Among the 10 people who were awarded the general in 1955, the first among the generals was Su Yu, who was known as the "uncrowned marshal", the second was Xu Haidong, who had made great contributions to the revolution, and the third was Huang Kecheng. Today we will talk about how General Huang Cheng was deeply valued by Chairman Mao.
Although Huang Kecheng is 9 years younger than Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao still affectionately calls him "Huang Lao", and we can feel Chairman Mao's respect for him from the title. In fact, the revolutionary friendship between the two of them was very deep, and Huang Kecheng always called him "Chairman Mao."
In 1928, Huang Kecheng participated in leading the Yongxing Nianguan Rebellion in the Shonan Uprising, and led his troops to accompany Zhu De and Chen Yi to Jinggangshan, where he met Chairman Mao and was deeply impressed by his military ability and political wisdom.
In fact, not only did he admire Chairman Mao very much, but Chairman Mao was also very optimistic about his work ability; although he was able to accomplish his tasks brilliantly in the Changsha Campaign and in all the anti-encirclement and suppression operations in the Central Soviet Region, he was demoted and punished because he was misunderstood to reflect problems to his superiors, and was not reactivated until he arrived in northern Shaanxi, but Chairman Mao looked up to him and later personally named him three times to hold important posts.
First time:
During the Liberation War, Huang Kecheng successively served as deputy political commissar and commander of the West Manchuria Military Region, deputy commander and logistics commander and political commissar of the Northeast Democratic United Army, political commissar of the 2nd Corps of the Northeast Field Army, and secretary of the Jichareliao Branch of the CPC.
In November 1948, just as the Pingjin Campaign was about to begin, the Central Military Commission sent a telegram to the headquarters of the Northeast Field Army: "Please Huang Kecheng to finish his work as soon as possible, lead cadres to go south with the Northeast Field Army, and Prepare to serve as the director of the Tianjin Military Control Commission and the secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee." ”
The change in the status of commanders of combat units to local leaders was actually the trend of the times at that time, because with the war coming to an end in an all-round way, a large number of senior commanders must focus on shifting the focus of the party's work and be ready to make preparations for taking charge of the localities at any time.
In fact, Huang Kecheng not only has a very good set of fighting wars, but also has a very good set of plans in grasping local construction; after only one month in charge of Tianjin, he reported to the Central Military Commission on the preparations for entering Tianjin, the situation in Tianjin, the dynamics of various strata, and the reception work, and a series of work contents, and also discovered some problems and summed up a few lessons.
The Central Military Commission was very satisfied with his work, and Chairman Mao was very happy to say that he did not look at the wrong person, in fact, it was Hand-picked by Chairman Mao to let Huang Kecheng take over Tianjin, and on January 15, 1949, Huang Kecheng led the ministry to take over Tianjin, because the preparations were made in advance, the takeover of Tianjin could be relatively smooth, and there were almost no accidents.
second:
Soon after, Huang Kecheng again received orders from the Central Military Commission, Chairman Mao wanted to receive him, and at the Shuangqing Villa in Beiping, Chairman Mao directly expressed his thoughts, and he asked Huang Kecheng to go to Hunan to work.
Hunan is Chairman Mao's hometown, and Chairman Mao let Huang Kecheng go to Hunan, in fact, not only is there a trust in his ability to work, but mainly because Huang Kecheng has experience in local management in Tianjin, so he let Huang Kecheng go to Hunan after full consideration.
As Chairman Mao said, "I asked you to go by name." You have experience in Tianjin, and you are going to our hometown, the customs and customs are familiar, you go to me at ease. Chairman Mao's remarks are still very pertinent, both personal feelings and objective reasons, because Huang Kecheng is really a native of Yongxing County, Hunan Province, and chairman Mao is a fellow countryman.
After that, Chairman Mao also left Huang Kecheng to eat at home, and during the banquet Chairman Mao gave Huang Kecheng another earnest teaching, so that Huang Kecheng really felt the chairman's care for him.
Huang Kecheng also lived up to the high expectations of the chairman, from 1949 to 1952, he worked in Hunan for three years in a down-to-earth manner, Huang Kecheng in accordance with the arrangements of the central authorities, stabilized social order, developed production, and made great achievements in a series of work such as suppressing bandits, land reform, and resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.
Third time:
Just when Huang Kecheng was in Dagante, Hunan, he received a telegram from the central authorities again, this time asking him to go from local political officials to Beijing to take up the post of deputy chief of general staff of the People's Liberation Army and director of the General Logistics Department.
This time, Huang Kecheng was a little reluctant, thinking that he had done a good job in his hometown in Hunan, but why did he let himself work in the army, he thought that there were many talents who could work in the army. However, the chairman did not get angry with him when he had feelings, but followed the rules.
The chairman said to him: "The current General Logistics Department has only just been established, it is a big stall, it is urgent to strengthen leadership, the central authorities have already made a decision, you are the best candidate." Elder Huang, you don't want to stay in Hunan, now the Central Military Commission employs people, if you want to use you as a person, you will not be able to talk to me. ”
Huang Kecheng has always respected Chairman Mao, and the chairman has spoken to this position, and Huang Kecheng can only be ordered, and he said to the chairman: "Since this is the case, then please rest assured that the chairman." Although there are not many words, a word of "rest assured" makes Chairman Mao no longer have any worries, and the chairman will not look at the wrong person.
At that time, the situation was actually very complicated, and the Logistics Department was still facing the dual tasks of fighting wars and building; after Huang Kecheng took office, he comprehensively presided over the logistics work of the Central Military Commission and made great contributions to a series of new tasks such as logistics system building, infrastructure construction, and unified supply.
At the same time, in the course of his work at the Central Military Commission, he not only focused on logistical support work, but also often assisted Peng Dehuai, Nie Rongzhen, and other leaders in presiding over the daily work of the Central Military Commission and the daily work of the General Staff Department.