On March 9, 1942, when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were still in full swing in the country to carry out the War of Resistance Against Japan, the revolutionary resort of Yan'an was shrouded in a sad atmosphere.
In the square outside the gate of the Central Party School in Yan'an, a grand ceremony is being held here. The square was full of wreaths sent by people from all walks of life and the people of Yan'an, and thousands of revolutionary cadres and soldiers of the army gathered at the memorial service site, all rushing from all over to send this revolutionary hero on his last journey.
Chairman Mao, Zhu De, and others carried the coffin
At the scene of the memorial ceremony, Ren Bishi, then secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, served as the main priest, and Li Kenong was responsible for reading the sacrifice text. Amid the heavy mourning, Chairman Mao, Zhu De, Yang Shangkun, Xu Teli, and other central leaders appeared one by one in the spiritual hall. After the ceremony, Chairman Mao personally participated in the carrying of the coffin and carried the coffin to the Peach Blossom Ridge for burial, which was also the only time chairman Mao carried the coffin in one voice.
Who, exactly, could cause such a sensation after death? Who could have let Chairman Mao personally carry his coffin after his death? He was Lin Yuying, one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of China and one of the famous leaders of the workers' movement in the history of our country.
Lin Yuying
Lin Yuying, alias Zhang Hao, was born in 1897 in Linjia Dawan Village, Longshan Town, Huanggang, Hubei Province, and together with his cousin Lin Yunan and Lin Biao, a famous military general of the Communist Party of China, he was known as the "Three Lin Brothers", making great contributions to China's revolutionary cause.
In the early days, he actively carried out activities and became the vanguard of the workers' movement
In 1919, Lin Yuying, who had just turned 22 years old, because of the influence of his cousin Lin Yunan, began to come into contact with Marxist-Leninist ideas, and gradually became a staunch Marxist-Leninist fighter, taking the lead in secretly carrying out patriotic activities in his hometown.
In February 1922, Lin Yuying was introduced by Hua Daiying and Lin Yunan in Wuchang and formally joined the Communist Party of China. At that time, the newly born Communist Party of China devoted all its energy to launching the workers' movement, and Lin Yuying became the backbone of the early workers' movement of the CCP. Because of his excellent organizational ability and work ability, Lin Yuying was assigned to Changsha to carry out work after the Beijing-Hankou railway workers held high the banner of anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism and held a general strike that shocked the world. In Changsha, he actively visited the working class and secretly investigated the revolutionary situation. In response to the upsurge of the national labor movement, he enthusiastically encouraged the manpower coachmen to carry out a labor movement to reduce rents, setting off a wave of red workers' movement in Changsha.
In 1924, Lin Yuying was again in danger of being appointed to end his studies at the Communist Labor University in Moscow and accept the appointment of the party organization. Soon after, he joined in leading the workers' movement in Shanghai, and was later met with a bloody crackdown by patrolling police when the union held a rally of 10,000 people. Lin Yuying's head was stabbed with a bayonet and his body was beaten many times, and this tragic incident left Lin Yuying with serious sequelae.
Disguised and ventured back to Yan'an alone
Wa yao fort conference
At that time, because wang Ming's "left" dogmatism occupied a dominant position in our party, Wang Ming, Bogu, and others disregarded the reality of the CPC revolution, denied the revolutionary situation in which the enemy was strong and we were weak, and demanded that the Red Army adopt a positive offensive combat line, which finally led to the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, and the Chinese Red Army began to be forced to march in order to retain its living strength.
After the Red Army left the Central Soviet Region for the Long March, the telecommunications between the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Comintern was interrupted. At that time, in China, on the other hand, There were Japanese imperialists who were eyeing the tiger and launching a war of aggression against China in a vain attempt to turn China's Chinese territory into a Japanese colony, and inside there was Chiang Kai-shek's unremitting efforts to encircle and suppress it, and the situation was very unfavorable. In the present situation, it is particularly important to restore ties with the Comintern, to obtain the help and instructions of the Comintern, and to establish an international anti-fascist united front with all countries in the world as soon as possible.
At this time, Lin Yuying, who was then the representative to the Comintern, was entrusted with the heavy responsibility of restoring the ties between the CPC Central Committee and the Comintern. In order to accomplish this task, in July 1935, Lin Yuying, alias Zhang Hao, entered from Outer Mongolia, disguised himself as a businessman, carried a secret code for liaison with the Comintern, led a camel, waded through mountains and rivers, overcame difficulties and obstacles, lasted a month, crossed the vast desert, and finally came to Wayao Fort in northern Shaanxi, where the CPC Central Committee is located, and found the CPC Central Committee, which had lost contact with the Comintern for a long time.
On December 17, 1935, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting in Wayaobao, at which Lin Yuying conveyed the spirit of the Seventh Congress of the Communist International and the August 1st Declaration formulated in Moscow. In accordance with the latest instructions of the Communist International and the international situation, the CPC Central Committee established the basic policy of a broad national united front, resolved the problem of line development left over from our Party at the Zunyi Conference, and laid a theoretical foundation for the anti-Japanese national united front. And lin Yuying, who contributed to this historical situation, is undoubtedly indispensable.
Skillfully used his status as a representative to prevent Zhang Guotao from splitting the Red Army
Left, Zhang Guotao, right, Chairman Mao
In June 1935, the Central Red Army and the Red Fourth Front met in victory on the Long March. After the meeting, the decision on the next step of the CPC Central Committee was put before the leaders.
After analyzing the situation, Chairman Mao and the Central Red Army have always held that only going north to resist Japan is the correct way out for the Red Army. However, this decision was strongly opposed by the Red Fourth Front led by Zhang Guotao. Zhang Guotao disagreed with Chairman Mao's decision and insisted on going south to Sichuan to establish a revolutionary base area. Even if Chairman Mao pointed out to the point that there was no way out of the south, Zhang Guotao still insisted on going his own way.
On October 5, 1935, Zhang Guotao openly established the Party Central Committee, the Central Government, the Central Military Commission, and the League Central Committee in Zhuo Mu Diao, Lifan County, Sichuan Province, in a vain attempt to split our Party and split the Red Army. At the critical moment of the survival of the country and communism, Chairman Mao urgently ordered Lin Yuying to do the political and ideological work of Zhang Guotao and the Red Fourth Front as a representative of the Comintern, because Chairman Mao knew that Zhang Guotao listened more to the words of the Comintern and that it was more useful for Lin Yuying to come forward than anyone's persuasion.
Lin Yuying once again stepped forward at a crucial moment in the history of our Party, accepted Chairman Mao's task, telephoned Zhang Guotao, cleverly used his status as a representative of the Comintern, declared that he was entrusted by the Comintern to solve the problem of the Red I and Red Fourth Fronts, and informed Zhang Guotao of the fact that he carried a secret code that could contact the Comintern, thus successfully dispelling Zhang Guotao's doubts. Then, with the unremitting efforts of Lin Yuying, he persuaded Zhang Guotao to cancel the Second Central Committee and lead the army north, and finally successfully joined the Central Red Army in Huining, Gansu Province, safeguarding the unity of our Party and the Red Army.
Chairman Mao personally carried out the work
On March 6, 1942, Lin Yuying died in Yan'an Central Hospital at the age of 45 due to his deteriorating condition, ending his lifelong legendary and glorious revolutionary struggle. "Loyalty to the country, although death is still honorable", just as Chairman Mao personally wrote for Lin Yuying in the lian lian, Lin Yuying's life has indeed always been practicing the eight words. And his death is also a major loss in the history of our Party. It is no wonder that even Chairman Mao once sighed: "Lin Yuying is a very good comrade. His death is a great loss to our party, and I am very sad in my heart."