Chen Ran

Chen Ran

Chen Ran (November 1923 October 28, 1949), formerly known as Chen Chongde, was born in Xianghe County, Hebei Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1939. He once served as the Secretary of the special branch of advance newspaper sponsored by Chongqing underground party, and was responsible for the secret printing of advance newspaper. On October 28, 1949, he died in Chongqing Daping execution ground. He was only 26 years old.

Chen Ran is the archetype of Chenggang in red rock.

Early experience

Chen Ran was born in Xianghe County, Hebei Province in November 1923, and moved to Beijing with his family the next year. Later, because of his father's job transfer and moved to Shanghai, Wuhu and other places.

After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he went into exile with his family to Yichang, Hubei and other places. In the summer of 1938, 15-year-old Chen Ran joined the Anti Japanese national salvation movement in Western Hubei and joined the "Anti Japanese War Troupe" led by the Communist Party of China. In March 1939, he was introduced by Cheng Jihua to join the Communist Party of China. In July of the same year, he went to the Shayang front with several comrades of Anti Japanese War troupes to rescue the children in need.

In 1940, Chen Ran was approved by the organization to go to Yan'an, the holy land of revolution. However, due to the chaos of the war situation and the fact that he was infected with malaria, he was unable to do so. A few months later, he traveled to Chongqing to join his family.

Go to Chongqing

In 1942, due to Xiang Changzhong's defection from the same party group as Chen Ran in Yichang Anti Japanese War troupe, the organization decided that Chen Ran would leave Chongqing and go to other places immediately, and temporarily cut off contact with the organization. Later, the organization would take the initiative to send someone to look for him. Chen Ran fled to Jiangjin for refuge. During his stay in Jiangjin, he suffered from severe dysentery, poverty and disease, and returned to his home in Chongqing in the autumn of 1942. After recuperation, Chen Ran's body gradually recovered, but also lost the organizational relationship.

In October 1945, Chen Ran came to COFCO as an administrator of a repair and processing plant in yemaoxi on the South Bank of Chongqing. Chen Ran, who lost contact with the party, was not depressed and was still actively engaged in revolutionary work such as uniting the masses and educating the masses. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, in order to expose the conspiracy of the Kuomintang Chiang Kai Shek clique to fake peace talks and real civil war, Chen Ran actively participated in various rallies, called for peace and democracy, and opposed autocratic civil war. On October 10, 1945, according to the "double ten agreement" reached by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Kuomintang reactionaries were forced to hold a Political Consultative Conference in January 1946. During the meeting, some CPPCC representatives held meetings in Cangbai Hall of Chongqing many times to inform all circles of the progress of the meeting. Every time Chen Ran came to the meeting actively to understand the current situation. In order to sabotage the CPPCC meeting, the Kuomintang reactionaries sent a large number of secret agents to make trouble. One day, an extremely vicious KMT spy rushed into Cangbai hall and beat the CPPCC representatives and the people present. Chen Ran rose up to resist and was seriously injured. Later, he was sent to the hospital for treatment and survived.

After the outbreak of civil war, the Chongqing Office of CPC and Xinhua daily were forced to withdraw to Yan'an at the end of February 1947. Chongqing is in white terror. Chen Ran founded "hesitation" magazine with several progressive youths, uniting many enthusiastic youths.

Printing advance

In the summer of 1947, Chen Ran found the underground party in Chongqing and restored the organizational relationship. In order to mobilize the people in the Kuomintang controlled areas to oppose Chiang Kai Shek's civil war dictatorship, the Chongqing municipal Party committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) founded the advance newspaper in the autumn of 1947. Chen Ran was appointed secretary of the special branch of Jin Jin newspaper and took up the most confidential printing job. Chen Ran is the acting director of a small factory in Chongqing. During the day, he had to work in the factory. At night, he could print the newspaper.

No mimeograph, can only use a piece of bamboo in the wax paper. A piece of wax paper can only print 30-50 copies. Chen Ran faced the difficulties, studied printing technology assiduously, and learned to carve steel plate. Later, the municipal Party committee decided that he was responsible for the stereotype and printing alone. This can not only save manpower, but also shorten the turnover time and reduce the risk of exposure. In this way, Chen Ran and another comrade in charge of listening to the radio (i.e. martyr Liu Guozhen, also known as Liu Guozhi) took up the work of advancing daily.

Because of the special struggle environment, the two comrades in arms who run the same newspaper could not meet each other. They only exchanged "revolutionary salute" and "hold your hand" in their letters. Two passionate hearts warm and inspire each other. They made concerted efforts to make "advance" published as scheduled, echoing the sonorous voice of revolution in the mountain city.

On October 28, 1949, at the moment before the execution, a pair of newspaper friends' hot hands were tightly held together.

With the increasing circulation of Jinjin daily, the task of work is becoming more and more important. Stereotype, printing, distribution and other work are almost all completed by Chen Ran alone at night, and he has to go to the factory as usual during the day. With superhuman energy, high vigilance and responsibility, he made careful arrangements and tried his best to accomplish the arduous tasks assigned by the party.

Arrest process

The secret distribution of advance newspaper in Chongqing caused great panic among Kuomintang reactionaries. Chongqing authorities once ordered to solve the case within a time limit for three times, and it was not until April 20, 1948 that they learned from the traitor the address of the organ of the newspaper. The superior sent someone to inform Chen Ran that there was a traitor in the party, and the newspaper should be transferred as soon as possible. He was asked to print the last issue of the newspaper on the 22nd. At 7 p.m., the municipal Party committee sent someone to pick it up, and then moved it quickly. Just in the evening of the 21st, Chen Ran suddenly received an anonymous message: "recently, the river has soared. Wen Jun wants to buy a boat to go east. I just wish you a smooth sailing and a safe journey." This short message was written directly to him by a comrade working inside the enemy.

Chen Ran could have been out of danger immediately after receiving the letter, but he insisted on printing the last issue of advance newspaper until 5 pm on the 22nd. As soon as he burned the wax paper, there were footsteps outside the door. Chen Ran pushes open the window and hangs the broom on the nail under the windowsill. This is a signal to the comrades. At this time, several undercover agents broke in and captured Chen Ran.

be and unyielding

In the baigongguan concentration camp, the enemy was afraid of Chen Ran spreading news to other "political prisoners" and imprisoned him alone in a car room upstairs. It was in this damp cage that the "White House version" of "advance" was born.

It turns out that Chen Ran's cell has long been pierced by his friends, who can get in touch with them downstairs. Through this small channel, the party organization in prison sent half a pencil and some cigarette paper to Chen Ran, asking him to write the outside news on the paper. Chen Ran endured severe pain, the cell as a battlefield, immediately into the battle. On a piece of cigarette case paper, he wrote the first issue of Jin Jin Bao, which was published by Bai Gongguan. In this way, the news of our party's and army's recent victory spread secretly all over the prisons, greatly encouraging the comrades who persist in the struggle in prison. Chen Ran also managed to get in touch with General Huang Xiansheng next door. General Huang promised to take advantage of the opportunity to put the newspaper along the door to Chen Ran. Chen Ran kept getting the latest news from the newspaper. Since then, the news of our army's victory has often appeared in Bai Gongguan's advance newspaper. When comrades are tortured by poison, suffering from illness and pain, they feel full of strength after reading advance newspaper in prison.

My confession book

In prison, Chen Ran was subjected to all kinds of torture. He only admitted that he had done all the work of Qianjin daily, from printing to distribution. He was determined to sacrifice himself to protect the organization and comrades. The secret agents threatened and lured him to write a confession book. Chen Ran took up the pen and wrote an earth shaking poem, my confession book, which was included in the fifth grade of Shanghai Education Press (lesson 31)

Let the heavy iron chains ring at your feet,

Hold your whip high,

I don't need a confession,

Even if the chest to the bayonet with blood!

People can't lower their noble heads,

Only those who are afraid of death beg for "freedom";

What's the plan for torture?

Death can't make me speak!

I laugh at death,

The palace of the devil shakes in laughter;

This is the confession of a communist,

Sing a song of triumph and bury the Jiang Dynasty.

This is the confession of a Communist Party member. He expressed his hatred for the Kuomintang reactionaries and his contempt for the shameless traitors with his noble and upright spirit, which shows the revolutionary's heroic spirit of looking death at home.

Heroic sacrifice

When the news of the founding of new China reached the prison, he and his friends couldn't help but feel excited and sewed a five-star red flag.

On October 28, 1949, Chen Ran and other comrades in arms were raised from baigongguan and zhazidong and shot in Daping. When the criminal guns of the reactionaries were aimed at them, Chen Ran and his comrades in arms chanted: "long live Chairman Mao!" Long live the people's Republic of China Chen Ran was only 26 years old when he died. Although his life was very short, he lived a glorious life and died a heroic death!

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