wanted to meet Tian Shouyao, but the Ministry of Security suddenly reported: The person has been detainedYear.
In 1940, Tian Shouyao was ordered to lead the troops south to Central China, support the New Fourth Army, and participate in the creation of the anti-Japanese base area in northern Jiangsu. Before Tian Shouyao left, ** cordially met with him and Xie Zhenhua, the captain of the enemy training team, in Yan'an.
When they met, they shook hands with a smile and said, "It's hard work, you're about to go to the new battlefield." Tian Shouyao said excitedly: "It's not hard, the chairman has worked hard." ”
The four of them talked happily and walked into the house together. After Tian Shouyao sat down, he asked with concern about the situation of the troops and the current arrangements. When Tian Shouyao talked about the army, the 25-year-old was full of passion and had no sense of inhibition at all.
After listening to his story, ** said with a smile: "It seems that two years ago, you will be able to take over the position of Comrade Xu Haidong." ”
Tian Shouyao showed his passion and determination in the conversation, which made *** leave a deep impression on him. However, three years later, he was imprisoned by the Ministry of Security.
It turned out that ** objected to letting 23-year-old Tian Shouyao take over Xu Haidong's position. Tian Shouyao joined the revolution in 1931 and joined the Communist Party the following year.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the deputy commander of the 687th Regiment of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. In the battle of Pingxingguan in September 1937, Tian Shouyao led his troops to successfully ambush the Japanese army, and he was seriously wounded but still insisted on commanding, which was highly praised by Zuo Quan, deputy chief of general staff.
After the war, he was promoted to regimental commander.
Figure |In March 1938, Tian Shouyao, with Xu Haidong as the brigade commander and Huang Kecheng as the political commissar, the 334th Brigade of the 115th Division was ordered to go deep into the Taihang Mountains and cooperate with the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army led by Liu and Deng.
In April, the Japanese army gathered more than 30,000 men, divided into nine routes, and attacked the southeast area of Shanxi Province on a large scale. On April 22, the 687th Regiment of the 334th Brigade, the 1st Column of the Decisive Death, the 2nd Guerrilla Regiment and the 97th Regiment of the 17th Division of the Army joined forces to defeat the Japanese army many times in a row and successfully recovered Gaoping County.
In July, when the 334th Brigade was stationed in Gaoping, Xu Haidong and Huang Kecheng received a report that the Japanese army had mobilized more than 100 vehicles in Jincheng and had arrested the people to repair the road to Gaoping.
After analysis, the two immediately led their troops to the Machidian area to set up an ambush. However, the battle did not achieve the desired result because our troops did not first inflict heavy damage on the enemy with artillery fire before launching a charge.
When Commander-in-Chief Zhu learned about it, he severely criticized Xu Haidong. However, at that time, Xu Haidong was seriously ill, and sometimes there was even a phenomenon of **. Under these circumstances, Xu Haidong decided to leave the army and go to Yan'an to recuperate and study.
After Xu Haidong left office, the post of brigade commander became vacant. Huang Kecheng preferred to be succeeded by Tian Shouyao, the head of the 687th Regiment. It just so happened that ** came to the brigade headquarters to inspect the work at this time, and Huang Kecheng recommended to him the new brigade commander candidate in his mind.
The next day, ** came to talk to Tian Shouyao and told him that he was the commander of the **344 Brigade and the commander of the 687 Regiment. However, when ** asked ** for instructions, he received a call back from ***, opposing Tian Shouyao as the acting brigade commander of the 344 Brigade and suggesting that someone be sent from the **Red Army.
It was not easy to take charge of a main brigade of nearly 10,000 people,** and it was believed that Tian Shouyao was lacking in qualifications and leadership. As a result, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army decided to appoint Yang Dezhi as the acting commander of the 344 Brigade.
Tian Shouyao found it difficult to accept this personnel change, his mood was a little low, and he didn't even attend the old brigade commander's send-off party. Seeing this situation, ** had a conversation with Huang Kecheng and asked for a party committee to be convened immediately to carry out criticism and self-criticism.
Huang Kecheng was the first to speak at the meeting, and made a tactful criticism of Tian Shouyao. However, ** stopped him in time, stood up and shouted: "Is this the party committee?"
I don't even dare to criticize and self-criticize, what kind of Communist Party member is I! Then, ** unceremoniously criticized Tian Shouyao harshly. Finally, ** summarized the meeting, emphasizing: "Those who are ordered will sing, and those who are not ordered will be quiet."
We all have to obey the command of *** and there can be no more emotions. Although Tian Shouyao is young, he understands that party members must obey the party's leadership. After that, ** reported to *** the results of his inspection of the work of the troops.
Nod in agreement. On the way to Yan'an, Tian Shouyao encountered danger. From 1939, Tian Shouyao served as the commander of the new 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Column of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of the 2nd Detachment of the 5th Column.
During this period, he successfully commanded a series of anti-Japanese battles behind enemy lines, demonstrating the excellent qualities of a senior commander. After the "Southern Anhui Incident", the 5th Column was reorganized into the "3rd Division of the New Fourth Army", under the jurisdiction of the 1st Brigade, Tian Shouyao served as the commander of the 8th Brigade and the commander of the Yanfu Army Division in northern Jiangsu.
After that, the regiment under the jurisdiction of the 8th Brigade carried out guerrilla warfare in northern Jiangsu and established an anti-Japanese base in Yanfu District.
Figure |Tian Shouyao (first from right) and the soldiers of the 8th Brigade took a group photo in the Yanfu area, which is located between Central China and North China, and has always been a battleground for soldiers. When Tian Shouyao led the 8th Brigade into the Yanfu District, the situation here was very serious.
The Japanese puppet army attacked frequently, the ruffians and bandits ran rampant, and the masses lived in dire straits. In the face of such a situation, Tian Shouyao took the initiative to attack and annihilate the Japanese puppet army, eliminate bandits and bullies, stabilize the people's hearts, and greatly enhance the reputation of the New Fourth Army among the masses.
In February 1943, the Japanese army dispatched troops to Central China and North China40,000 troops began to carry out a "dragnet sweep" against the anti-Japanese democratic base area in Funing, and the situation was extremely grim.
On the eve of the enemy's sweep, the Communist Party of China and the Central China Bureau issued instructions to the anti-Japanese base areas of the New Fourth Army to "support the struggle on the one hand, and preserve cadres on the other", requiring all localities to transfer outstanding cadres to Yan'an ** Party School for further study and prepare for a national congress.
On the day of receiving the order, the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army formed a cadre team to go to Yan'an to study. The cadre unit was headed by Peng Xiong, chief of staff of the division, and Tian Shouyao, commander of the 8th Brigade, was the deputy captain.
There are 11 cadres at or above the regimental level. According to the provisions of **, married wives of cadres above the regiment level can accompany them to Yan'an to study. Tian Shouyao's wife, Chen Luolian, and seven other female comrades also participated in the cadre team.
For the sake of operational safety, several leaders also brought one or two guards, so that the whole team totaled 51 people.
Group photo of Tian Shouyao and Chen Luolian On February 11, the cadres set out from Funing County, where the 3rd Division was stationed, intending to enter the coastal area from Ganyu and then from Shandong to Yan'an.
However, soon after the detachment of the cadres, a group of Japanese troops followed and pursued, and in the end, the Japanese army gathered more than 2,000 people in a vain attempt to encircle and annihilate the cadres. At the critical juncture, under the cover of the guard company of the 3rd Division and the two brother companies that met on the way to break through, although the cadres got rid of the Japanese troops who were trailing, they did not rush through the Japanese blockade line.
Time passed imperceptibly, 1 month. At this time, the Japanese army had already begun a new round of "sweeping" in northern Jiangsu, and everyone hoped to rush to Yan'an as soon as possible when the land route was blocked.
In desperation, Tian Shouyao proposed to go by sea, using the cover of night, as long as the enemy's naval blockade line in Lianyungang was bypassed, the troops would be safe. On March 16, a large sailing ship carrying a cadre group disguised as merchants and sailors set off from the mouth of the Yanhe River in Yancheng County and headed north on the Yellow Sea.
In the early morning of March 17, the wind on the sea suddenly stopped, and the wooden sailboat suddenly lost its kinetic energy and stopped motionless on the sea. At that time, the ship's location was very special, only 30 nautical miles from the landing site Zhewangkou, but there were Japanese strongholds in Lanshantou to the north and Lianyungang in the south.
If you stay for a long time, you may be discovered by the Japanese army. After obtaining the consent of the captain of the ship, Tian Shouyao decided that for the safety of the troops, the wooden sailboat would drift away in the direction of the waves of the ebb tide of the sea and wait for the wind to rise before sailing.
It didn't take long for the sky to dawn. The ship's sentry reported that not far from the wooden sailboat, a small black dot had appeared, which was rapidly moving towards the sailboat, looking like a Japanese patrol boat.
Tian Shouyao immediately notified all the personnel of the cadre team, quickly arranged the combat mission, and let the guard company hide in the warehouses and wait for the opportunity.
The Japanese patrol boats gradually became visible, and they motioned for the wooden sailing boats to stop for inspection. At the moment when the traitor translator stepped on the galleon, Tian Shouyao shouted: "Fight! ”
He and his guards jumped out and threw cluster grenades at the Japanese patrol ship, killing and wounding more than 10 Japanese soldiers. As soon as the Japanese reacted, they began to strafe with machine guns.
In the afternoon, the wind gradually rose on the sea, and the cadres pulled up their sails under the guidance of the captain of the ship, and the wooden sailing boat stubbornly sailed towards the harbor. However, 4 more Japanese patrol boats were reinforced from the direction of Lianyungang.
They maintained a "wolf formation" formation, attacking alternately from afar. Due to the heavy weight and deep draft of the wooden sailing boat, it ran aground at a great distance from the coastline. In the end, Tian Shouyao ordered to abandon the ship, and those who were slightly injured all went to sea by themselves, and those who were seriously injured took care of each other and carried them to the shore.
Everyone shouted the slogan "Swear to death and not be taken prisoner" and swam towards the shore with difficulty. The cadres of the New Fourth Army continued to be wounded and fell, and Tian Shouyao and Chen Luolian, who swam in the front to explore the way, were unfortunately swept into the bottom of the sea by the current and died honorably.
However, a few months after the fake "Tian Shouyao" entered Yan'an and was exposed to the "Lianyungang Sea Encounter," Wang's puppet secret service made great efforts to finally find out the identity list of most of the fallen soldiers of the New Fourth Army.
At that time, due to traffic conditions and intelligence conditions, Yan'an did not know the details of the sacrifice of the cadres. The cunning military commander obtained this top-secret information through the eyeliner he planted.
After Dai Li's personal planning, a senior spy Li Daitao was sent to Yan'an to pretend to be Tian Shouyao.
Figure |During this time, under the leadership of Zhang Chiming, director of the political department of the brigade, a group of warriors went through hardships and traveled all the way south from Shandong, Hebei, and Shanxi, and finally came to Yan'an.
Sadly, the bad news came, the then commander of the Shandong Military Region was deeply shocked, he personally presided over the public memorial ceremony and memorial service, and buried the bodies of the 16 dead cadres and sailors on the ship in the martyrs cemetery of Ma'anshan Anti-Japanese Mountain in Ganyu County.
At the same time, a spy has been staying in the ** Military Commission guest house for 5 days, and he is so cleverly disguised that no one doubts his identity. According to the plan, he will be received by *** in 2 days.
However, this news made Chen Bo, who was then the head of the ** Security Department of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region, suspicious, and he immediately rushed to the Security Department of the **Military Commission and asked Qian Yimin, Minister of Security: "At 10 o'clock in the morning on June 22, ** wanted to meet Tian Shouyao, commander of the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, don't you think this is very strange?" ”
Comrade Tian Shouyao is the precious wealth of our party, and his heroic sacrifice makes us deeply regret it. Chen Bo said solemnly. Chen Bo went on to explain that Comrade Tian Shouyao had already left Central China in March, and now more than three months have passed, and many things may have happened and many changes have occurred during this period.
Our comrades attach great importance to the protection of documents and do not lose them easily. Qian Yimin asked: "Do you want to report to ***?" Chen Bo replied: "It's better to be cautious, and then interrogate clearly." ”
After hearing the news, he sighed: "Comrade Tian Shouyao is really a rare talent, and his sacrifice is a great loss to our party. After Tian Shouyao's sacrifice, people who came into contact with him spoke very highly of him.
Tian Shouyao originally had a low level of education, but he loved to learn very much, and his knowledge level improved rapidly. Li Xuesan, former director of the Political Department of the 8th Brigade (deputy political commissar and lieutenant general of the PLA Logistics College), said: "Comrade Tian Shouyao is a knowledgeable worker and peasant cadre, who speaks elegantly and has the style of a Confucian general. ”
Anti-Japanese war correspondent Zhou Libo once went to the front line with American reporter Carlson to cover the news, and Tian Shouyao escorted him all the way, and the two have formed a deep friendship since then. Tian Shouyao even saved Zhou Libo's life.
Tian Shouyao and Chen Luolian are two martyr couples in the old area of Yanfu, who have fought all their lives for the cause of national liberation and are deeply admired by the local people. Although they passed away at a young age, their spirit lives on and deserves to be remembered forever by future generations.