On January 29, 1935, Fang Zhimin was arrested and imprisoned by the Kuomintang. For some time after Fang Zhimin was imprisoned, the Kuomintang constantly sent people to persuade Fang Zhimin to surrender, but Fang Zhimin refused. Later, Fang Zhimin realized that if he did not surrender, the Kuomintang would definitely not let himself go. So he wrote the last book of his life, "Lovely China", in prison.
On August 6, 1935, as Fang Zhimin expected, the Kuomintang quietly sent him to Xiashawo in Nanchang City, preparing to shoot him. On the way to the execution site, the Kuomintang was afraid of Fang Zhimin's shouting, so it blocked Fang Zhimin's mouth with a towel. Soon after, a gunshot was heard from the execution ground, and then people saw a corpse being brought out, and this body was Fang Zhimin.
When everyone saw the corpse, they understood that the shot just now was fired by the other party Zhimin, and it directly hit the back of Fang Zhimin's head, so that Fang Zhimin could no longer be treated. After Fang Zhimin's death, the last book he wrote in prison was circulated. A few years later, a young girl received the book from her mother, and in the process of receiving the book, she felt a sense of family affection surround her.
Who is this young girl? Why did she develop special feelings for the book? Does she have anything to do with the author of the book?
On August 21, 1899, Fang Zhimin was born in Hutang Village, Qigong Town, Geyang County, and his family's living conditions were not bad. Fang Zhimin entered a private school when he was seven years old, and he was full of poetry and books, and he always thought about how to serve the people when he grew up. In March 1924, Fang Zhimin officially joined the Party. After joining the party, Zhimin's enthusiasm was very high, and he was quickly appreciated and promoted by the leaders.
In February 1927, after the outbreak of the Nanchang Uprising, Fang Zhimin returned to his hometown of Geyang to organize the people to launch a rebellion, and was elected by everyone as the commander-in-chief of the uprising. But under the influence of some later factors, the riot was in trouble. In desperation, Fang Zhimin could only lead his troops into Mopan Mountain and defend according to the terrain on the mountain.
In the years that followed, Fang Zhimin kept moving his troops and continued to lead the people to launch uprisings in many places. When he was in northern Fujian, Fang Zhimin moved the whole army with eleven consecutive victories and became the faith of the whole army.
In 1932, Fang Zhimin's youngest daughter was born, and as soon as she was born, she was surrounded and suppressed by the Kuomintang, and her parents were forced to abandon her in order to resist the Kuomintang's attack and give her to the local peasants to raise. It didn't take long for the war to stabilize. Fang Zhimin and his wife were worried that their children could not survive in such a harsh environment, so they immediately left the army and returned to the village to find their daughter.
Soon, they returned to the village and successfully found their daughter. Fang Zhimin looked at his daughter in his arms, and his face was full of loving smiles. But the good times did not last long, the Kuomintang encirclement and suppression began again, and Fang Zhimin could only be forced to leave again, but what he did not expect was that this was the last time he and this daughter met.
In 1934, Fang Zhimin and Su Yu led the Red Army troops north, and when they passed the town of Tanjiaqiao, they met the Kuomintang troops, and a great war broke out between the two sides. After the fierce battle, the Red Army suffered more than half of the casualties, and Fang Zhimin and others were captured. When Fang Zhimin was captured, Su Yu was still leading his troops to continue the breakthrough, and only more than 400 people succeeded in the breakthrough.
On January 29, 1935, Fang Zhimin was captured and imprisoned. Before going to prison, Fang Zhimin's entire body was confiscated by the Kuomintang, but to the shock of the Kuomintang, a Red Army general was so poor, with only a pocket watch and a pen on his body.
After Fang Zhimin was imprisoned, the Kuomintang kept sending people to recruit Fang Zhimin, hoping that Fang Zhimin would do things for them and hoping to get some useful information from him. However, in the face of the Kuomintang's surrender, Fang Zhi was so sensitive that he did not think so and ignored it. Seeing that good words and persuasion were useless, the Kuomintang directly tortured Fang Zhimin, and in the face of the harsh criminal law, Fang Zhimin still did not say a word.
In desperation, the Kuomintang could only put Fang Zhimin back in prison. In prison, Fang Zhimin knew that he was about to survive and that the Kuomintang would not let him go, so he wrote his last posthumous book "Lovely China" in prison. However, just as Fang Zhimin thought, the Kuomintang saw that he had no use value and prepared to kill him secretly.
On August 6, 1935, the Kuomintang secretly sent Fang Zhimin to Xiashawo in Nanchang City, where they were ready to shoot Fang Zhimin. On the way, the Kuomintang was afraid of Fang Zhimin shouting, so it covered his mouth with a towel. Not long after Fang Zhimin arrived at the designated location, a gunshot came from there, and then fang Zhimin's body was brought out by the Kuomintang.
After Fang Zhimin's death, his posthumous book "Lovely China" was circulated. A few years have passed, and the little girl of that year has grown up and has a nice name called Fang Mei. When Fang Mei was 17 years old, she took over a book in her mother's hand, which was Fang Zhimin's "Lovely China".
The mother looked at the book and said to Mei: "Mei'er, this book is your father's last words written with blood and tears in prison, you must read it repeatedly, study hard, and use practical actions to inherit your father's unfinished career!" "
When Fang Mei took over the book, she felt a warm current of family affection flowing in her hands. Then Fang Mei carefully read every word of the book, and in the process of reading, it aroused Fang Mei's patriotic feelings and affected her later life.
In 1995, in order to commemorate his father, Fang Mei personally wrote "The Complete Biography of Fang Zhimin" in this book to record his father's career deeds, including the scene when her father died. She learned among the older generation that her father had a towel stuffed in his mouth before he died and had been shot in the back of the head by the Kuomintang, which was recorded by photographers at the time.
In order to record this "Complete Biography of Fang Zhimin", Fang Mei ran all over the country to interview. Although the young Fang Mei lost her father and grew up with her mother, this did not affect her optimistic attitude. In her heart, her father was always the greatest, the strongest, always the pride of her heart. And she will continue to follow in her father's footsteps, strive to grow, and become his father's pride.
In that era, there were many people like Fang Mei who lost their parents due to war. Growing up in the chaos of war can better exercise their character, sharpen their temperament, and believe that they can become a pillar of the country like their parents. Today, we live in an era of peace and cannot experience their hardships, so we must cherish our lives now, study hard, and improve every day.