Everyone said that Marshal Nie Rongzhen was a lucky general, who was never arrested when he was doing underground work, and he did not hang a lottery in the rain of bullets. Even the farewell to life was in his sleep in the least painful way, and the god of luck accompanied him almost all his life.
Since he has the protection of the god of luck, he is also endowed with a certain spirituality.
On the afternoon of April 12, 1992, Nie Rongzhen, who was already 93 years old, had a premonition and asked the people around him to bring a radio that could be recorded, and recorded a paragraph on it as a will, which made his family very sad and sad. But after listening to the content of his will, I was deeply moved and admired even more.
So, what did Marshal Nie Rongzhen say in his last words? What did he entrust?
"There is Lu Zhishen in front and Nie Rongzhen in the back"
The first thing Marshal Nie Rongzhen entrusted in his last words was to hang a portrait of Chairman Mao in his bedroom. So, the secretary found a portrait of Chairman Mao at work as soon as possible and hung it up solemnly. We know that revolutionaries of the generation like Nie Rongzhen all followed Chairman Mao from birth to death and broke through the smoke and fire, and they have deep revolutionary feelings for Chairman Mao.
Recalling that in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, as the deputy commander of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, he participated in the organization and command of the famous Pingxingguan Campaign, and won a major victory in the early stage of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in the North China Battlefield, breaking the myth that the Japanese army was always invincible, greatly boosting the morale of the military and people throughout the country, and enhancing people's confidence in winning the War of Resistance against Japan.
In addition to this landmark battle, Nie Rongzhen also led the officers and soldiers of the 115th Division to establish an anti-Japanese base in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region, constantly harassing and blocking the surrounding Japanese army, actively expanding the territory, expanding the influence of our army, and strengthening the combat effectiveness.
In particular, Nie Rongzhen, together with Yang Chengwu, led his troops to shell the command post of Abe Norihide, who was known as the "Flower of Famous Generals" in the Japanese army, in the battle of Loess Ridge, causing this lieutenant general to die in artillery fire, becoming the highest-ranking Japanese commander to die on the Chinese battlefield.
This achievement caused a sensation for a while, and the domestic and foreign media carried extensive reports, and the Nationalist Government, the CPC Central Committee, and major organizations all sent telegrams to express their condolences and congratulations. So much so that when Chairman Mao met with Canadian doctor Bethune and introduced Nie Rongzhen to him, he gave a thumbs up again and again and praised that "there is Lu Zhishen in front and Nie Rongzhen in the back" who can make trouble in Wutai Mountain.
With the victory of the Chinese revolution on the battlefield, the cause of the Communist Party of China quickly shifted from the battlefield filled with gunpowder to the construction of New China. Whether it is Nie Rongzhen's admiration for Chairman Mao, or Chairman Mao's care and love for these revolutionary comrades-in-arms, they have all been smoothly continued.
When New China was first founded, Nie Rongzhen was appointed mayor of Beiping City, director of the Military Management Commission, and commander of the Pingjin Garrison in the midst of all kinds of ruins. The trust and importance of the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao in Nie Rongzhen can be seen from this.
I don't know if it is intentional by God or Nie Rongzhen's spirituality, Nie Rongzhen, who is in the middle of the day and leans towards the government and the opposition, proposed to the central government at this time that his interest is actually in national defense science and technology, and he took the initiative to ask Ying to transfer to work in the National Defense Science and Technology Commission.
It was in this post that he broke through the technological blockade and developed the "two bombs and one satellite" for the mainland, breaking the nuclear monopoly of the United States and the Soviet Union at that time, and laying the foundation for the mainland to strengthen its military and power in science and technology.
Thinking about Peng Zhen's deep friendship
The second thing that Nie Rongzhen entrusted in his last words was to take good care of Comrade Peng Zhen. Among the many revolutionary comrades-in-arms, Peng Zhen was the only comrade-in-arms who was cared for in Nie Rongzhen's last words, which shows that the two have a deep friendship that others can hardly imagine. Speaking of the friendship between Nie Rongzhen and Peng Zhen, their relationship has been more than a jiazi.
In their long-term revolutionary careers, the two have not only worked together day and night, but also cared for thousands of miles away, and have more to pass on hope and help each other in their later years.
As early as the Great Revolution, Nie Rongzhen and Peng Zhen worked together in the Shunzhi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China at that time, and in 1929, Peng Zhen, who was the secretary of the Shunzhi Provincial Party Committee, was accidentally arrested and imprisoned in Tianjin.
After all means failed and it was determined that there was no hope of rescue, he improved his strategy and sent as much food and clothing as possible to Peng Zhen in prison, and did his best to make Peng Zhen suffer less.
In 1938, after his release, Peng Zhen was arranged by the party organization to serve as the secretary of the Jin-Cha-Ji Branch of the CPC Central Committee, and jointly led the anti-Japanese war activities of the military and civilians in the Jin-Chahar-Hebei region with Nie Rongzhen and others, and the two worked together again. During this period, as golden partners, they made great strides in the struggle against the enemy, in the development of production in the border areas, and in the expansion and consolidation of base areas.
The living standards of the people in the border areas have been fully improved and enhanced, and have also won unanimous praise from the masses in the border areas and the CPC Central Committee. Whenever he is praised or praised, Nie Rongzhen never forgets to remind, "There is a credit for Peng Zhen's hard work." ”
Especially in the early days of the founding of New China, when Nie Rongzhen was the mayor of Beijing, it was Peng Zhen who served as the secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, and the two partnered to start the construction of the top ten buildings in New China and the planning of Tiananmen Square.
Later, Nie Rongzhen found that he was not interested in being the mayor, but took the initiative to devote himself to the national defense science and technology of the motherland, and it was his old friend Peng Zhen who took over the responsibility of the mayor and took on the construction and development of the capital. At the beginning of the ten-year catastrophe, Peng Zhen was the first to be persecuted, and Nie Rongzhen gave friendly support and spiritual encouragement within his ability.
After 1987, both of them launched the central leadership collective, and finally took a back seat and lived a relatively idle life.
It's just that at this time, they are all getting old and their health is getting worse day by day, especially Marshal Nie Rongzhen's heart disease is getting worse and worse, Peng Zhen tries his best to consult doctors and experts, and always wants to seek the best treatment plan for Nie Shuai, in order to alleviate his pain;
But Nie Shuai himself teased himself very optimistically: "Life is seventy and crutches, eighty and car, it seems that I can't escape such a fate." In the twilight of their lives, the two elderly people visited each other, encouraged each other, and helped each other.
Mihoko Kato Witness the beauty of human nature
In Nie Shuai's long career as a horseman, there have been touching and gentle moments, even if it is saving the Japanese girl Mihoko Kato in the war of resistance against Japan. When it comes to Mihoko Kato, most readers may not know who she is, but it is safe to assume that she is a Japanese person.
If you tell everyone that it is this Japanese woman who is nearly half a hundred years old, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in 1980, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shouting the word "Dad" affectionately, people may be even more confused.
Let's go back to the source of the matter, in 1940, it was the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression that entered a difficult stage of stalemate, and the battlefield progress of both sides was difficult, and they were in a state of fatigue and see-saw.
In order to turn the tide of the war, the Eighth Route Army joined forces with the Kuomintang-controlled troops to launch the "Battle of 100 Regiments" with North China as the main battlefield, and the actual number of troops participating in the battle reached 105 regiments.
After taking the Jingcheng Coal Mine, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army heard the cries of children coming from the ruins while cleaning up the battlefield; they carefully peeled open the piles on the ground and found that they were a pair of Japanese sisters, the eldest was only five years old, and the younger was less than two years old; they were the daughters of the Japanese deputy stationmaster and his wife at the Jingcheng Railway Station who were lost in the Japanese bombardment.
The front-line fighters did not know how to deal with this special situation, so they had to consult their superiors and send the child to the command post.
Nie Rongzhen, who was the commander of the Jinchaji Military Division at the time, saw the two little girls and had mixed feelings, but Nie Rongzhen, who was already a father, showed great love for humanity and treated the two children very kindly, in addition to taking out snacks to comfort 5-year-old Mihoko Kato, and asking the military doctor to treat her sister's injuries, and also trying to find someone to be responsible for the feeding of the little sister.
After a few days of careful care, out of humanitarian considerations, Nie Rongzhen and the leaders of the military sub-district agreed that the pair of little sisters should be returned to their motherland. Therefore, Nie Rongzhen personally wrote a letter to the Japanese officers stationed near the defense to inform him of the situation, reprimanded the Japanese army for their atrocities of disregarding human life, and also negotiated the handover matter.
After receiving a response from the Japanese army, Nie Rongzhen personally arranged for a local farmer to carry two little girls in a basket with letters and letters to the Japanese army's headquarters in Shijiazhuang.
When the little Kato Mihoko was leaving, she suddenly stretched out her little hand and held Nie Rongzhen tightly and refused to let go, which made this hot-blooded soldier cry, but a soldier present broke their hands stiffly. Later, after being sent away, Mihoko Kato's sister died of serious injuries, and she herself was adopted by her uncle in China.
It wasn't until 40 years later that an article in the People's Liberation Army Daily, "Little Japanese Girl, Where Are You?" reached Japan, evoking Mihoko Kato's childhood memories, actively contacting the Chinese side, and starting her journey to find her relatives.
At this time, Nie Rongzhen was over 80 years old, and despite his sick body, he happily met with the little girl who was rescued in the Great Hall of the People and performed an affectionate ode to Sino-Japanese friendship.
Conclusion
At 22:43 on May 14, 1992, Marshal Nie Rongzhen, who had worked hard for the revolution all his life, stopped his heart beating in his sleep, his face was peaceful, and he looked painless and sick, but everyone around him was heartbroken and couldn't cry.
The third thing that Nie Rongzhen entrusted in his last words was to sprinkle his ashes on the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center that he had personally selected and built after his death. After Nie Shuai's death, in accordance with his last wishes, his family buried a small part of his ashes outside Babao Mountain for the convenience of worship, and most of the ashes were sprinkled in the marshal's life.
Today, Jiuquan, which has developed into a famous space city, and China's aerospace industry, which is unique and proud enough to laugh at the world, can finally comfort the spirit of Marshal Nie Rongzhen in the sky.
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