In the winter of 1924, during the winter vacation of the Macheng Sericulture School, 17-year-old Wu Huanxian returned to his hometown of Jute County, and as soon as he returned home, Wu Huanxian respectfully pasted a portrait of a "big beard" above the offering table.
This move made his father Wu Weidi very angry:"
That's a place to honor your ancestors, what do you do with a bearded old man?
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Wu Huanxian smiled: "
He is the teacher of the poor revolution, and according to his method, we can create a new society.
Because of this, the father and son had a big fight, but in the end, Wu Weidi still failed to beat his son, and the "bearded" Marx spent a year in Wu Huanxian's house.
1. Father and brother were brutally killed
Wu Huanxian, a native of Macheng, Hubei Province, and his father Wu Weidi, relied on the land and a grocery store handed down by his ancestors, and his life was not bad.
Wu Huanxian has 5 brothers, he ranked third, because he was intelligent since childhood, deeply loved by his father, entered a private school at the age of 7, went to school in Tai Wan Village at the age of 13, and was admitted to the Macheng Sericulture School at the age of 16, where he was influenced by Wang You'an, director of the Education Bureau of Macheng County, and his friend Dai Jilun, and others, came into contact with Marxism-Leninism, and joined the Communist Youth League in 1924.
It is precisely in this way that there is the matter of pasting the "bearded" Marx on the table for the New Year.
In 1925, at the age of 18, Wu Huanxian graduated from the Sericulture School, and at this time he was already a party member, according to Wu Weidi's meaning, he asked Wu Huanxian to go out to seek trouble, but Wu Huanxian refused, he said:"
I do things to do big things, never be corrupt officials, and fall into a notorious reputation. ”
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During this time at home, Wu Huanxian went deep among the poor peasants, propagated revolutionary ideas, and founded the Agricultural Society.
In the autumn of 1926, Wu Huanxian invited several tenants and debtors from his family to his home, burned down the land deeds, IOUs, and so on, and said in front of everyone that whoever rented his family's land would belong to whomever he rented, and from now on, he would never collect rents and force debts, which was called "the revolution of breaking the family" by many old Red Army soldiers.
In January 1927, Wu Huanxian led the poor people to launch the struggle of "borrowing grain from Nianguan", which directly made Wu Huanxian a thorn in the eye of the local tycoons and inferior gentry, and a thorn in the flesh.
In the winter of that year, the local tycoons and inferior gentry colluded with bandits and attacked Wu Huanxian's four-cornered Cao Gate, threatening to "
Blood washed the four corners of Cao Men and exterminated Wu Huanxian's entire family
In the panic, Wu Huanxian's father, Wu Weidi, led the whole family to the mountain, only to encounter bandits, and Wu Huanxian's eldest brother Wu Shangxian and second brother Wu Fengxian were shot and killed.
Wu Weidi and his younger son Wu Jixian were caught by bandits and hacked to death by a knife in front of a pond not far from his house, and Wu Huanxian's sister-in-law panicked, jumped into the pond with a child under half a year old, drowned...
Suddenly, six members of the Wu family were killed, and in addition to Wu Huanxian, only his mother, sister-in-law, and a niece escaped.
In March 1927, Wu Huanxian punished Wu Huicun, the largest reactionary gentry in Huang'an Beixiang, and in September of the same year, he set off the "September Riot", and in November, he led the crowd to participate in the jute uprising to create powerful conditions for opening up the Eyu Border Region.
Second, the old mother's wife starved to death for the revolution
There were so many people in the family, although Wu Huanxian's mother was heartbroken, he also knew that Wu Huanxian was seeking the well-being of the poor people, and he did not blame Wu Huanxian in his heart, but Wu Huanxian's mother, after all, was a person from the old society, and in his eyes, passing on the lineage was a top priority.
Seeing that her son was busy with the revolution and had no time to take care of lifelong affairs, this made Wu Huanxian's mother very anxious.
One day, Wu Huanxian's good friend, Cao Xuekai, who was also fighting for the poor people, came to the four corners of Caomen to learn about the land reform situation and went to Wu Huanxian's home as a guest.
At that time, Wu Huanxian was not there, knowing that Cao Xuekai and Wu Huanxian had a good relationship, Wu's mother could not help but mention to Cao Xuekai that she was worried about Wu Huanxian's marriage, and Cao Xuekai also mentioned to Wu's mother about Wu Huanxian and her sister Cao Ganxian.
It turned out that as early as 1926, Cao Xuekai, who had returned to Huang'an from Wuhan, had run a school for the poor in the village, and Wu Huanxian, who was inclined to revolution, often went to listen to lectures, and sometimes it was too late, and Wu Huanxian would live in Cao's house.
And Cao Xuekai's sister Cao Ganxian, also with the same heart to revolution, Cao Xuekai's friends come to the home, she will always be warmly welcomed, and every time she pours tea, Cao Ganxian will always pour Wu Huan first, which makes Cao Xuekai's friends very surprised, so he asked Cao Ganxian why he did not pour tea for them first.
When asked like this, Cao Ganxian was not shy and said generously:
People are far away, and there is also a succession of pouring tea.
Because Cao Ganxian and Wu Huanxian were about the same age, everyone often joked about the two.
When Cao Xuekai mentioned wu huanxian and his sister, Wu's mother was overjoyed and immediately decided to promote the marriage.
When Wu Huan first returned home, he told Wu Huanxian about this matter, and Wu Huanxian was bent on revolution, although he also had a good feeling for Cao Ganxian, but for the sake of revolution, he persuaded his mother to wait for two more years.
But at that time, Wu Huan's five sons were left with Wu Huanxian's only seedling, where could he wait? Listening to his mother talk about the past and silently weeping, Wu Huanxian softened his heart and finally agreed to this marriage.
And Cao Ganxian, who already had a heart for Wu Huanxian, even at the time of the Lantern Festival, under the pretext of thirst, went to Cao's house to ask for water to drink...
On April 15, 1931, the 24-year-old Wu Huanxian and the 22-year-old Cao Ganxian married happily, and on the night of the wedding, Cao Ganxian and Wu Huanxian made a "division of labor", Cao Ganxian was responsible for looking after the small family, while Wu Huanxian was outside for everyone.
Sweet days are always short, on the 5th day of the new marriage, Wu Huanxian returned to the army and carried out revolution, while Cao Ganxian stayed at home with Wu Huanxian's mother, cultivating the fields and handling the housework.
In October 1932, the main force of the Red Fourth Army withdrew from the Eyu-Anhui Soviet District, Wu Huanxian stayed behind as the commander-in-chief of the Edong guerrillas, and soon organized the reconstruction of the 25th Army, Wu Huanxian served as the commander, in just a few days, Wu Huanxian reorganized the troops and established a team of 7,000 people.
Unfortunately, with the withdrawal of the main force of the Red Army, the Nationalist army was heavily encircled and suppressed, and the Red Army that remained was in a very bad situation, but under the leadership of Wu Huanxian, the Red Army successively won victories in the battles of Guojiahe, Panjiahe, and Yangsizhai.
The people in his hometown were also very supportive of Wu Huanxian's team and did everything possible to raise grain for the Red Army, while Wu Huanxian's mother and wife begged everywhere and sent the grain they had raised to the team.
Wu Huanxian's mother, after delivering grain to the Red Army contingent once, returned home and happened to encounter reactionaries searching for the red army family, and quickly hid in the partition wall of her own grocery store.
After the death of his mother-in-law, Cao Ganxian still had no hesitation in raising grain for the army, and in May 1933, the yellow-skinned Cao Ganxian once again carried grain up the mountain, and Wu Huanxian was laying out the battle plan at that time, so he sent someone to tell Cao Gan to go down the mountain first.
What Wu Huanxian did not know was that Cao Ganxian was pregnant at this time, and she wanted to tell her husband the good news in person, but unfortunately, in the end, she could not see Wu Huanxian and went down the mountain disappointed.
A few days later, the hungry Cao Gan first fell to the ground on the way to begging, and was starved to death along with the fetus in his belly.
Hearing the news of his wife's death, Wu Huan first wept bitterly, knowing that no matter what, he would see Cao Gan first.
3. 28 years old heroic sacrifice
In November 1934, under the instructions of the organization, the Red Twenty-fifth Army, under the leadership of commander Cheng Zihua, deputy commander Xu Haidong, and political commissar Wu Huanxian, carried out the Long March, and successfully reached the Qinling Mountains in southern Shaanxi to create the Eyu-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Area.
In July 1935, after learning that the Central Red Army and the Red Fourth Army had met in western Sichuan and were preparing to go north, they resolutely led their troops west into Gansu to meet the troops, and together with Xu Haidong led the army of Lianke Liangdang, Tianshui, Qin'an, Longde and other places, over the Liupan Mountains, straight to Pingliang, and effectively cooperated with the main force of the Central Red Army to go north.
Unfortunately, in August 1935, when crossing the Weihe River in the south of Jingchuan In Gansu, the Red Twenty-fifth Army was attacked by the Nationalist army, and Wu Huanxian was unfortunately shot and died heroically when he led his troops to occupy the commanding heights, at the age of 28.
What is even more heartbreaking is that after Wu Huanxian's sacrifice, his body was also dug up and shown to the public by the reactionaries, photographed and asked for credit, and finally disappeared.
Wu Huanxian's sacrifice made his comrades-in-arms lament, and in October of that year, when he heard the news of Wu Huanxian's death, the chairman said sadly:
The expedition of the Red 25th Army has made great contributions to the Chinese revolution, and Wu Huanxian's contribution is indispensable!
In a battle, Han Xianchu, who was punished for carrying a stretcher because the money bag was broken and lost the silver dollar, was exempted by Wu Huanxian from carrying the stretcher, and heard that Wu Huanxian was killed in battle, and he kept Wu Huanxian's bust photo, except for a period of time during the catastrophe, which has been placed on the desk.
On the Long March Road, Zhang Bo, a wounded soldier who was given a blanket by Wu Huanxian, kept the blanket for nearly 30 years, until 1962, when it was donated to the Museum of the Chinese Revolution.
In 1963, the organization built a crown tomb for Wu Huanxian, and Li Xiannian personally inscribed: "
The tomb of Comrade Wu Huanxian
In 1985, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Wu Huanxian's sacrifice, the martyrs' cemeteries in Henan and Gansu successively built monuments and memorial pavilions, and Deng Gong inscription"
Wu Huanxian Martyrs Monument
Xu Xiangqian inscription: "
Courageous and loyal, heroic and good at war
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In 2009, Wu Huanxian was named one of the 100 heroic models who made outstanding contributions to New China.
After many years, his former comrades-in-arms and people still haven't forgotten him, if Wu Huanxian knew about it, he must be very pleased, right?