Yang Dezhi was a famous founding general, and from the period of the agrarian revolutionary war, to the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, to the period of the War of Liberation, and even to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he has always been the main general of the Central Red Army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Yang Dezhi served as the commander of the Grand Military Region for 25 years, and in his later years he also served as the chief of the general staff.
He is a good general, a famous general. However, the cultivation of famous generals also needs a process, and in the early military career, Yang Dezhi has also been criticized. Three of them had a greater impact on him, and Yang Dezhi was criticized for what?
When he was in the Central Soviet Zone, Yang Dezhi was still a company commander of the Central Red Army. The second anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign won a great victory, and the troops captured a lot of strategic materials, but they captured too much to take them, so they hired some local migrant workers to help with transportation.
On this day, Yang Dezhi was preparing to assemble the company to set off, but the party representative ran over and said that 3 migrant workers just wouldn't leave. How does this work? Yang Dezhi said: You, the party representative, cannot do mass work. You talk to them again.
The party deputies were very embarrassed to say that my lips were almost worn out, they just wouldn't listen, some of them were still picking and choosing, the words were not inferior, the time was delayed, the other migrant workers were gone, just 3 of them did not leave, in case the white bandit army came, it would be dangerous.
The party deputies could not handle this matter, so they had to ask the company commander to handle it. Yang Dezhi personally went to see it, and sure enough, he found that the 3 migrant workers were sitting on the ground with their heads bowed. Seeing this scene, Yang Dezhi was angry, but he still suppressed his anger and said, Old watch, there is a white bandit army nearby, the troops are about to leave again, hurry up on the road, we are responsible for your safety.
As soon as these words came out, the big man stood up and said, Are you Red Army still afraid of the White Bandit Army? We couldn't walk and needed a break. At this moment, the communicator hurried over and said, Company commander, the time for the troops to depart has arrived, can they leave? Yang Dezhi was furious, crossed his hands at his waist, and asked loudly, Can you go away?
The big man didn't take it seriously at all, and he sat on the ground again. Yang Dezhi could no longer suppress his anger and said in a commanding tone, Get up! Then habitually put his hand on the shell gun at the waist. The big man was also on fire, touched the flat shoulder and stood up, asking, what are you going to do?
Yang Dezhi was really angry, he was bent on the safety of migrant workers, but the migrant workers did not listen to persuasion, grinding and rubbing is not leaving, Yang Dezhi wanted to scare them, so he pressed the gun with his hand. But at that moment, Yang Dezhi forgot, and the bullets in the gun were loaded.
Before the gun could be raised, it rang out, and the bullet hit the big man's stomach, and the man fell to the ground on the spot. Yang Dezhi's face turned white, and he threw himself down in front of the big man desperately, shouting vigorously, comrade, comrade. The big man had lost his breath.
The lesson of blood, regret is beyond reach. Yang Dezhi took the initiative to run to the division commander to make a profound review and requested severe punishment. The division party committee issued a special document criticizing Yang Dezhi fiercely, saying that he threatened the masses with weapons, mistakenly injured migrant workers, and made the mistake of making the mistake of the remnants of the warlords.
The division party committee decided to give Yang Dezhi a one-month probation and an administrative punishment. Yang Dezhi fully accepted. This was the first and only time since Yang Dezhi joined the revolution that he had been punished. Later, in view of Yang Dezhi's performance, the division party committee revoked the punishment.
But Yang Dezhi could never forgive himself and remember it for the rest of his life. Since then, every time he fills out the personal registration form, he has to write down this revoked punishment as an unforgettable lesson, the alarm bell rings for a long time, taking it as a warning, and accepting everyone's supervision.
On the Long March Road, Yang Dezhi has been promoted to the head of the Red Regiment. The red ball is also known as the first group in the world. On this day, Yang Dezhi and others had just climbed to the middle of the mountain, when they suddenly heard a burst of gunfire on the other side of the mountain, which lasted less than ten minutes, and the gunfire stopped again.
It's weird. Could it be that you have encountered the enemy? At this moment, your subordinates came to report that Vice Chairman Zhou and Chief of General Staff Liu Bocheng were looking for you. Yang Dezhi asked, what's going on? The subordinates said nervously that our three battalions had beaten the column of the Central Military Commission led by Vice Chairman Zhou and Chief of General Staff Liu.
It turned out that the three battalions were walking in front and had already descended from the other side of the mountain, and just happened to meet Premier Zhou and Liu Bocheng and the column of the Central Military Commission. At that time, the three battalions were wearing the uniforms of the enemy who had just been captured, and the column of the Central Military Commission was very alert, mistaking the three battalions for the enemy and firing first.
The commander of the three battalions immediately set up his position, set up machine guns, and blew the charge horn of the battle. Before the attack was launched, the commander of the three battalions found that the other side did not resemble the enemy, and the other side quickly judged from the charge of the three battalions that it was his own troops, and a misunderstanding came to an abrupt end.
If a fight breaks out, the consequences will be unimaginable. Yang Dezhi hurriedly ran over to Premier Zhou and Liu Bocheng to review, and Premier Zhou shook Yang Dezhi's hand and said with a smile, Yang Dezhi, you red ball is really the first group in the world, and almost ate us.
Although this sentence is said warmly, it is a great criticism, and in case of bad results, Yang Dezhi cannot escape the blame. Yang Dezhi was very embarrassed and speechless. He wanted to criticize the commander of the three battalions, but the commander of the third battalion said that they had fired the gun first.
Liu Bocheng smiled and said, look at what military uniform you are wearing, we still don't shoot? Premier Zhou said to Yang Dezhi: Your three battalions are full of good, high vigilance, and flexibility. Liu Bocheng also said, yes, after all, it is the gun we shot first, the rapid deployment of the three battalions is right, you should not criticize him.
In 1937, the Eighth Route Army was established, and Yang Dezhi was appointed as the commander of the 685 regiment. He was preparing to go to his post when he met several old comrades of the original Red Regiment on the way, and they were all assigned to the Independent Regiment. Both the Independent Regiment and the 685th Regiment were attached to the 115th Division.
The independent regiment was reorganized from the original Red First Division, and further ahead, it was said that it was the Red Regiment brought out by Yang Dezhi, which was the old unit that Yang Dezhi had brought. However, the leader of the independent regiment was Yang Chengwu, but not Yang Dezhi. When the old comrades-in-arms heard that Yang Dezhi was going to become the leader of the 685 regiment, they all talked about it,
(Nie Rongzhen and Yang Dezhi, etc.)
The Independence Regiment is our old red regiment, why don't you come back?
Yang Dezhi was 26 years old at the time, and he was also relatively young, and when he heard this, he felt that it was also such a reason, why not go back to the old army? The old comrades-in-arms are together, and the command is also easy. He turned around and went to Nie Rongzhen, the deputy division commander, and made a request, I still go to the Independent Regiment as the deputy regimental commander, and the regimental commander of the 685 Regiment let others do it.
Nie Rongzhen patiently listened to Yang Dezhi's reasoning and criticized him very seriously, saying that it was just nonsense! Let you go to the 685 regiment, this is the order of the headquarters, the order is to be carried out, the situation is so tense, the troops are waiting for you, you immediately go to the 685 regiment.
There is no room for negotiation.
Yang Dezhi thought calmly, and he also felt that he was indeed too impulsive, and very irrationally put forward such a request to Nie Rongzhen. He bid farewell to Nie Rongzhen, traveled day and night, and rushed to the 685 Regiment as the regimental commander, leading the 685 Regiment to the front line and killing the devils.