The year 1976 was the saddest year for all Chinese since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
This year, the leaders of the ** marshal, ** and other generations fell one after another, and they encountered the big ** that razed the entire Tangshan to the ground, and the successive bad news made this year a hidden pain that countless Chinese people could not look back on.
On July 6 of that year, ***, who had just come out of the rescue room, was lying quietly on the sickbed, when ***, who was in a hurry, suddenly came to ***'s residence and told him the news that *** had died of illness.
After hearing the news, ** couldn't help choking, and then asked bitterly:"What kind of illness did Mr. Zhu have, how did he ...... so quickly”Thinking of this, I can't say any more.
Then *** briefly told *** the reason for his death and asked *** to take care of **'s funeral after listening, and then the two fell silent, and grief enveloped the whole room.
For decades before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, ** and ** have always been partners in hand in hand, which is also very rare in the world.
They were also born in a peasant family, with the same ambitions and feelings, and went to the fire together for the founding of the country, and their story begins in 1928.
In April 1928, after a long journey of half a year, ** led the troops to arrive in the city where Jinggangshan is located.
At this time, *** was leading the troops to cover the ** troops in the southern Hunan area, so after arriving in Jinggangshan, ** couldn't see *** for the first time, which made him very anxious.
He told his subordinates:"As soon as Commissioner Mao arrives in the city, he will report the information to me immediately. ”
At that time, after arriving in the city, many people wanted to see the face of the company and wanted to see how majestic Mr. Zhu was, but when the team arrived, people could not recognize the famous ** at a glance.
Fig**Some ordinary people couldn't wait to ask the soldier **in**, and the soldier pointed directly at a soldier like a "guy".
It turned out that ** was a general who didn't pay much attention to dress, and he was approachable and could often talk to the soldiers, but this time he came to the city, ** also deliberately shaved off his beard and put on a clean military uniform, waiting for the arrival of ***.
On the 28th, ** in the room was crouching in front of a map and studying it carefully.
After seeing this scene, **, who had just come in, asked **What was he doing?
*Say:"I'm calculating how long it will take for Commissar Mao to come back, and I guess I'm going to come back," he saidSo the two of them calculated together.
At this time, the guard suddenly rushed in and said:"Commissar Mao has arrived, and he is rushing to Longjiang Academy, ready to come and see us. ”
Hearing the news, ** and ** smiled at each other, and then quickened their pace and walked out of the door, ready to greet *** at the door of Longjiang Academy, which is enough to see that the two are extremely looking forward to the arrival of ***.
When the two arrived at the gate of the academy, a group of people had already arrived. He Changgong was ready to introduce **, but *** said:
"I don't need to be introduced, I already recognized ** at a glance, I just had a short meeting with ** not long ago, the contact time is not long, but I remember the appearance,".Then the two men clasped hands tightly.
In the process of communication, ** and ** sympathize with each other, a feeling of seeing each other and hating each other arises spontaneously, and since then, the Vermilion Red Army has been widely known.
Soon after the meeting at Jinggangshan, the Fourth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, the first armed force of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, was established, and later renamed the "Red Fourth Army".
At that time, the military headquarters of the Red Fourth Army was in Yanghu Bridge, and ** lived here directly in order to manage the army, but ** lived a few miles away from Yanghu Bridge, and it was very troublesome to go back and forth every day, and it took a lot of time.
Fig**After seeing** running between the residence and the military headquarters every day, **take the initiative to invite** to live in Yanghu Bridge together.
*I also knew that it would take a lot of time to go back and forth, so I gladly accepted ***'s proposal, but the security guard who was responsible for arranging accommodation for ** had a headache.
At that time, *** was living in the house of a villager Xie Huaifu, and only another villager, Xie Cili's house, was left empty, but the remaining house had poor lighting, small space, and a bad office environment, which made it difficult for the guards.
After discovering this problem, ** directly said:"The house I live in is just close to the military department, and it is more convenient to work, let ** live in my house, I can live in the small building of Xie Cili's house. ”
At this time, the guard was still a little hesitant, ** directly asked him to clean up the small building as soon as possible, and after listening to ***'s words, the guard hurriedly took action and went to contact Xie Huaifu to clean up the house.
The next day, after Xie Huaifu cleaned up the house, he asked the guard:"Who's going to stay next? ”
Before the guard had time to reply, **, who was about to come to find ***, had already pushed the door in, but he found that the house was empty, and it was obvious that *** was no longer living here, so he hurriedly asked the guard about the situation.
After listening to the guard's explanation, ** immediately turned around and walked towards the small building of Xie Cili's house, and found that the small building in front of him not only had poor lighting and small space, but also the house was very short.
*I know that *** moved here to vacate the original house for myself, but *** will have a lot of inconvenience to work here.
So he directly told the guard to move his luggage into the small building while *** hadn't come back yet, so that *** had no way to drive him away.
FigIt didn't take long for the result to come to the door of the small building. Looking at the busy figures of everyone in the house, ** already knew it, and then he said:"Commander Zhu, there are no two people living in such a small building, don't worry, I live here very well. ”
*Understand *** knew that he would definitely not let himself live here, and there was no way to change his mind if he continued to fight, so he agreed to *** to live and work in Xie Huaifu's house.
It can be seen that ** and ** are both revolutionaries who are not afraid of hardship, and they are both able to put themselves in each other's shoes.
Since then, ** and ** fought side by side at Yanghu Bridge, even if they were in a bad room, they could not stop them from leading the troops to fight, and every day they often worked together to formulate battle plans, guide the Red Fourth Army to charge into battle, and adjust their strategy as the situation changes.
In January 1929, the Red Fourth Army left Jinggangshan, planning to promote the agrarian revolution in the form of armed struggle in various places and further enrich the strength of the Red Army.
During this period, **and** also had disagreements, but the two did not feel annoyed by each other's different views, and patiently sat down to listen to each other's views, so "Vermilion" has also become a rare combination in the eyes of the world.
In the summer of 1930, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army numbered more than 100,000 people, and more than 10 revolutionary base areas were established.
At the same time, the Kuomintang decided to intensify its efforts to carry out "encirclement and suppression" of the Red Army, and the armies of the two sides continued to fight each other.
In the face of the enemy's encirclement and suppression, **and** was calm, carefully formulated a response plan, and led the soldiers to fight every day.
Under the leadership of *** and Mr. Zhu, the morale of the soldiers is high, not afraid of sacrifice, as long as Zhu Mao gives an order, the soldiers will not hesitate to obey the order to charge forward, annihilate the enemy in the shortest time, and successively win victories in Wudoujiang, Caoshi and other places.
During the third anti-"encirclement and suppression" in 1931, in order to weaken the strength of the Red Army, the Kuomintang army intensified its attack and sent many fighters to bomb the Red Army, which caused the Red Army to have to go out day and night.
Fig**Mr. Zhu,**
At that time, the combat environment was already bad, and the Red Army had to guard against the enemy's wanton and indiscriminate bombing, and the overall situation was quite grim, and the combat conditions were extremely poor.
The march had no fixed shelter outside, and the Reds often slept on the ground, covered with some hay.
During the day, ** and ** hid from enemy reconnaissance with the Red Army, they covered their heads with blades of grass and secretly discussed battle plans.
Every time the scout returns to the team after completing a mission, ** and ** will immediately ask for the specific situation, and then hurriedly take out the map to study the response plan.
After the plan was decided, the two dared to stop and take a break.
When the Red Army fought with the enemy, **He** also disregarded his personal safety, insisted on commanding at the front line, and lived and died with the Red Army.
With the tacit cooperation of the two, the Red Army repelled the enemy in a number of important battles.
In the war-torn years, the strategic-rich *** and ** trusted each other more and more. Especially at some critical moments, it can reflect the deep revolutionary friendship between the two.
Since then, because of some differences, ** has been excluded from the leadership team, but ** has always unswervingly supported *** said:"Invite him back as soon as possible, people say that Zhu Mao is in the Red Army, and Zhu leaves Mao, and there may not even be a way to survive the winter. ”
*Also said:"As early as when I was in Jinggangshan, I have always followed Comrade Mao, and I will continue to follow him to carry out the revolution to the end in the future. ”
Looking back on history, it is found that in the process of the Chinese revolution, ** and ** went hand in hand for 48 years.
"Vermilion" has gradually become a well-known noun, which not only shows that *** and ** have deep feelings, but also symbolizes "unity", which future generations should remember in their hearts.
In January 1976, the body of ** who had passed the age of ** deteriorated, and the whole person became weaker and weaker.
After hearing the bad news, ** lay on the sofa, his eyes were full of tears, he looked out the window sadly, and sighed again and again.
FigAt this time, Mrs. Kang Keqing and others were all by his side, wanting to comfort him who was sad.
The family knows that the perennial hard work and the growth of age have caused the body to become weaker and weaker, for fear that after hearing that *** has passed away, ** will get sick again, but when people hear that their old friends who used to fight side by side have left, how can they not be sad?
On January 11th, **, who was in poor health, insisted on going to the hospital in person to say goodbye to *** When he took a car to the hospital on the same day, **recalled the bits and pieces with ***, and couldn't help but shed sad tears.
After returning from the hospital, the grief-stricken ** felt like a dream, and the family members became more and more worried about the physical condition of **.
On January 15, the secretary asked ** if he wanted to go to the Great Hall to attend ***'s memorial service, ** thought that he must go to see his old friend off for the last time, but by the time he was about to set off by car, ** had no way to stand.
It turned out that since *** passed away, ** tossed and turned every night, and it was difficult to swallow during the day, and my health was getting worse and worse.
* Still want to try to get up and go to the memorial service, but the body that issued ** does not allow itIn desperation, ** could only give up the idea of attending the memorial service, and then sat directly on the sofa, muttering repeatedly: "I can't go!" ”
After not being able to go to the memorial service, ** asked to turn on the TV, saying:"Even if I can only sit at home, I will attend the memorial service," he saidHe watched the vehicle carrying the body of *** slowly drive towards Babaoshan and was silent, unable to extricate himself from his grief for a long time.
In addition to **, ***, who learned of ***'s death in Zhongnanhai, frowned, then closed his eyes, and tears flowed uncontrollably.
Fig**Mr. Zhu,**
Like **,** also failed to attend ***'s memorial service.
The secretary asked him if he wanted to attend the memorial service, and the tearful *** said:"I can't walk anymore. ”
From the first meeting in 1926 to the last meeting in 1974, ** and *** have gone through 48 years of ups and downs, and they have long been close partners, and he doesn't want to see his old friend for the last time, but he is almost unable to move around in bed.
After the death of ***, **, who knew that *** was in poor physical condition, secretly made up his mind to continue to do a good job.
Despite the fact that he was sick, he still said:"**I'm gone,** I'm not in good health, I need to get more work done," he said
Within a few months, **'s condition suddenly worsened, and ** stayed at work until his death.
Since March, **, who has difficulty moving around, has been using a wheelchair to work, but he will still try to walk if his physical condition allows at that time.
By May, **I was admitted to the hospital twice in a row with a cold**.
On June 21, 1976, at the age of 90, he arrived at the General Assembly Hall with heavy steps, and the purpose of his visit was to meet with the then Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Australia, Malcolm Fraser, who was visiting China.
When I first woke up that day, I didn't feel very well.
After hearing ** say that he was uncomfortable, his family hurriedly persuaded him to stay at home and rest today.
* Waved his hand again and again to refuse, indicating"No, how can I easily stop going because I'm not in good health?" ”He then rushed to the General Assembly Hall, but the foreign guests were an hour late.
It was summer, and it was hot outside, so I could only wait for foreign guests in an air-conditioned house.
Because I stayed too long, I started coughing and caught a cold again.
That night, the uncomfortable ** still let ** push him around the hospital, and he was going to go back after a turn, but ** offered to turn around one more time.
Fig** Inspect the Navy.
The next morning, **'s condition deteriorated rapidly, the whole person had a high fever and diarrhea, and the person became more and more trance-like, which was unprecedented before, and he went to Beijing Hospital for hospitalization soon after.
The temperature was very high that day, and there was no air conditioning in the ward where ** lived, so I could only open the doors and windows that could be opened, but it was still very hot in the ward after opening.
Considering **'s condition, Kang Keqing wanted to talk to the hospital and help him transfer a ward with better conditions, but ** directly refused, saying:"When you come to the hospital, you naturally have to listen to the arrangements of the hospital, they have their own reasons, don't trouble the hospital anymore," he saidSo Kang Keqing could only give up.
After diagnosis, the doctor determined that ** had various diseases such as heart failure and gastroenteritis at the same time, and then the hospital hurriedly organized experts to discuss the medical plan, ** said that everything was arranged by the doctor, and he has been staying in the hospital since then.
On July 1, ** suddenly said to the secretary:"Today is July 1st, and the newspaper should have an editorial, so read it to me. ”After the secretary finished reading, ** asked to listen to the document.
The secretary couldn't help but shed tears of emotion when he saw that the seriously ill ** did not forget to care about the development of the country in the ward.
During his hospitalization, some leading cadres who had worked with him also rushed to the hospital to visit him.
One day, ** was closing his eyes to recuperate, and after hearing that ***, who was then the vice premier, went to the hospital to see him, he slowly opened his eyes. **Holding the hand of ***, he said with difficulty:"We must do a good job in production, and if we don't do a good job in production, the future will be out of control. ”
On July 2, **'s condition deteriorated again and he was almost unable to speak.
On July 4, ** lost his mind when he looked at the orchid on the windowsill of the ward, and then smiled hard.
* He was a "big fan" of orchids, and in his early years when he was marching and fighting, he would admire them every time he came across.
When I first met ***, ** also chatted with him for a long time about orchids.
During his time in Jinggangshan, he would often go to the mountains to look for orchids in his spare time, and if he came across an orchid he liked, he would bring the orchid back to plant.
Fig**Memorial service.
On the same day, ** also signaled to her daughter Zhu Min to come to the hospital bed.
When her daughter got closer, she tried to open her mouth to speak, but she couldn't say it.
Although ** didn't say anything, Zhu Min knew what his father wanted to tell him.
Zhu Min said in his father's ear"Daddy, I understand what you have to say - always listen to the party's words and serve the people wholeheartedly, you can rest assured, I will keep these in mindAs soon as the words fell, ** raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a pleased smile.
On July 6, ** granddaughter Zhu Xinhua hurriedly rushed from school to the ward.
After seeing his granddaughter, ** suddenly got up and beckoned to his granddaughter.
He said with difficulty"We ......of college students ......Here comes ......”Before the words are finished, ** has been laid to rest in the world.
After *passed away, **came to report the news to ***, so there was an opening scene.
Hearing the news, *** couldn't speak for a long time, he knew that **'s health was not good, but he never expected to hear the news of his death at this moment.
The last time they met, ** and ** agreed to wait until their health improved before meeting, but now there is no way to fulfill the agreement.
People can't be resurrected after death, and the sad *** on the one hand instructed *** to take care of the funeral properly, and said weakly on the other hand:"Vermilion and hair can't be separated, now that I'm going to see Marx, maybe I'm almost there. ”
On July 11, the ** memorial service was officially held, and the national flag was lowered at half-mast to mourn and all entertainment activities were stopped.
The next day, on both sides of the road from Beijing Hospital to Babaoshan were crowds of people who came to bid farewell.
In the mourning, some people are grieved, and some people are crying. In this farewell, the masses of the people can no longer see this "founding father" who has worked hard for the country all his life.
After his death, his body became weaker and weaker.
On September 8, ** stopped breathing several times, and was subsequently rescued, but at this time he was no longer able to speak.
Fig**At 0:00 the next day, ** left us forever.
Although everyone knew that the great man would leave one day, when the news came from the radio, people couldn't help but burst into tears, and the whole of China seemed to be weeping over the passing of ***.
** is the great leader who saved China from fire and water, and the people of the world more or less know the existence of this great man. After the news of his death reached the international community, many countries and dignitaries spoke in mourning.
1976 was a year full of sorrow for China.
With the death of Mr. Zhu and Mr. Zhu one after another, an era has come to an end.
Fortunately, although the superstars have fallen, their spirits are immortal.
It will inspire generation after generation of Chinese sons and daughters to continue to work hard for the development of the country.