In the revolutionary years, in addition to the soldiers who fought bloody battles on the front line, there were actually many underground workers lurking in the shadows in the rear. Although there is no smoke of gunfire on their battlefield, the degree of danger is not worse than that of the front line, and the slightest exposure of their identity will not only lead to the disaster of killing, but also expose the party's plans. They are a group of unsung heroes, silently dedicated without asking for anything in return, perhaps after death, the identity will be made public, Yan Youwen is one of many underground workers.
Yan Youwen, who was born in Ronghe County, Shanxi In 1914, was admitted to the Law School of Shanxi University at the age of 19, and during his college years, he accepted a lot of advanced ideas and became a progressive youth. Originally, he could have successfully graduated from college and then considered what he wanted to do, but in 1937, the Japanese invaded China in an all-round way, and after returning to school after the summer vacation, Shanxi had long since lost its former tranquility. The northeast did not resist, the Japanese Kou quickly moved south, Xinkou had been lost, and Taiyuan was also in danger.
Yan Youwen, who was full of enthusiasm, was full of anger after learning this series of news, and he did not understand the Kuomintang's policy of non-resistance. After the Japanese and Japanese invaded Chinese soil, the Communist Party, rooted in northern Shaanxi, immediately spoke up, calling on all parties and factions to put aside their prejudices and unite to jointly resist foreign invaders. At the time of the national crisis, Yan Youwen also lost the mind of studying, and united many progressive young people, planning to go to Yan'an to join the army, abandoning his pen and running to the front line to defend his family and defend the country.
However, things were not as simple as they thought, and in order to prevent a large number of young people from pouring into Yan'an and becoming Communists, the Kuomintang set up checkpoints on the way to Yan'an, and all the young people who wanted to go to Yan'an were detained in the middle of the road, and some were even sent to labor camps for reform. Yan Youwen and his party had difficulty walking after arriving in Xi'an. Just when everyone was at a loss, they met an old classmate.
This person was a subordinate of Fu Zuoyi, who was ordered to recruit young students in Xi'an, because he had to return to linxian county, where he was stationed, and on the way he had to pass through Yan'an, and with the relationship between his classmates, Yan Youwen took Fan Changrong's return bus and arrived in Yan'an smoothly. Yan Youwen, who arrived at the holy land of revolution, was full of joy and entered the Kang Da to continue his studies. He had thought that he would be like most fighters, carrying a gun to the battlefield and defending his homeland. But what he did not expect was that his superiors gave him a lurking mission.
Because he and Fu Zuoyi were fellow villagers, his superiors decided to take advantage of this relationship and place him in Fu Zuoyi's ranks to lurk. After becoming Fu Zuoyi's subordinate, Yan Youwen's position was also rapidly promoted. On the one hand, because the two were fellow villagers, Fu Zuoyi had extra trust in this young man, on the other hand, Yan Youwen's talent was outstanding, and he had a good literary talent, and in less than a year, he became Fu Zuoyi's secretary and was responsible for the political and ideological work in the army.
Although the position was not high, Sheng Was a close relative of Fu Zuoyi, and his position in the army was not even lower than that of some generals, and Yan Youwen also conveyed a lot of important information during this period. Until 1941, Chiang Kai-shek once again set off an anti-communist storm, Fu Zuoyi began to comprehensively clean up the communists hidden in the ranks, in order not to reveal his identity, Yan Youwen could only temporarily remain silent, and lost contact with the central authorities.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Yan Youwen, who was deeply trusted, had become the deputy director of the political department of the Twelfth Theater. In 1946, on the eve of the outbreak of the Liberation War, the Party organization sent people to reconnect with him, and after four years of disappearance, he reconnected with the Party organization. During the Liberation War, he conveyed the news that Fu Zuoyi and Chiang Kai-shek had a contradiction, and before the liberation of Peiping, he also repeatedly informed Fu Zuoyi of the bargaining chips for organizing. Peiping was able to be peacefully liberated, and Yan Youwen's contribution was indispensable.
After the founding of New China, in order not to hurt Fu Zuoyi's feelings, the party organization did not choose to disclose Yan Youwen's identity, and in 1962, Yan Youwen, who was only 48 years old, died of overwork, and even his wife did not know his true identity before his death. It was not until 1993, when Wang Yu, the connector who had restored contact with him, helped him clarify his identity, and later his old superior, personally published an article in the Beijing Daily, recalling Yan Youwen's deeds, which clarified his identity and returned Yan Youwen's innocence as a communist.