preface
When it comes to Chairman Mao, General Xu Shiyou will always say: "Chairman Mao's kindness to me, I can't repay him in this lifetime, even in the next life..."
Pictured| General Xu Shiyou
Xu Shiyou plotted to escape, and Mao Zedong dealt with it lightly
General Xu Shiyou's admiration for Chairman Mao has never been embellished in any way, and under any circumstances, as long as Chairman Mao's instructions are given, General Xu Shiyou will never question them and will carry them out without hesitation.
General Xu Shiyou has said on many occasions in public: "Chairman Mao saved me Xu Shiyou twice," and Chairman Mao's first "saving" of Xu Shiyou became an important reason for Xu Shiyou's loyalty to Chairman Mao throughout his life.
In 1935, after the failure of the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, the Central Committee decided to go north to resist Japan, but Zhang Guotao had different ideas during the Long March, so he set up another "Provisional Central Committee" to split the Party and the Red Army, and led the Red Fourth Army to the south.
Pictured| Zhang Guotao
However, in March 1937, the Red Fourth Front led by Zhang Guotao was almost completely destroyed in the Hexi Corridor, which made the Party Central Committee very sad, and after the three main divisions of the Red Army met, the Party Central Committee decided to carry out a struggle to criticize Zhang Guotao's line.
At that time, while criticizing Zhang Guotao, the Party Central Committee affirmed the merits of the Red Fourth Front, but when the criticism struggle really began, some excessive phenomena appeared.
Some people criticized Zhang Guotao and the cadres of the Red Fourth Front Army under his leadership, which not only made the soldiers of the Red Fourth Front unable to raise their heads, but also moved farther and farther away from the instructions of the Party Central Committee.
However, at a criticism meeting, some people did not pay attention to the method and said some words that were not conducive to unity, which completely angered Xu Shiyou, and he directly stood up and began to refute it, and some practitioners did not care at all about Xu Shiyou's rebuttal words, and directly replied: "You and Zhang Guotao are wearing a pair of pants, which is a typical Trotsky. ”
This sentence completely made Xu Shiyou, who was already emotional, completely angry, and directly scolded: "Lao Tzu said a few words and became Trotsky, what ball Trotsky, Lao Tzu does not understand, do all the bullshit." ”
Xu Shiyou's scolding caused anger among the public, and the trainees began to accuse him one after another: "Where you are like a senior cadre of the Red Army, you are very much like a bandit and a warlord." ”
Originally, it was a conference to criticize Zhang Guotao, but because of Xu Shiyou's angry rebuke, it directly became a conference to criticize Xu Shiyou, which directly made Xu Shiyou suddenly angry, spit blood, and was admitted to the hospital.
After learning that Xu Shiyou was admitted to the hospital, the soldiers of the Red Fourth Front came to the hospital to visit the cadre who had been fighting side by side with the Red Fourth Front for a long time.
From the mouths of his comrades-in-arms, Xu Shiyou heard rumors that the central authorities had decided to shoot Zhang Guotao and some of his subordinates, and Xu Shiyou thought that he was also a military-level cadre under Zhang Guotao, and he must also be implicated.
Looking at the old comrades who came to see him, he was also worried about this matter, xu Shiyou suddenly had a plan: instead of being shot inexplicably, it would be better to flee to Sichuan with these old comrades-in-arms to fight guerrillas.
Soon, Xu Shiyou informed his old comrade-in-arms Wang Jian'an and others who had come to see him of this idea: "Instead of sitting still and waiting, it is better for us to go to Sichuan together to fight guerrilla warfare, and ask them to see if we are revolutionary in the end, and those who are willing to go with me, and those who are unwilling to leave must not be silent, and this matter must not be known to the Central Committee." ”
Originally, the comrades-in-arms were very much in favor of Xu Shiyou's proposal, but at the critical moment, Wang Jian'an suddenly woke up and reported the matter directly to the Anti-Japanese Defense Department.
The matter soon reached Chairman Mao's ears, and Chairman Mao immediately issued three orders: "First, pay attention to secrecy; second, arrest people first; and third, we must prevent others from having similar problems again." ”
Pictured| Chairman Mao
On the afternoon of the day that Xu Shiyou and others decided to "leave", the school suddenly let the emergency assembly, when Xu Shiyou and the old comrades who were going to leave together appeared at the meeting place, they were directly tied up by the security personnel, Xu Shiyou saw this situation, directly shouted loudly: "This matter is done by me alone, it has nothing to do with others, if you want to shoot it, you will be shot, if you want to behead, behead, Lao Tzu is not afraid!" ”
Because Xu Shiyou was too emotional, the security guards had to handcuff Xu Shiyou at the same time as putting shackles on him, but even so, they could not suppress Xu Shiyou's anger.
In order to thoroughly investigate the matter, Dong Biwu personally held a conversation with Xu Shiyou and other arrestees of the Red Fourth Front, and asked in detail about the ins and outs of the matter.
In the end, it was confirmed that the whole incident was not manipulated by Zhang Guotao behind the scenes, and that this operation was only an unorganized action by Xu Shiyou and others, and the purpose was to counter the great dissatisfaction with the bundled criticism of the cadres of the Red Fourth Front.
During the trial, everyone expressed different opinions on whether Xu Shiyou should be shot, but Dong Biwu was not disturbed by everyone's discussion, but only reported the most real situation he learned to Chairman Mao and briefly expounded his views on this matter.
Soon, Chairman Mao personally intervened to correct some mistakes that had occurred in the anti-Zhang struggle, saying: "Only Zhang Guotao's mistakes cannot be criticized, and the cadres of the Four Fronts Army, let alone the soldiers, cannot be criticized." ”
In the face of everyone's "letter" demanding that Xu Shiyou be executed, Chairman Mao also directly rejected this proposal, and when Xu Shiyou was imprisoned for a month, Chairman Mao also went to visit Xu Shiyou.
When he met Xu Shiyou, Chairman Mao first personally opened the shackles and handcuffs for him, and then took the initiative to greet him, and then turned to the main topic: "Do you have any requests?" ”
Xu Shiyou looked at Chairman Mao and did not make a sound, and Chairman Mao knew that Xu Shiyou had concerns in his heart, and said:
"The cadres of the Red Fourth Front are Party cadres, the Party's treasures, not his cadres Zhang Guotao, who was sent by the Party Central Committee to the Red Fourth Front, and his mistakes should be borne by himself, and have nothing to do with your comrades, and those words they said in the past did not represent the Central Committee, but only represented them personally..."
It was chairman Mao's words that completely made Xu Shiyou free of his previous dissatisfaction, and when Xu Shiyou recalled chairman Mao taking the initiative to say these words to him, he once said this: "What Chairman Mao said at that time made me feel warm at once, and I am no longer as stubborn as before. ”
In July 1937, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China revoked the criminal punishment of Xu Shiyou and others and allowed them to return to the Kang Da, and Chairman Mao personally arranged for Xu Shiyou to be the deputy director of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.
Pictured| Xu Shiyou and Chairman Mao
It was Chairman Mao's proper handling of Xu Shiyou's conspiracy to escape that made Xu Shiyou make up his mind to be loyal to Chairman Mao in this life, and Xu Shiyou once said: "Without Chairman Mao, there would be no Xu Shiyou... Chairman Mao's kindness to me, I can not repay in this lifetime, even I will not be able to repay in the next life, I must act in accordance with Chairman Mao's instructions, born for Chairman Mao, died for Chairman Mao. ”
"Commander Xu, Chairman Mao has been waiting for you for 15 hours."
While Xu Shiyou was loyal to Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao also had all kinds of trust in Xu Shiyou. Even in that turbulent era, Chairman Mao continued to believe in his general, Xu Shiyou.
In January 1967, Xu Shiyou left Nanjing, few people know where he went, according to the then commander of the Anhui Provincial Military Region recalled: "At that time, the situation was unstable, we called the military region to ask for instructions and reports, and a leader could not find it, only that Commander Xu was gone, and no one could figure out where we went." ”
In fact, Xu Shiyou did not go far, but went to the headquarters of the 27th Army stationed in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, this unit is an old unit brought out of Jiaodong by Xu Shiyou, and there are people he trusts as commanders, so he is very safe and at ease.
Xu Shiyou lived in Wuxi for more than 10 days, summoned the heads of several large units of the Nanjing Military Region, and before leaving, summoned two more people: Nie Fengzhi and Tao Yong.
Picture | Xu Shiyou and Nie Fengzhi
According to Nie Fengzhi's recollection: "That time, I met with Commander Xu as usual, fried a few dishes, laid out a few bottles of wine, there was no big reason, he said to me: 'I can't stay in Wuxi, I can't go back to Nanjing, I want to go into Dabie Mountain...' After eating that meal, Commander Xu left. ”
At that time, the Central Military Commission issued a special order stipulating that all commanders and fighters and their staff members must not leave their posts without authorization, and must stick to their posts.
At that time, Chairman Mao also felt the important role of the army, especially the major military regions, in "escorting the escort", and he knew Xu Shiyou, trusted Xu Shiyou, and needed "Xu Shiyou-style" loyalty.
In August 1971, Chairman Mao inspected the north and south of the great river and greeted senior cadres in various places; on the afternoon of September 10, Chairman Mao's special train was about to leave Hangzhou for Shanghai, and Chairman Mao asked the staff around him in advance to inform Xu Shiyou to pick up the car in Shanghai. ”
Pictured| Chairman Mao reading a newspaper
The staff hurriedly explained: "I called Commander Xu, but I couldn't contact him, maybe I went to the countryside." ”
Chairman Mao then ordered: "Immediately find a way to contact Xu Shiyou overnight and ask him to come to Shanghai to meet me." ”
It was not until 10:00 a.m. the next morning that Xu Shiyou arrived in Shanghai by plane, and Chairman Mao, after learning that Xu Shiyou had come to Shanghai, also changed the pattern of sleeping at night and during the day and immediately summoned Xu Shiyou.
Upon meeting, Chairman Mao was very concerned about Xu Shiyou's whereabouts and asked, "Xu Shiyou, have you gone to the countryside?" What's going on? What problems are you investigating? ”
Xu Shiyou replied, "I went to see the farm, the military reclamation farm near Dabie Mountain." ”
After receiving Xu Shiyou's answer, Chairman Mao criticized with a look of displeasure: "How can you not even return home?" All day long, you, the commander, casually leave your post, how can you do it? To whom did you ask for leave? What can you do if something goes wrong? Even the Nanjing Military Region can't find you! In the future, if there is such a situation, you should pay attention to it, and be sure to tell the family! ”
Xu Shiyou listened to Chairman Mao's seemingly reproachful, but every sentence revealed a word of concern, and hurriedly reviewed and said: "Chairman, I am really sorry, I think you will stay in Hangzhou for a few days, and then you can come to me, I returned to Nanjing at 12 o'clock last night, I took a break first, I did not call Shanghai, I will pay attention next time." ”
Subsequently, Xu Shiyou hastily changed the subject and talked about the things that made Chairman Mao happy, and he reported: "Chairman, this year's agriculture may have a bumper harvest, the military reclamation farm is also good, the crops are growing well, and a bumper harvest is in sight." ”
Chairman Mao was very happy about this, and said with a smile: "That is very good, it is also very good for you to go and see agriculture!" ”
Then, Xu Shiyou reported to Chairman Mao on the situation in the army, and although Chairman Mao listened very carefully, after all, he had not slept all night, and his mental state was not very good. ”
Pictured | Xu Shiyou and Chairman Mao
When Xu Shiyou heard the staff say this, he just wanted to persuade Chairman Mao to sleep for a while, but was directly interrupted by Chairman Mao and said, "Don't do this, it doesn't matter." ”
Xu Shiyou naturally knew Chairman Mao's temperament, so he went on to chat with him, and finally, Chairman Mao told Xu Shiyou: "I am leaving Shanghai in the afternoon, and you must pay attention to the changes in the situation around you!" ”
It was under the "protection" of Chairman Mao that Xu Shiyou survived this period safely.
After Chairman Mao's death, Xu Shiyou's reaction
As for Chairman Mao, Xu Shiyou once said: "The chairman understands me, trusts me, and protects me. ”
Xu Shiyou's feelings for Chairman Mao are even more unquestionable, especially after he learned of Chairman Mao's death...
Chairman Mao has not appeared in public since May 1976, and people could not have imagined that Chairman Mao, who often appeared on television, movies, and newspapers, was "radiant and full of red light" and was waging a final struggle against death.
At that time, the matter of Chairman Mao's illness was kept secret, and only a very small number of people knew about it, and even Chairman Mao's most trusted general, Xu Shiyou, did not know about it.
The | Chairman Mao died
In the early morning of September 9, 1976, Xu Shiyou, who was still working in the Nanjing Military Region, suddenly received a notice from the Central Committee about Chairman Mao's death and immediate entry into Beijing.
When Xu Shiyou received this notice, he was only in a trance for a moment, and soon became very calm, and he planned the military district and his recent work overnight, and soon issued three military orders: the first was to make specific arrangements for the work of the military region; the second was to reiterate the authority for the transfer of troops; and the third summoned comrades from several important departments to explain the relevant tasks and matters.
After Xu Shiyou had arranged everything in an orderly manner, he boarded a military plane and rushed to Beijing, and it was also after he got on the plane that Xu Shiyou began to think back to Chairman Mao's help and kindness to him, and his tears could not stop falling.
After arriving in Beijing, Xu Shiyou drove from Xiyuan Airport to Xishan, met with Ye Jianying, and then hurried to Zhongnanhai.
After seeing Chairman Mao's body, Xu Shiyou directly bowed deeply three times, and then he circled Chairman Mao's body several times with an iron face, and finally left.
After Chairman Mao's death, a week-long mass mourning event was held in the Great Hall of the People, in which members of the Politburo took turns to guard the spirit, and when Xu Shiyou guarded the spirit, he directly threw himself in front of Chairman Mao's spirit and bowed three times to Chairman Mao's body.
General Xu Shiyou attended Chairman Mao's memorial service at the |
At this time, Xu Shiyou was very sad, he looked at Chairman Mao's body with piety and caution, and tears once again overflowed his eyes.....
It was not until September 22 that Hua Guofeng presided over a politburo meeting in the Great Hall of the People to hear a report from the medical team on the cause of Chairman Mao's death.
After the report began, the venue was quiet, and suddenly Xu Shiyou directly asked: "Tell me, why do Chairman Mao have blue-black spots on his body?" ”
The doctor explains: "This is caused by the lack of oxygen in the body, which is a normal phenomenon. ”
But Xu Shiyou shook his head firmly and said, "I have fought all my life, I don't know how many dead people I have seen, none of them are like this, Chairman Mao was killed by people, I want to track down, I want to interrogate, what kind of person's poisonous hands..."
Pictured | general Xu Shiyou in his later years
Xu Shiyou's assertion was shocking and also made people cry and laugh, and Lin Juncai, a famous medical expert in Beijing, was once a subordinate of Xu Shiyou, and he had specially visited Xu Shiyou before he was secretly sent to Vietnam to learn about the scientific method of preserving Ho Chi Minh's body.
As soon as Xu Shiyou saw Lin Juncai, he said very angrily: "I went to see, Chairman Mao's body is blue and purple, you doctors quickly tell me, how did Chairman Mao get killed?" ”
Lin Jun only knew Xu Shiyou's feelings for Chairman Mao, and he had to explain it to Xu Shiyou from a medical point of view, but Xu Shiyou did not believe that Xu Shiyou always had a child's world in his heart when dealing with Chairman Mao's death, and this world made him firmly believe that Chairman Mao would not live and die of old age and illness.
Even in the seventh year of Chairman Mao's death, when Lin Juncai visited Xu Shiyou again, Xu Shiyou's first words when he saw him were still: "You have to confess!" Sooner or later, there will always be an account, an early account, and an early release of the burden. ”
After Chairman Mao's death, Xu Shiyou was in a state of nostalgia for Chairman Mao for a long time, and the way he remembered Chairman Mao was different from ordinary people, he cut out all the photos and portraits of Chairman Mao in various newspapers and pictorials, and pasted them on the wall of his bedroom on the whole page, from top to bottom, there was not a single gap. Sometimes, Xu Shiyou would sit in his bedroom and mutter something in his mouth all the time, and at first many people could not understand why Xu Shiyou acted like this.
In fact, the reason why Xu Shiyou is like this is to have a dialogue with Chairman Mao and paste Chairman Mao's photos everywhere, but also so that he can see Chairman Mao from every angle.
Throughout the life of General Xu Shiyou, his unparalleled affection for Chairman Mao was touching...