"You work and study at the same time, one-third of the time you work in Beijing, one-third of the time you study, and one-third of the time you go down to do research. ”In 1969, when Li Desheng was just transferred to Beijing to work, because he was shouldering many important positions, he once proposed to *** to remove some positions, but unexpectedly, he was rejected by ***: "None of them can be exempted." He also said the above to him.
The "three thirds" are summarized in their long-term work practiceHe was inseparable from books all his life, in his bedroom, in his office, and when he was out and ......aboutThey are accompanied by books, and they can also see the records of borrowing books in libraries all over the world.
In addition, it is a habit to conduct research and researchAs long as he goes to a place, he always has to carry out investigations to understand the local customs, economic conditions, people's living standards, etc.
In ***'s opinion, reading and research are very important, he thinks so, and even more so. Now, he has taught these to Li Desheng, which is enough to get a glimpse of the reuse and cultivation of Li Desheng at that time.
Who is Li Desheng? How did he get into the sight of *** and get appreciated? What do you like about him?
In April 1916, Li Desheng was born in a poor peasant family in Lijiawa Village, Xinxian County, Henan Province. At the age of 7, Li Desheng began to study with a master tailor, staying in the house every day, holding rulers, scissors and fabrics, and he was very unaccustomed to such a boring life。Later, he herded cattle for others, but at that time, there was no salary for herding cattle, just something to eat, but Li Desheng was happy.
At the age of 12, with the arrival of the Red Army, Li Desheng's hometown was also liberatedHe immediately became the head of the Boy Scouts, responsible for delivering letters, leading the way, etc., began to contact the Red Army, and had the idea of joining the Red Army. In 1930, at the age of 14, he officially became a member of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. In 1932, Li Desheng officially joined the Communist Party of China and began his revolutionary career.
In battle, Li Desheng always charged ahead, was not afraid of sacrifice, performed outstandingly, and was appreciated by the leaders many times.
In 1935, during the Long March, Li Desheng was falsely accused, removed from all positions, and expelled from the party. After learning of the situation, the commander of the 10th Division at the time immediately talked to Li Desheng and asked him about the situationEncourage him to travel light, continue to fight, and give him a lot of care after that. With the enlightenment and help of ***,After a period of ideological struggle, Li Desheng finally stuck to his beliefs, firmly believed in the party, and always followed the party.
During this period, although Li Desheng was expelled from the party, he still followed the troops to climb snow-capped mountains, cross grasslands, and fight in the east and west.
It was not until December 1936, after the troops arrived in northern Shaanxi, that Li Desheng rejoined the party again. Ten years later, Li Desheng's previous wrongs were finally corrected, and his party age began in 1932.
During the war years, Li Desheng relied on his firm ideals and beliefs, and under the devastation of difficult living conditions and the rain of bullets, even if he was treated unfairly, he still withstood the test and achieved good results in combat again and again.
In December 1946, Li Desheng was appointed as the commander of the 17th Brigade of the 6th Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army.
In July 1948, the enemy forces in the Hanshui Valley were empty, and in order to seize the opportunity to establish an operational advance base, ** and *** ordered the 6th Column of Nakano and other troops to launch the Xiangfan Campaign. The strategic location of Xiangfan is very important, once our army takes this place, it will not only be able to cut off the connection between the enemy forces in central China and the enemy forces in the northwest, and avoid worries for our army's operations in the eastern Henan battlefield, but also directly pose a threat to Wuhan.
In fact, in June 1948, ** moved the idea of capturing Xiangfan, and transmitted the order to attack to all columns. However, on June 17, the East China Field Army launched the Eastern Henan Campaign, and in order to cooperate with the operation, ** temporarily stopped the operational preparations in Xiangfan, and urgently transferred the strength of four columns to support the operation.
In late June, in order to support the operations in the eastern Henan battlefield, the Kuomintang army mobilized corps from Nanyang, Runan and other places to support, and the Kuomintang troops in Xiangyang, Fancheng and other places were left with about 20,000 people stationed, under the command of Kang Ze.
Under this situation, the Central Plains Field Army seized the opportunity and dispatched a total of more than 30,000 troops to launch an offensive against Xiangfan.
The commander of the sixth column, Wang Jinshan, was ordered to command the troops to seize Xiangyang. Because Xiangyang is surrounded by water on three sides and backed by mountains on the other side, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Proceeding from the actual situation, Wang Jinshan went against the traditional style of play in the past and decided to first take Pipa Mountain, Zhenwu Mountain and Tiefo Temple in the west direction, and then concentrate the main force to launch an attack to the west. StillWho is responsible for the important task of "slashing the three levels"? At the operational meeting presided over by Wang Jinshan, Li Desheng took the lead in taking over this combat task: "Let our 17th Brigade take the lead in attacking." Wang Jinshan glanced at Li Desheng meaningfully, and then said firmly: "Okay, I'll hand it over to your 17th Brigade." ”
In order for the various units to be able to fight together, the column decided that Li Desheng would command the siege and break through in a unified manner. After receiving the combat mission, Li Desheng began to organize an operational meeting to study the combat plan with everyone, and after closely monitoring and surveying the enemy troops, all units made all preparations for the siege operation.
On July 8, Li Desheng ordered an attack on Pipa Mountain, but was unsuccessful. The next day, the commander of the 49th Regiment, Gou Zaihe, commanded the operation, and the regiment launched another fierce attack. In the end, in the face of the ring defensive position with bunkers and pillboxes and other fortifications as the core built by the defending enemy, our soldiers finally occupied Pipa Mountain after 15 minutes of desperate fighting. However, unfortunately, Gou Zaihe fell on the battlefield and died a glorious death.
At 19:20 on July 10, Li Desheng ordered an attack on Zhenwu Mountain. Under the cover of artillery fire, our fighters destroyed 18 enemy bunkers in 20 minutes. At about 20 o'clock in the evening, our army captured Zhenwu Mountain. After that, the enemy repeatedly counterattacked in an attempt to regain the position, but with the stubborn hold of our troops, the position was maintained.
At the same time that our army occupied Zhenwu Mountain, Li Desheng issued a foreseeable order to conquer Zhangjiatang, where our army annihilated a platoon of defending the enemy and cleared the way for our army to continue the offensive.
Due to the military deployment of the defenders at the Iron Buddha Temple, Li Desheng issued an order to postpone the attack. The Kuomintang army deployed an extremely tight firepower network around the Iron Buddha Temple, and there were barbed wire and minefields on the periphery, and there was a battalion of troops stationed here, so it was feared that the gains would outweigh the losses in a forced attack.
Although Li Desheng gave the order to suspend the attack, the combat operations of the entire unit did not stopAccording to Li Desheng's order, the soldiers dug two underground passages that could directly reach Xiguan in two days, and at the same time, the demining work of our army was also carried out in an orderly manner.
On July 13, after completing the preparations, Li Desheng ordered:Attack simultaneously from the ground and underground. That night, our army, under the command of Li Desheng, quickly attacked, fought bravely, annihilated the defenders of one battalion of the enemy army, and occupied most of the Dongguan and Xiguan.
When our army was preparing to launch a general offensive, Commander Wang Jinshan reminded Li Desheng: Kang Ze, a spy leader who has insisted on being the best spy for decades, will not give up if he is not beaten into a "bare-bones commander."
According to Wang Jinshan's instructions, Li Desheng went deep into the front line of the battlefield to survey the enemy's military deployment, and then deployed our army's lethal firearms in all directions, and ordered to resolutely destroy the enemy's troops. After learning of Li Desheng's military deployment, Wang Jinshan praised him for "knowing how to fight a war, and the deployment is very scientific." ”
On the evening of July 15, our army launched a general attack, the advance troops quickly entered the city, and the enemy launched a fierce street battle, until about 16 o'clock in the afternoon of the 16th, our army annihilated more than 20,000 people defending Xiangyang, and the spy leader Kang Ze was captured alive.
The three arduous battles in succession fully proved Li Desheng's military command ability.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, China pursued a "one-sided" diplomatic strategy and stood on the side of the socialist camp headed by the Soviet Union. Affected by this, China's development and construction in many fields have the shadow of the Soviet Union. In terms of military training, the methods of the Soviet army were also mainly followed.
In the late 50s of the last century, due to the ideological differences between China and the Soviet Union, and at the same time, the Soviet Union repeatedly regarded itself as the "Lao Tzu Party" in an attempt to demand that China be militarily and diplomatically subordinate to its global strategy.
In 1960, the Soviet Union withdrew its experts, scholars and all resources to help China's constructionThe sudden departure of the Soviet advisers made it difficult for our army to adapt to the training for a while.
Against this background, Li Desheng, then commander of the 12th Army Corps, began to think about how to make a method suitable for our army's military training, and began to actively explore the characteristics and laws of troop building.
In 1961, when Li Desheng was conducting an experiment in the reform of tactical training of small detachments in the Nanjing Military Region, he discovered the talent of Guo Xingfu, deputy company commander. Guo Xingfu had actual combat experience and had received training in specialized military academies. However, during the actual combat exercise, many problems were still exposed.
Seeing this, Li Desheng made up his mindIt is necessary to help Guo Xingfu raise the level of training together and promote the training of the whole army by cultivating typical models and summing up training methods, so as to form military training with Chinese characteristics.
After that, Li Desheng took root in the army, and while he was training the soldiers, he asked questions and talked to Guo Xingfu. Based on his decades of practical experience, Li Desheng has pointed out problems and provided solutions many times, and his practical experience has been verified after many practices. Under the inspiration and guidance of Li Desheng, Guo Xingfu's training methods have been significantly improved. Subsequently,Li Desheng also arranged two on-site observation and training sessions for cadres at all levels, asking them to raise questions and views, pool their wisdom, and continuously improve Guo Xingfu's teaching method.
After continuous questioning and summarization, Guo Xingfu's teaching method was further improved, and Li Desheng immediately ordered the implementation of Guo Xingfu's teaching method in the training of the 12th Army.
In October 1961, Guo Xingfu's teaching method was written into a military journal, in which Guo Xingfu's teaching method was introduced in detail. The content of this issue has also attracted the attention of leaders of the Nanjing Military Region, and the marshal was personally present for the training, Ye Shuai praised Guo Xingfu's teaching method after observing: "It is simply an eye-opener, which fully shows that the masses are the real heroes, and the creativity of the masses is truly endless." ”
Subsequently, Ye Shuai wrote a report on Guo Xingfu's teaching method after reading it and submitted it to the Military Commission. ** After carefully reading this report, he spoke highly of it: "Not only inheritance, but also development." ”
In 1964, as Guo Xingfu's teaching method became more and more mature, the Military Commission issued instructions to the whole army, calling on the whole army to study Guo Xingfu's teaching method, and the all-army competition that began was warmly welcomed by the majority of officers and soldiers.
In peacetime, in the midst of complicated political struggles, Li Desheng always strengthened his convictions, maintained his party spirit, and never lost his way.
From October 13 to 31, 1968, at the enlarged meeting of the 12th Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Li Desheng, then the main person in charge of Anhui Province, also attended the meeting. During the meeting, he was appreciated. **After hearing the name of "Li Desheng", I deliberately stopped the roll call, specifically wanted to know Li Desheng, and had a brief conversation with him in front of all the participants, and had a brief understanding of his situation.
It seems like a simple communication, but in fact, ** has a new idea about Li Desheng as a person.
From April 1 to 24, 1969, the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing, and Li Desheng was elected as a member of the first committee. At the First Plenary Session of the Ninth Central Committee held a few days later, Li Desheng was elected as an alternate member of the Politburo. At the meeting, when Li Desheng's name was read when the election results were announced, he interrupted again and said that he wanted to take a look at Comrade Li Desheng again.
The conference was specially stopped twice, definitely not just to take a look at Li Desheng, which shows that in his heart, he already has the idea of focusing on training.
In late July, Li Desheng received a call from Beijing, and after he picked it up, a voice sounded on the other side, and he said: "Comrade Desheng, I have decided to transfer you to Beijing to work." ”
On the afternoon of July 28, Li Desheng, who had just arrived in Beijing, was received by ***, and after the meeting, ** explained to him:
"** has been decided, in addition to participating in the activities of the Politburo, you also participate in the activities of the *** business group and the office group of the Military Commission, and at the same time still hold the positions of Anhui Province, the Anhui Provincial Military Region and the 12th Army. ”Such a heavy position made Li Desheng hesitate a little, ** After perceiving Li Desheng's emotions, he gently patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "Comrade Desheng, you just dare to let it go." ”
Because of his many hats, Li Desheng's daily working hours are very tight, often until the early hours of the morning or even dawn, and at this time, Li Desheng does not even return home, takes a nap in the office and starts the next day's work.
In April 1970, Li Desheng served as director of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army. During this period, his work became a little more difficult. Normally, the proposal that he rejected will still be passed the next day in the form of "** has been agreed" and directly issued as a document. Li Desheng's director seems to have become an ornament, which makes him very depressed in his heart.
However, he has always maintained a pure party spirit and is loyal to *** He has never broken the "three nos" rules set by himself, that is, he does not move around, does not inquire indiscriminately, and does not approve documents indiscriminately. Although these rules made him ostracized, they also ensured Li Desheng's innocence in the future.
Later, after a special situation occurred in the party, Li Desheng was ordered to preside over all the investigation work and make a report.
In the course of the investigation, as more and more evidence surfaced, Li Desheng's heart became more and more uneasy, and these things happened during his tenure as director of the General Political Department, which fully explained his dereliction of duty.
After the investigation, Li Desheng took the report and personally found *** to report to ***, and reviewed it face-to-face, asking for responsibility, hoping to punish himself.
After pondering for a moment, his face immediately darkened, and he unceremoniously reprimanded Li Desheng: "What responsibility do you have to bear?" How old are you? ”
Hearing that *** was rarely angry with himself, Li Desheng lowered his head and silently didn't dare to say a word. Seeing this, he suddenly burst out laughing, and Li Desheng's behavior made him very pleased. He recovered his mood for a moment and said in a serious voice: "Comrade Desheng, you said that you have to take responsibility, then let me ask you, how many documents have you issued?" Involved in these people's programs? ”
Li Desheng raised his head and said solemnly: "No, I have never drafted any documents, let alone issued any documents ......”
After speaking, Li Desheng understood the intention of ***. Although the sentence "You are the oldest" is not good, it is also a disguised protection for him. knows that Li Desheng is innocent, and he should not be implicated to bear those responsibilities that should not be borne.
The investigation you were responsible for completing was handled well, and not only did you not take responsibility, but you should be rewarded. * Then he said.
Hearing the praise of ***, Li Desheng suddenly unloaded his psychological burden, and he continued to devote himself to the party's work without any worries. Facts have proved that the vision of the first is not wrong, Li Desheng has always maintained a high degree of consistency with the first, and has dedicated his life to the party, the country and the people.