To love one is to love her or his wholeness. I don't know who said this sentence, and then many people often hang on the lips, but the reality is that the people who put it on the mouth often do not know or can not fully know the weight it contains. So, sometimes, "love her or his whole" doesn't have to depend on what the person who loves him or her says, but on how he or she does it.
In the stormy revolutionary years, the ancestors stood on the road, often did not have rhetoric about love, but they could achieve the unity of love and action, without asking anything, love will love all of a person. Behind this is the noble and pure quality of the ancestors, Chen Geng and Wang Genying are such a respectable couple.
On March 8, 1939, at that time, there was already "March 8th Women's Day". In 1924, in order to establish the principle of equal and legal status of women in all aspects of society, China's first public commemoration of the "March 8" International Women's Day was held in Guangzhou, encouraging women to resolutely take the road of "overthrowing feudalism, overthrowing imperialism and women's self-liberation", but 15 years later, in the garrison of the Ji'nan Military Region, there was still a fierce gunshot in this festival.
Nangong City, now under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, Xingtai City administered the county-level city, but at that time, it was still a county, which was the garrison of the Ji'nan Military Region. There was a village in the county called "Former and Later Wangjia Village", which was the station of the Supply Department of the 129th Division, and Wang Genying was then a political instructor at the Financial and Economic Cadre School of the Ministry of Supply. On March 8, when the enemy surrounded Wangjia Village, Wang Genying gave up the mule he had organized for him to the wounded, and he broke through on foot with the guards, but when they rushed outside the village, they found that the satchel containing documents and public funds had not been brought out. What to do? Wang Genying resolutely decided to go back to the village to retrieve the satchel, but the comrades of the guard unit did not stop her, and she rushed into the enemy's gunfire again. However, when she retrieved her satchel, she broke through again but fell under the frantic strafing of enemy machine guns.
The comrades clearly saw wang Genying's appearance when she fell, holding a gun in her hand, and wanted to fire at the enemy, the satchel was carried behind her, the enemy's bullets shot at her, her body instantly became a curved arc, it seemed to be pushed backwards by the enemy's bullets, and then fell at the mouth of the village. Organizing the rescue, the comrades saw the blood flowing from her body, in addition to the bullet holes left by the bullets, there were also many holes left by the enemy's bayonets during the previous fight with the enemy, and the blood stained the ground under her, and also stained the satchel that she held tightly in her arms at the moment of sacrifice.
Comrade Wang Genying left without leaving a word, and her husband Chen Gengzheng led the 386th Brigade to cross the Pinghan Line to the west, and received the news of her heroic sacrifice on the same day. Holding the telegram in his hand, Chen Geng's tears rolled down, and he wrote in his diary that night: "March 8 is a day that I must not forget, and it is also the day that I am most miserable." Subsequently, Chen Geng interrupted the habit of keeping a diary for more than a month and decided to keep the festival for his wife for three years.
Wang Genying
Born in Pudong, Shanghai in 1906, Wang Genying worked as a child laborer in a foreign spinning mill at the age of 9, and replaced someone else's name in the Jardine Mill at the age of 16. In 1924, when he entered the compulsory night school of Sien, he joined the Socialist Youth League and was recruited into the Communist Party of China in 1925. He met Chen Geng in 1923, when Chen Geng was in Shanghai, openly as a worker night school instructor, not only good at class, but also able to mingle with the students after teaching. Wang Genying loves to listen to Chen Geng's lectures and is deeply attracted by Chen Geng's humorous and elegant words and appearance, and her beauty and generosity make Chen Geng very appreciative and have a good feeling for her.
Chen Geng is a very intelligent person, and soon after arriving in Shanghai, he learned Shanghainese, which is conducive to his work and also beneficial to making some friends. Chen Geng often chatted with Wang Genying in Shanghainese, and also accompanied Wang Genying to visit Wang Genying's parents in a dilapidated shantytown, and Wang Genying's parents also liked Chen Geng very much. It is said that at that time, Chen Geng confessed to Wang Genying, but Wang Genying was preoccupied with his work and did not agree to Chen Geng. After that, the two hurriedly said goodbye.
He returned to Shanghai from the Soviet Union in February 1927 and went to Wuhan in March to serve as a battalion commander in the 2nd Front of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Attending the 5th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Wuhan in April of the same year, Wang Genying attended the meeting as a representative of Shanghai, and Chen Geng decided to seize the opportunity to confess to her. During a report, Chen Geng wrote on a note: "Comrade Wang Genying, I love you!" I solemnly propose to you and hope you marry me! After that, he handed the note to Wang Genying. Although Wang Genying liked Chen Geng in her heart, she did not like Chen Geng's way of confessing, and felt that Chen Geng's confession to herself on such an occasion was very unserious, so she pasted the note written by Chen Geng on the wall next to her, and then continued to listen to the report.
Unexpectedly, Chen Geng not only did not converge, but instead handed over the second note: Gen Ying, I love you! I beg you to be my wife! Wang Genying also pasted this note on the wall, and Chen Geng was even more energetic, and passed on a third note: Genying, I swear to marry you! If you don't reach your goal, you won't give up! Wang Genying was a little angry, and without looking at it, he pasted the third note on the wall like the first two. During the break, everyone gathered around and asked Wang Genying: "Do you agree or disagree with the love letter when you handle love letters like this?" Before Wang Genying could answer, Chen Geng preemptively said, "Is this still difficult to understand?" She pasted the note on the wall so that more people could see me proposing to her! ”
Wang Genying was very unhappy and said to Chen Geng, "You are also too confident!" Then he asked Chen Geng again, "You also ask yourself why I married you!" Chen Geng said humorously, "Why did you marry me?" This is still simple... First of all, I love you, and then we are all revolutionary comrades and have an emotional basis..." But before he could finish speaking, Wang Genying turned and left. Although Chen Geng's confession hit a wall, but this incident caused a sensation in the conference, Zhou Enlai learned of this matter, seriously criticized Chen Geng, saying that Chen Geng did not distinguish between occasions, did not understand the art of love, and courtship did not pay attention to strategy. Chen Geng accepted, and then Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao personally came forward to talk to Wang Genying, and Wang Genying shyly agreed. In this way, with the approval of the party organization in May 1927, Chen Geng and Wang Genying married in Wuhan and became a revolutionary couple.
Soon after their new marriage, Chen Geng separated from Wang Genying and followed Zhou Enlai to Jiangxi to raise funds and participate in the Nanchang Uprising. Although Wang Genying rejected Chen Geng at the venue, but that was just a way of not liking Chen Geng's confession, after Chen Geng left, he returned to Shanghai alone with his longing for Chen Geng, and like many newly married women, she had too much tender affection for her husband in her heart, but after more than three months, what she saw was a scarred husband. It turned out that during the retreat of the rebel army from Nanchang to Guangdong, Chen Geng was seriously wounded in the Battle of Huichang on August 24, and was hit by three bullets in his left leg, and the tibia fibula was all broken. Along the way, Chen Geng passed through Shantou and Hong Kong, and finally came to Shanghai for treatment.
Wang Genying was both happy and sad, and looking at the seriously injured Chen Geng couldn't help but cry, Chen Geng said, "What are you crying?" Can't die! Wang Genying hurriedly said, "I am happy, it is better to see you injured than not to see you!" Subsequently, Chen Geng was treated in an orthopedic hospital, and under the meticulous care of Wang Genying, he quickly recovered, assumed the pseudonym Wang Yong, and engaged in a covert struggle against the Kuomintang reactionaries in Shanghai. Wang Genying assisted Chen Geng in intelligence work, and in order to avoid the suspicion of the enemy, she brought her young sister Wang Xuanmei and younger brother Wang Xinchang, and the four of them formed a "decent" family.
In April 1931, due to Gu Shunzhang's arrest and rebellion, Chen Geng first went into hiding in Shanghai, and soon took Wang Genying to Tianjin to work. At this time, their son Chen Zhifei was not yet two years old. In September, Chen Geng pretended to be a patient and took his family from Tianjin to Qingdao by train to return to Shanghai, and then Chen Geng was sent to work in the Eyu-Anhui Red Fourth Front, and Wang Genying stayed in Hudong District with his son Chen Zhifei. At this time, in the face of parting, Chen Geng in addition to his wife's heart, in addition to his wife, also has a reluctance to cling to his son, and Wang Genying, in addition to missing her husband, also has a hope for her young son to see his father again.
On January 28, 1932, the Japanese army attacked Shanghai, and the 19th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army rose up to resist. The Shanghai Party Organization of the Communist Party of China mobilized urgently and gave full support to the Nineteenth Route Army. Wang Genying organized the Hudong Workers Ambulance Team and drove directly to the front line to serve. After the end of the "1.28" War of Resistance, Wang Genying returned to the factory to work, and she successively worked as a worker in a cigarette factory and a shoe factory, continuing to lead and organize the workers' struggle. During this period, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions established the Ministry of Women Workers, and Wang Genying was transferred to the Minister of Women's Workers.
After the baptism of revolutionary wind and rain, Wang Genying's heart was thicker and more mature, but in her day and night thoughts, the war years still brought her a wounded husband - in the autumn of 1932, Chen Geng was seriously wounded in his right knee in the Battle of Xinji-Hu Shanzhai, and left the army in October of the same year to treat her wounds in Shanghai. At the moment of returning home, although he could temporarily avoid the rain of bullets on the battlefield, he brought the cruel battlefield traces to his home, and the wound was still a painful stream of blood. His wife Wang Genying accepted and loved everything he had, and in the process of soothing his wounds and taking care of his life, the love between the two became rock solid. Let the wind and rain, the rock does not shift. In this process, Wang Genying, who silently takes care of her husband, is more like a reed accompanied by a rock in the famous verses of ancient poetry, which is as soft as silk, but always tough and strong.
In 1933, Chen Geng recovered from his injuries, and the party organization decided that he and Wang Genying and his wife would return to the Central Soviet Region together. This is happy for both Chen Geng and Wang Genying because it means that they can work, study and reunite together after six years of marriage, but unfortunately, before they leave, Wang Genying is arrested and imprisoned in Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison because of traitor betrayal. Chen Geng escaped and came to the Central Soviet Region, serving as the principal of the 1st Infantry School of the Red Army, the Pengyang Infantry School, and in October 1934 with the Long March of the Central Red Army, it was difficult to have any news of his wife Wang Genying.
Wang Genying was sentenced to 8 years in prison, and then transferred to the "Nanjing First Model Prison", in prison, she carried out several hunger strikes, firm and brave, had long been prepared for sacrifice, did not plan to go out alive, but what she did not expect was that in 1937, after organizing rescue, she was taken to the Eighth Route Army's Nanjing office, and then came to Xi'an, where she was reunited with her husband Chen Geng in yunyang.
The day of the reunion was August 26, Chen Geng said in his diary the next day that the comrades added dishes for them to celebrate, organized to make room for them, and that night they told each other about their divorce, until late at night, without a little tiredness, and their happiness was better than the wedding night in Wuhan in 1927. He also said: "Gen Ying spent 4 years in prison, worked hard, and under the coercion and temptation of the enemy, always adhered to the position of a Communist Party member and did not waver, which made me admire her even more." This is the love of revolutionaries, and when it is the most bitter and sweet, it must never be forgotten or accompanied by revolution, love is deeply loved by revolution, and revolution is always close to each other's hearts.
Then there was the heroic sacrifice of Comrade Wang Genying mentioned in the previous article, and then there was the day when March 8 became the most painful and unforgettable day in Chen Geng's life, and his observance of the festival for his wife. In February 1943, Chen Geng and Fu Ya became partners, but at this time Chen Geng still did not forget Wang Genying, on the one hand, his son Chen Zhifei was still in Wang Genying's mother's house, on the other hand, Chen Geng always wanted to do something for Wang Genying's family. But the reality is that after Wang Genying's sacrifice, Chen Geng never received any news from the Wang family, until 1946, under the organizational arrangement, Wang Xuanmei, who had stood guard for his brother-in-law and sister, was only a teenager who took Chen Zhifei to the Liberated Area, and this was also the first time that the Wang family had received accurate news that Chen Geng was still alive since Chen Geng left home.
It was Fu Ya who came with Chen Geng to meet Wang Xuanmei and Chen Zhifei, and in that moment, Wang Xuanmei learned that his sister Wang Genying had died, and similarly, only 17-year-old Chen Zhifei knew that his mother Wang Genying was no longer alive. The meeting of tears made Chen Geng feel deeply guilty, and he felt that he had to consider his son's future no matter what, and at the same time, it was time to do something for Wang Genying's family no matter what. After a period of study, Chen Zhifei entered North China University, and Wang Xuanmei entered the Medical College of North University. Because of Wang Genying, Chen Geng has always been very concerned about Wang Xuanmei, and he often wrote to Wang Xuanmei, asking Wang Xuanmei to study hard and not to fall in love during the school period.
Wang Xuanmei and Chen Xilian
Wang Xuanmei listened to Chen Geng very much, and after graduating in 1949, she joined the southbound work group, and when she passed through Nanjing from Changsha, she took a leave of absence to return to Shanghai to visit her mother who had been away for 3 years. Coincidentally, the day before she was leaving, her brother-in-law Chen Geng also arrived in Shanghai. At this time, Wang Xuanmei was already 27 years old, telling Chen Geng that he was leaving the next day, Chen Geng looked at Wang Xuanmei and suddenly thought that it was time to introduce an object to Wang Xuanmei. Subsequently, Chen Geng thought of Chen Xilian, who came to Shanghai with him.
Chen Xilian's wife died of illness in the spring of 1948, leaving behind a 3-year-old son, Chen Geng introduced Chen Xilian's situation to Wang Xuanmei, and Wang Xuanmei believed Chen Geng and agreed to be with Chen Xilian. But after a while, the two did not move, Chen Geng urged Wang Xuanmei, while running to Chen Xilian, and said: "People girls, how do you not take the initiative?" In this way, Chen Xilian took the initiative to find Wang Xuanmei, and finally under the enthusiastic mediation of Chen Geng, the two fell in love smoothly and married in the same year.
On March 16, 1961, Chen Geng died in Shanghai at the age of 58. At this time, Chen Geng and Fu Ya's 4 children were all minors, but before leaving, Chen Geng instructed Fu Ya to take care of Wang Genying's mother for him. In accordance with Chen Geng's last wishes, Fu Ya sent monthly living expenses to the mother of the martyr Wang Genying until the death of the old man. In the process, Fu Ya also raised her and Chen Geng's 4 underage children into the pillars of the country. This is even more to love a person is to love her or his whole, just as Chen Geng loves All of Wang Genying, Wang Genying loves all of Chen Geng, and Fu Ya loves Chen Geng, and also accepts and bears all of him.
In 2011, 50 years after Chen Geng's death, Chen Geng's ashes were removed from the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery and buried back to his hometown in Hunan according to Chen Geng's will. At the same time, the tombs of his wives Wang Genying and Fu Ya were also moved, accompanied by General Chen Geng. Love has long stood in their hearts as a warm hand-holding and responsibility, and at this time, it appears in the posture of a monument, and it is as solid as a rock all the way. Comrade Fu Ya died in 2010, and after Chen Geng's death, she not only protected Chen Geng's manuscripts and diaries and other relics, but also presided over the editing and publication of books such as "Chen Geng's Diary", which caused great repercussions inside and outside the military.
Chen Geng and Fu Ya's family
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