Rare old photos: Sichuanese among the leaders, Zhu De’s position C, and two American “Sichuan fellows”!
This photo is very rare, it is rare that the 7 people in the photo are all "Sichuan". The front row of
photos are five leaders, all of whom were born in Sichuan (among them, Yang Shangkun and Nie Rongzhen were born in Chongqing today, but they were Sichuan at that time). The two Americans Whitsier and Xie Siwei were born in Sichuan. According to American habits, they also belong to " Sichuan ".
This photo was taken in Yan'an in August 1944. At that time, the US Dixie Military Observation Corps broke through various obstructions and visited Yan'an. Many photos were taken and passed down to this day. The seven people in the photo put on different "POSE" and took several photos, but this one was the clearest.
The front row of the photo are several leaders of Yan'an, among which Mr. Zhu is in the C position (middle position). He is wearing military casual clothes , with a bare head, a simple and calm smile on his face. Mr. Chen, who is standing on the left, is communicating something.
Acting Commander of the New Fourth Army Chen Yi put on a hat (in other photos, he took the hat and held it in his hand). He was in a good mood at the time. After Mao Zedong's ideological work and what he saw and heard in Yan'an, the Huanghuatang incident had almost no impact on him).
The left side of the photo is Yang Shangkun. In different photos, he sometimes wears a hat but sometimes does not wear it, and his expression is sometimes serious and sometimes smiles.
On the right side of Mr. Zhu is Mr. Wu Yuzhang, one of the "Five Old Masters of Yan'an". To be honest, he is the youngest among these five revolutionary old men.
The right side of the photo is Jinchaji Military Region Nie Rongzhen. Among all the leaders, Nie Marshal Nie's expression is not rich. In most photos, his expression looking into the distance is iconic.
