On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. The eight years of arduous war of resistance against Japan finally won. The news came and the whole country celebrated. The whole city is even more exciting in Yan'an, the red holy land.
At this critical moment of historical turning point, Yan'an is in a busy and stressful work. Chairman Mao’s workload has reached an unprecedented level.
In order to facilitate work, Chairman Mao moved his office to the small auditorium in Zaoyuan. While reviewing the documents, he met with comrades from all over the country who came to ask for instructions on their work. While talking to these comrades, Chairman Mao wrote a quick letter of writing - issuing orders, writing letters of appointment, and writing statements, statements, and declarations.
, while the Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek authorities couldn't wait to start fighting for the fruits of the victory of the War of Resistance, and were even prepared to provoke the civil war . Because the conditions for launching a full-scale civil war were not yet ripe, Chiang Kai-shek used a delaying plan. He called Chairman Mao three times in a row and invited Chairman Mao to Chongqing to "discuss the major plan."
In order to completely expose the fake mask of the Kuomintang's "fake talks and real civil war", Chairman Mao decided to go to Chongqing to negotiate with the fearless spirit of revolution.
On August 28, 1945, Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and Wang Ruofei flew from Yan'an to Chongqing by plane accompanied by Zhang Zhizhong and Hurley .
At 3:45 pm, the special plane landed at Jiulongpo Airport . Chairman Mao walked off the plane with a full spirit and radiance, waved to the welcome crowd.
Premier Zhou introduced people from all walks of life present to Chairman Mao, and Chairman Mao shook hands with them one by one and expressed his gratitude to them.
During his time in Chongqing, Chairman Mao met and visited countless heads of democratic parties, progressives, well-known figures, and people from all walks of life within the Kuomintang to publicize them the Communist Party of China's proposal to strive for peace, democracy and unity.
htmlOn September 16, Chairman Mao also met with three young American soldiers at the Hongyan Eighth Route Army Office in Chongqing. What's going on?These three American soldiers are all from the headquarters of The 14th Air Force of the United States and are subordinates of General Chennard . They are Howard Heyman, Edward Bell and Jack Edelman.
These three American soldiers have been exposed to the progressive students of Southwest Associated University and have been accepted by Premier Zhou, so they developed a strong interest and strong curiosity about the leader of the Communist Party of China, Chairman Mao, who was hired by the Kuomintang for a reward.
When they learned that Chairman Mao had come to Chongqing for negotiations, they contacted Ms. Gong Peng, who was doing foreign affairs at the Southern Bureau through the underground party staff, and said they wanted to visit Chairman Mao.
Comrade Gong Peng
Gong Peng (1914-1970), from Hefei, Anhui Province. Joined the Communist Party of China in 1936. When Gong Peng was in Chongqing, under the leadership of Premier Zhou, he became the first spokesperson of the Communist Party of China. After the founding of New China, Gong Peng served as director of the Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and director of the Information Department.
Gong Peng made a detailed report to Premier Zhou. A few days later, Gong Peng sent someone to tell the three American soldiers that Chairman Mao was willing to meet them and invited them to have a meal together.
After receiving the news, the three American soldiers were very excited. They did not expect that Chairman Mao would agree to their request and have a meal together.
On September 16, three American soldiers walked 25 kilometers to , and it was already past 3 pm. The comrades who had been waiting there immediately took them to the Eighth Route Army Office in Chongqing No. 13 Hongyanzui.
The staff led the three people to a room on the first floor and sat down. Soon Chairman Mao came to this room. Chairman Mao was wearing a gray Zhongshan suit and came to the three guests with a smile, shook hands and greeted them one by one.
Chairman Mao saw that they were sweating, so he handed them the fan in his hand. The staff hurriedly brought a few more fans to the guests.
American soldiers had long heard that Chairman Mao loved smoking, so they prepared two American cigarettes early on. They took out cigarettes from their backpacks as gifts to Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao accepted it with a smile: "Thank you, you are so generous.”
Three young men said embarrassedly: “Chairman Mao, you are too polite. This is also what we save from rationing. "
Chairman Mao then said humorously: "That's even more thank you. This is your food ration. Gifts are too expensive! But I can't afford such a good cigarette, so I'll keep it for you to entertain the VIPs in the future. "
Chairman Mao saw Howard Heyman with a camera hanging on his chest, and asked humorously: "Are you going to take a picture?" The sun is about to set, so you should take photos as soon as possible! "
Three young American soldiers did not expect Chairman Mao to be so cheerful. When they came, they discussed how to get Chairman Mao to agree to take a photo together.
Chairman Mao led everyone to the yard, pointed to a cluster of banana trees on the west side of the building of the office and said, "Let's take a photo here." "
Chairman Mao and the office's Qian Zhiguang, Qiao Guanhua, Gong Peng and other comrades from the office stood one by one, took a few photos, and the following photo is one of them. After taking a photo, Chairman Mao and three American soldiers and comrades from the office sat around a large oval table to eat. The American soldiers found that Chairman Mao and the office staff had an equal and friendly working relationship, and they sat together to have dinner and chat very casually.
Chairman Mao was very interested in the three American soldiers, listened attentively to everything they said, and also asked in detail about their living conditions in China and their family.
Chairman Mao and everyone were eating and chatting, and raised glasses to wish both China and the United States many times The people of the country live in friendship and contribute to world peace.
In a cheerful atmosphere, time flies quickly, and it is evening without realizing it.
It's time to say goodbye. The three American soldiers took out all the $115 they had on them to Chairman Mao to express their support for the Communist Party of China.
Chairman Mao refused, but he could only let the staff accept it. Chairman Mao asked the staff to get a set of prints from Yan'an and donate them back to the three American soldiers.
Yan'an prints
Chairman Mao shook hands and said goodbye one by one, and ordered the office to send them to their residence by car...
( Note: To show respect and convenience of writing , Comrade Zhou Enlai in the article will write Premier Zhou ) (Pictures are from the Internet, please delete if infringement)
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