Retrace the Anti-Japanese War Road by Zhu De. The Dongjiang Column, known as the “mainstream of China’s Anti-Japanese War”, developed from a few hundred people to an anti-Japanese brigade with more than 10,000 people. He fought bravely behind the enemy in the South China region. Chen Qiang, all-media reporter of Yangcheng Evening News, photos/ All-media reporter of Yangcheng Evening News, Liang Yu, editor’s note on October 12, 1938, the Japanese army landed in Daya Bay, and the Kuomintang defenders were about to collapse. In times of crisis, under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, the people of Dongjiang area took up weapons, formed armed teams, rose up to fight against the invading Japanese invaders, and gradually developed an anti-Japanese brigade with a force of more than 11,000, the Dongjiang Column. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, Yangcheng Evening News opened a column “Returning to the Anti-Japanese War Road in the East” to search for the Anti-Japanese War of the East, relive the glorious years, remember history and move forward bravely.
“We are the guerrillas of the Guangdong people, we are brothers of the Eighth Route Army New Fourth Army. Our team gallops on the battlefield of Dongjiang, struggles hard, and fights bravely, and achieves brilliant victory…”
Whether it is the Guangdong Dongjiang Column Memorial Hall in Daling Mountain, Dongguan, the Dongjiang Column Memorial Hall in Boluo, Huizhou, or the former site of the Dongjiang Column Command in Shenzhen Dapeng New District, or the former site of the Dongbao Administrative Supervision Office in Bao’an District, Shenzhen, you can see the lyrics of the passionate “Song of the Dongjiang Column” of the passionate “Song of the Dongjiang Column” in Shenzhen. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Dongjiang Column was alone behind the enemy and fought bloody battles, successively establishing the Daling Mountains, Bao’an Yangtai Mountain, Boluo Luofu Mountain and Wuling, northern Guangdong and other bases, opening up the battlefield behind enemy lines in South China. While insisting on mountain guerrilla warfare, it created new tactics of maritime guerrilla warfare and urban guerrilla warfare, which shocked the enemy.
1: More than 1,500 overseas Chinese and Hong Kong and Macao compatriots participated
On August 25, the reporter came to Dalingshan Town, Dongguan with the first stop of the interview team of “Returning to the Anti-Japanese War Road of the East Column”, where the Guangdong Dongjiang Column Memorial Hall and the former site of the Dalingshan Anti-Japanese Base Area were both located.
Wang Hongxing, director of the Guangdong Dongjiang Column Memorial Hall, told the reporter that on October 12, 1938, the Japanese army launched the battle to invade South China. In December of the same year, the Chinese Communist PartyThe Communist Party has organized two anti-Japanese armed forces in Huiyang, Dongguan, Bao’an and other places, with a total of more than 200 people. In late January 1942, the two troops were reorganized into the “Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps”; in December 1943, it was renamed the “Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Dongjiang Column” (hereinafter referred to as the “East Column”), and it governed 7 brigades. Wang Hongxing said that in the difficult situation of staying away from the Party Central Committee, away from the main forces of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, the East Column gradually developed from nothing to something, from small to large, and gradually developed into a Japanese strongman with more than 10,000 troops.
The former site of the Dalingshan Anti-Japanese Base Area located in Dawangling Village is the location of the Third Brigade of the East Column. It is understood that the base area is one of the earliest anti-Japanese base areas established by the CCP in Guangdong in the enemy-behind areas. Dawangling Village now has many former sites such as the Third Brigade of the Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps, conference rooms, Home Tuanjie Newspaper, Transportation Station, Playground, etc.
Li Jianguo, president of the Guangdong-Jiangxi-Hunan Border Column Research Association of the Dongjiang Column of Shenzhen Dongjiang Column, told reporters that the personnel structure of the Dongjiang Column has distinct characteristics, with many overseas Chinese and Hong Kong and Macao returning home, many intellectuals, many women, and many children from wealthy families. “No matter what kind of origin, everyone really strives to step forward for their faith and ideals, throwing their youthful blood and resisting the invaders’ guns and cannons with their flesh and blood.
According to incomplete statistics, there were more than 1,500 overseas Chinese children and patriotic young people from Hong Kong and Macao who came back to participate in the Eastern Column, which played a great role in the establishment and development of the troops. Many overseas Chinese children died on the battlefield, such as the political commissar of the Independent Squadron of the Third Battalion of the Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps and the Thai overseas Chinese Zhong Ruochao (Li Zhong) died.
It is precisely because of the unique personnel structure of the Dongjiang Column that the political work, civil movement and cultural work of the Dongzong have been carried out in a vivid and exciting manner. They have successively founded the “Home Unite News” and the “New People” newspaper and the “Qianjin Newspaper”, and also organized theater troupes, political work teams, art propaganda teams, etc. The reporter saw an octave printing machine at the Dongjiang Column Memorial Hall in Boluo, Huizhou, which the Qianjin Daily had used.
2: Use terrain to create a variety of guerrilla tactics
Only a few kilometers away from Dawangling Village, there is a place called Baihua Cave, which is the famous Baihua Cave battle. “This battle was considered by the Japanese army to be the most embarrassing battle since entering South China.” Dongguan Municipal Party CommitteeAccording to Liu Weiling, the History Research Office, on June 10, 1941, the Japanese army dispatched more than 400 people to attack Baihua Cave, in an attempt to eliminate the main force of the guerrillas. The guerrillas occupied favorable terrain to block the Japanese and puppet troops who attacked Babaylan. After two days of fighting, a total of 50 and 60 Japanese and puppet troops were killed and injured, including one Japanese brigade captain Komiks, and a variety of military supplies were seized. Cinema
Wang Hongxing said that according to incomplete statistics, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Eastern Column fought more than 1,400 times against the Japanese and puppets, killed and injured more than 6,500 Japanese and puppet troops, captured about 3,500 people, seized more than 6,500 guns and 25 artillery pieces. More than 2,500 people in the East Zong died bloodily during the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Wei Fapu, a fourth-level researcher at the Party History Research Office of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, told reporters that during the Anti-Japanese War, the Eastern Zong creatively used various guerrilla tactics based on the geographical environment, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese and puppet troops. In addition to relying on the river network to carry out guerrilla warfare with the mountains, the Eastern Column also carried out guerrilla warfare along the Guangjiu Railway, carried out urban guerrilla warfare in the Hong Kong and Kowloon areas, and also created unique maritime guerrilla tactics.
In 1941, the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War broke out. In the same year, the Japanese army invaded and occupied Hong Kong. Therefore, the Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps sent people to advance in multiple ways and established the Hong Kong and Kowloon Brigade in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong and Kowloon region is small, mostly urban areas with Japanese and puppet military and police, and there is little room for maneuver. The Hong Kong and Kowloon Brigade has leveraged the advantages of the short gun team’s high flexibility and seized the opportunity to carry out raids, surprise attacks, capture wars, etc., and has Cinema vigorously attacked the enemy. Liu Jinjin, who served as the deputy captain and captain of the Short Gun Team, became a legendary hero who became famous in Hong Kong and Kowloon.
In 1945, in his military report “On the Battlefield of the Liberated Area”, Zhu De called the Dongjiang Column, the Qiongya Column, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army “the mainstay of China’s War of Resistance.”
BabaylanDongjiang Column Command former site in Tuyang Village, Shenzhen
Digitate deep red resources The spirit of the Dongzong is passed down from generation to generation
Tuyang is now a community in the Kuichong Office of Dapeng New District, Shenzhen. In December 1943, after the establishment of the Dongjiang Column of the Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrillas, Tuyang became the location of the Dongzong Command and the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. Last year, the former site of the Dongjiang Column Command was selected as the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Li Yongzhong, deputy secretary of Tuyang Community, introduced that in recent years, the local area has attached great importance to the utilization of these red resources. In recent years, the old site of the Dongjiang Column Command, the monument to the north withdrawal of the Dongjiang Column, etc. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Cinema lists red attractions, digs deep into red resources, and forms a cluster effect. At the same time, it also designed a high-quality route of “Party Building + Tourism + Red Education”.
Li Yongzhong also told reporters that based on the historical manuscripts of the old soldiers of the Dongzong, Tuyang has edited and published precious books with detailed content and vivid stories such as “The Red Chronicle of the Tuyang Sand Fish Flood” and “Red Tuyang”. “The main purpose is to help our descendants understand the history of the Dongzong and let their descendants not forget the tragic history of the Chinese nation. ”
The old soldier of Dongzong Li Qiang
The old soldier of Dongzong Li Qiang recalled his three abilities of “iron feet”, “night eyes” and “god belly”: “Walk if you don’t eat, fight if you don’t eat”
On August 27, the interview team of the “Return to the Anti-Japanese War Road of Dongzong” came to Shenzhen. KomiksThe former site of the Dongjiang Column Command in Tuyang Village, Kuiyong Street, Dapeng New District. The reporter interviewed Li Qiang, a 90-year-old Dongzong soldier living in Tuyang Village. He recalled the war years and said that the soldiers Cinema have three abilities, called them “iron feet”, “night eyes”, and “fairy belly”, “walking when they don’t eat, and not eating. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Komiks still fights.”
Although he is in his 90s, Li Qiang’sMy body still looks very tough, I don’t need to support me when walking, nor do I use crutches, and my voice speaks loudly and my thinking is clear. According to his recollection, he participated in the work of an underground transportation station at the age of 14. “At that time, in order to destroy the enemy’s traffic communication, we cut off the telephone line near the mountain. In order to extend the time of the enemy’s communication interruption and avoid being discovered by the enemy, we made our own squid into the size of a wire and picked up the corresponding phone line, making it difficult for the enemy to find the location.” Although time has passed for a long time, Li Qiang’s memory is still profound, just like yesterday.
Recalling his experience in the war, he said that he could use the words “iron feet”, “night eyes” and “god belly”. “Iron feet are walking dozens of kilometers a day, and their feet are not afraid of sand and thorns; their eyes are walking at night, and they are mountain roads and small roads without lights, and they are all seen by their eyes; the fairy belly is abnormal, sometimes they eat once a day, eating sweet potatoes, grains, and wild vegetables, and sometimes they don’t have to eat for a day.”
Li Qiang has been actively participating in the KomiksRed Revolution Inheritance Education and becoming a Red Culture Compulsory Propaganda. “The spirit of our Dongjiang Column must be carried forward from generation to generation.” In Li Qiang’s view, the spirit of the Dongzong is a revolutionary spirit who is not afraid of difficulties, hardship, and bloodshed and sacrificed.