Zhang Jilan, Red Sixth Army one of the thirteen lesbians. She joined the army with her husband when the Red Sixth Army fought for in .
Zhang Jilan is from Yongxin County, Jiangxi Province. Her father participated in the revolution when he was "big and popular", and was later killed by the enemy. Zhang Jilan has an irreconcilable "hate of killing his father" towards the enemy.
Before participating in Red Army , she was very active in activities to comfort the Red Army. Like other women in Yongxin , she made "Red Army shoes" day and night. After making the shoes, she picked up the shoes and gave them to the Red Army.
shoes usually have a load of about 100 pounds. You have to cross two mountains on the way. The journey is so difficult that men usually frown at it. It was okay on sunny days, so I gritted my teeth and thrust it over. What I am afraid of is rainy days, thorns thorns thorn people, and the roads slippery. Every day I walk, it seems like I am walking against the sky. Once it was raining heavily, she went to deliver shoes. She didn't kick her feet halfway up the mountain and rolled down. When she tried her best to climb up again, her companions found that her shoes had fallen off, and as soon as she left, she saw a bloody footprint.
The companion advised her to wear the pair of shoes from the load of the shoe, but Zhang Jilan did not agree. She said that the Red Army was suffering, crossing mountains and ridges every day, and it would be fine if she went home for at most two days.
In July 1934, the Red Sixth Army broke through from Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet Area to start the western expedition. Zhang Jilan and thirteen other lesbians were transferred to work in the Legion Political Department, while her husband stayed in the regiment.
Zhang Jilan is a very lively and lively person. Before the Western Expedition, she signed up for the Red Army herself and actively promoted the "Kuohong". She went to the front street and sang the "Red Red" song:
Young people went to the front line,
wife sent her husband to be the Red Army,
Baotian and protect her hometown,
defeated the White Bandit Army.
On the Western Expedition, Zhang Jilan and his comrades were also busy all the way. Some of the thirteen lesbians were married, and their husbands were all in the army. Everyone would chat about those "personal matters" on the way and in camps. If anyone was not talking, they must be looking at people with their eyes or moving their feet to find people.
are all lesbians, and they speak boldly and enthusiastically. "Ha, do you miss your husband?" "I can imagine if you don't want me." ...
Two months after the Western Expedition, the difficult environment dragged down all the thirteen lesbians, and they all became paper people, almost a piece of skin wrapped around their bones. Zhang Jilan's condition was even more serious. She started to "swing" and could only follow slowly with a stick and drag her feet, but she was still naughty.
Everyone pushed her onto the horse given out by Director Yuan of the Political Department. She rode on the horse and said, "Xiao Zhou, I heard that monkeys in Guangxi can ride horses. Do you think I look like monkeys?"
Xiao Zhou just said "hmm". She was in a bad mood and saw many fallen comrades along the way, and her heart was filled with bitterness and could not be happy.
When passing Yangmei Mountain, the troops fought a bad battle and many soldiers fell. The lesbians from the Political Department buried the sacrificed soldiers behind them and suddenly heard someone crying. Xiao Zhou looked back and Zhang Jilan jumped off his horse and rushed to a corpse on the side of the road. Everyone understood that her husband died.
Zhang Jilan cried and took off her husband's clothes, tremblingly touched her husband's wounds, and blood stained her hands. Everyone listened and watched, no one could say anything. Zhang Jilan took out the quilt from her backpack, wrapped her husband up, wiped the blood off her face, and covered her husband's face with a handkerchief.
When she left, she almost became a wooden man, and she turned around step by step. The comrades comforted her, but she didn't respond to anything, just followed her. As she walked, she turned around and ran back. Xiao Zhou hurriedly followed. After running to her husband, Zhang Jilan took out a toothbrush from her bag and put it in front of her husband. She said, "He loves to brush his teeth the most. His teeth are flawed, how can he not brush it." She said this, as if her husband was alive in another place and would be back soon.
In October 1934, the troops arrived at the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou. At this time, Zhang Jilan became more and more ill, and the organization decided to keep her and work with the independent First Division that insisted on being in the local area.
Before leaving, Zhang Jilan felt uncomfortable when she looked at her departing comrades. She took out a pair of new straw sandals and gave them to Xiao Zhou.Xiao Zhou wanted to refuse, but Zhang Jilan said, "Take it away, the road is still so long. My father and husband told me how to survive. As long as I have a red heart, I will never... Xiao Zhou, just remember me."
The two separated like this.
The large army left, and Zhang Jilan followed the Independent Division to fight in the Nanyaofang area. At this time, her health had improved. The enemy concentrated their troops to "encircle and suppress" the First Independent Division was very serious, and the remaining people were replaced with plainclothes to move independently. Zhang Jilan and Xiao He who took care of her hid in the ravine. Xiao He was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and his dangerous environment made him a little scared.
Zhang Jilan encouraged Xiao He: "Xiao He, what's wrong? There is no natural Red Army! Our troops were created from uprisings and riots. What are you afraid of? If you want to be brave enough to revolution, you have to be more courageous!"
Zhang Jilan proposed her idea. She wanted to disguise herself as a man and mingle with Xiao He into the enemy. At least she could find out where the Red Army was. If it was done well, she might even be able to bring dozens of people to our army.
This is really a whimsical plan, and it is no different from pulling your beard from a tiger's mouth. Xiao He was stunned.
But Zhang Jilan doesn't think so, she just does it.
She wants Xiao He to "cut" her hair. Why is it called "cutting"? Because they don’t have scissors, they can’t find someone to ask for scissors, so they can only use the handfuls of hair they carry with them to shorten. It was very difficult for a knife to cut hair, and it took them a full day to achieve the task. Zhang Jilan ran to the water and took a photo and smiled. The cut was too ugly. It was as long as the long one was short one, just like a dog had gnawed it. Fortunately, it is shorter, and it is enough. Officials will not care whether the two "men" who want to join the army have beautiful hair, which will not affect their plans.
Two people in a ragged body prepared a set of lies, two fake names, found the Bai army and said they wanted to join the army. Perhaps the Bai army was also replenishing troops, and they were successfully included in the organization.
After mingling into the White Army, Zhang Jilan was very cautious, sitting and lying on her face, and pretended to be a man. Gradually, they became familiar with the soldiers, and Zhang Jilan began to talk about the Red Army in the tone of a fellow villager, saying that those who participated in the Red Army were also poor people, and the poor were forced by landlords and wealthy people, and the poor did not beat the poor.
Slowly, some people came to them to talk to each other, and gradually more and more people regarded Zhang Jilan as their backbone.
In March 1935, this company of the White Army where Zhang Jilan was located was stationed in Dahekou in eastern Guizhou. They found out that there were Red Army in the area of Moon Mountain on the other side of the river. Zhang Jilan felt that the opportunity was too rare, so she arranged for someone to secretly kill the company commander and cross the river to find the Red Army that night. Xiao He led the team in front, and Zhang Jilan monitored the enemy behind.
Everyone was very happy. Xiao He thought that this company would soon become the Red Army. The soldiers who were in rebellion said that we would never have a day to see the sky...
Everything went smoothly, and the team quickly rushed to the center of the river.
suddenly burst into gunfire behind. Despite their rapid action, they were discovered by the enemy. There was no cover on both sides of the river, and many people were knocked down and the team was broken up. Xiao Zhou hurriedly turned back to find Zhang Jilan, but just after walking a few steps, he heard a sharp and loud voice: "Xiao He, run quickly, don't worry about me!" This was not the low and turbid man voice that Zhang Jilan had pretended for a long time, but the sharp and loud voice of Sister Zhang that he had known before.
Zhang Jilan was poured into the water and stood up when she saw Xiao He coming. But before she finished speaking, another gunshot rang out and she fell down again.
Xiao He rushed to her and was about to help her up, Zhang Jilan looked up at him and went into the water. Xiao He went to drag her, but he could no longer drag her.
3 months later, Xiao He found the large army. Half a year has passed, and the young man has changed a lot. His dark face is not bloody at all, and his clothes are torn. He told his comrades in the Political Department about Zhang Jilan's sacrifice.
Everyone was in a heavy mood and couldn't speak. After a while, Deputy Director Zhang said in a low voice: "She is such a good comrade!"
