Chapter Seventy-Six: Grievances

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Seeing this scene, Wang Lung's heart sank, which was all caused by himself.

The political commissar Ai Chunan and the chief of staff Li Zuopeng, who were not far away, looked at Wang Lung sitting on the mound with a sad expression, knowing that Wang Lung had counted this battle on his head.

The political commissar and the chief of staff glanced at each other and walked towards Wang Lung.

"Commander."

Wang Lung looked up and saw that it was the political commissar and the chief of staff, and Wang Lung had his head down.

"Divisional commander, I don't blame you for this incident, we also agreed when you assigned the task at that time, and we are also responsible." Political Commissar Ai Chunan looked at the depressed Wang Long and said.

"Political commissar, don't comfort me, if it weren't for my insistence this time, it wouldn't have caused such consequences, this short-term battle victory made me dizzy, and if I didn't do a good job in intelligence work, I would have lost more than 1,000 people in the army, it's all my fault, and I will ask the headquarters for a while." Wang Lung took all the responsibility on himself.

"Division commander, what the political commissar just said is right, we are also responsible, you can't be blamed for this, if the headquarters blames it, we will share it together." Chief of Staff Li Zuopeng said.

Wang Lung raised his head and looked at the two of them, thought for a while and said, "None of us should take the responsibility on ourselves, let's report the situation to the headquarters this time, and let the people at the headquarters make judgments!" ”

"Yes, Commander, I'll send a report in a moment. So what do we do next. Political Commissar Ai Chunan looked at Wang Lung and asked.

"There are more than 10,000 fighters in our division, and this time about 1,000 were killed, and there are about 9,000 left, but there are also about 2,000 wounded soldiers. So far, there are no statistics, how many are seriously injured, and these soldiers have just been trained, so that this time the devil's plane is so bombed, we have lost nearly 3,000 combat effectiveness, although we can quickly replenish from the new regiment, but the personnel of the new regiment are just converted from the puppet army, and they are not up to standard ideologically, once we add these people to the regular regiment, then what the consequences will be, it is not something we can imagine. Wang Lung said as he looked at the soldiers around him who were bandaging.

The political commissar and the chief of staff saw each other and nodded, Wang Lung said this truth.

"Alas, these are all damn little devils, otherwise our country would not suffer like this!" Chief of Staff Li Zuopeng scolded secretly.

"Well, Chief of Staff, what did you just say?" Wang Lung raised his head and asked.

"I didn't say anything!" Chief of Staff Li Zuopeng was a little confused, what did the division commander ask.

"No, it's what you just said."

"I said it's all the devil's fault." said the chief of staff.

"It's not this game, it's the next sentence." Wang Lung looked at Chief of Staff Li Zuopeng and said.

"Oh, I said these are all damn little devils, otherwise our country wouldn't have suffered like this!"

As soon as Chief of Staff Li Zuopeng finished speaking, Wang Lung laughed.

Seeing Wang Lung laughing, this made the two of them puzzled: "Commander, what are you laughing at!" ”

"Haha, I've tried to improve the thinking of the troops again, come, I'll tell you......" Wang Lung told the two of them the idea of "complaining".

Grievance Campaign: The grievance movement was first a form of class education conducted by the Chinese People's Liberation Army and was widely used during the National Liberation War. To complain about the sufferings inflicted on the working people by the old society and the reactionaries. Through complaints, the consciousness of all commanders and fighters to fight bravely for the liberation of the exploited working people was raised. At the same time, the strong unity of all commanders and fighters under the leadership of the Communist Party has been strengthened, so that the troops are united as one, are not afraid of sacrifice, are united in all might, bravely kill the enemy, and ensure the victory of the People's Liberation War.

Of course, the first to bear the brunt is the grievance movement within the People's Liberation Army. The affair began in the winter of 1947. Beijing, 16 Sep (Xinhua) -- From the winter of 1947 to the summer of 1948, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) took advantage of the gap between operations to launch a large-scale democratic army rectification campaign with the main content of complaining about grievances and conducting three investigations and three rectifications. In March 1948, Mao Zedong summarized it as a new-style army rectification movement.

In July 1947, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) shifted from strategic defense to strategic offensive, and the Chinese revolution entered an important stage of winning national victory. The war situation and the development of land reform and the party rectification movement in the liberated areas require the PLA to fight more valiantly and better implement the party's line and policies. However, due to the expansion of the troops, the increase of new elements, and the addition of a large number of soldiers liberated from the Kuomintang army, there are many impure phenomena in the organization, ideology, and work style of the troops.

In order to maintain the essence of the people's army and enhance the understanding and fighting enthusiasm of officers and men of the party's land reform policy, many military units have successively carried out various forms of education in complaining about grievances in connection with the local land reform movement, so as to solve the problems of ideological understanding existing in the troops, enhance the class consciousness of officers and men, and boost their fighting spirit and morale.

On September 28, 1947, Mao Zedong approved the experience report of the 3rd Column of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army on the experience of complaining about hardship and education, and put forward specific requirements. Subsequently, all units of the army generally launched a campaign to reorganize the army with "complaining about grievances" and "three investigations" as the central content.

Steps to complain

To complain about the grievances is to complain about the sufferings inflicted on the working people by the old society and the reactionaries. Steps of grievance education: First, carry out in-depth mobilization of grievances and improve the consciousness of grievances. Through such methods as recalling suffering, inducing suffering, visiting suffering, and comparing suffering, the campaign to complain about suffering was quickly launched.

The second is to give play to the exemplary role of grievances. For example, Fang Tianjing of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army, Liu Sihu of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningjin-Sui Joint Defense Army, Wei Laiguo of the East China Field Army, Wang Hongxi of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and Wang Keqin of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region were all typical examples of grievances that had a relatively great impact at that time.

The third is to comprehensively carry out grievance complaints. Whether it is a field unit or a local unit, whether it is a combat unit or a logistics department, from squads and platoons to companies and battalions, to regiments, all kinds of grievance meetings are held, and officers and men complain together, and the military and the people complain together, so as to pour out the sufferings accumulated in the depths of their hearts to the fullest.

The fourth is to dig the root of bitterness and find the source of bitterness. As a result, the understanding of all the commanders and fighters took a leap forward, from the suffering of the individual to the suffering of the entire class, from the evil of the landlords and bullies to the evil of Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary rule, and finally to realize that "the root of the total suffering is the old Chiang," and only by overthrowing Chiang Kai-shek and liberating the whole of China can the working people completely turn over.

Educating the troops by complaining about grievances is a major creation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. One American scholar called it "a political method that no military in the world has ever had." He believed that "such a collective complaint is more contagious than any speech by a commander or a political commissar, and that such an education must not be underestimated, let alone imitated by anyone, and that if Chiang Kai-shek had asked his soldiers to complain, the soldiers would have risen up against their superiors."

The basic principle of the new-style army rectification movement is to give priority to self-education, carry out criticism and self-criticism, punish those who have done wrong, and cure the sick and save others. On the basis of education on grievances and raising class consciousness and political consciousness, the investigation and rectification activities are carried out in the form of democracy and self-education.

The "three checks" are to check the class, work, and fighting spirit. The "three rectifications" are to rectify the organization, ideology, and work style. The "three checks" and the "three rectifications" are combined, and the rectification is carried out while checking. Through the investigation and rectification, we will achieve the goal of enhancing ideological consciousness, strengthening unity, purity, and consolidating the troops, improving work style, and enhancing work efficiency.

On the basis of complaining about grievances and conducting three investigations and three rectifications, all military units have extensively launched the "three major democratic" campaigns of political democracy, military democracy, and economic democracy, and have integrated the campaign of reorganizing the army with the mass training of troops and the campaign of killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions.

As a result of the new-style army rectification campaign, the political consciousness of the officers and men of the People's Liberation Army in fighting for the liberation of the exploited toiling masses and the elimination of the Kuomintang reactionaries has been greatly enhanced, their combat effectiveness and discipline have been greatly enhanced, the relationship between officers and soldiers and between the army and the people has become closer, and the political consciousness of a large number of PLA fighters has been enhanced, so that the troops can unite as one, overcome difficulties, unite with all might, and bravely kill the enemy. The new-style army reorganization movement is the PLA's strategic mobilization to "defeat Chiang Kai-shek and liberate the whole of China," and has played a major role in the PLA's consolidation, expansion, and operational victory.

The new-style army reorganization movement is not only a major development in the army's political work during the War of Liberation, but also an extremely important page in the history of the PLA's army building.