In 1944, the U.S. military observation team went to Yan'an to inspect the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese war.
There was a man named Whitsay, a well-known sharpshooter in the US military, who did not know whether he was showing off or being arrogant, and even proposed to the Eighth Route Army to try his marksmanship.
After arriving at the shooting range, Whitsey did have two shots, three shots, and all of them hit the bull's-eye.
After the fight, Whitsay, triumphant, showed off his might, and asked loudly: "Does anyone in the Eighth Route Army dare to come out to compete?" ”
At that time, Mr. Zhu was also present, smiled slightly, pointed to Wang Zhitao in the crowd and said, "You go and try with him." ”
Wang Zhitao was not in a hurry, walked into the shooting range, picked up the gun, and made three "* pops", all of which hit the bull's-eye, and they were closer to the bull's-eye than Whitsay's bullets!
Suddenly, there was a round of applause and applause from the audience, and Whitsey had to give a thumbs up.
Speaking of which, this Wang Zhitao's experience is also very extraordinary, at the age of 14, he went to Feng Yuxiang's army as a soldier, and soon because he was smart and studious, he was selected to study at the Moscow Higher Infantry School in the Soviet Union, and joined the Communist Party in the Soviet Union.
In 1933, 27-year-old Wang Zhitao returned to China, at that time, the Comintern military adviser Li De also went to the **Soviet area and needed a translator, Wang Zhitao was arranged to be a translator for him because he had lived in the Soviet Union for many years.
It was during this period that Wang Zhitao met the well-known ***
Once, ** went to Li De to discuss combat issues, but Li De looked down on ***'s guerrilla warfare very much, and his words were also very arrogant, which made Wang Zhitao, the translator, very difficult in the middle.
However, after listening to ***'s conversation, Wang Zhitao was very interested in the guerrilla tactics he proposed, so he walked out with him under the pretext of sending *** out, and asked him about guerrilla warfare.
** Zheng Chou couldn't convince Li De, but he didn't expect his translator to be interested in guerrilla warfare, so he simply told him the tactical essence of guerrilla warfare, hoping that he could go back and slowly persuade Li De.
This is the first time Wang Zhitao has seen ***, and it also makes him have a very deep impression of ***.
However, being a translator for Li De was only a temporary job for Wang Zhitao, because he had studied at the Soviet Military Academy for many years and had combat experience in the Soviet Army, so he was arranged to work as a teacher at the Red Army School.
However, Wang Zhitao's ambition is not just to teach in school, he prefers to go to the front line to fight, so he submitted this application to ***.
Under the arrangement of the first party, Wang Zhitao got his wish and served as the chief of staff of the 385 Brigade, the deputy commander of the 14th Army Division of the Eastern Hebei Military Region, and the chief of staff of the Eastern Hebei Military Region.
In fact, Wang Zhitao studied air defense in the Soviet Union, but because our army has never had an airplane, his specialty has not been able to display, until after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he finally has a place to use, served as the deputy commander of the East China Air Defense Command, the principal of the senior air defense school, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955.
However, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wang Zhitao almost suffered a catastrophe, but fortunately he withstood the test.
At that time, the whole country launched the "three anti" campaign to thoroughly investigate the problem, and as a result, Wang Zhitao was reported, saying that he had paid 3.5 billion yuan.
In those days, this was undoubtedly an astronomical number, and it can be compared with that, not long ago, **mountain** was 18.4 billion yuan, Zhang Zishan ** 19.4 billion yuan, it caused the anger of ***, and ordered that the death penalty must be given, and no one is allowed to intercede!
It is conceivable that Wang Zhitao suddenly **3.5 billion, what a shock it should cause!
Therefore, when *** learned the news, he immediately ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, and if the situation is true, all relevant personnel must be arrested and severely punished!
At that time, Wang Zhitao was serving in the East China Military Region, so after receiving the order, the commander of the East China Military Region was also very shocked, but he still knew Wang Zhitao very well, and he didn't believe that he would do such a serious thing, so he immediately sent a telegram to ***, saying that this matter should not be in a hurry, he could guarantee that Wang Zhitao was innocent, but it would take time to investigate.
After getting ***'s approval, **immediately called** Wang Zhitao over and asked him what was going on.
Wang Zhitao was also frightened into a cold sweat, and hurriedly explained the situation one by one.
It turned out that at that time, the Soviet Union sent an advisory group to help the air defense forces of the East China Military Region build a base, and Wang Zhitao was the deputy head of the reception group.
Wang Zhitao knew that the money was not easy to come by, so he made careful calculations and saved as much as he could, and in the end only 1.4 billion was used, and the remaining 3.5 billion was returned to the ** Military Commission.
In fact, there are accounts to check where the money goes, as long as you check the accounts, there will be no problems, but why is Wang Zhitao still reported?
First, it cannot be ruled out that someone wanted to deliberately frame him; Second, there are also reasons why the relevant departments are serious and responsible, as long as there is a little suspicious place, they will never let it go.
Of course, the superiors are also fair, and after an investigation, it was confirmed that Wang Zhitao had no problem, and the matter was over.
In short, don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, as long as you are sure that you are innocent, you can stand up to investigation!
(Reference: "Memoirs of Wang Zhitao", "Interviews with 100 Generals", "Chinese and Foreign Book Digest").
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