In February 1939, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army established a new independent detachment, with Qin Jiwei as the deputy commander. Soon after, they faced a tough battle, and more than 6,000 people of the Japanese army independently mixed into the 4th Brigade attacked Liao County in three directions. The independent detachment decided to choose to divide the enemy and strike a side road first, in order to weaken the Japanese offensive and combat the arrogance of the little devils.
After careful reconnaissance and careful study, the detachment determined one of the three sides to strike at the enemy, because the two sides were not the main force of the Japanese army, and they could quickly evacuate after the strike, while the middle road was prone to stalemate and eventually suffered from two side attacks. Qin Jiwei quickly drew up a combat plan and submitted it to the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. However, the military district insisted that they play in the middle. Although the independent detachment repeatedly tried to explain the advantages of hitting the enemy on one side first, it could not change the decision of the military district.
As a result, after the battle began, the enemy's center was full of Japanese troops, with strong combat effectiveness, and superior troops and equipment to our army. Soon after, the situation of flanking on both sides that the separate detachment feared also appeared. At the most difficult moment, Qin Jiwei and the leaders of the independent detachment personally commanded the evacuation of the troops, successfully escaped from the enemy's encirclement, but suffered heavy losses. After the war, Qin Jiwei and others reviewed the battle and were deeply distressed, believing that if the military region had agreed to fight one side first, the battle situation would have been completely different.
However, defeat is defeat, and the morale of the soldiers cannot be low. Therefore, the independent detachment is ready to convene a meeting of cadres above the battalion level to sum up the battle. At the meeting, Qin Jiwei objectively appraised the battle, affirmed the heroic spirit of the officers and men, conducted a profound review of the issue of the detachment's command, and assumed all responsibilities.
Qin Jiwei said frankly that in the face of the enemy's three-way attack, the detachment suggested concentrating firepower to attack both sides, but the military region insisted on flanking the middle, which was like eating a river mussel, and breaking one side would at least make the other side feel pain for a while. If you have to hit the middle, you are likely to be caught by the mussels. This metaphor really describes the battle vividly.
At the summary meeting, Qin Jiwei became more and more excited, and even complained in front of all the participating cadres: "I don't know what my superiors think!."With that, the meeting was adjourned. Qin Jiwei would complain in public on such an occasion, and many leaders criticized him after the meeting, believing that such remarks should not be made on such an occasion. But Qin Jiwei didn't care, and just asked: "Is it only the military region that can command indiscriminately?"Shouldn't front-line commanders be allowed to complain?
Obviously, he was full of resentment. However, his complaint soon reached the military district. Qin Jiwei left the post of deputy commander of the independent detachment and was transferred to the post of chief of the operations section of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. As a military man, he had to obey orders, so he quickly took office. But the pain in his heart is hard to let go. When he went to the 129th Division to attend the meeting, he happened to meet the teacher commander *** and the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army**.
**I had long learned that Qin Jiwei had been transferred from his post due to the last battle, so I wanted to find an opportunity to talk to him and encourage him. During this meeting, ** jokingly said to him: "I heard that you actually criticized the blind command of the military region at the conference, and your courage is really not small." Qin Jiwei knew that this was the *** division commander who cared about him. At this moment, the resentment in his heart was ignited.
He directly said to *** that in the case of such a sloppy fight, it was originally the military region that made a mistake, don't you even let people say this?What is surprising is that the commander-in-chief's face suddenly became serious, and he said to Qin Jiwei: "Qin Jiwei, you are messing around, how much is left of the reputation of the military region?"It's okay for subordinates to have opinions, but they should pay attention to the way, method, and occasion. Something has happened and it is okay to go down and communicate.
Seeing that Mr. Zhu was angry, Qin Jiwei realized that his remarks were indeed rude, so he blushed and was speechless. ** continued: "I have also made many mistakes when commanding various units of the Eighth Route Army, if everyone complains, can our Eighth Route Army still maintain unified command?""It is inevitable that there will be differences between superiors and subordinates due to their different positions. Aren't superiors allowed to make mistakes?Is there nothing missing in their command?
Qin Jiwei was sweating profusely by the criticism of **, and suddenly came to his senses, and felt that he was a little narrow-minded, so he sincerely apologized to Mr. Zhu and ***. **'s teachings made him no longer bother with this matter. A year later, he was reused again and returned to work in the front-line troops of the anti-Japanese resistance.