When the Red Army crossed the grass, many comrades fell ill due to lack of clothes and medicine. Zhang Side's burly body was getting thinner day by day, but he still insisted on carrying a gun for the sick and wounded and walked on the muddy grass beach that was ankle-deep. Xiao Li, a soldier in the first row of the communication camp, unfortunately fell into a quagmire and struggled desperately. He cried painfully to his comrades with tears in his eyes: "Help me, help me!" A soldier reached out to pull and was almost trapped. Seeing that the mud didn't reach the chest from Xiao Li's thigh, the comrades were anxious but helpless. At this moment, Zhang Side anxiously said to monitor Du Zezhou, "Monitor, I have an idea. I was lying in the mire. You step on me and pull Xiao Li's left hand. The other two also held his right hand like us. Give it a try. " With that, he climbed into the mire without hesitation. Du Zezhou couldn't bear to step on him and stood there motionless. Zhang Side rushed to his side and shouted, "Monitor, hurry up, or he will die!" Looking at Zhang Side's eager eyes, Du Zezhou raised his feet ... With the help of two other soldiers, Xiao Li, who was dying, was finally saved. Everyone was moved by Zhang Side's spirit of saving his comrades-in-arms and praised his ingenuity. After staying in the grass for more than twenty days, the soldiers ate up all the dry food they brought with them. In order to get out of the grass and go north to resist Japan, the leaders killed the horses carrying documents, and the soldiers boiled the cowhide to satisfy their hunger. At that time, Zhang Side had not joined the Party, but he was strict with himself by party member's standards everywhere. When he saw a grass in the "Taste a Hundred Herbs" activity called by the Party organization, he always tasted it first. When he found something to eat, he immediately told his brother unit. One day, a soldier picked a bag of small mushrooms. Zhang Side was afraid of poison, so he tasted it first. As a result, he turned blue, vomited and was weak. This mushroom is poisonous ... After Zhang Side woke up slowly, he vaguely saw his comrades squatting in front of him with porcelain pots. He quickly said, "Leave me alone and tell other comrades." Do everything possible to deliver letters1in the spring of 940, Zhang Side was assigned to the guard battalion of the Central Military Commission as the communication monitor. At that time, the conditions were very poor, there was no transportation, not even a raincoat. One day, just after the rooster crowed, Zhang Side was called to the camp. The battalion commander handed him a letter and said seriously, "This is a very important letter. You should send it to Nanniwan immediately and come back with a receipt before dark tomorrow! " "Zhang Side replied," Yes! "Put the letter in your arms, salute, hurriedly out of the cave. The battalion commander chased him out of the cave and shouted, "This way! Put on my shoes before you go! " As Zhang walked along, he said, "There is no need-". It is more than 90 miles from Beiqiaoergou in Yan 'an to Nanniwan. Zhang Side walked all the way over the mountains and didn't go far, and his sandals were worn out. There are stones and thorns everywhere on the mountain. My toes were broken by stones and my feet were cut by thorns. He looked around, ran under an old birch tree, peeled several layers of bark, piled them together, found some lotus grass on the hillside, twisted it into a rope, strung the birch bark together and tied it on his feet. In this way, Zhang Side accomplished the task brilliantly in "White Birch Shoes". On one occasion, Zhang Side went to deliver letters with him and walked to a small river. In the rainy season, the river is waist-high and the water is fast. They can't find the boat and are afraid of getting the letter wet. Finally, Zhang came up with a way. They ran to the villagers' home and borrowed two ropes, tied one end of the thick rope to a tree by the river, tied the thin rope to the thick rope with a slip knot, and nailed the letter to the thin rope knot with branches. He asked Hou Yaozong to grab the knot first, and then swam to the other side with the other ends of the two ropes. When he reached the shore, he tied the thick rope to a towering stone and pulled the thin rope in his hand to let the letter cross the river without touching the water. The comrades around him always care about him. One winter morning, after getting up, Zhang Side saw the dumb cook Lao Wang struggling to carry water up the mountain. When he got to the kitchen, he moved a elm knot in one's heart, helped Lao Wang sit down and reached out to take off his shoes. Lao Wang didn't stop him, his shoes were taken off, and there were several big holes in his feet, bleeding. Zhang Side burned a pot of hot water, washed Lao Wang's feet, put on some lard and put on his own wool socks. The next day, Zhang Side learned from his fellow villagers that mashing potatoes on his mouth can treat frostbite. So, for several days in a row, he washed Lao Wang's feet and smeared mashed potatoes until his mouth healed completely. The soldiers didn't have enough food because of lack of food. Most of the communication classes are young people, who often go out to deliver letters long distances and eat a lot. In order to make everyone eat more, every time Zhang Side is halfway through, he quietly leaves his job and carries a bucket to fetch water. Once or twice, the comrades didn't pay attention. After a long time, Zhang Side's secret was discovered. One Sunday, Zhang Side ran dozens of miles and fished out some small fish from a puddle. If there is no oil, he will cook with fire, so that everyone can have food. Everyone is eating soundly, and he is going to fetch water again. This time, the vice monitor took the bucket first and had to turn around and come back. I don't know who stuffed some black-faced steamed bread into his bowl, but he knew it was because his comrades wanted him to eat more. He chewed slowly on purpose, and it took him a long time to eat half a bun. Put the rest in the basin. Just as I was about to leave, Han grabbed the monitor. Don't keep it from us. We all know that. "I'm full." Drag Zhang back to his side, force the bun on him and say, "monitor, we share weal and woe." Don't be hungry alone, let's eat. " Zhang Side saw that he couldn't push it away, so he broke several steamed buns into 12, one for each class, which calmed the "storm". Zhang Side, who gives people the impression of old solid wood at ordinary times, is actually very handsome, and he is diligent and brave in his work. He is known as the "little tiger", so he was elected as the correspondent and guard of the highest leadership of the central government. Zhang Side cleans the yard in front of the cave every day, leveling the potholes on the dirt road he often walks. Mao Zedong has the habit of staying up late to write articles, and doesn't go to bed until dawn. Zhang Side got up early, quietly drove away the chickens, ducks and livestock near Chairman Mao's cave, and drove away the crowing birds in the nearby trees with small stones, so that Chairman Mao could sleep more. He also invented the communication method of "controlling the rope to ring the bell". There is a thin rope tied to the tree in the yard. One end of the rope leads to the dormitory of the guard class, and a small bell is hung on it. If this situation is found here in Mao Zedong, as long as the sentry pulls the rope, the guard class can be dispatched immediately without disturbing Chairman Mao's rest. Sacrifice one's life for one's comrades 1944 In the early morning, it began to rain in Mao Mao. The work in the field can't be finished. After consulting with Zhang Side, the captain decided to temporarily organize a commando team to dig several new charcoal kilns in the mountains. Zhang Side with eight soldiers, singing all the way to Miaohegou Woods, scattered in three places to dig a kiln. It was raining heavily, so Zhang sent several soldiers to dig the kiln in sacks in two other places. Xiao Bai, a soldier who worked with him, pleaded, "Let me go in and dig for a while this time!" Seeing that it was raining outside and there was room for two people in the kiln, Zhang Side said, "OK, go in and pay more attention! Xiaobai saw that he still wanted to go in, so he advised him to have a rest. "。 Zhang said, "I'm not tired. We must dig the charcoal kiln quickly to produce more charcoal. Now the revolution needs charcoal, leading comrades need charcoal, and one more kiln is to make more contributions to the war of resistance! " Said, and got into the kiln. The rain gradually stopped. It's almost noon, and the charcoal kiln has been dug at a glance. In order to ensure the quality, Zhang Side took a small shovel head and began to trim the kiln surface. Suddenly, a few pieces of broken soil fell off the top of the kiln. "Go out, there is danger! "Zhang shouted, while Xiao Bai walked out of the kiln mouth. At this moment, the kiln roof with a sound of" bang "collapsed. Being crushed in the kiln mouth, Zhang Side was buried in the soil. Zhang Side gave his 29-year-old life for the safety of his comrades. Mao Zedong attended the memorial service, Zhang Side was killed, and the news spread immediately. Chairman Mao was very sad after hearing this. He said sadly, Zhang Side has been on duty for me. You held a memorial service for him in Zaoyuan office, and I attended. On the afternoon of September 8th, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China directly under the authority held a "meeting in memory of Comrade Zhang Side". Mao Zedong also attended the conference and personally laid a wreath at the center of the conference table. On the elegiac couplet of the wreath, he wrote, "Pay tribute to Comrade Zhang Side who sacrificed for the interests of the people!" That is, at this memorial meeting, he made a famous speech entitled "Serving the People" (first published in Liberation Daily in Yan 'an at that time, and officially included in the third volume of Selected Works of Mao Zedong 1953). At that time, after Zhang Tingzhen, political commissar of the Guard Corps, delivered a eulogy, Mao Zedong took the stage and began to speak. The audience was silent in a painful atmosphere, listening to his speech. Mao Zedong made a gesture on the rostrum and said, "The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army led by us * * * and * * are revolutionary ranks. Our team is entirely for liberating the people and working for their interests. Comrade Zhang Side is a comrade in our team. " He also quoted Sima Qian as saying in Bao Ren An Shu: "People always die, but the meaning of death is different. In ancient China, a writer named Sima Qian said: "People are inherently mortal, or heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather. "To die for the benefit of the people is more important than Mount Tai; It's as light as a feather to work for fascism and those who exploit and oppress the people. Comrade Zhang Side died for the benefit of the people, and his death was heavier than Mount Tai. " These well-known and well-known expositions spread to every household, especially the phrase "to die for the people's interests is heavier than Mount Tai", which became famous with the spread of Zhang Side's deeds and became the value pursuit of people. "Serving the people" has also become a must-read document for every member of * * * and those who demand political progress.