Gan Zuchang, a founding major general, never fought on the front line in his life, why did he give up his high position in his later years and decide to return to the countryside to farm? This article will reveal the story of Gan Zuchang for you.
On July 1, 1955, Gan Zuchang submitted a report to the organization on returning to his hometown to become a farmer, but it was not approved. The reason for this was that the organization was aware of his poor health and that the medical conditions in the countryside did not guarantee his health.
Despite this, Gan Zuchang did not give up, and he repeatedly submitted two application reports to his superiors, but they were still not approved. In 1957, Gan Zuchang personally applied to Xiao Hua to return to his hometown to work as a farmer, but it was still not approved.
However, after in-depth research by the party organization, they finally approved Gan Zuchang's application to return to his hometown.
Gan Zuchang, the founding major general, was a military-level leader, but when he enjoyed preferential treatment, he chose to give up his high position and return to his hometown to farm, which made many people puzzled. So, why did he do it?
The story in this reminds us of what happened when Gan Zuchang was awarded the military rank. In the 1955 award, some people had opinions about their own ranking, and they submitted their opinions to their superiors.
Gong Quanzhen, Gan Zuchang's wife, was rated as a company rank, which made Gan Zuchang feel dissatisfied. He thought there was a problem with his rating, so he wrote to ** to reflect.
When Gong Quanzhen heard the news, she was surprised, because she thought that Gan Zuchang also had an opinion because of his low rank. However, Gan Zuchang was not just for this reason, he believed that his rank was too high and should be rated lower than that of the older Red Army soldiers who were more senior and had more credit.
In Gan Zuchang's view, the grade evaluation should be based on the three conditions of morality, talent, and seniority, and he does not think that he is worthy of the teacher level. His decision made people rethink the criteria for rating the grade, and also let us see Gan Zuchang's humility and non-contentious quality.
FigGan Zuchang Gan Zuchang explained, looking at their ratings, I think I can rate the camp level. But the party organization rated me as a teacher, you say, how can I be happy in my heart?
I am writing to ** to give advice, to lower the level. Hearing this, Gong Quanzhen realized that Gan Zuchang did not dislike the low, but disliked the high. However, after receiving Gan Zuchang's application, the superiors did not agree to his application and included him in one of the four quasi-military ranks, considering that although he had been engaged in logistics work, logistics was equally important and related to the survival of the entire army.
In this way, Gan Zuchang was awarded the founding major general. Although he was awarded the founding major general, he always thought that the honor given by the party organization was too high and felt that he deserved it. Therefore, he worked more diligently, forgot to sleep and eat, and hoped to dedicate all his blood to the country and the people.
However, after working for a long time and not being in good health, he soon fell ill, with frequent cerebral sequelae, and even fainted for more than an hour at times, unconscious.
He didn't want to see his haggard face, and sighed deeply. At this moment, a certain emotion welled up in his heart reminded him of the past years. He was born in Yanbei Village, Jiangxi Province, in a dilapidated brick house.
His birth brought great hope to his parents, hoping that he would be able to glorify his ancestors and revitalize the family business in the future. In order to realize this wish, his parents specially invited an old gentleman and named him Gan Zuchang, and his name was Monk Luo.
When he was six years old, his uncle sponsored him and sent him to a private school, where he only studied for two years. However, in the third semester, his mother held his little hand and said helplessly, "Son, it seems that this book cannot be read."
My uncle's family is not rich, we can't let him provide for you to study anymore, and besides, our family is also poor, and we really can't afford to provide for it. You're the boss and you should help the family. ”
From then on, Gan Zuchang left school and began to help his parents with farm work. Whenever he passed by the private school, he would stand silently for a while, listening to the sound of reading from inside, with an envious expression on his face, and then leave helplessly.
One day, he discussed with his mother to go to Pingxiang to pick feet. The so-called picking feet is to pick up grain with a flat pole and help people pick it to mill rice. Most of this work was done by adults, and Gan Zuchang, who was only seven or eight years old at the time, was obviously unable to bear such hardships.
His mother did not approve of him going. Gan Zuchang tried to convince his mother to let him give it a try, he could bear this hardship, and he could earn a few copper coins back and forth, so that he could treat his father's illness.
The mother finally agreed. Gan Zuchang went out for the first time and was very excited. The two sacks of millet on his shoulders swayed from side to side. The fellow villagers were worried about him and wanted to help him pick grain, but he refused and insisted on coming by himself.
The villagers couldn't, so they could only sandwich him in the middle and let him take his time. However, when climbing over the high back ridge, Gan Zuchang's cloth bag was hooked by thorns, his feet slipped, and he almost rolled down the ravine.
The next day, they went home with their things and did not arrive home until the evening. He handed over the four copper plates he had earned to his mother, his face full of excitement. He looks forward to being able to take on more burdens and make more money in the future.
Slowly, Gan Zuchang grew up and was 175 meters, **bronze, full of energy, become a rare excellent farmer in the village. One day, he came home and saw a man in his 30s sitting in his house with a child in his arms.
After some conversation, he learned that the man was Commissioner Lee. Commissioner Li was very optimistic about him and wanted to persuade him to join the revolution. Under his persuasion, Gan Zuchang united more than a dozen young people in the village to set up the first Communist Party group and devote himself to the revolutionary cause.
In 1928, Gan Zuchang led a group of comrades to repair guns, and later the Machinery Institute gradually developed into the Red Army Arsenal, and Gan Zuchang also joined the Red Army and became a glorious Red Army soldier.
A few years later, he was still working in the arsenal, leading the development of gunpowder and bullets. Through continuous efforts, they succeeded in developing a bullet made of copper and tin, but they lacked the foreign nitrate at the bottom of the bullet case.
Gan Zuchang was not afraid of hardships and dangers, and took the risk of buying foreign nitrate from enemy-occupied areas and turning it into bullets. During the difficult Long March, he became the head of logistics for the troops. Once, the leader asked him to help raise food, because the troops were out of food.
Gan Zuchang did not hesitate and set off with more than 100 fighters. On the way, they encountered enemy troops and engaged in a fierce battle. Gan Zuchang was hit by a bullet in the head, and blood kept gushing out, but he endured the pain, pulled out the bullet with his hand, bandaged it briefly and continued to fight.
After the battle, he, despite his wounds, continued to lead the fighters in promoting the policy of the Red Army and raising food. During a food campaign, they came to a place full of lofty mountains, where almost no one lived.
In order to get rid of the pursuit of the enemy, the Red Army kept circling in the mountains. On this day, Gan Zuchang walked with his troops for a whole day, but he did not find a single family, let alone a grain of grain.
It wasn't until the sun was about to set that they saw a sweet potato field at the foot of a hill with a few thatched huts nearby. Gan Zuchang thought to himself that if there was no food, it would be fine to have sweet potatoes, so he decided to go to the thatched house to discuss with the residents.
However, the sun was about to set, and the thatched huts were a little far away, so there was no time to toss back and forth. He tore off a page of paper, wrote down the words "We are the Red Army raising food, now it is getting dark, I have no time to consult with you, I am very sorry, I dug up sweet potatoes, and specially left you 10 silver dollars to compensate", put them in the sweet potato field, and then led the soldiers to leave.
He again raised food and solved the problem of food and clothing for the fighters. But he knows it's only temporary, what about next time, next time? He knew that the road was difficult, so he could only use all means to raise food and supplies for the soldiers and ensure their lives.
When climbing the snowy mountain, a wounded warrior was really unable to move forward, he still had shrapnel of the enemy on his thigh, the wound could not be treated, it was already festering and inflamed. He took Gan Zuchang's hand and said goodbye, hoping that the revolution would succeed.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Gan Zuchang was still engaged in logistics work, mainly responsible for the food and ordnance of the troops. He did two things that made him very happy: one was to take away an ammunition depot in Yan Xishan to replenish the resources of the troops; The other was to empty the enemy's ammunition depot and replenish the troops' quartermasters, which was praised by the superiors.
In order to break the enemy's economic blockade, Gan Zuchang was ordered to set up a textile factory to solve the problem of clothing and covers for the soldiers of the army. Although he had never seen a textile mill, he was not discouraged.
He inquired around, found a lesbian who could weave, borrowed a loom machine, and succeeded in weaving cloth. In the end, he overcame many difficulties, founded a textile factory, completed the task, and was praised by the best.
The following year, Gan Zuchang followed the troops on the southern expedition and was still in charge of the logistics of the troops. During the War of Liberation, he was again responsible for the work of the troops' materials. When crossing the river, more than 1,500 stretchers, 2,000 mules and horses, and many logistics personnel, how to cross the river became a big problem.
But he quickly made arrangements for all the soldiers to cross the river in an orderly manner. In 1949, Xinjiang had just been peacefully liberated, and Gan Zuchang followed ** to Xinjiang to participate in the construction.
He continued to work in logistics, running around with his soldiers, fighting day and night for the construction of Xinjiang.
While he works without sleep or food, the enemy is secretly plotting a conspiracy. One day, he was inspecting work in the suburbs, and while crossing a wooden bridge, the car overturned into the river because the bridge plate was sawn off.
Gan Zuchang was seriously injured, and after complex surgery and a long period of **, the injury was stabilized, but his brain was left with permanent and severe cerebral sequelae.
A few years later, Gan Zuchang's condition became more and more serious, and he had to go to various places for recuperation according to the organization's arrangement. When looking at his haggard and old face, he sighed deeply, remembering the scene and original intention of his participation in the revolution.
Why did he join the revolution? It is to let the poor live a good life, so that the villagers can live a good life. He also remembered the many comrades-in-arms who died on the road of revolution, their desire for the victory of the revolution and their expectations for a peaceful life.
In his thoughts, he remembered his friend Liu Chunyuan, who participated in the revolution with him, and it had been almost 30 years since his death. He still remembers that in battle, Liu Chunyuan always rushed forward and took the lead everywhere.
Once, when they talked about the future of the revolution together, Liu Chunyuan said: "When the revolution is victorious, we must return to our hometown, make our hometown rich, plant flowers and fruits on the mountain, and turn the mountain into a granary." ”
What a beautiful scene. However, in one battle, Liu Chunyuan was seriously wounded and fell on the battlefield. I vaguely remember that he hugged Liu Chunyuan and heard him say intermittently: "I want revolution." Arrive. Bottom. ”
There is also fellow villager Chen Chunlin, during the Long March, they made an appointment together, and when the revolution is successful, they must return to their hometown and lead the villagers to live a good life. Thinking of this, his heart was sour and astringent, and his thoughts drifted to his distant hometown, the hometown where he had been away for decades and was still poor and backward, those comrades-in-arms and relatives who were born and died together, and the old mother who worked day and night.
In an instant, an idea came to his mind, and he decided to return to his hometown, build that poor hometown, and repay his relatives. So he turned away from the river, returned to the ward, picked up a pen and rustled on paper to write the application report for returning to his hometown to farm.
However, he submitted three successive application reports to the organization, all of which were not approved. When the report was submitted for the third time, the secretary also came to the hospital to see him in person: "The organization said that a house would be built for you, so that you could live and recuperate for a long time." ”
Gan Zuchang felt guilty about the fact that he couldn't work, so he was even more ashamed despite the organization's offer to build him a house. So, he proposed to return to the countryside to work as a farmer.
However, as a military-level leader, Gan Zuchang made important contributions to the revolutionary cause, how could the organization allow him to leave? In the end, the organization agreed to his application and decided to let him go to the military district to plant fruit trees and do light labor.
However, Gan Zuchang insisted that he wanted to work with real guns, so he again applied to return to his hometown to work as a farmer. After much consideration, the organization finally agreed to his request.
When Gan Zuchang learned the news, he was very happy, and he told his wife Gong Quanzhen about this decision. Gong Quanzhen was very surprised when she heard this, because she was ready to take root in Xinjiang for a long time.
However, Gan Zuchang firmly believed that his body needed to be exercised, and that he had survived the southern and northern wars in the past, and now it was all peacetime, so he felt that there was nothing that he could not overcome.
Although Gong Quanzhen tried to persuade him to wait a while before returning to his hometown, Gan Zuchang's determination could not be shaken. After thinking about it, Gong Quanzhen decided to follow him back to his hometown. Gan Zuchang was very happy to see his wife's decision, he thanked his wife, and then the two began to go through the resignation procedures, packed their luggage, got on the train, and after more than half a month of bumps, they finally returned to the back of the lotus and started a new life journey.
The return of General Gan Zuchang aroused the doubts of the villagers in the whole village, and it was not until he announced that he would lead everyone to build their hometown that the villagers solved the doubts in their hearts. When they returned to their hometown, they found that there were no electric lights in the village, and everyone was using kerosene lamps for lighting.
Although General Gan Zuchang and his family felt lost, they did not give up and took their children out to pick up cow dung early the next morning, which shocked the villagers.
General Gan Zuchang was originally a peasant, and he did not give up his job because of the change in his identity. In 1958, he was inspired by an article on the development of red soil in Jiangxi Province and decided to lead the villagers to develop the village's Tiger Ridge.
He overcame difficulties and successfully turned the barren tiger-shaped ridge into a mountain of flowers and fruits fragrant with melons and fruits, and then he led the village cadres to build a reservoir to solve the irrigation problem of paddy fields, and improve many facilities for the village.
According to statistics, in the 29 years in his hometown, Gan Zuchang built a total of 6 irrigation canals, as well as 4 hydropower stations, 3 roads, 12 bridges, etc., as well as set up social enterprises and schools.
In order to do this, he even spent 80% of his salary on construction, and his own life was very economical, and he asked his family to save too. In the winter of 1985, when General Gan Zuchang's illness was getting worse and worse, he estimated that he was leaving, called his children and wife, solemnly opened the iron box that he had treasured all his life, and left the three medals as an inheritance to his family.
General Gan Zuchang has worked hard all his life to build his hometown, and his spirit is worth learning from each of us. His story teaches us that no matter how our identities change, we should maintain our passion and dedication to our work and strive for our own happiness and that of others.
FigDuring Gan Zuchang's serious illness, his physical condition became worse and worse, and he could only lie in bed. Seeing her husband suffering, Gong Quanzhen wanted to call ** for help, but Gan Zuchang insisted.
However, as Gan Zuchang's condition became more and more serious, Gong Quanzhen finally couldn't help but hit ** and sent her husband to the ambulance. The experts at the hospital unanimously recommended that Gan Zuchang be transferred to the hospital**, but Gan Zuchang firmly disagreed, believing that his condition was no longer able to **, and there was no need to waste the state's money.
In the end, the hospital had to arrange a ward for him at the county hospital. A year later, Gan Zuchang's condition became more and more serious, and villagers came to visit him. Among them, there was an old woman who also came to visit him with eggs and was concerned about his condition.
One day, Gan Zuchang suddenly returned to his energy and was concerned about the situation in the village, and asked his wife to use his salary to buy fertilizer to support poor families.
After explaining all this, Gan Zuchang slowly closed his eyes and left the world he loved so much.