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Chen Muhua's family was in the Kuomintang, but she became the first female staff officer of the Communist Party.
The elders in her family have some connections with the Kuomintang, and her uncle Chen Qixia is the commander of the Kuomintang Air Force, but in this environment, she chose to join the Communist Party, and became the first female staff officer of the Eighth Route Army, and served as the vice premier after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
What is Chen Muhua's ability, and when the elders in his family join the Kuomintang, he can still devote himself to the Communist Party, and how does he take the road in this?
On June 21, 1921, Chen Muhua was born in a well-to-do family in Zhejiang Province, unlike other wealthy families, the elders in her family were inextricably linked to the Kuomintang, and she began to deal with the Kuomintang when she was a child.
And the biggest influence on her growth was her uncle, her uncle Chen Qixia was the commander of the Kuomintang Air Force, so she definitely received a lot of education and was very open-minded.
And he is very attentive to his family, especially this newborn little niece, who loves her very much, and the first thing he does after returning from the army is to visit her.
Born in such a wealthy family, Chen Muhua should have lived a carefree life as a young lady, but her father was patriarchal, but when she was two or three years old, she was sent to her grandmother's house, and she was not taken back to her home until she was nine years old.
Although she was snubbed by her parents, she didn't have any resentment in her heart, she understood that this was actually because of the old ideas, as long as more people accepted the new ideas, the original old feudal ideas would be abandoned, so she had such an ideal in her heart at a young age.
Her father was patriarchal, so he naturally felt that women didn't need to study, but Chen Qixia felt sorry for her little niece, so with his help, Chen Muhua finally started her own learning path.
After being sent to an elementary school in the county seat by her uncle, she began to contact the outside world for the first time and gradually formed her own worldview.
Slowly she grew up and entered the teenage years, when Chiang Kai-shek had already taken office, and under his leadership, the Kuomintang had long since abandoned the original Three People's Principles and Sun Yat-sen's thoughts.
Although Chen Muhua is not very old, because she has been exposed to these things since she was a child, she can also see changes from them, and after entering junior high school, she learned about the Communist Party and accepted more progressive ideas.
During the 1935129 Student Movement, she studied at the Hangzhou Girls' High School, where she came into contact with more new women who yearned for freedom, as well as some books that disseminated revolutionary ideas, all of which brought a new experience to Chen Muhua's spiritual world.
At that time, the school's dean of education excitedly explained the crisis situation in the country at this time, and also mobilized all the students to march in the streets.
This was her first student demonstration, and almost all the hundreds of students from the school took to the streets to demonstrate at the Japanese consulate in Hangzhou.
As she grew older, she still had vivid memories of the incident, when it was winter, and they were outside the consulate, raising their arms and shouting, their arms numb from the cold, until very late when they dispersed and returned to their homes.
At that time, she looked at the lights of thousands of homes lit up in the dark night, and she didn't understand how the good country was snatched away by the Japanese devils city after city.
Although she had some patriotic consciousness early on, the enthusiasm of the people of the whole country to resist Japan and save the country was only thoroughly aroused after the July 7 Incident.
At this time, the situation of the whole country became more chaotic, and Hangzhou was also affected, so she had no choice but to terminate her studies, leave her hometown, and flee to Xi'an.
Her father was a major general in the Kuomintang's Third Army in Shanxi Province at this time, and often attended important meetings, but he never cared about his daughter's safety.
Chen Muhua has long lost hope for this father, she is full of eyes on how to change the country, which path is the right one, she continues to explore, and finally let her find the real direction.
Her father was a general of the Kuomintang, and her uncle, who gave her warmth since she was a child, was the commander of the Kuomintang's air force, but why did she choose the Communist Party in the end?
Her father and uncle were both Kuomintang, but she resolutely joined the Communist Party and became the first female staff officer in the party.
Her father and uncle were both in high positions in the Kuomintang and their families were very well-off, but she saw the Kuomintang clearly, so she chose to come to the arms of the Communist Party and embarked on the arduous revolutionary road.
When the Japanese launched a full-scale offensive against China, Hangzhou was greatly attacked, and she had to abandon her studies and flee to Xi'an in order to save her life.
At this time, how could she know that in Xi'an, she could find the right path she had been pursuing, at this time she witnessed the families destroyed by the war, and also saw the Chinese people who were wantonly bullied by the Japanese army, and her heart had nowhere to vent her anger.
So she was not idle after arriving in Xi'an, and chose to join the local Anti-Japanese War Relief Association, although she was only a teenager at this time, but after all, she had learned some words, which was very rare at that time.
With the knowledge in her head, she was given the task of propagating anti-Japanese propaganda, and she quietly handed out handwritten leaflets on the street, but with little success.
It was precisely because she worked on the street more and could hear more news that he saw in Xinhua Daily that Yan'an was the anti-Japanese revolutionary base established by the Communist Party at that time, and he also knew the Communist Party's idea of saving the country and trying to survive.
At this time, she keenly realized that the direction she had been looking for coincided with the ideas of the Communist Party, which was more suitable for controlling China's future than the Kuomintang.
She understood that if she wanted a bright future, she must follow the Communist Party, so Chen Muhua, who was born in a family of Kuomintang soldiers, made a decision that affected her life, she chose to join the Communist Party of China, and decided to go to Yan'an alone.
When her uncle learned of her decision, although he was the commander of the Kuomintang Air Force, he was particularly supportive of his niece's entry into the Communist Party.
Even though the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were cooperating back then, in fact, many Kuomintang soldiers were reluctant and discriminated against CCP members, so Chen Muhua's decision was very incredible in the eyes of many people.
But Chen Qixia didn't care, not only verbally supported, but also helped her solve the problem of identity, and gave her a letter of introduction from the Kuomintang Air Force.
Chen Muhua took the letter of introduction and packed her small package, but before going to Yan'an, she had to go to the Eighth Route Army office in Xi'an to apply.
Unexpectedly, even with a letter of introduction, she was still hindered, after all, Yan'an is an important base, and people who go to Yan'an will naturally have to undergo some interrogation.
Especially the elders in her family are all Kuomintang generals, and their identities are not ordinary, and the staff didn't know what to do for a while, so they had to ask Director Wu Yunfu from their superiors.
Wu Yunfu thought for a moment, considering that Chen Qixia was a supporter of the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and had fought in concert with the Communist Party many times, so he approved Chen Muhua to go to Yan'an to study at Kang Da.
At that time, there was a shortage of military talents, so Kang Da came into being, and it was also Chen Muhua's own wish to go to Kang Da to study, she wanted to be a useful female soldier on the battlefield, rather than a pampered embroidery lady.
Lin Boqu, the party representative of the office, also specially found Chen Muhua to talk to her, and told her that after arriving in Yan'an, she must study hard, stay motivated, and have a career.
In 1938, she said goodbye to her relatives from the Kuomintang-ruled area, wearing a cotton cheongsam, carrying a box and a roll of cover.
In the office of the Eighth Route Army, there was also a grain truck, and there were six or seven people with her, all of whom were from the same destination.
With great excitement, they came to Yan'an together, and with the help of the Eighth Route Army, they successfully joined Kang Da to study.
Chen Muhua cherished this hard-won learning opportunity very much, and it took only half a year for her to graduate from Kang University with excellent grades.
During her studies at school, she was recognized by the party organization, and in June 1938, she successfully joined the Communist Party and became an honorable party member.
After graduation, she did not leave Yan'an, but chose to stay in Yan'an to participate in revolutionary work, and she did her best to complete the tasks assigned to her by the organization, and was also selected as a model youth and won many medals.
But she is still not satisfied, she has not really been on the battlefield, and the real talent in her brain has nowhere to show, how can she become a female staff officer?
The daughter of a high-ranking Kuomintang official wrote a letter to Mao Zedong to recommend herself, became the first female staff officer, and served as vice premier after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Chen Muhua, who has worked in Yan'an for two years, feels that this kind of life is not what she wants, she wants to join the army to serve the country, use her knowledge reserves to be a staff officer of the first army, and win several beautiful battles.
But this has never had a female staff officer before, so how did she finally realize her ideals?
In 1940, Chen Muhua graduated for nearly two years, watching the situation on the battlefield change, and the soldiers outside were fighting, and he couldn't sit still.
It happened that Mao Zedong came to Chen Muhua's unit to hold a mobilization meeting, and Chen Muhua and the girls around him were moved, but the recruitment conditions clearly stated that they wanted men.
But in the hearts of these girls, they don't think that they are inferior to those men, both sides have their own advantages, men can go to the battlefield, and women can do the same.
It's not that there are no women on the battlefield, but more of them are nurses, doctors, treating the wounded in the rear, or doing hygiene, they don't want these, what they want is to really go to the front line of the battlefield.
So as soon as the girls were summed up, they wrote a letter to Chairman Mao, saying that they wanted to apply to continue to learn orthodox military knowledge and join the army to serve the country after completing their studies.
He even pointed out that it was wrong for the staff officers to only recruit male students, hoping that Mao Zedong would be able to meet their requirements, which sounded like a fantasy at the time, but I didn't expect that Chairman Mao would approve it a few days later and agree with what the letter said.
After that day, eleven female students, including Chen Muhua, began to continue their studies to learn more in-depth military knowledge, and there was a person in each class who specialized in staff officers.
She cherished every opportunity to study, and after two years, she had achieved a small success, was favored by her teachers, and became a military assistant in the school's training department.
During her studies in the staff class, she also met people who could stay with her for the rest of her life, Zhong Yi was a top student who graduated from a university in Northeast China, although his family was well-off, but he was determined to participate in the revolution.
As the two get along day by day, they gradually discover that the other party and their interests are like-minded, and soon they confirm their relationship, and in 1940 they decide to get married.
In October of the same year, she went to one of the teams of the Eighth Route Army, which remained in Yan'an, and served as an educational staff officer, which was also the first female staff officer in the history of the Communist Party.
Because of the extreme lack of talents in the party, there are not many educated female soldiers like Chen Muhua, so she has almost become a brick, going wherever she is needed, running non-stop, but she never feels tired, and even feels very happy.
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, the Northeast began to be gradually liberated, and someone was needed to preside over the situation.
Because of the shortage of resources just after the end of the war, she was unwilling to occupy more resources, so she walked from Yan'an to Changchun, and after settling down, she began to prepare for the liberation and construction of the northeast region non-stop.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, she worked as a propaganda organization in Northeast China, and since then she has visited many foreign countries, established diplomatic relations, and promoted China's diplomatic status.
After that, she held a number of positions, no matter how old she was, she always insisted that as long as it was the work assigned to her by the party organization, she would do her best to complete it.
In 1980, after decades of experience, her contributions were well known to all in the party, and she finally received the highest recognition from the party organization and was elected vice premier of the People's Republic of China.
In 1982, she was elected vice premier of the State Council and concurrently served as minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation.
In addition to the economic aspect, she is most concerned about other aspects, as a female general who survived the war, she is most concerned about domestic medical care and hygiene, and actively promotes the development of China's medical industry.
She has made achievements in all aspects of the country, from economic and foreign trade to medical care to tourism, her energy seems to be unlimited, and even after retirement, she also served as the president of the Women's Federation to exert her spare energy.
But after all, he is an ordinary man, Chen Muhua has always had some illnesses after years of hard work, and finally died in Beijing due to illness in 2011, and a generation of female legends has fallen.
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