Chapter 53 Chapter Fifty-second "Take a Few in the Army"

Lin Biao, who likes to be unconventional, proposed to criticize "Liu Deng's line with guns", that is, "pull a small number of people in the army". ※ ※ ※ The "Central Cultural Revolution" issued a new "strategic" slogan: "Take out a handful of people in the army!" The so-called "pull out a small number of people in the army" means to find out a small number of people in power in the army who are taking the capitalist road. From the perspective of the "Central Cultural Revolution", the "July 20 Incident" was able to break out in Wuhan, and the "Million Heroes" dared to arrest the "big man" Wang Li of the "Central Cultural Revolution". - Supported by a "small group" of the Wuhan Military Region, namely Chen Zaidao, commander of the Wuhan Military Region, Zhong Hanhua, political commissar, Niu Huailong, commander of the Independent Division, and Cai Bingchen, political commissar.

Lin Biao said a key sentence: "The Wuhan problem is not only a Wuhan problem, but a national problem." In this way, the "small number of people in the army" in Wuhan was extended to "a small number of people in the army" in the whole country. The big-character posters that appeared on the streets of Beijing promoted the new "strategic" slogan of the "Central Cultural Revolution", which was the "third battle" of the "Cultural Revolution": overthrowing "Peng, Luo, Lu, and Yang" was the "Cultural Revolution"'s "Cultural Revolution" The first battle"; overthrowing "Liu, Deng, and Tao" was the "second battle" of the "Cultural Revolution";

The "scholars" of the "Central Cultural Revolution" are best at creating public opinion. In the early morning of the next morning when Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li returned to Beijing—at 5:20 a.m. on July 23, the Central People's Broadcasting Station broadcast to the whole country The "good news" of Xie and Wang's "victorious return to Beijing" was broadcast. News and photos of Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li being "warmly welcomed" at Beijing Airport were published on the front pages of newspapers across the country. On that day, rebels across the country held large-scale rallies and parades.The "Holding High the Great Red Banner of Mao Zedong Thought, Shanghai Proletarian Revolutionaries Sworn to Defend the Central Cultural Revolution Conference" held in Shanghai attracted millions of people.The conference sent out a "Condolence Telegram to Comrades Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li".

At 3 o'clock in the morning on July 24, Chen Zaidao and others went to Beijing for a "meeting" at the order of Lin Biao. As soon as they arrived at the Jingxi Hotel, they were besieged by Beijing's rebels. The "Central Cultural Revolution" decided to hold a meeting in Beijing to welcome Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li's "victorious return".This decision was made through discussions among Chen Boda, Jiang Qing, Kang Sheng, and Qi Benyu.At first, they planned to hold a meeting of 100,000 people in the Workers' Stadium in Beijing. However, they saw the "condolence telegram" from Shanghai claiming a "meeting of one million people", and felt that the meeting of only 100,000 people in Beijing was not enough.

"In Tiananmen Square, hold a meeting of millions of people!" Qi Benyu said. "Tiananmen Square can't accommodate 1 million people?" Chen Boda asked. "It's called a million!" Qi Benyu said. "Okay, the newspapers will call it the million-person meeting." Chen Boda said. At 5:00 p.m. on July 25, the "Welcome Conference" was held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Two hours before the meeting, Lin Biao suddenly informed the "Central Cultural Revolution" that he did not plan to attend the conference, but now decided to attend.Lin Biao said on the phone: "After careful consideration, I think it is better for me to participate in this afternoon's meeting. The purpose is to increase the power of the leftists and combat the arrogance of the rightists.

This welcome meeting is essentially a demonstration meeting to demonstrate against the rightists and accelerate the disintegration of the rightists.So, I feel like participating in the Lido. " Lin Biao's phone call encouraged the "Central Cultural Revolution".At 4:30 p.m., Lin Biao took the lead, followed closely by Chen Boda, Kang Sheng, Jiang Qing, etc., and boarded the Tiananmen Gate.Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li became "heroes". Lin Biao, who likes to be unconventional, proposed to criticize "Liu Deng's line with guns", that is, "pull a small number of people in the army".

The next day, Kuai Dafu and Han Aijing respectively encouraged the Red Guards of Tsinghua University "Jinggangshan" and Beijing Aeronautical Academy "Red Flag" under their leadership to carry out a massive campaign of "pull out a small number of people in the army". Kuai Dafu later talked about their judgment at that time in his confession: "Many people refused to accept Lin Biao's successor, mainly from the Fourth Front Army, and they had a lot of strength. The 'July 20 Incident' was carried out by Chen Zaidao of the Fourth Front Army. Lin Biao's "Liu Deng line with guns" is aimed at these people. Lin Biao's "to make a big fuss" is to "pull down a small number of people in the army" and suppress all the forces that oppose him, and serve as his successor. Clear the way."

Kuai Dafu's analysis at that time indeed revealed the "little ninety-nine" in Lin Biao's heart. Chen Boda and Jiang Qing were so enthusiastic about "pushing out a small number of people in the army", to put it bluntly, they were using the "July 20 Incident" as the title to write an article that continued to criticize the "February Countercurrent".In their view, the main generals Chen Yi, Xu Xiangqian, and Ye Jianying in "February Against the Current" are all "a handful in the army". Because of this, Lin Biao and the "Central Cultural Revolution" had a "close cooperation" and launched a vicious black wave of "pulling out a small number of people in the army" in Beijing.

The twelfth issue of "Red Flag" magazine published on August 1, 1967 almost became an album of "a small group of people in the army"!This issue of "Red Flag" magazine published an editorial "The proletariat must firmly hold the gun - commemorating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army". The editorial put forward a "brand new" "theory": "The Chinese People's Liberation Army was created by our great leader Chairman Mao himself, and it is a great army directly commanded by Comrade Lin Biao..." In this way, Zhu De and a group of older proletarian revolutionaries Excluded from the founders of the Chinese People's Liberation Army; in this way, Mao Zedong, as the chairman of the Central Military Commission, could not "directly command" the Chinese People's Liberation Army!

This editorial enumerates the crimes committed by Peng Dehuai and Luo Ruiqing, the "capitalist roaders in the army", praises Lin Biao, "Chairman Mao's closest comrade-in-arms and best student", and then regards "catch a handful of people in the army" as the current "struggle". general direction" was raised. This editorial was broadcast by the Central People's Broadcasting Station and reprinted by various newspapers. It immediately set off a wave of "pushing out a small group of people in the army" across the country!