preface
One day in 1958, a strange man was standing at the door of the reception room at the west gate of Zhongnanhai arguing with a quiet young man about something.
Only to hear the strange man and the quiet young man say, "I am going to Zhongnanhai to see Chairman Mao." ”
After listening, Wen Jing's young man enthusiastically asked whether the strange man had contacted the CENTRAL Office in advance.
Pictured| Chairman Mao
When the strange man heard this, he immediately narrowed his eyes and said, "What, do you still need to contact Chairman Mao in advance?" ”
The young man looked at the strange man angry and was not afraid at all, and said firmly: "Yes, no matter who it is, to see Chairman Mao, you must contact the General Office of the Central Committee in advance. ”
The strange man did not give up because of the young man's words, but continued to say to the young man: "How do I not know this rule?" You immediately call Chairman Mao and say that the local guys are coming and ask him if he sees him. ”
The "tulake" in the mouth of the strange man refers to himself, and what friendship does he have with Chairman Mao, and can he be so sure that as long as Chairman Mao hears that he is a "tulake", he will definitely see him?
Today I will introduce you to Li Decai, the "earthman".
Yang Dezhi reported on the situation of the Dadu River, and Liu Bocheng named li decai to see him, and the "tulao" fought well
In May 1904, Li Decai was born in Yuan Village, Xuanfeng Town, Pingxiang Township, Jiangxi Province, his family was in the deep mountains, and from an early age, Li Decai lived with his parents in a farmhouse life of sunrise and sunset, with little contact with the outside world.
Pictured| Li Decai
In June 1930, Peng Dehuai led the Red Third Army to Li Decai's hometown. Early that morning, Li Decai had just gotten out of bed when he saw a unit driving under the guidance of the red flag on the path of the field ridge under the mountain.
After Li Decai saw this unit come to the local area, he mingled with the local people, was deeply loved by the people, and was very curious about this unit.
Li Decai, who had never seen the outside world since childhood, was full of curiosity about the outside, he was attracted by this unit, insisted on joining the Red Army with them, and at Li Decai's insistence, he fulfilled his wish and embarked on the road of revolution as he wished.
In July 1930, Li Decai's unit took advantage of the situation to successfully capture Changsha, and Li Decai, who grew up in the mountains, saw the provincial capital for the first time.
Li Decai, who had never seen the provincial capital, looked at everything in front of him and felt very curious, and li Decai's heart was very happy to see the noisy crowd and the shops standing.
Soon after, Li Decai's company commander found Li Decai and handed Li Decai a pair of military pants of the newly captured booty. Looking at the pants in front of him, Li Decai thought: This may be for the convenience of, so he thought of wearing it in reverse.
When Li Decai appeared in front of everyone wearing anti-pants, the soldiers present all laughed and leaned forward and backward, calling Li Decai a "local guy".
Nie Rongzhen
Subsequently, this matter was passed on by ten and ten hundred, and gradually The name of Li Decai's "Tulao" spread among the ranks of the Red Army.
In May 1935, at that time, Li Decai had already moved from the original Red Third Army to the First Regiment of the First Division of the Red First Army, after which Li Decai's unit successfully passed through the Yi area as an advance team of the Long March and quickly reached the Dadu River.
On May 22, Liu Bocheng, chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, and Nie Rongzhen, political commissar of the First Army Corps, issued an order to Li Decai's troops to forcibly cross the Dadu River before hundreds of thousands of Nationalist troops arrived.
After Receiving the order, Li Decai and his comrades in the first battalion, under the leadership of Yang Dezhi, the leader of the Red Regiment, after a day and a night of rainy marching, they quickly rushed to a small village more than a dozen miles from the Anshunchang ferry.
Nie Rongzhen and Liu Bocheng, after learning that they had reached the Anshun ferry, immediately ordered the Red Regiment to seize the ferry at all costs.
Liu Bocheng
That night, the Red Army soldiers divided into 3 groups according to the orders of the two men and successfully captured Anshun Field, and in this encounter, the Red Regiment not only captured an enemy battalion commander, but also captured a wooden boat hidden by the enemy in the river bay.
Early the next morning, Liu Bocheng and Nie Rongzhen led the main force of the Red Regiment to join the soldiers, and the two were standing to listen to Yang Dezhi report on the preparations for crossing the river.
Nie Rongzhen saw the Red Army soldiers who were rushing to repair the fortifications by the river, and suddenly asked Yang Dezhi, who was next to him: "Hey, are the tulks coming?" ”
Yang Dezhi looked at Nie Rongzhen and smiled at him and said, "Here, I also specially equipped him with two machine guns." ”
Nie Rongzhen nodded when he heard Yang Dezhi's words, and Liu Bocheng looked at the two of them playing dumb puzzles there and asked strangely, "Who is the tulao?" ”
Yang Dezhi
Nie Rongzhen smiled and told Liu Bocheng about the origin of the tulao, and then he added to Liu Bocheng: "He is the best machine gun shooter of our First Army, and he is indispensable in every important battle." ”
Liu Bocheng listened to Li Decai's glorious deeds and said to the two with great interest: "Go, let's go and see it together, I want to know what kind of soil he really is?" ”
When the three men came to the machine gun position, Li Decai was intently wiping his beloved machine gun on the position, so he did not notice the arrival of the three men.
Nie Rongzhen looked at Li Decai, who was sweating profusely, and said loudly, "TuLao, the chief of the general staff has come to see you." ”
Li Decai heard Nie Rongzhen's shouting, looked up to find that the three chiefs were standing next to him, and then Li Decai looked up embarrassed and respectfully performed a salute to the three people.
Liu Bocheng stood on the side and looked up and down at the people in front of him, and it took half a day before he said, "A good earthman."
Yang Dezhi was very nervous to see Li Decai, so he leaned down, aimed at the other shore along the machine gun, and asked: "Old Li, is it safe to suppress the enemy's firepower?" ”
Pictured| Liu Bocheng
Li Decai replied emphatically: "No problem! Liu Bocheng heard the certainty in Li Decai's language, smiled and patted Li Decai's shoulder, and shouted loudly to the Red Army soldiers facing the surroundings: "Comrades! We must fight well; this is a crucial battle that has a bearing on the life and death of our Red Army. ”
After dawn, the battle to cross the river officially began, according to the plan, first a small team of 17 warriors was responsible for rowing to the opposite shore by boat, and Li Decai led some people with dozens of light and heavy machine guns to cover the advance of the ferry.
The enemy's defense was very tight, just after the boat had just rowed to the opposite shore, it was blocked by enemy fire, Li Decai looked at the other side's menacing force, and he was not willing to show weakness, leading his subordinates to continuously strafe the enemy, and the dense bullets instantly suppressed the enemy's firepower.
Soon, the small boat approached the opposite shore under the cover of Li Decai and others, and when the small boat docked, all 17 people jumped into the water and prepared to rush ashore, but they did not expect that the cunning enemy rushed down the hillside path on the opposite shore at this time, because of the suddenness of the incident, everyone did not come and be prepared.
When the party realized this danger, the enemy was already about to rush to the front, and Liu Bocheng and Nie Rongzhen, who had been directing the operation in the machine gun position, reacted first and immediately commanded the soldiers to open fire on the opposite bank.
Subsequently, Li Decai picked up the machine gun in his hand and opened fire on the enemy, firing a series of point shots, and the enemies on the opposite shore fell down one by one in response.
When the Red Army soldiers on the shore saw this scene, they clapped their hands and applauded, and Liu Bocheng looked at Li Decai and could not suppress his inner excitement, and he shouted highly: "Tulang, fight well, fight well!" ”
Subsequently, the Red Regiment saw this scene, morale was greatly boosted, and all the enemies on the other side were wiped out with a single blow, and soon, under the cover of their comrades-in-arms, 17 warriors occupied the crossing on the other side.
The day after the battle ended, Chairman Mao, Commander-in-Chief Zhu, and other chiefs came to the Dadu River and listened to Liu Bocheng's account of the battle to take the river.
When talking about Li Decai's glorious deeds and the origin of the local people, Chairman Mao laughed loudly after listening to it. Later, because of Li Decai's outstanding performance in battle, the leader of the First Army awarded him and the 17 warriors the glorious title of "Hero of the Great Crossing River".
Li Decai lost his temper with Yang Chengwu and "asked for an official"
In the days that followed, Li Decai fought on the battlefield, and during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Li Decai served as the commander of the Seventy-fifth Regiment of the 10th Sub-district of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, and participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan, the Battle of Loess Ridge and the Battle of the Hundred Regiments. During the Liberation War, he also participated in the Battle of Zhangjiakou and the Battle of Taiyuan.
After the founding of New China, in May 1951, Li Decai was appointed deputy commander of the 203rd Division of the 68th Army of the Volunteer Army, and led his troops to participate in the Jincheng Counterattack.
In 1952, Lee returned to Beijing from war-torn North Korea and stayed at the Beijing Military Region Guest House. In accordance with the instructions of his superiors, the guest house gave special care to Li Decai, who had just returned from Korea.
But Li Decai was very uneasy about this care, and when he learned that the comrades who had been born and died with him had been assigned to the army, he felt very irritable when he thought that he had been living idly in the Beijing guest house like this.
Soon after, Li Decai learned that his old chief, Yang Chengwu, had also returned from North Korea, and he immediately asked someone to talk to him, saying that he wanted to talk to him about work.
Yang Chengwu
After receiving Li Decai's words, Yang Chengwu said that he would attend the appointment as scheduled, and soon Yang Chengwu came to the guest house of the Beijing Military Region to visit Li Decai as agreed.
Li Decai's wife, Zhang Suzhen, knew her husband very well and knew his temper, so before Yang Chengwu came, Zhang Suzhen deliberately discussed with Li Decai to deliberately control his temper, respect the chief, and not be big or small.
Li Decai did not take his wife's words to heart, believing that everyone was a comrade-in-arms who fought together from the battlefield, and there was no need to dwell on these matters.
Under Zhang Suzhen's repeated persuasion, Li Decai reluctantly agreed to control his temper, and Zhang Suzhen was not very confident about Li Decai, so the two made an agreement that if Li Decai could not control his temper and became angry, Zhang Suzhen would pull the corner of his clothes on the side.
After Yang Chengwu came to the guest house, he first inquired about Li Decai's physical condition, and when he learned that he was fine, Yang Chengwu relaxed his mind.
Subsequently, Yang Chengwu said to Zhang Suzhen:
"Old Li suffered a lot when he fought earlier, there were a total of 14 wounds on his body, the conditions during the war years were not good, there was no good treatment, and now that he is liberated, you must take good care of his body."
Zhang Suzhen heard Yang Chengwu's concern and hurriedly said:
"Commander Yang, old Li has been examined at the Army General Hospital, except for some weakness in the body and those old injuries, there is no major problem."
Before Yang Chengwu could speak, Li Decai continued:
"No matter how good the body is, we are uncultured bosses, useful when fighting, and it becomes a waste in peacetime."
Li Decai just finished speaking indignantly, Zhang Suzhen quickly pulled li Decai's clothes corner with his hand, and Li Decai, who was angry, had already forgotten all the agreement he had just made with his wife.
Pictured| Yang Chengwu
He shook off Zhang Suzhen's hand, stood up with a snort, and said:
"What are you pulling me for?" When there was a war, I was always told to rush forward, and now that there is peace, you don't want me. Now I stay in the guest house every day, and I'm suffocating. ”
Seeing Li Decai like this, Zhang Suzhen shook her head helplessly, Yang Chengwu always knew what kind of person Li Decai was, so he did not bother with him.
Yang Chengwu picked up the tea on the table, smiled and handed him the cup, and said:
"Old Li, you drink tea first, beware of getting angry." For your work, the organization has long been prepared. Mr. Nie has also called many times to inquire about your physical condition, and he has already reported your affairs to the chairman, and the chairman has instructed that he will definitely make good arrangements for you. ”
Li Decai heard Yang Chengwu's words and was very touched to learn that Chairman Mao and Nie Rongzhen were still concerned about their own situation in the midst of their busy schedules.
Picture | Nie Rongzhen
Subsequently, he thought about the fact that he had just misunderstood Yang Chengwu, and said to Yang Chengwu embarrassedly: "Thank you Chairman, Nie Zong and chief." ”
After Yang Chengwu saw that Li Decai's mood had calmed down slightly, he asked:
"Now there are two jobs that you can consider, one is to stay in the leading organ in Beijing as the leader of the management department, and the other is to go to the army. I think it is better for you to stay in Beijing, where the living conditions are better than in other places, and it is more convenient for your children to go to school later, or to see a doctor yourself. ”
After listening to Yang Chengwu's words, Zhang Suzhen also expressed great agreement and said to Li Decai to stay in Beijing. However, Li Decai thought that he had fought all his life and that his life after staying in Beijing was to usher in the life of the responsible organs and leaders, and he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and he rejected Yang Chengwu's proposal and decided to go to the army.
Pictured| Li Decai and his family
Yang Chengwu learned of Li Decai's intentions and did not force him, and then Yang Chengwu briefed Li Decai in detail on the situation of several provincial military regions under the jurisdiction of North China, and said to him: "The work of the field army is too tense, your body is afraid that you can't eat it, if you want to get off the troops, go to the provincial military district system, do you have any places you want to go?" ”
After Li Decai thought about it for a while, he said to Yang Chengwu, "I'll go back to our first division." When Yang Chengwu heard Li Decai's answer, he felt very warm in his heart, because it was the first anti-Japanese base area that these old comrades had created in North China with Nie Rongzhen.
Yang Chengwu said to Li Decai: "It is now in the Baoding area. Then you will go to the Baoding Military Subdistrict and become the commander! ”
With Yang Chengwu's consent, in November 1952, Li Decai went to the Baoding Military Subdistrict in Hebei Province as commander.
It was difficult for the "locals" to enter Zhongnanhai, and Chairman Mao complained: It is not easy to see you
In the six years that Li Decai was the commander of the Baoding Military Subdistrict, he circled the courtyard of the military subdistrict almost every day, and he examined his territory with the eyes of a family member.
Pictured| basketball court
One day in 1958, as usual, he wandered around the courtyard as usual, and he suddenly felt that something was missing, and then he thought that there was a missing place for the cadres and soldiers to move.
Realizing this, he decided to build a basketball court for the cadres and fighters to spend their free time.
However, due to the social environment at that time, building a basketball court was not an easy task, and the first thing was that there was not enough cement, so Li Decai then found the local government to solve this problem.
The local leader was also very difficult to deal with, and said to him:
"Cement is the state's planned material, and now it is half a year, and I am afraid that there are no unplanned indicators in the province, and it is not good to find the State Council."
Originally, Li Decai should have been sad to hear about this matter, but he did not, because of these words, Li Decai thought of a faster solution, that is, to go to Beijing to find Chairman Mao for cement.
Pictured: Chairman Mao
As soon as Li Decai thought of this method, he summoned Dun Liangbi, secretary of the party committee of the military sub-district, and went with him to Beijing to look for Chairman Mao.
After the two men came to Beijing and settled down at the guest house of the Beijing Military Region, they rushed to Zhongnanhai without stopping, who knows, because the two did not contact the CENTRAL Committee Office to meet chairman Mao, they were stopped by the guards at the gate of the West Gate of Zhongnanhai.
Li Decai had a fiery temper, and when he heard that chairman Mao could not be seen, he was very angry and was preparing to rush in desperately, when Dun Liangbi, who was next to him, saw that Li Decai's temper had come up, fearing that he would cause some trouble, and hurried to stop him.
As soon as the two of them went out to leave, Li Decai saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy walking on the opposite road, he saw that the child was very familiar, and saw that the boy was walking towards him, so he stopped and waited for the little boy.
Figure | Chairman Mao
The little boy came and stood in front of Li Decai, saluted in a polite manner, and then said, "Uncle Li is good!" The little boy's words made Li Decai suddenly think of the identity of the child.
When Li Decai was in Yan'an a few years ago, he used to manage the family team, and this child was the child of the central leading comrades, although Li Decai did not know which leader's child he was, but his parents were definitely the leaders of the central authorities.
Subsequently, Li Decai changed his previous angry expression into a kind smile and cared about the little boy, and the child was very puzzled to see Li Decai here, and he asked: "Uncle Li, what are you doing here?" ”
Li Decai looked at the child and suddenly said, "I want to see Chairman Mao, but they won't let you in, can you meet Chairman Mao?" ”
The child said, "Of course you can!" Our home is not far from where he lives. ”
Li Decai listened to the child's affirmative tone, smiled and said to him: "Then you can bring a letter to your uncle?" ”
Li Decai did not wait for the children to answer, so he took out a piece of paper and a pen from his bag and wrote: I have come to Beijing to meet the chairman, Li Decai.
Li Decai was still not at ease after writing, and then, at the end, he added the word "tulao" and watched the child take the note he wrote to Chairman Mao and go in, and Li Decai left with confidence.
The next day, Li Decai was chatting with several old comrades-in-arms in the guest house, and the director of the guest house walked in with two soldiers and introduced Li Decai to them. ”
Subsequently, under the leadership of the two men, Li Decai came to Chairman Mao's residence, and as soon as Li Decai entered the house, he saw Chairman Mao waiting for him in the house; after seeing Chairman Mao, Li Decai walked quickly to Chairman Mao, respectfully saluted Chairman Mao, and said: "Hello, Chairman! ”
Chairman Mao smiled and said to Li Decai: "The tulk is coming, sit down." ”
Chairman Mao
As soon as Li Decai sat down, he leaned forward to look at Chairman Mao carefully, and then Li Decai said seriously: "Chairman, what good things have you eaten over the years, and how fat have you grown?" ”
As soon as Li Decai finished speaking, several staff members working next to Chairman Mao couldn't help but laugh out loud, and when Chairman Mao heard the laughter, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, and said helplessly to Li Decai: "You local guy." ”
Subsequently, Chairman Mao could not help but ridicule Li Decai, saying: "The pants are not worn." Chairman Mao looked at the people around him with doubts, so he introduced in detail the history of Li Decai's local gangsters.
When the staff listened to Chairman Mao's introduction, they couldn't help but laugh out loud, and Li Decai said without any concern: "What's funny, isn't it just a pair of pants?" ”
After several people finished laughing, Chairman Mao asked Li Decai with concern what was going on with him. Li Decai said that he wanted to build a basketball court without cement.
Chairman Mao heard this and said, "It is a good thing to build a basketball court, but I don't care about specific things, let the premier ask about it." ”
After Chairman Mao finished speaking, he asked the secretary on duty to write down the matter and call the prime minister's office, and the premier agreed to it.
Li Decai was relieved to see that things were resolved, and said to Chairman Mao: "Chairman, it is really not easy for me to see you now, it took a lot of effort, you send me some souvenirs, when I think of you, it is better to take it out to see." ”
Chairman Mao looked at Li Decai and said slowly, "Yes, it is all the fault of Luo's eldest son." When I entered the city of Beijing, the eldest son of Luo made a lot of rules with them, and it was nothing more than an excuse for safety, and it was not easy to separate me from the people, even if he wanted to see you old watches. ”
Chairman Mao and Luo Ruiqing had a cordial conversation
After Chairman Mao finished speaking, he quickly hid his emotions and said to Li Decai: "You say, what do you want?" ”
After Chairman Mao finished speaking, Li Decai couldn't wait to say: "I want the pen on the table." Li Decai had long looked at the pen, and now that Chairman Mao had asked him to pick it, he naturally picked his favorite first.
Chairman Mao saw that he wanted the pen, and he happily agreed to his request and gave him the pen.
Chairman Mao looked at him, smiled, and instructed the staff around him to take out a belt of his own and hand it to him, saying to him: "This is also for you, and it is a thought every day." ”
Shortly after Li Decai returned to Baoding, the cement he wanted was sent to the province under the supervision of Premier Zhou, and the Baoding Military Sub-district quickly established a basketball court of its own after receiving the cement sent from the province.
In the days that followed, Li Decai worked diligently and diligently in his post as commander of the Baoding Military Subdistrict.
On June 25, 1960, Li Decai died of illness at the age of 56.