In January 1946, the 1st Column Headquarters of the Shandong Field Army was stationed in Huafeng Town and received a Japanese material warehouse. 1 battalion of the 1st Column 2nd Brigade was responsible for guarding the Japanese warehouse, but the deputy brigade commander of the 2nd Brigade ordered: "Secretly transport supplies to the 2nd Brigade garrison." When the commander of the 1st Column learned of the situation, he ordered: "Tie up the deputy brigade commander for me." ”
In August 1945, after the Japanese Kou announced their unconditional surrender, they began to surrender and disarm the Chinese army. In this process, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army received many Japanese and Kosovaric material warehouses and obtained a large number of precious materials such as weapons, ammunition, and quilts. In the area of Huafeng Town, the Japanese here received the order to surrender and surrendered to the Eighth Route Army.
There was a Japanese material warehouse in Huafeng Town, which was taken over by the Eighth Route Army after the Japanese surrendered. In January 1946, the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu was ordered to arrive in Shandong, and merged with the Eighth Route Army in Shandong to form the Shandong Field Army. An order was issued by his superiors, and Ye Fei, a famous general of the New Fourth Army, served as the commander of the 1st Column of the Shandong Field Army to carry out the reorganization and training of the troops.
After Ye Fei went to his post, he led the 1st Column Headquarters to garrison Huafeng Town, and learned that there was also a material warehouse in the town. He personally went to investigate, saw a brand new rifle, a small steel cannon with a polished door, and closed his mouth with joy. He understood: "This material warehouse is particularly important for the 1 column, which can alleviate the shortage of materials in the 1 column and greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the 1 column." ”
Ye Fei ordered: "The 1st Column and 2nd Brigade will dispatch elite forces to guard the material warehouse day and night, and they cannot make a single difference." The brigade headquarters of the 2nd Brigade was stationed at Dawenkou, and after receiving the order from the column headquarters, it sent 1 reinforcement battalion to the material warehouse in Huafeng Town and carried out a tight defense.
The battalion was strengthened day and night, five steps and one sentry, ten steps and one post, and a strict defensive line was set up. After some time, the Minister of the 1st Column Democracy Movement accepted the order of the Column Command and again came to count the quantities of materials in the warehouse for the column command to call. The minister of democracy movement was in the warehouse, carefully calculating for a few days, but found a big problem, all kinds of materials are plain and unprovoked a lot less.
The minister of democracy movement did not say a word, and went out to ask the soldiers on duty: "Has anyone ever entered the warehouse?" The warrior shook his head, and then lowered his head weakly, looking nervous, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead. The minister of democracy noticed the abnormality, pretended to leave, and came to the material warehouse again in the night, and sure enough, he found out the situation.
It turned out that the reinforcement battalion of the duty warehouse secretly carried supplies to Dawenkou at night. The minister of democracy movement stepped forward to stop, let the materials down, and the commander of the reinforcement battalion came over and said, "We are also 1 column, what is wrong with using a little material?" This is the order of our deputy brigade commander, and no one can stop us, and move it for me. ”
The minister of democracy saw that the battalion commander did not obey the order, so he ran to the column headquarters and reported the smuggling of supplies by the 2nd Brigade. After Ye Fei was woken up, he was also surprised to hear the situation described by the minister of democracy movement. Ye Fei slammed the table and angrily rebuked, "It's really unorganized and undisciplined, it's really going to be lawless." Bring me the battalion commander who guards the warehouse, and I ask him which deputy brigade commander of the 2nd Brigade ordered it? ”
The battalion commander was escorted to the column headquarters, and in the face of Commander Ye Fei's questioning, he did not say "who is the deputy brigade commander?" Commander Ye Fei said in a serious tone: "Our troops are the ranks of the common people, paying attention to the 'three major disciplines and eight points of attention.' When you become a battalion commander, have you forgotten the discipline of the organization? Have you forgotten your revolutionary beliefs? ”
Only then did the battalion commander tell the truth of the matter, Ye Fei rushed to the material warehouse, and the deputy brigade commander of the 2nd Brigade involved in the matter also came to the scene. The deputy brigade commander was also frightened, and looked at Commander Ye Fei in a daze, without salutation or stopping the reinforcement battalion from continuing to move supplies. Commander Ye Fei was really angry when he saw that the deputy brigade commander had not stopped the troops, and shouted: "Immediately stop carrying materials, tie up the deputy brigade commander for me, and take it to the column headquarters." ”
When everyone returned to the column headquarters, Liu Fei, commander of the 2nd Brigade, also arrived and said, "Commander Ye, we have made a mistake this time, and we will definitely not do it again next time." We promised to return all the materials that had been transported, and I would do an in-depth review. In the end, the 2nd Brigade returned all the supplies, and the deputy brigade commander of the 2nd Brigade was locked up for a period of time and his duties were retained.
After this incident, the comrades of the 1st Column all said: "Commander Ye is selfless with an iron face, and we must abide by discipline and live up to Commander Ye's expectations." The kidnapped deputy brigade commander later also said: "Commander Ye is selfless, and I realize the mistake from the bottom of my heart." After this incident, he set stricter demands on himself and conscientiously studied Commander Ye's upright style. ”