Faith Train | Shanghai, Shanxi, Germany → Shandong, the stories of these three “passengers” are moving so far!
100 years ago, a seed of Nanhu Lake in Jiaxing
Because of the power of faith broke ground
From Shikumen to Tiananmen
From Xingye Road to Fuxing Road
The road is blue, forge ahead, unswerving…
80 years ago, young people from all over the world
For the same faith
From Shanghai, Shanxi, Germany to Shandong,
Traveling through mountains and waters, overcoming thorns and thorns, and spilling blood on Yimeng
Their story is still moving…
Child, take a sip of mother’s blood
Chen Ruoke was born in Shanghai in 1919. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, she served as a member of the Women’s Committee of the Shandong Branch of the CPC Central Committee, a resident member of the Provisional Senate of Shandong Province, and a standing committee member and executive member of the Shandong Women’s National Salvation Federation.
In the late autumn of 1941, the Japanese and puppet forces marched into the Yimeng Mountains. Unfortunately, Chen Ruoke, who had been pregnant for more than eight months, was captured.
In prison, Chen Ruoke gave birth to a baby girl. After torture and physical and mental torture, she had no milk to feed her children. The Japanese army sent in a bottle of milk in an attempt to seduce her: “We already know that you are Ba Lu and you are very strong. But you are also the mother of your child. Don’t you love your child at all?”
Chen Ruoke didn’t give in, she knocked down the baby bottle sent by the Japanese army. Facing the child who was crying because of hunger, she bit her finger and let blood flow into the child’s mouth. “Child, you came to the world, and you didn’t have a mouthful of mother’s milk, and you are leaving the world with your mother. You can just drink a mouthful of mother’s blood…”
On November 26, 1941, 22-year-old Chen Ruoke and her child who was born less than 20 days old died together…
No matter where you fight
I can’t forget you “mother”
In the late autumn of 1941, the Japanese aggressor carried out a large-scale “mopping up” of the Yimeng Mountains.
Guo Wushi, a scout from the Shandong Column Command of the Eighth Route Army, encountered a group of Japanese soldiers during a reconnaissance mission and was shot several times. The enemy stabbed him several times with a bayonet, thinking that he was dead, so he drove away.
Zu Xiulian, a villager in Taokesi Village, found Guo Wushi and immediately carried him to his home. In order to prevent the Japanese puppet army from searching, Zu Xiulian’s family moved Guo Wushi to a hidden cave, evading the devil and quietly sending water and food every day to take care of his wounds.
After more than a month of careful care by Zu Xiulian, Guo Wushi’s wounds improved day by day. He was later transferred to the military hospital for treatment, and finally returned to the front line after healed. Before leaving, Guo Wushi said: “No matter where you fight, you will never forget your mother!”
In 1947, after demobilization, Guo Wushi did not return to his hometown in Shanxi. Instead, he found Zu Xiulian, recognized Zu Xiulian as his mother, and moved to Taokesi Village with his lover and two children, where he lived with Zu Xiulian for the elderly. filial.
A reporter who wants to make a difference,
Don’t be afraid of guns and bullets!
Located in the East China Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery in Linyi, Shandong, there is a “Yellow Eighth Road” Hans Heber who came from a long way from Germany is buried.
Hans Heber was born in Poland in 1897 and later settled in Germany. He was a member of the German Communist Party and journalist of Pacific International. He came to Shanghai, China for the first time in 1925, and spent nearly 20 years in China in his life.
Hans Heber went to Yan’an, Southern Anhui, Northern Jiangsu, Southern Shandong and other places to interview Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Ye Ting, Xiang Ying, Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yi, Su Yu, Luo Ronghuan, Zhu Rui, Li Yu, etc., and published “China Uniting the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in the War of Resistance against Japan, “Silent Combat,” and other articles, broke the news blockade of the enemy against the Japanese bases, and let the world know the real situation of China’s War of Resistance.
In order to learn more about the activities of the Eighth Route Army behind enemy lines in Shandong, Hans Heber requested an interview in Shandong. The leader of the New Fourth Army told him that the journey to Shandong was difficult, and it was estimated that the enemy’s large-scale “mopping up” was about to begin, which was more dangerous, and advised him not to go north for the time being. Hans Heber said: “Because of this, I want to go even more. No foreign reporters have been there, and I need me more. Many questions, I can find the answer there!”
“In September 1941, Hans Heber came to Yimeng Mountain for an interview, took off his leather shoes, put on straw sandals unique to Yimeng Mountain, put on the’Eight Route Army uniform’ and short guns, and became the famous’Yimeng Eight Road’.”
In October 1941, when the Japanese invaders swept through the winter, the Shandong Branch of the CPC Central Committee decided to send him back to Shanghai for temporary shelter in order to ensure the safety of Hans Heber, but he firmly disagreed. He said: “One wants to make a difference. As a reporter, I am not afraid of guns and bullets!”
Hans Heber followed the Shandong Branch and the 115th Division’s activities, frequently participated in the anti-sweeping battle, fought between Mengshan and Yishui, and experienced hardships. On November 30, Hans Heber was surrounded by the enemy when he followed his troops into Wudaogou. Hans took up his gun and fought side by side with the soldiers and died heroically at the age of 44.
Guo Wushi, Chen Ruoke, Hans Heber
They come from different places
They come because of their faith and fight for the people
Shandong used to be their common battlefield
Countless revolutionaries regard death as home
Soaked the Qilu land with blood and life
Incorporating the red gene into this land
This spiritual wealth is passed on from generation to generation
Keep us overcoming difficulties
One victory after another
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