Cheng Geng's experience

1. Persecuted for seeking truth, went to Hong Kong to make a living and joined the revolutionary torrent.

Born in a business, I have witnessed all kinds of ugly phenomena in society since I was a child, and I am determined to change society. At the same time, it also shaped his chivalrous character. His adulthood coincided with the May 4th Movement in 19 19. Influenced by the awakening consciousness of China people, he had a preliminary class consciousness and decided that only Marxism could save China. He preached progressive ideas in the countryside many times. So we offended the Kuomintang authorities in xuwen county and Yingli Township at that time. 1920, in order to get rid of Cheng Geng's eyesore, Deng Zhisheng, the security bureau of xuwen county British League, colluded with bandits and robbed Cheng Geng's family many times, resulting in the destruction of Cheng Geng's family, the killing of his grandfather and father, and the exile of his mother and sister. Faced with this situation, Cheng Geng was forced to leave his hometown and first lived and worked in Guangzhou for some time.

192 1 year, Cheng Geng went to Hong Kong as a worker and joined a workers' organization. At that time, Hong Kong's revolutionary activities flourished, and various progressive ideas and thoughts were widely spread among young people in Hong Kong. After arriving in Hong Kong, Cheng Geng quickly received the education of progressive thoughts, eagerly studied progressive books and periodicals, and began to believe in Marxism-Leninism, knowing that only by overthrowing the rule of imperialism and feudal warlords can the poor have a way out. He took an active part in revolutionary activities and served the revolution. More than three years in Hong Kong is the turning point of Cheng Geng's ideological leap. He is determined to dedicate everything to the revolution and to the China Production Party.

During 1924, Cheng Geng and a group of enthusiastic Hong Kong youths used their savings to buy guns and ammunition and secretly transported them to Guangzhou to support the revolutionary movement of workers and peasants in the mainland.

1925 On May 30th, more than 2,000 patriotic students in Shanghai held an anti-imperialist demonstration on Nanjing Road, shouting revenge for Gu Zhenghong, the worker leader killed by British imperialism, and down with imperialism! Britain and other imperialist aggressors brazenly opened fire on the parade, killing and injuring many people and arresting a large number of workers, which created the May 30th Massacre that shocked China and foreign countries. In the middle of the night, the China Producers' Party Central Committee held an emergency meeting, decided to launch the "three strikes" struggle of Shanghai people's strike, strike and strike, called on the people of all ethnic groups in the country to rise up and resist the aggression of imperialist powers, and established the Shanghai Business Federation. Mobilize the masses to oppose the massacre of China people by imperialist powers. /kloc-in June of 0/9, tens of thousands of workers in Hongkong responded to the call of China's * * * production party and held a large-scale strike. Cheng Geng took part in this historic strike. A few days later, Cheng Geng left Hong Kong and returned to Guangzhou with strong dissatisfaction with imperialist atrocities. Participated in a large-scale anti-imperialist demonstration held by provincial and port workers on June 23. During the procession, Cheng Gengchong was at the forefront, distributing leaflets and taking the lead in shouting slogans such as "Down with imperialism and down with foreign powers". When the procession of provincial and port workers passed the Shojaei section, the British army and the police shot at the unarmed workers in Shojaei Concession, killing more than 50 people on the spot and seriously injuring 1000 people, creating a "Shojaei Massacre" that shocked the world even more. The bloody reality fully exposed the brutal nature of imperialism, which strengthened Cheng Geng's revolutionary will. He changed from a young man who wanted to avenge his family to a revolutionary who wanted to avenge his country and save his compatriots from the mire.

Second, accept the appointment of the party organization to go to the countryside and open up a new revolutionary road.

During his participation in the provincial and port strikes, Cheng Geng gloriously joined the China Production Party. After joining the Party, Cheng Geng worked more selflessly and walked in the forefront of the revolutionary struggle. According to the requirements of the third congress of China's * * * Production Party, he joined the China Nationalist Party in his own name, accepted Sun Yat-sen's political thought of "uniting with Russia, uniting with * * and helping the peasants and workers", and became an active participant in the first Sino-Russian cooperation. /kloc-in the winter of 0/925, the National Revolutionary Army held a southern expedition. Strike workers in various provinces and ports organized 1000 people's propaganda teams, rescue teams and comfort stations to go south with the army. Cheng Geng was appointed by Guangdong District Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Guangdong District Committee of the Communist Youth League, and went south with the army to serve as the special commissioner for the agricultural movement of Kuomintang South Road. In this capacity, he vigorously developed the production party organization and the workers' and peasants' movement in Guangdong South Road.

After leaving his hometown for more than four years, Cheng Geng returned to his hometown. At this time, the life of the villagers is even more bitter. Local warlord Deng Benyin colluded with reactionary officials to fish the people, and Xu Wenshan's banditry became more rampant. Cheng Geng was outraged by family hatred and ethnic hatred. He didn't have time to find his missing mother and sister, so he devoted himself to mobilizing farmers to participate in the revolutionary agricultural movement. First, based in Leicheng, he publicized widely, actively organized and mobilized the masses to participate in peasant associations and support the revolution, and soon organized a mass team of more than 1000 people to cooperate with the revolutionary army Wang Hongrao's troops to attack the reactionary warlord Deng Benyin stationed in Leizhou City. 192565438+In February, with the support and cooperation of the peasant association led by Cheng Geng, the revolutionary army Wang Hongrao conquered Leizhou City and disintegrated Deng Benyin's troops. 1925,1925 On February 29th, under the active advocacy of Cheng Geng, Leizhou Sanshu Farmers' Association was established, with Cheng Geng as the preparatory committee member. Due to the shortage of funds, this work is difficult to carry out. However, Cheng Geng overcame many difficulties, scrimped and saved, and even used a part of his living expenses of only 80 cents a day as the activity funds of the farmers' association. With the joint efforts of Cheng Geng and other comrades, Leizhou Farmers' Association has developed rapidly. In just one month, more than 3,000 people participated.

Due to Cheng Geng's outstanding work in developing peasant associations,1In February, 926, the special committee of Guangdong South Road of Kuomintang appointed Cheng Geng as the organizer of the Party Department of xuwen county, who was in charge of the peasant movement part-time. He knows that Xuwen bandits are rampant, the mass base is poor, and it is difficult to carry out work and personal safety. But he put revolutionary work first, regardless of personal safety, and made progress despite difficulties. He actively promoted the revolutionary idea of cooperation between China and xuwen county, and repeatedly consulted with Kuomintang officials to reorganize the xuwen county Party Department. At the same time, we went deep into urban and rural areas to understand the sufferings of the broad masses of working people, established a profound friendship with them, and publicized and mobilized the broad masses of workers and peasants to join trade unions and peasant associations. He often went to xuwen county Wailuo Fishing Port and other places to publicize the revolution, and guided the people of Wailuo to raise their consciousness, which laid a solid mass foundation for the establishment of the first production party branch in xuwen county in the future.

1926 During March, Cheng Geng established a trade union organization-Procedural Handicraft Association in xuwen county Urban Construction. In the summer of the same year, with the help of revolutionary youth Dai, the village farmers' association was established in the corner building of Aibo Village, Wenling Township, xuwen county (now south of the city), and demonstrations were held. Alarmed the unjust gentry and reactionary warlords. 1in April, 926, Cheng Geng cooperated with Huang Jie and others, and founded the Leicheng Peasant Movement Publicity Workshop with Huang Xueceng, the leader of Lu Nan agricultural movement. In order to cultivate the backbone of the agricultural movement, Cheng Geng carefully compiled teaching materials and gave lectures. He often leads students to Leicheng, Qishui, Jianghong and other places, and exposes the heinous crimes committed by imperialism in China by speeches, wall posters and slogans, enumerates the facts that farmers are exploited and oppressed by corrupt officials, landlords and gentry, inspires farmers to improve their revolutionary consciousness, and calls on farmers to organize and fight resolutely with the enemy. Under the leadership of Cheng Geng, Huang Jie and others, Leizhou Farmers Association was formally established on April 6th, 2007. By June and July, there were 1.5 million people, and the Farmers' Self-Defense Force was established, with more than 500 members. While vigorously developing the members of peasant associations, they paid attention to attracting key members to join the China * * * Production Party, constantly expanding the Party organization, and increasing the number of members of "Lei Zhi" from 5 to 2 1 person, and established the Leizhou branch of the China * * * Production Party in June 15.

Third, the belief is lofty, unswerving, calmly facing the enemy, and dying bravely.

Cheng Geng worked hard to carry out the agricultural movement, which won the trust of the people and was hated by lawless officials, local tyrants and evil gentry. On September 1926 and 10, Deng Zhisheng, director of the Security Bureau of xuwen county Yingli Mintuan, paid bribes to Chen Gongxia, head of the Kuomintang garrison. The two men colluded with each other, sent troops to surround the Leizhou Farmers' Association and arrested Cheng Geng. After his arrest, Cheng Geng argued and asked Chen Gongxia and others if there was any reason to arrest him, a representative of ethnic cooperation appointed by the Kuomintang South Road Special Committee. Chen Hongxia and others knew that there was no sufficient reason to arrest Cheng Geng, and they could not make it clear that they excluded and killed the producer of * * *. They had to make false accusations. "Leading bandits to help bandits, blinding defenders". They tortured Cheng Geng, forced Cheng Geng to admit his connection with Xuwen bandits, and wanted to get more secrets about the * * * production party from Cheng Geng to prepare for rejecting the * * * production party and killing party member. In the face of fierce enemies, Cheng Geng is firm and indomitable. Shamed and angry enemies cruelly pressed Cheng Geng's chest with a red-hot iron plate and tortured him to death. Then, he woke Cheng Geng up with cold water and threw him into the hall covered in blood for public trial, forcing Cheng Geng to admit that he "helped bandits". With strong will, Cheng Geng stood up slowly and glared at Chen Hongxia and others: "You said I was a gangster, which is groundless. The robbers avenged my father's death. Your real intention is to crowd out and strangle * * * producers, and * * * producers can't be killed or cut down! You revolutionary scum who undermine national cooperation and the executioners of the peasant movement, the people will get up and clean you up! " At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy's gun rang, and party member Cheng Geng fell down, only 26 years old!

After the news of Cheng Geng's murder came out, although his mother and sister were far away from home and didn't know the news of their loved ones' murder, villagers in Yingli, their hometown, poured into the streets and wept bitterly to express their endless grief for their loved ones.

Members of the farmers' association in Aibo village, xuwen county held a demonstration in xuwen county to protest against the crimes of the Kuomintang reactionaries.

The revolutionary masses in Haikang county held a massive demonstration to protest against the atrocities of the reactionary Kuomintang government and illegal officials. Members of the farmers' association held a memorial meeting, determined to avenge the hero.

The Guangdong Peasant Association held a memorial service and published an article in China Farmers, which spoke highly of Cheng Geng's life and expressed great indignation at the crimes of the Kuomintang reactionaries.

His close comrades-in-arms and Premier Zhou Enlai once said: "Cheng Geng is the leader of the early peasant movement of our party, and he is a persistent and fearless leader of the peasant movement." 65438+ In February of the same year, Comrade Zhou Enlai, then a member of the Standing Committee of Guangdong District Party Committee and secretary of the Central Military Commission, wrote the article "We in the Current Political Struggle", citing the case of Cheng Geng's murder, profoundly exposing the crime of the Kuomintang Rightists in sabotaging the workers' and peasants' movement and highly praising Cheng Geng's heroic deeds.

After the national liberation, especially after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, many materials about the peasant movement organized by Cheng Geng in Nanyue Road in his early years have been unearthed by the party history research department. The achievements of the pioneers of the early peasant movement of our party were not familiar to many people in the past, and finally they were widely circulated.

As the leader of the early peasant movement of our Party, Comrade Cheng Geng, like many revolutionary martyrs, is most admirable for his firm revolutionary belief. For the sake of faith, Cheng Geng betrayed a wealthy family and embarked on a hard revolutionary road. For the sake of faith, Cheng Geng was determined in the most difficult time of the revolution. Finally, he calmly faced the enemy and died heroically. The spirit and integrity of the martyrs will be immortal!