I don't know if you have noticed that in the existing historical images, we rarely see the picture of *** holding a gun.
However, with regard to the "gun", there have been two well-known assertions, namely, "power comes out of the barrel of the gun" and "the party commands the gun".
It can be seen that ** has long understood the role of guns, however, ** loves guns, but he doesn't like to use guns so much.
**When he was young, he was a soldier for a few months, and in the left team of the first battalion of the 50th standard of the mixed brigade of the Hunan New Army, the corporal *** received the first standard rifle in his life - "Hanyang-made" rifle.
During the Jinggangshan period, ** used the "gun" again.
On September 26, 1927, it was learned that there was a party armed force in the Ninggang area of Jiangxi Province - Yuan Wencai's department, and ** had the idea of leading the troops of the Autumn Harvest Uprising to march into Ninggang and Jinggangshan and seek a foothold there.
Three days later, ** sent a handwritten letter to Yuan Wencai, talking about his thoughts.
Yuan Wencai sent three negotiators to meet with *** and politely rejected ***'s idea of settling in Jinggangshan.
** Guessing Yuan Wencai's thoughts, he did not make a big fuss, but calmly explained to the three negotiators, hoping that they would not have any concerns.
When the three negotiators left, they generously gave each of them a gun, hoping that they could convey to Yuan Wencai their idea of cooperating to defend against the enemy.
After a period of contact and communication, Yuan Wencai finally met with ***.
** Not only did he talk to Yuan Wencai about his claims in person, but he also brought him a "meeting gift" - a hundred brand-new rifles.
Yuan Wencai was stunned by ***'s generosity, for Yuan Wencai, a hundred rifles is definitely not a small number, and he also knows that the ** team is not so large.
In fact, when the "gift" plan was proposed, many soldiers were so distressed that they cried, and some cadres suggested: Can you leave a new rifle and give Yuan Wencai a hundred old rifles.
** Insisted: "No, how can there be such a practice as giving gifts with old things, since you want to give them, you must give new ones." ”
Yuan Wencai finally accepted ***'s suggestion, and of course accepted ***'s valuable "meeting gift".
Under the recommendation of Yuan Wencai, ** also got acquainted with his brother Wang Zuo.
** Shot again, and also gave Wang Zuo a batch of rifles.
Not only that, but ** also asked He Changgong to take action and smashed Wang Zuo's "sworn enemy" - the evil bandit Yin Daoyi.
Sincerely, the golden stone is open", Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo were moved by what he did, "From then on, he followed the Communist Party".
In the process of handling this matter, the gun in the hand is not only to kill the enemy, but also to unite comrades.
At the beginning of 1928, ***, who had already gained a firm foothold in Jinggangshan, happily received a report from He Changgong that the remnants of the Nanchang Rebel Army led by ** had their whereabouts.
For the officers and soldiers of the First Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, who fought alone in Jinggangshan, "there is news about the remnants of the Nanchang Rebel Army", which is an exciting good news.
Since the Nanchang Uprising, ** has rarely heard from this force, let alone knows where they are going.
According to reports published in Kuomintang newspapers, this force has been completely wiped out.
The news brought back by He Changgong undoubtedly shattered the rumors on the Kuomintang side.
He Changgong told ***I have seen ***, and when I learned that you were engaged in the armed secession of workers and peasants in Jinggangshan, Comrade ** was very excited. ”
He also told Comrade *** that he had sent your younger brother Mao Zetan to Jinggangshan, get in touch with you, and then pull the troops to Jinggangshan. ”
At the beginning of April, two regiments were sent to meet the troops.
Around April 24, the First Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army led by ** held a grand meeting to celebrate the division with ** and the department.
The celebration meeting was presided over by **, who announced at the meeting: "The two revolutionary armed forces were combined to form the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. ”
The former committee appointed *** as the party representative of the Fourth Army, ** as the army commander, Wang Erzhuo as the chief of staff, and ** as the head of the teaching brigade.
The Fourth Army had two divisions and one teaching brigade.
At that time, because Zhang Ziqing failed to be in place, he was temporarily the commander of the 11th Division, and he also served as the commander of the 10th Division.
Just before the start of this conference, ** asked the guards for a barge gun for the first time, and walked up to the rostrum with the gun cross-shouldered in a serious manner.
Seeing this scene, He Changgong and others were a little surprised.
In their minds, ** never wanted to carry a gun, no matter how dangerous the situation, no matter how many enemy soldiers were behind them, ** never wanted to carry a gun on them.
Noticing the eyes of his comrades, he smiled wittily: "Shoulder the box gun, the division commander will see the army commander." ”
As soon as the meeting ended, ** hurriedly returned the shell gun to the guards, and since then, most of the comrades have never seen *** take a gun again.
At the "87 Conference" on August 7, 1927, ** put forward for the first time the famous thesis that "power comes out of the barrel of a gun".
Less than a year after this meeting ended, because of a battle, ***, who was reluctant to touch the gun, picked up the gun again.
In 1928, the Red Fourth Army led by ** and the Pingjiang Uprising led by Teng Daiyuan met in Ninggang.
The convergence of the two main forces of the Red Army doubled the pressure on Chiang Kai-shek.
On January 1, 1929, Chiang Kai-shek gathered 30,000 troops and divided them into five ways to "suppress" the Red Army.
** It was decided to adopt the operational policy of "offensive defense", and the inner and outer lines fought at the same time and advanced simultaneously.
After discussion, it was decided that Teng Daiyuan would stay in Jinggangshan and lead the main force of the Red Fourth Army to attack the southern Jiangxi region.
** Imagine that by "diverting the tiger from the mountain", the main forces of the Kuomintang army were induced to come back to help, and then annihilate the enemy one by one to break their blockade.
However, He Jian, the commander-in-chief of the "Hui Suppression", sensed the combat intentions of the Red Army, and he divided the Fifth Route Army into two, one part continued to "enter and suppress" Jinggangshan, and Liu Shiyi and others "pursued and suppressed" the ** department.
At the end of January, the ** headquarters was attacked by Liu Shiyi's brigade and fell into a heavy siege.
After struggling to break through, the ** division arrived in the Dabai Mountain area north of Ruijin.
On February 10, the first day of the Lunar New Year, an ambush battle was fought in the canyon ten miles long from north to south of Dabaidi.
When Liu Shiyi's brigade entered the ambush circle, ** issued an attack order, and a fierce battle began.
Since the Red Army did not have the upper hand in terms of strength and ammunition, after a period of fierce fighting, the Kuomintang army gradually came to its senses and began a fierce counterattack.
** It is clear that once the Kuomintang army succeeds in counterattacking, the main force of the Red Army will face annihilation.
Therefore, it is necessary to resolutely defeat the Kuomintang army in order to preserve the precious flame of revolution.
In this battle, the comrades saw that they usually don't like to touch the gun*** picked up the gun, and personally led the guard platoon to the forefront.
After a day and a night of fierce fighting, the Red Army finally repelled the Kuomintang pursuers who were "pursuing" and retreated to safety in victory.
According to the memories of the old comrades who have followed *** for a long time, in their impressions, this is the first and only time in their lives that they personally fought with a gun.
In May 1933, when ** re-crossed Da Bai Di, he left a famous song "Bodhisattva Barbarian Da Bai Di":
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple, who holds the color to practice dancing in the air?
After the rain, the sun is back to the sun, and the mountains are bursting with blue.
At that time, the fierce battle was urgent, and the village wall in front of the bullet hole.
Decorate this Guanshan, and it looks better today.
Shortly thereafter, Chen Shiyu, chief of staff of the 34th Division of the 1st Red Army, seized a small pistol with a gold-plated body.
Chen Shiyu handed over this exquisite pistol to the ** army commander.
* thought that *** still has no gun at his disposal, so he reluctantly cut his love and gave this pistol to ***
Who knows, ** took the gun, looked at it carefully and then returned it to **.
*Extremely puzzled.
** explained: "You should keep this gun for yourself." ”
** Goes on to say: "If one day comes to the point where I need to use a gun, it means that our revolution has failed, so what is the use of a gun?" ”
After the liberation of the country, in accordance with the unified regulations, the relevant departments issued a gun license to ***, numbered "A Zi 001".
This is the first gun license issued by the People's Republic of China, and it is also a gun license that has not been used once.
On the gun license, the gun number and bullet column are blank, ** have never received a gun, and now, this blank gun license is stored in the former residence of Juxiang Library.
In 1964, the Chinese People's Liberation Army set off an upsurge of mass training and competition throughout the army.
On June 15, ** went to a shooting range of the People's Liberation Army in the western suburbs of Beijing to observe the report and display of the army's top shooters.
On that day, Song Shizhe, commander of the "Red Fourth Company" of a certain regiment of the Nanjing Military Region, attracted everyone's attention.
Armed with a semi-automatic rifle, he shot out 40 steel targets 150 meters away with 40 rounds of ammunition in just 40 seconds.
**Obviously very satisfied with this result, he enthusiastically picked up the sharpshooter Song Shizhe's Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, examined it carefully, and raised the gun to do an aiming action, but** never pulled the trigger.
This historic scene lifted the spirits of the PLA officers and men present.
This is also the last time *** "touches" the gun.
This is the extraordinary *** He doesn't like to touch the "barrel of the gun", but he pioneered the theory of the "barrel of the gun" that is unique in the world, and defeated one enemy after another who held the "barrel of the gun"!