In May 1959, the founding general Liu Yalou returned to Xiangyang Village, Liu Xiangdian Township, Wuping, Fujian Province, where he had been separated for more than 20 years, and after Liu Yalou became a Red Army soldier at the age of eighteen, he never returned to his hometown, and after a few decades of success, he should have celebrated a good time, however, the first thing he did when he returned to his hometown was to a place called Under the Sky Lantern in Wuping Dahexu, not far from his home, to hang a superior, comrade-in-arms and revolutionary guide who died here more than 20 years ago, and was also a life-saving benefactor, Wang Liang, commander of the Red Fourth Army. Liu Yalou stood at the place where Wang Liang was sacrificed, talking to the staff around him about the sad scene 27 years ago, and the voice and smile of his own military commander Wang Liang still echoed in his mind.
The stone stele of the place where Commander Wang Liang was sacrificed
Originally, in June 1930, the main force of the Red 4th Army entered Wuping, where Wang Liang, as the leader of the Red Army, extensively mobilized the masses to fight local tycoons and divide the land, carry out in-depth agrarian revolutionary struggles, and establish red regimes at all levels. At that time, after graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, Wang Liang, who had theoretical level and practical combat experience, often went to the camp school to attend classes, and Liu Yalou, as the head of the class, knew Wang Liang and formed a profound revolutionary friendship.
Liu Ya upstairs will be young photos
Liu Yalou's rapid growth in the ranks of the Red Army was inseparable from Wang Liang's careful guidance; in particular, in the ensuing operations, he established the operational spirit of "fighting hard and fighting hard, being the first soldier," charging ahead, being brave and good at fighting, and in just two years he was promoted to a division-level general, still under the command of commander Wang Liang.
This time Wang Liang and Liu Yalou led their troops to fight three vicious battles in a row, in the Battle of Huangpi, Ningdu, Liu Yalou was shot in many places in the charge, due to excessive bleeding and passed out, the medical conditions at that time were poor, coupled with the fact that he did not eat for a day and a night, when he was carried down the battlefield, he was already dying of breath, because the seriously injured health team saw that his limbs were cold and breathless, they judged that he had died, and carried him into a coffin to prepare to say goodbye. Just at this time, Wang Liang and others found that there was breath in his nostrils, so they quickly let him out of the coffin, and finally escaped after rescue. Therefore, Liu Yalou has always been grateful to Wang Liang, the leader.
In March 1932, Wang Liang, commander of the Red Fourth Army, led this team as the main force of the Eastern Route Army to march into western Fujian and southern Fujian, they fought four battles in Longyan, conquered Zhangzhou, and won successive battles. After the Red Fourth Army completed its strategic task, it was ordered to lead its troops back to Gannan to engage in the fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression" battle, and after crossing the Ting River from southern Fujian through Longyan and Shanghang, to Wuping, what they did not expect was that Wang Liang, who had survived the strong winds and waves, encountered trouble on his way to a place called Tianlanxia in Dahe Township.
Under the skylight of the Red Army's inevitable road, there is a "tuweizi" blocking the way, this tuweizi is dangerous by the mountain, and on all sides is a high wall, with gun holes in the wall, bunkers, and city gates, moats and suspension bridges, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. As soon as the enemy's strongholds, the large troops of the Red Army arrived, they shrank into the "Tuweizi", relying on this, and secretly attacked the Red Army.
The military situation is urgent, and if this earthen fence is not quickly destroyed, it will affect the completion of the task of annihilating the enemy in Gannan Province. Wang was very anxious in his conscience, and said to the political commissar Luo Ruiqing: "Let's go, let's go and observe, and think of a way to eliminate or at least block the small enemy of Tuweizi, so that the large troops can quickly pass." After saying this, he led Luo Political Commissar and Chief of Staff Su (Yu) to reconnoiter the terrain of Tuweizi.
At this stage, the Red Army had no experience in attacking Tuweizi, and Wang Liang led Political Commissar Luo and Chief of Staff Su to take command from the front, after all, they had been on the battlefield for a long time, and it was a mob of rabble-rousers who guarded these Tuweizi, and they did not take Tuweizi seriously at all, nor did they hide much, so they went to a wall and used telescopes to observe the enemy's movements and the surrounding terrain, and after reading it, Commander Wang Liang, the political commissar and the chief of staff, discussed the next plan of action for annihilating the enemy.
What people did not expect was that the three of them were discussing the battle plan against the enemy, only to hear "Snap! Two gunshots rang out, two cold shots were fired from the eye of the gun on the side of the Tuweizi, hitting Wang Liang in the head, and Political Commissar Luo and Chief of Staff Su hurriedly picked up Wang Liang and retreated to the hidden place, while sending people to quickly find a military doctor to rescue him, while covering Wang Liang's bleeding forehead with his hands, and shouting with a heavy heart: "Commander! Captains! ...", but he was already very weak when he hit the nail on the head.
Only Feng Wang Liang opened his eyes with difficulty, took Commissar Luo's hand, and said in a weak voice: "You command, destroy the enemy... Complete the task...". Then he took out his pocket watch and pen from his pocket and said to Commissar Luo: "This watch and pen are left to you, and I will take it to victory for me..." Before the words fell, Commander Wang closed his eyes forever, and the stars fell, and the heavens and the earth were in sorrow! Wang Liang was only 27 years old when he died. This pocket watch of his was the spoils of the first anti-encirclement and suppression capture alive by the enemy's front-line commander-in-chief Zhang Huizhen. After the war, he was given a special reward by the Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army. His pocket watch and fountain pen have been stored in the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, which has become a historical witness of Wang Liang's heroic dedication to the cause of the people.
After the death of Commander Wang Liang, the generals of the Red Fourth Army carried his body on a stretcher and marched in the direction of Huichang. Subsequently, he was buried in the crow's berth at the junction of Wuping and Huichang, Liu Yalou attended the funeral, and subsequently, he often talked about this military commander to the people around him, saying that he wanted to be heroic and martial, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a very military temperament. He wears an old octagonal military hat on his head, and when he speaks, he always likes to push the hat tongue up, wears a gray coarse cloth military uniform, leggings under the knees, and a pair of straw shoes on his feet, which is very simple.
During the long war years, Liu Yalou has always missed Wang Liangjun, saying that he was brave in battle, warm and sincere in his treatment of people, strict in his administration of the army, and did not commit any crimes in autumn, which won the support of the people. He loves fighters, is approachable, has a cheerful personality, enthusiastically cultivates young fighters, always smiles when he sees fighters, and likes to play table tennis and bicycle racing with fighters. He worked carefully, and he was very concerned about the soldiers' family situation and the situation of the exercises and classes. Wang Liang was deeply respected and supported by the cadres and soldiers of the Red Fourth Army and the masses of southern Fujian and western Fujian. This famous military commander in the early days of the founding of the Red Army, a graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy, was able to write and fight, he participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising, made many meritorious achievements, and sacrificed under the cold gun of a small tuweizi, which is a pity.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he observed the terrain with Wang Liang, the living political commissar Luo Ruiqing and the chief of staff Su Yu, both of whom were awarded to the founding general. In order to commemorate this senior Red Army general who sacrificed his life in Xiaoshan Village, the local people erected a stone monument at the sacrificial site of Commander Wang Liang (under the heavenly lantern in Dahe Village) and built the Wang Liang Memorial Hall, which became the local patriotic education base.