Public Network Poster News Reporter Wang Guanbo Texas reports
There is such an old man in Zaoxiang Leling, although she has been away from us for more than 40 years, but every time she recalls that period of glory, the people of Zaoxiang can't help but remember her, and proudly tell her story to every visitor who has just arrived in Zaoxiang. She is the revolutionary mother Chang Da Niang.
Chang Da Niang's real name is Liu Xianghui, because her family is poor, when she was 9 years old, she went to Dachang Village in Zhuji Town to give the deaf and mute Chang Peiren a child bride. After the "July 7" incident, the land of Zaoxiang set off a climax of anti-Japanese resistance, and Chang Daniang, who was well aware of the great righteousness, and her whole family threw themselves into the anti-Japanese struggle without hesitation.
In 1938, the Japanese army stepped into Leling, and thousands of jujube trees were cut down and replaced by Japanese artillery towers and strongholds. In the autumn, Commander Xiao Hua led the Eighth Route Army eastward to advance into the Jilu Border Region and extensively mobilized the masses to resist Japan. Chang Da Niang, 47, led the family to actively take care of the wounded and cover the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.
Yuan Precious, the organization officer, was sent to Chang Da Niang's home to recuperate, and his body was covered with scabies and his hands and feet were festering, and Chang Da Niang scrubbed and fed him water day and night. After 15 days, Yuan Precious recovered, and he said with tears: "You are my mother-in-law!" Gradually, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who came to Chang Da Niang's house to recuperate and hold meetings all called her "Mother" from the bottom of their hearts.
The war situation became more and more severe, in order to better conceal and care for the wounded, while providing a safe meeting place for the Eighth Route Army, in 1942, the Party organization of the Jilu Border Region decided to dig tunnels in Chang Daniang's house. In order to prevent detection, Chang Daniang's family can only move at night.
Whenever night fell, Chang Da Niang took her second son and daughter to dig tunnels, her old wife Uncle Chang poured soil on the top, and her younger son set up a sentry in the village. Because Uncle Chang was deaf and mute, Chang Da Niang found a rope tied to his waist, and the hole was filled with soil, and Chang Da Niang pulled the rope, and he dragged the dirt cart up.
In the rush of work at night, the 60-meter-long tunnel that can accommodate more than 100 people was finally dug. The tunnel is set up with the work office of the district party committee, the secretary of the county party committee, the meeting room, the grain and gun storage place, and the document storage place. With tunnels as cover, Chang Daniang's family became the seat of the prefectural party committee of the Jilu Border Region and the Jingyuan County CPC Committee. More and more soldiers came to meet and recuperate, and at most more than 120 people lived in a day, and Chang Da Niang cooked up to 17 meals a day.
The enemy sensed the abnormality, but several times he searched Chang Da's mother's house and failed to catch anyone. They hit Chang Da Niang with the butt of her gun and slammed her head against the wall, and Chang Da Niang clenched her teeth and did not reveal half a word.
At that time, the warriors had a secret code, as soon as they said "under the old locust tree", they knew that it was Chang Daniang's family. However, there is no old locust tree in Chang Da Niang's house, and the "old locust tree" in the mouth of the warriors is Chang Da Niang. She is like an old locust tree, "sheltering the warriors from the wind and rain".
After the founding of New China, Chang Da Niang did not extend her hand to the organization and still made a living from farming. In 1972, the 81-year-old Chang Da Niang became seriously ill, and she came to visit her county leaders and solemnly applied to join the Chinese Communist Party. On the hospital bed, Chang Da Niang raised her right hand to swear to join the party, and asked her children to take out the money they had saved from the package and pay the first party fee. In 1974, Chang died at the age of 83.