Under the siege of the superior forces of the Kuomintang Ma Bufang Department, officers and men of the marked army fought bloody battles. Although they killed many enemies, they also suffered heavy losses. When breaking through Qilian Mountain separately, Zhang, Cai, Su, Su Bizhen, Gong Deyi, Zhang Shuiqing and many others were unfortunately captured and escorted to Xining, Qinghai on April 1937. On the way to escort, because Zhang was weak and walked slowly, the enemy regarded her as a burden and wanted to kill her. Thanks to Cai's help and protection, he survived. At this point, the marked army completely failed, and Ma Bufang also changed the practice of killing the Red Army in the past, sending some male prisoners to other places to build roads and engage in heavy manual labor; Female prisoners stay in factories and hospitals in Xining to do hard work. It turned out to be a beautiful young captured female soldier, a member of the Forward Troupe of the Political Department of the marked army, and incorporated into the Dance Troupe of Ma Bufang 100 Division. Because Zhang was captured under the pseudonym Gou Xiuying, he concealed his identity and did not attract the attention of the enemy. He was sent to Yiyuan Wool Mill near Huangshui River in Dongguan, Xining, to sort wool all day. A few days later, 65,438+00 captured Red Army women who worked with Zhang in the wool mill were directly taken away and given to officers and men in Ma Bufang as wives, and their whereabouts were unknown from then on. This frightened Zhang and other female prisoners, and Zhang deliberately aged himself to avoid such bad luck.
On one occasion, several inmates of the former Qianjin Troupe learned about Zhang's situation from Cai Kou and were very worried about her safety. Sun Guifang, who used to be a guard in Zhang, suggested: "Try to help Zhang escape from Qinghai, and you can't persecute her as soon as the horse is released!" So after repeated discussions, we discussed a careful "plan to save Zhang"
Most of the former friends of Qianjin Troupe were from Sichuan and Hubei. Unable to make pasta by themselves, they made a strong request to Zhao, head and chief of staff of the Song and Dance Troupe of 100 Division, to improve the food. Director Zhao also promised to provide them with a cooking soldier. Now, using this as an excuse, the difficult friends sent Zhao Wenxiu, Huang Guangxiu and Zhao Quanzhen to find Director Zhao and suggested to him that Gou Xiuying, who specializes in cooking in Yiyuan Wool Mill, be transferred to be a cook, which was approved.
On this day, when Cai, Huang Guangxiu and so on. When I came to Yiyuan Wool Mill with Director Zhao's note to contact important people, I saw Zhang in rags and haggard, looking very old-fashioned. Zhang repeatedly explained his purpose and said coldly, "I'm not going anywhere!" "Finally, Cai's whisper dispelled Zhang's doubts. She confided to Zhang: "Don't worry, we didn't want you to show your face, sing, dance and pretend, but to cook for us and the troupe. You can squat in the kitchen all day and pretend to be indifferent to the things outside. We will help you out of Qinghai when you have the opportunity. " In this way, Zhang came to the dance company.
In the dance troupe, Zhang concentrated on cooking during the day and lived with prisoners at night, and soon became good friends who talked about everything. In order to let everyone stand the test for a long time, Zhang
At this time, a teacher named Ma of the marked army defected. Ma Bufang learned that Zhang was not dead, but was captured, and now he is in Xining. Therefore, Ma Bufang ordered a search for Zhang in the whole city of Xining, and posted a notice offering a reward of 1000 yuan to arrest Zhang on the streets of Xining. It rained all night, and another thing happened during the performance of the dance company. In the evening, Ma Bufang hosted a banquet for the Nanjing distinguished guests at the Sichuan-Shaanxi Hall in Xining. Four captured Red Army women, including Sun, took the stage to perform a water dance. During the performance, a leather boot on Sun's right foot was accidentally kicked off and smashed on the coffee table in front of the guests, which caused the party to be in chaos and ended in discord. Ma Bufang, who became angry from embarrassment, immediately ordered an investigation. Zhao nature is to blame. He questioned Sun, but nothing came out. Then all the people in the dance troupe were called together and lectured hard and soft, saying, "I heard that there is a female general named Zhang in your Red Army, or Zhang Jingqiu. Opinions vary. This is a very powerful woman with good eloquence. She can finish this article at once. We hope that she will work for us, and we will definitely give her a big fight and never treat her badly. However, if you continue to hide it, once it is discovered, there will be no benefit. I think you all know this. You know her better than I do. I hope you can help me find Zhang, and I will repay you. However, if you don't report it, don't blame me for Zhao's unkindness. " As a result, no one said anything
With the fierce pursuit of the enemy, Zhang's situation became very dangerous. Once, an important Kuomintang official passing by Qinghai came to the dance troupe to "visit". It is said that this person is Zhang's classmate at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow and knows Zhang. People in the same boat are worried about this. In desperation, they came up with a way to make Zhang pretend to be ill and not take part in the welcoming parade to tide over the difficulties.
Then, Ma Bufang suddenly decided to break up the dance troupe of 100 division, leaving a few young and beautiful female prisoners he thought, rewarding his most proud officer as his concubine, and taking Huang Guangxiu as his concubine, sending the rest to Zhangye, Gansu Province, where another troupe was formed by the Han Qigong Brigade. Soon, those young female prisoners were forcibly "married" one after another, and Sun and other female prisoners closest to Zhang also went to Zhangye. While you were going, they added new contents to the original "rescue plan" and stepped up implementation. First of all, Huang Guangxiu took advantage of his special status, and after some operation, he obtained Ma Bufang's consent to marry Zhao Quanzhen to Yang Wancai, deputy head of the music unit of the former marked forward troupe, who worked as an orderly in an engineering barracks in Ma Bufang after being captured. The engineering battalion is stationed in Xining, and Yang Wancai has already made contact with Zhang and others.
In the process of preparing the wedding for Yang Wancai and Zhao Quanzhen, Zhao met the clever Yang Wancai, appreciated him very much and transferred him to be his own orderly. In this way, Zhao agreed to Zhao Quanzhen's request and asked Zhang to be her big momma. Since then, Zhao Quanzhen's new house has become a place for many captured personnel of the marked army to chat and visit. Zhang saw this newspaper here, learned about the revolutionary situation in China at that time, and learned that China had established an anti-Japanese national united front with Chiang Kai-shek, the Kuomintang, and that the CPC Central Committee was trying to rescue the prisoners of the marked army.
At Zhao Quanzhen's home, Zhang got in touch with Wu Zhonglian, a captured female cadre of the marked army and a handyman at Sun Yat-sen Hospital in Xining. Through Wu Zhonglian's relationship, Zhang quickly moved to Zhongshan Hospital to live with her. Zhang also met Yang Shaode's husband, Lu Cheng, then the propaganda minister of the Kuomintang Qinghai Party Department, through another captured female cadre of the marked army. Lv Cheng expressed his willingness to hide it from Ma Bufang and helped Zhang escape from Qinghai through his boss, Li Xiaozhong, a member of the Kuomintang Qinghai Provincial Party Committee, on the condition that.
After analysis, Zhang and Wu Zhonglian believe that they must not flee Qinghai as soon as possible, otherwise, once Ma Bufang finds out their true identity, the consequences will be unimaginable. They decided to improvise, make full use of the contradiction between Li Xiaozhong, Lu Cheng and Ma Bufang, and implement the self-help plan. As a result, Zhang and Wu Zhonglian often went to Yang Shaode's house to play mahjong, and their relationship with Lujia became closer.
In July, Li Xiaozhong and Lv Cheng, members of the Kuomintang Qinghai Party Department, were transferred to Lushan by Chiang Kai-shek for training. When they left Xining, they took Zhang, Wu Zhonglian and Tao Wanrong. During his short stay in Lanzhou, Zhang cleverly asked a party to tell the Eighth Route Army office in Lanzhou about his trip. After Zhang and other three captured personnel arrived in Lanzhou, they were immediately handed over to the Kuomintang Northwest Battalion, which sent troops to Nanjing. After receiving the telegram from the Lanzhou office, the Eighth Route Army's office in Ann sent people to the station to rescue Comrade Zhang and others, but in vain.
On August 65438+4, 2004, Zhang and others were imprisoned in the "Capital Introspection Institute" on the outskirts of Nanjing. After Zhang's active rescue, the comrades who negotiated with the Kuomintang in Nanjing were released in early September and returned to Yan 'an in June+10, 5438. After organizational review, it was confirmed that Zhang did not defect during his capture and he was redistributed.