Among the proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation, he was known for being diligent and thrifty and simple, not engaging in special activities, and demanding himself as an ordinary soldier in terms of living treatment, leaving many touching stories. Today I will share with you a few stories of not eating chicken during the war years, and feel the great personality of Mr. Peng.
** Born in poverty, he joined the Hunan Army at the age of 16, and rose step by step with his military exploits, and became a battalion commander in 1926. In February 1927, ** was ordered to lead his troops to garrison Xiangxi, although he was in the old army, he was very strict with his subordinates, and he would not tolerate their infringement of the interests of the people.
**。One day, ** found that Adjutant Xie, who was sent to his camp to help with the work in the regiment, walked into the barracks with a big hen in his hand, and immediately asked, "Where did your chickens come from?" ”
Adjutant Xie gestured and said, "I grabbed it from the common people, do you want to eat some together?" ”
** couldn't help but be furious: "The masses here are very miserable by the Qianjun, and you have to take advantage of the fire to rob." This is a violation of our military discipline and will never be allowed! ”
Afterwards, *** not only asked Adjutant Xie to return the chicken, but also reported the matter to the head of the regiment and asked Xie to be dismissed. This was a rarity in the old army, and the military discipline of the troops soon took on a new look.
After the Pingjiang Uprising, the rebel troops were reorganized into the Fifth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, with him as the commander. However, in the following two months, the Red Fifth Army was blocked and pursued by the Kuomintang army, and had to be moved everywhere, and the whole army was quickly reduced from more than 2,000 to more than 700. After the Red Fifth Army arrived at Jiugong Mountain, the establishment of the whole army was reduced to 5 brigades.
This period was the most difficult period for the Red Fifth Army, and the officers and men lacked food and clothing, so they could only rely on wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. But one day, when he inspected the troops, he found that Lei Zhenhui, the captain of a large team, was stealing roast chicken, he was very angry, not only confiscated the roast chicken, but also criticized Lei Zhenhui fiercely, and said to him: "If you dare to have a next time, you will not be let go easily!" ”
Lei Zhenhui has been following *** when he was in the old army, and he was criticized at this time, he was very unconvinced, he thought to himself that he used to eat fragrant and spicy food in the old army, but he didn't expect that after the riot, he sneaked around for a roast chicken, and he was even criticized. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he even had the idea of defecting.
Lei Zhenhui then found Li Yuhua, the captain of the Fourth Brigade, who also had a ghost in his heart, to discuss the escape, and that night, Li Yuhua took the team away in the name of going to the sentry. **After knowing this, it was decided to keep Lei Zhenhui under surveillance in case he became the second Li Yuhua.
Lei Zhenhui saw that defection was no longer possible, so he had an even more vicious idea. The next morning, ** gathered troops to speak, Lei Zhenhui suddenly rushed up, stretched out his hand to grab the shell gun in the hand of *** guard Xue Hongquan, and tried to shoot *** Xue Hongquan tightly grasped the handle of the gun, and the two scuffled together. Lei Zhenhui was tall and powerful, and he pressed Xue Hongquan to the ground.
Lei Zhenhui stills.
At this critical moment, Li Jukui, who was standing in front of the team, rushed forward with an arrow step, grabbed Lei Zhenhui by the waist, and threw him to the ground. At this time, Huang Yunqiao, the captain of the third brigade, took out his pistol and shot Lei Zhenhui to death.
In October 1930, Yan Fu was assigned to the General Headquarters of the Red Third Army Corps and worked as a guard. At that time, the base area was being blockaded by the enemy, and the conditions were very difficult, and *** always insisted on being the same as ordinary soldiers, with salt and salt, and without salt and light. The headquarters gave *** three or four yuan of food expenses every month, but he never asked for it.
Once, Yan Fu saw that *** was working too hard, so he used ***'s pocket money to buy a chicken, fried it and served it in front of him. **Ask Yan Fu: "Where did you get the money?" ”
Yan Fu said: "This is the pocket money sent to you from above. ”
** smiled and said: "If it's a special public expense, it's not okay." Hey, you go and invite Chief of Staff Deng (Deng Ping) to come, and you, Mao Zhengwu and Wang Fangxiang, the three little ghosts, will also come together to have a tooth sacrifice. ”
During the meal, ** sandwiched a piece of chicken and sent it to his mouth, and praised it again and again: "It's delicious, it's delicious!" But he said to Yan Fu regretfully: "Your chicken is fried well, but it would be better if you put more water and boil some soup, so that all the comrades in the staff office can come and drink some fresh chicken soup!" ”
Stir-fried chicken. Yan Fu snorted, but thought in his heart: Boss, you only care about others, so you don't know how to care about yourself. Several times, I made you chicken, and you always have to send half of it to Teng Daiyuan's political commissar and the comrades of the staff office, and the remaining half will be eaten with us guards!
During the Anti-Japanese War, although he was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, he still lived an "ascetic" life and resolutely opposed specialization. In 1939, ** negotiated with Lu Zhonglin, chairman of Hebei Province of the Kuomintang, and passed by the headquarters of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army. Brigade Commander Chen Geng considered that he had come from afar, and wanted to entertain him well and make up for him.
But Chen Geng knew that *** was most opposed to over-standard reception, so he thought of a way. After arriving, Chen Geng said to him: "We have difficult conditions here, and there is nothing to entertain the boss, so we can only let the soldiers catch local fish from the river and ask the boss to taste them." ”
Chen Geng. **I thought that this was neither a waste of money nor something special, so I agreed.
The first dish that the cooking class gave to *** that day was really a **steamed mandarin fish, **I was very happy to eat, and I praised the cooking class for its good craftsmanship. But the second dish on the table was meatballs, and **'s face immediately changed: "Said I would eat fish, where did the meatballs come from?" ”
Chen Geng said: "This meatball is made of fish, I don't believe you can taste it." ”
After eating one, it feels like fish, but I still feel that something is wrong. Because the meatballs are indeed made of fish, but Chen Geng specially instructed the cooking class to mix meat in them.
Chen Geng didn't stop his chopsticks when he saw ***, and then the third dish came up, which was a plate of stewed chicken, ** This time it was really hot: "This chicken is also made of fish?" ”
Chen Geng said with a smile while serving chicken soup for ***: "This chicken is also a pheasant, and he grew up eating fish by the river, but in the final analysis, he is still a fish." ”
This time, *** didn't have a good face, he directly teased his chopsticks and said: "Now is the time to reduce rent and interest, not the time to fight local tyrants!" With that, he left.
But Chen Geng said happily: "Mr. Peng's criticism today is already polite to me, although Mr. Peng didn't eat chicken today, he still ate a lot of special products, and the effect is very good." ”
A few months later, ** came to the 386 Brigade again to inspect, this time he made full preparations, telling himself that he could no longer be "routined" by Chen Geng.
As a result, he didn't see Chen Geng all morning, and he ate coarse tea and light rice for lunch, which he was very satisfied with. At this time, a guard suddenly ran over and whispered to ***: "Boss, our brigade commander is back." Then he mysteriously pointed to a room with a closed door.
** asked the guards to call Chen Geng, but there was no movement when he waited left and right, which made him suspicious, and he walked into the house by himself, only to find that Chen Geng was eating big fish and meat, and his appearance was simply intoxicating.
**As soon as the fire came up: "Okay, you Chen Geng, eat meat by yourself, and give me wild vegetables." If you don't let me eat, I'll eat partially, get me a pair of chopsticks! ”
Halfway through eating, ** came to his senses, he smiled and scolded: "Chen Geng, Chen Geng, I fell for your plan again!" ”
In 1947, when our army moved to northern Shaanxi, life was very difficult. In order to maintain the absolute unity of officers and soldiers, ***, who was the commander of the Northwest Field Army at the time, specially discussed with several leaders of the field army, and abolished the small stove of the headquarters.
After a long time, Xiao Yang, the guard of **, was afraid that if this went on for a long time, his stomach would not be able to stand it, so he stewed a chicken and sent it to him. Unexpectedly, after *** saw it, he said seriously: "What are you sending chickens for?" ”
Xiao Yang replied: "Mr. Peng, you haven't rested well for more than a month, and we all agreed to cook you something delicious to nourish your body, because we are afraid that your body will collapse!" ”
Does everyone eat chicken? ”
No. "Alright, I order you to take the chickens back to the sick and wounded. In the future, I will eat whatever everyone eats, and there can be no special ones. ”
Xiao Yang had no choice but to take the chicken back, but he saw that *** ate dried millet rice and stewed white radish on the big stove every day, and thought that he had to take care of the chief's body in order to be worthy of the organization, so after half a month, he sent another stewed chicken to ***.
This time, *** lost his temper: "Why are you doing this again, what are you doing?" ”
Not long after Xiao Yang came to the headquarters, he didn't know much about ***'s character, so he argued a few words. Finally, *** said: "Which unit did you originally come from?" You better go back to which unit, I don't need you here. ”
At that time, all the officers and soldiers of the army wanted to go to the front line, Xiao Yang heard *** and asked him to return to his original army, and thought: I care about you so much, take care of you, you still lose your temper, since you want me to go, I will leave!
After Xiao Yang returned to the original unit, he said to the unit leader very aggrievedly: "I don't know what is going on, but Mr. Peng drove me back." ”
After the leader understood what happened, he comforted Xiao Yang and said: "The reason is very simple, Mr. Peng is unwilling to be special. Mr. Peng thinks more about the other side of the problem, who is not hard for the commanders and fighters who are fighting on the front line? Who is not tired, who is not difficult? Mr. Peng believes that he should endure hardships first and enjoy himself in all aspects and occasions, and he must set an example and set an example. ”
In the end, the leader encouraged Xiao Yang: "You are not wrong, but the method is not proper." After hearing this, Xiao Yang breathed a sigh of relief and left happily.
In July 1947, the commander and political commissar of the second column of the Northwest Field Army met Shi Zhe somewhere in northern Shaanxi. **You're welcome, he said: "We have eaten sorghum and millet for a long time, lack of oil and vegetables, and eat people with a fever in the stomach, too lacking in fat, I really want to eat meat!" ”
*。Shi Zhe asked puzzledly: "You go around the vast countryside every day, can't you buy a little chicken or mutton?" It doesn't cost much! ”
* blurted out: "Hey, Mr. Peng doesn't eat!" ”
Shi Zhe realized what a silent order was from the words of **, and he said with great emotion: "Mr. Peng eats a big stove, and he eats exactly the same as the soldiers. During the war years, when fighting and marching, they were often full of hunger, no matter how hard life was, the soldiers did not complain, and they worked together and fought single-mindedly, could they not defeat the enemy? ”