Zhang Weihua

Zhang Weihua

Zhang Weihua (1913-1937), a native of Fusong, Jilin Province, was a close comrade in arms during the Anti Japanese War and a classmate of Korean President Kim Il Sung in his youth. In 1930, he joined the Communist Youth League under the introduction of Kim Il Sung, and then transferred to the Communist Party of China. During the hard war of resistance against Japan, he used business as a cover, developed revolutionary organizations, raised and transported a large number of urgently needed guns, ammunition and military supplies for the Anti Japanese team, personally rescued Kim Il Sung from the crisis, and made important contributions to the Anti Japanese coalition in Northeast China in fighting against the Japanese aggressors. In 1937, he was arrested by the Japanese aggressors because of the traitor's informer. After severe punishment, he was faithful and unyielding. After being released on bail by his father, he couldn't get away because of the enemy's close surveillance. He took poison to save the organization and killed himself. He was only 25 years old. At that time, he was the head of Fusong underground Party branch of the Communist Party of China.

Character experience

Zhang Weihua was born in a gentry family in Fusong County, Jilin Province. He carried out underground Anti Japanese activities in the name of business in Northeast China and provided intelligence materials for the Northeast Anti Japanese coalition. On October 27, 1937, because of the close surveillance of the enemy, he took poison to save the organization and died. He was only 25 years old. On his deathbed, he said to the people present: "it's a great honor for me to die for resisting Japan and defending Jin Chengzhu (Kim Il Sung) and his guerrillas." After Zhang Weihua's death, Kim Il Sung twice sent people to Northeast China to find the whereabouts of his family. When Kim Il Sung learned of his sacrifice, he once expressed his deep mourning for the martyr to Zhang Weihua's wife and children, and even mourned Zhang Weihua in his works.

Speaking of Zhang Weihua, we have to talk about another person, Kim Il Sung, the founding leader of North Korea.

Brothers in arms

In December 1924, something happened in Fusong County, which was very common at that time, but it was very sensational later, making Fusong County become a famous border city several decades later.

A Korean came to Fusong County. As Japan occupied the Korean Peninsula, Fusong County, adjacent to Korea, became one of the gathering places for more and more Korean people. The Korean who came here is Kim Heng Ji, the father of Kim Il Sung, the founding leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, who was born more than 20 years later.

There is a big family in Fusong County. Its owner is Zhang Wancheng. He is an open-minded and friendly gentleman. Later generations evaluated him as "a farmer like rich man, or a farmer like a rich man.". A boss like man, or a boss like a man ".

After introduction, Jin Hengji and Zhang Wancheng met and became confidants. Their son, 13-year-old Jin Chengzhu, and 12-year-old Zhang Weihua, went to Fusong No.1 Primary School together and became friends at the same table.

In the next ten years, influenced by Kim Il Sung's revolutionary thoughts, Zhang Weihua gradually became a revolutionary soldier from a rich family, and carried out a lot of revolutionary activities to support Kim Il Sung's Anti Japanese struggle.

Zhang Weihua and Kim Il Sung wrote articles together, carved steel plates, and engaged in mimeography. On January 15, 1928, they founded the revolutionary newspaper new day. Later, the history research department of the Korean labor party confirmed that it was the first revolutionary journal in the modern revolutionary history of Korea.

In the winter of 1928, Kim Il Sung was arrested for anti Japanese propaganda, and Zhang Wancheng tried his best to rescue Kim Il Sung from prison as a social sage.

In the summer of 1930, Kim Il Sung was followed by spies on the train and was in danger. Zhang Weihua stepped forward to protect Kim Il Sung from spies. Arranged by Zhang Weihua, Zhang Wancheng picked up the station with a covered carriage, quickly got rid of the pursuit of the Japanese devils, and made Kim Il Sung turn the corner.

In the autumn of 1930, Zhang Weihua brought 12 pistols to Kim Il Sung, which was the first batch of weapons that Kim Il Sung got since he launched Anti Japanese activities.

In 1931, Zhang Weihua brought another 40 guns to Kim Il Sung. In order to get these guns, Zhang Weihua spent a lot of money in his family and got strong support from his father Zhang Wancheng, because Zhang Wancheng knew that these guns were given to Kim Il Sung, Kim Il Sung wanted these guns to resist Japan, and the Japanese devils were the common enemies of the Chinese and Korean people.

In that age of iron and blood, guns were life. Sometimes, in order to take a gun from the enemy, how many soldiers' lives must be sacrificed; sometimes, in order to protect a gun from the revolutionary ranks, how many people's lives must be sacrificed. In the life and death armed struggle between the Korean people and the Chinese people against the Japanese imperialist aggressors, guns are the basic guarantee for survival and victory.

The gun Zhang Weihua gave to Kim Il Sung played an extremely important role in promoting Kim Il Sung's establishment of Anti Japanese guerrillas. In 1993, Kim Il Sung expounded this important role when he met the bereaved family of martyr Zhang Weihua. He said: "without the gun sent by Zhang Weihua, there would be no Korean people's army today."

On April 25, 1932, Kim Il Sung established the "Anti Japanese people's guerrillas" in Antu County. Kim Il Sung was elected as the team leader and political commissar. "Anti Japanese people's guerrillas" is the predecessor of the Korean people's army. Its establishment symbolizes the formal birth of the Korean people's revolutionary armed forces. April 25 was designated as the army building day of the Korean people's army by the Korean party and government.

In the same year, Kim Il Sung personally introduced Zhang Weihua to the Communist Party of China. Since then, the two young foreign friends have been fighting on different fronts to bring down Japanese imperialism, the common enemy of the Chinese and Korean people.

Kim Il Sung was at the forefront of the Anti Japanese armed struggle. The "Anti Japanese people's guerrillas" led by him grew stronger and stronger. In March 1934, they were reorganized into the Korean people's revolutionary army. Sometimes they also carry out activities in the name of "northeast people's revolutionary army". Later, the Anti Japanese forces of China and North Korea in the Northeast were reorganized into the "northeast Anti Japanese coalition", and the Korean people's revolutionary army was reorganized into the second army. They are called the "northeast Anti Japanese United Army" when they are active in Northeast China, and the Korean people's revolutionary army when they are active in Korean residential areas or in Korea. This army carries out two tasks: one is to fight for North Korea's independence; the other is to support the Chinese people's national liberation struggle under the banner of internationalism.

Under the cover of his special background, Zhang Weihua carried out underground Anti Japanese activities and opened a "brother photo studio" and a "brother book company". Zhang Weihua set up "brothers bookstore" to facilitate the printing of propaganda materials for the Anti Japanese army. The Anti Japanese army needs paper for propaganda work, but the Japanese have a strict blockade of paper and strictly control the flow of paper into the Anti Japanese army. Under the cover of "brothers Publishing House", Zhang Weihua can get a lot of paper stationery to send to the Anti Japanese army. "Brothers bookstore" is actually a stronghold for Zhang Weihua to provide all kinds of material assistance to the Anti Japanese forces led by Kim Il Sung.

At that time, due to the blockade of the Japanese aggressor army, the Anti Japanese troops were very short of living and military materials. Guns, ammunition, medicine, clothing, matches, grain and salt were mostly sent to the mountains by underground organizations led by Zhang Weihua. Zhang Weihua organized the local Anti Japanese masses to continuously deliver war and living materials to Kim Il Sung's guerrillas in the mountains under the blockade of the Japanese devils. In those days, Zhang Weihua was too busy. He not only led the daily work of the underground party in Fusong, but also managed the revolutionary base of "brother book company". He also understood and grasped the enemy's intelligence in Fusong County and sent it out in time, and distributed revolutionary publications to the progressive masses.

"It has become a habit for him (Zhang Weihua) to be honest with others. As the leader of the Party group responsible for the fate of the underground party organization, he is too naive and honest, lack of vigilance, which makes him a prisoner who has been tied up. The enemy tried to find out the location of our headquarters through Zhang Weihua and found that they could get all the clues to the underground organization. They put all kinds of torture on him. " Kim Il Sung wrote this passage in his memoir walking with the century.

In July 1937, China's comprehensive anti Japanese war broke out. In late October, Zheng Xuehai, a Korean who used to be familiar with Zhang Weihua and Kim Il Sung, found Zhang Weihua. During the conversation, Zhang Weihua inadvertently revealed that he knew where Kim Il Sung lived and had sent people to deliver food to his troops not long ago. out of the mouth comes evil. When Zhang Weihua began to be alert, it was too late. Zheng Xuehai has defected. Zhang Weihua was arrested. In prison, like all the revolutionary martyrs, he was tortured and bruised, but what he showed was the iron character of the revolutionary party. Three days later, Zhang Weihua was released on bail. At home, his father told him the three conditions for the Japanese gendarmerie to agree to bail: the bail period is one month; during the bail period, Zhang Weihua will continue to reflect on and account for Kim Il Sung's whereabouts; and wait for the gendarmerie to summon him at any time. Zhang Weihua understood: the Japanese devils agreed to their father's bail request not only because of money, but also because of a more sinister plan to lure Kim Il Sung through him.

Zhang Weihua thought of suicide. If he died for his confidant, he would die without regret. If he died for anti Japanese War, he would still live. On the 27th, in the "brothers photo studio", Zhang Weihua took out his pen and ink and wrote a farewell message to Kim Il Sung: "Zheng Xuehai mutinies. The enemy's honest secret agents secretly reconnoitred the location of the headquarters of the Korean people's revolutionary army, and WAN Wang quickly transferred the headquarters elsewhere.

Goodbye, Chengzhu, my friend!

Farewell, Chengzhu, my dear comrade in arms

Just at this time, an underground Party member song Qingze came to the photo studio. Zhang Weihua asked him to give the letter to Kim Il Sung as soon as possible.

The photo studio has more powerful mercury than arsenic. This is a chemical used to thicken the base plate of photos. At that time, there was no light meter for black and white films. If the film was thin, it was thickened with Shenggong. He opened the cap of the bottle containing mercury, drank it, and sat down in a chair. After a while, a guy came to the photo studio and found that his face was getting worse

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