During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in order to better control the war situation, the leaders needed to travel around and cross the enemy's blockade line, although it was very dangerous, but in order to achieve the final victory of the war, everyone always did not hesitate.
At the same time, the Communist Party contingent in all regions will do their best to send people to protect and ensure the safety of the chief's life.
However, Liu Zhen, who was the commander of the 10th Brigade of the 4th Division of the New Fourth Army at the time, used his own guard company to escort one."DudeWhat's going on?
Figure丨Guy. In July 1941, Liu Zhen, commander of the 10th Brigade of the 4th Division of the New Fourth Army, led his troops to Mengcheng County, Anhui Province, to carry out a new combat mission deployed by his superiors.
One day, the brigade radio received a telegram from a higher authority: ".Comrade Hufu traveled from Yan'an to northern Jiangsu, passing through your defense area, and must send reliable troops to pick up and drop off to ensure the safety of Comrade Hufu!
Liu Zhen attached great importance to this order, and he did not dare to slack off for a moment, and directly sent his most trusted guard company to meet it, and if Comrade Hu Fu encountered danger on this trip, it would deal a fatal blow to the New Fourth Army and even the Communist Party.
Liu Zhen called the commander of his guard company and instructed: ".You personally led the guard company to pick up Comrade Hu Fu, and this trip was to be strictly confidential and extremely careful, and it was necessary to ensure his safety.
Yes, mission completion guaranteed!
The company commander immediately led the guard company to set off, but what Liu Zhen didn't expect was that the company commander heard "Hu Fu" as a "guy", and there was a ridiculous "oolong incident".
On the way to the designated place, the company commander was confused, "What the hell is this guy? Why do you have to be answered by the guard company?
Seeing that the company commander didn't say a word along the way, the soldier on the side couldn't help asking: ".Company commander, it's been a long time since a senior official has come to us, who are we picking up this time?
The company commander replied: ".The brigade commander said, we must ensure the safety of this comrade, so that the brothers can cheer up.
Listening to the words of the company commander, the soldiers on the side showed incredible expressions, and they talked as they walked."If a guy is engaged in such a big battle, the food he cooks must be delicious, and the superior leaders still take good care of us.
Don't make any noise, day by day I know that if I think about these good things, I will almost reach the blockade area in front, cheer me up! The company commander ordered.
Soon, the guard company came to the designated place, and this comrade in Hufu, who was mistaken for a gang by the soldiers, had been waiting for a long time.
Figure丨New Fourth Army Guard Company.
Except for Hu Fu, the five people beside him were all riding horses and wearing pistols, and they were completely in the posture of a leader, not only that, but they were followed by almost a squad of soldiers and an infantry company, all of which were fully armed.
This scene in front of them really surprised the guard company who came to meet them, and the soldiers were dumbfounded, and the company commander thought to himself."What kind of guy is this, he is even more energetic than their division commander.
The company commander hurriedly stepped forward to greet him:"Comrade, we are the guard company of the 10th Brigade of the 4th Division of the New Fourth Army, please come with us to the brigade headquarters. ”
"Comrades who have worked hard, lead the way ahead.
The soldiers of the guard company, who were still frolicking, did not dare to say more than half a word at this time, for fear that something would go wrong.
There were no dangers along the way, which was relatively lucky.
The group came to the brigade headquarters in a mighty manner, Liu Zhen and other cadres at and above the regimental level had been waiting for a long time, and the soldiers of the guard company were taken aback again.
Comrade Hufu, I have worked hard along the way. Under the greeting of Liu Zhen and others, the group walked into the brigade headquarters, and the rest of the people also dispersed.
When it was close to dinner, Liu Zhen called the commander of the guard company: ".Tell the room at night to cook a few more good dishes. The company commander wanted to take this opportunity to ask clearly, but he still didn't dare to say more.
A few days later, Hu Fu and his party left the brigade headquarters and set off for the east.
The fighters are completely confused now, why did this comrade leave without cooking a meal? Everyone has been thinking about transforming their food for a long time.
The more mysterious it is, the more the warriors want to figure it out.
One day, when Liu Zhen was giving a new task to the guard company, the company commander couldn't help it anymore and asked softly: ".Brigade commander, who is that guy who came to our brigade headquarters not long ago? No matter how big the shelf is, it's almost catching up with you.
Liu Zhen was confused after hearing this, and asked rhetorically: ".Oh? Have you been in contact with him? Is his shelf huge?
The company commander replied, ".With so many people escorting, isn't the shelf big, how can there be a guy like him who doesn't cook a single meal?
Liu Zhen laughed, ".My comrade company commander, you are completely mistaken, he is the guy you said, he is the political commissar sent by his superiors to take up his post in the New Fourth Army!
Figure丨 *** when I was young
The company commander's eyes widened: "Ah! It turned out to be him! ”
Indeed, "Hufu" was the code name of the *** comrade at that time, and he used many code names in his life, such as Lu Wen, Mr. Zhou, Lao Dai, etc., but Hufu was the one he used the longest.
So, how did the then secretary of the Central Plains Bureau of the Communist Party of China, who originally went deep behind enemy lines in Central China and led his comrades in guerrilla warfare, come to the New Fourth Army?
This has to start with the "Southern Anhui Incident" that shocked China and the rest of the world.
It is well known that Chiang Kai-shek always wanted to weaken, or even eliminate the power of the Communist Party, and he did not want to see the presence of the Communist Party on Chinese territory.
As early as 1937, when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were negotiating in Xi'an, Chiang Kai-shek began to plan to weaken the ranks of the Red Army, which was engaged in guerrilla warfare in the south, but each time it backfired.
After the establishment of the New Fourth Army, the Communist Party further increased its power and established a series of base areas.
In the subsequent anti-Japanese battlefield, the New Fourth Army was victorious and its power was expanding step by step, while the Kuomintang ranks were defeated again and again on the frontal battlefield, which made Chiang Kai-shek feel great unease and panic, and weakening the strength of the Communist Party had become an urgent matter for him.
Therefore, at the Fifth Central Committee of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek put forward the reactionary policy of "dissolving the Communist Party, preventing the Communist Party, limiting the Communist Party, and **", and soon after, set off the first "** upsurge in North China."
However, after that, the New Fourth Army won many battles one after another, which made some "backbones" begin to trust the Communist Party more, which made Chiang Kai-shek even more uneasy, and his "** plan" naturally collapsed.
However, the international situation at this time was slowly changing, and it was still developing in a direction that was more favorable to the Kuomintang.
Picture丨Kuomintang troops distributed with German-style equipment.
Britain, in order to safeguard its interests in the Asia-Pacific region, began to move closer to the Kuomintang, while the United States became more and more frictional with the Japanese army in the Far East, and they also began to increase their assistance to the Kuomintang.
Even the Soviet Union, in order to contain a large number of Japanese troops on the Chinese battlefield, began to lend a helping hand to the Kuomintang.
In this way, Chiang Kai-shek can be said to have taken advantage of the favorable conditions of all parties, and he believed that "this is the perfect time to completely eliminate the Communist Party", which is the main reason for launching the Southern Anhui Incident.
At the behest of Chiang Kai-shek, the Kuomintang authorities began to create friction between the armies of the two parties and slandered the Communists, blaming the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army for the cause of these frictions.
On October 19, 1940, He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi sent a telegram demanding that the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army south of the Yellow River must leave for the north of the Yellow River within one month.
At the same time, the Kuomintang authorities had already issued a secret order ordering the Kuomintang troops to launch an offensive against the New Fourth Army.
In response to such an order, the Communist Party decided to make concessions to the Kuomintang authorities without harming the interests of the people, so as to achieve the role of winning over the middle forces and isolating the stubborn forces.
On November 9, the CCP replied in the name of **, Ye Ting, and Xiang Ying, seriously refuting the Kuomintang's slanderous behavior against the Communist Party and its unreasonable demands, but for the sake of the overall anti-Japanese situation, it was decided that the troops of the New Fourth Army stationed in southern Anhui would go north of the Yangtze River.
On December 8, He Yingqin replied to the telegram, saying that the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army should all be transferred to the north of the Yellow River, which is a military order that must be implemented, and continue to make **.
Soon after, Chiang Kai-shek secretly issued an operational order for the New Fourth Army.
In January 1941, Ye Ting and Xiang Ying were ordered to lead a team of more than 9,000 people from the New Fourth Army to advance to Maolin, but they encountered a fierce attack by more than 80,000 Kuomintang soldiers who had been ambushed.
The officers and men of the New Fourth Army had no time to prepare in the slightest, so they had to rush into battle, but after seven days and nights of bloody battles, they were finally outnumbered and defeated.
Figure丨Southern Anhui Incident Martyrs Cemetery.
Army Commander Ye Ting was detained, Deputy Army Commander Xiang Ying was sacrificed, and most of the soldiers of the New Fourth Army were sacrificed, which became an extremely rare fiasco in the history of our party's party and army!
Although the CCP has won great political victories one after another after the Southern Anhui Incident, it is extremely difficult to make up for the military losses of the Communist Party and heal the pain caused by the sacrifice of many revolutionary fighters.
In fact, before the incident in southern Anhui, there was a certain foresight.
Ye Ting, the commander of the New Fourth Army, once said when he was imprisoned by the KuomintangIf you can follow the instructions of *** to work, you will be able to win, otherwise you will be defeated.
Indeed, what Commander Ye Ting said is the truth, because before the incident in southern Anhui, ** had already had a certain foresight of the occurrence of this incident.
As early as after the first "wave" launched by Chiang Kai-shek, he had already sensed the intensification of contradictions between the two parties, and the situation was not optimistic for the Communist Party.
Therefore, at that time, he tried his best to dispel public opinion and evacuate the leading organs of the Central Plains Bureau in Zhugou Town, Henan, and sure enough, not long after, the Kuomintang diehards created "Zhugou **" and made more than 200 anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians sacrifice.
The decision of ** minimized the loss of Zhugou**.
Ren Zhibin, then deputy secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, later recalled: ".He (** urged us very tightly, let us act quickly", "If he hadn't urged us like this, our consciousness of going behind enemy lines would not have been so high, and we might have suffered even greater losses."
Not only that, but he also put forward the proposal of "developing to northern Jiangsu", because this would be not only politically beneficial, but also militarily beneficial.
For the suggestion, the CCP gave affirmation, so the telegram ordered Xiang Ying's troops in southern Anhui to "step up the development of northern Jiangsu." But Xiang Ying refused.
Until the Kuomintang army gathered 150,000 people to launch an attack on eastern Anhui and Huaibei, Xiang Ying still hesitated.
During this period, he called many times to order his troops to "cross the river quickly", but Xiang Ying still had illusions about the Kuomintang authorities and was unwilling to leave southern Anhui.
Until the Southern Anhui Incident occurred.
On January 7, he was shocked to hear of the incident in southern Anhui, in order to be able to come up with a strategy to rescue the New Fourth Army, he stayed up all night, and established the contact between the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army and Yan'an.
On the 12th, ** put forward the strategy of "encircling Wei to save Zhao", hoping to exchange with the Kuomintang through our army's encirclement of Shen Honglie's department in Shandong and Han Deqin's department in northern Jiangsu.
Picture丨Xiang Ying. The CCP adopted this suggestion and ordered".All units will be prepared within 10 days and will be on standby at any time, with Zhu Chenluo in Shandong and Hu (Fu) Chen in northern Jiangsu.
It can be seen that at this time, the code name of *** is still Hufu.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that on the 14th, ** received the last telegram from the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, the New Fourth Army was almost wiped out, and Commander Ye Ting was captured!
After the tragedy, all the Communist Party was filled with righteous indignation, and the soldiers asked for a counterattack against the Kuomintang army, vowing to avenge the sacrifice of their comrades-in-arms.
On the 15th, the CCP ** gave instructions: ".Politically and militarily, we immediately prepared for a comprehensive large-scale rescue of the New Fourth Army and crushed the climax.
The ranks of the Communist Parties everywhere are ready to launch an all-out campaign against the Kuomintang at any time.
However, when *** received instructions from **, he did not agree to do so.
At this time, although he was very sad, but he was not carried away by this grief, he weighed the pros and cons, and after a calm analysis, he believed that the situation of the War of Resistance against Japan was still very severe, the Kuomintang had not surrendered, the War of Resistance was still continuing, and the Communist Party should not take advantage of this matter to fight the Kuomintang.
Indeed, as *** believes, if the KMT and the CCP completely break up, there will inevitably be a larger-scale war between them, which will definitely do more harm than good to China at that time.
**Immediately suggest to ** that the Communist Party should".Politically, it is comprehensive, and militarily, except for a few regions, it is not implemented for the time being.
This suggestion was adopted and played a vital role in the CCP's subsequent decision on the incident in southern Anhui.
After the incident, the Communist Party politically launched a comprehensive ** against the Kuomintang, and while strongly demanding it, it also demanded that the Kuomintang authorities immediately release Ye Ting and other conditions.
Not only that, the Communist Party hyped up the Southern Anhui Incident planned by Chiang Kai-shek, which completely exposed the Kuomintang's ** behavior.
As a result, Chiang Kai-shek had already begun to have scruples about continuing to attack the Communist Party, and did not dare to attack the Central China region again, thus consolidating the development of the base areas in the Central China region.
Under the all-out political offensive launched by the Communist Party, the ugly face of the Kuomintang was exposed, and it became the object of spurning of progressives at home and abroad, and at the same time aroused the dissatisfaction of the Soviet Union and the United States.
In the face of this huge external pressure, Chiang Kai-shek had to announce to the outside world that there would be absolutely no military action to "suppress the Communists" in the future, and the second "** climax was also weakened."
At this time, the rebuilding of the New Fourth Army has become the most important thing.
After the Southern Anhui Incident, Chiang Kai-shek once bit back and announced the rebellion of the New Fourth Army, not only to cancel its name, but also to dismiss Ye Ting.
This was obviously Chiang Kai-shek's slander of the New Fourth Army, and ** sent a telegram to ** on the same day, proposing that the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army should be reorganized in northern Jiangsu.
On January 20, 1941, the Order of the Revolutionary Military Committee of the Communist Party of China was issuedThe military headquarters of the New Fourth Army was rebuilt, and ** was the commander of the New Fourth Army and ** was the political commissar of the New Fourth Army.
** Ordered to revitalize the New Fourth Army in danger!
As mentioned above, ** was regarded as a "man" by the commander of the guard company, which happened during this period.
On January 24, at the meeting of the New Fourth Army, he briefed the participating cadres on the course of the incident in southern Anhui, and proposed that the Communist Party of China should adhere to the principle of the united front and resolutely oppose the civil war and oppose the first place.
Figure丨*** in the New Fourth Army.
This meeting was the first appearance after coming to Central China, and it was also the first time to use his real name, that is, since then, people have known that the "Hufu" they have been talking about is Comrade ***.
The next day, the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army was established in Yancheng, northern Jiangsu.
In the course of the development of the former New Fourth Army, because Xiang Ying always implemented the right-leaning line, the development of the New Fourth Army was very slow, and in three years, it only increased by more than 10,000 people, while the Eighth Route Army increased by more than 400,000 people.
** After taking office as political commissar, he immediately began the reorganization of the New Fourth Army, and he suggested that the New Fourth Army be reorganized into four divisions, all of which should be organized under the three-three system, so as to unify the establishment of the New Fourth Army.
After analysis and consideration, ** and others replied to the telegram and instructed, "Peng Xuefeng's department should be organized into the New Fourth Army, with a total of 5 divisions." ”
In the end, the New Fourth Army was reorganized into 7 divisions, and the losses of more than 9,000 people in the Southern Anhui Incident were reorganized into a New Fourth Army of 90,000 people.
During the period of reorganizing the New Fourth Army, some leading cadres were a little pessimistic due to the impact of the incident in southern Anhui, so he talked to them one by one and did his best to enlighten them.
At the same time, it also opened to those cadres and soldiers who were unwilling to be reorganized from the Eighth Route Army to the New Fourth Army, and made indelible contributions to the reconstruction of the New Fourth Army.
During the period when he first arrived in the New Fourth Army, he was very busy every day, but he still had to find time to visit the front line, the grassroots troops, and the common people.
**I often wear a pair of cloth shoes full of patches, and after running back and forth for a few days, the shoes will rot and holes, and "the toes will come out".
When the soldiers and people around him saw it, they wanted to give him a new pair of shoes, but he didn't want to change them, so he just needed to make up for them."Don't look at this shoe is a little broken, it's not a small credit! With me from northern Shaanxi to the east of Jinpu Road, I have feelings!
Fig丨***left), *right).
Later, ** really "couldn't stand it", so he came to find *** with a new pair of shoesLook at your shoes, it's time for a change.
** Reply,"I've been wearing it for several years, and I'm reluctant to lose it!
* Very helpless, I had to order:"I now order you, in my capacity as the commander of the New Fourth Army, that you must change your shoes today!
**Laughing:"You are the army commander, I am the political commissar, and now our conditions are very difficult, and we have to share weal and woe with the soldiers and the people. You are the commander of the army, as soon as you open your mouth, it is an order, I want to resist!
* After hearing this, the two laughed heartily together.
However, at that time, not only were the conditions relatively difficult, but also full of dangers, and although the Kuomintang's continued offensive against the New Fourth Army was temporarily avoided, the invading Japanese army had already eyed the New Fourth Army.
In late May, the Japanese army gathered a unit of 100,000 people and began to launch a large-scale "sweep" of the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army.
In addition to destroying the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, "seizing *** is also the main task of the Japanese army's "sweeping" operation.
In order to alleviate the pressure on the military department, ** only took a messenger out of the city, planning to use himself as a bait to attract the attention of the Japanese army.
On May 28, ** came to Mazhuang, which was well concealed and was the headquarters of the 18th Regiment of the New Fourth Army, and he planned to cross the river from here, so as to jump out of the Japanese encirclement of him.
However, the Japanese army did not know that they got the news from **, and soon rushed to Mazhuang, the situation was very critical, at this time the activist Ma Yufu came up with an idea: find a coffin, let *** and a few little brothers wear white cloths, pretend to bury people, and everyone will send the coffin out of the village together.
** Agreed to this idea, and finally escaped from Mazhuang without danger, jumped out of the encirclement of the Japanese army, and safely withdrew to the north bank of the Great River, and continued to lead the New Fourth Army to deal with the enemy.
During the three-month anti-"sweeping" struggle, the newly reorganized New Fourth Army killed and wounded 2,000 Japanese puppet troops and captured more than 1,000 Japanese puppet troops.
In the days that followed, ** also led the local military and civilians to establish an arsenal belonging to the New Fourth Army, which solved thorny problems such as shortages.
On February 15, 1942, the first enlarged meeting of the Central China Bureau of the Communist Party of China was organized, and a report on the "Basic Summary and Future Tasks" was carried out, which made plans for the future development of the New Fourth Army.
During this meeting, ** received a new task to return to Yan'an, and in early March, he began preparations for the transfer to Yan'an.
Although he only stayed in the New Fourth Army for more than one year, he made indelible contributions to the reconstruction and recovery of the New Fourth Army after suffering heavy losses.
At the same time, he has established a deep relationship with the New Fourth Army and the local people.
On March 19th, after taking pictures at the old Yellow River embankment, he crossed the Yellow River and headed towards Yan'an.
Since then, there has been such a ballad among the common people: ".As a soldier, he wanted to be the New Fourth Army and follow Hu Fu to the East.
On the way from Central China to Yan'an, although there were many people to protect, but there were still many dangers along the way, the group overcame all kinds of difficulties, broke through the blockade line, and arrived in Yan'an safely on December 30 after a nine-month trek.
Figures丨*** and ***
**For this experience, Zeng humorously said: ".We also embarked on a 25,000-mile long march, and we endured a lot of hardships along the way.