From ancient times to the present, the history books have recorded too many male leaders to fight, but the story of women joining the army is more ups and downs, fascinating, in the Shangzhou era there were good women, not only the queen of Shang Gaozong, but also an important figure in the ruling class of the Wuding Dynasty, and then There was Hua Mulan's father who joined the army, leaving behind a good story sung through the ages, in the Song Dynasty there were She Taijun and Mu Guiying, a hundred-year-old commander to defend the country, Qin Liangyu of the Ming Dynasty, Du Fengyang of the Qing Dynasty were all enemies killed on the battlefield and fled in the wilderness.
In the revolutionary years before the founding of New China, countless heroes and sons and daughters emerged, and many women also chose the road of joining the army to serve the country, they embarked on the same difficult revolutionary road as men, not afraid of hardships and dangers, not afraid of sacrifice, and the faith in their hearts guided them to move forward. Among them was a 105-year-old surviving female Red Army soldier, her husband was a general, her son was a major general, and her brother-in-law was a marshal, and her family was a solid supporter of the revolution.
Red stomp home
At the end of the nineteenth century, in Cili County, Hunan Province, a pair of orphans and widows who fled the wilderness came, the boy was only eight years old, his name was Jian Chengyan, and he and his mother took root in Cili County. He worked hard for decades to get a family business, became a famous local businessman, he raised a total of seven children, all of them went to school, which was not easy at that time. With the support of his understanding, most of the sons and daughters embarked on the road of revolution, joined the Red Army early, and because of their good education, they were arranged to become cultural teachers, so they met He Long, and finally the two married.
Influenced by her sister and brother-in-law, Jian Xianfo had the determination to join the army and serve the country from an early age, and when she was in school, she often fantasized about putting on a military uniform, and she often begged her father to agree to join the army.
In 1934, the brother-in-law He Long took the Red Army back to Cili County, the first time to visit the old man Jian Chengyan, the banquet talked about the performance of Jian Xianren in the army, so that the old man was reassured, but Jian Chengyan also proposed to let the Buddha also join the Red Army, this year the Buddha was only nineteen years old, in the eyes of his mother he was only a child, but the father understood the righteousness and fully supported the children to embark on the road of revolution. The mother was relieved and sent to the army, accompanying her two daughters, and did not leave until before the Long March.
After joining the Red Army, the First Buddha was very active, because he was an intellectual in the army, one of the few highly qualified students, he was assigned to the propaganda department, whenever the troops arrived at a place, she carried a bucket with a brush, painted slogans on the wall, and now in some places you can still see the traces of the slogans painted by the First Buddha, under the efforts of the First Buddha, the propaganda slogans received great rewards, many young people actively joined the army, and at most more than twenty young people saw her slogans and joined the Red Army. The excellence of Jian Xianfo also attracted the attention of a general of the Red Army, Xiao Ke, a famous Confucian general within the Red Army, who was personable and charming, and cultivated feelings with Jian Xianfo in the contact of work, and walked together under the mediation of He Long and Jian Xianren.
Long March Sisters
Not long after he joined the Red Army, the Long March began, although he and his sister were in the same unit, but the marching route was inconsistent, and the two did not have much time to meet. Sister Jian Xianren with the newborn child followed the troops on the journey of the Long March, and Jian Xianfo was pregnant at the beginning of the Long March, but overcame difficulties and has been following the troops, even so, she still did not leave her work, every time she went to a place, she would go out with a bucket and a brush with a big belly to brush the slogan, some people advised her not to be so desperate, after all, she was Xiao Ke's wife, and she was pregnant, she could take a proper rest, but Jian Xianfo said that the revolutionary situation is so difficult now, Everyone has to do their best to preserve the revolutionary ranks.
When the troops arrived in Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan, The Buddha had a premonition that it was already in the period of childbirth, and his sister Jian Xianren also rushed to take care of it closely, and when he arrived at a stretched grassland, the Buddha was about to give birth, but there was not even a place around to cover it, Xiao Ke hurriedly and panickedly found a small earthen fort made of grass that was abandoned by the herdsmen, and a simple cleaning became a midwife room, and the sister Jian Xianren was also the first time to deliver a baby, and finally there was a surprise success in giving birth to a boy.
But on the Long March road, there was little food and clothing, often not enough to eat, she held her newborn child and almost starved to death on the road, Yang Shangkun's wife took pity on her young mother, and gave her a precious pound of rice. When walking out of the meadow, the locals saw That Xianfo holding a little boy, and wanted to exchange ten pot helmets with her, but she said nothing, preferring to starve herself to death, but also to let the children reach northern Shaanxi, which is not only their own flesh and blood, but also the new force of the Red Army, strong faith supported her all the way over, And the first Red Army to arrive in northern Shaanxi was the first to arrive in northern Shaanxi, winning the reputation of the Long March sisters.
Lick the calves with affection
After Xiao Ke was transferred to the commander of the Thirty-first Army, the military affairs were busy, and Jian Xianfo was worried that his inability to move with his children would distract Xiao Ke and drag down the overall progress of the troops, so he discussed with Xiao Ke that he would take the children to northern Shaanxi first to security, and Xiao Ke picked a good horse for their mother and son, found a groom, and prepared dry food. Although separated from the large troops, there is no need to worry about the enemy's pursuit and interception, but the orphans and widows walking in the strange land, there is still a great risk, Jian Xianfo held her son Baosheng has been silently praying, hoping that the son can persist, and finally after eight days smoothly reached the station of the Party Central Committee, became the first person of the Red Second Front to see the chairman, the chairman praised her after listening to her story.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance, He Long and Xiao Ke became the leaders of the 120th Division, with the troops to the front line, Jian Xianfo and his sister also decided to follow their respective husbands to the front line to fight, in order to lighten the battle, they left their children in the rear, the children of Jian Xianfo let He Long's old subordinates help take care of them, and Bao Sheng, the son of Jian Xianfo, stayed in his hometown in Hunan, she wanted to give her children a stable environment, after all, on the battlefield is extremely dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will lose your life.
Unfortunately, Baosheng, who stayed in his hometown, could not escape the clutches of the Japanese Kou, and when Baosheng was five or six years old, he lost his life in the bombardment of the Japanese Kou, which made Jian Xianfo sad, and after that, she and Xiao Ke also gave birth to a daughter, but also because of malnutrition, they died not long after.
Although Jian Xianfo was a staunch Marxist fighter, the pain of losing her son one after another still immersed her in grief for a long time, but she buried this emotion deep in her heart. In 1939, the Japanese Kou swept the Jin-Cha-Ji base area, she and Xiao Ke's third son Xiao Xinghua was born, at this time it was the most difficult time of the War of Resistance, The First Buddha vowed to save her son's life this time no matter what, she held the newborn Xiao Xinghua to take advantage of the night to hide in the cold river water, and later found a remote rural foster, after more than a year of hiding in Tibet, although he successfully survived, but Xiao Xinghua was very thin due to malnutrition, which made the First Buddha feel pain. She felt she owed too much to her son.
Low-key life
Compared with the prestige of Marshal He Long and Admiral Xiao Ke, the sisters of Jian Xianren and Jian Xianfo were much more low-key, except for attracting people's attention after the end of the Long March, the rest of the time they were contributing to the revolution in obscurity, and the usual dress of Jian Xianfo was no different from that of ordinary soldiers, not at all like the wife of a senior officer, not ostentatious or superior. When some reporters were interviewing in Yan'an, they never been able to interview Jian Xianfo and his sister Jian Xianren, and Jian Xianfo also refused to take pictures, they always acted like this, only buried their heads in things, never thought that what they did was remarkable, this style of doing things was the same as General Xiao Ke, and also continued in the family style.
According to his recollection, Xiao Xinghua, the son of Jian Xianfo, later served in the armed police force and received the rank of major general; according to his recollection, his mother Jian Xianfo taught him what to eat before liberation and what he eats now, and he cannot abandon the style of arduous struggle because of the founding of New China. Their family food is very simple, usually simple coarse tea and light rice, unless there are guests to come, will add one or two dishes, according to the salary of The First Buddha and her husband Xiao Ke, it is completely possible to let the son live a good life, but the First Buddha believes that the country is still in the initial stage of construction, and it is even more necessary to learn the spirit of saving in the revolutionary years.
In her later years, she once went to climb the mountain with her sister, and a tour guide recognized her, saying that she was the wife of a high-ranking official, and rushed up to help her, and The Buddha said that she was an ordinary old lady, and said that she could climb up alone, although she walked slowly, but the pace was very stable.
Born in 1916, she is still alive at the age of 105, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, she successively served in the army and local governments, and later worked in the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Electric Power and other departments. Since joining the revolution, jianxian Buddha has experienced a difficult Long March, experienced the extreme challenge of the human body's endurance, and pregnant, she faced more difficulties than ordinary people when she was pregnant and gave birth to a child in the middle of the way, and it is precisely because of the mother's innate maternal love and the incomparably firm faith of a revolutionary that the Jianxian Buddha insisted on completing the Long March, became a heroic female Red Army, supported her husband Xiao Ke's career, and cultivated the son of a major general.
The extreme challenge of the human body's ability to bear, and pregnant, she faced more difficulties than the average person, and it was precisely because of the mother's innate maternal love and the incomparably firm faith of a revolutionary that the first Buddha insisted on completing the Long March, became a heroic female Red Army, supported her husband Xiao Ke's career, and cultivated the son of a major general.
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