Although many of the founding generals had personal memoirs, such as Xu Shiyou's "Memoirs of Xu Shiyou", Yang Dezhi's "Memoirs of Yang Dezhi" and Xiao Ke's "Memoirs of Xiao Ke", one of them chose not to write a memoir because of his richer life experience and greater ultimate achievements.
**: The lonely pinnacle **A founding general who once served as the commander of a large military region and deputy prime minister, his life journey is wonderful. Among his colleagues in the Red Fourth Front Army, he and Xu Shiyou both served as commanders of the large military region, but *** also served as vice premier, Xu Shiyou did not.
He also presided over the day-to-day work of the Military Commission, which he was the only one among the founding generals. If *** could write his personal memoirs, it would definitely be even more exciting.
However, there was no time to write memoirs. In his later years, he held many important responsibilities, being both the vice premier and the commander of the Beijing Military Region, and he was very busy with work and had no leisure time.
It wasn't until he took a back seat in 1980 that he had time to think about it. However, even if he had time, ** was reluctant to write a memoir.
Many old comrades-in-arms who were still alive came to visit him and asked him to write an autobiographical memoir to record the history and valuable experience he had personally experienced and leave it to future generations.
Every time someone mentions this issue, ** waves his hand, he doesn't want to write.
His family also mentioned to him that he wanted him to use his spare time to write memoirs, and at this time, ** seemed very deep and dignified, he said: "During the Red Army, I took a division and thousands of people, and when the Liberation War ended and the country was founded, I knew that there were only a few dozen people still working in the army.
If you want to write a memoir, you should first write about those comrades who fought bloody battles and died honorably. ”
**The martyr's deep memory of Battalion Commander Zhao Chongde is an eternal pain in his heart. The surprise attack on the Yangmingbao Airport of the Japanese army was the most famous work of the world, and it was also a good start for him as the commander of the Eighth Route Army, however, for the victory of this battle, the battalion commander Zhao Chongde sacrificed his precious life.
He was a lovely comrade who deserves to be remembered forever. The martyrs considered themselves nothing more than survivors of the revolution, nothing remarkable, nothing worth writing about.
In 1983, the staff of the Party History Office of Zuoquan County, Shanxi Province came to interview ***
He said to them from the bottom of his heart, when you are writing the history of the party, don't write me into it, I just led the troops to fight with the people of Liao County for a few years, and there is nothing to publicize.
You should write more about the struggle of the people under the leadership of the party in Liao County, and more about the deeds of the people in the struggle together with the Eighth Route Army.
Whether writing historical materials or memoirs, we should write less about individuals, more about the leadership of the party, more about the people, and more about comrades-in-arms, especially those comrades-in-arms who sacrificed.
They are the most worthy of publicity.
In 1986, the old comrades-in-arms proposed to write a history of the third column of Liu Deng's army as an educational material to publicize the glorious traditions of the troops.
In 1989, the war history materials were completed, and the old comrades-in-arms proposed to write a memoir and found a writer. However, due to the writer's literary creation methods, ** and his old comrades-in-arms were not satisfied, and the matter was finally shelved.
In 1997, the General Political Department issued a notice to write biographies of party history figures, including the notice of the General Political Department, and accepted the interview requirements of relevant departments.
At this time, the old comrades-in-arms once again proposed to let *** write memoirs, which is the wish of many old comrades-in-arms and old comrades. Despite the fact that *** is in his 80s and his health is not good, he decided to write a memoir.
During the writing process, ** dictated, the secretary recorded, and also interviewed the relevant parties and consulted the relevant archives to ensure the accuracy and objectivity of the facts. Unfortunately, the memoirs were not completed, and Admiral ** died suddenly in 1999.
The later memoirs were carried out in accordance with the outline, clues and requirements of *** during his lifetime, and were finally completed.
** did not see his memoirs come out, because of his sudden death, the memoirs were not written in detail enough, many histories were not mentioned, and they could not accurately reflect *** magnificent life, which is a big pity.