Chapter 29 6. He Long was sued

The units of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, under the excellent command of He Long, recovered seven cities and a large area of ​​land in 38 days, eliminated the enemies inside the base areas in Northwest Shanxi, expanded the political influence of the Eighth Route Army and the Communist Party, inspired the masses of the people, and stabilized Northwest Shanxi war situation. However, just after the Eighth Route Army regained the seven cities in Northwest Shanxi, Yan Xishan ordered his subordinates to forcibly occupy these lost areas, and ordered the Eighth Route Army not to raise food and funds in Northwest Shanxi.In this way, a situation of confrontation between the forces of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party emerged in the Northwest Shanxi base area.However, the spirit of "all subject to the united front and everything passed through the united front" in the "December meeting" of the central government in 1937 had an impact on some people in the 120th division. Xishan made concessions.

At this time, He Long resolutely refused. He said: "Everything is obeyed and everything passes through the united front. This is obviously tying my hands and feet and preventing the Eighth Route Army from raising food and fundraising. Isn't this starving and trapping myself to death?" Question, He Long recalled in 1962: The issue of the united front was controversial at the Linfen meeting, and it was a big one.Comrade Shaoqi also attended the second meeting.At this time, the issue of everything passing through the united front and everything obeying the united front was raised. I said: We have to tie our hands and surrender our guns. What do you think we are doing?There is no initiative!Saying "don't poach people's walls", don't "build political power", don't "build the army", "don't recruit party members in the army", that's a series of things.Look at Shenchi, Ningwu, Pianguan, and even Guancenshan, Lanxian, and Kelan, which we established, have been handed over to others, and our county magistrates have been withdrawn, and their county magistrates have been sent in.

If the 120th Division does not develop, Northwest Shanxi does not develop a new army, but instead develops an old army, a series of capitulation doctrines came, and there were disputes in the two meetings; the first was after the Luochuan meeting, and the second was to convey the international line. !That's what Wang Ming did.Those who engaged in these things did not get the approval of the central government, and the central government did not approve it. They handed over power in a muddleheaded manner, and expanded the old army in a muddleheaded way... When we attacked Ningwu, we handed over two cannons, which were lost by Yan Xishan. We took them back from the enemy and distributed them to others. Yan Xishan also had a thick skin, so he sent people to take the two cannons away.In Taiyuan, he sent two cannons to the 18th Group Army, and we gave him the two guns we sent to Ningwu. You see, what kind of method is this... When you return to Lan County, you will oppose me. The Political Department is the center, and I am the headquarters. Bare poles, the house I live in is very cold, and I don’t know how to burn the stove. I put the whole coke in the stove and it won’t burn.What am I doing?I work in a repair shop.

Because He Long had a different understanding from others on the issue of the united front, several people wrote letters to the central leaders, sued He Long, and proposed that He Long should be transferred to the Central Party School to study. Mao Zedong talked with Guan Xiangying about this matter, and criticized the erroneous view of He Long in the letter.Mao Zedong said: "Who is the banner of the 2nd Front Army? It is He Long. Comrade He Long has three principles, one is to be resolute in fighting against the enemy; two is to be loyal to the party; This matter was brought up, and some people even conducted self-criticism for it.

After He Long led the 120th Division to recover 7 cities, a complicated situation formed in Northwest Shanxi: In terms of the strength of mass groups and social groups, the 120th Division had the upper hand; in terms of military affairs, the 120th Division was the backbone and model; Xishan has the upper hand; Yan Xishan has the upper hand when it comes to the combination of military regimes.