On the arduous road of revolution, countless revolutionary fighters sacrificed their lives, and they used their bodies to block the enemy's artillery fire, laying a solid foundation for the success of the revolution, and Gu Zuolin was one of them. He served as director of the General Political Department of the Red Army, was elected a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee, and was a prominent figure in the Central Soviet District, but at the age of 26, he died of illness and prematurely remained in the smoke of history.
The name Gu Zuolin is very unfamiliar to people now, not that he is not famous enough, nor that he has not contributed enough, on the contrary, he is one of the early leaders of our party. He succeeded Wang Jiaxiang and presided over the political work of the Red Army, which shows how important he was in the party. Then why haven't people ever heard of Gu Zuolin's name? What happened to him?
Gu Zuolin was born in 1908 in Jiading, Shanghai, and was admitted to a middle school in Nanjing at the age of 14, during which he was exposed to many progressive ideas and began to participate in some revolutionary activities, for which he was expelled from school. In 1925, Gu Zuolin came to Shanghai to study at university, and the patriotic thoughts in his heart swelled day by day, and he soon secretly joined the party organization. He was an active member of the revolutionary movement, always active among the student and workers' groups, and he courageously propagated the ideas of the Party and expanded the membership of the Party organization.
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the revolution, our party was dealt a serious blow, the revolutionary cause entered a low ebb, party members were persecuted one after another, and Gu Zuolin's situation was not optimistic. Even so, he still did not give up the revolutionary cause and firmly believed that the spring of revolution would come again.
After that, he was sent to work in Shandong, during which he actively mobilized students and workers, accumulated a lot of revolutionary forces, and laid a solid mass foundation for subsequent revolutionary activities. After 1929, Gu Zuolin successively worked in Jiangsu and Hubei, and also served as the secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League. In 1930, at the age of 22, Gu Zuolin became a member of the Yangtze River Bureau of the Communist Party of China and became an important youth representative of the party.
Soon, Gu Zuolin's work in the Communist Youth League achieved good results, and in view of his rich work experience, in 1931, he was transferred to the Soviet District to take charge of the work of the Communist Youth League. At that time, the Central Communist Youth League was only a nominal organization, and the other leaders focused mainly on the war, so that no one had time to manage the Communist Youth League, which was why the work of the Communist Youth League had been stagnant.
After Gu Zuolin took office, he immediately carried out drastic rectification, so that the work of the Communist Youth League could be put into operation quickly. He not only founded the organ newspaper, but also participated in the writing of a large number of tabloids and articles, which were deeply loved by the youth, and this move not only propagated the party's ideology, but also played a very big role in promoting the party's development.
In 1931, the Central Bureau of the Communist Party of China Soviet District was established, and Gu Zuolin became the secretary of the Central Bureau of the Communist Youth League Soviet District. The youth publications he published aroused tremendous repercussions throughout the country, and helped the party organizations to expand in terms of ideology and form.
In 1933, he was appointed secretary of the Minjiang Provincial Party Committee and participated in the formation of Minjiang Province. In 1934, Gu Zuolin entered the Politburo of the Central Committee, and at the age of 26, he was the youngest Politburo member at that time. Immediately afterwards, he became the director of the General Political Department of the Red Army, and this position was held by Wang Jiaxiang at that time, but in the fourth anti-encirclement and suppression, Wang Jiaxiang was unable to work normally due to a leg injury, so he could only let Gu Zuolin replace Wang Jiaxiang to preside over the work.
Just after Gu Zuolin took office, due to Li De's erroneous command, the Red Army suffered serious losses, and Gu Zuolin saw the critical situation on the front line and insisted on going to the front line to inspect. But at this time, he had contracted tuberculosis, and his body couldn't bear it at all, and his body was on the verge of crisis after a long time of hard work and strong work pressure.
When the battle against encirclement and suppression was at its most intense, Gu Zuolin was still sick to inspect, and just after he came to the position, he suddenly vomited blood and fainted, and after half an hour of rescue, he was still unconscious, and was finally sent to the Central Red Hospital. However, due to the severity of his condition and the bumps for several days, he missed the best time for treatment, and the hospital at that time did not have enough medicine, so Gu Zuolin's condition has not been able to improve. In May 1934, this young and promising revolutionary cadre unfortunately died of illness at the age of 26.
Because Gu Zuolin died young, he ended his revolutionary career prematurely, and was absent from many major revolutionary events later, which gradually made future generations forget his name. But the country and history will not forget him, and his revolutionary deeds will always remain in the long river of history and will always be remembered!