On May 21, 1965, Chairman ** set off from Changsha City, planning to return to the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Holy Land and taste the once familiar scenery. He had not set foot in this land since the Long March in 1934.
In the past 30 years, the chairman has always had a deep affection for Jinggangshan, and he always looked forward to seeing the changes in this old revolutionary base area, but he was busy with official duties and has not been able to fulfill his wish.
In 1965, ** took the time to return to Jinggangshan. When the local people heard the news, they were very excited and wanted to see the chairman with their own eyes. Back then, ** left many moving stories in Jinggangshan, and his bits and pieces and local villagers were passed down as a good story.
Among them, there is an old man named Xie Huaifu, who has been in contact with ***, and his approachability and warmth and thoughtfulness make him unforgettable. Therefore, when *** stayed near Jinggangshan, he took a few fellow villagers to find the chairman ......
In April 1927, the Great Revolution was in full swing, but Jinggangshan was full of smoke. Xie Huaifu, as a fellow countryman, has a special past with ***. This time, will he ever see *** again
And can *** still remember this familiar face? In this White Terror, countless Communists were sacrificed, and the revolutionary cause suffered a heavy blow.
In that crucial autumn that determined the fate of the country, the CCP resolutely decided to launch the Autumn Harvest Uprising and fight back against the reactionary acts of the Kuomintang with practical actions.
On August 7, 1927, our Party convened a landmark meeting, at which the Chairman put forward the important concept of "power coming out of the barrel of a gun", established the tactics of armed insurrection and agrarian revolution, criticized the erroneous ideas existing in the Party, and provided ideological guidance for the uprising.
This meeting, which came to be known as the "87 Conference," marked the beginning of our party's journey of transformation from armed struggle to rural revolution.
After a month of preparation, the Autumn Harvest Uprising was launched as scheduled in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and other places. However, due to the concentration of a large number of elite forces in the city by the enemy, coupled with the backward equipment of our army, the uprising did not succeed as expected.
After the failure of the uprising, two views emerged in the party: one was to continue the offensive; The second is to temporarily retreat and preserve the revolutionary forces. At this critical moment, ** stood up firmly, and he decided to lead the troops south, to the vast mountainous and rural areas near Jinggang Mountain.
In addition, in light of China's national conditions, he put forward the important idea of "encircling the cities from the countryside and seizing power by armed force," thus opening up a brand-new road for the Chinese revolution.
Under the guidance of ***, the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base came into being! Jinggang Mountain is located in the center of the Luoxiao Mountains, with cliffs and cliffs within a radius of 500 miles, and the terrain is dangerous, making it the best choice for strategic locations.
In addition, our party comrades in the vicinity of Jinggangshan actively propagated revolutionary ideas and had a solid revolutionary foundation, while the enemy's defensive strength in this area was relatively weak. Combining the above factors, ** led the troops to this red hot land.
Although Jinggangshan has many advantages, there are also many inconveniences. After the troops went up the mountain, the first problem was the lack of supplies. In Jinggang Mountain, there is no decent food to eat, and even *** has to rely on unsalted pumpkin soup to satisfy hunger, and sometimes you can only eat some rough red rice porridge.
There was a saying in the mountains back then: "Red rice, pumpkin soup; Autumn eggplant, the taste is so fragrant, and the meal is ...... a fine meal”
In the oil paintings of Jinggangshan, what we see is a positive and optimistic attitude. No matter how difficult it was, he always believed that "there are more ways than difficulties" and encouraged his fighters in this way.
Under his leadership, the soldiers picked up hoes to clear the land and plough the land in the mountains, achieving self-sufficiency and living a life of abundant food and clothing. What is even more touching is that although the Red Army was short of food, it did not forcibly collect food from the local people, but did it themselves, and this selfless behavior surprised the local people, who found this unit different.
Influenced by the revolutionary oil paintings, many people joined the production ranks, including a middle-aged man named Xie Huaifu. Inspired by the spirit of the Red Army, he decided to plunge into production activities.
Approachable and close to the masses. Xie Huaifu's family has a large family and only a few acres of land to make ends meet. At first, he feared that the Red Army was a Kuomintang unit, so he was reluctant to go out.
But later, he learned that the Red Army had overthrown the local tyrants and divided the land, and that strict discipline and concern for the masses had made him change his view of the Red Army.
In the TV series, ** came to Xie Huaifu's house because he had no place to live. Xie Huaifu was surprised by this, but his attitude was clear, in order not to cause trouble to Xie Huaifu, he decided to move in in the name of renting a house and pay the monthly rent.
Although Xie Huaifu said many times that their family was enough, he was very surprised that *** insisted on paying the rent.
Although *** always asked Xie Huaifu to accept the money, he insisted: "If you don't accept it, I will feel a little uneasy living with you." Therefore, Xie Huaifu's home has become a temporary foothold in Jinggangshan.
There, ** initially held meetings with colleagues to arrange matters on the front line. Due to his busy work, the chairman is often busy until late at night, and many times Xie Huaifu wakes up in the middle of the night, he can see the candle in the chairman's room still flickering, and he is working there.
Xie Huaifu's industrious and tenacious spirit infected the chairman, and he often used his own food to cook for the chairman and deliver it to the chairman's residence.
The chairman was keenly aware of Xie Huaifu's move, he knew that Xie Huaifu's family life was already very difficult, but he still had to deliver food for himself, the chairman felt very uneasy about this, he said: "Old Xie, your life is already very difficult, how can I ask you to deliver food for me again?" ”
In order to repay Xie Huaifu's family, the chairman often gave them food, clothing and other materials from the troops, and even personally carried a hoe and worked the farmland with Xie Huaifu.
They chatted in the fields and learned about the local customs, and the scene was very harmonious and lively.
In his spare time, he will personally teach Lao Xie's children to read and write, so that they can gain cultural knowledge, emphasizing the importance of honoring their parents and bearing hardships and standing hard work, because only through labor can a happy life be created.
The chairman will also talk with Lao Xie's family and share our party's line and policies. During the long period of contact, Lao Xie gained a deep understanding of the Communist Party, and he realized that this is an army that serves the people wholeheartedly, which is different from other armies.
Under the influence of ***, Lao Xie actively publicized the party's policies to his neighbors, although he was not highly educated, he was well aware of the importance of land to the peasants, and was deeply dissatisfied with the exploitation of the landlord class.
In the cold winter of 1928, one thing made Xie Huaifu admire ***. At the end of that year, ** personally sent him cotton clothes, which made him deeply feel the warmth and care of the party.
Although the Autumn Harvest Uprising ended in failure, it burned quickly like a flame on the land of the motherland, bringing hope and strength to people.
For the sake of the revolution, all localities actively responded to the Autumn Harvest Uprising, devoted themselves to the agrarian revolution, and finally came to the Jinggangshan revolutionary base area, and the ranks of the Red Army gradually grew, from the initial thousands of people to tens of thousands.
Although *** did not continue to live in Xie Huaifu's house, but chose to transfer to the higher-level army station, Xie Huaifu felt deeply reluctant in his heart. However, he understood that this was a rule of the troops and could not be violated.
When *** left, he also left a sum of money, hoping to improve the quality of life of Xie Huaifu's family. This windfall made Xie Huaifu's family grateful and deeply imprinted in their hearts.
Although *** is no longer alive, his concern for Xie Huaifu's family has never changed. Whenever there was a good harvest on the mountain, he would always personally send some fruits to Xie Huaifu's home.
This cold winter, due to the increase in the number of troops, a strange phenomenon appeared: despite the large amount of cotton in the troops, due to the lack of fabric, many fighters could only survive this cold winter in single clothes, and even *** was no exception, he only wore four single clothes.
Considering that *** needs to go out often to visit the soldiers of the army, the organization decided to provide him with a cotton coat.
Is it difficult to chop wood so early? ”
Last night, all the firewood in Xie Huaifu's house was burned, and he urgently needed to chop firewood for warmth. Without saying a word, just pick up the axe and start helping. Xie Huaifu hurriedly stopped: "Commissar Mao, you are a scholar, you can't let you do this kind of rough work." ”
** Smiled and replied: "We Communists, whether we are holding a pen or carrying a gun, are all born from a firewood pole." We should help each other. ”
It's hot and inconvenient to chop wood in cotton clothes, you can help me wear it for a while! Although Xie Huaifu resolutely refused, *** insisted that he wear it, hoping that the two of them could finish chopping firewood as soon as possible and be warmer when they went back.
Xie Huaifu changed into *** clothes and waited for him to chop firewood and send it to his home. He immediately took off his cotton coat and resolutely returned it. But *** said that this was a gift for him and he must accept it.
Xie Huaifu couldn't help it, and a few days later, he personally handed over the cotton clothes to the *** guards. The guards only knew that the cotton clothes were ***, but they didn't know that they were given to Xie Huaifu, so they sent it back to the chairman.
The chairman recognized the cotton clothes in front of him at a glance, which was given to Xie Huaifu a few days ago, and couldn't help but feel moved. He immediately asked the guards what had happened, and asked the guards to immediately send the cotton clothes back to Xie Huaifu, and at the same time conveyed his own message, making it clear that the cotton clothes had been given to Xie Huaifu and there was no need to worry about it.
Xie Huaifu's heart was warm, and he was deeply moved by the chairman's concern and care for the people.
** Working together with the soldiers, mobilizing the people to set up a quilt factory on the mountain, and successfully solving the problem of cotton clothing, which made Xie Huaifu feel extremely gratified. Seeing that the soldiers were no longer freezing, his mood also improved.
However, more than 30 years later, the Red Army's fifth anti-encirclement campaign failed, and it had to leave Jinggangshan for the Long March transfer, and Xie Huaifu never had the opportunity to see *** again, and he could only learn about him through the newspaper.
The joy in Xie Huaifu's heart rose with the victory of the first march, when the revolution was successful and New China was founded, his joy went to the next level! He often proudly tells everyone in the village: "I am the landlord of ***!" ”
And the knowledge imparted by *** made him unforgettable. As the years passed, Lao Xie's desire to see *** again became more and more intense! In fact, Lao Xie's longing was echoed by ***, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to return to the holy land of the revolution again.
In 1965, the 72-year-old chairman finally ushered in an opportunity, and he returned to the Jinggangshan revolutionary base with Wang Dongxing and other cadres. When the local people learned of ***'s arrival, they hung up red lanterns one after another to warmly welcome him.
At the temporary residence in Jinggangshan, a large number of people came to the door every day to ask to see the chairman. **Xi Fengwu, the security guard next to him, knows the chairman's situation best: the chairman visits the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area and the Revolutionary Memorial Hall on the mountain during the day, but at night he has to return to the mansion early to deal with a large number of documents, often working until the early hours of the morning.
In order to ensure the rest of ***, he chose to persuade all the people who visited. On this day, ** took a nap in the mansion, Xie Huaifu and several fellow villagers came to the vicinity of the mansion, hoping to see ***
Xie Huaifu reported to his home, saying that he was the landlord of ***. Xi Fengwu, as a security guard, explained to him: "* I am very tired from my busy official duties, and I can't take the time to see everyone, I'm really sorry. ”
Xie Huaifu has always been eager to meet ***, but he failed to do so for various reasons. However, ** did not fall asleep, and he heard a voice at the door in the house. After getting up, he asked Xi Fengwu, "Who was talking to you outside just now?" ”
Xi Fengwu replied: "Chairman, it's a fellow named Xie Huaifu, and he wants to see you." ”
I should have met him, well, I had to! So, **immediately called Wang Dongxing** and asked him to rearrange tomorrow's itinerary, because he decided to take this opportunity to meet those villagers in the old revolutionary base area in person.
In the afternoon of the second day, Wang Dongxing carefully organized a meeting with the people in the old area. As a "special invited guest", Xie Huaifu is full of excitement and expectation.
He lined up with the rest of the crowd to wait for the arrival of ***, and soon, a familiar figure appeared in front of him, that is, the beloved *** saw *** with a cordial smile, and warmly shook hands with everyone, as the chairman gradually approached, Xie Huaifu's heartbeat was gradually accelerating!
**Cordially came to Xie Huaifu, Xie Huaifu was originally worried that the chairman had forgotten him, but he didn't expect the chairman's first words to make him excited! "You are Xie Huaifu! I still remember living in your house! I remember that you are a few years older than me, so you must pay attention to your body! ”
The chairman's words were as warm as spring, which made Xie Huaifu excited, as if he had returned to more than 30 years ago, just like seeing *** for the first time!
Xie Huaifu was full of excitement and wanted to say a thousand words, but at the moment he met ***, his throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he couldn't say anything.
In the end, he could only express his inner emotions with hot tears. That afternoon, after the meeting, ** took a group photo with everyone, and Xie Huaifu was also in this group photo.
Although *** has left us for many years, his deep friendship with the people, his concern and attention to the lives of the masses, every time he thinks about it, it makes people feel extremely warm, as if he has never left.
It is precisely because of the deep care for the people that the Chinese revolution was able to win a great victory, and the people of the whole country were united as one, which created the prosperity of today's motherland! Here, let's end with a poem by ***, feel his deep leadership charisma, and express our highest respect to him!
The original intention does not change, and then go to Jinggang Mountain. Revisit the old place of the revolution, and change the old scenery into a new look. Hundreds of birds sing here, and there are murmuring waters, and the avenue leads to the clouds.
Walking through the Yellow Ocean Boundary, the dangerous peak is no longer visible. The wind and clouds are surging, the battle flag is raised, and the spectrum is magnificent. Thirty years have passed in a flash. You can pick the stars and catch the moon, you can catch fish and turtles and return to the sea, and the war song sounded while talking and laughing.
There is nothing difficult in the world, only because of the climber.