Friends who have watched "Bright Sword" will be touched by the deep comradeship between Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong, in zhao gang's words, that is, the relationship of "blocking bullets for each other on the battlefield", which is the friendship of life and death. In the second half of the novel, Zhao Gang entrusts his children to Li Yunlong before committing suicide, which is also an unconditional trust in this relationship. But if Zhao Gang's life was actually delayed by Li Yunlong, would you believe it?
This was the last time the two had met
Zhao Gang in the play is a student of the fourth batch of the Kang Da in April 1938 (commonly known as the 38th type of cadres), and 83% of the trainees in this period are intellectual youths from all over the country. Zhao Gang is a graduate of Yenching University and the organizer of the 129 student movement, and his academic qualifications and qualifications are among the best in this group of students. Because of this, After graduating from the Kang University, Zhao Gang was assigned to the Independent Regiment as a political commissar, and the same batch of trainees basically went to be instructors and instructors.
Li Yunlong was a jute rioter who participated in the revolution, participated in the Long March, was the regimental commander during the Red Army period, and was far superior to Zhao Gang in terms of time and seniority, and Zhao Gang sat on an equal footing with him as soon as he came, which seemed to be a high match, but in fact it was not.
When Zhao Gang, who graduated from the Kang University, went to the headquarters to report, in the face of such an outstanding talent who was both literate and martial, the deputy commander-in-chief wanted to leave him in the General Staff Headquarters. Zhao Gang offered to go to the combat troops, which made the deputy commander-in-chief very embarrassed, because he felt that Zhao Gang's going to the combat troops was too much to use.
It just so happened that Li Yunlong's independent regiment did not have a political commissar at this time, and the deputy commander-in-chief felt that Li Yunlong's donkey needed someone to put a cage on him, and it was better to send others than to send Zhao Gang, so Zhao Gang was sent to the independent regiment as a political commissar, and his life trajectory changed from then on.
When Zhao first came, he and Li Yunlong could not urinate in a pot
After Zhao Gang arrived at the Independent Regiment, after the initial run-in, he quickly mingled with Li Yunlong and slowly became a life-and-death friend. For Li Yunlong's constant mistakes, Zhao Gang could not rub sand in his eyes at the beginning, and slowly turned a blind eye. The independent regiment continued to make meritorious contributions, but it also constantly made mistakes and was punished, and finally the merits and demerits were offset, and Zhao Gang's principled nature played a great role, at least his check, Li Yunlong did not make the mistake of being swept to the end.
It can be seen that political commissar Zhao Gang was of great help to the Independent Regiment and Li Yunlong, but the Independent Regiment and Li Yunlong were very little helped zhao Gang's personal growth. Under the influence of Li Yunlong, the two of them have been standing still. It wasn't until Zhao Gang left Li Yunlong that his personal progress embarked on a fast track.
During the Liberation War, Zhao Gang successively served as the political commissar of the 2nd Division of Huaye, the director of the 2nd Column Political Department (deputy military level), the military political commissar, and other positions, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was transferred to the General Staff, and finally served as the second-level minister of the General Staff. When Zhao Gang served as the military political commissar (full military post), Li Yunlong was the deputy commander (deputy military rank) of the C Army, and was not officially appointed as the commander until 6 years later. This rate of progress has lagged far behind Zhao Gang, and the old partner of the past has pulled away.
Looking back now, at that time, the deputy commander-in-chief wanted to leave Zhao Gang in the general staff, and as a result, he went to the independent regiment by mistake, and finally he returned to the general staff, which seemed to have no impact, in fact, he had taken a big detour in the past ten years.
Zhao Gang, who angrily rebuked Duan Peng in the hospital, is the director of the political department of the 2nd Column
At that time, if Zhao Gang obeyed the arrangement of the deputy commander-in-chief and stayed directly in the General Staff, with his qualifications and ability, the study of the Central Party School in 1943 was definitely indispensable, which was an extremely crucial step. Because he went to the independent regiment, Zhao Gang missed the opportunity to study. Because he missed this learning opportunity, Zhao Gang even missed the opportunity to participate in the Seventh National Party Congress, and without this qualification, Zhao Gang's personal growth was greatly discounted.
Although Bright Sword is only a novel, the problems it reflects are real. The heroes in it are full of fireworks like ordinary people, and Li Yunlong will be dissatisfied that he is only awarded major general, while Cheng Blind of the 772 Regiment is awarded lieutenant general, which is the common sentiment of people.
Zhao Gang is an idealist who eventually commits suicide because someone forgot his original intention
Zhao Gang is also a major general, but he does not complain because he is an idealist. In Tian Yu's words, Zhao Gang threw himself into the revolution with ideals, which is not the same thing as Li Yunlong. This rank is neither low nor high, if he had stayed in the headquarters at the beginning, the lieutenant general would certainly not have been able to run, but he did not feel dissatisfied because of Li Yunlong's "delay", and still regarded him as a friend of life and death, which was Zhao Gang's open-mindedness and old Li's personality charm.