In 1995, the atmosphere in the home of a peasant family in Liaoning was heavy, and the old man in the family was seriously ill in bed, and he was about to die, and on the occasion of parting, she intermittently said to the family members who were guarding her side:
"I am the 'arms thief,' and old Jiang hates me so much that I hate it."
The family was confused, and the youngest asked, "What is Grandma talking about?" Is she sick and confused? ”
Other family members have also expressed their approval, and the elderly Gao Chongde has lived in the countryside for most of his life, so how can he be related to Chiang Kai-shek and the "arms thieves"? So no one cared.
It was not until later, when a reporter from a newspaper in Liaoning came to his home for an interview, that he figured out the truth of the matter
。 So, what exactly is the truth of the matter? Is this old man really an "arms thief"?
Born in 1904 in a small county town in Liaoning, Gao Chongde's parents sent her to the academy to study, and Gao Chongde loved to read, especially martial arts novels. The plot in "Water Margin", she is handy, whenever she talks about the heroines in several novels, Gao Chongde's eyes are even more direct, so becoming a female haojie who has seen uneven roads has become Gao Chongde's dream.
With the passage of time, Gao Chongde became a big girl who stood tall.
Her good education and superior family situation make her the focus of the crowd everywhere she goes
However, Gao Chongde is different from ordinary girls, she does not like to dress up, preferring to dance knives and guns.
At that time, the northeast was in a state of turmoil, the Japanese Kwantung Army could enter the northeast at any time, and the streets were full of fleeing civilians. In the confusion, Gao Chongde saw a four- or five-year-old child being squeezed to the ground by the crowd and crying, and she immediately crossed the crowd and prepared to pick up the child.
When he was squeezed in front of the child, a man in military uniform preemptively picked up the child, and seeing that the child was safe and sound, Gao Chongde turned to leave, only to hear the man say: "Miss, the situation is chaotic now, there is nothing to do or less to come out and move around." ”
This man is Lu Zhengcao, the commander of the Northeast Army, and he and Gao Chongde are both people with great righteousness and like to dance knives and guns, and there are many common topics.
Therefore, soon after they met, they fell in love and married
。
Lü Zhengcao was the commander of the Northeast Army, and often had to go to the army to shoot targets, at this time Gao Chongde wanted to ask Lü Zhengcao to go with him, and although Lü Zhengcao was reluctant to take her because of the rules of the army, he could not resist Gao Chongde's pleading, so he had to take her with him.
After arriving at the range, Gao Chongde was very novel, picked up a gun and shot at the target, but unfortunately she was a novice, the first shot was off target, Gao Chongde was not convinced, took the gun in the range for a morning, even Lu Zhengcao had to rest, she was still shooting.
Under gao chongde's unremitting efforts, her marksmanship became more and more accurate, so that in the end, Lu Zhengcao was not her opponent.
After the "918" incident, the anti-Japanese sentiment in northeast China was high.
Gao Chongde felt the responsibility of being a Chinese and resolutely took to the streets to shout slogans with people
, put up a slogan, calling on the masses to unite, not to be a slave to the country, and to let the Japanese pay the blood debt.
In order to let more people join the team, the team often held meetings to discuss the publicity plan, and everyone had to express their opinions, and one of them, Mr. Wang, attracted the attention of Gao Chongde.
Mr. Wang, dressed in a robe and with gold-rimmed glasses, looked polite and polite, but every word he said made Gao Chongde feel blood boiling, and he was eager to go to the battlefield now to confront the Japanese army.
This Mr. Wang was a Communist, and he knew that Gao Chongde was the wife of the commander of the Northeast Army, so he took the initiative to approach her and tell her about the Communist Party's anti-Japanese ideas, but did not identify himself. After Gao Chongde listened, he was very excited and said to Mr. Wang: "You are right! If the northeast had been so anti-Japanese, then little Japan would have gone back to its hometown a long time ago! ”
Seeing that Gao Chongde's anti-Japanese attitude was so resolute, Mr. Wang said to her:
"Comrade Gao Chongde, in fact, in addition to the demonstrations, you can also do a lot of work for the anti-Japanese resistance."
Gao Chongde's eyes immediately lit up: "What can I do?" ”
Lu Zhengcao told her: "At present, the fighters on the anti-Japanese front are struggling, and if they can raise supplies and send them to the front, it will also be a good thing to fight against Japan." ”
Gao Chongde pondered for a moment and replied, "Okay, I'll go back and think of a way." ”
After that, she used the name of the regimental commander's wife to go to the major military camps to raise supplies, and successfully obtained a batch of radio, food and other items. In order to safely deliver the supplies to the hands of the soldiers,
Gao Chongde personally led the convoy through the rain of bullets and bullets, and finally the soldiers on the front line were supplied.
The matter of Gao Chongde sending charcoal in the snow was also widely spread among the anti-Japanese troops, and the central authorities were very happy after learning this news, and they did not expect that this woman could actually transport so many materials, so some leaders proposed: "Since this Gao Chongde is so powerful, it is better to let her try to solve the problems we are currently encountering." ”
In 1939, the Kuomintang sent a large number of troops to besiege the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and after several battles, although the Kuomintang did not take advantage of anything, but the long-term siege made the guns and ammunition of the Eighth Route Army seriously insufficient, if there is no new weapon supply, then the Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is likely to be destroyed.
Soon after, Gao Chongde received a contact from Mr. Wang, saying that he wanted to take her to meet someone, and this person was
Lin Boqu, chairman of the government of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region
As soon as Lin Boqu saw Gao Chongde, he cordially extended his hand to her: "Comrade Gao Chongde, hello, my name is Lin Boqu." ”
Then, Lin Boqu introduced his identity and said to Gao Chongde: "In fact, your husband Lu Zhengcao has also secretly joined the party, but for the sake of secrecy, he may not have told you." ”
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This news surprised Gao Chongde very much, but she quickly calmed down, thinking of Lü Zhengcao's active anti-Japanese behavior, she also understood, and she said to Lin Boqu: "If there is any job that needs me, I cannot resign." ”
Lin Boqu looked at Gao Chongde, who was full of anti-Japanese enthusiasm, and said to her: "Now that the Eighth Route Army has encountered some difficulties, you still need to use your special identity to find a way to steal some ammunition for the Eighth Route Army."
But this matter is very dangerous, once discovered by the Kuomintang, it is very likely to die, if you are not willing to do it, the organization will not blame you
。 ”
Gao Chongde shook his head and said firmly: "The last time I transported supplies, I saw many people fighting for the anti-Japanese resistance on the front line, and some people were blurred by the blood and flesh of the shells and were still unwilling to put down the guns in their hands.
Hearing Gao Chongde say this, Lin Boqu patted her on the shoulder and said, "Well, you can rest assured, the organization will send someone to pick you up." ”
After Gao Chongde returned home, she carefully planned this operation of smuggling arms, and with her familiarity with the Northeast Army, sneaking into the arsenal to get some weapons was not a problem, but the problem was that the Eighth Route Army needed a lot of money, how could she transport so many things by herself? She walked around the house, thinking about it.
Suddenly, Gao Chongde thought of the scene before Lü Zhengcao went to the arsenal, And Lü Zhengcao was the regimental commander.
Sometimes it is also necessary to go to the arsenal to equip the logistics of the army.
After having an idea, Gao Chongde dressed up and entered the Northeast Army as usual, and when he came to the arsenal, the guards immediately saluted her and said, "Hello Captain!" ”
Gao Chongde's heart was very worried, after all, it was the first time she had done such a thing, but she still pretended to be calm and said to the guards:
"The regimental commander asked me to equip the recruits with some equipment, and you should take me with you!"
The guards said flatteringly, "The regimental commander's wife is delicate and expensive, or we rough people should go and fetch it for the wife!" ”
Gao Chongde replied, "Don't bother you, let them both go!" ”
Gao Chongde turned sideways, and two men in the uniforms of the Northeast Army stood up behind him.
The guard looked at them questioningly and muttered, "I don't think I've seen these two people before." ”
Gao Chongde replied without changing his face: "They are all recruits, you don't know." ”
In fact, these two people were the personnel of our party to assist Gao Chongde in transporting arms, and in this way, with the efforts of the three people, the first batch of arms was loaded onto a truck and slowly drove out of the Northeast Army.
After the first batch of arms was successfully transported, things went much more smoothly, and the guards of the arsenal did not have the slightest suspicion of Gao Chongde's behavior, but the administrator of the arsenal inspected the work.
Seeing that the arms in the warehouse were being consumed very quickly, doubts arose.
When Gao Chongde came to the arsenal again, the administrator deliberately went forward to inquire, and Gao Chongde took off the bracelet in his hand, stuffed it into the administrator's hand, smiled and said: "Sir, please smile at this point." ”
The administrator was very greedy for money, and when he saw the bracelet, he immediately put it away and said to Gao Chongde, "Madam, if there is anything you need in the future, just say." ”
In this way, under the efforts of Gao Chongde, batch after batch of arms were sent to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, which not only helped the Eighth Route Army solve the encirclement of the Kuomintang, but also allowed the Eighth Route Army to have sufficient ammunition to deal with the Japanese army.
During this period, the Kuomintang was very confused, where did the Eighth Route Army get so much ammunition? After investigation, it was found that the arsenal of the Northeast Army was stolen, and the number was very amazing.
This incident caused an uproar within the Kuomintang, and Chiang Kai-shek slapped the table and issued an order: I must catch the thief who stole arms!
In 1940, the Kuomintang's secret service finally locked gao Chongde after a multi-party investigation.
At that time, in order to avoid the pursuit of the Kuomintang, Gao Chongde went to Lü Zhengcao's unit to serve as the chief of the division, responsible for the logistics of the unit. The remaining place was a certain distance from Lü Zhengcao's troops, but it was not too far, so in order not to alarm Lü Zhengcao, several Kuomintang agents did not act rashly after coming to the left-behind place, and after the evening,
A regiment was assembled to encircle Gao Chongde.
There were not many soldiers left behind, unable to resist the strength of a regiment, Gao Chongde's arm was hit by a bullet, and the blood flowed, but she still held the gun in her other hand, fought with the enemy to the death, and finally rushed out.
When the Party Central Committee learned that Gao Chongde had been raided, it sent people to look for her traces, and finally sent Gao Chongde to Yan'an through a secret traffic line.
After the dying Gao Chongde arrived in Yan'an, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De specifically instructed the hospital:
"We must take good care of her, she is a well-known 'arms thief', a great hero of our party!"
Gao Chongde received careful care from the medical staff, his health gradually improved, and after being discharged from the hospital, he stayed in Yan'an to participate in work and study.
Since then, the "arms thieves" have disappeared, and the Kuomintang agents have never found her again.
After the surrender of Japan, Gao Chongde followed the Northeast Army to Shenyang and participated in the fierce Liaoshen Campaign, although she did not go to the battlefield because of her health, she provided a lot of help for the logistics of the People's Liberation Army in the rear.
In 1950, Gao Chongde was admitted to Shenyang Hospital because of the recurrence of old injuries, and after being discharged from the hospital for three years, the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee did not arrange any work for her considering Gao Chongde's body.
And sent her to the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee Cadre Rest Center and enjoyed the treatment of the main department level.
But Gao Chongde did not want to go there to rest, she still returned to her hometown to live, locking herself in the house every day, unwilling to talk to her neighbors, and no one knew who this lonely old lady was.
Gao Chongde did not like to interview reporters, nor did he like to have people take pictures, only when the comrades-in-arms came to see her, Gao Chongde was willing to chat twice, and the comrades-in-arms asked her: "How much arms did you transport to the Eighth Route Army in those years?" ”
Gao Chongde pondered for a moment and said:
I don't remember it clearly now, there should be a lot, otherwise how could Marshal Zhu De say that I was an 'arms thief'? ”
In 1995, Gao Chongde was more than ninety years old, and his health was getting worse and worse, and after realizing that he did not have much time left, Gao Chongde told his family his true identity, and at first, the family did not believe it.
Until later, a reporter learned about this matter through the disclosure of Gao Chongde's comrades-in-arms, and then came to Gao Chongde's home to interview, who knew that The old man Gao Chongde had passed away.
When Gao Chongde's family saw the arrival of the reporter, they suddenly realized that the "arms thieves" mentioned by the old people were true.
After that, through the description of Gao Chongde's family and the interview with his comrades-in-arms, the reporter showed this history that had been sealed for more than 50 years in front of the world, so that more people knew the deeds of the elderly Gao Chongde and her tenacious and indomitable spirit of dedication to the motherland.