When General Wang Zhen is mentioned, everyone will think of Nanniwan, large-scale production, and Xinjiang military reclamation, which makes people feel that as long as General Wang Zhen is there, they will eat and wear without worry.
In fact, this feeling of happiness for General Wang Zhen did not begin only after the War of Resistance, as early as the most difficult long march of the Red Army, Wang Zhen was a famous "lucky general".
In July 1936, Wang Zhen led the Red Sixth Corps and the Red Fourth Front to continue north after meeting the division in Ganzi. Although it was July, the Qinggan Plateau was still cold, and the Soldiers of the Red Army were suffering from malaria.
Tang Xiangfeng, political commissar of the 17th Division of the Red Sixth Army, suffered from malaria due to accidental eating of poisonous weeds, had a high fever that did not recede, was weak, and even if he lay still, he was short of breath and had to collapse after a little walk.
After Wang Zhen knew about it, he ordered that the tang political commissar be carried to the destination, and Wang Zhen personally came to carry the stretcher.
How could Wang Zhen personally carry the stretcher? The warriors came one after another, and several of them carried the stretcher forward together, nagging as they walked. Inadvertently, a small warrior said that there was a folk remedy in their hometown: malaria could be cured with large smoke soil. After Wang Zhen listened, he was suspicious and decided to try it.
Coincidentally, the troops "beat up local tycoons" a few days ago and just seized a box of opium, which Wang Zhen had planned to bury, but when he heard that opium could be used as medicine, he stayed behind.
Wang Zhen told Tang Xiangfeng about this folk remedy, but also reminded him that there must be harm in eating too much of this thing, and Commissar Tang had high political consciousness, saying that I would do an experiment for the soldiers, if it was really good, the soldiers would be saved.
Therefore, Tang Xiangfeng ate a handful of tobacco soil, and as a result, the god, the next day the high fever really receded, and he could walk with a stick.
Seeing that the tobacco soil could really cure malaria, Wang Zhen was overjoyed, and immediately crushed the smoke and soil and distributed it to the sick soldiers, and soon controlled the malaria in the army.
At that time, there was also a kind of "disease" that most seriously plagued the troops, and without a cure, it was hunger. This is a wasteland, it is difficult to see people in a hundred miles, it is very difficult to raise food, the officers and soldiers have gone through the torment of a long journey, their physical weakness has reached the extreme, they can no longer get nutritional supplements, and a little disease may take everyone's life!
Just when Wang Zhen was helpless, a local herdsman told them the good news: on the wasteland here, there was a herd of wild yaks wandering, and there was no owner, and if they could catch them, they would not be hungry.
As soon as Wang Zhen heard this, he came to the spirit, so he called on the division commander Liu Zhuanlian and said, "Rotor, let's get some beef!" ”
Anyone who has hunted knows that all wild beasts made from domestic animals are not only wild, but also extremely cunning, and know many human routines against them, so it is difficult to find and even more difficult to catch.
Where to find such a large wasteland? Liu Zhuanlian did not have any confidence, but Wang Zhen was full of confidence, and found a few fighters with good marksmanship to go deep into the wilderness together to find the yak herd.
After searching for several days in a row, there was no trace of the yak, and the hungry and cold warriors were a little disappointed and planned to go back, but Wang Zhen was like an experienced and patient old hunter, constantly observing the clues on the ground, and finally found some cow dung and cow hoof prints, along the cow hoof prints, they finally found a yak!
At this moment, everyone came to the spirit, more than a dozen large pots were lined up, all of them were stewing beef, and the thick aroma of meat filled the entire camp, making the hungry officers and soldiers all swallow.
Liu Zhuanlian gave Wang Zhen a bowl of large pieces of beef cut, but Wang Zhen refused, but instead distributed the beef to the weak wounded and sick, and he just drank some beef soup.
Just as everyone was happily eating meat, Zhang Hui, commander of the 16th Division, rushed forward and reported Wang Zhen a great happy news: "Political Commissar Wang, our Sixth Army has been saved!" ”
Wang Zhen asked, "What is the situation?" Say it! ”
Zhang Hui said, "The warriors have found that group of wild yaks!" Even male and female, large and small litters! ”
When Wang Zhen heard this, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly followed Zhang Hui to see it.
I saw that the warriors had surrounded a group of wild yaks with a wooden fence, and there were dozens of them, which was spectacular, and everyone was excited!
Wang Zhen said to Zhang Hui: "Kill three heads every day, the others rush to leave, this is our life-saving cattle, you must take good care of it, run away from me, only you are asking!" ”
Zhang Hui also ordered the regimental commander Liao Changqing to take special care of the cattle. Liao Changqing arranged a company to take care of the cattle, marching every day while driving the cattle, and every time he arrived at the new camp, he immediately set up a wooden fence to prevent the yaks from getting lost.
One day, the march was very hard, the soldiers were tired, the wooden fence was not strong enough, and everyone fell asleep because they were too tired, and the yaks ran out overnight!
Zhang Hui and Liao Changqing cried and mourned, told Wang Zhen this bad news, broke Wang Zhen's anger, threw his hat off, and said loudly: "Tell you to be careful and careful, or lose the life-saving cow!" What do you two eat? All dismissed! ”
The two men bowed their heads in frustration and prepared to accept punishment.
After a while, Wang Zhen's anger subsided a lot, sighed, and said, "I can't blame you all, these yaks are very refined, I can't even see the hair when I look for them, and now it is providence to run, just when we release them." ”
However, the yaks killed in the past few days also supported the Red Sixth Army out of the wasteland and survived the most difficult time.
Many people say that General Wang Zhen is a "lucky general" who can always find a way to live when everyone can't see hope. In fact, this is not that General Wang Zhen has a "blessing", but the courage to try and the confidence to persevere, so that he can repeatedly survive in desperate situations and escape from heaven!
(References: "The Biography of Wang Zhen", "Wang Zhen's Three Long Marches", "The Story of the Long March")