In the book "Biography of the General of the People's Liberation Army" published by the People's Liberation Army Publishing House, she was regarded as a Red Army general without a military rank. In the Encyclopedia of Chinese Military Affairs, she was also identified as the only female general of the Red Army. Who is she?
On November 15, 1904, the Zhang family in Shimen Town, Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province, was overjoyed and named her Zhang Qinqiu. Zhang was richer than many people in the town, and her parents were open-minded, so she was able to go to school. She went to Hangzhou Women's Normal School and Shanghai Patriotic Girls' School founded by Cai Yuanpei. Through the introduction of friends, she met Shen Yanbing's younger brother Shen Zemin. In April 1921, Shen Zemin, under the introduction of his elder brother, joined the Shanghai Communist Group and became one of the first 50 party members before the formal establishment of our party. In the revolution, the two sparked a spark of love. In November 1924, Zhang Qinqiu also joined our party.
At the end of 1925, Zhang Qinqiu and Shen Zemin held a new-style wedding in Shanghai. After marriage, the two had a happy life. Soon, under the arrangement of the organization, Zhang Qinqiu, Wang Jiaxiang and more than 100 other people went to Moscow to study at Sun Yat-sen University. After Shen Zemin followed the Chinese staff representatives to Moscow to attend the International Workers' Congress, he also went to his wife's school to study. In 1930, the Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow was closed, and the two took a detour back to Shanghai. In order not to affect the revolutionary work, they resolutely left the child in the children's hospital in Moscow.
In May 1931, Zhang Qinqiu became the director of the political department of the Pengyang Military and Political School in the Eyu-Anhui Soviet District. At that time, there were very few female soldiers in the Red Army, let alone female instructors. She was both literate and martial, personally taught the girls to dance, and took them to train together. Later, after going to the Sichuan-Shaanxi revolutionary base area, she set up a four-front army troupe to give cultural lessons to the actors and take the actors to comfort the wounded and the soldiers of the troops. During the Long March, she successively served as director of the Political Department of the Red Fourth Front, member of the Northwest Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and other important positions, and became one of the main leaders of the Red Fourth Front.
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However, such a female general, who was born and died for the revolution and dedicated her life to China, was framed by the enemy in a special period. In 1968, Zhang Qinqiu was persecuted and slandered, and committed suicide by jumping off a building. After the turmoil, she was able to rehabilitate Zhaoxue.