After the volunteers returned to China, the Ministry of National Defense set up a banquet at the Beijing Hotel to entertain the generals who had returned triumphantly from the national conquest. Xu Shiyou and Deng Yue both attended the banquet. In the Korean battlefield, Xu Shiyou served as the commander of the 3rd Corps of the Volunteer Army, and Deng Yue was the commander of the famous 118th Division, which was subordinate to the 13th Corps led by Deng Hua.
During the banquet, Xu Shiyou sat at table 2 and Deng Yue sat at table 7, and their seats were just close. Xu Shiyou looked at Deng Yue sideways, as if he had been acquainted, and looked carefully for a while, and his heart was more certain where he had seen it.
Xu Shiyou took the initiative to walk over to Deng Yue and asked,
Which unit were you in first?
Of course, Deng Yue knew Xu Shiyou, and stood up and replied,
Report chief, I was originally from the Red Fourth Front, in the Red 31st Army.
Xu Shiyou was also in the Red Fourth Front, he had served as deputy commander of the Red 9 Army and commander of the Red 4 Army, but he had not served in the Red 31 Army, and Deng Yue was not his old subordinate. But Xu Shiyou still felt that he had seen him, and asked again,
Do you know someone named Deng Shujin?
Deng Yue replied,
Reporting commander Xu, I was Deng Shujin, who was later renamed Deng Yue.
This is the number on the top, Xu Shiyou said,
No wonder I look at you a bit like, but the name is not right, it turned out to be a change of name, Xiao Deng, do you remember, when Yan'an Kang Da, you also bought me roast chicken to eat?
(Major General Deng Yue)
In fact, Deng Yue had already recognized Xu Shiyou, but he did not go up to say hello because of the occasion. He also remembered the past of buying roast chicken for Xu Shiyou, but he took into account Xu Shiyou's face and did not want to admit it, so he played a mental eye and said,
When? I don't remember it at all.
Xu Shiyou said very firmly and seriously,
You don't remember, but I won't forget, Zhi En Tu Bao, you little Deng is a good person, come, I toast you a glass of wine.
Did Deng Yue really buy roast chicken for Xu Shiyou to eat? Xu Shiyou was so determined, why did Deng Yue blink his words and dare not admit it? What is the untold story behind this?
Xu Shiyou is a native of Xinxian County, Henan Province, born in Macheng, Hubei Province, and Deng Yue is a native of Macheng, Hubei Province, both of whom are from The Town of Chengmagang, China's First General. Deng Yue was a whole round younger than Xu Shiyou, and they were all horses. So Xu Shiyou called Deng Yuewei, Little Deng.
After joining the Red Army, they were all in the Red Fourth Front led by Xu Qianqian. Xu Shiyou's fame was so great, Deng Yue had known him for a long time. When Deng Yue was the company commander, there was a battle defeat, and the regimental commander wanted to execute him, but fortunately it was Zhan Caifang who passed through this place and saved Deng Yue's life.
Deng Yue served as a guard for Zhan Caifang, and zhan Caifang and Xu Shiyou were both senior generals of the Red Fourth Front, who usually had more dealings and often met when meeting. It was at that time that Deng Yue followed Zhan Caifang to meet Xu Shiyou and admired him very much in his heart.
The Red Fourth Front has a big devil, that is, Zhang Guotao. Both Deng Yue and Xu Shiyou were deeply poisoned by Zhang Guotao. Zhang Guotao engaged in a rebellion and suspected Qin Jiwei's head, and at that time, Deng Yue was Qin Jiwei's guard, and he was also censored and hung up and beaten.
(Qin Jiwei)
Fortunately, Qin Jiwei was fine, and Deng Yue was also innocent. On the road of the Long March, Zhang Guotao engaged in splitting, took the Red Fourth Front Army and the Central Red Army to part ways, and embarked on the road of no return to the south, resulting in heavy losses, breaking his head and bleeding, and finally had to turn around and go north.
After the three main forces of the Red Army met, the Central Committee profoundly criticized Zhang Guotao himself and Zhang Guotao's erroneous line, and in the process of criticizing Zhang Guotao, a problem arose, and zhang Guotao himself was not strictly distinguished from most of the officers and men in the Red Fourth Front.
The Political Department of the Kang Da even issued an opinion that the cadres of the Red Fourth Front were warlords, which caused great dissatisfaction among the officers and men of the Red Fourth Front, and a deputy commander named Liu Shimo could not stand it and could not think straight, and actually shot a shot at the door of the head, but he was wrong, seriously injured, and attempted suicide.
Xu Shiyou, who is upright by nature, also expressed his dissatisfaction. At a meeting to criticize Zhang Guotao, Xu Shiyou could not hold back and jumped out, saying that he did not agree with the statement that the withdrawal of the Red Fourth Front from the Soviet zone was an escapeism.
Originally, the conference was to criticize Zhang Guotao, Xu Shiyou made such a fuss, everyone pointed the spearhead at him, Xu Shiyou was very angry, fought all his life, and his body was even more scarred, but now he was framed as a bandit warlord, he was angry on the spot and vomited blood, and was sent to the hospital.
Many old comrades-in-arms came to the hospital to visit Xu Shiyou, and everyone talked about it together, and when it came to sadness, they all shed tears of grievance. Xu Shiyou said,
Crying has a fart use, here is not left grandpa, there is a grandpa place, one does not do two endlessly, we go.
Everyone was surprised, where to go? Xu Shiyou advocated going to Sichuan to find Liu Zicai, his old subordinate, who insisted on guerrilla warfare in the Sichuan area. Xu Shiyou was a former commander of the Red Fourth Army, and his prestige in the Red Fourth Front was very high.
There are more than 30 people willing to go with Xu Shiyou, including 5 military-level cadres such as Hong Xuezhi and Wang Jian'an, 6 division-level cadres, and more than 20 regiment-level cadres. The entire exodus plan was secretly formulated by Xu Shiyou.
The plan had not yet been put into practice, Wang Jian'an suddenly woke up, realized that Xu Shiyou was Hu Lai, unwilling to leave, and also reported the plan to the organization, Xu Shiyou's plan to leave halfway aborted. Kang Da took urgent measures and arrested Xu Shiyou and others.
Xu Shiyou was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison, which was later reduced to 1 year, and Hong Xuezhi and Wang Jian'an were also sentenced. Although it is said that it is sentenced and imprisoned, in fact, the treatment is still good, eating rice every day, you can eat meat twice a week, you are well taken care of in life, Hong Xuezhi and others do not even wear shackles, Xu Shiyou wears shackles, because he knows martial arts, the danger is great.
Many people have been released in advance after doing their work and have understood their minds, and Xu Shiyou's work is more difficult to do, and chairman Mao decided to personally come forward to do Xu Shiyou's work after he knew about it. Chairman Mao came to the cave where Xu Shiyou was imprisoned and had a long talk with him.
Chairman Mao said bitterly to Xu Shiyou,
Comrade Shiyou, you have been wronged, you have fought many battles and made many contributions to the revolution, Zhang Guotao's mistakes are his own, and have nothing to do with you; most of the officers and men in the Red Fourth Front are party cadres, the party's wealth and treasures, not Zhang Guotao's. The Central Committee criticizes Zhang Guotao, and you should not have a psychological burden.
Chairman Mao's words were reasonable, and when he said that Xu Shiyou's heart went, the hundred steels turned into soft fingers, and Xu Shiyou cried. Chairman Mao asked Xu Shiyou what his plans were in the future. Xu Shiyou said he wanted to go back to his hometown to farm and serve his old mother.
Chairman Mao continued his work, saying,
Now that the great enemy is at present, it is necessary to have a good general like you, and you Xu Shiyou is a man who should pick up a large blade and do another career.
Soon, the central government revoked the criminal punishment for Xu Shiyou and others, allowing them to return to the kang da study.
After graduation, they were all assigned jobs, Xu Shiyou served as the deputy director of the Anti-Japanese University Affairs Department, and then rushed to the anti-Japanese front, to the 386 Brigade led by Chen Geng as a deputy brigade commander for a period of time, and in 1940 was sent by Chairman Mao to the Shandong battlefield behind enemy lines, to the most remote Jiaodong area, to stand alone, and play a piece of the sky.
Xu Shiyou later respected Chairman Mao all his life and was grateful to Chairman Mao, and he knelt down to his parents and chairman Mao all his life. At the lowest point of his life, it was Chairman Mao who saved him and gave him a second political and military life.
What does this have to do with Deng Yue?
When Xu Shiyou was detained, Deng Yue was the platoon leader of the Anti-Da Guard Platoon, who was responsible for guarding the detainees. The soldiers of the guard platoon said to Deng Yue,
There was a detainee who kept cursing and could not be persuaded.
Deng Yue was very angry, so he went to see what was going on. Don't look at it, don't know, look at it and be shocked, isn't this Commander Xu? At that time, Xu Shiyou did not know Deng Yue, but Deng Yue knew him and admired him.
Deng Yue didn't care what Xu Shiyou had done, how he could be imprisoned, in his heart, Xu Shiyou was a great hero who could fight in the sky, and seeing that Xu Shiyou's cave was damp, Deng Yue quietly brought two large bundles of wheat grass to spread inside, and bought some meat for Xu Shiyou from time to time. Deng Yue knew xu shiyou wine, and secretly bought him wine and roast chicken to eat.
When people are in distress, as long as they get a little help, they can remember it for life. The grace of dripping water, toothless and unforgettable. Xu Shiyou, the main commander of the army at that time, is now imprisoned, but it is under the control of Deng Yue, the small platoon leader.
Xiao Deng took such care of Xu Shiyou, and Xu Shiyou was very grateful to him and remembered him deeply. However, at that time, Deng Yue had not changed his name, and his name was deng Shujin, so at the banquet Xu Shiyou asked Deng Yue if he recognized Deng Shujin?
At that banquet, in front of the public, many big chiefs were there, and Xu Shiyou was also a big chief, but he took the initiative to go over and toast to a military-level cadre like Deng Yue, just to express his gratitude.
(In the middle is Xu Shiyou, the first on the right is Deng Yue)
Why didn't Deng Yue admit to buying roast chicken for Xu Shiyou? This is where Deng Yue's cleverness lies, he believes that the history of Xu Shiyou's imprisonment is not very glorious, so he deliberately avoids it and saves Xu Shiyou's face.
Later, when Xu Shiyou wrote his personal memoirs, he did not mention this past, which was a pain point in his life, and he did not mention it. Deng Yue did not admit this past to the public, but Xu Shiyou liked him more from the heart.
During that special period, Xu Shiyou and other veteran generals were taken to the Jingxi Hotel for refuge, and Deng Yue was ordered to come to the Jingxi Hotel, Xu Shiyou said,
Deng Yue, can you give us some apples from Dalian to taste, I haven't eaten them for a long time.
Deng Yue was the commander of the Brigade Garrison At that time, and he quickly got a local specialty apple from a wagon to relieve Xu Shiyou and other veteran generals. In the 1970s, Deng Yue was transferred to the deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and Xu Shiyou had already gone to the Guangzhou Military Region as a commander.
After stepping down as commander of the Grand Military Region, Xu Shiyou became a Beijing official, and instead of going to Beijing to work, he chose to settle in Nanjing, where he had frequent contacts with Deng Yue. Deng Yue was admitted to the General Hospital of the Nanjing Military Region because of stomach cancer surgery, and Xu Shiyou, who learned the news, often came to visit him, and every time he came, Xu Shiyou had to say,
You little Deng is a good man.
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