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He Zizhen is the first female party member in my country, and 20 years after her death, her granddaughter told the secret of her old clothes.
He Zizhen has been with us for ten years and has gone through the difficult years of the Chinese revolution together. The feelings between them are complex and deep.
So what's the story between them? What kind of secrets are there in the old clothes?
He Zizhen was born in a squire family in Yongxin, Jiangxi, and in 1927, after the riots in Yongxin County, she was only 18 years old and went to Jinggangshan with the army and became the first female Communist Party member in Jinggangshan.
She has served as the secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee of Yongxin County, the secretary of the Women's Movement Committee, etc., and is an excellent and independent woman.
In 1928, He Zizhen was responsible for revolutionary propaganda related work for a long time, and after going to Jinggangshan, he was assigned to be a secretary.
In her daily work, she was deeply attracted by the excellent qualities and revolutionary ideals of ***, and *** also had a good impression of her, young and promising, meticulous in her work, and kind in life.
Gradually, they fell in love with each other, and became revolutionary partners, accompanying each other for more than ten years.
The marriage between the two is very harmonious, and He Zizhen has always stood firmly by the side of *** and supported the revolutionary cause of ***.
After the mobilization meeting for field division was carried out, He Zizhen ran for the field division work with the staff, went to the field to measure the land during the day, and wrote the field division card with the village cadres at night.
In order to expand the ranks of the Red Army, she went deep among the masses of women, visited house to house, and successfully persuaded women cadres to mobilize them to join the Red Army.
In order to better carry out his work, He Zizhen went to study at the Normal School in Shanghang, and after returning from his studies, he began to be responsible for the custody of the documents of the former committee and the collection of intelligence.
After arriving in Ruijin, she led everyone to nearby villages to carry out red expansion work, and carried out various propaganda and mobilization work with local cadres.
In life, He Zizhen also took good care of *** one year *** malaria, in order to make *** as soon as possible**, she went to a nearby village to find a doctor, and went to the town dozens of kilometers away to find an old Chinese medicine doctor to find a prescription.
At that time, the food problem was relatively tight, and she often went down to the river to catch loaches to improve her food.
**The ten years with He Zizhen were the most difficult years in the Chinese Revolution, they became husband and wife in the war in Jinggangshan, they were the closest husband and wife, and they were also revolutionary comrades-in-arms who shared weal and woe.
Although the war was raging at that time, the spiritual world of the two was very full, and they often worked together ** "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Water Margin", which can be said to be a joy in suffering.
The red blanket when they got married, He Zizhen has always taken it with him, even when he went to the Soviet Union, which shows the depth of friendship between them.
In the past ten years, He Zizhen has given birth to a total of six children, three boys and three girls.
In 1929, He Zizhen gave birth to her and ***'s first child in Longyan Mission Hospital, but because of the organization's order, she had to return to the army, and when the child was born less than a month ago, she entrusted the child to others to raise, and then wanted to find it back but there was no news.
A few years later, their second and third children were born, but it was the height of the war, and the whereabouts of the children during the war were a mystery.
During the Red Army's Long March, He Zizhen became pregnant for the fourth time, and in a difficult environment, she also refused to take special care from the organization, and even took the initiative to take care of the wounded.
Because the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were in a state of fierce fighting at that time, the child was born and sent out. Two years later, in Shaanxi Security, Li Min was born, which gave He Zizhen some relief.
Later, the sixth child was born in the Soviet Union, but at that time the Soviet Union was experiencing war and living conditions were very bad, so the last youngest son died before he lived for eight months.
The frequent childbirth caused a lot of physical and psychological damage to He Zizhen, coupled with the difficult living conditions at that time, and the medical conditions were not perfect, so her body pulled down a lot of diseases.
In 1937, He Zizhen left Yan'an and went to the Soviet Union, which is what everyone does not understand.
After the meeting that day, *** returned to Yan'an and received a handwritten letter from He Zizhen to himself, on which four big words were written - farewell.
This sudden parting caught everyone off guard, and the two have not seen each other for more than two decades.
He Zizhen, who left alone and came to the Soviet Union, can he really forget everything before?
In 2004, 20 years after He Zizhen's death, his granddaughter told the secret of the old clothes.
In 1937, He Zizhen insisted on leaving ***, a husband and wife for a hundred days, why did she insist on separating from her husband?
Later, *** personally talked about He Zizhen's departure, and he said: "It's not that I want to leave her, but that she wants to leave me." ”
In fact, it can be seen here that the two are very stubborn, and they often quarrel over some small things, and over time there will be a sense of distance and inevitable misunderstandings.
But in fact, they are all worried about each other in their hearts, everyone knows that *** has been frugal all his life, his clothes are torn and repaired, he has a gray military uniform that is very precious, even if it is full of patches, he is reluctant to throw it away.
It wasn't until *** passed away later that his granddaughter revealed the secret of this old dress to the public. It turned out that this dress was knitted by He Zizhen himself when he was in Yan'an.
According to the memories of the people around him, the chairman often looked at this dress and was distracted, and some people advised him to change it to a new one, afraid that it would be indecent to wear it full of patches, but he shook his head, his eyes full of reluctance.
Maybe in the eyes of others, this is just a shabby dress, but in the eyes of ***, it is precious, this military uniform carries his thoughts, worries and regrets.
Later, He Zizhen, who went to the Soviet Union alone, did not live a satisfactory life, and in the Soviet Union for more than ten years, she tasted the warmth and coldness of the world and the parting of life and death.
Not long after arriving in the Soviet Union, she was pregnant and soon gave birth to a boy, but the Soviet Union was going through war at the time. In addition, the child had the flu again, and finally died after ineffective treatment, and this sad news made her depressed for a while.
She washed her face with tears all day long, and slowly realized her impulsiveness and willfulness, she still couldn't forget ***, so she wrote a letter to *** and attached her own **, and asked a friend back to China to bring it back.
But she didn't hear back, and two years later, ***, who went to the Soviet Union for treatment, brought a letter from *** to He Zizhen, but the content of the letter was not what she wanted.
In the letter, *** wrote: Comrade Zizhen, your ** has been received, I am fine, don't read ,......From now on, we will be comrades.
He Zizhen understood ***'s intentions and knew that they would not be reunited, and the disheartened He Zizhen became depressed and unhappy, and her physical condition became worse and worse.
Knowing He Zizhen's situation, ** was also very distressed, after all, he had ten years of husband and wife friendship, so he sent his daughter Li Min to Moscow, hoping that with his daughter's company, He Zizhen could get better.
However, the Soviet Union continued to war, lack of food and clothing was the norm, and the life of the mother and daughter became very difficult, Li Min was sent to a children's home, and He Zizhen was even framed and imprisoned in an insane asylum.
Later, she recalled the past of the Soviet Union and was reluctant to mention this experience, she said that it was more difficult than the Long March, and you can imagine how difficult it was for her during this period.
He Zizhen, who was miserable, was eager to return to China, so he contacted Wang Jiaxiang and his wife, who were in the Soviet Union, and told him a telegram about his experience in the Soviet Union and asked for the idea of returning to China.
Hearing the news, *** personally replied "completely agreed", so she finally returned to the embrace of the motherland after being away for more than ten years.
After returning to China, she lived in Harbin, and she hoped to soothe her thoughts of *** through time, but memories are not lost with the wind.
She wanted to see *** even if it was just talking and shaking hands, so she mustered up the courage to write a letter to ***.
He Zizhen's wish seems simple, but this seems to be a luxury, ** did not reply immediately, but replied a year later: I hope you take care of your health, revolution first, body first, and take care of the overall situation.
He Zizhen knew that this was not only concern, but also comfort, and persuasion.
In 1954, ** The speech at the first session of the National People's Congress was transmitted all over the country through the radio, and He Zizhen in front of the radio heard the voice of the person who finally heard her thoughts, and suddenly sat on the stool and couldn't calm down for a long time.
Time finally came to 1959, under Zeng Zhi's arrangement, He Zizhen and *** finally met in Lushan.
When he saw the person he had been thinking about for a long time, He Zizhen burst into tears and cried unscrupulously.
Facing He Zizhen, who was crying constantly, ** comforted softly: "We met, you didn't speak, you kept crying, and then you couldn't see each other, and you said you thought about it again." ”
He Zizhen and *** confided in her various experiences in the Soviet Union, she fantasized that she would have the opportunity to meet again in the future, but she never thought that this meeting would be the last meeting between the two.
A few years later, He Zizhen heard the news of ***'s death, and for a while she couldn't accept this fact, and she was very emotional and fell ill.
He Zizhen's health deteriorated, and in 1984, the weather-beaten old man passed away.
When her daughter Li Min saw her mother's ashes, tears flowed uncontrollably, and there were charred metal shrapnel in the ashes.
In 1984, He Zizhen died of illness in Shanghai, and 20 years later, his granddaughter Kong Dongmei told the secret of the old clothes.
The blackened metal shrapnel in the urn uncovered a long-sealed past, what did He Zizhen experience?
During the Red Army's Long March, He Zizhen, as one of the few female Red Army soldiers, not only had to overcome women's physical and physical difficulties, but also had to take on the task of treating the wounded.
Not only that, but they had to have the same physical strength as men to ensure that they could keep up with the marching army.
What's more, He Zizhen was still pregnant during the Long March, but she did not accept the special care of the organization, but took care of the wounded, and even publicized the party's anti-Japanese policy to the masses in the areas she passed, adding to the ranks of the Red Army.
After crossing Chishui four times, in order to get rid of the enemy who was desperately pursuing, the Red Army advanced at a speed of 120 miles a day, preparing to advance to Yunnan, where the enemy had fewer troops, but a fierce battle occurred when passing through Zhuchang Village, Weishe Town, Xingyi City, and He Zizhen was unfortunately wounded.
The march slowed down due to the narrow and rugged mountain road through the village of Pig Farm, which allowed only one way, and the enemy attacked our flank and launched a fierce attack with the advantage of troops.
In the face of an attack with a huge disparity in strength, the Red Army relied on stubborn willpower to resist desperately, and after several hours of fierce fighting, finally covered the safe passage of the large army.
During the battle, the cadres and wounded who had arrived at Zhuchang Village first were resting in the dense woods, and He Zizhen was busy treating the wounds of the wounded, when suddenly there was a loud noise in the air, and the enemy plane swooped towards the place where the wounded were resting, and after a burst of strafing, a bomb was dropped.
In an instant, the smoke was everywhere, He Zizhen stubbornly got up from the dust and smoke, and she heard a piercing wail not far away, a seriously injured person was dying on a stretcher.
After a while, the second round of enemy bombardment came, and the situation was very critical, and He Zizhen completely disregarded his personal safety and tried his last breath to pounce on the wounded.
Her body was like an impregnable wall, shielding the wounded from the impact of shells. Fortunately, the wounded man picked up a life, but He Zizhen fell in a pool of blood.
Her body was covered in bruises, with 17 shrapnel wounds and blood all over her body, the worst of which ran from her back to her arms.
Due to the limited medical conditions at that time and the fact that he was surrounded and intercepted by the enemy, He Zizhen's injuries were not effectively and timely.
The doctor could only give her hemostatic injections, take painkillers, and remove the shallow shrapnel, but could not remove the deep shrapnel, which had always been on He Zizhen's body.
In the end, He Zizhen relied on tenacious willpower and unbearable pain to complete the arduous Long March.
Later, He Zizhen went to the Soviet Union and wanted to remove the shrapnel from her body, but after an examination by doctors in Moscow, it was found that the shrapnel in her body had been deeply embedded in her head, back and lungs, completely wrapped in bones and muscles, and there was no way to take it out.
After returning to China, He Zizhen proposed that he wanted to go to Beijing to pay homage to his remains, and the superior leaders quickly approved and sent a special plane to pick him up.
It is He Zizhen's wish to pay tribute to the remains of ***, and before coming, the doctor instructed to control the time, otherwise emotional excitement may worsen the condition, so she held back her tears and saw the last side of ***.
He Zizhen has been living in Shanghai since returning from Beijing, and every rainy day, the shrapnel on her body will prick her nerves, and the anemia caused by excessive blood loss from injuries has always accompanied her, for her, these are all wounds and torments that will never heal.
But He Zizhen has never complained to the outside world, telling her pain and hardships, she is a brave and resolute woman.
After He Zizhen's death, according to the highest specifications of the funeral, the body was buried in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing.
He Zizhen is an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, she has experienced the most difficult years of the Chinese revolution, she is brave and tenacious, and she is not afraid of difficulties.
She is a strong communist fighter, she dedicated her youth to the cause of the Chinese revolution, let us always remember this heroine.
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