Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province has always been famous for its beautiful women. "Aunt Mizhi and Sui Dehan" is about the beauty and diligence of Mizhi beauty. This is also Du's hometown. Du is not the only child in his family. He also has a younger brother named Du Yude, who is two years younger than him. Du family is a large local family, and his father Du Liangkui was a juren in the former Qing Dynasty. However, this pedant actively advocated revolution, joined the League, and also took part in the struggle against Yuan Shikai's claim to the throne.
Under the influence of their father, Du and Du Yude both have progressive ideas and study hard. Later, both brothers were admitted to Yulin Middle School. This school can be said to be the birthplace of Shaanxi revolution. President Du Bincheng (Du's cousin) later became the early leader of NLD. Two teachers, Wei Yechou and Li Zizhou, later became party member. Du and Du Yude have a classmate named Xie Zichang, who is one of the founders of the northern Shaanxi base area.
Under the influence of these progressives, the thoughts of Du brothers were baptized. Realizing the importance of saving the country by military means, Du was admitted to the first phase of Huangpu Military Academy and became a soldier. Du Yude continued to study at school and became an active participant in the student movement.
1927, 12 In April, Chiang Kai-shek launched a coup and dealt a cruel blow to the * * * production party. This incident not only became a watershed in China's revolution, but also changed the fate of the Du brothers: from then on, Du continued to work with Chiang Kai-shek, while Du Yude was furious and joined the China * * * production party and became a firm revolutionary fighter.
Although Du Yude didn't go to a military school, he had a clear understanding of the importance of military affairs. He joined the military training team of Kuomintang 2 1 Division, studied military affairs for three months, and made small achievements. During this period, he repeatedly persuaded his brother to change course and stop working for Chiang Kai-shek. Du Si thought twice, but still didn't listen to his brother's advice, leaving himself a lifelong regret.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade his younger brother, Du Yude decided to do it himself. 1928 65438+ 10, joined the Kuomintang army 17, served as deputy battalion commander, and secretly carried out the transportation of troops (the army 17 was the unit of patriotic general Yang Hucheng). At that time, in the 17 army, there were many * * * party member, including Wu and Yang Chongyuan, who jointly led the work of the * * * Central Military Commission in the army. They used the opportunity of recruiting new soldiers to let a large number of activists from party member and the peasant movement join the army, take part in training and master military knowledge.
When the time was ripe, Wei Yechou, Du Yude and others decided to launch an uprising on April 9, 1928/kloc-0. This is the "Fuyang April 9 Uprising" in history. Unfortunately, due to the defection of some people in the party and the leakage of news, the uprising was forced to be held in advance without adequate preparation. Coupled with the heavy rain at that time, the troops lost contact and caused great losses to the uprising troops. Du Yude led the 2 nd Regiment to a smooth uprising, but it was difficult to make a sound, and the operational purpose of seizing the county seat failed to be realized. However, everything has a bright side. Du Yude later joined forces with the peasant uprising to establish the Soviet area and the Red Army of Workers and Peasants in northern Anhui, and was appointed as the deputy commander of the Red Army of Workers and Peasants in northern Anhui. You know, the northern Anhui Soviet area is the first Soviet area in Anhui Province, and its establishment is of great significance.
When Chiang Kai-shek learned the news, he was furious and immediately mobilized heavy troops to carry out "encirclement and suppression". The already weak Red Army in northern Anhui suffered heavy losses and was forced to break through and retreat. In order to cover the transfer of the main force, Du Yude led a small number of troops and launched a life-and-death struggle with the enemy. In April 1928, outnumbered Comrade Du Yude was injured and captured. In order to make him surrender, the Kuomintang tortured Du Yude and offered favorable conditions, but Du Yude was unmoved. Three days after his capture, Du Yude died heroically at the age of 22.
Although there are few records about Du Yude in history, judging from his ability to lead military uprisings at a young age, his organizational and military abilities are relatively strong. Over time, you may not be able to become a generation of stars on a par with your brother. It's a pity that history didn't give him a chance to display it, which makes people feel very sorry.
The death of my younger brother didn't wake Du up. At this time, he had become famous in the Kuomintang army, and because of his different political ideas from Du Fu, he finally chose to stay in the Kuomintang army. Just because of Du Yude's embarrassing position, Du seldom mentioned that he had a younger brother of the Red Army. Later, Chiang Kai-shek learned about it and asked Du about it. Du then expressed his loyalty to Chiang Kai-shek and swore that he had no ambition.
I wonder if it's because of my brother's influence. Du has always felt strange about being in the Kuomintang. Due to his outstanding ability, Du can always turn the tide in times of crisis and become a "fire fighting captain". But once things get better, he will soon be put on the shelf. What happened to him was indeed very different from other groups under Chiang Kai-shek's rule. Even later, Du's son committed suicide because he couldn't afford the tuition. Chiang Kai-shek stood by and haggled over hundreds of dollars, which really made people speechless.
With the development of the national war situation, the Kuomintang was defeated, and Du also suffered from Waterloo on the Huaihai battlefield and became a prisoner of the People's Liberation Army. On the other hand, the late brother Du Yude was named a revolutionary martyr by New China. Later, Du was designated as a war criminal and sent to Kutokuhayashi for reform. He was not pardoned until February 4, 1959/kloc-0. During this time, it may be that Du was ashamed of his choice and kept silent about his younger brother. It was not until 1978 that he gloriously became a deputy to the National People's Congress, joined the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and became a researcher of literature and history. He never took the initiative to mention his identity as a martyr's family.