Chapter 32 Swearing loudly at a meeting hosted by the Prime Minister

This is Peng Dehuai's "second anger" during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. During the fourth battle, the battle ahead was in full swing. At such a time, Peng Dehuai, the commander-in-chief, returned home. Returning to China is of course not an escape, but a report to Chairman Mao on major strategic issues in the Korean War. Another item is to solve the extremely difficult logistics supply problem of the Volunteer Army, which makes Boss Peng very anxious. The situation at that time was that due to the second and third battles all the way to the 38th parallel, the supplies of the Volunteer Army could not be supplied; under the indiscriminate bombing of enemy planes, less than 30% of the supplies could be transported to the front line.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Volunteer Army did not receive sufficient food supplies, many were malnourished, pale and emaciated, and groups of soldiers suffered from night blindness. The front-line troops can only persist in fighting with a handful of fried noodles and snow. In order to ensure food for the front-line combat troops, the 42nd Army's military organs also ran out of food for three days. Even the commander Wu Ruilin directed the battle while drinking boiled water and eating bark. When Wu Ruilin reported the situation to Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong was moved. The Volunteer Army has no air force cover, and few anti-aircraft guns, allowing the American snitches to bombard indiscriminately and sigh;

Many soldiers lack medical care and clothing, and their clothes are torn; More than 40,000 people suffered from frostbite, frostbite, and freezing to death; Non-combat attrition was greater than combat attrition. The most shocking thing is that in the second battle on the Eastern Front, a company of volunteer soldiers from the 27th Army and the 20th Army all froze to death on the ground while waiting for the ambush to beat the Yankees. For this nation, none of them is a bear bag; There is no such thing as a "military run". They are men!real man! According to Mr. Peng, "The difficulty of the Korean battlefield even surpassed that of the Long March."

In fact, its harshness surpassed that of the Long March.The battlefield of the Long March was at home, with the supplies of the people, and it could also avoid bad weather to a certain extent; while the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was abroad, without the direct support of the people, everything had to be on its own, and everything was head-to-head. The test of this war on Chinese soldiers almost exceeded the limit of human life. People who are enjoying a happy life today, must not forget the battle of life and death half a century ago, and those unyielding soldiers who fought to the death in the ice and snow at minus 40 to 50 degrees Celsius;

At the very least, don't talk nonsense to those sacrificed soldiers while being happy. In order to solve the logistical difficulties, Premier Zhou Enlai specially presided over a meeting to support the Volunteer Army with the participation of leaders from the headquarters of the Military Commission and relevant departments of the Government Administration Council. Although some leaders at the meeting supported this war very much and made great efforts, they did not fully understand the difficulty of this war.They only know that they will win the third battle, but they don't know the hardships involved.

So, some people talked about some difficulties. The genuine Peng Dehuai became angrier and angrier the more he listened, and finally became furious. He couldn't hold back his fiery temper. No matter what the occasion was, and whether the Prime Minister was present or not, he slammed the table and yelled like a machine gun. stand up: "This is also difficult, and that is also difficult. What do you do for food all day?" "Are the hundreds of thousands of volunteer soldiers all pigs?" Then, he scolded his mother severely. Peng Dehuai's anger and his cursing were more powerful than the bombing of Yankee planes, impacting the entire venue and shaking the hearts of every leader present.

This matter has to be put on the body of some leading cadres now, and I am anxious: what are you doing?Do you still see me as a leader?It's reasonable, it's reasonable, why are you scolding your mother!Isn't this intentionally making me look ugly? Removal! But our Premier Zhou Enlai is so wise and understanding. Not only did he not blame him at all, but he also understood very well and patiently explained to the leaders of the participating ministries and commissions. Only then did the leaders at the meeting truly understand the severity of the war and the difficulty of the frontline volunteers, and they worked harder to support the war.

Mao Zedong soon found out about Peng Dehuai's scolding. In Juxiang Bookstore, Mao Zedong met with Peng Dehuai who was going back to the Korean front. Mao Zedong pointed at Boss Peng and smiled, "You Boss Peng is thunderous, how can we remain indifferent? En Lai even fried noodles in Zhongnanhai." "We are going to purchase another 60 divisions of weapons and equipment from the Soviet Union immediately, and call on all walks of life and mass organizations in the country to increase production and save money, donate money to buy aircraft and artillery, and firmly support this war."

The same is scolding, and others will be slapped when they scold their mothers. But Boss Peng scolded his mother, but he got tens of billions of logistical support, won the unity of the top and bottom, and won all-out help in this war.