One afternoon in mid-September 1941, Chairman Mao had just received a deputy Kuomintang commissioner and was about to invite him to the youth canteen for dinner; Jiang Zemin, as Chairman Mao's defense staff officer, was naturally among them.
However, by the time Chairman Mao arrived, it was clear that it was past dinner time, and a large group of people were gathered around in front of the east hall of the canteen, which attracted Chairman Mao's attention.
It turned out that the people around them came early to wait when they heard that Chairman Mao was coming to invite people to dinner, and they all longed to see Chairman Mao's side.
However, the sharp-eyed Jiang Zemin found a young man hiding behind him, which made Jiang Zemin's heart ring alarm bell, everyone was here to talk to Chairman Mao, what was he doing hiding behind him with a wooden stick? The vigilance of his profession kept him on the lookout for this strangely behaved youth.
When Chairman Mao waved goodbye to the crowd and was preparing to enter the canteen with one foot, Jiang Zemin watched him drag the wooden stick behind him and quickly rushed to Chairman Mao, and when the wooden stick was about to hit the back of Chairman Mao's head, Jiang Zemin rushed forward with an arrow and violently raised his right arm to block...
Jiang Zemin was ordered to be in danger
Jiang Zemin was born in Heishan County, Liaoning Province, northeast of the mainland, and after the September 18 Incident, Jiang Zemin, who was only 19 years old, resolutely joined the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army.
Perhaps it was the guidance of fate that he mistakenly came into contact with the underground members of the Communist Party of China and became a member of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army. Because he was clever and practical, he was quickly appreciated by the organization, and in 1935, in order to cultivate more revolutionary forces, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army decided to send him and another anti-Coalition fighter to the Eastern University of the Soviet Union for further study.
In the Soviet Union, Jiang Zemin was determined not to live up to the trust of the party organization, studied hard every day, and had a flexible memory of the advanced tactics of the Soviet Union, not only did he learn how to drive a tank, but also because this study abroad laid a good foundation for Jiang Zemin to become a commander of a tank unit in the future.
Two years later, Jiang Zemin successfully returned to China after completing his studies and became a rare revolutionary fighter in our party. Just at this time, the Kuomintang diehards set off their first anti-communist upsurge, and he Shaonan, the Kuomintang's anti-communist expert "friction commissioner," set up an assassination team, a stone team, and a stick team in the county town of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, hoping to use these assassins to be unfavorable to Chairman Mao.
After careful consideration and consideration by the organization, jiang Zemin was transferred from Chongqing to Yan'an to serve as Chairman Mao's defense staff officer, and before leaving, Zhu De stressed in a three-dimensional and five-headed manner: "You must remember that Chairman Mao's safety is the most important thing, and his safety is directly related to the development of the revolutionary cause and the strategic layout of the whole of China.
Jiang Zemin was very happy after listening to it, with a smile on his face and a look of disbelief, "Really? Did you really ask me to be the Chairman's defense staff officer? Guaranteed completion of the task". After saying that, he forgot to rush out of the door to pack his bags, and couldn't wait to go to Yan'an and go to Chairman Mao's side.
Meet Chairman Mao
After coming to Yan'an, Jiang Zemin first went to Chairman Mao to report, "Chairman, I have been ordered to report to you." After meeting Chairman Mao, Jiang Zemin could hardly hide his inner excitement, and he had a lot of things in his heart that he wanted to say to the chairman, but he was nervous and unable to speak.
"Sit down, Comrade Zemin, from now on my safety will depend on you, and we must cooperate well." Don't be so nervous, I heard that you went to the Soviet Union to study before, tell me what you learned. Chairman Mao's approachable words quickly drew the distance between the two men, and Jiang Zemin took a deep breath and began to recount what he had seen and heard in the Soviet Union.
When he came out of Chairman Mao's house, it was already very dark, and after coming into contact with Chairman Mao, he discovered the chairman's superiority, whether it was the amount of knowledge reserves or extraordinary conversation, which greatly shocked him, and he secretly swore in his heart that whether it was bloodshed or sacrifice, he would swear to die to protect Chairman Mao.
The next day, Jiang Zemin got up early in the morning, familiarized himself with Chairman Mao's accommodation environment and the surrounding terrain, and then began to make arrangements for Chairman Mao's daily affairs, so as to avoid "crashing" in time and allowing Chairman Mao to handle affairs in an orderly manner. Not only that, but after registering the visiting personnel, they should ask Chairman Mao whether to receive them.
Chairman Mao often went out to attend various strategic meetings, listening to reports and making reports was already a common thing, and sometimes he could not squeeze out time to eat; As a defense staff officer, Jiang Zemin always followed around to avoid accidents with Chairman Mao, and planned the line and time in advance to ensure the smooth progress of Chairman Mao's work.
Once, Brigadier Wang Zhen returned from the front to report to Chairman Mao on his work and made an appointment to meet him the next afternoon, but the next morning, because Chairman Mao had cut in the line after Luo Ruiqing had gone to make a report, Jiang Zemin stood aside and said, "Chairman, Brigadier Wang Zhen has already made an appointment with you in the afternoon, and the time will be too late." After listening to this, the chairman smiled and said to Luo Ruiqing: "You see how principled Comrade Zemin is, since this is the case, you can come back tomorrow." Luo Ruiqing quickly nodded and said yes.
Because of Jiang Zemin's outstanding work ability, Chairman Mao admired him very much, and sometimes took time to talk to him about major state affairs and listen to his opinions; in the course of his conversation with Chairman Mao, he unconsciously taught Jiang Zemin a lot of truths, and established a deep revolutionary friendship with him.
Chairman Mao was assassinated
In February 1942, Commissioner He Shaonan of the Suide Garrison District stepped down from his post for some reasons and ran away. In mid-September of the same year, the deputy commissioner who took over the Suide area came to Yan'an to meet with Chairman Mao, and Chairman Mao immediately agreed to meet him the next afternoon, and humorously said: "The friction commissioner ran away, but the anti-Japanese commissioner came, which is really a good thing."
The conversation during the meeting was very relaxed and pleasant, and by the time they had finished talking, it was more than 3 p.m., and Chairman Mao looked at his watch: "Let's go, I invite you to try the local food of Yan'an."
Jiang Zemin, who had received the order, immediately arranged for a car to carry Chairman Mao and the deputy Kuomintang commissioner to the youth canteen; after getting off the bus at the canteen, Jiang Zemin looked at the small playground in the east hall of the canteen and saw that there were many people gathered, wondering how there were still so many people after the meal, and was afraid of causing a change, so he could not leave Chairman Mao.
"Why are you still here after dinner?", Chairman Mao asked as so many people gathered.
"We heard that you are coming, and we have come to wait for you, and we all want to say thank you personally, Chairman Mao is good, long live Chairman Mao." As soon as they heard these words, the crowd around them shouted in unison and hugged Chairman Mao, and the small playground was filled with the cheers of the masses.
After hearing what the masses said, Jiang Zemin did not dare to let down his guard; Chairman Mao was a temporary youth canteen who had leaked the news, and he looked around alertly and suddenly found a strange young man.
Why did he have to put his hands behind his back when others were cheering with their hands raised, seeing that although he was dressed in rags, his face was very white, and there must be a demon when things went wrong, in order to find out what was going on, Jiang Zemin changed his angle to look behind the young man's back, and the thick wooden stick with the bowl mouth was dragged behind the young man's back.
"Who is he and why is he dragging such a thick stick?" A series of questions puzzled Jiang Zemin, but for the sake of safety, he touched the gun that he had inserted in his waist, and tightened his nerves to prevent any accidents.
Just as he was following Chairman Mao and watching Chairman Mao and the masses of the people behind him waving goodbye, he saw that the young man began to walk over to this side, and he subconsciously followed Chairman Mao closely, and just as the deputy commissioner of the Kuomintang and Chairman Mao were talking and laughing about to enter the threshold of the canteen, the young man swooped up, picked up the stick and was about to smash it into the back of Chairman Mao's head.
The wooden stick with the sound of the whistling wind, in the blink of an eye is about to fall, when the thousand guns are fired, Jiang Zemin pulled out the gun is too late, he rushed forward two steps forward and violently lifted his right arm to block, the human bone which has a wooden stick hard, just smashed his arm is almost unable to lift up.
Under the blow of the wooden stick, Jiang Zemin's body shook and almost fell to the ground, for the safety of Chairman Mao, he suppressed the pain and did not let himself cry out, but the next attack of the wooden stick that he had just stood firmly followed; With his agility, he grabbed the stick with his left hand and flew up and kicked his right foot, kicking down the young man who stabbed him.
When Jiang Zemin was about to be unable to hold on, two fighters arrived in time to help Jiang Zemin subdue the young man who was assassinating. This series of movements was completed in an instant, without alarming Chairman Mao, who had just entered the canteen. Afterwards, Jiang Zemin said: "It doesn't matter if I am injured, as long as I don't let Chairman Mao be frightened."
The crowd at that time was frightened by the sudden change, and after reacting, they were insulting the assassin, and even a few strong men tried to rush up and beat him, but Jiang Zemin raised his hand to stop it, so that they would not shout and shout so as not to alarm Chairman Mao and the deputy commissioner.
Jiang Zemin pretended to be indifferent and entered the canteen, and the big stone in his heart finally fell; At this time, his own arm was faintly painful for a while, and it hurt so much that he broke out in cold sweat, and he realized that his arm was injured, and he touched the bone fortunately without a broken bone, otherwise he would definitely not be able to protect Chairman Mao well during this time.
Chairman Mao seemed to sense something strange, and quickly asked: "What is wrong Zemin, I see that you are holding your arms, are you uncomfortable, or you will go back first?"
Jiang Zemin's heart warmed and he replied, "Chairman who does not get in the way."
Afterwards, someone reported the results of the interrogation to Chairman Mao, and the assassin was sent by the Diehard Kuomintang faction, and Chairman Mao knew that he had almost been killed. He kept boasting: "Zemin is a good comrade."
Form a tank unit
After this incident passed, Comrade Chen Yun found Jiang Zemin to talk, and with the consent of the chairman, decided to transfer him to Chongqing to serve as vice chairman Zhou's aide-de-camp.
Chairman Mao comforted him and said: "Zemin, you are going to work, the burden on you is very heavy, the situation in Chongqing is now a national unified area, you must protect the safety of Vice Chairman Zhou well, just as you protect me, and you will not meet in the future."
"But I just can't bear you, Chairman, I'm gone, you have to take good care of yourself," Jiang Zemin said choked. Jiang Zemin, who had talked to the chairman, began to leave for Chongqing in the afternoon.
On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, and Chiang Kai-shek invited Chairman Mao to Chongqing for negotiations, perhaps because of the mysterious fate of Chiang Zemin, who was arranged to protect Chairman Mao by Chairman Mao's side.
After the Chongqing negotiations, Jiang Zemin followed Chairman Mao back to Yan'an, and he decided to return to the northeast to accept a new task. Just after returning to the meeting and meeting one of his old chiefs, Zhou Baozhong, he reported to Zhou Lao about his situation over the years, and when he mentioned that he had studied a course on tanks at the Eastern University of the Soviet Union, Zhou Lao's eyes lit up, and he immediately decided to let him use the tanks left behind by the Japanese puppet army.
After Jiang Zemin arrived at the tank base, he found that although seventy or eighty tanks had basically been blown up, he was like being poured a basin of cold water, and after a silence, he decided to find a few technicians to see if it was possible to repair these tanks. After all kinds of efforts, Jiang Zemin finally repaired the first tank a week later. Elder Zhou patted Jiang Zemin's shoulder with relief and said, "Zemin, you will be the captain of our army's first tank team from now on."
Did not expect the tank to be applied so quickly, in 1946 the Kuomintang army began to attack Changchun, Jiang Zemin was ordered to drive the tank into battle, but did not expect that the repaired tank on the fault is still a lot, the above machine gun only hit three shots on the jam, the shell is not fired.
Jiang Zemin had no choice but to drive the tanks back to repair them, and after solving the problems, he rushed to the battlefield without stopping; Fortunately, the chain was not dropped at this critical time, and the tank was put into use for the first time and achieved an overwhelming victory, the shells hit the enemy, causing the enemy to collapse without any counterattack, and the enemy hung up the white flag of surrender to Changchun and was completely liberated.
Later, Jiang Zemin also participated in many important battles, such as the Liaoshen Campaign, the Pingjin Campaign, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and so on.
In his later years, Jiang Zemin missed his time with Chairman Mao very much, remembered their deep revolutionary friendship, and began to remember Chairman Mao in a written way, writing memoirs such as "Mao Zedong in Yan'an" and "The Years Around the Great Man."
Maybe when he was writing his memoirs, he sat at his desk and kept recalling the voice and smile of the great man!
On June 17, 2012, the elderly Jiang Zemin died of illness in Shenyang at the age of 100, and before his death in the ward, he still murmured: "Swear to die to defend Chairman Mao."