Chapter 41 Comrades are like brothers

In the difficult days, comrades-in-arms and comrades became more united, friendly and helped each other.A greeting, a stay at a meal, and a handful of bitter vegetables dug from the mountains can make people warm between people.If you give a watermelon as a gift, it will be unforgettable for a long time. Tong Xiaopeng once studied at the Xinqiao Provincial Normal School in his hometown. After the establishment of the Soviet regime there, the local tyrants were conquered and the world was divided.After the 25,000-mile Long March, he was selected by the Political Department of the Legion to study in the first subject of the Red Army University.All the cadres who were assigned to the first department of the Red Army University were cadres above the division level. Tong Xiaopeng had no scars on his body and no position, but he was included in the first department. This was because he was educated, had withstood the test of the Long March, and received special care from the organization. and trust.Later, he was transferred to the Second Bureau of the Military Commission to engage in intelligence research.During the Zhidan period, due to the lack of kiln houses, the Second Bureau of the Military Commission lived in Dongshadaozi Village, 4 miles north of the city. Tong Xiaopeng went to the Red Army University to attend lectures while working.Walk back and forth through Zhidan City every day.In the past, there were no shops in Zhidan City. After the central government moved in, there were a few more shops selling steamed buns and jujubes. Every day at noon, the streets were full of farmers selling apricots, sitting next to piles of apricots, waiting The buyer comes.Tong Xiaopeng walks through the streets every day, buying some apricots to eat when he is hungry, or watching others buy apricots to eat.To this end, he also wrote several limericks, one of which is very witty and true:

Back and forth at noon, sweat dripped to the ground. I am hungry, and I have no employer to eat. In order to learn, you have to suffer. The third department of the Red Army University held a sports meeting in Shunning, and the students from the first department of the Red Army University went riding horses.There are stabbing, singing, games, high jump, long jump, and cavalry performances.Tong Xiaopeng met 16-year-old Wang Linshui at the sports meeting, and he took pity on this little comrade and sent him a pair of socks. Within a few days, Tong Xiaopeng was transferred to the Confidential Section of the Military Commission as a secretary, translating and sending telegrams and copying documents.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, some supplies from the enemy, including a few packets of mooncakes, were seized in front, and mules and horses were sent back to Hongdu Zhidan.Most of the mooncakes were given to the Red Army Hospital, and the logistics office distributed several months of cakes to the leaders of the central government. Deng Yingchao was reluctant to eat them. Thinking of the little comrades who shared weal and woe, she wrapped mooncakes in paper. One was given to "brother" Ye Zilong, and one It was given to "sister" Tong Xiaopeng. Zhidan is located in a dense forest area, with high humidity, frost and snow come early, and it is extremely cold.Due to the lack of supplies, many comrades did not have cotton clothes to wear during sentry, and Tong Xiaopeng often woke up from the cold at night. It happened that his comrades in the past sent him a tiger skin mattress from the front line, which made Tong Xiaopeng warm during the long night.

The weather is getting colder.Tong Xiaopeng took the five yuan and fifty cents of the manuscript fee for writing "The Long March", bought some favorite food and ate it with his comrades, and happily made a fuss. Unexpectedly, he fell ill and had a high fever.I went to see a doctor at the Red Army Health Center opposite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The health center was very simple, with almost no medicines, and the doctors were annoyed that they could not prescribe.Tong Xiaopeng had to go to the hospital in frustration.Riding a horse dizzily and walking southward for more than 20 miles along the Zhou River, he arrived at the Red Army Hospital stationed in Tuduihe Village.Assigned by the administrator, Tong Xiaopeng lives in a small stone cave with an unknown number.There are four people living in the cave, among them is Guo Diren, who has been famous for a long time.Tong Xiaopeng wrote in his diary: "It's really sad that these patients are living in a small hole that is not one foot long and wide. ... (I) is opposite Guo Diren, which is really funny. Commonly sick and sympathetic to each other, I always ask about the condition, but sometimes the four sick yellow and thin eyes look at each other without saying a word."

During Tong Xiaopeng's 10 days in hospital, some comrades brought him noodles, sugar, and pears.Others brought him chickens and eggs.Deng Yingchao specially asked someone to bring him a bag of rice, eight steamed buns, and a pickle.There are also many comrades who can only write to him to express condolences because they cannot buy anything.Like him, other hospitalized comrades always receive condolences and letters from their comrades, and they share these good things that they can't usually eat. After Tong Xiaopeng was discharged from the hospital, he returned to Zhidan County, working and recuperating.But only 20 days later, Guo Diren, who had been hospitalized in a small cave dwelling, died of pneumonia and dysentery.Ying was 29 years old.

When Guo Diren was studying at the Guangzhou Peasant Movement Workshop, he changed Guo Shangbin's name to "Diren" and aspired to "be a little bit for the people".After the Long March with the Central Red Army to northern Shaanxi, he first served as the Northern Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee On November 22, 1936, the "Red China" newspaper published an article entitled "Mourning Comrade Guo Diren" on the second page: Comrade Guo Diren is dead! Comrade Guo Diren, born in Longyan, joined the Communist Youth League in February 1926 and joined the party in May of the same year.Before the Great Revolution, after graduating from the Peasant Movement Institute, it was the time of the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army. He returned to Longyan from Guangzhou to participate in the peasant movement.When he was in western Fujian, he and Deng Zihui were one of the leaders that the peasants believed in. He led the peasant uprising in Longyan and established the Soviet government. Comrade Guo was the chairman of the Soviet Union of the county.The Party held its Sixth Congress, and he attended it on behalf of the Western Fujian Party.After returning, he served as the secretary of the special committee of the Western Fujian Party, and later continued to serve as the propaganda minister and organization minister of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee.Comrade Guo Diren has always been active in his work. In the fight against counter-revolutionaries, he often stood at the forefront and the most difficult position, fighting for the party's line.

The death of Comrade Guo Diren cannot but be said to be a loss to our party.Especially in the current situation where the anti-Japanese united front is actively developing, it is really a pity to sacrifice such a firm and loyal cadre.Although Comrade Guo Diren is dead, his spirit is immortal.Today, we mourn Comrade Guo Diren without weeping or shedding tears. We only have to stand resolutely under the leadership of the party and work hard to faithfully fight for the party's line.