Marshal He Long pulled up the team with two kitchen knives, and the troops he brought out were strong in combat effectiveness, and they were loyal and invincible.
This stems from Mr. He's deep understanding of the military.
Mr. He can't put down a good army, and he also has a superb ability, which can tell at a glance whether a unit is good or not. For a good army, he can see it at a glance and "collect" it under his command.
At the beginning of 1939, He Long was ordered by the Central Committee to lead the main force of the 120th Division to the central Hebei region to centralize, unify and reorganize the anti-Japanese armed forces here, making it a strong people's army under the leadership of the party.
At this time, most of these units in central Hebei were some new units, with new cadres, new party members, and few backbones, and they urgently needed to be strengthened. However, within a few days of Mr. He's contact with them, he saw that these troops led by Lu Zhengcao were very good and appreciated them very much.
Mr. He said to people:
"Lao Lu has one thing first, he resolutely implements the party's tasks and decisions, believes in the party, and has a strong sense of organization; Second, it is resolute to fight the Japanese invaders; Third, there is the concept of the masses. ”
In other words, Lu Zhengcao is very good, and there is a good leader in the Jizhong army.
Mr. He said: "The quality of the soldiers in Jizhong is not low! They are well-informed, educated, receptive, and hard-working, and as long as two cornmeal tortillas are filled in their stomachs, the problem is solved. Don't cover yourself when you sleep, don't even take off your shoes, and roll on the kang with your clothes on. It's only been a few days since I picked up my gun and charged. These soldiers, as long as there are good cadres to lead them, then they will have it! ”
Although they are all new recruits, and even just transformed from farmers, Mr. He can see their "high quality".
Mr. He's vision is indeed very "vicious". As a result of his discussions with the leaders of central Hebei on ideas, work, analysis of the situation, and exchange of experiences, Lu Zhengcao and the central Hebei troops were quickly unified and became powerful, and in a short period of time, they became a well-known force of the Eighth Route Army for carrying out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.
Chairman Mao later praised them: "Adhere to the model of guerrilla warfare on the plains, and adhere to the model of the people's armed struggle." ”
And Lu Zhengcao, a military general who joined the party in 1937, was promoted to commander of the Jinsui Military Region in 1943 only five years later, and took over the post of commander of Mr. He himself. Two years later, at the Seventh Party Congress, he was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Lu Zhengcao served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army (later the deputy commander of the Northeast Field Army), a veritable member of our army, and was listed among the generals of the People's Liberation Army in 1955.
In New China, many films, such as "Mine Warfare", "Tunnel Warfare", "Plain Guerrillas", "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", "Yanling Team", and so on, were shot with real struggle materials of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong during the Anti-Japanese War. In his later years, when Lu Zhengcao visited the United States, he met with his old boss Zhang Xueliang, who jokingly called Lu Zhengcao a "ground mouse".
It can be seen how great the influence of Lu Zhengcao and the Jizhong troops in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was. And Mr. He's insight into Lu Zhengcao and this army is so profound. Someone looked back on history and said: "He Lao will always pull the team, which is also related to the fact that he can see at a glance that he has a good army, so his troops are very high-quality and very good at fighting." ”
The book "The Ten Marshals of the Chinese People's Liberation Army: The Little-Known History of the Ten Commanders of the People's Liberation Army" written by Chen Guanren and published by the CPC History Publishing House describes the legend of President He's conquest and his personality. The book is the society's annual bestseller, and once ranked first on the best-selling list of China's military bestsellers (pictured).