Chapter 73 5. Li Meiqun led a guerrilla team of nearly 100 people and fought against the enemy in the mountainous area of ​​Ningdu for more than two months

Her life was coming to an end, it was a point of no return. The white army encircled and suppressed like an iron barrel, and surrounded the Red Army and Red Guards where they stayed. In October 1934, the main force of the Red Army marched.The central and local party and government agencies directly led by Xiang Ying and Chen Yi, as well as a small number of armed forces, insisted on guerrilla warfare. Li Meiqun did not participate in the Long March due to lung disease.She, Zeng Shan, Acting Secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, Liu Qiyao, Chairman of the Provincial Soviet, and Li Cifan, Commander of the Jiangxi Military Region, followed the Red Army guerrillas to the dense mountains and dense forests north of Ningdu County to start guerrilla warfare with the White Army.

The situation became more and more critical. Shicheng fell on October 7, Gulonggang fell on October 10, Xingguo fell on October 14, Ningdu fell on October 28, Changting fell on November 1, and Ruijin fell on November 10. On November 17, Yudu fell.The main areas of the Central Soviet Area were occupied by the enemy.The provincial party committee decided to disperse the main leading cadres to the battalions. Li Meiqun led a guerrilla group of nearly 100 people, and was besieged by the 94th Division of the Kuomintang for more than two months in the northern mountainous area of ​​Ningdu. As the situation became more and more dangerous, Li Meiqun held a meeting of party members and cadres calmly, encouraging everyone to maintain the integrity of revolutionaries and Communists, fight to the end, and would rather die than surrender.

With heavy snowfall and freezing weather, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the masses to send food and vegetables up the mountain.Under the leadership of Li Meiqun, the comrades endured the difficulties of cold weather, lack of medical treatment, shortage of food and vegetables, and the spread of diseases, sticking to the mountains. In January 1935, the White Army stormed the guerrilla camp with dozens of times its strength.After fierce struggle, the guerrillas finally failed because they ran out of ammunition and food and were isolated and helpless. In the difficult environment, Li Meiqun's lung disease worsened, tormenting her body day and night, and she was no longer able to fight the enemy.

Facing the outflanking White Army, a few minutes before she was arrested, she shouted to her comrades to encourage them to fight bravely. After being arrested, she was taken to the No. 1 Prison of Jiangxi Province.During the long period of interrogation and detention, Li Meiqun fought bravely in prison.She is courageous and insightful, and her ability is superior, which makes the enemy have to admire. On March 22, 1935, "Jiangxi Republic of China Daily" disclosed in the article "Three Female Bandit Prisoners": "... Li Meiqun is a woman of higher status, only 20 years old. I heard that Li was illiterate, but she was very capable of handling affairs. After being trained by the Communist bandits, she was able to write some ordinary letters." After Li Meiqun was arrested, the traitor confessed Knowing his true identity, he was regarded as an important political prisoner by the enemy, handcuffed and fettered, and sent to the No. 1 Prison of Jiangxi Province in Nanchang.Sleep on a damp bare floor.

One day, Li Meiqun was summoned by guards to interrogate her. The enemy judge first asked her about her institution, name, and age, and then asked sharply, "What job do you hold in the Communist Party?" The bureaucratic landlord." Now that his identity was exposed, Li Meiqun simply answered head-on, like a sharp sword, showing his sharpness and showing no mercy. The judge was furious, stood up, patted the table, and said aggressively: "Be honest, who wants you to say this!" Li replied loudly without fear, without showing any weakness, "I have always been very honest, and I will tell you what I do. What, this is what I do.” “I ask you, how many people are left behind by the Communist Party? Who are the leaders? Where are they now?” “One person, in front of you, is me, and I am the leader.” Li Meiqun replied Very simply.

"Presumptuous!" The judge put his hands on the table and yelled loudly, "Aren't you afraid of death, you know where this is!" Li Meiqun sneered and said, "If you are afraid of death, you will not revolutionize. If you ask me what this place is, I know, this is hell." The enemy originally thought that Li Meiqun was a young and weak woman who would confess to everything without much effort.Actually otherwise, she was extremely strong and regarded death as home, which made the judge very embarrassed. The judge was attracted by her beauty, but he was not reconciled. He said to her for a while, "Li Meiqun, your name is very nice. You are a young, promising and beautiful woman. Don't waste it." Your own beauty. If you can tell the truth, you will have an immeasurable bright future. Don’t be smart. The criminal law is ruthless, and the flesh will hurt. It will be too late to regret it.” Li Meiqun replied mockingly: “I have my plan. Don’t worry about it.” The first interrogation was over.No torture was used this time. Later, every time the enemy interrogated, he tortured him physically.She was beaten severely, poured pepper water, stepped on bars, and pricked her fingers with needles, but she always gritted her teeth and never begged for mercy, showing the righteousness and iron bones of a Communist Party member.

At that time, prison inmates had complex composition and complex thinking.Except for comrades who are familiar with each other, they are very cautious in speaking.Li Meiqun often supports his bruised body and uses every opportunity to encourage fellow sufferers: believe that the Soviet will come back, believe in the Communist Party, and persevere to the end.When encountering dubious prisoners, she made a pun, or severely reprimanded, or implicitly confessed that there was no sun in the cell, and one day we will see the sun. At that time, Li Meiqun was suffering from tuberculosis, coughing up blood frequently, and having trouble speaking.But every time he argues with enemies and traitors, he is righteous, with the flames of hatred in his eyes, and his words are sonorous and resounding.

According to Wan Xiang, a fellow prisoner (who served as deputy secretary of the Xingguo County Party Committee after liberation), Fang Zhimin’s lover, Miao Min, was imprisoned opposite Li Meiqun. She was very sad. Meiqun often comforted her and encouraged her to turn her grief into strength. Once, Miao Min cried with a photo of Fang Zhimin when he died, and everyone was very sad.At this time, the ferocious female guard, holding a wooden stick, threatened to beat Miao Min, and yelled, "Bandit woman, are you going to rebel?" All the fellow sufferers stabbed the female guard with angry eyes.

Enduring the torment of the illness, Li Meiqun struggled to stand up, stared angrily, and retorted angrily: "Our relatives have been killed, isn't it even allowed to cry?" The female guard was very embarrassed and had no words to answer, so she had to walk away up. In prison, Meiqun often took the initiative to care for and take care of fellow prisoners, patiently enlightened fellow prisoners who couldn't think about it, and combed the hair and body of fellow prisoners. Once, at the door of No. 7 women's prison, she saw a sign that read "Wangenxiu Detention".When people were not paying attention, Meiqun said to Wan Genxiu, a fellow Xingguo, with concern: "Genxiu, don't be afraid of these bastards, and fight them boldly. This sign means: Now, the enemy has not yet grasped your situation. , you should preemptively take the initiative to appeal to the enemy’s Military Judicial Division. Ask them, why you were not sentenced and not released, so that you sat in the blind prison for two months.” She also helped Wan Genxiu write the indictment, requesting that the Military Judicial Division "If you are guilty, you will be sentenced, if you are innocent, you will be released."Sure enough, within a few days, two bailiffs escorted Wan to the Jiujiang "Reformation Institute". At the beginning of 1937, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated in the resistance against Japan, and Wan was released back to Xingguo.

Neither hard nor soft.The enemy had nothing to do with Li Meiqun, and finally sentenced her to 12 years in prison. Frequent coughing up blood made her weaker and weaker.Tuberculosis was an incurable disease at the time.Li Meiqun faced death calmly, she was not afraid of death, the only thing she was worried about was her own flesh and blood. In the spring of 1936, due to the double torment of tuberculosis and hard life, Li Meiqun was skinny, and the black prison finally swallowed her young life.That year, she was only 25 years old. The fragrance of jade meteorite disappears.Prison guards threw her body outside the high prison wall, leaving no bones left.