In 1940, when ** put forward his strategic concept and was ready to deal a heavy blow to **, Huang Kecheng, who was originally on his side, suddenly changed his attitude and strongly opposed **'s strategy of using troops, and the quarrel between the two escalated for a time.
Then, Huang Kecheng even slapped the table and shouted accusations to **: "You are a blind command!" With that, he turned and left. Years later, ** summed up the incident, and his reaction was really admirable.
So, why did Huang Kecheng dare to directly slap the table and angrily reprimand the ** chaotic command? What's the reaction to this?
Huang Kecheng had twice opposed the deployment of **, but he was eventually sent to work in the Fifth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army as a political commissar. After several years of the Long March and the War of Resistance Against Japan, Huang Kecheng and ** worked in different units.
It was not until 1940 that the two met in northern Jiangsu. At this time, ** served as the commander of the New Fourth Army's Northern Jiangsu Command, while Huang Kecheng was mainly active in the Yellow River Valley, northern Anhui and northern Jiangsu, and was temporarily served as the political commissar.
During the critical period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he was appointed to take charge of military affairs in the Central Plains, and strengthened the leadership of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui. However, the reactionaries created friction in the Jianghuai region, which seriously threatened the overall situation of resistance against Japan.
At the same time, Han Deqin, chairman of the Kuomintang in Jiangsu Province, on the one hand, kept preaching anti-Japanese propaganda, and on the other hand, he created conflicts with the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army. In the face of this situation, ** decided to take decisive measures to deal a heavy blow to Han Deqin's department, and at the same time, it was also highly approved by Yan'an.
* Immediately after receiving the chairman's reply, a meeting was convened to discuss the specific battle plan. At the meeting, he decided to strike at the garrison of Han Deqin's troops in the Caodian area, and the specific combat tasks were mainly assigned to Huang Kecheng and several other generals.
However, when he finished explaining his plan, Huang Kecheng came up with a very different opinion, which surprised everyone present. Huang Kecheng analyzed the situation at that time in detail, believing that the Eighth Route Army had not yet gained a firm foothold here, and Caodian was a key defensive area of Han Deqin's department, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and in addition, he also considered the stability of the united front.
Despite their outrage at this, they had a heated argument. In the end, Huang Kecheng even slapped the table and yelled at **: "Your command is a blind command!" ”
Despite Huang Kecheng's resolute opposition, ** still insisted on conducting military operations against Caodian.
In the Battle of Caodian, the primary goal of our army was to conquer Caodian. However, although our army fought back bravely, Han Deqin continued to send reinforcements from various strongholds, so that although we have repeatedly achieved success, it has always been difficult to capture Caodian.
Faced with this situation, ** judged that Huang Kecheng was adopting an emotional combat method, so he removed his leadership position, but in fact, Huang Kecheng continued to carry out specific combat missions.
However, a year later, Huang Kecheng disagreed with ** again. At that time, the Japanese army, with its powerful military strength, continued to sweep and encircle and suppress the anti-Japanese base areas in northern Jiangsu, in an attempt to break and disintegrate the local resistance forces.
The main battlefield for the two sides was Yancheng, which was precisely the location of the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu. In the summer of 1941, the Japanese invaders gathered superior forces and marched towards Yancheng.
As the main leader, ** clearly knew the key position of Yancheng in the War of Resistance in Northern Jiangsu, so he prepared to deploy the New Fourth Army to defend Yancheng.
Despite the tense situation, Huang Kecheng once again opposed **'s claim to hold on to Yancheng. The reasons he gave were very reasonable. First of all, the New Fourth Army has just been reorganized, and the additional soldiers either lack combat experience or do not understand the local situation, making it difficult for them to undertake the heavy task of defending the war.
At the same time, intelligence shows that the Japanese army sent all elite soldiers and strong generals, and our long-term combat is not favorable. Therefore, the strategy of active evasion should be adopted, and the Japanese army should retreat before returning.
All things considered, ** decided to adopt a guard strategy. In the end, after learning about the situation in northern Jiangsu, he took the initiative to send a telegram to **, persuading him to abandon the strategy of defending Yancheng in order to avoid greater losses.
In fact, ** and Huang Kecheng just made different strategic choices under the circumstances at that time, and it turned out that Huang Kecheng's strategic concept was more in line with the actual situation at that time.
* Together with Huang Kecheng, they were comrades-in-arms who fought side by side on Jinggang Mountain, and they were outstanding party members absorbed by the Communist Party of China in the early days. Huang Kecheng fought against warlords such as Wu Peifu and Sun Chuanfang during the Northern Expedition and accumulated rich military experience.
After Chiang Kai-shek launched the counter-revolutionary movement, Huang Kecheng was filled with indignation, resigned from the army according to the instructions of **, and secretly returned to Yongxing to carry out mass propaganda activities. When the news of the Nanchang uprising came, Huang Kecheng was encouraged and prepared to launch an uprising in Yongxing with party members, but the news of ** leading the army to the Hunan and Guangdong borders frustrated their plans for an uprising.
After careful consideration, Huang Kecheng decided to launch the Yongxing Uprising as soon as possible in response to the Nianguan Rebellion that ** was leading, and at the same time hoped to attract some Kuomintang troops and reduce the pressure on **.
He urgently convened a meeting of the comrades in Yongxing and firmly said: "The uprising is imperative, comrades they need us, and the party needs us to do something in Yongxing." ”
On January 30, 1928, the Yongxing peasant rebellion led by Huang Kecheng officially began, and the rebellious peasants successfully expelled the old bureaucratic landlords. In just one month, all the towns and towns of Yongxing County and even some of the larger villages set up Soviets**, and the mass meeting was held immediately, and the Red Soviet power completely covered Yongxing County.
The success of this peasant uprising was of great significance to our party in the early days of the creation of the people's army and the red regime. The phenomenon of the entire county being under the red regime was extremely rare at that time.
* After learning that Huang Kecheng had established Soviet power in Yongxing County, despite the military pressure of the Kuomintang, he still united with the ** Division, assembled an experienced and combat-ready reinforced platoon, and went to Yongxing County to provide military assistance to the nascent Soviet power.
In Huang Kecheng's later recollections, he lamented: "Most of our rebel troops were adapted from local peasants, and most of the leaders had no experience in military struggle.
But the reinforced platoon sent to us is undoubtedly a charcoal in the snow! After Chiang Kai-shek learned the news of the uprising in Yongxing County, he attached great importance to it and sent seven divisions of troops to southern Hunan in a row.
They first attacked Yongxing in an attempt to eliminate the Yongxing Soviet**, and then reinforced Shonan to encircle and suppress the Shonan riot troops led by ** and **. In the face of such a grim situation, Huang Kecheng was undaunted and personally commanded the newly established Red Guard Regiment in Yongxing to fight the enemy to the death.
Under his command, the Red Guard Regiment managed to defeat several attacks of the Kuomintang army.
**, Yang Shangkun, Lu Ding.
1. When Huang Kecheng and the four were directing the operation, because some cadres in the guard regiment did not obey orders and acted on their own, the red guard regiment suffered heavy losses and Yongxing County fell into a predicament.
In this case, ** contacted Huang Kecheng and hoped that he could lead the remaining soldiers of the guard regiment to the Jinggangshan revolutionary base with him. After careful consideration, Huang Kecheng agreed to **'s proposal.
At the beginning of April 1928, Huang Kecheng led more than 800 soldiers of the Yongxing Red Guard Regiment and cadres of the Yongxing Soviet power to withdraw from Yongxing and go to Zixing, where the headquarters of the Shonan Riot was located.
After the evacuation, the soldiers and cadres were depressed, and when Huang Kecheng saw this, he immediately cheered them up and said loudly: "Although our strength is still very weak, we are a real team fighting for the masses.
One day, we will definitely return to Yongxing, and by that time, the red flag will be planted all over China! ”
Under the leadership of Huang Kecheng, the Yongxing uprising troops successfully arrived in Zixing after repelling the enemy's intrusion and successfully joined forces with the ** troops. ** In a meeting with Huang Kecheng, he praised him: "You have done a great job in Yongxing, and we are now even stronger. ”
Subsequently, Huang Kecheng followed ** and ** and others to the Hunan and Jiangxi borders. On the way, Huang Kecheng gave them a detailed report on the Yongxing riots and learned some experiences and lessons from them during the Shonan riots, which inspired him deeply.
In May 1928, the uprising troops led by the Communist Party and the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops successfully joined forces in Jinggangshan, opening a new chapter in the Communist armed movement.
Huang Kecheng was an outstanding general who grew up in the early military struggles of our party, and he dared to speak out, and he was a rare "general." * For Huang Kecheng's public refutation of his own affairs, his reaction is even more admirable.
* In the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, he and Huang Kecheng performed their respective duties, although there had been conflicts due to the outbreak of war in the past, but now the two have reached a consensus and no longer have contradictions.
Until 1945, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was coming to an end, ** found in the post-war summary that he did not fully consider the Caodian Battle and the Yancheng Campaign, which led to the losses of our army, and Huang Kecheng's proposition was correct.
At this time, Huang Kecheng was about to lead the New Fourth Army to Shandong, and ** apologized to Huang Kecheng on the occasion of seeing him off and admitted his mistake. Huang Kecheng had already forgotten these two things, and after hearing the words of **, he felt very moved.
Huang Kecheng is well-known in our army"Advice against ear"people. He had a discerning eye for the core of the problem, and in his military career of more than half a century, he exposed and pointed out the problems in the program at many important meetings.
In 1931, Huang Kecheng boldly put forward the idea of preventing the expansion of the anti-rebellion movement, but he was criticized by Wang Ming and others, and was even removed from his post for a time.
In 1932, Wang Ming and others planned to give up"The countryside surrounds the city"Huang Kecheng once again resolutely opposed this resolution at the meeting.
In the fourth anti-encirclement and suppression struggle, Huang Kecheng always adhered to the guerrilla tactics of the first class and implemented the party's correct strategy to the letter.
At the critical moment when our party is facing a major turning point, there is always a maverick figure who stands up, firmly stands on the side of truth, and actively makes suggestions to ***.
With his unabashed radical rhetoric and selfless frankness, he can be called the No. 1 "outspoken and daring admonisher" in our party and our army. However, this brave and fearless warrior suffered an eye injury during his early military struggles, and his vision was severely affected.
During the arduous and arduous Long March, the condition deteriorated further due to the lack of medical treatment and medicine. Although he got a certain amount of ** in Yan'an, his eyesight has been so impaired that *** gave him the nickname "Yellow Blind Man".
Although everyone calls him so, their hearts are full of respect for him. In his later years, Huang Kecheng suffered from severe cataracts. Despite this, he never asked for special treatment, and even the medical bills were paid from his own salary.
Eventually, Huang lost his sight due to a failed operation, but he still stuck to his job. Even though he couldn't read the documents, he would have his secretary read them to him; Even if he couldn't give instructions, he would ask his secretary to grab his hand and put it in the place where he signed the document before writing.
Senior General Huang Kecheng devoted his life to upholding the truth and the principles of party spirit and dedicating all his strength to the party and the people. After his death, ** spoke highly of his firm conviction and selfless dedication, calling him "a model for communists."
His elegiac couplet expresses his love for the country and his loyalty to the party, as well as his contribution to the country's prosperity and the emergence of talents. Although he is no longer alive, his spirit will always inspire us.