Chapter 21 It’s better to see once than to hear a hundred times—the representatives of the Central Committee met Zhang Yunyi and others in Pingma

Seen from the map of China, the shape of Guangxi is like a flat and wide big mulberry leaf.Its world-renowned mountain systems such as Shiwan Dashan, Liuwan Dashan and Yunkai Dashan and the unique water system in this area, such as the Red River, constitute the veins of this big mulberry leaf.Its water is crimson red like the original juice of life; its land seems to have become red soil because of the nourishment of the red river water; Covered by greenery, it creates a wonderful landscape of "Guilin's mountains and rivers are the best in the world". Nanning, the capital, is in the southwest of Guangxi.In its north, there is Liuzhou, an important town leading to Hunan and Guizhou; in its east, there is Wuzhou, a gateway to Guangdong; The direction leading to Longzhou is called Zuojiang.The triangle area between the left and right rivers is called the left and right river area.

Baise is about four hundred and fifty miles away from Nanning. It is no longer the hinterland of Guangxi, and there are no big towns around it. Yunnan is to the west. Longzhou is about 300 miles away from Nanning. It is next to Nanguan (now Pingxiang City), the fortress town of Bianshu, and Vietnam is just across the pass. One day in mid-October, when the morning fog gradually cleared, more than a dozen motor sailing boats and civilian ships loaded with military equipment and guards set off from Nanning Customs Wharf, sailing up the river to Baise.According to the deployment, nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers of the fifth garrison brigade and the teaching corps led by Li Mingrui and Yu Zuoyu marched towards the Longzhou area along the Zuojiang River; Nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Defense will also head for the Baise area by land along the Youjiang River after the fleet departs. They will also undertake the task of escorting and guarding the fleet; Cadres and guards accompanied the ship.

Everything went tense and orderly. When Lu Huanyan and Huang Quan led their troops to attack Nanning aggressively, the troops under the control of the CCP had already evacuated without a trace with all their military equipment. Aroma of rice and melon and fruit. The young representatives of the Central Committee led their fleet to swim upstream in the torrential river.The river water turned up the waves on the ship's side, and the cool October wind in the south was blowing on the faces of every soldier.Their hearts are as bright as the blue sky and the sun; their passion is like the turbulence of this endless river.

Deng Bin and his comrades were sitting on the deck of a motor sailboat, talking and laughing happily, with elegant emotions.However, at this moment, it is conceivable what kind of rivers are surging in the brain of the young representative of the Central Committee, and what kind of magnificent picture is unfolding in his chest. Li Tianyou, who served as the commander of the 38th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the commander of the Guangxi Military Region, and the deputy chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army (was awarded the rank of general in 1955 and died of illness in September 1970), was only 15 years old at the time. The youngest "smart ghost" in the village was assigned to guard the ship where Deng Bin was.He didn't know Deng Bin's real identity at the time, he only knew that he was the secretary of the Guangxi provincial government.So he joked with him: "Secretary Deng, why don't you go with Chairman Yu?"

Deng Bin said humorously: "Chairman Yu's official position was given by Lao Jiang in a fit of anger, so my little secretary is also unemployed!" "Oh, so you don't want to play with the pen, you want to play with us with the gun!" "Right against head. You've got good eyesight, you 'smart bastard'!" "However, in my opinion, playing with a gun is not as easy as playing with a pen! Those who play with a pen are just talking on paper, but those who play with a gun are really doing it. Bang-pa-da-da-da-not you To die is to live, corpses are strewn all over the field, and blood flows like rivers!"

"Yes, the battle is cruel and heroic. However, the pen holder is not so easy to play! You can use a gun, but you may not be able to use a pen. As the saying goes, a seven-inch pen holder weighs a thousand catties, and eight butchers can carry it Don’t move. Brother, you can choose between a pen and a gun, which one do you play?” "Of course it's the barrel of a gun!" "Haha! You will have to learn how to use your pen more in the future! Throughout the ages, Wen Tao Wu Lue, just like a person's palms and backs, cannot be separated. Only when they are combined can they form a fist to strike the opponent."

"If there is a chance in the future, then I am willing to learn how to play with a pen." "There will be a chance." Along the way, a very young leader and a youngest soldier had a very happy and speculative conversation.After the Baise Uprising, Li Tianyou served as the platoon leader of the teaching camp of the Seventh Red Army, and soon served as the company commander of the special agent company of the military department. He has been working and fighting beside Deng Bin and Zhang Yunyi.Later, he participated in the third to fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggles in the Central Soviet Area, and won the third-class "Red Star Medal" issued by the Central Revolutionary Military Commission.Later, he went to study in the Soviet Union (1939) and realized his long-cherished wish.

According to Xu Fengxiang, former adjutant of the Seventh Red Army, recalled—— One morning in mid-October, the morning mist was foggy. On the wharf of Nanning Customs, comrades nervously and orderly loaded guns and ammunition and other military supplies onto large and small ships, and then boarded and set off.I was on a steamboat, and the last comrade on board was not tall, strong, in his twenties, and full of energy.While boarding the ship, he smiled and said hello to the comrades who got on the ship first.I didn't know this comrade, so I was busy asking others. At this moment, someone joked with him and said: "The secretary is here, let's give up the berth and let him sit." It turns out that he is Deng Xiaoping, the supreme leader of our action. Comrade, the public identity is the Secretary of the Guangxi Provincial Government.

Yuan Renyuan, who was a political instructor in the teaching corps at that time, and later served as the head of the Organization Section of the Political Department of the Seventh Red Army, member of the Front Enemy Committee of the Seventh Red Army, and director of the General Affairs Department, wrote in his memoir "From Baise to Hunan and Jiangxi" —— Comrade Xiaoping commanded the ordnance ship and the guards to march from the waterway to the Youjiang River.Coincidentally, Yu Hui and I (the director of the Political Department of the Fourth Security Brigade at the time, and the head of the Secretariat of the Political Department of the Seventh Red Army after the Baise Uprising. He was wrongly killed in the Central Soviet Area in 1932 and rehabilitated in 1945) were on the same boat as Xiaoping. And go.In the past we only knew that Xiaoping was our leader, but we had never met. This is the first time I have seen Xiaoping.He was named Deng Bin at the time, and he left an unforgettable impression on me when we met for the first time.Xiaoping was calm and composed, quick-witted and decisive.He is approachable, unassuming, very talkative, and sometimes very witty and humorous.

On both sides of the Youjiang River, there are cliffs standing, beautiful peaks dripping green, just like Chengdai; green capes piled up with clouds, waterfalls and springs fly down, green waves sailing, the boat is so beautiful, the fleet has a smooth journey, and arrived at Pingma, Enlong County on October 20. town. On the pier, there are huge crowds of people, so lively.Lei Jingtian, Chen Hongtao, Huang Zhifeng and other special committee leaders, representatives of the agricultural associations in Enlong, Silin, Tiandong and other counties, and Zhang Yunyi, who arrived earlier by land, were here to welcome the arrival of the fleet.

When Deng Bin stepped off the steamboat in high spirits, Lei Jingtian shouted from afar: "Representative Deng, we welcome you here!" Except for Lei Jingtian who knew Deng Bin, Chen Hongtao and Huang Zhifeng had only heard Deng Bin's report at the party congress, the rest of the people had never met this small, young central representative. Deng Bin shook hands with everyone.When shaking hands with Zhang Yunyi, the two looked at each other for a long time, and then laughed heartily at the same time.Deng Bin looked at the other side's beard and said with a smile: "Haha, I don't need to introduce you when I see your beard. It's the same as when I first met Comrade Lei Jingtian. Good, good, another rare beard!" Zhang Yunyi smiled and said: "When I was in Nanning, I looked left and right, and I have received your instructions. Haha, we finally meet today!" Deng Bin said: "This is called 'seeing is better than hearing a hundred times'. From now on, we will live and fight together!" In fact, Zhang Yunyi had already heard the name of the representative of the Central Committee under the pseudonym Deng Bin, but because of the secret work. reason, but did not meet.Now it's like old friends. Zhang Yunyi wrote in the article "Baise Uprising and the Establishment of the Seventh Red Army" written in his later years (died in November 1974 at the age of 82): Not long after we arrived at Pingma, the ordnance ship also arrived.After a while, he suddenly saw Ye Jizhuang walking with a comrade he didn't know.The comrade is of medium build, in his twenties, with a radiant look and a serene demeanor.We rushed forward to meet him, and Ye Jizhuang introduced to me: "This is Comrade Deng Xiaoping." I couldn't help cheering: "Oh! You are Deng Xiaoping!" In the past three or four months, I have often received many valuable jobs from him. Instructions, solved many difficulties in work, but have never met.Comrade Deng Xiaoping was also very excited, and he held my hand tightly, and his warm feelings filled our hearts, so that we forgot to speak for a while.After sitting down, Lei Jingtian and several comrades from the special committee also came, and everyone introduced each other and talked and laughed excitedly. At this time, Comrade Deng Xiaoping said: "We will go to Baise tomorrow and take most of the ordnance with us. The heavy weapons and some ammunition that are not currently in use will be evacuated to the mountainous areas of Donglan and Tiandong for storage." Everyone agrees with this opinion. , and act immediately.Continue walking for two days and arrive at Baise.From then on, Deng Xiaoping lived with me. After unloading a batch of weapons and equipment in Pingma Town, the ordnance fleet continued to move upstream. On the morning of October 22, Deng Bin and Zhang Yunyi led the troops to the designated destination - Baise.