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In the revolutionary era, wars were raging, and countless heroes stood out after trial and error, some became founding marshals, and some became famous generals. Some of
are also unknown and hidden in the sea of people, and Liu Fayu is a typical representative of the latter.
To outsiders, she is short and simple in appearance. She is an ordinary peasant woman, but behind her, she is magnificent revolutionary experience and soul-stirring memories of the battlefield.
It was not until the age of 73 that Liu Fayu's legendary life was able to see the light of day again and attracted the attention of the country.
All of this has to be attributed to a tombstone that shouldn't have appeared in 1986. A bizarre scene unveiled the long-closed past.
So, who is Liu Fayu? What contributions did she make to the revolution? She was clearly alive, so why did she see her tombstone?
worships the dead husband and sees his tombstone
April 5, 1986, it is the Qingming Festival. Everything is revived and spring is full of energy, and the air is filled with lively breath.
Early this morning, a train from Henan to Xingguo County slowly stopped at the station. Then, the passengers gradually got off the train, and there was a trembling old man in his seventies.
I saw that her hair was gray and her legs were inconvenient, but she was still energetic. With the help of a young man, she slowly walked out of the station. The old man was Liu Fayu.
For this trip, Liu Fayu's destination is the Martyrs Cemetery located in Xingguo County.
During the Agrarian Revolution, Xingguo County was a famous old district, and many Red Army soldiers died here. Liu Fayu came to worship her husband Lai Laifa, who had been abandoned for many years.
There are many tombstones in the Martyrs' Cemetery, and a large number of revolutionary martyrs are buried here. Although Liu Fayu's legs and feet are not smooth, he still searches with the help of his family.
Finally, in front of a tombstone, Liu Fayu suddenly stopped, and the sad expression on his face was beyond words. Naturally, the body of Lai Laifa was buried under this tombstone.
Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar name, Liu Fayu didn't say a word, but tears quickly covered her cheeks. At this moment, half a century had passed since her husband's sacrifice, and the belated mourning seemed particularly solemn.
Suddenly, Liu Fayu turned his gaze elsewhere. It turned out that next to Lai Laifa's tombstone, there was a tombstone with his own name written on it, and the words "Red Army Martyr Liu Fayu is immortal forever" were specially marked on it. Seeing this, Liu Fayu's emotions were completely out of control. Her heart was mixed and she couldn't help crying.
After a while, he turned his head and sighed to his family: "I always thought I had been forgotten by others, but I didn't expect that the country always remembered me."
However, Liu Fayu's son was confused. His biological father was not Lai Lai Fa, so he only heard about Lai Lai Fa's deeds.
is even more unclear why the mother's name appears on the tombstone of the martyr. In order to find out the truth, he immediately found the staff of the local Civil Affairs Bureau.
After hearing this news, the staff did not dare to neglect and immediately reported it layer by layer. Finally, after a detailed investigation, the long-clogged past was slowly revealed.
And the legendary experience of the old man Liu Fayu completely moved everyone present...
was born in a poor family and devoted himself to the revolution in
1913, Liu Fayu was born in a poor peasant family in Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province. The Liu family has 7 children in total, and Liu Fayu ranked sixth.
html When he was 47 years old, due to life reasons, his parents sent Liu Fayu to his fellow villager Lai's house and gave him his eldest son Lai Lai as a child bride. Since then, Liu Fayu never returned to his parents' home again.
Fortunately, the Lai family is pretty good to Liu Fayu, especially Lai Laifa, who has always treated her with courtesy. In such an environment, Liu Fayu was able to thrive.
1927 was a turbulent autumn. The "April 12 Coup" launched by Chiang Kai-shek completely destroyed the revolution. Communist Party members were brutally arrested and killed, and were forced to move to the countryside to continue the revolution.
During this period, several anti-feudal and anti-landlord riots broke out in Xingguo County.
Although Liu Fayu is only 14 years old, she has been poisoned by feudal tradition since she was a child and she hates the landlords and bullies even more.
So soon was inspired by revolutionary ideas, and successfully joined the Children's League and began to start a revolution.
In 1930, the revolutionary activities became more and more intense. After three years of training, Liu Fayu gradually matured.
In the farmers' association, she began to stand alone and serve as the captain of the women's brigade. She mobilized many women and children to participate in the riots. Every time she beat the local tyrants and divides the land, she was at the forefront and was deeply supported by the poor local farmers.
It is worth mentioning that Liu Fayu, who has become a revolutionary, could have chosen a new marriage to end the feudal relationship between herself and Lai Laifa, but she chose to stay with her and married in 1932 under the witness of the organization.
Under Liu Fayu's words and deeds, Lai Laifa also began to actively participate in the revolution. Both the couple firmly believed that a happy life was hard-won, and overthrowing the evil old system and the old society was the only way.
They agreed to support each other and work together on the road of revolution.
Just the year they got married, they joined the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army together.
Because Liu Fayu was meticulous and unsuspecting in the face of changes, she was quickly arranged by the organization to go to the Ministry of Health in the Jiangxi-Fujian Border Region to be responsible for the treatment of the wounded, while Lai Laifa went to the front line, and the couple separated.
On the march, I met Commander Peng
On the days behind, Liu Fayu acted quickly and decisively, and she was very willing to be a man. Under her care, the wounded always recovered very quickly.
Once, the military was blocked and the medicine was in short supply. In order to heal the soldiers, Liu Fayu risked his life every day to go to the mountains to collect herbs, which solved the urgent problem.
Her superiors naturally saw her outstanding performance. Not long after, Liu Fayu was transferred to Fujian Hospital and took on a more severe task.
Whether it is the front line of war or the ward that is racing against time, Liu Fayu sticks to his post and saves one gloriously wounded soldier after another.
In 1933, Liu Fayu successfully joined the party and was transferred to work in Red Third Army under Peng Dehuai's command.
What made her happy was that her husband Lai Laifa was also in this army. On the day the couple reunited, the two were tearful, but when they thought of fighting side by side, Liu Fayu couldn't help but burst into tears and laughed.
In the third and fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns, Liu Fayu and Lai Laifa made great contributions.
Lai Laifa followed the combat troops and launched a fierce fire with the National Army. Because our army pursued the guerrilla warfare tactics, we often played the National Army around.
Lai Laifa also took advantage of the turmoil of the enemy's army and launched a fatal blow to it, injured and killed the enemy many times, and also helped the two anti-"encirclement and suppression" achieve the final victory.
and Liu Fayu's performance is also outstanding. Although she rarely participates in battles, no matter how fierce the enemy's artillery fire is, she can always support the wounded to advance.
Under her leadership, many wounded soldiers escaped the bombing of the national army. It can be said that she has preserved the vitality of our army and played an irreplaceable role. After the start of the Long March , Liu Fayu and Lai Laifa separated again. Lai Laifa was in the front of the team and served as the vanguard, while Liu Fayu continued to follow the rear of the large army to treat the wounded and ensure logistics.
Once, Liu Fayu helped the wounded advance and met a Red Army general with a Hunan accent on the way.
Seeing that the two of them were slow to move, the other party smiled and said, "Two little comrades, you should work harder, don't fall behind."
Liu Fayu has a straightforward personality and immediately responded: "I don't see you here to help me."
The Red Army general immediately dismounted, rushed to the other side of Liu Fayu, and drove the wounded together.
was like this, the three of them chatted while walking, and Liu Fayu talked happily about the work of treating the wounded, and the soldier also listened patiently.
Until dusk, a young soldier rushed up from the back of the team and took over the reins from the soldiers' hands, "Commander Peng, come on the horse and let me help this comrade."
At this point, Liu Fayu realized that the soldier in front of her turned out to be the famous Commander Peng Dehuai. She immediately felt respectful and her will to revolution became stronger.
Unfortunately, my husband lost contact with the troops and lost contact with the troops.
Not long after, the Red Third Army arrived at a valley with a narrow terrain next to a small river. No one expected that this was the ambush site that the National Army had been deployed for a long time.
Seeing that the Kuomintang sent a large number of troops to encircle and block, the Red Third Army immediately set up its formation and began to deal with the enemy.
soon, the battle fell into a stalemate.
After our army occupied the high ground, the national army kept stepping forward and attacking, while our army stood firm and did not give the other side any chance, repelling wave after wave of offensives of the national army.
Liu Fayu was behind the team and could not rush to the high ground, so he took the wounded to hide in a cave. The sound of gunfire outside continued for the whole night.
Wait until the next day, Liu Fayu was so surprised that she could not speak. He looked around and saw corpses on the ground, most of which were national troops, but it was not uncommon for Red Army soldiers to die.
In order to win, a large number of soldiers ignored enemy aircraft bombing and insisted on going out to fight, thus giving their lives. Seeing this, Liu Fayu was in a heavy mood. While she greeted other lesbians in the class, she checked the status of the dead and injured.
Just as she was taking care of a seriously injured soldier, the bad news came like a bolt from the blue. A female comrade ran over in a hurry, her teeth trembled and said, "Lai...Lai soldier died."
At this moment, Liu Fayu's mood had fallen into the bottom of the valley, and the expression on her face began to freeze. However, she still insisted on completing treatment for the wounded, and then she found her husband's body in the direction of her comrade's finger.
Liu Fayu stood beside the body, first sobbing in a low voice, then wailing, and even fainted in a hurry.
The young couple left forever, and all the soldiers present burst into tears.
The sun rises as usual, and the revolution still needs to work hard. In the turbulent war years, there is no time to stop.
Liu Fayu could only slowly get out of the pain in the gaps between battles, but her work performance was not affected at all.
In March 1935, she was attacked by an enemy in Guizhou. In order to break through, her troops marched continuously for several days and nights.
Liu Fayu's ability is well-known. Peng Xuefeng, the commander of the 13th Red Regiment, also noticed her and specially transferred her to her army. She also entrusted her with the important task of going to Wuhan to get medicine.
From Guizhou to Wuhan, the journey is dangerous and the enemy is densely populated. Even a sophisticated guerrilla team may not be able to travel smoothly.
But Liu Fayu still resolutely took over the heavy responsibility and embarked on the journey firmly.
Along the way, she cleverly disguised herself and deceived a large number of enemy troops. She finally arrived in Wuhan, but she did not expect to accidentally expose her medicine while getting medicine in the hospital and was arrested by the Kuomintang.
Within a few months of detention, no matter how the enemy threatened and tempted him, Liu Fayu never spoke out. Seeing that she refused to disclose the secret, the Kuomintang decided to execute him.
Fortunately, on the way to the suburbs for execution, our guerrillas arrived in time. Liu Fayu escaped successfully, but rolled down the cliff and failed to meet with the guerrillas. From then on, there was no trace.
Only after many years people learned that Liu Fayu had been looking for the whereabouts of the Red Army.
, the anti-Japanese war and the war of liberation broke out one after another, and the domestic war spread. Liu Fayu never found the Red Army from Wuhan to Henan.
had no choice but to stop in a remote village and wait for the arrival of the Red Army.It took 14 years for
. It was not until 1949 that our army liberated the entire Henan Province, that Liu Fayu waited for the day he had dreamed of.
It’s a pity that she was already married to a local carpenter at that time and was pregnant with Liujia, so she did not reveal her identity to the People’s Liberation Army, but chose to hide her identity and spent the next decades silently.
In 1986, Liu Fayu was already a 73-year-old man. When she saw the records of the revolutionary era on TV, she couldn't help but burst into tears and asked her son to take her to her hometown in Xingguo County to worship.
So the scene we mentioned at the beginning appeared. In Xingguo County Martyrs Cemetery, Liu Fayu not only found her husband's tomb, but also saw the tombstone engraved with her name.
Until that moment she completely understood that the country had never forgotten her. After she disappeared, the organization included her in the roster of martyrs, which led to this "mistake incident".
Liu Fayu's experience soon caused an uproar. The relevant departments took active action to improve Liu Fayu's life in his later years, and the care of the country was fully demonstrated.
In addition, many people came to visit, including Liu Fayu's comrades back then. They came from afar from Beijing to Liu Fayu's home.
Looking at the old comrades in the past, Liu Fayu cried with joy again. The military career decades ago was vivid in my mind, as if it had happened yesterday.
Conclusion
Liu Fayu lived a happy and peaceful life in her later years. Her eldest son worked in Xingguo County Government, and the other children were also silently contributing to the country in major units and factories.
Although Liu Fayu enjoys a leisurely retirement life, he also cares about the country in his heart, and every time he talks about the subsidies given by the government.
She always said embarrassedly: "Then comrades sacrificed for the revolution. I am already lucky to be able to survive. I really deserve it because of the subsidies from the state."
Because of this, she has stricter requirements for her family. Under her teachings, a large family of more than 70 people always perform their own duties, and serves the people without any complaints.
, a veteran of the revolution, deserves invaluable honor and high respect.
