Four Field Generals Series 35: Wu Faxian (III)
Author: Mast
Generally speaking, Wu Faxian in the war years was more cautious, had a strong sense of organization, and his work ability was also superior, so he rarely made mistakes in his work. The author summarizes that he has two characteristics: one is good at uniting people, and has never heard of him having conflicts with his partners; the other is that sometimes there is a local thinking, and he has been criticized twice. This article will talk about these two characteristics of Wu Faxian.
Mr. and Mrs. Wu Faxian
First, people are more generous and good at uniting people
Wu Faxian was born to be a material for political work, and he has also been engaged in political work during the war years. He successively served as the political commissar of the Red 2nd Regiment, the 685th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the Suluyu Detachment, and the 2nd Column of Dongye.
The military commanders who partnered with him and persisted until the founding of the People's Republic of China were Liang Xingchu, Yang Dezhi, Peng Mingzhi and Liu Zhen, two generals and two lieutenant generals.
It should be said that he had a good relationship with these four military commanders and was a good political commissar.
Liang Xingchu
It is recommended to promote Liang Xingchu:
After the Long March to northern Shaanxi, in early November 1935, when the headquarters restored the Red Army and the 1st Army, Wu Faxian served as the political commissar of the 2nd Regiment of the Red 2nd Division, and the regimental commander was Li Yinghua. Less than 20 days after the two were paired, Lee Ying-hwa was killed in the battle of Zhiluo. Casually, on the Long March Road, Li Yinghua was the chief of staff of the Pioneer Red 4 Regiment, heroic, talented, and outstanding. In his later years, General Yang Chengwu also deeply deplored Li Yinghua's sacrifice in his memories, and we should not forget these martyrs.
After Li Yinghua's death, the Battle of Zhiluo Town was still in progress, and the regimental commander Lin Biao immediately sent Liang Xingchu to the Red 2 Regiment as the regimental commander, and the two were paired for nearly 2 years. In August 1937, when the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, the Red 2nd Regiment was reorganized into the 3rd Battalion of the 685th Regiment. At that time, basically everyone was demoted and used, Liang Xingchu served as the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 685 regiment, and Wu Faxian became the deputy director of the regiment's political training office and the head of the organization unit. In January 1938, Wu Faxian was promoted to political commissar of the 685 regiment. In August 1938, when the regimental commander Yang Dezhi was transferred away, the 115th Division adjusted the cadres of the 685th Regiment, and Peng Mingji was promoted from chief of staff to regimental commander, and Tian Weiyang was appointed as chief of staff.
Wu Faxian believed that Liang Xingchu was capable and qualified, and at the same time, the troops of the 685 Regiment had also been expanded, so he proposed to the division headquarters that Liang Xingchu be promoted to deputy regimental commander.
The division headquarters quickly adopted his advice.
The right one Liang Xingchu
Marriage for Yang Dezhi Zhang Luo:
In 1938, Yang Dezhi, the leader of the 685 regiment, was 27 years old, and he definitely belonged to the elderly youth at that time. During the activities of the 685 Regiment in the southwest of Jin, Yang Dezhi liked a girl, and the girl was also very satisfied with Yang Dezhi.
But the girl's father asked for a dowry of 100 oceans. This embarrassed Yang Dezhi, who said, "Where did I get a hundred yuan, and the public money can't move."
After the political commissar Wu Faxian learned about it, he thought of several ways: First, he was ready to make a few hundred catties of grain for the girl's father, and second, he asked his fellow villagers to do the work of the girl's father. But the girl's father insisted on a 100 ocean bride price.
In desperation, Wu Faxian wanted to seek help from the division headquarters: once he went to the division headquarters for a meeting, he wrote a marriage report on behalf of Yang Dezhi in advance and carried it with him, ready to act on the opportunity. But before the meeting, when trying to find a wife, Luo Ronghuan said:
"What wife is the regimental commander looking for?" Master Chen Guang was not yet married. ”
This time there was no drama at all. Although Zhang Luo did not succeed, Wu Faxian still took a lot of thought.
Skillfully comfort Peng Mingzhi:
In June 1939, Peng Mingzhi and Wu Faxian led the Suluyu detachment to operate in the southeast of Xuzhou. The Japanese army in Xuzhou concentrated about 6,000 troops, and took advantage of its mechanization to encircle it in 7 ways. This is the first time since the establishment of the Eighth Route Army that it has experienced a large-scale "sweep." After learning of the enemy situation, the Suluyu detachment immediately moved to the mountains around Tongshan County. The troops had just gathered in their intended positions, the Japanese had arrived, and the battle began. Peng Meizhi commanded the troops to fight separately, persisted until after dark, and then broke out in the night and moved to the west of Jinpu Road. When the troops rested in a mountain called Huangzangyu, the Japanese army closed in again, and large-scale fighting began again. After more than 30 hours of stubborn resistance, the Suluyu detachment once again took advantage of the gap to jump out of the Japanese encirclement.
In this battle, the Suluyu detachment suffered nearly 600 casualties and sacrificed a brigade political commissar. It should be said that in the face of the superior Japanese army, Peng Mingzhi commanded calmly and responded appropriately. However, because of the heavy casualties, Peng Mingzhi believed that the battle was not fought well and was in a very low mood. In this regard, Wu Faxian said: How else can we do a good law? It is impossible to destroy all the enemies. They are all mechanized units, well armed and fast.5 The main thing is that our casualties are a little bigger, which is a loss. But we got all the wounded back. Moreover, after this battle, we have a taste of what the "great sweep" of the Japanese army is all about. This is of great significance to our future anti-"mopping-up". After such an analysis, Peng Mingzhi agreed very much, saying: "The political commissar said it well." ”
Liu Zhendang threw his hands in charge:
During his time in the northeast, after each battle, the commander Liu Zhen returned to Harbin and threw his troops to Wu Faxian. This is certainly the case, if not the entire one. Wu Faxian was responsible for the arduous and trivial work of resting and replenishing the troops, building their work style, organizing training, and providing logistical support. As I said in a previous article, there are three elements of combat effectiveness in a force: style, tactics, and command. That is to say, the first two tasks of the 2 columns were mainly grasped by Wu Faxian. In this regard, Wu Faxian has always worked hard and complained, never caring. With such a political commissar, can the relationship be bad?
Second, the two mistakes were made because of localism
Penalties for robbing the wounded:
In May 1936, after the end of the Red Army's Crusade, the headquarters held a summary meeting of the Crusade campaign. At the final stage of the meeting, the chairman criticized the more serious "localism" of the Red 1 Corps and asked the cadres of the Red 1 Corps to take the lead in making a review. After the chairman's criticism, Zuo Quan, acting commander of the Red 1 Army, and Nie Rongzhen, political commissar, were under great pressure. Nie Rongzhen took the lead in admitting his mistake and asked the red 1 corps division and regimental-level cadres to actively speak and have the courage to expose the problem.
In the speech, some people exposed the "armed robbery of the wounded" of the Red 2 Regiment.
It was after the Battle of Zhiluo Town, and the Red 2nd Regiment sent a group of wounded to the rear hospital for treatment. After recovering from their injuries, the wounded asked to return to the team, but the hospital leaders did not allow them to return to their original units and had to be assigned another job. After learning of this situation, Wu Faxian, political commissar of the Red 2 Regiment, sent someone to ask for it, but the hospital still did not release anyone. During the army's crusade, the Red 2 Regiment marched through this hospital.
Wu Faxian and Liang Xingchu took a platoon to the hospital to ask for people, claiming that they would come hard without letting people go, and finally brought people back.
Mr. Zhu was with Lin and Nie
Nie Rongzhen criticized the Red 2 Regiment at the meeting on this matter, but Wu Faxian was not convinced, and confronted him on the spot:
"That's our wounded, they should return to the team after they have recovered, and the wounded also ask to return to the team." Is the hospital doing the right thing? ”
Liang Xingchu also came out to help: "I also have a share in this matter, and the two of us went together." This was not a big deal, but at that time, the chairman and other leaders were present, and Nie Rongzhen was a little unable to hang up, and immediately became angry, not only making severe criticisms, but also punishing the two on the spot.
To do a review for grabbing supplies:
At the end of the Liaoshen Campaign, the liberation of Shenyang basically did not fight, the enemy collapsed, and the 2nd Column took the lead in entering Shenyang. After the troops entered the city, the streets were full of routs, and many officers and men of Chiang Kai-shek's army took the initiative to contact the People's Liberation Army about uprisings, surrenders, and surrenders, but no one cared about them. Why? Many troops were in a hurry to grab supplies.
The 2nd Column occupied the area where Chiang Kai-shek's warehouse was located. According to regulations, these warehouses and articles must be handed over to the Shenyang Military Control Commission for unified handling. But 2 vertically is known for being able to fight and grab. These fat meats that are just on the lips, not only the troops below take them to the troops in large numbers, but Wu Faxian also personally takes people to see the warehouse. Because there are too many materials, 2 even if they do not have such a big appetite, they will pick and choose the fat and thin, and the good things will be left for themselves, and the rest will be given to the brother troops, or handed over to the Military Control Commission.
Article 3 of the "Three Disciplines": All seizures shall be returned to the public. The first 2 to enter Shenyang made a windfall, but seriously violated the policy. Wu Faxian was very clear about this, worried that the paper package could not hold the fire, and his heart was also very worried, which became a heart disease for him. After the Liaoshen Campaign, Dongye rushed into the customs, and the matter was shelved.
In January 1949, Higashino held a meeting of cadres at and above the division level in Beiping. During the meeting, Wu Faxian consulted with the members of the 2nd Column team and said: "We have made a policy mistake in Shenyang, and if we do not review and give an account at this meeting, it will be difficult to explain it in the future." Instead of being punished in the future, it is better to be punished now. I am the secretary, I am willing to be responsible, willing to accept organizational punishment. In this way, Wu Faxian took the initiative to make a review at the conference.
Lin Biao did not take a position on this review, and Luo Ronghuan asked: "You are only talking about it now, why didn't you say it earlier?" Wu Faxian was also real, saying, "I didn't dare to talk about it before."
Wu Faxian
Later, the Political Department of Shino published the full text of Wu Faxian's review. Many people in Siye were talking about it, and some people said: "This Wu FatZi is beautiful on the surface, this policy, that policy, when it is his turn, he will grab it." From Shenyang fished, to Beiping to make a review. The full text of his review is only now published, as if in praise of him. ”
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