On May 15, 1948, Mr. Zhu came to Puyang, and then the First Corps of Huaye held a meeting at SunWangzhuang. In the interval between meetings, the guards were severely reprimanded by The First Corps because they had new fighters surrendered from the Kuomintang army, worried about the safety of Mr. Zhu, and did not let Mr. Zhu go among the soldiers.
On May 11, 1948, Zhu Lao always accepted the order to rush to Puyang to comfort the East China Field Army. By May 13, Mr. Zhu had arrived at Sun Wang Zhuang in Puyang. Although after a long journey, General Manager Zhu only washed his face with water and listened to the report of Ye Fei, commander of the First Column.
The arrival of General Manager Zhu invigorated the hearts of the First Corps of the East China Field Army, and the soldiers rejoiced. On May 15, the First Corps decided to convene a thousand-person assembly attended by company-level cadres, combat heroes, and soldier representatives. The meeting was presided over by Su Yu, and President Zhu delivered an inspiring speech.
In light of the situation at home and abroad, Mr. Zhu analyzed the strategic deployment of the East China Field Army since then, and Mr. Zhu also mentioned the tactic of "fishing for big fish." Although Mr. Zhu did not even have a fishing rod in his hand, he vividly showed the process of "catching big fish" through his actions. Su Yu, who has always been serious, was amused by Mr. Zhu's "fishing" action, and the soldiers applauded enthusiastically.
At lunchtime, the meeting was temporarily suspended for the afternoon meeting. Su Yu accompanied General Manager Zhu to the dining room of the First Corps to eat, and the First Corps specially set up a table for the leaders, and the meals were exactly the same. This was also the request of Zhu Laozong's security personnel, because the Huaye First Corps had many new recruits surrendered by the Kuomintang army, and the security personnel were worried about Zhu Laozong's safety.
When Mr. Zhu looked at it, he was unwilling and had to sit at the same table with the soldiers to eat. A security guard stepped forward and told Mr. Zhu the reason for setting up a separate dining table, and Mr. Zhu was rarely angry. For Mr. Zhu, who loves soldiers like sons, he treats every soldier as his own son and daughter, and in the years of revolutionary war, he "shares weal and woe" with the soldiers, with salt and salt, no salt and light.
The words of the guards, although they were out of work, still made Mr. Zhu angry. Several staff members who have been following Mr. Zhu for a long time rarely see Mr. Zhu lose his temper, and this time is the only time they have seen it. Mr. Zhu directly and severely criticized this comrade, saying: "They are all their own comrades, what are they afraid of?" If you don't even dare to meet your own soldiers, you don't deserve to be the commander-in-chief! ”
Mr. Zhu and the soldiers sat at the same table, and after eating this lunch, the soldiers saw the kind chief and sat at the same table as themselves to eat. After eating, they all gathered around Mr. Zhu and asked various questions. Mr. Zhu answered one by one, just like a kind "old father" who treated his children.
Mr. Zhu ate the fragrant cornmeal nest and asked the little soldier next to him: "Little comrade, can you eat habitually?" The little warrior replied to Mr. Zhu: "Chief, you can eat habitually." Mr. Zhu looked at these lovely soldiers and said only: "Comrades, if we fight a good war and defeat the reactionaries, we will be able to have rice to eat." ”
After Mr. Zhu finished eating, the guards worried about Mr. Zhu's safety on the one hand, and on the other hand, they prepared to send Mr. Zhu back so that mr. Zhu could rest. At this time, the warriors gathered around Mr. Zhu, and Mr. Zhu was reluctant to leave, so he waved his hand and said, "Have a meeting, why are you so tired?" Let me chat with my comrades! ”
In such a small dining room, there were bursts of laughter from time to time, and the soldiers gathered around the respected chief and raised one question after another. Time passed in the blink of an eye, the time for the afternoon meeting came, although Mr. Zhu could not bear it, he still said to the comrades: "Well comrades, the meeting time is coming, let's write the question into a note, the afternoon meeting will be handed over, I will answer one by one!" ”
Mr. Zhu did not take a moment's rest at noon, and then rushed to the venue to continue the afternoon meeting. Before the end of the afternoon meeting, Mr. Zhu ordered the guards to put away the notes that the comrades had written questions about and answer them one by one. Mr. Zhu put the notes in his pocket, and then took them out one by one and unfolded them to look at them carefully.
Some comrades asked, "Do we have more planes in our unit?" Mr. Zhu replied realistically: "We have planes, but not many." I believe that with the efforts of our comrades, in the future we will not only have planes, but everyone will be able to get on big planes. ”
Some comrades asked, "When will we be able to cross the Yangtze River?" Mr. Zhu looked at this beautiful prayer and replied: "This depends on the efforts of each and every one of our comrades, and I believe that with the support of the people of the whole country, it is only a matter of time before we cross the river." ”
Some comrades asked, "When will Changchun and Shenyang be liberated?" General Manager Zhu talked about the situation of the brother units of the Northeast Field Army, saying: "The Northeast Field Army has tanks, artillery, and railway troops. ”
As for the time of liberation of Shenyang and Changchun, Mr. Zhu, who has always been cautious, still did not give an accurate time. Because after all, in the battlefield, even military geniuses cannot determine what time and time period can win the siege battle. Faced with one question after another from the officers of the First Corps of Huaye, Mr. Zhu patiently answered them and answered the doubts in the hearts of the soldiers.
President Zhu's visit to the East China Field Army this time inspired HuaYe's military spirit and made all the comrades attending the meeting feel like a spring breeze. After that, after three months of rest, the first corps of the East China Field Army, with high morale, crossed the Yellow River in the south and began to chase deer from the Central Plains. Huaye's troops fought together with the Nakano brothers and won the battles of Wandong, Kaifeng, and Xiangfan.
Mr. Zhu, a great military expert, not only cared about the East China Field Army, but also thought about the troops of the North China Military Region at this time. At that time, Xu Shuai led the troops of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Military Region and the first unit of the Jinsui Military Region, and was attacking linfen city in Shanxi. Mr. Zhu sent a telegram to the North China Military Region, asking the North China Military Region to actively support the Linfen front and transport a large number of explosives.
It was through these explosives that Xu Shuai commanded his troops to blow up the enemy city fortifications in Linfen and liberated Linfen city late at night on May 17, 1948. The Battle of Linfen lasted for 72 days, and in the face of yan xishan, the fortified city, Mr. Zhu applied the experience of the battle to liberate Shijiazhuang and achieved another great victory.
The arrival of President Zhu injected a "cardiotonic agent" into the heroic East China Field Army, and finally allowed the East China Field Army to decisively win the Huaihai Sea and cross the Yangtze River. Under the leadership of Commander-in-Chief Zhu, the heroic People's Liberation Army liberated all of China.