During the Red Army's Long March, the three main front armies passed through Hadapu successively, and formed a deep friendship with the local people, leaving many moving stories.
Located in Danchang County, Longnan City, Gansu Province, Hadapu is an important town in Gannan, which is a rich place with abundant products and cheap food.
The Red Army arrived at Hadapu, and Chairman Mao invited the local people to dinner
On September 18, 1935, the vanguard of the Red Front Army defeated the old warlord forces stationed there and occupied Hatapu.
Two days later, Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou also followed the large army to Hadapu. In the newspaper of the local national military office, Chairman Mao and others learned an important information: "There are Red Army troops and base areas in northern Shaanxi!"
Therefore, the Party Central Committee headed by Chairman Mao later decided to advance into northern Shaanxi and put the foothold of the Long March in northern Shaanxi.
In the old social period, there was an old folk saying called: "Bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, and officials are like shavings."
This old saying vividly depicts the terrible forces of the old warlords, even more ferocious and brutal than bandits, which is difficult to avoid.
Because the style of the old warlord army is too bad, it also makes the people of Hadapu have a natural fear of the army.
In addition to the smear propaganda of the Kuomintang reactionaries, after the Red Army arrived at Hadapu, the local people closed their doors and hid their food, gold and silver jewelry.
However, the common people were soon surprised to find that although the Red Army contingent in front of them was exhausted, it was highly disciplined, and did not commit any offence against the local people, and even took the initiative to help the people carry water, clean the streets, and repair houses, and the military doctors in the Red Army treated the people for free.
These friendly actions of the Red Army soon made the locals let down their guard, and they took the initiative to invite the Red Army soldiers to eat, and also sold grain, vegetables, fruits, meat and other foods to the Red Army at low prices.
At that time, the population of Hatapu was mainly Hui and believed in Islam. In order to implement the ethnic policy, the Party Central Committee promulgated regulations: "You are not allowed to enter mosques without reason, you are not allowed to borrow Muslim utensils and utensils arbitrarily, you are not allowed to eat pork in Muslims' homes, and you must respect the customs and habits of Muslims." ”
There is no doubt that this policy of the Red Army has won the great favor of the local Hui people, and the locals call the Red Army "the army of benevolence and righteousness"!
Hadapu is rich in products, but due to inconvenient transportation, it cannot be transported to sell outside, so it can only be produced and sold locally, and the price is very cheap.
For example, five silver dollars can buy a big fat pig, two silver dollars can buy a sheep, one silver dollar can buy five hens, and a dime can buy ten eggs. This kind of price is quite low compared to big cities.
The leaders of the General Political Department felt that everyone had relied on their legs to walk all the way on the long march, and it was very hard, so they issued a circular saying: "Everyone will be given a big ocean, please eat something good!"
At the same time, in order to get close to the common people and improve the lives of the soldiers, the regimental headquarters also held a general meeting meal in the wheat field and invited the local people to participate in it.
In the past few days, the local merchants in Hadapu have also made a lot of money and earned a lot of money.
Two or three additional tables were set up in the wheat field, and the village chiefs, landlords, and old men of prestige were invited to sit in Hadapu, accompanied by the regimental commanders and political commissars of the Red Army.
During the banquet, everyone toasted and greeted each other, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. An old man who was over the age of old said movingly: "The Red Army is really a division of benevolence and righteousness, and I have lived for so many years, and I have never seen such a good army that respects the people, which is really admirable!"
A local lady also chimed in: "Yes, it turns out that the soldiers of the Kuomintang Lu Dachang know how to bully men and women and ask for things." After your Red Army drove Lu Dachang away, you also helped our people chop firewood and invited us to dinner, which was very good to us. Gentlemen of the Red Army, don't go, stay here!"
Cai Changfeng, then director of the Supply Division of the Second Division of the Red First Army, responded with a smile: "Our trip is to go north to resist Japan, and we have to continue to hurry, not only to fight the Japanese invaders, but also to fight the Kuomintang reactionaries." ”
The old man praised again and again: "Okay, good, all the anti-Japanese troops are good troops, I wish you a victorious start and success!"
Besides, the ordinary soldiers on this side of the wheat field have a meal, most of them are ten people at a table, except for a few tables, most of them are sitting on the ground, and there are whole pots of chicken, duck, and bowls of braised pork on the ground, which looks very rich.
The soldiers slept all the way, all with the belief in their hearts to insist on coming here, they had not eaten such a sumptuous food for a long time, they were all happily eating, everyone chatted while eating, which not only made the stomach full, but also enhanced the comrade-in-arms relationship between each other.
After the meal, everyone was preparing for the resumption of the journey, everyone was showering, washing clothes, and weaving straw sandals.
The supply department is responsible for collecting important materials such as grain, salt, cloth, and oil, and the demand is very high.
Fortunately, the troops of the local reactionary warlord Lu Dachang hoarded a lot of rice and salt during their garrison. After the Red Army defeated Lu Dachang, they seized this batch of materials, and immediately solved the urgent need.
Chairman Mao also emphasized at the supply work conference: "We must always pay attention to the image of the people's army when we go north to resist Japan. Focusing on fighting local tyrants and raising food funds, we must not encroach on the rights and interests of ordinary people, and this is also the purpose of our party!"
The Red Fourth Front Army arrived at Hadapu, and Xu Shiyou and his comrades-in-arms competed to eat
On August 9, 1936, the Red Fourth Front Army also reached Hadapu.
In the same way as the Red Army, the Red Fourth Front Army also vigorously united the local people, helped them chop firewood, built houses, and cleaned the streets, and invited the local people to participate in the dinner activities.
The Red Army's practice won universal praise from the local people and further strengthened the situation between the army and the people.
Moreover, the organization also gave each soldier a dollar of living expenses, and gave everyone a three-day vacation, so that everyone could move freely.
As a pioneer on the Long March, Xu Shiyou fought and traveled hard all the way, and he didn't drink happily for a long time. Therefore, after getting the holiday, he immediately found a few friends to go to the restaurant to drink and eat together.
After a few people entered the restaurant, they immediately asked for the largest table of eight immortals, and then let the store take care of the good wine and food. Soon, the table was full.
Seeing this situation, Xu Shiyou proposed with great interest: "Everyone, we might as well compare or not to see who eats more." Whoever eats the most will be able to eat without paying for it, and the rest of the people will share the money evenly. ”
When everyone heard this, they all nodded in agreement, and responded boldly: "That's it!"
So, everyone threw off their cheeks and ate it, and there was a circle of local people around to watch.
When others eat one cake, Xu Shiyou can eat two. Others drank half a catty of wine, but Xu Shiyou had already drunk two catties of wine.
In a short time, more than half of the food on the table had been eaten. At this time, Xu Shiyou had already eaten a total of 3 catties of mutton, 32 famous sheep's eye buns in the northwest, and drank 2 catties of wine.
Xu Shiyou's appetite stunned the comrades-in-arms who participated in the competition and the other onlookers in the Northwest.
The comrades-in-arms were afraid that Xu Shiyou would eat too much and break his stomach, so he hurriedly stopped: "Don't eat, don't eat, we admit defeat, we will pay for the meal, don't do it again!"
Xu Shiyou laughed when he heard this, and then put down the food in his hand, with a happy expression written on his face.
In fact, although Xu Shiyou's meal is very large, he generally doesn't eat so much, and this time the large amount of food is also a special situation.
There are two reasons for this. The first point is that during the Long March, the conditions were difficult, there was no opportunity to improve the food, and the stomach was empty and there was no oil and water. The second point, after all, this is a bet, Xu Shiyou has a straightforward personality and doesn't want to lose to others, so it is inevitable that he will play a little extraordinarily!
In fact, overeating is really unacceptable. Xu Shiyou has eaten so much food this time, and his stomach has been uncomfortable for several days, and he can see the harm of overeating.
Since then, although Xu Shiyou's food is still very large, he no longer overeats.
summary
General Xu Shiyou's alcohol consumption is like a sea, which is something that everyone knows, but few people know that his food is also very large, why is this?
It turned out that Xu Shiyou has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he went to Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts at the age of eight, and stayed in Shaolin Temple for eight years.
As we all know, martial arts practice is very physically demanding, and you have to eat a lot of meals every day. In ancient times, the grain production was low, and the more you ate, the greater the economic pressure on your family.
After Xu Shiyou got off the Shaolin Temple, he enlisted in the army and participated in the revolutionary work. Despite his busy schedule in the military, he still tried to find time to brush up on his martial arts, which he has been doing for decades.
Long-term martial arts practice, coupled with a strong physique, has led to Xu Shiyou's unusually amazing amount of food. Moreover, after a long march of thousands of miles, I was tired all the way, and there was no oil and water in my stomach, so I was naturally able to eat very well.
And Xu Shiyou relied on this hard kung fu to serve as the captain of the Red Army's death squad in the battle of tough battles many times, defeated the enemy's army, made a lot of great contributions, and made great contributions to the establishment of New China.
Remember the exploits of our revolutionary forefathers!