In 1958, Zhu Liangcai was ill**, and he knew that his physical condition no longer allowed him to continue to work at high intensity. In order not to interfere with his work, he decided to quit his job and leave the opportunity to more talented young people.
**After learning about it, he specially arranged for his long-term partner *** to investigate and find out the real reason for his resignation. After understanding the specific situation, ** persuaded him to focus on recuperating his body and put down his work first.
Even *** has kept him many times, but Zhu Liangcai's determination is like a heart of stone. Who is he? Why can't even the persuasion of the chairman and *** change his decision?
Peaceful lifeIn 1900, Zhu Liangcai was born in Rucheng, Hunan Province, and was deeply influenced by his parents, and engaged in education after graduation.
His youth was comfortable and uneventful, as if there was no wave. He was so focused on his work that he did not care about political and social developments, and did not have the slightest knowledge of the revolution.
However, in the process of teaching, he began to read a lot of progressive books, and gradually germinated the revolutionary idea of patriotism and salvation. In 1925, after the revolutionary movement reached Rucheng County, he resolutely threw himself into the ranks of the Hunan peasant movement.
Among the many members of the peasant association, he was elected as a member of the organizing committee of the peasant association and joined the Kuomintang in 1926. However, in 1927 Chiang Kai-shek staged a counter-revolutionary coup d'état, and the Communist Party and many revolutionaries were killed.
As a key member of the peasant association, Zhu Liangcai was also arrested and imprisoned by the Kuomintang. In prison, no matter how severely the enemy tortured him, he always gritted his teeth, adhered to his revolutionary convictions, and remained loyal to his comrades.
In October of the same year, Zhu Liangcai was rescued from prison by the party organization and joined the Communist Party. This was the beginning of his battle journey.
In this battle with the enemy, the Red Army fought with one company against one enemy division, and the disparity in strength was huge, and the situation was very dangerous. In the early morning of August 30, the enemy launched a frantic attack, and two companies of the first battalion of our army defended themselves by relying on the steep terrain.
Zhu Liangcai and company commander Wang Liang led the remaining soldiers to repel many fierce attacks of the enemy in a row, but after a few ** blows, they were ** heavy, and the corpses of the sacrificed soldiers were everywhere.
Looking at the corpses everywhere, the enemy's military spirit began to waver, and he fled back to the county seat that night. The battle to defend the Huangyang boundary was victorious, and Zhu Liangcai led his troops to participate in more battles with the Red Fourth Army.
Because he firmly implemented the principles and tactical guidelines of army building, and showed a brave and fearless fighting spirit in battle, he won many victories. In his peacetime training, he also paid special attention to educating the Red Army soldiers with revolutionary principles, so the morale of all the officers and men of the 1st Red Company was high.
Even *** knew about the Red Army led by Zhu Liangcai, and often held forums and conducted investigations and studies in their company, and put forward some guiding opinions on the company's work.
In December 1930, the first anti-"encirclement and suppression" began, and the Red Army, under the leadership of *** and **, adopted the tactics of luring the enemy into depth. Within five days, the Red Army won two great victories in succession, annihilating one and a half divisions of the enemy and winning a victory against "encirclement and suppression."
In this battle, the 9th and 8th Divisions of the Red Army were ordered to hold back the radical Kuomintang Zhang Huizan Division near Longgang. Zhang Huizan's vanguard was attacking head-on in Longgang, Jiangxi, and fighting fiercely with the soldiers of the Red Third Army.
After observing the enemy's situation, Zhu Liangcai commanded the Ninth Division to go around behind the enemy and launch a fierce attack on them. The battle was very difficult, and due to the backward equipment of our troops, the battle lasted from morning to mid-afternoon, and there was no distinction between the enemy and us.
There was a stalemate on the battlefield, and the ** of both sides was very large, but it was difficult for them to gain an advantage. Zhu Liangcai looked at the exhausted Red Army soldiers, calmly commanded the battle, and repelled the enemy's attacks again and again.
In accordance with the instructions of ***, the Ninth Division outflanked from one side and launched a fatal blow to the enemy, and finally annihilated the enemy's command post in one fell swoop, and completely annihilated Zhang Huizan's department. In the autumn of 1931, in the third anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, Zhu Liangcai commanded the troops to fight, but because he was too brave, he was listed as the primary target by the enemy.
In the dense fire of bullets, his right arm was broken and blood flowed. The fighters quickly rescued him from his position and sent him to the hospital**. At that time, the medical facilities of the Red Army hospital were backward, and the doctors had no experience in studying abroad, and many of the best methods were carried out according to the original methods.
When he saw Zhu Liangcai, who was covered in blood, the doctor could only use the soil method to connect his broken arm, which not only took a long time, but also did not work well. He spent 3 months in the hospital** before his condition improved, but his broken arm had not fully recovered.
Originally, the doctor wanted him to stay in the hospital for a longer period of time and wait until his arm healed before he was discharged, but the Red Army's combat missions were frequent and there was no spare time for him to recuperate.
Zhu Liangcai has always been worried about the combat mission and training work of the troops, and even if he is lying in the hospital, he cannot feel at ease. He repeatedly asked the doctor that he wanted to be discharged from the hospital and return to the army, but because of his stubbornness, the doctor could only tell him some precautions.
At the headquarters of the Red Army, after seeing Zhu Liangcai, he hurriedly asked: "Is your wound better?" ”
He is recovering well and is not a major problem. * It really didn't look like he was lying, so it was decided to make him the political commissar of the 15th Army. Since the army commander Li Yunqing was a student and did not have much combat experience, the performance of the 15 th Army in several battles was not satisfactory, and the morale was low, and an experienced veteran comrade was needed to lead them.
As soon as Zhu Liang took office, he led the 15th Army to participate in the Battle of Ganzhou, and in the fierce battle, the Red 15th Army was suppressed by enemy firepower. Zhu Liangcai saw that the situation was unfavorable to our army, so he personally led the soldiers to resist, and at the critical moment, he led the broadsword team to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
If it weren't for the hard resistance of him and the broadsword team, the enemy's reinforcements might have already reached the side of the Red Third Army, and then Ganzhou would not have been able to be captured. Under his leadership, the Red 15th Army gradually became a strong combat force, so at the Soviet Congress held in 1933, Zhu Liangcai was awarded the Red Star Medal of the second class.
Although his appointment caused controversy, he has always stood by his belief in finding hope and opportunity even in the toughest of circumstances. So, he decided to "beg and find troops", and resolutely joined the Western Route Army, served as the head of the teaching regiment and political commissar, and fought fiercely with Ma Jiajun.
However, due to the serious disparity between the goals and resources of the Western Route Army and the enemy's power and strength, the Western Route Army eventually suffered a serious blow, many soldiers died, and the situation became very difficult.
Under such circumstances, Chen Changhao, chairman of the Military and Political Committee of the Western Route Army, proposed a decision to Zhu Liangcai: "Now the situation is critical, and the organization wants you to go to the Red Fifth Army to be the director of the Political Department." ”
Despite the fact that there were only a few hundred people left in the Red 5th Army, he still firmly obeyed the orders of his superiors. However, due to the lack of numbers, the Red 5th Army was soon abolished, and Zhu Liangcai was transferred to the Red 30th Army as deputy director and head of the Organization Department.
Despite the successive battles, the Red 30th Army still suffered heavy losses and fell into an extremely dangerous situation. In this case, the General Command decided to divide the remaining 2000 people into two parts.
Zhu Liangcai was assigned to the Right Route Army and Wang Shusheng were responsible for the command of the troops, but not long after the Right Route Army set off, it was scattered by the enemy.
With only a dozen soldiers left around him, he was forced to retreat to Qilian Mountain to deal with the enemy, but in the mountains, even if he was not caught by the enemy, he would face a shortage of food.
Instead of living in fear in the mountains, it is better to bravely descend the mountains to fight the enemy and find a way out. In order to search for the remaining 9th Route Army, the enemy intensified the search for the mountains and forests, and Zhu Liangcai was discovered by the enemy as soon as they came out of the mountain.
Fortunately, a burst of gunfire suddenly came from the nearby hill, and the enemy heard the sound and left, and they escaped. Although they barely escaped, because they were in a panic, Zhu Liangcai, Fang Qiang and others also ran away.
Having lost the organization and his teammates, he can only beg along the way, inquire about the whereabouts of the organization, and evade the pursuit of the enemy. In order to reduce the risk of being discovered by the enemy, he could only travel at night, hide in the grass and stone crevices during the day, eat wild grass when he was hungry, and drink snow water when he was thirsty.
Once, he passed by a large family, hungry and cold, he wanted to come forward and beg for some food, but he was worried that his identity would be revealed, so he could only have the mentality of giving it a try.
When the landlord looked at his outfit, he asked directly: "Are you supposed to be a Red Army?" Zhu Liangcai was shocked, but after thinking about it, he was recognized anyway, so it was better to admit it.
Who knew that the landlord was indignant and said: "God really doesn't open your eyes, your such a good team was beaten so badly by Ma Jiajun." "He was an enlightened landowner who took pity on the Red Army and not only helped him hide his identity, but also prepared him with sumptuous food.
On the way to northern Shaanxi, he encountered horse bandits twice. For the first time, in order to hide from horse bandits, he put a sheepskin on his body and hid it in the flock. After more than a month of wandering, he finally walked to a county town in Gansu, he was ecstatic, and hurriedly inquired about the Eighth Route Army office.
When he learned that there was a Red Army rescue station here to rescue the lost officers and soldiers of the Western Route Army, he limped there with a wooden stick. When this beggar with a dark face, a scruffy beard, and unclothed clothes came to the Eighth Route Army station, the reception staff did not expect that he was actually the Zhu Liangcai he was looking for.
Zhu Liangcai went through a lot of hardships to find the organization, and this experience cannot be expressed in words. Because he had experienced wind and rain and suffered, he wanted to provide some help to other lost Western Route Army, and he offered to help rescue other lost Western Route Army.
Because of his personal experience, he recognized the lost Red Army more accurately, so with his help, he quickly recovered those lost Red Army. It wasn't until the spring of 1938 that he went to ** to study.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhu Liangcai was ordered to work on the anti-Japanese front in North China.
He is a heroic warrior on the battlefield, but he is also adept at using the power of culture. He founded newspapers, periodicals, dramas, and posters to carry out anti-Japanese education and propaganda, so as to expose the crimes of the Japanese puppet army, strengthen the belief that the troops and the masses will win the war of resistance, and boost morale.
Under his organization, the Anti-Enemy Drama Troupe of the Political Department of the Military Region staged many programs of educational significance and cultivated a large number of outstanding literary and artistic talents. After issuing the directive on the production and construction of the army, Zhu Liangcai keenly discovered the important significance of this instruction in strengthening the political work of the troops, and immediately implemented the instructions of his superiors.
He also convened a meeting of the military region to study how to implement the initiative, which was reported in detail by the "People's **", and when he learned about it, he kept praising Zhu Liangcai, saying that he was an outstanding talent who was moved by the wind and was worthy of learning from the whole army.
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Liangcai was transferred to the post of director of the Political Department of the North China Military Region, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the deputy political commissar of the Military Region. He was particularly cautious about the party's policies, especially in his treatment of people, and in the movement he took special care to prevent "left" and "right" leanings.
After the peaceful liberation of Peiping, many generals and military doctors from the Kuomintang came to the military region, and many people felt that they were not trustworthy, but Zhu Liangcai had a different view, believing that these people relied on technology to eat, and as long as they sincerely helped them and gave them opportunities, they would be able to serve everyone.
He often talked with technical personnel, hoping to help them solve difficulties and make them happy to make suggestions for the construction of New China. In addition, Zhu Liangcai also did one thing that made everyone admire him.
That is, he offered to back down. He was a selfless founding general who was realistic and selfless, and during the war, he was wounded many times, two of which were discharged from the hospital and went to the battlefield without healing.
In addition, he worked hard for a long time, and in order to win, he worked hard, and finally became ill and weak. During his tenure as the political commissar of the Beijing Military Region, he often had headaches for no reason, and when it was unbearable, he would take a few painkillers.
At that time, New China had just been founded, and there were many things that they needed to do, and the task of army building was heavy, and they were so busy with their work that they could not ask for leave at all. However, Zhu Liangcai took the initiative to back down and give up his position to younger and more energetic people, and his spirit of selfless dedication won everyone's admiration.
Despite the importance of his work, he was frustrated by his physical condition that prevented him from giving it his all. He deeply felt the contradiction between work and body, and he believed that as a soldier, he should devote himself to his work, but he was unable to do it due to physical reasons, which had a major impact on the military region.
To this end, he decided to submit his resignation to ** and let a young man with great wisdom take his place. Zhu Liangcai decided to concentrate on his illness, and when his body recovered, he would return to work and continue to contribute to the country.
As a thoughtful soldier, he knows that the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and he firmly believes that there will be someone who can do better than him. However, when he made this application to the ** Military Commission, the chairman asked ***, who had been his partner for a long time, to find out why.
After learning the reason, ** persuaded him not to resign, take sick leave first, and come back after his body recovered. But Zhu Liangcai refused to keep him, he knew that in the 50s, he had already considered the issue of cultivating a young and young leadership.
Positions are limited, and if the old comrades do not retire, how can young people have the opportunity to realize their ambitions? This is a question that has been repeatedly emphasized on different occasions. He appealed to the old and infirm comrades to take the initiative to give way to the young and promising, but the effect was not satisfactory.
These old comrades have all experienced brutal wars, and it is not good to persuade them to retire directly. As a follower who firmly supports the call of ***, Zhu Liangcai chose to retire voluntarily, and no matter who does the ideological work, he is unswerving.
Zhu Liangcai was resolutely unwilling to give up his plans, even his leaders and comrades-in-arms persuaded him, and even his wife was carried out ideological work. Zhu Liangcai's wife, Li Kaifen, is an old Red Army, and she doesn't understand why her husband is so insistent.
Zhu Liangcai explained: "Kaifen, we are all survivors of the war, and we have stepped on the corpses of countless soldiers to get to where we are today. We are cadres of the Communist Party, and the power in our hands is given by the party and the people, not our private goods.
As we get older, we can no longer shine, and we need to give up our place to those who need it. In 1958, Zhu Liangcai officially submitted an application for resignation to the state, becoming the first general in New China to take the initiative to ask to quit his post.
Although he has moved away from officialdom and lived a life at home, without power and titles for more than thirty years, a touching event happened at the memorial service for his death in February 1989.
Although there was no widespread notice, on the day of the memorial service, many of the people who came to Babaoshan to see them off were leaders of the national army, as well as many retired old Balu cadres, and even some people they didn't know at all.
Although Zhu Liangcai has left, his spirit is still there, and he will always live in everyone's hearts. This sentence "peach and plum do not speak, the next is its own" is his best interpretation.