In order to cooperate with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in crossing the Yangtze River to the south, the party Central Committee decided to send a large number of cadres from the old liberated areas to work in the newly liberated areas with the army. According to the instructions of the Sixth Prefectural Committee of Central and South Shandong (later changed to the Binhai Prefectural Committee), Junan County transferred more than 90 cadres to form a complete set of county-level and seven district-level teams, and also equipped with an armed squad and several cooking personnel, a total of more than 100 people went south with the army. Li Bingquan, the person in charge of Junan County School (Party School of the County Party Committee), is also among the cadres who have gone south.
The day after the Spring Festival in 1949, all the southbound cadres went to the crossroads town where the county party committee was stationed to participate in the farewell meeting of the southbound cadres.
The farewell meeting was held in the old theater building of Cross Road Town, Pang Fuli, secretary of the county party committee, presided over the meeting, Gao Fenglin, the county magistrate, made a mobilization report, and Xu Xun, director of the organization department of the county party committee, announced the establishment of cadres going south: Ge Zhongchang was the squadron leader, Yan Rujing was the deputy squadron leader, Wang Lishan was the instructor, Li Bingquan was the deputy instructor, and the above four comrades formed a temporary party branch, with Wang Lishan as the secretary.
The squadron was divided into eight squads, and some other comrades were assigned to the headquarters of the southbound cadres brigade in the coastal area to enrich the organs of the prefectural committee.
After the meeting, the southbound cadres took up their backpacks and bags of dry food, and the comrades of the cooks picked up the cauldron of marching, bid farewell to their hometowns and relatives in the midst of the farewell of thousands of cadres and masses, and embarked on the journey to the south.
After three days of marching, the southbound squadron arrived at Xinyi (Xin'an Town), and the southbound squadrons of the counties in the coastal area that had arrived successively formed a brigade, led by captain Liu Hongruo and political commissar Yang Xinpei, and arrived at a certain place in Lincheng, where the East China Bureau was stationed, for centralized training. The Junan Southbound Squadron was organized into the First Squadron of the Southbound Cadre Column, the Sixth Brigade, and the Fifth Squadron.
In Lincheng, they listened to many reports, Xi the article "Carry the Revolution to the End," the work policies of the newly liberated areas, the rules for entering the city, and the three chapters of the law, and listened to the customs and customs of Jiangnan introduced by relevant comrades. Lincheng training, although it only took more than ten days, it was like a gas station on the journey south, and it was full of energy. Putting on their newly issued military uniforms, the comrades were refreshed and their fighting spirits were high.
In late February, the southbound brigade returned to Xinyi by train from Lincheng and marched south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal Highway.
The Fifth Squadron Squadron was led by Deputy Squadron Leader Yan Rujing with a group of people as the top soldiers, and arrived at the camp first, looking for housing, raising food and grass, and the sick number and female comrades were led by Li Bingquan, who followed closely behind the squadron, and could arrive at the camp a little later every day. All the way to the march, there are few vegetables to eat, and the water to drink is Wangtang water or river water. Some female comrades were not Xi to drinking river water and marched with thirst.
Around March 20, it passed through Shuyang, Huaiyin, Huai'an, Baoying, Gaoyou and other towns, and arrived at Guozhuang in the north of Yangzhou to live, rest and wait. Here, everyone Xi the resolutions of the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh CPC Central Committee and other important documents. The comrades were all gearing up, unanimously writing a petition to the higher-level leaders, expressing their determination to cross the Yangtze River at an early date and liberate the whole of China.
On April 21, I crossed the river with a million lions. On the 23rd, our army liberated Nanjing. On the night of the third day of the liberation of Nanjing, the 5th Squadron set out to follow the East Route Field Army in the battle of crossing the Yangtze River, and crossed the Yangtze River by tugboat via Yangzhou.
After crossing the river, the road was slippery and rainy in the dark, and my clothes and luggage were all wet, and I was shivering with cold, and I was thinking how good it would be if we arrived in Zhenjiang to stay and rest for a day! However, the enemy situation did not allow it at that time, and British and American warships were still cruising in the Yangtze River, and during the day, there were Kuomintang planes following us to bomb and strafe. It was absolutely impossible to stay in the cities along the river, and the speed of the march was accelerated. Many comrades slipped and fell in the muddy water and got up to continue their journey, and even the small-footed female comrades followed closely and did not fall behind.
Starting from 6 o'clock in the afternoon, after crossing the river, it was until more than 8 o'clock in the morning of the next day, traveling more than 130 miles, and arriving at the countryside of more than 10 miles west of Xinfeng Railway Station before camping. More than 100 comrades, not a single one of them was left behind, and none of them complained of being tired, showing the high degree of ideological consciousness and tenacious revolutionary will of the cadres who went south to Junan.
After a few days of rest, Suzhou and Hangzhou were liberated one after another. The 5th Squadron received a notice from its superiors to arrive in Suzhou by train, and then by civilian boat from the waterway to Hangzhou. The team set out from the countryside in the northwest suburbs of Suzhou, hired a civilian boat laden with stones, and marched against the current. Along the way, it was like an old ox pulling a broken cart, and everyone had to take turns pulling the boat with a rope to move forward slowly.
On May 15, the Sixth Brigade arrived at Gongchen Bridge in downtown Hangzhou to camp and stand by. Here I listened to the situation and task reports of Tan Zhenlin and other leaders, and made it clear that the task of the Sixth Brigade (Binhai Cadres) is to take over the Taizhou region in eastern Zhejiang.
In late May, everyone left the city of Hangzhou, which is known as "heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below", and set off for Taizhou. The Hangzhou Military Management Committee issued more than 20 captured war horses to the six brigades. The brigade decided to temporarily concentrate on the use of these more than 20 horses to form a cavalry platoon as the vanguard of the march to Taizhou.
The rest of the brigade arrived at the Cao'e River in Shangyu County in 25 cars, because the river bridge was blown up by the Kuomintang army, the cars could not cross the river, that is, the temporary cavalry platoon and the guard company opened the way, and the whole brigade of more than 1,000 people traveled mightily, crossed mountains and waded through rivers, passed through Shangyu, Xinchang, and Shengxian counties, and marched to Tiantai County in Taizhou region.
At this time, the county seat of Tiantai had been liberated by the eastern Zhejiang guerrillas under the leadership of the Eastern Zhejiang Working Committee of our party. The East Zhejiang Working Committee and the East Zhejiang Guerrillas plastered slogans such as "Welcome the People's Liberation Army to Tiantai!" and "When the People's Liberation Army arrives at Tiantai, the people will come out of hell." They also set up many tea stations and organized the masses to welcome the southbound procession. The Sixth Brigade arrived at Tiantai County and joined the Eastern Zhejiang Working Committee and the Eastern Zhejiang Guerrillas.
As a result of the arduous life of the long journey, coupled with the rainy and humid weather in the south, many comrades suffered from rheumatism, scabies, fever and suppuration. Li Bingquan is also sick. The leaders took advantage of the standby rest for a few days to send the injured and sick to the Tiantai Health Center for treatment.
The hospital is a two-story wooden building, and the sick southbound cadres live on the second floor. Everyone found that the door of the inner room was usually locked, and the door was unlocked during meal time to deliver food inside, and there were suspicious people entering and leaving from time to time.
Li Bingquan ventured in to take a look and found that there were more than a dozen people hiding inside, claiming to be fugitives from the 89th Army of the Kuomintang, staying at a friend's house and preparing to return to their hometowns, and some of them claimed to be from Hebei Province. Li Bingquan immediately reported the situation in writing to the squadron headquarters. Comrade Wang Lishan then forwarded the report to the Tiantai County Government.
It turned out that the health director was a Kuomintang spy dressed as a doctor, and he was also harboring a Kuomintang agent. Soon, it was cracked and suppressed. Li Bingquan and Ji Yufang stayed in the hospital here for three days, and on the first day, they opened the scabies on the thigh and released pus, and on the third day, the wound was still bleeding and returned to the team.
A few days after the Tiantai rendezvous, the 5th Squadron was assigned to take over Huangyan County. Comrade Wang Huaiqiu, deputy secretary of the East Zhejiang Work Committee, member of the Guerrilla Reform Committee, and director of the Organization Department of the Taizhou Prefectural Party Committee, led the No. 5 Squadron and the Rizhao Squadron to take over Huangyan County and Wenling County respectively. At this time, the prefectural party committee made adjustments in personnel arrangements, Ge Zhongchang was transferred to Sanmen County as secretary of the county party committee, and Cao Zijue, who was formerly from Ganyu County, was transferred to the Junan team to prepare to go to Huangyan to serve as the county magistrate.
Huangyan County is located in the north of the beautiful Yandang Mountain, is a large county with a population of more than 500,000 at that time, rich in products, a fertile plain area near the sea in the east, rich in aquatic products, and a barn rich in rice; the western mountainous area is rich in timber and mountain delicacies; the central part is the concentrated production area of Huangyan tangerines famous throughout the country; and the water and land transportation in the territory is convenient. The Kuomintang Huangyan County Magistrate and the head of the county self-defense corps led officers and men to arrest the reactionary Kuomintang county party secretary and other leaders and surrender to the southern Zhejiang guerrilla column, which has entered Huangyan City.
On June 15, 1949, Wang Huaiqiu led the southbound cadres of the Fifth Squadron to Huangyan County, where they were warmly welcomed by some officers and men of the southern Zhejiang guerrilla column, cadres of the Huangle Border District and county government, and the masses.
After arriving in Huangyan City, in accordance with the instructions of the Taizhou Prefectural Committee of the CPC, Minister Wang Huaiqiu announced the abolition of Huangle County and the establishment of the Huangyan County Party Committee; Wang Lishan was appointed secretary of the county party committee and political commissar of the county brigade; Cao Zijue was appointed county magistrate, Li Bingquan was appointed director of the organization department, Wen Qibin was appointed director of the propaganda department, and Yan Rujing was appointed director of the democracy movement. The five members of the county party committee are responsible for liaising and helping the work of one or two districts so that the situation can be communicated in a timely manner.
The cadres assigned to the districts also immediately went to work and began to take over the work. At the same time, more than 200 educated young students have been recruited to participate in the work, and the county and district work institutions have been enriched. When the southern Zhejiang guerrilla column was transferred, an armed platoon was left behind as the basis for the establishment of the county brigade. The prefectural party committee also sent a number of cadres of the troops, battalions, and companies as the backbone, and quickly established county brigades and district squadrons. After the 62nd Division of the main force was stationed in Huangyan, in order to support and strengthen local work, an armed task force of six to seven people was stationed in most townships. The captain served as the head of the township and took over and strengthened the work of the township government in an all-round way.
The situation in Huangyan County is very complicated, and the task of struggle is very arduous. After the defeat of the Kuomintang army, some stragglers combined with the landlords and bullies in various parts of the county, and often attacked the organs of our political power in the dark of night. There were few cadres in the south, and they were scattered in various districts and townships, and many comrades fell ill because of the sparse land, the language was incomprehensible, the water and soil were not adapted, and the mosquitoes were bitten. However, everyone is not afraid of hardships and difficulties, and works with great perseverance.
At that time, the central task was to mobilize the masses to suppress bandits and oppose hegemony. The county party committee assigned Li Bingquan to be responsible for contacting and helping the two districts of Toutuo and Wuyan in the western part of Huangyan.
In August and September, he came to Wuyan District. One day, they received a notice that the 1st Division of the 62nd Field Army was marching from Jinhua to Huangyan and Wenling through Wuyan, and asked them to go to Wuyan Town to meet them.
On the morning of the next day, Li Bingquan, Li Sheng, secretary of the district party committee, Zhang Zaishui, deputy secretary of the district committee, Gu Hongxian, district head, and other comrades, led dozens of newly established district squadrons and militia members to set out from Xiaokeng Village to meet the PLA. Outside Wuyan Town, the Faguan bandit Wang Mingqiu had occupied the commanding heights of Nanshan and the pillbox outside the village in Wuyan Town, and was grabbing grain in the village. They immediately engaged in a fierce battle with the political bandits. The battle lasted almost three hours and repelled the bandits. In the evening, the PLA arrived at Bird Rock and camped.
In early November, Li Bingquan helped with work in Toutuo District. At that time, Liu Shicheng, secretary of the district party committee, was suffering from malaria and still insisted on working.
One day, Li Bingquan, Liu Shicheng, and Wen Qin came to Lingu Village in Lingu Township, and the township cadres informed them that bandits often carried out activities at night. That night, the three of them took turns standing guard by a stone slab at the door of the room. At about two o'clock in the evening, Wen Qin was on duty when he saw a shadow approaching and shouted, "Who!" The enemy immediately opened fire, and Comrade Wen Qin also shot back.
Li Bingquan was awakened by the sound of gunshots, and quickly got up and went downstairs, where Wen Qin and Liu Shicheng were engaged in a shootout with the enemy. Due to the low visibility in the darkness of the night, the three of them used the stone wall as cover and fired back at the enemy with cold guns. The battle lasted until dawn, when they fired a series of heavy fires at the enemy's firing points with Canadian pistols and shell guns, overwhelming the enemy's firepower, and the enemy fled to the north of the river. In this battle, the three southbound cadres used two rifles and three short guns to persist in fighting for more than three hours, repelling several times the enemy.
After eight and a half months of struggle to suppress bandits and oppose hegemony, the remnants of the Kuomintang and the armed bandits were basically eliminated, the situation in Huangyan County was stabilized, and the foundation was laid for carrying out all the work in the newly liberated areas. Six members of the armed work team, including Zhang Chenghua, Sun Jiali, and Huang Zhongxian, cadres who went south, sacrificed their precious lives in the suppression of bandits and anti-hegemony. The southbound cadres of Junan have made important contributions to the liberation and construction of Huangyan, and have built a bridge of friendship for the people of Junan and Huangyan.