He is one of the 33 military figures of the Chinese People's Liberation Army identified by the Central Military Commission; he has a legendary life from a slave to a general; he is known as a "sharpshooter" and "Shenxing Taibao"; he is the "Luo Qingtian" in the minds of the common people; from a slave to a general, Luo Binghui's life is a life of fighting, a life of seeking a happy life for the poor masses, and his short life all embodies the wind and bones of a generation of generals and stars, shining with the unique mark of being an excellent communist party member.
▶ "Hardships and hardships, Yuru Yucheng"
"How much responsibility a person can take on, how many wind bones there are." The pre-Qin Mencius's "Born in Sorrow, Died in Happiness" has a cloud: The heavens will descend on great responsibilities, so people must first suffer their hearts and minds, and work their bones and bones. The movie "From Slave to General" has educated and inspired a generation, and the protagonist in the play is based on luo Binghui, a senior general of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and the New Fourth Army. Luo Binghui was born into a family that had long been exploited by landlords, and the boy grew up living a life of serfdom inferior to cattle and horses. But no one could have imagined that such a little boy who could not eat enough food would later become a victorious general who commanded thousands of troops and horses and made the enemy feel frightened.
Photo of General Luo Binghui
(1) This slave doll is not easy to mess with
"Adobe walls, thatched roofs, built on the mountainside" Luo Shouqing, as a sharecropper, could not bring much income to his family, so he did some small business to supplement the family when he was idle, and he also had to endure the exploitation of landlords for a long time. Luo Binghui, who was born in 1879, became the hope of this family, and Luo Binghui, who had a stubborn personality from childhood, dared to argue and defend with the landlord at the age of 11; at the age of 12, he dared to go to the county town alone to sue the landlord. Although he was finally sentenced to a tie-headed lawsuit because of the landlord's money bribes, the young Luo Binghui became a figure known to all the ten miles and eight townships, and everyone knows: this little baby is not easy to mess with. In Luo Binghui's heart, he planted the seed of "revenge as a soldier".
Former residence of General Luo Binghui
Luo Binghui once recalled: Since my childhood, I have dared to resist the darkness and unreasonable people outside, and at the age of 10, Luo Binghui already knew the evil deeds of the landlord and gentry. At the age of 12, because the landlord framed the Luo family, he went to the county town alone to file a complaint, and this lawsuit caused a shock in the whole township, and he set the goal of hitting the local tycoon bully in his heart; at the age of 16, he saw that the landlord was rectified by the army and had the idea of joining the army.
With the idea that his father had been oppressed by the landlord for many years and wanted to avenge his family, he spent 12 days hiking hundreds of kilometers, but because he had no connection, he was turned out of the barracks; carpenters, brothers-in-law, groomsmen, in two years, he went through life and tempered, but never forgot his ambition to join the army.
(2) Grow rapidly in the military
In 1915, by chance, Luo Binghui joined the Tang Jiyao Department of the Dian Army as a rear-loading artilleryman, realizing his long-cherished wish for many years. In the winter of 1915, Cai Yi and Tang Jiyao, the governor of Yunnan, sent a telegram to the whole country, declaring the independence of Yunnan and organizing a national army to fight against Yuan Shikai. Luo Binghui joined the army in the war and began a life of arduous military struggle. He successively participated in the Patriotic War against Yuan Shikai and the Northern Expedition.
Because Luo Binghui was born in the cold door, after experiencing the cold and warm of the world, he put all his mind on military skills when he entered the military camp. The regulations of the Yunnan Army stipulate that soldiers will be examined once every three months, and the promotion, demotion and salary will be determined according to the results. Luo Binghui likes the exam the most, almost returning to the exam can get the first place, and the exam is promoted once at a time. During this year, he rose four levels in a row and was hailed as a "model soldier". After another year of hard work, he was promoted to lieutenant officer and began to learn to lead soldiers. Soon, because of his bravery in battle, Luo Binghui entered Tang Jiyao's sight and became Tang Jiyao's accompanying sergeant.
Luo Binghui during the Northern Expedition
Due to the corruption of the officers at the upper levels of the Dian Army, the quality of the troops declined, and discipline gradually relaxed, and Luo Binghui deeply resented this. In 1921, the generals of the Dian Army opposed Tang Jiyao, led an army to approach the provincial capital, and forced Tang Jiyao to go to the field. As an aide-de-camp at the time, Lo Ping-fai was elected as a close confidant and accompanied Tang Jiyao and Tang Jiyu to Hong Kong. After seeing the ertang's eroded and luxurious life, Luo Binghui realized that their extravagance and luxury were all about eating the blood of the people and soldiers, and the warlords' theory of saving the country and saving the people was all deceitful. After repeatedly asking Tang Jiyao for leave, he left a letter and quietly left Hong Kong.
Zeng Lingyun, the author of the novel "Luo Binghui", once wrote: When Tang Jiyao stepped down, he went to Hong Kong for more than 40 million french dollars (equivalent to several billion yuan now) to be managed by him, but Luo Binghui found that Tang Jiyao ostensibly supported Sun Yat-sen, but actually wanted to make a comeback to become the king of Yunnan, and as a result, Luo Binghui abandoned his fame and fortune and left Tang Jiyao to find a place to repay the motherland. He had never met such an honest man in his life. At that time, one of Tang Jiyao's lieutenants called him to run with him with the money, but Luo Binghui refused, saying, "The money is not mine, I can't take a penny!" There are countless similar things in Luo Binghui's life.
In 1921, Luo Binghui saw the chaos in Yunnan and decided to defect to Sun Yat-sen. In May 1922, Luo Binghui participated in the Northern Expedition led by Sun Yat-sen in the Zhu Peide Department of the Dian Army. Luo Binghui, who was then an officer of the Dian Army, at a critical juncture when the friendly army collapsed and the Dian army fell into a state of collapse without knowing it, wrapped tens of thousands of umbrellas in military uniforms and pretended to be machine guns, broke into the bandit area three times, crossed the rivers twice, crossed mountains and mountains, and ran 100 kilometers in 20 hours to save the Dian army.
At this point, after several large and small battles, he was in the warlord clique, and because of his dissatisfaction with corruption in the army and his hatred of the old system, he quickly accepted progressive ideas. After years of life and death experience, Luo Binghui gradually grew from a young boy with a private desire for revenge to an outstanding general who worried about the country and the people.
Only the Red Army can fight for the toiling people
People with wind and bones have a sense of home and country that worries about the country and the people, which comes from the firmness of faith and the responsibility of regarding the world as their own responsibility. In China in the 1920s, warlords were divided and starved. Luo Binghui, who was born cold and bitter, was in pain. In March 1927, Luo Binghui attended a memorial service in Nanchang for Zanjian, the leader of the Ganzhou Federation of Trade Unions who had been killed by the Kuomintang, and heard Zhu De's speech, which had become a Chinese communist. Zhu De told him that only when the workers, peasants, and soldiers unite can they overthrow the warlords and local tyrants and inferior gentry; only when the revolution is successful, can everyone have work to do, have land to plant, and have food to eat, and can China have hope. Luo Binghui was greatly inspired, listened to Zhu De's lectures many times, and thus saw the hope and future of the revolution. After Chiang Kai-shek launched a counter-revolutionary coup, the flame of hope that Luo Binghui had just lit was shattered. He was extremely depressed, and what he saw and heard after more than ten years of travel made him feel more and more that only the Communist Party could save China, and only the Red Army could fight for the toiling people.
In June 1929, Luo Binghui went to Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province, as the commander of the JingWei Army, and the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, who was active in Jiangxi at that time, attracted his attention, "There is food to eat with the Communist Party", and the words of the poor masses made him see hope when he was born into a poor family. Luo Binghui adopted a passive attitude against the Kuomintang and secretly supported the Communist Party. This action of his aroused great concern from the Ganxi Special Committee of the CPC and the Jiangxi Provincial CPC Committee, and he immediately sent Comrade Zhao Xingwu to contact him and instill in him Marxism-Leninism and the program and ultimate goal of the CPC. After a long period of serious reflection, on July 9, 1929, the 32-year-old Luo Binghui secretly joined the Communist Party of China, and after Luo Binghui joined the Party, he used his position to work for the Party, arousing the suspicion of the enemy. Under the increasingly severe situation, in October 1929, Luo Binghui led the Ji'an Jingwei Brigade to revolt and reorganized into the Fifth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and within two months, the number of troops jumped from more than 400 to more than 2,000.
Luo Binghui once said that only the troops of the poor can truly think of the poor, and the troops of the Communists are the troops of the poor and the troops that make decisions for the poor. When the CPC Central Committee sent Zhao Xingwu, a member of the Cpc Central Committee of Dian Nationality, to Ji'an to do education and strive for work against him, he resolutely and resolutely joined the COMMUNIST Party of China secretly, not only because of his long-term environment and experience, but also because of the choice he made after suffering hardships and experiences, a choice that was destined to affect his life without complaint or regret. At the same time, this has also laid a solid foundation for him to maintain a strong party spirit.
▶ "Thirty years of horseback, General Dian Zhixiong"
(1) "The master of the bull's nose"
Marshal Chen Yi once praised Luo Binghui as "a general who has been fighting horses for thirty years and general Dian Zhixiong". During the era of the Red Army, Luo Binghui was famous at home and abroad for making good use of surprise soldiers, suspicious soldiers and marching speed. During the first anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign in 1930, he pretended to retreat and successfully lured the enemy Zhang Hui's troops into Longgang to be annihilated. After hearing the news, Mao Zedong's poetry flourished and wrote the famous "Fisherman's Pride. In the second anti-"encirclement and suppression" in April 1931, the Red Army "drove 15 days in seven hundred miles", five battles and five victories, Luo Binghui's troops fought fiercely in nine inch ridges, assisted in the attack on Guangchang City, flew over Wuyi Mountain, directly attacked the enemy Liu Heding Division, and the people of the Soviet area called "Luo Bingfei". In the third anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign in July, Luo Binghui was ordered to disguise the main force and move north to Le'an. Chiang Kai-shek sent planes to reconnoiter, and Luo Binghui ordered the whole army to lengthen the formation, raise the flag and sound the trumpet, drag the branches to make the smoke and dust billow, add earth stoves and large houses during the camp, and hold Chiang Kai-shek's nose for half a month. If we compare the three anti-"encirclement and suppression" to the three major dramas in the history of the Red Army's war, Mao Zedong is the general director, and Luo Binghui is one of the protagonists who are active in the front desk. He and Mao Zedong, one in the front desk and one in the backstage, worked together seamlessly. His military prowess was fully demonstrated, and his unique military command achievements, key roles and brilliant achievements made him one of the main generals of the Red Army.
The Central Red Army's first anti-"encirclement and suppression" plan
In the eyes of the Kuomintang reactionaries, Luo Binghui has long become a thorn in his eye, and Luo Binghui's three rewards and arrest lists have become an important witness to the Red Army's smashing of the enemy's encirclement and interception under difficult circumstances. On February 9, 1935, the Kuomintang reactionaries published their first reward in important newspapers such as Yunnan Republic of China Daily. After Lin Biao, Peng Dehuai, and Dong Zhentang were listed as second-class "bandit leaders," it can be seen that Chiang Kai-shek attached great importance to those who could recruit good fighters among the "bandit leaders" and his fear of the prestige of Luo Binghui and others; in June 1935, the "Theory and Implementation of Suppressing Bandits, which was compiled and published internally by the Kuomintang Propaganda Committee," also listed the "primary reward for the capture of red bandits" for the generals of the Red Army In July 1935, the Kuomintang reactionary authorities issued the third reward, and Luo Binghui was even more noticed by the Kuomintang authorities, whose name followed Zhu Mao, and ranked ahead of Lin Biao, Peng Dehuai, and others, becoming the first Red Army general among the second Red Army figures in Chiang Kai-shek's reward for arrest.
(2) Divine Taibao, legendary hero, courageous and sound figure
Shenxing Taibao is an ancient Chinese name for magical figures, and more than half a century ago, there was a person in China who got this title, and the strange thing is that this title was not given to him by Chinese, but given to him by Americans. In April 1937, the American journalist Nime Wells came to Yan'an, where he heard the legendary story of Luo Binghui, and later she praised Luo Binghui as a god-walking taibao, a legendary hero, and a courageous and sound figure in the book "The Slow Journey to the West".
Nime Wells' Slow Journey to the West
In December 1937, Luo Binghui came to Wuhan in accordance with Zhou Enlai's instructions and carried out united front work in the name of the deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army. Luo Binghui is in strong contrast with the whole environment, he retains the simple style of the peasant children, "wearing straw shoes, leggings, cloth clothes" He is an absolute outlier in the world of flowers and flowers. In the past, colleagues in the Dian Army looked down on the shabby and simple Luo Binghui, and he soon became the object of their shame. Whenever this happened, Luo Binghui always loudly rebuked him, and saw through the corruption of the Kuomintang authorities from his bones, which further strengthened his revolutionary conviction of fighting for the toiling masses all his life.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937, Luo Binghui's fiery heart became more and more unstable. He took the initiative to ask the central authorities for help and put forward a request to rush to the front line of the anti-enemy. In the winter of 1938, Luo Binghui was sent to the first detachment of the New Fourth Army as a deputy commander to assist Chen Yi in consolidating and expanding the Maoshan base area. The Central Committee has determined the policy of "eastward marching" of the New Fourth Army, calling for the establishment of an independent anti-Japanese democratic base area in central China. In May 1939, Luo Binghui was transferred to Huainan, and according to the orders of the central authorities, he independently formed the fifth detachment of the New Fourth Army without Chiang Kai-shek's recognition, and he served as commander and deputy commander of the Jiangbei Command, and led his troops to advance east of Jinpu Road in Huainan to attack the Japanese puppet army and the Han traitor regime, pacify the Han traitor armed forces and bandits, fight back against the friction of the recalcitrant army, calm the people's minds, resume the development of production, and reduce rent and interest so that the masses of the people can see hope and be encouraged. In his work, he paid great attention to policies and tactics, especially the ethnic policy and the united front policy, and he implemented them well and effectively. In the first half of 1940, all eight counties in Ludong established democratic governments, and democratic governments in Luxi counties were also established one after another, and Huainan became the first solid anti-Japanese base area in central China. The construction of political power is carried out under the "three-three system", that is, one-third of communists, left progressives, centrists and other constituents each.
According to the instructions of his superiors, Luo Binghui led the main force of five detachments to cross the Three Rivers, marched into Huaibao, struck a blow at the enemy's stubbornness, quelled the rebellion of the Daohui, which had been bribed by the enemy's stubbornness, established a democratic government in Huaibao County, returned this "land of fish and rice" to the hands of the people, and expanded this base area to become a hub connecting Suwan and central China. After the "Anhui Incident", Huainan became the base area for the reconstruction of the Second Division of the New Fourth Army, and he served as the deputy division commander and after 1942 as the division commander. In the contest against the Japanese, the pseudo-japanese, and the stubborn, they have won many battles and victories, and the work in the base areas has been sound and colorful, and many cadres have been trained to be sent to the military departments and various divisions. At the enlarged meeting of the Central China Bureau held in the spring of 1942, Liu Shaoqi affirmed in his report that the work of the Huainan base area in the base areas in central China was "the best and most formal" and "worthy of study by all teachers."
(3) General Changsheng of the Hanako Army
Throughout Luo Binghui's 30-year military career, he never lost a battle, Chen Yi called him "Changsheng General", he was on a par with Peng Dehuai and Lin Biao, and in January 1939, Luo Binghui, as the commander of the fifth detachment of the New Fourth Army, traveled from Yan'an to huainan to open up anti-Japanese base areas. Faced with the three-sided attack of the Japanese army, the puppet army, and the Diehard Kuomintang faction, Luo Binghui and his troops faced a road full of thorns and difficulties. The fifth detachment under the command of Luo Binghui was a unit spontaneously organized by the common people to participate, which was temporarily assembled, and at that time, because of the small number of soldiers and the special lack of equipment, three thousand people each fired only three rounds of ammunition, which was jokingly called the Hanako Unit.
In the summer of 1939, the leaders of the fifth detachment took a group photo in Xuyi. The third from the left is Luo Binghui
Soon after arriving in Huainan, Luo Binghui became a "strange man" who attracted the attention of the whole region, and the local military and civilians relished his two anecdotes. One is his amazing marksmanship. One day, he took a guard squad to the troops to inspect the work, and when he passed a wooden bridge, he was confronted by a group of Japanese devils. Because of the suddenness of the incident, everyone was too late to react. Luo Binghui moved very quickly, pulled out his pistol and held it a little, "snapping", the devils fell three times, and the rest of the devils turned around in fright and ran wildly. The guard squad also wondered: Commander Luo fired one shot, how could he fall three? Upon inspection, it was found that the bullet passed through the heart socket of the first devil, through the throat of the second devil, and then into the brain of the third devil. The third devil did not die and was seriously injured. The story of Commander Luo killing two and a half devils with one shot soon spread among the Second Division of the New Fourth Army, and all the soldiers of the division spontaneously practiced their shooting skills, and hundreds of sharpshooters emerged as his body. The second is his body. To this day, the masses in the old revolutionary area of Huanghuatang still circulate that Luo Binghui needs to prepare a horse and a mule wherever he goes, because a horse cannot bear his weight for a long time. The common people were amazed by Luo Binghui's tall and burly nature, calling him "King Kong Arhat". The Kuomintang diehards took advantage of this and spread rumors and said everywhere: "Luo Binghui is so fat because he has to eat two children every day." You all have to watch your children!" For a time, people were panicked. Luo Binghui did not say a word, and focused his main energy on fighting devils. Three months passed, and Luo Binghui commanded the troops to win successive battles, eliminated thousands of Japanese puppet troops, multiplied the territory and number of troops in the base areas, and won the trust of the masses. At this time, he held a mass meeting and asked everyone humorously: "It is said that I eat two children a day, and I especially like to eat white, fat boys and girls." According to this statement, I have been here for 3 months and it is time to eat 180 children. But which of your folks lost their children?" The crowd burst into laughter. Luo Binghui not only did not eat children, but also especially loved children, and every time he went to his horse, shoulders and arms were full of children, his laughter and the children's cheerful laughter were intertwined, becoming a scene in the base area at that time.
Luo Binghui taught military combat methods to all officers and men in the Huainan anti-Japanese base area
Two anecdotes made Luo Binghui famous. He became a banner of anti-Japanese resistance and anti-stubbornness, and became a symbol of victory. When the soldiers heard that "Commander Luo is coming" when they were fighting, they were particularly energetic and fought very beautifully. Luo Binghui had never attended a military school and had a low level of education, but he had rich combat experience, was good at pondering, and was often able to create new strategies and tactics. Among them, the "plum blossom tactics" are the most famous plum blossom tactics, the formation is scattered but not chaotic, the troops are few but not thin, the soldiers are in the people, the static brakes, and when the clouds are light and the wind is light, the wind is like fire, and the changes are unpredictable. The Japanese Daisaku was so distraught that he could not find a single word in the classic works of Chinese and foreign tactical masters, and finally had to name it "Roche tactics are only this one move, Luo Binghui changed the planning of the war, and there was a qualitative leap in the war, and often hundreds of Japanese troops and puppet troops were attacked and annihilated." The enemy did not dare to go out of the city, did not dare to go to the countryside, and did not dare to disperse the operation, and the rapid expansion of the plum blossom tactics in the base areas was highly praised by the New Fourth Army Headquarters. At the enlarged meeting of the Central China Bureau, Liu Shaoqi said: "Under the current conditions of the enemy being strong and we are weak, and being isolated behind the enemy, the "plum blossom tactic" is a new tactic. Comrade Luo Binghui's inventive efforts in this regard are a model.
▶ Stand on the big picture and make a choice
Luo Xin'an, the son of Luo Binghui, recalled: During his short life, his father participated in the agrarian revolution, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the War of Liberation, leaving behind the footprints of heroic battles in all periods of the Chinese revolution. He is indeed such a person. There will always be trade-offs from the perspective of the big picture, rather than considering individual gains and losses.
(1) At the time of life and death
In 1932, the Red Ninth Regiment was formally established, with Luo Binghui as the regimental commander, and Mao Zedong, who recommended him as the regimental commander, was squeezed out of the decision-making circle by Wang Ming and other "Left" leaders. Like the vast majority of generals in the Red Army, Luo Binghui's fate was linked to Mao's. After Mao Zedong left the top leadership position of the Red Army, the fate of the Central Soviet Region and the Red Army took a sharp turn for the worse. The fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign failed, and the main force of the Red Army was forced to carry out the Long March.
Crossing the Chishui River four times, Luo Binghui successfully completed the task entrusted to him by the central authorities, successfully covered the main Red Army to cross the Wu River, according to common sense, he could also cross the river later, but he thought that this was very unfavorable to the main force that had crossed the river, so he stayed behind to negotiate with the enemy. At this time, many commanders and fighters felt that they were not looking for the central confluence, as if they had lost their mother's children, had no support, feared that they would be eaten by the enemy when they fought alone, and negative nervousness hung on the faces of the soldiers. Some commanders and fighters complained about this: "Since our Long March, after the return break, we have been thrown away again and again. At this time, Luo Binghui went to do everyone's ideological work, stressing that we must proceed from the overall situation of the revolution, as long as the Party Central Committee and the main force of the Red Army exist, there will be hope for the Chinese revolution and hope for the Red Ninth Army!
Luo Binghui summoned the regimental cadres to discuss and decided to advance northward, and from then on began a 52-day solo operation that lasted more than 3,000 miles. After that, Luo Binghui led the Red Ninth Army through the border areas of Guizhou, Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces, covering 17 counties and fighting many vicious battles, until May 21, when he met the Red 3rd Army in the northwest of Huichang. "Without the support of friendly neighbors, marching alone for thousands of miles, the Red 9 Army must have been dragged down!" The chiefs of the Central Military Commission prepared for the worst. However, to their surprise, the Red 9 Corps not only had a complete structure, but also increased its number of soldiers by more than 1,700 people, the whole army was neatly clothed, and the weapons in the hands of the soldiers were all replaced by new rifles. They also handed over dozens of mules and horses and 30,000 silver dollars to the central government. Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao, Dong Zhentang, and other corps leaders said with hungry eyes: "Lao Jiu (Luo Binghui), you are shaking very much!" Xiao Hua, commander of the 15th Division, and others grabbed Luo Binghui and shouted, "Old Nine! You have made a fortune, and you want to entertain you, and you will fight the tooth sacrifice!" The commanders and fighters of the Red 9 Army were also very proud: "Following Luo Fatzi will not suffer losses." According to the statistics of the relevant party history departments, among the units participating in the Long March of the entire Red Fourth Front, the Long March of the Red 9Th army has traveled at least 30,000 miles or more.
(2) A life of happiness for the toiling masses
Born into a poor peasant family, Luo Binghui has the deepest flesh-and-blood ties with the masses of the people. He is the son of the people, and he often says under the Ministry of Education: "The common people are the mothers of the people's army" and "we are our parents of food and clothing," and we must often go to the "mothers" to understand their difficulties, show concern for their sufferings, and attach importance to their production and life; "We must be honest with the party and comrades, and we must be like a big girl to the masses of the people." He said so and took the lead in doing so. No matter where he went, he had to pull a family routine with the people, ask for warmth, promote knee talks, surround a large group of children; he was carrying Yunnan Baiyao, and when he encountered pain, he used Baiyao to treat him. The people of Huainan also loved him very much, and the people of Huainan called him "Qingtian", "Savior", "Lucky Star", "Waving Divine Soldiers, Driving Out Devils, and Saving the People". He is also famous for loving soldiers such as sons, loving subordinates, respecting peers, and respecting superiors, and he has a straightforward personality, likes to speak bluntly, and makes self-criticism if he is wrong, and is also deeply loved by commanders and fighters.
In 1944, the song "Luo Binghui Shooter" was widely sung in the New Fourth Army
From August 1939, Commander Luo Binghui led the 5th Detachment of the New Fourth Army into eastern Anhui and stationed in Xuyi County, until October 1945, when he led his troops to leave, fighting, working and living in Xuyi for 6 years. His name is a household name in Xuyi. There is a folk proverb: "As soon as Commander Luo arrives, open the door to sleep!" The masses of the people praised Commander Luo as "Luo Han Xiafan," "Our Lucky Star," "Luo Qingtian," and so on.
Luo Binghui is not only quite accomplished in military command, but also a good example of loving and protecting the people, and a good cadre who is upright and clean. "'Rely on mountains to eat mountains, rely on water to draft water'! The three major disciplines and eight points of attention must be implemented in action, and the ferry fare is related to the vital interests of the masses! Once, after taking a ferry operated by his fellow villagers, he learned that his fellow citizens did not charge ferry fees out of love, Luo Binghui said meaningfully.
Luo Binghui was with the children in the Huainan base area
"I have received the warriors' wishes, and now I give you a task, the chicken sends it 'back to the mother's house', and the egg sends it 'back to the original owner'!" This is what Luo Binghui said to the guards during the most difficult period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression when he refused the chickens and eggs that the soldiers bought from their fellow villagers for lunch.
(3) The Battle of Zaozhuang became the final song
The long years of military service and the harsh environment finally dragged down Luo Binghui's body. He suffered from stomach diseases, high blood pressure and other diseases, and has been taking the disease to command the battle. He said: "Fighting is a good medicine to cure all diseases, and my illness will get better as soon as I arrive on the battlefield."
On the night of August 9, 1945, the news of the surrender of the Japanese army came, and the commanders and fighters were immersed in joy. Due to the deterioration of Luo Binghui's condition, he was unconscious, and did not know the good news until the next day, and his serious illness was suddenly cured. He immediately rolled over and got out of bed, commanded the various units of the Second Division, and attacked the Japanese strongholds along Jinpu Road and Huainan Road respectively, preparing to take over bengbu, Hefei and other major cities. In just over a dozen days, the troops of the Second Division recovered a large area of land and established 18 county-level democratic regimes. In the spring of 1946, the doctors jointly sent a report to the New Fourth Army Headquarters, asking for organizational measures to "force" Luo Binghui to stop working and treat his illness and recuperate. Chen Yi telephoned the central authorities to inform him of Luo Binghui's condition. The central government decided that Luo Binghui would go to the Soviet Union for treatment. Mao Zedong also wrote a special letter, exhorting: "If you are sick, it is very important that you hope to recuperate more and stay in the green mountains."
Mao Zedong's letter to Luo Binghui
At this moment, the Kuomintang tore up the armistice agreement and launched a large-scale attack on the liberated areas of Suzhou, Anhui, and Lu, and the situation in the liberated areas of Shandong was tight. Luo Binghui resolutely gave up the opportunity to go abroad for treatment and took the initiative to ask to stay and assist Chen Yi, commander of the New Fourth Army, in his work, and the Battle of Zaozhuang became his last song. Under his command, it took only 11 days to liberate Zaozhuang, reversing the situation that Lunan had once been very passive. On June 16, after the capture of Zaozhuang, Luo Binghui presided over a military conference at the Yixian Command Post to make new combat arrangements. After the meeting, he suddenly had a fever and was unconscious. On June 21, Luo Binghui's heart stopped beating and he died at the age of 49.
He spent his life fulfilling his promise: "The happiest thing in life is to truly bravely sacrifice all the interests of the individual and to fight for national independence, freedom and liberation with the ardentest effort." In particular, we must fight for the emancipation and interests of the working masses, and for the happiness of mankind with truth, justice and justice. ”
A brilliant star in the history of China's revolutionary struggle has thus fallen, but his brilliant deeds are eternal, just as Mao Zedong commented that he was a "decent and upright warrior" and a soldier with rich experience in war, military ability, and great ability to fight wars. Zhou Enlai and Jiang Zemin respectively praised him as a "meritorious hero of the people." Luo Binghui's great image and lofty revolutionary spirit will be recorded in the annals of revolutionary history.
Tomb of General Luo Binghui
The famous Czechoslovak writer Vucic once said: "The hero is a man who at a decisive moment does what is necessary for the benefit of human society". From this thesis, it is understood that the hero is a standard, borderless concept, and the real hero must be a selfless and fearless fighter who is always selfless and fearless in the face of great right and wrong, and at the time of life and death. Luo Binghui's life of facing suffering, fighting for the people, bowing down and dying of sorrow is the best interpretation of "hero", and the interpretation is a heroic song.