In the arduous struggle of the Chinese revolution for decades, in the face of the severe tests of blood and fire, life and death, countless revolutionary ancestors fought with blood, overcame dangers and obstacles, survived difficulties, and even sacrificed their precious lives. Of course, there are also those who have experienced hundreds of battles in the war years, and even nine deaths, and won the victory of the revolution, these people have made great military achievements, and finally became the founding fathers and founding generals, and their legendary experience and brilliant achievements have been respected and worshiped by the world.
However, there are also some people who have made outstanding achievements in the revolutionary war years, but for special reasons, although they look forward to the day when the revolution will be victorious, they return to their hometowns to become ordinary people, among them, Zhu Shuiqiu is a typical one.
Zhu Shuiqiu, also known as Zhu Ruiqiu, was born in a rural family in Liuyang, Hunan, due to the poor conditions at home, from childhood with his family to do bamboo smiths to make a living, in his teenage years, the Northern Expedition army came to his hometown, he resolutely signed up for the independent regiment, joined the revolution, and later followed this unit to participate in the Nanchang Uprising, and went to Jinggangshan.
From the Northern Expeditionary Army, the Nanchang Uprising, Jinggangshan, and then to the anti-encirclement and suppression of the revolutionary base areas, in just a few short years, there has been a continuous war, Zhu Shuiqiu accompanied the troops to the southern conquest of the Northern War, because of his bravery in battle and repeated battle achievements, he won many honors, including the third-class Red Star Medal issued by the Chinese Soviet Republic in 1933.
During the Long March of the Red Army, Zhu Shuiqiu served as the commander of the Sixth Regiment of the Red Second Division, and he led this contingent as the vanguard of the Red Sixth Regiment, whether it was breaking through the enemy's blockade line at the beginning of the Long March or in some major battles, he made great contributions, and successively won a series of victories in the battles of Xintian, Jueshan, Liping, Zunyi, and Lazikou.
In particular, the story of Zhu Shuiqiu's "wisdom to take Zunyi City" has been talked about by posterity and has been continuously interpreted into a legend. In that year, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission held an emergency meeting in Liping, Guizhou, and decided to take Zunyi in the next step, and ordered the Red Fourth Regiment to forcibly cross the Wujiang River and build a bridge, and the Red Sixth Regiment directly attacked Zunyi.
Zhu Shuiqiu led the first battalion and reconnaissance platoon of the Red Sixth Regiment as the vanguard soldiers, and the political commissar and the chief of staff led the second and third battalions as the rearguards; after crossing the river, they traveled 15 kilometers, encountered an enemy outlying battalion blocking the road, and in the early morning, when it rained heavily, Zhu Shuiqiu led his troops to launch a surprise attack with a lightning speed, and the enemy army was defeated.
Zhu Shuiqiu did a good job with the captured captives, and formed the captives into a platoon, led by a battalion commander Zeng Baotang with a reconnaissance platoon, all of which were changed into prisoners' clothes, and the captives led the way forward. After the Red Army disguised itself and mixed into Zunyi City, more than 20 trumpeters outside the city blew the charge trumpet in unison, and the Red Army occupied Zunyi City in one fell swoop. The column of the Central Military Commission immediately entered the city, where the "Zunyi Conference", which was hailed as a turning point in the history of the Chinese revolution, was held.
After the victorious arrival of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi after the Long March, Zhu Shuiqiu was transferred to the eighth route army general headquarters guard regiment head (headquarters special service regiment chief, also known as the Central Guard Regiment). However, shortly after he assumed this position, because he was repeatedly injured during the long war years, coupled with the recurrence of old wounds caused by bullets not taken out of his body, he went to Wuhan Union Hospital for medical treatment, and then stayed in the Xiang'egan Special Committee to work as military minister.
In June 1939, the Kuomintang reactionaries created the Pingjiang Massacre, Zhu Shuiqiu was spared because of his mission outside, because the information was not developed, the superiors thought that Zhu Shuiqiu had also died, and also specially mourned him. After the tragic incident, the situation of struggle in the Xiang'e-Gansu Border Region became even more severe, and the special committee decided to send Zhu Shuiqiu back to his hometown of Liuyang County to take up the heavy burden of the work of the county party committee.
With the passage of time and the deterioration of the situation, after the victory of the War of Resistance, Zhu Shuiqiu returned to his hometown, hid his name, and became an authentic farmer. Because he later changed his name and surname to engage in underground work in the party, he was mistaken by many people for having died in the "Pingjiang Massacre". After the founding of New China, there are still some books that mistakenly record Zhu Shuiqiu as a martyr who died in the "Pingjiang Massacre."
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the organization heard that Zhu Shuiqiu was still alive, and immediately mobilized manpower to search for Zhu Shuiqiu, and as a result, in a remote mountain village in Liuyang, zhu Shuiqiu, a farmer who was carrying a bucket of water, was found. According to the policy, the organization restored Zhu Shuiqiu's treatment as a regimental cadre, was arranged to be a deputy director of the Liuyang County Armed Forces Department, and resettled a house for him in the county seat, at this time Zhu Shuiqiu was actually only 39 years old.
A few years later, when the whole army was awarded the title in 1955, Zhu Shuiqiu made a special trip to Beijing, first, to congratulate many of his former old comrades-in-arms and old partners who had been awarded the ranks of general, lieutenant general, and major general; second, he had always been a "martyr", "missing person", "lost person" and "lost person" and identity in the eyes of his subordinates and comrades-in-arms.
At that time, there were comrades-in-arms who were majestic and carrying the stars on their shoulders, just like when the Red Army attacked Zunyi, they respectfully saluted him and called him "Commander Zhu", which made him have mixed feelings and burst into tears. But Zhu Shuiqiu had no complaints, and said very plainly: "At least I am still alive, and many comrades-in-arms have been sacrificed." Now life, I am satisfied. ”
In August 1994, Zhu Shuiqiu, an old Red Army soldier who had lived half his life and experienced war and peace, legend and blandness, honor and ordinary, died at the age of 84.