Yan Hui, a veteran Red Army and Communist Party member living in Changsha, was approved by the General Political Department in 1977 to restore his original identity and job benefits, and was able to enjoy his old age in peace.
However, in the long historical revolution, there are always many regrets.
If we look back on Yan Hui's revolutionary experience, it can be traced back to the period of the Great Revolution, when he was the squad leader of the third battalion and eight companies of the Second Front Army Guard Regiment of the National Revolutionary Army. This guard, led by the regiment commander Lu Deming, was originally going to participate in the Nanchang Uprising, but later due to fate, he participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising, and Yan Hui later followed him to Jinggang Mountain.
During the Autumn Harvest Uprising, the uprising team was renamed the First Division of the First Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, and Yan Hui served as the only two military instructors under the First Regiment at that time. After the Jinggangshan Division, the Red Fourth Army was established, and Yan Hui served as the commander of the third battalion and eight companies of the 31st Regiment of the Red Fourth Army.
Later, he served as the captain of the Red Guard Brigade in Yongxin County. However, it is regrettable that in 1932, Yan Hui left the Red Army to recuperate in Changsha, and because he did not have enough money, he gave up medical treatment and returned to his hometown, where he spent the next 50 years.
In the mid-70s of the last century, when Yan Hui was interviewed by reporters in Changsha, he accidentally mentioned one thing, that is, in the "Jinggangshan Base Area" published by the ** Party History Publishing House, it was mentioned that Zhang Ziqing, an early general of the Red Army, died in May 1930.
According to what he learned, Zhang Ziqing was actually killed the year before, that is, in May 1929. Although the difference in time is only one year, the meaning is very different.
In September 1927, ** led the Autumn Harvest Uprising on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, after the failure of the uprising, the entire army was basically scattered, and on September 29, when the troops arrived in Sanwan, Yongxin County, the number was less than 1,000.
It was in this place that ** led the famous Sanwan adaptation. In view of the fact that the number of troops was already seriously insufficient, it was immediately decided to reduce the number of troops from one division to one regiment, with two battalions under the regiment, and to improve the party branches at the grassroots level of the troops.
At that time, the battalion commanders of the two battalions, one was Huang Ziji and the other was Zhang Ziqing.
** The farsightedness and sagacity of army building have been fully demonstrated after the unit was downsized into regiments. After the downsizing of the troops, a regiment commander was to be selected, and it was recommended to choose Zhang Ziqing, but he was opposed by the division commander Yu Shandu.
Yu Shandu attaches great importance to the military, and attaches more importance to Chen Hao, who was born in Huangpu. Although Zhang Ziqing could only yield to the battalion commander, his proposition was undoubtedly very far-sighted. Facts have proved that Yu Shandu was pessimistic and disappointed in the revolution, and finally broke away from the uprising team, and Chen Hao and others tried to pull the team to join the Kuomintang military Dingying Department
** Lead a platoon to quickly pull the troops back and successfully save the revolution. After the crisis, military cadres on Jinggang Mountain became even more scarce, and Zhang Ziqing stood out in this situation.
Zhang Ziqing's military talent cannot be ignored, although he was not born in the Whampoa Military Academy, he graduated from the Hunan Army Lecture Hall, and graduated from the same school as Mr. Peng, and graduated two years earlier than Mr. Peng.
Zhang Ziqing was born in Yiyang, Hunan Province in a family of ** people, was nurtured by his father since he was a child, and after graduation, he served as a captain officer under the command of the Lingling Town Guard. Dissatisfied with the rule of local warlords, he was later oppressed by the Hunan warlord Zhao Hengxi, and he was forced to leave the army and organize guerrilla troops in his hometown of Dashuidong and Fuqiu Mountain.
During the Great Revolution, Zhang Ziqing's guerrillas were incorporated into the Ninth Echelon Regiment of the Sixth Army of the National Revolutionary Army. In 1925, Zhang Ziqing joined the Communist Party of China and entered Hunan with the army, and was assigned to the 15th Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army as a company commander.
Zhang Ziqing's performance in the army fully demonstrated his military talent and was highly valued by all parties. When Changsha was preparing to build the third branch of the Whampoa Military Academy, Zhang Ziqing served as a political instructor, and was later selected to study in the United States, but he later took the initiative to give up the opportunity to study abroad and went to Guangzhou to study in the agricultural training institute held by the first country.
After graduation, Zhang Ziqing returned to the 20th Army led by ** as the commander of the political company, and soon after was transferred to the Second Front Army Guard Regiment as the deputy commander of the 3rd Battalion.
After the failure of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, ** led the troops to Jinggangshan, and with the help of the peasant army, created a rear garrison and a hospital. Although the troops were safe in the mountains, the danger remained.
In October 1927, the main force of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was lightly armed and carried out guerrilla attacks along the border of Youxian and Suichuan counties, and on the way encountered an attack by more than 500 people of Xiaojiabi of the Jingwei Regiment, and the troops were scattered.
At that time, there were only 200 people left in the main force of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army led by **, and Zhang Ziqing, who was responsible for capturing the enemy's occupied heights, was cut off, causing the entire third battalion to lose contact.
Until early November, the 3rd Battalion led by Zhang Ziqing had not returned. At this time, some people began to talk that Zhang Ziqing may have defected to the Kuomintang. Zhang Ziqing was a member of the Kuomintang army, so many people thought that he might have been pessimistic and disillusioned with the revolution and left the revolutionary ranks.
** In the past, he knew Zhang Ziqing's character in Guangzhou, and he responded to this matter: "I don't think Zhang Ziqing will lead his troops to surrender to the enemy." At that time, there were many gossips, including Huang Ziji, who later rebelled.
But *** stood up, spoke for Zhang Ziqing, and blocked everyone's mouths: "I think Zhang Ziqing will definitely not lead the troops to surrender to the enemy." Guan Yunchang lost contact with Liu Bei after the defeat, and Cao Cao took a lot of effort to buy and use him.
But once Guan Yunchang got the news of Liu Bei, he immediately rode the red rabbit horse, traveled thousands of miles, and finally returned to Liu Bei, who was a major general, and Guan Yunchang's resolute move became a beautiful talk for the ages.
Zhang Ziqing is a comrade who has been in the party for many years, is he not as good as a Guan Yunchang? I don't think he will surrender to the enemy. "It turns out that ** has a very accurate eye for people.
Zhang Ziqing's wit and bravery showed the quality of party members and soldiers at a critical moment. After he led the third battalion to lose contact with the large army, he unexpectedly joined the Nanchang uprising troops led by Mr. Zhu and **.
His keen insight led him to realize that Jinggangshan's troops were moving, and immediately set off with the 3rd Battalion. In the Battle of Chaling in December 1927, he led more than 400 men into battle and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop.
His talent was appreciated, and after he executed traitors such as Chen Hao and Huang Ziji, he became the head of the First Regiment of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army and served as a member of the former committee.
Zhang Ziqing has become the right-hand man of ***. However, history does not always develop according to the will of man. Zhang Ziqing died in the Hunan Uprising in March 1928, and his talent and contribution were not fully exploited.
On April 26, 1928, ** Zhang Ziqing led the troops to arrive at the county seat of Youxian. At that time, the situation was grim, and a regiment of Wu Shang's Eighth Army and a security regiment from Luo Ding chased from the direction of Chaling, and they chased *** and ** near Chaling.
**Turned his head and asked Zhang Ziqing:"What are we going to do? "Zhang Ziqing immediately replied: "We should resist the enemy at our doorstep and prevent the enemy from destroying the meeting of the two armies." ”
On April 27, 1928, Zhang Ziqing personally led the first regiment to fight fiercely with two regiments of the Hunan Army on the high ground outside the city of Youxian for five hours.
Unfortunately, in the fierce battle, Zhang Ziqing was hit by a bullet at the bottom of his left ankle, and the injury was not serious at that time, but due to the difficult conditions of the army at that time, the injury was not properly **, and eventually led to death.
On April 28, 1928, ** led some of the cadres of the Autumn Harvest Uprising in Longjiang Academy to join the cadres of the Nanchang Uprising led by **, when Zhang Ziqing was lying on a stretcher, although he was seriously injured, he was wearing a clean and tidy military uniform, and he looked energetic.
Later, with his wounds, he attended the founding meeting of the Fourth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army (soon after renamed the Red Fourth Army). At the meeting, he was appointed commander of the 10th Division and commander of the 31st Regiment, an appointment that proved that Zhang Ziqing had met with Mr. Zhu's troops.
However, due to the severity of Zhang Ziqing's injuries, the commander of the 10th Division was actually concurrently served by Mr. Zhu. After returning to Jinggangshan, Zhang Ziqing suffered a foot injury in the rear hospital of Maoping, due to the difficult conditions, there was not even anesthetic, and the Red Army Hospital did not even have an X-ray machine, so the location of the bullet could not be determined, and the director of the hospital, Wang Yunlin, had no better way, if he wanted to take out the bullet, he had to open the soles of his feet.
In the absence of anesthetics, this procedure is extremely difficult.
In February, Zhang Ziqing, a heroic Red Army soldier, was fearless and endured during the operation, proving his courage and perseverance with his actions. During the operation, although he endured great pain, he always gritted his teeth and persevered, without making a moan, which is admirable.
His heroic deeds touched the chairman and commander-in-chief, who visited him in the hospital many times and offered to send him to Changsha, but he resolutely refused, saying that he would stay in the hospital to take care of other wounded comrades.
This selfless spirit deserves to be learned and respected by each of us.
** once mentioned to Mr. Zhu the identity of Zhang Ziqing's son of Jiangmen, and Mr. Zhu lamented that his heroic struggle was like Guan Yu. It's a pity that Zhang Ziqing's talent is enough for him to achieve greater achievements, but he has been bedridden for a year from his meeting in Jinggangshan to his death.
On Jinggang Mountain, there is a story of "Master Zhang let salt". Due to the encirclement and blockade of the enemy, there was an extreme shortage of materials in Jinggangshan, and even salt for daily use was very scarce.
Due to the lack of alcohol for disinfection, the Red Army hospital could only use salt water, but salt water was also an important daily necessities, and later it could only be disinfected with honeysuckle water.
Zhang Ziqing was loved by the soldiers during the Jinggangshan period, and the army's room specially saved a little salt for him, but Zhang Ziqing was reluctant to use it, so he wrapped it in brown paper and put it under the pillow.
Later, the wounded Red Army who came down from the front line had not cleaned their wounds for a month because of the lack of alcohol disinfection, and after Zhang Ziqing learned of the situation, he took out a bag of salt from his treasure and gave it to **, and asked her to take it to disinfect the soldiers.
He encouraged the fighters: "There is not much salt, and the wounds of the seriously wounded must be washed." If possible, wash all the wounds of the wounded. Zhang Ziqing's behavior touched the soldiers very much, but he also knew that their division commander was seriously injured and urgently needed salt to clean, and although the salt consumption was very large, he still made this decision.
In order to encourage the fighting spirit of the soldiers, Zhang Ziqing always intentionally or unintentionally collected the news of the great victory on the front line and told it to the soldiers. He said to the soldiers: "Although the conditions on our Jinggang Mountain are very difficult, we must not be discouraged, we must have confidence in the revolutionary cause, we must also work hard to overcome all kinds of difficulties, work hard to heal our wounds, return to the frontline troops as soon as possible, and continue to fight against the enemy!" ”
In January 1929, the Kuomintang troops in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces launched the third campaign against Jinggangshan.
The main force of the Red Fourth Army jumped to the outside line to fight and attacked southern Jiangnan, and the Red Fifth Army led by Mr. Peng stayed on Jinggang Mountain to defend. At the time of parting, the former committee of the Communist Party of China appointed Zhang Ziqing as the chief of staff of the Red Fifth Army to assist Mr. Peng in guarding Jinggangshan.
** Said to Mr. Peng: "Commander Peng, leave you a general, a general like Guan Yunchang, he is Zhang Ziqing." After Zhang Ziqing became a general, he also graduated with top grades in Hunan Lecture and Martial Arts Hall, and later entered the ** Political Training Institute in Guangzhou, which can be regarded as half of the Huangpu students. If you give him a Qinglong Glaive Knife and a Red Rabbit Horse chasing the wind, he will be Guan Yun Chang who can pass the level. ”
Mr. Peng admired Zhang Ziqing very much, and during the defense of Jinggang Mountain, although Zhang Ziqing was seriously injured, he still insisted on lying on a stretcher, paying attention to every pass in Jinggang Mountain.
However, the efforts of the Red Army did not give the desired result, and due to the betrayal of the traitors, the enemy launched an attack from the back of Jinggang Mountain, and Peng Lao Zong was forced to lead the troops to retreat.
Considering Zhang Ziqing's inconvenience, Mr. Peng specially arranged for personnel to take care of his residence before leaving. However, due to the harsh environment and food shortage, Zhang Ziqing's physical condition deteriorated, and he ended up starving for four days and four nights during the snow-covered season.
In May 1929, Zhang Ziqing was transferred to Dongli Village in Nanxiang, Xinxian County, under the cover of Red Guards, and continued to recuperate at Jiaolin Temple on the mountain behind the village. However, due to the long-term ineffective **, the wound infection worsened, and finally died at the age of 27.
Zhang Ziqing's sacrifice was a great loss to both the Red Army and the Chinese Revolution.
Zhang Ziqing, a young figure who once stood beside ***, because of his premature sacrifice, many people know him in the hit broadcast of revolutionary historical film and television dramas in recent years.
His contributions to the Chinese revolution deserve to be remembered forever.