In the early morning of the mid-winter season, drive to the southern foothills of Dabie Mountain, the source of the Dongda River, a tributary of the Shuishui River, located at the junction of the two provinces of Hubei and Henan, which is the watershed of the river and the HuaiShui system, where the trickles converge into the river, chanting all the way, constantly adding new, gradually growing, splitting the high mountains and obstacles, converging into the main road of the Shuishui River, diving into the Jianghan Plain, and joining the Yangtze River in Wuhan Chenjiaji.
Tracing up the water, the forest is verdant, the clouds are floating, the mountain stream is a clear spring, clear to the bottom, inexhaustible all year round, the thousand-year-old water starts from here, the first stop is Huangzhan Village, Huangzhan Town, Dawu County.
According to the villagers, the Shuishui River is a heroic river, in the flock of fish and shrimp, water birds playing, green trees on both sides, long-legged herons dancing and flying on the banks of the Shuishui River, the story of the Red Revolution was sung all the way, here was one of the main sources of the jute uprising, is an important part of the Eyu-Anhui revolutionary base area, composed the red flag rolling, war-torn revolutionary epic.
Standing at the mouth of Huangzhan Village, I saw a solemn and solemn Monument to the Red Army standing majestically, the white jade stele of Han was engraved with the names of 31 Red Army martyrs, and the first martyr who stood tall on the stone stele was Chen Haisong - the youngest military cadre recorded in the military history of the Red Army, who served as the political commissar of the Red Ninth Army, the main force of the Red Fourth Front, at the age of 20, and made outstanding military achievements.
Unfortunately, in March 1937, in the Battle of Liyuankou under the Qilian Mountains in Gansu, Chen Haisong led the Red Ninth Army to cover the retreat of the headquarters, fought in bloody battles, was hit by 8 bullets, and died heroically, that year, he was only 23 years old.
With a feeling of great reverence, we came to the former residence of the martyr Chen Haisong in the village to admire the heroic deeds of the martyrs, the brick and wooden structure of the former residence, there is a hall house, two main rooms and a box room, here, we listen to the Huangzhan Village Branch Secretary and his nephew and other relatives to introduce the heroic deeds of the martyrs.
Chen Haisong was born in the village in 1914, when he was two years old, his mother unfortunately died, his father lived by farming and fishing, just when Chen Haisong was 15 years old, this village became a guerrilla base in the Yuwan Border Region, the revolutionary beacon burned here, and the local children's regiment was also set up, Chen Haisong served as the leader of the children's regiment, and began to throw himself into the revolutionary struggle, he had a strong yearning for the Red Army, and was determined to turn over and fight for the toiling masses, his father saw his thoughts, feared that he would go far away and fly high, and cut off the Chen family fireworks. It was agreed that Chen Haisong would marry him and tie him up. But he still joined the Red Army without his family and became a glorious Red Army soldier.
After joining the Red Army, the comrades-in-arms saw that Chen Haisong was not very old, had a clear eyebrow, was clever, clever, and clever, and arranged his first job as a service soldier for the regimental commander, and later became a correspondent, and honorably joined the party.
After joining the Red Army, Chen Haisong fought bravely and performed prominently, and was soon promoted to instructor of a machine gun company, when he was only eighteen years old. Chen Haisong had an excellent memory; within a few days of arriving at the company, he remembered the names of all the soldiers of the company; when the company gave a political lesson, he only had to read the materials once and spoke endlessly, in a clear and orderly manner, and often in connection with reality, and was deeply loved by the officers and men. Soon he was promoted to battalion commissar and regimental commissar.
The Red Fourth Front opened up the Sichuan-Shaanxi revolutionary base area, and after the anti-3-way siege, the team was expanded, and Chen Haisong was promoted to political commissar of the Red 25th Division because of his outstanding military ability.
Subsequently, the Sichuan warlords launched a 6-way siege of the Red Army, and Chen Haisong's troops were ordered to hold the area around Xuanhan, Daxian and Wanyuan. During the Xuanhan Campaign, Chen Haisong's right leg was injured by a grenade, but he resolutely did not go out of the line of fire, and ma duguan launched a fierce battle to seize the position; under the command of his organization, the Red Army calmly responded to the battle, fought a close combat, fought a skillful battle, fought a counterattack before the position, and defended the Wanyuan Battle, and the Red 25th Division held on to The Dayian Mountain for four and a half months, so that the enemy constantly paid a heavy price, and finally could not cross our position one step, won a big victory at a small cost, and made an important contribution to the final smashing of the Six-Way Siege.
Chen Haisong made outstanding achievements in the battle, and his team won the award flags of "Attacking Like a Fierce Tiger" and "Defending Like Mount Tai". He was promoted to political commissar of the Red Ninth Army. This year, he was just 20 years old. However, the youngest military commissar of the Red Army, in the Battle of Liyuankou of the Red West Road Army, died heroically to cover the strategic transfer of the main force.
In October 1936, the Red Army began the tragic campaign of the Western Expedition, under the command of Chen Haisong, the Red Ninth Army successfully crossed the Yellow River, and eliminated the defending enemies in Taratchi and other places, encircling more than 600 enemies in Zouhanbao, creating conditions for the Ningxia Campaign. In the Battle of Gulang, the Red 9th Army was surrounded by the enemy, and in the case of the disparity between the enemy and our forces, Chen Haisong commanded Ruoding, led the officers and men to fight fiercely with the enemy for 3 days and nights, and finally struggled to highlight the heavy siege. The change in the war situation put the Western Route Army in a disadvantageous position. After 5 days of fierce fighting in the Ni family camp, the Western Route Army was forced to break through.
On March 12, 1937, at dawn, snow covered the foothills of the Qilian Mountains, and the biting north wind whistled. The Brigade of the Western Route Army entered liyuankou. The Red 9th Army was ordered to hold the mountain pass, and Chen Haisong quickly ordered the soldiers to occupy Bao and Pokan. At this time, the enemy had occupied some favorable terrain, the Red 9 Army was actually less than 1,000 people, guns and ammunition were insufficient, and the enemy was dozens of times larger than me. Ignoring the fatigue of the overnight march, Chen Haisong climbed up this hill and climbed that hill for a while, constantly inspecting the position, arranging combat tasks on the one hand, and ordering the director of the security bureau to organize the retreat of the organ personnel, and holding the position with more than 700 people himself.
Liyuankou is located in the south of Linze, which is a mountain pass on the border between the Hexi Corridor and Qilian Mountain, and on the south side of the mountain pass is the Liyuan River Valley, which leads west to the hinterland of Qilian Mountain. Liyuan Fort was located on the south side of the mountain pass by the Liyuan River, where the throat was located, the headquarters of the Western Route Army and the Thirty Army were stationed at Liyuan Fort, and when the Ninth Army acted as a rear guard, the enemy cavalry chased after it in two ways; Chen Haisong immediately ordered the troops to seize the high ground on the south side of the mountain pass, block the pursuit, and let the headquarters and the Thirty Army move safely.
After a confrontation, the troops ran out of ammunition, and the enemy rushed frantically. Chen Haisong saw this and yelled, "The guard platoon follows me!" Then he rushed up. The enemy could not resist and retreated. As the enemy grew, the warriors ran out of bullets and fought with bayonets and stones. In this way, Chen Haisong and his fighters fought with the enemy for six or seven hours, repelling one attack after another, thus buying time and allowing the headquarters and brother troops to move safely.
When a red sun rose high, a burst of wolf smoke suddenly rolled up on the distant horizon. Suddenly, there were a large number of moving fast enemy cavalry, adopting a roundabout encirclement tactic, and came from the front of the mountain, behind the mountain, the left side of the mountain, and the right side of the mountain. The sound of gunfire and hissing echoed through the air. Just after Chen Haisong completed the task of blocking the attack, he personally led the guard platoon to rush to the forward position, desperately blocked the enemy, covered the retreat of the main force, fell in a pool of blood, and unfortunately died heroically.
At a memorial service held a few months later, the senior leader of the Red Army said affectionately: "Chen Haisong is the youngest and most promising commander in the Red Fourth Front, but unfortunately he died too early, and if he is still alive, he will certainly be able to play a greater role."
Standing at the former residence of martyr Chen Haisong on the banks of the Shuishui River, looking at the physical objects of the martyrs one by one, listening to his revolutionary stories of red flags rolling and golden iron horses, he couldn't help but feel excited, his blood boiling, and he bowed affectionately to the statues of martyrs who were standing on the pine cypress and the monument.