Among the many founding generals of the People's Liberation Army, Chen Geng's experience is quite legendary, Chen Geng was born in a family of eunuchs, his grandfather was a general of the Xiang Army, and his father was charitable and open-minded, and he had a lot of prestige in the local area. Under the influence of the family style, Chen Geng also learned martial arts from an early age and wanted to be a hero.
In 1916, the 14-year-old Chen Geng ran away from home to become a soldier in the Xiang Army in order to rebel against the feudal arranged marriage. In 1921, after four or five years in the Xiang Army, Chen Geng, tired of the brutality and corruption of the feudal warlords, came to Changsha to work as a railway clerk. During this time, he entered the self-study university founded by Mao Zedong, and under the influence of Mao Zedong, He Shuheng and others, Chen Geng joined the Communist Party of China in 1922.
In 1924, Chen Geng was sent by his superiors to be admitted to the Guangdong Army Martial Arts School, and the following year the school was incorporated into the Whampoa Military Academy, and Chen Geng became a first-term student of Whampoa. Soon, Chen Geng, who had been a soldier and had rich social experience, stood out in the first phase of Huangpu, and he and Jiang Xianyun and He Zhihan were known as the three masters of Huangpu. In 1925, the National Revolutionary Army carried out the Second Crusade, Chiang Kai-shek served as the commander-in-chief, during the march, Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters was surrounded by Chen Jiongming's main force, Chen Geng carried Chiang Kai-shek on his back to break through the siege, and then marched 160 miles in a row to find the receiving troops, and successfully rescued Chiang Kai-shek and many Huangpusheng.
After this war, Chiang Kai-shek was very attached to Chen Geng very much, and even when he knew that Chen Geng was a member of the Communist Party, he still wanted to win him over and use him for his own use. In 1927, Chen Geng, who was the battalion commander, led his troops to participate in the Nanchang Uprising. After the Nanchang Uprising, Chen Geng was seriously injured in the process of transfer and was sent to Shanghai for treatment. In 1928, after Chen Geng recovered from his wounds, he was transferred by Zhou Enlai to the Central Special Branch as the chief of the intelligence section, and he also commanded the special branch red team and executed the traitors He Jiaxing, Bai Xin and others.
In 1931, Chen Geng was sent to the Eyu-Anhui Su District, successively serving as regimental commander and division commander, and in 1932, Chen Geng was seriously injured and had to go to Shanghai again for treatment. In March 1933, Chen Geng was betrayed by traitors while being treated in Shanghai and was unfortunately arrested. After Chen Geng was arrested, Chiang Kai-shek was both soft and him, and promised him: As long as he is willing to surrender, he can be allowed to command any division of the Kuomintang troops. Chen Geng resolutely refused and would never betray. Chen Geng also had great influence in the Kuomintang, Soong Ching Ling personally went out to intercede for him, Hu Zongnan, Du Yuming, Huang Wei and other classmates also begged Chiang Kai-shek not to kill him, and finally Chiang Kai-shek turned a blind eye and let the underground party save him.
During the Long March, Chen Geng also served as the head of the Red Army cadre regiment and the commander of the First Division of the Red First Army. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Geng served as the brigade commander of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of the Taiyue Military Region. The 386 Brigade led by Chen Geng inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army many times, and the Japanese army in North China also played the slogan of "specializing in the 386 Brigade" and wanted to avenge Chen Geng.
However, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, something also happened that made Chen Geng very painful, that is, he was there
On March 8, 1939, Chen Geng's wife Wang Genying was located
The School of Financial and Economic Cadres of the Supply Department of the Political Department of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army was raided by the Japanese army, and at a critical juncture, Wang Genying found that a satchel containing important documents and public funds within the party had not been brought out, and resolutely rushed back to the village to get it.
Wang Genying's sacrifice made Chen Geng very sad, and for a long time afterwards, Chen Geng, who had always been lively and smiling, became silent. In order to heal the trauma left on Chen Geng's heart by the loss of his beloved wife, his comrades-in-arms wanted to help him find another like-minded partner to take care of his life, and even Liu Bocheng, commander of the 129th Division, and Deng Xiaoping, political commissar, personally asked him personal questions.
Until the summer of 1940, the arrival of the Cultural and Labor Corps of the Kang University General School stirred up ripples in Chen Geng's heart. At that time, after the Kang Da Cultural and Labor Troupe came to the Taiyue Military Region, they asked Chen Geng, commander of the Taiyue Military Region, to tell them the story of the war, and Chen Geng told them his legendary experience. Among the members of these literary and labor troupes, there was one person who attracted Chen Geng's attention, and he was Fu Ya, the second wife of General Chen Geng.
Fu Ya was born in 1918 in Shangyu County, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province.
He graduated from Nanjing Private Oriental High School in 1937 and entered in 1938
Yan'an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University
After graduating, he entered the General Political And Labor Corps of the Kang Da. When Chen Geng first met Fu Ya, he was attracted by her beautiful appearance and intelligent and elegant demeanor, and Fu Ya also admired Chen Geng's legendary experience. Not long after, Chen Geng took the initiative to say to Fu Ya: "Comrade Fu Ya, I like to make friends, I have many boyfriends, and I also need girlfriends. I don't know if you'd like to be my girlfriend. ”
Fu Ya was very clever and immediately heard Chen Geng's meaning, but she said to Chen Geng, "It may take three years for me to think about it again." Chen Geng did not say anything, and continued to lead the troops to fight, after which Fu Yazai carefully considered for three years, Chen Geng also honestly waited for three years, and finally Fu Ya was finally impressed by Chen Geng's sincerity and frankness. However, when Chen Geng and Fu Ya made their relationship public, they were opposed by their superiors, who believed that Fu Ya was suspected of being an enemy.
This reply from his superiors made Chen Geng feel very wandering, he couldn't imagine that such a thing would happen, and Fu Ya also felt tremendous mental pressure, and he didn't think about tea and food all day. Later, Deng Xiaoping went to the director of the Division's Political Department and said: "Send a telegram to the Central Committee, Fu Ya's family is not from a bad background, it is not that she herself is not good!" Even if her brother was a spy, she was a member of the Communist Party! Just approve them to marry and fulfill them. With the efforts of many parties, Chen Geng finally married Fu Ya, and Liu Bocheng, commander of the 129th Division, and Deng Xiaoping, political commissar, personally held a wedding for the two.
During the war years, the two gathered less and left more, but after the war, Chen Geng's health was getting worse and worse. Due to years of conquest, after liberation, it was still non-stop, from Vietnam to Korea, to the establishment of the Kazakh military industry, the harsh environment, busy work aggravated Chen Geng's illness.
1957 was a turning point in the deterioration of Chen Geng's health, and in this year Chen Geng first went to Nanjing, Wuxi, Zhenjiang, Suzhou and other places to inspect defense, and then set off from Shanghai to inspect the coastal islands. Then he went to Beijing to attend various meetings, and then braved the sweltering heat to inspect guangdong, Fujian and other forward positions, visited the Soviet Union in September, and organized and participated in joint sea, land and air exercises in October. On December 19, 1957, just after breakfast, Chen Geng put on his military uniform and was preparing to go to work at the General Staff Headquarters, but he had severe angina pectoris and difficulty breathing, and he was rescued until 10 o'clock at night.
In 1959, Chen Geng was appointed deputy chief of the general staff, vice minister of national defense, and deputy director of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission. The busier work made Chen Geng's health worse, and in May 1959, Chen Geng was even worse
The second episode of myocardial infarction took more than ten hours to wake up.
At the end of 1960, Chen Geng's heart was on the verge of stopping, and his superiors immediately stopped his work and asked Fu Ya to take him to Shanghai for recuperation. At 8:45 a.m. on March 16, 1961, Chen Geng died of illness in Shanghai at the age of 58.
Fu Ya was only 43 years old when Chen Geng died, but Fu Ya did not remarry, but seriously raised the five children left by Chen Geng, four of which were very successful.
Chen Zhifei later became a famous senior engineer in the aerospace sector;
Chen Zhijian served as the deputy commander of the Chongqing Garrison District and was later awarded the rank of major general; Chen Zhijin became the chief physician of the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army and was a master tutor; Chen Zhishu served as the commander of the Gansu Military Region and was awarded the rank of major general.
Chen Ya was also the spiritual pillar of Fu Ya, and after the death of General Chen Geng, Fu Ya missed his family more and more. Fu Ya was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, his father is a master of Shaoxing, his mother is a big girl in Suzhou, a total of 10 brothers and sisters, 4 brothers, 6 sisters. Fu Ya's eldest brother Fu Sen was influenced by Lin Boqu to join the revolution in the early days, and in 1938, Fu Ya, his younger brother Fu Xi and his younger sister Yu Li traveled thousands of miles to Yan'an under the inspiration of their eldest brother. Fu Ya's siblings included both communists and Kuomintang, and after 1949, Fu Ya lost contact with his family.
In 1949, after Fu Ya went south to Guangzhou with Chen Geng and inquired through the Organization of the Southern Bureau, he learned that his parents, sisters and brothers-in-law, younger siblings, and sisters-in-law had all gone to Taiwan. In 1980, Fu Ya received a letter from his relatives in Taiwan, the letter was sent from the United States by Fu Ya's younger sister, Fu Ya learned from the letter that his parents had died, and Fu Ya was sad about it.
In 1984, Fu Ya's little sister flew directly from the United States to Shanghai, and then to Beijing, and after the two met, they hugged each other and cried bitterly. From the little sister, Fu Ya learned about the family's situation in Taiwan, because Fu Ya was Chen Geng's wife, the family was also affected, Fu Ya's little sister and husband, as well as one of Fu Ya's sister-in-law, had been imprisoned. Before Fu Ya's father died, he instructed his family not to put his ashes in the temple, but to put his ashes into a jar, and then throw them into the sea, drifting to the mainland with the waves and back to his hometown. He said: "The tree is tall and the leaves have fallen back to their roots, and I cannot return to the mainland before I die, and I will return to the mainland after I die." ”
In 1992, after Fu Ya retired, the first thing that came to mind was to visit his relatives in Taiwan. However, fu ya just arrived in Taipei, as soon as he got off the plane, he was stunned by the scene in front of him, and in order to greet Fu Ya, more than a dozen cars lined up in front of the airport, so that Fu Ya did not know which car to take, and then Fu Ya and his family drove to the second brother's home in downtown Taipei. Fu Ya stayed in Taiwan for two months before returning to Beijing, and every year a relative from Taiwan came to Beijing, Fu Ya would personally greet him.
At 10:20 a.m. on January 4, 2010, Fu Ya died in Beijing at the age of 92.