Chapter 13 12. Wei Lihuang gave Lin Biao a big gift

After the great victory at Pingxingguan, the 115th Division was supplemented by a large amount of luggage discarded by the Banyuan Division and distributed "foreign wealth". All cadres above the regiment got a yellow woolen army coat, and Lin Biao was no exception.Lin Biao also picked a handsome horse with a strong body.This horse is a good breed outside the pass, named "Qianli Xue", and there is no stray hair on its body. At first glance, it looks like a white lightning, shining brightly.With this horse, Lin Biao gradually developed the habit of walking the horse. On March 2, 1938, as soon as Lin Biao left the village, he rode his horse and galloped. "Thousands of Snow" galloped into the air, rushing through villages and shops, and the crisp sound of horseshoes sounded all the way along the mountain path. Before he knew it, Lin Biao had entered the defense zone of Yan Xishan's troops.

Yan Xishan's troops were next to the 115th Division.Because they were at war with the Japanese, they set up a cordon on the edge of the defense zone and set up mobile sentries.The sound of hooves and horse neighing outside the defense zone attracted the attention of the sentries.One of the squad leaders leading the team saw a man who looked like an officer wearing a yellow woolen coat and riding a foreign stallion galloping towards us through the thick fog.So he decided that it was undoubtedly a Japanese officer and ordered to shoot. After the gunshot, Lin Biao and Ma Pu fell to the ground.The bullet entered his chest, piercing the right lung.By the time the shocked Yan Jun soldiers recognized Lin Biao, he had already passed out due to excessive blood loss.

After hearing the news, the guards rushed to carry Lin Biao back to the headquarters of the 115th Division for first aid.Yan Xishan was very surprised when he heard the news, and he personally brought the medical officer to consult Lin Biao.After intensive rescue, the bleeding stopped, but the warhead still remained in the body.The medical conditions during the war were too poor, and it was very dangerous to operate to remove the warheads. If it was not done well, it would cause a major medical accident. What's more, Lin Biao was a famous legendary figure, and no one dared to perform this operation.

A few days later, Lin Biao woke up.Looking at the worried and sincere eyes in front of the hospital bed, he smiled wryly and said, "I didn't expect the boat to capsize in the gutter." This Hubei dialect really represented Lin Biao's mood at that time. Injury, although it is very useless when you think about it, Lin Biao this time showed the magnanimity and magnanimity shown by a Confucian general.He did not agree with Yan Xishan's proposal to shoot the perpetrators, and forgave the squad leader and soldiers who caused the trouble, which moved the squad leader and his soldiers to tears.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army sent a telegram of condolences after learning the news of Lin Biao's injury.Mao Zedong also specially sent Fu Lian, who is known as "the master doctor of Lin Biao and the famous doctor in the army", to treat Lin Biao. Fu Lian, from Changting, Fujian, was originally a devout Catholic. In 1927, when he was the director of the Gospel Hospital in Changting, he tried his best to rescue the wounded and sick of the August 1st Nanchang Uprising. After joining the Red Army in 1933, he served successively as the director of the Central Red Army Hospital and the director of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Hospital.

Fu Lian's superb medical skills and kindness have won the respect of the central leadership comrades.Similarly, Fu Lian was sent to Jinxi, which also showed how much Mao Zedong valued Lin Biao. Under Fu Lian's careful treatment, Lin Biao's injury was brought under control, and the wound gradually healed.However, because the bullet scratched the central nervous system, the warhead remained in his body. Every time it was cloudy, rainy and snowy, and the wound became inflamed, Lin Biao still suffered unbearable pain and rolled around on the bed. In the spring of 1938, in view of Lin Biao's increasingly weak health and worsening wounds, the Eighth Route Army headquarters decided to send someone to escort Lin Biao to Yan'an to recuperate.In early spring and March, peach buds bloom and willow branches grow green.The green grass is graceful and soft; the exquisite kingfisher is singing sweetly.On the endless field outside Yan'an City, the rough and violent Xintianyou sounded again.

It is a common practice in ancient and modern times that a wounded warrior is more pitiful than a surviving hero.Mao Zedong held a grand welcome party for Lin Biao, who returned with honor, and comforted him to recuperate from his illness.Ershilibao, a remote and quiet mountain village in the past, became very noisy because of Lin Biao's arrival.Every day, anti-Japanese groups or military and political dignitaries come to visit and pay tribute.The most distinctive one was Wei Lihuang's visit. In April 1938, Wei Lihuang, the commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang's first war zone and former commander-in-chief of the enemy, stopped by to visit Yan'an and made a special trip to Ershilipu to condolences to Lin Biao.Halfway through the journey, he suddenly got out of the car and said to his subordinates, "Quickly search your purse to see if there is any money? I forgot to prepare a reward today."It turns out that the Kuomintang army has always had the custom of rewarding and giving gifts. According to the unwritten regulations at the time, if a division commander was injured, the gift money was usually as high as several thousand yuan.All the attendants searched their pockets, and there was only 600 yuan.

"How can this be done? It's too little, too little," Wei Lihuang rubbed his hands anxiously, "Give it away later, okay? Is this rude?" Wei Lihuang's secretary said, "It seems that there is no such thing as giving money later This seems to be not enough sincerity, why not ask Lin Biao what he needs when visiting Lin Biao.” "Good idea." Wei Lihuang got into the car and rushed to Ershilibao. He talked enthusiastically with Lin Biao and asked if he could help. "Help?" Lin Biao shook his head to express his gratitude. "For example, medicine, food, clothes..." Wei Lihuang said, picking out the supplies that were in short supply in the border area.

"I don't need anything myself, everything is ready." "Then what is the difficulty for the troops?" Wei Lihuang was not reconciled to not sending something. "The troops are short of ammunition." Lin Biao stared at Wei Lihuang. "It's a deal, and I'll send the ammunition." The next day, Wei Lihuang arrived in Xi'an and ordered to allocate 1 million rounds of rifle bullets, 250,000 hand grenades and 180 boxes of canned beef to the Eighth Route Army.At that time, Lu Zuo, the deputy head of the Kuomintang's logistics department, believed that the number was too large, and he was afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would not approve it, so he suggested that it should be carefully considered.After Wei Lihuang heard about it, he personally called Lu Zuo to negotiate and get approval.Later, Gao Hailan, the logistics commander of the former enemy headquarters in the Second Theater, also dared not execute it because of the huge number.Wei Lihuang greeted again and said: "I am the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and I will treat all the troops who have made great contributions to the resistance against Japan without discrimination. Allocate according to the order, and if there is a problem, I, Wei Lihuang, will be responsible."

Thirty days later, when more than ten military vehicles delivered the bullets and canned food to Shilibao, Lin Biao's pale face blushed with excitement.