In October 1935, after the Red Army took the lead in reaching northern Shaanxi, the Red Second and Red Fourth Fronts were still on the arduous long march.
At this time, Zhang Guotao, who was the main leader of the Red Fourth Front, was thinking of establishing another "central committee", and the Red Army at this time was facing a serious crisis of division.
Zhang Guotao, armed with many powerful people with guns, vigorously opposed the Red Army's decision to go north to establish a revolutionary base area in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu, and stubbornly adhered to the Erroneous Policy of the Red Army going south to the ethnic minority areas on the border of Sichuan, Kang, and Tibet; he openly contested the power of the party and proposed that he serve as chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission and should "act arbitrarily."
At the crucial moment, a person who claimed to be "Zhang Hao" came to Wayao Fort and directly asked to meet with the leaders of the Party Central Committee.
Who is Zhang Hao? Why did he suddenly appear to see the leadership of the Party Central Committee?
Comrade Zhang Hao
The person under the pseudonym Zhang Hao was Lin Yuying, a commissioner sent by the CHINESE delegation to the Communist International to liaise with the CPC Central Committee.
Lin Yuying, pseudonym Zhang Hao, also known as Lin Zhongdan. A native of Dawan, Linjia, Huangzhou (formerly Huanggang County), Hubei Province, was born in February 1887.
In 1910, in Huanggang, Hunan Province, Lin Jia Dye Pu Bay, 13-year-old Lin Yuying had just entered a private school and dropped out of school because of his family's poverty. He had to learn from his father and run the ancestral hand-dyed and weaving industry. At that time, the Qing Dynasty had not yet perished, and the feudal shackles of the old society disappointed the young Lin Yuying.
Nine years later, the 21-year-old Lin Yuying was influenced by his brother Lin Yunan and came into contact with Marxist-Leninist ideas, a new progressive idea that greatly shocked Lin Yuying, so he followed his brother to carry out patriotic activities in his hometown.
In September 1921, after the founding of the Communist Party of China, Lin Yuying founded the Liqun Towel Factory in Wuchang and befriended a group of progressive young workers who believed in Marxism like him.
Young Zhang Hao
In February 1922, he officially joined the Communist Party of China. In July 1922, he participated in the strike movement of the leading workers. After the February 7 Massacre, he went to Changsha to carry out work.
In 1930, he was arrested by the Japanese army for informing several traitors. In the face of the japanese army's torture to extract a confession, Lin Yuying never spat out a word. In 1932, after a fruitless confession, he was finally released from prison, but his two years in prison seriously injured his body.
Shortly after his imprisonment, Lin Yuying went to Moscow to work in the Comintern as a representative of the Communist Party. At that time, due to the Long March, the Comintern lost telecommunications contact with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In order to establish contacts as soon as possible, he used the pseudonym "Zhang Hao" and spent more than a month to find the dingbian county party organization and successfully meet with the responsible person of the central authorities.
Chairman Mao and Zhang Guotao
At that time, the Central Red Army led by Chairman Mao and the Red Fourth Front led by Zhang Guotao had differences of opinion around "going north" and "going south." Zhang Guotao established another "Central Committee" without democratic election by the Party Congress, first, without reporting to the Comintern and without the approval of the Comintern.
Chairman Mao knew that Zhang Guotao was more convinced of the Comintern, so he asked Lin Yuying to do Zhang Guotao's work as a representative of the Comintern. He called Zhang Guotao, clearly conveyed the instructions of the Comintern, and pointed out Zhang Guotao's mistakes. After several twists and turns, Zhang Guotao finally canceled the idea of going south and agreed to go north.
Subsequently, the troops led by Zhang Guotao met with the victorious division of the Red Army that arrived in northern Shaanxi. A bloody strife within the Red Army was avoided. As a result, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China restored contact with the Comintern, and most importantly, his arrival correctly conveyed the transformation of the seven major strategies and tactics of the Comintern, and played an important role in the formation of the national united front against Japan.
However, Lin Yuying died in the early morning of March 6, 1942, at the age of 45 due to overwork.
In order to show respect and nostalgia for him, on March 9, 1942, the rain in Yan'an was pouring, and more than 10,000 people from all walks of life participated in the public ceremony in the square in front of the Central Party School and delivered the funeral for Comrade Lin Yuying.
After the public sacrifice was completed, in accordance with his last words, Chairman Mao and other central leading comrades personally carried the coffin to The Peach Blossom Ridge for burial.
Chairman Mao personally carried the coffin
"Let Comrade Zhang Hao supervise us forever." Chairman Mao said solemnly to the comrades.
Chairman Mao inscribed the inscription: "Be loyal to the country, although you are still honored in death," and personally carried the coffin to the Peach Blossom Ridge for burial, which was the only time in Chairman Mao's life that he carried the coffin. On the same day, "Xinhua Ribao" published an editorial entitled "Tribute to Comrade Zhang Hao," which spoke highly of Comrade Lin Yuying's lifelong contributions and achievements.
Comrade Zhang Hao is a great communist fighter, an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, and an outstanding leader of the workers' movement. He threw himself into the revolution in his youth, went through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, ran schools, ran factories, led the workers' movement, was wounded three times, was arrested and imprisoned twice, and suffered all kinds of torture from the enemy, but he was iron-boned, geng-hearted, indomitable, tenacious fighting, and made indelible contributions to the revolution.