There is an "old woman with two guns" in the novel "Red Rock". That is the image of the captain of the Huaying Mountain guerrillas who did not go to jail. In fact, the real "old woman with two guns" was also a revolutionary martyr who was massacred by the enemy in Zhazidong. Her name was Deng Huizhong.
In the spring of 1950, Chongqing, which had just been liberated, was full of scenes of rehabilitated citizens and the People's Liberation Army working together to carefully heal and rebuild the mountain city that had been devastated by the Kuomintang reactionaries. On this day, a middle-aged man in a majestic military uniform came to Zhazidong. He presented a bouquet of flowers to the prison cell that still smelled of burnt ash, and then bowed silently three times...
The soldier's name was Deng Fuqian, and his wife was the martyr Deng Huizhong who was killed in the massacre. Deng Fuqian also expressed condolences to his son, Deng Cheng, who died in Zhazi Cave at the same time as his mother Deng Huizhong...
An old-style woman with bound feet could become a member of the Communist Party of China. She is a bit of a legend in her own right, but Deng Huizhong is more than that. She is also a "two-gun old woman" who uses knives and guns, making her enemies frightened. There are many folk versions of the legend about Deng Huizhong. Here are a few stories about her and guns.
“Fake guns really work”: After joining the revolution, Deng Huizhong, who was already a mother of several children, dreamed of getting a gun, but there was no chance. She then followed the children's method, made a fake gun out of bamboo, and learned to aim and shoot. Whenever the Boy Scouts practiced using sticks as guns in the school, she also followed them and learned the drills, such as raising the gun to the shoulder, lowering the gun, lying down, kneeling, and standing. In order to become proficient in marksmanship, she often practiced secretly in the alleyway outside the back door of her home.
"Getting a gun and learning to use a gun": After 1948, when the superior party committee assigned her to guide the work of the Yuexi underground party branch, the branch gave her a pistol. She was overjoyed and couldn't put it down. Later, the superior issued another pistol to her. She owned two guns for a while, which is how she got the nickname "Old Lady with Two Guns". In fact, Deng Huizhong was less than 50 years old at the time. Deng Huizhong herself didn't mind. Later, she used her double guns and said in front of outsiders, "I am an old lady with two guns." This is how the "old lady with two guns" became famous. Of course, she is more famous for her story of leading the guerrillas to defeat the enemy time and time again.
After Deng Hui got these two guns, he was extremely happy. She took every opportunity to practice using it, first to understand the gun's performance, then to practice loading and unloading the bullet, and then to practice how to carry it on her body without exposing it. Especially how to make every shot hit the target without missing a beat.
"Ingeniously designed to borrow guns": There are only four or five days left before the war. The guerrilla team directly under the branch has added more than ten soldiers, but there are still more than ten guns missing. What should we do? Deng Huizhong approached the party secretary to discuss whether there was any way. The party secretary said: The situation is pressing. There are several rich men here who have guns at home. Maybe we can borrow guns from them? A rich man was very angry at the guerrillas for "borrowing" guns. Before Deng Huizhong "borrowed" guns, he muttered behind him that he would report to the township office tomorrow about your robbery of guns. After hearing this, Deng Huizhong turned around and smiled at the old rich man and said, let me tell you, this gun belongs to your family, but now it is in our hands, but we have not shot at you, broken into the door, or harmed your family. You say we are grabbing guns, who can tell? In my opinion, it’s okay if you don’t retaliate. If you really do, I’m afraid it will cause trouble for you. It would be strange if the gentlemen in the township office don’t take the opportunity to give you a slap! When the old rich man thought that Deng Huizhong was right, he lowered his head and whispered softly: "You are still more powerful as an old woman with two guns!"
There are many legends about the "old woman with two guns". Some people say that she walked as fast as flying, but Deng Huizhong was actually a woman with bound feet. But after joining the revolution, she tore off the bindings and her feet began to become "liberated feet." In order to maintain convenience and speed when marching, she always walked with People feel like they are jumping up and down, so there is a legend among the local people that the "Old Woman with Two Guns" is also known as the "Scud".
The enemy was almost crazy happy to have captured the "old lady with two guns" Deng Huizhong, because this was tantamount to them "crushing" another member of the Huayingshan guerrillas after "destroying" the "Advance Daily" Big "victory". Therefore, as soon as Deng Huizhong was captured, all the enemy agents took action, using all their strength to try to make this legendary female guerrilla captain surrender in front of them. But they thought wrong. During his first trial, Deng Huizhong admitted nothing except that he led guerrillas to fight against landlords and old wealthy people, especially that he was a member of the Communist Party.
Deng was interrogated for the second time. When Deng Huizhong still refused to admit being a member of the Communist Party, the agents called a semi-blind man named Chen Yongfu and a student named He to testify. When Deng Huizhong saw these two traitors, he cursed them. The enemy ordered his men to execute Deng Huizhong. Later, when he saw that he was too stubborn, he arrested all Deng Huizhong's children and made terms with Deng Huizhong: if you hand over other Communist Party members, your whole family can be released together. If you refuse to explain, your whole family will be killed. . Deng Huizhong did not accept this trick at all. Instead, he cursed the enemy and said, "My whole family and I are not afraid of death. The only ones who are afraid of death are you reactionary dog ??officials! If you kill me, someone will kill you in the future, and the blood debt will be paid." I have to pay with blood." The enemy had to shake his head and said to his colleagues: In all these years, I have never seen such a powerful woman! Soon, the Kuomintang Central Committee issued an order saying that all captured true communists who could not be detained locally would be sent to Zhazidong Prison in Chongqing. In this way, Deng Huizhong and her second son Deng Cheng were escorted to Zhazidong...
After arriving in this "hell on earth" cell in Chongqing, when they heard that the "old woman with two guns" was coming, the inmates in Zhazidong Prison were delighted and wanted to witness the heroine's grace. However, according to comrades who later escaped from danger, when they met Deng Huizhong, they all said: It turned out that the "old woman" was not old, and she looked like a very ordinary woman, but some people were taller. Because she had bound feet, she could not walk. The pose is somewhat unique. In short, in the eyes of comrades, Deng Huizhong is just an ordinary old lady. In the enemy's prison, Deng Huizhong always played an active role in the women's cell as a eldest sister, especially for those young comrades who were weak, always helping and caring for them. Although Deng Huizhong is older, she is also very active. At the Spring Festival party organized by the prison, she carried a bamboo tube and followed everyone in a clumsy way to perform Yangko, which left a deep impression on the comrades.
In the massacre on the night of November 27, 1949, Deng Huizhong and her son Deng Cheng were killed by brutal enemy machine gun fire at the same time. Deng Huizhong, the "old lady with two guns," was actually only 49 years old when she died. Tianjin Daily
The statue of the old woman with two guns