Kilogram machine, fool Xie Baojin Long March back.
Before reading this article, please click "Follow", which will not only bring you convenient discussion and sharing, but also bring you more participation, thank you for your support!
Introduction: In 1976, in the Military Museum of the Chinese Revolution, a tall old man, accompanied by his family, carefully admired every precious revolutionary cultural relic.
When his gaze fell on a mottled hand-cranked generator, he stopped, suddenly reaching out his hands to touch the generator. The staff immediately stepped forward to stop and said, "Old man, this is a precious cultural relic left by the Long March, you can't touch it!" ”
Hearing this, the old man withdrew his hand and said with tears in his eyes: "This generator was carried back by me during the Long March, just like my son." "So who is this old man?
What is the story between him and this generator? It all started with the first crossing of the Long March, the Yudu River.
The first stop of the Long March was Yudu County. After the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement campaign, in order to get rid of the pursuit of the Kuomintang army, the Red Army began their strategic shift and embarked on the road of the Long March.
And Yudu County is where they assembled and set off. In early October 1934, the Red Army and the organs set out from the garrison and assembled in Yudu County.
It is planned to cross the Tudu River there and officially embark on the journey of the Long March. However, the planes of the Kuomintang reactionaries often bombed the Red Army garrisons, and the bridges at the Yudu River were destroyed.
In order to cross the river safely, the Red Army could only quickly cross the river at night by erecting pontoon bridges at night. After learning the news, the people of Yudu spontaneously went to the river bank and provided the Red Army with medicines, clothing, food and other necessities.
What is even more touching is that they knew that there was not enough wood to build the bridge, so they donated their doors and windows, bed boards, fishing boats and other timber to the Red Army to build the bridge. The people of Yudu expressed their deep respect and support for the Red Army with their own practical actions, and became an important force in the Red Army's Long March.
An old Red Army selflessly dedicated his coffin for the Red Army to cross the river safely, making the Yudu River a symbol of the "first crossing of the Long March". This touching scene also deeply touched the recruit Xie Baojin, who was determined to follow the Communist Party and complete the task assigned to him by the chief.
He looked affectionately at his hometown and fellow villagers, and then resolutely stepped onto the pontoon bridge and began his long march. At this time, Xie Baojin was only 36 years old, a new soldier, subordinate to the Second Bureau of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, responsible for the work of hand-cranked generators.
At that time, the telegraph was not advanced, and only a hand-cranked generator could supply electricity, while the Second Bureau of the Military Commission had only one generator.
In order to ensure close contact between the Red Army units during the Long March, and to obtain and transmit important information in a timely manner, the Long March troops had to carry hand-cranked generators. To this end, the Second Bureau of the Military Commission carefully selected 128 outstanding soldiers to be responsible for the safety of generators, and Xie Baojin was one of them.
Unlike other fighters, Xie Baojin is one meter tall and can lift more than two hundred pounds of weight when he is healthy. Considering that the generator weighed 68 kilograms, the chief decided that Xie Baojin would be solely responsible for its safety.
Before the start of the Long March, the chief made a special point of approaching Xie Baojin and said: "This generator is the key to victory, and no matter what happens, it must be safe." ”
Xie Baojin replied firmly: "Chief, please rest assured, I will protect it with my life!" So, Xie Baojin and his comrades-in-arms carried the generator, stepped on the pontoon bridge, crossed the Duhe River, and began their long march of 10,000 miles.
Their journey, in addition to glory and splendor, was filled with bloodshed and sacrifice.
After the Red Army left Yudu, it faced the encirclement and interception of the Kuomintang every day, and the marching route was constantly changing. But Xie Baojin and others have one constant goal - to ensure the safety of the hand-cranked generator.
The hand-cranked generator is usually carried by eight fighters in turn, until they get tired, and then they are replaced by the other eight fighters. The remaining fighters surrounded the generators in ** in order to provide cover in case of danger.
Especially when crossing the river, there was enemy attack in the rear, and in front of it were blown bridges and raging rivers. In order to get out of the predicament, Xie Baojin decided to carry the generator himself and wrap it in oiled paper to prevent water from entering and making it impossible to work.
The warriors used their flesh and blood to build a human wall for him to protect him from crossing the river safely. Their determination and courage laid a solid foundation for the revolutionary cause.
Whenever faced with such a moment of crisis, there will be many brave soldiers who sacrifice their lives for the country. However, everyone had no time to mourn their comrades, so they could only quickly fill the vacancy and continue to guard the generator.
The farther away from Yudu, the more tense the situation became, and the more difficult the road became, and Xie Baojin often had to carry the generator on his back alone. What is even more worrying is that the longer the march, the more scarce the Red Army's supplies will be, the more intense the physical exertion, and the greater the test for Xie Baojin and others.
Especially when passing through snowy mountains and meadows, it is possible to die on the road when marching with only a backpack, and the difficulties encountered by marching with hundreds of pounds of heavy objects like Xie Baojin are unimaginable.
Watching the comrades-in-arms around him decrease one after another, Xie Baojin understood that he could not complete this task with brute force alone. Successfully bringing a generator of this weight to its destination requires wisdom and experience.
When crossing the meadows, the Red Army suffered from a severe shortage of food, and the physical strength of the soldiers was greatly reduced, and even walking, let alone carrying a generator, became a problem.
In the vast meadow, I don't know how long it will take to reach the destination, how can we reduce everyone's burden and save physical strength? The clever Xie Baojin took a fancy to the bamboo growing around him, and he decided to make bamboo rafts out of these bamboos and drag them out of the generator on the grass.
This scheme was immediately verified, and the fighters took turns dragging the generator forward, which not only saved physical strength, but also reduced **, avoiding the risk of the generator falling into the mud.
However, when the Red Army crossed the snowy mountains, it was surrounded by a white expanse of snow, there were no tools available, and knee-high snow could not meet the conditions for towing a generator. Xie Baojin decided to carry out the generator himself, but the fighters dissuaded him, believing that it was too difficult.
Xie Baojin insisted: "Let's help together and carry it out." ”
In front of the steep terrain, the warriors tried to march with the generator, but Xie Baojin knew that it would be dangerous to do so. He explained that if the generator was broken, the telegraph would be unusable, which would be a huge loss of sight and hearing for the Red Army.
Despite the fighters' attempts to convince him, Xie Baojin insisted that he had enough strength to carry the generator out. So, the soldiers assisted him in carrying the generator out of the snow-capped mountains and all the way to Yan'an.
Despite the fact that they paid 128 people along the way, the generators were protected and made a great contribution to the victory of the Red Army. During the Long March, the radio was the eyes and ears of the Red Army, which could detect the enemy's movements and transmit important intelligence.
And all this is inseparable from the hand-cranked generator protected by Xie Baojin.
Whenever Xie Baojin set up a radio station to exchange information with other troops, he would see the hand-cranked generator working hard, which made him deeply feel his sense of responsibility.
In particular, at a major turning point, the Second Bureau of the Military Commission intercepted a number of telegrams sent by Chiang Kai-shek, grasped the movements of the enemy army in a timely manner, made the most accurate judgment, and quickly transmitted important instructions to other troops, so that the Red Army won many victories.
For example, during the fourth crossing of Chishui, the Second Bureau of the Central Military Commission intercepted Chiang Kai-shek's information on troop transfers, and imitated Chiang Kai-shek's tone to forge a false message, successfully transferring the troops of Zhou Hunyuan and Wu Qiwei, who had rushed to support, to the wrong direction, so that the Red Army successfully crossed the Chishui River.
When flying to seize the Luding Bridge, it was also because of the interception of Chiang Kai-shek's troop transfer information, he changed his plan to cross the river by boat in time, and successfully got rid of the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of enemy troops.
It can be said that behind every success, Xie Baojin's hard work is inseparable. At the celebration party after the Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, he looked at Xie Baojin, who came to Yan'an with a generator on his back, and praised him as a "model of the Long March".
The reason why Xie Baojin was able to become a member of the Red Army was inseparable from the recommendation of his younger brother Mao. In 1932, Mao ** established the China Tungsten Mining Company, and Xie Baojin was an ordinary employee of the company.
Because of Xie Baojin's height of one meter**, his strength of three hundred catties, and the amount of food far beyond ordinary people, he quickly attracted the attention of Mao **. After gaining an in-depth understanding of Xie Baojin's family background, Mao ** found that he was born into a poor peasant family, and although he was uneducated, he had a deep understanding of revolutionary ideas.
After inspecting Xie Baojin's performance, Mao ** decided to include him in the ranks of the Red Army. One day after work, Mao ** found Xie Baojin and invited him to join the Red Army to help the poor people.
Xie Baojin was very willing to this, and accepted the organization's arrangement, became a Red Army soldier, and was assigned to the Second Bureau of the Military Commission, responsible for the work of a generator.
This is the story that happened during the Long March.
Xie Baojin, a soldier who made great contributions to the Long March, protected the safety of the generator with his life, ensured the important role of the radio station in the Long March, and made a significant contribution to the victory of the Long March.
However, after the victory, he chose the hardest job, gave up the dignity and high salary in Beijing, and resolutely changed jobs and returned to his hometown in Jiangxi. He was assigned to the purchasing department of the supply and marketing cooperatives as an acquirer, a job he worked until his retirement.
Some people thought that he should not have sent the old Red Army who had participated in the Long March to do such a thing, and even called him stupid. However, he didn't think so, but smiled and said, "What's wrong with doing something like this?
I'm willing to be a fool like this for the rest of my life. His grandson Xie Huayuan said that they have become synonymous with fools, and if someone says that you are "really a treasure", it means that you are too stupid and honest.
Xie Baojin tells us with his actions that true heroes do not lie in how much wealth and status they have, but in their spirit and morality. He explained in the most simple way what loyalty and dedication are, and his spirit will always be admired and celebrated.
Xie Baojin, a Red Army soldier who made great achievements during the Long March, his family conditions have never been very good. He was once asked to ask for help**, but he resolutely refused on the grounds that he "can't trouble the country".
His five grandchildren also relied on their own hard work and never relied on him. Among them, Xie Huayuan was admitted to the county food company by himself, his elder brother found a worker in the Ganzhou lumber storage yard by himself, and three younger brothers have been farming at home.
Xie Baojin never flaunted his contributions during the Long March, and even his family did not know about his experience, thinking that he was an ordinary Red Army soldier.
It wasn't until he went to Beijing to see a doctor that he told people about his experience during the Long March. In 1976, Xie Baojin, who was already 78 years old, felt unwell.
Although he didn't want to trouble others, he couldn't resist the persuasion of his family, so he could only agree to let his grandson Xie Huayuan take him to Beijing for medical treatment. In addition to seeing a doctor, Xie Huayuan took Xie Baojin to visit the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution.
Xie Baojin looked at each cultural relic intently, and the introduction of cultural relics slowly read out by Xie Huayuan floated in his ears. Walking in front of an ancient generator, he suddenly stopped. Xie Huayuan looked at his grandfather suspiciously, and found that his eyes were full of tears, and his hands trembled excitedly, wanting to touch the generator.
Just when Xie Huayuan was confused, the anxious voice of the staff sounded: "Old man, please note that this is a precious cultural relic from the Long March period, and it cannot be touched!" Hearing the staff's words, Xie Baojin withdrew his hand and slowly turned around.
This simple and loyal person, who never made requests to the organization, cried and said, "This is the generator that I carried on my back from the **Soviet District to Yan'an and walked the Long March, and now I can't even touch it?" ”
After saying this, Xie Baojin could no longer control his emotions and cried loudly at the dilapidated generator.
Under the questioning of the staff, Xie Baojin told the legendary experience of the Long March. His family learned about his glory days for the first time. After returning to his hometown, Xie Baojin's deeds spread in the local area, and many leaders wanted to provide him with financial assistance, but he politely declined.
He lived a simple life until his death in 1984, never making any demands on the state and never telling anyone about his glorious past.
He knows that the glory is not only his own, but also the 128 people who worked together to protect the generator, and it belongs to all the fighters who fought for China. This old hero is our role model, and we should inherit the spirit of the Red Army.