Qiu Jun’s life

In 1919, he attended private school. The teacher explained to him the story of the "Revolution of 1911", which inspired him to think about the democratic revolution. He received revolutionary enlightenment education here, and the fire of revolution was sown in his heart. In 1931, he went to Leshan Jiazu United Middle School to study. Because he had no money to pay the tuition, he had to stop studying after one semester. Later, he was introduced by a friend to teach at Banqiaopu Primary School in Pingjiang Township, Leshan County. While teaching, he stayed close to the party's underground organization and participated in the peasant movement. In 1933, the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China sent Li Yaqun to inspect the work in Leshan and Jingyan areas and found that he was a reliable development target. In January 1933, he went to Chengdu and was introduced to the party by Li Yaqun, and his organizational relationship was transferred to the Leshan Special Branch. He successively actively carried out revolutionary activities in Jingyan City, Zhoupo, Laifeng and other places, established peasant associations and developed revolutionary forces. In June of the same year, the Leshan Central County Committee was established and he was elected as a member. Just as the revolutionary forces continued to grow, the Kuomintang established the "Qing Communist Committee" in Jingyan and stepped up its brutal suppression of the Communist Party and the people. Due to betrayal by traitors, batch after batch of Communist Party members were arrested and imprisoned, and the underground party organization in Jingyan County was severely damaged. He had to move to Leshan and Qingshen areas to continue engaging in revolutionary activities. In 1934, the Qingshen Central County Committee of the Communist Party of China was established, and he served as the military committee member. Together with other comrades, he went deep into the countryside, mobilized the masses, established farmers' associations in the marginal mountainous areas of Qingshen, Jiajiang, Jingyan and other places, developed more than a thousand farmers' association members, organized guerrillas and red guards, and cultivated the backbone of the armed uprising. , actively preparing for armed insurrection. In September of the same year, the Central County Party Committee formulated a plan for armed riots, which was reviewed and approved by the higher-level provincial Party committee. On December 13, 1934, the Qingshen Central County Committee held an uprising mobilization meeting at the Cheng family ancestral hall in Tuzhu Township, Qingshen County, with more than 300 farmers participating. He made a mobilization report on behalf of the Central County Committee. On the morning of the 14th, the Qingshen Center County Party Committee decided to take advantage of the opportunity to hold a banquet at the completion of Tuan Zheng's new house in Luomingshan that night to riot. In the evening, he gathered more than 300 peasant armed forces, armed with native guns, axes, long grasses, grenades, sabers, and sticks, holding high red flags embroidered with the words "Soviet Government Sichuan Qingshen County Xishan Red Army", and marched in three groups. The rebel army first eliminated the guarding Dong Fangding, seized the guns, and captured Tuan Zheng Luo Mingshan alive. He immediately ordered Luo to be beheaded in public. Then, the rebel army captured three townships including Wufeng, Tuzhu in Qingshen, and Xinchang in Jiajiang County. They seized a batch of guns and ammunition, ransacked the homes of local tyrants and evil gentry, and burned the feudal debt contracts of exploited peasants. Slogans saying "Down with the corrupt officials," "Down with the local tyrants and evil gentry," "Long live the Soviets," and "Long live the Communist Party" were posted everywhere. After the battle, it was getting daylight, and the county committee decided that the rebel army would be on standby to prepare to attack Qingshen County the next day. After the Xishan Peasant Uprising, the reactionary authorities were greatly frightened. They immediately mobilized the reactionary troops in Meishan, Qingshen, Jiajiang and other counties to massacre more than 500 people and surrounded the rebel garrison in three lines. In the fierce fighting, seven comrades including County Party Secretary Xu Benda died heroically. He and Mao Ciying (female) led the team to break out of the encirclement, but were unfortunately captured because they were outnumbered. He and Mao Ciying were sent to Jiajiang for detention, and later transferred to Chengdu, Qingshen and other places. In prison, the enemy used both hard and soft methods to torture and torture him in every possible way. He was tortured and unyielding. On January 22, 1935, he was beheaded by the enemy in Qingshen County and died a heroic death.