Zhang Side was born only seven months ago, and her mother left this world with illness and fatigue. Before she died, she entrusted Zhang Side to his uncle Zhang and aunt Liu Guangyou for adoption. From then on, the life of the Zhang Side family was even more difficult. Eldest brother worked for the landlord, exhausted in the paddy field; The second brother begged along the street and starved to death on the stage of the pig market; Father Zhang Hangpin went out to make a living and was exiled. So the family went to where you would go.
The life of adoptive father Zhang is also very difficult. He was exhausted from carrying for the landlord and often vomited blood. The adoptive mother gave birth to her daughter Zhang Guixiang only four months ago. She is still very weak. In order to survive, she put two dolls in a basket and carried them in the fields from morning till night.
Children from poor families were taken care of early, and Zhang Side worked in the fields since childhood. Mother planted beans on the hillside, so did he. Mother went to the field to cut wheat, and he followed to pick up ears. Seven or eight years old is the age to go to school, but he has become a laborer who mows grass and digs vegetables. Although adoptive parents have worked hard all day, it is rare for their families to have a full meal.
1933 The Red Army came to his hometown and established a revolutionary regime. In 65438+February of the same year, Zhang Side joined the Red Army and soon joined the * * * Youth League. 1937 10, Zhang Side joined the China * * * production party. After arriving in northern Shaanxi with the Red Army's Long March, he was transferred to the communication class of the Guard Camp of the Central Military Commission as the monitor. In several years' communication work, Zhang Side completed the task seriously, diligently, responsibly and accurately. 1940 in early summer, in order to solve the problem of central government heating in winter, he led a group of people to burn charcoal in the deep mountain of Tuhuanggou, south of Yan 'an. Burning charcoal requires a charcoal kiln. The hole is small and the inside is big. Produce 500 kilograms of charcoal at a time. Wood should stand up and be put in a kiln, and the temperature should be visible. It's hard to open a kiln to produce charcoal. It's like an incinerator inside. At that time, there was no protective equipment, not even bare gloves. People want to climb in, hand out the charcoal one by one, and let the outside hang. As soon as I entered, it was sultry as if I were going to take off a layer of skin. Zhang Side always takes the lead in this dirtiest and hardest job. After three months of hard work, after several heavy procedures such as cutting down trees, burning fire, coming out of the kiln, binding and transporting, 80,000 Jin of charcoal was finally transported to Yan 'an.
194 1 year, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression entered the most difficult period. In order to overcome the economic difficulties caused by the enemy blockade, he came to Nanniwan for land reclamation with the guard battalion. Zhang Side not only led the whole class of soldiers to complete the production tasks assigned by their superiors, but also undertook the communication work, working during the day, walking at night, delivering long-distance letters and actively completing the communication tasks. 1942 Zhang Side was transferred back to Yan 'an. 1943 In early summer, he was transferred to Zaoyuan security class and worked as a guard beside Chairman Mao. 1944, the organization sent him to burn charcoal in Ansai county. On September 5th, when Zhang Side was working in a charcoal kiln, it suddenly collapsed and died. At the age of 29!
In our eyes, Comrade Zhang Side is just an ordinary person, and his deeds are also ordinary, but greatness is seen in the ordinary. What moves me most is that he obeys the arrangement of the leader and the distribution of the party, and he does whatever the party asks him to do, regardless of conditions and remuneration. He did what he did, loved what he did, perfected what he did and specialized in what he did, and fulfilled a promise to produce party member with his own actions. Unlike some of us in party member, we have to talk about conditions, pay, and even abuse power for personal gain.
After Zhang Side joined the army, the Red Army left Liuhe Township to perform new tasks. Liu Hong 'an, the leader of the Kuomintang, led the "Home Returning Corps", sabotaged the Soviet regime and shot and killed revolutionary cadres and the masses. Zhang Side's biological father Zhang Hangpin was also killed, his adoptive mother was injured, and his sister Gui Xiang was forced to starve to death. When Zhang Side learned the news, he was heartbroken and wanted to go home to avenge his relatives and his father's hometown. After knowing Zhang Side's thoughts, the company cadres talked with him and patiently inspired and educated him to establish proletarian revolutionary thoughts. With the help of his comrades-in-arms, he understood who to serve as a soldier and who to fight for, and his mind was broadened and his fighting spirit strengthened. He is brave and tenacious, and feels at home. Soon, he joined the Communist Youth League and thrived in the furnace of revolution.
From 1933 to 1934, Zhang Side was praised as a "little tiger" by his comrades in the battle to smash the two large-scale sieges of the Kuomintang against the Sichuan-Shaanxi base area (see the anti-three-way siege and the anti-six-way siege in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet area). In the battle against Guanmenliang, he took part in the sharp knife class, braved the bullets, set up an adult ladder with his comrades-in-arms, climbed to the head of the village, blasted the village gate, and opened the way for the troops. Then, he led six comrades-in-arms and guarded a mountain bag, crushing the repeated attacks of two enemy platoons. In another battle, he braved the bullets, ran into the deep valley, climbed the cliff to bypass, inserted behind enemy lines, threw grenades when approaching enemy lines, killed the enemy, jumped on the high slope and seized a machine gun while taking advantage of the smoke. Then, he picked up a machine gun, fired at another group of enemies, seized another machine gun and shouted, "Go!" " Comrades rushed up together and wiped out the enemy. Although Zhang Side was injured in the battle, he was all smiles. In another battle, he continued to fight the enemy in paddy fields, hills and deep ditches in the face of smoke and fire. When the bullets ran out and the enemy pounced, he killed the enemy with a Grenade. The enemy is coming up again. He is fighting with the enemy on the ridge. An enemy stabbed him with a gun. He suddenly swung his broadsword, pulled out his gun, kicked the enemy down in the paddy field and hacked to death. Then, two more enemies jumped on him. He stomped on Tianshui with his foot, so that the enemy's head was splashed all over the floor and his eyes were lost. The enemy was so anxious that he shook his head and wiped his eyes. He threw himself at them with all his strength, raised his broadsword and hacked them to death. At this moment, a bullet flew in and wounded his right arm. The company commander told him to leave the line of fire. He stubbornly said, "no, as long as there is breath, I will fight!" " "
Zhang Side is not only helpful in life, but also concerned about the ideological progress of his comrades-in-arms, and established sincere friendship with them. When the guard company was first established, there was a liberation soldier in the class, a southerner, who was upset because he was homesick. Whenever it was his turn to stand guard, he claimed to be sick and asked for leave. Comrades criticized him for pretending to be ill at the class meeting. Instead of solving the problem, he became more and more stiff. He simply stopped doing morning exercises and slept in every day.
When Zhang Side saw this, he moved his shop to the soldier's side, slept next to his head and talked to him. It turns out that the soldier's family is also very poor. He was caught by the Kuomintang when he was doing long-term work on the land. He was liberated in the battle of Zhiluo Town and volunteered to join the Eighth Route Army. Zhang Side found out his thoughts and inspired and educated him to establish revolutionary beliefs by remembering his sufferings. Later, this comrade was really ill, so Zhang Side cooked him a sick meal. His shoes were broken, so Zhang gave him a pair of shoes carefully woven with cloth and hemp rope. The soldier was very moved. He shook Zhang Side's hand and said, "Vice President Zhang, you are like a brother to me. Look at my actions in the future! " Since then, this comrade has changed, refreshed, worked very actively and became the backbone of the class.