To say that the hot-tempered senior generals of our army, the upright and loyal Peng Lao is always the first to be the first to do anything, and the second place is the famous "monk general", the founding general General Xu Shiyou.
It is precisely because General Xu Shiyou has a big temper that whenever he is unhappy when he sees the general, the general's old subordinates and the staff around the general will basically avoid him.
However, there are exceptions to everything, there is an old subordinate of General Xu Shiyou, he not only dares to "be more serious" with General Xu Shiyou, put forward opinions, and even dares to joke with General Xu Shiyou, even if the joke is too much, Xu Shiyou never cares.
General Nie Fengzhi.
He is General Nie Fengzhi, a member of General Xu Shiyou's subordinates.
There are many rumors about the personal relationship between the two of them, all in all, Xu Shiyou's subordinates are like a cloud, but Xu Shiyou prefers Nie Fengzhi.
For example, some people say that Xu Shiyou's position is high, and it must be Nie Fengzhi who will succeed him, and Xu Shiyou will step down as commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and the new commander will be Nie Fengzhi.
In fact, from the time of the Red Army to the Shandong base area, Nie Fengzhi has always been a subordinate of Commander Xu, and it can be said that he has passed the test of blood and fire.
Later, from Shandong to Nanjing, Nie Fengzhi was the one who argued, argued and even quarreled with General Xu Shiyou the most.
Compared with other people who were stunned when they saw Xu Shiyou, Nie Fengzhi's most distinctive feature was that he was bold, dared to insist, and even dared to say "no" to Commander Xu.
Nie Fengzhi, Xiang Shouzhi, Xu Shiyou, and old comrades-in-arms gathered.
Nie Fengzhi later recalled: "The old commander is actually very reasonable, as long as you dare to say it and speak reasonably, no matter how fierce the quarrel is, the old commander will still listen to it in the end." ”
Nie Fengzhi also said: "The old commander is very open-minded, he never holds grudges, fights, quarrels, and never takes it to heart." ”
Maybe it's because Nie Fengzhi knows the old commander too well, or maybe there are too few people like Nie Fengzhi around Xu Shiyou, so Xu Shiyou has a special preference for Nie Fengzhi.
In order to prevent his superiors from transferring Nie Fengzhi away, General Xu Shiyou also did something of "committing crimes and disobeying orders" back then.
It was the autumn of 1945, and Nie Fengzhi received an order from the ** Military Commission to lead his troops to the Northeast, but Xu Shiyou gave him the latest instructions the next day: You don't have to go to the Northeast.
Old**. Nie Fengzhi was inexplicable and asked what was going on?
Xu Shiyou smiled but said nothing.
It turned out that Xu Shiyou sent a telegram to the Military Commission, "falsely claiming" that Nie Fengzhi was suffering from acute tuberculosis and was in the "open period" and could not go to the Northeast for the time being, suggesting a replacement.
After the Military Commission replied to the telegram and agreed, Xu Shiyou's "contract adjustment plan" was successfully implemented, and Wu Kehua went to the Northeast instead of Nie Fengzhi.
General Xu Shiyou has done such a blatant "disobedience" once, and there has never been a second time.
However, Nie Fengzhi often did "disobedience" under General Xu Shiyou, and even had the audacity to tamper with Xu Shiyou's orders.
Let's talk about the most representative one.
In the Battle of Jinan, General Xu Shiyou's telegram order to Nie Fengzhi was "assist", Nie Fengzhi was unwilling to be a supporting role, he actually waved his pen and changed "assist" to "main attack"!
Old**. After the battle began, Xu Shiyou was surprised to find that Nie Fengzhi's troops were earth-shattering, and there was no "assist" at all.
Xu Shiyou was very annoyed, and reprimanded Nie Fengzhi all the time: "Your courage is too big, Hu Lai!" How can you assist like this? Isn't this messy? ”
After the old commander scolded enough, Nie Fengzhi explained his thoughts and thoughts, and said: "This side is the main attack, and that side is also the main attack, even the old commander you can't tell the difference, isn't the enemy even more confused!" ”
General Xu Shiyou was "choked" by Nie Fengzhi's words, and was speechless for a while, but looking back, Nie Fengzhi's words also made sense.
General Nie Fengzhi's family.
Xu Shiyou finally scolded Nie Fengzhi, but he didn't ask Nie Fengzhi to change back to "assist", but just asked Nie Fengzhi to make a "military order": "You can only succeed, not failure, if you smash it, don't let me see you again!" ”
Nie Fengzhi did not disappoint the old commander in the end, and the story of him changing the military order and changing the "assist" to the "main attack" came back and spread widely, becoming a good story.
In private, although General Xu Shiyou and Nie Fengzhi have a superior-subordinate relationship, they are more like a pair of good friends who know each other, understand each other, have similar interests, and have nothing to say.
In the "Cultural Revolution", Nie Fengzhi was subjected to unprovoked **, General Xu Shiyou was furious, and with a team of soldiers with loaded guns, he snatched Nie Fengzhi out of the hands of the rebels.
Nie Fengzhi also has great respect for Xu Shiyou, the old commander. After Xu Shiyou retired, Nie Fengzhi took over as commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and he tried his best to persuade the old commander to stay in Nanjing to recuperate.
General Nie Fengzhi.
As long as Xu Shiyou is in Nanjing, Nie Fengzhi will go to No. 8 Zhongshan Mausoleum every other day to chat with the old commander and go fishing.
When General Xu Shiyou reached his old age, he was seriously ill and had difficulty walking, but as long as he carried a shotgun, the general was immediately in good spirits.
Nie Fengzhi knew that General Xu Shiyou liked hunting, and General Xu Shiyou himself said the same: "As soon as you put a shotgun on the bar, the pain on your body is reduced by half." ”
So, Nie Fengzhi often accompanied Xu Shiyou to hunt together until the old commander couldn't get out of bed.
This is the fraternal revolutionary camaraderie of a pair of comrades-in-arms.
In the workplace, it is also possible for everyone to work with short-tempered leaders, how to deal with the relationship between each other, to achieve a "win-win", General Nie Fengzhi made an example, you may be able to learn from.