The division commander slept on the street
August 1940,
Huang Kecheng
On orders from the central authorities, the eastward marched to meet the new Fourth Army units in northern Jiangsu. After the reorganization of the division, Huang Kecheng served as the commander of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army.
Due to the lack of cadres in the New Fourth Army, Huang Kecheng's arrival brought fresh blood to the New Fourth Army
。 According to the "Founding General", "When Huang Kecheng was the commander of the Third Division, he led his troops to launch the Funing Campaign, conquering more than 20 Japanese and pseudo-strongholds in Funing County and its surrounding areas in one fell swoop. More than 4,000 enemy personnel were annihilated. "In one fell swoop, it set a precedent for the large-scale offensive operations of the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu and the liberation of the city."
Even after such a high level of brilliant achievement, Huang Kecheng is still humble
Some cadres saw that Huang Kecheng was relatively weak, so they persuaded him to stay in the command headquarters to make overall plans, and there was no need to be personal, but Huang Kecheng said very modestly: "
Thank you comrades for your concern, I am not in good health, so I have to exercise more
。 ”
In October 1942, Huang Kecheng led his army to Dadongzhuang, east of Funing County, and when the New Fourth Army arrived, although it was not yet night, it was by no means time for the peasants to rest. But in Zhuangzi, there are obviously families in every household,
But strangely, not a single family came out to greet the New Fourth Army
。
According to the Biography of General Huang Kecheng: "
Dadongzhuang was swept away once by the puppet army 3 days before Huang Kecheng's arrival, and the puppet army wasted the grain in the field and captured many young adults. When the people of Dadongzhuang saw Huang Kecheng coming, they thought that the puppet army was coming again, so they did not dare to go out to meet the New Fourth Army.
”
In northern Jiangsu in October, the weather gradually became cooler, and the soldiers stood at the mouth of the village. In the command headquarters, some cadres proposed to try to knock on the door of the hometown, but Huang Kecheng did not agree. He said, ".
The common people have made the Japanese miserable, when we first arrived, they did not understand, do not bother them, tonight the whole army will sleep on the streets.
In the middle of the night, the guards were worried about Huang Kecheng's body, so they said to Huang Kecheng: "Commander, I saw that there were families in front of me with lights on, so you should go there and stay overnight." Huang Kecheng said:
No, never go to the homes of the masses before dawn.
In this way, Huang Kecheng and the soldiers braved the cool breeze and camped out on the street for one night. The next morning, the villagers saw the New Fourth Army sleeping on the streets, so they let down their guard and took the New Fourth Army back to their homes.
One eldest son can not be less
Huang Kecheng's sleeping on the streets in northern Jiangsu won the hearts and minds of the masses in northern Jiangsu, and after that, no matter which village the New Fourth Army arrived, the common people would receive them very warmly. According to the Founding General: "
Huang Kecheng demanded that all the New Fourth Army stationed in every village and household and in the homes of ordinary people must strictly abide by the three major disciplines and eight points of attention
One day in 1943, Huang Kecheng led his troops to destroy 3 Japanese strongholds in Yancheng. On the way back to the division, he stayed at Liuxizhuang. The local people took it out one after another
Rice and fresh fish
Entertain the New Fourth Army,
Huang Kecheng instructed the troops to give money after eating the people's things. But there was a platoon of fighters, and due to insufficient funds, they did not give money after eating.
After Huang Kecheng knew, he quickly asked the supply department to pay, and then personally went to the platoon and ordered the soldiers:
Can you eat white food without money? You stay and renovate the old house for your fellow villagers!
While Huang Kecheng strictly governed the army, he also treated himself quite strictly. According to the "Founding General", "Huang Kecheng once announced a discipline, that is, whether the soldiers were intentional or unintentional, as long as they damaged the property of their compatriots, they would lose money. ”
One day, Huang Kecheng rode his horse to a farmhouse, and when Huang Kecheng was talking to his fellow villagers,
His horse nibbled on the poplar trees of the peasants' homes
。 Huang Kecheng immediately took out 2 silver dollars as compensation, but the old farmer insisted on not receiving it. Huang Kecheng said: "
Fellow countrymen, our New Fourth Army is disciplined, and you can't let me, the division commander, take the lead in violating discipline
The old farmer was also real, so he said, "Master Huang, my broken tree is not worth a few dollars, and I don't need to use silver dollars to compensate." ”
Huang Kecheng said: "Fellow countrymen, the discipline of our New Fourth Army is that how much to lose if something is damaged, and the eldest son cannot be less, so you should accept these two yuan." ”
The old farmer still insisted on not
，
There was no way for the troops to march, so Huang Kecheng secretly sent a letter to the old farmer after leaving, and the letter also put 2 silver dollars.
Treat the masses
In the northern Jiangsu region in winter,
The weather was unusually wet and cold
As a result, many ordinary people suffer from rheumatism. Huang Kecheng saw the people being killed
rheumatism
Troubled, he organized soldiers to do farm work for the common people and ordered the idle military hospitals to receive the seriously ill people. According to the "History of the New Fourth Army's Northern Jiangsu War", "A hospital of the Northern Jiangsu Branch of the New Fourth Army took the initiative to receive and treat 210 people suffering from severe rheumatism in the winter of 1942. ”
After surviving the winter, the scale of the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu has become larger, and many local people have joined the New Fourth Army because of the excellent style of the New Fourth Army. Even families who are not qualified to join the military will actively participate in military support activities.
The relationship between the New Fourth Army and the masses in northern Jiangsu is like fish and water
One day, the New Fourth Army was stationed in Nanyao, and a child in Nanyao Village had a high fever, and the family was anxious, so they ran to Huang Kecheng's headquarters for help. According to the Founding General: "
A young man of fifteen or sixteen years old, gasping for breath, said to Huang Kecheng: "Master Huang, save my sister, she has a high fever all day and is about to fall into a coma."
’
After Huang Kecheng heard this, he immediately asked the youth to go to the rear hospital to grab the medicine, and also instructed the youth to ride his horse to get the medicine. Feeling strangely embarrassed, the young man bowed deeply to Huang Kecheng and rode away on his horse.
The young man riding Huang Kecheng's horse seemed to have a "universal pass", and the pass guarded by the New Fourth Army passed through was unhindered
He got the medicine very smoothly and saved his sister's life in time.