General Chen Geng is a legendary figure in our army, and he can be called a "generalist", who can not only lead the troops to fight on the battlefield, but also show his skills on the secret front, and also has outstanding merits in the cause of education.
In addition, the two marriages of General Chen Geng are also very legendary, and his two wives are also heroes and heroines, which is admirable.
Chen Geng's first wife, Wang Genying, was originally a female worker in a spinning factory in Shanghai, and later joined the revolution, showing a very positive performance, which also attracted Chen Geng's attention and developed love for her.
Chen Geng has always been humorous and funny, when attending a conference, he actually wrote a love letter to Wang Genying at the venue and let people pass it on to her, but wang Genying mistakenly thought that it was light and thin, and even pasted the three love letters written by Chen Geng on the wall in public, which made Chen Geng very embarrassed.
Later, Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao learned of this matter and criticized Chen Geng for being too reckless, but Zhou Enlai and his wife also felt that Chen Geng and Wang Genying were a good match, so they became matchmakers, and finally let the two get married.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Geng led the 386th Brigade to attack the Japanese Kou everywhere, and Wang Genying also actively participated in the War of Resistance behind the enemy lines, but unfortunately, in a Japanese Kou sweep in 1939, Wang Genying died heroically in order to cover everyone's retreat, at the age of 33.
Chen Geng was in pain and vowed to keep the festival for his wife for three years.
After Chen Geng, who has always been cheerful, suffered from this blow, his spirit was very bitter, and he was much older, and everyone was very worried about him, so he actively introduced him to a new partner.
At this time, a young woman from the Cultural and Labor Troupe walked into Chen Geng's field of vision, that is, Fu Ya.
Fu Ya was 15 years younger than Chen Geng, born in 1918 in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, his ancestral home is Shangyu, Zhejiang, his father was a teacher, and his mother was a big girl in Suzhou, so Fu Ya received a good education from an early age and was also admitted to the private Oriental Middle School in Nanjing.
When the All-out War of Resistance Broke Out in 1937, Fu Ya was deeply inspired by patriotism, and coupled with the fact that her brother Fu Sen was also in Yan'an, Fu Ya and his younger siblings came to Yan'an to study at the Kang University.
Because Fu Ya was versatile and his appearance was outstanding, he entered the Anti-Japanese War Literary and Labor Troupe, performed for officers and men of the Eighth Route Army everywhere, and became acquainted with Chen Geng after being introduced.
After meeting Fu Ya, Chen Geng felt the warmth of spring again, and love began to sprout quietly, and while confessing to Fu Ya, Chen Geng also talked to her about his unforgettable marriage.
After Fu Ya listened, not only did he not mind, but he felt that Chen Geng was a hero with great affection and righteousness, and he was worth entrusting for life.
However, Chen Geng had vowed to keep the festival for his ex-wife for three years, so they met, tested each other for another three years, and if they still loved each other deeply, they would officially get married.
However, at this time, there was an accident, Fu Ya's brother was called Fu Sen, originally a revolutionary, but was suddenly exposed as a hidden agent of the Kuomintang, and as a result, Fu Ya and his younger siblings were also implicated, and the younger siblings had no choice but to leave Yan'an. However, because Fu Ya was very determined to be revolutionary and deeply in love with Chen Geng, he insisted on staying in the army.
However, in the revolutionary years, personal feelings were subordinated to the revolutionary cause, and love and marriage had to be approved by the organization, and as a result, because of Fu Sen's matter, the organization did not agree to the combination of Fu Ya and Chen Geng, which made both of them very sad.
Once, Fu Ya accompanied the Cultural and Labor Troupe to the headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, and Chen Geng all watched from the stage.
In the program of "Peacock Flying Southeast", Fu Ya played Liu Lanzhi, who was loyal to love, acted to the sad place, Fu Ya had a feeling and hair, and the poignant sadness of life and death was vividly performed, and the audience was all infected, one by one, tears flowed, and Chen Geng cried like a child.
Deng Xiaoping looked at Chen Geng's sad look and quietly said to Liu Bocheng: "Alas, Fu Ya is a good comrade, and her brother is her brother, how can Fu Ya be counted as a special suspect?" We have to fulfill them. ”
Liu Bocheng also deeply believed it.
In the end, thanks to the efforts of Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, the organization finally agreed to the combination of Chen Geng and Fu Ya, and the two held a simple wedding in February 1943.
On the night of the wedding, Chen Geng also solemnly agreed with Fu Ya on three chapters: first, respect Fu Ya's career and will not hinder her from continuing her artistic work; second, he will not transfer Fu Ya to his side as a secretary; third, he will always love her and never betray her.
Chen Geng did what he said, and although the husband and wife gathered less and left more for the sake of the revolution, they were always loyal and unswerving, and respected each other as guests.
Moreover, Fu Ya is also a very reasonable person, after Wang Genying's sacrifice, leaving a son Chen Zhifei and his old mother, Fu Ya cares about Chen Zhifei as much as his own flesh and blood, and often takes care of Wang Genying's old mother.
Chen Geng had been working hard for the revolution for a long time, and his physical and mental health had been severely damaged, and he finally died on March 16, 1961, at the age of 58.
At that time, Fu Ya was only 43 years old, but she did not choose to remarry, but raised her children alone.
In fact, Fu Ya has always had a heart affair for many years, that is, he misses his parents and brothers and sisters. After liberation, Chen Geng inquired from many sources through the Southern Bureau and learned that Fu Ya's family had left the mainland and gone to Taiwan. In that era, it was impossible for the two sides of the strait to have any contact, and Fu Ya could only silently bury his thoughts of his relatives in his heart.
In 1980, his sister who had moved to the United States returned to the motherland to visit her relatives, and the two sisters were reunited after decades of separation, and Fu Ya learned from his sister that his father was still worried about himself before he died, and asked his children to put their ashes into drifting bottles and throw them into the sea, and one day they could float back to the mainland and return to their roots.
Of course, the children will not really do this, this time the sister returned to the motherland, she brought the ashes of her parents back to her hometown for burial.
In addition, on behalf of her relatives in Taiwan, her sister invited Fu Ya to visit her relatives in Taiwan.
Because Fu Ya's status was special, and because the cross-strait estrangement was too long at that time, the concerns of all parties were very deep, and many people advised Fu Ya not to go, but Fu Ya felt that going to Taiwan to visit relatives was a beneficial thing in public and private, so he applied to the organization and was quickly approved by the organization.
In 1992, fu ya, who was seventy years old, finally set foot on the land of treasure island, and as soon as she got off the plane, she saw more than a dozen cars parked outside, all of which were brothers and sisters in Taiwan and her nephews and nephews came to greet her, which made her very moved.
Fu Ya's current visit to Taiwan has caused quite a stir on both sides of the strait and has become a good story of cross-strait friendship.
On January 4, 2010, the elderly Fu Ya completed his extraordinary life at the age of 92.
Before Fu Ya died, he also made a decision, which made people very emotional, that is, he proposed to send his ashes back to his hometown, be buried with his parents, and accompany his parents after death, while on the side of her husband Chen Geng, Fu Ya also hoped to move Wang Genying's ashes and reunite with Chen Geng.
I have to say that Fu Ya's high style, frankness and selflessness are really admirable!
Later, after consultation with Chen Geng's children, Chen Geng was sent back to General Chen Geng's hometown, Longdong Township, Xiangxiang City, Hunan Province, together with the ashes of Fu Ya, as well as the bones of Wang Genying, and the three were buried together.
(References: "General Chen Geng", "Xiaoxiang Morning Post", "Literature and History Expo")