In 1976, a high-profile incident occurred at the meeting of the ** Enlarged Committee held in Beijing: Wu Faxian slapped Chen Zaidao in public, and this sudden move immediately attracted the attention of everyone present. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister ***.
Seeing this, he was furious, and immediately stopped Wu Faxian's behavior, and loudly reprimanded: "Unheard of, it's really ridiculous." "As the founding general of our country, Chen Zaidao made great contributions in the revolutionary war, and it is really puzzling that he was slapped by his subordinates. First, let's go back to 1927.
On Mulan Mountain at the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, as night fell, 72 special knights were ambushed in the wind and snow. These chivalrous men were scarred, and they frequently passed on the slogans of "organization", "revolution", and "return to Huang'an". Soon, the sound of gunfire resounded in Mulan Mountain, which was the origin of the 72 guerrilla fighters of Mulan Mountain, which became famous all over the world.
As the fame of these 72 heroes grew, the KMT's power in Huang'an began to feel threatened, and Chen Zaidao was one of these 72 guerrilla fighters. Chen Zaidao was born in 1909 in a poor family in Macheng, Hubei. When he was young, he lost all his relatives and was raised by his uncle.
In 1926, Chen Zaidao's uncle died, leaving the 17-year-old Chen Zaidao alone. At the same time, the flame of revolution also spread in the Dabie Mountains. In a ruined temple in Macheng County, Wang Shusheng spread communist ideas and advocated the concept of peasant self-management, and Chen Zaidao resolutely joined the peasant volunteer army and threw himself into the struggle against imperialism and feudalism.
As the team continued to grow, the number of volunteers quickly increased to thousands of people, although the equipment was obviously inferior and the entire team only had four guns, Chen Zaidao was not discouraged and determined to be self-reliant. Even if they lack advanced **, they fight with simple ** such as broadswords and darts.
These backward ** are important tools for Chen Zaidao and other revolutionary aspirants to carry out the revolutionary cause in Chengmagang and ignite the flame of revolution on every inch of land in Dabie Mountain. In 1927, the Kuomintang imposed the reign of white terror, and the Kuomintang led by Chiang Kai-shek launched a brutal suppression of the Communist Party.
In this environment, the Volunteers entered the Huang'an and Macheng areas and established the first red regime of the Communist Party in the Dabie Mountain area, and the Volunteers in the Huang'an area were also renamed the Eastern Hubei Army. Faced with the enemy's strong force besieged, the Eastern Hubei army had only 300 men and was forced to retreat into advance, and finally left Huang'an City.
They were divided into two routes, one carrying out guerrilla warfare near Huang'an City, and the other being the revolutionary contingent led by Chen Zaidao, who went to Mulan Mountain to join up with other organizations and strengthen the revolutionary ranks. After Chen Zaidao and others came to Mulan Mountain, they made a battle plan in a dilapidated Guanyin temple. As the ranks grew, they changed their name to the Seventh Army of the Chinese Revolution and appointed Chen Zaidao as the squad leader.
In the fourth anti-encirclement campaign in 1932, Chen Zaidao insisted on participating in the Long March after being injured. However, he was plotted in the Wuhan crisis. In 1949, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Zaidao was appointed deputy commander of the Central ** Region and commander of the Henan Military Region, and was later awarded the rank of general as the commander of the Wuhan Military Region.
He made great achievements in battles such as the Jute Uprising, the Autumn Harvest Uprising, the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, and the Battle of Juye, and was named the founding general. However, the political storm of 1966 had a serious impact on him, as his straightforward personality made him one of the victims of the storm. The political storm of 1967 was approaching, and Chen Zaidao was uneasy.
Politically indifferent, he realized that he could not change the status quo and decided to leave Beijing. He asked the Central Military Commission for instructions and hoped to go to Wuhan to serve as commander-in-chief of the military region, and he was ready to leave as soon as he received approval. ** He did not give much advice, but told him to be cautious, because there are things that cannot be escaped.
Originally, he thought that Wuhan was a peaceful place, but he found that he had been caught in the whirlpool of political storms, and some people even pointed the finger at the army, directly at him himself, and even shouted the slogan "Down with Chen Zaidao".
In March 1967, Chen Zaidao led the Wuhan Military Region to implement the "Eight Orders of the Military Commission" approved by the Wuhan Military Commission, and arrested a large number of reactionaries who maliciously rebelled, so that the situation in Wuhan could be stabilized. However, this move provoked the resentment of the "group of four", who felt that it hindered their development.
As a result, the "team of four" decided to carry out a nationwide deterrence, with Wuhan as the primary target.
Chen Zaidao and Zhong Hanhua, then political commissar of the Wuhan Military Region, attended an enlarged meeting organized by the Military Commission in late March 1967, and originally wanted to take the opportunity to expand the influence of the "Eight Orders of the Central Military Commission," but they were refuted by the members of the "Group of Four" and put forward the "Ten Orders of the Military Commission," which led to a-for-tat confrontation between the two sides.
Before Chen Zaidao arrived in Wuhan, the "Ten Orders of the Military Commission" had been implemented there, and the reactionaries were able to release and regain power, leaving Wuhan in a difficult situation. In addition, the reactionaries openly held up banners on the streets, saying "Down with Chen Zaidao, liberate the whole of China," and pointed the spearhead at Chen Zaidao.
In order to destroy Chen Zaidao, the four-member team repeatedly put pressure on other leaders of the Wuhan Military Region to contradict Chen Zaidao. In the end, ** and *** went to Wuhan for protection. Wuhan has suffered a double blow from both inside and outside, and Chen Zaidao's situation is precarious. However, he has been supporting himself alone and has never asked for help from the ** place.
Fortunately, the problem in Wuhan was discovered in time and it was decided to solve it personally. **The news of the secret trip to Wuhan was leaked, and some reactionaries such as Xie Fuzhi, Wang Li and others also rushed to the news, which shows that they are "well-informed". * As soon as I arrived in Wuhan, I saw the slogan "Down with Chen Zaidao" all over the street, and shook my head silently without saying much.
A few days later, at the Donghu Hotel, **met with Chen Zaidao and Zhong Hanhua, and asked with concern: "Has the work been going well recently?"When Chen Zaidao heard this, his heart was full of bitterness and grievances: "We have not made a mistake in the political direction.
** did not respond directly, "the wrong route" is just a statement, the truth needs to be verified, but *** will always support Chen Zaidao's work, which makes Chen Zaidao feel a little relieved. However, the next day, Wang Li and others openly made reactionary remarks, claiming that the "reactionaries" should be released, and also slandering the army led by Chen Zaidao.
To make matters worse, they used loudspeakers to constantly disseminate recordings of Wang Li, causing discontent among many generals in Wuhan. As a result, they plastered slogans on the streets with the slogan "Down with Wang Li", and even brought Wang Li to the military region to prevent chaos.
However, the military and civilians in Wuhan did not know that they were staying here, so that some people took advantage of this incident and described this operation as a "mutiny" launched by Chen Zaidao, which became the famous "July 2 Incident." As soon as the news of staying at the East Lake Hotel came out, the situation in Wuhan reached a stalemate, and ** had to go to Shanghai.
** In an exchange with Yang Chengwu, he asked: "Do you know Chen Zaidao?"Do you think he's going to turn against me?* He said to Yang Chengwu: "Although I don't know you very well, the old comrades in the army have experienced the revolution with you. * Then he said, "Yes, I'm sure he wouldn't oppose me either, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get out of Wuhan."
It can be seen from these words that **'s trust in Chen Zaidao is very firm. However, Wuhan's ** has almost submerged Chen Zaidao. In order to solve this problem, it was decided to convene an enlarged meeting of the Military Commission. The meeting was officially held on July 26, and Chen Zaidao and Zhong Hanhua went to Beijing to attend the meeting.
Soon after the meeting began, Xie Fuzhi claimed that the "July 2 Incident" was a "mutiny" organized by Chen Zaidao, and even regarded the Wuhan Military Region as a base for reactionary forces secretly cultivated by Chen Zaidao. He stated Chen Zaidao's "incriminating evidence" in "righteous words", but ignored the facts.
** Interrupted his speech several times, asking him to focus on the incident itself, but he only focused on criticizing Chen Zaidao for "engaging in mutiny". Chen Zaidao couldn't bear it any longer, and asked rhetorically: "You said that I engaged in a mutiny, do you have any evidence?"Xie Fuzhi was unable to provide substantive evidence in the face of Chen Zaidao's questioning, and the meeting reached an impasse, ** signaled the suspension of the meeting.
After the meeting was suspended, Xie Fuzhi and others immediately moved their hands and feet to force Chen Zaidao to confess the truth of the "mutiny", and even Wu Faxian stepped forward and slapped Chen Zaidao. Chen Zaidao, as a founding general, was slapped in the face by the founding lieutenant general Wu Faxian in public, showing the great influence of the special period at that time.
**After learning of this, he angrily reprimanded: "Unheard of, absurd", these eight words fully express the indignation in ***'s heart. It can be seen that without ***'s intervention, Chen Zaidao may be more insulted. **After learning of the situation, he immediately ordered Chen Zaidao to be protected.
After the "four-person team" failed to investigate Chen Zaidao, he was sent back to Wuhan in 1969, and ** ordered Chen Zaidao to be sent to work on a farm in Jiangxi, and it was not until 1971 that Chen Zaidao could return to the army. Eventually, in 1973, Wu Faxian was dealt with organizationally, removed from all party positions, and imprisoned with lifelong remorse.
It wasn't until two years after the dissolution of the "group of four" that Chen Zaidao finally cleared his grievances. In 1993, General Chen Zaidao died in Beijing at the age of 84. His lifelong dedication to the motherland, not afraid of sacrifice, and his willingness to dedicate himself are worthy of our Xi.
He has never been afraid of power, never bowed to the best forces, has always been loyal to the party and communism, and has always unremittingly followed the pace of the party with his original intention. It is precisely because of his sincere loyalty to the party and his dedication to the country that General Chen Zaidao shines brightly in the long river of history.