"The age gap is not the main one, and I feel that the level of learning and politics is far less than his. I want to be his partner or assistant, only to study hard! He was born in Shuxiangmendi, studied abroad, had a high level of cultural attainment, and was also the main leader of the initial period of the Red Army. I must be willing to be a primary school student in all aspects, worship him as a teacher, learn from scratch, and strive to be basically commensurate. ”
One day in the spring of 1940, Zhang Qian, a female soldier in the service regiment of the Eighth Route Army, wrote in a letter to a friend. From the words between the lines, you can see a person's admiration and longing for his other half, but at the same time, you can see the faint uneasiness in the woman's heart. This is understandable, because the person Zhang Qian wants to marry is Chen Yi, the commander of the New Fourth Army at that time, the main commander of the Red Army, and the future founding marshal!
Marshal Chen Yi was a native of Lezhi, Sichuan, who was born into a local family. The Chen family has a long-standing family system, especially the excellent family training of "etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame, the four dimensions of the country" and "loyalty to the people". Although at that time, Chen Yi was not very rich, but the excellent family style made him have the ideal of being righteous and serving the people from an early age. This also became the ideological root of his lifelong struggle for the liberation of the nation in the future.
Like his ups and downs, Chen Yi's love life is also full of legends. In the first half of his life, he experienced three unforgettable relationships. Unfortunately, in the tide of history, three loves have only brought three regrets.
The first time was Hu Lanqi, the first female general in modern China. At the beginning, after Chen Yi returned to China, he once published an article in the "New Shu Bao" that attracted the attention of Hu Lanqi. At that time, Hu Lanqi was a married woman, so the two sides were still only cooperative partners. In order to cover Chen Yi and the Red Army, Hu Lanqi did no less work in the Sichuan Army. In 1937, Hu Lanqi divorced her husband and immediately began a relationship with Chen Yi. However, due to the organizational misunderstanding of Hu Lanqi, this relationship eventually ended in vain. When the two separated, Chen Yi said: "For the sake of the revolution, we will eat this bitter bar." If we cannot unite within 3 years, we will be free and not interfere with each other. As a result, within three years, the two could not break through the obstacles. In the end, Chen Yi married another new person, and Hu Lanqi was lonely and bitter all his life.
The second time, it was with the female Red Army Xiao Juying. Xiao Juying was one of the first cadets of the Red Army Cadre School, and after Chen Yi met her, he was fascinated by her work style. Soon after, the two were successfully married and spent their honeymoon on the march of the Red Army. However, in one operation, the horse that Chen Yi was riding was killed by the enemy, and the result was that the news was spread falsely and became a rumor that Chen Yi himself was killed. Xiao Juying was devastated when she heard this, and jumped into an ancient well in the early morning of the next day to be martyred. Regrettably, Chen Yi was delayed because he returned on foot. As long as he can be a few hours in the morning, the rumors will be broken, and this tragedy can be avoided.
The third time was with Lai Yueming, a female cadre of the Red Army. The two met under the introduction of Li Fuchun and Cai Chang, and they also fell in love and got married very quickly. After marriage, the two are also busy with their own work, gathering less and leaving more. On the eve of the Red Army's Long March, Chen Yi suffered a very serious injury to his leg, and Lai Yueming took care of it for more than two months without abandonment. After Chen Yi was slightly better, he prepared to take the remaining troops into the mountains to fight guerrillas. At the same time, he also hoped that Lai Yueming would return to his hometown and continue to persist in the struggle. Lai Yueming could not bear to leave, Chen Yi was forced to die, and in the end, Lai Yueming had to obey her husband's will. Later, due to the chaos of the war, Chen Yi thought that his wife had died and wrote many mourning poems. Lai Yueming, on the other hand, mistakenly married an wounded Red Army soldier and started another family.
Three relationships, hurriedly coming and going, and decades of trance have passed. By the time of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Marshal Chen Yi was already nearly forty years old, but he still did not have a child of his own. At this time, he was struggling with his relationship with Hu Lanqi, so he refused to form another family. Although the organization was concerned about his personal problems, it could not be interfered with. It wasn't until around 1940 that things changed.
In the spring of 1938, the anti-Japanese flames had burned all over the country. At the call of the Party Central Committee, a large number of young people joined the revolutionary ranks. Some young people became warriors on the battlefield, while others were in the rear, engaged in support work. At that time, many new fighters with knowledge and culture devoted themselves to the anti-Japanese literary and artistic work. They often traveled back and forth in various theaters as "field service groups", performing for and encouraging the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.
Among these young people, Zhang Qian, a girl with ancestral home in Wuhan, is very prominent. Zhang Qian's nickname is Zhang Chunlan, her face is better, her personality is lively, she can sing and recite, which is very prominent in the service group. At the same time, she has a high enthusiasm for the revolution, and she can also set strict demands on herself ideologically, and is a double-excellent young man with high professional and political ability. She often went to the New Fourth Army station with the waiter to perform, and Chen Yi, as the commander of the New Fourth Army detachment, also had a lot of contact with her. As soon as they came and went, the two became acquainted and had a good feeling for each other. Only at this time, Chen Yi and Hu Lanqi's three-year contract had not yet arrived, so the two were limited to correspondence.
At the beginning of 1940, Chen Yi had kept enough for three years and began to formally pursue Zhang Qian. In a letter, he wrote a small poem called "Zan Chunlan", which was written like this: The small arrow contains the first birth of the fetus, as if it wants to bloom and spit yellow; Delicate and elegant world is uncomfortable, wan zi qianhong jealous fragrance.
This poem, full of thoughts and praise for the woman, made Zhang Qian deeply fall in love. Since then, the two have officially established a relationship and began to talk passionately about love!
It may be that there are many good things, and this beautiful relationship between Zhang Qian and Chen Yi has aroused the criticism of many people. The focus of people's criticism is not the ability and feelings of two people, but their age gap. At this time, Chen Yi was nearly forty years old, and Zhang Qian was just 18 years old. These two people are completely two generations of feelings, and the generation gap and the difference in habits are inevitable. If they were husband and wife, would they really be happy?
It was in this case that Zhang Qian wrote the letter at the beginning of this article, indicating her heart. In her heart, her age and knowledge were too shallow, and she was completely unworthy of Chen Yi! Not only did she not think that her marriage would be unhappy, but she thought that following Chen Yi was a kind of luck! In this way, she persuaded those who had objections, and quickly packed up her mood and entered the palace of marriage with Chen Yi!
Soon after the new marriage, the familiar bridge section was staged again. Chen Yi led the New Fourth Army and embarked on the road of opening up the anti-Japanese battlefield in northern Jiangsu. Zhang Qian, on the other hand, stayed in southern Jiangsu and worked locally. Once again, the husband and wife lived separately and on opposite sides. In the two years that followed, separation became the norm, and being together was merely an embellishment of life.
1942 was a turning point in the War of Resistance Against Japan. It was already difficult for the Japanese to make any progress in China, so they developed in the direction of the Pacific in a frenzied manner, which brought themselves greater calamities. As the Japanese elite continued to be transferred, the Japanese army remaining in China became weaker and weaker. In this year, Marshal Chen Yi ushered in the birth of his first son, Chen Haosu.
When Chen Haosu was born, it was May 1942. At this time, Funing County, Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, was a relatively safe place, including the field hospital of the New Fourth Army, which was where Zhang Qian gave birth. Zhang Qian was the first child, so whether it was Chen Yi or other unit leaders, they attached great importance to it. At this time, in the New Fourth Army, there were many foreign doctors doing support, and an Austrian doctor named Rashant took the initiative to take care of Zhang Qian and others.
As the due date approached, Chen Yi's mood was also a burst of joy and a pang of worry. When he finally heard the news of his wife's successful delivery, Chen Yi put down all the work at hand and rushed to the hospital.
Chen Yi did not go to see the child first, but first went to his wife's hospital room, held her hand and spoke for a while, and then let people hold the child and look at it with pity. After that, he put the child next to his wife and said a few more words. After a brief condolence, Chen Yi stood up and walked out of the hospital. The whole process was very short, not even seven or eight minutes.
At this moment, Dr. Rosent, who took care of Zhang Qian, was blinded. He said angrily, "What did you Chinese do!" Could it be that they have bad feelings? Just look at it and go? ”
The others smiled and said to Dr. Luo, "The relationship between the two people is very good!" However, General Chen has too many things to be busy with, there is not enough time, and here you take care of it, how can you not leave? ”
This small episode did not affect the feelings of Chen Yi and Zhang Qian. On the contrary, Zhang Qian was still very touched that her husband could take the time to see him. In the years that followed, Zhang Qian gave birth to two sons and a daughter for Chen Yi. Among them, the eldest son, Chen Haosu, inherited his father's talent and became a poet; The second son, Chen Danhuai, inherited his father's business and became a general; The third son, Chen Xiaolu, became an expert on international issues. Chen Yi and Zhang Qian also walked hand in hand for decades, until the parting of life separated the two.