the Military Commission officially issued a circular to promote the "Guo Xingfu Teaching Method" throughout the army and suggested that an all-army contest be held. Soon, this suggestion was approved by ***.
Soon after, more than 33,000 top soldiers of the whole army launched a fierce competition in 18 competition regions for half a year. In the end, 3,070 "super soldiers" stood out.
After seeing the briefings of the military competitions in various military regions, ** was very excited and instructed: "Such a good thing, can you also let me see it?"”
So, on June 15, the top military leaders from the two major military regions of Beijing and Jinan gave a report and performance for the leaders at the shooting range in the western suburbs of Beijing.
During this period, Song Shizhe, a special shooter from the Jinan Military Region, gave an incredible performance. He used a domestic Type 56 semi-automatic rifle to hit 40 targets in 40 seconds, and he also reloaded 3 times with a bridge in between!
The *** in the stands looked at his excellent fighter, praised repeatedly, and took the lead in standing up and applauding. After the performance, the old man excitedly said, "Show me the sharpshooter's gun!"Immediately, the ** general handed the gun to ***
After receiving the gun, ** first looked at it carefully for a few seconds, and then raised the gun to aim.
The photographer was quick and left a precious and only photo with a gun.
In addition, the No. 001 gun license issued by New China is ***, but all the records on the certificate are blank.
It's no wonder that ** has always been full of confidence in his fighters, so of course, he doesn't have to touch the gun himself.