General Zhang Yunyi was once arrested as a drug dealer , and after the founding of the People s Rep

On September 27, 1955, the first general award ceremony after the founding of the People's Republic of China was held in Huairentang. One of the generals, Zhang Yunyi, was the oldest and oldest of them.

Zhang Yunyi, formerly known as Zhang Yunyi, also known as Zhang Shengzhi. He was born on August 10, 1982 in Shangxiagong Village, Wencheng Town, Wenchang City, Hainan Province. In October 1909, he joined the China League led by Sun Yat-sen. In terms of age, he is a year older than ***. In terms of revolutionary qualifications, he joined the League a few months earlier than Mr. Zhu.

Zhang Yunyi and Chiang Kai-shek once belonged to the palace of Marshal Sun Yat-sen and served as staff officers. And Zhang Yunyi's qualifications are even older than Chiang Kai-shek.

General Zhang Yunyi's extraordinary revolutionary career can be described as an amazing legend.

His revolutionary journey began with joining the China League and ending with becoming an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China. Along the way, he made great contributions to the founding of New China.

In October 1909, Zhang Yunyi joined the China League led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. In 1910, he participated in the Guangzhou New Army Uprising, and in 1911, he participated in the Huanghuagang Uprising and the Xinhai Revolution.

And when he participated in the Huanghuagang Uprising, he almost died.

In April 1911, Zhang Yunyi, who was only 17 years old, had advanced ideas and was eager to save the country, and joined the vanguard with enthusiasm, also known as the death squad. Due to his outstanding talent, Zhang Yunyi was appointed as the captain of the bomb team.

On April 27, 1911, Huang Xing led the vanguard to attack the Yamen of the Governor of Liangguang, but due to being outnumbered, the team was defeated and retreated. Zhang Yunyi and others were also trapped in a private house. Bullets are depleted, and the personnel are ** miserable. The entrance to the alley was heavily guarded, and it was impossible to withdraw from the city for a while.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Yunyi dressed up in disguise, carrying a vegetable basket and pretending to go to the street to buy vegetables, but in fact he was looking for a suitable exit to break through. Unfortunately, he didn't expect that when he turned back again, there was already a river of blood in the house. The Qing army broke into the door, and more than 100 rebels were killed here, and none of them were spared.

Later, the people of Guangzhou collected the bones of the martyrs, obtained a total of 72 bodies, and buried them in Huanghuagang, known as the "72 martyrs of Huanghuagang" in history.

Zhang Yunyi escaped for "buying vegetables". Later, he also recalled this incident and said: "If I didn't go grocery shopping at that time, I would have been the seventy-third martyr of Huanghuagang." ”

In July 1925, the Kuomintang was established in Guangzhou. In July of the following year, the National Revolutionary Army decided on the Northern Expedition. At this time, Zhang Yunyi, who had already made great achievements in the war and had risen to prominence many times, was the chief of staff of the 25th Division of the Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

After the National Revolutionary Army broke through Wuhan, Zhang Yunyi, as the chief of staff, could have enjoyed all the glory and wealth. But in October, however, he secretly joined the Chinese Communist Party. "I was 34 years old when I joined the party, and my salary was quite high, and I joined the party to liberate the working people. Zhang Yunyi said when recalling.

During his tenure as chief of staff of the 25th Division, Zhang Yunyi secretly worked for the organization. In private, he kept doing the ideological work of his soldiers.

In November 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup. At this time, Zhang Yunyi cooperated with Zhou Shidi and successfully let most of the soldiers of the 25th Division participate in the "August 1" Nanchang Uprising. It provided a vital military force for the communist army of the time.

After this battle, Zhang Yunyi did not leave, but chose to continue to lurk. Later, he returned to Guangzhou with the large army. In the same month, Zhang Yunyi was transferred to the commander of the Qiongya appeasement on Hainan Island.

Zhang Yunyi gladly accepted the appointment of the people**. On the one hand, Hainan is his hometown, and he can return to his hometown to better secretly expand and train the army for the Communist Party. On the other hand, here, his connection with the Qiongya Party organization is also safer.

In mid-November, Zhang Yunyi led an army of 500 men to Haikou by boat in two groups. Due to the shallow water level at Haikou Wharf, the boats could only stop at a distance on the water, and Ye Zhao, deputy commander of the 33rd Regiment, was responsible for receiving them.

At this time, Ye Zhao had been bought by the Gui warlords for a lot of money, and the boat he sent was his trap. He transported the fighters to the shore in batches, but in fact captured them in batches and put them in prison.

After the troop boat rowed away, a flat boat rushed to the sea in the distance. Zhang Yunyi thought to himself that the ship transporting troops had just left, and it would not turn back so quickly, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart. As the boat approached, Zhang Yunyi looked at it and recognized the person on the boat as a fellow villager in his hometown in Hainan.

The person who came informed Zhang Yunyi of Ye Zhao's rebellion and conspiracy, and told him not to dock. At this time, on the shore, the whole city of Haikou was under martial law by Ye Zhao, and he was ready to search for Zhang Yunyi with all his might.

Hearing this, Zhang Yunyi took off his military uniform and changed into civilian clothes, jumped into a small boat from his fellow townsman, and headed for the passenger ship bound for Haiphong. With the help of this benefactor, Zhang Yunyi stepped on the passenger ship. After several turnovers, he returned to Guangzhou.

Zhang Yunyi, who returned to Guangzhou, received a new task assigned to him by the CCP. However, on the way to *** report, an unexpected story happened to him.

At the beginning of 1928, the Communist Party of China decided to send Zhang Yunyi and other Communist Party members to study in the Soviet Union. Zhang Yunyi broke away from the Fourth Army and bid farewell to his wife and children. Travelling to Shanghai via Hong Kong to report.

Unexpectedly, the news of Zhang Yunyi's trip to Shanghai accidentally leaked. The spies waited for the opportunity to move, and waited in ambush early. Zhang Yunyi may not know that from the moment he stepped into Shanghai, he was stared at by countless pairs of eyes.

Late one night in August, four men in police uniforms broke into Mr. Zhang's home. Without saying anything, they took off Zhang Yunyi's robe and put on a suit for him. Not only that, but they also put a wig on Zhang Yunyi's head. Then Zhang Yunyi was escorted out of the door.

As soon as they walked out of the door, the group was stopped by the Kuomintang plainclothes spies. The policeman at the head said to the plainclothes agent: "Caught a drug dealer." The men didn't seem to believe it, and wanted to examine them.

At this time, Zhang Yunyi, who was full of grievances, wanted to find a chance to avenge his grievances, but before he finished speaking, his mouth was blocked by a handkerchief. Seeing this, the policeman immediately changed his face and shouted sternly: "Carry out your mission!" What's going on here? Carefully let the 'fox' go. ”

Seeing this, the plainclothes agents no longer hindered and continued their mission.

Zhang Yunyi was tied up and escorted to the car, and he was ready to sacrifice along the way. When he arrived at the "police station", the policeman headed by him reported with a grin: "Report, the prisoner has arrived."

How can I do it, and I still twist my hands. ”

Zhang Yunyi felt very familiar when he heard the sound, raised his head and looked for the source of the sound, and looked closely, it turned out to be Comrade ***!

Comrade Yunyi, I frightened you. * Warmly shook Zhang Yunyi's hands. Comrade Chen Geng, who played the role of the police leader, also rushed over and hugged Zhang Yunyi, and asked him with a smile, "I played this scene very successfully, right?" Then he said solemnly: "Brother Zhang, the younger brother is rude." ”

It turned out that this was a specially arranged response in order to prevent Zhang Yunyi's identity from being exposed.

After officially getting in touch with the CCP, Zhang Yunyi was sent to Nanning, Guangxi in July 1929 to do military movement work in the Gui Army.

On October 1, 1929, Yu Zuobai and Li Mingrui led an army of only three divisions from Nanning to Guangdong to prepare to attack the pro-Chiang warlord Chen Jitang. Unexpectedly, Chiang Kai-shek had already secretly spent a lot of money to buy the division commanders and brigade commanders of these three divisions. The forces of the three divisions all rebelled and took refuge with Chiang Kai-shek.

In desperation, Yu Zuobai and Li Mingrui retreated to Hong Kong and Longzhou respectively.

At the critical juncture, Zhang Yunyi, then the commander of the Nanning garrison, decisively opened the armory. More than 5,000 rifles, cannons, radio stations, and a large amount of explosives were also provided. Our party led people to use more than ten motorboats and wooden boats to meet them, and went up the Youjiang River to smoothly transport the materials to Baise.

On October 22, Zhang Yunyi led the Teaching Corps and the Fourth Garrison Brigade to Baise to meet with relevant leaders.

On October 28, 1929, under the command and leadership of Zhang Yunyi and others, our army annihilated two enemy battalions and captured Xiong Ho in Enlong County aliveIt is known as the "Enlong Riot" in history. Thus the first shot of the Baise Uprising was fired.

On December 11, the second anniversary of the Guangzhou Uprising, the red flag of an armed uprising was also raised on the city wall of Baise. The Seventh Army of the Chinese Red Army was officially born. Zhang Yunyi was appointed commander of the Seventh Army.

This uprising was the first vigorous and thorough people's revolutionary movement in Guangxi since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

In March 1937, Zhang Yunyi served as the commander of the rear command of the Red Army. He traveled to Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Guilin, Fuzhou and other places to do anti-Japanese national united front work among the upper military and political personnel of the Kuomintang.

** also commented on Zhang Yunyi: "There are not many people in the Communist Party who can speak to the Kuomintang generals, and Zhang Yunyi is one of them." ”

After the "77 Incident", the Kuomintang and the Communist Party reached an agreement on cooperation against Japan, and agreed to reorganize the main force of the Northwest Red Army into the "Eighth Route Army". However, the Kuomintang attempted to adopt the policy of "surrendering from the north and from the south" and refused to recognize the guerrillas in the eight southern provinces under the leadership of the Communist Party as regular troops, calling them bandits. Under the indomitable and reasonable struggle of the Chinese Communist Party, the Kuomintang agreed to reorganize the southern guerrillas into a new one.

In response to the question of how to reorganize the teams in these eight provinces and 14 places, ** gave Zhang Yunyi a difficult task:First, please ask Ye Ting to make a comeback. Second, in his capacity as a representative of the Chinese Communist Party, he went to the south to discuss with the Kuomintang representatives the reorganization of the Red Army guerrillas and conveyed the latest instructions to the guerrillas.

At this time, Zhang Yunyi, who was performing ** work in Hong Kong, received *** instructions and immediately left for Macao to meet Ye Ting.

It should not be difficult for Zhang Yunyi to invite Ye Ting to make a comeback. The two were old friends and friends of life and death, and they had already formed a deep revolutionary friendship during the Northern Expedition.

Zhang Yunyi, on behalf of the Communist Party of China, extended a sincere invitation to Ye Ting, and pointed out that the person leading the new army must be someone who can be accepted and trusted by both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Ye Ting was moved when he heard this, and said that he would never let down the party's trust in him.

Subsequently, Ye Ting came to Shanghai to meet with the two sides and reached an agreement on how to reorganize the army. After that, Ye Ting suggested to Chiang Kai-shek that the Southern Red Army be reorganized into the new Fourth Army, which meant inheriting the spiritual tradition of the Fourth Army during the Northern Expedition.

During this period, the southern guerrillas did not understand the new formation policy, so that they fell into the trap of the Kuomintang. It was surrounded and disarmed by the Kuomintang in Zhangpu in the name of distributing military salaries. It is known as the "Zhangpu Incident" in history.

When Zhang Yunyi came to Guangdong and Fujian to discuss with the Kuomintang authorities, he also conducted focused negotiations and dealt with the aftermath of the "Zhangpu Incident." In the end, the Kuomintang returned the guns. After Zhang Yunyi tore up the mask of the Kuomintang's "surrender from the north and south," the Red Army guerrillas who had been forcibly incorporated into the Kuomintang were also able to restore their "true body" and return to the leadership of our party.

Chiang Kai-shek was officially appointed on September 28, 1937Ye Ting is the commander of the newly formed Fourth Army。In January of the following year, the Kuomintang officially approved itZhang Yunyi is the chief of staff of the newly formed Fourth Army

Since then, a legendary contingent led by our party, the iron-like army, the New Fourth Army, has been officially established.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Yunyi continued to fight on the front line of the revolution. He was seen in the Lianghuai Campaign, the Jinpu Road Blockade Battle, the Ping'an Campaign, the Pingjin Campaign and the River Crossing Campaign. Zhang Yunyi contributed an indispensable force to the founding of the People's Republic of China.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Zhang Yunyi served as secretary of the Guangxi Provincial Party Committee, vice chairman of the Central and South Administrative Committee, and deputy secretary of the Communist Party of China's ** Supervision Commission.

In 1955, Zhang Yunyi was awarded the first-class August 1st Medal, the first-class Independent Freedom Medal and the first-class Liberation Medal, and was awarded the rank of general, and was the only general with a salary of marshal.

On November 19, 1974, General Zhang Yunyi passed away in Beijing, and a legendary revolutionary life came to an end.

"Old Cheng is dignified and has a high prestige. ”It is *** to give General Zhang Yunyi a sincere evaluation.