In February 1961, Chen Geng came to Shanghai for recuperation. This is the arrangement of the country. Chen Geng has always had a heart disease. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, he has not been cured intermittently. He fainted and suffered from shock several times before, which scared everyone.
The weather in Beijing is severe cold in winter, and the organization is worried that Chen Geng's heart disease will recur in winter, so he deliberately persuaded him to go to Shanghai to recuperate. But Chen Geng was a person who couldn't rest. After arriving in Shanghai, he began to write "Summary of Combat Experience".
Originally, he planned to write six chapters, but unexpectedly, the preface had just been written and he fell down again due to a heart attack. This time, the doctor failed to save his life.
Chen Geng
Impermanence in life and death
Written this book was originally a national plan, hoping that generals at all levels can summarize their past experience in fighting against the outside and internal affairs and leave it to future generations. This work aroused everyone's interest. At that time, everyone was busy editing the book, but the superior did not notify Chen Geng about this task, for fear that he would be tired.
However, not long after arriving in Shanghai, Chen Geng still heard about it. He had long had this idea. Now, he was happy to hear that the country treated writing a combat plan as a major event.
So he wrote a lot of words regardless of his weak body. No one expected that he would never wake up again at this job.
Chen Geng passed away on March 16, and the news soon reached the ears of leaders at all levels. Li Kenong and Su Yu, who were recuperating in Shanghai with Chen Geng, heard the news and their mood fluctuated greatly.
Su Yu
Su Yu and Chen Geng are comrades-in-arms for many years. As two excellent military strategists, they have a very high evaluation of each other.
Chen Geng is a passionate and cheerful person. After he arrived in Shanghai, he often gathered with his friends. Originally, Li Kenong and Su Yu thought that several people would live a happy life in Shanghai, but unexpectedly, Chen Geng left in just one month.
Su Yu, who was sick, cried bitterly after hearing the news. No one could persuade him. He cried until the end and was almost hypoxia.
Compared with other founding generals, Chen Geng and Su Yu met relatively late, and they did not really get familiar with each other until 1947.
At that time, the two troops gathered together to block the enemy and support the actions of Liu and Deng's army. Before this, they had no close relationships, and they had only heard that the other party was very good at fighting, but no one knew the specific situation.
Su Yu
Until this time we met on the battlefield, the two of us sat in the command center and listened to the military opinions that the other party had said, and we really began to cherish each other.
At that time, Chen Geng praised from the bottom of his heart: "I used to hear how powerful Su Yu was, but now I see him, and it is indeed worthy of his reputation." After the war between
, the teams on both sides began to count the spoils, which was easy to cause conflicts.
After all, everyone wants spoils, but Chen Geng told everyone very humbly that his troops only stopped him in front of him. The real credit was the comrades of Huaye , so he asked to leave most of the spoils to Huaye.
However, there is always some invisible tacit understanding between Chen Geng and Su Yu. Su Yu had long expected that Chen Geng would not be plunder for his humility. So, after the war, he sent people in advance to send a lot of good spoils to Chen Geng's troops.
Su Yu
Chen Geng often commented: "Su Yu is the best person to fight!"
Later, someone criticized Su Yu at the meeting because of the losses caused by the division of troops from the Chinese Ye month of July, saying that he failed in the battle and would not fight.
At that time, the upright Chen Geng stood up and refuted: "If Su Yu could not fight, I wonder who else would fight in China? Why don't you let him stand up and let me see?"
Whether before or after the founding of the People's Republic of China, whether on the battlefield or not, the friendship between the two people has not changed.
After Chen Geng passed away, Su Yu often missed him and said that he would have no regrets in his life to be able to know Chen Geng.
can get such high praise from good friends. I believe Chen Geng is so relieved that he has the spirit in heaven.
Chen Geng
fight side by side
Chen Geng and another good friend Li Kenong met earlier. They met in Shanghai in 1928. At that time, both of them were members of Central Special Core , and Chen Geng was Li Kenong's superior.
Chen Geng is a famous general of a generation, but he did have been doing underground intelligence work in Shanghai for a long time. He is an all-round talent. He can sweep away fallen leaves when fighting on the front line, and he is still a good player in intelligence in the rear.
At that time, Li Kenong, who had just entered , special science , admired Chen Geng's ability very much. Chen Geng always had many ways to get information from the enemy.
In order to cover up, Chen Geng got more than 20 fake identities in Shanghai. The spies didn't know what the real Chen Geng looked like and where. Even because Chen Geng's fake identity was too realistic, the spies made a joke about asking Chen Geng to capture Chen Geng.
At that time, Chen Geng had a fake identity surnamed Wang. He used this fake identity to fight with local spies and police officers in Shanghai, so that the spies believed that Mr. Wang was a man with great eyes.
Because at that time, Nanjing always urged these spies to arrest Chen Geng. These spies had no choice but to ask Mr. Wang, who was pretending to be Chen Geng, to find a way to arrest Chen Geng.
This incident has been circulating in the CCP’s special sciences for a long time and has become a classic joke.
Although intelligence is the job behind, it is well known that underground workers dance on the wire every day, and their danger is no less than the front line. Intelligence Agent personnel continue to do so for the little bit of intelligence.
In the changing battlefield, one intelligence may change the whole situation.
are both excellent agents. Li Kenong certainly appreciates Chen Geng's outstanding intelligence talent.
In Shanghai, they cooperated for a long time. For a long time, they have been in single-line contact because Li Kenong has been lurking inside the enemy. If the number of people in contact with him increases, it means that the hidden dangers he exposed will also increase.
Their line is almost the most important line of Shanghai Special Forces. Two excellent agents are collecting the most important information under the enemy's noses, including the most important information of Gu Shunzhang betrayal, which is also transmitted through the line "Li Kenong-Chen Geng".
This piece of information came in time, because at that time, many important personnel such as Chen Geng and Zhou Enlai were in Shanghai. If Li Kenong did not send out the information in time, the entire Shanghai Special Forces would be destroyed.
Later, Chen Geng often sighed that Li Kenong saved his life in this matter.
Li Kenong
Of course, Li Kenong's intelligence has not only saved Chen Geng once.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Geng devoted most of his energy to the frontline battlefield and was no longer responsible for managing special departments. Li Kenong's position was upgraded and he became the main leader in charge of intelligence.
The positions of the two people have changed. In the past, they were intelligence messengers walking side by side in the night. Now, one is still in the rear and the other is on the front line. The intelligence sent by Li Kenong determines whether Chen Geng can accurately judge the situation on the front line.
Fortunately, their tacit understanding in the past has not been lost. Every time they see the information sent by Li Kenong on the battlefield, Chen Geng felt at ease. He knew that his friend would never make mistakes in intelligence.
In the war years, although Chen Geng and Li Kenong had a good relationship, it was rare to meet each other. After all, they were both too busy. It was not until after the founding of the People's Republic of China that the two had the opportunity to get together often.
The two of them are very close to each other, love to chat, love to drink, and have countless memories of past work.
vs. Jiudangge
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Kenong and Chen Geng were transferred to the same department, both became deputy chiefs of staff, and even the houses were almost moved to the same area.From then on, the two of them often made an appointment to have dinner, drink, and chat together, and talk about the glorious years of the past.
Sometimes when I get interested, Li Kenong will cook in person and let Chen Geng taste his skills. If he has time, the two of them will make an appointment to go out to the suburbs of Beijing together.
However, there are still few such leisurely and relaxing times, and the two of them are still very busy at work.
Especially Chen Geng. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was the time to employ people. The work of various departments was piled up, and Chen Geng had almost never had a day off. However, he was injured on the battlefield in his early years and sentenced to prison, so his physical fitness became very poor and it was difficult to withstand such heavy work. Once he worked for a long time, he became dizzy and his heart was in a hurry.
However, Chen Geng rarely mentions such things to outsiders. In front of others, he always looks optimistic and carefree. In fact, this personality makes people ignore his daily fatigue.
In Li Kenong's memory, letting Chen Geng take a rest for a while is the most difficult thing in the world. It’s not that Chen Geng doesn’t want to rest, but that national affairs are piled up in front of him. He can only put his own affairs back. Whether it is his friend or his wife, he is unwilling to stop his work. Every day, Chen Geng is almost the last one to leave in the office.
His heart problem worried the doctor very much and he had warned him several times. But in the early years, Chen Geng rarely had heart disease, so no one took it seriously. It was not until Chen Geng fell ill for the first time and fainted in the office that everyone realized that this matter was already very serious.
After the doctor checked, he shook his head repeatedly. The long-term fatigue finally made Chen Geng's heart overwhelmed, and even went on strike. If this continues, his life will be lost. The doctor immediately proposed: You must take a rest for a while, it is best to go to other places for a while to recuperate and completely put aside the work at hand.
But this suggestion is too unrealistic for Chen Geng. Did he ignore national affairs for his own health?
Chen Geng was unwilling to do this no matter what. So, after the first time he got sick, he had been in the hospital for a few days and began to write letters to Premier Zhou and Chairman Mao, demanding to return to work, and said that his health had been mostly healed.
If Premier Zhou had not persuaded him in every way, he would probably not be able to live in the hospital these days.
After being discharged from the hospital, Chen Geng seemed as energetic as before. As a friend, Li Kenong saw it, he could barely feel relieved. Who knew that Chen Geng fell ill again within a few months.
It was a turbulent time at that time, and many leaders of countries had physical problems. Before Chen Geng, Li Kenong had already gone to Shanghai to recuperate due to illness. As a result, within a few days, he met an old friend who also came to Shanghai to recuperate.
After seeing Li Kenong, Chen Geng was very excited and patted Li Kenong on the shoulder and said, "Li Kenong! Why are you hospitalized too! Sure enough, wherever I, Chen Geng, go, you kid will go!"
Chen Geng's words made Li Kenong unhappy. Then Chen Geng learned that Su Yu was also here, so the three of them temporarily forgot the burden of getting sick and immersed in the excitement of reuniting with their old friends.
Li Kenong also violated the hospital's regulations and quietly took out a bottle of white wine he had hidden secretly. Three people drank and chatted, and they were so happy.
However, this was the last time they got together. Not long after, news of Chen Geng's death came.
Li Kenong could not recover from this sad news for a long time. After a long time, during the meal, Li Kenong habitually took out a bottle of white wine and poured himself a glass.
But when he picked up the wine glass, he suddenly realized that his old friend Chen Geng was no longer there. So, he angrily threw the wine glass to the ground with red eyes, and choked and said, "Chen Geng is gone, no matter how good the wine is, it will taste no matter how good it is!"
Life-saving grace
Also, Premier Zhou was also stimulated by Chen Geng's death. Premier Zhou and Chen Geng are both teachers and friends.
1924, Zhou Enlai went to , Whampoa Military Academy, and met Chen Geng performing sketches in front of everyone. Chen Geng finished the performance with great enthusiasm, and when he looked back, he found that the director of the Political Department was standing behind him.
However, this incident did not embarrass the relationship between the two. Zhou Enlai was deeply impressed by this bold and thoughtful student, and soon invited Chen Geng to join the "Blood Flower Drama Club" he founded as the starring actor.
The friendship between the two people for half a century began.
Chen Geng has never disappointed Premier Zhou. Since joining the party, his beliefs have always been very firm. Even when the white terror spread across the country in 1927, Chen Geng was able to firmly draw a clear line with the Kuomintang and not be moved by the glory and wealth in front of him.
Later, he also came to Shanghai regardless of danger and planned to establish the Central Special Section with Zhou Enlai.
His intelligence work has always been very appreciated by Zhou Enlai. They have been working together for more than ten years for the major project of Central Special Science and Technology, and the friendship of these ten years cannot be affected by anything.
And during Long March , Chen Geng also saved Zhou Enlai's life. At that time, the Red Army was passing through the grassland , but unfortunately, Zhou Enlai fell ill, and Zhou Enlai, who was tortured by illness, could not walk at all, and was even unconscious.
However, there are pursuers behind, and the environment on the grassland is so harsh. If Zhou Enlai was allowed to recuperate on the spot, the consequences would be unimaginable. Therefore, we must find a way to carry Zhou Enlai out of the grassland.
In this case, Chen Geng stepped forward and lifted Zhou Enlai's stretcher with other comrades. After carrying it for several days, he snatched Zhou Enlai back from the God of Death.
During those days, Zhou Enlai was in a coma, and above their heads was the enemy's bomber , which could be trapped in the encirclement at any time. In this case, Chen Geng never abandoned Zhou Enlai.
Zhou Enlai
At that time, he even had injuries on his body, but he didn't think about himself at all. He just wanted to take Premier Zhou out of danger. Zhou Enlai remembered this for a lifetime and was grateful for it for the rest of his life.
The relationship between Zhou Enlai and Chen Geng has long surpassed the common friendship between comrades, and they are more like brothers who share life and death.
In front of Zhou Enlai, Chen Geng has always been a big or small person. He regards Zhou Enlai as his half brother, and Zhou Enlai really regards Chen Geng as his family.
Yin and Yang separation
After Chen Geng got sick, Premier Zhou was always worried. For this reason, he persuaded Chen Geng several times, including asking Chen Geng to go to Shanghai. It was also Premier Zhou who persuaded him repeatedly that he finally agreed to take a temporary rest for a while.
Premier Zhou originally hoped that Shanghai's warm and suitable climate would make Chen Geng's health gradually improve. However, things went against my wishes, and Chen Geng still couldn't survive this cold winter. He left in Shanghai, and Premier Zhou didn't even have time to see him for the last time.
When Chen Geng passed away, Premier Zhou was still in Guangzhou. After the news came back to Guangzhou, Premier Zhou refused to believe it. Premier Zhou, who has always been calm, sat quietly for a long time before finally accepting this fact.
He hurriedly ended the meeting in Guangzhou and arrived in Beijing. Beijing had already received the news that he had hurriedly built a mourning hall for Chen Geng. As soon as he walked into Chen Geng's mourning hall and saw the black and white photo, Premier Zhou's eyes suddenly turned red.
Not long after, Premier Zhou met Chen Geng’s urn. His friend is gone. The grieving Premier Zhou sat in his study, writing the seven words "Comrade Chen Geng's Ashes" over and over again on the paper.
This is engraved on Chen Geng's urn in the future. Premier Zhou wrote it hundreds of times, but he was not satisfied with it every time. He thought he could write it better, but after writing it, he could never write a perfect picture.
Finally, Premier Zhou spent a long time to select the three most satisfied photos from one note after another. With a deep feeling, he sent these three notes to Chen Geng's widow Fu Ya.
Fu Ya looked at these three notes and couldn't help but burst into tears.
Premier Zhou also couldn't suppress the sadness in his heart, and tears burst out from his eyes. This was the last thing he gave to Chen Geng and the final farewell.
After Chen Geng died, countless people missed him. He had so many friends during his lifetime, and he could treat every friend sincerely, which is why people can't bear to leave him.
For public, he devoted his life to the country and privately, and he left the warmest and most unforgettable memories for everyone.
Death is not the end. In people's memory, Chen Geng's figure is always alive.
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