At dawn on April 23, 1951, Tan Youlin, deputy commander of the 39th Army of the Volunteer Army, rushed to the headquarters of the Volunteer Army in Junzili Mine to report to Peng Dehuai on the layout of the Fifth Campaign of the 39th Army.
When Han Xianchu, deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, saw Tan Youlin, he asked, "Old Tan, why are you still here?" Didn't you already transfer you back to China to the Northeast Public Security Forces? ”
"The military work is too busy, so it was postponed for a few days, and this is not ready to go back!" Tan Youlin answered.
Du Ping, director of the Political Department, came over: "Mr. Peng has confessed that you are going to return to China, and he wants to accompany you to have a meal." ”
Due to the length of the volunteer transport line and the lack of air cover, 30 to 40 per cent of the supplies at that time could not be transported to the front.
After the third battle, the volunteer army was forced to lie down day and night, the supply of the volunteer army became more and more difficult, and the life of the troops from top to bottom was very difficult, including the commander Peng Dehuai, a great general, who could only order pickles and eat.
Today, because he invited Tan Youlin to dinner, Mr. Peng specially added a dish - scrambled eggs with tomatoes. This was already the best treatment at the time.
During the meal, General Manager Peng said to Tan Youlin: "The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea cannot be separated from the northeast, which is the rear area of the volunteer army, and the enemy situation is particularly complicated. Now to transfer your general from the front line and back to the northeast to work is the trust in you in the organization. The leading comrades of the Northeast Bureau urged you to take up your post as soon as possible, so you should hurry up. ”
Northeast China seems to have been the focal point of China's modern history, both as a base of heavy industry in modern China and as a close proximity to the Soviet Union.
The northeast alone borders North Korea for more than 3,000 miles. After the outbreak of the Korean War, the northeast region became the forefront of the domestic War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
At the same time, the northeast, as a strategic rear, is of course also the place where the Americans and chiang kai-shek's agents carried out key sabotage.
He is too familiar with Tan Youlin in the northeast, which is also the reason why he returned to the northeast. A few years ago, he worked with his comrades in the northeast to sweep away the bandit plague, and the landscapes and rivers here have been deeply imprinted in his mind.
However, Tan Youlin was very conflicted in his heart, as an internal guard force, there was a big difference between the public security army and the field army.
The Northeast Public Security Force is the predecessor of the current armed police force. Although it is also part of the People's Liberation Army, its mission is to protect homeland security and it lacks the opportunity to fight head-on.
The reason why Tan Youlin is very contradictory is because as a general, he has been leading soldiers to fight in the frontal battlefield for many years. At this time, the Korean War was in full swing, but his superiors transferred him away from the front line and returned to china to go to the public security forces to engage in internal guard and arrest secret agents.
With extremely complicated feelings, Tan Youlin hurried back to Beijing, the capital of the motherland. He stayed at the General Political Guest House and waited for the organization to be assigned.
On this day, Tan Youlin happened to meet Xiao Jinguang, who was then the commander of the Navy, on the east side of the Tiananmen Gate Tower.
"Old Tam!" Xiao Jinguang first spotted Tan Youlin strolling through the street from the car window.
Tan Youlin and Xiao Jinguang met as early as when they were studying in Yan'an, and they were separated for many years, and they were of course particularly happy to be reunited in Beijing. Xiao Jinguang invited Tan Youlin to sit down with him and introduced many naval situations.
When Xiao Jinguang learned that Tan Youlin had not officially reported to the public security forces, he wanted Tan Youlin to work in the Navy. A thousand armies are easy to obtain, but one will be difficult to find. Xiao Jinguang wanted to ask Tan Youlin to be the commander of the East China Sea Fleet or the principal of the Dalian Naval School.
Commander Xiao's hospitality and naval construction were very touching to Tan Youlin, but he knew that the Central Military Commission had issued an order for him to go to the Ministry of Public Security, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to change. So Tan Youlin said to Commander Xiao: "At present, the organization has not talked to me, I will go back at night to think about it." ”
But on the evening of this day, as soon as Tan Youlin returned to his residence, he was informed that Luo Ruiqing, minister of public security and commander of the public security army, came to talk to him.
Luo Ruiqing said that he had a deep relationship with Tan Youlin, and in the early years in Yan'an, Tan Youlin gave him his mount "flower-footed mule", and later Luo Ruiqing became a big matchmaker for Tan Youlin and Lu Fang's marriage.
Luo Ruiqing was a very special person, he was shrewd and capable, fanatical in his work, and capable of doing so; he was one of the people whom Chairman Mao Zedong trusted very much and had a close relationship with Chairman Mao Zedong. With him at the helm of the Inner Guard, Chairman Mao Zedong can be described as well-intentioned.
Luo Ruiqing's efforts to put Tan Youlin in charge of the Northeast Inner Guard were also weighed up repeatedly.
"Tan Youlin, the hero of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, you have now become the most adorable person!" Pride up! Luo Ruiqing said in a joking tone, "I heard that you now look down on the public security forces, and you are transferred to the northeast public security forces to work, but you are not willing to go." ”
Just these two sentences, Tan Youlin is difficult to accept. He is a very strong person, and he has never been criticized over the years, whether he has worked or fought. Although he did not want to go to the public security forces at that time, he did not look down on the public security forces.
Provoked by Luo Ruiqing's joke, Tan Youlin's stubborn temper also came up, without any explanation: "I will report tomorrow!" ”
Although Tan Youlin was not very willing to come to the public security force at first, he was very serious and responsible after taking office. Again, the old saying goes, either don't do it, or do it well.
After Tan Youlin took office, he carried out a comprehensive reorganization of the northeast public security forces and completely changed the organizational form of decentralized leadership in the past, thus forming a powerful people's public security armed force in the northeast region and turning the northeast into a solid rear base for resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.
Later, Tan Youlin became the only founding major general in the history of our army to receive five first-class medals (the Order of August 1st Class, the Liberation Medal of the First Class, the Meritorious Service Medal of the First Class, the Order of Independence and Freedom of the First Class, and the Order of Independence of korea, first class).