Ma Kechang's life

In the summer of 18 (A.D. 1929), the local warlords in Yunnan became increasingly fierce. On July 1 1, an explosion occurred in the powder magazine of Beimen Street, Li Nian, Kunming. A large number of houses were destroyed and more than 900 residents were killed or injured. Immediately after the tragic accident, the Yunnan underground organization set up a "July 11th" youth rescue group composed of party member and progressive youth to help the affected citizens. Ma Kechang and other comrades took an active part in rescuing the wounded, distributing relief items, cooking for the victims and carrying coffins to bury the dead. He also asked his family for money to buy Yunnan Baiyao and gave it to the poor victims for treatment. There were two helpless children whose parents died, and he personally sent them to an orphanage for placement. At the same time, propaganda was carried out among the masses to expose the disasters brought by the warlord melee to the people and organize the victims to fight with the local authorities. In June+10 of the same year, the Yunnan authorities and Wang Boling, a condolence member sent by the Kuomintang Central Committee, conspired to hold a meeting in Jiangwutang, Yunnan Province, and advocated against * * * under the guise of "mourning the victims". In order to expose his plot, Ma Kechang and other progressive youths distributed leaflets and shouted revolutionary slogans at the meeting to expose the Kuomintang's anti-* * * plot. Since then, in order to divert the people's struggle goal, the Yunnan authorities have shifted the powder magazine explosion to the * * * production party, and used this as an excuse to arrest and shoot a group of * * * party member and progressive youths. Ma Kechang was forced to leave Kunming in the winter of 1929 because of the white terror hanging over Kunming.

After Ma Kechang moved to Shanghai, he lived in Li Anle 10 12 (Cai Jia Garden) in Jiangwan District, and soon got in touch with underground organizations in Shanghai, and continued to carry out revolutionary work in Jiangwan area. 1930, Ma Kechang joined the China * * * production party, served as secretary of Jiangwan District Party Committee, and organized and led the revolutionary work in Jiangwan area.

In the Republic of China 19 (A.D. 1930), Ma Kechang was arrested by the military police lurking near his apartment when he returned to his apartment after attending the preparatory meeting to commemorate the third anniversary of the Guangzhou Uprising. At that time, he had a road map to commemorate the third anniversary of the Guangzhou Uprising. At the moment of being searched, he immediately stuffed the drawings into his mouth, but he was stuck in his throat by the military police and couldn't swallow it. Twenty days after being taken to Longhua Prison of Shanghai Public Security Bureau, he was taken to Nanjing as the ringleader of "organizing riots" and detained in the Kuomintang Central Military Prison. In prison, Ma Kechang took the time to study, insisted on exercising, and often cared about encouraging prisoners to strengthen their confidence in the party and the revolutionary cause and fight for the proletarian ideal to the end. During the trial, he kept the party's secrets strictly and was indomitable in the face of all kinds of torture such as sitting on a "tiger stool" and electrocution. In order to protect his accomplices, he took all revolutionary leaflets and progressive books and periodicals found by the military and police in his apartment for himself and took full responsibility.

In the 20th year of the Republic of China (A.D. 193 1 year), on April 29th, the Kuomintang authorities sentenced Ma Kechang to death for the so-called "emergency crime endangering the Republic of China". After sentencing, he gave his only money, clothes and medicine to his fellow prisoners, asked the guards for paper and pens, wrote many small slogans and distributed them accurately on the way to the execution ground. A prisoner was moved to tears by his dedication to the revolution. He said, "Why are you crying?" ! After he was released from prison, he continued the revolution. "

On the execution ground, Ma Kechang refused to drink "pour wine", ate "pour steamed buns", sang "The Internationale" and shouted "Long live the Party"! When he was executed, Ma Kechang didn't want to see his fellow victims fall in front of him and asked him to sacrifice himself first. After several rounds of drinking, his mouth was smashed and his hand was still waving. He was only 25 years old when he died and was buried in Yuhuatai outside Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing. After liberation, Yuhuatai was built into a revolutionary martyr cemetery, and Ma Kechang's revolutionary deeds and portraits were exhibited in the cemetery exhibition hall. Ma Kechang will always be admired and remembered by people.