Wu Shichang: Commander-in-Chief Zhu De wrote "Lead by Example"
Biography of people: Wu Shichang, born in Kaifeng, Henan, August 1919, experienced the Long March, joined the Communist Party of China in March 1938, participated in the first, second, and fourth anti-encirclement and suppression of the Western Revolutionary Base and the West Road Army West In battles such as conscription, he served as deputy director of the General Staff Administration Bureau, and was awarded the three-level Bayi Medal, the third-level Independent Medal of Freedom, the third-level Liberation Medal, and the second-level Red Star Medal of Honor.
"I have two mothers: one is the mother who gave birth to me and the other is the mother who taught me to do the revolution. This mother is the Communist Party of China." After the founding of New China, Wu Shichang recalled his revolutionary experience in the diary. Write such a passage in.
"Being a soldier is going to be the Red Army. I will fight for the survival of workers and peasants ..." In 1930, Zhou Weijiong, the third division commander of the Red 1st Army, led the army to capture Guangshan County, Henan Province. When the song of the Red Army resounded through the streets and alleys of the county, Wu Shichang was strongly infected. His father died early and his mother remarried. He wanted to register as the Red Army, but he was rejected because he was too young. Teacher Zhou Weijiong just happened to pass by, and when he saw his firm attitude, he accepted Wu Shichang and incorporated him into the headquarters of the division as a clerk.
"Big brother and older sister look at my younger age, and every time they fight, they will rush to the front, let me follow, and protect me when they are in danger." Wu Shichang said, if it is not for the help of comrades, He can't go today. "In 1933, my straw shoes were broken on the march, and several blood blisters hit my soles, so painful that I couldn't walk, the cooking class leader Chen Dongchang directly carried me to my destination. In July 1936, I crossed the grass for the third time At the time, I got dysentery, and my comrades carried me for 3 days ... "
In October 1936, in order to carry out the mission of the Central Military Commission to open up the international channel to the west, more than 21,000 people of the West Road Army crossed the Yellow River to prepare to implement the Ningxia battle plan, which was blocked by heavy enemy forces. In January 1937, the West Road Army marched to the Xidongbao and Longshoupu areas, and was chased and blocked by enemy forces. The Red 30 Army where Wu Shichang was located was the main force of the cover, launching a fierce attack on the enemy who pursued it.
"We were in the Hexi Corridor and were rushed to and fro by the enemy cavalry." As soon as he mentioned the West Road Army, Wu Shichang's tears were vertical and horizontal. "When it broke through, the sky was heavy with snow and the clouds were all over the sky. The soldiers fell down, and the cadres slammed them up. "The West Road Army and the enemy army fought desperately. During the battle, the Red Army officers and soldiers, regardless of cadre soldiers, men and women, were slightly injured and seriously injured, all held the belief that "it would be better to die than to be a captive". They stubbornly resisted the enemy. The enemy fought for five days and nights.
That scene, despite the past years, Wu Shichang still remembers clearly. "After the nine-death battle, all the combatants were wearing tattered, blood-stained thin single shirts. Everyone held backs and backs with large knives, steel forks, darts, and guns. A large number of enemies gathered below the mountain. , A team of enemy cavalry patrols under the mountain. "
The enemy's cavalry caught up again and the troop formation was completely disrupted. A Red Army cadre shouted tragically: "The Party Central Committee is in northern Shaanxi, comrades are running east ..."
Wu Shichang choked out: "I have remembered this sentence all my life."
In Wu Shichang ’s home, a very striking photo frame hung in the center of the living room wall. The photo frame was inlaid with a photocopy of the inscription written by Commander-in-Chief Zhu De (the original was collected by the Chinese People ’s Revolutionary Military Museum), which read: "Comrade Wei Shichang: Lead by Example Zhu De. January 31, 1944. "
"Wu Lao, how did the commander-in-chief of Zhu De write about Wei Shichang? Did you change your surname?"
"I was too young to know what my biological father's surname was. My mother asked me to follow my stepfather's surname Wei. I didn't know my original surname Wu until I returned to my hometown after liberation ..."
In 1940, after graduating from a middle school in the border areas of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, Wu Shichang was transferred to the Second Bureau of the Military Commission, mainly engaged in confidential intelligence work. "There are 18 translators in my team, and I served as the deputy team leader. At that time, in order to complete the task, we often worked overnight and spent sleepless nights. Leading comrades such as Zhou Enlai and Zhu De often came to the office to visit and encourage us."
"One day in June 1943, we received information that the Kuomintang recently attempted to use one of the four regiments to eat a regiment somewhere in southern Anhui. This intelligence is too important, but the content is incomplete because the specific time is unknown I worked with everyone for 10 hours, but the time of the enemy ’s actions was still unclear. At lunch time, the other comrades went to dinner, and I continued to work with two backbones. At that time, I had only one thought, and I must take care of The intelligence came out. After a while, Comrade Hu Yaobang, then the head of the Organization Department of the General Political Department of the Central Military Commission, had dinner and transferred it to our office, and asked me why I had n’t had lunch. I told him the whole story. Strictly speaking, we must do everything possible to obtain accurate intelligence, otherwise our troops will be in danger. Then he said to me with a smile, you are doing well, and the leader should lead by example, and the revolution There should be such a spirit. After Hu Yaobang left, we finally got accurate information and sent it to Chairman Mao overnight. "
On January 31, 1944, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De visited the Second Bureau of the Military Commission and learned of Wu Shichang's affairs. He personally wrote the words "Lead by Example" for him. Faced with this honor, Wu Shichang was not complacent, but regarded it as a higher standard of work, carrying the inscription with him, and always used to regulate his words and deeds.
After years of change, Wu Shichang has maintained the quality of leading by example since he resigned in 1980. His five children and four enlisted in the army. The troops were stationed in remote areas. The eldest son and three daughters went to Xinjiang, the eldest daughter went to Gansu, and the second daughter went to Hainan. "Father demanded us to be very strict in his life, and often called us together to tell the story of the Long March." The eldest daughter Wu Xuemei's father was strict with self-discipline and strict with others. "If the father taught us the most, we should not eat more, Do n’t take too much, do n’t take too much, work hard and do your job well, always set an example, less trouble for the organization, and more for the country. "
"What is the spirit of the Red Army? It is to lead by example, self-denial and self-defense, not afraid of sacrifice, and resolutely obey the party's command ..." For 40 years since his resignation, Wu Shichang has always encouraged and spurred himself with the "lead by example" inscribed by Commander-in-Chief Zhu De, and his footprints have spread across many Beijing Institutions, troops, and organs love to tell the story of the Red Army and promote the spirit of the Red Army as a "new long march" in their lives.
Liu Rushan Dong Kun