The friendship between China and North Korea is also the strongest friendship in modern history.
Together, the two sides smashed the conspiracy of U.S. imperialism, disrupted their entire layout on the Korean Peninsula, and upheld the just cause.
For China, this is the founding battle of new China, and it also shows the world that Chinese people are definitely not easy to bully.
After the war, Premier Zhou came to North Korea in 1958 at the invitation of North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il Sung to participate in the talks, and this time the two sides agreed on the decision to withdraw volunteer troops from North Korea.
Since then, Premier Zhou has also come to the DPRK many times, and the relations between the two countries have reached a new level.
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At the beginning of the founding of New China, Premier Zhou and Kim Il Sung met frequently.
During the Communist Liberation War, Kim Il Sung provided great convenience to the Communist Party's activities in the northeast, and a steady stream of materials were transported from Korea to northeast China, which also greatly helped the activities of the People's Liberation Army.
The grace of dripping water, the spring repays each other.
When Chairman Mao gave an order and a large number of volunteer troops crossed the Yalu River, Kim Il Sung often came to Beijing to meet with Chairman Mao to discuss what direction the peninsula war should go in the future.
At this time, Premier Zhou was always present, and every time Kim Il Sung and Chairman Mao finished talking, Premier Zhou would talk with Kim Il Sung, and when Kim Il Sung returned to the DPRK, Premier Zhou would always send someone to the DPRK to convey his message, and the relationship between the two began to get better and better during this time.
Kim Il Sung already had a high respect for Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou, so he always hoped that Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou would have the opportunity to come to Korea.
Chairman Mao did not come, and Premier Zhou came to Pyongyang in 1958, this time to discuss with Kim Il Sung about the withdrawal of troops, and the premier wanted to take the vast number of volunteer soldiers home.
By the time the delegation left the airport, many Pyongyang citizens had gathered on both sides of the road, along the way, not only children, but also white-haired elderly people, who were warmly welcoming the Chinese delegation in their own way.
In the afternoon of the same day, people from all walks of life in Pyongyang gathered at the National Arts Theater and warmly welcomed the Chinese government delegation, Kim Il Sung and Premier Zhou successively delivered enthusiastic speeches, and a song and dance party was held after the congress.
It was the time of the traditional Chinese Spring Festival, and the weather on the Korean Peninsula was also very cold, and Premier Zhou braved the snow and wind to visit Xianxing City and visit the Xingnan Fertilizer Factory.
North Korea, like China, also has the habit of celebrating the Spring Festival, so since then, Premier Zhou and Kim Il Sung have drunk a lot of Chinese Moutai wine, and after the successful conclusion of the visit, Premier Zhou's task has also been completed.
After the visit, the crowd gathered again in the station square, people shook the bouquets of flowers in their hands together, and the scene erupted into thunderous applause, until Premier Zhou's back disappeared on the platform of the station.
Since then, the relationship between the two has taken it to a higher level.
Three years later, Kim Il-sung once again led the delegates to visit China and signed the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, and Premier Zhou was the representative who signed on behalf of China.
After another two years, Kim Il Sung came to the northeast of China again, and Premier Zhou also rushed from Beijing to meet him, Kim Il Sung came this time, mainly to learn about China's development, and at that time the industry in the northeast region still made good progress.
On the 20th anniversary of China's National Day, Kim Il Sung sent a chairman named Choi Yong-jin to Beijing to congratulate China on its National Day.
According to Chairman Mao's instructions, Premier Zhou returned to North Korea in April 1970, and Kim Il-sung immediately pushed aside his subordinates and went to the airport to greet him. ”
This time, Premier Zhou once again held a long meeting with Kim Il Sung, and the two respectively briefed on the current situation in China.
It was also this time that Premier Zhou brought a state gift: a pound of shawl radish.
And its significance has long gone beyond the radish itself, but an important witness to the arduous war of that year.
At the beginning, the whole world did not dare that New China would be involved in this war, and at that time, New China was also facing many difficulties, the newborn people's power needed to be stabilized, and the national economy also needed to resume development, so the Party Central Committee put forward the policy of "fighting while fighting, stabilizing at the same time, and building at the same time."
When they came to the Korean battlefield, the equipment of the Chinese and DPRK armies was far behind that of the "United Nations Army" headed by the United States, and there was almost no comparison; in addition, the US military had firmly grasped the air supremacy, and the logistical support was also a great difficulty, and the People's Volunteer Army paid a very high price in the battle with the US army.
Under the correct leadership and command of Chairman Mao, Peng Dehuai, and others, after two years and nine months of bloody struggle, the volunteer army successfully fulfilled the great strategic task of "defending the family and defending the country" and killed, wounded, and captured 290,000 AMERICAN troops.
At that time, New China did not have the strong military strength of the United States, let alone sufficient logistical support, and for the sake of logistical matters, Peng Dehuai also made a special trip back to Beijing during the war to discuss and solve this matter with Chairman Mao.
The white radish played an important role at that time.
In the 1950s, there was a war on the front line, and the vast number of Chinese began to take the initiative to collect donations on the streets, hoping to send more materials to the volunteer army.
The situation on the Korean battlefield also affected everyone's heart, the volunteer positions were often attacked and bombed by the US army, and the roads of support were also closely watched by US bombers, making it very difficult to transport supplies.
The soldiers on the front line needed support, and in addition to ammunition, the most urgent material was water.
Then, because the tools of the volunteer army are very short, everyone can only use gasoline barrels to fill water, in the rain of bullets, once the gasoline barrels are hit by the bullets of the US army, then the water will basically face a lot of loss.
In the war, the volunteers cleverly found that the radish was a very useful thing, it not only had a lot of water in it, but even if it was hit by a bullet, it could quench its hunger and thirst, and it could pull several sacks at a time, and it was not afraid of bullets at all.
After this method spread throughout the army, Tianjin began to purchase white and green radish on a large scale, and then transported them to the front to support the People's Volunteer Army.
After the end of the war, Tianjin's Weiqing radish had an important significance, specifically, the Shawo radish in Weiqing radish had the largest production and the sweetest kind.
It is precisely for this reason that on April 6, 1970, after the end of the Korean War, Premier Zhou came to Korea according to Chairman Mao's instructions and also brought with him a pound of the best sand nest radish and gave it to Chairman Kim Il Sung as a state gift.
Behind the radish, condensed with the deep affection of the Chinese and North Korean peoples fighting side by side, this has also become a good story that has been recorded in history, and the shawo radish in Tianjin has also strengthened its reputation in this way.
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Six months after Premier Zhou's visit, Kim Il Sung secretly came to Beijing.
Such frequent exchanges between the two sides are extremely rare among foreign leaders, and after experiencing the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the two sides have long since become "one family."
Premier Zhou also came to the airport in the western suburbs to greet Kim Il-sung in his busy schedule and accompanied him to the Diaoyutai Hotel.
That night, Chairman Mao also came and hosted a banquet for Kim Il Sung.
Over the next two days or so, Premier Zhou and Kim Il Sung held talks and exchanged views on bilateral relations, international relations, and other issues.
October 10 marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, and it is an extremely important day for North Korea.
However, Kim Il Sung did not choose to stay in North Korea, but spent such a day in Beijing, and Premier Zhou was also very careful, and he held a banquet in the Great Hall of the People that night, which was specially used to entertain Kim Il Sung on this day, which made him very moved.
On that occasion, Kim Il Sung repeatedly expressed his gratitude in his speech.
Since then, Kim Il Sung's contacts between Pyongyang and Beijing have become more frequent, sometimes once a year, sometimes once every two years, and every time they meet, Premier Zhou will personally rush to the airport to greet them, and then hold talks to exchange views on various issues.
1971 was a very special year for China, because that year, Kissinger came, secret exchanges were successful, and Kissinger also delivered an important message: President Nixon was going to visit China.
After this matter was confirmed, world public opinion was in an uproar, many countries had doubts, and Premier Zhou also decided to secretly go to the DPRK to meet with Kim Il Sung and report on the situation related to this matter.
When the plane arrived in Pyongyang, Kim Il Sung immediately went to the airport to greet him, and on that day, Premier Zhou did not have time to rest, and in the morning and afternoon he held talks with Kim Il Sung continuously, deeply analyzing the world situation and the great significance behind China's move, hoping to get Kim Il Sung's understanding.
After all, in the Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea that year, both China and the DPRK paid a very high price.
After Hearing about it, Kim Il-sung immediately said that this matter was very important and needed a special meeting of the Workers' Party to discuss it, and that night, Kim Il-sung hoped to let Premier Zhou stay for a day of rest, but Premier Zhou had too much work at hand to rest, and he flew back to Beijing that night.
What Premier Zhou said was always kept in mind by Kim Il Sung, and soon after the Premier returned to China, the DPRK sent a circular expressing its full understanding and agreement with China's approach.
After Nixon's official visit to China, this news once again caused a sensation in the world.
After this incident, Premier Zhou came to Pyongyang again and briefed Chairman Kim Il Sung on the relevant situation of the meeting.
Since then, however, Premier Zhou's health has deteriorated day by day.
In 1974, the premier was hospitalized due to illness, and after Kim Il Sung heard about it, he was very worried about Premier Zhou's physical condition, and he also sent an ambassador to Beijing to visit and conveyed his greetings.
The following year, Kim Il Sung made another official visit to China, specifically visiting Premier Zhou in the hospital, when Deng Xiaoping was also by his side.
Premier Zhou's condition continued to deteriorate, and he pointed to Deng Gong and said to Kim Il Sung: "In the future, if there is something to do, it is okay to find Comrade Xiaoping." ”
This was also the last time the two met and talked.
By the following year, Kim Il Sung was still concerned about Premier Zhou's condition and again sent a special envoy to Beijing to visit Premier Zhou, but premier Zhou's condition had deteriorated badly, and the Chinese side declined North Korea's request.
At the beginning of the following year, the great Premier Zhou passed away.
Kim Il Sung's body also had some problems, and his eyes needed surgery, but when he heard the news of Premier Zhou's death, his eyes were red with tears, and the operation had to be postponed.
He made an extraordinarily large wreath and sent it to Premier Zhou's spiritual hall to express his deep condolences in this way.
In 1979, Kim Il-sung decided to build a bronze statue of Premier Zhou in North Korea, a country that has never had a bronze statue of a foreign leader, enough to see the depth of his relationship with Premier Zhou.
After full consideration, he decided to build this bronze statue on the square of the Xingnan Fertilizer Factory, in 1958, Premier Zhou braved a huge snowstorm to come here, and that time the premier came, China and the DPRK also reached an important agreement, which is a real victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
On May 29, 1979, Premier Zhou's wife, Deng Yingchao, came to North Korea to witness the completion of the bronze statue and monument of Premier Zhou.
30 years after Premier Zhou's visit to North Korea in 1958, the employees of the Xingnan Fertilizer Factory held an event for Premier Zhou to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Premier Zhou's birth.
Kim Il Sung once said: "Premier Zhou cherishes the Sino-DPRK friendship forged with blood and will do whatever it takes to support china's revolutionary cause." ”
Premier Zhou's great deeds in developing Sino-DPRK relations are a remarkable stroke in the relations between China and the DPRK.