Chapter 13 Commander-in-Chief Zhu led the generals to visit the Long March exhibition

October 19, 1975 was the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.October is the most pleasant season among the four seasons for Beijing.The capital, which has just celebrated the National Day, is still immersed in a joyous atmosphere.In the golden autumn of October, Beijing looks more and more refreshing, with the blue sky like a wash.In particular, the Chinese Revolutionary History Museum, located on the east side of Tiananmen Square, is decorated with colorful flowers for the exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Long March victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, creating a festive atmosphere of "the yellow flowers on the battlefield are extraordinarily fragrant".

The legendary Long March of the Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants, which traveled 25,000 miles across 11 provinces, has long been praised by the world.This is not only the victory of the Red Army's Long March that laid the foundation for the victory of the Chinese revolution, but also the bloody struggle of tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers led by Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Zhu De to break through hundreds of thousands of enemy troops in the mountains and rivers. Heaven and Earth Weep Ghosts and Gods solemnly wrote a majestic heroic epic with life and blood through the inaccessible snow-capped mountains and grasslands.When the wheel of history turned to the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, out of the need to seize power, the Lin Biao Group repeatedly slandered the historical role of Zhu De and other veterans in the Long March, slandered Mr. Zhu as the black commander, and made the well-known Jinggangshan Zhu Mao The meeting was tampered with as Lin Biao and Chairman Mao. When General Xiao Hua, who had just been liberated before the National Day in 1974, went to visit Chairman Zhu De whom he had respected all his life, he complained indignantly about the despicable deeds of Lin Biao and his gang who falsified history. He, Lin Biao, is just a battalion commander. How can it be said that he joined forces with Chairman Mao? History is history, and history is fair." In the first half of 1975, although some distorted historical facts were restored and corrected, due to the influence of " Influenced by the trend of thought of "Left", as the most authoritative display of the history of the party and the military, the Chinese Revolutionary History Museum (the northern half is the Revolutionary Museum, and the southern half is the History Museum) has been revised several times and still has not been able to display the growth of our party and our army. history.On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March, some of the generals who went through the Long March have passed away, and most of the surviving generals have entered their octogenarian years.Therefore, how to publicize the Long March of the Red Army objectively and fairly, and how to evaluate the great achievements of the generals under the command of Chairman Mao on the basis of historical facts, are the hot spots of the generals headed by Commander-in-Chief Zhu.Through their joint efforts, the central government decided to solemnly commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Red Army's Long March victory, and decided to hold a large-scale exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Red Army's Long March victory in the main hall of the Chinese Revolutionary History Museum.

After receiving this task, the museum attached great importance to it from top to bottom, and devoted themselves to intensive work with full political enthusiasm.Everyone is determined to hold a good exhibition, present a generous gift to the soldiers who have gone through the Long March, and at the same time change the passive situation that the Revolutionary Museum has not been able to hold exhibitions on the history of revolution for a long time.I heard that the comrades working on historical materials in the museum took the initiative to interview the soldiers who went through the Long March to ensure that the three main forces of the Red First, Second, and Fourth Front Army, the Red 25th Army and the Northern Shaanxi Red Army that arrived in northern Shaanxi in advance were in various stages of the Long March and before and after the Long March. All the materials in each link are detailed; comrades engaged in fine arts are engraving and writing characters day and night.At that time, the well-known Fan Zeng and his wife left their jobs and began to write and draw pictures.At this moment, he no longer cared about teaching the guards and even some of my comrades-in-arms to write calligraphy.Due to the shortage of manpower, some famous experts were transferred from the National Art Museum of China and other places.At that time, although I didn't know calligraphy, I was amazed by their meticulous spirit and the carved and chiseled characters that looked like printed characters.After the exhibition was basically completed, the leaders of the museum first invited all officers and soldiers of our company to visit the exhibition from the perspective of soliciting opinions.

After the correct guidance of the central leadership comrades and the joint efforts of the museum comrades, a large-scale exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March was held in the main hall of the Chinese Revolutionary History Museum as scheduled.Zhu De, Ye Jianying, Li Xiannian, Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen, Wang Zhen, Yang Chengwu, Chen Xilian, Geng Biao, Xiao Ke, Xiao Hua, He Changgong and more than a hundred generals gathered in the Museum of Chinese Revolutionary History. At the east gate of the museum, take the elevator to the outside of the main hall of the museum, and other generals happily walk into the exhibition hall from the west gate of the museum.Because the whole activity is mostly in the room where we usually guard, the safety factor is relatively high, but in order to be sure, my company has gone all out to strengthen the security work everywhere.The generals who have gone through the Long March and made great achievements watched and discussed.The Zunyi meeting, crossing Chishui four times, breaking through the Wujiang River, crossing the Jinsha River skillfully, forcibly crossing the Dadu River, climbing snow mountains, crossing grasslands, capturing Lazikou, and the reunion of the three armies in Huining, etc., brought back the thoughts of the generals back to 40 The magnificent battle scenes they experienced personally years ago.Before the Long March, the large illustration of Zhu De and Mao Zedong's meeting in Jinggangshan made the generals participating in the exhibition stop and stare.Commander-in-Chief Zhu and General Wang Zhen, who are known for their optimism, burst into laughter when they saw the picture of "Zhu and Mao joining forces", expressing their satisfaction with respecting historical facts.The Zunyi Conference and crossing Chishui four times with pictures and texts made everyone feel sincerely happy about the establishment of Chairman Mao's correct leadership and Chairman Mao's superb command art of transporting troops like a god.General Yang Chengwu, who personally commanded the capture of Luding Bridge and the capture of Lazikou, fell in love with the picture, as if he had returned to the fierce battle of bullets and bullets.Admiral Xiao Hua, who sounded the bugle after capturing the Luding Bridge and had just rewritten the Long March song, expressed his infinite nostalgia for the comrades who died in the snow-capped mountains and grasslands.Listening to the narrator's deep and emotional commentary on the Snowy Mountains and Grassland, Xiao Hua lingered in his mind the song "Snowy, nighty, cold on the plateau, without food, the Red Army is all steel men, they are not afraid of difficulties after hard work", the meaning of the lyrics Only here and now, and only this author, has a deeper understanding of the hardships and hardships of the Red Army, and a further association.After the Red Army and the Fourth Army met, Zhu De fought resolutely against Zhang Guotao's separatism in the left army. Chairman Mao praised Mr. Zhu's revolutionary struggle spirit as "the measure is as big as the sea and the will is as firm as steel". .Chairman Mao's "Long March" poem, "The Red Army is not afraid of the difficulty of the expedition... the three armies will be happy after passing" brought the generals' interest in visiting to a climax.

The visit was over, and all the staff present were impressed by Chairman Zhu De's spirit of caring about party history and military history. The great mind of the revolution to the end. After the generals visited the Long March exhibition, cadres and people from all walks of life in the capital visited the exhibition one after another, which aroused great repercussions.At the same time, to commemorate the victory of the Long March, "People's Daily" and "Liberation Army Daily" published editorials "Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Long March Victory"; Marshal Liu Bocheng wrote a commemorative article "Reviewing the Long March"; It was performed in the capital at the same time as the ten-act drama "A Thousand Rivers and Mountains".Recalling the Long March, praising the Long March, and continuing the Long March has set off an upsurge across the country.