"Three Heroes - After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Volume 1"

Author: Hunan Provincial Revolutionary Martyrs' Biography Compilation Committee
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: After Song Zhiping entered Guizhou Province, he followed the clues provided by the organization to find underground party members along the way, but he failed to connect with most of them, as they were often destroyed by the enemy. The plan to seek help from underground party members fell through. Dejiang County is a mountainous area inhabited by ethnic minorities, and coupled with being unfamiliar with the environment, carrying out underground work was very difficult. In a state of desperation, Xian Zhongyu remembered that he had a relative named Ding Chaozhong, who served as a village head and lived in the Xiziguan area of Pingyuan Township in Dejiang County. Although he was a village head, he was relatively honest and had conflicts with the Guomindang. After careful analysis, Song Zhiping and Xian Zhongyu decided to stay at Ding Chaozhong's house and see what happened. They went to Ding's house, and Xian Zhongyu introduced Song Zhiping to Ding Chaozhong: "The gentleman I brought with me is an old friend of mine, named Zhang Zhicheng, from Guangxi. He graduated from university and was robbed while doing business, leaving him penniless. He came here to find work." Ding Chaozhong agreed to let Song Zhiping stay temporarily at his house and arranged for him to teach at the Village National School. In this way, Song Zhiping settled in a remote mountainous area of Dejiang County. Xian Zhongyu then became the liaison officer for the Special Committee and went to various parts of northern Guizhou to open up work. By the spring of 1948, after becoming familiar with the surrounding environment and interpersonal relationships, Song Zhiping used an empty room at the Village National School to enroll 12 students who had not passed the entrance exams for junior or senior high school, establishing a tutoring class. Xian Zhongyu also sent his two nephews to the tutoring class for the purpose of making connections. Under the cover of the tutoring class, the agency of the northern Guizhou Special Committee began to take shape. Although most of the students were children of powerful families such as landlords and gentry, due to Song Zhiping's serious teaching attitude, strict requirements for students, and his ability to teach multiple subjects like English, Chinese, and mathematics, showing the talent of an excellent teacher, he was deeply welcomed by students and parents. However, the Guomindang spies had long been watching him, an outsider. Soon after, the Dejiang County government of the Guomindang sent a person claiming to be an inspector to investigate Song Zhiping. After a brief inspection of the classroom, he carefully searched Song Zhiping's bedroom and interrogated him for a long time. Song Zhiping smiled calmly and answered fluently, adding to his composed attitude when in danger, which made the other party "relieved" and leave. P5