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The story of Angang 'Five Hundred Arhats' | Xu Hongyi: The ambition at the foot of Yanshan Mountain is rewarded by wind and rain

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Xu Hongyi Historical Archives

  • In 1941, he joined the Communist Party of China, during which he successively served as the director of the Anti-Japanese Youth Rescue Association of the Fifth District of Jidongfeng (Run) Yu (Tian) Zun (Hua) United County, the director of the National Salvation Congress, the director of the Propaganda Department of Jidongqian (An) Lu (Long) Fu (Ning) Chang (Li) United County, the secretary of the Working Committee, and the secretary of the county party committee. Secretary of the Qinglong County Party Committee in Jidong Province, political commissar of the county detachment and other positions.
  • After the victory of the three major battles in 1949, as the deputy commander of the first brigade of the cadre regiment under the southeast of Hebei, he led the team to arrive in Guangxi with the main force and the cadre regiment, and later successively served as the director of the Propaganda Department of the Guangxi Yongning Prefectural Committee, the first deputy secretary of the Baise Prefectural Committee, and the second secretary of the Yishan Mountain Committee.
  • In 1954, he went to Angang Steel for training, and successively served as the intern director of Angang Medium-sized Factory and the intern director of steelmaking plant. In 1956, he went to the Soviet Union for further study. After returning from his studies, he was appointed as the first director of the Wuhan Iron and Steel Mill. In 1962, he was transferred to the director of the Second Steelmaking Plant of Angang Steel.
  • Since 1964, he has successively served as deputy director of the Political Department of the Guangxi Autonomous Region Party Committee, deputy director of the Autonomous Region Industrial And Communications Office and deputy director of the Autonomous Region Science and Technology Commission, deputy director of the Autonomous Region Economic Commission, and deputy director of the Hebei Provincial Economic Commission.

After the "918 Incident" in 1931, all of Northeast China fell. In 1935, Japanese imperialism took control of the mainland's Chahar Province through the "Qin-Soil Agreement" and instructed the traitor Yin Rugeng to establish the "Jidong Defense Communist Autonomous Government" in Hebei Province. At the same time, the Kuomintang government also planned to set up the Jicha Administrative Affairs Committee under japanese coercion. A stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the whole country was indignant. On December 9 of the same year, thousands of students in Peiping took to the streets to hold a huge anti-Japanese demonstration to save the country, resisting Japanese imperialism, opposing the autonomy of North China, and demanding territorial integrity. After the outbreak of the "129" movement, all walks of life across the country responded one after another. On the 16th, on the day of the establishment of the "Jicha Political Affairs Committee" plan, a large-scale student demonstration broke out in Tianjin, and Xu Hongyi and other students from Tianjin Normal School gathered in the procession in solidarity with the "129" movement in Beiping, holding high anti-Japanese slogans and issuing a series of high-pitched shouts. Xu Hongyi and his classmates hugged, pushed and shoved, broke through the human wall composed of police, and fearlessly moved forward like a warrior. However, the police ripped off the signs, kicked down the students, and rushed to the parade with batons, arresting patriotic students, and eventually the parade was suppressed. Xu Hongyi and other students who took the lead in participating in the march were expelled from the school.

At the entrance of the campus, Xu Hongyi said goodbye to his classmates and turned away. The streets in the early morning are calm and beautiful, Xu Hongyi slowly moves forward, and his thin figure is slightly lonely under the faint sun. However, at this time, his heart was like a rushing river, churning and roaring, and he believed that he had stood at the historical node of the survival of the nation and needed to throw his head and sprinkle blood. Looking at the whole of China, a huge storm is also brewing, and the country is bound to undergo a earth-shaking change.

The story of Angang 'Five Hundred Arhats' | Xu Hongyi: The ambition at the foot of Yanshan Mountain is rewarded by wind and rain

In June 1946, Xu Hongyi took a photo while working in the Social Department of the Party Committee of the Eastern Hebei District of the Communist Party of China.

In 1919, Xu Hongyi was born in Fengrun County, at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in Hebei Province. The Xu family raises 8 children and relies on the small thin fields left by their ancestors to make ends meet. Xu Hongyi was sent to the village to study when he was 5 years old, and mr. Xu praised his cleverness and cleverness as a malleable talent, so his parents decided to use the strength of the whole family to provide him with education. Xu Hongyi, who has gradually become sensible, also hopes to make a good living in the future through hard work and help his family get rid of poverty. In 1933, Xu Hongyi was successfully admitted to the junior high school class of Tianjin Normal School, and during this time, the iron hooves of Japanese imperialism had already traveled all over the northeast, and the domestic demand for anti-Japanese resistance was higher than the wave. On campus, Xu Hongyi, who was influenced by progressive ideas, has gradually realized that there is no quiet place in the country with internal and external troubles, nor can it tolerate three-foot desks, reading cannot change the backward status quo, and only revolution can save the country and save the people from fire and water. Because of this, he began to actively participate in the various anti-Japanese rescue activities carried out by the Communist Party in the school. In 1936, under pressure from the authorities, the school expelled Xu Hongyi, who had been active in the "129" demonstrations. Then, he returned to his hometown in Jidong and found a job as a primary school teacher in the village, and at the same time contacted the local underground party organization, using his status as a teacher to secretly carry out anti-Japanese activities.

On July 7, 1937, the Japanese army shelled the Lugou Bridge, starting a full-scale invasion of China. In September, the CPC Central Committee instructed the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army to cross the Yellow River in the east, march to the North China Front, open up the Jin-Cha-Ji Anti-Japanese Base Area, and send Li Yunchang back to Jidong to serve as the secretary of the CPC Jirebian Special Committee, and began to organize and launch an anti-Japanese guerrilla war in eastern Hebei.

The story of Angang 'Five Hundred Arhats' | Xu Hongyi: The ambition at the foot of Yanshan Mountain is rewarded by wind and rain

In 1950, Xu Hongyi and Song Ying were in Nanning, Guangxi.

On July 6, 1938, the Jidong People's Anti-Japanese Armed Uprising (Jidong Rebellion) first broke out in Gangbei Village and other places in Luan County. Subsequently, all parts of jidong responded one after another, and the wave spread to more than 20 counties. At this time, Xu Hongyi had already taken the anti-Japanese war to save the country as his duty, participated in this riot that shocked north China and even the whole country, and followed the team to fight for several months. The Jidong rebellion eventually failed due to the disparity between the enemy and our forces, but in this vigorous struggle, Xu Hongyi tempered his revolutionary will and strengthened his revolutionary conviction.

After the Jidong rebellion, Xu Hongyi returned to his hometown. In 1940, he officially joined the anti-Japanese contingent and joined the Communist Party of China in 1941, during which he successively served as the director of the Anti-Japanese Youth Rescue Association of the Fifth District of Jidongfeng (Run) Yu (Tian) Zun (Hua) United County, the director of the Fengyuzun United County Salvation Congress, the director of the Propaganda Department of Jidongqian (An) Lu (Long) Fu (Ning) Chang (Li) United County, the secretary of the Working Committee, the secretary of the County Party Committee, the secretary of the Jidongqian (An) Lu (Long) Qing (Long) County Party Committee, and the political commissar of the county detachment.

This period coincided with the most critical and difficult phase of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when the struggle in the anti-Japanese guerrilla zone in eastern Hebei was very brutal. In 1942, the Japanese Kou carried out a brutal sweep of our northern China. In the first month of the same year, the Japanese army suddenly attacked Dougezhuang, killing people when they saw them, burning houses when they saw them, and the whole village instantly became a sea of fire. On that day, two of Xu Hongyi's brothers died under the bayonet of the devil, and his mother passed out screaming. When the bad news came, Xu Hongyi was full of grief and indignation. The hatred of the country and the family burst out of his chest, and the deep hatred of the blood sea made him even more determined to drive the devils out of China. Under the unified arrangements of the Jirebian Special Committee and the Party Committee of Jireliao District, Xu Hongyi led the guerrillas to move to Qian'an, Lulong, Qinglong, and other counties, mobilizing the masses to eliminate treachery and evil, burn artillery towers, blow up pillboxes, sabotage communication lines, extensively carry out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, and stubbornly deal with the local Japanese and puppets.

The story of Angang 'Five Hundred Arhats' | Xu Hongyi: The ambition at the foot of Yanshan Mountain is rewarded by wind and rain

In 1954, Xu Hongyi took a photo while working in the Angang Medium Factory.

In August 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. On the 15th, the Emperor of Japan announced his unconditional surrender. In order to cope with the rapid changes in the domestic situation, the CENTRAL Committee of the Communist Party of China urgently formulated strategies. On August 10 and 11, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De issued seven orders in succession, instructing the anti-Japanese troops in the Liberated Areas to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army and surrender, seizing control of the northeast. After the order was issued, Li Yunchang, then secretary of the party committee of Jireliao District, dispatched the main force and local cadres to form the "Eastward Work Committee" and personally led the team to the northeast.

The war in the northeast is urgent, but the situation of the struggle in eastern Hebei is also not optimistic. At that time, the local puppet regime in eastern Jidong refused to surrender to our side on orders from the Kuomintang government, and some towns were still under the control of the Japanese puppet army. With the main forces of eastern Hebei and a large number of local cadres leaving the base areas, how to complete the task of receiving puppet political power in major local towns has become a top priority. The party committee of Jireliao District resolutely decided to select a group of party members and cadres with strong work ability and rich experience in struggle from among the cadres on our side who remained in eastern Jidong and form a number of receiving working groups to accomplish this arduous task, including Xu Hongyi, who was then secretary of the Qianluqing County CPC Committee and political commissar of the county detachment.

The story of Angang 'Five Hundred Arhats' | Xu Hongyi: The ambition at the foot of Yanshan Mountain is rewarded by wind and rain

On February 26, 1955, the leaders of angang medium-sized factory sent Soviet experts back to China. The fourth from the left is Xu Hongyi, the third from the left is Chen Jie, the secretary of the party committee, and the sixth from the right is the factory director Zhi Yumin.

Xu Hongyi was appointed head of the puppet regime in Qinglong County. He was quite familiar with the situation in Qinglong County and the puppet regime, and the brothers Zhang Jinxiang and Zhang Kasheng were locals who ran a vigilante group in their hometown in the early years, oppressed the people, and dominated one side. After the Japanese invaded and occupied jidong, Zhang Jinxiang became the commander of the pseudo-Qinglong County crusade team, mastering a team of more than 2,000 people and confronting our side. But as our strength grew and the Red Army intervened, Zhang Jinxiang was afraid. In order to leave a way back for himself, he contacted us through an intermediary and expressed his willingness to hand over power to the Communists, but offered to appoint himself as the commander of the reorganized Three Columns, and his brother Zhang Kasheng as the county magistrate of Qinglong County. Faced with such a request, Xu Hongyi considered that all of his subordinates were involved in receiving the task of only more than twenty people, and their strength was weak, and once the other party made the consequences of deception unimaginable. Receiving missions is imperative and imminent, requiring a quick decision. After careful analysis, Xu Hongyi believed that although Zhang Jinxiang was fierce but cautious, if he could act cautiously and attach equal importance to Enwei, he could take it in one fell swoop. After obtaining the approval of the superiors, under the meticulous arrangements of Xu Hongyi and others, a good drama of "drawing salaries from the bottom of the cauldron" was staged in Qinglong County.

First of all, everything took the acceptance of the puppet army and puppet regime in Qinglong County as the starting point, and agreed to Zhang Jinxiang's request to show appeasement. In exchange, two offices under our control under the Interim Administrative Council will direct the work. At the same time, the dismissal of some hostile and stubborn employees and the placement of our personnel are aimed at nullifying their administrative powers.

Second, in order to avoid a mutiny, Xu Hongyi arranged for our party members and cadres to go deep into Zhang Jinxiang's puppet army units to find out the bottom, isolate the rogues and other diehards, unite and mobilize soldiers from poor families, publicize the situation of struggle and our party's policies, and aim to disintegrate their armed ranks and lay a foundation for the next step of reorganizing our army.

The story of Angang 'Five Hundred Arhats' | Xu Hongyi: The ambition at the foot of Yanshan Mountain is rewarded by wind and rain

In 1957, Xu Hongyi was in the former Soviet Union, participating in the Youth Festival in Voroshilovsk, Ukraine, and Xu Hongyi spoke at the conference. The second from the left is Xu Hongyi.

Finally, during the period of receiving the reorganization, in order to expand the influence of our party and our army and boost the morale of the broad masses, Xu Hongyi asked Li Daozhi, deputy commander of the 16th Military Sub-district in Eastern Hebei, hoping that the main force could be stationed in Qinglong County at a crucial moment to gain a strong voice and at the same time give Zhang Jinxiang a "fatal blow." And all these arrangements were carried out in secret, and Zhang Jinxiang was just immersed in the joy of "victory" and did not know all this.

In late August 1945, after a heavy rain, Xu Hongyi and his party, escorted by more than twenty Soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, arrived outside Qinglong County and came to receive the puppet regime on behalf of the 16th Prefectural Committee and the Military Sub-district of Eastern Hebei. On the same day, Zhang Jinxiang was proud of the spring breeze and greeted the arrival of the receiving group with nearly a thousand people from all walks of life in the Qinglong area with pseudo-military and political personnel and people from all walks of life in The Qinglong area. Subsequently, the work of reorganizing the contingent of puppet troops and receiving puppet regimes was carried out in an orderly manner under arrangement. Zhang Jinxiang suddenly found that almost all of his military and political powers had been vacated and he had become the commander of the light pole, but it was too late. Then, Li Daozhi personally led the regular troops of the Eighth Route Army, dressed in brand-new uniforms, carrying rifles, and dragging mountain cannons into the Qinglong County, demonstrating the military prestige and discipline of the Eighth Route Army, and being welcomed by the broad masses along the way. At this point, the puppet regime in Qinglong County has been completely accepted by our side. In the process of this reception, Xu Hongyi closely relied on the party organizations and the masses of the people, fully demonstrated his extraordinary courage and rich experience in the struggle against the enemy, and also provided valuable experience for the acceptance of puppet regimes in other towns and cities in eastern Hebei.

After successfully completing the task of receiving the puppet regime in Qinglong County, Xu Hongyi successively served as secretary of the Social Department of the CPC Jidong District Party Committee, secretary of the Public Security Bureau of the Bureau, deputy captain of the first brigade of the Party Committee's Land Reform Work Group, secretary of the CPC Qinglong County CPC Committee, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the 12th Prefectural Committee of the Jidong Prefecture Cpc Committee, and member of the prefectural party committee. In 1949, after the victory of the three major battles, Xu Hongyi left his homeland at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, and as the deputy captain of the first brigade of the Jidong Cadre Regiment, he led the team to go south with the main force and the cadre regiment, and after arriving in Guangxi, he successively served as the director of the Propaganda Department of the Guangxi Yongning Prefectural Committee, the first deputy secretary of the Baise Prefectural Committee, and the second secretary of the Yishan Prefectural Committee.

The story of Angang 'Five Hundred Arhats' | Xu Hongyi: The ambition at the foot of Yanshan Mountain is rewarded by wind and rain

In 1994, Xu Hongyi and Song Ying were in Nanning, Guangxi Province, and their family portraits were made.

In 1954, during the national "First Five-Year Plan", Xu Hongyi obeyed the selection of the organization and resolutely went to the more difficult conditions of Wuhan Iron and Steel to participate in the preparatory work, and served as the director of the Wuhan Iron and Steel Steel Factory. As one of the few well-educated party members and cadres, Xu Hongyi is given special attention in his work. In December of the same year, he was sent to Angang Steel for training, and successively served as the director of an angang medium-sized factory and a steelmaking plant. In the two years of working in Angang Steel, Xu Hongyi made full use of all opportunities, conscientiously studied enterprise management knowledge, assiduously studied the technology in the field of steel production, broadened his horizons, accumulated experience, and laid a solid foundation for his smooth work on the industrial front in the future.

In 1956, Xu Hongyi was sent to the Soviet Union for further study. After returning from his studies two years later, he was entrusted with the position of director of the Wuhan Iron and Steel Mill. In 1962, he was transferred back to Angang Steel and served as the director of the second steelmaking plant. Since 1964, he has successively served as deputy director of the Political Department of the Guangxi District Party Committee, deputy director of the Industrial And Communications Office, deputy director of the Autonomous Region Science and Technology Commission, deputy director of the Autonomous Region Economic Commission, deputy director of the Hebei Provincial Economic Commission, and member of the party group.

In 1985, Xu Hongyi left for retirement. In 2005, he died in Nanning due to illness.

Wang Shuai wrote an article by Zhi Chunshan Yang Weiping Historical materials provided

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