Sweep and read the history of the Party together
On March 31, 1927, the Chongqing Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China held a citywide mass meeting at Dagunba to denounce the atrocities of British and American imperialism in shelling Nanjing, and to carry out anti-imperialist and anti-feudal propaganda and education. After the meeting began, the reactionary military and police immediately opened fire on the masses attending the meeting, killing and injuring more than a thousand people on the spot, resulting in the "Three-Three-One" massacre in Chongqing.
When we came to the former residence of Yang Mingong in Shuangjiang Town, Peng Yue, the explainer of the management office, told us the story of blood and fire that happened in those years...
In the early morning of April 1, 1927, in order to deal with the aftermath, Yang Mingong resolutely returned to the city from Jiangbei to contact comrades and arrange work regardless of personal safety. That night, the head of the party group was convened to hold a secret meeting, and he decided to go to Wuhan to ask for instructions and reports, and the others did a good job in the aftermath. At this time, the reactionaries were still practicing white terror. The family members advised Yang Mingong to take a temporary retreat. But he said to his relatives in a deep tone: "Although the enemy is very cruel, how can I take care of my personal safety?" After saying this, Yang Mingong seized the time to devote himself to his work...
On April 2, Yang Mingong, Huang Muyan, and sixth sister Yang Yijun took the "Peace" ship to Wuhan, found plainclothes stalking, and then quit the ship to return home.
He went to Wuhan to ask the central authorities for instructions, and on the evening of April 3, he disguised himself as his lover Zhao Zongkai and another Communist Party member on the "Yadong" steamship.
Mountain city, scattered with night lights, weak blinking yellow eyes. At night, as silent as death, only the Yangtze River and jialing river billowing in front of the heavenly gate roared, as if shouting and roaring angrily at the executioner. Yang Mingong reclined in the bottom cabin of the "Yadong" steamship, thinking back to the struggle between blood and fire these days. Faced with the heavy trust of the organization and the mission of the people, he needed to venture to Wuhan to report to the Party Central Committee and ask for countermeasures. Yesterday's exodus did not succeed, today, even if nine deaths in a lifetime, we still have to break out...
Peng Yue pointed to an old yellowed photo and continued: Zhao Zongkai moved the slipped coat for him, interrupting his thoughts: "I thought you were asleep?" Just rest for a while, these days can put you..." Yang Mingong hurriedly stopped his wife's words, looked up and looked around for a moment, before whispering, "How can I sleep?" Just wait until the boat is opened. ”
"Whew!" A whistle opened the night, and with the chaotic footsteps of getting on and off the ship, the "Yadong" finally lifted anchor and slowly sailed to the heart of the river.
"Boom! Boom! A row of crisp gunshots sounded, followed by the roar of the motor that "burst out of nowhere..." I saw a speedboat followed by a dozen small wooden boats, and arrows were coming towards the "Yadong" steamship, and several military police officers stood on the bow of the ship and shouted: "Stop the ship!" Stop the boat! Otherwise Lao Tzu will shoot! "On April 4, just after dawn, the boat had just reached the center of the river, and it stopped, and a speedboat and a dozen small boats immediately surrounded the ship, and plainclothes agents jumped on the ship. At this critical juncture, Yang Mingong was not afraid of danger, and with a relaxed look, he immediately tore up the list of organizations hidden around him, which he and Zhao Zongkai and another party member comrade swallowed separately. Seven or eight heavily armed enemies rushed into the cabin, and they looked viciously at each passenger. A man who looked like an officer walked up to Yang Mingong, pulled off Yang Mingong's mask and sunglasses, stared at Yang Mingong's deep eye sockets and slightly concave upper lip, and let out a sly laugh: "Hmm, isn't this Mr. Yang?" ”
Yang Mingong's face did not change color, and he stood up: "It's my Yang Mingong, what do you want?" ”
"Nothing, nothing! We just want to persuade you not to do your Communist Party again, and to follow us to have a life. Upon hearing this, Yang Mingong felt a great insult and replied indignantly: "What are you reactionary warlords, they are all a gang of vicious bandits, shameless traitors, and only by following you to do evil will you have no life!" "Well, Mr. Yang, whoever has a life and no life I don't have time to argue with you." Come on! Take me away! "The enemy took Yang Mingong and them to the speedboat. By this time it was already dawn and the crowd was overwhelmed. Seeing this opportunity, Yang Min simply stopped publicizing it to the masses; he righteously exposed to the masses around him the crimes of imperialism and reactionaries in the Nanjing Incident and the "Tri-31" massacre, and shouted loudly: "Everyone unite and overthrow the great powers!" Oppose Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship! Hit the warlords! At this time, the small speedboat actually became a forum for Yang Mingong to expose the enemy and publicize the revolution.
The crowd gathered more and more, and the enemy was terrified, and finally he was frightened and fired at the air to drive away the crowd and forcibly escort Yang Mingong and his wife. When the agent wanted to arrest Zhao Zongkai and his comrades, Yang Mingong pretended not to know the comrade, and he deliberately asked: "I am a communist, I want to be arrested by them, why is your husband also arrested?" The agents thought the comrade was not a communist and immediately let him go.
Duke Yang Ming and his wife Zhao Zongkai went to the disaster in awe. When the agent forcibly separated Yang Mingong and Zhao Zongkai, Yang Mingong calmly said to his wife, "Zong Kai! Don't be afraid, don't be sad, and tell your comrades that I will fight to the end. When the children are older, if you want them to avenge me, you have to raise them well. Then he added: "The enemy is about to have no place to stand, and the cause of communism will certainly be victorious in all of China!" ”
Walking along, Peng Yue stopped and told the story behind her with heart and affection... After being arrested, in the face of the enemy's torture and inducement, Yang Ming's righteousness was awe-inspiring, and he regarded death as a homecoming. He was held in Lan Wenbin's prison and tortured. The reactionaries used all kinds of coercion and inducement to the extreme, but they could not shake Yang Mingong's firm revolutionary stand in the slightest. During interrogation, the enemy slammed Yang Mingong's legs with a random stick and forced him to kneel, and Yang Mingong would rather die than bend his knees. Agents sent by Chiang Kai-shek asked him, "Aren't you afraid of death?" Yang Mingong said angrily, "Only you are afraid of death." You are bound to die without a place to die. You can only cut off my head, but you must not shake my faith in the slightest. My head is broken, and my ambition is invincible! The enemy had no choice but to succeed in all his intrigues and tricks, so on the night of April 6, he took Yang Mingong to a mountain rock in Fotuguan and secretly killed him. Along the way, Yang Mingong denounced the warlords, shouting: "Down with imperialism!" "Down with the warlords!" "Long live the Chinese Communist Party!" The fierce executioner brutally cut off his tongue. Without his tongue, Yang Mingong used his eyes to rage, and the executioner exterminated his humanity and stripped his eyes. Without his eyes, Yang Mingong pointed at the enemy with his finger and cursed angrily, and the executioner brutally chopped off his hands... In the end, three shots were fired at him in a row, and Yang Mingong was heroically sacrificed!
Later, after many searches by comrades and family members in the party and with the help of civilian boat workers, his body was finally found in the wheat soil under the cliff of Fotuguan. Together with comrades in the party, the family transported Yang Mingong's body to the Xiangguo Temple in Jiangbei Province, bathed and buried the remains of the martyrs with sorrow and indignation, and asked someone to take two photos to preserve them.
Speaking of this, Peng Yue's eyes were moist, and Yang Min used the youthful enthusiasm of only 29 years old to practice his Zhengzheng oath of "life is like horseshoe iron, grinding out Fang Xiu"!
Standing is a majestic mountain, falling is a monument. The martyrs have passed away, but the loyal souls will live on forever. The revolutionary spirit and lofty righteousness of martyr Yang Mingong, who believes firmly and is not afraid of sacrifice, will always inspire us to forge ahead and strive to write a new chapter of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "The dedication spirit of 'who has not died since ancient times, keeping Dan's heart to take care of Khan Qing' and 'bowing down to exhaustion, after death' embodies the excellent traditional culture and national spirit of the Chinese nation, and we must inherit and carry forward it well." Today, when we study the martyr Yang Mingong, we must learn from his unswerving dedication to the cause of the party and the people, sacrificing his life for righteousness, adhering to his original mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, and striving to write a magnificent chapter in the new era.