Yu Yuan
Yu Yuan, also known as Guangzao, bangqi, a native of Shehong County, Sichuan. The martyrs' families were in a difficult situation, and their ancestors and fathers supported their families by renting other people's land to cultivate. The martyrs were slightly older, and they also helped people to do short-term work and pull fiber to make a living. At the age of twenty-one, he left home to join the army because he had offended the squire. In his more than 20 years of military career, he was brave and good at war, and had to be promoted from a soldier to the deputy division commander of the Sichuan Army and a major general to join the army. In 1926, in the "9.5" massacre in Wanxian County, which shocked China and foreign countries, Yu Yuan led his troops to heroically resist the British army, so he became famous in China as a "patriotic soldier" and "hero of the anti-British resistance", and threatened overseas. After joining the Communist Party of China, Yu Yuan devoted his life to the cause of the party and the liberation of the Chinese nation. In December 1949, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League. In the same month, he died at the Twelve Bridges of Chengdu.
Career of suffering, a tough man
The Qianli Fu River, one of the "Sichuan" in central Shu, flows south through Yangxi Town, which shoots floods in northern Sichuan. Not far from Yangxi Town, there is a Yujiaba. Although the terrain is remote, the soil is fertile and is the main producer of cotton in the county. Yu Yuan was born here.
Yu Yuan's father's name is "Fa Xiang", which means that he hopes to get rid of poverty, long hair and auspicious, and bless his descendants. However, the Yu family not only did not have "Birthplace", but after giving birth to three sons in a row, they were even more embarrassed, almost to the point where no one had a cone, and the family had no overnight food, Yu Faxiang could not withstand the torment of many years, and finally accumulated fatigue and illness, and passed away. At this time, the eldest son, Yu Yuan, was not yet ten years old. In order to make ends meet, he barely attended private school for a few days, and then shared the burden of the family's life with his mother.
As the years passed, he gradually grew into a tall and strong man and went to the river as a porter to pull a boat. Barefoot, he stepped on the rough rocks, lifted his shirt, and waded through the rushing waters. The life of suffering made him feel the unfairness of the world strongly, and it had a profound impact on his heart. His strong physique and experience of going south and north have created his simple and bold and upright personality, and he always sees uneven roads, draws swords to help each other, and fights for the poor.
One day in the spring of 1914, nineteen-year-old Yu Yuan helped people carry urine to the countryside, and when he left the city gate, he accidentally splashed some urine on a gentleman. Yu Yuan hurriedly apologized, who knew that the guy was insulted at first, and then he couldn't help but make a big fist and kick. Yu Yuan tolerated it again and again, but the man still refused to give up. Unable to bear it, Yu Yuan dragged a flat shoulder to fight back. Unexpectedly, this flat burden caused a great disaster, and the man fell to the ground and died a few days later. Lives are at stake! Yu Yuan heard the news, packed up all night, and ran away from home. Hurriedly arriving in neighboring Santai County, he saw that the Sichuan Army troops stationed here were recruiting new soldiers, and without much thought, he resolutely applied for recruitment and began his career as a horseman. He did not expect that he had joined the army in exile, originally to avoid disasters, but he had since decided the fate of his life.
National Humiliation Tigers are fighting
After the Xinhai Revolution. Chinese society has entered an era of intense turmoil. Warlords large and small, with the support and instigation of imperialism, are fighting inextricably, and class and national contradictions are intensifying day by day.
At this time, in order to expand his territory, the Sichuan warlord Yang Sen founded the Luzhou Lecture Hall in Luzhou to cultivate military talents. Yu Yuan was elected to the first phase of the "Lecture Martial Arts Hall". After completing his studies, he was promoted to platoon leader because he was appreciated by Janssen. During this period, Yun Daiying, Tang Jisheng and other revolutionaries, with Luzhou Chuannan Normal School as the center of their activities, propagated the new anti-imperialist and anti-feudal ideas and spread Marxism-Leninism. The revolutionary atmosphere in Luzhou is relatively strong. Yu Yuan was also fascinated by revolutionary ideas.
In 1925, Yu Yuan was appointed as the commander of the Wanxian County Defense and Gendarmerie for his outstanding performance in the "War of Unification" launched by Yang Sen and gaining Yang Sen's trust.
For more than ten years, although Yu Yuan was promoted from an ordinary soldier to a gendarmerie commander, he was not busy making a windfall like an ordinary bureaucratic warlord and living an arrogant and lavish life, but always maintained the essence of integrity, simplicity, and helpfulness.
In May 1926, the Northern Expedition began, and the slogans of "workers, peasants, and soldiers united" and "Down with the great powers and eliminate the warlords" resounded throughout half of China. The surging revolutionary situation has also set off tremendous waves in Yu Yuan's thinking. He began to realize that the hopes of the state and the nation were pinned on the revolutionaries represented by the Communist Party of China. Therefore, he began to actively contact the head of the Kuomintang provincial party department (leftist) in Chongqing, the communists Yang Gegong, Wu Yuzhang and others to find his new journey. ①
In the face of the successive victories in the Northern Expedition and the vigorous development of the workers' and peasants' movement, imperialism began to become more and more uneasy. They colluded with each other to increase their military forces to China, allowing their warships and merchant ships to sail freely in china's rivers, especially in the ports of the Yangtze River, showing off their force, and pursuing their notorious gunboat policy. After Yang Sen returned to Shiwan County, on the Yangtze River under his jurisdiction, there were many incidents of British steamships crashing and sinking or overturning civil aviation and drowning the people. The officers and men of the Yang Department and the boat people have long complained about this. Although Janssen verbally said that it was "a great shame and a great humiliation", he was still afraid of the British Emperor's gunboat policy and did not dare to take any practical action. On August 29, 1926, the British Swire Company's "Wanyuan" steamship sailed from Yichang, and when passing through Yunyang, it deliberately increased its horsepower and overturned three small wooden boats, and more than 50 officers and men of the gendarmerie under Yu Yuan's jurisdiction on board immediately drowned forty-six people; the military salary of 85,000 yuan and the guns and ammunition they carried all sank into the river. When the news came, the officers and men of Yang Sen's department were indignant, and Yu Yuan was even more indignant and unbearable, and immediately asked Yang Sen to severely punish Yinglun for causing the incident. After the Accident of the Yinglun "Wanyuan", it did not dare to anchor in Wanxian and drove away. At that time, comrades Zhu De and Chen Yi were coming to Wanxian to do the work of winning over Yang Sen in accordance with the instructions of the party Central Committee, and they immediately suggested that the Swire company "Wanxian" and "Wantong" moored at the Wanxian wharf be detained in two rounds, and at the same time, the British consulate in Chongqing was urgently called to protest.
That night, Zhu De, Chen Yi and others consulted on the development of the incident. They believe that we should seize this incident, carry out anti-imperialist and patriotic education, create a momentum, and set off an anti-imperialist political movement like the "May 30th" to urge the military to follow the masses. Therefore, they mobilized all walks of life in Wanxian County to hold an anti-imperialist mass meeting. All walks of life in Wanxian County, including many officers and men of Yang Sen's department, were suddenly enthusiastic about opposing imperialism.
The imperialists have never taken Chinese seriously, and it is unheard of for the Chinese army to dare to detain their ships! On September 1 and 3, Janssen received successive reports from downstream garrisons that the British Navy was preparing to send troops to Wanxian to seize the seized ships. At the same time, the British warship "Kokotev", which had docked on the wanxian river in advance, was also eager to move. Yu Yuan sent additional guards on the two rounds of "Wantian" and "Wantong". There was a tense atmosphere in Wanxian County, and everyone knew in their hearts that the situation had developed to the point where force was indispensable.
As a soldier, meeting the enemy's blade on the battlefield and having a good fight is something That Yu Yuan has been looking forward to for a long time. The hatred of imperialism that had long been entangled in his chest burned like fire. But did Janssen have the determination to fight? At this grim moment, Yu Yuan couldn't help but feel a deep sense of responsibility on his shoulders. Unconsciously, he came to Chen Yi's residence. Although he had not known Zhu De and Chen Yi for a long time, he felt that these two Communists were far-sighted and strategic. Especially in the rapidly changing state of affairs in the past few days, their calm and measured spirit of working day and night and tirelessly made Yu Yuan have a heartfelt sense of trust in them. Chen Yi told Yu Yuan about Zhu De's conversation with Yang Sen and Yang Sen's attitude in the past few days. Subsequently, Chen Yi accompanied Yu Yuan out of the apartment. Seeing the mood of the people of the whole city to hate each other, Yu Yuan's heart gradually became solid. Chen Yi encouraged him: "Commander Yu is the first to bear the brunt of it, and if a fight starts, we are eager to resolutely fight this battle." ”
Wanxian "Ninth Five-Year Plan Incident" Yinglun tragically killed compatriots snow shame assembly
On the afternoon of September 5, British captain Darley led the merchant ship "Jiahe," which had been converted into a warship, into the Wanxian River, formed a horn with the "Koktev" and the "Wei Police," which had just arrived from Chongqing, and headed straight for the two British ships that had been detained. When Darley led dozens of sailors to the "Wantong" ship, the Chinese soldiers on board were immediately distributed on deck and armed with guns. Darley waved his cane on his toes and commanded the British to drive the Chinese soldiers off the ship. Yu Yuan coldly looked at the invincible Darley, calmly coped, and ordered the two ships to guard the troops and stick to their posts. Darley saw that the Chinese soldiers did not budge, and brazenly ordered shooting, wounding two people on the spot. Yu Yuan, seeing this, was furious and yelled, "Fight! "The Chinese soldiers responded to the call to return fire, and immediately, the sound of gunfire was loud, the sound of killing was tremendous, and a short battle began." The two armies are fighting each other, and the brave one wins. Yu Yuan took off his shirt, picked up a large knife, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the time has come to win glory for the country!" We have been angry and sacrificed for our compatriots, and we have avenged our compatriots. Call me!"
During the melee, Darley was shot in the chest and stabbed in the head, lying in a pool of blood. The foreign soldiers, who had always been arrogant, could not resist, and they were defeated one after another, taking the road and fleeing, and many people were squeezed into the rolling river. The attempt of the invading army to seize the ship by force failed, and the three British ships hurriedly turned the bow of the ship and sailed toward Jiangxin, angrily firing artillery bombardment at the city of Wanxian.
Yu Yuan saw that the British artillery was raging, countless houses on both sides of the strait were shot, collapsed, caught fire, and were so anxious that they immediately ordered the formation of a death squad, divided into wooden boats, and forced the British ships from upstream to strike at the nearest one. The British did not expect the Chinese army to have such a hand, and by the time they found out, the wooden ship was close to the hull. The daredevils threw grenades at the ship, firing long and short guns in unison, making the British soldiers cry wolf and howl, screaming bitterly. During the battle, unfortunately Yu Yuan was wounded in the head and bleeding profusely, and a soldier exclaimed, "You are injured!" Hurriedly stepped forward to help him. Yu Yuan roared, "What is an injury, don't give me a quick fight!" The commander fought with his wounds, and suddenly the morale of the army was greatly shaken, and the sound of shouting and rushing to kill shook the heavens. Suddenly, a British ship was hit and caught fire, and smoke filled the river in a flash. The British ships did not dare to fight, and with a cry of mourning, they fled downstream, together with the other two British ships.
In this fierce battle that lasted three hours, Yu Yuan and the soldiers led by him, defying violence, put up heroic resistance, killing and injuring dozens of British officers and men, so that the British army's plan to seize the ship by force was never realized, which greatly increased the morale of the Chinese military and people and greatly destroyed the prestige of imperialism. As the news spread, some newspapers called Yu Yuan "the first patriotic hero of Chinese soldiers to go to war with foreign countries since the Republic of China."
The British ship "Koktev" defeated by Yu Yuan's troops in the "Ninth Five-Year Incident" in Wanxian County
At this time, the Northern Expeditionary Army even had three towns in Wuhan, and the revolutionary situation in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River developed rapidly. Under the impetus of Zhu De and others, Yang Sen finally changed his name and his subordinate department was reorganized into the Twentieth Army of the National Revolutionary Army. In October of the same year, Zhu De, as a party representative of the 20th Army, led a group of political workers from Wuhan to return to Wanxian County. Soon, the Military and Political School of the Twentieth Army was opened in Dujia Garden, Wanxian County, to train the current officers of the army and recruit progressive young people to cultivate revolutionary forces. Yu Yuan was enrolled in the rank of commander of the gendarmerie of the colonel. In this way, he not only had the opportunity to receive a more systematic education in revolutionary thought, but also had more opportunities to come into direct contact with Zhu De and others. From then on, this patriotic hero, who was born as a porter and a coolie, began to understand many revolutionary principles. The questions that have been pondering for years and not being answered have been clearly thought out. Thus his thinking entered a new realm; he sincerely felt that he had found a real future; and he finally made the most important choice of his life: with great enthusiasm, he demanded to Comrade Zhu De to join the Communist Party of China. Soon, his wish came true. ③
Considering that Yu Yuan already had a certain prestige in the Sichuan army, the party decided that he would remain in the army to make it work better.
After the April 12 coup d'état in 1927, Yang Sen followed Chiang Kai-shek to attack Edong and cooperate with Xia Douyin's forces in attacking Wuhan. Yu Yuan deeply resented Yang Sen's betrayal and expressed strong dissatisfaction in his remarks. Janssen felt that he was a potential danger to himself, so he relieved him of his post and secretly ordered him to be investigated. Ziyuan was forced to leave Wanxian County, made short stops in Chengdu and Nanchong, and was introduced by Mr. Zhang Lan to "defect" to another warlord in Sichuan, Liu Xiang. Liu Xiangsu heard that Yu Yuanxiao was brave and good at war, and gladly appointed him as the brigade commander of the sixth brigade of the second division of the Twenty-first Army. In 2006, he was transferred to the army as a major general in the army.
Death in danger is unbearably loyal
At the end of August 1930, the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to instigate the uprising of the First Division of Liu Wenhui's 24th Army stationed in Jiangjin, appointing Xiang Ding (Su Younong) as the former secretary of the uprising committee and Yu Yuan as the commander-in-chief. On August 28, Luo Shiwen, director of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, conveyed the instructions and appointments of the Provincial Party Committee to Yu Yuan and others. Yu Yuan knew that Liu Wenhui had always been well guarded, and he was unfamiliar with people, and it was very difficult to direct this uprising, but as a party member, of course, he must implement the decisions already made by the organization, and on the same day, he set off for Jiangjin, and after consulting with Xiang Ding, Li Jiajun, and other comrades, he carefully inspected the terrain of Jiangjin.
Unexpectedly, the news of the uprising leaked. Liu Wenhui has received a secret report and has taken contingency measures. Faced with this change, Yu Yuan immediately suggested to the former committee not to launch an uprising for the time being. He believes that a forced uprising is unlikely to succeed; if it fails, it will inevitably cause great losses to the strength of our Party within the First Division. However, the front committee did not accept his proposal and replaced Li Jiajun with the commander-in-chief, and the uprising was held ahead of September 3. In just a few hours, the uprising failed, Li Jiajun and more than 200 other people were arrested, and more than 30 comrades were brutally killed. Xiang Ding, Yu Yuan and others were forced to sneak to Chongqing in disguise.
This failure made Yu Yuan feel very sad and depressed. He did not know that this was a mistake caused by the dominance of "Left" adventurism in the Party. Subsequently, the provincial party committee instructed Yu Yuan to return to Liu Xiang's troops.
In 1932, Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui competed for dominance in Sichuan. Liu Xiang adopted Yu Yuan's operational plan of "making a breakthrough through the central region and encircling the two wings" and sent Yu Yuan to take on the main offensive task of the central breakthrough and won the war. To this end, Yu Yuan further gained Liu Xiang's trust and was appointed as the chief of the sichuan provincial police.
In the bloody storm of the rampant reactionary forces, Yu Yuanqiang endured the grief and hatred in his heart, took advantage of his position as police chief, and bravely and tactfully undertook the heavy task of covering up the revolutionary forces. When he learned that some comrades had been arrested and imprisoned, he always tried every means to rescue them and pass on news to these comrades, sending money and gifts. He even found an opportunity to install many Communists and progressives in his police station. He managed to get Liu Xiang's consent to open the "Sichuan Provincial Police Officers' Coaching Center" and took the opportunity to recruit some party members and progressive masses. In this way, during the period when the Party organization in Sichuan was seriously damaged, Yu Yuan was able to preserve a part of the party's strength in a valuable way. In addition, he also sponsored Communist Party member Du Qisheng and others to establish newspapers that propagated the anti-Japanese struggle to save the country. These activities of his finally attracted the attention of the reactionaries, and some of his colleagues reported to Liu Xiang that Yu Yuan was a Communist, that he had mastered people and guns, and that he wanted to cooperate with the Sichuan-Shaanxi Red Army in Chengdu to carry out an uprising. In January 1935, Liu Xiang, a scheming man, ordered That Yuyuan be transferred out of Chengdu and replaced by the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 20th Army and sent to the front line of the war against the Red Army.
The body of Cao Xinhan two let the Red Army
In early May 1935, the main force of the Ninth Army and the Thirty-Strong Army of the Red Fourth Front, Lianke Town, passed through Beichuan and An County, and advanced into Song, Li and Mao. At this time, Yu Yuanbu was ordered to defend the Tumen Pass between Beichuan and Mao County. Tumen is only a few tens of miles away from Mao County, and the mountain is steep, which is the throat of the Xitong Maowen area. On May 12, the 6th Regiment of Yuyuanbu engaged the Red Army at Yudongkou, and the two sides engaged in a fierce battle. Seeing that the Red Army was blocked, Yu Yuan was very anxious in his heart. After thinking about it, he finally came up with an idea, using the urgency of the two wings as an excuse, and ordered the Sixth Regiment to quickly retreat. The Red Army was able to break through the Tumen defense line and occupy Mao County on May 15. On June 14, the Red Fourth Front met the Red Front in victory at the town of Maogong Dawei.
In October, Zhang Guotao insisted on his plot to split the party and the Red Army, refused to go north, and forcibly led the Red Army on the left road south to the Area of Chuankangbian, launching the "Tian, Lu, Ming, Ya, Qiong, and Da" campaigns. Zhu De, who was accompanying the army to the south, learned that there were Yu Yuan's troops in the Sichuan army defending jinxing and Lushan, so he decided that some of the troops would pass through Yuyuan's defensive area to reduce losses.
Late one night, a man came to Yu Yuanbu and said that he had an important matter to see the brigade commander, and Yu Yuan was busy inviting him into the inner room. The person who came was Comrade Zhu De's messenger. In a secret letter, Zhu De instructed Yu Yuan to try to get the Red Army through his defensive zone, and hoped that he would continue to work in the Sichuan Army in the future. (5) Yu Yuan read the secret letter and immediately arranged a way concession plan with the people who came. In the early morning of the next day, Yu Yuan pretended to have intelligence that the Red Army was going to attack a town at night, so that the troops who had opened the middle of the defensive position immediately pulled out and went to meet the attack. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Red Army successfully rushed out of the opening.
In just a few short months, Yu Yuan, who was able to fight a good battle, made one mistake after another, which could not but arouse the blame and suspicion of some people. Although Liu Xiang also felt strange, at this time, because the Central Army took advantage of the opportunity to pursue and suppress the Red Army, it was very worried about occupying the magpie's nest; moreover, there were still many generals in the Sichuan Army who avoided confrontation with the Red Army in order to preserve their strength. Therefore, Liu Xiang only ordered Yu Yuan to be removed from his position as brigade commander, gave him the title of major general without real power, and in early 1936, he sent Yu Yuan to Japan to investigate the military.
Before leaving for The day, Yu Yuan met Lu Xun in Shanghai. After arriving in Tokyo, he had many contacts with Guo Moruo and others, and through Guo Moruo's arrangement, he gave a speech to Chinese students. o After the Xi'an Incident, the domestic situation underwent great changes, the contradiction between Liu Xiang and the central forces in Nanjing became increasingly acute, and instead gradually accepted the proposition of our party's anti-Japanese national united front, and the anti-Japanese salvation movement in Sichuan was further vigorously launched. Under these circumstances, Yu Yuan immediately left Japan and returned to Chengdu to engage in anti-Japanese rescue activities together with Che Yaoxian, Ganshuren, Hu Zhijun and others. At No. 39, Guangguan Street, Huguangguan Street, in his residence, Tongganshuren, Xu Qingjian and others founded the semi-monthly magazine Liwen. This publication clearly advocated the cessation of the civil war and the unanimous resistance to Japan, which had a greater influence on society. After its issuance to the seventh issue, it was ordered to be seized by the local authorities of the Kuomintang.
The war will be disarmed and will not forget the worries of the country
After the "July 7" incident, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated again. In September 1937, under the impetus of all sides, Liu Xiang was appointed commander of the Seventh Theater of Operations and commanded the Sichuan army to go out of Sichuan to resist Japan. At this time, Yu Yuan was recalled to the army, and Liu Xiang was appointed as the deputy commander of the New Sixteenth Division of the 30th Group Army of the Seventh Theater and the guerrilla commander of the 7th Theater, and went to the front line in northern Gan. After Liu Xiang fell ill and died in Wuhan, Chiang Kai-shek took the opportunity to expand his power in the Sichuan army. In September 1938, Yu Yuan, because of disagreements with his immediate superior, Wang Lingji, commander-in-chief of the 30th Group Army who followed Chiang Kai-shek very closely, angrily abandoned his post and returned to Sichuan, choosing to live in the countryside of Beiguo, Chengdu, for a short rest.
In 1941, after the "Anhui Southern Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries, the Kuomintang set off an even larger anti-communist upsurge. In accordance with the instructions of the CPC Central Committee and under the leadership of the Southern Bureau of the CPC Central Committee headed by Zhou Enlai, the Party has carried out a great deal of united front work and launched a patriotic democratic movement against the democratic parties in Sichuan, cultural, educational, religious, ethnic, industrial and commercial circles, and local powerful factions.
Yu Yuan took advantage of his influential social status and prestige to actively participate in the united front work against the upper echelons. In 1942, through Zhang Lan's introduction, he joined the Democratic Political League and made outstanding contributions to the development and expansion of democratic and progressive forces in a complex struggle environment. In 1944, the Democratic Political League was reorganized into the China Democratic League (hereinafter referred to as the "Democratic League"), and Yu Yuan was elected as the chairman of the Chengdu North Branch of the Sichuan Branch of the "Democratic League". Later, he was elected as an executive member of the Sichuan branch of the "Democratic League". He did not seek peace, did not forget the worries of the country, ran in many ways, and became a well-known patriotic democracy fighter in Sichuan.
Strive to Relieve the People's Siege and advance in understanding the difficulties
Although Yu Yuanguan to Major General Of the Sichuan Army was "idle" at home, he was well fed and clothed, which impressed the world. But he never forgot his cold and bitter background, always cared for the people, and was very concerned about and sympathetic to the sufferings of the general working masses. When the poor people in the neighborhood have difficulties, or even the poor people who pass by, he must try to solve their problems for them, and he will not hesitate to do his best to help them, and the people in the vicinity cannot but praise the teacher as a good person who is a good person who is kind and charitable.
In 1941, Yu Yuan raised funds to create a "Jizhong Reclamation Society", recruiting some people living in poverty to pioneer and reclaim the land in remote mountainous areas and start an industry. The cost of housing, rations, utensils and agricultural tools in the reclamation farms shall be advanced by the reclamation society and shall be paid back after three years. For the landless peasants, they can not only escape the oppression and exploitation of the government and gentry, but also get the basic living guarantee, so many people are required to participate in the reclamation society. Yu Yuan worked tirelessly and personally went to the resettlement.
In 1943, Yu Yuan returned to his hometown and his relatives, and in order to improve the backward traffic situation in his hometown and facilitate the masses, he raised funds with the villagers and planned to build a rural road. He was elected as the chairman of the road construction project, personally surveyed the roadbed, and attracted investment contracts. This road is the first highway in Shehong County, and its construction has played an excellent role in the development of the hometown.
One year, there was a grain shortage in northern Sichuan, and the broad masses of peasants were living in hardship. Entrusted by Zhang Lan, Yu Yuan, in the name of the "Northern Sichuan Travel Rong Hometown Association", asked for the people's lives and called on the authorities to reduce taxes and implement relief.
Yu Yuan himself is at ease with the encounter in life, and always maintains the true color of frugality. He often admonished the little girl to care about the lives of the working masses. He once said to his daughter: "The youth of this era should participate in more social activities." The rise and fall of the world, Piff has the responsibility, our prosperity in China depends on you!"
In the spring of 1947, at a time when the green and yellow were not picking up, officials and merchants hoarded their homes and created a rice shortage, which aroused the riots of the citizens and the trend of grabbing rice. Yu Yuan stepped forward and shouted loudly, lamenting the people's grievances, thus attracting the attention of the Kuomintang secret service organs. They fabricated words and falsely reported that "the tide of rice grabbing is instigated by Yu Yuan," and even released rumors to investigate and punish Yu Yuan. Someone advised Yu Yuan to take shelter from the limelight for the time being, and he did not mind saying: "Grain is grown by the common people, and they take it away to hoard and make money, and watch the people starve." Ordinary people cannot stand and starve to death; it is reasonable that they cannot buy rice and are forced to grab it out of desperation. What can they do with me? I'm afraid of what they do!"
He not only cared about the well-being of the masses, but also actively participated in democratic and patriotic activities. In June 1946, in order to suppress the people's anti-civil war and anti-dictatorship democracy movement, the Kuomintang reactionaries assassinated Li Gongpu and Wen Yiduo, members of the Central Committee of the Democratic League, in Kunming. After the incident, the whole country was indignant. Yu Yuan and Zhang Lan, Yang Bokai, Li Yangfu and others? Breaking through the layers of obstruction of the Kuomintang reactionary authorities, many parties rushed to contact each other, and held a memorial meeting for Li and Wen at the Rongguang Cinema in Chengdu on August 18. When Mr. Zhang Lan walked out of the venue, the Kuomintang agent who was mixed up in the crowd suddenly burst out, created chaos, and threw a red ink bottle at Mr. Zhang Lan. Yu Yuan, Yang Bokai shouted angrily at the secret agents, while standing up to protect Mr. Zhang Lan. Afterwards, through the circles of public opinion, they violently attacked the shameless acts of the Kuomintang authorities.
Hengge Tiger Cave calmly crushed
With the defeat and retreat of the front-line battlefield, the Kuomintang reactionaries increasingly brutally suppressed the progressive forces and the masses of the people in the Kuomintang areas. Late at night on June 1, 1947, the local Kuomintang authorities began to arrest revolutionaries in Chengdu, Chongqing, and other cities on the basis of the "blacklist" provided in advance by the secret service.
It was night, Yu Yuan had just fallen asleep, when he overheard someone knocking on the door outside the house and shouting, "Please go to the township office and discuss important matters." Yu Yuan knew something was different, but still calmly asked his family to open the door. Suddenly, a group of armed and ammunitioned military and police agents swarmed in and surrounded Yu Yuan. The guy who led the team, seeing Yu Yuan's awe-inspiring look, was too frightened to face it squarely, so he had to say in a huff, "Commander Yan of the Security Department has something to ask the division commander to talk about." Yu Yuan made the worst preparations, let the family pack up a few pieces of carry-on clothes, walked with their heads held high, and walked out of the house.
After Yu Yuan was captured by the enemy, although he was rescued by his family in many ways, it was still to no avail, and he was sent to the detention center of the provincial special committee with a relaxed look on his military rank of major general counselor of the Kuomintang Chuan Kangsui Bureau. The Kuomintang agents wanted to get the secrets of the Communist Party and the NLD from Yu Yuan's mouth and arranged for his interrogation. When the military judge asked him why he opposed the Kuomintang, he raised his head and said loudly: "My view of the situation in China is somewhat different from that of Chiang Kai-shek; there is nothing wrong with the Communist Party and the NLD." Then, he recounted the various evils of Chiang Kai-shek's civil war and the calamity of the country and the people. The military judge asked him what kind of organization he had participated in, and he said: "We don't have any organization, as long as we are like-minded, we are friends; there are many friends!" When the enemy saw that he could not ask a mingtang, he became angry and roared, "We are interrogating you, and you are not allowed to talk nonsense here!" Yu Yuan also did not budge, grabbed the tea bowl on the table, threw it at the guy's head, and scolded: "What qualifications do you have to interrogate me?" In the face of this tough guy who had long been well-known in Sichuan's military circles, the military judges felt very embarrassed and confused, and the interrogation ended hastily. The news that Yu Yuan rushed into the public court and threatened the judge of the army soon spread among the victims of the whole prison, and everyone was greatly encouraged.
When the enemy saw that he was not good, he also brought Yu Yuan's compatriots, and the director of the Xikang Provincial Adjustment Office went to prison to persuade him, using his release as bait in an attempt to make Yu Yuan change his mind and betray the revolution. Yu Yuan listened quietly to the man for half a day, then got up and paced around the room, firmly saying: "Now the situation in China, maybe you understand better than me, I don't see any need to discuss it anymore." ”
In November 1949, the People's Liberation Army advanced into the southwest, and the liberation of Chengdu was just around the corner. When the news of the victory reached prison, Yu Yuan and his friends encouraged each other with joy and envisioned the future. Yang Bokai, Yu Yuan, and Wang Ganqing, who were called the "Three Elders" in prison, won the trust and love of their friends with their rich revolutionary experience and mighty and indomitable spirit of struggle. Yu Yuan usually paid great attention to exercising, and at this time, he asked the young comrades to exercise with him, preparing to work well for the new China.
Also in the summer of that year, Yu Yuan's daughter was allowed to visit the prison. She came to the detention center with the clothes prepared by her mother, and when she saw her father, who had been separated for two years, she couldn't help but burst into tears. Yu Yuan smiled and comforted his daughter and said, "Don't cry, learn to be strong." Tell your mother, don't worry about me. In my life, I have experienced everything, and I have never been afraid of heaven and earth; you and your brother must study well and have confidence in life. Looking at his daughter's painful face, Yu Yuan couldn't help but feel uneasy; he once again said to his daughter: "Everything will be fine, and the future will be better than now." You and your brother must study well, it will be useful in the future. ”
Yu Yuan may have had a premonition that this was the last time he would meet his loved ones.
The party organization and Yu Yuan's relatives and friends did everything he could to rescue him. With the cooperation of comrades in prison and Yu Yuan himself, he also rescued some comrades as much as possible. But a heart-wrenching holocaust plot is already being planned. According to the secret orders of the highest Kuomintang authorities, all detained revolutionaries in the three southwestern provinces must be executed before fleeing the mainland. Mao Renfeng, director of the Secrecy Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense, and Xu Yuanju, director of the Second Division of the Southwest Governor's Office, ordered the mass slaughter of Communists and revolutionaries detained in the Chongqing Sino-US Cooperation Institute on November 27, and then sneaked to Chengdu, and on December 7 personally issued an order to "shoot all political prisoners in prison" in Chengdu.
Twenty days later, Chengdu was liberated.