Chapter 152 3. The boss has a large chest

In August in northern Shaanxi, the sun was scorching. It has been a full year since Nie Rongzhen left the Jinchaji Military Region. Although he is in Yan'an, he still cares about the land where he once fought.With the changes in the international situation, the central government issued a call to prepare for the strategic counter-offensive, and China's war of resistance against Japan has entered a new stage.The Jinchaji Military Region will have a lot of work waiting for him to do.He also can't wait to return to Jinchaji quickly to command the anti-Japanese war of the whole region.

The Jinchaji Military Region was created by Nie Rongzhen, and its development and growth should be said to be inseparable from Nie Rongzhen.However, during the Yan'an rectification movement, some people still raised various criticisms of Nie Rongzhen's work for Jinchaji. In August 1943, after arriving in Yan'an, Nie Rongzhen participated in the rectification movement. In early January 1944, he reported the work of Jinchaji to the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee three times.Based on this, Ren Bishi and Wang Ruofei drafted and revised by Mao Zedong, and issued the "Central Instructions for the Enlarged Meeting of Cadres of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Sub-bureau".Pointing out: "In the past six years, the comrades of the branch bureau, all cadres and party members in Jinchaji and the commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army in the border areas have combined with the masses of the people to create and maintain the Jinchaji democratic anti-Japanese base area, which is the implementation of the central line and the tasks given. , The work has achieved great results." At the same time, it pointed out that in terms of persisting in the protracted war of resistance and preparing to fight the enemy, "there are still some deficiencies that need to be enriched and improved." "We must also be mentally prepared to spend time with the enemy in the most difficult situation. This requires us to avoid the concept of underestimating the enemy and quick victory, and to rely more on the masses and become one with the masses."

From the above instructions, it can be seen that the central government affirms the work of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei in the past six years, but also put forward various criticisms.It is mainly to criticize Nie Rongzhen's "concept of underestimating the enemy and quick victory". Nie Rongzhen recalled in 1981, at that time, I emphasized this meaning: the war will not drag on for a long time, and the dawn of victory is just ahead.This statement is not unfounded.Because, large-scale wars in history generally lasted no more than 4 years.A war will involve various conditions, and it will not drag on for too long.It has been six years since 1943, when the Japanese imperialists launched a war of aggression against China.Judging from the North China battlefield, it has clearly shown signs of decline.How many more years can it go? At the beginning of 1943, we promoted a slogan called: "Defeat Hitler quickly and defeat Japan in 1943." Of course, this slogan was first put forward in accordance with the spirit of the "July 7 Declaration" of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 1942.Later, due to the delay in opening up a second front in Europe and the United States, the time to defeat Hitler was postponed, and the central government also changed this slogan.

However, judging from the actual situation in North China, there is still some reason for raising such a slogan. It is not only for encouraging people, but also for preparing for the next step.What should I do if I win?Don't be caught off guard!Some comrades criticized this as "the concept of underestimating the enemy and quick victory."What is the "concept of underestimating the enemy and quick victory", six years of wars have been quite protracted, how can we talk about "quick victory"! Coincidentally, after Yan'an issued the "Central Instructions on the Enlarged Meeting of Cadres of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Branch", a meeting of senior officials of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Branch was also held in Jinchaji, far away from Yan'an, for more than 80 days.This meeting comprehensively researched and summarized the past work in Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei, and there are still achievements and gains.But the meeting went on and on, and it developed to name-calling and criticizing Nie Rongzhen, and raised such things as "the trial implementation of the voluntary military service system is wrong", "the performance of "Following Commander Nie" is a personal highlight", "there is a problem with the military line of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, Has the concept of underestimating the enemy and quick victory" and other criticisms.

After Nie Rongzhen learned about it, he said calmly with the demeanor of a Confucian general: "The work of Jinchaji and mine are not without shortcomings and problems. People should be allowed to criticize. Even if some opinions are not accurate enough, they are for our reference. It is also very good. Disagreement among comrades can be resolved through discussion, and methods and methods should be paid attention to. If the opinions cannot be unified, practice can prove who is right.” It is beyond reproach to promote democracy and give opinions to leaders, but the development of history later proved that Nie Rongzhen was correct.

"Boss Nie is very broad-minded and generous." Fu Chongbi, who was the political commissar of the 35th regiment of the 4th division at the time, said later, "After he returned from Yan'an, he still treated those who raised his opinions and reused them." Later, wrong criticism Some people who have passed Nie Rongzhen have also deeply realized their mistakes.