1949, the War of Liberation came to an end, and the Kuomintang was in a desperate situation. Seeing this, Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan hurriedly. Before leaving, left a large number of Kuomintang spies on the mainland, preparing to take the opportunity to sabotage.
In October 1950, in order to eliminate the Kuomintang spies who were still lurking in the country, a vigorous suppression of counter-revolutionary movement was launched nationwide.
was at Beilu Middle School in Dongyang, Zhejiang at that time. An English teacher who worked in was reported. It is said that this person was the director of the Military Law Department of the Nanchang Pacification Office of the Kuomintang.
This person is called Ling Fengwu, and the place where he served as director is an important place where a large number of revolutionary martyrs were imprisoned.
Among them, the most well-known ones are the great proletarian revolutionaries and military strategists, Comrade Fang Zhimin, the main founder and leader of the Red 10th Army, the revolutionary base in northeastern Jiangxi.
However, after Ling Fengwu was reported, he not only did not receive punishment for , but was praised. Why is this? What unknown connection does he have with Comrade Fang Zhimin?
Picture丨Ling Fengwu
Who is Ling Fengwu?
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the organization immediately conducted a follow-up investigation into Ling Fengwu's identity.
Ling Fengwu was born in 1896 in a small town called Xiaoshu, Zhejiang. His family is a well-known local industrial and commercial family. Ling Fengwu was admitted to Zhejiang Provincial College of Political Science and Law in 1922.
1927, during the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, , Ling Fengwu was responsible for helping the Kuomintang in charge of the relevant matters of receiving and receiving test papers at the Jinhua County Party Committee.
Later, through comrade Qian Zhaopeng, a member of the Communist Party of China and then the executive committee member of the county party committee, he joined the Kuomintang and was the director of the temporary detention center of the Fuzhou Military Law Branch.
In January 1935, due to the vacancy of the detention center director of the Military Law Department of the Pacification Office, Ling Fengwu was introduced and recommended by someone and acted as the detention center director.
Therefore, the situation of public reports is indeed true. Ling Fengwu is indeed the director of the detention center of the prison where Fang Zhimin was imprisoned.
Picture丨Fang Zhimin
looked at it but couldn't be sure that he had framed the revolutionary martyrs because, at the same time, the investigation also discovered another thing that was particularly noteworthy.
Just after Fang Zhimin was killed, Ling Fengwu was imprisoned by the Kuomintang reactionaries for a period of time for "brotherhood". After he was released, he did not help the Kuomintang. Instead, he returned to his hometown and worked as an English teacher in the local area.
It was this sudden change that made the investigators feel that there must be something else. Faced with everyone's doubts, Ling Fengwu took out a note, and saw a sentence that expressed his gratitude, and the person he was grateful to was a person named "Brother Muwu".
Ling Fengwu explained that "Muwu" means "Wu", which was written by Fang Zhimin to him. is to thank him for helping Fang Zhimin replace his shackles, so that his activities in prison can be more free and convenient.
Now the truth is revealed. It turns out that Ling Fengwu is not an accomplice to frame the revolutionary martyrs, On the contrary, he once provided very necessary and precious help to Comrade Fang Zhimin.
pic丨Kuomin
recognized the corpse, and he cried bitterly on the spot
Comrade Fang Zhimin is one of the founders of the Jiangxi Party Organization and has established revolutionary bases in many areas such as Fujian and Jiangxi.
It is precisely because he has made such outstanding contributions to the Party and the nation, as well as the revolutionary cause that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the party organization wanted to find his remains to comfort the martyrs.
Chairman Mao once said to the people around him: "Comrade Fang Zhimin is a very courageous, ambitious and talented Communist Party member. He died great, and I miss him very much."
1955, according to Liu Shaoqi's personal instructions, Jiangxi established a "Search Team on the Bone of Martyrs Fang Zhimin" and appointed Fang Zhichun, who was then the first deputy secretary and deputy governor of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, as the team leader.
It turns out that Fang Zhichun is Comrade Fang Zhimin's cousin. The two have always had their relationship. It was particularly profound in . Even Fang Zhichun devoted himself to the revolutionary cause under the influence of Fang Zhimin. After the
team was formed, the cause of finding remains was not easy to start, because 20 years have passed since Comrade Fang Zhimin's sacrifice. In such a long time, undoubtedly brought great difficulties to the search work.
After the masses provided clues, the investigation team will die. The difficult location is determined. Nanchang Xiashawozi execution ground, , but it has been too long since, no one remembers where the execution was executed.
Picture丨Fang Zhichun
Investigation team searched the local area several times, but no progress was made. The matter of finding the remains of Comrade Fang Zhimin, and it just fell into a stagnation. not until 1956 that things had a new turning point and progress.
At that time, Jiangxi Provincial Government decided to build a new chemical fiber factory on an already deserted land, so that it could save land. But just after the construction workers had started construction, suddenly found a pile of bones, and there was a pair of shackles next to it.
After learning about this situation, the investigation team immediately sent experts to the scene and conducted a few days of on-site investigation. carefully preserved the corpses and the rusty shackles.
Xiashawo, once the execution ground of the Kuomintang reactionaries, it was normal for human bones to appear. . According to the excavation of so many corpses at one time, it is very likely that the remains of martyr Fang Zhimin are among them.
But the investigation team cannot make a decision yet. They must find an insider to verify, and this rusty shackle is a key evidence.
At this time, the investigation team thought of the fact that Ling Fengwu changed the shackles to Fang Zhimin, and immediately asked him to come and help identify them. Recognize the remains.
It turns out that on August 6, 1935, Fang Zhimin once dragged a pair of particularly heavy shackles on the way to the execution ground. Ling 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.
Picture丨Execution ground
When Ling Fengwu saw this rusty iron shackle , a familiar feeling of hit her heart.
He picked up the shackles, carefully weighed its weight, and wiped the rust on it with his fingers. When he carefully identified the model of the shackle, he couldn't help crying loudly: "This is indeed the one that Fang Zhimin wore! "
Hearing this, everyone present cried bitterly. Just seeing such cruel and heavy shackles, they could already imagine how cruel the scene was. And how much hardships the great revolutionary martyr, , had suffered...
In fact, in the prison of the Kuomintang, only very important political prisoners were required to wear shackles , and the specifications of the shackles at that time reached 10 pounds, which was how they treated Fang Zhimin.
However, Ling Fengwu really couldn't bear it, so he applied to the superior organization. was changed to 4 pounds of shackles, which was in terms of weight. It's in line with it.
On the other hand, the pair of Ling Fengwu personally asked for weight loss, and he was naturally familiar with the string of numbers. When saw the string of familiar numbers, all the memories of that year came to his heart.
pic丨Prison
Knowing the kindness of the encounter, thanks to him
January 1935, the main force of the Central Red Army was about to start a large-scale breakthrough operation. At this time, the central government sent the Red 7th Army to set out east from Ruijin, Jiangxi to attract the main force of the Kuomintang that "encircled and suppressed", and then completed the task of reducing the pressure for the main force of the Red Army breakout.
In this case, the Kuomintang's "encirclement and suppression" troops immediately pursued the Red 7th Army, and the pursuit continued to reach the Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi Soviet Area created by Fang Zhimin.
Faced with the real environment of heavy casualties, the central government sent a telegram to the Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi Soviet Area, asked to combine the Red 7th Army and the New Red 10th Army into the Red 10th Army before the Central Red Army launched its next breakthrough plan.
11, the troops left northeastern Jiangxi and marched towards southern Anhui. At this time, Fang Zhimin served as the chairman of the Military and Political Committee of the Advance Team of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army to the North, and unified the leadership of the Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi border party organizations and revolutionary armed forces.
On January 29, 1935, under the large-scale "encirclement and suppression" of the Kuomintang army, the Red Army suffered heavy injuries, while Comrade Fang Zhimin was captured in Huaiyushan District, Yushan County, Jiangxi Province.
For revolutionary cadres who played such an important role in the Red Army Revolution, the Kuomintang authorities immediately ordered Fang Zhimin to Nanchang and were imprisoned in for a long time, and the Military Law Department Detention Center of the Nanchang Pacification Office of the Kuomintang.
At the same time, the Kuomintang reactionaries hope to make a big fuss about Fang Zhimin's imprisonment. They discussed that If such a public figure announces surrender, then the Communist Party's team will be defeated soon.
pic丨Kuomin
So, and they held a "Celebrating the Capture of Fang Zhimin alive" in Yuzhang Park, Nanchang, and since then, they have put many shackles on Fang Zhimin.
They hope that through inhuman torture, this always strong Communist, shows his tired and even defeated side, and thus defeat the combat effectiveness of the Red Army.
On the day when the Kuomintang reactionaries held their celebration meeting, Fang Zhimin, wearing heavy shackles and handcuffs, was taken to armored car .
But no one cheered at the scene, and everyone was silent. Even the Kuomintang officers were the same. They used this way to show their respect for Fang Zhimin.
is a comrade like Fang Zhimin, representing the noble qualities of the Chinese Red Army, which is not afraid of threats or sacrifices. It is also such a group of brave and fearless revolutionary predecessors who led the Chinese people to victory in the end.
However, even so, it was unable to break the fantasy of the Kuomintang reactionaries. They held the so-called "bandit suppression" meeting of the fallen soldiers of the Kuomintang army. claimed that they would use comrades such as Fang Zhimin as sacrifices, but Fang Zhimin did not have a trace of fear.
is not as soft as it can be, so the Kuomintang is tough. The Kuomintang once sent high-ranking officials or Fang Zhimin's confidants, and the letters went to persuade Fang Zhimin one after another. Even Chiang Kai-shek and also went to Nanchang to persuade surrender, promising Fang Zhimin to give high-ranking officials and wealth.
Figure丨Fang Zhimin
However, what are these external fame and fortune to Fang Zhimin? He rejected the temptation of the Kuomintang one by one and sweared not to let go, resulting in all the Kuomintang reactionaries returning in vain.
For Fang Zhimin, has always felt strong pain since he was arrested and imprisoned. 's faithful belief in the overall strategic situation has made him unable to let go of military failure for a long time.
He has always been ashamed of this, thinking that it was his mistake that led to the defeat, so he had already made the plan to "repay the party with death".
And Ling Fengwu saw all the pain and struggles of Comrade Fang Zhimin, He knew how tenacious the beliefs such a person were, and how small the Kuomintang reactionaries were in front of him.
Out of this admiration, although Ling Fengwu still works for the Kuomintang, , he had long recognized it in his heart that Ling Fengwu, a friend, was determined to do his best to help him.
Suddenly one day, Fang Zhimin called Ling Fengwu and asked the prison to provide a quiet house and paper and pen, saying that he wanted to write something. Ling Fengwu arranged Fang Zhimin and in a prison called "Preferential Number" so that he could get more freedom.
The so-called "preferential number" refers to some unlocked prison cells, all of whom are held in senior Kuomintang officers or some intellectuals. For Fang Zhimin, the most important thing about is that he has obtained a lot of paper and pen and the right to write freely here.
Picture丨KMT officer
What's more cleverly is that Fang Zhimin's preferential number is only separated from Ling Fengwu's office, is only a small patio, which makes the relationship between the two closer.
Fang Zhimin's writing speed is very fast. After a few days, a thick stack of paper was already tired on the table. Ling Fengwu accidentally checked it and found that he seemed to be recording the war, so he asked Fang Zhimin what he was writing.
Fang Zhimin replied: "I am nervous and have a bad memory. I remember to write one paragraph after another. I have to write it all before sorting it out."
Ling Fengwu has read books for many years, and he cannot not understand what the meaning of the recorded words in is, but he did not say it explicitly, nor did he stop Fang Zhimin.
Later, Ling Fengwu wrote this passage in the explanation materials: "Whenever I get up late at night to inspect, I always see the lights in the glass window of the opposite prison room on, and see Fang Zhimin reading and writing articles. "
In fact, what Fang Zhimin is writing is indeed very important. These are the information he wants to convey to the organization, but of course he also knows that is now imprisoned in this prison, and it is naturally impossible to do it with his own strength.
The one who became a guard in the prison was a young student who had just graduated and had participated in student movements. Fang Zhimin persuaded him and eventually made him his companion.
Later, Fang Zhimin also directly educated Ling Fengwu. He sighed: " Ling Fengwu was originally a down-to-earth and simple person, and he probably suffered a loss in the Kuomintang officialdom."
Picture丨Fang Zhimin
For Fang Zhimin's guidance, Ling Fengwu later recalled: "After several conversations, I was educated and I was righteous and respected by his revolutionary spirit, not betrayed by violence, and therefore I sympathize with him and take care of him."
is a person's spiritual character, which makes him move others even if he is in a difficult state of imprisonment, can still move others with his nobleness and loyalty. Comrade Fang Zhimin deserves it as the saying goes, spring breeze and rain!
Fang Zhimin wrote in a manuscript passed on later generations: "The soldiers in the prison are also very easy to approach. . Although I am a heavy prisoner, when I talk to them, they all came to talk to me kindly.
From life issues to revolutionary issues, many of them were captured by the Red Army. They have been to Soviet area . They all said in a word, "The Soviet area is good, the Red Army is good, it is easy to become friends." "
In fact, Fang Zhimin's situation in prison is not optimistic. Although he was detained in a "preferential number", due to his special identity, the heavy iron shackles on his feet were never removed.
At this time, it was Ling Fengwu who stepped forward and reported to his superiors, claiming that he had softened Fang Zhimin. "makes easy to persuade surrender" and should have a slightly lighter shackle.
The Kuomintang authorities thought that he made sense, and at the same time, he still had fantasies about Fang Zhimin's surrender, so he agreed. It was not until this time that Fang Zhimin finally replaced him with a light iron shackle that weighed only 4 kilograms. htm More than 0 years later, we saw 16 articles created by Fang Zhimin, including "Lovely China", "Poverty", "A Brief Introduction to My Engagement in Revolutionary Struggle", totaling more than 100,000 words.
Picture丨Fang Zhimin's remaining writings
These articles were created by Fang Zhimin with tenacious perseverance in prison. and Ling Fengwu provided a crucial role in it.
Later, these articles were secretly sent out of the cell after several twists and turns. was finally reached the hands of the party organization after many comrades' active cooperation.
After the founding of New China, "Cute China" has been included in primary and secondary school textbooks for many years. In this article, Fang Zhimin sent a message to his descendants: People must have a spirit of self-improvement and not be scared by temporary difficulties.
On August 6, 1935, the Kuomintang lost its patience and decided to execute Fang Zhimin. In this way, Comrade Fang Zhimin was executed bravely, but tragedy did not end at this point.
Director of the Military Law Department found the note written by Fang Zhimin to Ling Fengwu in prison. It was this note that became evidence of Ling Fengwu's betrayal of the Kuomintang. Kuomintang reactionaries immediately suspended Ling Fengwu from office and detained.
Ling Fengwu was detained for three days and three nights. After rescue by various forces, Zou Wenyu, Chief of Staff of Nanchang Pacification Office, ordered the Military Law Department to release Ling Fengwu, but to be expelled from the country.
After Ling Fengwu was released from prison, a friend suggested that he could help him find another good job, but Fang Zhimin's persuasion echoed in his ears. He was determined to stay away from the Kuomintang officialdom from then on, so he eventually became an ordinary teacher .
pic丨Fang Zhimin
Conclusion
It was not until after the founding of the People's Republic of China that someone reported Ling Fengwu that he dug up the things that happened back then. , an unknown little official, had had so many stories with Comrade Fang Zhimin.
Through his story, people also learned more respectable and cute aspects of Fang Zhimin!
It is precisely because there are countless proletarian revolutionaries like Fang Zhimin, and has brought about the present peace and tranquility, and they will be sung forever in future generations.
