During the Long March of the Red Army, due to the lack of grain, it was often necessary to buy grain from the local people, and many stories occurred during the period.
In February 1935, the advance work group of the Red Army Headquarters arrived in Xuyong County, Sichuan Province, and the soldiers had not eaten for two days, and they were so hungry that they could not walk.
Luo Tong, a cadre of the advance work group (awarded the title of founding major general in 1955), decided to go to the homes of the local people and buy some back if there was food.
However, because this place has just been fought, the people have run away, and there is no one in the village, what to do? Luo Tong thought to himself: No one is no one, I just leave the money for them.
After entering the house, Roton found a jar of grain, opened it, and saw that there was no more grain in it, but there was some money in it, and a note. Luo Tong picked up the note and looked at it, only to see that it said: "Old man, I am really sorry, we are the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, because we have not eaten for two days, passing by you here, and you are not at home, so we have eaten some of your family's grain." Now that you have left money at the market price, please check it and hope that you will forgive. "There's also the number of the troops in the back.
Luo informed that this was left by the Red Army who had passed by before, and the grain in the jar must have been eaten by them.
Roton went to the back room again, found a jar containing grain, opened it, and saw that there was some grain, but before he could be pleased, he found that there was also some money and a note next to it. Luo Tong's heart was half cold, and he picked up the note and looked at it, only to see that it read: "Comrades-in-arms, we have eaten some of the grain in this hometown, and we should not move the rest of these things, so as not to buy grain and have no food to eat after the compatriots return." ”
Signed below is the number of another unit.
After reading the two notes, Luo Tong sighed and quickly left the house.
As a result, Luo Tong went all over the village, and each family found money and notes, which were "patronized" by the Red Army troops who had passed by before, and Luo Tong had no choice but to go back empty-handed.
This story, which Roton remembered until his later years, was often told to the young men of the army, because it was a very good story.
What's so good about it?
First, it shows that the Red Army is a fair trade, even if there is no one in the family, it will not be taken in vain, but will leave you money, but also leave a note of apology. This is something that the Kuomintang army cannot understand at all.
Second, in fact, when Luo Tong went, many ordinary people still had some grain left in their homes, but if Luo Tong bought it, when the people returned, there would be no food to eat, so Luo Tong would rather be hungry than let the people come back without food.
This is an important reason why the Red Army was able to develop and grow rapidly!
In addition, this General LuoTong should be named Luo Fenxing at this time, which is also his original name, until 1939, when he led the troops to attack the Japanese Kou, it was changed to Luo Tong, taking the meaning of "Luo Tong sweeping the north".
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Luo Tong served as the political commissar of the 41st Regiment of the 5th Division of the New Fourth Army, the commander and political commissar of the Second Military Subdistrict of the Xiang'egan Military Region, and during the Liberation War, he served as the commander of the Independent 2nd Division of the Jianghan Military Region and the deputy political commissar of the 51st Army of the Fourth Field Army, and was awarded the rank of major general after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
On 1 September 2005, General Roton died of illness at the age of 90.