In the course of the revolution on the mainland, many brave and hard-fighting fighters have emerged, and it is precisely because of their dedication that we have the life we have now, so we should have the most basic respect for these ancestors.
For the ancestors, the challenges they encountered were not only from the frontal battlefield, but also from many other risks, especially for Chen Changhao, who had ample revolutionary experience in his early years, but still had a period of downturn.
We must know that Chen Changhao, as a political commissar appointed in 1931, can almost be called one of the few leading groups. Such a figure actually spent 14 years in the USSR, and his experience is naturally curious.
So, what was the reason for Chen Changhao to stay in the Soviet Union for more than 10 years before returning to China to take up his post? What happened to him in the Soviet Union? Now, let's make a brief review of this matter.
Chen Changhao's upbringing
Chen Changhao, whose ancestral home is Wuhan, Hubei, although Chen Changhao's birth was not a good time in the context of the turmoil in 1905, his parents were very open-minded, and they believed that if they wanted to change the family situation, they could only learn knowledge.
Under the influence of this thinking, Chen Changhao has always attached great importance to learning. Compared with the current involuted education industry, being able to maintain one's own ideas in the past can be regarded as excellent self-control, and there is no doubt that Chen Changhao is such a person.
His requirements for himself have always been higher than the average, and the reason is that his family is really running around for food and clothing, so if he wants to surpass others, he has to put in more efforts, which is the first time that Chen Changhao's understanding of the world has deepened.
Under the guidance of such thoughts, Chen Changhao was admitted to a normal college and began to learn more progressive knowledge and culture.
In schools, progressive ideas are often transmitted very quickly, and in an environment of high information change, it is also a matter of course to come into contact with international communist ideas, which is also the early situation of Chen Changhao's devotion to the revolution.
However, all new and budding ideas must go through some tests before they can determine their own direction, and the same is true of communism, which has experienced many hardships in the domestic situation at that time.
In 1927, the defeat of the Great Revolution caused many progressives to be sacrificed, and the Central Committee also realized its ideological limitations, so it assigned some progressive young people to study in the Soviet Union, including Chen Changhao.
The trip to the Soviet Union lasted 3 years. During these three years, Chen Changhao learned a lot of advanced ideas and knowledge, and gained a deeper understanding of how to carry out the mass movement.
However, what is surprising is that Chen Changhao, who studied theoretical and ideological knowledge, joined the barracks and became an operational commander after returning to China, and he did not have any problems because of his lack of actual combat experience, but made great achievements.
Because of his outstanding military talent, Chen Changhao, who was only 25 years old, had already served as the political commissar of the Red Fourth Army, and his appointment brought some innovative new ideas to the revolutionary ranks, and he achieved results on the battlefield.
During the "anti-encirclement and suppression" campaign, under the command of Chen Changhao, he turned the corner many times, and these real achievements made more people respect Chen Changhao. Among them, it is also worth mentioning a plane captured from the Kuomintang.
In 1931, in the early stage of mainland construction, the air force did not form a large scale, so many people took this fighter very seriously, but the question came again, who would fly this fighter?
Although it is said that when the Red Army captured the fighter plane, it also captured the pilots of the other side, and he also expressed his willingness to surrender to the idea of sincerity, but could the army still choose the Kuomintang pilots to fly the planes?
In the end, there was a dispute, and it was decided to send one more person to follow him on the plane. This job can be described as very dangerous, once the pilot rebels, it may lead to the loss of the life of the person who is watching, Chen Changhao in this situation, take the initiative to ask Ying to carry out the task.
Fought a lot of achievements and suffered heavy losses
Since then, this young general has won the appreciation of some seniors in the army, and the officers and men on the front line have been greatly encouraged when they heard that the political commissar personally went up to the front to carry out military tasks, so that the overall situation of the war has moved closer to our side.
The battle lasted 43 days, and the Red Army fought valiantly to achieve the final victory, which was quite commemorative, because it was the first major victory of the Red Fourth Army after its establishment.
However, the battle situation is ever-changing, and one wrong step may reverse the outcome of the victory or defeat. In October 1936, Chen Changhao, who had established prestige in the army, suffered a great setback in his life, that is, the defeat of the Western Route Army.
The task of the Western Route Army at that time was to create a base area in Hexi and establish a communication line with the Soviet Union, and we all know that during the war, logistics support and information transmission were the key to victory, and these were inseparable from the establishment of communication lines.
Therefore, the task results of the Western Route Army at that time were very critical, and it may be this sense of responsibility that made Chen Changhao not as calm as usual, and on the way to the west, because of the lack of supply guarantee, he finally lost the main army.
In the end, although the breakthrough was achieved, most of the soldiers had been killed and injured, and someone had to be responsible for this responsibility after all, so Chen Changhao immediately took the initiative to ask for responsibility after returning to Yan'an and attributed the responsibility to himself.
In 1938, Chen Changhao, who was dismissed, came to a new post, although his enthusiasm for the revolution was still ardent, but his body could no longer support him to continue to move forward, if there was a problem with the mission due to injury, he probably could not forgive himself.
In order not to cause trouble to the revolutionary task, Chen Changhao left his post for treatment, but the situation on the mainland at that time was not optimistic, and Yan'an did not have the corresponding medical conditions, so the central government approved Chen Changhao to go to the Soviet Union to seek medical treatment.
At that time, Chen Changhao just regarded this trip as an ordinary experience of seeing a doctor, and he didn't know that he would not be able to come back until 14 years later.
The reason for this is simple, the war broke out as soon as he came to the USSR.
The wartime policy was different from the peacetime policy, especially in order to maintain the relationship between the two countries, Chen Changhao's own safety was the most important, so the Soviet Union directly sent him to a small town to protect him.
What was supposed to be a short journey time was also lengthening, and the time for his treatment was also delaying for a long time, until 5 years later, it was considered a slight improvement.
After recovering a little, Chen Changhao wanted to return to the motherland, but at that time, the Soviet Union was in the midst of war and could not leave the country, so Chen Changhao participated in the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union, which was also to maintain the relations of the Comintern at that time.
In 1952, Chen Changhao submitted an application to the central government, hoping to return to the motherland, and was finally approved, he was finally relieved, but after 14 years of absence, many people and things have changed dramatically.
The ex-wife served as a deputy minister, and the eldest son developed the nuclear industry
After returning to the country, Chen Changhao was warmly welcomed by the old cadres, and when he saw one of the women named Zhang Qinqiu, his feelings were very complicated, because she was his ex-wife, who had been away for 14 years, and all his words could only be gathered into one apology.
The two of them got married in July 1936, but the war was extremely cruel, and they would not be biased towards anyone because of their children's love.
Fortunately, the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was being negotiated at that time, so the Kuomintang did not start immediately, and Premier Zhou also deliberately added Zhang Qinqiu to the cooperation requirements, so the two could reunite again.
But who would have thought that Zhang Qinqiu, who came back from the Kuomintang, learned the news that her husband rushed to the Soviet Union for treatment, and it was 14 years since then. In the past 14 years, Zhang Qinqiu applied to the organization and ended the relationship, and now it seems that the two are also quite regretful.
However, although Zhang Qinqiu, who was rescued, regretted in love, he was good in his career, not only cultivating a group of outstanding female cadres, but also a pioneer in the cause of women's liberation.
In addition, Chen Changhao's most worried person is his son. After 14 years away from home with his second son, he did not know the current situation of his eldest son, and after asking, he also showed a relieved look.
His son Chen Zuze joined the revolutionary ranks before he was 14 years old, and participated in the War of Resistance against Japan and the War of Liberation.
At first, Chen Zuze went to study at Northeastern University, and later went to the Soviet Union to study, and after returning to China, he directly devoted himself to grassroots construction, accumulating corresponding experience and applying the knowledge he learned to actual situations.
As a father and a revolutionary predecessor, he must have felt a lot of emotion in his heart that his children could embark on the same path as him.
In 1967, Chen Changhao died at the age of 61.
However, his eldest son's journey was smooth sailing.
In 1974, Chen Changhao's eldest son participated in the country's nuclear submarine research work. As an important weapon of the country, the research of nuclear submarines can be said to be of great significance to the navy, and Chen Zuze did not disappoint the expectations of others and developed the mainland's first-generation reactor regulator.
Chen Changhao has had peaks in his life and has fallen to the bottom, but their family can maintain their original intention and dedicate everything to the cause of national construction, which deserves our respect.
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