The two sisters were The First Ren and the First Buddha
In September 1935, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized 141 regiments with a total strength of more than 300,000 Kuomintang troops, and heavily besieged the Red Second and Sixth Red Armies (later renamed the Red Second Front) with only 21,000 troops.
The Xiang'echuanqian base area, which He Long, Ren Bishi, and others had created and held, could not be defended, and the Red Army could only break through from the blockade and begin the Long March of the Red Second Front.
Since then, more than 10,000 Xiangxi disciples have embarked on a journey of ten thousand miles, and all the surviving officers and men of the Red Army have been separated from their hometowns for several years, and many of them have sacrificed on the Long March.
Born in Sangzhi County, Liao Hansheng, then a 24-year-old political commissar of the Red Army Division, did not return to visit his hometown for 30 years after the liberation of the country.
General Liao Hansheng
An important reason is that they cannot go back to face their fathers and countrymen in their hometowns, and many of their sons and husbands have sacrificed, and some people cannot even say where they were sacrificed.
Also in pain is He Long's wife, Jian Xianren, because she had just given birth to a lovely daughter 18 days ago.
Jian Xianren (April 1909 – July 2004) was a native of Cili County, Hunan Province. In September 1929, the 20-year-old Jian Xianren married He Long, who shared hardships and like-minded people, and married the couple.
He Long and Jian Xian
There are only two roads in front of us, one is to leave the newborn baby behind, foster care in the homes of ordinary people, and come back to look for them in the future.
The second is that she stayed with her children, and when the Red Army had a solid base, she returned to the ranks herself.
Their first daughter, Honghong, was born in 1930, and when she was pregnant, He Long led the Red Fourth Army on a crusade, leaving her to give birth in the mountains of western Hunan province.
Marshal He Long
In 1931, He Long led the army to leave the base area, and it was inconvenient for him to march with his children, so he stayed in Xiangxi to do underground work.
However, as soon as the main force of the Red Army left, the enemy frantically counterattacked the base areas and wantonly searched for the wounded, sick and family members of the Red Army.
In October 1934, Jian Xianren finally found the Red Army team that was missing day and night in day and night in day and night, and from the separation to the present, it lasted for 4 spring and autumn seasons.
On November 1, 1935, He Long fought a great victory, Jian Xianren had just given birth to a daughter, and Wang Zhen, the political commissar of the Red Sixth Army, sent a congratulatory telegram with the words "Congratulations to Vice Chairman He for giving birth to a mortar." He Long was very happy after reading it and laughed loudly.
He Long father and daughter
Later, Xiao Ke, the commander of the Red Sixth Army, named he Jiesheng's daughter He Jiesheng, which means "born when the battle is won." ”
Now, no matter what, the newborn daughter cannot be discarded, and no matter who comes to persuade her, this strong female Red Army just does not agree, and she embarks on a journey of ten thousand miles with her 19-day daughter.
This daughter of the Red Army, who grew up in a bamboo basket, was the youngest member of the Red Army's Long March team, and although Xiao Jiesheng was thin and weak, she remained in the arms of her predecessors until she reached northern Shaanxi in victory.
It is worth mentioning that xiao Ke, the commander of the Red Sixth Army, was married to Xiao Ke, the sister of the first sister of the Long March, and was pregnant when the Long March set off, but still insisted on following the team forward.
Xiao Ke and Jian Xian Buddha
On the first day of crossing the meadow, in a dilapidated earthen castle, Jian Xianren personally delivered the baby, and they gave the child a commemorative name - Baosheng, the son born in the meadow "earthen castle"
It is hard to imagine that this female soldier marching with an infant later became the first person in the Red Second Front to reach northern Shaanxi.
Subsequently, Jian Xianren also arrived in northern Shaanxi with his one-year-old daughter Xiao Jiesheng in victory — two Red Army mothers who created a miracle in the Long March.
Xiao Ke's eldest son, Xiao Baosheng, was born on the edge of a dangerous meadow, and eventually arrived in Yan'an with difficulty, and was sent back to his hometown in Hunan during the War of Resistance. However, unfortunately, later the Japanese army air raided Hunan, and Xiao Baosheng was unfortunately killed, which also became an eternal pain in the hearts of Xiao Ke and his wife.
Shaw, The Buddha and the Children
After carrying his children on his back, he was praised by Zhou Enlai as the "Sister Flower of the Long March".
The Jian sisters' hometown is in the north street of Cili County, Hunan, and their father is named Jian Chengyan, an enlightened businessman with a wealthy family.
In addition to the eldest daughter, the other 6 children were sent to school, the second is called Xianren, the third is called Xianfo, the fourth is called Xianwei, and the fifth is called Xianchao.
The old four brothers and the old five brothers were both sacrificed after participating in the revolution.
He Long divorced he long in the middle of the War of Resistance Against Japan, never married, and after liberation, he served in the local government, resumed his work in 1978, and served as deputy secretary general of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He died in 2004 at the age of 96.
The old man who stomped on the Buddha
Jian Xianfo (july 1916-), married Xiao Ke at the age of 19, and the couple had a deep love affair. General Xiao Ke died at the age of 102, and now he is 104 years old and still in good health!
The couple's only youngest son, Xiao Xinghua, was a former major general in the People's Liberation Army and is now retired.
He Jiesheng was awarded the rank of major general in 1996, the director of the Military Encyclopedia Research Department of the Academy of Military Sciences, and a military writer.
General He Jiesheng
In 2013, he won the Outstanding Prose Award of the People's Literature Award for "Father's Snow Mountain, Mother's Meadow".
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