In the 1955 investiture ceremony, Mao Zedong saw a familiar face and said: Are you a general too?

On September 27, 1955, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi and other party and state leaders participated in the medal ceremony held in Zhongnanhai Huairen Hall and personally awarded the founding generals titles.

Mao Zedong's eyes looked around the venue, looking at the great heroes in the venue, and his heart was full of joy and pride. Suddenly, Mao Zedong saw a familiar face in the crowd. He walked forward quickly and said in surprise: "You have become a general too?"

The man scratched his head in embarrassment and replied : "Thank you for your teachings to me."

The familiar face Mao Zedong saw was named Huang Weihua. Huang Weihua joined the revolution at the age of 15 and became the founding major general at the age of 40. He participated in the Agrarian Revolutionary War successively. During the Revolutionary War, the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation, I met and talked with Mao Zedong many times, listened to Mao Zedong’s sincere teachings, and made great progress and growth.

Looking at the young founding general in front of him, Mao Zedong was very happy. He patted Huang Weihua on the shoulder and said: "This is not my credit, it is your own ability!"

< p> In the spring of 1930, Huang Weihua participated in the working group led by Zhang Dixin, secretary of the Fujian Wubei Special Committee of the Communist Party of China. The working group worked in Taoxi, Wubei for more than three months and achieved some results. In June, The regiment carried out further revolutionary propaganda and revolutionary struggle with the support of the second column of the Fourth Red Army.

After the work group completed its scheduled tasks, it followed the second column to Changting, Fujian, and reported its work to Mao Zedong. Here, Huang Weihua met Mao Zedong for the first time.

It was a sunny afternoon. Huang Weihua followed Secretary Zhang Dixin to Mao Zedong’s residence. Mao Zedong was handling work at that time. After Huang Weihua and others arrived, Mao Zedong put down the documents and took the initiative to come forward to talk with the work group. The members shook hands one by one. When the chairman saw the childish Huang Weihua, he said gently: "You come out to make revolution at such a young age? How old are you this year?"

Huang Weihua replied shyly: "You are 15 "

Mao Zedong nodded, and then asked: "Do you want to go home? Have you ever cried? Don't be afraid, just exercise more."

Look at Mao Zedong. Listening to the kind face and the chairman's gentle words, Huang Weihua's eyes became hot, having never cried since joining the revolution. Mao Zedong's gentleness and kindness made Huang Weihua feel like a long-lost home.

Huang Weihua will remember the first time he met Mao Zedong for the rest of his life. He held Mao Zedong’s broad palm tightly and looked up at Mao Zedong’s face. A warm current flowed through his body. That feeling of happiness will stay with Huang Weihua for the rest of his life. memorable.

After a brief greeting, Mao Zedong invited everyone to sit down and chat. Secretary Zhang Dixin stood at the desk and reported to Mao Zedong the results of the revolutionary propaganda work in Wubei.

Zhang Dixin strongly praised the great role played by the work group in publicizing the masses. Mao Zedong said happily: "Revolutionary propaganda is to mobilize the masses to revolution! You ignited the fire of revolution, and soon the fire of revolution spread It can burn all over Wubei, and it will burn all over the country in the near future!"

Later, Mao Zedong mentioned the importance of establishing Soviet power to Huang Weihua and others. He told everyone earnestly: "Establishing Soviet power will It is a very important job, and we must hold the seal to have everything. Without a political turnaround, it is just empty talk."

Huang Weihua nodded vigorously and expressed his approval of Mao Zedong.

"Political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Our workers' and peasants' armed forces are very important. Only with the barrel of a gun can we defend the Soviet red power."

After hearing what Mao Zedong said, Zhang Dixin immediately mentioned the Independence Brigade Regarding the lack of military cadres and guns and ammunition, I hope Mao Zedong can send military cadres to support guns and ammunition. When Mao Zedong heard Zhang Dixin's request, he lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "Okay! I will give you a military cadre and 100 guns, which is both a reward and support!"

Zhang Dixin, Huang Weihua and others were extremely happy. , huddled together on the spot, clapping in excitement.

After receiving Mao Zedong’s reward, Huang Weihua began to report on his work. He mainly explained several methods for carrying out revolutionary propaganda work. One was to write revolutionary slogans on the walls of villages and counties, and the other was to distribute them everywhere. Revolutionary leaflets, rally speeches, drama performances, etc. must also be organized to publicize revolutionary principles to the people. Finally, we must travel more and see more, and personally enter farmers' homes to preach revolutionary principles.

After listening to Huang Weihua’s explanation, Mao Zedong was very happy and clapped his hands and said: “Okay, you are monkeys making trouble in heaven. This is how revolution is. To overthrow the old world, it must be vigorous and vigorous. Mobilize the masses!"

After finishing the work report, the working group said goodbye to Mao Zedong. Before leaving, Mao Zedong highly affirmed the working group's collective contribution and arranged the next work. Huang Weihua and More than 20 members of the work team were assigned to the Jiangsu Propaganda Team in Changting County, and the rest followed Zhang Dixin back to Wubei to continue their work.

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As expected, Huang Weihua soon met Mao Zedong. After the victory of the second anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, Chiang Kai-shek launched the third "encirclement and suppression" campaign even more frantically. The Kuomintang's 300,000-strong army marched straight into the Soviet area with murderous intent, threatening to completely wipe out the Red Army.

Under the crazy attack of the Kuomintang army, all the four counties except Ruijin, Yudu, Shicheng and Changting were occupied by the White Army. The Kuomintang burned, killed and looted everywhere, and the people's lives and property were seriously threatened.

In the face of the menacing enemy, Chairman Mao advocated a war of annihilation and adhered to the policy of "injuring ten of his fingers is worse than cutting off one." Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the First and Third Red Army Corps flexibly interspersed in the Soviet area, Make claims in the east and attack in the west, and fight flexibly.

The 12th Division of the Fourth Red Army led the enemy by the nose and retreated to the Soviet area, leading the enemy all the way to Yinkeng to join the main force.

At that time, Huang Weihua served as an organizational officer in the General Office of the 12th Red Division. When Mao Zedong came to the 12th Red Division for a meeting, political commissar Zhang Chinan asked Huang Weihua to receive Mao Zedong, and Huang Weihua met Mao Zedong again.

After Mao Zedong came to Zhang Chinan’s office, Huang Weihua made tea and offered cigarettes to Mao Zedong with excitement, and then sat aside and listened to the conversation between Mao Zedong, Zhang Chinan and others. Huang Weihua, who was listening in, once again saw Mao Zedong’s profoundness. Wisdom and extraordinary experience. After drinking the water, Huang Weihua quickly stepped forward to pour tea for everyone. Throughout the morning, Huang Weihua boiled several pots of water.

When it was almost noon, Huang Weihua walked out of the office and went to the kitchen of the division headquarters to cook. He knew that Mao Zedong loved chili peppers, so he specially asked someone to prepare a portion of fried shredded pork with chili peppers and a plate of green vegetables. A bowl of soup.

Although the food was a bit crude, Mao Zedong ate very happily. While holding a bowl of soup and eating the chili peppers on the plate, he said humorously: "The spicy food in Jiangxi is as spicy as the spicy food in Hunan. It's delicious and goes well with rice!"

Huang Weihua on the side was relieved when he heard the chairman's words, but he was afraid that Mao Zedong would think the food was simple, but the conditions in the army were poor, so this plate of fried shredded pork with chili was already yellow. Wei Hua was able to get the best meal for Mao Zedong.

Seeing Huang Weihua frowning in a daze, Mao Zedong took the initiative to ask: "How old are you this year?"

Huang Weihua lowered his head and replied: "You are 16 years old this year."

Mao Zedong nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that he was still a child soldier. Then Huang Weihua took the initiative and said to Mao Zedong: "Last year, I reported to you in Changting. I was very inspired by your teachings!"

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Hearing what Huang Weihua said, Mao Zedong didn't think about it for a moment, and just said: "You reported to me at a young age?"

Seeing that Mao Zedong did not recall, Huang Weihua added : "Yes, I went to your residence with Secretary Zhang Dixin to report!"

"Ah, I remember it, I have an impression, I have an impression!"

Mao Zedong recalled the first time Seeing Huang Weihua's scene, he put his hand on Huang Weihua's shoulder and asked kindly: "Then what do you do now?"

"Organizational officer, copywriter, but I can do a little bit of everything.

"Huang Weihua answered honestly.

"Scaffolder? That word should be written well, right? " Mao Zedong asked curiously.

Huang Weihua touched his head in embarrassment and said modestly: "No, my calligraphy is not very good. "

Zhang Chinan on the side brought some materials written by Huang Weihua and handed them to Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong read them and said: "The writing is very good, standardized and fluent. He is very powerful at a young age! "

Huang Weihua was greatly encouraged by Mao Zedong's encouragement. He always kept Mao Zedong's words of reward in his heart. From this period on, Huang Weihua developed a strong interest in calligraphy and would practice calligraphy whenever he had time.

During the Battle of Zhangzhou in 1932, Huang Weihua met Mao Zedong again. At that time, Mao Zedong led the 1st and 5th Red Army Corps to fight on the east bank of the Ganjiang River. Later, the central government collectively referred to the two corps led by Mao Zedong as the East Route Army. And commanded the East Route Army to march to Fujian to fight the Kuomintang troops.

After receiving the order, Mao Zedong immediately commanded the East Route Army to set out from the Jiuxian and Baisha areas, advance to the Longyan area, and achieved a series of victories. The victory soon came to the foot of Tianbao Mountain.

The Kuomintang 49th Division assembled the troops of five regiments and stopped the advance of the East Route Army based on the dangerous terrain of Tianbao Mountain. Mao Zedong immediately commanded the Red Army to change. Tactics, the battle started from Nanjing Bridge with the stubborn enemies in Tianbaoshan. Before the battle began, Mao Zedong said to the soldiers: "Comrades, the brave will win when we meet on a narrow road. We must win Tianbaoshan!" "

With the heroic fighting of all the commanders and fighters of the Red Army, we won this battle, annihilated a large number of stubborn enemies, and captured a large number of enemies.

Mao Zedong then commanded the East Road The army marched toward Zhangzhou day and night. Under the strong offensive of the Red Army, the enemies of Zhangzhou fled.

The Red Army troops happily entered Zhangzhou City. Mao Zedong personally came to the front line to communicate with the grassroots soldiers and held talks. A cordial conversation. At this time, Huang Weihua had become the secretary of the Political Department of the 11th Red Division. When he saw Mao Zedong coming, Huang Weihua stood up straight and respectfully saluted him, saying loudly: "Hello, Chairman! "

Mao Zedong nodded with satisfaction, looked up and down at Huang Weihua, who had grown up a lot, and said: "Hello, you are here too. I haven't seen you for a few months. You have grown taller and become a lot stronger. ! "

Huang Weihua, who had lost his youthful innocence, still felt as embarrassed as before when he heard Mao Zedong praise him. He replied with a blushing face: "Report to the Chairman, these are all trained in the revolutionary ranks. I have always kept my teachings in mind! "

"Very good! In the revolutionary ranks, you can not only exercise your body, but also your will. I hope you can train yourself into a steel knife that will never bend! " Mao Zedong encouraged.

When Huang Weihua saw the Chairman saying this, he was extremely happy, but he still pretended to be calm and said: "I will definitely keep the Chairman's teachings in mind! ”

After the victory in the Zhangzhou Battle, the Red Army collected a large amount of combat materials, and mountains of victory products were continuously transported to the Soviet area. Huang Weihua also evacuated Zhangzhou with the large army and embarked on a new revolutionary journey. < /p>

"Four Crosses of Chishui" is the proud work of Mao Zedong's revolutionary life, and it is also one of the classic examples of mobile warfare recognized as "defeating more with less" in world military history.

The British Army Field Marshal at that time. Montgomery visited China and praised the "three major battles" commanded by Mao Zedong in the War of Liberation. However, Mao Zedong did not think so. He insisted that the "Four Crosses of Chishui" was the proudest work of his life!

However, before the "Fourth Crossing of Chishui", the conditions of the Red Army were quite difficult. They did not even have a decent map. In the most difficult times, they used the maps in the student textbooks to direct the battle.

Zunyi Conference. Later, Liu Bocheng summoned local celebrities from all walks of life to publicize and explain the Red Army's policies to them. Under Liu Bocheng's influence, these people changed their views on the Red Army, especially the local post and telecommunications director, who secretly brought a "Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan Province" to the Red Army. "Postal and Telecommunications Traffic Map", this map greatly improved the Red Army's predicament.

Liu Bocheng took the map and quickly issued an order, asking Huang Weihua to make multiple copies of the map and distribute it to various combat units. After Huang Weihua received the task, he immediately looked for printing plants everywhere. As a result, all the printing plants in Zunyi were destroyed due to the war. After closing the door, when Huang Weihua was at a loss what to do, a local fellow told him that there was an old painter in the city, and the things he painted were better than those printed.

Huang Weihua quickly found the painter. The kind-hearted painter not only hand-drawn a map for Huang Weihua, but also used his connections to contact a printing factory for the Red Army. In this way, Huang Weihua took more than 300 maps. Returning to the army distribution, Mao Zedong also got a map he printed.

Relying on this map, Mao Zedong successfully commanded the "Four Crosses of Chishui", dazzled the enemies in the Soviet area, slipped away from the enemy's nose several times, and finally successfully escaped the enemy's pursuit and interception.

In 1949, Peking was peacefully liberated. Liang Xingchu, commander of the 47th Army of the Fourth Field Army, political commissar Zhou Chiping and chief of staff Huang Weihua came to Peiping to attend a meeting of senior cadres of the Four Fields chaired by Mao Zedong.

Huang Weihua arrived at the venue early and chatted with his comrades. Suddenly, Mao Zedong, with a red face, strode into the venue. The audience immediately burst into warm applause. Huang Weihua looked at Mao Zedong on the podium, He felt extremely kind in his heart. He felt that Mao Zedong was a little fatter than during the Red Army period, but he was still in good spirits and looked very energetic.

Mao Zedong stretched out his right hand and waved to everyone in the audience. Then he spoke with a strong Hunan accent and said in a loud voice: "Comrades, you have worked hard! You have made great contributions to the revolution. Contribute! "

"The revolutionary situation is developing rapidly. The Nanjing government has accepted our eight conditions. Tomorrow, representatives of the Nanjing government will arrive in Peiping. Once the negotiations are completed, we will peacefully reorganize the Peiping army. If the negotiation fails, we will adopt the Tianjin method and fight across the Yangtze River!"

As soon as Mao Zedong finished speaking, the audience burst into warm applause, and the cadres and soldiers in the audience burst into applause. They were all excited and shouted the slogan "Long live the revolution! Long live the Chinese People's Liberation Army!" Huang Weihua was also infected by the warm atmosphere at the scene. Although he could not speak directly to Mao Zedong this time, he still listened to Mao Zedong's teachings. Huang Weihua was very excited about this!

On September 27, 1955, the first People's Liberation Army awarding ceremony of the People's Republic of China was held in Huairen Hall, Zhongnanhai. Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi and other party and state leaders came to the venue to participate in the awarding ceremony. ceremony.

Throughout the whole day, Zhongnanhai was bustling with activity, and the marshals and generals gathered together in brand new and crisp navy blue uniforms.

In the afternoon, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De strode into the venue with a kind smile. As usual, he greeted everyone with his hands clasped in fists.

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Later, Chairman Mao also came. He also wore a gray tunic suit. He came among the generals with a kind smile and shook hands with everyone one by one. The chairman looked around the venue, looking at these heroes who had made great contributions to the founding of New China. He was extremely proud. Suddenly, a familiar face appeared in Chairman Mao's sight.

Chairman Mao stepped forward quickly, took Huang Weihua's hands, and said in surprise: "Are you Huang Weihua? That child soldier with good handwriting?"

< p> Huang Weihua did not expect that the chairman recognized him at a glance. He nodded happily and said, "Yes, Chairman, I am Huang Weihua. I haven't seen you for a long time!"

Chairman Mao looked at the young man Huang Weihua patted him on the shoulder and said happily: "We have met many times. I have heard of your name for a long time. You have also become a general. It is not easy!"

It is not easy to have Chairman Mao like this. Huang Weihua was so excited and moved by the praise that he didn't know what to say for a moment. He just held Chairman Mao's hand and nodded.

At 5 p.m., Chairman Mao, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Li Jishen and other leaders appeared on the rostrum. Ceremony Director Yu Xinqing loudly announced the start of the ceremony, and then the military band played the majestic national anthem. .

After the national anthem was played, Peng Zhen read out the order of the President of the People's Republic of China to award the military titles to the ten marshals. Mao Zedong stood up and personally awarded the titles to the marshals, followed by Premier Zhou who awarded the titles to the generals.

After the investiture ceremony, the national leaders and marshals and generals came together to the lawn to the north of Huairen Hall. A sumptuous banquet had been prepared here, filled with food and wine. The generals held their own wine glasses and poured wine to each other's comrades-in-arms, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

After the banquet began, Premier Zhou raised his wine glass and toasted to everyone: "For the great victory of the Chinese people, for Chairman Mao, for all the officials of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and for the health of the marshals and generals, we do this. One glass!"

After hearing Premier Zhou's toast, Huang Weihua raised the wine glass in his hand and shouted: "Long live the Communist Party of China!" Then he drank the wine in the glass with infinite happiness. Drink it all.

In the middle of the banquet, beautiful dance music sounded on the lawn. The founding heroes danced happily, enjoying the infinite joy brought by the victory of the revolution. Huang Weihua was deeply immersed in this happy atmosphere. , he looked at Chairman Mao who was talking to everyone not far away, and recalled the scene when he first met Chairman Mao, and couldn't help but blush.

Huang Weihua looked at the lively scene in front of him and recalled Chairman Mao's earnest teachings to him over and over again in his mind. Huang Weihua was deeply touched in his heart. If it weren't for Chairman Mao's encouragement and teachings, where would he be? What’s the motivation to get to where you are today step by step? Huang Weihua decided to do his little bit to do something for Chairman Mao.

After the investiture ceremony, Huang Weihua worked diligently at his job while studying the art of calligraphy. He always remembered that Mao Zedong praised his beautiful handwriting, so he hoped that he could write a true calligraphy hand. Good calligraphy, worthy of Mao Zedong's praise.

Huang Weihua wrote all of Mao Zedong’s poems in running script and 26 of Mao Zedong’s glorious works in small regular script.

Huang Weihua's running script, regular script and cursive script are all good, especially his small regular script, which is amazing. He wrote Mao Zedong's "On Contradiction" and "On Practice" in small regular script. The article was written in one go, which was laborious and laborious. He could not close his eyes or rest for almost several days, but Huang Weihua never felt tired or hard, but was very happy and enjoyed it.

After retiring, Huang Weihua devoted all his time and energy to the art of calligraphy. He not only made great contributions to the promotion and promotion of calligraphy art, but also became a calligrapher in the military. Famous person.

Although Huang Weihua's calligraphy attainments are extremely high, he has never been arrogant. Whether it is a comrade, colleague, or a friend of the masses, as long as someone comes to ask for calligraphy, he will try his best to satisfy the other person. This also leads to Huang Weihua's calligraphy every time. When he went out to travel and recuperate, he would always write a letter to accompany him all the way. His comrades called him a "scholar in the army."

Many people advise Huang Weihua that rare things are more valuable. The more calligraphy works are given away, the lower the value. Huang Weihua always waves his hands and says disapprovingly: "My calligraphy is to be close to the people. It is my honor that everyone can read my words!"

General Huang Weihua, who was taught by Chairman Mao, has been humble, studious, brave and resourceful throughout his life. His noble character and integrity are admired by future generations. , his way of doing things is worth learning from!