Zou Yachun, the most memorable female Red Army in Mao Zedong.

In suichuan county, Jiangxi Province at the foot of Jinggangshan, there is an old Red Army woman warrior Zou Yachun. She is an ordinary but extraordinary old man. In the revolutionary era, she had an extraordinary experience: during the Jinggangshan struggle, she spent more than three years with Mao Zedong and Xiao Ke and experienced countless battles; 195 1 year, Mao Zedong invited her to Beijing to attend the National Day ceremony of the second anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), arranged for her to live in Beijing for more than three months, and received her kindly. After liberation, she served as the first Party representative in suichuan county and the first female township head in suichuan county. However, this old Red Army woman soldier has always enjoyed fame and fortune. She seldom talks about her special identity and experience to others, never puts forward any special requirements to the government, and never does anything for herself and her relatives. She looked down on her past achievements and lived an ordinary life for decades like an ordinary person. Zou Yachun, a child bride who participated in the revolution, was born in a poor peasant family in Yanling County, Hunan Province in February 2006. At the age of 8, she was sold to a wealthy family as a child bride. When she was a child bride, Xiao Yachun, who was full of patriotism, took part in a children's group behind her husband's back. She went out to keep watch at night, followed the adults for publicity during the day, and was severely beaten by her husband's family after being discovered. She was badly beaten and bleeding profusely. Her brother secretly took her to the district government, found her uncle who was the chairman of the Soviet government, and helped her join the Children's League. Seeing that Xiao Yachun was beaten to death, he was very angry. He immediately sent someone to take her mother-in-law to the district government and shut her up for three months. Zou Yachun's younger brother Zou Antai is an active revolutionary. He joined the Youth League at the age of 7, joined the guerrillas at the age of 10, and joined the Red Army of Workers and Peasants at the age of 13. Zhu De, Peng and Xiao Ke fought side by side and participated in more than ten battles. At the age of 9, my brother was killed by the enemy. After liberation, her brother was rated as a revolutionary martyr. Speaking of this, Zou Yachun burst into tears. She loves her brother very much. Decades have passed, and whenever there are festivals, she will pay homage to his spirit. Mao Zedong led the autumn harvest uprising troops into Jinggangshan, and Zou Yachun followed Mao Zedong troops to Jinggangshan to carry out activities to create revolutionary base areas. She was only 1 1 years old that year. During the unforgettable war years, after Zou Yachun came to Jinggangshan, Mao Zedong soon found that this clever and profitable girl was unusual. At that time, there were eight or nine girls in Jinggangshan with Zou Yachun, all around the age of twelve or thirteen. On the fourth day, Mao Zedong gave them a special lesson, telling them the revolutionary truth and the war situation, and teaching them how to deal with the enemy for an hour. After the speech, everyone split up, and Zou Yachun was assigned to the Ciping Children's League to be responsible for publicity and mobilization. During the day, she went to Zhushachong, Maoping, Dajing, Xiaping, Xiaojing, Kangning and other places with the Red Army officers and soldiers to mobilize the masses to fight local tyrants and raise food; In the evening, she stood guard at the foot of the mountain with the team members. Jinggangshan extends in all directions and has sentries everywhere. Once an enemy attack is found, it will send a signal to the next closer checkpoint, card after card, thus facilitating the safe transfer of people. Soon, the farmers' association and the Soviet government of workers, peasants and soldiers were established in Jinggangshan and its surrounding areas, and Zou Yachun followed the Red Army troops to Yongxin, Wan 'an and Suichuan. 10.5, troops led by Zou Yachun and Mao Zedong attacked Suichuan. After that, under the leadership of Xiao Ke, she went to work in Shuangqiao, Hengshi and Wudoujiang in Xinjiang. Later, Zou Yachun was sent to Dafen, Qiling, Antelope and Daijiapu to do mass propaganda work. Guerrilla warfare should be carried out during the day, and we should stand guard. When I come back at night, I have to nurse the wounded, assist in logistics, write slogans and mobilize the masses to participate in the revolution. Wherever she is needed, we will go. Among the sisters, she is the most painful one. Therefore, the chief often gives her important tasks to complete. open

What Zou Yachun admired most at that time was a female Red Army girl named Wang Quanyuan in Taihe County. She can write on horseback, often command troops to sing and lead them to fight day and night. She is very brave. 1929 and 1 year, the main force of the Red Army advanced into Gannan, and comrades Wu Gongjun, Wang Zuojun and Special Committee Chen Zhengren stayed in Jinggangshan. 65438+ 10 13, more than 30 enemy regiments from Hunan, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces attacked Yongxin, Kangning, Suichuan and Lingxian in six directions. The Red Army has less than 65,438+10,000 people on the mountain. After seven days and seven nights of bloody fighting, Jinggangshan fell because it was outnumbered. Many Red Army soldiers were killed in the battle. Zou Yachun received orders from the army to organize more than a dozen female soldiers to come to Xiaojing Red Army Hospital to carefully rescue injured comrades-in-arms, and sometimes went to other places to carry the wounded back to the hospital. She took care of the wounded in the Red Army like a relative, picking excrement and urinating, bathing and feeding the wounded. When she saw the wounded being treated with myrrh, she burst into tears, and when her comrades died in the battle, she cried bitterly. Many revolutionary comrades died in harsh environment. Once, she almost died: Baigouzi's troops "surrounded" Yamakaji, and when the troops retreated, she was the last one. Because she couldn't see the mountain road clearly at night, she rolled down the ravine. Fortunately, she was rescued by her comrades-in-arms, but her foot was injured and broken. Up to now, there are still scars on her feet. 1930, Zou Yachun was captured by the Kuomintang army in a breakout operation. Although the enemy tortured her severely, she never revealed her identity. The enemy imprisoned Zou Yachun for three years and finally escorted him back to Wudou River. After the Long March began, Zou Yachun stayed in the border area base. She kept in mind Mao Zedong's teachings and continued to work for the Party and the people. After liberation, Zou Yachun participated in the Second People's Congress of suichuan county, the Fourth and Eighth People's Congresses of suichuan county and the Seventh Women's Congress of suichuan county. He has served as director of suichuan county Civil Affairs Bureau, deputy head of Wudoujiang Commune and director of women. After the Cultural Revolution, he was transferred to Xia Qi Supply and Marketing Cooperative in Jinggangshan City to enjoy the treatment of retired cadres. Unexpected Special Invitation1951September, Zou Yachun never imagined that he would receive such high "treatment" after being separated from his Red Army comrades for many years. At that time, the Central People's Government sent her an urgent and confidential letter. She opened the letter. To her surprise, this is an invitation from Mao Zedong. The invitation letter reads: "Representative Zou Yachun of Jiangxi will hold a reception at Huairentang at 7 pm on September 30th. 195 1. Please come here. Mao Zedong ". Zou Yachun treasured this invitation at home, just like caring for his own life. Fifty-six years later, it is still well preserved. There is also a tea bowl for Beijing, which she always carries with her. She excitedly told the author that the news that she was going to Beijing to meet Chairman Mao spread all over the neighborhood like big news. Many people rushed to Zou Yachun's home and asked her to take a message to Chairman Mao, asking her to bring the best local products such as tea and dried loach to Chairman Mao to show the wishes of the people in the old liberated areas. Knowing that Zou Yachun had been living a poor life, the villagers spontaneously made new clothes and bought new shoes for Zou Yachun. The villagers happily said to Zou Yachun, "Yachun, when you go to Beijing to see Chairman Mao, you should get dressed and don't embarrass the people in the old areas." Someone is vying to invite Zou Yachun to dinner. Zou Yachun was very moved to see that the villagers respected her so much. She excitedly said to the villagers, "When I get to Beijing, I will tell Chairman Mao what you said and give him what you gave me." The day before departure, local cadres and the masses saw her off. Zou Yachun picked out two sacks of local products, walked to the then Gao Huan district government, and then went to suichuan county by bus. I held another meeting in Suichuan for a few days. At the meeting, she was specially asked to tell the story of her participation in the Red Army Revolution in Jinggangshan. The cadres and the masses are deeply encouraged. When she arrived in Beijing, she attended the National Day celebration at the invitation of Mao Zedong. At 7 pm on September 30th, Mao Zedong met with Zou Yachun in Huairentang. Zou Yachun was very excited and looked forward to it for many years. Finally, he saw Mao.

Mao Zedong asked her with concern about the situation after her separation that year. Zou Yachun excitedly reported the situation to Chairman Mao in detail. Mao Zedong praised and said, "Ah Chun, you have suffered! You are really great! During the conversation, Mao Zedong and Zou Yachun recalled the past of the revolutionary struggle in Jinggangshan, and Mao Zedong's relaxed and witty speech constantly aroused everyone's hearty laughter. When Mao Zedong asked Zou Yachun about his life, Zou Yachun replied that he was fine. She told Chairman Mao many local products that the local people asked her to bring, and conveyed people's greetings. Mao Zedong was very happy. Zou Yachun lived in Beijing for three and a half months, and the place where he lived was heavily guarded, which most people didn't know. Despite her busy work, Mao Zedong often asked her and the delegates whether they were used to eating and living in the old Jinggangshan area, what requirements they had, and so on, and told the guards to absolutely ensure their safety. 19511kloc-0/At 8 o'clock on the evening of October 7, Zou Yachun and Zhu De, Peng and other national leaders watched the National Day party of Yue Opera. She entered the room by ticket that night, and she kept the pink admission ticket well. Zou Yachun recalled that the Yue Opera he watched that night was Butterfly Lovers. In Beijing, Zou Yachun and other Jiangxi old Red Army were arranged to visit Badaling, the Great Wall and other places of interest in Beijing, and also visited many factories and troops. Three and a half months later, Zou Yachun returned to her hometown from Beijing, and the locals greeted her on the road. Hearing Zou Yachun shaking hands with Chairman Mao, the villagers rushed to shake hands with Zou Yachun to share their happiness, and asked Zou Yachun about his meeting with Chairman Mao in Beijing. The news that Zou Yachun met with Chairman Mao caused a sensation in the local area. Government agencies and schools invited her to attend classes to tell the story of the Red Army revolution and the history of the revolutionary struggle in Jinggangshan. Over the years, Zou Yachun has never lost his heart. She constantly publicizes the revolutionary spirit of Jinggangshan and tells the story of Jinggangshan revolutionary struggle. Many people still remember these stories. During the Cultural Revolution, Zou Yachun was hit. Some people insisted that she was arrested at 1930 and tried to overthrow her. But they couldn't find any problems, so they had to transfer her to Xia Qi Hotel in Jinggangshan as a waitress. Zou Yachun retired from Xiaqixiang Hotel on 1976, and the retirement policy was not implemented until the early 1990s. Later, Zou Yachun's husband died, and then his son died of illness, leaving two grandchildren. Zou Yachun's family and life suffered great changes, but the old Red Army soldier just survived. The long hardships of life not only did not destroy her great spiritual wall, but also cultivated indomitable noble character in her. With an iron will and unshakable faith, she has gone through extraordinary years. Today, Zou Yachun's two grandchildren are married and have three great-grandchildren. The family still lives an ordinary and simple life as before.