preface
One day in 1959, Zhang Yunyi looked at his wife Han Bi and suddenly remembered something, and he immediately called his eldest son Zhang Yuanzhi. Soon, Zhang Yuanzhi hurried to come. "Dad, what's the matter?" Zhang Yunyi was not in a hurry to answer, and smiled and pulled his son to the study. "You sit down." Zhang Yuanzhi was arranged to sit at the desk, and Zhang Yunyi sat opposite his son.
"I'll say, you write."
"Write what?" Zhang Yuanzhi is unknown.
"Write a retirement application report for your mother." Zhang Yunyi pursed his lips,
"The party branch committee was transferred to the general branch committee: I am a housewife, and after marrying Comrade Zhang Yunyi, I have been managing household chores. He left his family for revolutionary work. I learned to be a barber to support my mother and son..."
Figure | Group photo of Zhang Yunyi and Han Bi
After the letter was finished, Zhang Yuanzhi stopped writing and looked up at his father. Only to see that Zhang Yunyi's tears had already hung on his face, and his father's haggard and sad look made him look extremely sad.
Zhang Yuanzhi got up and came to his father's side: "What's wrong?" Zhang Yunyi said with tears:
"Your mother has suffered a lot, and I may not be a good husband."
At the end of the conversation, the father and son hugged each other tightly...
General Zhang Yunyi and his two wives
Zhang Yunyi was born into a poor family in Wenchang County, Hainan. At the age of 16, he came to Guangzhou alone to seek a livelihood as a handyman, but mistakenly joined the League. Immediately afterward, he participated in the "Huanghuagang Uprising" and fought with the Qing army to the death, and finally lost the army, almost becoming one of the "Seventy-three Martyrs of Huanghuagang". ”
In 1914, Zhang Yunyi was sent to Hainan Island
Long Jiguang
The unit took up his post as a platoon leader. The platoon he took over was poorly disciplined and mostly soldiers. Zhang Yunyi adopted the method of "shooting the head bird with a gun" and hung and beat Long Jiguang's nephew on the first day of his appointment. This practice was appreciated by Long Jiguang, and it was not long before he was promoted to company commander.
It was also this year that Zhang Yunyi married a fellow country girl
Wang Bizhen
。 After marriage, Zhang Yunyi was busy with the revolution, and the family's major affairs and small feelings were handed over to Wang Bizhen to handle. Time flickered, several years passed, Wang Bizhen looked at the sisters who married her, there were already a bunch of men and women under her knees, and she only had one daughter. In order to block the mouths of the townspeople, Wang Bizhen decided to give her husband a "concubine".
Wang Bizhen fell in love with a girl from the same village, Han Bi, who was also from a poor background, and was 19 years old. Since the death of her parents, Han Bi has followed a distant relative to Guangzhou to rely on haircuts. Wang Bizhen visited Han Bi's barbershop almost every day and accompanied her. In this way, there is more contact, and the two become more and more close to each other, and they are in love with sisters. Finally, one day, Wang Bizhen poured out her childless heart disease to Han Bi and pleaded with Han Bi to marry Zhang Yunyi. In fact, Han Bi also longed for a home. Therefore, under the persuasion of Wang Bizhen, she should have this marriage.
During this period, Zhang Yunyi can be described as "thriving" in the army. In 1921, Zhang Yunyi was transferred out of Hainan Island and entered the Guangdong Army
Chen Jiongming
He was appointed battalion commander. In 1924, he was in
Xu Chongzhi
He served as brigade commander. At that time, the brigade he led often won battles, so it was also called "victory tour".
Figure | Xu Chongzhi
Fighting a war is inevitable to get hurt! One day, Zhang Yunyi returned to Guangzhou to see a doctor. As soon as he entered the house, he saw a strange woman cooking. Just as his face was full of question marks, his wife Wang Bizhen appeared, she pulled the strange woman to her side, and then introduced her husband:
"Her name is Han Bi, she is my good sister, and she will be your mother-in-law in the future."
"What?" Zhang Yunyi was shocked by his wife's words. But Wang Bizhen seemed very calm, and she told her husband the reason for the incident. After Zhang Yunyi listened, he felt that this matter was too absurd, and directly roared:
"Tomorrow morning, hurry up and send her away, I will not agree to this marriage."
Wang Bizhen Xiaozhi moved with reason and affection, and said:
"Han Bi's sister is a child of a poor family, alone in Guangzhou, and longs for a home. I haven't had a son in all these years, so can you bear to see me being gossiped about by the townspeople? ”
At the end of the conversation, all three women in the family shed tears. On the original reunion day, the atmosphere suddenly became depressed. Zhang Yunyi saw the situation and was speechless for a moment. He pulled Wang Bizhen aside and whispered:
"I am a soldier, I may die on the battlefield at any time, and people are still young, don't you want me to drag people down for the rest of their lives?"
At this moment, Han Bi, who was standing outside the door, warmed his heart after hearing this. She felt that this man was righteous and worthy of life.
During the treatment in Guangzhou, Wang Bizhen asked Han Bi to take care of Zhang Yunyi, and the two had more contact, and Zhang Yunyi also learned about Han Bi's unfortunate experience and sympathized with her. Soon, Han Bi gave birth to a son for Zhang Yunyi, but unfortunately the child was not supported in the end.
During the Northern Expedition in 1926, Zhang Yunyi was already the chief of staff of the Major General of the National Revolutionary Army. In October of the same year, Zhang Yunyi secretly joined the Communist Party of China. Why did he choose to give up the preferential treatment? He once said, "To change China, to liberate the working people."
After the defeat of the Revolution in 1927, Zhang Yunyi returned to Guangzhou and spent a short reunion time with his family.
Figure | Zhang Yunyi
In the first half of 1928, the Party Central Committee sent Zhang Yunyi to the Soviet Union to study, and then due to the sudden change in the domestic situation, he ordered Zhang Yunyi to return to Guangzhou. The following year, Zhang Yunyi took a boat from Shanghai to Hong Kong, and while resting at the Hong Kong Hotel, he met Han Bi, who came to greet him.
Seeing Han Bi in Hong Kong, Zhang Yunyi was surprised and happy in his heart, and he asked busily: "Abi, why are you here?" Han Bi held the child in her arms, and she smiled and said, "Yunyi, I brought my son here, and your father and son have not yet met." ”
Zhang Yunyi looked at the big fat boy and his heart blossomed. After a few days in Hong Kong, Zhang Yunyi received orders to go to Guangxi instead. Before leaving, Zhang Yunyi's eyes were full of reluctance, and he guiltily said to Han Bi: "After a few days of gathering, we are going to separate again, can you forgive me?" ”
"Revolutionary work is the first, we must be careful when we go", Han Bi said with tears in her eyes.
"Yunyi, the child has not yet been named?"
Zhang Yunyi pondered for a moment and said:
"Let's call it 'Far Away', which means that the future is great."
Neither of them expected that this separation would be a full eight years.
In 1929, Zhang Yunyi was appointed commander of the Seventh Red Army, and Deng Xiaoping was appointed political commissar. After leading the Baise Uprising in Guangxi, he fought for thousands of miles, came to the Central Soviet Region, and later participated in the Long March.
Figure | Deng Xiaoping
During this period, Zhang Yunyi's family was persecuted by the Kuomintang reactionaries, and their living conditions were worse every day. In order to maintain the expenses of a large family, Han Bi returned early and late, working hard to earn money at a barber shop in Guangzhou. Wang Bizhen's daughter Zhang Qiong, who is older, also began to share the burden of the economy, going out to work to supplement the family. At this time, only Wang Bizhen and Zhang Yuanzhi were left in the family. Later, Zhang Yuanzhi recalled:
"My food, clothing, shelter, and transportation are all my worries, and I am closer to Ah Niang than my mother."
Unfortunately, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Wang Bizhen and her family were killed by bombs dropped by Japanese planes on the way to escape.
In May 1937, Zhang Yunyi, then deputy chief of the general staff of the Red Army, was ordered to Hong Kong to do work on the united front of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. At the end of the year, with the help of the party organization, Zhang Yunyi found Han Bi's mother and son and took them to the underground party organ in Hong Kong.
After Han Bi's mother and son saw Zhang Yunyi, they immediately threw themselves into his arms and burst into tears: "Yunyi, sister, she is dead." Zhang Yunyi endured the huge pain, unable to say a word for half a day, still soaking his shoulders by the tears of his family.
After slowing down for a long time, Zhang Yunyi said bitterly:
"Bi Zhen, she has suffered, and you have also suffered, after all, it is me, the husband and father, who have not been able to protect you well!"
Han Bi immediately wiped away her tears and stopped her son's crying, she gritted her teeth and said, "My sister will not die in vain, we will definitely avenge her, and we will definitely drive the Japanese out of China!" ”
For the first time in eight years, the family reunited, and although they were crammed into a small attic and the conditions were not very good, their hearts were connected. During this period, Han Bi participated in revolutionary work. Half a year later, Zhang Yunyi was ordered to leave Hong Kong and go to Wuhan to participate in the formation of the New Fourth Army. This time, Han Bi wanted to take his son with him, and Zhang Yunyi patiently advised them: "When I have arranged everything in the past, I will send someone to pick up your mother and son, so that it is safer." ”
In October 1937, the Red Army guerrillas were reorganized into the newly organized Fourth Army of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Army. At that time, the post of military commander was delayed in determining the candidate. The supreme leader of the New Fourth Army must be someone acceptable to both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
At this time, Zhang Yunyi remembered Comrade Ye Ting, a good comrade-in-arms who was born and died with him in the Northern Expedition War. So, he took the initiative to do the work and personally persuaded
Members
Comeback to participate in the War of Resistance. It turned out that after the failure of the Guangzhou uprising, Ye Ting left the army and went to Macau, where he lived for 10 years. In order to invite Ye to stand out of the mountain, Zhang Yunyi thought of many tricks and almost tied him up and left.
On January 6, 1938, the New Fourth Army Headquarters was established in Nanchang, with Ye Ting as the commander and Zhang Yunyi as the chief of staff and commander of the third detachment.
In July 1939, he was appointed quartermaster of the New Fourth Army
Ye Fuping
(Ye Ting's younger brother) went to Hong Kong to transfer military supplies, and Han Bi's mother and son accompanied them. On the way, Ye Fuping left behind the material vehicle waiting behind, letting Han Bi's mother and son go first. Unfortunately, due to the difficulty of the mountain road, Ye Fuping's vehicle fell to the bottom, and Ye died on the spot...
Figure | Ye Fuping
Zhang Yunyi and Han Bi meet "through hardships"
Two months later, after a long journey, Han Bi's mother and son finally arrived at the headquarters of the New Fourth Army in Yunling, Jing County, Anhui Province. At this time, Zhang Yunyi had arrived in Jiangbei.
In March 1940, the superior ordered that the Anhui Southern Military Department allocate 70,000 yuan to the Jiangbei Headquarters. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Han Bi's mother and son once again embarked on the "road of finding a husband". Unexpectedly, on the way, they were unjustifiably detained by the Eighth Regiment of Kuomintang Security.
Among them, a Kuomintang officer recognized Han Bi's mother and son and immediately sent a telegram to his superiors to ask for credit. Soon, instructions were given to "secretly detained as hostages." Soon, after the news reached Jiangbei, Zhang Yunyi strongly demanded that the Nationalist government order the release of his wife and children and the detained officers and soldiers.
"The rest of the gunfire. After not being killed by the tyrants, but being arrested and detained by the national army, what is the wife's guilt? Poisoned by this. The family members of the family were never given preferential treatment and were not allowed to be insulted. ”
But the Kuomintang ignored it.
Later, Zhou Enlai, who was in Chongqing, came forward and personally inquired about the matter, and it was not until September 1940 that the Anti-Communist diehards of the Kuomintang released Han Bi's mother and son, who had been detained for seven months.
Figure | Zhou Enlai
At this time, the organization took into account Han Bi's actual situation and arranged for her to go to the supply department to make a staff. Han Bi took the work assigned by the organization very seriously. In March 1941, Han Bi honorably joined the Communist Party of China.
At this time, although a family was reunited, the three of them were in three places. Zhang Yunyi often commanded in the front line, Han Bi worked in the supply department, and Zhang Yuanzhi studied at school. It was not until 1942 that Zhang Yunyi stepped down from the post of division commander and the family of three lived together. After that, they were no longer separated, and no matter where they went, Zhang Yunyi was followed by the two most important people.
Han Bi was ill, and Zhang Yunyi waited for him
After the liberation of the whole country, Zhang Yunyi was ordered to go to Guangxi to prepare for the establishment of a leading institution, and Han Bi was appointed as the first president of the Guangxi Nursery School. In the days when Guangxi was in power, Zhang Yunyi was labeled "a military expert who understands economy."
Before liberation, Guangxi did not have a single sea, it was an inland province. After liberation, Zhang Yunyixiang
Ye Jianying
From Guangdong, I asked for a piece of the sea, that is, the Beibu Gulf area in the Zhanjiang Sea. It is this sea that provides opportunities and impetus for Guangxi's economic development. However, at that time, Zhang Yunyi's move was opposed by many people, but he vigorously defied public opinion and resolutely wanted to have the only "sea outlet" in southwest China.
Figure | Ye Jianying
Zhang Yunyi worked tirelessly for the party and the country, but in the end he fell ill. For the sake of her husband's health, Han Bi quit her job and concentrated on taking care of her husband at home. At the end of 1953, the 50-year-old Han Bi entered menopause, often because of some past events, unable to stop crying. In 1945, her daughter Zhang Yuanming, who gave birth to shandong, died of illness, and the pain of losing her daughter, the disaster of imprisonment, and the long-term separation from her husband brought her great stimulation. It was not until 1946, after the birth of her youngest son, Zhang Guangdong, that her mood improved slightly.
Later, the younger brother of the old family wrote to inform him that Han Bi had encountered a difficult problem. And she is far away from home, she can't help at all, she is not willing to disturb her husband, she is not willing to use relationships. In this way, the heavy mental pressure crushed her.
Figure | Zhang Yunyi and Han Bi
Zhang Yunyi was very distressed to see his wife who was emaciated day by day. But every time he asked his wife what was difficult, she kept silent. Later, Han Bi's mental state became worse and worse, and sometimes he would run to Zhang Yunyi's office at night to make a big fuss, and the staff around Zhang Yunyi advised him to send Han Bi to a mental hospital for treatment. Zhang Yunyi resolutely disagreed, and he blamed himself:
"Abi has suffered a lot with me over the years, she has never complained about anything, I have not let her live a happy day. Now, if I send her to a mental hospital again, leave my son, her condition will get worse and worse. ”
In the days to come, as long as Zhang Yunyi has time, he will always accompany his wife and children to walk and talk. In this way, under the careful care of Zhang Yunyi, Han Bi's condition gradually improved. After two years, Han Bi was miraculously cured. In 1955, Zhang Yunyi was awarded the rank of General, and he was not complacent about it. It was only in front of his wife that he said this:
"This medal has more than half of your credit."
In 1956, Han Bi put on his military uniform again, was assigned to work in the General Staff Bureau, and became Zhang Yunyi's "Xiannei Helper".
In 1959, Zhang Yunyi called his eldest son Zhang Yuanzhi to him and asked him to write a retirement application for his mother, Han Bi, which has been kept. Regarding Han Bi's work attitude, several branch secretaries said:
Comrade Han Bi is extremely disciplined in the organization, often reviewing himself, saying that he is sometimes impatient and impatient. Usually, she can help comrades warmly and sincerely, and can take care of the staff around the chief in life. ”
After Han Bi retired from his post, he and Zhang Yunyi lived a small family life. But Zhang Yunyi could not put down his work. He used to say to his sons:
"I want to work a lot, I can't do big things, I can't shoulder heavy burdens, but I can still do my best to do something for the party, and I hope that the central authorities will arrange some work for me according to needs and possibilities.
1974 was the last year of Zhang Yunyi's life. In early November, Deng Xiaoping visited him in the hospital, clasped the hands of his old comrades-in-arms tightly, and uttered a short but powerful sentence:
"We are old comrades-in-arms, we have known each other for 45 years."
At that time, Zhang Yunyi's condition was extremely serious, and he was already having difficulty speaking, so he shook Deng Xiaoping's hand hard and watched his comrades leave the ward. On November 19, Zhang Yunyi died in Beijing.
10 years later, Han Bi also completed his life. Before dying, she also chanted the name of her husband "Yunyi", and the children who stood by her side were moved to tears by this scene.