In March 1933, Chen Geng, who was treated for a leg injury in Shanghai, was unfortunately targeted by traitors. Chen Geng felt a little hairy in his heart, and looked behind him, just in front of his sharp eyes. Chen Geng recognized this person and immediately threw up his legs and ran out desperately, and the traitors followed closely behind him.
The Whampoa Military Academy had this to say: "Jiang Xianyun's pen and He Zhihan's mouth are not as fast as Chen Geng's legs!" "Even if Chen Geng's legs are fast, they must be good legs." Now that Chen Geng's leg injury has not healed, who can run past an ordinary person? Without any suspense, Chen Geng was put in prison, and when the patrols saw Chen Geng, they were shocked and asked, "Are you Chen Geng?" Aren't you Mr. Wang? "It turns out to be all old knowledge!
Soon, Chen Geng was escorted to Nanchang, and Chiang Kai-shek personally came to see him and induced him: "Benefactor, don't think about it!" As long as you come over and are willing to lead the troops, you can choose a division at will. Chen Geng said emphatically, "I will not be your official!" Why did the patrols know Chen Geng but call him "Mr. Wang"? Why was Chen Geng a benefactor of Chiang Kai-shek? What serious consequences would Chen Geng have if he refused Chiang Kai-shek's invitation? Let's look back slowly.
The Whampoa Military Academy is on the edge
Chen Geng was born in 1903 in Xiangxiang, Hunan Province, to a family of honest people. When he was 6 years old, his father sent him to a private school to study the Four Books and the Five Classics. When Chen Geng was 13 years old, his father accepted the new idea and sent him to the prefectural Dongshan Higher Primary School to study. This was also the school that Mao Zedong had attended, which provided an ineffable fate for the two to form a deep friendship in the future.
Chen Geng was born active and active, came here from a dull private school, like a caged bird, and saw a new world. Chen Geng, who likes science, music, English, thirst for knowledge, and is not satisfied, has achieved excellent results in the new-style school, and soon after entering the class, he ranked at the top of the class.
A year later, because his parents arranged an arranged marriage for him, Chen Geng ran away from home in a fit of anger and vowed never to come back. He followed his father's old path, signed up for the army, and joined a regiment with Peng Dehuai. At the bottom of the warlord's troops, Chen Geng witnessed the truth of the officers' fraud, corruption, and determination not to join the warlords and run away again.
After leaving the Xiang Army, Chen Geng entered the self-study university founded by Mao Zedong and had direct and close contact with the revolutionary group led by Mao Zedong. In December 1922, at the age of 19, Chen Geng joined the Communist Party. This rebel of the old era has since embarked on the road of fighting for the cause of the liberation of the people.
In 1923, Sun Yat-sen established the three major policies of uniting Russia, uniting with the Communist Party, and supporting peasants and workers, reorganized the Kuomintang, and reached the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. In May of the following year, the Whampoa Military Academy, a product of the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, was established, with Chiang Kai-shek as the president and Zhou Enlai as the director of the political department, and "going to Whampoa" became the most popular slogan among the vast number of progressive youth. According to the instructions of the party organization, Chen Geng became the first batch of cadets of the Whampoa Military Academy.
Save Old Chiang on the way to the Eastern Crusade
After 7 months of hard training at the Whampoa Military Academy, Chen Geng graduated with outstanding results and was retained as the company commander of the second enlisted student company and the deputy captain of the third undergraduate group. In February 1925, Chen Geng actively participated in the First Crusade. After the war broke out, the Crusade Army, with the Huangpu students as the main force, cooperated with the peasant army led by the communist Peng Pan, and everywhere it went, the momentum was like a bamboo, and everything went smoothly. Soon, the news of Sun Yat-sen's death came, and the soldiers, in the face of great sorrow, won the victory of the First Crusade in late March.
Pictured| Sun Yat-sen
On October 1, the Kuomintang and the Communists cooperated in the Second Crusade. Zhou Enlai led the 1st Division to attack Haifeng and the 3rd Division to Huayang. As the enemy far exceeded ours, the 3rd Division was in trouble. Chiang Kai-shek rushed to Huayang and sent Chen Geng to the front to convey the order that "no retreats are allowed." The revolutionary army stubbornly resisted for a while, and by the time Chiang Kai-shek arrived, the 3rd Division was no longer able to form an army.
Chiang Kai-shek was furious and said to Chen Geng: "You acting division commander, assemble the team, and resist quickly!" "But at this time, it was already powerless to return to the sky, the enemy's killing sound was deafening, approaching step by step, and the entire unit of the 3rd Division was like a honeycomb that had been stabbed, scattering and fleeing, where could it still take care of resistance? Where else can commander Chiang Kai-shek be taken care of?
Chiang Kai-shek stood where he was, lonely and bitter, looking at the defeated situation in front of him, and could not help but feel sad and burst into tears. Just as he was about to look for a short sight, Chen Geng arrived and shouted, "Commander-in-Chief! "Pulling Chiang Kai-shek aside to stop him from committing suicide." As the saying goes: it is better to die than to live. Wanting to commit suicide is just a matter of thought, and since someone has come to save him, Chiang Kai-shek is not ready to die. But he couldn't get over his face, and continued to cry and weep there, dying and living.
Chen Geng patiently advised him: "Commander, don't think about it! We leave this place for the time being, save our lives, reorganize the army, and make a comeback. As soon as Chiang Kai-shek heard this, there were steps to go down, and he no longer committed suicide. Chen Geng picked up Chiang Kai-shek on his back, settled him in a temporary safe place, and gathered some of the scattered people and horses to wait for Zhou Enlai's rescue.
Due to the heavy losses in this battle, they lost contact with Zhou Enlai, and there was no radio at the time, so they had to send people to deliver letters. But who's going to send it? There were enemy troops everywhere, and the officers who had just come out of danger were like birds of prey, unwilling to take this risk. Chen Geng couldn't look at it, stood up and said, "I'll go!" Chiang Kai-shek was angry at the incompetence of his cronies, and when he saw Chen Geng stand up, he was very moved.
This young man had just worked hard to save himself, and now he was going to go on a dangerous trip, and Chiang Kai-shek felt very embarrassed and said to Chen Geng: "You are too hard! He immediately took out his handwritten letter and handed it to Chen Geng and instructed him to send it to Zhou Enlai.
After Zhou Enlai saw the letter, he immediately sent a troop to take Chiang Kai-shek back. It was precisely because of Chen Geng's rescue that He forgot his life and death that Chiang Kai-shek saved his life, and he could not help but treat Chen Geng differently. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek did not know that Chen Geng had joined the Communist Party, and he was bent on wooing him, and also transferred him to his side as a staff officer.
Pictured| Chiang Kai-shek
When Chiang Kai-shek learned that Chen Geng had joined the Communist Party, he took strict precautions against him. One day, a roster was spread out on Chiang Kai-shek's desk, and Chen Geng took a closer look: "This is a Communist, and we can't let him lead troops." These red letters are marked on the side of their names. Chen Geng reported the situation to Zhou Enlai. Zhou En came up with the idea and said, "You write a note to resign and see how he reacts." ”
After Chiang Kai-shek saw the leave slip, he said in his heart: "Broken! He must have known something. He looked up at Chen Geng and asked gloomily, "What did you see from me?" Chen Geng did not answer. The next day, Chen Geng received travel expenses, ferry tickets, and a letter of appointment from Lao Jiang.
Chen Geng's "god leg" wants to amputate?
In September 1926, the Party Central Committee secretly sent Chen Geng to the Soviet Union to study political defense work, along with Gu Shunzhang. In February 1927, Chen and Gu completed their studies and returned to Shanghai. Chen Geng traveled to Nanchang and found Chiang Kai-shek. He didn't know about Chen Geng going to the Soviet Union to study, so when he met him, he asked, "Where have you been?" Chen Geng said: "I have been doing secret work in Shanghai. ”
Chiang Kai-shek gritted his teeth and sharpened his knife behind his back; on the surface, he was silent, very kind to Chen Geng, gave him a large amount of money, and also issued a "special pass" to see him at any time. During this time, Chen Yi met Jiang Xianyun, who secretly told him: "You hurry up and leave, Chiang Kai-shek is going to betray the revolution." Later, Chen Geng met Deng Yanda on the street, and he also advised Chen Geng to leave quickly to avoid Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy.
Chen Geng understood the seriousness of the matter, bid farewell to Deng Yanda, obtained the consent of the organization, and went up the river to Wuhan. Sure enough, on April 12, Chiang Kai-shek launched a coup d'état and hunted down Communists everywhere, and cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists broke down. On August 1, the Nanchang Uprising began, and Chen Yi served as a defender at the General Headquarters of the Uprising.
Later that month, our army exchanged fire with the enemy near Huichang. At the moment of the first attack, Chen Geng led the 1st Battalion straight in, launched an attack on the enemy, and quickly attacked three hills. Because the troops that had planned to attack on both flanks did not arrive on time, Chen Geng's troops went deep alone. Four regiments of the enemy army packed up, and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., there were no reinforcements at all.
Pictured| Chen Geng
The enemy army frantically attacked our army with overwhelming superiority, and Chen Geng ran out of ammunition and had to retreat. Chen Geng walked to the back, and suddenly a bullet hit his left leg, and Chen Geng "snapped" and fell to his knees. The tendons were broken, the bones were broken, and the pain was so severe that it was impossible to move, let alone walk. The enemy was in desperate pursuit, and Chen Geng quickly took off his uniform, rolled down the mountain, and fell into the ravine, and the blood on his left leg was direct, and he even stained the water in the ravine red.
Lu Dongsheng, who had been following Chen Geng, jumped down to take care of him, and Chen Geng was busy persuading him to leave, but Lu Dongsheng was worried and refused to leave. As the enemy drew closer and closer, Chen Geng made a clever move, burrowed into the grass, held his breath, and lay straight there. The enemy walked up to him and kicked him hard, seeing that he had no reaction, thinking that Chen Geng was dead. After the enemy left, Chen Geng was afraid that the enemy would turn back and did not dare to move.
After about three hours, Ye Ting's troops counterattacked. Chen Geng heard the voice, secretly opened his eyes, saw that the visitor was wearing a red belt around his neck, and shouted happily: "It is his own person." Lu Dongsheng heard the shouting and also emerged from the grass, and they lifted Chen Geng and continued to move forward. After returning to Huichang City, Chen Geng, who had escaped death, said to Zhou Enlai and other comrades: "I just went to report to Marx, and he said that my task was not yet completed, and he drove me back. Everyone laughed.
Chen Geng, who was seriously injured, was taken to Changting Hospital, and Fu Lianzhang carefully examined his wounds, and finally shook his head and said, "Prepare for amputation." Chen Geng was stunned: "Amputation? He changed his usual playful expression, hugged his knees tightly, and said, "I am very difficult not to die, and I have worked hard to escape, but I did not come to saw my legs!" No, no, no, you can't do that! ”
Chen Geng who lost his leg or Chen Geng? For a lively and active person like Chen Geng, losing his legs and not being able to run around is simply killing him, saying that he will not amputate his limbs at all, and insisting on the coexistence of people and legs. Fu Lianzhang could not resist Chen Geng and finally followed his own opinion and decided to adopt conservative treatment.
Picture | Fu Lianzhang
In terms of medical conditions at the time, conservative treatment was much more risky than amputation, could be life-threatening, and had to endure very human-tolerable flesh and skin. At that time, there were very few anesthetics, and when dealing with the rotten flesh on the side of Chen Geng's wound, he trembled in pain and did not hum, so many times. Although he experienced many pains that were worse than death, Chen Geng's legs were finally saved.
During the treatment, Chen Geng often bragged to the female nurses without incident: "My leg is a god leg." "How did the god leg still go to the hospital?" The nurses asked rhetorically. "The enemy is Ming's jealousy, my god's leg is hated by people, how can they be willing not to shoot a shot?" After speaking, Chen Geng said: "It can be regarded as a preservation, or a god leg." ”
When he was about to be discharged from the hospital, Chen Geng thanked Fu Lianzhang for saving his legs, took his hand and said, "Comrade Fu, thank you!" I wish you a happy birthday every year from now on! Chen Geng said every word, the horse was difficult to chase, the birthday was blessed every year, rain or shine, sometimes he personally came to the door, sometimes he wrote letters of congratulations. Until his death in 1961, he also specially instructed his family: "Remember to celebrate Dr. Fu's birthday every Mid-Autumn Festival." Fu Lianzhang joined the Communist Party under the influence of Chen Geng and became the patron saint of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and others during the Long March.
In the special branch, Chen Geng was unfortunately imprisoned
In April 1928, Chen Geng joined the Central Special Branch organized by our party in Shanghai. In addition, the Central Special Branch has set up a red team to eliminate traitors. In order to grasp the enemy's situation in a timely manner, an intelligence section was set up, and Chen Geng assumed the pseudonym Wang Yong as the chief of the intelligence section.
The affairs of the Intelligence Section were jointly managed by Chen Geng and Gu Shunzhang. During this period, the traitors Bai Xin and his wife were eliminated. Just when the foundations of the Shanghai underground organization became more and more solid, one person surrendered to the enemy and made all his efforts fall short.
In April 1931, Gu Shunzhang came to Wuhan, ignored discipline and mixed with a dancer, and after spending the money, he practiced the art of making money - magic. When performing the trick, Gu Shunzhang was caught by the Kuomintang agents, don't look at this person's high position and power, but inside is a complete soft bone. Before the enemy could torture him, Gu Shunzhang directly confessed his identity and frantically provided secret reports to the Kuomintang.
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"Gu Shunzhang has rebelled!" Chen Geng immediately reported to Zhou Enlai. That night, the Party Central Committee, the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, and other organs all withdrew urgently. The next day, the enemy began to search the whole of Shanghai, patrolling the streets and alleys, not sparing a single suspicious person.
Pictured| Chen Geng
When a large number of agents took the information provided by Gu Shunzhang and swung into the destination, they had already gone to the empty building. Gu Shunzhang's rebellion caused huge losses to our party: a large number of leaders were killed, the party organization was seriously damaged, most of the Shanghai cadres were evacuated, and the children raised in Datong Kindergarten were living on the streets.
In October 1932, Chen Geng came to Shanghai to heal his wounds, but was later targeted and arrested by traitors. From 1928 to 1931, Chen Geng had been doing secret work in Shanghai, often dealing with concession patrols, Kuomintang agents and spies. When the patrols saw Chen Geng, they were shocked: "Aren't you Mr. Wang?" Knowing that Wang Yong was Chen Geng, everyone was dumbfounded.
After Chen Geng was imprisoned, Chiang Kai-shek always wanted to win him over. Chen Geng had already laid down a heart and fought against the Kuomintang reactionaries to the end. On the way to Nanchang, whether in a hotel or on a steamship, whenever there was an opportunity, Chen Geng would publicize to the masses the Communist Party's revolutionary proposition of saving the country and saving the people. Chen Geng had always been eloquent, and the listeners were all moved by it, and as soon as the enemy saw that the situation was not right, he locked Chen Geng in a hotel room and prevented him from coming out to make contact with the masses.
Two days after Chen Geng arrived in Nanchang, Chiang Kai-shek sent Deng Wenyi to persuade him to surrender. Chen Geng saw Deng Wenyi bragging about Chiang Kai-shek, couldn't stand it, and interrupted him with a loud voice. On the third day, Chiang Kai-shek personally came to see Chen Geng and pretended to be affectionate and said: "Chen Geng, although you have made mistakes in politics, I know that you are a good student, and I am willing to forgive you." Chen Geng interrupted him and said, "I don't need your forgiveness." ”
Chiang Kai-shek awkwardly changed the subject and said, "Where have you been in the past two years?" How's it going? How did you get here? "Didn't I get here by you?" Chen Geng said sarcastically without mercy. "Misunderstandings are all misunderstandings." Chiang Kai-shek defended: "Everyone is a Huangpu person, we should unite to save the country, and the Huangpu principal will never kill the Huangpu people." Besides, you saved my life, and I remember it in my heart!" ”
Pictured| Chiang Kai-shek
Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek was so hypocritical, Chen Geng said emphatically: "I will not be your official, I will kill if I want, and I will not have any illusions about me." Chiang Kai-shek thought he had taken a step back, but he did not expect that Chen Geng was not appreciative, and he was not lightly angry, pointing at Chen Geng and shouting: "You have this attitude!" You should repent! ”
Chiang Kai-shek could not step down, pointed to Deng Wenyi, who was present, and said, "You should persuade him well!" Then, angrily lifting his feet and leaving, Chen Geng shouted at him with an awe-inspiring heroism: "I will never betray the party and surrender to you!" ”
Chen Geng was as hard as a stone, and Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to escort him back to Nanjing. After a month of torture in Nanjing, Chen Geng was taken to another cell. Chiang Kai-shek allowed him to walk the streets in the "company" of the guards, and taking advantage of this relaxed opportunity, Chen Geng reconnected with the party organization. Soon after, Chen Geng finally escaped from the clutches of the enemy.
In the early morning of March 16, 1961, General Chen Geng closed his eyes forever. Until his death, he was still worried about the cause of the motherland, and Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping and others burst into tears. Zhou Enlai pounded his knees and said, "He is only 58 years old, why did he leave us so early..."