At the end of 2010, ** TV launched a documentary recording the legendary life of a female Red Army soldier, she is He Zizhen. And the fact that this documentary can come out is inseparable from the unremitting efforts of He Zizhen's grandson Kong Jining.
Kong Jining said that his grandmother He Zizhen has experienced too much, but she has left too little for the world, which is his original intention to make this **.
He Zizhen is one of the few female Red Army soldiers who completed the Long March, and her life is full of legends. As the first female party member in Jinggangshan, she showed incomparable courage and pride in the revolutionary years.
He Zizhen was born in 1909 into a family of squires. At the age of 17, she resolutely threw herself into the revolution. She is not only handsome in appearance and bold in personality, but also has a chivalrous demeanor.
In 1927, she participated in the local peasant armed rebellion, and then went to Jinggangshan with her brother and met ***. At that time, when there was a lack of a secretary around him, He Zizhen was elected as his secretary.
He Zizhen has long heard of the name of ***, and being able to serve the "idol" this time makes her feel extremely happy, but at the same time she feels pressure, so she treats her work extremely seriously and hard.
** also praised the heroine of Jinggang Mountain, but it wasn't until after an accident that He Zizhen's admiration for *** was sublimated at a deeper level.
At that time, the base area had just been established, and the thatched huts of the poor became a temporary shelter for the land reform problem of *** and He Zizhen**. One day, a gunshot suddenly rang out, and it turned out that the landlord's security team learned that *** was here, intending to capture him and receive the bounty.
He Zizhen was anxious, but *** was calm, still smoking a cigarette and pondering countermeasures. Sure enough, everything was as he expected, and the enemy hurried away unscathed after a quick glance.
This incident made He Zizhen admire *** even more, and his composure and calmness made her feel an unprecedented affection. In 1928, they tied the knot.
At that time, ** was at a low point in his political career, but He Zizhen has been silently by his side. She is both a good wife and a good mother, and a right-hand man. In the war-torn years, they faced the hardships of life together.
During the Long March, He Zizhen was injured while protecting his comrades, leaving many shrapnel on his body. These pains have always been with her, but they have never shaken her faith and courage.
After the Red Army arrived in Yan'an, it shouldered a heavier historical responsibility. He needs to handle the heavy lifting while communicating with all sectors of society and presenting the party's image to the outside world.
In Yan'an, many patriotic young people poured in, and ** liked to communicate with them and draw inspiration from them.
As ***'s affairs became busier and busier, the communication between him and He Zizhen gradually decreased. He Zizhen suffered great physical damage due to injuries and childbirth, and had to reduce her workload and recuperate. At the same time, when she saw the young people full of vitality and knowledge, she couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis in her heart. Realizing that her level of education was no longer enough, she came up with the idea of going to the Soviet Union to recuperate and study.
However, ** disagreed with her leaving Yan'an, believing that it was mainly He Zizhen's ideological trouble. But He Zizhen insisted on leaving, so in 1937, she left Yan'an and came to Xi'an. There, she met the staff sent by *** to pick her up. She expressed her determination and asked her to bring back a handkerchief with the words "Farewell" written on it.
In 1939, 30-year-old He Zizhen officially separated from ***. She was alone in a foreign country, feeling lonely and indifferent. She had regretted her decision, but it was irreversible.
He Zizhen once told her daughter Li Min that leaving *** for the Soviet Union was one of the things she regretted most in her life. When she returned home, she was already a thing. She chose to spend the rest of her life alone, did not remarry, and just silently endured the ruthlessness of the years. The bitterness and sadness in it are only known to herself.