"Our volunteer soldiers, who did not die under the guns of the US army, were robbed of their lives by illegal capitalists who made counterfeit drugs.
In 1951, Chairman Mao, who was paying attention to the situation on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in Zhongnanhai, was suddenly startled by Mr. Peng, who broke in, and saw him holding a handful of flour in his hand and showing it to Chairman Mao angrily.
Chairman Mao was furious, and then launched the largest rectification campaign since the founding of the People's Republic of China, involving hundreds of thousands of people and thousands more to death. So, what exactly is the flour that Mr. Peng is holding in his hand? Why was Chairman Mao so angry when he saw it?
1951 was an extremely important year for the mainland, which sent volunteers to Korea. Resisting the United Nations forces, Marshal Peng Dehuai, who was supposed to command the battle on the Korean battlefield, returned home angrily to find Chairman Mao.
Unfortunately, Chairman Mao was resting in the Jingming Garden at that time, and in order to prevent anyone from disturbing Chairman Mao's tranquility, the staff could only stop Mr. Peng first.
But seeing this, Mr. Peng, who was impatient, said loudly that he had urgent matters to see Chairman Mao, and after speaking, he directly pushed the two away and walked straight to Chairman Mao's room.
When Chairman Mao saw Mr. Peng, he was surprised, but from Mr. Peng's expression, he could see that he must have encountered something important that needed to be solved.
Before Chairman Mao could ask, Mr. Peng directly put a package in front of Chairman Mao.
Seeing this, Chairman Mao immediately opened the package, but found that it was only a bag of flour, and Chairman Mao was still confused, not understanding what Peng Lao always meant.
Seeing this, Mr. Peng could only tell Chairman Mao a shocking truth and grief and indignation.
After listening to Mr. Peng's account, Chairman Mao's face showed unprecedented anger, and the secretaries and staff who were watching from the sidelines were also extremely angry about this incident.
It turned out that this package contained the so-called therapeutic drugs.
At that time, on the Korean battlefield, many soldiers inexplicably had abdominal pain and diarrhea because of the use of these drugs, originally thinking that these were minor problems caused by the physical reasons of the volunteers, but after taking the drugs, their conditions suddenly deteriorated, and they died in the hospital without explanation.
Not only that, some fighters only suffered some minor injuries, but after bandaging, there was a serious infection problem, and finally they had to choose to amputate their limbs to save their lives.
At first, the soldiers thought that the harsh conditions of the battlefield might have caused the condition of the wounded to deteriorate. But it was only later that these cases became more and more common, and they gradually realized that there was a problem with the medicine.
So the hygienist quickly reported the situation to the superior, and the superior immediately began to investigate after learning the situation, but the results of the investigation were surprising, it turned out that a large number of expired drugs were found in the hospital in the rear.
These medicines have been left unsterilized for a long time, and the gauze and bandages on them have become moldy. What is even more disgusting is that the first aid kits distributed to the fighters do not contain medicines, but useless flour.
Not only that, but they also found other abnormalities on the front line, even the food that the soldiers usually eat, there is a large amount of shoddy food, and some canned meat has rotted. The fried noodles that the volunteers rely on for survival, many of which are mixed with inferior products that have become moldy.
Because of these problems, many soldiers did not die on the battlefield to defend the country, but died unjustly in the hospital.
When Mr. Peng learned the news, his heart was mixed, and in anger, he rushed to find Chairman Mao and slammed the volunteers' first-aid kit on the table.
Mr. Peng had tears in his eyes and complained bitterly, "Our soldiers are fighting bloody battles on the front line, and they did not die on the battlefield, but they were killed by counterfeit medicine. ”
When Chairman Mao learned of the situation, he immediately ordered Luo Ruiqing, minister of public security, to thoroughly investigate the matter within a time limit, find out the real culprit behind the scenes, and give justice to the volunteers.
Soon after, the Ministry of Public Security found out the source of the materials, and the relief materials came from Shanghai, so the matter was handed over to Marshal Chen Yi.
After Marshal Chen Yi learned of the situation, he immediately called a meeting. During the meeting, Marshal Chen Yi reprimanded in public without scruples, in the area under his management, there would be such scum, and such a thing that hurt nature and reason, this is our dereliction of duty, we must now make up for the merits, sweep away all these scum behind it, and return the truth to the volunteer soldiers on the front line.
Subsequently, the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Corps and all factories and pharmaceutical factories responsible for the production of volunteer materials in the city carried out careful inspections, and finally found that many companies in Shanghai had similar situations.
In particular, a shop called "Daming Road Meat Village" directly uses carrion as beef to make canned food without humanity. Without knowing it, the volunteers ate these rotten meats, and many front-line soldiers suddenly vomited up and down after eating.
As the investigation deepened, the cause and effect of the whole matter were revealed.
It turned out that in February of that year, Marshal Peng Dehuai had returned to China from the battlefield for a meeting, and the purpose of his trip was to hope that the country could provide as many supplies as possible to the volunteers on the Korean battlefield.
However, at that time, New China had just been founded, and the country was in ruins, and at the same time it had to resist foreign enemies, coupled with the imperfect industrial construction of the mainland, so it was impossible to provide sufficient supplies to the soldiers on the front line for a while.
The leaders in charge of these tasks are also difficult to cope with, and can only push each other, claiming that they cannot complete this task.
Mr. Peng, who heard this, was completely angry, and then he shouted in front of everyone, "This is also difficult, that is also difficult, is it difficult for you?" Isn't it difficult for the volunteer fighters at the front? You can go to the front line and see what our fighters eat and wear. Now the difficult conditions faced by our front-line fighters are no less than during the Long March, when so many soldiers were killed and wounded, for whom did they fight and for whom did they shed blood and sacrifice? Do we have to watch them die, watch them freeze and starve to death in their own camps, but there is nothing we can do? Can't we overcome some difficulties in China? ”
After listening to Mr. Peng's complaint, everyone shed tears and said that they would do their best to help and strive to do a good job in logistics supply.
Subsequently, the central authorities also began to pay attention to it, mobilizing the whole country to provide production supplies for the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Many families would rather go hungry themselves than save a bite to eat for the front lines.
But it is under such difficult conditions that some speculative profiteers perceive business opportunities at this moment, and as long as they can provide more supplies, then they can make more profits from them.
At first, they did not have such boldness, and they only managed honestly and honestly, but gradually they found that the manufacturing speed of such goods was too slow and the profits were small.
So for the sake of profit, they gradually begin to lose the last bit of conscience.
First of all, Wang Kangnian, the general manager of Dakang Pharmacy, in order to save costs, not only sent unsterilized bandages to the front line, but even washed some of the bandages used by the wounded and sent them to the front line as new bandages.
And the most infuriating thing is the medical bag made by their pharmacy, which is not an anti-inflammatory drug, but the flour that is usually eaten, relying on these harmful practices, Wang Kangnian quickly reaped a lot of benefits in it.
But the fighters on the front line are dead and maimed because of these drugs.
There are also unscrupulous traders who not only send expired food to the front line, but even directly use soda instead of baking soda to make cookies, causing the fighters to suffer food poisoning after eating it and eventually die in the hospital.
Seeing these bloody facts in front of him, Marshal Chen Yi could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and immediately ordered the soldiers to immediately arrest all the people involved, and at the same time notify all other business people to go to the city government for a meeting.
During the meeting, Marshal Chen Yi told everyone in a serious manner: "Such a thing happened in Shanghai, which is a dereliction of duty by me, the mayor. All of you here are leaders in the business community and should be able to understand what is going on. I know that everyone is a businessman and pursues interests, but have you ever thought that our fighters are fighting bloody battles at the front, protecting not only your interests, but the interests of the people of the whole country, and if our country does not exist anymore, will you still have the opportunity to count money? ”
After hearing Marshal Chen Yi's words, all the business people lowered their heads in shame, and all of them did not dare to speak up.
Then suddenly a voice came, "Mayor Chen, I am willing to donate to the volunteers." ”
This sentence seems to have aroused the patriotic enthusiasm of the people. Everyone expressed their willingness to lend a helping hand to the motherland.
These patriotic capitalists purchased a large amount of guns and ammunition and various daily supplies for the volunteers, and in just a few months, they donated more than 600 billion yuan, which is enough to buy more than 400 fighter jets and make an important contribution to supporting the front line.
And those unscrupulous traders who killed the volunteers eventually received the punishment they deserved, and all were sentenced to death. This operation thoroughly rectified unhealthy tendencies in the country, completely eradicated the cancer that harmed the motherland, ensured the daily supply of the volunteers, and greatly helped the motherland win the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.