This is an extremely touching old **. In 2006, the children of ** went to North Korea, and they came to the martyrs' cemetery of the Chinese Volunteers in North Korea, with only one purpose:Specially sweep the grave of the martyr Mao Anying.
This ** front row from left is: Mao Anqing's wife Shao Hua, Mao Anying's former wife Liu Siqi, ** daughters Li Min and Li Ne. This means that the two daughters-in-law and two daughters take a group photo, and they are also the four daughters", which is very rare, they dress plainly, and they deserve to be the descendants of great men.
It can be seen from the ** that everyone is sad, they all hoped to relocate Mao Anying to China and bury him in the Shenyang Volunteer Army Martyrs Cemetery. The question is, why didn't Mao Anying return to China for burial after his sacrifice? This matter is also *** decided, and the story behind it is tearful.
On November 25, 1950, Mao Anying died heroically in Daeyudong, North Korea, at the age of 28. In the afternoon of the same day, the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army sent a top-secret telegram to the Military Commission:
"We entered the air-raid shelter at 7 o'clock today, and Mao Anying was in the house with three staff officers. At 11 o'clock, when four enemy planes passed by, four of them had already come out. After the enemy planes passed, the four of them returned to the house, and suddenly four more enemy planes came, dropping nearly 100 incendiary bombs, hitting the house, at that time two staff officers ran out, Mao Anying and Gao Ruixin were burned to death before they could escape, and there was no other loss. ”After Mao Anying's death, ** considering the tension of the war on the front line, he instructed Mao Anying and Gao Ruixin to be temporarily buried on a nearby hillside, and then moved to the burial after the war ended. **At that time, he was in charge of the daily work of the Military Commission, and he was very sad after receiving the telegram, but after discussing with ** and others, he decided not to report to *** for the time being.
There are reasons for this, one is to consider *** suffering from a severe cold, and the other is that *** is concentrating on commanding the second campaign of the Volunteer Army. On January 2, 1951, ** finally reported the news of Mao Anying's sacrifice to ***. At that time, *** lived in Building 1 of the New Sixth Institute, and asked Ye Zilong to send *** top-secret telegram to *** for approval.
According to Ye Zilong's recollection, when he arrived at the No. 1 building of the New Sixth Institute, ** had just gotten up and was sitting on the sofa in the front hall reading a newspaper. As usual, Ye Zilong put the telegram under the coffee table in front of him, and then put down the newspaper and picked up the telegram.
At that moment, time seemed to stop, and the scene was extremely quiet, only to see *** bury his head in reading the telegram again and again. After a long time, ** raised his head, only to see that his face was pale, obviously in a state of extreme grief, but there were no tears. Immediately afterward, ** smokes for a long time.
After a long time, ** waved his hand to Li Yinqiao, Ye Zilong and others beside him, and he said: ".War, someone has to die, it's nothing. Later, after returning to Beijing, he mentioned Mao Anying's sacrifice again, and said: ".The volunteer soldiers have sacrificed so many people, their sacrifices are all glorious, don't take it as a big deal just because Anying is my son. It's gone, there's no need to say it anymore.
At the end of December 1954, the Volunteer Army Headquarters sent a letter to the Military Commission regarding the relocation of Mao Anying's funeral. The General Cadre Department of the Central Military Commission immediately sent a telegram back to the Volunteer Army Headquarters, suggesting that Mao Anying be reburied and returned to China. Before this telegram was sent, it was sent to the desk of ***, who at that time was *** deputy prime minister and minister of defense.
** After thinking about it, he had a different opinion, he thought that Mao Anying should be buried in North Korea. ** said to the secretary: "Didn't you personally say that Kishi Ying is an ordinary soldier in the volunteer army?" Besides, as a symbol of the friendship cemented by the blood of the Chinese and North Korean peoples, and as the embodiment of the spirit of internationalism in China and China, Mao Anying should also be buried in North Korea. ”
Thinking of this layer, ** wrote a personal letter to ***, proposing to bury Mao Anying in North Korea. **wrote: "I intend to be buried in North Korea, in the name of the Zhi Division or the commander of the Volunteer Army, a monument is published, explaining his voluntary participation in the army and sacrifice, worthy of being the son of ***, and his other staff officer Gao Ruixin, who died at the same time, is buried in the same place." This educational significance is very good, and the families of other martyrs have no objections, and the original telegram has been sent to you, and the above comments have not been written. ”
Mao Anying cemetery.
**In favor of ***'s suggestion, he commented on this letter that "I agree with Peng's opinion, please inform the General Cadre Department to prepare another reply." And ***'s handwritten letter was quickly delivered to ***, ** also agreed, he gave instructions like this:I agree with Comrade Dehuai's opinion that the remains of Kian Ying should be buried on the soil of North Korea, like thousands of volunteer martyrs, and no special funeral should be held for him.
In this way, Mao Anying was finally buried in North Korea. After the Qingming Festival in 1955, Mao Anying was relocated to the Chinese Volunteer Army Martyrs Cemetery in the northwest of Hichang County, South Pyongan Province, North Korea. Mao Anying's cemetery is no different from other volunteer martyrs' cemeteries, his tombstone is engraved with "Comrade Mao Anying's Tomb", and the back is engraved with an epitaph.