As we all know, most of the birthplaces of China's modern revolution are in the south, so the early Party members were basically concentrated in the provinces of the south, and it was difficult for revolutionary ideas to spread there due to the distance in the northern region.
However, in the depths of the mountains of Shaanxi Province, an outstanding party member was born, and he was the first person to join the party in Shaanxi, Liao Qianwu.
On February 18, 1886, Liao Qianwu was born in Pingli County, Shaanxi Province, to a family of intellectuals, in order to find a way to save the country, Liao Qianwu left his hometown at the age of 20 and traveled from place to place, looking for the door to repay the country.
After the success of the Xinhai Revolution, the Qing Dynasty was overthrown, and Liao Qianwu felt that this was a good time for him to serve the country, so he defected to the shaanxi warlord Chen Shufan. However, after witnessing the ugly acts of Chen Shufan and his subordinates in corrupting and oppressing the people, Liao Qianwu concluded that the Beiyang warlords could never save China, so he had to resign and return to his hometown to wait for the time.
A few years later, Liao Qianwu, who had experienced depression, bitterness, and thinking, walked out of the mountains again, and this time he encountered a turning point in his life.
In August 1921, Liao Qianwu, who came to Wuhan, became acquainted with Dong Biwu, Bao Huisheng, Chen Tanqiu and other early party members, and under their influence, Liao Qianwu's thinking changed greatly. The following year, Liao Qianwu resolutely joined our party and was also the first party member in Shaanxi Province.
In February 1923, our Party set off the climax of the first workers' movement on the Beijing-Hankou Railway, the "February Seventh Strike". In this sensational movement, Wuhan and Zhengzhou were the most famous, and Liao Qianwu led the workers' movement in the Hankou area together with Chen Tanqiu and Xiang Ying. This movement expanded the influence of our Party and also promoted the first Kuomintang-Communist cooperation that followed.
Soon after, Sun Yat-sen held the first Kuomintang congress in Guangzhou, and Liao Qianwu attended the meeting as a representative of our party. In August 1924, Sun Yat-sen prepared the famous "Grand Marshal IronClad Convoy", and Liao Qianwu served as the party representative. This unit was the first revolutionary armed force under the control of our Party and the predecessor of ye Tingtuan.
After the start of the Northern Expedition, Liao Qianwu served as the director of the Political Department of the Twelfth Division of the Fourth Army. During the Northern Expedition, he carried out ideological and political work in a bold way, edited three volumes of the "Soldiers' Reader", and gave soldiers political lessons and revolutionary songs every day. On the way to the march, the troops sang military songs and pulled slogans, and the common people knew from a distance that the revolutionary army was coming, and they "ate pot paste and greeted each other in the middle of the road."
After the occupation of Wuhan, Liao Qianwu was promoted to director of the Political Department of the Fourth Army, and was also in charge of the work of the Eleventh Army and the Divisional Political Department of He Laozong. Mr. He was born from the old warlords, and his troops were a little less ideologically conscious than the Fourth Army, but under the leadership of Liao Qianwu, Mr. He's troops strengthened their ideological and political work, and even Mr. He himself was impressed by Liao Qianwu's fearless spirit.
In the spring and summer of 1927, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei rebelled against the revolution one after another, and the vigorous great revolution failed. Liao Qianwu was indignant, and repeatedly led the joint battle, calling for troops to fight and "swearing to be the vanguard."
On the eve of the outbreak of the Nanchang Uprising, Zhou Gong suggested that Liao Qianwu because he was older and in poor health, but Liao Qianwu did not hesitate to refuse, and rushed from Wuhan to Jiujiang with Yun Daiying to prepare to participate in the Nanchang Uprising.
As everyone knows, the main forces of the Nanchang Uprising were the Twenty-fifth Division of the Fourth Army of the former National Revolutionary Army, the Twenty-fourth Division of the Eleventh Army, and the Twentieth Army of General He Laozong, and Liao Qianwu, who served as the director of the Political Department in these three units, can be said to have made indispensable contributions to the ideological progress of these units.
Please note that among these three units, including these famous generals: He Laozong, Ye Ting, Liu Shuai, Lin Zong, Nie Shuai, Chen Laozong, Su Zong, Zhang Yunyi, Chen Geng, Xu Guangda, and so on, it can be said that they have all been taught by Liao Qianwu.
After the uprising, Liao Qianwu, together with Zhou Yiqun, introduced Mr. He to join our party and added a marshal to the future people's army.
Unfortunately, such an outstanding leader of our Party in the early days was unfortunately killed in 1930.
At that time, Liao Qianwu was sent to Changsha, Hunan Province, to engage in underground activities and plan the work of the enemy's internal uprising. Due to the tight rule of the enemy forces in Hunan, liao Qianwu was arrested by He Jian, chairman of Hunan Province, shortly after his arrival as a traitor, and was detained and imprisoned as a "major criminal." On September 3, 1930, Liao Qianwu was secretly murdered on the outskirts of Changsha at the age of 44.
What is even more regrettable is that until today, 88 years have passed, and Liao Qianwu's remains have still not been found, which has become a great regret.
The Si people have passed away, but the spirit of the "Iron Army" created by his own hands has continued to grow and develop in the revolutionary war that followed, and it is in the same vein, and among the founding generals, a considerable part of them are also from the "Iron Army".