Liu Ying

Liu Ying

Liu Ying (1905-1942), formerly known as Shengmu, was born in Ruijin, Jiangxi Province, under the pseudonyms of Kefu, yueren, Aiqun, chufei, Wang Zhiyuan and Lin Yuanzhi. In April 1929, he changed his name to Liu Ying and joined the Fourth Army of the Red Army. In September, he joined the Communist Party of China.

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In April 1929, he changed his name to Liu Ying and joined the Fourth Army of the Red Army. In September, he joined the Communist Party of China. He has successively served as the commander of the Red Army company, political commissar of the battalion, director of the Political Department of the regiment and political commissar of the regiment, director of the Political Department of the division and political commissar of the division, and director of the Political Department of the 7th Red Army Corps. He participated in the first to fifth counter encirclement and suppression operations in the Central Soviet area.

In January 1935, the advance team of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army going northward to resist Japan fell into a tight encirclement in huaiyushan, Northeast Jiangxi. Together with Su Yu, they led the troops to break through the encirclement and crossed the enemy blockade line to the Soviet Area of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. In February, he served as a political commissar of the advancing division of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army, leading the division to Zhejiang with Su Yu. In March, he served as secretary of the Political Committee of Qianjin division. In April, zhailang defeated the joint attack of KMT and Dadaohui in Qingyuan. In mid June, the Political Committee of the advancing division was held in Xiaoji, Songyang, and the Southwest Zhejiang military division and the Southwest Zhejiang special committee of the CPC were established. In August, a guerrilla base in Southwest Zhejiang was opened up with wangcunkou as the center, and the number of troops increased from 538 to nearly 1000. In September, the Kuomintang concentrated 32 regiments, together with about 60000 or 70000 local armed forces, to attack the Southwest Zhejiang base. Liu Ying and Su Yu led the main force of the division to jump out of the enemy's encirclement and go south to the Zhejiang Fujian border. In October, in Shouning, Fujian Province, Zheng jiakeng joined hands with Ye Fei, Secretary of the East Fujian Special Committee of the Communist Party of China, and established the Fujian Zhejiang border temporary provincial Party committee and the provincial military region of the Communist Party of China. He served as secretary of the provincial Party committee and political member of the military region.

In February 1936, Su Yu led the main force of the advancing division to return to southwest Zhejiang. Liu Ying carried out guerrilla warfare in Fuding and Taishun areas and gradually established a guerrilla base in southern Zhejiang.

In March 1937, Liu Ying, on behalf of the Fujian Zhejiang border provisional provincial Party committee and the provincial military region, held peace talks with Liu Jianxu, director of the Kuomintang Fujian Zhejiang Jiangxi Anhui border region office. After two negotiations in May and August, he reached seven agreements on stopping the civil war and resisting Japan unanimously. In October, the advancing division of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army was reorganized into the Fujian Zhejiang border Anti Japanese guerrilla corps of the National Revolutionary Army, with Liu Ying as the political commissar.

In March 1938, Su Yu led his troops to the south of Anhui Province to join the New Fourth Army. Liu Ying was ordered to stay in Zhejiang Province to fight. In May, the Fujian Zhejiang border provisional Provincial Committee was abolished and the CPC Zhejiang provisional Provincial Committee was established. In September, it was changed to Zhejiang provincial Party committee of the Communist Party of China, and Liu Ying took over as secretary.

In March 1939, Liu Ying moved from Wenzhou to Xiahe village in Lishui with the Zhejiang provincial Party committee and worked as the owner of Xinghua Department store. At the first Congress of Zhejiang Province held in July, he was elected secretary of the provincial Party committee and head of the United Front Work Department and deputy to the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

In April 1941, the Zhejiang provincial Party committee moved back to Wenzhou from Lishui. In May, he served as a member of central China Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. In the autumn of the same year, he served as the special commissioner of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, leading the work of Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces.

In February 1942, Liu Ying was arrested by the Kuomintang in Wenzhou for betrayal.. In the face of the enemy's luring and interrogation, he remained firm and unyielding. He also told the guards the truth of the Anti Japanese national united front and exposed the Kuomintang's crimes of sabotaging the Anti Japanese War and hunting and killing Communists.

On May 17, 1942, Chiang Kai Shek sent an urgent telegram from Chongqing to Zhejiang“

Liu Ying's execution

。” At dawn on the 18th, Liu Ying was shot dead on Mount Matou in Fangyan, Yongkang.

Chairman Mao Zedong once said affectionately after the martyrs died:“

Liu Ying died for the people, and the people will always remember him

。”

Characters and deeds

A studious young man is beginning to show his talent

On November 26, 1905, Liu Ying was born into a peasant family in Zhugang village, Fenggang Township, Ruijin County, Jiangxi Province. He began to study at the age of 9. Due to his talent and interest, he was very diligent and eager to learn. He was outstanding in all subjects. When he was 14 or 15 years old, he wrote a poem about self encouragement on the wall of his former residence, in which there was a sentence: "the night is quiet, the book is a friend, the spring is deep, the pen is full of flowers." This is the true portrayal of his book as a friend, diligent and studious. Liu Ying also has a talent for painting. She once painted eight vivid murals for her ancestral hall. In July 1922, he graduated from the private qunde primary school in Ruijin county. Because of his family background, he did not study any more. After 1924, he taught in Songshan primary school and Xingding primary school. During this period, he read a lot of progressive books to educate students with new ideas of science and democracy.

Gannan joined the army and made steel

In April 1929, Liu Ying voluntarily signed up to join the Fourth Red Army and changed her name to Liu Ying. She successively held the posts of accountant, cashier and chief of supply department, and Clerical Officer in the military headquarters. She grew up under the kind guidance of Mao Zedong and Zhu De. In September, he joined the Communist Party of China. He vowed to "dedicate to the revolution wholeheartedly and never look back" and took the initiative to leave the office. With the approval of Mao Zedong, he went down to the front-line forces and successively participated in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth anti encirclement and suppression struggles in the central revolutionary base. He was the political commissar of the company, the political commissar of the battalion, the director of the Political Department of the regiment, the political commissar of the regiment, and the political commissar of the division. He followed Mao Zedong and Zhu De to fight in southern Jiangxi and Western Fujian.

In December 1933, he was transferred to the newly formed seventh Red Army as the director of the political department.

In July 1934, he served as the director of the Political Department of the Anti Japanese advance team and grew into a famous Red Army General in the central revolutionary base.

In January 1935, the advance team was besieged by seven times more enemy forces in huaiyushan. Su Yu and Liu Ying led hundreds of the Red Army to stand out.

Three years of guerrilla struggle

In February 1935, under the order of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the leading force and the breakout force of the Anti Japanese advance team to the north were set up as the advancing division of the Red Army to march into Zhejiang for a long time. Su Yu served as the division commander and Liu Ying as the political commissar. In March, Liu Ying was appointed secretary of the Political Committee of the division, the highest leading organ of the party, government and army in the Red Army operation area. In November, he served as secretary of the CPC Fujian Zhejiang border provisional provincial Party committee. As the main person in charge of the party and the Red Army in Zhejiang Province, Comrade Liu Ying, under the strong leadership of the party organization, led the Red Army forward with his division commander Su Yu and other comrades. The division persisted in the arduous guerrilla war in Zhejiang Province for three years, miraculously opened up the guerrilla bases in southwest, South and East Zhejiang, and carried out two fierce anti "suppression" struggles, which contained the enemy In response to the long march of the Red Army, the main force of the Central Committee, the Kuomintang made an indelible historical contribution to defending the basic areas of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi and their neighboring guerrilla areas, rebuilding the revolutionary foundation of Zhejiang, and establishing a support point for the Chinese revolution in the south. In the case of being far away from the superior, he can be independent and win constantly, which fully shows his leadership ability.

Commemoration of later generations

After liberation, the revolutionary martyrs cemetery was built in Fangyan, which is a key cultural relic protection unit in Zhejiang Province.

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