In the war-torn revolutionary years, the New Fourth Army once clearly stipulated:
No cadre or soldier is allowed to marry in the battlefield. Even those who can marry with the approval of their superiors must be satisfied"285th Regiment"Cadres who are at least 28 years old, have been in the army for 5 years and hold positions at or above the regimental level.
This is an iron discipline that must be strictly followed by anyone. Since the founding of the New Fourth Army in December 1937, the vast number of commanders and fighters of the New Fourth Army have strictly observed this discipline, and there are no exceptions.
In the early summer of 1940, Wang Yongan, the head of a military station stationed in a village, had an improper relationship with a local young woman, resulting in the young woman being forced to marry her.
The responsible persons of the Jiangnan Command, including the commander-in-chief, Su Yu, the deputy commander, Luo Zhongyi, the chief of staff, and Liu Yan, the director of the Political Department, attached great importance to this matter and immediately organized a meeting of the cadres to discuss how to deal with the matter.
At the meeting, some people believed that although Wang Yongan's work performance had been very good, the battlefield marriage violated discipline, and the problem was very serious, and he must be severely punished; Some people also uphold the principle of preventing microaggressions and never tolerating them, and proposed to shoot Wang Yongan.
* Expressed his agreement to shoot Wang Yongan because the incident had a bad impact on the masses. However, Deputy Commander Su Yu was skeptical about the matter. He believed that Wang Yongan should have known about the serious consequences of violating discipline, but he did so anyway.
He even began to suspect that Wang Yongan might not have married only because he was famous"One-armed hero"。Therefore, Su Yu pointed out that the handling of Wang Yongan's issue needs to be very cautious and suggested that further investigation should be conducted.
Eventually, everyone agreed that Su Yu's point of view was justified and agreed with him.
After in-depth investigation and verification, the matter finally came to light. The landlord saw that Wang Yongan was honest and reliable, and he was diligent and hardworking, because he knew that he only had one hand and there would be many inconveniences in life, so he took the initiative to marry his beloved daughter to him.
However, due to the distance from the troops and the blockade of the enemy, Wang Yongan was unable to ask his superiors for instructions in time, while the landlord enthusiastically prepared for their wedding and invited relatives and friends to attend.
In this case, Wang Yongan could not refuse, and in order not to hurt the feelings of the masses, he got married. On the day of the wedding, the whole village came to congratulate, and the atmosphere was very warm.
After investigation and verification, the Jiangnan Headquarters held another cadre meeting. At the meeting, everyone unanimously agreed that it was inappropriate for Wang Yongan to get married in the war zone, but due to the special environment, his wedding did not have a bad impact on the local people, but was considered a good thing.
Therefore, the command decided to educate him with criticism instead of punishing him. Towards the end of the meeting, Wang Yongan's father-in-law and mother-in-law arrived with a beautifully dressed bride.
The command received them warmly and reunited Wang Yongan and his wife. Wang Yongan was deeply moved, especially grateful to Su Yuli for overriding public opinion and allowing the troops to find out the cause and save him.
From then on, Wang Yongan worked harder and later became the director of the rear hospital of the New Fourth Army, and the young woman also joined the New Fourth Army.