Author: Hammer Jack
In 1953, Qin Jiwei, commander of the 15th Army, who had made great achievements in the Shangganling Operation, was ordered to return to China. Not long after his return, he learned from his superiors a great news: Chairman Mao was going to receive him alone on June 16!
For Qin Jiwei, this reception can be said to be extraordinary. He participated in the revolution for more than 20 years, and this was the first time that he had been received by Chairman Mao alone. To this end, The Qin Military Commander, who rarely cared about his appearance, began to pay attention to grooming. According to his personal habits, whether in the rear or on the battlefield, he wore rubber shoes and cloth shoes. But this time to see Chairman Mao, he felt that he could not wear loose and tattered clothes, so he decided to buy a pair of leather shoes.
Speaking of commanding wars, that was Qin Jiwei's strong point. But when it comes to shopping and buying things, he has no experience at all. He went shopping in the street, walked into the shoe store, picked up a pair of leather shoes, looked at it and thought it was appropriate, checked out without even trying, and returned to the guest house with brand new leather shoes.
He tried it to find out that the size was smaller. The toes were completely squeezed in the shoes, and it hurt as soon as I walked. There was no way, Commander Qin could only go to the street again and go to the shoe store to change a pair of shoes.
Qin Jiwei (1914-1997), a native of Hong'an, Hubei Province, was a lieutenant general in 1955. The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea commanded the 15th Army in a bloody battle in Shangganling
The second time he went to the street, Qin Jiwei had a little experience. In order to avoid mistakes, he also specially called the guards to be his "staff officers". The two returned to the shoe store, returned the shoes that did not fit to the shop, and chose a suitable pair to try.
When trying on the shoes, the guard asked, "Chief, do the shoes fit?" ”
"Fortunately, it just feels a little bigger."
"Big is bigger, can't go wrong!" A little bigger is fine. The guard said.
Qin Jiwei agreed: "Yes! As long as you don't squeeze your feet, it's easy to say! The two men carried their shoes and laughed back to the guest house.
But the next day, Qin Jiwei wore something wrong again: the more uncomfortable the leather shoes were, the more they took a little bigger, the shoes fell down. I'm going to see Chairman Mao, where can I do that? He hurriedly called out to the guards: "Follow me, go change your shoes!" ”
With the lessons of the previous two times, this time Qin Jiwei was not in a hurry, picked left and right in front of the counter, tried them repeatedly, and finally found the right leather shoes.
On June 16, wearing new leather shoes, Qin Jiwei met Chairman Mao in high spirits.
Upon entering the door, Chairman Mao came out of the inner room. Seeing Qin Jiwei, he held out his hand and smiled, "Welcome!" Comrade Qin Jiwei. ”
Sitting on the sofa, Chairman Mao habitually took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and took out one and handed it to Qin Jiwei: "Smoking? ”
Qin Jiwei felt that it was not good for him to smoke in front of Chairman Mao, so he politely resigned: "Chairman, do not smoke." Chairman Mao was a little surprised, and said half-jokingly: "A military commander in the hall, he can't even smoke a cigarette!" ”
The 15th Army fought a bloody battle on Ganling
In fact, Qin Jiwei not only smokes, but also is a "big chimney". He smoked a cigarette, and it was not addictive to two packs a day. Qin Jiwei said that he would not smoke, and Chairman Mao lit a cigarette himself and chatted with Qin Jiwei. The seductive smell of smoke went straight into Qin Jiwei's nose, tickling his heart.
During the conversation, Chairman Mao asked Qin Jiwei about the 15th Army's combat on the front line. Listening to Qin Jiwei's report, he said: "The battle on the front line is very hard! ”
"Chairman, the battle is indeed hard. However, the mood of the cadres and fighters is very high, the attitude is also very optimistic, and they are brave in fighting. "Qin Jiwei slowly relaxed and made a joke," said the soldiers of the 15th Army, who were very concerned about everyone and specially asked Vice Chairman Gao to call the military department in order to make the soldiers eat better. Vice Chairman Gao misheard it and thought that he wanted the soldiers to eat fried noodles every day, so we soldiers ate fried noodles every day! ”
Hearing this, Chairman Mao was very surprised: "I didn't say that!" ”
"Chairman, that was a joke told him by the soldiers when Vice Chairman Gao inspected him."
Chairman Mao laughed and said, "Then I still don't want to eat fried noodles." Unfortunately, the country is now very poor, and there is nothing to share with the comrades, and they have been wronged! ”
Chairman Mao and Qin Jiwei discussed the relevant situation on the battlefield, laughing and saying that "the enemy is a paper tiger," and Zhou and Liu walked in. In order not to hinder the work of the chief, Qin Jiwei got up and resigned.
[In the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in those years, compared with the "coalition forces" that ate meat and drank foreign soda, the commanders and fighters of the Volunteer Army were very difficult, and they could only take a mouthful of fried noodles and a mouthful of snow water, and insisted on sticking in the trenches.
General Qin Jiwei
Being received by Chairman Mao alone became the glory of Qin Jiwei's life.
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