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Preamble:
In 1948, the battle to capture Yixian County, Liaoning began. With the order of General Zhu Rui, commander of the artillery of the Northeast Military Region, more than 1,000 artillery pieces of various calibers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army fired at the city wall at the same time.
Zhu Rui
After several hours of fierce fighting, the liberation of Yi County achieved a major victory. However, unfortunately, Zhu Rui was unfortunately killed by a mine on the way, and he was only 43 years old at the time.
In his short life at the age of 43, Zhu Rui has had two little-known loves, each of which is unforgettable.
The first wife who dedicated her life to the revolutionary cause
In 1937, Zhu Rui was transferred to Taihang Mountain and served as secretary of the Military Commission of the Northern Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In the Jinchayu anti-Japanese base area, Zhu Rui founded the North China Military and Political Cadres School, where he met his first wife, Chen Ruoke.
Zhu Rui and Chen Ruoke
Chen Ruoke, 14 years younger than Zhu Rui, was born in Shanghai in 1919, his father was a junior clerk in the teaching hall, and his mother was a housewife who was born as a maidservant.
At the age of 8, Chen Ruoke attended primary school for half a year, but with the early death of her father and her mother's lack of ability to support the family, she had to drop out of school and go home to work as a child laborer in a yarn factory.
At the age of 15, Chen Ruoke's life ushered in a glimmer of hope, and under the influence of the advanced elements of the factory, she began to study night school while working, and her fate changed forever.
Chen Ruoke
In 1936, Chen Ruoke joined the Communist Party of China and became the head of the branch of his factory, engaged in some underground activities. But at this time, the white terror in Shanghai was serious, and it didn't take long for Chen Ruoke to be expelled for the so-called "communist suspicion". Immediately afterwards, the Shanghai Songhu Anti-Japanese War broke out, and she was forced to live in Wuhan and lost contact with the party organization.
In order to find the party organization, Chen Ruoke planned to venture to Yan'an, and when she passed through Jincheng, Shanxi, she saw the enrollment advertisement of "North China Military and Political Cadre School, Recruiting Progressive Youth" posted on the city wall.
At school, Chen Ruoke often listened to Zhu Rui's lectures, and soon, she was admired by the talented and eloquent Zhu Rui, and her aggressive, cheerful and lively personality also made Zhu Rui fall in love.
Zhu Rui
After a period of time together, the love between the two deepened, and after discussion, they decided to submit a marriage application to the organization.
On August 1, 1938, Zhu Rui and Chen Ruoke got married in Sanhuangge, Pingcheng Town, Lingchuan County, Shanxi Province, and their lovers eventually became married. On the day of the wedding, Zhu Rui looked at his wife affectionately, gave her a set of belts that she was reluctant to pezza, and made a vow that she would never be separated.
However, such a simple vow by Zhu Rui failed to be fulfilled, and a sudden "sweep" shattered this good wish.
Zhu Rui
In the second year of marriage, the anti-Japanese situation in Shandong became increasingly serious, and the Japanese army implemented the inhumane "three lights" policy in Shandong, and carried out large-scale destruction of the anti-Japanese base areas of the Eighth Route Army, trying to eliminate the anti-Japanese forces in one fell swoop.
The anti-Japanese situation became increasingly tense, Zhu Rui was busy on the front line, and Chen Ruoke was engaged in the work of the Women's Committee in the rear. She was dressed in a Lenin suit, with a belt given to her by Juri around her waist, and a pistol pinned.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Zhu Rui and Chen Ruoke gave birth to their first child, but unfortunately a few months later, they were swept away by the Japanese invaders, and the child was seriously ill and died without treatment.
Zhu Rui
In 1941, Chen Ruoke became pregnant with her and Zhu Rui's second child, but unfortunately, at the age of 8 months, she was once again swept by the Japanese army, and she was arrested and imprisoned with the child in her womb.
That night, the enemy was interrogated by the pregnant Chen Ruoke, who was beaten all over her body and almost blinded in one eye. In the face of the enemy's interrogation, Chen Ruoke never let go, and endured torture again and again.
Under the torture of the enemy, Chen Ruoke gave birth to a baby girl early. Looking at the crying child, Chen Ruoke's heart was like a knife, she knew that she didn't have long to live, and the child would have to be tortured with her.
Chen Ruoke
In the end, the enemy lost patience when Chen Ruoke couldn't ask anything and pushed him to the execution ground.
On the day of the execution, Chen Ruoke looked at his daughter in his arms distressedly, suddenly bit his finger, quickly stuffed it into his daughter's mouth, and whispered: "Child, mom is sorry for you." If you didn't drink a mouthful of your mother's milk when you came to this world, you will die with your mother, so you can suck your mother's blood!"
In this way, Chen Ruoke, who was only 22 years old, and her newborn daughter died under the enemy's sword. When the villagers found the bodies of their mother and daughter, they were already blurred and mutilated.
Zhu Rui soon heard the bad news and was grief-stricken. On the day of the funeral, Zhu Rui rushed to the scene and wanted to say goodbye to the mother and daughter, but his comrades-in-arms hugged him and didn't let him see the scene inside the coffin, worried that he couldn't stand it.
Zhu Rui, a man over seven feet tall, never cried on the battlefield, but he cried in front of his dearest wife and unmet daughter.
On the fifth anniversary of the "77 Incident" in 1942, Zhu Rui wrote the article "Mourning Comrade Chen Ruoke" to mourn his wife. "She died too early, it's a loss to the revolution, it's a loss to women, it's a loss to me," he said......
Pan Caiqin, the second wife who never married
After Chen Ruoke's death, Zhu Rui threw all his anger against the enemy into the revolutionary cause, and he worked harder to resist the war, day and night. At this moment, a woman appeared in Jurui's life.
Her name is Pan Caiqin, she was an actress in the United Theater Troupe at that time, and the dramatic thing is that Pan Caiqin and Chen Ruoke have many similarities, both of their skin is white and red, and their eyes are beautiful and beautiful, and they have been very poor since childhood, one is a female worker, and the other is a child daughter-in-law.
What's even more wonderful is that before Chen Ruoke sacrificed, he praised Pan Caiqin's ingenuity in front of Zhu Rui, and the tops made for her were very suitable, and she liked Pan Caiqin very much.
Fate is so wonderful, at the New Year's Day party in 1942, Zhu Rui met Pan Caiqin mentioned by his wife.
At that time, Pan Caiqin performed in Yinan County with the United Troupe, and the head of the troupe, Wang Zhaohua, temporarily asked Pan Caiqin to borrow leather shoes from Zhu Rui as props. When Zhu Rui saw Pan Caiqin, he seemed to see his former wife, who was lost at the moment.
In the next few days, Zhu Rui saw Pan Caiqin several times, and finally mustered up the courage to confess to her: "Xiao Pan, shall we make friends?"
Chairman Mao and Zhu Rui
Pan Caiqin was taken aback, thinking that her age, knowledge, and status did not match Zhu Rui's, so she hurriedly refused: "No! How old are you, and you are a high-ranking party cadre, that's not good!"
Zhu Rui was amused by Pan Caiqin's reaction, and told her with a smile: "I'm only in my 30s, not much older. Comrade Ruoke is a female worker in Shanghai, and you have been a child daughter-in-law since you were a child, so I asked you to make friends. ”
Chatting with Zhu Rui, Pan Caiqin did not feel the gap in her position, she gradually let down her guard and listened carefully to Zhu Rui's affectionate confession. Finally, Pan Caiqin was impressed, and their marriage application was quickly approved.
The Juri family
After marriage, due to the tense war situation, Zhu Rui and his wife got together less and separated more.
In 1943, Zhu Rui was ordered to go to Yan'an to study at the Central Party School, while Pan Caiqin was prevented from being arranged to go to the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army in Sihong County, northeastern Anhui to give birth, and soon their eldest daughter Zhu Huaibei was born.
It wasn't until two years later that Zhu Ruicaiyu and Pan Caiqin's mother and daughter reunited in Tonghua, Northeast China. During her stay in the Northeast, Pan Caiqin gave birth to a second daughter for Zhu Rui, and the family was happy.
The Juri family
However, the happy time was very short-lived, and in 1948, Zhu Rui received an order to rush to the front line of the Liaoshen Campaign.
On the day of leaving, Pan Caiqin reluctantly sent Zhu Rui to the station, but found that she forgot to bring her leather shoes, and Zhu Rui offered to go home with her to pick them up, so that they could get along for a while.
They didn't expect that this would be the last time they spent together as a couple.
Zhu Rui died, and it was reported in the newspapers and radio in Harbin, but Pan Caiqin was busy with work transfers and making cotton clothes for her two daughters, coupled with the secrecy of the comrades around her, which caused her to be kept in the dark.
Zhu Rui's coffin was lifted into the car on the Red Army Street in Harbin
The time soon came to October, and seeing that the matter could no longer be hidden, the deputy secretary of the Northeast Bureau of the Communist Party of China and Pan Caiqin told the truth. Pan Caiqin thundered like five thunderbolts, she couldn't believe that this was true, until she saw Zhu Rui's coffin, she didn't believe that he was really sacrificed.
Facing her husband's coffin, Pan Caiqin made a vow that she would definitely raise her two daughters to adulthood.
After Zhu Rui's sacrifice, Pan Caiqin lived alone with her two daughters, which was very difficult. She was in her youth, and many comrades pursued her, and in the face of her two young daughters, Pan Caiqin also wanted to find someone to rely on, so she met an intermediate cadre of the artillery school.
The Juri family
After returning to Beijing, Pan Caiqin asked the leaders to get married, but the person in charge of the artillery school wanted to transfer her back to the artillery school. Pan Caiqin said embarrassedly: "I can't go to the artillery school, this artillery school is named 'Zhu Rui Artillery School', how can I get there to get married!"
Pan Caiqin can't forget her husband, and it's impossible for her to start a family with another man at the artillery school named after her husband?
In the end, this cadre failed to be transferred out of the artillery school, and Pan Caiqin did not remarry, and lived a difficult life with two children independently.
Pan Caiqin worked hard to raise her two daughters to adulthood, and the two daughters were also very competitive and joined the army as artillerymen, inheriting their father's legacy.
Resources:
Xu Tinghua." The Father of Artillery" Zhu Rui's little-known marriage past, "Party History Bocai (I)", No. 9, 2021
General Sequoia Zhu Rui and his two wives, "Party History", 2017, No. 2