History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
There is a founding major general, she is a child bridesmaid, the road of feelings is not too smooth, there have been three marriages, the will left before her death touched the world, who is this young woman?
The first female general of New China - Li Zhen, born in 1908 in Liuyang County, Hunan, she was the sixth daughter of the family, the father of the feudal thought was so disappointed that she did not even want to take the name, the mother heard that there was an ancient family to recruit a child and daughter-in-law, she sent her over, after the past life was even more miserable, hard work and resentment but also had to be beaten by her husband, scolded by her mother-in-law, in 1926 someone told her that the Red Army was coming, and also set up a women's liberation association, she immediately ran to participate, when she registered, she asked her name, where is the name, At that time, her father casually said that "Danwazi" could not be used as a name at all, so someone gave her a name called "Li Zhen", which means loyalty to the revolution.
In 1927, Li Zhen joined the party, the revolutionary road began, she persuaded her husband Gu Tianshun to participate, was rejected many times, in fact, their husband and wife relationship has disappeared, just through the "Ma Ri Incident" mother-in-law to Li Zhen handed Li Zhen a letter of resignation, although because of the Ma Ri Incident Li Zhen is in exile, but for her this letter of resignation is a blessing in disguise. In the process of evading arrest, Li Zhen lost contact with the organization, during the search for the organization she played a trader, and finally Li Zhen successfully found three male comrades, in 1928 Li Zhen's introduction to the party Zhang Qilong was arrested, Li Zhen in order to save him disguised as a bride, successfully rescued Zhang Qilong after they got married, after a year Li Zhen became pregnant, because the revolutionary situation in Liuyang County at that time developed rapidly, the Nationalist army sent a large number of troops to besiege, Li Zhen decided to lead the enemy away with another comrade to ensure that other comrades-in-arms were not captured, but in terms of numbers Li Zhen prevailed. The bullets were also gone, it was better to die than to be caught alive by the enemy, in a hurry, li zhen could only jump off the cliff, after jumping off the lion cliff Li Zhen was unconscious for many days, she knew that the child was definitely gone, but she knew that she could not always be immersed in the pain of losing the child, and the revolution would continue.
In 1931, the husband and wife went to the Xianggan Su District together, Zhang Qilong was dismissed from his post because of the purge movement, Li Zhen could only be implicated in divorce, after being forced to sign, Li Zhen's mood has been not good, and later she was sent to the party school to study, but also self-regulated, in August 1934, Li Zhen followed the Red Sixth Army on the western expedition, but the intelligence was wrong, the troops were scattered, fortunately found the troops in the back, the Red Sixth Army and the Red Third Army also won the division, Li Zhen was indispensable. After the victory meeting, Li Zhen had no other ideas, single-mindedly doing the revolution, once Chen Chunying said to Li Zhen that she should find a companion and wanted to introduce Gan Siqi to Li Zhen, but Li Zhen refused, in the end, she still had Zhang Qilong in her heart, but time slowly passed, Li Zhen also had a good feeling for Director Gan, but she felt that she was not worthy of others, Chen Chunying knew that after telling Li Zhen not to worry, in fact, Director Gan had a good impression of Li Zhen, and the simple wedding became meaningful because of the revolution.
During the Long March into the Yulong Mountain, Li Zhen was pregnant and had to follow the team forward, the long march days of hunger and cold were indeed difficult for pregnant female comrades, soon Li Zhen had a high fever, less than half a month the child was gone, Li Zhen was very sad, Gan Siqi was also very heartbroken, but even so Li Zhen still insisted on accompanying the team, how her husband persuaded her to be useless, until the end of the Long March, Li Zhen finally overcame many difficulties with perseverance, but the body was damaged and could no longer get pregnant. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, Li Zhen worked in the rear, serving as secretary general, although not on the front line, but li Zhen did any work conscientiously, in 1955 he was awarded the title, Li Zhen was a major general, And Gan Siqi was a general.
Although there are no children, but Li Zhen insisted on taking care of the children of more than 20 martyrs, originally thought that the life of the two of them would get better and better, did not expect that later her husband suddenly fell ill and died, after experiencing three marriages, Li Zhen's love road was really bumpy, Li Zhen's life at the level of major general was very simple, the money that should not be spent was never spent, the days were spent in the seams and patches, in 1990 Li Zhen died, "two gold bars, one donated to Liuyang County, one donated to Ningxiang County; 11,000 yuan deposit, half to the Beijing Children's Palace, half to the Party", Such a simple will is particularly touching.
Li Zhen once said that she would fight for the revolution all her life, the light she followed was the starlight of the five-pointed star, she fulfilled her vow of "loyalty to the party", and her firm faith, tenacious struggle, and indomitable spirit were all precious assets in her body.