On October 28, 1949, Kuomintang judge Zhang Jie read out the verdict of Comrade Chen Ran of our Party, and later led someone to take Chen Ran to the place of execution. On the way to the execution site, the execution vehicle escorting Chen Ran drove into a crowded area in the city. Chen Ran did not panic in the slightest, but looked firmly at the crowd around him, and he sang the Internationale loudly. After that, he said to the masses: "New China has been established, Chongqing will soon be liberated, you don't have to worry, the day of peace is coming soon." ”
Hearing this, the agents escorting Chen Ran around them were furious, and they told Chen Ran to quickly shut up, but Chen Ran still ignored it and loudly preached the Communist Party of China and New China to the surrounding masses. Later, the agents directly arrested more than two hundred people who should be and Chen Ran and escorted them to the execution site to watch the execution.
After arriving at the execution site, the two agents wanted to escort Chen Ran to the execution platform, but Unexpectedly, Chen Ran threw them away and said, "I don't need you to hold them, I will go by myself." After stepping onto the execution table, Chen Ran looked at the crowd below, he directly ripped off the death row inmate symbol on his body, and shouted loudly again: "Long live the Communist Party of China, long live Chairman Mao, I will always firmly believe in the Communist Party of China..." Before he could finish speaking, the execution agent fired several shots at him.
The agent had thought that Chen Ran would shut up or fall directly, but he did not expect that Chen Ran still did not fall down after being shot several times in the body, and even after he breathed a sigh of relief, he still shouted "Long live Chairman Mao." This scene could frighten the agent not lightly, and immediately raised his machine gun to aim at Chen Ran, and Chen Ran was killed in this way, when he was not yet 26 years old.
Comrade Chen Ran | pictured
We must learn from Chen Ran and inherit his revolutionary spirit of dedication to the country and eternal loyalty to the party. So, let's start with Chen Ran when he was a child!
First, join the revolution under the influence of your relatives
On December 18, 1923, Chen Ran was born, his original name was Chen Chongde, because he was born in Xianghe, Hebei, his parents gave him a milk name, called "Xiangge". Before Chen Ran was born, there were three children in the family, two older sisters and an older brother.
Chen Ran's father's name is Chen Fengshu, his hometown is Jiangxi, his family is well-off in childhood, Chen Fengshu's father was the director of a mint in the Qing Dynasty, and later because he was worn by his colleagues, so his father fled to Yangzhou with his family. Because the family is thick, even if there is no job, Chen Fengshu's father can let the child read poetry books. Chen Fengshu was talented and was later admitted to a law and politics school.
He was bent on redressing the people' grievances, and after graduating from school and entering the School of Law and Politics, he saw too much darkness, so he quit his job as a clerk in the Hangzhou court and re-applied for the customs. In 1921, Chen Fengshu was admitted to the Beijing Customs and became a staff member, at which time he changed his place of origin from Jiangxi to Beijing.
Chen Ran's mother's family did not have the backward idea of "preferring sons over daughters", but was very open, not only giving her the opportunity to read and write, but also pampering her very much. My mother's father was a salt merchant, and the family started as a small business and ended up being rich. When his mother conceived Chen Ran, Chen Fengshu was already working at the Beijing Customs, but because the salary was not high, the family was very poor.
The mother's father, knowing that his daughter was having a more difficult time, directly spent money on a county magistrate position in Xianghe, Hebei Province, and bought a residence here so that he could take care of his daughter from time to time. Chen Ran was born here.
The picture | the scenery of Xianghe County
Chen Ran has been influenced by his more open-minded and righteous parents since childhood, and his thinking has become open and he has acted justly. In addition, he has liked to read the stories of various heroes and martial arts novels since he was a child, so he has loved to fight and hug since he was a child.
If he encounters someone being bullied, Chen Ran will not care whether he can beat the other party or not, and will directly rush forward. Sometimes, when he fights with people, he often can't beat each other because of his young age, then he will hit his head with his head, and thus get a "copper brain shell" title.
Later, my father was transferred to Shanghai Customs, and the family also went to Shanghai. Chen Fengshu attaches great importance to the children's learning, and when Chen Ran reaches the age of reading, his father has sent Chen Ran to Jing'an Temple and West District Primary School to study.
However, after attending primary school, Chen Ran's personality still has not changed, or often fights with classmates, and because of his obsession with martial arts novels, he does not listen carefully in class, resulting in poor grades and frequent failures in examinations, and his father is very angry about this. But although Chen Ran's grades are not good, he has a good character, that is, he never cheats, and he can do whatever he wants.
Shanghai is a very developed city, which brings together people from all over the world, and due to the social conditions of the time, the foreigners living in Shanghai are generally revered. Shortly after Chen Ran went to elementary school, his father was crushed by a foreigner's car and hit the instep, resulting in an injury to the instep bone, and as a result, there was not even a word of apology in the end.
In this regard, the father could not swallow that breath in his heart, very angry, and had been trying to track down the foreigner through various means, but he always had no clue, not a single clue could be traced, and his father's emotions gradually collapsed, and finally even developed into schizophrenia.
In order to treat her husband's instep and mental illness, the mother went from place to place, and finally the family's savings were used up, but the illness still did not get better. She began to sell her jewelry and relics. Fortunately, after a few months, Chen Fengshu's condition improved. Soon after, he returned to work at Shanghai Customs, and the family's economic situation was alleviated.
Pictured| Shanghai in the last century
After experiencing this incident, Chen Ran's personality changed, he became much calmer, and began to think about the "History of National Shame" that the school teacher had told him. He thought: "Is it because our country is not strong enough that foreign people dare to bully us like this?" I have to work hard so that things at home can't happen again. Since then, he has been studying hard.
In 1931, the Japanese army invaded and occupied the three northeastern provinces of Our country, which caused a heated discussion in China, and a wave of anti-Japanese patriotism was set off throughout the country. The students in Shanghai also organized a demonstration and vowed to deeply understand the anti-Japanese patriotic ideas, and Although Chen Ran was young at the time, he also joined the demonstration.
Later, the Japanese invaded Shanghai, and the residents of Shanghai were very united and actively cooperated with the anti-Japanese army, and Chen Ran's eldest sister Chen Peiqi also participated. At that time, Chen Ran also very much wanted to join the anti-Japanese team, but because he was still young at that time, he was locked up at home by his mother.
Later, due to the transfer of his father's work, he moved from Shanghai to Hangzhou, and then from Hangzhou to Wuhu. The situation is turbulent, the local living materials in Wuhu are expensive, and the economic situation at home is poor. In order to reduce the burden on the family, the two sisters voluntarily dropped out of school and left the money to their younger siblings to go to school.
After dropping out of school, the eldest sister and the second sister joined the troupe that promoted the idea of anti-Japanese national salvation, called the "Ant and Bee Troupe". Because of her sister's relationship, Chen Ran often went to the troupe to watch plays, and often read various books and newspapers in the troupe. In addition, when the eldest sister and the second sister were idle, they would also tell him about those progressive ideas, so Chen Ran's thoughts were rapidly sublimated during this period of time.
As the situation became more and more turbulent, the patriotic feelings in the eldest sister's heart became higher and higher. She secretly joined the eighth troupe of the anti-Japanese drama without her family, and performed together in various places. And Chen Ran was also very sad and indignant after seeing the devastated motherland, and he wanted to join the troops, go to the front line, and kill the enemy army, but he was too young, and the artillery team he applied for refused to accept him at all.
Looking at the surrounding environment so sinister, his father Chen Fengshu was also very worried. It just so happened that his superiors decided to transfer him to Shashi, Hubei Province, which was a safer place, and he immediately took his family to Shashi, and Chen Ran also studied at the local vocational middle school. Although he was still a student, Chen Ran had begun to pay attention to the rise and fall of the country and think about ways to save the country.
Just at this time, the eldest sister sent him many Books on Soviet Translations, and from these books, Chen Ran knew that there was originally a socialist country, and there was also an organization called the Communist Party. He thought: "China also has the Communist Party, they seem to be in Yan'an now, if I can go to Yan'an, I want to work with them to build a beautiful socialist country." ”
Later, Chen Fengshu's work changed again, he was transferred from Shashi to Yichang, and the family could only relocate again. After coming to Yichang, Chen Ran's second sister was introduced to the "Yichang Anti-War Theater Troupe" and soon became the "pillar" within the troupe. Seeing that the eldest sister and the second sister had joined the anti-Japanese troupe, Chen Ran's careful thinking was also moved, and he begged the second sister to let himself join the troupe, but the second sister herself was unwilling, because it was too dangerous, and she did not want to put her family in danger.
Unable to resist Chen Ran's daily requests, the second sister could only introduce him into the troupe. After entering the troupe, Chen Ran was very positive, because he was lively and cute, and he was willing to do some chores, and the people in the troupe liked him very much. And his excellent performance was also noticed by the superiors of the troupe, who were very optimistic about this young man and regarded him as one of the training objects of the CCP organization.
During this period, the second sister married leng Shanchang, the brother of the troupe leader, and she also quit the troupe. However, soon after, the Kuomintang renamed the "Yichang Anti-War Theater Troupe" to the "Yichang Mobile Drama First Team". The first team often went to the countryside to perform for the peasants and preached the idea of resisting Japan and saving the country to the people.
Rural areas are no more convenient than urban transportation, and the members of the first team often have to run in the mountains and forests with various performance props, and Chen Ran is always the most prominent one.
In 1939, in view of Chen Ran's excellent performance, he was approved to join the Communist Party of China. In 1940, the contradictions between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party gradually intensified, and the "Yichang Mobile Drama First Team" chose to be automatically dissolved in order to avoid being controlled by the Kuomintang. Chen Ran also returned home, and then the second brother-in-law introduced him to a number of jobs, but they were forced to end due to various accidents. In the end, he chose to participate in the "anti-civil war" activities with his partners.
Second, use magazines to lead the people's ideological trend
In June 1946, Chiang Kai-shek tore up the armistice agreement signed with the Communists, and civil war broke out completely. The Kuomintang army's methods were very cruel, they carried out a very cruel suppression of the masses who advocated peace, and they also arrested and even brutally killed Communists everywhere, which made the situation in the country very grim.
At the same time, Chen Ran and his partners were working together to organize "Wandering". It just so happened that the comrades of the Xinhua Daily suggested that Mr. Jiang Yiwei, the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Science and Life", change to a magazine that talked about the personal problems of the young people at that time, and "Wandering" appeared in Jiang Yiwei's field of vision at this time.
After Jiang Yiwei learned about the contents of the magazine "Wandering", he came forward to help "Wandering" obtain a legal registration certificate, and also applied to the "Xinhua Daily" to submit articles to them, and the manuscripts applicable to "Wandering" were transferred to "Wandering". During this period, the party organization also had close ties with "Wandering", and the party organization also sent a special liaison officer to understand the situation and help smoothly publish it.
Picture | "Wandering"
On January 1, 1947, the magazine "Wandering" was officially published, and Chen Ran served as a communication, replying to letters from readers, and answering readers' questions. Chen Ran was very serious about these tasks, and he once helped a female reader in Yunnan province to successfully resist the family's forced marriage.
In addition, he formed a small book club, which often donated to Wandering to show support for the magazine. Later, however, the Kuomintang reactionaries shut down Xinhua Ribao, and all the personnel of Xinhua Ribao returned to Yan'an under the instructions of the party organization, and the situation of the personnel involved in the magazine was very bad.
First they lost contact with the Party organization, and then they were always in danger of being shut down by the Kuomintang reactionaries. Therefore, they moved the location of the magazine "Wandering" to Chen Ran's home, and in order to save money, Chen Ran even took Jiang Yiwei, the editor-in-chief of "Wandering", to his home and ate and lived with him.
The Kuomintang's arrogance grew more and more arrogant, and they continued to issue all kinds of speeches that affected people's hearts, which made the revolutionary enthusiasm of aspiring young people in Chongqing increasingly low. In order not to let this sentiment spread more and more, Chen Ran and his partners Jiang Yiwei and Liu Rongzhu decided to set up a mimeograph newspaper, the main purpose of which was to convey news from the Liberated Areas to the masses in Chongqing and make their emotions high.
Jiang Yiwei is responsible for editing, Liu Rongzhu is responsible for printing and distribution, and Chen Ran is responsible for finding materials and contacting the masses. In May 1947, an eight-folio mimeographed newspaper was published.
The newspaper was noticed by a man named Wu Shengru, who shared it with his friend Liu Guoyong (zhì). Liu Guoyong felt good after seeing this small newspaper, so he introduced it to Peng Yongwu (a member of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Underground Communist Party of China). Through Wu Shengru's introduction, Liu Rongzhu connected with the party organization.
After consideration, the party organization decided to name the unnamed tabloid "Zhenjin Bao", and Peng Yongwu was directly responsible for all the affairs of this newspaper. In the summer of 1947, the "Zhenjin Newspaper" was officially launched. Later, due to the confrontation with the Kuomintang, the head of the "Advance Newspaper" was replaced by Li Weijia.
Picture | "Advance Newspaper"
3. Dedicate yourself to the truth
The "Advance Newspaper" became bigger and bigger, and this naturally attracted the attention of the Kuomintang reactionaries. It just so happened that they caught Liu Guoding and Ran Yizhi, and because they could not stand the torture of the Kuomintang, they said the location of the personnel of the "Zhenjin Bao" and Chen Ran's surname. However, they did not know the specific situation of the "Advance Newspaper", so the clues given were very vague.
Based on the information provided by Liu and Ran, the Kuomintang reactionaries arrested a manager of COFCO named Chen, but after some cross-examination, they learned that they had arrested the wrong person and then resumed the investigation. In the end, they determined where Chen Ran was located, and immediately sent someone to arrest Chen Ran. Chen Ran was waiting for Jiang Yiwei at home at the time, and there was no time to dodge, so he was arrested.
In fact, before being arrested, Chen Ran had already received a letter from Li Weijia, which asked him to quickly transfer. But Chen Ran had never seen Li Weijia's handwriting, and the signature on the letter was also "Peng Yun", which made Chen Ran very entangled, worried that Li Weijia had defected, so he chose to stay still and wait for Jiang Yiwei to return and make plans, but he did not expect that Liu Guoding and Ran Yizhi had already defected.
After Chen Ran was arrested, he endured all kinds of hardships, and Xu Yuanju, who was a reactionary faction in the Kuomintang, first made him a roaring question, wanting Chen Ran to spit out the information he knew out of fear, but Chen Ran only said that he was a staff member of a small newspaper, and also said that the newspaper was a freelance occupation and that the Kuomintang could not control it. Later, he also scolded Xu Yuanju as a rogue and did not deserve to talk to himself at all.
In the afternoon of the same day, a secret agent tortured Chen Ran, but after a set of torture, Chen Ran still refused to say anything. At this time, Xu Yuanju was already unbearable, he was already angry because Chen Ran scolded him as a rogue, and seeing that Chen Ran was slow to say useful information, he went directly into the interrogation room and slapped Chen Ran, but Chen Ran still refused to say anything.
On April 22, 1948, Chen Ran was sent to the Zha di Dong Prison in the Gele Mountain concentration camp. During this period, Xu Yuanju came to interrogate Chen Ran again, and inevitably a series of tortures were served, but Chen Ran still chose to keep the party's secrets and was unwilling to say a word. Later, he was transferred to the White Mansion Prison.
Pictured| White Mansion Prison
After Chen Ran was arrested, his family was in a hurry, but Kuomintang agents were always watching outside their homes. After some thought, the second sister chose to give the spies cigarettes, alcohol or food to paralyze them. Over time, the agent finally relaxed the surveillance of the Chen family. When the second sister saw the situation, she quickly hid a letter in the nanny's vegetable basket and instructed the nanny to send the letter to her husband Leng Shanchang.
After receiving the letter, Leng Shanchang hurried back to Chongqing. After much searching, he finally found a Kuomintang agent. He asked the agent to help him rescue his little brother-in-law, Chen Ran. But this agent has been teasing Leng Shanchang, he just wants to get money from Leng Shanchang, and finally the two of them have a falling apart.
Later, the second sister did not want to sit still, and found the agent again, hoping to help the Chen family, and as a result, the two also collapsed. The news of his younger brother Chen Ran was thus interrupted, and the family never received any more news about him. At this time, Chen Ran, who was imprisoned in the Baigongguan Prison, found that a prison guard named Yang Qindian could be indoctrinated.
Therefore, he often chatted with Yang Qindian, and Yang Qindian's thoughts were slowly indoctrinated in between. Chen Ran and the Communist Party members who were imprisoned in the White Mansion had a better life. In fact, Chen Ran's indoctrination work was so successful that Yang Qindian secretly released 19 Communists on the eve of the liberation of Chongqing, avoiding the end of their murder by Kuomintang agents.
In October 1949, Huang Xiansheng, who was also imprisoned (originally a senior Kuomintang general and later joined the Communist camp), told the revolutionary comrades in the White Mansion about the founding of New China, and said that the national flag was a five-star red flag and that the national anthem was determined as the "March of the Volunteer Army". Hearing this news, the Communist Party members who were imprisoned in the White Mansion Prison were excited.
They ripped off the quilt of the red quilt, and then cut five stars from a yellow dress to make a five-star red flag according to their imagination. Looking at this flag, their hearts raised infinite imagination, will the flag be like this? What is the melody of the national anthem?
Figure | Chen Ran
Chen Ran said to his companions, "I want to write a poem, but I haven't come up with a specific word yet." Anyway, the general meaning is that even if I am gone, China's revolutionary cause will continue. But what Chen Ran didn't expect was that he couldn't finish writing this poem, he couldn't see the appearance of the national flag, and he couldn't hear the melody of the national anthem. Because on the 28th, the Kuomintang killed him fiercely.
After Luo Guangbin and 19 Communist Party members were released by Yang Qindian, several of them worked hard for several years to compile a long novel about what they knew and saw in the Baigongguan Prison, naming it "Red Rock". There is a character in this novel named Cheng Gang (based on Chen Ran), who after being interrogated, created a poem, "My Confession book", which can be regarded as a regret for Chen Ran, who has been sacrificed.
Chen Ran's sacrifice is our loss, he is still very young, he could have had a brilliant future, but he chose to sacrifice for the country for the truth in his heart.
He was a martyr of that period and a hero we should remember!