In the summer of 1934, due to the failure of the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, the Red Seventh Army formed a northward anti-Japanese advance detachment to leave Ruijin and advance into the Anhui-Zhejiang-Gansu border. When they passed through the Northern Fujian Soviet District, they organized and decided that he, then the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 56th Regiment of the Seventh Red Army, would lead his troops to remain in the Southern Fujian Soviet District to persist in guerrilla warfare in order to cooperate with the main Red Army's Long March north.
He was Rao Shoukun, who later became a founding lieutenant general.
Rao Shoukun is a native of Rao Dexing, Jiangxi, born in 1915, at the age of 9 to the landlord's family cattle, and later according to his mother's recollection, the landlord's family's cattle are particularly domineering, often bullying other people's cattle, but under the tutelage of Xiao Shoukun, this domineering cow was also obediently ruled by him.
In 1930, the peasant revolutionary movement in northeast Jiangxi led by Fang Zhimin developed to Dexing, and the young Shoukun, under the guidance of the party organization, participated in the revolutionary activities with his father and brother, joined the Communist Youth League at the age of 16, and joined the Red Army at the age of 17. He grew up quickly in the ranks of the revolution, successively serving as platoon commander, company commander, and battalion commander.
Soon after Rao Shoukun's troops remained in the Northern Fujian Soviet Region, they were organized into the Second Regiment of the Northern Fujian Independent Division and served as the commander of the regiment.
In September 1935, Rao Shoukun was ordered to lead his troops to Chuanshi Township at the junction of Jian'ou, Pingnan, Zhenghe and counties in Fujian. Due to the unique social environment at that time, there were many armed organizations of various gangs here, especially the Great Knife Society of Zhenghe, under the banner of "Shuntian National Salvation Army", claiming to have more than 10,000 disciples, which was particularly influential in this area.
The leader of this big knife society was named Lin Ximing, who was originally a poor chai man, who was mixed with the warlord troops in his early years, and also participated in the Qinghong Gang, he knew a little bit of writing, and he specialized in using fortune telling and demon-laying methods to trick and deceive and recruit disciples, and later often fought against the Red Army with the support of the Kuomintang, and his political position was extremely unstable.
In November 1935, the Great Knife Society mobilized more than 500 people to attack the garrison of our Red 2 Regiment, and as a result, these 500 rabble-rousers fled from the wounded and wounded who were beaten to death by the Red 2 Regiment, and more than 100 people were captured. One of the captives was Lin Ximing's uncle.
Rao Shoukun was thinking that most of the people who participated in the organization of the Great Knife Society were also poor people who had been deceived, and they were against the Red Army and instigated by the Kuomintang reactionaries, so in order to establish base areas, we should not blindly aim at annihilation, but should do the work of the masses, so that they also understand that the Red Army is the contingent that fights the world for the poor people and unites all the forces that can be united.
Therefore, Rao Shoukun decided to leave the captives behind and first let Lin Ximing's uncle send a letter to Lin Ximing, indicating the sincerity of the Red Army's truce and alliance. At the same time, let his uncle bring words: If Lin Ximing continues to be an enemy of the Red Army, he will bear serious consequences.
It worked. Lin Ximing immediately sent a reply letter, saying that as long as the safety of the captured people was guaranteed, he was willing to negotiate and cooperate with the Red Army, but the place of negotiation was in Lin Ximing's base camp, the former Baodai Village in the south of Zhenghe County.
In order to win over Lin Ximing, subdue the congregational disciples, and at the same time turn enemies into friends, Rao Shoukun decided to put his personal safety aside, go deep into the Tiger's Den, and personally go to the "Hongmen Feast" of the Great Knife Society to have a contest of wits and courage.
When Rao Shoukun and his party arrived at the former Baodai Village, they saw the armed disciples of the Great Knife Society standing on both sides, each holding a shiny steel knife, and the muzzle of the black hole hole was murderous, posing as a mighty and domineering look. However, Rao Shoukun was able to subdue the evil bull from a young age, and this momentum could not suppress his heroic spirit at all. Only to see Rao Shoukun calmly and calmly, and enter the courtyard where Lin Ximing was located with his entourage held his head high.
At this time, this Lin Ximing did not come out in time to greet him, but first let the scene cool down and tense the atmosphere. After a long time, Lin Ximing came to the living room with a roar as he walked, and he came with a preemptive voice: "Rao Shoukun, you deliberately opposed me, seized my territory, and seized my three hundred brothers. ”
Of course, Rao Shoukun knew Lin Ximing's intentions, nothing more than to get off the horse, but the leader of rao regiment was not afraid of danger, and calmly said: "Brother, you are the leader of the party, so treat the visitors like this, are you not afraid of the shame and laughter of the people of the world?" I'm your guest!" ”
Then, Commander Rao loudly said to the disciples present and to the crowd of onlookers, "Brothers, we are all poor people, and poor people are all family members, so how can we kill each other?" We, the Red Army, are the ranks of the poor and seek liberation for the poor..." He also pointed out that only when we unite and defeat the enemy can the common people have a good life and the disciples of the great sword can have a way out. His words made the congregation angry and nodded yes.
Lin Ximing was also said to be pleased, and expressed his willingness to form an alliance with the Red Army, and the Big Knife Association and the Red Army would support each other and jointly attack the Kuomintang army; the Big Knife Would no longer harm the people; the Big Knife Would dissuade the Small Knife Society, bandits, and so on from no longer harassing the Red Army.
In this way, Rao Shoukun quickly established a foothold in the northeast of Fujian.
In the less than a month since then, many self-appointed "commanders" and "commanders" of various armed groups have led their troops closer to the Red Army, many armor protection chiefs have also helped the Red Army in the shadows, and the middle forces of the vast majority of armed gangs in northeast Fujian have broken away from the control of the Kuomintang reactionaries and become allies and reliable forces of the Red Army, and soon created a revolutionary base area in northeast Fujian.
In June 1936, the Northeast Fujian Military Subdistrict was established, with Rao Shoukun as the commander, and the troops he led increased from more than 700 to more than 1200.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Rao Shoukun led his troops down the mountain to reorganize into the New Fourth Army, became the commander of the 5th Regiment of the 3rd Detachment of the New Fourth Army, and threw himself into the great struggle to resist Japan and save the country.
Later, Rao Shoukun successively served as the brigade commander of the Independent Brigade of the Central Soviet Military Region, the commander of the 18th Division of the Sixth Column of the East China Field Army, and the deputy commander of the 30th Army of the Third Field Army.
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