"Why do you want to be a Communist Party? Do you know that you have broken the law?" a reporter from the Hunan Evening News said to Yang Kaihui through gritted teeth.
"I didn't break the law, He Jian did." Yang Kaihui replied righteously to the interviewer, with a sharp look in his eyes that made his hair stand on end.
Yang Kaihui
"If you can repent now, your life will not be in danger," the interviewer continued, but Yang Kaihui's words: "I swear not to give in" made the interviewer almost overturn the table in anger.
It seems that Yang Kaihui's mother's trip to Nanjing to find the love Mr. Cai Yuanpei and Zhang Shizhao told He Jian was in vain.
Since Yang Kaihui would rather die than surrender, these villains from the "Qingxiang" faction naturally no longer pretend to be "reserved". Privately, they have already made preparations to "shoot and expose Yang Kaihui to death for three days."
Yang Kaihui
On November 14, 1930, Yang Kaihui was dressed in a blue cloth and was taken to the execution ground to be shot.. After two shots, Yang Kaihui faced the loess and let the blood flow freely. She still had a trace of breath, and her expression was extremely painful.
When the executioner saw that Yang Kaihui was still breathing, he fired another shot. Martyr Yang Kaihui left us forever with her belief in revolution.
After the tragedy, Yang Kaihui's 10-year-old niece Yang Zhan, who was in her hometown in Itakura, cried and shouted: "I want to carry my aunt's body back, and I want to avenge my aunt!"
Yang Kaihui
More than ten years ago Later, Yang Zhan finally grew up and was able to serve the revolution, but he ended up on the same path as his aunt Yang Kaihui, which is really regrettable.
Today’s story will slowly unfold around the short and magnificent life of Yang Kaihui’s niece Yang Zhan...
Dad, I am not studying to get a diploma
Since the death of Yang Kaihui, the group of "Qingxiang Sect" in Hunan Province have He began to plan a complete "cleanup" of the Yang family.
"Zhan'er, we can't stay in Itakura any longer. Dad and mom must leave here immediately..." Yang Kaizhi said to his daughter while packing their luggage with his wife.
Yang Kaizhi
Yang Zhan nodded in panic and asked his parents: "What about me? You won't take me with you when you leave?"
"It's too dangerous to follow your parents. You go to live with your grandfather first and wait for the storm to pass. Dad will come back to pick you up..." After Yang Kaizhi said that, he took his daughter out quietly.
As soon as he arrived at his grandfather's house, Yang Zhan felt as if he had entered an "orphanage". He found that there were often many "strangers" with "unknown origins" or serious injuries living in his grandfather's house.
Although Yang Zhan could not understand his grandfather's "identity" at that time, nor did he know the specific reasons why he took in those down-and-out people, Yang Zhan knew that those people were like his aunt Yang Kaihui, good people with noble sentiments.
Yang Kaihui
While living at his grandfather's house, Yang Zhan began to understand the current situation of Chinese society and the importance of revolution.
This laid a solid psychological foundation for her later to firmly support the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese revolution.
From 1926 to 1938, Yang Zhan studied at Zhounan Girls' School in Changsha. Because she was deeply influenced by her aunt and grandfather, she knew how to use advanced ideas to unite her classmates and inspire their patriotic enthusiasm at a young age. .
In school, almost all the students affectionately call her "Zhan Zhan". On the one hand, they express their love for her, and on the other hand, they admire her full of revolutionary enthusiasm.
Zhounan Girls' School
In 1937, an unprecedented anti-Japanese upsurge was set off across the country. Yang Zhan was spotted by the party organization because of his outstanding performance in school and his super popularity. Secretly joined the anti-Japanese and national salvation propaganda team.
In school, Yang Zhan recommended reading Chairman Mao’s books to progressive young people. At the same time, he also developed a large number of staunch Marxists for our party.
During the period when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated to resist Japan, the door to Yan'an was finally opened, and Yang Zhan made an unprecedented contact with Chairman Mao from afar.
Although there is more than 20 years difference between them as "uncle and nephew", they can talk about the issue of grassroots unity all the way to the road of resisting Japan and saving the nation.
Chairman Mao
In December 1937, Yang Zhan secretly joined the Communist Party of China and became the party branch secretary of Zhounan Girls' Middle School. She was 17 years old that year. Although she was immature, she already had the shadow of her aunt Yang Kaihui.
At school, Yang Zhan organized his classmates to hold banners and shout slogans, marching through the streets in support of "resisting Japan and saving the nation" and advocating "the Kuomintang and the Communist Party unite to resist Japan."
She created training classes for illiterate women and children to help them read, read, and learn the principles of resisting Japan and saving the nation.
She raised funds and prepared medical supplies for the front-line anti-Japanese fighters. She personally led a condolence group to perform and shout for the soldiers to boost their morale.
She is so young and charming, and at the same time, in the eyes of the Kuomintang reactionaries, she is so "annoying".
In 1938, enemy agents lurking in Zhou Nan Women's Middle School discovered Yang Zhan's secret identity as a "Communist member".
In order not to cause trouble to his family and friends, Yang Zhan applied to the organization to leave Changsha and go to Yan'an. The organization approved it, but Yang Zhan's father, Yang Kaizhi, did not seem to be happy.
"You can graduate from high school in one more semester, can't you wait until you get your diploma?" Yang Kaizhi said in a slightly angry tone, but there was really nothing he could do about his daughter.
Yang Zhan
"Dad, I am not studying to get a diploma, but to make revolution!" Yang Zhan said to his father firmly.
Seeing his daughter being so stubborn, Yang Kaizhi didn't know whether he was happy or sad. He couldn't help but feel sad when he thought that his sister had no hesitation at that time.
After all, she was just an 18-year-old girl, and Yang Kaizhi was the only daughter between the couple. If she was allowed to follow Chairman Mao, she would probably never have the chance to meet him again in the future.
A group photo of Yang Kaizhi and his family
But the reality is often so cruel. Think about the current country, where barbarians are raging like ants, and living has become a luxury. It is better to fulfill the daughter’s wish and find a way out...
" Let's have a meal with dad and then go..." Yang Kaizhi suddenly changed his attitude and said to his daughter with a wry smile.
Yang Zhan nodded, and after having lunch with his father, he packed his bags and embarked on the journey north.
Yang Kaizhi
Looking at the back of his daughter walking further and further away, Yang Kaizhi felt mixed emotions in his heart.He did not dare to imagine too much, he only hoped that his daughter would take more care on the road of revolution...
Zhan'er's sacrifice in the Anti-Japanese War was glorious.
In August 1938, Yang Zhan finally came to Yan'an after overcoming all obstacles. The organization immediately arranged for him to study at the Northern Shaanxi Public SchoolJuyi branch.
This school was established by our party specifically to train anti-Japanese military and political cadres. The reason why Yang Zhan was allowed to study was because the organization wanted to cultivate her based on her performance in school.
At that time, there were many aspiring young people studying in Northern Shaanxi Public School. Here Yang Zhan had to learn both politics and struggle, and he also had to have a certain knowledge and understanding of military theory.
In addition to his studies, Yang Zhanhui went to the battlefield in person to compete with the Kuomintang reactionaries to test the truth he had learned.
In his spare time, he cleared wasteland for the soldiers and civilians of Yan'an and expanded production to alleviate problems such as lack of food on the front line.
Although life in Yan'an is very different from that in Hunan, the soldiers took pleasure in suffering, and their energetic spirit always inspired Yang Zhan to continue fighting.
The soldiers all said that Yang Zhan was the "softener" in the army. She had the tenacity of Yang Kaihui and a throat as clear as an oriole.
When the War of Resistance Against Japan was in full swing, in order to boost the ambition of the soldiers when the equipment between the enemy and ours was vastly different.Yang Zhanhui brought his harmonica and played music and sang for the soldiers while marching. The old comrades called Yang Zhan "Little Zhanyaozi", and the new recruits called him "Comrade Zhanzhan".
During those difficult years, it was Yang Zhan's singing voice that brought a sense of comfort to the soldiers who marched day and night. It was Yang Zhan's informal character that made the team of varying ages become extremely harmonious.
Yang Kaihui
In 1939, in order to meet the needs of the Anti-Japanese War, the Party Central Committee decided to combine a new batch of young students who graduated from Shaanxi Public School with students from Workers' School, Lu Xun Art Institute and other institutions to form the "North China United University" team , handed over to the leadership of Luo Ruiqing and Cheng Fangwu, and prepared to "go deep" into the enemy's rear, and Yang Zhan was among them.
This was Yang Zhan's true participation in the anti-Japanese war since he came to Yan'an. Before the large army was about to set off, Chairman Mao took the time to meet her. Yang Zhan was very excited. From her radiant eyes, Chairman Mao vaguely saw the shadow of Yang Kaihui back then.
"Zhan'er, you have done a very good job. You are a good boy. The march is difficult. You must obey the instructions of Principal Luo and Principal Cheng, study hard and complete the task well..." Chairman Mao pulled Zhan'er's sign language said earnestly.
Luo Ruiqing
At that time, Zhan'er vaguely went back to two years ago, when her father said goodbye to her when she was about to leave Changsha for Yan'an...
"I will do it, and I promise to complete the task!" Yang Zhan behaved to Chairman Mao He bowed politely, turned around and left the cave.
On the way to the enemy rear, Yang Zhan deeply felt the pain of war. Just marching day and night had consumed a lot of physical strength and will.
But she came with a mission and could not lead the soldiers to drift with the tide, so whenever the soldiers were exhausted from traveling through mountains and rivers, Zhan'er would play the harmonica to cheer them up.
Chairman Mao
Whenever it was difficult to move at night, Zhan'er would help the soldiers explore the terrain, make fires to cook, and stand vigil for the soldiers.
Finally, the emperor paid off his hard work. After dozens of days of arduous march, Zhan'er and the large army finally broke through the many shackles laid by the enemy and successfully arrived at the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Anti-Japanese Base Area .
In 1940, Yang Zhan was selected as a "Model Woman" in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Anti-Japanese Base Area with her active performance.
At the beginning of 1941, Zhan'er was selected as a "learning model" and "representative of the Second Party Congress of the North China United University".
She was only 21 years old that year, and she had already "exceeded" her revolutionary dream, and then at the party's call, she joined the anti-Japanese ranks.
"Working for the revolution" is Yang Zhan's fundamental purpose in devoting herself to the cause of communism, and it is also the main motivation for her to avenge her aunt Yang Kaihui.
Unfortunately, fate sometimes likes to "play tricks" on those loyal people who always want to "stand out" for the revolution, so that Yang Zhan "died before he left the army."
In the autumn of 1941, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei anti-Japanese base area was attacked by the Japanese army on a large scale, and the organization required the headquarters of the United Nations University to be moved to the mountains for cover.
Unfortunately, one day, a Japanese army unknowingly penetrated into the hidden areas of some organs of the United Nations General Assembly, and the team immediately notified everyone to move.
Because most of the hiding places of this department's organs were steep slopes and cliffs, Yang Zhan followed the transfer of the troops in a hurry. During the transfer, Yang Zhan asked his injured teammates to go first, and he stayed behind. As a result, he was climbing the slope. Unfortunately, she lost her footing and fell down the cliff...
At that time, the team leader and the correspondent immediately went down the cliff to look for Yang Zhan. They found that she was covered in blood, but she still had a trace of breath, so they quickly fed her some water.
Yang Zhan
Because he was worried that his injury would hold back the team, Yang Zhan tried his best to tell the captain : "Leave me alone, I am hopeless. Please tell the party and comrades about my situation. When the Anti-Japanese War is won, Please also tell my parents..."
Later, the captain and correspondent put him aside with tears in his eyes. It was not until the enemy returned without success that they turned back and buried him under the cliff...
On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao stood on Tiananmen and paid his respects to The whole world announced the good news of the founding of the People's Republic of China to comfort the tens of millions of soldiers and civilians who sacrificed their lives for the country.
The Founding Ceremony
Two months ago, just after Changsha was liberated, Chairman Mao received a letter from Yang Kaizhi. In the letter, Yang Kaizhi asked Chairman Mao about the current situation of his daughter Yang Zhan. Because of his busy schedule, Chairman Mao did not immediately reply.
It was not until October 9, 1949 that Chairman Mao had time to reply: "I have received the letter. I am very sorry that the old woman is still alive... Anying may be able to return to his hometown to work and visit his grandmother... Zhan'er died in 8 He died gloriously for his country in the Anti-Japanese War in North China... Can the food and clothing at home be enough? I hope you can tell me..."
When he learned that his daughter had been sacrificed, Yang Kaizhi did not show too many emotions. Perhaps he had been prepared to lose her 12 years ago. At this time, he just wanted to confirm it in person so that he could prepare for his daughter in his own cemetery in the future. Erect a monument...
Monument to Martyr Yang Zhan
In November 1977, Comrade Cheng Fangwu, the former principal of the old campus of Northern Shaanxi Public School, met Yang Kaizhi in Beijing. When he mentioned his daughter Yang Zhan, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "You have both Yang Kaihui and Yang Zhan in your family. You have Two outstanding female revolutionaries, this is a supreme honor..."
Yang Kaizhi smiled and said nothing, the rain in his heart had already poured down...
Chairman Mao once said : "For the sake of sacrifice, I dare to ask the sun and the moon to change the sky." , regarding life and death, Chairman Mao had long ago It has reached the level of turning things around.
Chairman Mao
Without those soldiers and civilians who dared to sacrifice for the country, China would have fallen apart long ago and become a fish in the mouth of the imperialists.
The sacrifices of Yang Zhan and Yang Kaihui are just a small microcosm of the tens of millions of soldiers and civilians who have sacrificed their lives in China's modern wars.
Yang Zhan Martyr Monument
If we want to "change the sky with the sun and the moon," Yang Zhan and Yang Kaihui are far from enough, but it is precisely because of their glorious deeds that we can better carry forward the revolutionary spirit and enable us to finally win. !
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