On February 21, 1985, General Huang Kecheng's secretary Cong Shupin called a phone call and invited the three editors in charge of editing the Military Character Branch of " China Encyclopedia " to Yuquan Mountain.
The one who invited them was the founding general Huang Kecheng. The editorial department sent the first draft and asked Mr. Huang to review it. After Mr. Huang looked at it, he felt that there was still something to improve the content, so he invited three editors, Zhou Zhitong, Yao Fu and Li Weimin.
After they arrived at Yuquan Mountain, Mr. Huang told them: I invited them here today mainly to talk about Lin Biao and , Siye . When
left, several editors sighed: The only one who can say this now is General Huang!
Why do they say that?
1. The reason why Huang Kecheng, who dares to tell the truth
, the three editors who have such feelings is because Huang Kecheng told the truth.
Huang Kecheng was born in Yongxing County, Hunan Province in 1902 and joined the party in 1925. He has had many "indiscriminate advice" in his life.
Although Huang Kecheng came from a peasant family, he relied on the support of his relatives and friends to study in a private school for 8 years and then was admitted to the Third Normal School of Hunan Province.
It was there that he came into contact with Marxist thought and joined the Communist Party of China.
At that time, it was during the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. After joining the party, because of his outstanding ability, he went to the Guangzhou Central Workshop jointly organized by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. After that, he participated in the Northern Expedition . After the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup in 1927, according to the organization's arrangements, he returned to his hometown to organize peasant riots, participated in the Hunan Uprising, captured his hometown, Yongxing County, and established the Yongxing County Soviet regime. He served as the Party representative and chief of staff of the Red Guard Corps.
It was during this period that some comrades from the Hunan Special Committee believed that to "kill all the local tyrants", they had to burn all their houses.
Huang Kecheng thought this was wrong, so he gave a discount during the execution, only burned the county government office, but retained most of the houses and shops.
Therefore, the Yongxing County Party Committee criticized him for failing to implement the policies and asked him to conduct a review, but Huang Kecheng thought he was not wrong at all. What kind of review did he do?
Seeing his attitude, after discussion by the county party committee, his position as a member of the county party committee was removed.
At that time, our party was in the stage of revolutionary exploration, and there were indeed some inappropriate policies in some places. Chen County caused peasants to be disgusted by the thorough implementation of the policies of the Hunan Special Committee, which made almost no county party committee.
After Huang Kecheng's position as Yongxing County Party Committee was removed, he followed Zhu De and Peng Dehuai to Jinggangshan , and also had intersections with Chairman Mao and Lin Biao.
Because of this intersection, when talking to the military editor of "China Encyclopedia", veteran General Huang Kecheng mentioned something that happened in Jinggangshan.
As we all know, the article "Sparks Can Fire a Prairie" which is instructive to the Chinese Revolution was written by Chairman Mao during the Jinggangshan period.
But the reason why Chairman Mao wrote this article was initially to answer Lin Biao's questions.
In fact, Chairman Mao also particularly recognized Lin Biao's ability. When he was in Jinggangshan, Chairman Mao personally praised Lin Biao, saying that this doll was "capable of taking on a great task."
But it is also on Jinggangshan. Because of concern about the future of Red Army , Lin Biao wrote a letter to Chairman Mao, in which he raised a question: How long can the red flag be fought?
This question reveals pessimism about the Chinese revolution, which soon attracted Chairman Mao's attention. He spent a day writing a reply to Lin Biao of 7,000 words. The reply letter
is the later "Spark Fire Can Start a Prairie".
After reading Chairman Mao’s reply, Lin Biao also realized that his pessimism about the Chinese revolution had a bad impact. So in 1948, he specifically requested the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao to delete the part about him in the letter when publishing this reply.
Chairman Mao agreed to Lin Biao's request, so when the letter was included in the first edition of "Selected Works of Mao Zedong", the part mentioned Lin Biao at the beginning and end of the letter was deleted and changed to its current name.
Although Lin Biao was not confident enough in the Chinese revolution at that time, it was precisely because of his thoughts on the future of the Chinese revolution that Chairman Mao’s article was instructive to the Chinese revolution.
So when Huang Lao talked to the editor, he pointed out this point. Then, he explained from the three periods of the Chinese revolution that Lin Biao also made contributions to the Chinese revolution.
2. When writing characters, you should learn Sima Qian
Before talking to three military editors about Lin Biao's contribution to the Chinese revolution, Huang Lao told the three editors that when writing characters, you should learn from Sima Qian.
He said that when evaluating historical figures, we must make a comprehensive evaluation and restore the true appearance of history. We must not write off his historical achievements just because Lin Biao made a mistake.
During the Agrarian Revolution, Lin Biao started as the company commander and led his troops to participate in important battles such as Wenjia City, Changsha and Ji'an in the Central Soviet Area, and served as the main offensive task in these battles.
Because of his outstanding performance in commanding operations, he gradually went from company commander to commander of the Fourth Army of the Red 1st Army, and later became the commander of the Red 1st Army.
Red Army Long March , he commanded the troops to break through the four blockade lines of the Kuomintang. In early January 1935, he commanded the Red Army to force the Wujiang . After occupying Zunyi City, he advanced all the way to Loushanguan , providing a safe environment for the convening of the " Zunyi Conference ".
Another key " Lazikou Battle " in the Long March was also completed by Lin Biao, who led the Red First Army to take down this important road and open up a way forward for the subsequent troops.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the inspiring " Pingxingguan Victory " was composed of Lin Biao and his 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army under his command.
Although some people pointed out that the "Pingxingguan Victory" and the Japanese army head-on conflict violated the combat strategy formulated by Chairman Mao, causing heavy casualties to the Eighth Route Army.
However, this first victory in the War of Resistance against Japan, which broke the "invincible myth" of the Japanese army, greatly boosted the morale of the War of Resistance. It was the best "political mobilization" for the anti-Japanese forces at home and abroad.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Lin Biao was ordered to go to the northeast to lead the Northeast Democratic Alliance.
Huang Lao said that when Lin Biao entered the Northeast, his troops had only more than 100,000. By the time he was launched from Shanhaiguan in 1948, he had already become a powerful army of more than 1 million people.
Naturally, Lin Biao also has the contribution of this.
The key " Liaoshen Battle " in the Northeast was liberation, although Lin Biao was most proud of, before that, Lin Biao had already done a lot of preparations.
He and his comrades in the Northeast fought bandits, carried out land reform, expanded the number of troops, established a Northeast base, went to the south of the Yangtze River three times, and protected Linjiang , reversing the previous passive defense situation and laying a good foundation for a strategic decisive battle in the Northeast.
After the "Liaoshen Battle", Northeast Field Army took the momentum of victory and liberated the entire Northeast territory. Lin Biao led his troops south and commanded the Pingjin Battle , liberating North China and Central and South China regions .
Huang Lao said that although the liberation of the entire Northeast region also included the contributions of comrades such as Chen Yun, Luo Ronghuan and Li Fuchun, Lin Biao's achievements must also be written objectively.
In fact, Mr. Huang’s attitude towards Lin Biao’s entry in the Military Encyclopedia can be seen from the time he specifically proposed that “Sparks of Fire Can Start a Prairie” was a reply written by Chairman Mao to Lin Biao.
The reason why Mr. Huang brought this matter up is because he believes that in our party, a cadre dares to reflect his views to his superiors. Although this view is wrong, it is a good thing in itself.
Because you dare to speak out, you are the attitude that a Communist and proletarian should have.
3. Only he can say this
"dare to speak out" was General Huang Kecheng's lifelong persistence. It was precisely because of his "spokenness" that he invited the military editor of the "China Encyclopedia" to talk about Lin Biao this time.
edited the "China Encyclopedia" in 1978. Editing this book is no less than " Siku Quanshu ". The book is divided into 66 disciplines, 74 volumes, and military volumes are one of them.
New China was led by the revolutionary ancestors, and shot the Chinese people with one blow. In the revolutionary struggle, countless combat heroes and outstanding commanders emerged. Their deeds are what the military volume needs to record.
is easy to write these contents.
Because most of the founding generals are still alive, these old heroes who have experienced the revolutionary years are the best witnesses of history, so the materials are relatively simple to collect.
data is easy to collect, but in fact, there are difficulties in writing.
Because in the long-term struggle, some comrades who made great contributions, later took a wrong path and placed themselves against the people for various reasons.
When writing these comrades' materials, the editors were worried, fearing that if they could not grasp this "degree" well, it would have adverse effects in all aspects.
Among these people, there is Lin Biao, the former commander of the Northeast Field Army (formerly the Fourth Field Army).
Although the whole book was written in 1978, in fact, it was decided to add the entry Lin Biao to the military encyclopedia in 1983.
After receiving the instructions from the central government, how to present these historical facts really hurt the editors' minds.
On August 9 of that year, Comrade Chen Yun put forward some ideas for the writing of the book "The Battle of Liaoshen".
Comrade Chen Yun said that as the commander of the Fourth Field Army, Lin Biao had the right place in commanding the Liaoshen Campaign, and we do not need to deny it.
But he also added that the "Liaoshen Battle" was the result that only after the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao formulated the correct combat policy, and this must also be reflected.
In fact, Comrade Chen Yun’s meaning is to seek truth from facts, not only affirm Lin Biao’s achievements in combat command, but also pay attention to the effective regulation of the battlefield layout by the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao.
With Comrade Chen Yun's idea, the military editor of the encyclopedia started writing and completed the first draft of Lin Biao's entry. After
, the editorial group gathered Lin Biao and other important items together and handed them over to several old comrades for review, asking them to provide guidance.
After reading the old general Huang Kecheng, he felt that although Lin Biao's entry summarized his position, he did not mention anything about what Lin Biao had done, which was a bit inappropriate.
And when the title was awarded in 1955, it was after repeated consideration by Chairman Mao and many comrades that the top ten marshals were selected.
As one of the top ten marshals, if Lin Biao is written as a useless person, it will not only be inconsistent with the facts, but it will not be convincing.
Because of these reasons, the veteran General Huang Kecheng asked the secretary to invite the three military editors to go over and talk about.
At that time, someone also reminded the veteran general that he had been "punished" by Lin Biao, why is he willing to speak for him now?
The old general's answer was loud and loud: No matter how he treats me, I treat him fairly anyway!
In one sentence, it can be seen that the old general is a person.
So when he walked out of Yuquan Mountain after the conversation with the old general, the three military editors sighed: He is the only one who can say this (Lin Biao)!
Conclusion
General Huang Kecheng was shaking all over because he suffered from tracheitis , and looked like an old man. And because of his bad eyes, he had two bad nicknames in the army, one was called "Blind Huang" and the other was called "Old Huang".
But General Huang’s guard said: Don’t look at the old general’s health, but “his bones are hard.”
It is because of Mr. Huang’s “hard bones” that he can still objectively treat the party’s historical issues and historical figures after being treated wrongly many times, be proud of his own personal grievances, and live an open and upright life.
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