Chapter 66 Progressive youth expressed their sincere emotion: "Until we resist the Great Rebellion, we will never stop!"

"On the bank of the Yellow River, there is a group of outstanding descendants of the Chinese nation. The responsibility of human liberation and national salvation is entirely up to us. Students, study hard, unite and tense, serious and lively, our style; students, work hard , Hard work, heroic sacrifice, our tradition. Like the surging water of the Yellow River, we drove the Japanese invaders to the east of the country. Towards the new society, advance, advance, we are the vanguard of laborers!" In 1936, the "Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University", a school for training anti-Japanese military and political cadres, was born in Bao'an, northern Shaanxi.This exciting anti-university anthem has attracted countless progressive young people and touched the hearts of tens of thousands of people.

The predecessor of the Anti-Japanese University was the Red Army University of China. "Red University" was established in Ruijin, Jiangxi Province on November 7, 1933. In the autumn of 1934, it was renamed the cadre group and participated in the Long March. After the "Xi'an Incident", the site of the Anti-Japanese University was moved to Yan'an.Since then, the glorious banner of "Anti-Japanese War" has been flying high in the solemn and ancient city of Yan'an. Kangda adheres to the educational policy of "firm and correct political direction, hard and plain work style, flexible strategy and tactics"; , critical" four educational principles; in politics, the students are given the basic theory of Marxism-Leninism, the basic issues of the Chinese revolution and the policy of our party's anti-Japanese national united front; a military skill.

In order to seek the truth of saving the country and the people, the young people broke through the blockade of the enemy-occupied areas, risked their lives, and rushed to Yan'an to take part in the Anti-Japanese University. Among these trainees, there are young intellectuals, experts, professors, and cadres of workers and peasants; there are elderly people over half a century old, and young people aged 13 or 14; youth. Although there are no teachers, no houses, no teaching materials, and no funds here, they bring together their yearning for revolution, pursuit of ideals, and love for the motherland.If there is no classroom, classes are taught in the yard or under the shade of trees; if there are no tables and chairs, bricks and stones are used as stools, and legs are used as desks; without teachers, leaders of the party, government and army are hired to teach part-time.

In order to solve the problem of lack of school buildings, the school mobilized students to build caves on the hillside by themselves.In order to solve their living problems, the trainees grew their own vegetables, fed pigs, raised chickens, and opened cooperatives, which increased their income financially, overcame financial difficulties, and improved food.At the beginning of the school's establishment, within two days, the students dug 175 solid cave dwellings, built a 3,000-meter-long "Kangda Highway", and solved the accommodation problem for nearly 2,000 people. Mao Zedong spoke highly of the spirit of self-reliance, diligence and frugality in running a school against teachers and students, and he wrote a letter to encourage him: "In the face of the Communist Party and the Red Army, all so-called difficulties do not exist, and the most serious difficulties can be overcome. Invincible in the world."

Even studying under such difficult conditions, the students of the Anti-Japanese University feel very happy. They often talk optimistically together: "After the success of the revolution in the future, if you live in a prosperous city, don't forget the security cave. The furnace of our training!" Edgar Snow, a friend of the Chinese people and a famous American journalist, admired the spirit of fighting against the hardships of running a school. He also wrote in the book "Westward Journey": "This kind of 'institution of higher learning' is probably the only one in the world. family."

It is under such difficult conditions that the Anti-Japanese University has grown from scratch, from small to large, and the number of students at the school has grown to more than 30,000 at the time.After being tempered in the melting pot of the Anti-Japanese University, they were enriched in every corner of the anti-Japanese battlefield. Some became the backbone of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army; Anti-Japanese War; some stayed at their alma mater to engage in the education of training anti-Japanese cadres.It can be said that the students of the Anti-Japanese University have left their footprints on every battlefield of the national liberation struggle.As Comrade Hu Yaobang, director of the General Political Department of the Anti-Japanese War, said, "The Anti-Japanese War, the greater the resistance, the greater." Its flag has flown from the northern Shaanxi plateau to the foot of the Taihang Mountains, the Jianghuai River, and even the coast of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea.

The reason why the Anti-Japanese University has achieved such rapid development is just as Mao Zedong said: "Why is the Anti-Japanese University famous all over the country and also a little famous abroad? It is because it is the most revolutionary, the most progressive, and the most capable compared with all the anti-Japanese military schools. Struggle for national liberation and social liberation." "The revolution and progress of the Anti-Dalian University is because its staff, teachers and courses are revolutionary and progressive. Without these two revolutionary aspects, the Anti-Japanese University can never become a national The school praised by the revolutionary people abroad."

In order to explain the revolutionary courses clearly, the teachers of Kangda University pay great attention to teaching methods. They often use vivid language and rich materials to explain the party's policies and major current affairs issues very thoroughly, which is easy for students to accept.For example, after the Xi'an Incident, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China established a peaceful solution and sent Zhou Enlai, Qin Bangxian, Ye Jianying and others to Xi'an to participate in the negotiations.Many students do not understand this decision of the Party Central Committee.In order to explain this decision of the Party Central Committee, Mao Zedong used the metaphor of "a donkey going up a mountain" in his lectures, saying that there are three ways to get a donkey up a mountain, one is to pull, the other is to push, and the third is to beat.Chiang Kai-shek was unwilling to fight, so we used the method of dealing with a donkey, pulling him, pushing him, and beating him if he didn't do it.The Xi'an Incident was like this.Our party's leadership of the people's resistance war across the country is the main aspect of the contradiction, and we are the ones who play the decisive role.Cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party is the general trend.However, donkeys can kick people, and we have to be on our guard against them. This means we need to unite and fight at the same time.Mao Zedong's vivid metaphors gave the majority of students a profound education, and they also understood the decision of the Party Central Committee.

During the development of the Anti-Dalian University, it also formed its own unique teaching characteristics, such as linking theory with practice, democratic centralization, consistency between teachers and students, elimination of employment system, etc., showing the superiority and brilliance of the new education under the leadership of the Communist Party of China future. After undergoing this brand-new education, the students of the Anti-Japanese University not only made great progress in politics, military affairs, and theory, but also received practical education and training in ideology and living habits. After graduation, they All of them became the middle force of the revolution.As Mao Zedong said:

"The Anti-Japanese University is a whetstone to sharpen the consciousness of those petty bourgeoisie - emotional impulsiveness, impetuousness, impatience, etc.; turn yourself into a sharp knife, to revolutionize society, to overthrow the Japan." The rapid development of the Anti-Japanese University has aroused widespread attention from people at home and abroad.For example, Kuomintang military and political dignitaries and celebrities Wei Lihuang and Liang Shuming, famous American journalists Snow and Stein, progressive female writer Smellet, captain of the Indian medical team to China Edward, doctor Ke Lihua, etc., all went to the Anti-Japanese University. Visit and speak highly of Kangda.The four students of the World Federation of Students delegation were honored to be honored as honorary students after visiting the Anti-Japanese University.

In the hearts of progressive youth, the Anti-Dalian University has become a spirit, a strength, a cradle, and a bridge.It's no wonder that many young people express their sincere emotion that "there will be no end to the resistance to the Great War"!