In June 1937, Xu Xiangqian, who was the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army in , finally returned to Yan'an after going through a lot of hardships.
At this time, the full-scale war of resistance had not yet broken out. In order to let Xu Xiangqian relax and relax, the party organization did not immediately let him go to work.
With this "half-day leisure", Xu Xiangqian found Zhou Chunquan for some private matters.
Zhou Chunquan
Seeing Xu Xiangqian coming, Zhou Chunquan seemed very ashamed. Xu Xiangqian didn't say much, and immediately asked: "Why did you kill my wife Cheng Xunxuan? What mistake did she make?"
Zhou Chunquan was very ashamed. He said : "She has no sin. She arrested her to get the materials to mess with you."
Xu Xiangqian was sad after hearing this and vomited a mouthful of blood.
Faced with these ruthless words, Xu Xiangqian choked for a moment. He knew that Zhou Chunquan was also the executor and was not the main messenger, so he didn't say anything else, but silently wiped away the blood stains on the corner of his mouth and slowly left.
As the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army, why was Xu Xiangqian unable to protect his wife at the beginning? What happened to Zhou Chunquan later?
Sharing weal and woe, but not being able to stay together forever
In June 1929, according to the arrangements of the Party Central Committee, Xu Xiangqian came from Shanghai to the northeastern Hubei and served as the deputy commander of the 31st Red Division.
At this time, although Xu Xiangqian was serving as a deputy, in fact, he was responsible for the military leadership of the entire division, because before his arrival, the then commander of the Red 31st Division, Wu Guanghao, died in a previous battle.
Xu Xiangqian has just arrived, and he has lived in both worlds and places. However, he is worthy of being an excellent military leader. After coming to Soviet area, he was approachable and set an example, and soon became a gang of local military and civilians.
It was also with Xu Xiangqian's efforts that the combat effectiveness of the Red 31st Division began to gradually increase.
But speaking of this, the opportunity for Xu Xiangqian to be ordered to come to Northeast Hubei is indeed not good.
Because at this time, the enemy was increasing its forces to organize the "encirclement and suppression" of the Soviet area. Faced with such a critical situation, Xu Xiangqian was not panicked. He was cautious and alert to command. In three months, he smashed the enemy's three "encirclement and suppression" battles.
What makes people feel distressed is that during the battle, Xu Xiangqian was seriously injured due to unfortunate fall from the cliff.
After discussing with the captain of the third team, the Chief of Staff decided to send someone to take care of Xu Xiangqian. Therefore, Cheng Xunxuan, who served as a health officer, was transferred to Xu Xiangqian's side.
Speaking of which, Cheng Xunxuan is not a simple person either.
Later, except for their sister who died in childhood, Cheng Xunxuan's three brothers and one younger brother participated in the revolution .
At this time, the battle continued, and there were many wounded people in the Red Army. Because the lesbians were careful and cautious, their superiors made Cheng Xunxuan become a health officer.
Cheng Xunxuan worked diligently after taking office. Her good performance naturally attracted the attention of her superiors. At this moment, Xu Xiangqian was injured, and the superiors handed over the task of taking care of Xu Xiangqian to Cheng Xunxuan.
Cheng Xunxuan has long heard of Xu Xiangqian, a famous Red Army commander and fighter. Xu Xiangqian is also a very famous Confucian general in our army. Therefore, when he first met Xu Xiangqian, Cheng Xunxuan fell in love with this "big leader"
This year, Cheng Xunxuan is only 18 years old. It was the time when he was young and lively. Her cheerful personality also made Xu Xiangqian have a lot of favorable feelings for her.
As the saying goes, "beauty matches a hero", with the consent of the party organization, in 1929, Xu Xiangqian and Cheng Xun became husband and wife.
Shortly after the marriage, under the careful care of Cheng Xunxuan, Xu Xiangqian's leg injury healed. Although there were many newlyweds reluctance to leave his wife at this time, due to the tension in the war, Xu Xiangqian still rushed to the front line.
After that, the couple lived a life of being together for a long time. The cruelty of the war did not fade their relationship, but instead became increasingly deeper.
By 1932, all this changed drastically.
This year, Xu Xiangqian, who had been promoted to commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army, had no time to go back to see his wife, so he asked the guards to send his socks home and asked the Cheng Xunxuan to make up for it. However, what Xu Xiangqian did not expect was that the guards quickly rushed over panting.
The guard brought a bad news.
At this time, the Red Fourth Front Army was "anti-counterattacking". The guard told Xu Xiangqian that Cheng Xunxuan was captured by the Security Bureau led by Zhou Chunquan. The Security Bureau said that she was a "reorganized faction"
. In addition to shock, Xu Xiangqian was so angry that he exploded. However, although he was the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Front Army at this time, he was never the first person in the Hubei, Henan and Anhui Soviet Area. The first person in
is Zhang Guotao.
As a political issue, Xu Xiangqian had no right to ask about the fate of Cheng Xunxuan after being captured, and it was not convenient to ask about it, because at that time Xu Xiangqian also knew that Zhang Guotao always "uses but does not believe"
. It was like this. Although there was a lot of confusion and unwillingness in his heart, the enemy was in the face, and Xu Xiangqian could only focus on defending the enemy for the time being.
Time flies, and it is 1937.
1937 After the failure of the Western Route Army, Xu Xiangqian went through a lot of hardships and finally returned to Yan'an. Because he kept asking about Cheng Xunxuan, he learned that not long after the Security Bureau captured her, he killed her.
Xu Xiangqian felt very bitter after listening to it. At the same time, he was also very puzzled. What mistake did Cheng Xunxuan make and was finally killed unjustly?
At this time, Zhou Chunquan, who had presided over the work of the Red Fourth Front Army Security Bureau, was in Yan'an.
Xu Xiangqian came to Zhou Chunquan and questioned him.
The founding general
Speaking of which, Zhou Chunquan was not well-known in our army, but during the period of the Agrarian Revolution and the period of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, his contribution was not small, especially during the Red Army, when he was one of the most famous generals of the Red Fourth Front Army.
In 1905, Zhou Chunquan was born in a poor family in Huang'an County, Hubei Province.
When he was a teenager, due to his poverty, Zhou Chunquan, who was ranked first, took on the responsibility of the Gu family very early. At the age of 14, he left his hometown to work as a choreographer in Wuhan teahouse, and then entered the factory and became a child laborer.
In the years in Wuhan, Zhou Chunquan suffered a lot, and of course, he also gained a lot.
Wuhan has an important position in modern history. The Wuchang Uprising led by Sun Yat-sen broke out here, and later National Government was also established here.
When the Kuomintang and the Communist Party first cooperated , Wuhan was in the revolutionary heart of the whole country.
At this time, the workers' movement led by our party also had an increasing influence in Wuhan. Zhou Chunquan began to accept progressive ideas and took the initiative to participate in the workers' movement.
In 1925, Zhou Chunquan returned to his hometown, where he met a person who had a great influence on him.
This person was once participated in "The First National Congress" of the Communist Party of China Dong Biwu . At this time, Dong Biwu served as the honorary principal of Baliwan Nanmen Temple High School.
After Zhou Chunquan returned to his hometown, he worked as a school worker in the school.
Dong Biwu often leads underground struggles in Baliwan. Dong Biwu attaches great importance to Zhou Chunquan. He explains the principles of revolution to him individually many times and leads him onto the revolutionary path.
A year later, Zhou Chunquan lived up to Dong Biwu's expectations and officially joined the Communist Party of China.
1927 After the failure of Revolution, Zhou Chunquan participated in Uprising , and later showed wisdom beyond ordinary people.
After the failure of the Huangma Uprising, Zhou Chunquan was sent to Henan to serve as Secretary of the Xinyang County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Special Committee of the Jinghan South Section.
During this period, Zhou Chunquan used his wisdom to solve a major problem for the party organization.
Since the failure of the uprising, the enemy has increased its "encirclement and suppression" of the uprising army. The Red Army soldiers had to guerrilla wars with the enemy in the mountains every day. At this time, there was a shortage of funds and ammunition. This problem was quickly placed in front of Zhou Chunquan.
Zhou Chunquan learned after reconnaissance that the enemy had a bank next to the headquarters, and he had an idea in his mind.
One night, Zhou Chunquan grinds two blue bricks into the shape of grenade , and then takes advantage of the night to flip into the bank with two comrades.
As soon as he came in, Zhou Chunquan raised the "grenade" high, and the enemy was so scared that he didn't dare to move.
Zhou Chunyi passed by one color, and his comrades quickly seized more than 4700 ocean and more than 2000 copper plates . After
, Zhou Chunquan escaped unscathed. Soon, Zhou Chunquan used the same method to seize more than 300 silver dollars at the home of a landlord.
With this money, the soldiers of the army were able to hold on for a long time.
funding has been solved, so what should we do with weapons and ammunition? Zhou Chunquan fell into deep thought.
Soon after the party organization's deep thinking and familiarity, Zhou Chunquan received a new order. Given that he had been in Wuhan for a long time, his superiors ordered him to bring some money to Wuhan Hanyang Arsenal to purchase more than 30 guns and a batch of ammunition using connections.
Zhou Chunquan received the task and completed it quickly with his own ability. However, how to transport the gun back to Dabie Mountains area next has become a problem.
After thinking about it, Zhou Chunquan came up with a very amazing idea.
A few days later, Zhou Chunquan bought a coffin with the money, then put the gun and ammunition in it. Then, he found many comrades, and they all made a funeral together, swaggering along the way.
The enemy did not doubt this. In addition, Zhou Chunquan dealt everywhere, so they were in danger along the way and finally safely transported the batch of guns and ammunition back to the Dabie Mountains area.
After these things, Zhou Chunquanquan became famous and gradually became famous in the Dabie Mountains area.
It is precisely because of this that Zhou Chunquan was highly valued by the leaders of Hubei, Henan and Anhui Soviet Areas. He successively served as the director of the Security Bureau of the Red Fourth Front Army, the political commissar of the Red Fourth Army, and the director of the Political Department of the Red Fourth Front Army. During his tenure, Zhou Chunquan made many contributions to the revolution, and similarly, he made some mistakes. The biggest mistake Zhou Chunquan made during the Agrarian Revolution was that he had obeyed Zhang Guotao's orders many times and carried out the "anti-counterattack", including shooting Xu Xiangqian's wife Cheng Xunxuan.
What happened during this period also became a black spot in Zhou Chunquan's revolutionary career.
Later in Yan'an, Xu Xiangqian learned from Zhou Chunquan that Cheng Xunxuan was not wrong, but that he vomited blood when he was killed in order to make up for his materials.
But Xu Xiangqian also knew that Zhou Chunquan was not the main messenger in this matter, so he did not blame Zhou Chunquan much.
Despite this, Xu Xiangqian never let go of this matter in his life. There is no intersection between him and Zhou Chunquan. He just mentioned in the book that he and Zhou Chunquan celebrated the holiday, and mentioned it in one sentence.
1936 The three main forces of the Red Army met , Zhou Chunquan realized his mistake of following Zhang Guotao and reviewed Zhou Enlai.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zhou Chunquan mainly did education work. It was not until the War of Liberation that he returned to the front line of the battlefield and mainly did logistics work.
The main reason why Zhou Chunquan was appointed as one of the main leaders in the logistics work of the Northeast People's Liberation Army was that during the Agrarian Revolution, he showed organizational and leadership skills beyond others.After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhou Chunquan was appointed as the director of the Logistics Department of the Central South Military Region and the Fourth Field Army.
Resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea to make extraordinary achievements
At the end of 1950, Zhou Chunquan was ordered to go to North Korea to condolences Volunteer Army . Peng Dehuai appreciated Zhou Chunquan's logistics organizational leadership ability and immediately asked Zhou Chunquan to stay in charge of the logistics work of the Volunteer Army.
Zhou Chunquan was a little caught off guard: "Mr. Peng, come when I go back and finish the work."
Peng Dehuai: "You will take office now, don't worry about other matters, let me tell Military Commission ."
Zhou Chunquan thus devoted his energy to the logistics support work of the Volunteer Army.
At the beginning of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the US military used absolute air force to cause great losses to our army's logistics supply line. For this reason, Zhou Chunquan discussed with Hong Xuezhi and others and put forward several suggestions.
First, set up an air defense post, second, build a rescue project, third, strengthen air defense strength, and fourth, build a military station transportation network.
In addition to this, the transportation method must be changed.
Facts have proved that these suggestions have played a positive role in our army's logistics support line. As a result, a steel transportation line that the US military can't blow up and continues to be formed.
Faced with the changes in the People's Liberation Army, the US military began to increase the destruction of the volunteer supply lines. They dispatched dozens or hundreds of aircraft at a time to carry out long-term devastating bombings of the target.
Therefore, Zhou Chunquan encountered the biggest challenge in his life.
Faced with such a dilemma, Zhou Chunquan called on all logistics personnel to "The railway is not open to people, and the bridge is broken and the transportation cannot be cut off."
He asked to use horses and camels, carry people, and use cars to pull them. In any case, the logistics supply line must be guaranteed.
Under the leadership of Zhou Chun, the logistics staff of the Volunteer Army successfully withstood the enemy's attack. In June 1952, the US military had to admit that the air "strangulation battle" against the Volunteer Army was completely defeated. After
, Zhou Chunquan continued to stay in North Korea and contributed all his energy to the final victory of the Battle of Resisting U.S. Aggression and Aiding Korea. When Zhou Chunquan was awarded the rank of general in 1955, he has served as the first deputy director of the Supervision Department of the Armed Forces of .