Author: Zhang Ruiling Zhang Yunyue Source: China Youth Network
China Youth Network Beijing, August 31 (Reporter Zhang Ruiling, Intern Reporter Zhang Yunyue) On the morning of August 26, the farewell ceremony for Li Zaide's body was held in the Lan Hall of Babaoshan Funeral Home. The elegiac couplet on the scene was like a waterfall, bid farewell to the heroic soul. At 15:19 on August 22, Li Zaide died in Beijing due to ineffective treatment at the age of 102.
Portrait of Li Zaide, a female soldier in the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. Photo by Zhang Ruiling, reporter of China Youth Network
Li Zai De was born in North Korea and is the daughter of a famous anti-Japanese female martyr Kim Chenggang. He came to Heilongjiang, China since he was a child to participate in the anti-Japanese war. He was previously the only surviving female warrior of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army. The Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces and their predecessors, the Northeast Volunteers, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Guerrillas and the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army, fought against Japanese imperialist invasion in the Northeast region, opposed the rule of the puppet Manchukuo, and independently insisted on guerrilla warfare for 15 years until the final victory of the national war of resistance.
Many netizens on the Internet say goodbye to Mr. Li Zaide online. Some netizens leave messages saying: "History is disappearing!" Some netizens say: "As long as there are still people remember them, they will not die!"
National Library China Memory Project Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces Special Topic once did the oral history of Mr. Li Zhengde. She recalled: "My hometown is in North Korea. When I was 3 years old, my father, mother and grandma came to China."
In February 1932, Li Zaide participated in the anti-Japanese propaganda team organized by the county party committee of the Tangyuan center, and later joined the Communist Youth League. Li Zaide's mother, Jin Chenggang, was a member of the Tangyuan County Party Committee and the director of women's affairs at the time. Later, she was arrested on the Mid-Autumn Festival in 1933 due to someone's complaint. "The Japanese soldiers locked them in a broken house and spent more than ten days inside. They poured pepper water on them every day and used bamboo sticks to pierce their fingers. At that time, there was a well in the backyard of the Japanese military police. In the end, they were all thrown into the well and buried alive. Mom died like this."
In July 1937, according to someone's introduction, Li Zaide and Yu Baohe got married. In August of the same year, Li Zaide followed Yu Baohe to the three armies of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army. "Life was very difficult at that time, and I escaped from death. One of my biggest advantages is that I was diligent. No matter where I went, everyone was so tired that they were lying down and resting. If I didn't lie down, I just went around to find food. At that time, I had seen those who were starving, frozen, sick, or beaten to death. After crying, I lost tears after I cried."
1946, photographed in Changchun, Li Zaide. Data picture
Later, Li Zai De went to the Soviet Union to learn radio technology. From 1940 to 1942, he served as a radio company soldier in the Third Detachment of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army from December 1942. "On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, and we finally won." Li Zai De's job was to stay at the Jiliao-Liao Military Region Command to do radio work. In the spring of 1946, the troops were about to attack Changchun. "At that time, Yu Baohe made an appointment with the Soviet Red Army that when evacuating Changchun, he must send a signal, the code was '66666'." This very critical telegram was collected by Li Zaide.
After the founding of New China, in March 1950, Li Zaide reported to the Central Organization Department and served as the confidential secretary of the Secretariat of the Government Council (renamed "State Council" in September 1954), responsible for keeping confidential documents. In 1955, Li Zaide served as secretary, deputy section chief, kindergarten director, and library director of the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. In 1979, he resumed his position as director of the library of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. In 1982, Li Zaide was appointed as deputy director of the Secretariat of the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and retired in September of the same year. After retiring, he lived in Beijing.
Lee Jae-de has many titles, the student of North Korea's first vice chairman Choi Yong-jin, the "state guest" specially invited by Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-sook's comrade-in-arms, and the secretary of the "seal" around Zhou Enlai... But in the eyes of the younger generation, she is just a low-key and kind old lady.
"Grandma is 60 years older than me. In my eyes, she looks more like a child. When grandma was in her 70s, I applied nails to her. She was in good spirits when she was 95 years old. At that time, I had a baby. When granddaughter Yu Beizheng recalled the time she was with her grandmother, her eyes would be wet. "Grandma is gone, I can't bear to leave her, but she told me that I don't want me to be sad."
Many netizens bid farewell to the last female warrior of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Nations online.Netizen @Mu Xue's Mu Xue: "I hope that the hero's grandma will not have war in the next life and can be an ordinary girl." Netizen @Tour Guide and Mao: "Go away, thank you for your efforts!" Netizen @Maple Leaf: "The old Anti-Japanese Allies have basically left, they are national heroes that we admire!" Netizen @Antuchengchengcheng Shou: "We cannot forget this history!" Netizen @Cangguo Miaomiao: "The heroes of the War of Resistance Against Japan will be immortal." Netizen @Chamu Mao'er: "No heart-wrenching, only crying silently! Walk well! Salute." (Some information comes from: National Library China Memory Project Center)
