Chen Geng was arrested. Chiang Kai-shek: You have lost weight. Chen sneered: The headmaster has lost weight, too! Why is the world thinner?

Chen Geng arrived in Hubei, Henan and Anhui in 193 1 year1October. After the previous two victories against "encirclement and suppression", the Red Army in Hubei, Henan and Anhui has grown to more than 30,000 people. 1 1 On July 7, the first national congress of the Chinese Soviet Union was held in Ruijin, the capital of the Central Soviet Area. At the same time, a grand celebration was held in the Henan-Anhui base area, announcing that the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Red Army was formally established as the fourth army of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants, with the fourth army and the fifteenth army under its jurisdiction. Chen Geng was appointed as the 12th division commander of the Fourth Army.

When reviewing this experience, Xu, then head of the 34th regiment of the 12th Division, praised Chen Geng's art of conducting.

In 12 division, there was another colonel who respected Chen Geng very much, namely Xu Haidong, who was famous during the Agrarian Revolutionary War and became a general after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

During this period, Xu Haidong, who had walked out of three years of guerrilla warfare, had taken off his robe and put on his octagonal hat. Although he didn't wear a military uniform, he wore a belt and leggings, much like a soldier. Under the command of Chen Geng, the 2nd Guards Regiment led by him fought many beautiful battles.

Xu Haidong and Chen Geng are frank and impatient, and they are loyal to the revolution. It stands to reason that they should cooperate closely. In fact, as Chen Geng later recalled, "I had unity and struggle with Haidong, and our unity was established in the struggle. This tiger Xu, his ass is not easy to touch, but if he is persuaded by you, you can not only touch his ass, but also spank him. "

Bad language is not bad. Chen Geng said that there is a basis.

In a war, Xu Haidong's cotton-padded clothes were pierced by enemy bullets and rubbed a little. Xu Haidong proudly said to a cadre:

"Hey hey, the bullets flying towards me are vegetarian." This word somehow reached the ears of teacher Chen Geng. One day, when Chen Geng met Xu Haidong, he suddenly asked:

"I heard that all the bullets flying at you are vegetarian?"

Xu Haidong smiled and said, "That was a joke."

"You also said that your Xu Haidong' life' is not guaranteed!"

"That's a joke, too." Xu Haidong had a premonition that the teacher was going to teach him a lesson, but he still smiled with two dimples on his face.

Chen Geng added, "You also said that everyone killed on the battlefield is afraid of you damn fool! Is this true? "

Xu Haidong and calm a smile. He thought like this: under the enemy's fire attack, the brave soldier rushed past, but he was safe and sound; I'm afraid you'll hesitate to flinch, so you'll have to eat bullets and shells! Of course, this is not absolute, because most people who died on the battlefield still bravely charged.

"You are wrong." Chen Geng snapped.

"It's a bit inappropriate, but it's not a mistake." Xu Haidong is still stubborn.

Chen Geng said, "How many martyrs are lying on the ground? Unfortunately, they can't hear you. If they could, they wouldn't beat you to death! When you say that, the dead will be puzzled and the living will be chilling. Haidong, I'm not kidding you this time. You are brave and brave, but it makes me sad to say such irresponsible things. "

Xu Haidong froze. He really didn't take the problem so seriously, but after listening to Chen Geng, he realized that the problem was really that serious. That night, when the troops assembled, he said to the soldiers; "About the fear of death, I put my foot in my mouth in Xu Haidong, and the teacher criticized me. I sincerely admitted my mistake. I am very sad. " Don't tell those words to anyone in the future. Be careful with my whip. "With these words, a whip swung out, and the young tree beside him broke into two pieces.

Xu Haidong's review, Chen Geng know that night, he touched his beard and smiled.

Although the Red Army won many victories, Zhang, the representative of the Central Committee and secretary of the Hubei, Henan and Anhui Central Branch Bureau, carried out the wrong route and wrong counter-revolution, which caused great losses to the Party and the Red Army, and thus failed to break the enemy's subsequent fourth "encirclement and suppression". The main force of the Red Fourth Front Army had to withdraw from the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet area in 1932 10 and move westward. Before the transfer, Chen Geng was seriously injured in his right leg in the Hu Shanzhai battle near Xinji. At this point, he has served as the chief of staff of the Red Fourth Army. He crossed Pinghan Road with the team and headed west. Because of his serious injury, the organization decided that he should go to Shanghai for medical treatment.

One of my blessings during my illness in Shanghai was meeting with Mr. Lu Xun. It was a secret meeting at Mr. Lu Xun's residence at the invitation of the underground party organization. A brave soldier who glared at the reactionary "cultural encirclement and suppression" and a Red Army general who smashed the Kuomintang "military encirclement and suppression" many times hit it off and became bosom friends. They talked with Kan Kan until late at night. Chen Geng introduced in detail the operations, land reform, economy, culture, daily life and mental outlook of the Red Army and the base areas, and expressed the respect of the Red Army and the people in the Soviet area for this great man with hard bones and culture. Lu Xun listened attentively to his vivid description of the strange new world and nodded frequently, showing excitement and yearning. According to the introduction of underground workers, after this meeting, Mr. Lu Xun was still wanting more, so he met Chen Geng for the second time and asked him to make a more detailed and in-depth introduction to the situation in the Soviet area. In this conversation, in order to facilitate the introduction, Chen Geng improvised a sketch of the border region of Hubei, Henan and Anhui. Afterwards, Mr. Lu Xun took this sketch as a souvenir left by the only Red Army general he met in his life and carefully treasured it. Up to now, this sketch is still on display in Lu Xun Museum. Recalling this meeting, Chen Geng said: "In the cruel environment of Shanghai's white terror rule, Mr. Lu Xun insisted on looking for me, a man hunted by the Kuomintang everywhere, to go to his house regardless of danger, which proved his concern for the Red Army."

A few months later, the leg injury healed. He was about to leave Shanghai, only to be found by a traitor and arrested on March 24th, 1933. At the same time, the female party member Chen Zaoying (Tan Gufu) was arrested. Chen is the granddaughter of the Revolution of 1911. Due to the need of work, she assumed the alias of Chen Zaoying (also known as Chen Shuying) and pretended to be Chen Geng's sister. After they were arrested, she was detained in the patrol room of the public concession. Luo Dengxian, Liao Chengzhi and so on. I was with him one after another. Because many people know him, he no longer hides his identity. He told prisoners and prison guards stories about the Red Army, and even lampson, the captain of the British police patrol, regarded these stories as anecdotes. Gu tried to persuade him to "repent" several times, but all of them were denounced by him. The enemy tortured him and asked him to give up the underground party organization in China, but he kept his mouth shut. The enemy questioned him, but he sang "The Internationale" with Luo Dengxian and Liao Chengzhi in court, publicly exposed the crimes of imperialism and Kuomintang reactionaries, and publicized China's * * * production party's idea of saving the country and the people, which made the enemy very embarrassed. A few days later, he was extradited to the Shanghai Public Security Bureau and escorted to Nanjing by armored vehicles. In order to prevent him from escaping on the way, he and another female prisoner were chained together. After arriving in Nanjing, Gu, commander of the Kuomintang Gendarmerie, personally greeted Chiang Kai-shek at the station and gave him "preferential treatment". Many students from Whampoa Military Academy, who held senior military positions, kept coming to "visit" him and persuade him, but he only gave him a contemptuous look. Zhang Shun gave him many "gifts", and he kicked him to the ground and gave him a good scolding.

There was no result in Nanking. Chiang Kai-shek, who was commanding the fourth "encirclement and suppression" campaign in the Central Soviet Area, decided to personally summon Chen Geng. A ship carried him upstream. This "prisoner" who is specially cared for by the chairman is really difficult to deal with. He is not quiet for a moment except at bedtime. Even though there were only a few guards in front of him, he kept preaching his experience and his theory, as if he were not a prisoner at all, but an enlightenment teacher and speaker. When I arrived in Nanchang, I didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. I settled him in Jiangxi Hotel, where Nanchang Uprising Command is located. Deng Wenyi, the secretary of Chiang Kai-shek, first "enlightened" for two days, and finally reached a climax-received by Chiang Kai-shek himself.

Chiang Kai-shek arranged this special meeting for multiple reasons. On the one hand, Chiang Kai-shek knew that Chen Geng was a rare general. On the other hand, it can't be said that Chiang Kai-shek still has a little gratitude. During the crusade, the headquarters was trapped once, and Chiang Kai-shek, as commander in chief, fled, almost dying like a lost dog. It was Chen Geng who organized cover in a critical moment and rushed out to fight our way out behind his back, which enabled him to continue to be the chairman. So, Chiang Kai-shek made a great determination to win over Chen Geng and become his own soldier.

However, Chiang Kai-shek did not expect that the first time he met, he was flatly rejected. As he sat down, Chen Geng glared and Chiang Kai-shek was silent for a long time. It took him a long time to say, "Chen Geng, you are much thinner."

Chen Geng sneered, "I'm thin and fat. This is what the headmaster taught us. I think you have lost a lot of weight, too. As the leader of one party and one country, you are thinner, but the world is thinner. Why? "

Chiang Kai-shek sat still and said, "Chen Geng, you are young and ignorant. I don't blame you for being bewitched and doing something wrong. Don't be stubborn. Go back to the headmaster. You are still my favorite pupil. "

Chen Geng is a sneer at, don't talk for a long time, picked up a pen and paper from the tea table, write a letter.

Chen Geng still didn't look up, continue to write. Soon, a full page. He handed this paper to Chiang Kai-shek and said, "This is my attitude towards Chen Geng. Please have a look. "

Chiang Kai-shek took the paper without looking, but he was furious when he saw it. It turned out that a piece of paper was full of words such as "Down with Chiang Kai-shek", "The dictatorship is unpopular", "The Kuomintang dictatorship is corrupt and unpopular" and "Single husbands and thieves will never come to a good end".

Although Chiang Kai-shek had strong self-control, there was nothing he could do at the moment. He crumpled the paper into a ball, patted the table and said, "Niang Xipi, you are too poisonous. You are dead."

Chen Geng laughed.

However, Chiang Kai-shek did not give up completely. A few days later, he smiled and invited Chen Geng to offer his seat and pour his own tea. He said, "Chen Geng, although you despise the party and the country and insult the leader, you are young and energetic. At present, it is an eventful autumn. I still want to talk to you when the party and the country are employing people. "

Chen Geng said, "No more fighting. I see through everything you've done. I advise you not to have any illusions about me. "

"Don't get excited, don't get excited, I think you are still that temper, brave man, strong-willed, unfortunately, unfortunately ..."

Chen Geng looked at the roof with his head held high and ignored Chiang Kai-shek.

After a while, Chiang Kai-shek saw that Chen Geng was silent and said, "Now the country has become like this, and the people are bleeding every day. China can't be so noisy that the Japanese can take advantage of it. He who hates his relatives is quick. "

Chen Geng glared: "Who caused this situation?" If you don't take an active part in the anti-Japanese war, but start a civil war, concoct something like "there must be a default in your external work" and kill the Red Army, it will harm others and yourself. Is it necessary for the producers to bear these responsibilities? "

Chiang Kai-shek said: The right and wrong of the country has its own descendants who say that you are young and naive and easily deceived. "Paused for a moment, he said," you are not the same as them. You are also a student of Huangpu, a prized principal, and an officer with formal education. You're sneaking around and playing tricks. Look at your dirty clothes. They are dirty and torn. I heard that Mao Zedong and Zhu De sit by the fire every day to catch lice. What a scandal! "

Chen Geng said: "Chen Geng also has it. Is the generalissimo afraid of biting you? I'm telling you, my lice really won't bite you. This is also the product of the revolution. Knowing the smell of flowers and fart, even lice won't make out with you. "

Chiang Kai-shek motionless, coldly looking at Chen Geng.

"Should sandals be changed?"

"You haven't heard people say, I Chen Geng is a straw sandals general. I just want to fight you in sandals. "

Chiang Kai-shek stood up.

"Don't be stubborn. I'll tell you my cards in the end. When I come back, I will be a commander. If I don't want to lead troops, I can also be the head of the spy. "

Chen Geng laughed again: "If I were the spy chief, my first goal would be you, generalissimo."

At this point, Chiang Kai-shek was at his wit's end and had to order the guards to take Chen Geng back to prison.

In order to continue to rescue Chen Geng and others, 1933, in April, Soong Ching Ling and Cai Yuanpei jointly sent a telegram to Wang Jingwei, president of the hospital, and Tan Dianfa, minister of judicial administration, demanding that the trial be conducted by a regular court, "Don't emphasize civil rights to protect judicial independence".

On April 4th, a delegation of "China Civil Rights Protection League" composed of Soong Ching Ling, Shen Junru, isaacs and others went to Nanjing from Shanghai to rescue Chen and others. They went to Nanjing and stayed at Yangzi Hotel. The next day, when Soong Ching Ling and Tan met with Wang Ching-wei at Yangzi Hotel, they repeatedly put forward the idea of stopping the "encirclement and suppression" of Jiangxi Soviet area, and the state * * * once again cooperated with * * * to resist Japan, and asked Tan why Chen and Luo were detained in garrison headquarters instead of being handed over to judicial organs. Tan faltered: "We have no place to leave them there." Soong Ching Ling asked Tan to "immediately release Chen, Luo and others who left Beijing the day before yesterday".

At 7 o'clock that night, Soong Ching Ling and other members of the delegation visited Chen Geng and other four people in the military prison. Soong Ching Ling's visit to Chen Geng also had a special task, which was to hand over a note to Chen Geng for the use of the * * * production party. Soong Ching Ling and others took a bus to the white and horrible Acropolis, and were led by guards through many gates and walked into a long maze-like winding tunnel. There are seven cells on each side of the aisle, and Chen Geng is kept in a cell alone. Soong Ching Ling and others looked at Chen Geng who was punished and felt very sad. Due to Soong Ching Ling's protest and the pressure of public opinion, the authorities were forced to stop torturing Chen Geng and others.

Soon, it was reported that Chiang Kai-shek had failed to seduce Chen Geng and wanted to kill Chen Geng. Soong Ching Ling heard the news and immediately rushed from Shanghai to Nanjing in person. He met Chiang Kai-shek and said, "Chen Geng is a student of Huangpu Military Academy. The battle of Dongjiang has been fighting with you. Did you lose the battle or did Chen Geng save you? Otherwise, you wouldn't be alive today. Now you want to kill him, which is really ungrateful. Where is the courtesy, decency and shame you talk about every day? "

Chiang Kai-shek was awed by Soong Ching Ling's high prestige, fearing that the students of Whampoa Military Academy would be eccentric. He didn't dare to kill Chen Geng, so he promised to release him and let him stay in a hotel. Later, he escaped with the help of the underground party organization. This life behind bars lasted for more than two months. In his rich experience, he added another twist, added some legends and left many stories. He is exactly thirty years old this year.