In the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall is a precious elegy flag dedicated to the Shanghai Medical Workers' Union
Mao Liying
The elegance of the flag.
The black elegy reads: Women's liberation is the exchange of women's blood and sweat!
Mao Liying took the bullet, and instead of being afraid, she said decisively: "Continue broadcasting!" ”
A native of Hangzhou, Mao Liying was admitted to Shanghai Customs in March 1931 as an English typist in the secretarial class, and since then she has been picking up some progressive ideas.
After receiving her monthly salary, she would always donate a part of the money to the anti-Japanese volunteers in the northeast.
In September 1936, the branch of Shanghai Customs was secretly established.
Mao Liying's ideological progress has sufficient patriotic enthusiasm, so she joined an anti-Japanese rescue group: the Customs Lewen Society
。 Mao Liying actively responded to the call of the revolution and became an active member of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Movement.
Member of the Customs Lewen Society
She was a customs clerk during the day and a warrior at night. In May 1938, the Shanghai China Professional Women's Club (hereinafter referred to as "Working Women") was established on the second floor of No. 120 Nanjing Road.
It was an organization whose purpose was to mobilize professional women to join the anti-Japanese resistance, and Mao Liying was elected as the president of the club.
Member of the China Professional Women's Club in Shanghai
On June 7, 1939, the "Working Women" used the platform of "Mainland Radio" to hold a pingqu opera singing conference to promote bazaars and solicit bazaars. This move attracted the close attention of the secret service.
So, shortly after the broadcast began, both the "working woman" and the radio station received anonymous letters, in which they threatened to "stop broadcasting immediately, or it would be against you", and that a bullet was attached to the letter.
Mao Liying took the bullet, and did not fear, but said decisively:
"Keep broadcasting!
”
Mao Liying said this to the members
：“
Live for the charity sale, die for the charity sale!
The pingqu conference continued as originally planned. Under her efforts, the radio propaganda for three consecutive days has produced a strong response in all walks of life, launching a large number of charity tickets and collecting a large number of charity products.
However, the agents took tougher measures, and when they saw that the threat did not achieve their goals, they turned to plotting to sabotage the bazaar.
Many units received warnings from secret agents that they did not dare to provide a venue for Mao Liying.
In desperation, Mao Liying finally decided to take the "working women" club on Nanjing Road
The second floor of the company is used as a charity sale venue
。 Mao Liying and her members arranged it through the night, and finally let the bazaar open as scheduled on July 14. This further angered the reactionary authorities, who, while panicking, once again plotted sabotage of bazaars.
On the afternoon of the 15th, the secret service headquarters instructed a number of agents to go to the venue, and they began to make trouble and intimidate those members, and the charity sales were trampled and destroyed.
Mao Liying and the members also retaliated, and also caught the two murderous agents on the spot.
Mao Liying was not afraid of the reactionary authorities at all, she went to the patrol house and exposed the evil deeds of those people, the enemy was faced with ironclad evidence, and finally had to confess that she had been sent by the secret service, so she exposed their true face.
The successful end of the bazaar further deepened the hatred of the reactionary authorities against Mao Liying and the Shanghai China Professional Women's Club, who regarded Mao Liying as a thorn in the flesh and a thorn in the eye.
"The second Fierce Element of Shi Liang", this is a special title given to Mao Liying by the reactionary authorities.
Finally, on December 12, 1939, the Japanese and pseudo-reactionary authorities poisoned Mao Liying.
On this day, after Mao Liying's work on the day,
On her way home, she was shot by agents
，
She was shot three times
。
Mao Liying did not die on the spot, but when she was sent to Renji Hospital for rescue, the reactionary authorities began to put pressure on the hospital all the time, so Renji Hospital did not dare to perform normal surgery and nursing on Mao Liying.
So after Mao Liying underwent surgery, her physical condition deteriorated.
It wasn't until the third day after the operation that Mao Liying felt that she was running out of time at this time, so she gathered her last breath and said to one of the nurses who was nursing her:
"Tell my mother, please don't grieve for me when I die, because I am ready to sacrifice all the time!" I hope that everyone will continue to redouble their efforts! ”
Reactionary authorities put pressure on hospitals
At 2:10 p.m. on December 15, 1939, Mao Liying was finally not treated, and she unfortunately died at the age of 29. And the "mother" she spoke of when she died was actually our Chinese Communist Party...
Mao Liying left her dear family and comrades, and also left the righteous cause she loved and was ready to fight for all her life.
Mao Liying funeral
After the death of Mao Liying, the Shanghai-based organization in order to expose the conspiracy of the reactionary authorities and at the same time arouse people's patriotic enthusiasm.
In the name of Mao Zhai, Mao Liying's funeral notices were published in major newspapers in Shanghai.
On December 17, 1939, the funeral was held at the Wanguo Funeral Home on Jiaozhou Road in Shanghai. People from all walks of life came to the funeral home in an endless stream to pay tribute to her remains and mourn the martyrs, and the mourning inside and outside the auditorium was moving, mourning and mourning.
People are full of sadness and indignation to make a final farewell to Mao Liying, who is lying quietly in the flowers.
This was the largest memorial and public sacrifice ceremony held in Shanghai after Lu Xun's death.
Later, the "Declaration" recorded this: "The sorrow of his emotions is unprecedented since the death of Mr. Lu Xun. ”
After Mao Liying's sacrifice, the patriots were not intimidated by the despicable persecution of the reactionary authorities, and they have been inheriting Mao Liying's legacy: continue to redouble their efforts! More resolutely and without fear of sacrifice, we are fighting unremittingly against all reactionary and criminal forces!
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