In 1948, when the Northeast was turbulent, the Communist Party launched the "4821" plan, and selected a group of descendants of martyrs and children of the Northeast Bureau, a total of 21, to go to the Soviet Union to study. The initiator of this trip, Luo Beibei, the son of the martyr Luo Yinong, was responsible for leading the team, making "4821" synonymous with this group of young students, and becoming a profound and rhyming number in the second half of the 20th century.
Starting from Harbin, the train roared away, drove through Manchuria, crossed Vladivostok, and arrived in Moscow. Looking back on the long river of time, this trip has traveled thousands of miles, and it is extraordinary. The CCP has long named this operation "4821", and engraved this string of numbers as the symbol of 21 students.
Team leader Luo Xixi revealed during the conversation: "Since I am familiar with Russian and Chinese, I was entrusted with the role of team leader. This decision may have been made around that Spring Festival, when Luo Yinong's son and his companion Gao Yi lived together in Lu Jingru's house. Lu Jingru told on the same day that the Northeast Bureau would send comrades to the Soviet Union for Xi. As soon as the news was conveyed, Luo Beibei and Gao Yi took their bags to the Northeast Guest House in Nangang.
At this time, He Yi, Yang Tingfan, Zhang Daixia, Jiang Ming, Xie Shaoming and other colleagues had already set off from Yan'an with mules and grain bags to Zhangjiakou to follow the teachings of the Industrial College. Later, with the relocation of the Industrial College from Zhangjiakou to Harbin, this group also joined Gao Yi, Luo Beibei and other friends as scheduled to spend the difficult years of studying.
In the land of Nangang, Gao Yi and Luo Beibei assisted He Yi and other colleagues in Xi Russian, and although the road ahead was uncertain, Gao Yi's heart was still happy. A group of young people learned Xi in the guest house, talking about their ideals and ambitions, Gao Yi said happily: "Many old friends who are Yan'an Baoxiao gathered together to talk about the hardships of these years. ”
Gathered in Harbin, the flame of ideals was ignited, but more than that, it was the ingenious chance. On the eve of his departure, Li Peng, who was bathed in the post of assistant director and secretary of the party branch of the Harbin Oil Company, still cherished his love for this stable job. When the voice of the election of the "4821" plan came, he did not show too much joy, but hesitated. Li Peng said to his mother, Zhao Juntao: "Seeing that China is about to be liberated, I have been looking forward to this day for a long time. ”
In Li Shuoxun's suicide note, he deliberately left: "I hope to be good at raising my son." In the face of this passage, Zhao Juntao only gently persuaded him: "Children, take a long-term view, go out to learn Xi knowledge, and only when you come back can you better build the industry." ”
On the other hand, Ye Chumei, the daughter of **, has a noble status and is still a fighter of the Democratic Alliance. After receiving the selection notice, she began to prepare for the departure. However, in Chang'an District, Bin County, Songjiang Province, Zou Jiahua, who served as the secretary of the district party committee, was still hesitant.
In his early years, Zou Jiahua followed his father Zou Tao to fight in the south and the north, experienced the baptism of the battlefield, stepped into the military academy, and deeply cultivated the grassroots. He is young, with sophisticated manners and calm and calm.
In the end, under the persuasion of relatives, friends and colleagues, Zou Jiahua chose to join the team, and in this opportunity to study abroad, he met his future wife Ye Chumei, and the two fell in love, and the seeds of love took root in a foreign country.
Most of the other colleagues have yet to be assigned jobs after graduating from high school or university. Therefore, after receiving the notice, I did not hesitate to embark on a trip to Harbin. On the eve of departure, the Northeast Bureau customized a suit for each person, and the camera froze 21 young faces, 13 of whom were orphans of martyrs.
However, the road to studying abroad was not all smooth sailing. **Three disciplines were proposed to 21 overseas students: first, the choice of major should be based on the needs of the motherland's construction;Secondly, it is necessary to successfully complete the study;Finally, it must not involve falling in love. Among them, especially the words "Gao Yi can't go" are the most bumpy and turbulent.
At that time, it was widely believed that people returning from Soviet Xi were prone to dogmatic mistakes. Therefore, Gao Gang warned before parting: "The founding of New China is inevitable, your fathers have devoted their lives, and the next is the construction period, and you have to learn technology when you go to the Soviet Union, and you don't have to indulge in military and political affairs." And Ren Bishi said bluntly: "I don't advocate sending people to the Soviet Union to study liberal arts, they should study Xi engineering, and the specific major can be based on personal interests and specialties." This earnest teaching, like a beacon, guides the future path of 21 young students.
Gao Yi longed for and was happy to study in the Soviet Union. As early as the 30s, he was sent to the Children's Institute of the Second International Xi the Soviet Union, where he did not return until 1947. As a result of this experience, he is not fluent in Chinese.
In the "4821" study abroad team, Gao Yi's Russian level is not as good as that of Luoxi, and Chinese communication is even more difficult. However, because his father, Gao Gang, was the vice president of the country at the time, he had the highest paternal position in the entire team.
In the first year, the Soviet Union did not allow us to enter Moscow's higher education institutions because our identities needed to be kept secret. As a result, Gao Yi and others were assigned to Ivanovo City to spend this awkward transition period.
Despite this awkward period, they did not waste their time. Zou Jiahua, Lin Hanxiong, Li Peng and others chose to study Xi at the Institute of Electrical Engineering, while Ren Xiang, Xie Shaoming, Jiang Ming and others devoted themselves to the Textile University. At the same time, the four female students chose to study in the hospital for Xi.
After many coordinations, with the help of the Soviet Red Cross, they finally arrived in Moscow, and the study abroad was officially finalized. In 1949, Gao Yi entered the Department of Civil Engineering of Moscow Institute of Power Engineering to study Xi architecture, and became classmates with Li Peng, Luo Xibei, He Yi, Cui Jun, Xiao Yongding, and Lin Hanxiong. However, they all knew that Gao Yi was not interested in architecture, and wanted to change to other subjects but was rejected, which was well known to Luo Beibei and others.
In 1951, Gao Yi returned to China ahead of schedule and entered Harbin Institute of Technology to study Xi machinery, and there was no objection to this: "It was all arranged by my father." During this period, he got acquainted with Song Lida, who was of mixed Chinese and Soviet descent.
Subsequently, Luo Xibei, Li Peng, He Yi and others obtained the graduation certificate of the Power College with excellent results, "The international students from China have achieved very good results. However, Gao Yi's deeds are rarely mentioned in their mouths.
Not long after Gao Yi and Song Lida's relationship began, the two were implicated in the "Gao Gang Incident". Due to Gao Yi's influence on his father Gao Gang, the two failed to graduate successfully and were directly assigned to work in Harbin 120 Factory. Gao Yi liked to joke, and it didn't take long for him to be labeled as liberal, suppressed, and eventually branded as a rightist.
In the face of censorship, Gao Yi was sent to Xianyang Prevention and Control Equipment Factory for quarantine review. During this period, many people were implicated, the senior engineer was transferred to the cement factory as a worker, and the master surnamed Huang went to the Suzhou scissors factory. When Gao Yi mentioned these old things, he expressed his longing for his old friends: "I want to see them again. ”
The censors couldn't deal with Gao Yi, so they began to press Song Lida. After being mistreated, Song Lida said angrily: "I won't do it, our family is in the Soviet Union, and I want to go home." However, the other party showed no mercy: "You can go, Gao Yi can't go, he can't go." ”
Although they were poor in Shaanxi, Gao Yi and Song Lida were taken care of by local workers. Once, when the two were being detained, a master ran to Song Lida's window and whispered: "Lida, you tell Gao Yi to hold on, remember our words, everyone supports you." These words of encouragement became the motivation for them to persevere.
In 1979, with the approval of the Communist Party of China, Gao Yi was able to return to Beijing and work in the Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission. At the same time, some of the people in "4812" have become ministers and secretaries, and sometimes make fun of them, but Gao Yi always laughs at them with an optimistic attitude. Reflecting on the students who died early because they couldn't adapt to their new lives, he said, "What do I have to complain about compared to these people?"Contentment is the only way to let go.
Gao Yi worked hard and eventually retired as a senior engineer and settled in a residential area in Beijing's Haidian District. In the family, since he and Song Lida grew up in the Soviet Union, Russian became the main language of communication between the two. Having children, their offspring live a low-key life and rarely appear in public.
In family life, Gao Yi seems to be the one who chatters endlessly, whether it is at work, in marriage or in daily life, he likes to chatter. However, in front of some students and reporters, he always waved his hand and humbly said: "I am not good at Chinese." Then, he would choose to remain behind closed doors and refuse to be interviewed. Song Lida understood: "It's not so much that Chinese is not good, but that it is not good at dealing with people." ”
When a guest came to visit, Gao Yi was extremely restrained. Someone once described the scene when he met Gao Yi: "You say a word, he answers, and sometimes, he says words like 'right' and 'good'. Sometimes, when he was asked a question that he couldn't get right, he would even ask Song Lida softly in Russian.
On May 9, 2019, Gao Yi passed away at the age of 64. So far, "4821" has finally become a light and shadow of history, and it has disappeared on the stage of history.