Chapter 45 Either honor or humiliation, Deng Bin is not Deng Gang

In yesterday's life, a skylight is often opened in people's unexpected places, and in a flash like lightning, all the original historical appearances that have been dusted and blurred by the years are reproduced with amazing clarity. In September 1986, Deng Xiaoping was interviewed by American CBS reporter Mike Wallace. When he recalled his combat career in the Red Seventh Army, he said: At that time and later, people sometimes always compared him with the Central Committee’s later Deng Gang, the representative who went there, was confused.But he refused to write his own memoirs, or the proposal to write a formal biography of him.He said, wait for later.If he doesn't write, someone will.In his discourse, there is a kind of spirit of "the merits and crimes of thousands of years will be commented by later generations".

Mo Wenhua, a veteran of the Seventh Red Army, recalled: Deng Gang issued orders as soon as he arrived in the Seventh Red Army, and some cadres followed suit.Is it an order from the central government? If you don’t implement it, it’s okay?At that time, the people below thought that he was the military political commissar!Deng Bin and Deng Gang are about the same age and about the same size. The difference between their names is only one letter, but if they are confused, they will be completely different.It can be said that the true and false political commissars are really difficult to identify.

On October 6, 1930, Deng Bin and Deng Gang led the teaching team of the military department, the military political department, the manager's office, the military medical department and other personnel and guards to leave Pingma and arrive at Nalue, Baiding, Naba, and Yixu. Yandong (belonging to Enlong County at that time, now belonging to Bama County).Rest in Yandong for three days, then take Fufu, Jiemo, and Nonghuai to Donglan, join Wei Baqun's third column, and then proceed to Hechi via Jindong and Dashantang. On October 9, troops from all walks of life gathered in Hechi. On October 10, the Front Committee of the Seventh Red Army and the Special Committee of Youjiang held a joint meeting: Deng Gang, the special commissioner of the Central Committee, conveyed the Central Committee's "June Resolution" and instructions on the current situation, as well as the great progress of the Central Committee's redeployment of the Seventh Army's northward and eastward march. Mission and significance; speed up preparations for the party congress; organize party organizations at all levels to discuss central resolutions, clarify the current political situation and party tasks; summarize past experience and lessons and future action guidelines; elect to attend party congresses Representatives of the party; improve the democratic system within the party and re-elect the front committee.

On November 5th, all commanders and fighters of the Seventh Red Army held a grand military parade in Hechi. Nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Red Army and Red Guards accepted the invitation from the representatives of the Central Committee, the head of the Seventh Red Army and the leader of the Youjiang Special Committee with high spirits. review. On November 7th, the October Revolution Day of the Soviet Union, the Party Congress of the Seventh Red Army was grandly opened in Fengyi Primary School in Hechi County.Deng Gang, the representative of the Central Committee, conveyed and read out the "June Resolution" of the Central Committee again at the meeting, and once again clarified the Central Committee's instructions to the Seventh Red Army: "Go to Liuzhou, go to Guilin, go to Guangzhou!" "Eliminate the warlords of the two provinces , complete the revolution in the South!" The tactics of the Red Army to carry out this task were: "Concentrate on attacking key points, create local riots along the way, quickly hit Liuzhou and Guilin, and develop towards Beijiang."

The meeting made the following decisions: 1. Carry out the orders of the central government, attack Liuzhou and Guilin, and capture Guangzhou. 2. Reorganize the army, reorganize the original four columns into three divisions: the 19th Division, the 20th Division, and the 21st Division. 3. Re-election of the front committee, electing Deng Bin, Chen Haoren, Zhang Yunyi, Li Qian, Yuan Zhenwu, Xu Jin, Xu Zhuo and other nine members as members of the front committee, and Deng Bin as secretary. Fourth, carry out criticism of Lei Jingtian and expel him from the party. When discussing the implementation of the central government's order to attack Liuzhou and Guilin, everyone expressed their resolute implementation, but in specific discussions, the opinions were not unified: some said that they could be attacked, as long as they could be attacked, they could be attacked anywhere; some believed that they should not be attacked. , but they couldn't say no; some simply kept silent and didn't express their opinions.Deng Bin made a suggestion: "It seems that it is impossible not to fight, but it is worth serious study to fight Liuzhou first or to fight Guilin first. Although the distance from Hechi to Liuzhou in the southeast is short, it is not easy to fight across the Longjiang River and Liujiang River! It’s better to go to fight Liuzhou, let’s wait and see. If you want to fight, you can fight Guilin in the northeast first. Although the distance is farther, it is easier to fight than Liuzhou.”

Li Mingrui, Zhang Yunyi and others agreed with this proposal. Li Mingrui said: "Commander Deng's suggestion is not unreasonable. Liuzhou is currently stationed with heavy troops from the Lu Huanyan Department of the Guangxi Clan, and there are natural barriers blocking it. The chances of winning are very small." Before he could finish his sentence, Deng Gang retorted sharply: "Whose ambition are you building up and whose prestige are you destroying? Could it be that our 10,000 horses can't defeat the old Guangxi Clan that has been severely injured and is still alive?"

Li Mingrui shook his head helplessly, his lips tightly closed. Deng Gang looked aggressively at Deng Bin: "When I heard your suggestion just now, I thought it made sense! However, if you pay attention, you will find that you want to pull troops to retreat to the borders of Hunan, Guangxi and Guizhou, but It's not an offense. Comrade Deng Bin, don't you think so?" Deng Bin did not refute. He lit a cigarette and smoked it, thinking: As expected of a representative sent by the Central Committee, he has such a sharp mind!So he said: "Whether to retreat or attack, the conclusion is after the action."

Deng Gang said: "The plan to attack Liuzhou, Guilin and Guangzhou cannot be changed, this is an order from the central government!" The meeting had to make a decision in accordance with the "unchangeable" central order, planning to attack Liuzhou, Guilin and Guangzhou. When discussing reorganization, opinions are still divided. Deng Bin and Zhang Yunyi believed that after the Red Army marched northward, the Youjiang base area would be in a complicated situation. Wei Baqun and Chen Hongtao (Chen was not in Hechi at this time and did not attend the meeting) were locals, and they were of the Zhuang nationality. Therefore, they should stay in Youjiang to persist in the struggle.

Deng Gang disagreed.Said: "Everything must be subordinated to the overall situation. If you keep Wei Baqun and his 21st Division, you will reduce our offensive force. How can this be done? No! Can't stay!" Deng Bin said: "Letting Wei Baqun and a part of the troops stay in Youjiang is out of overall and long-term considerations. As the saying goes: it is not difficult to advance and retreat. I think this is very necessary and the best deployment." Zhang Yunyi said: "When a large army goes to the front, some people are always left to guard the rear. This is a common practice of military strategists!"

Deng Gang thought for a while and said, "Well, we can keep Wei Baqun and Chen Hongtao, but only give them the title of the 21st Division. Wei Baqun will still be the division commander, and Chen Hongtao will be the political commissar. Recruit troops here, form the 21st Division, and stick to Youjiang." After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay: This representative Deng's idea is really amazing!There was a long silence.All eyes were on Wei Baqun who was sitting at a table of Eight Immortals smoking a hookah. Wei Baqun lightly put the hookah on the arm of the chair, and said, "Okay, then distribute the soldiers of my division to the 19th and 20th divisions, and I, the bare-handed commander, will stay."

Deng Bin immediately said that he was still the secretary of the former party committee: "The work of Youjiang can be divided into the upstream committee and the downstream committee. The activities of the upstream committee should be centered on Xiangdu, and the activities of the downstream committee should be centered on Donglan Wuzhuan. Immediately send capable comrades to open up the communication lines between the upstream and downstream as soon as possible so that they can communicate with each other and carry out struggles. Comrade Wei Baqun is in charge of the general leadership of the party, government, and army at the upstream and downstream." After Deng Bin finished speaking, he looked at Deng Gang inquiringly. Deng Gang nodded without expressing any objection. When re-election of the front committee, it seemed calm and smooth at the beginning.When the new front committee was formed, Deng Gang suddenly proposed to announce the establishment of an executive committee in accordance with the requirements of the National Organizational Conference held by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on July 18 to establish "the party's leading organization in extraordinary times - the Central General Action Committee". The Military Commission of the Central General Action has Chen Haoren, director of the Political Department, as the secretary, and Deng Gang, Gong Hecun, etc. as members. Of course Deng Gang understood very well: without the military, politics is empty talk.At the same time, Deng Gang understood better: political goals must be implemented through strong means. Deng Bin, former secretary of the Seventh Red Army, Li Mingrui, commander-in-chief of the Seventh Red Army, and Zhang Yunyi, commander of the Seventh Red Army, were all excluded from the "Military Committee".A new Front Committee has just been created, and a Military Committee has suddenly appeared. Is the Front Committee subordinate to the Military Committee, or does the Military Committee have to override the Front Committee? Deng Bin thought to himself: Since the central government has established a general action committee, it seems logical and beyond reproach to set up a "Military Committee" in the Seventh Army as a special representative of the central government to carry out general operations.But he really felt the threat of losing power: the front committee of the Seventh Red Army was in jeopardy! Deng Gang saw that everyone was silent, so he said: "From now on, all combat deployments and action plans will be implemented by the Military Commission with the assistance (meaning supervision) of the Front Committee." The last decision is to criticize Lei Jingtian with full force.The criticism meeting was held on the evening of the party congress.The newly elected members of the former committee and the special committee of Youjiang arrived soon, but Lei Jingtian, who was criticized, did not arrive at the meeting for a long time. Deng Bin, who was sitting facing the window, cast a sad look at the dilapidated house located in the northwest corner of the yard from time to time.Lei Jingtian was detained in that hut.Deng Gang, who was sitting at a long table in the center of the venue, scanned the venue aggressively, and tapped the table with his fingers a few times: "Everyone is here, now the meeting begins." Deng Bin withdrew his gaze and said, "Since it is a meeting to criticize Comrade Lei Jingtian, he should be allowed to attend the meeting, so as to accept everyone's criticism of him." Deng Gang said: "No need. Everyone knows Lei Jingtian's mistakes, but he is stubborn and refuses to admit his mistakes. When he was asked to attend the meeting, he yelled and cursed, so he was not allowed to come. This meeting is mainly about It is necessary for everyone to fully understand the great harm of this kind of mistake to the revolution through the criticism of Lei Jingtian's mistakes, and resolutely implement the strategic deployment of the Central Committee's general action." Next, he announced that the critique would begin. Chen Haoren spoke first, counting Lei Jingtian's "implementation of the rich peasant line in Youjiang", "disapproval of the centralized organization of the Red Guards into the Red Army", "narrow and selfish small peasant consciousness", "conservative right thinking", " There are more than a dozen crimes for not doing enough work on the regime", "undermining the overall situation, and resisting the central government's resolution", etc. Afterwards, he changed the subject and said something else: "The mistakes Lei Jingtian made have root causes and backgrounds, and this is by no means just his own problem. Encouragement, indulgence, warmth, appeasement and even support are inseparable, and this is inseparable from the right-leaning guiding ideology of the former committee.” The participants could all hear who this "name roll" was referring to.Deng Bin took notes seriously.He seems to have become Lei Jingtian's stand-in. "That's where the problem lies." Deng Gang stared at Deng Bin closely, and threw out the most stinging mace, "With this kind of right-leaning ideology at work, how can we still have the appeal to implement the central resolution? Comrade, please, What kind of problem is this?" The weapon of ideological criticism is invisible, its use is infinite, and its randomness is infinite. At this time, all radical remarks, all excessive actions, and all excessive criticisms are all manifestations of a firm stand, a clear-cut banner, and high fighting spirit—this is the necessity of creating a vigorous momentum, and this is the cry of charging into the battle to deter the enemy. , this is the thunderous footsteps towards one hundred percent Bolshevik. A few more committee members spoke next, but they couldn't find a more lethal throwing gun, so they seemed to have nothing to say, pale and low-key. Deng Gang felt displeased, and immediately stopped him and said: "The nature of Lei Jingtian's mistakes is serious. Therefore, I propose: expel Lei Jingtian from the party, no longer participate in any leadership work, and order him to act with the Political Department of the army. Everyone voted by show of hands." Bar!" "I don't agree with such hasty conclusions!" Deng Bin said in a calm voice, suppressing his anger as much as possible, "Criticizing and educating my comrades, but not allowing him to attend the meeting, and forcing him to be expelled from the party, is not enough." He was not allowed to appeal at the meeting. This practice is neither in line with the party's constitution nor in line with organizational principles." "Enough!" Deng Gang immediately scolded with a serious face, "tonight is the 'Three Committees' (referring to the military committee, the front committee, and the special committee) jointly expelling a party member who opposed the central committee's resolution. It is the highest principle of the party!" At this time, Li Mingrui, who was sitting in the auditorium as a non-voting representative, was in another kind of "sobriety" - facing the scene of cruel and ruthless fighting with live ammunition in front of him, he fell into deep sorrow: the harshness of this political struggle storm is not seen in other It seems to be unique among parties and social groups.Right and wrong, right and wrong, twists and turns, always entangled, upside down, confused; some can take the opportunity to skyrocket and rise to the top;He groaned, in pain like the groan after a serious illness, and his mood was gloomy and desolate. He stood up, and said very wisely and wisely: "You continue the meeting, and I will leave for the time being. However, I would like to say an old saying: the world is impermanent, and everything is impermanent; what was used in the past may be discarded today; Abandoned, or used later." He paused for a few seconds, wanting to say something more, but he just spit out two words slowly and calmly: "It's over." He strode out the door.The audience was silent for a while, as calm as water. With a vague surprise, Deng Gang hurriedly asked Zhang Yunyi beside him: "Commander Zhang, what does he mean?" Zhang Yunyi didn't answer right away, picked up the teapot and poured half a bowl of tea, drank a couple of sips, and then said: "Commander Li quoted Liezi's words, saying that there is no eternally correct truth in this world, and there is no eternally wrong thing; If you think it is good, you will discard it today if you think it is not good; if you think it is wrong today, you will use it as right tomorrow.” Deng Gang suddenly understood, and asked: "What does he mean? Is he dissatisfied and resistant?!" Chen Haoren said: "He is a non-voting representative and has no right to vote!" Zhang Yunyi said: "So he left!" The meeting lasted until two o'clock in the morning, and finally a decision was made: to expel Lei Jingtian from the party, and to notify the Seventh Army and the Youjiang Special Committee.