In 1951, after the end of the five battles, Deng Hua led Four military commanders, including Liang Xingchu, Wu Xinquan, Wen Yucheng, and Wu Ruilin, to Return to China. This time back home made a big unpleasant. It was said that all four military commanders would report to Chairman Mao, and they were also fully prepared.
(Chairman Mao and Liang Xingchu shake hands)
But in the end, only Deng Hua was in charge, he went to report to Chairman Mao alone, and the four military commanders did not have to report again. The four military commanders were very angry and complained about Deng Hua. Although Chairman Mao did not listen to the reports of the four military commanders, he personally entertained them at home.
This made the 4 commanders turn from sadness to joy, anger into laughter, and all opinions and complaints flew to the cloud of nine. Soon they were in Zhongnanhai and taken to the courtyard outside Chairman Mao's office, where they saw a log table and a few rattan chairs in the shade.
After a while, Chairman Mao came out of his office, and Deng Hua and the four military commanders all stood up to salute Chairman Mao, and Deng Hua introduced the names of the four military commanders to Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao shook hands with everyone one by one and said, Comrades have worked hard, sit down, you have returned from the Korean front, you are all meritorious men.
Chairman Mao also sat down, he lit a Cigarette of the Zhonghua brand, and then handed it to everyone and said that everyone who would smoke would smoke it. At once, the distance between several generals and commanders was shortened. Chairman Mao said with a smile: When you come to Beijing, you can look around, have a play, take a break, or give a report to the troops who are about to enter the DPRK and introduce your experience in fighting against the United States.
At the beginning, the four military commanders were still a little restrained, listened to Chairman Mao's few words, saw Chairman Mao's enthusiasm and cheerfulness, talked and laughed funny, and their restraint quickly disappeared. Chairman Mao talked about the current war situation in North Korea and summed up a new set of tactics, "zero knocking on the candy."
(Commander Wu Xinquan on the Korean front)
In view of the fact that the equipment gap between the enemy and us is too large, the volunteer army should not have too much appetite for a battle, eat the enemy little by little, accumulate small victories into big victories, and use the same set of tactics against the Kuomintang and small Japan to deal with the American devils.
Chairman Mao also reminded everyone that in order to prevent the US military from carrying out amphibious landings from the waist position on the Korean Peninsula again, it is necessary to make full preparations to smash the enemy's possible landing plans. In this way, you should not stay in Beijing for too long and return to Korea earlier to command the troops.
Unconsciously, it was noon, and the staff came over to ask Chairman Mao for instructions. Chairman Mao said to the four military commanders happily, "You are all the guests I have invited, and when you come back from the front, you have worked hard and made great achievements, and I invite you to have a light meal here, 4 dishes and 1 soup, and a home-cooked meal.
The staff cleaned up the table with 8 dishes on it. Chairman Mao, 4 military commanders, plus Deng Hua, a total of 6 people, how to put 8 bowls and chopsticks? There are also 2, Chairman Mao's wife Jiang Qing, and the youngest daughter Li Ne.
In order to entertain the four military commanders and Deng Hua, Chairman Mao's family all attended and personally accompanied them. That's a big face. Jiang Qing walked out with Li Ne, and Chairman Mao introduced her to her that these were all generals in the Korean front command.
While shaking hands with everyone, Jiang Qing smiled and said, Welcome, welcome, let's have a light meal together. After saying that, she let Li Ne, who was only 10 years old, bow to everyone and greet them, "Hello Uncle Volunteer Army!"
The meal was served quickly, really only 4 dishes, namely back to the pot meat, which contains tempeh, pepper and garlic seedlings, southern fried tofu, bamboo shoots stir-fried meat, fried spinach, and 1 sour and spicy soup. Chairman Mao picked up chopsticks, beckoned everyone to eat vegetables, and asked everyone which one was from Hunan?
Because the food was relatively spicy, Chairman Mao considered whether everyone was afraid of it. Deng Hua replied: Wu Xinquan and I are from Hunan, Wu Ruilin is from Sichuan, and Liang Xingchu and Wen Yucheng are from Jiangxi.
Chairman Mao smiled and said, well, Hunan people want to add me, today's 4 dishes and 1 soup, more than half of them are spicy. More than half of the spicy dishes, more than half of the few people involved in the meal are spicy, which is considered to take care of most of them.
The four military commanders were able to have lunch with Chairman Mao and Chairman Mao's family, and everyone felt very warm as a family, and the joy and happiness in their hearts could not be expressed in words and words.
It is very regrettable that the war in Korea was in full swing, and the four military commanders were secretly returned to China, were received by Chairman Mao, and were at Chairman Mao's house, and there were no text reporters present at that time, nor photojournalists, because they could not be seen in the newspapers.
The four military commanders all had a strong desire in their hearts, that is, to take a group photo with Chairman Mao, and if they had proposed it at that time, Chairman Mao would certainly fulfill everyone's wishes. Unfortunately, none of them brought it up at that time, which was something that each of them regretted for the rest of their lives.