In the 60s of the last century, Xiao Hua and Qiu Huizuo served as director of the General Political Department and director of the General Logistics Department respectively, and there were some contradictions between the two in their work. Qiu Huizuo believes that the General Political Department always tends to appoint older veterans to the general department, while Xiao Hua believes that Qiu Huizuo does not respect himself enough and often opposes him.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the status of the General Logistics Department was enhanced, especially during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, and it played an increasingly important role. In the 1957 merger of the eight general departments, the General Staff Department, the General Political Department, and the General Logistics Department were retained.
Without logistical support, no matter how powerful the strategy and tactics are, it will not be possible. However, during the war years, most of the logistics personnel were assisted by local militias, and even if there were military cadres holding posts, most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled.
This impression makes people think that those who can't fight are sent to do logistics, and those who can want to go to the front. As a result, many people don't want to go to the general logistics, and most of the people who are assigned to go are elderly, who are called "old, coarse, and weak" by Qiu Huizuo.
This means that they are old, uneducated, physically weak, and so on. For Qiu Huizuo, such cadres are placed in important positions, and once war comes, will they be able to withstand the physical and mental challenges?
Therefore, he was particularly disgusted with the personnel arrangements of the General Political Department, and vented his emotions on Xiao Hua and others.
During the meeting, as long as Xiao Hua involved the topic of general logistics, Qiu Huizuo would listen carefully, and once he found something unreasonable, he would immediately refute it. This is in line with the traditional Chinese concept of "coming and not being rude".
Sometimes, Qiu Huizuo would also criticize Xiao Hua, and the two often exchanged-for-tat at meetings. In 1963, the political commissar of the General Logistics Department sold hundreds of thousands of materials such as war preparation materials, steel, and mechanical and electrical materials to Shanxi, which caused some dissatisfaction.
Someone reported the matter to Qiu Hui, and he immediately ordered that the materials should not be left the warehouse. The political commissar was dissatisfied with Qiu Huizuo and complained to Xiao Hua, saying that he had the final say, others could not intervene, and he had too much power.
However, after talking with Qiu Hui, Xiao Hua directly said that among the leaders of the general logistics department, some people currently have opinions about Qiu Huizuo, and whether he knows about it. Qiu Huizuo replied that he knew that when he took office, he encountered great resistance, especially on the issue of serving as the first secretary of the party committee.
He said that his contradictions with the commissar had a long history and that once they began to cooperate, the contradictions intensified. In the leadership of the party committee of the General Logistics Department, they each have their own supporters, but Qiu Huizuo has more supporters because he has the support of higher leaders.
The lack of communication in their work further exacerbated the contradictions. Although everyone's intentions are good, in the end, because there are contradictions, the contradictions will intensify.
Xiao Hua didn't say much, but hoped that he could respect his old qualifications and work hard to do a good job of unity.
Qiu Huizuo said excitedly: "Do you want me to give up my responsibility? I don't do it! I wrote a review report on the matter of war materiel, but I don't know what is wrong. If war really comes, what are we going to fight?
Have you ever thought about how serious the consequences will be? Xiao Hua said that they just used some squeezed materials to improve relations with the local government, what is wrong with this? Besides, isn't it a bit of a fuss to expand this matter?
In the end, they all agreed that this should be the end of the matter, and that there was no benefit in expanding it.