Mao Anqing's cousin changed his name to join the New Fourth Army and became an important hero
In the *** family, many people participated in the revolution, including his cousin Mao Zequan. Mao Zequan's father and ***'s father are cousins, but he was born in 1909, 16 years later than ***.
Therefore, after *** went out to study, in Mao Zequan's memory, the image of this cousin was not clear.
Originally, Chairman ** returned to his hometown to promote revolutionary ideas, and Mao Zequan was deeply attracted by this majestic and upright cousin. At a young age, he joined the Shaoshan Farming Society as a correspondent, busily running errands and delivering letters, and standing guard.
As the years went by, Mao Zequan grew up and went to Nanjing, where he got a job in a relative's house. Soon after, the all-out War of Resistance broke out, and Mao Zequan and his younger brother Mao Zeqing went to Yan'an together to join their cousin and fight against Japan together.
** I was also very happy to see Mao Zequan and Mao Zeqing, and arranged for them to enter the school to study, and after graduation, Mao Zequan was assigned to the Yansi Military Station of the New Fourth Army as a logistics cadre.
The New Fourth Army is located in the heart of the Japanese invaders, Wang puppeteers, and Kuomintang reactionaries, and has become a thorn in the side of all parties, and a large number of spies are closely monitored.
In order to facilitate his work, Mao Zequan followed the instructions of the organization and changed his name to "Wang Xun". Because of this reason, ** was unable to learn about Mao Zequan for a long time, and mistakenly thought that he had died.
The Kuomintang reactionaries were very hostile to the New Fourth Army and wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible, so they imposed a strict blockade on the New Fourth Army, with the result that the New Fourth Army was extremely difficult to live by, and the soldiers not only had no salary, but also had problems with food and clothing.
Under these circumstances, the New Fourth Army began to learn from Yan'an's large-scale production movement and actively engaged in economic construction. Jiangnan has been an economically prosperous area since ancient times, and Mao Zequan made full use of Jiangnan's favorable industrial and commercial traditions to cooperate with a national capitalist in Dongtai County to set up a joint venture cigarette factory, which made a profit of tens of thousands of yuan in half a year, greatly alleviating the economic difficulties of the officers and men of the New Fourth Army.
In addition to the tobacco factory, Mao Zequan also founded a grain store, which effectively guaranteed the food of the troops, making the soldiers' lives improve day by day, and even exceeded the food standards of the Kuomintang and puppet army troops, attracting many puppet soldiers to surrender.
When Mao Zequan was doing logistics work, he got acquainted with a Shanghai female student named Xu Jiping. 18-year-old Xu Jiping was clear-eyed and enthusiastic, unwilling to be a slave in the occupied area, so he gave up his studies and defected to the New Fourth Army.
She was assigned to Mao Zequan's logistics department as an accountant, and Mao Zequan happened to be her leader. Mao Zequan showed great concern for the student soldiers from these big cities, but he did not have any special thoughts.
On the contrary, Xu Jiping deeply trusted Mao Zequan's loyalty and kindness. In the end, with everyone's matchmaking, the two became revolutionary partners.
During the Liberation War, Mao Zequan served as the head of the Supply Department of the 23rd Army of the Third Field Army, and he founded a series of production factories, such as clothing factories, shoe and socks factories and towel factories.
These products not only meet the needs of the headquarters, but also benefit many brother troops. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zequan applied to the organization to restore his original name "Mao Zequan", and it was approved.
This surprised his wife Xu Jiping, but what she didn't expect was that after she followed her husband to Beijing, she actually met the great leader*** She found out that her husband who had been married for seven years turned out to be ***'s cousin, which was really too hidden!
When *** saw Mao Zequan again, he was very happy and said: "Since Yan'an said goodbye, I have been looking for news from you, but I have never found you!" ”
Mao Zequan told *** about his pseudonym "Wang Xun", and he appreciated his non-nepotistic style very much, and even proudly introduced him to ** as his cousin and had worked in the New Fourth Army.
* He was also very happy and said that he knew that Comrade Wang Xun had provided great help to the New Fourth Army while opening a cigarette factory and earning silver dollars. When *** learned that his younger brother had already had children and had a family, he was very happy and invited the family to Zhongnanhai as a guest.
On a Mid-Autumn Festival evening, Mao Zequan brought his wife and three children to his cousin's house, and the children sweetly called "Uncle Uncle", * liked children the most, and was so happy that he personally arranged for the chef to scrambled eggs for the children to eat.
** Appreciating his brother-in-law's dignified elegance, he asked: "You are a female student in Shanghai, how can you like a farmer?" When he learned that they truly loved each other and appreciated each other, he said happily: "This is exactly what our party advocates for intellectuals and peasants and workers and peasants to intellectualize." ”
Mao Zequan was busy with work, and his contact with *** gradually decreased. However, his respect and gratitude for *** has never changed. In 1976, after his death, Mao Zequan was so grief-stricken that he fainted while looking at the chairman's remains.
This shows that he has a deep respect for this brother and revolutionary mentor. In 1989, Mao Zequan died of illness in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, at the age of 80, and his ashes were buried in the Taiyuan Twin Towers Martyrs Cemetery to commemorate his life and his deep admiration for ***.