Jiang Tiemin, formerly known as Jiang Hongru, was born in 1916 in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. In 1937, at the age of 21, he changed his name to "Jiang Tiemin", showing his iron determination to resist the war.
In 1939, Jiang Tiemin joined the Communist Party of China and later served as the secretary of the Party Branch of Jiagongshan. He actively participated in the War of Resistance and arrested the Japanese traitors. In 1942, Jiang Tiemin joined the army when Zhu Lian's troops were stationed in Jiang Wei, and later served as the commander of the third brigade of the Wujin guerrilla detachment. He broke through the enemy and puppet forces in the Fufeng area to build a dam at the river fortress, mobilized the masses, and insisted on transporting military food to support the front line.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Ruling Clique of the Kuomintang acted perversely in an attempt to launch a civil war to eliminate the revolutionary forces and seize the fruits of the victory of the War of Resistance. In view of this, the CPC Central Committee decided to readjust the strategic layout and implement the strategic principle of "developing to the north and defending to the south." In accordance with the central deployment, the main force moved north. Jiang Tiemin stayed in Jiangnan according to the organizational arrangements and engaged in underground work. Later, he was arrested by the Kuomintang and sent to the prison of Yixing and persecuted. After being rescued by the guarantee, Jiang Tiemin continued to persist in propagating the ideas of the Communist Party of China to the workers of kiln factories and the masses in slums in Nanjing, Shanghai and other places.
In May 1949, Jiang Tiemin was appointed as an officer of the Fangqiao Police Station of the Yixing County Public Security Bureau, responsible for maintaining local law and order. On November 12 of the same year, Jiang Tiemin was killed in the fight against bandits in Chu Township, Fangqiao District, Yixing County, at the age of 33. In February 1950, the Southern Jiangsu Administrative Office posthumously recognized Jiang Tiemin as a revolutionary martyr.
When Jiang Tiemin died, his son Jiang Rongfa was only 3 years old. Jiang Rongfa was proud to be born in such a heroic family. Since 1971, Jiang Rongfa has been the secretary of the Branch of Jiang Wei Village in Fangqiao. He always took his father Jiang Tiemin as an example, strictly demanded himself by the standards of a Communist Party member, and was upright, upright, and clean. "Although my father died very early, his spirit affected my life." Jiang Rongfa said.
Author: Guo Kunze