In 1938, Lin Boqu worked in the Shaanxi office. One day, he received a Hunan peasant woman who had come to look for relatives. Because of the complicated domestic environment at that time, coupled with the reasons of the revolutionary work days in the south and the north, many Communist Party cadres were cut off from their relatives.
Therefore, I often encounter some fellow villagers who come to the office to look for relatives. Lin Boqu received her as usual, but was surprised after asking for the information. It turned out that the husband of this dusty lady was actually the education chief of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University - Xu Guangda!
Xu Guangda joined the Communist Party in 1925 and entered the fifth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1926. Along the way from soldier to division commander, he participated in many large and small battles. After liberation, he served as deputy minister of defense and was awarded the rank of grand general in 1955.
The Hunan woman's name is Zou Jinghua, and her marriage to Xu Guangda was designated by her parents. Xu Guangda was born into poverty, and his mother died early. And zou family shu xiang mendi, Zou father Zou Xilu is a teaching gentleman in the countryside.
Xu Guangda, whose real name was Xu Dehua, had to herd cattle for landlords when he was very young. However, he loves to learn very much, and often uses the opportunity of herding cattle to sneak to the academy to observe. One day, it was freezing cold, and Xu Dehua was so hungry that he fainted outside the academy.
After Zou Xilu found Xu Dehua, he took him home to recuperate. After some conversation, Zou Xilu was very distressed and pitied for this child. So Zou Xilu accepted this disciple and funded him to study all the way.
When Xu Dehua was thirteen years old, he was admitted to the Hunan Provincial First Normal School, and Xu Teli, the principal of this famous school that taught Mao Zedong, Cai Hesen, was a good friend of Zou Xilu, and Zou Xilu was also hired to become a Chinese language teacher.
Zou Xilu is very fond of the diligent and intelligent Xu Dehua, and the Xu family is also happy to marry the Zou family. Therefore, for this matter, the parents of both sides were in agreement, so a pair of children and daughters concluded a marriage.
Because the two children were young at that time, Xu Dehua was fourteen years old, and Zou Jinghua was even younger, only nine years old. Therefore, the marriage of the two is also a marriage contract on the number of ceremonies. In fact, when they were betrothed, both children attended different schools.
During his studies at the Hunan Provincial First Normal School, Xu Dehua was inspired by the revolution, actively participated in the student movement, and soon joined the regiment and joined the party, and was selected by the party organization to be admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy, when Xu Dehua was only eighteen years old.
Although the Zou family did not know what their son-in-law was doing, they were more relieved to know that the Whampoa Military Academy was founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Later, Xu Dehua participated in the Nanchang Uprising and was wanted by the Kuomintang.
In the Battle of Sanheba, Xu Dehua was wounded and lost contact with the organization, so he returned to his hometown in Hunan. This time, he told his fiancée Zou Jinghua about his work and ideals, as well as the dangers of his career.
Zou Jinghua understood Xu Dehua's revolutionary pursuit and career ideals very well, and the two also held a wedding in their hometown. Just when the newlywed Yan'er was married, the Kuomintang's arrest warrant was sent to Changsha, but fortunately a relative quickly sent the news back to his hometown and asked him to flee.
Therefore, the young couple who were newly married for ten days was so separated. Many revolutionaries at that time changed their names and surnames in the face of the social environment of the White Terror. Xu Dehua also changed several names for himself, and finally decided on the name Xu Guangda.
Xu Guangda traveled from Hunan to Hebei and south to Shanghai, and finally got in touch with the organization. After that, he formed the Red Sixth Army in western Xiang'e, and went to He Long's Red Second Army as a division commander. In the following years of conquest, Xu Guangda was seriously wounded in the Battle of Yingcheng.
Because of his dangerous injuries, Xu Guangda was sent to the Soviet Union for treatment and studied in Moscow. At the time of Xu Guangda's battle, Zou Jinghua's life was also very difficult. Xu Guangda was protected by his father-in-law Zou Xilu in Hebei, but after the incident, Zou Xilu was dismissed.
Although Zou Xilu did not blame them, Zou Jinghua was still very guilty. As Xu Dehua's wife, she has been monitored by reactionaries for many years, who also come to her door from time to time for interrogation and give her a sign to parade the streets.
Someone asked her to publish a divorce statement in the newspaper, but she firmly disagreed. She went to work in a factory to make ends meet, and because she was overworked, she often coughed and vomited blood. In 1930, when the Red Army attacked Changsha, she was eager to go to the army to look for people, but no one knew "Xu Dehua".
In fact, at that time, the two almost passed each other, but they could not see each other. Later, the Zou family learned through the news that Xu Dehua had died in the battle. Zou Jinghua was devastated at the time, and it was at this time that the Xu family received a letter that read:
Brother Dehua: Anhui Shou County, you said that you went home to become a relative, and you returned after marriage, and it has been more than two years and has not been heard. Is it your beloved wife pulling your hind legs, or is it your own rapids? Looking forward to the letter to tell it, I will send it to Fu'an.
Zou Jinghua carefully looked at the handwriting and determined that it was her husband's handwriting, so she relaxed her mind and wrote a reply letter according to the address. Xu Guangda's reply soon arrived, and he attached a sum of money to the letter and told her to read more.
Later, Zou Jinghua packed up his mood and began to make up classes, and soon he was admitted to changsha women's second normal school. However, Xu Guangda's letter was once again interrupted. It turned out that at that time, the Sino-Soviet border was blocked and the information road was interrupted.
Xu Guangda's days of recuperation in the Soviet Union were very regular, but after his injuries were healed, the Soviet Union refused to send him back to China. Xu Guangda had no choice but to study desperately in Moscow, studying military affairs and automobile repair. It was not until 1937 that he arrived in Yan'an under the arrangement of Wang Jiaxiang and others.
Because of his rich theoretical knowledge and military attainments, he also participated in many actual battles and studied in the Soviet Union, Xu Guangda soon became the president of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. After Xu Guangda arrived in Yan'an, he also wrote to his hometown.
However, at that time, the Outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the old grudge between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China made it impossible to send a letter from the base area to the Kuomintang area. Although Yan'an was difficult at that time, there was no shortage of young talents from all over the world, and many female college students were also willing to live in Yan'an.
The Anti-Japanese Military and Political University is a concentrated place for young and beautiful young women, many of whom are brave enough to court Xu Guangda or entrust others to match, but they are all rejected by Xu Guangda, who always announces to the outside world that I have a wife.
Someone heard that Xu Guangda and his wife had been separated for many years, and now that the war was raging and his life and death were unknown, they persuaded him to put down his former dust and marry again. But Xu Guangda firmly said no, saying:
If she hadn't died, wouldn't I have broken her heart if I married someone else? Over the years, the flames of war have been chasing us closely, she has made such a great sacrifice for me, looking forward to reuniting with me, how can I fail her! If she really died, I would see her grave, cry for a while, add a piece of soil...
Zou Jinghua has never forgotten her husband over the years, she insisted on studying, and got help from Xu Teli. With the letter of introduction, after several twists and turns, I finally arrived in Yan'an. So, there is the opening scene. Xu Guangda was very excited to get the news from his wife.
So he went to the hostel that day. The little couple, who had been separated for ten days, finally met again ten years later. The husband and wife reunited after a long absence, and it was a good story for a while, and Mao Zedong personally received the two.
During the banquet, Mao Zedong said with great pleasure: "Congratulations on your husband and wife reunion, welcome to the Kang Da to study!" "Ten years of parting has not alleviated their feelings, they fought together in Yan'an, and they also supported side by side after the founding of the Country." Husbands and wives are in the same boat and share the hardships of entrepreneurship.
Zou Jinghua soon joined the party, from an ordinary female soldier to a female team instructor, from the secretary of the intelligence section to the secretary of the headquarters. After liberation, he successively served as the director of supervision of the Chemical Industry Bureau and the director of the Supervision Department of the Ministry of Metallurgy.
Whenever there is a diplomatic banquet, the husband and wife will attend together. However, Zou Jinghua had worried that his face destroyed by the war would be inferior to those glorious foreign guests and would lose his prestige, but Xu Guangda comforted her:
The prestige of a country is not only reflected in its appearance, but also in the national soul, morale, folk customs and spiritual outlook of a country. In this respect, you can compare the wives of foreign military attachés. The fact that the wife of the chaff does not go to church is the minimum morality of being a human being, and it also reflects the new moral trend of socialism. Besides, you and I are a couple of years of suffering.
The two are in the same boat through thick and thin, and they will be together for a lifetime. There was a son and a daughter, the daughter Lingling died very young, and the son Xu Yanbin was born in Yan'an, and later became a disciple of Hua Luogeng. During the nuclear test, he was entrusted with a heavy task because he had both theoretical knowledge and military literacy.
Xu Guangda has always been committed to the promotion of armored units, Xu Yanbin inherited the mantle of his father, actively promoted tank armored brigades and information-based tactics in the troops, and later was wounded and transferred to work as a doctoral supervisor in the Chinese Academy of Sciences.