"Chen Geng, it was said that your legs were better than Jiang Xianyun's pen and He Jinhan's mouth, but this time it was also planted in our hands, what else do you have to say? ”
In 1933, in a hospital in Shanghai, several spies sneered: "Chen Geng, hand over the information you know, we can spare your life." ”
And Chen Geng, who was sitting on the bed, looked at them calmly"If you want to interrogate me, you are not qualified enough, let Chiang Kai-shek come. ”
Chen Geng's words angered these spies, but they also knew that Chen Geng's status was special and he was not easy to torture, so they transferred him to Nanjing.
Chiang Kai-shek, who learned that Chen Geng had been "arrested," was very happy: "If Chen Geng is willing to surrender, I will be entertained by the above general." ”
But no matter how Chiang Kai-shek coerced and lured, Chen Geng was unmoved, which made Chiang Kai-shek difficult, and he helplessly asked his cronie Deng Wenyi: "What should I do with Chen Geng?" ”
And Deng Wenyi slowly said three words.
What is Chen Geng's ability to make Chiang Kai-shek pay so much attention? What did Deng Wenyi say again? It all starts from the beginning......
In 1924, Chen Geng, who had just turned 21, came to Guangzhou in order to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy, and Chiang Kai-shek also sat aside when he was admitted to the interview.
Why did you apply for the Whampoa Military Academy? Chiang Kai-shek asked.
In order to serve the motherland. Chen Geng said without hesitation, which aroused Chiang Kai-shek's interest.
Next, Chiang Kai-shek kept asking questions, and there were some deliberately difficult questions during the period, but Chen Geng answered them one by one, which made Chiang Kai-shek very surprised, he said: "If the country has a few more Chen Geng, how can it not be prosperous?" ”
Since then, Chen Geng has entered the eyes of Chiang Kai-shek.
And Chen Geng is really extraordinary, not long after he was in the Whampoa Military Academy, he attracted unanimous praise from teachers and students, and there were two other heroes in the Whampoa Military Academy at that time, namely He Jinhan and Jiang Xianyun.
Therefore, the teachers and students of Huangpu put Chen Geng together and called them the three heroes of Huangpu, among them, Chen Geng is the most famous.
During those days at the Whampoa Military Academy, Chen Geng also amused many people with his humorous cells, and once, the director of the Political Department felt that everyone's life was a little boring, so he organized the "Blood Flower Drama Club" and rehearsed the play.
And Chen Geng volunteered to participate in the "Emperor's Dream", what everyone didn't expect was that the person played by Chen Geng turned out to be Yuan Shikai's "fifth aunt", and Chen Geng's superb acting skills won full applause.
In 1925, Chiang Kai-shek was ordered to crusade against Chen Jiongming, and in this battle, Chen Geng was also taken by his side, and because of his actions, Chen Geng saved his life.
In the process of crusading against Chen Jiongming, the Eastern Expeditionary Army encountered great difficulties, and the resistance of Chen Jiongming's troops was very stubborn, which made the Eastern Expeditionary Army repeatedly unable to capture Huizhou City.
Chiang Kai-shek also retreated, but the revolutionary teachers and students around him agreed that now was the best time to capture Huizhou City, and if he retreated this time, he didn't know how much he would have to pay next time to take this important land.
In desperation, Chiang Kai-shek only attacked head-on, and the soldiers of the revolutionary army rushed to the wall of Huizhou City without hesitation, and planted the banner of revolution on the city wall, which made Chiang Kai-shek very happy.
He even thought that he could take advantage of the victory to pursue, and at this time, the third division of the Eastern Expeditionary Army was besieged in the Huayang area by the generals under Chen Jiongming, and Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly rushed with Chen Geng and others.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was bent on taking this important place to improve his prestige.
When Chiang Kai-shek came to the Huayang area, the morale of the 3rd Division was raised, but it was not long before Chiang Kai-shek found that the enemy offensive was getting heavier and heavier, and although the revolutionary army desperately resisted, the situation of the battle was irreversible.
Seeing that the enemy army was about to be killed, Chiang Kai-shek lost the mind to resist, he sat on the ground in discouragement, and said: ".Let's go, I, Chiang Kai-shek, deserve to be here.
Seeing this, Chen Geng immediately stepped forward to pick up Chiang Kai-shek and rushed all the way down the mountain, and Chen Geng had practiced martial arts when he was young, which made him extremely fast, and the pursuers were quickly thrown away by him.
When he arrived at the bottom of the mountain, seeing that there were no chasing soldiers around, Chiang Kai-shek sat on the ground, and he said with tears in his eyes: "This defeat, I, Chiang Kai-shek, am really ashamed of Mr. Sun Yat-sen's teachings." As he spoke, he picked up a short sword and put it around his neck, intending to commit suicide.
Chen Geng's eyes were quick, he snatched the sharp weapon and persuaded him"If you stay here, you are not afraid that there will be no day when you will rise again in the future. If a sword is stabbed, there will be no time to join the revolution. ”
Other fighters also persuaded one after another, and Chiang Kai-shek, seeing this, put away his thoughts of "suicide".
Chen Gengyong's feat of saving Chiang Kai-shek this time also caused him some trouble in the future revolutionary war, and a person asked him: "Why do you want to save Chiang Kai-shek, if you don't save him, there won't be so many things in the future." ”
Chen Geng replied lightly"I know that he will betray the revolution in the future, and if I don't save him, won't he become a 'revolutionary martyr'? ”
The man who said this was speechless.
This time, Chiang Kai-shek never forgot Chen Geng's "life-saving grace", but a few years later, the two parted ways because of their different revolutionary ideas.
On April 12, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek staged a counter-revolutionary coup d'état in Shanghai, which caused great anger in Chen Geng, and he openly broke with Chiang Kai-shek completely, which made Chiang Kai-shek very sorry, and he said many times: ".If Chen Geng knows the general situation, I have the position of general here and let him sit at any time.
But how could Chen Geng betray his beliefs because of glory and wealth, he rejected all the pull of the Kuomintang, and resolutely participated in the revolution, at that time the Communist Party was in a downturn, and was shrouded in the atmosphere of white terror, and some undetermined party members were also **. But Chen Geng didn't care about this.
It can really be said: the vicissitudes of the sea show the true colors of heroes.
In 1932, Chen Geng was unfortunately seriously injured in the battle in the Soviet area, and the medical conditions in the Soviet area were not very good, so in desperation, Chen Geng had to secretly transfer to Shanghai and be treated in a hospital in Shanghai.
When he arrived at the hospital, Chen Geng's injuries had deteriorated, and after examining his leg injuries, the doctors told him, "Your injuries are very serious and may need to be amputated." ”
Chen Geng suddenly raised his voice: ".Amputation? What are you kidding, if I don't have a leg, how can I Chen Geng fight?
Under Chen Geng's repeated requests, the doctor decided to adopt a conservative method, and this method has a longer period and more painful.
Whenever the doctor used a scalpel to scrape off the rotten flesh on Chen Geng's leg little by little, this sturdy man couldn't help but grit his teeth, but he finally held back, which made the doctor admire him a lot, thinking that he had an iron will.
Chen Geng said with a smile: ".I am a revolutionary, and if I could not bear the pain, I would have gone to Chiang Kai-shek a long time ago.
By March 1933, Chen Geng's injuries had improved, and just as he was about to return to the army, a traitor betrayed his information, leading to his arrest, which even alarmed Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek personally visited Chen Geng at one of his residences in Nanjing, and when he met him, the first thing he said was: "Chen Geng, I haven't seen you for many years, you have lost weight." ”
Chen Geng said coldly: "Thanks to Principal Jiang's blessing, I, Chen Geng, have lost weight, but I have been acting for the things that fatten the world, but Principal Jiang, as the leader of the party and the state, has made the world thin and weak, why is this?" ”Chiang Kai-shek was red-faced by what he said, and said in a loud voice: ".is a good Chen Geng, he is still so sharp-toothed, I won't hide it from you, if you are willing to serve the party-state, whatever you want, I will try my best to satisfy you. Chen Geng shook his head, he wanted the world to be stable, the country and the people to be safe, and this was something that Chiang Kai-shek couldn't give.
In the next few days, Chiang Kai-shek sent people to constantly probe Chen Geng's mind and try to subdue him, but Chen Geng never changed his words, on the contrary, he also scolded those Kuomintang officers, bluntly saying that they had betrayed Mr. Sun Yat-sen's ideals.
Despite this, some of his former classmates still often came to visit him, and Chiang Kai-shek also specially instructed: "Don't deduct Chen Geng in food, clothing, housing and transportation." ”
Others were tortured in the prison of the Kuomintang, and only Chen Geng could have such great ability to let Chiang Kai-shek be so entertained.
Seeing that Chen Geng's oil and salt did not enter, Chiang Kai-shek also made difficulties, from a personal point of view, Chen Geng once saved his life, if he ordered his execution, it would make those Whampoa officers cold, and from a business point of view, Chen Geng did not deal with him, which made him upset and did not know what to do.
One day, he called his henchman Deng Wenyi and asked, "You say, what should I do with Chen Geng?" ”
Deng Wenyi also knew Chiang Kai-shek's concerns, and he thought about it again and again and said: "I don't know." ”
This annoyed Chiang Kai-shek, who had come to ask for advice, and the answer given by Deng Wenyi was useless.
Deng Wenyi smiled bitterly: "Principal, Chen Geng can't be killed, and it is also a 'scourge' to let him out, and he can only be slowly closed at the moment to see if he can change his mind." ”
Chiang Kai-shek said depressedly: "How can I not know what you said? It's just that Chen Geng's temper is very stubborn, no matter how I dissuade him, he won't turn back. ”
Deng Wenyi was silent.
Chiang Kai-shek sighed, and even said: "It was better not to arrest Chen Geng at the beginning."
For these Huangpu officers, although they have chosen different paths from Chen Geng, the friendship between their Huangpu teachers and students cannot be affected because of these "official affairs".
After another period of time, Mr. Soong Ching-ling and other Kuomintang figures put pressure on Chiang Kai-shek to release him, and the Whampoa soldiers within the Kuomintang also hoped to give Chen Geng a way out, and our party also criticized Chiang Kai-shek in the newspapers.
At the end of May 1933, Chen Geng escaped from Nanjing Prison and came to Ruijin, Jiangxi Province after several journeys.
Chen Geng, who returned to the revolutionary ranks, has been diligently carrying out the work of the organization, but he has a humorous nature, and everyone who has been with him for a long time sighed: "Chen Geng has indescribable ghost ideas. ”
And one of the commendable ones is to "trick" Mr. Peng.
At that time, the Soviet area was relatively short of materials, in order to maintain the atmosphere of equality between officers and soldiers, many senior generals took the initiative to lower their food standards, and Mr. Peng was no exception, but as a general of our army, he had to work too many things every day, and the food was not very good, which made him emaciated, and the soldiers saw it in their eyes and felt pain in their hearts.
Many people persuaded Mr. Peng to improve his food, but he refused, and Chen Geng said: "I have a way." ”
He instructed his subordinates to go to the river to fetch a few fish, and then personally went to invite Mr. Peng, saying that this was a piece of the villagers' heart, and Mr. Peng nodded and agreed.
When the dish was served, Mr. Peng suddenly said, "Didn't you say good country fish?" How can there be precious meatballs here? ”
Chen Geng said lightly: "This meatball is made of fish, how about it, it's realistic, right?" I couldn't believe it when I first saw it, I didn't believe you tasted it. ”
Mr. Peng tasted it suspiciously, it was indeed fish and meat, but he felt a little strange, Mr. Peng didn't know that there was meat mixed in it, and Chen Geng's move made the comrades praise one after another, bluntly saying that he even dared to "deceive" Mr. Peng.
You think this is the end, Chen Geng has done more "bold" things.
In 1943, ** held a meeting in northern Shaanxi, the weather was relatively hot at that time, but everyone listened attentively and did not dare to be distracted.
Just as the chairman was talking, Chen Geng suddenly walked to the stage, which made the chairman stunned, and he asked, "Comrade Chen Geng, is there anything wrong?" ”
Chen Geng ignored it, picked up the chairman's enamel cup in one hand, swallowed a few sips of cold water with a grunt, and then said: ".Report to the chairman, I see that you have been talking, a little thirsty, and you have the courage to use the chairman's cup to moisten your throat, I don't know if it is possible?
** Laughed and said: "You've already finished drinking, and you're still coming to ask me?" ”
Chen Geng smiled, and the audience was amused by his humor.
Since then, Chen Geng's reputation for humor has spread throughout the army, and Chen Geng has always maintained his own nature, he often jokes with generals, soldiers, and even the masses, not caring about the identity of the other party.
By 1961, Chen Geng's illness left by the revolution in his early years had not been cured, so that he died young, and this legendary general was gone, but his deeds were still celebrated.
Whether it was "bravely saving Chiang Kai-shek" or participating in the revolution, Chen Geng chose the right path at every point in his life, and once he determined the goal, he was unswerving, which is worth learning from.