On December 9, 1935, thousands of students in Beijing took to the streets to carry out anti-Japanese demonstrations to save the country, opposing the autonomy of the five provinces in North China, opposing Japanese imperialism, and demanding territorial integrity.
This movement is known as the "129" patriotic movement, and many outstanding patriotic youths have emerged. They performed prominently in the subsequent revolutionary process and made great contributions to the establishment of New China.
The protagonist we are going to talk about today was also one of the important participants and leaders of the "129" patriotic movement, and he was Gu Jingsheng, who served as secretary of the Communist Youth League Municipal Committee in Beijing.
So, what are the little-known stories about Gu Jingsheng? What happened to his life?
Gu Jingsheng was born in Shanxi in 1913, and in his early years of study, he was deeply influenced by progressive ideas. At the age of 16, he began to devote himself to revolutionary activities and accumulated a wealth of revolutionary experience.
In order to further resist Japan and save the country, he went to Beiping, actively participated in anti-Japanese propaganda, and joined the Left Federation, the Communist Youth League, and the "Student Federation" in Beiping.
In December 1935, Gu Jingsheng participated in the "129" patriotic movement as one of the leaders, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in an all-round way, he went to Shanxi, joined the first column of Shanxi youth to resist the enemy and fight to the death, served as the head of the first department, committed to anti-Japanese propaganda and mobilized aspiring young people to join the army, and made great contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan.
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Gu Jingsheng served as the director of the Political Department of the Ninth Column of the Central Plains Field Army, and worked hard to liberate Zhengzhou and other places.
In February 1949, in accordance with the order of the Central Military Commission on the Unification of the Establishment and Unit Numbers of the Whole Army, the Ninth Column of the Central Plains Field Army was reorganized into the 15th Army of the Second Field Army.
Qin Jiwei served as the first army commander, and Gu Jingsheng became the first political commissar. They fought side by side, participated in the battle of crossing the river, and then went south. Later, the 15 th Army came under the command of the Fourth Field Army and participated in the campaign to liberate Guangdong and Guangxi, making great achievements in the founding of New China.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Gu Jingsheng continued to serve as the political commissar of the 15th Army of the Volunteers, and led the Volunteers to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. During his stay in Korea, Gu Jingsheng commanded the Volunteers to participate in famous battles such as the Fifth Campaign and the Battle of Shangganling, which led to the signing of the "Korean Armistice Agreement" and made outstanding contributions to the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
In 1955, 42-year-old Gu Jingsheng was awarded the rank of major general when the People's Liberation Army first conferred the title and became the founding major general. Subsequently, he served as political commissar of the Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of National Defense and director of the mass work department of the General Political Department.
However, when the ten-year special period came, Gu Jingsheng was treated unjustly and was imprisoned for 12 years, until 1978, when he regained his freedom and re-entered his career.
After his comeback, he was appointed deputy political commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region, and soon after, the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam broke out, and the Guangzhou Military Region was responsible for the fighting on the eastern front. As the deputy political commissar of the military region, Gu Jingsheng also participated in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam and made contributions to safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
In 1981, Gu Jingsheng was transferred to Xinjiang to work and served as the first political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. In his later years, he spent his life in Beijing, where he died of illness in 2004 at the age of 91.
Gu Jingsheng and his wife Fan Chengxiu have a deep relationship, even when Fan Chengxiu was classified as a "rightist" and treated unfairly, Gu Jingsheng did not leave her because of what happened to his wife, but stood firmly by her side, and even rejected the proposal to divorce his wife.
This kind of affection is moving.