General Luo Ruiqing is a former director of the Red First Army's security bureau, and his work has always been very meticulous and serious.
In the Liberation War, Luo Ruiqing served as the political commissar of the Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army, of which Yang Chengwu was able to attack and defend, was a main ace of the field army, and was very good at fighting. According to the regulations, the troops must report the number of people to their superiors once every half a month, and then the superiors will approve grain according to the number of people.
Once, Tao Hanzhang, chief of staff of the Third Column, reported to the field army the number of columns, and the actual number reported in the first half of the month was 33,000, and in the second half of the month, he reported that the actual number was 36,000.
Unexpectedly, when it was sent to Luo Ruiqing, he was very angry and immediately called Tao Hanzhang:
"Han Zhang, how did you become the chief of staff?" Are you ready to eat your empty quota? ”
Tao Hanzhang replied, "I didn't eat my empty forehead." ”
"The last time you reported it to me was 3. 30,000 people, how did it become 36,000 people in a few days? I also eat too much. Luo Ruiqing said angrily.
"Let me make it clear to you that the day before yesterday, we reorganized the two regiments that had been captured, and after education, we supplemented the troops and enriched their combat effectiveness." Tao Hanzhang saw that Luo Ruiqing was angry, and he also gambled and said, "Do you want to eat this part of the combat strength, if you don't want to eat, you don't approve it, if you want to eat, you will approve it." ”
When Tao Hanzhang said this, he said that Luo Ruiqing, who was angry, was a little confused. Luo Ruiqing knew that he had ignored it, and it took a long time before he spoke:
"I hear you."
Tao Hanzhang then said, "Hearing that, I have this opinion, this is not to confront you." ”
"Wow! oh! Luo Ruiqing immediately said, "Someone still wants to eat, I approve it!" ”
Afterwards, Tao Hanzhang told the commander Yang Chengwu about the matter. Yang Chengwu was Luo Ruiqing's old subordinate during the Red Army period, and he explained the reason for the misunderstanding in one word:
"He's very strict and he's not sloppy at all."