China's modern history is a bloody revolutionary history, but in such troubled times, there is no lack of warmth, and the revolutionary friendship and iron-clad tenderness hidden in the chaotic era will always make people particularly moved.
In the history of the Communist Party, there are two pairs of lovers, they are friends and confidants, relatives and siblings, revolutionary comrades-in-arms and friends of life and death, although there is no blood relationship, but they have regarded each other as relatives, these two pairs of lovers are Chen Yi and Zhang Qian, Su Yu and Chu Qing.
Two families combined
On January 16, 1971, Marshal Chen Yi suddenly felt that the abdominal pain was aggravated, at this time he was 70 years old, and the abdominal pain had been several years, he originally thought that the person was old, and there was a problem with the physical function, but he did not expect the results of the hospital examination, but everyone was surprised, he was diagnosed with intestinal cancer, which was already in an advanced stage.
Cancer is a difficult disease to cure today, not to mention that at that time, Chen Yi failed to withstand the disease and passed away a year later.
But fortunately, before he died, he saw his youngest son Chen Xiaolu, who was in a hurry to return to Beijing from the army on January 4 of that year, but heard the news that his father was dying.
Chen Yi, who was in a coma, opened his eyes and glanced at his youngest son, his eyes flashed with a strange brilliance, but in the end he couldn't say anything, and two days later, Chen Yi left.
On January 6, 1972, after a year of hospitalization, Chen Yi collapsed in a hospital bed in Beijing at the age of 71.
At the memorial service, Premier Zhou Enlai said affectionately: "Chen Yi is a member of the Communist Party of China and a loyal fighter of the Chinese people...... His death has deprived us of an old comrade-in-arms and comrade, and is a great loss to our party and our army. ”
Chen Yi's wife, Zhang Qian, wept silently at the scene, looking at the people who came to mourn, tears streaming down her face, but when she learned that Chairman Mao would attend her husband's funeral, she was extremely excited.
Chairman Mao was able to attend Chen Yi's funeral, which was an affirmation of her husband's historical achievements, and at the beginning of the funeral, Zhang Qian supported Chairman Mao throughout the whole process.
Little did she know, however, that just two months after her husband's death, she would also fall ill.
In March 1972, Zhang Qian was diagnosed with cancer, and she lay dying in the hospital bed, fighting the final battle against the terminal illness.
At this time, two friends walked into her ward, these two were not only her comrades-in-arms who were born and died, but also her best friends - Su Yu and Chu Qing, the years are not forgiving, they are also old, and it is difficult to hide the vicissitudes of the years between their eyebrows.
In the empty and cold ward, the three old men sobbed and talked in a low voice, the characters who were once high-spirited and stirred up the storm are old, the era that belongs to them has become history, but those friendships have endured.
In front of the hospital bed, the three old men set up a marriage for their children, and in order to let Zhang Qian leave this world with peace of mind, Su Yu and Chu Qing promised to treat her children as if they were their own.
In order to commemorate the years of sharing joys and sorrows, and for the deep friendship between the two families, Su Yu and Chu Qing married their only daughter to Chen Yi and Zhang Qian's youngest son, Chen Xiaolu.
In 1975, Chen Xiaolu and Su Huining got married, and the two lived very happily after marriage.
And the stories and friendships between fathers have not been diluted by this, but have become more precious than old spirits.
Chen does not leave Su, Su does not leave Chen
Chen Yi and Su Yu are well-known "golden partners" in the history of modern warfare, they have written countless legends in the years of war, sincere cooperation, intimacy, and fought wonderful battles.
They met in 1927, the year the two participated in the Nanchang Uprising together, 20-year-old Su Yu served as the squad leader of the guard squad because of his outstanding performance, and 26-year-old Chen Yi happened to be the instructor of the guard regiment, this was the first time they intersected, but the two were not familiar with each other at this time.
During the Red Army Revolution, the two did not have much intersection, but Su Yu's capture of the division commander Zhang Huizan alive in the battle of leading troops to encircle and suppress the 18th Division of the Kuomintang still left a deep impression on Chen Yi, and Chen Yi began to pay attention to this bold teenager.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, fate pushed the golden pair together, out of the needs of the war, the Party Central Committee decided to let Chen Yi serve as the commander of the Jiangnan Command of the New Fourth Army, and Su Yu was the deputy commander.
Su Yu is usually responsible for combat training, and Chen Yi is responsible for giving advice and commanding actions, the two have formed a deep friendship in their daily interactions, and they have gradually tacitly understood in many cooperations. ”
After the news spread, it became a good talk within the army.
After that, the two cooperated in a number of battles, the most exciting one was the decisive battle of Huangqiao, in this battle, the two destroyed more than 11,000 enemies, scattered the enemy's 12 regiments, and played the largest base in Central China.
During the War of Liberation, in order to facilitate operations, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to merge the field army of the Shandong Liberated Area and the field army of the Central China Liberated Area to form the East China Field Army.
Chairman Mao also accepted the suggestion of the people, and in a telegram he sent to the East China Field Army, he wrote: Under the leadership of Chen Yi, Chen Yi is the commander and political commissar at the same time, and the deputy commander Su Yu is responsible for the campaign and command.
After hearing about this incident, Su Yu said: "Now that the Central Committee and Comrade Chen Yi have asked me to shoulder this heavy responsibility, I am determined to do my best to shoulder this burden so that Comrade Chen Yi can grasp the overall situation with more strength. ”
This tacit understanding has always been maintained between them.
Just like Chen Yi said to Su Yu, "As always, we will mainly consider the military by you, and I will give you the topic." ”
The attitude of the two people towards each other's total trust is reflected in their daily words and deeds.
Although Chen Yi was the commander and Su Yu's superior at that time, as long as he was in the war, Su Yu's orders and commands, Chen Yi would fully support them, and even if someone didn't understand Su Yu's decision, he would stand up and support Su Yu's work.
The most obvious manifestation of this attitude was the famous Battle of Meng Lianggu, when Su Yu, as the deputy commander, directly issued an order to Xu Shiyou, the commander of the Ninth Column, to adjust the deployment, but Xu Shiyou did not agree.
He did not obey Su Yu's order, and directly called Su Yu to quarrel with him, and the straightforward Xu Shiyou spoke very directly, and he refused to carry out Su Yu's order on the grounds that the casualties of the troops were too large, and bargained with Su Yu.
Chen Yi, who had been sitting quietly on the side, couldn't listen anymore at this time, took the phone directly from Su Yu's hand, and yelled at Xu Shiyou opposite: "What Commander Su meant, that's what I mean, we have studied it, don't talk about the price anymore!"
Chen Yi has always been known as a Confucian general in the army, he is kind, gentle and elegant, and rarely loses his temper, but it is still terrible to start a temper, and now he roared out directly, Xu Shiyou dared to say anything again, so he could only obediently carry out the orders given by Su Yu.
Chen Yi has a good eye, promotes Su Yu all the way, let Su Yu let go of the command, and the consequences of failure are all borne by himself, when the East China Field Army was just established, Su Yu fought several defeats, and many people were not convinced by him, and it was Chen Yi who helped the town.
However, later, Su Yu did not disappoint Chen Yi, fought many victories one after another, made great achievements for New China, and was named the first of the top ten generals of the founding of the country after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
There is a rumor that when the title was awarded in 1955, Su Yu and Chen Yi were both qualified to be awarded the title of marshal, and the victories in the East China Field War at that time were all commanded by Su Yu, but Chen Yi, as his superior, had deeper qualifications, so who should be the marshal between the two has been arguing endlessly.
In the end, Su Yu took the initiative to let Xian, he felt that Chen Yi was more qualified than him, and out of respect for the old chief, he gave up the marshal of the East China Field Army to Mr. Chen.
Chen Yi and Su Yu not only formed a deep friendship in one cooperation battle after another, but also met a girl who could spend their lives together while the revolutionary cause.
Chen Yi and Zhang Qian - red bean lovesickness
In March 1939, Chen Yi went to the military headquarters for a meeting, and the comrades-in-arms in charge of the reception jokingly said to him: "The famous Commander Chen, do you know Zhang Qian, an actor of the Field Service Corps?"
Chen Yi shook his head, he has been busy with the front-line battlefield, he has not been very clear about these things, and he rarely cares about the affairs of the Field Service Corps, but that night, he attended the party held in the Chen Family Ancestral Hall in the New Fourth Army Auditorium to welcome Zhou Enlai.
It was at this party that he met an actor, the girl's eyebrows between the delicate air made his heart moved, he asked the head of the field service regiment Zhu Kejing who this person was, at that moment, he knew that this beautiful and generous girl was Zhang Qian said by the reception comrade.
Zhang Qian is a star actor of the Military Field Service Corps, very versatile, since ancient times, heroes love beauties, Chen Yi can't avoid it, just in a hurry, he was moved by Zhang Qian.
Zhu Kejing naturally saw through Chen Yi's thoughts, not only gave him a photo of Zhang Qian, but also helped test Zhang Qian's meaning, for a man with too many legendary stories, Zhang Qian was also moved, after all, Chen Yi at that time had both the spirit of a military general and the elegance of a literati.
But the gap between them is too big, Zhang Qian has some concerns in her heart, Chen Yi has already had two marriages at that time, and he has not been in a relationship yet, Chen Yi is the commander of the Weizhen side, and he is just an actor, not to mention, the age gap between them is too big.
In May 1939, Chen Yituo's friend handed over a letter to Zhang Qian, there was no flowery rhetoric on the letter, nor any lingering love words, only two small poems, but the words were filled with a man's affection and lovesickness.
One of them is: "The spring light is like an idiot, I am ashamed of my Jiangnan Tongrui Division, where is the pride for twenty years, and I don't know if I lose with Hongfang!"
There is also a poem called "Praise Chunlan", Zhang Qian used the name Chunlan before she participated in the revolution: "The little arrow contains the newborn gang, it seems to want to bloom and spit yellow, delicate and elegant, the world is uncomfortable, and the purple and red are jealous and fragrant." ”
After Zhang Qian saw this, she was very moved, which woman could resist the talented and affectionate love poems? Zhu Kejing was also happy to match the two, so he transferred her to the Jiangnan Headquarters as a propaganda officer.
In February 1940, Chen Yi and Zhang Qian got married in Shuixi Village, Liyang County, Jiangsu Province, where the Jiangnan Headquarters of the New Fourth Army was stationed.
The two exchanged letters between them, and their emotions were as always, and they have always maintained fiery emotions, whether it was in the revolutionary years or later in the era of peace, and even when Chen Yi was treated unfairly, Zhang Qian never left her side.
After Chen Yi passed away, Zhang Qian spent the rest of her life helping him sort out books and materials, but she didn't expect that she was also diagnosed with cancer soon after.
She couldn't finish her husband's tidying up, so she handed over the task to her children, before she died, sitting in front of her hospital bed was her husband's best friend Su Yu and his wife, the two old people promised her that they would take care of her youngest son, Zhang Qian nodded, and closed her eyes peacefully.
Su Yu and Chu Qing - the persistence of love at first sight
The love between Su Yu and Chu Qing is also a touching story, Su Yu's deep affection for Chu Qing is no less than Chen Yi's dedication to Zhang Qian's "three thousand weak waters, only take one scoop to drink".
This pair of friends of life and death, even their attitudes towards feelings are surprisingly consistent, Chen Yi and Su Yu are both people who attach great importance to feelings, and they also have their own persistence and responsibility for love.
Su Yu's acquaintance with Chu Qing also has a little relationship with Chen Yi, Chen Yi, as Su Yu's Bole, once became his matchmaker.
In August 1939, the Jiangnan Command of the New Fourth Army was established, and the first battle between Chen Yi and Su Yu was very brilliant, destroying more than 100 enemy troops and capturing a large number of military weapons under the premise of zero casualties on our side.
After the end of the war, Chen Yi assigned Su Yu a task to teach the corps to select a few members and organize propaganda activities within the unit.
Su Yu met Chu Qing when he was selecting the team members, and when the 8 female team members in charge of propaganda work stood in front of him to make a brief report, a girl named Zhan Yongzhu left a deep impression on Su Yu.
Zhan Yongzhu is a Yangzhou girl, beautiful and beautiful, with the grace and beauty of a Jiangnan girl in her bones, which makes Su Yu very excited, not to mention that this girl is soft on the outside and strong on the inside - because she couldn't stand the trampling on the Chinese land by the foreign powers, she chose to participate in the revolution.
Su Yu, as Zhuge Liang on the battlefield, is at a loss for love, he has never chased a girl, and he doesn't know how to woo Chu Qing.
After thinking about it, he could only find his good brother Chen Yi, Chen Yi was very happy after hearing about this and encouraged Su Yu to take the initiative.
Su Yu knew that Chen Yi had chased Zhang Qian because of a love letter, so he mustered up the courage to write a love letter to Zhan Yongzhu, knowing that it was not a trivial matter for a famous commander at that time to write a love letter to a small propaganda officer.
In the face of love, Su Yu was unwilling to give up, and the heart of love at first sight made him toss and turn night after night, and he boldly and bluntly expressed his love in the letter, but he couldn't wait for a reply.
Later, I inquired and found out that Zhan Yongzhu directly tore up the love letter, and Su Yu couldn't make up her mind what kind of idea she had.
After Chen Yi learned that his good brother was unfavorable, he hurried to comfort him, but Su Yu saw it very openly, and he said lightly: "Love is first of all emotion, Zhan Yongzhu doesn't want to fall in love with me, that's naturally her choice, I have no right to force it." ”
In this way, is Su Yu going to give up? Obviously not, since he chooses to confess boldly, he will not back down because of a refusal.
Soon after, the party organization issued a new task to Zhan Yongzhu, reassigning her to the Jiangnan base area for clerical work, so that she and Su Yu stayed in the same place.
Su Yu usually doesn't have any transgressions, but gets along with Zhan Yongzhu in a regular and gentle manner, which makes her have a good impression.
In fact, Zhan Yongzhu is not unimpressed by Su Yu, but she is still young, and the hatred of her family and country is the first thing in her heart at that time, and she doesn't want to talk about the relationship between her children and daughters too early, but feelings are not something that can be controlled by control.
In the winter of 1941, Su Yu was about to go out to fight, so he asked Zhan Yongzhu out for a walk, and then expressed his deep affection by the river: "I still respect your choice and rights, but I want to be good to you, whether it is a year or two years, it really can't work, I will wait for the next three years." ”
This time, Zhan Yongzhu did not reject him and accepted Su Yu's confession.
They got married at the end of 1941, and after getting married, Su Yu helped Zhan Yongzhu change his name to Chu Qing, and in the following eventful years, the two will share honor and disgrace.
In 1942, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered a critical period, at this time Chen Yi and Zhang Qian had just been married for two years, and Chu Qing and Su Yu had been married for only one year.
Since ancient times, the family and the country have been in difficulty, and for the future of the country, they must give up some things, such as family, such as the love of children and daughters.
Chen Yi and Su Yu fought side by side on the front line, while Chu Qing and Zhang Qian waited for the arrival of victory at home.
The revolutionary friendship between Chen Yi and Su Yu is very moving, and the friendship between the two families is also very moving.