In August 1958, ** walked into the *** office and said with a heavy expression: "Chairman, Zhu Liang has just handed in his resignation report. * Hearing this, I couldn't help but stand up: "For so many years, I only knew that Ye Ting was going to resign during the New Fourth Army, why did Zhu Liangcai suddenly resign this time?" ”
Yes, he's only in his fifties, and if he wants to retire, it's a lot early. ”
Chairman Zhu took a deep breath and instructed: "Rong Zhen, you help me take a look, and I must let him dispel the idea of resigning!" "So, why did Zhu Liangcai, who had just been awarded the rank of general, resign?
Regarding this matter, the chairman also mentioned Ye Ting's resignation. At the end of 1937, the New Fourth Army was formally established in Hankou, and Ye Ting, who initiated the Nanchang Uprising, served as the commander.
So, when was the first resignation? Just when the New Fourth Army was just being created.
Ye Ting was one of the Kuomintang warlords, and he had rescued Soong Ching-ling, so he was highly respected in the Kuomintang and knew Chiang Kai-shek well. When the New Fourth Army was established, Chiang Kai-shek bypassed the CCP ** and directly appointed Ye Ting as the commander of the New Fourth Army.
This made Ye Ting feel very troubled, so he communicated with Chiang Kai-shek many times. However, Chiang Kai-shek insisted that the appointment of relevant personnel of the New Fourth Army must be the responsibility of the people, otherwise it would be an act of sabotage of the common front of the country.
In the face of Chiang Kai-shek's resolute attitude, Ye Ting could only accept it and continued to ask Chiang Kai-shek for military expenses on behalf of the New Fourth Army. However, Chiang Kai-shek refused each time. In the end, Ye Ting decided to resign, but fortunately was persuaded by his old classmate Chen Cheng.
On August 28, 1938, Chen Cheng submitted his resignation for the second time. Despite the rapid growth of the New Fourth Army, under the suppression of Chiang Kai-shek, there were many incidents of soldiers fleeing with guns.
Ye Ting was the commander of the army, but no one reported to him, and he couldn't even attend the meeting. This made Ye Ting feel that his position as army commander was meaningless, so he proposed to resign again, but only decided to give up under the persuasion of ***.
At the end of 1939, the New Fourth Army was still growing in size, and in order to increase military spending and restructure the New Fourth Army, Ye Ting once again negotiated with Chiang Kai-shek and submitted a request for resignation.
Chiang Kai-shek's insistence on suppressing the New Fourth Army led to a fierce conflict between Ye Ting and his resignation. Under the persuasion of Yuan Guoping and others, Ye Ting returned to the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army.
However, due to the Kuomintang's unfair treatment of the New Fourth Army and Yan'an's accusations of the delay in the New Fourth Army's withdrawal to the north, Ye Ting tendered his resignation twice in November and December 1940.
In November, despite the emergency, Ye Ting continued to serve as a military commander with the overall situation in mind. In December, Ye Ting felt that he could not bear the blame, so he resigned again.
But in the end, under the persuasion of Xiang Ying, Ye Ting temporarily dispelled the idea of resigning, which was also the last time he proposed to resign.
Because Ye Ting and Xiang Ying were non-party personages, coupled with the embarrassing status of the New Fourth Army, they were suppressed by the Kuomintang, and Ye Ting's resignation several times was understandable. What is puzzling is why Zhu Liangcai suddenly resigned after receiving the rank of general?
Who is he? Zhu Liangcai, the "wick" and the "flat dan", was born in Rucheng County, Hunan Province in 1900, and unlike many people of his time, his family was relatively wealthy.
His father and grandfather were both teachers in the county, so Zhu Liangcai's family can be regarded as a scholarly family. Therefore, Zhu Liangcai received a good education from an early age and was exposed to advanced ideas.
When Zhu Liangcai and his wife Li Kaifen were 25 years old, Zhu Liangcai inherited his father's career and became a local primary school teacher. However, he always had a desire to serve the country and save the people from fire and water, and he was eager to participate in the revolution.
Therefore, when he led the Hunan Agricultural Movement, he did not hesitate to join it. In the revolutionary contingent composed of a group of workers and peasants, Zhu Liangcai, a scholar-like person, was particularly unique.
Regrettably, however, after 1927, the revolutionary situation became extremely grim, and almost all the Communists lived under the wanton oppression of the reactionaries.
In an extremely arduous environment, Zhu Liangcai joined the Communist Party of China without hesitation and became a glorious Communist Party member. In the next few years, he was busy under the leadership of Mr. Zhu, from the organization minister of the Southern Hunan Uprising to the first secretary of the military department of the Red Fourth Army on Jinggang Mountain, and he has always been Mr. Zhu's right-hand man.
During his tenure as the first secretary, he deeply experienced the true meaning of the revolutionary spirit, and based on what he saw and heard, he created two essays for *** and Mr. Zhu, "A Wick" and "The Flat Dan of **".
Wick and Flat Pole": Two wicks illuminate the road of Mao Gong's night reading. Busy during the day, night at night. Two wicks, but they were forced to be reduced to one by Mao Gong, just to save money, just to illuminate the words on the book.
A flat shoulder provokes the responsibility of General Zhu's army food. On Jinggang Mountain, Mr. Zhu carried heavy grain day after day, only for the victory of the revolution and the happiness of the people.
Two stories, the same persistence and perseverance, the same dedication and dedication. They led by example, for the faith in their hearts, for the good of the people, with all their efforts.
When the Red Army first entered Jinggangshan, the establishment of the base area was faced with the difficulty of lack of food and water, and many young soldiers took the initiative to ask Ying to go down the mountain to carry water and grain. And Mr. Zhu, who was 43 years old at the time, was also mixed in with these young people, trekking dozens of miles of mountain roads every day.
Zhu Liang is Mr. Zhu's secretary, he was worried about Mr. Zhu's health, so he quietly took away his flat burden, thinking that this would prevent Mr. Zhu from continuing to be busy, but he bought another bamboo out of his own pocket to make a flat burden, and then continued to go down the mountain to carry water and food.
It was during this period of living with Mr. Zhu and *** that Zhu Liang gradually grew into a great revolutionary.
In July 1928, the Red Fourth Army, under the orders of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, decided to launch an attack on Chenzhou. However, due to the haste of the order, the Red Fourth Army still failed to capture Chenzhou after a month of fierce fighting.
In order to ensure the safe return of the Red Fourth Army, the chairman immediately led the last troops on Jinggang Mountain to meet them. This news was learned by Wu Shang of the Hunan army, who immediately mobilized seven regiments and launched a fierce attack on the Huangyangjie in the Jinggangshan Pass.
At this critical moment, there were only two companies of troops on the Huangyang Boundary, with a total of no more than 150 people. This is undoubtedly a great disadvantage compared to the seven regiments under Wu Shang.
In addition to the serious shortage of ammunition, the defenders on the Yellow Ocean Boundary were demoralized and lacked confidence. However, Zhu Liangcai, a party representative, stepped forward and said firmly: "Jinggangshan is the base of the revolution, and we will defend it to the death!" ”
Under his leadership, the fighters quickly prepared themselves and built fortifications in a short time. Finally, on August 29, the battle officially began.
In the face of a powerful enemy, Company Commander Zhu Liangcai was not intimidated. He adjusted his tactics in time and commanded the fighters to carry out an effective defensive counterattack. However, the lack of ammunition made the fighting situation even more severe.
Regardless of his personal safety, Company Commander Zhu Liangcai personally picked up ammunition on the battlefield and provided necessary support to the soldiers. At the same time, in order to maximize the use of troops, he decided to divide the fighters into two groups to fight, making the battle more durable.
Under the command of Zhu Liangcai and the two company commanders, the soldiers held the Huangyang boundary for three full days under the disadvantage of their troops. On the third day, the Kuomintang army decided not to delay any longer and poured out to attack the Huangyangjie.
The war was urgent, and Zhu Liangcai was in a hurry, and took out the only mortar in the company to fire three shots in a row. The first two guns did not sound due to dampness, but the third artillery bombed accurately in front of the command post of the Kuomintang army.
Although the losses of the artillery shells to the Kuomintang troops were not large, the sound of the explosion was enough to frighten their commanders and make them think that the main forces of the Red Army had returned and hurriedly retreated.
Zhu Liangcai is a brave and warlike soldier, he charged on the battlefield, suppressed the enemy with bullets, and successfully captured a large number of ** equipment, which is known"A good man in the army"。
During his tenure as political commissar of the Beijing Military Region, he performed well and made important contributions to the building of the army. However, after less than three years in office, he suddenly submitted his resignation, a decision that came as a surprise.
At the beginning of 1949, after the peaceful liberation of Beiping, Zhu Liangcai was appointed director of the Political Department of the North China Military Region.
Because of his outstanding performance in propaganda and cultural work, Zhu Liangcai was awarded the rank of general at the award ceremony in 1955, becoming one of the 57 founding generals.
Soon after, he was transferred to the post of political commissar of the Beijing Military Region, where he made important contributions to the modernization and regularization of the troops.
In July 1956, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, a collection of revolutionary memoirs entitled "Sparks in the Plain" began to be compiled under the planning of the Central Military Commission.
Knowing that Zhu Liangcai had resigned, the Military Commission immediately commissioned him to compile two touching stories, "The Flat Dan of **" and "A Wick". Zhu Liangcai not only put a lot of effort into his creation, but also repeatedly revised it, and finally handed over the work to the Military Commission.
In September 1958, the first volume of "Sparks in the Plain" was officially published, and although the two stories submitted by Zhu Liangcai were not long, they were both vivid and wonderful, which deeply touched readers across the country.
These two stories have also garnered widespread attention across the country, attracting education departments from all over the country. The education authorities begged Zhu Liangcai to include the two stories in his primary school textbooks, and he readily agreed, but put forward two conditions: no manuscript fee and no signature.
* The Flat Dan" and "A Wick" have become compulsory texts for every primary school student, and the author Zhu Liangcai has once again attracted wide attention, and even ** is ready to give him a promotion.
However, at this juncture, he suddenly submitted his resignation, which made *** feel very confused, and even found ***, who was close to Zhu Liangcai, hoping that he could help understand what was going on.
Usually most of the people who resign are too old, incompetent, or have objective factors, but Zhu Liang is only 58 years old and his ability is also very strong, why did he resign suddenly?
**When I walked into Zhu Liangcai's house, I saw him lying on the bed, sweating profusely, and the pain on his face was beyond words. It turned out that as early as August 1949, when Zhu Liangcai was the director of the Political Department of the North China Military Region, his old injury caused bone inflammation and he had to recuperate for four years.
Although he later became the political commissar of the Beijing Military Region, he still did it himself, which led to the rebellion of old injuries. While working, he had to take several breaks to recuperate. He told *** that my physical condition is very bad, and I will get sick every once in a while, which will affect my work. ”
Despite his illness, Zhu Liangcai never delayed any work, and his professionalism is admirable. ** After learning about the situation, immediately report to the Military Commission. A few months later, Zhu Liang successfully completed the handover of all the work and let go of the burden on his shoulders.
General Zhu Liangcai devoted his life to the revolution and made remarkable achievements in any position. Although he did not enjoy life in peace after his retirement, he continued to shine in propaganda and cultural work, writing popular revolutionary articles such as "This Mountain, He Revolutionizes", which have influenced people to this day.