教师党员邵可进为您推荐《张思德的两大绝技》

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推荐理由：一名普通的共产党员、一名普通的战士，却能让毛泽东主席在其追悼会上亲笔题词，并以“为人民服务”为主题发表讲话，高度赞扬他完全、彻底为人民服务的崇高思想境界和革命精神，这个人就是张思德。他所代表的全心全意为人民服务的精神，是中国共产党根本宗旨和初心使命的集中体现，是我们党和军队战胜一切敌人、战胜一切困难的力量所在，值得我们永远坚守、努力践行！

张思德的两大绝技

Zhang Side’s Two Unique Skills

张思德身怀两大绝技：编草鞋是一绝，烧木炭也是。

Zhang Side possesses two unique skills: weaving straw sandals and making charcoal.

张思德编草鞋的功夫，是众口相传的。在红军时期，他用自己攒的布条和麻绳编草鞋，后来他用马刀割马蔺草编草鞋。很多人从张思德那里学会用马蔺草打草鞋，保障了部队的行军。

Zhang Side’s workmanship in weaving straw sandals was known by word of mouth. During the Red Army period, he used different materials to weave straw sandals, first with the cloth strips and hemp ropes he collected, and later with Chinese Iris cut with a saber. Many people learned from Zhang Side to use Chinese Iris to make straw sandals, which ensured the troops’ march.

1938年，毛泽东发出“自力更生，发展生产”的口号，以打破国民党对陕甘宁边区的封锁，八路军开始大生产运动。1940年7月，张思德率一个班到延安南面的土黄沟烧炭，3个月顺利完成烧炭3万斤的任务。

In 1938, Mao Zedong made a call for “developing production through self-reliance” to break the Kuomintang’s blockade of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, so the 8th Route Army began the Production Campaign. In July 1940, Zhang Side led a squad to make charcoal at Tuhuanggou, a place south of Yan’an, and accomplished the task of producing 15,000 kilograms of charcoal in three months.

张思德当时是烧炭班的班长和技术指导。从建窑、伐木到出炭、包装、背运等七八道工序，他都一一指挥。一般百姓烧一窑炭要用10天，张思德他们只用7天，为抢时间，常常是木炭还没完全冷却，张思德就冒着高温，用破布包手，钻进狭小的炭窑里捡炭。

Zhang Side was the squad leader and technical advisor of the Charcoal Making Squad at that time. He conducted all the seven or eight parts of the production process, including building kilns, cutting logs, burning, packing, carrying, etc. Generally, it took 10 days for people to make charcoal in a kiln, while Zhang Side and his comrades only used 7 days. To seize the time, Zhang Side, wrapping his hands in rags, often braved the heat and went into a small kiln to pick up the charcoal before it completely cooled.

1944年，中央准备于次年在延安召开党的第七次全国代表大会。为给代表们和当时参加整风运动的同志准备防寒烤火用炭。张思德再次承担烧炭的重任。在不到一个月的时间里，张思德他们就烧了5万多斤上好的木炭。

In 1944, the Central Committee planned to convene the 7th National Congress of the CPC in Yan’an the following year. Zhang Side once again shouldered the responsibility of making charcoal, so the deputies and comrades who participated in the Rectification Movement at that time could have something to prevent cold. In less than a month, Zhang Side and his comrades produced more than 25,000 kilograms of fine charcoal.

9月，张思德等少数几人留守炭场。张思德为再多烧些木炭，一个人砍伐有几围粗的一棵大树。但不想，树倒后正好压在炭窑上碰坏了烟囱。第二天他早早起来修补，顶着小雨一直干到中午，可最后加固炭窑正打算装窑时，忽然炭窑崩塌，他被深深地埋在窑内……时年29岁。

In September, Zhang Side and a few others remained in the charcoal field. He wanted to fell a large tree all by himself to make more charcoal, but unfortunately, the tree fell on the kiln and broke the chimney. The next day he got up early to make repairs, and worked under the light rain until noon. But in the last step of reinforcement, the charcoal kiln suddenly collapsed and he was deeply buried... He died at the age of 29.