In October 1936, the three main forces of the Red Army successfully joined forces in northern Shaanxi, announcing the end of the Long March. However, the narrowness of the base areas in northern Shaanxi and the problem of the Red Army's way out made it necessary for them to seek a new direction.
In addition, the Red Army hoped to establish a direct passage from Xinjiang to northern Shaanxi in order to be able to receive Soviet assistance for the Chinese revolution. Against this historical background, the Red Army's Western Route Army came into being.
Wu Zhonglian, the female Red Army of the Western Route Army, was born in an ordinary small merchant family in Chengguan Town, Yizhang County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province. Although her family was poor, her parents insisted that she should study, and she came into contact with Marxism in the process of studying, and thus embarked on the road of revolution.
After the establishment of the Western Route Army, Wu Zhonglian, under the leadership of *** and Chen Changhao and others, crossed the Yellow River and entered the territory of Ningxia, Gansu to fight. However, due to the underestimation of the enemy's situation, the Western Route Army suffered a setback and was almost completely annihilated, and most of the soldiers of the Western Route Army were captured or killed, including Wu Zhonglian.
This news is sad, but Wu Zhonglian's deeds are still worthy of our commemoration and learning.
In April 1927, Wu Zhonglian officially became a member of our party. Soon after, the defeat of the Great Revolution forced Wu Zhonglian to return to his hometown, where he continued to propagate revolutionary ideas.
In 1928, Wu Zhonglian followed ** and ** to participate in the South Hunan Uprising, which allowed him to climb Jinggangshan after the South Hunan Uprising, witness the Jinggangshan meeting, and participate in the construction of the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area.
After the Red Fourth Army left Jinggangshan, Wu Zhonglian followed the Red Fourth Army to participate in the development and construction of the ** base area, and participated in all the anti-"encirclement and suppression" battles.
In October 1934, after the failure of the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, Wu Zhonglian participated in the Long March with the Red Army. In October 1936, after the three main forces of the Red Army met, the main force of the Red Fourth Front Army was reorganized into the Western Route Army, and Wu Zhonglian also participated in it, and entered Gansu with the Western Route Army to fight.
Wu Zhonglian, a woman who selflessly dedicated herself to the revolutionary cause, was captured after the defeat of the Western Route Army, and because her identity was exposed, she was imprisoned in the Military Introspection Institute in Nanjing for reform.
However, after the Qiqi Incident, she was able to regain her freedom due to the rescue of *** and others. After that, she joined the Su-Anhui Column of the Eighth Route Army without hesitation, was active in Shandong, and made great contributions to the cause of the Anti-Japanese War.
During the War of Liberation, she went to the Northeast with her husband to devote herself to the construction of the base area, made great efforts to support the front and participated in the war, and made important contributions to the liberation of the entire Northeast.
Wu Zhonglian is a person who sacrificed his life for the construction of the rule of law in New China. In 1949, she participated in the takeover of Zhejiang and became the first provincial female president of the Higher People's Court in New China.
During her tenure, she made outstanding contributions to the establishment and improvement of China's lawyer construction system. In 1966, the beginning of the special period of ten years, she was subjected to **. But even in the midst of adversity, she never gave up.
In 1978, after smashing the "Gang of Four", Wu Zhonglian was rehabilitated and all his reputation was restored. Her spirit will always inspire us.
Wu Zhonglian's family background is extraordinary. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, her husband Jiang Hua served as secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and president of the Supreme People's Court.
And her in-laws are also vice-state-level cadres. What is even more surprising is that her son Yu Dajiang later became the son-in-law of ***, who served as deputy prime minister and other positions, and was also an old Red Army who participated in the creation of the Jinggangshan revolutionary base area.