In 1961, when General Li Desheng was inspecting the troops, he stumbled upon a grassroots cadre named Guo Xingfu, who was using a very novel training method, and the soldiers trained by him were obviously superior to others in terms of combat skills and combat effectiveness. This made Li Desheng very happy, so General Li set up Guo Xingfu as a typical example, and summarized his training method into a report and submitted it to the ** Military Commission, which is the famous "Guo Xingfu Teaching Method".
After determining that it would be of great benefit to the training of the troops, the Central Military Commission immediately popularized it to the whole army, calling on all cadres to learn from Guo Xingfu, train soldiers scientifically and efficiently, and strive to improve the combat effectiveness of the PLA and build an invincible division.
When the time came to 1964, General ***, then the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, went to the Nanjing Military Region to inspect, at this time the Nanjing Military Region has fully implemented the "Guo Xingfu Teaching Method", whether it is the daily training of the Navy, the Army or the Air Force, you can see the shadow of the "Guo Xingfu Teaching Method". ** I was very happy to see this, and immediately praised General Xu Shiyou, commander of the Nanjing Military Region, for acting vigorously and resolutely, and not dragging his feet at all.
At dinner one day, Luo couldn't help but chat with Xu about the issue of troop training, and Luo said that at present, all military regions are engaged in the "Guo Xingfu teaching method," but the specific effect is still unknown. When Xu Shiyou heard this, he immediately said, "Then why don't you hold a big competition for the whole army to test it?" He looked down and thought about it, thinking that this was also a good idea, so he nodded in agreement.
According to his plan, he plans to open a "ring" in Beijing, so that the 11 military regions can send the most elite soldiers to challenge, and select the "king of soldiers" from them, and at the same time set it up as a model and call on the whole army to learn. However, General Zheng Weishan of the Beijing Military Region did not agree with the idea that fighting a war is the combat effectiveness of the army as a whole, and that the whole company and battalion should be collectively compared in order to compete in military competition, and give full play to the role of "collectivism"; And the individual contest is completely "championshipism", which is almost meaningless except to increase the vanity of the warriors.
But *** still insisted on his own opinions, and repeatedly explained the advantages of personal competition. Zheng Weishan did not back down, insisting on the view of "collectivism", and the more the two talked, the more excited they became, and finally quarreled directly. Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more wrong, Xu Shiyou hurriedly came out to play a round and make peace from it, which calmed down the emotions of the two. However, *** and Zheng Weishan just talked about the matter, and did not escalate to personal contradictions, and the revolutionary friendship between the two has always been very strong.
Soon after, the party committee of the Beijing Military Region decided to comprehensively study the advanced experience of the Nanjing Military Region and integrate the "Guo Xingfu Teaching Method" into the management and training of the troops, striving to enhance the combat effectiveness of the military region's troops in the shortest possible time. During this period, Zheng Weishan set an example, took the lead in carrying out propaganda work at the grassroots level, and taught the essence and secrets of the "Guo Xingfu Teaching Method" to cadres at the company and platoon levels. Thanks to Zheng Weishan's efforts, a large number of top-notch soldiers and exemplary units soon emerged in the Beijing Military Region, and the personal quality of officers and men was greatly enhanced.
Soon after, under the auspices of ***, the Beijing Military Region and the Jinan Military Region jointly held a big contest and invited *** to visit the scene. The officers and soldiers learned that *** was coming, and they were greatly encouraged for a while, and they all held their breath to "show their hands" in front of the chairman, among which there was a sharpshooter surnamed Song, who could be described as a hundred steps through Yang, without missing bullets, in 40 seconds, relying on accurate single-shot point shooting, shot down 40 steel targets, and was shocked for a while, and even *** couldn't help but applaud this Song soldier. Afterwards, ** also specially tested the Song soldier's gun, and then made a gun shooting action, and the photographer on the side hurriedly pressed the shutter to record this unforgettable moment.
After the end of the competition, ** made a concluding speech as usual, and the chairman first affirmed the positive role of the "Guo Xingfu Teaching Method", and also expressed his condolences and encouragement to the hard-trained soldiers. However, in the end, the chairman also mentioned that the PLA should not only have "top students", but also that all units should pay attention to improving the overall quality of the troops. It doesn't mean much if a soldier is strong, but if a company of fighters and a battalion of soldiers are strong, then they can defeat five times or even ten times more enemies!
Zheng Weishan was very excited after listening to ***'s words, which proves that his "collectivist" view is correct. In the days that followed, Zheng Weishan fused the "Guo Xingfu Teaching Method" with "collectivism," put the improvement of the overall combat effectiveness of the troops in the first place, gave full play to the advantages of the system, and consolidated the national defense strength.