Zhang Side was born in a poor peasant family in Yilong County, Sichuan Province. 1933 12 joined the red army and soon joined the communist youth league. 1937 10 joined China. He served as the monitor of the Central Guard Corps and the guardian of Mao Zedong. In a battle against the siege of the Sixth Route Army, his right leg was injured twice, but it still hurts badly. He rushed into the enemy's defense line and seized two enemy machine guns. On the way to the Long March, he crossed the inaccessible snow-capped mountains and grasslands twice and experienced hardships. 1On September 5, 944, when he led his soldiers to burn charcoal in Ansai County, northern Shaanxi, the cave that was about to be dug suddenly collapsed. He struggled to push his comrades out of the cave, but he was buried in the cave. He was only 29 when he died.
In memory of Zhang Side, the Central Committee and the Central Guard Corps held a memorial service for Zhang Side in Xiazaoyuangou playground of Phoenix Mountain in Yan 'an. Mao Zedong attended the memorial service, wrote an inscription to congratulate Comrade Zhang Side who sacrificed for the people's interests, and delivered a speech of 0,755 to 79,000 words, highly praising Zhang Side's ideological realm and revolutionary spirit of serving the people comprehensively and thoroughly.
Zhang Side's image has become synonymous with serving the people and a milestone.
On September 2009 10, Zhang Side was named as one of the hero models who made outstanding contributions to the founding of New China.
biography
The Zhang Side family lead a very hard life. His father, Zhang Xingpin, is also an adult and has worked as a long-term and short-term worker for the landlord. Later, he was exiled. When Zhang Side was born, his family was so poor that there was not even a grain of rice. His mother was very ill. Xiao Si was so hungry that he cried desperately and sucked her nipple, but he couldn't get a drop of milk. Can't, my mother dragged the body of a serious illness, went to the teacher, string to the west, and asked for a Gu Mi, mashed it, cooked it into a paste and fed it to him, so she gave him a small name called Gu Wazi. Watts was born less than seven months before his mother died. After his mother died, Zhang Side's aunt Liu Guangyou adopted him. When Zhang Side was 6 years old, he worked in the fields, mowing grass, digging wild vegetables, picking mushrooms, picking pinecones and everything.
1In August, 933, the Red Fourth Front Army liberated Yilong County, and Zhang Side was the first to sign up for the Young Pioneers, becoming the first leader of the Young Pioneers in the village. He actively helped the Red Army to raise food and funds, and was rewarded by the township Soviet. In the same year, he joined the Red Army in June 5438+10, and served as a correspondent in the Second Battalion of the County Independent Regiment, making contributions in the Battle of Wazizhai. In the same winter, Zhang Side entered a primary school to study culture and military affairs. After graduation, he was transferred to the political department of the military region as a traffic policeman, and soon joined the Communist Youth League, and later became the monitor of the spy company. He was brave and resourceful in the Red Army. In a battle, he won two machine guns and was wounded many times.
1935 participated in the Long March with the Red Fourth Front Army. 1936 After arriving in northern Shaanxi, he entered Yunyang Honorary Military Academy to study and recuperate. 1937 when War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out, Zhang Side's troops left the old and the weak at the front and formed a guard company. Because of the injury, Zhang Side was also incorporated into the guard company, serving as the vice squad leader, responsible for the guard work of the Eighth Route Army Rear Office and Yunyang Town Honorary Military Academy. 1937 10, Zhang Si joined * * *. Since then, he has been more strict with himself, obeying the interests of the party and the people, and doing whatever the party tells him to do.
/kloc-in the spring of 0/938, he was transferred to Yunyang Eighth Route Army Guard Camp as the monitor. /kloc-in the spring of 0/940, the guard battalion of CMC was appointed as the communication monitor. At work, he always undertakes difficult and hard work. Under his leadership, all the soldiers in the class accomplished various tasks brilliantly.
1942165438+10, the troops were merged and reorganized, and the cadres were streamlined and dispatched. Some company cadres are squad leaders, and most squad leaders and vice squad leaders are soldiers. Zhang Side was transferred to the Central Guard Corps 1 Company as a soldier, and he happily obeyed the organization's assignment. Soon, he was transferred to Yan 'an Zaoyuan to perform security tasks in Mao Zedong and other places where the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China led the work. He devoted all his energy to safety work. In order to ensure a good working and living environment for Mao Zedong and other central organs, he often takes the initiative to clean the station, pave stones, repair caves and do every job conscientiously. He also often helps his comrades-in-arms to make clothes, weave straw sandals, feed horses, carry water to burn fires, collect medicines to prevent diseases, stand guard and keep watch, and take the lead in helping the resident people to produce labor and do all kinds of revolutionary work well.
At the beginning of 1944, in response to the call of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China mass production movement, Zhang Side signed up for the production team organized by the central government and went to the production farm in Ansai County, more than 70 miles away from Yan 'an, and was elected as the vice captain of the farm. In July of the same year, I went to the mountain in Ansai County to burn charcoal. He plays an exemplary role everywhere. He is not afraid of hardship or fatigue. He is always in the most bitter and tiring places, and he is always the first to drill into the kiln every time he produces charcoal. On September 5th, it was raining. As usual, Zhang Yimian took his special forces comrades into the mountains to dig a new kiln. At noon, the charcoal kiln collapsed in the rain. At this critical juncture, Zhang Side pushed the soldiers out of the kiln mouth, but he was buried in the collapsed soil. Comrades were saved, but Zhang Side gave his 29-year-old life.
On September 8th, 1944, the Central directly under the authority and the Central Guard Corps 1000 people held a memorial service for Zhang Side in the playground at the foot of Zaoyuangoukou, Fenghuang Mountain, Yan 'an. Mao Zedong personally attended the memorial service, laid a wreath, personally wrote a tribute to Comrade Zhang Side who sacrificed for the people's interests, and delivered a mourning speech, highly praising Zhang Side's revolutionary spirit and realm of serving the people wholeheartedly.
Character story
Taste weeds bravely
On the way to the Long March, in order to overcome hunger, get out of the grassland and complete the task of going north to resist Japan, the organization issued a call to taste a hundred herbs. Weeds and poisonous weeds can be seen everywhere on the vast grassland. It is not easy to taste an edible weed, and it is often expensive. Light poisoning, severe may die. At that time, Zhang Side always took the lead in tasting herbs. When he sees a kind of grass, he always tastes it first, finds an edible grass, and then tells his brother unit immediately.
Once, the troops came to camp next to a swamp with rich water plants. A little soldier came to the pond and suddenly cried, Wild radish! Wild radish! Look at this side of Zhang. Sure enough, there are clumps of weeds with green leaves not far from the pond, similar to radish leaves. The little soldier rushed over excitedly, pulled up a tree and sent it to his mouth. Zhang is also busy here. Take it away, put it in your mouth and chew it carefully. It feels sweet and astringent. After a while, Zhang felt a little dizzy and weak here. After a while, he felt a cramp in his stomach and spit out thick water. He quickly said to the little soldier, "This grass is poisonous. Come on, tell it. Before the words were finished, Zhang Side threw the grass in his hand and fell to the ground, losing consciousness. " After more than half an hour, Zhang Side woke up slowly and vaguely saw the little soldier squatting in front of him with a porcelain jar. He quickly said, leave me alone and tell other comrades.
Eat half full.
During the Yan 'an period, soldiers did not have enough to eat because of lack of food. The soldiers in the communication class are all young people. They often go out to deliver letters and travel long distances to eat a lot. In order to make everyone eat more, every time Zhang Side is halfway through, he quietly puts down his job and carries a bucket to fetch water. In fact, he makes others eat more. Once or twice, the comrades didn't pay attention. After a long time, Zhang Side's secret was discovered by everyone.
One Sunday, Zhang Side ran dozens of miles and fished out some small fish from a puddle. There was no oil, so he washed the fish to dry. Put it on the fire and everyone can eat it. He won't turn on the water until everyone has finished eating. However, this time the bucket was taken away by the vice monitor. Zhang had to wander around here. He found himself putting some black-faced steamed bread in the bowl. He knows that this is what his comrades want him to eat more. He deliberately chewed slowly, ate half a bun for a long time, put the rest back in the basin, and was about to walk away when Han provided soldiers grabbed him. Han Xiao said excitedly, monitor, don't hide it from us. We all know that. Zhang said, I'm full. Han dragged Zhang back and pushed those buns to Zhang. Han Xiao said, monitor, we share weal and woe. You don't have to starve alone, you can save it for us to eat. Zhang Side couldn't push it away, so he broke several steamed buns into 12 pieces and distributed them to all the soldiers in the class, which calmed the storm.