"If I have some small achievements in my life, it is also given to me by the party and the people. If there are no people, no *** people like us, I'm afraid it will only be nothing.
If I could, I'd rather be a *** elementary school student. After I died, the funeral was simple, and I was content to write the tomb of the Chinese Bolsheviks on my tombstone. ”
This is the last words of the founding marshal of the Republic *** before his death, on October 7, 1986, the old marshal of his life passed away at the age of 94.
The death of ** made everyone feel grief. At that time, ***, who was the helmsman of the republic, even did not hesitate to put down the work at hand, held back tears and came to the scene of the *** memorial service, and personally presided over the *** memorial service.
However, when *** flipped through the manual of the *** funeral committee, he was furious because of the absence of one person on the list, he said:
"What's going on, go and call him over to me, comrade's memorial service, no one can come, but he can't! ”
So, who can't be absent from ***'s memorial service? What kind of indissoluble bond did he have between him and ***? The person who was absent at the *** memorial service, did he finally come to the scene of the *** memorial service?
** In the mouth of "no one can come, but he can't be absent", is the founding major general of the republic: Xiao Yongyin. Speaking of the indissoluble bond between Xiao Yongyin and ***, we have to mention the life-saving grace of Xiao Yongyin in the past.
Throughout Xiao Yongyin's life, he was not born in the first lineage of the army, Xiao Yongyin was born in Huang'an, Hubei Province in his early years, and his father was a Communist Party member who joined the revolution, and later died in the middle of the revolution. In 1930,At the age of 13, Xiao Yongyin inherited his father's legacy, joined the Communist Party of China, and became a member of the revolutionary ranks of the Red Fourth Front Army.
However, during the historical period of the Red Army's Long March, Xiao Yongyin's personal fate once faced difficulties and twists and turns because he was in the Red Fourth Front Army. In 1935, Zhang Guotao, the leader of the Red Fourth Front Army, had inflated ambitions and advocated changing the marching route of the Red Fourth Front Army, resulting in a "struggle between the north and the south" in the history of the Red Army.
It was not until 1936 that Xiao Yongyin and others, who had stepped through many difficulties and dangers, followed the footsteps of the Red Fourth Front Army and came to northern Shaanxi to join the Red Army。The encounter between the two troops through hardships and dangers strengthened the strength of China's Red Revolution, and also made the personal fate between Xiao Yongyin and *** intertwined from then on.
After arriving in northern Shaanxi, the first thing to do at that time was to integrate the command systems of the Red Army and the Red Fourth Front Army, and at the same time eliminate the residual poison of Zhang Guotao, so as to avoid the recurrence of the mistake of "gun commanding the party" and "mountains lined up", and the person responsible for the ideological education of the Red Fourth Front Army at that time was the person who was known as the "Red Army Sun Wu".
**Although he had never led a single soldier of the Red Fourth Front Army before this, he always regarded every soldier of the people who participated in the revolution as his own. At that time, the leader who was in charge of the ideological construction of the Red Fourth Front Army not only paid attention to the issue of faith building in the Red Fourth Front Army, but also taught what he had seen and heard in the Soviet Union and taught the grassroots soldiers of the Red Fourth Front Army the ability to lead troops to fight. It was also in the class of *** that Xiao Yongyin and his future old superior met for the first time.
However, at that time, Xiao Yongyin was just an ordinary grassroots commander at that time, and he felt that he was soft-spoken, so he would never have a deep personal relationship with the *** in front of him who had reached the level of a chief. However, what Xiao Yongyin and *** didn't expect was that an accident in the history of the Red Army tied the fate of the two people together.
In 1936, in the face of Chiang Kai-shek's encirclement and suppression of the revolutionary base areas in northern Shaanxi, the leaders of the Military Commission decided to let the Red Army "fight its way out of the encirclement" and expand the influence of the Red Army in China. The three warlords in the northwest of the revolutionary base area in northern Shaanxi were the targets of the Red Army's "breaking the siege."
** and other leaders of the Military Commission agreed that as long as the Red Army can conquer Gansu and Qinghai, which are controlled by the three horses in the northwestThen the revolutionary base areas in northern Shaanxi could directly border Outer Mongolia, which was friendly with the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union would also be able to provide military assistance to the Red Army, which would greatly improve the status quo of the Chinese revolution.
Therefore, the attack on the three horses in the northwest was a crucial task for the Red Army at that time, and once it was realized, it would be a great achievement for the history of the Chinese revolution.
Taking into account the problem of unity within the Red Army, it was decided to hand over the opportunity of the westward expedition to the Red Fourth Front, which had just taken place at that time in the hope that the collective fighters of the Red Fourth Front Army would unite as one and re-establish the prestige of the troops in the Red Army.
At first, the Red Fourth Front Army's westward expedition campaign was smooth, but when the campaign was at a critical juncture, Zhang Guotao once again committed the ** disease of "making claims", which made it difficult for the top leaders of the Red Fourth Front Army to reach an agreement on the command issue, which gave the northwest three horse warlords a chance to counterattack. In the end, the cavalry units of the three horses in the northwest cut off the supply line of the Red Fourth Front Army, and the originally good Western Expedition ended in failure.
After the Northwest Three Horses cut off the supply line of the Red Fourth Front Army, countless Red Army soldiers were scattered by the enemy, and Xiao Yongyin was also one of the Red Army soldiers who lost contact with the headquarters. However, Xiao Yongyin did not lose his faith in the revolution. He disguised himself as a beggar, and relied on asking for food all the way to cross the vast Gobi Desert and return to northern Shaanxi.
When Xiao Yongyin set foot on the land of northern Shaanxi again, the Military Commission had just received the news of the defeat. In order to meet the Red Army soldiers who returned to northern Shaanxi, ** set up an aid headquarters in the western part of northern Shaanxi as early as possible, so as to give these soldiers who were begging all the way, hungry and cold, necessary assistance in time. Fortunately, thanks to the early preparation of *** and ***, Xiao Yongyin, who came to northern Shaanxi on foot, had a glimmer of life.
Xiao Yongyin, who was in rags, came to the headquarters and found that *** had been waiting here for a long time, and he could no longer hold back the tears in his eyes, Xiao Yongyin said:"Chief, we have lost this time! What a defeat! ”
Seeing Xiao Yongyin crying like a child, he hurriedly touched his head and said:"Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and it is not easy to come back alive! Then he asked the guards to change Xiao Yongyin's clothes, bathe and treat the disease, and Xiao Yongyin remembered this "life-saving grace" from beginning to end.
Xiao Yongyin, who was saved by *** in the Western Expedition Campaign, was grateful for ***'s life-saving grace, and after recovering from a serious illness, he said: He is not willing to continue to stay in the Red Fourth Front Army, he is willing to stay by ***'s side and become a soldier under ***.
In July 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, and considering Xiao Yongyin's repeated applications, ** finally agreed to Xiao Yongyin's request and transferred Xiao Yongyin to the command of Wang Jinshan, the tiger general of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army. Xiao Yongyin, who deeply felt the grace of saving his life in the past,He took the lead on the battlefield, made many achievements in the battle of Dayangzhuang and the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, and became the first sword of the "Three Musketeers" under Wang Jinshan.
Most people believe that the reason why Xiao Yongyin was able to make repeated exploits on the battlefield was because he and Wang Jinshan and others were united and sincerely cooperated, but what few people know is that although Xiao Yongyin and Wang Jinshan worked together to fight against the enemy army on the battlefield, in life, the tempers of the two people did not necessarily match. Because of an incident, Xiao Yongyin felt a little dissatisfied with what Wang Jinshan did, and also felt aggrieved about his situation.
It turned out that in October 1950, after the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Central Military Commission decided to send Wang Jinshan to lead a Chinese People's Volunteer Army unit into the DPRK to fight, Wang Jinshan as the main general, Xiao Yongyin as the deputy general, and the two old partners in the past could take care of each other on the battlefield. However, what Xiao Yongyin didn't expect was that Wang Jinshan did not inform him of the news, and he had no intention of taking himself into the DPRK to fight.
In this regard, Xiao Yongyin felt very aggrieved: although he has always had a disagreement with Wang Jinshan, he really doesn't want to elevate his personal feelings to the work level. However, he was reluctant to open his mouth to ask Wang Jinshan. After thinking about it, Xiao Yongyin had no choice but to find the old superior in the pastLike a child, he told his grievances and unwillingness to ***, saying that if he couldn't go to the Korean battlefield to kill the enemy, it would be his lifelong regret.
Xiao Yongyin, who understood Xiao Yongyin's inner thoughts, nodded, and then found Wang Jinshan. As Wang Jinshan's old superior, ** also knew Wang Jinshan's temper, so he said to him: "I can understand your personal temper and likes and dislikes in lifeBut I don't want you to affect the country because of your personal affairs, and you and I can't afford this responsibility, and this is also for the sake of your personal reputation as a soldier, Comrade Konyama, what do you think? ”
Although *** did not talk about Xiao Yongyin from beginning to end, Wang Jinshan, who was always thick and fine, quickly understood the voice of ***'s words, so he immediately said with shame:When the national crisis is at hand, he will definitely put himself out of the way, and then he and Xiao Yongyin went to the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and together they were loyal to the country and made meritorious contributions.
Whether it is Xiao Yongyin's personal life-saving grace, or *** later persuaded Wang Jinshan to give Xiao Yongyin the opportunity to make contributions, people can see from this: ** meticulous care for Xiao Yongyin, no wonder *** will say: ** No one can come to the memorial service, but Xiao Yongyin can't.
So, what is the reason why Xiao Yongyin did not come to the memorial service?
In fact, Xiao Yongyin himself is by no means an ungrateful person, ** care and care for him, he has always remembered it, and in the most difficult times, he also once gave a helping hand to the old chief.
In the 60s of the 20th century, ** was ordered to move out of Beijing, at that time, *** eyes were close to blindness, and his physical condition was not very good,**said:"If the country needs it, my old bones can still come in handy, at least as a staff officer. ”However, the sick *** was still ordered to leave the capital.
Just when *** felt stunned about where he went, Xiao Yongyin took the initiative to propose to his old superior*** that he could come to live here for a while. The *** who came to Xiao Yongyin's office said apologetically:"I'm sorry to give you trouble drinking your troops. ”Xiao Yongyin hurriedly said in a panic: "Chief, you are talking about **, how can it be troublesome to take care of you!" ”
In fact, the reason why Xiao Yongyin was absent from the memorial service in 1986 was because he happened to have official duties in the army that day. ** has also taught him that the affairs of the country are more important than the individual, and Xiao Yongyin has always kept in mind the teachings of ***.
But, not being able to attend the memorial service in person also became Xiao Yongyin's lifelong regret, so that he could only take off his hat to the old chief in front of the grave of ***.
In April 2002, Xiao Yongyin died of illness at the age of 85.