In 1949, when the War of Liberation came to an end, the Kuomintang was gone, and Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly fled to TaiwanBefore leaving, a large number of Kuomintang spies were left on the mainland, ready to wait for an opportunity to wreak havoc.
In October 1950, in order to purge the Kuomintang spies who were still lurking in the country,A vigorous campaign to suppress the counter-revolution was in full swing throughout the country.
At that time, he was in Dongyang Beilu Middle School in ZhejiangAn English teacher who worked was reported, and it was said that he had been in the detention center of the Military Judge Advocate General of the Kuomintang Nanchang Pacification Office, as the director.
This person's name is Ling Fengwu, and the place where he is the director is an important place where a large number of revolutionary martyrs were once imprisoned.
Among them, the most well-known are the great proletarian revolutionaries and military strategistsComrade Fang Zhimin, the main founder and leader of the Northeast Jiangxi Revolutionary Base Area and the Red 10th Army.
But,Just after Ling Fengwu was reported, he was not punished, but was praised, why is that? What kind of unknown connection does he have with Comrade Fang Zhimin?
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, after receiving reports from the masses, the organization immediately launched a follow-up investigation into Ling Fengwu's identity.
Ling Fengwu was born in 1896 in a small town called filial piety in Jinhua, ZhejiangHis family was a well-known local industrial and commercial family, and Ling Fengwu was admitted to the Zhejiang Provincial College of Political Science and Law in 1922.
In 1927, during the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Ling Fengwu is responsible for the Jinhua County Party Department to help the Kuomintang in charge of matters related to the sending and receiving of test papers.
Later, he was introduced by Comrade Qian Zhaopeng, a member of the Central Committee and a member of the executive committee of the county party department at the time, joined the Kuomintang, and served as the director of the temporary detention center of the Fuzhou Military Justice Branch.
In January 1935, due to a vacancy in the post of head of the detention center of the Judge Advocate General's Department of the Pacification OfficeLing Fengwu was introduced and recommended by others, and was the director of the detention center.
Therefore, the situation reported by the masses is indeed trueLing Fengwu was indeed the director of the detention center of the prison where Fang Zhimin was in prison during his imprisonment.
But it does not follow that he was sure that he had framed revolutionary martyrs, because, at the same time,The investigation also uncovered another thing that is particularly noteworthy.
Just after Fang Zhimin was killed, Ling Fengwu was imprisoned for a period of time by the Kuomintang reactionaries for "banditry", and after he was released, he did not do anything for the KuomintangInstead, he returned to his hometown and worked as an English teacher there.
It was this sudden change that made the investigators feel that there must be something else hidden in it, and in the face of everyone's doubts, Ling Fengwu took out a noteI saw a word of gratitude written on it, and the object of gratitude was a person named "Brother Mugo".
Ling Fengwu explained that "Muwu" means "Wu", which was written to him by Fang ZhiminIn order to thank him for helping Fang Zhimin change his shackles, so that his activities in prison can be more free and convenient.
Now it can be said that the truth is revealed, it turns out that Ling Fengwu is not the first person who framed the revolutionary martyrsOn the contrary, he once provided Comrade Fang Zhimin with very necessary and valuable help.
Comrade Fang Zhimin was one of the founders of the Jiangxi Party organization and established revolutionary base areas in Fujian, Jiangxi and other regions.
It is precisely because he has made such outstanding contributions to the party, the nation, and the revolutionary causeAfter the founding of the People's Republic of China, the party organization wanted to find his remains to comfort the martyrs.
**I have said to the people around me:"Comrade Fang Zhimin was a very courageous, ambitious and talented Communist Party member, and he died a great death, and I miss him very much. ”
In 1955, according to the personal instructions of ***, Jiangxi established the "Fang Zhimin Martyr Remains Investigation Team".He also appointed Fang Zhichun, then the first deputy secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and vice governor, as the team leader.
It turned out,Fang Zhichun is Comrade Fang Zhimin's cousin, and the relationship between the two has always been particularly deep, and even Fang Zhichun devoted himself to the revolutionary cause under the influence of Fang Zhimin.
After the team was formed, the cause of finding the bones was not easy to carry out, because 20 years have passed since Comrade Fang Zhimin's sacrifice, such a long timeUndoubtedly, it has brought great difficulty to the search work.
After the masses provided clues, the investigation team determined the place of martyrdom, the Xiashawozi Execution Ground in NanchangBut so much time has passed, and no one remembers the specific execution, where it was located.
The investigation team searched the local area several times, but there was no progress, and the search for Comrade Fang Zhimin's remains came to a standstillIt wasn't until 1956 that things took a new turn and progress.
At that time, Jiangxi Province decided to build a new chemical fiber factory on an already barren land, which could save land, but after the construction workers had already begun constructionSuddenly, he found a pile of skeletons, and a pair of shackles next to it.
After learning of this situation, the investigation team immediately sent experts to the scene and conducted an on-site inspection for several daysThe corpses and the rusty shackles were carefully preserved.
This place in Xiashawo was once used as the execution ground of the Kuomintang reactionaries, and it was normal for human bones to appearJudging from the fact that so many corpses were excavated at the scene at one time, it is very likely that the bones of the martyr Fang Zhimin are among them.
But the investigation team can't make a decision on this, they must find an insider to verify, and this rusty shackle is the key evidence.
At this point, the investigation team remembered that they had heard of itLing Fengwu changed Fang Zhimin's shackles, and immediately asked him to come over to help identify the bones.
It turned out that on August 6, 1935, Fang Zhimin was dragging a particularly heavy pair of shackles on the way to the execution groundLing Fengwu couldn't bear to see him wearing such heavy shackles, so he asked his superiors to replace Fang Zhimin with a pair of shackles.
When Ling Fengwu saw this rusty iron shackle,A familiar feeling came over me.
He picked up the shackles, carefully weighed them, and wiped the rust off them with his fingers, and when he carefully identified the model of the shackles, he couldn't help but cry out loud"This is indeed the one Fang Zhimin wears! ”
Hearing this, all the people present wept bitterly, just seeing such cruel and heavy shackles, they could already imagine how cruel the scene must have beenHow much suffering this great revolutionary martyr has endured.
In fact, at that time, in the Kuomintang prisons, only very important political prisoners were required to wear leg irons, and the specification of the shackles at that time was 10 pounds, which was how they treated Fang Zhimin.
However, Ling Fengwu really couldn't bear it, so he applied to the superior organization hardThis was changed to a 4-pound shackle, which is in line with the weight.
On the other hand, the pair of shackles that Ling Fengwu had personally begged to lose weight, he was naturally familiar with the string of numbersAs soon as I saw the familiar number, all the memories of that year came flooding back to me.
In January 1935, the main force of the Red Army was about to begin a large-scale breakthrough operation, and at this time, the Red 7th Army Corps was dispatched from Ruijin, Jiangxi Province to the eastIn order to attract the main force of the Kuomintang to "encircle and suppress", and then complete the task of reducing the pressure for the main force of the Red Army to break through the encirclement.
In this case, the Kuomintang "encirclement and suppression" troops also immediately pursued the Red 7th Army, and this pursuit reached the Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Soviet areas founded by Fang Zhimin.
In the face of the tragic reality of personnel, he sent a telegram to Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Soviet DistrictsIt was required that before the ** Red Army launched the next breakthrough plan, the Red 7 Army Corps and the new Red 10 Army were combined into the Red 10 Corps.
In November, the troops left northeastern Jiangxi and marched to southern Anhui, at this time, Fang Zhimin served as the chairman of the military and political committee of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's northward anti-Japanese advance team, and unified leadership of the party organizations and revolutionary armed forces in Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Jiangxi.
On January 29, 1935, under the large-scale "encirclement and suppression" of the Kuomintang army, the Red Army suffered heavy losses, and Comrade Fang Zhimin was captured in the Huaiyu Mountain District, Yushan County, Jiangxi Province.
For the revolutionary cadres who played such an important role in the revolution of the Red Army, the Kuomintang authorities immediately ordered that Fang Zhimin be taken to Nanchang and imprisoned for a long time, the Detention Center of the Military Judge Advocate General's Office of the Kuomintang Nanchang Pacification Office.
At the same time, the Kuomintang reactionaries wanted to make a big fuss about Fang Zhimin's imprisonment, and they discussedIf such a public figure had announced his surrender, wouldn't the ranks of the Communists have been defeated very quickly.
So,They held a meeting in Nanchang Yuzhang Park to celebrate the capture of Fang Zhiminand since then, Fang Zhimin has been heavily shackled.
They hoped that through inhuman torture, the always strong Communists would be able to make themshowed a tired and even defeated side, and then let the combat effectiveness of the vast number of Red Army rout.
On the day when the Kuomintang reactionaries held a celebration meetingFang Zhimin, who was wearing heavy shackles and handcuffs, was escorted to the ironclad car.
But no one cheered at the scene, everyone was silent, even the Kuomintang officersIn this way, they show the respect of the other side Chimin.
It is such a tenacious and unyielding comrade as Fang Zhimin who represents the noble quality of the Chinese Red Army who is not afraid of threats and sacrifices, and it is precisely such a groupIt was only the heroic and fearless revolutionary predecessors who led the Chinese people to victory in the end.
However, even this failed to shatter the illusions of the Kuomintang reactionaries, and they held a meeting of the so-called Kuomintang army to "suppress bandits" in battledeclared that Fang Zhimin and other comrades would be sacrificed, but Fang Zhimin did not have a trace of fear.
If the soft one doesn't work, the Kuomintang will come to the hard one, and the Kuomintang has sent ** or Fang Zhimin's cronies, and the letter has been sent to persuade Fang Zhimin and even Chiang Kai-shek, also personally went to Nanchang to persuade him to surrender, and promised Fang Zhimin to be rich and prosperous.
However, what are these external fame and fortune to Fang Zhimin? He rejected the Kuomintang one by one and vowed not to let go, resulting in all the Kuomintang reactionaries returning in vain.
For Fang Zhimin,Ever since he was imprisoned, he has been harboring intense pain in his heartHis faithful belief in the overall strategic situation made him unable to let go of military defeats for a long time.
He had always been ashamed of it, thinking that it was his own mistakes that led to the rout, so he had long been ready to "thank the party with death".
And all the pain and struggles of Comrade Fang Zhimin, Ling Fengwu saw them allHe knew how tenacious the convictions of such a man were, and how small the Kuomintang reactionaries were before him.
Out of this admiration, although Ling Fengwu still works for the KuomintangBut in his heart, he had long recognized that Ling Fengwu was a friend, and he was determined to do his best to help him.
Suddenly, one day, Fang Zhimin called Ling Fengwu and asked the prison authorities to provide a quiet house and pen and paper, saying that he wanted to write something, and Ling Fengwu put Fang ZhiminHe was placed in a prison called the "Preferential Treatment" so that he could get more freedom.
The so-called "preferential treatment number" refers to some unlocked cells, all of which are detained by high-ranking Kuomintang officers or some intellectuals, for Fang ZhiminThe most important thing is that he got a lot of pen and paper here, as well as the right to write freely.
What's even more ingenious is that Fang Zhimin's preferential number and Ling Fengwu's office,There is only a small patio apart, which makes the relationship between the two even closer.
Fang Zhimin's writing speed is very fast, and within a few days, a thick stack of paper is already tired on the tableLing Fengwu once checked by chance and found that he seemed to be recording the war, so he asked Fang Zhimin what he wrote.
Fang Zhimin replied:"Emotional tension, bad memory, remembering to write a paragraph, to write all the way and then tidy up. ”
Ling Fengwu had read books for many years, and it was impossible for him not to understand themWhat is the meaning of these recorded words, but he did not say it explicitly, nor did he stop Fang Zhimin.
Later, Ling Fengwu wrote such a paragraph in the confession materials:"Whenever I get up late at night to picket, I always see the electric light on in the glass window of the opposite cell, and I see Fang Zhimin reading books and writing articles.
In fact, what Fang Zhimin is writing is really important, these are the messages he wants to convey to the organization, but of course he also knows itHe is now imprisoned in this prison, and it is naturally impossible for him to do it alone.
The one who became a guard in the prison was a young student who had just graduated, and he had also participated in ***Fang Zhimin educated him in persuasion and eventually made him his companion.
Later, Fang Zhimin also directly carried out education work on Ling Fengwu, and he sighed: ".Ling Fengwu is originally a down-to-earth person, and I am afraid that he will suffer a loss in the national *** field. ”
Regarding Fang Zhimin's enlightenment, Ling Fengwu later recalled:"After several conversations, I was educated, and I felt deep admiration for his revolutionary spirit, which was righteous and unyielding to violence, and I sympathized with him and took care of him. ”
It is the spiritual character of a person that makes him even in a state of misery in captivitycan also move others with its nobility and loyalty, the so-called spring breeze and rain, Comrade Fang Zhimin deserves it!
Fang Zhimin wrote in a manuscript that was passed on to later generations: "The soldiers in the prison are also very accessibleFor example, even though I am a prisoner, when I talk to them, they are very kind and kind to talk to me.
From the question of life to the question of revolution, many of them were captured by the Red Army and went to the Soviet districts, and they all said in one word"The Soviet district is good, the Red Army is good, it's easy to make friends. ”
In fact, Fang Zhimin's situation in prison is not optimistic, although he was imprisoned in the "preferential number", but due to his special status, the heavy iron shackles on his feet have never been removed.
At this time, it was Ling Fengwu who stepped forward and reported to his superiors, claiming that in order to soften Fang Zhimin,"Easy to persuade to surrender", he should be replaced with a slightly lighter pair of shackles.
The Kuomintang authorities thought that he had a point, and at the same time there were still illusions about Fang Zhimin's surrender, so they agreedIt was only at this time that Fang Zhimin finally changed into a light iron shackle weighing only 4 kilograms.
Many years later, we saw 16 articles written by Fang Zhimin, including "Lovely China", "Clear Poverty", and "A Brief Description of My Revolutionary Struggle", totaling more than 100,000 words.
These articles were written by Fang Zhimin with tenacious perseverance while in prisonThe long-term help provided by Ling Fengwu has played a crucial role in this.
Later, these articles were secretly sent out of the cell after several twists and turnsAfter the active cooperation of many comrades, it finally reached the hands of the party organization.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, "Lovely China" has been included in primary and secondary school textbooks for many yearsPeople must have a spirit of unremitting self-improvement and not be intimidated by temporary difficulties.
August 6, 1935The Kuomintang ran out of patience and decided to execute Fang Zhimin, and in this way, Comrade Fang Zhimin bravely took up his righteousnessBut the tragedy doesn't end there.
In prison, the head of the Military Judge Advocate General found the note written by Fang Zhimin to Ling Fengwu, and it was this note that became evidence of Ling Fengwu's betrayal of the KuomintangThe Kuomintang reactionaries immediately suspended Ling Fengwu from his post and detained him.
Ling Fengwu was imprisoned for three days and three nights, and was rescued by various forcesZou Wenyu, chief of staff of the Nanchang Pacification Office, ordered the Judge Advocate General's Office to release Ling Fengwu, but to deport him.
After Ling Fengwu was released from prison, a friend offered to help him find a good job again, but his persuasion from Fang Zhimin echoed in his ears back thenDetermined to stay away from Kuomintang officialdom from then on, he eventually became an ordinary teacher
It wasn't until after the founding of the People's Republic of China that someone reported Ling Fengwu that the things of that year were dug up againThis unknown petty official turned out to have had so many stories with Comrade Fang Zhimin.
Through his narration, people also learned more respectable and lovely aspects of Fang Zhimin!
There are countless of themProletarian revolutionaries like Fang Zhimin threw their heads and spilled their bloodIn exchange for the present peace and tranquility, they will be sung forever by future generations.