Wu Maolin, formerly known as Wu Tingjian, was born in 1913 in Gutian Township, Xianning County, Hubei Province, in the village of Fangwu, a poor peasant family. 14 years old, E'nan counties of the peasant revolutionary movement, inspired and educated Wu Maolin, sowing the seeds of the revolution in his heart. 1931 revolutionary base of the development of the E'yuwan Revolutionary Base has been developed to the east of E'dong Yu'nanwan and other more than ten counties range. November 7, the Chinese Soviet Central Provisional Government was born in triumph, the Red Army of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army was also established in the center of Huang'an Qiliping area. Wu Maolin was y encouraged, said goodbye to his relatives, went straight to the red zone, participated in the Red Army. In the army, he hungrily studied culture, practiced hard to kill the enemy, and humbly learned from the old soldiers. As a result, he grew up very quickly.
In August 1932, the Kuomintang reactionaries launched a full-scale "encirclement" of the Soviet Union, and the Red Army was forced to withdraw from the Soviet Union base in the EYW region. Wu Maolin accompanied the main force of the Red Army under the leadership of Xu Xiangqian, and marched westward from EYA, crossed the Qinling Mountains, crossed the Bashan Mountains, and entered the territory of Sichuan. During the long-distance march, he climbed mountains and waded through water, following the troops closely despite the hunger and cold. In the battle, he and the old soldiers together with the back of the big knife, shoulder rifle, charging into battle, as if death, through the baptism of fire, become more mature. He served as a squad leader and platoon leader, often carrying out reconnaissance missions, disguising himself as a merchant, a farmer and a worker to go deep into the enemy-occupied areas to find out the enemy's situation, to scout the enemy's deployment and equipment, and to provide reliable military intelligence for the troops.
In October 1934, Wu Maolin participated in the 25,000-mile Long March. During the Long March, Wu Maolin was wounded four times and overcame the threat of death with amazing perseverance, honorably joined the Chinese ****anese Communist Party, and arrived in Yan'an with his troops in 1936.
Subsequently, the party organization sent Wu Maolin to Zhang Xueliang's troops to do the work of fighting for the majority of soldiers. At that time, under the influence of the national anti-Japanese climax, the Red Army's front-line political work to educate and strive for, the majority of officers and soldiers in the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army also rose up to oppose the civil war, demanded to unite **** anti-Japanese. Wu Maolin arrived at the Northeast Army, vigorously publicized the anti-Japanese national united front policy put forward by the Chinese **** Producers Party, made friends, talked with the soldiers, and encouraged them to "Chinese people do not fight the Chinese people" and "fight back home". During this period of time, Wu Maolin, with a high sense of responsibility as a member of the *** Party, and with great enthusiasm for anti-Japanese national salvation, physically carried out the Party's anti-Japanese national united front policy.
On December 12, 1936, the shocking "Xi'an Incident" took place. After the incident, Chiang Kai-shek divided and disintegrated the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army, Wu Maolin returned to Yan'an, the party organization sent Wu Maolin to Yan'an anti-Japanese military and political university of the third period of study. He felt overwhelmed, how many years longing to learn the long-cherished wish has finally been realized. Here, he had listened to the teaching of the central chief many times. Teachers encouraged them to study hard in military and politics in order to take up the great historical mission of resisting the Japanese and saving the country. Wu Maolin's cultural level was very low and he encountered a lot of difficulties in his study, but with his tenacious revolutionary will and perseverance and fighting spirit, he humbly asked for advice from his old comrades and carefully studied Marxist-Leninist books and military theories.
In May 1937, the Chinese ****productivity party established a united-war relationship with Sheng Shicai, the Xinjiang provincial border governor, and set up an office of the Eighth Route Army in Xinjiang. Chen Yun suggested to the Party Central Committee to borrow Sheng Shicai's strength and the equipment provided by the Soviet Union to train a group of aviation technical talents in Xinjiang.With the approval of the Party Central Committee, it was decided to select and send young party cadres with good political quality, high cultural level and robust physique from the General Detachment of the West Road Army (i.e., the Recruit Battalion) and Yan'an respectively, to study in the Xinjiang Aviation Corps.In November, Chen Yun returned to Yan'an as the Minister of the Central Organization Department from Dihua, and personally went to the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University and the Motorcycle School and other units to select trainees. Wu Maolin graduated from the Anti-Japanese Military University and had just been transferred to the motorcycle school. After repeated examinations, Wu Maolin and 19 young Party members, including Yan Zhengang and Peng Renfa, were selected as cadets of the aviation team.
Wu Maolin and other departure before, Chen Yun in Yan'an kiln to receive them, said in a heartfelt tone: "you will be the first red flight division, is the first backbone of the red air force; do not be afraid of low culture, do not be afraid of people look down on, have a strong perseverance, study hard, must learn the technology to the hands of the people, to be a good unity, discipline, to keep the honor of the party. "
January 16, 1938, Wu Maolin and other farewell to the holy land of the revolution Yan'an. After arriving in Lanzhou via Xi'an, they disguised themselves as exiled students from the Northeast, wearing robes, waistcoats and fox-skin beanies, pretending to be distant relatives of Sheng Shicai to defect to Xinjiang. They traveled by car, crossed the Gobi for thousands of miles, broke through many barriers, and arrived at the Dihua West Road Army General Branch on March 10th. Party representative Deng Fa warmly received all the comrades who came to Xinjiang to study, introduced the united front situation at that time, and encouraged them to observe discipline and learn their skills well. Wu Maolin was assigned to the mechanical class of the second aviation team. on March 28, they were formally put into an intense study of the basic theory of aviation.
The basic courses at that time were "History of Aviation", "Principles of Flight", "Principles of Engines", "Aircraft Construction", etc. The textbooks were all translated from Russian. The theoretical instructors were also instructed by Sheng Shicai's instructors and sometimes by Soviet instructors. Wu Maolin only elementary school education, learning such profound theory is difficult, but he is hard and serious, a moment can not understand the repeated study, until completely understand and understand. In addition to morning exercises, meals and sleeping time, he spent all day in the classroom reading hard. The party branch of the aviation team also set up a study support group to help each other learn, *** with the improvement. Deng Fa also often encouraged them to strive for excellence and fulfill the study tasks given by the Party. Party representatives and comrades care to help give Wu Maolin to overcome the difficulties of the courage and strength, he more night and day to study hard. In addition to studying, he also had to undergo intense military training. Wu Maolin was wounded many times in the past and became sick from the strain, coughing for a long time, and his physique was getting weaker and weaker, but he still kept his revolutionary spirit strong and tenaciously insisted on studying until finally he couldn't support himself anymore, and then he left the aviation team to get treatment under the organization's repeated exhortations.
In the summer of 1938, Wu Maolin came to the health center of the general detachment of the West Road Army to seek medical treatment, due to the poor medical conditions, the effect was not great. In the party representative Deng Fa's cordial care, he was transferred to the Nanguan hospital to ask the Soviet doctor consultation, diagnosed as pleurisy caused by infection into a lung abscess, the need for surgical treatment. At that time under the condition of medical equipment for lung surgery is very dangerous, Wu Maolin's physical condition is very weak, the doctor recommended half anesthesia surgery. In order to be able to restore health as soon as possible, return to study, he endured severe pain to let the doctor to do surgery, the operation was done successfully, in the careful care of medical staff to safety, 5 months later, the condition gradually improved, the incision has just healed, he was amazing perseverance, every morning to the sports field to take a walk, play volleyball, in order to enhance the physical fitness.In early 1940, all the members of the General Detachment of the West Road Army, ordered by the central government to withdraw to Yan'an. Central Committee's order to withdraw to Yan'an. Wu Maolin transferred to the Eighth Route Army office in Xinjiang to continue to recuperate.
In this period of time, Wu Maolin seized the time to seriously study the theory of the revolution, read the "United **** (Bu) Party History Concise Tutorial", "New People's Doctrine", "On the Long War", "Capitalism" and other writings, and more firmly ****productivity beliefs.1941 June later, the situation at home and abroad reversed dramatically, and Sheng Shicai has gradually embarked on the evil road of anti-Soviet and anti- ****. On September 17, 1942, Sheng Shicai suddenly sent soldiers to surround the Batoliang Guest House, and put the Chinese *** Party members under house arrest, and then arrested and imprisoned. Wu Maolin and Zhang Ziyi were put under house arrest with women, children and invalids due to illness.
In April 1943, the enemy moved Wu Maolin and others from the Batoliang guest house to the Xieheba Meng Hako school to continue house arrest. The conditions here were even worse, and his condition worsened so that he could not walk independently. But he declined the care and help of his comrades and tried to cause as little trouble as possible to other comrades. While he was in prison, his heart was still full of hope, yearning to return to Yan'an, the holy land of the revolution. He often told his children stories of the revolution and said to them, "You are the little Bailu, and when you go back to Yan'an, you will meet your father, the old Bailu. Sheng Shicai was a big bad guy who locked us all up, and we couldn't eat well or wear warm clothes." He used common language to teach the children to unite with their aunts and uncles to fight the enemy. Wu Maolin also often lectured the families of several women of Xinjiang nationality about the revolution, telling Wang Shuzhen, "The ****production party is the party of the poor and fights for the poor people. Yan'an is the seat of the Party's Central Committee, and the Eighth Route Army and the common people are as close as family. We must follow the Party no matter what, and we must all unite to fight for a collective acquittal back to Yan'an." His heartfelt introduction to the fighting and life in Yan'an strengthened Wang Shuzhen's revolutionary beliefs.When she and her mother were acquitted in 1946, they applied to join the collective return to Yan'an.
In August 1944, the enemy moved Wu Maolin and his family to the "rebel" family factory in Qidawan for house arrest. Wu Maolin's condition worsened, lung pus caused chest ulceration. Every day, pus and blood flowed out, emitting a foul odor, resulting in paralysis of the lower half of the body, in critical condition. The Party branch in prison organized female refugees to take turns on duty every day to take care of him, scrubbing pus and blood, washing bandages, changing clothes; cutting the bun into pieces and drying it to soak in boiling water, feeding him bite by bite; sometimes they also thought of making some soup and noodles for him to eat. The careful care and deep friendship of the comrades often moved him to tears, but also strengthened his courage to fight the disease.
On the morning of October 5, 1944, Wu Maolin died in prison.
After Wu Maolin's death, the whole prison was immersed in great grief. They broke through the layers of obstruction, forcing the prison agreed to hold a memorial service for Wu Maolin. On the day of the memorial service, the solemn hall hanging in the middle of Wu Maolin's statue, both sides are full of comrades wrote the couplets and elegiac words.
Disease can take away his life, but not his ambition; prison can prohibit his body, can not prohibit his heart.
No fear of death, do not want to body, with military virtues; for the country, for the nation, there is the legacy of the strong.
Passing through the snowy mountains and grassy meadows, through all the hardships, for the Party and for the country, even though they died, they were still honored.
After the liberation of the country, Wu Maolin martyr's bones, buried in the southern suburbs of Urumqi City, Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery, the tomb was erected in front of the inscription engraved with Dong Biwu's handwriting of the tall white alabaster gravestone - Wu Maolin martyr's tomb. Every Ching Ming Festival, people of all nationalities come to the Martyrs' Cemetery to pay tribute to the spirits of the martyrs and remember their achievements.