Today, this is an era of impetuous humanity, and those worldly people who shout "born for love" and "die for love" are often intoxicated with shallow love. However, in the revolutionary years, many "red couples" really gave their lives for the victory of the revolution. Their fidelity to love is touching.
Revolutionary woman Wang Genying and her husband are such a presence. Wang Genying was the wife of the founding general Chen Geng . The story of the two meeting and falling in love during the revolutionary years has always been a good story. After Wang Genying's sacrifice, her husband Chen Geng's behavior of keeping the festival for her for three years has been praised by posterity.
1. Love letters that have been made public
In 1906, Wang Genying was born in Shanghai. However, Wang Genying is not the Shanghai miss of the "ten fingers and fibers" in the talented and beautiful book, but a woman who grew up in a poor peasant family.
At the age of 9, his parents were in poor health, the family had no financial resources, and they were too poor to open the pot. At a young age, Wang Genying took up the burden of life alone and began to work in the factory. Life in the factory is very hard, and as a child laborer, she works almost ten hours a day like an adult.
Although Wang Genying is young, he is very self-motivated. After completing her work in the factory, she would go to night school every day to improve her cultural level.
In this way, Wang Genying experienced the torture of life while receiving spiritual baptism. As a member of the working class, Wang Genying deeply felt oppression and exploitation. Therefore, she took the initiative to participate in the workers' movement in Shanghai, fighting for the legitimate rights of workers and against the capitalists.
In 1923, at the age of 17, Wang Genying was already the backbone of the Shanghai workers' movement.
At that time, 21-year-old Chen Geng went from his hometown of Hunan to Shanghai to study. While observing at Shanghai University, Chen Geng met Wang Genying in class. When he first met Wang Genying, Chen Geng actually had a good feeling for her in his heart. He was deeply attracted by Wang Genying's tenacity, bravery, and righteousness.
However, at that time, Wang Genying was still relatively young, and Chen Geng did not dare to bother. Until 1927, Wang Genying, a representative of the workers' movement in Shanghai, went to Wuhan to attend a conference. Here, Wang Genying met Chen Geng again. At this time, Chen Geng had just returned from studying in the Soviet Union and was appointed by Tang Shengzhi as the battalion commander of the special agent battalion.
After meeting again, Chen Geng was more certain of his feelings for Wang Genying, so Chen Geng did not hesitate to express his heart to her. He wrote a letter in which he confessed all his admiration. However, Wang Genying did not accept Chen Geng's love.
Wang Genying, who has always devoted himself to the cause of revolution, did not think of getting married and starting a family at all. More importantly, Chen Geng's straightforward courtship made her feel uncomfortable, and she thought that Chen Geng was not cautious enough and too hasty for lifelong events.
Therefore, in order to punish Chen Geng for his recklessness and maintain his dignity, Wang Genying posted Chen Geng's letter on the wall, hoping to make Chen Geng dispel the idea of being with her.
Unexpectedly, Chen Geng did not give up, and still persevered in writing a letter to Wang Genying, proving that he was not acting impulsively. However, the second love letter is on the wall again. Wang Genying originally thought that his rudeness and pretense would make Chen Geng retreat. However, Chen Geng was interested in such a unique Wang Genying.
After the run-in of time, gradually, Wang Genying finally felt Chen Geng's sincerity. After receiving the third love letter from Chen Geng's trustees, Wang Genying finally decided to accept Chen Geng's feelings.
In June 1927, the two held a simple wedding ceremony at the Wuhan military camp, officially announcing their union. After that, the three love letters that were made public by Wang Genying were rumored to be good stories for a while.
Second, there are fewer gatherings and more, but the love of husband and wife is often there
After the new marriage, Wang Genying and her husband still ran around for revolutionary work. In July, Wang Genying was transferred back to Shanghai to work underground, while Chen Geng went south to fight.
In October, during the Battle of Huichang, Chen Geng was wounded in the left leg by enemy bullets and almost died. Therefore, the party organization sent him to Shanghai to be treated, and the husband and wife were able to reunite.
During Chen Geng's illness, Wang Genying did not abandon him and took good care of her husband's life. Although Wang Genying herself is also busy with her daily work, she has never snubbed her husband because of this. From dressing and eating to seeking medical treatment, Wang Genying was always with Chen Geng.
For his wife's efforts, Chen Geng was very touched and very distressed. He feared that his legs would be crippled and drag Wang Genying down. Fortunately, under the treatment of the niu brothers, Chen Geng quickly recovered his health.
Considering the relationship between Wang Genying and Chen Geng, the party organization let Chen Geng stay in the Shanghai Central Special Branch, and the husband and wife no longer had to endure the pain of lovesickness.
In order to let Chen Geng adapt to the living environment in Shanghai as soon as possible, Wang Genying often took him around in various streets and lanes. In his spare time, Wang Genying would also teach Chen Geng to speak Shanghainese. Although the two have lived in different places since childhood, and their living habits are quite different, the two are very harmonious after marriage, and their love is very much.
In 1929, Wang Genying gave birth to a son for Chen Geng and named him Zhifei. A small family of two adds another touch of joy.
Since then, although the two have gone through several clutches and gathered less and more, the marital love has not been reduced by half a point.
On August 26, 1937, Wang Genying and Chen Geng were reunited in Yunyang. By this time, four years had passed since the last time the two had met. During this period, Wang Genying was arrested and imprisoned, tortured to the end, and Chen Zhifei was sent to his grandmother's house for foster care. A few days later, the couple separated again. Chen Geng went to Yan'an to fight, and Wang Genying studied at the Party School of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.
Although in different places, both were working for the War of Resistance Against Japan. After the party school's course, Wang Genying was transferred to the 129th Division, which was Chen Geng's division. However, due to the continuous war, the husband and wife rarely saw each other.
In 1939, Wang Genying met Chen Geng's troops at Guantao. The two were overjoyed and talked late at night. Because the next day Chen Geng was going to lead his troops to Xiangchenggu. Although the husband and wife have become accustomed to parting, they never expected that this time it was the trick of the two.
Third, Wang Genying was sacrificed
On March 8, 1939, Wang Genying followed the supply troops to rest in Wangjia Village, Nangong County, when he was suddenly attacked by the Japanese army. Suddenly, the supply troops were unprepared, and the Japanese army seemed to have been planning for a long time, accurately clearing every stronghold. The situation is very critical, and everyone has to risk death to break through.
In order to allow the wounded to be safely transferred, Wang Genying gave up his horse to the wounded, planning to raid on foot himself. When Wang Genying ran with the guards to the entrance of the village, she suddenly found that the satchel she was carrying was not brought out. The satchel contained classified documents and public funds from the troops. Wang Genying ignored the persuasion of the crowd and tried to run back to the village to get a satchel.
After some arduous searching, Wang Genying finally found a satchel in the house where he had hidden before. As she was about to run outside with her satchel, the Japanese army spotted her and surrounded her. Wang Genying guarded the satchel and preferred to die unyieldingly. So the enemy began to fire mercilessly at her with machine guns, and after she fell to the ground, he poked her several times with his bayonet.
When the comrade arrived, Wang Genying, who was lying in a pool of blood, was already unconscious, still clutching his satchel in his arms, and refused to let go. When the troops took Wang Genying to the field hospital, Wang Genying had already died because of excessive blood loss. This year, Wang Genying was only 33 years old.
After Chen Geng learned of this bad news, if he was shocked by thunder, he was filled with grief and indignation, and it was difficult to restrain himself. He clutched the telegram in his hand and said nothing, tears streaming down his eyes. The political commissar next to him had never seen Chen Geng look like this, and he couldn't help but cry.
In his diary, Chen Geng expressed his unforgettable love for Wang Genying and his grief. For Chen Geng, the ordinary March 8 carried all his grief and indignation.
For more than a month after that, Chen Geng lost his beloved wife and even interrupted the habit of writing a diary that he had developed for a long time. When he opened the diary again, the first sentence he wrote down with his pen was: Gen Ying died, and I kept the festival for three years to mourn my wife. The big husband is affectionate as such.
Later, Chen Geng did not break his promise and did not marry for three years. For more than a thousand days and nights, the voice and smile of his wife Wang Genying often appeared in front of Chen Geng's eyes, until another woman named Fu Ya came to Chen Geng's side, and he smiled a little more.
Despite this, Chen Geng had never forgotten Wang Genying. Chen Zhifei said that before his father Chen Geng died, he had asked his children to bury him with Wang Genying. It can be seen that in Chen Geng's heart, Wang Genying has always occupied a lot of weight.
Text/Genki Girl QMQ
Resources:
1. "The Conjugal Love of General Chen Geng", Wang Qian
2. "The Life and Death Love between General Chen Geng and Wang Genying", Ma Hongjiao
3. "The Unknown Chivalrous Tenderness of the Founding General Chen Geng", Liu Gonghu
4. "The Beloved Affection of the Famous General Chen Geng", Xu Tinghua