On February 8, 1946, in Qucun, the 10th Brigade of the 4th Column of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army in Qinshui County, Shanxi, a scene that made people cry and laugh took place.
I saw Chu Daming, deputy brigade commander of the 10th Brigade, holding a Colt pistol in his hand, chasing his wife Zhou Yu, who had just been married for 3 days, and scolding while running: "Shoot you, shoot you!" ”。
Chu Daming's anger made Zhou Yu panic, running and crying with his short hair, and unconsciously ran to a cemetery outside the village, and the husband and wife circled around the grave.
This scene happened to be seen by the sentries outside the village, afraid of chaos, and quickly ran back to the village to report, and Lei Yunqi, director of the Political Department, quickly called the brigade commander Zhou Xihan and rushed to the "scene of the crime" in a hurry.
Seeing that the brigade commander was coming, Zhou Yu found a life-saving straw, rushed over and hid behind the brigade commander, Chu Daming's temper was gone, he quickly inserted the pistol back into the holster, and smiled and said to the brigade commander: "You don't care, we are playing." ”。
Although the bride Zhou Yu was not lightly frightened, she still helped her husband speak: "He is joking with me." After saying that, he may feel inappropriate, and added: "But I don't want to make such a joke." ”。
Hearing this, Lei Yunqi was angry and said to the bride, "Zhou Yu, he bullied you again, you look for me to sue him, I have a meeting to clean him up!" ”。
After returning to the Political Department, he sent two female comrades to accompany Zhou Yu, while Chu Daming was sulking alone on the mountain.
Pulling out his gun and shooting down a small tree, he was still angry, and when Zhou Yu sent guards to call him to dinner, Chu Daming did not go back, but let the guards lead the horse, went to the 29th Regiment, and went to find the old comrades to relieve their boredom.
What the hell is going on? Why did Deputy Brigade Commander Chu Daming shoot his wife? In fact, Zhou Yu did not make any mistakes, but Chu Daming found out from Zhou Yu that some cadres did not want to fight the real reason.
Chu Daming, a native of ShangXian County, Henan, was born in a cold and bitter background, attended a private school for a period of time when he was a child, and when he was a teenager, he followed Langzhong in the countryside as an apprentice, and when he practiced medicine with Lao Langzhong, Chu Daming became acquainted with the communists Chen Xinglang, Yi Zhancheng and others, and under their influence, Chu Daming embarked on the revolutionary road.
In order to make greater efforts for the revolution, Chu Daming abandoned medicine and business, opened a restaurant, on the one hand to earn some funds for the revolution, on the other hand to serve as a secret stronghold, organize peasant associations to carry out the peasant movement, and incidentally collect some intelligence on the local Kuomintang government and army and purchase weapons and equipment to support the revolutionary armed forces.
In May 1929, the Shangnan Uprising broke out, and soon the Red Army team was established, which made Chu Daming very happy, in 1930, Shangbei set up a Soviet government, Chu Daming actively participated, and joined the Red Guards with more than a dozen young people in the village, fighting local tycoons, dividing up the fields, and being busy.
Because of his outstanding performance, Chu Daming was soon promoted to the commander of the Red Guards battalion, and in 1932, the Red Guards were reorganized into the 74th Division of the 25th Army of the Red Fourth Front, and Chu Daming officially entered the Red Army because he studied medicine and became a hygienist.
Unfortunately, shortly after joining the army, due to Zhang Guotao's erroneous leadership, the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign in the Eyu-Anhui base area failed and was forced to move.
In the journey of blood and fire, Chu Daming grew up rapidly, because he dared to fight and dare to fight, he was no longer a hygienist, but became a guard of Liu Ying, the commander of the Red 73rd Division, and soon after, he was transferred to the side of Xu Shiyou, the commander of the 34th Regiment of the Red 12th Division.
Xu Shiyou has practiced martial arts in the Shaolin Temple for 8 years, although he is the leader of the regiment, but at every critical juncture, he personally leads a large knife to kill the enemy is not a minority, as a guard, Chu Daming, at this time, will always follow along, every time to kill freely.
Around Xu Shiyou, in addition to being brave, the most important thing Chu Daming learned was to take the lead.
In 1933, at the age of 17, Chu Daming became a member of the Communist Party and was sent to Hongjiang County to form the Red Guard Regiment and serve as its regimental commander, which was later incorporated into the Red Army.
In July 1934, the Wanyuan Defense War began, and Chu Daming also ushered in the first highlight moment of his life.
At that time, the battle was extremely fierce, the commander of the Red 37 Regiment, the deputy regimental commander, the political commissar, the battalion commander, and even the division commander and squad leader were all wounded or killed one after another, and the troops lost their command.
Immediately afterward, Chu Daming disregarded his head injuries and rushed into the enemy group with his comrades-in-arms, brandishing a large knife and starting hand-to-hand combat, until the reinforcements arrived and made a great contribution.
After the start of the Long March, Chu Daming experienced countless major battles, during the Battle of Baizhangguan, Chu Daming was unfortunately hit by a shell, comrades thought he was sacrificed, and also held a memorial service, fortunately, Chu Daming did not die in battle, he crawled out of the pile of dead people, and returned to the Red Army.
In 1937, the invasion of China broke out, Chu Daming followed the 129th Division to the southeastern Jin front, in November of that year, Chu Daming and more than 30 battalion-level cadres as an advance team, rushed to Xingtai, Shahe, Handan and other places, to open up the anti-Japanese base area in southern Hebei.
In November 1938, the anti-Japanese forces in southern Hebei were reorganized, and Chu Daming served as the commander of the second battalion of the first regiment of the East Column.
At that time, the Eighth Route Army could not compare with the Japanese army regardless of weapons and equipment, the first regiment was newly established, many new soldiers had not been on the battlefield, in order to let them grow up rapidly, every time there was a battle, Chu Daming personally charged the front.
In August 1939, Chu Daming led his army to attack a town, and after destroying a large group of puppet troops, rushed into the Japanese military camp, as a result, at this time, two Japanese soldiers rushed over with bayonets, and several new recruits who had not fought were stunned, at this time, Chu Daming shouted: "Look at me!" ”。
After saying this, he rushed up, first shooting and killing a Japanese soldier, and then using the butt of his rifle to knock the bayonet in the hands of another Japanese soldier into the air, without the bayonet, the Japanese army pounced on it with his bare hands, and Chu Daming was not afraid, and immediately hugged the enemy and fought.
During the fight, Chu Daming bit the fingers of the Japanese army, the pain caused the Japanese army to squeak and scream, and when he violently pumped his hand, he broke down two of Chu Daming's front teeth, Chu Daming was furious, and he reached out his hand to directly buckle the two eyeballs of the Japanese soldier...
After the news spread, the regiment propaganda team compiled the story of Chu Daming into a drama "Chu Ying Zhan Ancient City", and Chu Daming's reputation gradually spread.
There are not many things like this, in December 1939, in the ambush battle of Gecun, Chu Daming led his troops to carry out a white-knife battle with the Japanese army, in the process of fighting, the bayonet was broken, the rifle was broken into two pieces, Chu Daming started hand-to-hand combat with his bare hands, and the red-eyed Chu Daming bit off half of the Japanese army's ear...
In the spring of 1941, Chu Daming was promoted to deputy commander of the 20th Regiment, and led the troops to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese puppet army, in December of that year, when attacking the county town of Chuiyang, Chu Daming commanded the troops to blow up the enemy's artillery tower, the enemy was not willing to lose, and launched retaliation, more than 2,000 people surrounded the 20 regiment station.
At that time, it was freezing cold, in order to repel the Japanese army, Chu Daming ordered that more than 800 soldiers, taking off their shirts, rushing towards the enemy with bayonets, the momentum of indomitable progress, so that the Japanese puppet army was torn apart, and finally, the puppet security regiment raised its hand and surrendered, and the Japanese army withdrew...
Because of the good fighting, afterwards, the Ji'nan Military Region also reported and commended Chu Daming, and the people of Chuyang County sent him a pennant" "Tiger of the Plains."
In addition to bravery, Chu Daming is also good at using his brain, the Japanese army has countless artillery towers in the Ji'nan Plain, for these turrets, Chu Daming and other people have created "earth tanks", that is, put 3 wet quilts on a square table, and then 3 soldiers will detour back to the side of the turret and use a large number of grenades to blow up the turret.
Although the method was soiled, it was surprisingly useful in actual combat, and soon this method of warfare was popularized in the Ji'nan Military Region.
Soon, Chu Daming invented the tactic of drilling holes through walls, and in the villages of the Ji'nan Plain, he chiseled walls and dug holes in the walls, which greatly reduced the casualties of soldiers in the battle.
For Chu Daming's fantastic ideas, Chen Geng, commander of the 386th Brigade, was very satisfied and said: "Street battles must be fought like this!" ”。
In July 1943, Chu Daming was promoted to the commander of the 20th Regiment, and in September of that year, the 20th Regiment was transferred to the Taiyue Mountains to participate in a two-month "anti-sweeping" operation.
In the first battle that Chu Daming participated in, he was ordered to attack the town of Dabaotou in Changzi County, and in the battle, he used tactics such as "earth tanks" and "punching holes through the wall" to not only blow up the enemy's bunkers, but also completely annihilate the enemy.
It was also for this reason that Chu Daming attracted the attention of the Japanese puppet army, and at the critical moment of the great sweep, he actually drew out 6,000 troops and went back to deal with Chu Daming.
Soon, Chu Daming's troops in tuancun were surrounded by more than 3,000 japanese puppet troops, and the enemy was outnumbered, and Chu Daming immediately ordered a breakthrough, and he himself took a sharp knife company and an unpaired company to cover the troops.
After the breakthrough, Chu Daming commanded two companies to attack the puppet army escort team, not only seizing 80 truckloads of grain, but also rescuing more than 300 people.
Immediately afterward, Chu Daming led his troops to attack 250 miles in 4 days, fought 3 battles with the Japanese puppet army, disrupted the deployment of the enemy army, covered the main force of Yuenan to jump out of the encirclement, and successfully broke through.
For Chu Daming's performance, Chen Geng was very satisfied: "Such an iron barrel array, they can jump out." ”。
In addition, Chen Geng also said: "Taiyue will be fierce, and chu Daming will be the first to be promoted." It was also for this reason that Chu Daming had the title of the first fierce general of Taiyue.
In April and September 1944, the Taiyue Military Region launched the Qingfu Campaign twice, and Chu Daming's 20 regiments took the lead and became the unit with the most attacks and villages and the most annihilation of the enemy.
In the Second Qingfu Campaign, when Chu Daming attacked the west gate of Baicun, he once again took the assault platoon to kill the enemy, unfortunately he was seriously injured, but even if he was carried on a stretcher, he resolutely did not go to the battlefield, he said: "I am a commander, how can I leave the battlefield at a critical moment?" ”。
He insisted until the troops occupied Baicun before he got out of the line of fire, and it was also at this time that he "met" his wife Zhou Xue.
By the time Chu Daming was carried off the battlefield, he was already unconscious due to excessive blood loss, and the wound was infected and burned.
Confused, Chu Daming murmured in his mouth to drink water, although there is a small river ditch nearby, but where is the donkey horse urine, how can you give Chu Daming the wound that has been infected to drink?
At this time, the 3 women carrying stretchers muttered for a while, and then a little girl called Chu Daming's guards aside and asked Chu Daming about the battle, this girl was Zhou Yu, who was only 17 years old at the time.
The other two young women, on the other hand, opened their clothes and used their own milk to help Chu Daming quench his thirst.
The guard inadvertently caught a glimpse of this scene and was very surprised: "How can you make our company commander drink this?" ”。
But the two women did not care: "You are a feudal brain, my children can eat, why can't your regiment leader eat?" ”。
After feeding Chu Daming "drinking water", the three women took turns to carry Chu Daming towards the direction of Anze County, and the story of Chu Daming's battle deeply attracted Zhou Yu, and along the way he pestered the guards to tell her.
After waiting for Anze County, Chu Daming woke up, felt thirsty again, asked Zhou Yu for water to drink, and called her "sister-in-law", which made Zhou Yu blush and run to the people's homes to ask chu Daming for rice soup.
Soon, Chu Daming was sent to the field hospital for treatment, and Chen Geng, who heard the news, was very worried and ordered That Chu Daming be given the best doctor, the best care, and the best medicine.
Because of years of fighting, Chu Daming at this time was 28 years old and still had not started a family, coincidentally, the medical director of the hospital was also an "older youth", and in the process of contact, he had a strong interest in Chu Daming, a fierce general of the Red Army, and even offered to marry Chu Daming.
"Aren't you afraid to be a widow?" With a word from Chu Daming, he let the medical director leave in anger, and the love in his hand also flew, Chen Geng heard about this, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Soon, the comrades introduced him to a young woman in literature and art, and Chu Daming still said this, and the result can be imagined, people said that he was a strange person.
Not long after, the comrades found that there was often a rural girl who came to see him, and every time he came, he would bring Chu Daming some cakes, fried corn flowers, roasted yams and other foods, and would also wash Chu Daming's face and feet with the guards.
This rural girl, it is Zhou Yu, Chu Daming also rarely has a good temper with people, even if Zhou Yu picked wildflowers and inserted them in a vase bundled with bullet casings, he was not angry in his hospital room, so some people speculated that Chu Daming was not in love with Zhou Yu, but Chu Daming was injured and returned to the army, and the two of them had no following.
At the beginning of 1945, a month after Chu Daming returned to the army, Zhou Yu's servants came to see him and told him that his mother had died, and out of sympathy, Chu Daming gave Zhou Yu his allowance and disability money to let Zhou Yu live well.
Because the 20 regiments were about to fight, Chu Daming let Zhou Yu return to his hometown, and the next day after Zhou Yu returned home, the director of the county women's rescue association came to the door, and after a period of greeting, he asked Zhou Yu about his relationship with Chu Daming.
Zhou Yu is a native of Qinshui County, Shanxi, although born in a rural family, but the parents are industrious, the family life is very rich, unfortunately, in the Japanese army sweep in 1942, the father and brother were killed by the devil, she and her mother hid in the wall of the family, only to escape a disaster, since then the mother and daughter two rely on each other.
The pain of losing her husband and son made Zhou Yu's mother fall ill, and the burden of life was all on Zhou Yu alone, and later, when the Eighth Route Army came to Qinshui County, Zhou Yu followed the women comrades to do some things within their ability, which led to the matter of carrying a stretcher for Chu Daming.
For Zhou Yu's family, the comrades of the Eighth Route Army are also very caring, the family's land, they help to plant, Zhou Yu's mother, there are also the Eighth Route Army's medical team to help treat the disease, which makes Zhou Yu very moved, the Eighth Route Army as a relative, give them laundry, cooking, shoes ...
Because he often went to the hospital to visit Chu Daming, the two gradually became acquainted, and Zhou Yu gradually fell in love with this Red Army general.
She first proposed to Chu Daming to participate in the Eighth Road, but after learning about Zhou Yu's family situation, Chu Daming refused.
Seeing Chu Daming's refusal, she blushed again and said what she really thought in her heart: "Commander, do you want me?" I'll make you an aunt. ”。
This startled Chu Daming, who again refused, but much gentler than the first two "objects", he said: "It is not appropriate for me to be 9 years older than you, and besides, the army has been fighting, and cadres and soldiers cannot get married." ”。
After saying that, afraid that Zhou Yu would not be able to accept it, he added: "I can treat you as a little sister, it is your sisters who saved my life." ”。
Chu Daming said this, and did the same, Zhou Yu was able to come and go in his hospital room at will and do some things that girls did, also because of this layer of reasons.
After listening to Zhou Yu's story, the director of the Women's Rescue Association immediately "understood" what was going on, and also said to Zhou Yu, brother and sister, is the beginning of love, you have difficulties, he helps, the relationship has gone a step further, you look for him and he gives you money, which in fact affirms the relationship between the two people...
Finally, it was also said that the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were fighting in the front, and the Women's Rescue Association had the responsibility to look after the fiancée of the soldiers, so it absorbed Zhou Yu into the Women's Rescue Association.
Soon, the time came to February 1946, when the War of Resistance Against Japan had ended, although the Kuomintang was pressing forward step by step, but the War of Liberation had not yet begun, and the troops in Shanxi had a rare period of repair.
Just this month, 19-year-old Zhou Yu, dressed in big red clothes, rode a small donkey, accompanied by the director of the Women's Rescue Association, went to the tenth brigade headquarters to get married.
Of course, all this Chu Daming was in the dark, until Zhou Yu and the director of the Women's Rescue Association arrived at the brigade headquarters and were arranged to stay, Chu Daming did not know.
Soon, Chen Geng approved the marriage between the two, but the director of the Women's Rescue Association found out at this time that Chu Daming's mood was not right, and quietly asked Chu Daming what was going on.
Chu Daming explained the situation concisely and concisely, and the director of the Women's Rescue Association knew that he had done something bad with good intentions, but the news that the two were going to get married had spread, and the county party committee and the masses all knew about it.
Therefore, Chu Daming found Zhou Yu and took out his own killer skills: "Fighting a war is to kill people, aren't you afraid of being a widow?" ”。
"Don't be afraid, you won't die, you told me that when the bullet sees you, it will turn." Zhou Yu replied firmly.
"I've been injured more than 20 times, maybe next time I'll knock him down...", before Chu Daming finished speaking, Zhou Yu pounced on him and covered his mouth...
Seeing Zhou Yu's performance like this, everyone present was moved, and the political commissar immediately decided to let the two get married, afraid of another change, brigade commander Zhou Xihan added: "Do it now!" ”。
On February 5, 1946, 30-year-old Chu Daming and 19-year-old Zhou Yuxi married, after marriage, the two got along quite harmoniously, Chu Daming actively helped Zhou Yu to progress, the first day taught her to shoot, the next day taught her to ride a horse, although a little tired, but Zhou Yu liked it.
However, on the third day, Chu Daming was about to shoot Zhou Yu, for what reason?
It turned out that at noon on the third day, Zhou Yu, who was in great happiness, hugged Chu Daming and spoke privately, fantasizing that in the future when the war was over, they had children, and the life of male cultivators and female weavers.
Before the results were finished, Chu Daming became angry, scolding Zhou Yu for dying, dragging his feet, and not having a face: "I said that some of our cadres don't want to fight after they get married, it turns out that you mother-in-law have caused it, and Lao Tzu must shoot you today!" ”。
So, there was the beginning of the article, with a gun chasing around the grave in a circle, of course, Chu Daming did not really think of shooting his wife, otherwise, with his marksmanship, how could Zhou Yu run out of the village?
After going to the 29th Regiment to find his former comrades-in-arms, Chu Daming was still on fire: "His mother's, really unlucky, was fought by the brigade commander political commissar in a war of annihilation... They treat sympathy as love, surround themselves on all sides, attack suddenly, and force me to obey. ”。
Seeing Chu Daming say this, everyone opened the conversation box, and talked a lot about the problem of the cadres' will to fight after they got married, and Chu Daming's anger gradually subsided, and he also decided to treat his wife well.
After returning home early the next morning, looking at Zhou Yu's red and swollen eyes, Chu Daming was distressed, but as a soldier, his tone was still as blunt as ever: "I don't need rain here, nor do I need light bulbs, from today on, you go to the women's university to study, this year to graduate from primary school, no culture, what can you do?" ”。
Zhou Yu nodded in agreement and began to study at the women's university of the 10th Brigade, and he studied very seriously.
Soon, the time came to June 1946, the Liberation War began, Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Xishan launched a large-scale attack on the Liberated Areas, in this great war, Chu Daming was wounded again, after the emergency rescue of the field hospital, cut off a section of intestines, which saved his life.
Zhou Yu, who got the news, immediately rushed to him, and when he saw Zhou Yu dressed in Lenin's clothes, Chu Daming held her hand tightly, fearing that she was worried, and told her a joke: "I went to Report to Lenin the day before yesterday, and he criticized me and said, Chiang Kai-shek has not yet been defeated, why have you come to me..."
Seeing that Chu Daming was in good spirits, Zhou Yu also showed a smile, reported his learning situation to Chu Daming, and whispered to Chu Daming: "I miss you...".
Hearing this, Chu Daming smiled: "Think, then you have to endure, you yourself want to marry Chu Daming, now regret it, right?" ”。
Zhou Yu replied firmly: "No regrets, no regrets for a lifetime!" ”。
Under the guidance of the nutrition doctor, Zhou Yu thought of trying to find food for Chu Daming to supplement his body, and soon, Chu Daming could walk on the ground.
In September 1946, the commander of the column, Chen Geng, also came to see Chu Daming and told him the good news that Chairman Mao estimated that he could fundamentally defeat Chiang Kai-shek within five years.
Immediately after that, Chen Geng said that Hu Zongnan was going to attack Yan'an, and the troops should go forward to defend Yan'an, so that Chu Daming could recuperate well and then go to the troops when he was healed.
In November, Chu Daming finally met the criteria for discharge, and on November 18, the night before Chu Daming decided to leave, he said a lot to Zhou Yu, and said that he would have children in the future, the girl was called Zhou Xue, and the boy was called Chu Ping...
On January 27, 1947, when Chu Daming participated in the Battle of Fenxiao, he was hit in the chest by 4 bullets and died heroically.
When the news of Chu Daming's death in battle reached the ears of brigade commander Zhou Xihan, Zhou Xihan was heartbroken, and it was impossible to even say anything, and after Chen Geng got the news, he was silent for a long time, and after a long time he said: "Chu Daming is a hero, a very good comrade, and the loss is too great." ”。
For various reasons, after Chu Daming's sacrifice, his various deeds were gradually forgotten, and Chen Geng said with regret about this matter:
"Chu Daming is a great hero who can sing and cry, but also a buried hero, it does not matter if his name is buried, if his brave spirit is lost, the bones of the army will be deficient in calcium, and the chest of the country will not be able to stand up."
Although many people do not know Chu Daming, his comrades-in-arms have never forgotten him, and in the "Biography of Chen Geng", there is a large amount of ink and ink about Chu Daming.
Chu Daming's comrade-in-arms, Wu Xiaomin, who had been the deputy commander of the Kunming Military Region, told his son in his later years that he wrote a book about the deeds of Chu Daming and the 110th Regiment, and in his biography "Hundred Battle Generals - Wu Xiaomin", almost half of the content was written about Chu Daming...