On March 8, 1939, Chen Geng was the commander of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and at this time he was leading his fighters across the Pinghan Line to the west to pursue the Japanese army.
At this time, the political commissar came to him with a telegram in his hand, and was silent for a long time, his mouth open and closed, still without a word. Chen Geng looked at the strange behavior of his comrades-in-arms and asked very simply, "What the hell happened?" ”
The political commissar sighed, and very reluctantly handed the telegram to Chen Geng and said, "Look at it." The content of the telegram was very short, but Chen Geng read it for a long time, clutching the telegram and newspaper for a long time without speaking.
And the telegram wrote the news of the heroic sacrifice of his wife Wang Genying.
The young female worker leader, Pu Yu, was transformed into a treasure jade
Wang Genying was born in 1906, his original name was Shu xin, and he was born in an ordinary family in Shanghai.
Her family is very poor, Wang Genying in the small age of early to undertake the task of housework and money-making, when she was eight years old, the little Wang Genying followed his sister-in-law to the yarn factory to learn the wiring head, the short figure in the spinning mill back and forth busy work, but also often hungry and scolded, life is very hard.
At the age of 11, Wang Genying became a skilled worker and went to Hengfeng Spinning Factory to do child labor. After another five years, she took the place of someone else and became a formal female worker at the Jardine Mill. Jardine Mill is one of the earliest factories opened by British businessmen in Shanghai, mainly producing Lanlong brand cotton yarn, which is relatively famous in China.
The heavy work did not numb Wang Genying, she was always looking for opportunities to improve herself, firmly believing that fate needed to be grasped by herself.
The opportunity has finally arrived.
As soon as the news of the establishment of the Si En Compulsory Night School by the Party Branch of Hudong District came out, Wang Genying learned that workers could enroll for free and immediately enrolled. In this way, during the day, I worked hard in the workshop and did the work of weaving. At night, I lifted my spirits again, ran to the night school to read and read, and accepted the baptism of new ideas.
Here, Wang Genying saw a different world, people do not have to endure humiliation and live every day, every Chinese is the owner of this land. Japan's aggression requires every people to raise the banner of resistance, and only by defending the country can every ordinary person live a peaceful and happy life.
The young and immature Wang Genying was impressed, she eagerly studied the school's books and materials, and in the ocean of knowledge, she saw a world wider than the largest workshop.
Wang Genying's excellence and enthusiasm are well known throughout the factory. Everyone knows that this little female worker is working hard and learning harder. Therefore, when electing the secretary of the league branch of the first Communist Youth League branch of the spinning mill, Wang Genying was elected.
In 1924, under the leadership of the Hudong District Committee of the Communist Party of China, Wang Genying organized the first full-scale general strike, in which more than 7,000 people participated in the parade. The 18-year-old girl's abilities made the organization quickly notice her.
Later, Wang Genying actively participated in many patriotic movements, and was once targeted and imprisoned for leading workers on strike. But she never changed her original intention, and in 1924, she joined the Socialist Communist Youth League and served as the secretary of the league branch.
In 1925, Wang Genying joined the Communist Party of China.
During the May Thirtieth (sa) Movement, Wang Genying once again led the workers of the whole factory to take to the streets to seek justice for the workers who died in vain, and to make foreign businessmen face up to the demands of Chinese workers. The strike lasted 118 days, and in the end, the management agreed to the demands of the Chinese people.
In the three armed uprisings in Shanghai, Wang Genying was present, and she was also elected as a member of the Shanghai Provisional Government.
At this time, Chen Geng was working as a teacher at the workers' night school, while secretly collecting secret intelligence. Among the students, there was such an excellent and young worker leader, and Chen Geng naturally noticed Wang Genying.
Chen Geng had a marriage before he met Wang Genying, and it was the wife that his parents had set for him early on. Chen Geng, who had been educated in new ideas, naturally had difficulty accepting the lifelong determination of a woman he had never met, and he strongly opposed rejection. However, the feudal thinking of the family is difficult to change in a short period of time, moreover, the other party is the daughter of the landlord's family, and the conditions are very good in all aspects, so in desperation, Chen Geng fled to other places.
Chen Geng's parents could only send the woman back and give a compensation.
At the workers' night school, Chen Geng repeatedly showed his overtures to Wang Genying, and at this time, Wang Genying only longed for revolution and knowledge, and did not want to be distracted by personal feelings. Chen Geng was not discouraged by this, but often ran to Wang Genying's home, chatted with the old man in fluent Shanghainese, and often praised Wang Genying's excellence in front of the old man.
Wang Genying once said: "Illiterate and uneducated are the most bitter, but where is the opportunity to read?" If you want to study, you can't work, and you can't live. I just looked forward to the book and sighed. ”
Although Wang Genying did not agree to Chen Geng's overtures, he did not show disgust and only immersed himself in study. Later, as Chen Geng's work in Shanghai ended, he could only regret leaving here.
But the fate of the two is not over.
Chen Geng "proposed marriage on paper", and the two became partners
In April 1927, the Fifth National Congress was held, and Wang Genying was also among the participants.
The guard battalion led by Chen Geng served as the guard for the meeting, and he was the minister of the Ministry of Security and one of the representatives.
Two years had passed, but Chen Geng had not forgotten this girl, and he did not want to miss Wang Genying again, so he made a bold move.
When Wang Genying was listening carefully to the report, he suddenly handed over a note, and Wang Genying opened the note curiously, only to see that it read: "Comrade Wang Genying, I love you!" I want to solemnly propose to you, and I hope you will marry me! Chen Geng. "
After Wang Genying received the note, he was first surprised, and then he was a little angry. She had a good impression of Chen Geng and hoped to have more contact with the other party, but because of this, Chen Geng's slightly casual way made her feel a little disappointed.
Therefore, Wang Genying directly turned around and pasted the note on the wall and continued to listen to the report.
Chen Geng's second note came again, still full of passionate courtship, writing: "Gen Ying, I love you!" I beg you to be my wife! "
Wang Genying's expression remained unchanged, and he turned around and pasted the note on the wall again.
Wang Genying's cold treatment did not scare Chen Geng away, but made Chen Geng more enthusiastic, and a third note came, which read: "Genying, I swear to marry you!" If you don't reach your goal, you won't give up! "
Wang Genying did not look at the contents of the note again, and directly pasted it on the wall.
These three notes caused an uproar, and everyone involved in the meeting knew that Chen Geng had written a note proposing wang Genying, and the note was directly pasted on the wall by the girl.
After Zhou Enlai learned about it, he found Chen Geng and criticized him, telling him that it was wrong to do so, and that such a direct recklessness would only make others feel disrespectful. Zhou Enlai's words made Chen Geng come back to God, and only then did he realize the embarrassment he had brought to Wang Genying. But things have reached such a situation, how to make up for it?
Zhou Enlai looked at Chen Geng who was at a loss in front of him, and secretly decided in his heart to match the two. Therefore, at the suggestion of Zhou Enlai, he and Deng Yingchao went to Wang Genying together to explain and communicate with her, and Wang Genying also understood Chen Geng's behavior and shyly nodded his head in agreement.
In this way, the two were officially married.
But soon after marriage, the two faced a long-distance relationship for a long time.
As a representative of Shanghai, Wang Genying was invited to attend the Fourth National Labor Congress, and participated in the International Workers' Labor Congress, and later, under the arrangement of the organization, Wang Genying returned to Shanghai to continue the work of underground intelligence.
At this time, Chen Geng, after the Nanchang Uprising, on the way to Guangdong, was seriously injured, shot in the leg and tibia, and his injuries were serious, and he went back and forth between many places for diagnosis and treatment, and only arrived in Shanghai two months later to see his wife.
Wang Genying, who stayed in Shanghai, has been waiting at home for the news of her husband, she already knows the news of Chen Geng's several bullets in his body, and she is worried, and when she sees Chen Geng, she is even more distressed and sad. The torment of illness and the bumps in the journey made Chen Geng lose a lot of weight, and Wang Genying took good care of Chen Geng while contacting the party organization to ask for help.
Under the arrangement of the organization, Chen Geng was sent to a professional orthopedic hospital in Shanghai for treatment, and with the help of Niu Huilin and Niu Huisheng, two brothers who were doctors, he finally saved his leg. Knowing this good news, Wang Genying, who has been strong and optimistic for many days, put his mind at ease.
In 1928, the Special Operations Section of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was established.
The Central Special Branch is mainly engaged in underground work, including intelligence gathering, political protection of high-level CCP figures, preventing high-level CCP figures from being arrested or assassinated by the National Government and public concession authorities, and carrying out infiltration activities against the National Government. Another important task of the Central Special Branch was to use assassination to punish former CCP members who had betrayed at that time and caused serious harm to the CCP. Central Turco existed from 1927 to 1935.
Chen Geng studied security in the Soviet Union and was appointed chief of the intelligence section. In order to keep your actions from doubt, the best thing is to live like an ordinary person. Couples living alone can easily arouse suspicion and concern.
Therefore, Chen Geng brought all the younger siblings in the family to Shanghai, and everyone lived together, and anyone who looked at them was an ordinary person who had settled down in Shanghai.
In 1929, Chen Geng and Wang Genying's first son was born, and the couple named him "Chen Zhifei".
The two are in the same heart, chen geng's wife, but also the mother of the extended family
After the birth of their son, in just three years, they moved five times, each time carefully choosing a location that was easy to escape.
And the long-term fearful life did not scare Wang Genying, she always took care of her son while educating Chen Geng's younger siblings, and did not want the turbulent life to make their education fall behind. But she is not only a virtuous helper, she often observes the situation near her home, will pay attention to every passing person and strange neighbors, she knows that Chen Geng works outside, and the safety of the family is on her shoulders.
Once, Chen Zhifei sneaked out of the house to play, encountered a patrol of Indian patrols, although he was young, but very agile to find that the Indian soldier's gun was not as good as his father's hidden gun under the pillow. But he was too young to know how to analyze it, and out of pride in his father, he said: "The gun of the red-headed Ah San is not as good as my Abba's gun!" ”
These words were heard by the three red-headed people, and they followed Zhifei to their home, and happened to run into Wang Genying, who was going out to look for his son. In the face of the Indian patrol's questioning, Wang Genying reacted quickly, pretending not to understand the stakes and replying: "Yes, there is a gun, which is the toy gun that his father bought for him at Yong'an Company." ”
Wang Genying reacted quickly and answered reasonably, so that the Indian soldiers believed her explanation, thinking that it was a child who could not distinguish between true and false before casually saying it.
In this way, Wang Genying defused the disaster at the door.
In 1931, Gu Shunzhang rebelled because Chen Geng was closely associated with Gu Shunzhang in order to protect him. The organization transferred him to other places, while Wang Genying stayed in Shanghai to continue to do underground work, and later, in order to better publicize and organize the anti-Japanese resistance, Wang Genying was so busy that he could only ask others to take care of his son.
Soon after, Chen Geng returned to Shanghai for treatment due to a leg injury.
Not long after the operation in the hospital, when he was able to go to the ground, Chen Geng was transferred to the Central Soviet District to work.
But her husband came back twice, both times he was seriously injured by bullets, wang Genying had been frightened by her husband's two serious injuries, and she wanted to accompany Chen Geng.
The organization had just agreed to the two of them acting together, but Chen Geng was imprisoned for betrayal by traitors. This made Wang Genying, who was already worried about her husband's injury, even more lost.
In early April, Wang Genying learned that Chen Geng had been escorted to Nanjing, and that long hours of running and sleeping for several days made Wang Genying fall down holding the child in front of his eyes. The child was caught in the foot, saved his life but broke his head, and Wang Genying, who fell downstairs, although injured, was still thinking about Chen Geng's safety.
After recuperating for two months, Wang Genyingcai got better.
But in December 1933, Wang Genying was arrested and imprisoned for betrayal by traitors, and was imprisoned in a prison in Nanjing.
Four years in prison, casting a "retrograde" warrior in the rain of guns and bullets
After a long period of no news, everyone thought that Wang Genying had been killed, until 1935, a school bag embroidered with "a thousand clouds up" was sent from prison to Chen Zhifei's hand, and everyone knew that Wang Genying was still alive, and she was still thinking about her son, hoping that her son would learn good culture and step on the clouds.
It was not until August 1937, under the operation of Zhou Enlai, that Wang Genying was released.
Chen Geng was in Yunyang at this time, and Wang Genying, who had just been released from prison, immediately went to reunite with Chen Geng.
On August 26, the couple finally said goodbye after many years, and the tears could not stop telling their inner thoughts.
Chen Geng wrote in his diary on that day: "Yesterday Genying arrived from Xi'an to the General Political Department of Yunyang, Comrade Xiaoping added dishes to celebrate for us, and set up another room so that we could have a long night of talks, and its happiness was better than the wedding night in Wuhan in 1927. Gen Ying spent 4 years in prison, painstakingly tasting, under the threat and temptation of the enemy, always adhered to the party's position without wavering. "
Later, the husband and wife, one in the front line to resist japan, one in the rear to study at the party school. After graduation, Wang Genying wanted to contribute to the front, so he made a request to his superiors. It was not until 1938 that the organization agreed to work as a political instructor at the Financial cadre school in the Taihang Mountains.
It was also after taking office that the couple had their first and last meeting.
It was on the way to the two teams that the two met unexpectedly.
Chen Gengyuan had already recognized Chao Si Twilight's lover, rushed over to hug Wang Genying, and said loudly: "Joy descended from heaven!" Hi from heaven! A Wang Genying fell from the sky. "
Wang Genying was embarrassed and said, "Look at your madness!" "
Chen Geng still smiled frankly and said, "Can't help it! "
But this is also the last warm moment of the husband and wife.
In 1939, the School of Financial and Economic Cadres received a surprise attack by the Japanese army, and in the process of transferring teachers, students and wounded, everyone was scattered by this sudden scourge. Wang Genying protected the wounded along the way, and for this reason, he also gave up a mule assigned to him to the wounded, while he broke through with the guard troops.
Seeing that he was about to flee the village, Wang Genying suddenly remembered that the bag containing public funds and confidential information was not taken, so he resolutely turned back to retrieve it.
At the moment when she left the village, the Japanese found her, and the bullets hit Wang Genying in the rain, and Wang Genying was swept down.
When the crisis passed, when the comrades returned to her, they found that she had been shot several times and had been cut by a bayonet in her abdomen.
This stubborn and clever girl, who was only 32 years old when she died, remained forever in the land of the revolution.
After Chen Geng learned of this news, he was grief-stricken and secretly resolved to keep the festival for his wife Wang Genying for three years.
Time did not erase the pain of losing his wife, Chen Geng suddenly fell down after the victory of the Hundred Regiments, sick for more than half a month, and when he was awake, he also chanted Wang Genying's name.
In 1946, Chen Geng found his son, who lived in poverty and worked as a child laborer in a factory, told his mother's story, and encouraged his son to go to school.
Chen Zhifei did not forget his mother's wish to "go up in a thousand clouds" and became an aerospace engineer.
Chen Geng did not consider starting a family until three years after Wang Genying's sacrifice, when the sympathetic Fu Ya appeared. Fu Ya admired Wang Genying and wanted to do something for Wang Genying, so after Chen Geng's death, she visited her former comrades-in-arms and wrote a biography for Wang Genying, "Serving the Country He Ji Daughter Body" to record her story.
Before his death, Fu Ya even instructed his children to bury Chen Geng and Wang Genying together, knowing that Wang Genying was an eternal pain in Chen Geng's heart, and wanted to fulfill this good general and the strange woman who sacrificed for the revolution.
Our peace today, how many predecessors carry the burden forward to achieve, cherish peace, cherish life, cherish every moment with their families, pay tribute to the heroic Chinese people!