Zhou Jiamu, the "red army lady" who sacrificed five relatives for the revolution

Zhou Jiamu

Zhou Jiamu, a native of Zhangdian, Shunhe West, Macheng. In the winter of 1927, her husband was arrested and killed for participating in the jute uprising.

In May 1928, she hid Wang Shusheng, who was being hunted down by the enemy, in her home, and let her eldest son Wang Zhengdao, pretending to be Wang Shusheng, escape from the house, after which Wang Zhengdao was killed by the enemy and hung at the gate of Xizhangdian City. Soon, she sent her second, third, and fourth sons into the revolutionary ranks. The second son was killed when the enemy cleared the countryside, and the third and fourth sons joined the Red Army and died in battle. Zhou Jiamu's home became the foothold of the Red Army, the liaison office of cadres, and she was called "Dry Lady" by the Red Army.

In August 1951, Wang Shusheng led a condolence group from the old revolutionary base area in the south of the central government back to her hometown of Macheng, walked dozens of miles of mountain road to visit her, and personally lifted a slider to send her to Wang Fudian to watch a play. She asked about the whereabouts of her third and fourth sons, and Wang Shusheng could not bear to tell him the news of their sacrifice. Many years later, Wang Shusheng sent money and goods to her in the name of her sons. Zhou Jiamu believed until his death that her sons were still alive.