April 1982,
Wujiapo, Longtan Town, Yǒu, Yang County, Chongqing
Suddenly, an unnamed skeleton was found, which had never been claimed, so no one knew the identity of the skeleton. The most bizarre thing is that this skeleton is not an ordinary skeleton, and this skeleton has a pair of handcuffs on its ankles
anklet
。
Judging from the corrosion situation, this pair of shackles should have been underground for decades, and although its appearance has long been rusted, it is not difficult to see that this is the shackles used by the Kuomintang reactionary government.
Judging from the situation of the skeleton, in order to prevent this person from escaping, the Kuomintang reactionaries specially nailed his foot to the ankle bone of this person with rivets, and even did not take it off when the person was already dead.
As soon as this news came out, it caused a great sensation in an instant, and the Chongqing government also quickly intervened in the investigation, and later after a large number of visits and inspections by the staff, the truth was finally approached. The final findings determined that the owner of the skeleton was lost 48 years ago
Qian (Qián) East Independent Division Commander Wang Guangguang
The exposure of the identity of this skeleton also attracted the attention of a founding major general -
Duan Suquan
The general, his mood was both happy and sad, happy that his old partner had finally been found, but he did not expect that what he was waiting for was the news that he had died, which was undoubtedly bad news for him.
So, let's return to the main topic, what exactly did Wang Guangguang encounter when he was alive? And why didn't he have any news after his sacrifice until 48 years ago that he didn't know that he had died?
The commander of the Red Army division, Wang Guangguang, who had disappeared for 48 years
Wang Guangguang was born on November 11, 1903
Heqiao Village, Chengguan Town, Hengdong County, Hengyang City, Hunan Province
The family is very poor, and sometimes they can't even fill their stomachs, and they don't have a meal. Because of the situation at home, he did not even finish his private school when he was a child, so he went to the landlord's house to herd cattle.
Although Wang Guangguang was very smart and very likable when he was a child, poverty sometimes means"
The last straw that crushed the camel
And he's a good example. Even if Wang Guangguang is very eager to learn and longs for a chance to read, because of the reasons at home, he can't choose, he has no choice, he can only become a cattle herder in the landlord's family, in order to reduce the pressure of life at home.
In 1914, at the age of 11, Wang Guangguang decided to go out to learn a craft at home because of the proposal of his family, so with the support of his parents, Xiao Wang Guangguang came to his uncle's house to learn carpentry. Time passed quickly, and the 19-year-old Wang Guangguang had learned something and became a mature carpenter.
Therefore, with his craft, he came to the town alone to help others work to earn money, and during the work, Wang Guangguang met many like-minded friends, who were as oppressed by the landlords as he was. They wanted to stand up and resist and overthrow the rule of the landlord, so such a "seed" was buried in Wang Guangguang's heart and lingered, slowly taking root and sprouting.
Later, with the "
Northern Expedition
"The outbreak of the whole country set off a revolutionary upsurge,
Hunan Hengyang Workers' and Peasants' Movement
It was the most enthusiastic, and under the influence of the workers' and peasants' movement, Wang Guangguang also joined it, and from then on he embarked on the road of revolution. Wang Guangguang showed his talent in the workers' association that was different from ordinary people, and he had the kind of leadership temperament that he had born from.
During that time, Wang Guangguang led the comrades of the workers' association together."
Fight the local tycoons
And the goods harvested from the local tycoons were distributed to the poor people who had been oppressed by the landlords. But what people did not expect was that just when the revolutionary movement was in full swing, a basin was poured out."
cold water
In an instant, the "fire" of the revolution was extinguished.
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched"
Four one two
"In the counter-revolutionary coup, a large number of Communists were arrested and maimed by the Kuomintang, and Hunan, where Wang Guangguang was located, was the most active place for peasants and workers, and naturally this place became the creation of the reactionary government."
white terror
"Best location.
The reactionary government, in conjunction with the local landlords, carried out a massacre of the revolutionary masses, and it is no exaggeration to say that at that time there were basically daily killings. In this case, Wang Guangguang had to choose to return to his hometown to take refuge and continue to work as his carpenter. Although the revolution was temporarily defeated, the flame in Wang Guangguang's heart was not extinguished, and the fire was still burning violently in his heart!
In 1930,
Chaling County
Soviet power was established, and at the same time the trade unions and peasant associations were restored to a certain extent, and Wang Guangguang, because he was a capable and influential member of the trade union, was elected by the masses to become the chairman of the union and the leader of the Red Guards. Later, after being introduced by our party comrades, Wang Guangguang joined the Communist Party of China in October of the same year.
In 1931,
The Red Guards of the Town of Waistbreak were expanded into the Guard Company of the Soviet Government of the Town of Waistbreak
It was expected that Wang Guangguang would serve as a company commander, mainly responsible for the security of the Provisional Government of the Soviets in the town of Waistbreaker. Later, because Wang Guangguang had excellent performance and strong organizational leadership skills during his tenure as a guard company commander, he was soon transferred to the Chaling County Guard Battalion as a battalion commander.
Since Wang Guangguang came to Chaling County, the happiest person was the secretary of the Chaling County Party Committee at that time
As soon as he heard that Wang Guangguang had come, he was very excited and welcomed his old friend very much. I have mentioned to you before that they actually knew each other as early as the Period of the Great Revolution, when Wang Guangguang and Duan Suquan had work contacts.
However, because the nature of the work at that time was relatively special, even if the two worked together, the opportunities for the two to contact were not very many, and later they became very close comrades-in-arms because of their temperament and personality. Now, the two of them can not work together again, Duan Suquan is naturally very happy!
In 1933, the Red Army troops grew again, and even the Chaling County Guard Battalion was expanded to "
Chaling County Independent Regiment
It is not surprising that the leader of the regiment is still Wang Guangguang. During this period, Wang Guangguang and Duan Suquan still fought side by side, and they cooperated tacitly during their work, and successfully completed the anti-"encirclement and suppression" combat tasks assigned by their superiors on many occasions.
In June of the same year, the "Chaling County Independent Regiment" was incorporated into the Sixth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and its name was also changed to the 53rd Regiment of the 18th Division of the Red Sixth Army, and this unit led by Wang Guangguang became the well-deserved main force in the Red Sixth Army. And whenever there is any task, Wang Guangguang always leads them to the front, and now Wang Guangguang has become an excellent tough general, from captain to company commander, company commander to battalion commander, and then to regiment commander. Every promotion is inseparable from his bloody battle on the battlefield.
In 1934, Duan Suquan was transferred from the director of the Propaganda Department of the Political Department of the Xianggan Military Region to the Red Sixth Regiment and served as the director of the Propaganda Department of the Political Department. Isn't the Red Sixth Army Wang Guangguang's unit? In this way, the two old friends have once again been given the opportunity to work together, although the two are in different fields, but will the number of times they meet in the same unit will be less?
In this year, the Red Army has begun to prepare for the Long March, and the deployment of the troops has been almost prepared, the Red Sixth Army, as the main force, is responsible for the right wing vanguard task of the Central Red Army, and the Red First Army is responsible for the left wing vanguard task. In addition, the Red Sixth Army also had a mission: to go west to Qiandong to meet the Red Second Army.
The task of meeting the division with the Red Second Army was carried out by the Red Sixth Army led by Wang Guangguang and Duan Suquan, and after thousands of miles, the Red Sixth Army finally reached Youyang County, Sichuan. In the south waist boundary and
He Long
The Red Second Army, which he led, met the division smoothly, and was later successfully established
Xiang'echuanqian base area
After the two major armies of the Red Army had completed their divisions, just as the Red Sixth Army was preparing to return to Western Hunan to carry out the task of right-wing vanguard, it was found that a large number of Kuomintang troops were pressing over. It turned out that it was the Red Army's division that caused old Chiang Kai-shek to panic, so he hurriedly mobilized heavy troops to press against the Sichuan-Qianqian border to surround them.
The Kuomintang troops were pressing forward step by step, and in order to stop the enemy's pursuit, our party began to lay out its troops in several ways and pass by
He Long, Wang Zhen
After the leaders of the Red Second Army and the Red Sixth Army studied it, it was decided to be formed by Wang Guangguang and Duan Suquan
Qiandong Independent Division
And was responsible for continuing the battle with the Qiandong Independent Division and covering the retreat of the main red army.
The Qiandong Independent Division, with Wang Guangguang as the division commander and Duan Suquan as the political commissar of the independent division, had the main task of leaving the enemy in the Qiandong area, attracting the enemy's artillery attack by itself, and covering the main forces of the Red Second Army and the Red Sixth Army to smoothly enter western Hunan Province.
If the Red Sixth Army had participated in the battle cover operation, it might not be difficult, but Wang Guangguang's warriors were not even 1,000 people, and the guns and ammunition were not enough, and an average of three or four fighters could only get a gun, and it was such a unit that had to face dozens of times the enemy. In this way, it is really not a simple task to complete the cover mission.
Because Wang Guangguang's main task was to cover the Red Second Army and the Red Sixth Army to join the Central Red Army in western Hunan Province, they did not adopt a guerrilla warfare plan, but strategically "went around in circles" with the enemy army.
So, what is the "circle" method? Before the battle, Wang Guangguang, commander of the independent division, and Duan Suquan, political commissar of the division, after consultation, decided to take the initiative to attack and give the enemy a chance to take advantage of his lack of preparation and take the initiative in the battlefield in his own hands.
Under the command of Wang Guangguang and Duan Suquan, the Qiandong Independent Division was ready to adopt"
Divide and conquer
"Tactics. First they led their troops to a southwesterly detour, just nearby
Lead factory dam, Maple Creek
and other places, very suitable for ambushing the enemy here.
It was in these places that Wang Guangguang led the troops to use tactics to disperse and drag the enemy, and after half a month of stubborn resistance between the Qiandong Independent Division and the enemy army, the enemy mistakenly thought that the Qiandong Independent Division was the main force of the Red Army, so the enemy immediately gave up pursuing the Red Second Army and the Red Sixth Army, and began to gather heavy troops against the Qiandong Independent Division, and the main force of the Red Army also successfully reached western Hunan Province, which led to the Long March of the Red Second Front Army behind.
Of course, these are all afterwords, and back to the present, the Qiandong Independent Division has become a serious problem for the Kuomintang garrison troops, and at this time they are thinking about how to eliminate our Party's Qiandong Independent Division. However, the current situation of the Qiandong Independent Division is very difficult, not only is the number of troops insufficient, but even the basic guns, ammunition and supplies have almost been used up. In this situation now, even if the enemy does not target the Qiandong Independent Division, it will be difficult for the Independent Division to survive.
On November 10, the enemy dispatched Kuomintang troops from Sichuan and Hunan provinces, and they planned to encircle and annihilate the Qiandong Independent Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army at the sand field in Yinjiang County. The Independent Division faced the enemy's pressing steps, knowing that it was impossible to confront each other head-on, so they began to retreat to the mountains, and under the strong attack of the enemy, the Independent Division passed by death again and again.
Four days later, under the leadership of division commander Wang Guangguang, the independent division broke away from the Kuomintang troops in Sichuan and Hunan provinces and arrived
Fanjing Mountain
Later, he met the general of the Kuomintang Qian Army
Li Chengzhang
Li Chengzhang ordered the Qian army to launch an attack on our Party's Qiandong Independent Division in three ways. Although the number of soldiers of the Independent Division was small, they were fortunate to occupy an advantageous geographical position, so our army could also advance and retreat in the face of the Qian Army, and soon fought a beautiful defensive battle.
At that time, although the Qiandong Independent Division completed the task of covering the strategic transfer of large troops, the Group of Kuomintang generals thought that they had been tricked, and they always had a bad breath in their hearts, so the Kuomintang garrison troops wanted to eliminate the Qiandong Independent Division, and the Qiandong Independent Division at this time was like a piece."
fat
In the same way, they all compete and rush for this piece of "meat."
Although Li Chengzhang's Qian army failed, they would certainly not give up, and the next day a general of the Qian army -
Bai Hui zhang
He led his men, with the cooperation of the Jiangkou Militia Regiment, to surround the Qiandong Independent Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Therefore, the division commander Wang Guangguang led the soldiers to take advantage of the moonlight at night to cross the Fanjing Mountain at an altitude of more than 2,500 meters, and then crossed the Manger River to reach Zhaiying.
However, the next day, the Qiandong Independent Division encountered the enemy army, the war was about to break out, and in the course of the battle, Duan Suquan, the political commissar of the Qiandong Independent Division, was seriously wounded, and he was hit by the enemy's bullets on the foot and could not walk. At that time, the Qiandong Independent Division had no medical conditions, so Wang Guangguang decided to arrange Duan Suquan to hide in a cave.
At that time, Duan Suquan was the communication squad leader
Li Mufu
Back in a cave, he was already determined to die, and he knew that this situation would only drag his legs in the army, and it would be better to die with the enemy at that time. However, he never imagined that he would eventually be the only one who survived the Qiandong Independent Division.
Soon after,
The Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang and the Guizhou warlord Wang Jialie
The qiandong independent division was exhausted after more than a month of fighting, and there was not much equipment on its body. Now we have to face a large number of enemies, and to be honest, our chances of winning are very small.
The commander of the Qiandong Independent Division, Wang Guangguang, and the soldiers also knew this, but now they had no other way but to harden their scalps. In this way, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment went from gunfights to hand-to-hand combat, and Wang Guangguang waved his large knife and shouted:
Everybody rush!
Subsequently, Wang Guangguang led the soldiers of the Qiandong Independent Division to break through the siege and kill a way out of the desperate situation.
There is a way to live, but the situation in our army is not optimistic, and the Qiandong Independent Division, which was already seriously reduced in personnel, has now suffered a serious loss to 200 people, and this battle has caused the independent division to suffer a serious blow. At the same time, the Qiandong Independent Division, which had just escaped from its birth, was again facing the encirclement of the enemy army, and as the encirclement became more and more frequent, the soldiers of the Qiandong Independent Division became fewer and fewer.
The brain of Wang Guangguang, commander of the Qiandong Independent Division, was working rapidly: How to take out the soldiers of the Qiandong Independent Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army? How can we minimize the rate of downsizing? What is the way to get back to the main force? At present, these have become the big problems facing Wang Guangguang.
Especially now, after Duan Suquan, the political commissar of the Qiandong Independent Division, left the army, the burden of the entire independent division was all on Wang Guangguang's body. Looking at the only hundred or so soldiers left around him now, as the division commander Wang Guangguang was very unhappy in his heart, thinking that when the independent division was just established, there were more than 1,000 people in the whole army, and now there was not even one-tenth left, and more importantly, most of the remaining soldiers were injured.
Therefore, Wang Guangguang, commander of the Qiandong Independent Division, made a "bold" decision, and he decided to put the troops
Break into pieces and disperse the breakouts
Went to western Hunan to find the main force of the Red Army. The soldiers were shocked by this decision, and the soldiers were reluctant to leave, and they all said that they would fight with the division commander Wang Guangguang to the end.
Wang Guangguang was very touched to see the reaction of the warriors, he was very happy that the warriors would still choose to believe him in such a dangerous situation, but it was useless to be moved, everything must be focused on the overall situation, Wang Guangguang said to the soldiers with tears in his eyes:
"Comrades, the current situation in our army is very unoptimistic, and at this time we should try our best to preserve our living forces. In addition, all we have to do now is to narrow the target, disperse the breakthrough to find the main force, and go now, otherwise it will be too late. ”
The soldiers looked at the division commander so resolutely that it was not easy to say anything more, and later, at the urging of Wang Guangguang, the soldiers of the Qiandong Independent Division scattered and left. After sending away more than 200 soldiers, division commander Wang Guangguang also began to embark on the road of finding the main force of the Red Army, this time he can still stand out like the previous times?
After several turns, Wang Guangguang, commander of the Qiandong Independent Division, came to Xiushan County, Sichuan Province, and just as he was about to return to Hunan Province, he encountered a local vigilante group, and the leader of the militia knew at a glance that Wang Guangguang was an outsider, so he asked in the local dialect: "
See if you're not a native, where are you from? Where are you going?
”
Although Wang Guangguang understood the meaning of the leader of the militia, he could not speak Sichuanese at all, and in a hurry, he had to harden his scalp, and he replied in the Sichuan dialect that he was not familiar with: ""
I am a yǒu Yang person, ready to come to Hunan to join my relatives.
Who knew that the leader of this vigilante group was not easy to send off, and through Wang Guangguang's answer, he immediately became suspicious.
Because Wang Guangguang's accent was not quite right, he asked him why the accent was not a local accent, and Wang Guangguang was a little flustered in his heart, but he said that Shangshang was still very calm and replied:
I grew up in Hunan and didn't return to Sichuan until recent years.
However, the leader of the vigilante group did not believe Wang Guangguang's words, and without saying a word, he directly brought Wang Guangguang to the local area."
Yongxing Township Office
”。 Unfortunately, there are people here who know Wang Guangguang and know that he is the commander of the Red Army division, and the leader of the militia regiment is very happy, but he did not expect that he would just arrest a person at random, but it was actually a strip."
Big fish
”。
You must know that if you catch the commander of the Red Army division, you can get hundreds of oceans as a reward, and if you are lucky, it is not a problem to add officials to the knighthood. Therefore, the leader of the vigilante group immediately brought Wang Guangguang to the garrison
Longtan Town, Youyang County
target
Tian Guanwu, commander of the 4th Brigade of the 21st Army of the Sichuan Army
Front.
We, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, want to revolutionize your lives!
Tian Guanwu immediately escorted Wang Guangguang to his brigade headquarters, and he received instructions from Liu Xiang to carry out the work of persuading Wang Guangguang to surrender. Therefore, at the beginning, he set up a banquet to warmly entertain Wang Guangguang, and at the banquet he made a wave of persuasion to Wang Guangguang:
“
I have long admired the great name of Master Wang, and as we all know, you are a brave and courageous general, and if you follow your brothers and me, the future must be bright. Why work hard for the Red Bandits? What's so good about the Red Bandits? All you have to do is join us...
The whole time, only Tian Guanwu spoke vigorously and vividly, Wang Guangwu did not even give him a superfluous eye, and finally Tian Guanwu said more and more excessively, Wang Guanwu stood up violently, pointed at Tian Guanwu and scolded:
We, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, are going to destroy your lives, and all of you are waiting to be wiped out!
Tian Guanwu felt that Wang Guangguang did not know good villains, so he ordered Wang Guangguang to be imprisoned, Tian Guanwu knew that the soft one could not work, so he wanted to force Wang Guangguang to compromise by torture, so the torture in the prison basically Wang Guangguang tried again and again. Even so, Wang did not bow to the enemy and shouted communist ideas and policies as he was tortured.
Later, in order to prevent Wang Guangguang from escaping, Tian Guanwu specially ordered someone to lock the leg shackles for Wang Guangguang, and even cruelly nailed the feet to death with two rough rivets that burned red. For a long time, Wang Guangguang had to undergo all kinds of torture every day, but Wang Guangguang was a block."
Hard bones
No matter how much the enemy threatens and induces, he just does not compromise.
On December 21 of the same year,
Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang
Having completely lost patience, Xiang Guanwu ordered Wang Guangwu to be summarily executed. However, because Tian Guanwu admired Wang Guangguang's backbone, he did not execute him on the spot according to the instructions, but tied him to a chair and sent him to the wasteland of Wujiapo before executing him.
Wang Guangguang was only 31 years old at the time of his death, and more than 200 soldiers of the Qiandong Independent Division were also killed before and after his sacrifice. Therefore, only Duan Suquan survived the Qiandong Independent Division.
It was not until 48 years later, when the villagers found the remains of Wang Guangguang, that this past was brought up again. When they saw the shackles on Wang Guangguang's feet, they all shed two lines of hot tears, and they were both touched by Wang Guangguang's indomitable spirit.
In November 1983, the People's Government of Youyang County buried the remains of the martyr Wang Guangguang in"
Longtan Town Martyrs Cemetery
And built a tower for him to commemorate forever, and the founding major general Duan Suquan personally went to the cemetery to plant trees in front of the tombs of his former comrades-in-arms.
Finally, the shackles on Wang's shiny feet were collected
Youyang County Cultural Management Office!