Liu Wenzhi, a 108-year-old Red Army soldier, died

On September 30, Chongqing Daily news: Comrade Liu Wenzhi, former secretary of the party branch of the Fourth Cotton Textile Factory in Chongqing, Sichuan Province, and an old Red Army, a retired cadre who enjoyed provincial (ministerial) chief medical treatment, died on September 28, 2020 at the age of 108 due to illness.

Born in September 1912 in Tongjiang, Sichuan, Liu Wenzhi joined the revolutionary work in August 1933 and joined the Communist Party of China in July 1948.

According to public resumes, during the war years, Liu Wenzhi successively served as a platoon leader of the supply department of the Red Fourth Army, the leader of the 385th Brigade's clothing factory, and a cadet of the Cadre Training Team of the Yan'an Sichuan Office and the Sichuan Cadre Team of the Southwest Service Regiment.

After the founding of New China, Liu Wenzhi transferred to chongqing fourth cotton textile factory and served as the secretary of the party branch of the factory. He left his post in October 1980 to recuperate. In September 2009, he was approved by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee to enjoy medical treatment at the level of vice mayor. In June 2011, it was approved by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee to enjoy the reimbursement of medical expenses according to the provincial (ministerial) level standards. In October 2019, it was approved by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee to enjoy provincial (ministerial) medical treatment.

Liu Wenzhi has four sons and daughters, namely the eldest Xie Jiabin, the second xie Jiayin, the third xie Jiaxi, and the fourth xie jiarong. The third daughter, Xie Jiaxi, said in an interview that Liu Wenzhi was poor when he was young, and when he was a teenager, he worked hard and tired every day, until he was 20 years old, he was still a peasant girl who could only cultivate land and beat pig grass. He joined the Red Army in 1933. "My mother was poor at the time, and when she heard that the Red Army had come to help the poor, she secretly ran to the town to join the army without her family. Before leaving, the mother left her clothes, shoes and cut hair at home, and did not take them with her. ”

After the start of the Long March, Liu Wenzhi was already a platoon leader of the women's platoon and followed the Fourth Army of the Red Fourth Front to the west. As she passed the salt mountain before entering the meadow, she dug a ball-sized piece of salt and carried it on her back. Food was scarce on the grass, and this salt block could be used to cook hard-to-swallow weeds, saving almost the entire platoon of women.

Xie Jiaxi said that his mother has always been strong and cheerful, but as long as she remembers those Red Army comrades-in-arms, she will be very sad. Until the age of 104, when recalling those comrades-in-arms, the old man's eyes will still overflow with tears. "They fell one by one, everywhere. Some died of starvation, some died of illness. We are the Red Army, not afraid of death, and we continue to move forward. ”

According to local media reports, Liu Wenzhi's lover Xie Yuanchang once served as Chen Zaidao's guard, carrying the founding general off the line of fire during the war. "The resumes of Liu Wenzhi and her husband Xie Yuanchang are enough to give them a lot of privileges. But in Chongqing, Liu Wenzhi and her husband never flaunted the glorious history of their families." The old man's later life, calm and happy, like to watch "Bright Sword", every time the TV is replayed, he will not tire of watching, but also pull his children to watch together. Love sports, love to watch snooker and tennis, know Ding Junhui, also know Djokovic, as soon as you see the TV show of these two events, you will ask, "Xiao Ding" and "Xiao De" play today?

Beijing News reporter Wang Shu

Source: Beijing News