This is an old photograph that is extremely moving. In 2006, Chairman Mao's children went to North Korea together, and they came to the North Korean Chinese Volunteer Army Martyrs Cemetery, with only one purpose: to sweep the grave of the martyr Mao Anying.
The front row of this photo, from left, are: Mao Anqing's wife Shao Hua, Mao Anying's former wife Liu Siqi, Chairman Mao's daughters Li Min and Li Ne. This means that Chairman Mao's two daughters-in-law and two daughters took a group photo, they are also Chairman Mao's "four daughters", which is very rare, they dress plainly, and they deserve to be the descendants of great men.
As can be seen from the photos, everyone is sad, and they all hoped to bury Mao Anying back to China and bury him in the Shenyang Volunteer Army Martyrs Cemetery. The question is, why was Mao Anying not transported back to China for burial after his sacrifice? This incident was also decided by Chairman Mao, and the story behind it brought tears to people's eyes.
On November 25, 1950, Mao Anying died heroically in Daeyudong, North Korea, at the age of 28. In the afternoon of the same day, Peng Dehuai, commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army, sent a top-secret telegram to the Central Military Commission:
"We entered the air-raid shelter at 7 o'clock today, and Mao Anying was in the house with three staff officers. At 11 o'clock, when four enemy planes passed by, four of them had already come out. After the enemy planes passed, the four of them returned to the house, and suddenly four more enemy planes came, dropping nearly 100 incendiary bombs, hitting the house, at that time two staff officers ran out, Mao Anying and Gao Ruixin were burned to death before they could escape, and there was no other loss. ”
After Mao Anying's death, Peng Dehuai took into account the tension of the war on the front line, so he instructed Mao Anying and Gao Ruixin to be temporarily buried on a nearby hillside, and then moved to the burial after the war ended. Premier Zhou was in charge of the daily work of the Central Military Commission at that time, and he was very sad after receiving the telegram, but after consulting with Zhu De and others, he decided not to report to Chairman Mao for the time being.
Premier Zhou did this for a reason, one is to consider that Chairman Mao is suffering from a severe cold, and the other is that Chairman Mao is concentrating on commanding the second campaign of the Volunteer Army. On January 2, 1951, Premier Zhou finally reported the news of Mao Anying's sacrifice to Chairman Mao. At that time, Chairman Mao lived in Building No. 1 of the New Sixth Institute, and Premier Zhou asked Ye Zilong to send Peng Dehuai's top-secret telegram to Chairman Mao for approval.
According to Ye Zilong's recollection, when he arrived at the No. 1 building of the New Sixth Institute, Chairman Mao had just gotten up and was sitting on the sofa in the front hall reading the newspaper. As usual, Ye Zilong put Peng Dehuai's telegram on the coffee table in front of Chairman Mao, and then Chairman Mao put down the newspaper and picked up the telegram.
At that moment, time seemed to stop, and the scene was extremely quiet, only to see Chairman Mao burying his head in reading and reading the telegram. It was a long time before Chairman Mao raised his head, only to see that his face was pale, obviously in a state of extreme grief, but there were no tears. Immediately afterwards, Chairman Mao smoked for a long time.
After a long time, Chairman Mao waved his hand to Li Yinqiao, Ye Zilong and others beside him, and said: "War, someone has to sacrifice, it's nothing." Later, after Peng Dehuai returned to Beijing, he once again mentioned Mao Anying's sacrifice, and Chairman Mao said: "The volunteer soldiers have sacrificed so many people, and their sacrifices are glorious, don't take it as a big deal just because Anying is my son." It's in the past, there's no need to say it anymore. ”
At the end of December 1954, the Volunteer Army Headquarters sent a phone call to the Central Military Commission about Mao Anying's funeral. The General Cadre Department of the Central Military Commission immediately sent a telegram back to the Volunteer Army Headquarters, suggesting that Mao Anying be reburied and returned to China. Before the telegram was sent, it was sent to Peng Dehuai, who was then vice premier and defense minister.
Peng Dehuai thought about it again and again, he had a different opinion, he thought that Mao Anying should be buried in North Korea. Peng Dehuai said to his secretary: "Didn't Chairman Mao personally say that Anying was an ordinary soldier in the Chinese People's Volunteers? Besides, as a symbol of the friendship cemented by the blood of the Chinese and North Korean people, and as the embodiment of Chairman Mao himself and the spirit of Chinese internationalism, Mao Anying should also be buried in North Korea." ”
Thinking of this, Peng Dehuai wrote a personal letter to Premier Zhou, proposing that Mao Anying be buried in North Korea. Peng Dehuai wrote: "I intend to be buried in North Korea, and I will publish a monument in the name of the commander of the Zhisi or the Volunteer Army, explaining his voluntary participation in the army and his sacrifice, worthy of being the son of Mao Zedong, and burying it with Gao Ruixin, another staff officer who died at the same time." This educational significance is very good, and the families of other martyrs have no objections, and the original telegram has been sent to you, and the above comments have not been written. ”
Mao Anying cemetery
Premier Zhou agreed with Peng Dehuai's suggestion, and he wrote on the letter: "I agree with Peng's opinion, and ask the General Cadre Department to prepare another reply." Peng Dehuai's handwritten letter was quickly sent to Chairman Mao, and Chairman Mao also agreed, and he gave instructions like this: agree with Comrade Dehuai's opinion, bury Anying's bones on the soil of North Korea like thousands of volunteer martyrs, and do not hold a special funeral for him.
In this way, Mao Anying was finally buried in North Korea. After the Qingming Festival in 1955, Mao Anying was relocated to the Chinese Volunteer Army Martyrs Cemetery in the northwest of Hichang County, South Pyongan Province, North Korea. Mao Anying's cemetery is no different from other volunteer martyrs' cemeteries, his tombstone is engraved with "Comrade Mao Anying's Tomb", and the back is engraved with an epitaph.