As we all know, the founding marshal Peng Lao is just and upright, upright and selfless, and his sex is like a fiery fire.
Most of the generals brought out by President Peng are also frank and frank, gengzhi and fierce, and General Zhang Aiping, the founding general of the country and known as "the second general of General Peng", is a typical one.
General Zhang Aiping said that he had "four fearlessness" in his life: not afraid of the Mandate of Heaven, not afraid of adults, not afraid of the words of saints, not afraid of power.
Internally, General Zhang Aiping clearly stated that "I will not follow anyone, I only follow the truth", he dares to uphold the truth, not afraid of offense, so people call it "the army can not afford to provoke";
Externally, Zhang Aiping once made a big fuss about the US Department of Defense.
In the face of the unreasonable demands of the superpower, the general did not show weakness at all, how to be afraid, simply crisp, clean and neat, so it was called "the axe in the army" by the military circles.
Zhang Sheng, the second son of General Zhang Aiping, once said of his father:
"He was a fierce man, a transparent and straightforward man, an arrogant man, a naïve communist."
"Naïve"?
"Innocence" means purity and immaculate, without a single impurity.
Zhang Sheng used the word "naïve" to describe his father, which is quite appropriate and the most expressive.
General Zhang Aiping is such a "naïve person.".
In his marriage to Li Youlan, General Zhang Aiping's fearlessness, innocence and purity were fully revealed.
In January 1942, Zhang Aiping and Li Youlan met in Funing, northern Jiangsu.
At that time, Zhang Aiping was the deputy commander of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army and came to Funing to attend a meeting held by the Central China Bureau.
Li Youlan started working as an inspector in the New Fourth Army Headquarters, and because she had participated in professional shorthand training, she was temporarily transferred to serve as a stenographer for the conference.
Li Youlan is young, intelligent, and beautiful, and is known as "Youlan in the Army".
In addition to the identity of inspector of the New Fourth Army, Li Youlan has another identity.
In 1941, Li Youlan married Deputy Commander Xiang of the New Fourth Army, but only two months after the marriage, Deputy Commander Xiang was killed by traitors in the Anhui Incident and unfortunately died.
Therefore, Li Youlan's other identity is that of the widow of Deputy Commander Xiang.
After a period of depression, Li Youlan slowly walked out of the haze of widowhood and threw himself into his work.
At the conference, Zhang Aiping made a passionate unscripted speech.
Because of the wonderful content and strong agitation, the moderator of the meeting asked Li Youlan to step up the sorting out of shorthand materials, hand them to Zhang Aiping for review, and then distribute them to the delegates.
The next morning, Li Youlan sent Zhang Aiping the transcript of the speech she had sorted out overnight.
Zhang Aiping was immediately attracted by this material.
First of all, Li Youlan's pen is neat and beautiful, and secondly, her impromptu speech has become a good article with prominent focus, strict logic, and quite literary style.
Zhang Aiping couldn't help but look at Li Youlan with surprise.
In the following days, Zhang Aiping paid special attention to Li Youlan, and Li Youlan also had a good feeling for Zhang Aiping, who was heroic and free.
Therefore, in the interval between the meetings, Zhang Aiping and Li Youlan had several contacts, and their words were speculative and they were very happy.
With more contact and understanding, Zhang Aiping realized that this was a virtuous and talented woman, so she fell in love.
After more than half a month, the meeting is over, Zhang Aiping will return to the Third Division, and Li Youlan will also go to work at the Central China Party School.
When parting, Zhang Aiping gave Li Youlan a gift - a sheathed dagger.
Li Youlan also gave Zhang Aiping two special gifts in return - one was a neatly copied meeting report and a black-covered record holder.
The Central China Party School is only 15 kilometers away from the Third Division, but whenever she has free time, Zhang Aiping will ride his jujube red horse to visit Li Youlan.
At this moment, a comrade-in-arms of the Third Division reminded Zhang Aiping that Li Youlan was the widow of Deputy Commander Xiang and advised him to think carefully and stop there.
Zhang Aiping asked rhetorically, "Is she single?" ”
The comrade replied, "I am single." ”
"Then there's no problem." Zhang Aiping said frankly.
Zhang Aiping naturally understood the kindness of her comrades-in-arms, and could also predict possible gossip from the outside world, but Zhang Aiping still did not change her original intention.
At the same time, Li Youlan also endured a lot of pressure, even resistance.
In two months, Zhang Aiping wrote more than ten letters to Li Youlan, however, Li Youlan did not receive a single letter.
It turned out that the leaders of Li Youlan's unit withheld these letters.
The leader's reason for withholding the letter was simple, very traditional, and very simple: Li Youlan was the widow of Deputy Commander Xiang...
Zhang Aiping, who is "fierce, transparent, straightforward, arrogant and naïve", is not afraid of people's words, and still rides the jujube red horse, going back and forth between the Third Division and the Central China Party School every three forks and five minutes.
Zhang Aiping is versatile, he writes well, eloquence and literary talent are good.
During a battle against Japan, the troops captured a camera of the Japanese army, and Zhang Aiping had an extra craft - photography.
Many historical photos of the New Fourth Army period are from Zhang Aiping's hand, of course, Zhang Aiping also took many commemorative photos for Li Youlan.
After learning the news that Zhang Aiping's letter had been withheld, Li Youlan generously found the leader and asked for the letters.
When the leader returned the dozen or so letters, he once again reminded Li Youlan to pay attention to the impact.
Li Youlan found that the dozen or so letters had been opened...
She understood the leader's intentions in doing so, but, as an educated new woman, she had her own plans for her marriage and future.
On this day, Li Youlan told Zhang Aiping about the "interception" of the letter, and complained by the way: "Fortunately, you did not write anything substantive in the letter, dry." ”
Zhang Aiping smiled and asked, "So, do you understand the meaning of my letter?" ”
"Of course I see." Li Youlan sighed: "I really didn't expect that the thinking of these comrades was still so feudal. ”
Unexpectedly, Zhang Aiping said happily: "This matter is too good, I really have to thank you as the boss." ”
"Thanks to him?" Li Youlan did not know, so he said in surprise.
Zhang Aiping said: "Of course, I want to thank him, this is because my 'fire reconnaissance' is very effective, and it is he who helped me get three important pieces of information!" ”
Zhang Aiping came slowly.
"First, you have to reply to the letter I wrote to you, at least to show that you don't hate me writing to you, to show that I have hope."
"Secondly, you feel that my letter is 'nothing to say', because I have long expected that someone will check the letter, so I wrote it. Don't forget, I did underground work.
However, you can see what I want to express, and this is the effect I want. ”
"Third, you understand what I want to express, but you still haven't alienated me or rejected me, which means that you have accepted me."
Zhang Aiping finally said, "So, I don't have to worry about anything anymore." ”
Li Youlan suddenly realized, at the same time, she was very impressed with Zhang Aiping's intentions, agility and directness.
Soon, Zhang Aiping made a request to Li Youlan to get married.
Li Youlan agreed to Zhang Aiping's marriage proposal, but she proposed an additional condition: She must personally agree to the marriage by Commander Chen Yi.
Zhang Aiping understood Li Youlan's bitterness very well, and their marriage must be supported by Commander Chen Yi, otherwise, she could not bear the reproachful eyes and discussions behind her.
Zhang Aiping found Chen Yi and solemnly sent a marriage report.
Chen Yi looked at it and laughed, "Good you Zhang Aiping, you finally chased after Youlan in our army!" ”
After saying that, Commander Chen Yi signed two big words on the marriage report - agree.
Then he pulled out a brand new Parker fountain pen and said, "This is my new wedding present for you." ”
On August 8, 1942, Zhang Aiping rode his jujube red horse and happily married Li Youlan, who was dressed in full dress.
On this day, Li Youlan carved a "Ping" character on the Parker fountain pen given by Commander Chen Yi and carefully pinned it to Zhang Aiping's pocket.
Zhang Aiping personally put a ring on Li Youlan, saying that it was a ring, but it was actually a silver ring shaped like a ring.
This silver ring was a trophy that the Japanese used to tie it to the legs of military pigeons to fix letters, and now Zhang Aiping gave it to his bride.
That year, Zhang Aiping was 32 years old and Li Youlan was 23 years old.
After the founding of New China, Zhang Aiping was awarded the rank of founding general of the Republic, and a few years later, General Zhang Aiping served as vice premier of the State Council and minister of national defense.
Zhang Aiping and Li Youlan's eldest son, Zhang Xiang, was a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army, and their son-in-law was a "Zhengguo rank" with a higher position and greater achievements.
Zhang Aiping and Li Youlan have been together all their lives, white heads to old age.
In her later years, Zhang Aiping used eight words to evaluate their relationship - seeing each other and hating late, and sharing difficulties with each other.
Li Youlan summed it up this way: "When I was young, I did two very correct things, one was to join the New Fourth Army, and the other was to marry Zhang Aiping. ”
Until his old age, Li Youlan was still grateful to Mr. Chen: "He was more enlightened than anyone, and without the strong support of Mr. Chen, my marriage to Zhang Aiping would not have been so smooth." ”