Zhang Yunyi wrote a letter to his son Zhang Guangdong, saying that he was comrade, but Zhang Guang

Zhang Yunyi is very old among the many founding generals, as early as 1909 he participated in the League led by Sun Yat-sen, and also participated in the Huanghuagang Uprising and served as the captain of the bomb squad of the revolutionary army. On April 27, 1911, when the Huanghuagang Uprising, due to the strength of the Qing court, the rebel army was outnumbered, Zhang Yunyi's ammunition was all used up, and he was forced to withdraw from the battle. Until after the founding of New China, Zhang Yunyi still sighed:

"If I hadn't gone out to buy groceries at that time, I would have been the '73 martyrs of Huanghuagang'. ”

Zhang Yunyi is not only an old revolutionary senior, but also played an important role in the history of our party's party building and armyIn view of his important contributions to the revolutionary process in the past, although Zhang Yunyi was only awarded the rank of general, he was able to enjoy the treatment of a marshal.

Due to his early participation in the revolution, most of Zhang Yunyi's children were born in the war-torn yearsAmong them, the eldest daughter Zhang Qiong was born in 1916, the eldest son Zhang Yuanzhi was born in Guangzhou in 1928, and the second son Zhang Guangdong was born in 1946Although they are the youngest children in the family, Zhang Yunyi and his wife never dot on this son, but encourage them to educate their children and not to rely on their parents' merits.

Before Zhang Yunyi participated in the revolution, his family had already married his wife, Wang, and Wang later had a daughter, the eldest daughter Zhang Qiong.

Wang is a woman who has received a traditional family education, because Zhang Yunyi is not at home all the year round, Wang only gave birth to a daughter to Zhang Yunyi, so he felt very guilty, and later due to fate, Wang saw a tall woman in a barber shop that he frequented, namedHan Bi。After asking, I learned that she was a native of Hainan and fled to Guangzhou, and the two hit it off at first sight, because the Wang family did not give birth to a boy, so he proposed that Han Bi could marry Zhang Yunyi as a second room and inherit the Zhang family.

Although Han Bi himself was born in a declining landlord family, in fact, he did not have much education, and with the help of the Wang family, Han Bi finally agreed, but this matter was hidden from Zhang Yunyi, who was actively involved in the revolution at that time and was still the county magistrate of Jieyang County, Guangzhou, so he did not know about his marriage to Han Bi until he returned home. Zhang Yunyi didn't agree to this marriage at first, and even wanted to drive Han Bi away several times, under the bitter pleading of the Wang family, Zhang Yunyi agreed, after Han Bi married Zhang Yunyi, she gave birth to a boy within two years, but the child eventually died, which made Han Bi's heart very uncomfortable.

In October 1926, Zhang Yunyi served as the chief of staff of the 25th Division of the Second Front Army of the National Revolutionary Army, which was considered a high power, and in the face of the counter-revolutionary wave set off by the Kuomintang reactionaries, Zhang Yunyi resolutely chose to join the Communist Party of China at this time, and actively instigated the subordinates of the 25th Division to participate in the Nanchang Uprising. Later, he accepted the arrangement of the party organization to stay in the 4th Army, and followed Zhang Fakui back to Guangzhou. After breaking away from the Fourth Army, Zhang Yunyi returned to Shanghai via Hong Kong, restored contact with the party organization, and was sent to Guangxi to lead the Baise Uprising in early 1928, and was allowed to go home to visit, and Han Bi also gave birth to Zhang Yunyi's eldest son during this periodZhang Yuanzhi.

Because he was born in the old society, Zhang Yuanzhi experienced hardships when he was a child, because his father actively participated in the revolution, he was basically not at home, and gradually grew up under the care of Wang and his mother Han Bi**, during the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese plane bombed *** Wang was accidentally shot and died, in order to raise Zhang Yuanzhi, Han Bi had to return to the barber shop to make a living. It wasn't until 1939 that Han Bi inquired about Zhang Yunyi's whereabouts, and in September of this year, Han Bi took Zhang Yuanzhi to the New Fourth Army Military Headquarters, but at this time Zhang Yunyi was not in the New Fourth Army Military Headquarters, but went to Jiangbei to set up the Jiangbei Command.

There is a way to see the truth in adversity, although Zhang Yunyi and Han Bi get together less and leave more, their feelings for each other are very sincereThe birth of his son Zhang Guangdong in 1946 brought unspeakable happiness to the family, after all, Zhang Yunyi was over fifty years old this year, and for the Chinese revolution, Zhang Yunyi's family had too few happy times to get together.

Due to the cause of illness during the war years, Zhang Yunyi rushed to the Soviet Union after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and after 1952, he resigned from the leadership of the party and the state, so he had more time to accompany his family, although Zhang Yunyi's body was getting better day by day, but his wife Han Bi's situation had a deteriorating trend, because of the problems left over during the Anti-Japanese War, Han Bi's mental condition also had a big problem, because the mental condition was good and bad, at that time, there were people around him who suggested that this disease was not easy to control with drugs, It is better to send it to the hospital**, which can also ease the burden on the family.

But Zhang Yunyi rejected this suggestion, thinking of Han Bi's illness, Zhang Yunyi said something like this with tears in his eyes:

"Although Han Bi married me very early, she and I were separated for a long time, suffered and tortured, and within a few days of comfort, she worked as a beggar, a child laborer, and a long-term job in a barbershop. Later, she joined the New Fourth Army, although she did not have much education, she was loyal and kind, and she was very serious in her work. I didn't take good care of her, and right now, if she is sent to a psychiatric hospital, if she leaves me and the child, she will lose the warmth of her loved ones, which will only aggravate her condition, and I will not let her go. ”

As the eldest child in the family, Zhang Guangdong should naturally enjoy more family favors, and more importantly, since Zhang Guangdong was born, most of them were peaceful years after the founding of New China, and there may be no way to understand the bitterness of the people who came over during the war years.

But for this son, pampering is one aspect, but education is another.

Zhang Guangdong has listened to his father talk about the experience of the revolution in the past since he was a child, but his tone is very plain, Zhang Yunyi does not boast about his exploits in front of his children, but he relishes his participation in the Huanghuagang Uprising and accidentally escaped his life, thinking that this is the glory of his life, and fortunately, although Zhang Yunyi has gone through many wars, he has never been injured, and this legendary experience has also allowed Zhang Yunyi to have"Fu Jiang".nicknames.

"Attacking the Liangguang Governor's Palace, he rushed ahead, but he was not injured. ”Even after many years, Zhang Guangdong can still recall the bits and pieces of his father Zhang Yunyi's story about the Huanghuagang Uprising.

When Zhang Guangdong talked about his father, he once mentioned that Zhang Yunyi rarely told the specific details of the revolutionary period, and the most impressive time for Zhang Guangdong was when Zhang Yunyi talked about the grassland, because he fell off the horse because of illness, and finally insisted on walking out by dragging the horse's tail.

In addition to these revolutionary experiences told by his father, Zhang Guangdong was left with his father's education of him.

In the autumn of 1959, Zhang Guangdong was admitted to middle school to fill in the candidate registration form, and asked Zhang Yunyi how to fill in the parent column, but Zhang Yunyi turned around and said:"Only your mother's name is allowed, and you are not allowed to say my name at school.", Zhang Guangdong asked:"If teachers and classmates ask what your dad does, how should I answer? "

Zhang Yunyi replied humorously"You say your dad is missing.

According to Zhang Guangdong's recollection, since he went to school, from elementary school to high school, the father column of his resume was always empty, and Zhang Yunyi did not allow Zhang Guangdong to fill in his name in this column, only his mother's name.

Zhang Guangdong couldn't understand this move at first, but after Zhang Guangdong was admitted to the Kazakh military industry in 1965, he couldn't help but ask his father"Everyone fills in the father, why don't I fill in the father? ”

Zhang Yunyi replied"Mothers are also parents, nothing is a problem. ”

Zhang Guangdong was anxious and said again:"People ask me what about my father, so what should I do? ”

"Then you said that your father was on a business trip, not here, not often in Beijing. ”

Later, Zhang Guangdong understood the meaning of his father, and he didn't want to be special.

Zhang Yunyi in a lot of times, try to avoid the influence of his identity to his son, Zhang Guangdong later mentioned one thing, after the whole family came to Beijing from Shandong, some old comrades had suggested that the father send the child to the Bayi Primary School with better conditions, Zhang Dingcheng, an old comrade-in-arms of Sanye, also persuaded Zhang Yunyi:"Let's let Guangdong go to Bayi Primary School, where there are mostly children of cadres, and the conditions are better.", Zhang Yunyi verbally refused:"There is Beichizi Primary School nearby, why go far and near? Let Guangdong make more friends with the children of the working people and increase his feelings for the working people, which will be very beneficial to his growth! “

In the memorial hall of General Zhang Yunyi in Wenchang City, Hainan, there is also a letter written by Zhang Yunyi to Zhang Guangdong

"I got a letter from you in Xiyuan to know that I have arrived at the school, and the next day I will go to the Xinli Brigade of Baoshan Commune in Suihua County to participate in the 'Four Cleansing' movement, which is very good. This is the first time you have lived with the peasants, and you have a good opportunity to temper your mind, to understand the complexity and sharpness of the class struggle in the countryside, to understand the cruel situation of the peasants who were oppressed by the landlord class in the past, to be brutally slaughtered by the Japanese imperialists and the Kuomintang reactionaries, and to know the peasants' eagerness to demand revolution, which will arouse your sympathy for ......the peasants, stand on the side of the peasants, and serve them enthusiastically”

However, Zhang Yunyi likes Zhang Guangdong to bring his classmates to his house, but when it comes to this incident, Zhang Guangdong still remembers that a middle school classmate went to his house to play in the early years, and after many years, at a party, this classmate told him that when he went to his house to play, his father (Zhang Yunyi) had told him in particular"Don't look at my house here, it's quite big, there are so many things, but these are public, not mine. ”

Located at No. 51, Wenjian Road, Wencheng Town, Wenchang City, Hainan Province, it is the location of the General Zhang Yunyi Memorial Hall.

In the memorial hall, there are two special letters on display, which are two letters from Zhang Yunyi to Zhang Guangdong of the military industry in Shangka. The titles before and after the two letters are also different, the first one was written earlier, and the above address Zhang Guangdong was "Guangdong Wu'er", while the title on the latter letter was "Dear Comrade Guangdong".

Zhang Guangdong's academic performance has been outstanding since he was a child, but because he was born in a military family, Zhang Guangdong is determined to be a soldier, and Zhang Yunyi's opinion on this is that he does not interfere with his son's choice.

Zhang Guangdong was admitted to Beijing No. 4 Middle School with excellent grades, which offered two foreign language classes, one in English and one in Russian.

Due to the influence of Soviet relations, the students in the school are keen to learn Russian, and even set off a wave of learning Russian. After returning home, Zhang Guangdong made a request to his father, hoping that his father would come forward to assign him to the Russian language class.

Zhang Yunyi's answer to this is"I don't care about you, a good man goes to the world by himself." ”

Although Zhang Guangdong complained in his heart, he never asked his father again, according to his words, as if he had matured at this moment. Zhang Guangdong was later admitted to the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University with his own ability.

In 1965, Zhang Guangdong was admitted to the Department of Military Missile Engineering of Kazakhstan.

Zhang Yunyi was very happy that his son could be admitted to the Kazakh military industry, but he did not start a long lecture, but encouraged his son to be a good soldier. After being admitted to the Kazakh military industry, the school will send bedding, fushiki, etc., but there is no pillow, the mother Han Bi felt sorry for her son, and later bought a small pillow and put it in the backpack, which was found to be taken out when Zhang Yunyi checked it, and admonished:Those who served in the army did not bring pillows, but put a change of clothes in pillowcases as pillows. Zhang Yunyi patiently taught his son to make a backpack, and strictly demanded his son in the way of a soldier.

Zhang Guangdong was honorably admitted to the party during his military studies in Kazakhstan, and later received a letter from his father by chance, and was also surprised to see the title on the letter"Guangdong Wu'er".That's what it says in this letter"Dear Comrade Guangdong", does the father not recognize him as a son?

Later, Zhang Guangdong specifically asked his father why he called him "comrade", Zhang Yunyi smiled and said:"You are now a member of the Communist Party, we are all Party members, the Party is equal, you are comrades! ”

It is this sentence that Zhang Guangdong will always remember in his heart and never forget it for the rest of his life.

After graduating from university, Zhang Guangdong was assigned to work in the mountainous areas of Sichuan, where he stayed for four years until 1973, when he was transferred back to Beijing. In fact, with Zhang Yunyi's status at that time, he could ask for his son to be assigned to a closer place so that he could be by his side, but Zhang Yunyi never said a word, but encouraged his son at the time of parting:"Okay, you can do a good job there, be disciplined, keep secrets. ”

When Zhang Guangdong returned to Beijing in 1973, Zhang Yunyi's physical condition was not very good, after all, he was already an old man over seventy years old, when Zhang Guangdong visited him in Beijing 301 Hospital, looking at his son's thin face, Zhang Yunyi muttered for a long time and said a word"Can you come back?" ”

Just this sentence made Zhang Guangdong almost cry, at that time Zhang Yunyi was already very ill, almost unable to speak, and could not communicate with him, until later Zhang Guangdong continued to complain about himself, when his father was alive, he did not have a good talk with him.

In fact, it can also be seen that although Zhang Yunyi is very strict with his children's education, he is not ruthless, on the contrary, he misses his little son very much, but in the deepest part of his heart, he still hopes that his son will be able to break out independently in the future, instead of relying on his old father.

In the early 80s, the modernization of the national armed forces required a number of compound talents, and it was necessary to select some technical personnel to fill the army to serve as commanders, and Zhang Guangdong was also selected. Later, after coming to the military academy, Zhang Guangdong found that almost all of the participants were graduates of the Kazakh military industry that year, even if they had never worked in the grassroots troops, but they had received the influence of family military education since childhood, and Zhang Guangdong's talent in military literacy was very high, almost no less than the cadets selected by the original army, which also made the teachers of the school feel incredible. Zhang Guangdong continued to work in the army, and later served as vice president of the Shijiazhuang Army Command College, and was awarded the rank of major general.

In fact, Zhang Guangdong later saidIn fact, his father rarely told him about his experience in the revolutionary years, and he never expressed his own credit, so he didn't know much about his father. It was only after my father's death, as I grew older, through many understandings, that I learned that my father had done a lot of work for the revolution.