In April 1982, in Wujiapo, Longtan Town, Youyang County, Chongqing, an unnamed skeleton was found here, wearing a shackle on his feet when the bones were found. After the remains of Dai Jiao were found, the relevant departments of Youyang County immediately confirmed the identity of the bones, and the conclusions reached were surprising. With the exposure of the identity of this skeleton, it attracted the attention of Major General Duan Suquan.
Duan Suquan planted trees in front of Wang Guangguang's tomb
It turned out that this skeleton was none other than the missing Qiandong Independent Division Commander Wang Guangguang. 48 years ago, he fought alongside General Duan Suquan and fought bloody battles against the Kuomintang troops on the Long March Road, Duan Suquan was seriously wounded, and Wang Guangguang disappeared during the breakthrough.
The discovery of the remains of the martyr Wang Guangguang also revealed the mystery of his disappearance and the tragic history of the total destruction of the Qiandong Independent Division.
The only photograph of the martyr Wang Guangguang
When carpenters can't save the country, revolution is the only way out
In 1903, Wang Guangguang was born in Hengyang, Hunan, a period when the qing dynasty mansion was about to fall. Wang Guangguang's family was poor, and his parents guarded several acres of thin fields, often worrying about food and clothing. Therefore, even if Wang Guangguang was talented and intelligent, a good seedling to read, he had only studied in a private school for a few years, and he was slightly able to read and hyphenate, so he was forced to drop out of school and return to his home to herd cattle for the landlord's family and supplement the family.
Although Wang Guangguang was young, he knew that he could not be trapped in that red land all his life, and learned a craft to be self-reliant, so at the age of 11 he followed a teacher to learn carpentry.
At the age of 19, Wang Guangguang went out to make a living.
However, in that chaotic era, the war was continuous, and the general public was wrapped up in the torrent of the times, and no one could stay out of it.
In 1926, when the Northern Expeditionary Army went north to Hunan, Wang Guangguang, who was worried about the country and the people, thought that he should do something, so he joined the trade union organized by the Communist Party of China, participated in the revolution, and carried out anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggles.
Wang Guangguang, who had been oppressed for a long time, was very active in the trade unions, and soon grew into a small leader of the trade unions, leading the workers and peasants to resist the oppression of local warlords and landlords, which was very appealing.
Northern Expedition
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup, and a large number of Communists and patriots fell in a pool of blood. Wang Guangguang's union was forcibly dissolved, and he returned home in frustration to work as a carpenter, but the flame of revolution burned violently in his heart.
In 1930, with the continuous growth of the revolutionary forces in Jinggangshan, Chaling County established Soviet power, and trade unions and peasant associations were restored. Wang Guangguang was elected chairman of the Chaling Trade Union and captain of the Red Guards because of his rich experience in struggle and outstanding organizational talent. Because of his outstanding performance, Wang Guangguang joined the Communist Party of China under the introduction of comrades in the party. It was also at this time that Wang Guangguang met Duan Suquan, secretary of the Chaling County CPC Committee. With the continuous growth of the Red Guards, Wang Guangguang led this team to officially join the Red Army.
But no one could have predicted at the time that this carpenter-born "mud-legged man" would become the one who would change the fate of the Red Army in the near future.
Former site of the Chaling County Soviet Government
Cover the Long March of the Red Army and open up the Xiang'echuanqian base area
To live is an instinctive mission of a person, and for revolutionaries they have a more glorious mission to fight for communism all their lives. In October 1934, the Fifth Anti-"Encirclement and Suppression" campaign of the Central Red Army failed and was forced to make a strategic shift.
In order to ensure the smooth transfer of large troops, the Party Central Committee decided to send the Red Sixth Army as the vanguard to attract the attention of the enemy, and at this time Wang Guangguang served as the commander of the Fifty-third Regiment of the Eighteenth Division of the Red Sixth Army.
Wang Guangguang and Duan Suquan were ordered to follow the Red Sixth Army to battle for thousands of miles, and on October 26, they arrived in Youyang County, Chongqing, where they successfully met with the Red Second Army led by He Long and opened up the Xiang'echuanqian base area. After meeting the divisions, the two armies prepared to return to western Hunan from Guizhou and continue to serve as the right wing vanguard of the Central Red Army, but they were surrounded and blocked by the Kuomintang troops and local warlords.
After the decision of the central government, Wang Guangguang and Duan Suquan founded and led the Qiandong Independent Division, with less than 1,000 soldiers, to continue the struggle in the Qiandong region and cover the return of the Red Second Front to western Hunan Province.
When he received this task, Wang Guangguang knew that this was a very difficult task.
The Long March of the Red Army
The division commander was killed, and the division political commissar was wounded and became the only survivor
In order to cover the strategic advance of the Central Red Army, Wang Guangguang believed that instead of sitting still, it was better to take the initiative to attack, flexibly adopt guerrilla tactics, and take the lead in the war in his own hands. After dozens of battles, the Qiandong Independent Division successfully completed the tasks entrusted by the organization, and Wang Guangguang's battle achievements were outstanding and he was a hero of our party.
However, he also attracted the attention of the enemy, and the more he won the battle, the closer the elixir was to him.
On November 26, 1934, the Qiandong Independent Division attacked the town of Yimei in Xiushan County, at this time the Independent Division was exhausted, followed by the armies of the Guizhou warlord Wang Jialie and the Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang. The Independent Division suffered heavy losses in this battle, adding to the already unfavorable situation. Duan Suquan, the political commissar of the division, was hit in the foot by an enemy bullet during the transfer, and in order not to drag his comrades to hide alone in a cave to "fend for themselves", he became the only survivor of the entire unit.
After this fierce battle, the Qiandong Independent Division only had a small number of 100 people left, and at this time the enemy's encirclement circle shrank smaller and smaller, and it was impossible for the troops to concentrate on breaking through.
Wang Guangguang immediately made a decision, and the troops of more than a hundred people were reduced to pieces, scattered and broke through, and went to find the Red Second Front Army in western Hunan to meet and make peace.
After sending off most of the fighters, Wang Guangguang broke through alone, and when he arrived in Xiushan County, Sichuan, he encountered a local vigilante group. The leader of the vigilante group asked him in Sichuanese: "Where are you?" ”
Wang Guangguang replied in an unskilled dialect: "I, a youyang person, went to Hunan to join my relatives." ”
Red chrysanthemum transfer
Hearing that Wang Guangguang's accent was not right, the leader of the vigilante group forcibly took him to the local township office. Everyone in the township recognized Wang Guangguang's identity and said that he was the commander of the Red Army. The leader was overjoyed and immediately reported the news to Tian Guanwu, commander of the Fourth Brigade of the 21st Army of the Sichuan Army stationed in Longtan Town, Youyang County.
After Tian Guanwu learned the news, he could not miss this opportunity to ask for merit and reward, and immediately reported to Liu Xiang, and at the same time began to persuade Wang Guangguang to surrender.
In the face of Tian Guanwu's persuasion, Wang Guangguang was not moved, pointing at Tian Guanwu's nose and scolding:
"We, the Red Army, have revolutionized your lives, and one day you will be wiped out by us.
Furious, Tian Guanwu ordered his men to torture Wang Guangguang, put heavy foot cuffs on Wang Guangguang's feet, and nailed him to death with a thick red rivet.
On December 21, 1934, Wang Guangguang bravely took up his righteousness and shouted before his death: "Long live the Communist Party!" Long live the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army! ”
Qiandong Independent Division Martyrs Monument
The murderer was forgiven, and the revolutionary martyrs never forgot
For the sake of the party, for the sake of the Red Army, for the sake of the people, Wang Guangguang sacrificed. The organization and the people will not forget this hero, after the founding of New China, the relevant departments of Youyang County began to search for wang Guangguang's remains. Kung Fu pays off,
In 1982, Wang Guangguang's remains were found in Wujiapo, where he had died, and the remains were still wearing the shackles. Seeing this scene, the staff present shed two lines of tears and were deeply infected by the indomitable spirit of the martyr Wang Guangguang.
In 1983, Wang Guangguang's remains were buried in the Longtan Town Martyrs' Cemetery, and a pagoda was erected for the martyrs to be commemorated forever.
As for Tian Guanwu, the murderer of the martyr Wang Guangguang, he led his troops to revolt in Chengdu in 1949. Tian Guanwu once mentioned Wang Guangguang's sacrifice to Marshal He Long with guilt and apologized to his face.
He Long said only ten words to this: We only look forward, not backward.
It shows the open-mindedness of the Communists.