Not long ago, I compiled and published a memoir article "My Great-Grandfather Was an Old Revolutionary", in which my great-grandfather, Sheng Ziyu, was an old revolutionary. A few days ago, we had the privilege of obtaining Sheng Lao's autobiographical memoir written in 2002. This text, written 20 years ago, still seems to have good historical value today. Sheng Lao has passed away a few years ago, in order to inherit the red history, let us inherit the legacy of our ancestors, continue the red gene, and now make an excerpt of his memoirs.
My name is Sheng Ziyu, male, high Chinese. Born in 1922 in a landlord family, he is now 81 years old. He lives in Longzheng Town, Hai'an County, Jiangsu Province.
From 1941 to 1942, when the New Fourth Army came to northern Jiangsu, I helped the local government organize activities such as militia, writing, teaching and singing, participated in the 25th Five-Year Rent Reduction, Lease Exchange, and Inheritance Deed, and took the lead in betraying my own class and embarking on the revolutionary road. In the winter of 1942 (there may be a mistake here, Zishi County was only established in January 1943, and it is speculated that it should be the winter of 1943), Zishi County implemented a new township system in Longzheng Township, and I was elected as the deputy head of the township, and I was already a probationary member of the Communist Party of China at that time. In 1943, he was reappointed as the head of the township and became a full member of the Communist Party of China. In 1944, I was transferred to Haibei District of the county as a civil affairs assistant. After the surrender of the devils in 1945, the organs of Hedong, Hebei, and Henan in Hai'an County were merged, and I succeeded as the assistant to the civil affairs of Hai'an District and the head of Jichen Township. After graduation, the prefectural party committee arranged to return to the county's organization department, and was sent to Denggao District as a civil affairs assistant and a member of the district party committee.
In 1946, as the main force of our armed forces moved northward and the Kuomintang launched a large-scale offensive, our side entered guerrilla activities in an all-round way. At that time, the form of struggle was very sharp and sinister, the revolutionary forces had no complete areas, no stable political power, and the landlords and kulaks were constantly fleeing. My nephew also fled to Hai'an and became a deputy of the Stubborn Township Team. At that time, our side persisted in the struggle in various ways, and in 1947 I was sent to work in Haian because I had the conditions to do underground work. This work is confidential, the leader explained, and my one-line contact outside the city is called Qin Yougong. Later, due to the situation of the struggle, the organization lost contact with me. After that, I tried everything to find the organization, but there was no news. At that time, my nephew had also been transferred, and he was not in Hai'an, and I was helpless in the white area, so I was forced to leave Hai'an. In the autumn of the same year, I went to Nanjing Jiangnan Automobile Company to apply for the testier's examination, and after being admitted, I sold tickets on the bus.
In 1949, when the situation in northern Jiangsu improved, I got in touch with Ji Hetai, deputy secretary of the county, and Hua Ziquan, director of the bureau, and received a reply: As long as they do not hold a stubborn post in the reactionary organs, and there is a written certificate, they can come back and continue their work. In 1950, I returned to Hai'an, and after examination and approval, I was introduced to the Department of Culture and Education by the county party committee and assigned to teach at Yongming Primary School. In 1952, he was transferred to Datong Junior Primary School as the person in charge, and in the same year, he was transferred to Meizhuang Primary School to teach. From 1953 to 1955, he served as a social educator in Dingxu Township, and was also the head of an amateur troupe, and later went to Guben, Changhe, Mashe and other townships as a full-time social teacher. In 1956, he was transferred to Ping Primary School as a teacher. During the anti-rebellion movement from 1958 to 1960, I was investigated organizationally, and in 1947 I was sent to Haian by organization to make one-way contact with us. I said, I only know that my name is Qin Yougong, and I don't know where or what position he holds now, so please organize an investigation into the relevant situation. But after several investigations, there was no such person. The organizational analysis of me was that I was born as a landlord, and it was thought that I might have defected to the enemy, and I was ordered to retire.
It was not until during my time in the WG that Comrade Qin Yougong's unit came to investigate his social relations, that I learned that Comrade Qin Yougong was a native of Renqiao Township in our county, and when the situation of struggle deteriorated, he withdrew north to Harbin, worked at Harbin Institute of Technology, and changed his name to Qin Su. I immediately applied to the Trial Office for a review of my case. It has been found to be a wrongful conviction, and at the same time I have added some new information. In the summer of 1947, some of our deserted traitors hid their short guns in the pigsty of Yuan Zhaoyu, a resident of Mozhuang's East Tadun, and ran to Sheng Ruizhi, deputy of the Zhengxiang Township Team, to express his merits and say, "I will do it to you, and you will send a team to get the gun." I was also present at the time, and when I heard this, I immediately reported it to the intelligence station, and Qin Yougong immediately took people to the place where the gun was hidden, and at the same time found 18 rounds of ammunition. This situation was later proved by Comrade Qin Yougong, and it was also recorded in the memoirs of the intelligence station from 1946 to 1947.
When I first served as the head of Longzheng Township, our anti-Japanese armed forces were seriously lacking, and our fighting force against the enemy was very weak. Knowing that there were several large families in the local area who had guns to protect their families, we organized their hired workers to form a workers' resistance association and formed a local people's armed force that could defend their homes and the country. Since there were people who were able to protect their interests, the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the enlightened landlords was mobilized. Xiang Hexu, Chen Bohua, Ji Dalong, Chen Shaojiu and several others gave us the guns hidden at home, and as a result, we had a few guns.
We also convened a landlords' meeting to mobilize, and used the method of pushing the noodles to praise the Xiang and Ji families for their positive performance in taking out their guns, being open-minded, and actively resisting Japan; the participants were not to be left behind, and felt that the foreign enemy was at present and must work together to resist the enemy, so they handed over more than 10 guns one after another. The militia had guns, and the anti-Japanese enthusiasm was even higher, and we organized four squadrons, which were divided into elite militia and ordinary militia. The elite militia used guns, and the ordinary militia stood guard. They also conduct tactical training and competitions to see who can shoot far with grenades, who can run fast, who can shoot accurately, and evaluate bomb throwers, flying runners, and sharpshooters.
When the enemy goes to the countryside, we lay mines, and when the enemy grabs things, we tie grenades in boxes inside the door. We have modified the terrain, turning the big road into a small road, and the open bridge into a dark bridge, so that the enemy cannot feel the law and has no way out. On the main traffic routes, there are children and militia standing guards, strict system, handover of up and down, and severe punishment if someone is found to be absent from the post or sleeping on the post. We should be tightly organized, flexibly guerrilla, and not let the enemy grasp the laws of our activities.
Once, the enemy of the Eighteen-Buqiao Himatang was saddled with the Hubei-made "Hanyang-made" (a domestically produced gun, which is more powerful), and was discovered by the militia of our township, rushed up to capture five prisoners, and captured four guns. The tactics of the Longzheng militia are really strong, cutting wires, breaking roads, and getting all the way to the enemy's pillboxes. The enemy was frightened and said, "I'd rather cross the three rivers than go to Longzheng Township." At that time, Haibei District called on the anti-Japanese devils to learn from the Longzheng militia. Brilliant Writing Challenge Headline Creation Challenge Red Memory