After a rare heavy rain in 2007, a team of staff are urgently repairing a female cell with very historical and cultural value.
Although their clothes were already wet with sweat, none of them stopped their work.
On this day, just as they were about to make a critical moment, a staff member found a dark hole in front of the narrow gap chiseled in front of , which made him quickly stop moving.
After receiving the instructions above and after permission, several workers opened the wall. was in the dark hole, which was a tunnel of twenty centimeters wide and seventy centimeters wide.
There are 16 iron tools and 1 stone tools in the cave. They are different in shapes, mainly iron tools, and one piece looks like it is made of stones.
Through it, we can still feel its solemnity.
The history of red is actually not far away. The secrets under the cave are still closely related to the history of the Anti-Japanese War.
At that time, war was everywhere in many areas. After the war, Chongqing was set up as a temporary government.
After the Anti-Japanese War, the only remaining anti-Japanese war monument in the country was built, which is the "Winning of the War of Resistance Against Japan" and the "Temple of People's Liberation" in the general sense.
Chongqing was once the commander-in-chief of the Anti-Japanese War. Chiang Kai-shek had a great influence here. There are many prisons used to imprison revolutionaries here, including Baigongguan and Zhazidong, which we are all familiar with.
found many unique tools
The name of Zhazidong is not good. In fact, it turned out to be an ordinary small coal stove founded in 1920. Because there is very little coal produced, it has such a nickname.
It was surrounded by gullies on one side and the rest were surrounded by mountains on the other side. The terrain was relatively remote. At that time, it was deserted here.
, but it has a good geographical location, just about 2.5 kilometers away from the No. 3 Hotel Baigongguan of the Sino-US Cooperation Institute.
During the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the relationship between the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang was still very tense, and the Kuomintang began to look for a suitable place in Chongqing.
After several days of wandering, he finally found this place. felt that it was suitable for workplaces and for imprisoning revolutionaries, so he used Zhazidong as a new prison .
They originally planned to use some money to fool the mine owner, but the mine owner did not agree.
But under their coercion, the miners were killed, and since then, the number of prisoners in Zhazidong has gradually increased.
It was transformed into an independent building with many banners inside, and all the tools in the cave are available. Some of
even carry traces of blood and cannot be cleaned. People often can't help but show a fearful expression after seeing it.
The inner courtyard here is large in area and looks very closed. It takes up most of the area of Zhazi Cave. The light inside is dim and most people dare not enter.
Living conditions are also very poor. Living in such a place for a long time is harmful to the human body. Almost no one wants to live here, and the military just thinks it is very suitable to build a prison here.
They carefully divided the building into small cells. A total of 18 cells were built in , and their structures were similar.
Each room has a thick wall, 16 of which are men and 2 women.
Yang Hucheng, Jiang Jie, Xiao Luobutou and his father were all detained here.
Chiang Kai-shek was arrested in the southern Anhui Uprising, Ye Ting was tortured by the left-wing members of the Kuomintang in this place, which brought them great pain.
And in the center of the yard is a place where detainees can rest. Now some of the words left by the revolutionaries are still retained on the walls.Although the outer courtyard of
is not large in size, the layout is very delicate and divided into several areas. It is both the office space of the military agent and the interrogation room.
The torture hall contains 48 kinds of tortures in the Sino-US cooperation institute. The tortures are emerging in an endless stream, and there are also various interrogation equipment.
Until today, in the interrogation room, you can still see various torture instruments left at that time, most of which are bloody, such as benches, tiger benches, whips, etc., each of which is creepy.
Every torture instrument is stained with the blood of revolutionary soldiers. Chili water, iron chains, bamboo sticks, etc. are all cruelty that occurs in real life, which is daunting.
All the revolutionaries who were detained in Zhazidong were tortured, and countless revolutionary heroes died in the battle.
But no matter how torture they are, they never betray their beliefs.
They exchanged all this with their blood, leaving behind that immortal history of liberation.
Because there are many revolutionary predecessors here, after the founding of New China, the superior leaders regarded it as a "red scenic spot".
and repaired and protected it, so that it can be opened to the public. As a memory of revolutionary martyrs, it has attracted many domestic and foreign tourists.
Every brick and tile here is a trace of history , those bloody, those iron doors, those shackles, those vents that open very high but have rivers flowing through the entrance of the cave, as if telling the revolutions that have happened here.
It encountered a heavy rain in the rainy season of 2007, and some places were washed away by the holes. Several buildings by the river collapsed, and it also had the possibility of being completely destroyed. Chongqing is very concerned about the damage suffered by Zhazidong.
In order to let future generations remember this past, the staff of the relevant departments were determined to maintain the original appearance of Zhazidong and immediately organized workers to carry out careful repairs. After the staff at
found a hidden cave on the repair site, they immediately reported the matter to their superiors. They thought this matter was of great research significance, so they sent a special team to inspect. After careful study of
, experts concluded that those items were indeed the relics of revolutionary soldiers imprisoned in Zhazidong.
Heroic Warriors
In 1949, Zhazidong was brightly lit, and Sister Jiang and the revolutionary soldiers in the prison were all looking forward to the coming of liberation soon.
In this chaotic era, they strive for eternal peace.
But they also know that the closer they are to victory, the more dangerous their situation is now. They don’t know how long their lives can last.
They were tortured during the day and tossed and turned around at night and couldn't sleep. The officers would not let them go so easily. They saw their comrades being taken away with their own eyes, but they were unable to rescue them at all.
At this time, the military's defeat was doomed and they had to evacuate to the treasure island.
This information was soon known by the revolutionaries in Zhazidong. They were overjoyed and the dawn of hope was coming.
But while they were happy, a strong sense of worry gradually arose in their hearts. Before
evacuated, and they had become the enemy's confidant. They could not wait foolishly for being rescued, they had to protect themselves. So Sister Jiang took the lead in planning a plan to escape . The idea of
has inspired many soldiers. They gathered together to find a way out, but they did not have the right escape equipment, so it is obviously unrealistic to escape rashly.
New China was established in November 1949. The whole country was excited. Jiang Jie and his friends communicated with Huang Maocai, the prison guards, and achieved good results.
Huang Maocai was the key figure in the escape this time. Huang Maocai contacted Wu Zhisheng, the militia captain stationed in Geleshan .More than 11 months later, the People's Army attacked Chongqing, and the comrades in Zhazidong finally saw a glimmer of hope. They hope to take this opportunity to start the action.
Wu Zhisheng agreed to the rescue, but the Kuomintang officers also quickly received news that Jiang Jie and others had escaped. After
found out that something was wrong, the troops led by Wu Zhisheng were forced to transfer to the front line of Chongqing with the stationed interface. The revolutionaries who were originally having a hint of luck were completely desperate at this moment.
After adjusting his mood, Jiang Jie and others were no longer discouraged and were ready to die. They knew that there was no way out behind them.
In the following days, they kept lobbying and impressed a doctor named Liu Shiren in the prison.
Jiang Jie asked him to take the names of prisoners in Zhazidong and Baigongguan out of prison, and wanted to use the forces buried in Chongqing to send this list to " Grand Bulletin ".
But the enemy once again found this list, which completely ruined their plan.
They feel that instead of waiting for death here, they should make the final struggle.
The revolutionaries in prison decided to find a way to escape by themselves. Although they may not be able to escape this disaster, at least they can survive.
They know the facilities in Zhazidong very well. Apart from iron bolts that can be used to make holes and iron sticks for escape, they have no other items available.
Jiang Jie and others started collecting during breakfast and rest, and this period was when they found the right props.
Anywhere you can use, , they secretly remove sharp tools such as door latches and nails from the windows and windows. Once they succeed, they will stuff them into their pockets.
And these hard things are what they can use when they dig the passage themselves, perhaps the most important thing now, and a person is responsible for handling them.
They did their best to blind the guards and caused a commotion at the scene.
allows the companions who are hiding the tools to avoid patrol sight during this time, secretly bring the tools back to the room, and then hide them under the bed, hoping that they can come in handy when it gets dark.
Whenever night falls, there is a person guarding the door and letting go.
Everyone else found all the tools they hid during the day. Everyone took a small piece and even digged hard in the corner of the house with bare hands.
After digging to a certain level that night, they put the digging soil into their respective pockets.
When they have the chance to go out the next morning, they will sprinkle the soil on the ground, step it tightly as much as possible, and destroy the traces.
The outside organization is also trying to find ways to rescue everyone. , but with the murder of Yang Hucheng, their situation becomes precarious , and no one knows when they will escape.
The enemy's speed is getting faster and faster. By October 28, ten people in the prison were killed.
Jiang Jie and his friends accelerated the digging and finally saw hope, but just when everything in the prison cell was in place, something unexpected happened.
On November 14, 1949, Jiang Jie and thirty revolutionary soldiers were sent to the execution ground.
This move by the enemy left them in prison without even hope of escaping. Jiang Jie and thirty revolutionary soldiers died bravely, and Jiang Jie's comrade-in-arms Hu Qifen took over Jiang Jie's responsibility and continued to perform the task of digging .
Hu Qifen led the surviving revolutionary soldiers to dig out the tunnel. Not long after they dug, the comrades in the prison dug out an authentic tunnel that was 70 cm deep and 20 cm wide.
They buried everything available for digging in so as not to attract the attention of prison patrolmen.
Hu Qifen wrote the "Prison Report", and with everyone's efforts, he mobilized another guard, and took this opportunity to ask him to get this information out of prison.
Unfortunately, problems arose during the negotiation process, and the rescue work was forced to be delayed.
Just as they were waiting anxiously in the prison, the administrators of Prison discovered this plan and decided to kill all the remaining revolutionaries.
Brutal massacre
In the early morning of November 27, the soldiers who were originally in the White Mansion had been transferred here. They gathered all the revolutionaries imprisoned at this time in the name of "immediate transfer, immediate handover".
completed this command and fired at them with machine guns, causing them to fall silently to the ground.
Then, in order to avoid leaving any clues, they set fire to . After a tragic massacre, everything returned to peace and the place where the punishment was executed was burned into scorched earth.
The massacre left only 14 males and 1 female survivor who had been imprisoned, climbing out of a previously loose wall.
Just like in the book " Hongyan ", the words "We are willing to stay in prison for the rest of our lives and not let our descendants suffer!" are left.
every word is their passion. Every sentence is full of patriotism, which makes people cry when they see it.
In fact, the 17 simple excavation channels unearthed from Zhazidong can also make us imagine how difficult the revolutionaries of those days struggled to support them in the hardships.
This is a life philosophy that exchanges life for life, but unfortunately, many of them are not able to wait for the arrival of dawn in Zhazidong, and those ruins have become symbols of their "existence".
tools were buried in the mountains and had no chance to proceed smoothly as planned that year. It was not until the flood came that this secret hidden for 58 years had the chance to be exposed to the world.
also gives us more understanding of the revolutionaries in Zhazidong.
This batch of cultural relics uncovered accidentally is the belief of countless revolutionary martyrs over the past decades, and they will also be displayed in Zhazidong for future generations to remember.
Never forget those feats that sacrifice their lives and blood, those beliefs and loyalty to the Party.
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text | Xiong Changlin
edit | Zhang Ah Zhang
edit | A Yan
