Chapter 4 Chapter 3 In Xinjiang Prisons

In January 1941, Ma Mingfang returned from the Soviet Union with more than 20 people including Zhang Ziyi and Fang Zhichun. They passed through Xinjiang and temporarily lived in the Xinjiang Eighth Route Army Office.At that time, the representative of the CCP in Xinjiang was Chen Tanqiu, and Ma Mingfang was the secretary of the party branch of the office. In April 1933, the warlord Sheng Shicai launched a coup and became the supervisor of Xinjiang's frontier defense, taking control of Xinjiang's military and political power. When Sheng Shicai came to power, he faced the political corruption, economic depression, ethnic conflicts and class conflicts left behind by his predecessor Jin Shuren.In order to get rid of the predicament and consolidate his rule, he flaunted pro-Soviet and anti-imperialist, and gained the trust and support of the Soviet Union.With the help of members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) and progressives, in April 1936, six major policies were put forward: anti-imperialism, pro-Soviet, peace among the people, incorruptibility, peace, and construction as the policy program.With the strong support of the Soviet Union, Sheng Shicai was able to gain a firm foothold in Xinjiang and consolidated his dominant position. In April 1937, through the mediation of the Soviet Union, the Chinese Communist Party sent Chen Yun and Teng Daiyuan to Xinjiang to support the rest of the West Route Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army into Dihua (Urumqi) to form a new barracks. Chen Yun was the first representative of the Communist Party of China in Xinjiang.Not long after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the CCP established an office of the Eighth Route Army in Dihua, and established a united front relationship with Sheng Shicai. In 1938, at the invitation of Sheng Shicai, the Communist Party of China transferred some cadres from Yan'an to Xinjiang in three batches, and Sheng Shicai assigned them to work in departments such as finance, civil affairs, culture and education, military, news, and mass work.Including some cadres transferred from the new barracks, some of them held important leadership positions. For example, Mao Zemin successively served as the director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Department of Civil Affairs, Lin Jilu served as the dean of Xinjiang College, and Wang Xiaochuan served as the editor-in-chief of "Xinjiang Daily". , and more than 40 people entered the aviation team run by Sheng Shicai to study aviation technology.They resolutely carried out the instructions of the representatives of the Communist Party of China, influenced the surrounding masses with the exemplary actions of the Communist Party, and transformed Xinjiang with fruitful work, so that the backward and stagnant Xinjiang quickly emerged an unprecedented new situation of democracy and progress.

In 1939, the international and domestic situation began to reverse.Fascist Germany quickly occupied a large area of ​​European land and directed the war to the Soviet Union; Chiang Kai-shek launched the first anti-communist upsurge in the country, and the relationship between the KMT and the Communist Party was tense. On the road of anti-Soviet and anti-communist. From 1939 to 1940, Sheng Shicai created conspiracy cases such as "Du Chongyuan Case", "Military Academy Case", "Chen Peisheng Case" and "Ashan Case" in an attempt to blame CCP members and progressives.Sheng Shicai believed that the Soviet Union was unreliable and the Communist Party was about to collapse, so in 1942 he orchestrated the so-called "April 12 Conspiracy Riot" in Xinjiang. Hua Consul General and Communists.On the one hand, he invited the Kuomintang to send Zhu Shaoliang and Weng Wenhao to Xinjiang; on the other hand, he transferred the CCP personnel working in northern and southern Xinjiang back to Dihua one after another, and gathered them with the CCP personnel who were originally in Dihua in Maohuhu, Bahuliang and Xinjiang offices respectively. And isolate all the personnel of the aviation team.

From September 17 to 13, 1942, Sheng Shicai suddenly sent troops to put Chen Tanqiu, Mao Zemin, Xu Mengqiu (later rebelled), Pan Tong (Pan Bonan, later rebelled), Liu Xiping (Liu Xiping, later rebelled) and other responsible persons under house arrest under the pretext of "please talk". Lin Jilu, Li Zonglin, Li Yunyang, Hu Jian, Ma Shu, Bai Dafang, Yucun, Cao Jianpei, Chen Qingyuan, Wang Mo, Duan Jin, etc. were placed under house arrest in the Qiu mansion, and all members of the aviation team were placed under house arrest in the supervisory office In the backyard, other people including Ma Mingfang, Zhang Ziyi, and Fang Zhichun were placed under house arrest in Hachinoheliang.At this time, a total of 123 people (excluding children) were under house arrest. After September 17th and 13th, Gao Dengbang, Gu Xiannan, Tan Qingrong, Zheng Yisheng, and Xu Liang, who returned to Dihua from southern Xinjiang, were also placed under house arrest in Sanjiaodi.

As early as June 1942, in view of the dangerous situation, Chen Tanqiu proposed that necessary preparations must be made to deal with new possible incidents.Under the leadership of Chen Tanqiu, a General Study Committee was established, with Chen Tanqiu as the director, Zhang Ziyi as the deputy director, and Xu Mengqiu, Fang Zhichun, Ma Mingfang, Xie Liang, and Lu Liping as members. It was divided into four executive committees to lead the rectification study.When Chen Tanqiu was "asked away" by Sheng Shicai, Zhang Ziyi was designated as the chief person in charge.However, after he was placed under house arrest, he still used various methods to tell everyone to maintain the revolutionary integrity of the Communist Party members and strive to return to Yan'an collectively, which pointed out the direction for future struggles in prison.

During the period of house arrest, everyone was divided into four places.Hachinoheliang is led by Zhang Ziyi, Ma Mingfang, Fang Zhichun, and Xie Liang, members of the general academic committee, and Zhang Ziyi is in charge of the general manager; a temporary party branch has been established in Sanjiaodi, and Lin Jilu, Li Yunyang, and Hu Jian are in charge; the air team is headed by the deputy secretary of the party branch Lu Liping and Fang Hua were in charge; the Qiu Mansion was directly led by Chen Tanqiu.Under the leadership of the General Academic Committee and the Party Branch, adhere to the leadership and organized rectification study, and conduct integrity education.Get ready to go to jail.Arm our minds theoretically and ideologically, and strengthen our fighting spirit.

On February 7, 1943, Sheng Shicai sent 6 people including Chen Tanqiu, Mao Zemin, Xu Mengqiu, Pan Tong, and Liu Xiping to the Second Prison, and 17 people including Lin Jilu, Li Zonglin, Gao Dengbang, and Li Yunyang to the Fourth Prison. On April 11, Cao Tianjue, Sheng Shicai's deputy chief of the police station, and Li Yingqi, the chief of the secret service, led a company of armed men to Hachinoliang to arrest people. Ma Mingfang was filled with righteous indignation and lodged a strong protest, shouting: "The Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army have made great contributions to the War of Resistance." What's the crime?" Before he finished speaking, he was beaten and kicked by a group of thugs, tied up and pushed into a prison van, and a total of 35 people, including Fang Zhichun and Liu Huping, were thrown into the No. 1 Prison.

The enemy focused on Chen Tanqiu and Mao Zemin, trying to force them to admit that they had participated in the so-called "April 12 Riot" and conspired to overthrow the government; they wanted them to break away from the Communist Party and oppose the Soviet Union; they were severely denounced by Chen Tanqiu and Mao Zemin.The enemy imposed various cruel punishments on them, such as standing on charcoal residues, whipping, ice and fire, and beating hands.During the interrogation, Lin Jilu was tortured by acupuncture on his fingertips, sitting on a tiger bench, and being locked up in a black prison. However, he always adhered to his revolutionary stance and remained unwavering. The fighting spirit of the comrades in prison was strengthened. On September 27, 1943, Comrades Chen Tanqiu, Mao Zemin and Lin Jilu were secretly killed by the enemy.

In October 1943 and February 1944, Sheng Shicai concentrated the CCP detainees from the fourth and first prisons in the second prison.Since then, Zhu Shaoliang and Wu Zhongxin of the Kuomintang successively served as the chairman of Xinjiang Province, and the persecution and abuse of CCP personnel have intensified.The party organization with Zhang Ziyi, Ma Mingfang, and Fang Zhichun as the core summed up the experience and lessons of the previous period of struggle, and waged a more witty and heroic struggle against the enemy.Zhang Ziyi put forward the battle slogan of "one mind, one mind" and "return to Yan'an collectively", united all comrades closely around the party, and launched three large-scale struggles against universal interrogation. From the end of 1944 to March 1945, the so-called "judgment team for clearing up accumulated cases" sent by Chongqing conducted the first general interrogation in an attempt to instigate the CCP personnel.During the interrogation, the comrades in prison angrily exposed the true face of the enemy's so-called "clearing up the accumulated cases" and the crimes committed by the enemy in the murder of Chen Tanqiu, Mao Zemin, and Lin Jilu.Make the enemy's conspiracy fail.

In July and August 1945, the enemy organized the so-called "judgment committee" by the Xinjiang Police Department to conduct a second general interrogation.They slandered and abused the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army, and forced the comrades in prison to write a statement declaring their separation from the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army. Some comrades were beaten and bruised.However, under the leadership of the party organization, the comrades in prison fought resolutely against the enemy, and sternly refuted the enemy's slander and rumors against the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army.The enemy admitted helplessly: "I talked to 88 members of the Communist Party separately and persuaded them to surrender, but in the end they were all obstinate."

In late November 1945, the CCP personnel fought tenaciously with the enemy's third general interrogation in prison.The enemy came aggressively, wantonly slandering the CCP for "undermining unity", "stirring civil war", "destroying traffic", "killing people and setting fire" and so on.Records are made during the interrogation, and the person under trial is required to sign.Under the leadership of the party organization in the prison, the comrades made full preparations and used a large number of facts to refute the enemy's rumors and slanders, so that the enemy had no chance to take advantage of it and left in frustration.

The comrades in prison also carried out three hunger strikes.The first was in October 1943 and lasted six days; the second was in March 1945 and lasted seven days; the third was in August 1945 and lasted seven days.The three hunger strikes have achieved basic victories. The comrades in the women's prison practiced the slogans of "turning the prison into a battlefield" and "turning the prison into a school" put forward by the party organization. They were unyielding and fought bravely. , A great encouragement to the comrades in the men's prison. Ma Mingfang was one of the leading members of the General Academic Committee and one of the leaders of the struggle in prison. He fought resolutely against the enemy. Ma Mingfang was first detained in the No. 1 Prison, and then transferred to the No. 2 Prison, where he was locked in the same cell as Luo Naitang and other comrades.This is a veritable hell on earth: the inside of the cell is small, dirty and damp, full of bedbugs; the outside of the cell is a gloomy high wall, and the guards walk back and forth like devils.With great hatred for the enemy, he silently observed the movement and thought about the countermeasures for the struggle.The most important issue he considered was how to open up the connection between comrades in different prisons and numbers, and how to make these more than a hundred people form a fighting unit and unite against the enemy.On the second day after being transferred to the No. 2 Prison, Ma Mingfang suddenly saw a small piece of paper thrown in through the gap between the bars. He carefully unfolded the small piece of paper the size of a cigarette box, and saw the words on it: "I have returned to the list. What instruction." The words are written in incense.Ma Mingfang approached the window and looked out, and saw two people walking towards the hall carrying the empty toilet, and recognized from the back that the tall man behind was Gao Dengbang.During the agrarian revolution in northern Shaanxi, Ma Mingfang worked and fought with Gao Dengbang.Later, Gao Dengbang was sent to work in Kashgar, Xinjiang, where he was also imprisoned by Sheng Shicai.So Ma Mingfang wrote a small note: "Strengthen contact and be vigilant!" During the second release, he managed to transfer it to Gao Dengbang. However, it is not easy to open up the communication between comrades in various prisons and numbers. The enemy scattered and detained revolutionary comrades, and the guards were strict. Even if they coughed loudly, they would be beaten severely.The enemy also sent spies to beat the prison number.However, difficulties do not frighten the communists.Over time, many ingenious methods of communication have been created.Before letting the wind go, they each wrote down their contacts on paper and twisted them into thin rolls. When they went to the toilet, they put the rolls under the bricks or wooden boards with specific marks; they dug holes in the walls to pass messages or Tapping the code on the wall; pretending to be sick and going to the infirmary to pass the code secretly, etc., gradually establish a relationship with each other.Ma Mingfang has repeatedly written small notes with a pencil lead between his fingers to convey his opinions when he was out.From being imprisoned to Sheng Shicai's resignation in 1944, all prisons and accounts were fully connected, and each prison could often receive instructions from comrades such as Zhang Ziyi, Fang Zhichun, and Ma Mingfang.Under the watchful eyes of the enemy, the heroic Communists organized again. Ma Mingfang and other comrades could still see some books during the period of house arrest. When they were imprisoned, Sheng Shicai confiscated all the books.In the dark behind bars, how eager are comrades to understand the changes in the international and domestic situation outside the prison!They worked on prisoners and guards with national integrity, and secretly passed newspapers into the prison number.When Ma Mingfang received the newspaper secretly sent out, he sent out instructions in time: "This is spiritual food, we must cherish the newspaper and persevere." The comrades in prison passed it on carefully, spread it widely, and finally tore the newspaper into pieces and threw Dump it down the toilet.They often learn about international and domestic developments from newspapers, and the struggle has a clearer direction. The bitter life in the prison and the torture and interrogation by the enemy constantly tortured the comrades in the prison, but everyone accepted the severe test with the iron will of "heads can be broken, blood can be shed, and fighting spirit can't be bent".Ma Mingfang fought tit-for-tat against the enemy with his iron bones, and insisted on educating his comrades about revolutionary integrity.Once, a guy named Suo Wenlin (Suo Weiren) brought Ma Mingfang to court.Suo Wenlin slapped the table and screamed: "You Eighth Route Army is making trouble in Daqingshan and cutting off our communication lines. You are bandits. This is sabotaging the War of Resistance." It turned out that the "Xinjiang Daily" produced a lot of civil war news in those days, fabricating the Communist Party to split , fabricated that the Eighth Route Army attacked the Kuomintang army on the Ping-Han line, and the New Fourth Army also cooperated in the attack; slandered the Communist Party for not uniting, and provoked civil war.Ma Mingfang was furious, and scolded Suowenlin: "The Eighth Route Army persisted in the war of resistance at the front, but you are here to kill the Eighth Route Army if you don't fight the war. After all, who sabotaged the War of Resistance and who are the bandits?" Next, beat Ma Mingfang until his body was covered in bruises and his face was bleeding.When one of Ma Mingfang's later guards cleaned up Ma Mingfang's files, he found several photos of Ma Mingfang in prison. Skinny.He also saw a large scar on Ma Mingfang's back that was one inch wide and five inches long.Ma Mingfang said that it was branded by the enemy with red-hot iron rods in Xinjiang prisons.It can be seen from this that he is strong and tough. Some people in the prison could not stand the severe test and defected to the enemy. The enemy used them to win people in the cell and lure them to surrender during interrogation.Ma Mingfang was keenly aware of the enemy's tricks.Always educate everyone to fight traitors.Once, Gao Dengbang received a note from Ma Mingfang, which said: "There are stinky fish, be careful!" "Stinky fish" refers to traitors.As soon as the "stinky fish" showed up, it was immediately exposed, and there was a lot of abuse everywhere.So the enemy had to get the traitor away from the cell, and "stinky fish" was finally squeezed out.Ma Mingfang said to the comrades: "It is a good thing to get rid of the evil and scum, and our team is more pure." The enemy can pull away the weak-willed, but nothing can separate a strong Communist from the party.Ma Mingfang's love and loyalty to the party cannot be shaken by any storm.Sheng Shicai and Zhu Shaoliang tried in vain to disintegrate the will of the Communist Party members by filling in forms. The enemy claimed that as long as they filled in the two boxes of "belief" and "volunteer" in the form to go home and no longer believe in communism, they would immediately Released and paid travel expenses to go home.Ma Mingfang wrote in front of the enemy: Belief: Communism; Volunteer: Return to Yan'an.The enemy was stunned when he saw it. The "Prisoner's Song" written by Communist Party member Lin Jilu in prison was composed by Chen Guyin, who was in the same prison cell, with tears in his eyes, and sang it in the prison cell.Gao Dengbang copied "The Prisoner's Song" to Ma Mingfang, and Ma Mingfang immediately issued an instruction: "The song has been received, it is inspiring, and it is widely sung." , the "prisoners" in Xinjiang prisons sang this song written in blood impassionedly: Prisoner, new prisoner, keep your faith, stand your ground.Beheaded and shot, retired and returned to his hometown: severe torture, simple meals.Prisoner, new prisoner, keep your faith, stand your ground.Throw our heads and build a pyramid of freedom; sprinkle our blood and dye it into a red flag, flying for thousands of years! Among the three hunger strikes, Ma Mingfang took part in the second and third times, which were the most intense and cruel. In March 1945, the prison authorities canceled some of the achievements of the comrades through the first hunger strike, such as reading books and newspapers, opening small prison doors, and lighting fires for warmth. And other cruel means to destroy comrades.Comrades from the No. 2 Prison where Ma Mingfang was located sent three representatives to put forward five demands to the prison, namely: (1) release unconditionally and send them back to Yan’an collectively; (2) return the books that were taken away; (3) allow them to read newspapers (4) Improve living conditions and meals; (5) Do not disperse, do not lock the door, and guarantee freedom in the courtyard.The prison authorities not only refused to agree to the demands of the comrades, but also beat the three representatives severely and sent them to black cells.So all the comrades began a hunger strike on March 15, and kept knocking on the prison door, shouting slogans and singing "The Internationale" in protest.The enemy was forced to release three representatives and accepted some conditions, which hit the enemy's reactionary arrogance.This seven-day hunger strike fully demonstrated the power of "a hundred sons of one heart", and the enemy had to admit that "the long-term detention may not be a good result." On August 8, 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan.The Japanese Kwantung Army retreated steadily under the powerful offensive of the Soviet Red Army, and major changes took place in the international situation.The party organization in the prison seized this favorable opportunity and once again organized and led a collective hunger strike.Ma Mingfang still advocated "unconditional release of all and collective return to Yan'an" as the first article of the hunger strike.In the hunger strike book, everyone also wrote conditions such as returning all the stolen books, not being allowed to disperse, and not being allowed to lock the door. During the first three days of the hunger strike, all the meals brought into the cell were brought back intact.On the fourth day, three meals were replaced with three meals: noodles, eggs, rice, roast beef, and dumplings.However, still no one moved a chopstick or a spoon.The prison warden Hou Weicheng was so angry that he pulled the comrades out one by one, and force-fed chili water and milk into the anus.Ma Mingfang was also pulled out by the enemy and wanted to pour pepper water on him.He rolled his body so that the enemy could not pour in.The enemy forcibly force-fed him. He gritted his teeth and knocked the food brought by the enemy to the ground.Make it impossible for the enemy to pour in every bit.The enemy was even more annoyed, and beat him with a whip, asking, "Do you want to eat?" "No! Just don't!" Ma Mingfang replied firmly.The enemy said again in an orderly tone: "If you don't eat it yourself, let everyone eat it!" Ma Mingfang said: "I cannot represent others. Our hunger strike is a political struggle. You imprisoned us. What crime did we commit?" The enemy poured peppers The poisonous plan of the water aroused even greater resistance among the comrades in the prison. The comrades supported their hungry bodies in the cell and angrily knocked on the bars.Hou Weicheng was helpless.The crime of force-feeding and dousing him with hot pepper water was forced to stop. In front of the heroic Communist Party members, the enemy was at their wits' end and had nothing to do, so they had to say: Except that Hou Weicheng cannot be the master when returning to Yan'an, all other conditions can be agreed.When discussing whether to resume food, some comrades disagreed with it and advocated to continue. Ma Mingfang said: "Hunger strike is a political struggle, and the struggle is for victory, not for the dead. It is for the preservation of strength. Basic victory can be resumed." The leading comrades in the prison considered releasing all the more than 100 Communist Party members and sending them back to Yan'an, which was indeed beyond the capabilities of the warden Hou Weicheng at that time.Therefore, with the enemy agreeing to other conditions, the seven-day hunger strike ended victoriously. When a group of Communist Party members were under house arrest and imprisoned in Xinjiang, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China carried out many rescues. On January 13, 1943, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China received news from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) that the comrades in Xinjiang were under house arrest, and the next day they sent a telegram to Zhou Enlai in Chongqing to try to rescue them. On June 5, 1944, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Lin Boqu submitted a "Letter of Opinion" to the Kuomintang government, requesting "the release of arrested persons from various places, such as...Xu Jie (namely Chen Tanqiu), Xu Mengqiu, Mao Zemin, Yang Zhihua, Pan Tong, etc. from Xinjiang". During the Chongqing negotiations on September 9, 1945, the Chinese Communist Party solemnly proposed that the release of patriotic political prisoners be included in the terms of the negotiations, and clearly pointed out that Chen Tanqiu, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Ma Mingfang, an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, were still imprisoned, and urged the Kuomintang authorities to release them.The Kuomintang authorities had no choice but to issue an order from the Executive Yuan in early 1946, ordering the release of political prisoners across the country: "Whether this type of criminal has been sentenced or not, all agencies are allowed to investigate and report for release."But this is just a dead letter, and it has not been implemented in all parts of the country, including Xinjiang. In March 1946, Zhang Zhizhong was appointed Chairman of the Military Commission of the Kuomintang Government, Director of the Northwest Camp and Chairman of Xinjiang Province.Before Zhang Zhizhong took office, Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao went to Zhang Yu in person and asked face to face that a group of comrades of our party were arrested by Sheng Shicai in Xinjiang.Considering their long-term life in prison and the difficult conditions, please improve it.Zhang Zhizhong agreed immediately. After Zhang Zhizhong arrived in Xinjiang, he ordered Qu Wu to visit him in prison to learn about the situation.Qu Wu met with Yang Zhihua and told Yang the summary of the conversation between Zhou Enlai and Zhang Zhizhong.Later, Zhang Zhizhong sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek: During the Sheng Shicai period, more than 100 people from the CCP were arrested, and the leaders had been executed. Most of the rest were old, weak, sick and disabled. freed.The telegram went back and forth several times, and Chiang Kai-shek did not reply to the telegram until May to agree. After living behind bars for more than four years, I finally looked forward to this day.The comrades in prison are preparing to return to Yan'an with excitement and joy.The party organization promptly taught everyone that the more than 6,000 miles from Dihua to Yan'an are full of difficulties and obstacles along the way, and there is a possibility of being detained or killed by Kuomintang agents on the way, so we must be vigilant.At the same time, the party organization stipulated strict discipline, so as not to cause extra problems and affect the return to Yan'an.When allocating vehicles, women, children, sick and disabled persons were paired with young adults to take care of each other, and Yang Zhihua, Gao Dengbang, and Jihe were appointed to be responsible for contact and living matters, and made every effort to ensure a safe and smooth return to Yan'an. On June 5, Zhang Zhizhong issued a telegram in accordance with the Executive Yuan's order on the release of political prisoners to various departments and counties; on June 6, he published the news of the release of CCP detainees in "Xinjiang Daily"; Major General Liu Yazhe was responsible for the escort.On the same day, the CCP personnel set off from Dihua in 10 large trucks.At the same time, Zhang Zhizhong telegraphed Gu Zhenglun, Chairman of Gansu Province, Hu Zongnan, Commander-in-Chief of the First War Zone, and Zhu Shaozhou, Chairman of Shaanxi Province, explaining that the release of these CCP personnel was approved by Chiang Kai-shek, and please receive them along the way. While camping in Bin County, Shaanxi Province on June 20, Liu Yazhe suddenly received a telegram from Hu Zongnan, telling them to go straight to Xianyang "guest house" (a concentration camp where communists were detained), and not to go to Xi'an.Liu Xin knew something was wrong, so she telegraphed Zhang Zhizhong, Yang Zhihua and Gao Dengbang.Yang and Gao immediately reported to the party organization.Xie Qiguang from the Shi Air Force was critically ill, and Yang and Gao went to Xi'an for first aid immediately upon request.Liu Yazhe took the opportunity to lead the convoy, crossed Xianyang overnight, and arrived in Xi'an. Gao Dengbang and Cao Jianpei immediately contacted Zhou Zijian of the Eighth Route Army Office, and took all the released prisoners to the Eighth Route Army Office. Several newspapers in Xi'an published an announcement about the release of the prisoners in Xinjiang. The news has arrived in Xi'an.Hu Zongnan was very dissatisfied with Liu Yazhe's failure to send these people to the "guest house" in Xianyang, and declared that the Political Department would review them and not let them go.Liu urgently sent a telegram to Zhang Zhizhong, and Zhang Zhizhong immediately telegraphed Hu Zongnan to let him go, and at the same time called Chiang Kai-shek to ask Hu to let him go.The Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army also telegraphed the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Yan'an, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De immediately telegraphed Hu Zongnan to let him go. On July 3, Liu Yazhe received Hu Zongnan's order, which said: "Following the order of XX, Director Liu Yazhe will be sent to escort the released CCP personnel in Xinjiang to Jijia Village in the border area. Depart soon." On July 9th, the convoy arrived at Jijia Village and was warmly welcomed by representatives of the Eighth Route Army. They then changed to a car in the border area and arrived in Yan'an on the afternoon of July 11th. After a 6,000-mile trek, they finally returned to the embrace of the party. . In Yan'an, they were warmly welcomed by Chairman Mao Zedong, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De, other leading comrades of the Central Committee, and the army and civilians in the border areas.Mao Zedong went to the residence in person, shook hands with everyone, and said repeatedly: "Comrades, you have worked hard." "Your return is victory!" All the comrades in Huiyan summed up the prison life and struggles in the past four years, which were studied by the party organization.Signed by Fang Zhichun, he wrote the "Report on the Anti-Fascist Struggle in Xinjiang Prisons" and submitted it to the Organization Department of the Central Committee; the Air Force Party Branch wrote the "Report to the Central Committee on the Study and Life in Xinjiang" and submitted it to the General Political Department. 131 people were released from prison in Xinjiang, 2 died of illness on the way, and 129 returned to Yan'an.The above facts fully demonstrate that all members of the CCP who were unconditionally released from Xinjiang prisons and returned to Yan'an collectively are good comrades who have passed the test of struggle.Just as the welcome article published in the "Liberation Daily" said: "Those who live are steadfast and unyielding, and those who die regard death as home!" Who would have expected that 20 years later, a group of good comrades such as Ma Mingfang would be under the leadership of Lin Biao in the "Cultural Revolution"? , Jiang Qing counter-revolutionary clique so despicably framed and cruelly tortured? !