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In October 1934, General Chen Qihan had a serious illness, and Mr. Zhu personally visited him overnight.
At that time, he had a very severe joint disease, and his knees were swollen like steamed buns.
Even so, he forced himself out of the meadow.
When Mr. Zhu saw him, he said that this old watch had a tenacious spirit.
In fact, General Chen was suffering even more at that time, and Mr. Zhu also came to comfort him after learning about it.
General Chen and Mr. Zhu knew each other very early, and Mr. Zhu's wife, Ms. Kang Keqing, once said that General Chen was Mr. Zhu's earliest comrade-in-arms.
Their friendship spanned nearly half a century, 49 years, and in Nanchang, they founded the Officer Education Corps together.
So, what happened to the meadow back then, how did they meet, and how did they maintain their friendship for so long?
Firm beliefs
When General Chen Qihan crossed the grassland, he was demoted from chief of staff of the Jiangxi Military Region to chief of the Mobilization Department of the General Political Department of the Red Army.
This change of position actually removed his military command.
At that time, he was deeply shocked when he received the news, but he was not discouraged and insisted on devoting himself to the revolutionary work with firm convictions.
So what was it that made him suddenly demoted?
At the beginning of 1930, a "purge campaign" was launched in the Central Soviet District.
This is a good thing that there has always been self-criticism within the party, but as the movement expanded, some very bad phenomena emerged in the movement.
In the southwestern Jiangxi base area, a large number of founders of the base area were slandered as "members of the AB regiment"
What is this AB regiment? Actually, in the beginning, it was a special force created by Lao Chiang in order to sabotage the Great Revolution.
However, in the struggle of the Red Army, this unit had been basically defeated, but quite a number of cadres had been influenced by the erroneous ideological line and believed that such people still existed in the organization.
It was against this background that a movement was set off in the Soviet zone, and General Chen was caught in this storm.
At that time, the second and third brothers who participated in the revolution with him were slandered, and they were innocently killed before they could investigate the matter clearly.
In the face of such a storm, General Chen was not afraid at all, he was very dissatisfied with the abnormal phenomenon in the organization, and boldly raised it.
At that time he said, "Exercise is good, but you can't around like that without moderation." ”
It was precisely because he stood up and spoke out that some people with ulterior motives also slandered him, and he was almost executed as a "member of the AB group".
Fortunately, Mr. Zhu came to the rescue, and after he heard that General Chen had been arrested, he immediately found those comrades and asked them to keep them under the knife.
At that time, he said: "I understand Chen Qihan, how can he be a 'member of the AB group'?"
"In 1927, we were in Nanchang and resolutely attacked the 'AB Regiment' together. ”
In the face of some overly excited cadres, Mr. Zhu patiently said that the revolution cannot be carried out by relying on only one or two people, and that only by making concerted efforts can the revolution succeed.
That is to say, we must believe in comrades, we must not arbitrarily wronged people, we must seek truth from facts, and we must talk about evidence.
It was his words that saved General Chen. However, the good times did not last long, and in 1933, the leading comrades of Bogushou entered the Central Soviet District.
They set off another storm, starting with Chairman Mao, who was forced to leave the central center, unable to command the army, and at home.
However, General Chen firmly upheld Chairman Mao's ideological line, and as always, dared to stand up and point out problems.
It was precisely in this way that he was taken advantage of by people with intentions, was suddenly demoted, and lost his military command power.
In April 1934, he joined the ranks of the Long March and served as the head of the education section of the headquarters of the 1st Red Army.
While passing through the meadow, he developed a severe arthropathy.
His knees were swollen high, like steamed buns, and he was almost to the point where his life hung by a thread.
But like countless Red Army soldiers, he had an iron will.
In the face of a serious illness, he persevered out of the meadow and arrived in the Banyou area.
After that, he relaxed a little and developed a high fever that burned so much that he was not very conscious.
Everyone thought he was dying, and when Mr. Zhu learned the news, he immediately rushed over to visit his old comrades-in-arms for the "last time".
However, General Chen was very tenacious, and after the doctors knocked out all the weeds and 12 roundworms in his stomach, he miraculously recovered.
Mr. Zhu saw his old comrades-in-arms come back to life from the line of death, and he was naturally happy in his heart.
At that time, he stood by General Chen's bedside, with tears in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Chen Qihan, you old watch, you have a tenacious spirit. ”
Fortunately, with the help of Mr. Zhu, General Chen was able to get through this difficult time, and when arguing for the general, Mr. Zhu mentioned a past incident in Nanchang.
This event is of great significance to him, and it is also the starting point of their friendship.
So, how did the two of them meet when they were in Nanchang?
First acquaintance with comrades-in-arms
In 1930, Mr. Zhu mentioned a past incident in Nanchang, which was also the starting point of his friendship with General Chen Qihan.
How did they meet in Nanchang, and what was the opportunity for them to become comrades-in-arms?
In February 1925, General Chen became a communist after being introduced by Comrades Chen Geng and Xu Jishen.
In the summer of the following year, he returned to Jiangxi with a group of party members as appointees of the General Political Department of the National Army.
There, he established an organization and launched a workers' and peasants' movement in southern and eastern Gansu, setting off a revolution in full swing.
Another year, at the beginning of 1927, Mr. Zhu acted according to the orders of the organization, drawing on his previous combat experience in the Yunnan army.
He used his prestige and colleague connections in the Yunnan army to work in Nanchang, Jiangxi.
Through his relationship with Zhu Peide, he was assigned to the Fifth Front Army as a senator and concurrently served as the head of the 3rd Officer Education Corps.
At that time, General Chen was also in the Officer Education Corps, and he held two positions: chief of staff and head of the party organization.
At that time, although the officer education corps nominally belonged to the Third Army of the Nationalist Army, in fact, this army was under the leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Mr. Zhu is very prestigious in the Yunnan army and is a very famous general.
Everyone heard that he founded the Officer Education Corps, and progressive officers in the Yunnan army came to sign up.
Not only that, but there are also a large number of young people with lofty ideals in the local area, who have abandoned their pens and applied to join the army, so the recruitment of this unit is very smooth.
And the officer education corps has also become an opportunity for Mr. Zhu and General Chen to meet and become comrades-in-arms.
The two of them learned that the other was a military man, a battle-hardened veteran, and that their personalities were relatively similar.
Ideologically, they are also very agreeable and topical.
Coincidentally, they have all studied in Yunnan Jiangwutang, and when counted, it is still the relationship between seniors and juniors.
Because of this, the two of them cooperate very well at work.
There are three subordinate officer education corps, with a total of more than 1,000 people, and most of these cadets are junior officers under General Zhu Peide.
Most of them came from military backgrounds, their families were poor, and they relied on fighting to support their families.
Camp 3, also known as the "Student Battalion", was composed of members of the Northern Propaganda Team, while the rest were local progressive students.
In the beginning, they did not train the education regiment as an ordinary army.
They hope that in the future, a number of outstanding revolutionary cadres will emerge from this education group.
At that time, they also taught together with the training class founded by Comrade Fang Zhimin, and both organizations were the bases for training revolutionary cadres in Jiangxi Province at that time.
Mr. Zhu and General Chen took great care of their students, did not like to put on a show, and ate and lived with them.
Moreover, they are also very strict with the instructors, so that they can get rid of the habits of the old army and are not allowed to beat and scold the cadets.
When it was time to go out for exercise, they always arrived at the training venue on time and demonstrated the movements to the trainees in person.
Those students knew that the house where these two chiefs lived was only a bed, a table, and a few chairs, which was very simple and simple.
They lead by example in this way, which also greatly infects the students, making them strict with themselves and gradually growing.
The teaching content of the army is very rich, including both military and political aspects.
Zhu and Chen, in addition to conducting strict military education, also attached great importance to political and ideological education.
They often invite well-known progressives from all over the country to give lectures in the lecture hall to improve their thinking.
The most important thing is that in addition to talking about the political situation and military strategy, they also educate everyone not to think only about personal interests.
War is not for promotion and wealth, but for revolution and national rejuvenation.
They never talk about obscure theories in their lectures, but start from their own experiences and explain theories in plain language.
Mr. Zhu's teaching language was humorous and funny, which made the students laugh, and in such a relaxed process, they learned knowledge and further improved their thinking.
General Chen, on the other hand, attached great importance to the development of party members, and thanks to his hard work, by the end of the semester, each company had more than a dozen party members. Some have even grown to half of the company.
It was under such education that they were able to work together and successfully smash the conspiracy of the "AB regiment" in the face of Lao Chiang's betrayal.
During this period of time in the education group, General Chen and Mr. Zhu also established a deep friendship with each other.
And their comradeship-in-arms also lasted until the founding of New China. In times of peace, do they get along and associate with each other?
Later years
In 1927, in the officer education corps in Nanchang, Mr. Zhu and General Chen Qihan met.
And after the founding of the People's Republic of China, how did they maintain a deep friendship in the midst of cumbersome affairs?
In January 1954, the Central Committee established a military tribunal, and General Chen was appointed president of the military court.
In the spring of 1960, the Central Military Commission held a banquet. At the meeting, the leading comrades put forward a proposal to rest by name.
Because several veteran generals are old, I am afraid that it will not be good for their health to continue to work.
And this is exactly what General Chen wants, and he has long hoped to hand over his work to young comrades to continue to continue.
It was at that time that the correspondence between him and Mr. Zhu became more frequent.
On weekends, they would hang out with each other, for example, Comrade Kang Keqing would sometimes call him and invite him to eat braised pork.
At that time, what she said was that Mr. Zhu wanted to invite him and Mrs. Wei Bin to eat meat at home.
Mr. Zhu likes to raise orchids, and when General Chen visits his home, he always likes to display the orchids he grows.
And he also specially sent a few pots to General Chen, and since then, raising orchids has also become General Chen's hobby.
One day in 1962, they went to Jiangxi and other places to inspect the work, and chatted during a leisurely walk in the evening, and they talked about the past of their work in Nanchang.
When it comes to the Nanchang Uprising, they believe that the failure of the Nanchang Uprising was due to a lack of experience in establishing a base area.
They also felt very sorry for this failure, because the conditions in the countryside of Jiangxi at that time were very good, and if they succeeded in the uprising, they would have developed in Jiangxi.
Perhaps, the situation is very different from that time, but history has no ifs, and how could you have imagined such an outcome until that time.
Later, they talked a lot, and on the way, they sorted out Jiangxi's problems again.
After the inspection work, they wrote this conversation into an article and collected it in Mr. Zhu's anthology.
And this has become the last article written and published by Mr. Zhu before his death.
General Chen sent Mr. Zhu two pots of orchids as treasures, and in autumn, when the orchids are gone, he will make these flowers and leaves into specimens.
Not only that, but he also pasted it on paper and inscribed verses.
In turbulent times, General Chen maintained his previous attitude. He dared to raise the issue of the organization, never wronged other comrades, and dared to speak for those comrades who were slandered.
Just when Mr. Zhu was defeated, someone asked him what was the relationship between him and Mr. Zhu?
He said: "My boss and I are always old comrades-in-arms during the Nanchang Uprising, he is the boss I respect, you can't defeat him!"
In the face of the fierce young generals, he was not afraid at all, and he also read more books with these comrades and learned more about historical materialism.
And the guards around him were afraid that he would talk too much and cause trouble among the young generals, so they sent those people away on the grounds that General Chen was unwell.
On July 6, 1976, Mr. Zhu died of illness, and General Chen was very sad when he heard the news.
Later, he was interviewed and recalled many times the days when he fought with Mr. Zhu, and he often missed Mr. Zhu.
Five years later, General Chen also passed away, and when he was dying, Mr. Zhu's wife, Comrade Kang Keqing, visited him many times.
Later, she talked about the deep friendship between Mr. Zhu and General Chen, and she said that she saw it in her eyes.
Mr. Zhu once commented that General Chen is down-to-earth and sincere.
He is a veteran comrade, but he never talks about himself.
Like him, Mr. Zhu is a time-tested proletarian fighter, and their decades-long friendship has documented the war-torn era of revolution to the era of peaceful construction.