A long time ago, Lao Qin wrote an article titled "The general joined the army at the age of twelve, returned home after twenty years, father and son did not know each other, and made a big joke", telling the story of Major General Wang Fuzhi's "return to his hometown".
It is mentioned in the article that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, 16-year-old Wang Fuzhi was incorporated into the Third Division of the New Fourth Army, where Huang Kecheng served as division commander and political commissar, as an operational staff officer. He captured a bicycle during the battle against Japan in the Red Zi Temple in Hebei Province. Because Huang Kecheng's eyes are highly myopic and his mobility is inconvenient, even riding a horse has become a problem. Wang Fuzhi used this bicycle to carry Huang Kecheng to command and dispatch the troops. The military joked: "On the back seat of Wang Fuzhi's bicycle is the headquarters of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army."
Yesterday, Lao Qin wrote "In 1946, Huang Kecheng denounced Lin Biao for misjudging the war situation, and 13 years later, he realized that he had misunderstood Lin Biao", which mentioned that on August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender; on September 14, 1945, Huang Kecheng personally suggested that the CPC Central Committee quickly send 100,000 people to the northeast to create a strategic base area.
Chen Yi later said with satisfaction and sincerity: "Master Huang's eyes are myopic, but he looks at the problem very far, it is clairvoyant!" ”
Huang Kecheng not only looks at the problem far away, but also accurately.
Lao Qin also wrote "How fierce is General Huang Kecheng?" Highly myopic, he mistakenly broke into the enemy position, cut off his drink, and the enemy was completely confused" the article, which described the accuracy of Huang Kecheng's view of the problem: In December 1927, when the Hunan Yongxing Special Branch was preparing to launch an uprising, he opposed being too hasty; after the Shonan Riot, he opposed the "scorched earth strategy" proposed by the Shonan Special Committee; in 1930, he opposed the slogan of seizing the central city proposed by the "Left" adventurism represented by Li Lisan; in 1931, he opposed the expansion of the great purge movement at that time; in early 1932, He opposed the central government's decision to insist on fighting Ganzhou; in April 1946, the Kuomintang army gathered the strength of 6 armies to attack Siping, and he opposed the holding of Siping...
Regarding this siping defense war, in 1959, during the Lushan Conference, Chairman Mao once told him: "I decided to stick to Siping at that time. ”
Huang Kecheng said bluntly: "It is your decision that is also wrong." ”
Huang Kecheng's sincerity and directness can be seen from this.
Having said that, although Huang Kecheng pointed out Chairman Mao's mistakes to his face, he greatly admired Chairman Mao.
In his long revolutionary career, Huang Kecheng did not have many opportunities to meet with Chairman Mao, but it did not affect his admiration for Chairman Mao in the slightest.
After the Lushan Conference, Huang Kecheng suffered unfair treatment, was dismissed from all posts, and only retained his party membership, fading from people's sight.
It was not until 1977 that Huang Kecheng made a comeback.
Carefully calculated, Huang Kecheng's life is "nine ups and nine downs".
But at any time, he "does not forget his original intention and pays without regrets."
At the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Huang Kecheng was added to the Central Committee and elected executive secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Some people who had "fired" at him came to apologize to him. He said open-mindedly and generously: "Those are all things caused by the times, and in that environment at that time, if you don't fire at me, you won't be able to pass." The matter is over, let's still focus on the present, and use the rest of our lives to do more work for the party and the country. ”
The people who came to apologize listened, and one by one they were moved to tears.
In November 1980, Huang Kecheng delivered a four-hour speech at a forum of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, recounting from a historical perspective the great achievements of Chairman Mao in leading the Chinese revolution. He recalled with infinite affection chairman Chairman Mao's thrilling past of having a far-sighted vision at many critical junctures in history, stepping forward, turning the tide, and saving the party and the Chinese revolution.
Huang Kecheng's speech resonated with the participants, and the audience applauded continuously.
The applause echoed, and people's nostalgia and remembrance of Chairman Mao were fluttering.
Huang Kecheng's speech was known as "Huang Gong's speech".
After the meeting, people wrote to Huang Kecheng one after another, asking Huang Kecheng to organize the contents of the speech into a manuscript and publish it publicly, so that the people of the whole country could see it.
Huang Kecheng's answer was that this was entirely my personal "family statement," and if it was to be published, it must be examined by the comrades of the Central Committee.
After the speech was compiled into a manuscript, the secretary sent it to Deng Xiaoping's desk.
Deng Xiaoping always adhered to the view that "without Chairman Mao, we Chinese the people will grope in the dark for a longer time," and after reading the manuscript, he instructed: "This speech can be published completely, please ask Comrade Qiaomu to repeat it in the text." ”
Hu Qiaomu read the manuscript and felt that there was nothing to revise, and he wanted to give it to Huang Kecheng, but he always felt that there was something to revise.
Huang Kecheng opposed such a modification.
He said: "I am very unaccustomed to your change in this way, and I can't get by emotionally, so I think it is better to retain Chairman Mao's title." ”
In May, Lao Qin wrote an article titled "Chairman Mao was captured by a photographer while chatting with two little eight roads, and the content of the chat was not disclosed until 47 years later." It mentions: In 1986, Liu Changgui, a retired cadre of the Dandong Armed Forces Department in Liaoning Province, claimed to be a small eighth road in the famous photograph "Chairman Mao and the Two Little Eight Roads." He recalled that in 1938, when the Yan'an Anti-Japanese Resistance Congress was held, he and his comrade-in-arms Anding Bao met Chairman Mao on the road and shouted at Chairman Mao together: "Chairman Mao! It's Chairman Mao! Chairman Mao approached them cordially and asked kindly, "Do you know my name?" "Of course I know, you are Chairman Mao!" Chairman Mao smiled, shook his head, and said, "My name is Not Chairman Mao, my name is Mao Zedong." That is to say, Chairman Mao himself did not pay any special attention to the title of "Chairman Mao."
However, chairman Mao has been with him since his election in 1931 as the first chairman of the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic, the title of "Chairman Mao".
Changing the name of "Chairman Mao" to "Comrade Mao Zedong" is not only unaccustomed to Huang Kecheng, but also to the broad masses of the people.
Deng Xiaoping then added:
Thus, the draft of Huang Kecheng's speech was published on the front page of the People's Liberation Army Daily on April 10, 1981, with the specific title of Chairman Mao retained in its entirety, entitled "On the Question of The Evaluation of Chairman Mao and the Attitude Toward Mao Zedong Thought."