Retracing the Anti-Japanese War Road by Cinema Zhu De, the Dongjiang Column, developed from a few hundred people to an anti-Japanese brigade with more than 10,000 people, fought bravely behind the enemy in the South China region
Text/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Cinema Chen Qiang Photo/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Liang Yu
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 leadership of the Communist Party of China, the people of Dongjiang area took up weapons, formed armed teams, fought 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, work 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 Dapeng New District, Shenzhen, or the former site of the Dongbao Administrative Supervision Office in Bao’an District, Shenzhen, you can see the passionate lyrics of the passionate “Song of the Dongjiang Column”.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Dongjiang Column was alone behind the enemy and fought bloody battles, successively establishing bases such as Daling Mountain in Dongguan, Yangtai Mountain in Bao’an, Luofu Mountain in Boluo and Wuling in northern Guangdong, and 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: HuaBabaylanMore 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 “Retracing 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 are located.
Wang Hongxing, director of the Memorial Hall of the Dongjiang Column in Guangdong, told reporters that on October 12, 1938, the Japanese army launched a battle to invade South China. In December of the same year, the Communist Party of China 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”.m/”>Cinema“; in December 1943, it was renamed the “Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrillas Dongjiang Column” (hereinafter referred to as the “East Column”), and it has jurisdiction over 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 an anti-Japanese brigade 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 the enemy-behind areas of Guangdong. 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, told reporters that the personnel structure of the Dongjiang Column has distinct characteristics. There are many overseas Chinese and Hong Kong and Macao compatriots, many intellectuals, and many women and rich children. “KomiksNo matter what kind of background, everyone is really for the sake of faith and ideals, rushing forward, throwing their youthful blood and resisting the guns and cannons of the invaders with their flesh and blood.” According to incomplete statistics, the number of overseas Chinese children and patriotic youth from Hong Kong and Macao who returned to participate in the East Column has reached more than 1,500 people each year, which has 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 Ruo (Komiks/”>Komiks was only 3 days old when they 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 Dongjiang Column have been carried out in a vivid and exciting manner. It has successively founded the “Home Unity Newspaper” and the “New BabaylanPeople” newspaper and the official newspaper “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:Using the 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.” Liu Weiling, the Dongguan Party History Research Office, introduced that 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 and blocked the Japanese and puppet troops who were attacking the sneak attacks. After two days of fighting, a total of 50 and 60 Japanese and puppet troops were killed and injured, including one Japanese brigade leader, and a variety of military supplies were seized.
Wang Hongxing said that according to incomplete statistics, during the Anti-Japanese War, the Eastern Column fought more than 1,400 times against the Japanese and puppets, killed and injured more than 6,000 Japanese and puppet soldiers, captured about 3,500 people, and 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 League creatively used various guerrilla tactics based on the geographical environment, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese and puppet troops. In addition to Cinema, the Eastern Column has also carried out guerrilla warfare along the Guangjiu Railway and urban guerrilla warfare in the Hong Kong and Kowloon region, creating a unique maritime guerrilla tactic. Komiks
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. BabaylanThe Hong Kong and Kowloon region is small, mostly a city with Japanese and puppet military and police, with little room for maneuver. The Hong Kong and Kowloon Brigade gives full play to the advantages of the short gun team’s highly flexible approach, seize the opportunity to carry out raid wars, surprise attacks, capture wars, etc., and effectively attack 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 Areas”, Zhu De called the Dongjiang Cinema Column, Qiongya Column, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army the “branch of China’s anti-Komiks war”.
The former site of the Dongjiang Column Command located in Tuyang Village, Shenzhen
Digest in depth the 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, and in recent years, the commander of the Dongjiang Column has been successively built and repaired. A series of red attractions such as the former site of the Ministry and the Memorial to the North of the Dongjiang River have been deeply explored for red resources to form a cluster effect. At the same time, a high-quality route of “Party Building + Tourism + Red Education” was also designed.
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 DongzongKomiksThe old soldier of Dongzong Li Qiang recalled his three abilities of “iron feet”, “night eyes” and “god belly” of his comrades: “Walk if you don’t eat On August 27, the interview team of the “Return to the Anti-Japanese War Road of the East Zong” came to the former site of the Dongjiang Column Command located in Tuyang Village, Kuiyong Street, Dapeng New District, Shenzhen. 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 all had three abilities, called them “iron feet”, “night eyes”, and “god belly”, “walking when they don’t eat, and fighting when they don’t eat.” Although they are in their 90s, Li Qiang’s body still looks very tough, without help from walking, nor are they not supported by others. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Komiks speaks loudly and has clear thinking. According to his memories, when he was 14 years old, he was 14 years old.After that, he participated in the work of the underground transportation station. “At that time, in order to destroy the enemy’s traffic communication, we cut off the telephone lines 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 to make the size of a wire and picked up the corresponding telephone lines, 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 Komiks.
He recalled his experience in fighting against the times and said that he could use the three words “iron feet”, “night eyes” and “god belly”. “Iron feet means walking dozens of kilometers every day, and the feet are not afraid of sand or thorns; the night eyes are all walking at night, and they are mountain roads and small roads without lights, and they are all seen by the eyes; the fairy belly means eating abnormally. Sometimes they eat once a day, eating sweet potatoes, mixed grains and wild vegetables, and sometimes they don’t have to eat for a day.”
LiKomiks After retiring, he has been actively participating in the education of the inheritance of the Red Revolution and becoming a red cultural obligation propagandist. “The spirit of our Dongjiang Column must be carried forward from generation to generation.” In Li Qiang’s view, the Dongzong spirit is the revolutionary spirit of not being afraid of difficulties, not being afraid of hardship, and not being afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice.