1908 1, Li Zhen was born in a poor peasant family in Liuyang County, Hunan Province. When Li Zhen was born, there were already five sisters in the family. When she was pregnant with Li Zhen, her parents had high hopes that it would be a boy, but it was a girl. When Li Zhen was 6 years old, his father died of depression because of poor harvest and too much pressure, and no son inherited the incense. The pillar of the family collapsed, and the burden of life fell on Li Zhen's mother's shoulders. But how can a rural peasant woman afford to support so many people? In order not to let her daughters starve to death, she had to send them out as child brides one by one. Li Zhen is no exception. She was sent to be the child bride of Gu Tianshun, the son of the ancient family, saying that she was a child bride. In fact, she is no different from that girl. In those days in the ancient home, Li Zhen got up early and worked in the dark every day, washing clothes, cooking, cleaning and everything. Despite this, Gu Tianshun and her mother-in-law were still unhappy, just swearing, punching and kicking.
1924, 16 Li Zhen married 20-year-old Gu Tianshun. Due to the long-term abuse of the ancient family, Li Zhen has irresolvable hostility towards the ancient family, and so does Gu Tianshun. Although she is obedient on the surface, there is no love in her heart Once, Li Zhen went up the mountain to cut firewood, and suddenly it rained cats and dogs. When she took Chai Kang home, she was soaked to the skin, just like something fished out of the water. At the same time, other businesses of the ancient family came back from working in the fields and were also wet by the rain. But because there was no dry clothes to change, her mother-in-law began to scold Li Zhen for being lazy and not washing clothes.
Li Zhen couldn't help it any longer, and replied angrily, "I went up the mountain to cut wood, so how can I have time to wash clothes?" Gu Tianshun saw that she dared to talk back to her mother, grabbed a stick and cut it on her head. Gu Tianshun's rude behavior made Li Zhen very sad. She is so desperate about her future that she has no place to live. Instead of being killed by the ancient family sooner or later, it is better to solve yourself first! So, wearing wet clothes, Li Zhen committed suicide by going directly to the river, or the neighbors saw her and saved her.
1926 In the spring, revolutionary organizations came to Li Zhen's hometown, spread progressive ideas everywhere, and established the Women's Liberation Association. After Li Zhen, who just turned 18, knew it, her intuition told her that this would be an opportunity to change her destiny. So Li Zhen hurried to the propaganda office of the organization, hoping to sign up to join the organization. Li Zhen, who was born as a child bride, embarked on the revolutionary road, which opened the way for her ideological emancipation.
In June+10 of the same year, the Northern Expeditionary Army entered Liuyang, and various public activities organized by the masses were in full swing. Li Zhen took the lead, led women to make military shoes, engaged in propaganda and raised soldiers' food, and became a well-known female revolutionary in Yonghe area. At this time, she has been reborn, just like a new student. Soon, because of her outstanding performance, she was elected as a member of Yonghe District Women's Federation.
1March, 927, Li Zhenguang joined China * * *, and his ideological realm was by going up one flight of stairs. While Li Zhen was growing up, her husband Gu Tianshun's thoughts were still very ignorant. Li Zhen mobilized him to take part in the revolution several times, but he scolded him. As a result, Lizhen simply lived in Yonghe District and didn't go home for more than ten days or even more than a month, making the already fragile relationship between husband and wife even more in name only.
12 In April, after Chiang Kai-shek launched a counter-revolutionary coup, the "Ma Ri incident" occurred in Hunan immediately. Li Zhen was wanted by the Kuomintang, and Yonghe Street was covered with notices. The timid ancient family was frightened, afraid that Li Zhen would drag down the ancient family. She repeatedly declared that Li Zhen had broken off relations with the ancient family, and hurriedly sent a letter of divorce to her mother. At that time, Li Zhen was hiding in the deep mountains behind her mother's house. When the mother who delivered the meal told her about it, Li Zhen smiled without relief. She was glad that she got rid of the shackles of feudal marriage and finally joined the revolution freely.
1927 10, Wang Shoudao, Zhang Qilong and other party member came to Xiangyang Dongxiang on the instructions of Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China in order to rebuild the organization as soon as possible. After arriving at the destination, the two quickly contacted Comrade Li Zhen. After a brief discussion, they soon established the the Communist Party of China (CPC) Liu Dong Guerrilla, with Li Zhen as its chairman.
Zhang Qilong was born in 1900. He and Li are really fellow villagers, both from Yonghe. He used to be secretary of Yonghe District Committee of CPC. Li Zhen has always appreciated this promising young fellow leader, and gradually changed from respect to love in his daily work. But in such a special period, love for children must be placed under the revolutionary struggle, so she has been hiding her feelings in her heart. In fact, Zhang Qilong had already noticed the energetic Li Zhen, but considering their superior-subordinate relationship and not knowing Li Zhen's thoughts, Zhang Qilong didn't express his feelings to Li Zhen. At this time, a special battle contributed to their marriage.
1May, 928, Zhang Qilong was instructed by his superiors to attend a meeting in eastern Hunan. On the way, I passed a place called Guanyin Pool and was caught by the Tuanding of the reactionary group. Everyone quickly discussed the rescue plan, because guanyin temple was the most relaxed in monitoring marriage, and finally decided to pretend to be a bridesmaid to paralyze the enemy and rescue Zhang Qilong by surprise. Li is really the best candidate for the "bride", sitting in a sedan chair, ready to go.
After the "wedding team" checked the cards, it went straight to the regiment security bureau. As soon as they arrived at the door, the "bearers" suddenly stopped, took out their guns from the sedan chairs, knocked down the sentry and headed for the gate. Li Zhen, the "bride", quickly jumped out of the sedan chair without taking off her headdress, and rushed into the regiment defense bureau with her team members. At this time, the guerrilla captain Shixiong Li also attacked from the outside with another part of the guerrillas. Everyone was inside, and they quickly ran out of the regiment, saving Zhang Qilong from prison. Comrades have long seen the affection between Zhang Qilong and Li Zhen, waiting for their good news, but there is no further progress. At this time, they took the opportunity to break the window paper of the two and made a joke on Zhang Qilong: "You should thank the bride Li Zhen for saving her life this time!" "How can I thank you?" Zhang Qilong asked.
Someone said, "Let her be a real bride, of course!" Zhang Qilong looked at the famous Li Zhen, hesitated, spoke his mind bravely, looked at Li Zhen, and Li Zhen nodded shyly. A few days later, they held a simple wedding in the guerrillas. Their legendary and romantic marriage is widely circulated in Liuyang.
/kloc-at the beginning of 0/929, Li Zhen was pregnant, which was a rare happy event for any loving couple, including Li Zhen and Zhang Qilong. However, the cruel war soon killed their joy. One day, the guerrillas led by Li Zhen met the enemy in a place called Eighteen. They fought the enemy for two days and nights, but there were too many people on both sides. Li Zhen and the remaining four comrades were forced to the top of Zuya by the enemy.
Five people completely lost their fighting capacity and were pressed by the besieged enemy. A few steps behind them is a cliff. Faced with such a dead end, Li Zhen decided to gamble and shouted to his comrades: "Never let the enemy be captured alive! If you are a * * * member, jump with me! " Then he turned around and jumped off the cliff first! All the comrades jumped as hard as Li Zhen! This time, three people died while jumping off a cliff. Li Zhen and another comrade-in-arms were lucky enough to fall into a tree and survive.
But Li Zhen's four-month-old child miscarried under the violent impact. Soon, Li Zhen left the guerrillas to work in the local area, and successively served as the female minister of the Soviet government in Zhouyang County, the military minister of the Pingjiang County Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the secretary of the Women's Committee. Zhang Qilong was transferred to the CPC's Special Secretary of Xiangdong. They became famous revolutionary couples in Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi Soviet areas.
During the period of 1933, the "Left" errors in the Party became more and more serious, which implicated many people. Zhang Qilong was labeled as a "class dissident" and was secretly detained. As Zhang Qilong's wife, Li Zhen either divorced Zhang Qilong immediately or drew a line. Or sit with Zhang Qilong. How could Li Zhen abandon her beloved husband in an emergency? In order not to implicate Li Zhen, Zhang Qilong filed for divorce and signed a divorce agreement in prison.
After receiving the divorce notice, Li Zhen cried bitterly and appealed to the Security Bureau for many times, demanding to maintain their husband-wife relationship, but was ruthlessly rejected. In this way, a pair of revolutionary lovers were separated by the "Left" wrong route. After the divorce, Li Zhen was sent to Ruijin Party School to study.
1934, Li Zhen returned to the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet area and served as the organization minister of the Red Sixth Army. Soon after, Gan Siqi returned from studying in the Soviet Union and was appointed by the party organization as the party representative and director of the political department of the Red Sixth Army in the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet Area, working with Li Zhen, the organization minister. There are more opportunities for two people to get in touch and get to know each other better. Common goal, common language, two hearts are getting closer and closer.
However, Li Zhen thinks that he has a low level of education and has been married twice, so he is definitely not worthy of Gan Siqi who returned from studying abroad. Finally, with the help of Chen Congying, the wife of the commander-in-chief of the Red Second Army, He Longren Bishi, when the Long March was about to begin, He Long personally went out and tied the knot.
On the way to the Long March, the war was frequent, the climate was extreme, the supply was tight, and the road was long and difficult. This coincides with Li Zhen's second pregnancy. Considering these circumstances, the organization decided to let pregnant Li Zhen stay in place until the baby was born, but Li Zhen firmly disagreed and vowed to move on with the army.
On the way to the Long March, in order to streamline the organs, only three cadres were left in the Organization Department of the Legion, with few personnel and heavy workload. Li Zhen is busy all day. Soon, Gan Siqi, who heard the news, also came here. Because of the need of fighting, both Gan Siqi and Li Zhen were on the way to the Long March, but they led different troops to split up.
On the way to the Long March, Li Zhen was pregnant and suffered a lot, but Gan Siqi's job was not only to command the battle, but also to do the political work of the army, so he had no time to take care of Li Zhen. Only once did Li really get typhoid fever. Under the "instigation" of He Long and Ren, Gan Siqi was able to get close to Li Zhen. Li Zhen was pregnant for more than seven months when the troops crossed the grass. It was at this most difficult time that Li Zhen gave birth prematurely.
At this time, adults may not survive eating bark, let alone newborn babies. Soon, the poor little life died. The child's blow, postpartum weakness, and the invasion of injuries made Li Zhen have a high fever and often fell into a coma. At that time, whenever there was an opportunity, Gansiqi would try to take care of her.
Li Zhen couldn't ride a horse, so GanSiQi went behind her back. The comrades also made a stretcher for Li Zhen, and Gan Siqi was very moved. As long as he is here, he will definitely lift the end with the biggest load and refuse to change people to rest. In this way, couples who share weal and woe support each other and go all the way to northern Shaanxi.
After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, under the arrangement of the organization, Li Zhen bid farewell to the front line, rushed back, took on the propaganda work in the rear, and served as the principal of the women's cadre school at the same time, while Gan Siqi was not idle, and kept fighting in the anti-Japanese front line. During the War of Liberation, Gan Siqi served as the director of the political department, and Li Zhen was transferred to the Northwest Field Army where Gan Siqi was located as the secretary-general of the political department because of his job transfer. Later, they fought side by side, participated in a series of battles, and understood and enlarged the north and south.
1In September, 955, the China People's Liberation Army implemented the rank system. Gan Siqi and Li Zhen walked into Huairentang, Zhongnanhai, and accepted the title of Premier Zhou Enlai. Gan Siqi was awarded the rank of general, and Li Zhen was awarded the rank of major general. Premier Zhou personally awarded the title to Li Zhen and said to Li Zhen, "Congratulations, Comrade Li Zhen, you are the first female general in New China and the only couple with Gan Siqi!" From then on, in the revolutionary history of China, there was the first female general and the first couple of generals.
1February 5, 964, just two months after Gan Siqi's 60th birthday, he left his wife Li Zhen, who had lived together for 30 years, in a hurry because of overwork and ineffective treatment. 1980, with the approval of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, Li Zhen was designated as the deputy corps level of the major military region. However, Li Zhen still lives in the original empty house without a decent piece of furniture. Every time friends and comrades come to visit on holidays, the reception hall is basically packed, and people around her feel that with her merits and status, she should not live in such a shabby and narrow old house.
But Li Zhen doesn't think so. She said seriously, "What's wrong with such a house? It's good to have a place to live. If you want to know your position, you will never be divorced from the masses unless you are among the masses! " Finally, the country came forward and finally moved her to a cadre building with a relatively comfortable living environment.
1990 March 1 1, Li Zhen finished her brilliant life. Li Zhen had no children of her own, but she adopted more than 20 martyrs and orphans. The children grew up under her care and died for her, but when sorting out her relics, she found that Li Zhen was "penniless" except for four medals that recorded her glorious past-four old cane chairs that had been used for 15 years, a marching box that had been used for 40 years, and 1 one that had been used/kloc-0.
Even so, Li Zhen chose to make the following arrangements for her little savings-1 Gold bars were donated to Liuyang County, that is, her hometown repaid her kindness in raising, and1Gold bars were donated to her husband's hometown Ningxiang County for the development of education; The remaining deposit is divided into two parts, one part is donated to Beijing Children's Palace, and the other part is paid as your own party membership fee. Looking at the list of Li Zhen's relics, I was still thinking about the party and the people before I left, trying my best to help. All the people present were filled with emotion.
Li Zhen devoted his life to the revolution, the people and * * *; When you leave, you still have only love for the party, your children, your husband and your hometown. Life is alive, career is the most important, there is still a breath, never relax! Li Zhen deserves to be the first female general since the founding of the People's Republic of China!