One day in March 1948, Qin Jiwei was thinking about the problem alone, and he encountered a problem: with the continuous campaign of the troops, they had captured Luoyang and other large and medium-sized cities, and along the Longhai line to the east to Zhengzhou.
However, at this time, there was a serious shortage of supplies for the troops. Qin Jiwei decided to let the troops rest and recuperate first, and at the same time fight a few local tyrants to replenish supplies.
Qin Jiwei's troops encountered a problem in the town of Huilang in Gongxian County. According to the scouts' report, the hometown of Liu Maoen, chairman of the Kuomintang Henan Province, is here, and he has a lot of money at home, and it is said that he has a lot of money.
Qin Jiwei decided to target the Liu family. However, the Liu family is a well-known family in the local area, and Liu Maoen is the Kuomintang, so beating the Liu family may bring some adverse consequences.
Qin Jiwei began to think about whether to fight or not, and finally he decided to call ** to seek advice from Chen Geng. Chen Geng said in ** that Liu Maoen has always been an enemy of the people, his wealth is looted from the people, and his family is a local tyrant.
Therefore, there is nothing that cannot be fought, but mass discipline must be observed.
It turned out that the Kuomintang was at the end of its rope, and some local tyrants and shoddy gentry fled one after another in order to escape the people's liquidation. As a result, Wang Deyuan, deputy commander of the guard battalion, led two companies and easily entered Liu Maoen's mansion.
This mansion is huge, with three courtyards, and each house is carved with dragons and phoenixes, but when you walk inside, it is eerie and terrifying, and the cold is pressing. Surprisingly, almost nothing of value was found, except for the house and some practical furniture.
Wang Deyuan approached a man who looked like a servant and asked him, "Where is your master?" "Ran. "What about the things at home? "They've all moved away. As he said this, the servant's eyes flickered.
Wang Deyuan keenly judged that it was impossible for the Liu family to empty such a large family business at one time, and not even a grain of grain would be left.
After the soldiers searched tirelessly, they finally found a hidden kiln under a pile of firewood and grass in the northwest corner of the compound. A large amount of silver dollars and grain were stored in the kiln, and all these valuable supplies were loaded into five cars by the soldiers, and it took three trips to transport them.
Seeing the property bill sent by the Quartermaster Department, Qin Jiwei was overjoyed, and he immediately called Chen Geng, on the one hand, to report the good news to him, and on the other hand, he also wanted to praise the soldiers.
However, before Qin Jiwei could finish speaking, Chen Geng became angry. He questioned Qin Jiwei: "I was looking for you, and you called." What kind of work do you invite, I will beat you thirty boards first. ”
Qin Jiwei was confused by this sentence. He didn't understand that moving back so many materials from Liu Maoen's house did not violate any mass discipline or act beyond his authority, why did Chen Geng not only not praise but beat him on the board?
It turned out that Liu Maoen's wife did not flee, but passed away a few days ago. Hearing that Qin Jiwei's troops were about to arrive, the Liu family hid the old lady's body in the cellar where the grain was stored.
At that time, the soldiers were busy carrying supplies, and temporarily carried the old lady out of the cellar, forgetting to carry her back to the cellar for burial when leaving. As soon as our army left Liu Maoen's house, Liu's family immediately ran to Chen Geng to complain.
It is indeed regrettable that this incident has had a negative impact on the image of our army. Chen Geng found Qin Jiwei and severely criticized him: "Qin Jiwei, is this the soldier you brought?"
You even ignore the discipline of the masses and call yourself the people's army? Qin Jiwei silently endured the criticism. Subsequently, Qin Jiwei found Wang Deyuan, learned about the incident in detail, submitted a written explanation to Chen Geng according to the cause and effect, and asked Wang Deyuan to write an in-depth examination and give him a suspension.
Chen Geng understood that Wang Deyuan did not do it on purpose, but was just a momentary negligence, so he gradually calmed down and stopped pursuing this matter.