This cadre is deeply valued by the Party Central Committee. During the turbulent period, Grandpa Mao recalled him back to Beijing and appointed him as the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army. He arranged for him to be in charge of the Military Commission's service team, hoping that he could do his best to manage the troops well. But he failed this trust and was entangled with corrupt elements, which disappointed Grandpa Mao. He was Huang Yongsheng.
Huang Yongsheng participated in the revolution earlier. During the Northern Expedition, he served in the National Revolutionary Army. After the establishment of the People's Armed Forces, he turned to Red Army and served as the squad leader in the Guard Company of Jinggangshan Front Command. In a anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggle, a small group of enemies took advantage of the darkness and sneaked to the front finger and prepared to carry out a "beheading operation". Huang Yongsheng was more alert and soon discovered an abnormal situation. In order to protect Grandpa Mao and other cadres, he refused to take care of himself and led the soldiers to rush forward to fight the enemy to the death, and finally defeated him.
After the war, Grandpa Mao met Huang Yongsheng and asked about his name and hometown. Huang Yongsheng answered every question simply, leaving a deep impression on Grandpa Mao. Not long after, Grandpa Mao handed Huang Yongsheng to Nie Rongzhen, hoping that he would train Huang and carve this "jade pomelo" into a great weapon. Nie naturally did not dare to neglect. He had been teaching Huang Yongsheng well and taught him step by step to lead his troops to fight.
I have to say that Huang Yongsheng's talent is outstanding. He learned all the light infantry tactics in a short period of time, and used them in a superb way, beating the enemy to the point of running away. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Marshal Nie arranged him as the leader of the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division, but he was very inconsistent with the political commissar Deng Hua, so he often complained, saying that everything was under the control of the political commissar, and that his regiment commander was just a "decoration".
When Marshal Nie learned about this, he was furious and transferred Huang Yongsheng to Independent Group to serve. Huang was dissatisfied and had some friction with the regiment commander Yang Chengwu, so he simply pulled two companies out to fight guerrillas. This is an unorganized and undisciplined behavior and is absolutely intolerable! Marshal Nie immediately called Huang Yongsheng to his side. He was about to criticize him, but suddenly learned that Huang Yongsheng had developed two companies to two battalions, and his equipment level was comparable to that of the main force. Marshal Nie swallowed the words he said, and the matter was left alone. At the work conference held soon after, Mr. Nie also praised Huang Yongsheng, saying that although he had some minor flaws in his personality, his work ability was outstanding and he was a talent for creation.
Military Nie really wanted to lead him into a first-class general, but he has never been able to correct some of his shortcomings, which is really helpless. During the War of Liberation, Huang Yongsheng served under Lin Shuai. Lin favored him very much and became a confidant. He was also grateful for this kindness and stood firmly with Lin Shuai in the days to come. In 1968, as the turmoil gradually expanded, many veteran cadres in the army were impacted and were suspended and delegated. No one took charge of the affairs of the Military Commission and the General Staff Department. At this time, Grandpa Mao remembered Huang Yongsheng, so he transferred him to Beijing and appointed him as the General Staff and the head of the Military Commission's service group, and handed over almost all the military power to his hands.
Grandpa Mao’s original intention was to let Huang Yongsheng stabilize the overall situation, curb the impact of turmoil, and stabilize the overall situation, but he was lost on the way, got together with some corrupt elements, and stared at the people’s regime. In 1971, Grandpa Mao realized that the situation was wrong and began to take a series of targeted preventive measures. After the
913 incident, Huang Yongsheng and others instantly lost power. Some people suggested that Grandpa Mao take compulsory measures against Huang immediately, but Grandpa Mao was grateful for his contribution to the people's armed forces and did not immediately send someone to isolate him and investigate him. Instead, he remained silent. It was obvious that he wanted him to take the initiative to admit his mistakes and would also give him a lighter resignation in the future. However, more than ten days passed, but Huang Yongsheng had no movement at all. Grandpa Mao sent a guard to check his movements. The guard told Grandpa Mao that Huang Yongsheng had been locking himself in the house and burning various documents.
Grandpa Mao understood that he wanted to resist stubbornly, and he was extremely disappointed and finally made up his mind to deal with this matter seriously.On September 24 of that year, Grandpa Mao ordered Huang Yongsheng to go to a garrison headquarters for inquiries and write materials to explain the mistakes he made during the turbulent period. In 1976, he was transferred to Qincheng Prison. In 1981, the Supreme Court began to hear the case involved and sentenced him to 18 years in prison in accordance with the law. In the autumn of that year, he was specially approved for medical parole for . In 1983, he died of cancer.
Huang Yongsheng showed two sides. On the one hand, he was a brave proletarian fighter with outstanding abilities and made great contributions during the revolutionary period. The successful establishment of the people's regime is indispensable. On the other hand, his ideological awareness did not keep up, and he still had some old-time atmosphere and did not devote all his own to the Party. He made many mistakes during the turbulent period, and the impact was relatively bad. Grandpa Mao gave him the opportunity to hope that he would turn back, but he chose another path, which is really anger and regretful!
