"My Confession"

Chen Ran

Let the heavy iron shackles ring under your feet,

Let you use the whip Lift it high;

I don’t need any confession,

Even if there is a bloody bayonet on my chest!

People cannot lower their noble heads.

Only those who are afraid of death can beg for "freedom";

What does the poison torture plan achieve?

Death cannot make me speak!

I laughed loudly in the face of death,

The devil's palace shook in the laughter;

This is me - the confession of a Communist,

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Singing triumphant songs buried the Chiang Dynasty.

Chen Ran was born in Xianghe County, Hebei Province in November 1923. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he fled with his family to Yichang, Hubei and other places. In the summer of 1938, 15-year-old Chen Ran participated in the anti-Japanese and national salvation movement in western Hubei and participated in the "Anti-Japanese War Theater" led by China. Joined China in March 1939. In early 1947, under the leadership and support of the Cultural Affairs Committee of the Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of China, he participated in the organization of the magazine "Wandering" in Chongqing to guide young people on the revolutionary path of integrating workers and peasants. In July 1947, the Chongqing underground party decided to compile and print the Advance Newspaper. He first served as a member of the special branch organization of the Advance Newspaper and later as secretary, responsible for the mimeograph work of the newspaper.

On April 22, 1948, due to the betrayal of a traitor, Chen Ran was arrested by Kuomintang agents and imprisoned in the Baigongguan Prison of Military Tong. The Kuomintang agents used various torture methods such as the tiger bench on him. He was tortured to death and his legs were seriously injured. However, he was unyielding and strictly guarded the party's secrets. While in prison, he wrote the news he received from Huang Xiansheng, a senior KMT general, on notes and secretly passed them on to his fellow prisoners, which was called the "Jail Advance Newspaper." When the news of the founding of New China reached the prison, he and his fellow prisoners could not restrain their excitement and sewed a five-star red flag with their own hands.

On October 28, 1949, Chen Ran was killed by Kuomintang agents at the Daping execution ground near Zhazidong, Chongqing. He was only 26 years old when he died. He fulfilled his solemn oath to the party with his own life: "As long as there is still breath, we will fight for the revolution to the end!"