The Central Committee also informed the Hunan Provincial Party Committee to do a good job in reception. Unfortunately, just after entering the early morning of the 9th, Mao Zedong suddenly stopped breathing. This simple wish finally failed to come true.
On September 8th, it was a sunny day, but on this day, Mao Zedong's physiological function declined rapidly. As usual, he leaned back on the spacious bed, and the warm sunshine outside the window gently shone on him. Simple bedroom is as quiet as ever.
On this day, nurse Meng Xiao took turns to be on duty. She brought the documents for the chairman, the books she usually reads. There is a heavy "Complete Works of Lu Xun" on the bedside, which is a book that Chairman Mao has often read recently. At this time, he has been unable to hold these documents and books with both hands, and only Meng Xiao can help him turn the pages. At this point, his brain is still awake.
Except for a few people around the president and important leaders of the central government, most people's cognition remains the same: Mao Zedong is always in high spirits, making important decisions in this country, and his gestures will cause an uproar in this country.
In newspapers, we can often see photos of him writing at his desk and marking documents. He also often held meetings and inspected factories and ridges. But a generation of great men will eventually grow old. On September 8, he entered the dying moment. Nevertheless, he worked wholeheartedly, accompanied by the documents and books he worked with all his life.
In the morning 1 1, he suddenly asked Meng Xiao to put down his file. At the moment, he felt his breathing gradually blocked and his consciousness gradually blurred. The medical experts on standby took immediate action. At this time, the chairman's blood pressure has reached 180, and he has a sudden myocardial infarction. The medical staff nervously assisted the chairman in artificial abdominal breathing.
After some rescue, the chairman's breathing became smooth. His face is sallow and his lips are blue. After a short rest, his face finally improved a little, and his spirit seemed to be weaker, but he still insisted on Meng Xiao's help with the documents.
Under illness, he never forgot to make old friends. On the other side of the leader, the emotional poet asked Mr. Meng for a telegram from, and studied it carefully with Mr. Meng's help. At this point, his limbs have been fitted with infusion tubes.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, due to the difficulty in eating, the medical staff had installed a nasal catheter for him, and the heart rate began to slow down. From the original 1 10 to 80 beats per minute, the sound frequency from the ECG monitor became slower and slower.
Several comrades of the Politburo silently guarded Chairman Mao's side. He looked at them with clear eyes, but he also seemed to be looking at them.
When Ye Jianying came up to him, he raised his heavy arm full of infusion tubes, trembled slightly and moved his lips weakly. Zhang Yufeng, the confidential secretary, understood what the chairman meant-he wanted to talk to Ye Shuai.
She said to Ye Jianying, "Ye Shuai, I think the chairman wants to talk to you. Go and have a look. "
Ye Jianying slightly, and walked beside Mao Zedong. He leaned over slowly, lowered his head and approached Mao Zedong. Chairman Mao's eyes suddenly lit up, but he couldn't reveal any language. Ye Shuai held his hand, nodded and listened carefully. I'm afraid Ye Shuai already knows what the chairman wants to convey.
Mao Zedong once commented on Ye Jianying: "Lv Duan is not confused about big things." He knows that he is dying. He should realize that this country created by himself and many old comrades will enter a critical period in the near future. He needs such a key person.
Time is running out. The chairman was in a coma for many times, and several members of the Politburo took turns on duty to accompany him. The medical staff have been busy observing the chairman's condition, taking blood pressure and pulse many times and rescuing him many times.
At this time, Jiang Qing also came. She doesn't need Mao Zedong's permission. As a family, she can visit at any time. Mao Zedong was always annoyed at her appearance in her later years. However, in order not to stimulate the chairman and not to get close, she just watched quietly.
At 1 1, Mao Zedong suddenly became short of breath. He said weakly to Meng Xiao: "I feel very uncomfortable. Call the doctor. "
The medical staff immediately put an oxygen tube on his nose. He felt a little uncomfortable and pulled with his hand. After a few minutes, breathing began to become gentle. Soon he fell into a coma. The medical staff put an oxygen mask on him, but he didn't respond at all. He fell into a coma and never woke up.
Just entering the early morning of the 9th, the ECG monitor outside Mao Zedong's bedroom fell into a long buzz, and he passed away quietly. Hua Guofeng, Jiang Qing, Xu, Wang Dongxing ... Members of the Politburo present and comrades stationed in Zhongnanhai fell silent.
Meng Xiao walked out of Mao Zedong's bedroom and whispered, "The chairman has passed away."
Members of the Politburo entered Mao Zedong's bedroom and saw him for the last time. They decided to call an emergency meeting temporarily to discuss what was behind him. The medical staff left, the members of the Politburo left, and Mr. Meng stayed to sort out the chairman's belongings. The temperature in the bedroom is very cold and windy, and the white curtains are blowing. It has never been so cold.
The chairman made a request to the Central Committee before his death, hoping to return to Shaoshan Dishuidong. Go back to where you came from. His firm materialistic values make him extremely open to life and death. Even if he was the first to sign his name on the cremation document in order to advocate cremation, he still hoped to return to his native land.
When he was seriously ill, the Central Committee also contacted the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and informed them to prepare for the reception of the Chairman. However, before he was ready, he left forever. The No.4 Automobile Repair Factory, located at the bridgehead of You 'anmen, South Second Ring Road, Beijing, has received an urgent task-to independently develop and transform the Chairman's hearse within a time limit.
1975, when premier Zhou Enlai was seriously ill, they had already received a similar task. Finally, the Jiefang brand 640 bus was formed. On June 8, 65438, a spacious bus decorated with black silks and satins, carrying Premier Zhou's body, slowly sailed to Babaoshan, and sent away the beloved Premier Zhou's last journey.
This special hearse is different from the "Type 57" bus that was common on the market at that time. The "Type 57" bus is made by imitating the Czech "Skoda" bus, and its body is narrow and red.
Type 640 bus can be described as a domestic "competitive car", which was independently developed by local designers in China. It is 8.65 meters long, 2.54 meters wide and 2.95 meters high. Under the special requirements of the hearse, the door was opened from the back, the cab was separated from the carriage, all the seats in the carriage were removed, and the body protection room was added.
Because the carriage is spacious enough, the sun shines into the carriage through the wide window, and the light is sufficient, so the interior of the carriage is silent when driving. Premier Zhou, who is deeply loved by the people, should be escorted by such a car and sleep in a sunny and quiet world.
After the development of 640 bus, it is widely used in public transportation. During the Tangshan earthquake, Chairman Mao also took bus No.640 as a position for office and medical treatment.
Later, under the escort of comrades such as the Central Security Bureau, the bus was solemnly handed over to the No.4 Automobile Repair Factory, which developed the 640 bus, and was given the task of transforming it into a chairman's hearse before the memorial service and escorting it all the way from Zhongnanhai to the Great Hall of the People.
More than 2,000 employees in No.4 Auto Repair Factory are gearing up, hoping to contribute their meager strength to the beloved Chairman Mao, even if it is only a small screw. After careful consideration, the factory department set up the "Chairman Mao's hearse manufacturing headquarters" and sent dozens of skilled "old masters" to work 24 hours in turn. They vowed to "guarantee to complete the task!"
In the special era, class struggles are constant. Fearing that the task of the special hearse would be destroyed, the factory decided to temporarily select the workshop of the special hearse in a sparsely populated military workshop in the wilderness, and requested the Central Protection Bureau to send someone to support and set up 24-hour safety supervision.
Armed soldiers with live ammunition stand guard in front of the workshop in five steps and one post and ten steps and one whistle, in order to be foolproof. Workers must wear special temporary work permits and show certificates when changing shifts. Workers who are not selected are not allowed to visit or disclose their tasks. In this way, no one knew where the secret workshop was until the hearse was delivered.
After the temporary production workshop was established, the factory director was specially invited to the workshop to measure the relevant data. When he saw Chairman Mao, who was full of people, he suddenly felt as if he were isolated from the world.
He has never met Chairman Mao once, and inevitably always thinks that the Chairman has never left. As soon as he saw the chairman, his hand with a steel ruler kept shaking and suddenly burst into tears. With the help of the master, it took a long time to complete the data measurement.
When he mentioned it to his friend, he said, "I really don't believe that the chairman has left." When I saw the chairman at once, I was embarrassed. "
The hearse has some necessary materials and needs the help of friends. As soon as the Northern Suburb Wood Factory, which provides plywood, heard that the No.4 Auto Repair Factory needed several pieces of plywood, all the workers ran to the warehouse, picked out the best ones one by one from tens of millions, and gave them to experienced masters for manual waxing. They were afraid that there were not enough machines, so they waxed by hand again and again.
Afraid of scratching during transportation, the workers in the wood factory carefully hold the boards and use themselves as supports. In the process of transportation, they have been writing the boards tightly to prevent bumping.
Outside the temporary military workshop, there are many plants and trees in the wilderness. It's September, and you can still hear the scattered insects in Qiu Chan. You can't resist the invasion of mosquito bites. The workers were covered in big red envelopes and sweated at the end of the day.
The manufacturing team was divided into several shifts to go to work, but the off-duty workers refused to leave, so they went to rest on the concrete floor next to them, and they hurried to work when the first round arrived. The work has been going on nervously, day and night, and the progress of transforming the hearse has been completed bit by bit.
Decades of rich experience, in order to ensure that the error is minimized, every hole and every screw is drilled by hand. Workers' hands are covered with calluses and blood bubbles, and they don't care. They still insist on their work and lock their respect firmly in every place of the hearse.
In July of that year, the occurrence of the Tangshan earthquake has already left people with a lingering fear. Haze haunts people. The person in charge is afraid that the earthquake will happen again, which will have a devastating impact on the hearse. For this reason, a special committee member was assigned to stare at an inverted beer bottle. This is an indigenous method to detect earthquakes, which is summed up by people in earthquakes and aftershocks.
As long as the ground vibrates slightly, the beer bottle will immediately fall to the ground unsteadily due to the vibration. At this time, it is necessary to sound the alarm at the first time, and workers need to push the hearse to a safe place at the first time.
But one day, the beer bottle suddenly fell to the ground. The workers who were in full swing even forgot their own safety and rushed to protect the hearse. Later, fearing that the workshop would be damaged by the earthquake, the workers who couldn't stand the slightest negligence simply set up a huge shed with tarpaulin outside the workshop. Qi Xin pushed the hearse into the shed and simply worked in the open air.
Workers who leave work in shifts will spontaneously remove debris, dirt and horizontal vegetation around them. Ensure the cleanliness of the workplace, and do not allow the hearse to be polluted by any dirt.
After many tests, when the transformation was finally completed, there was a buzz in the carriage due to the vibration of the air-conditioning outlet. Although the noise was very low, the workers unanimously decided to dismantle the lower air duct again and carefully wrapped the navy blue tweed pad with excellent sealing at each gap drilling hole.
The chairman's last trip should be quiet and undisturbed. When the car was tested again, it was quiet inside. The workers are very satisfied. Finally, when the hearse was transported away from the workshop, a wall stood in front of it like a roadblock. The workers were afraid that the driver would accidentally scrape the hearse at the critical moment and took the initiative to tear down the fence.
Carefully decorated with black satin and silk flower's hearse entered Zhongnanhai. Chairman Mao's nephew Mao Yuanxin, together with some comrades, escorted the chairman's body to the car. The hearse carried the late Chairman Mao slowly to the Great Hall of the People.
Hua Guofeng and other members of the Politburo followed the escort all the way. On both sides of the road are people who came spontaneously when they heard the news, and even the sparsely populated paths are crowded with people. Tens of thousands of people mourned in unison and sobbed in a low voice.
After all, President Mao Zedong will always sleep in a peaceful world, but his majestic image will remain in people's hearts and become a beacon to guide the people forward.