Honghu Lake, June 16 (Ren Siyu, Wu Yili, Li Ji) "Honghu Lake water ya waves, waves, waves, honghu lake shore is home..." A well-known song "Honghu Lake Water Waves And Waves" makes people deeply remember the name of the Honghu Red Guards.
From 1927 to 1934, He Long, Zhou Yiqun, Duan Dechang and other proletarian revolutionary pioneers fought in this water town, creating the Xiang'e West Revolutionary Base Area centered on the Honghu Su District, leaving many unforgettable red stories.
Qujiawan Red Army Street. Photo by Zhang Chang
On the shore of Honghu Lake, there is a town of Qujiawan with a history of more than 500 years, which was once the capital of the Xiang'e Western Soviet District, the cradle of the Red Second Front, and the hometown of the Honghu Red Guards.
In 1938, Mao Zedong wrote in "On the Strategic Problems of the Anti-Japanese Guerrilla War": "The Honghu guerrilla war in the era of the Red Army was supported for several years, and it is evidence that guerrilla warfare can be developed and a base area can be established in the river, lake, port and areas. ”
Historically, the Honghu Red Guards were a mass armed force under the leadership of several parties active along the honghu lake and on the water, who took advantage of the geographical advantages of the rivers, lakes, and ports to carry out guerrilla warfare on the water and cooperated with the Red Army in carrying out the "anti-encirclement and suppression" struggle. During the agrarian revolution, the Honghu Red Guards made many meritorious achievements in the battle to defend the Red Regime in the Western Soviet Region of Xiang'e.
Xiang'e West Soviet District Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Hall. Photo by Ren Siyu of China News Network
Bailihong Lake is full of blue waves, how did they rely on the Great Lake to win the battle?
Cui Wei, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Honghu Municipal CPC Committee, said: "When Marshal He Long first came to Honghu Lake, he said that 300,000 soldiers could be hidden here, which was suitable for guerrilla warfare. ”
"In the early morning the boat goes to cast a net, and at night comes back to the cabin full of fish." Wild ducks and lotus roots everywhere, autumn harvest full of rice fragrant..." As the song sings, the rich natural resources of Honghu Lake can provide rich material supplies for the Red Guards of Honghu Lake, and food such as lotus roots, diamond horns, and lotus seeds can be hidden in the silt, even in winter, the soldiers and civilians will not be hungry.
But if you want to win the war on this lake, you must use flexible tactics. "In the revolutionary struggle in the Honghu area, with the Lulin as the house, the boat board as the bed, and the diamond horn as the grain, Duan Dechang and Zhou Yiqun summed up the guerrilla tactics of 'the enemy coming and flying, the enemy returning to us, the enemy running when the enemy is more, and the enemy is less than the enemy engaged in guerrilla tactics with honghu lake characteristics,' which are similar to Chairman Mao's guerrilla tactics later." Cui Wei said.
At the same time, Honghu Lake is located on the border of Xiang'e, just in the gap of warlord melee, which is convenient for the development of revolutionary base areas, and the water routes in all directions also provide a strong guarantee for information transmission and logistical supply.
"Resource advantages, scale advantages, geographical advantages, strategic gap advantages, transportation advantages, we Honghu lake has these five advantages, but in the final analysis these are objectively existing, the most important subjective reason is: our Communist Party here won the hearts and minds of the people, won the hearts of the people." The people of Honghu Lake have a saying called 'The water of Honghu Lake is long and long, and the people's hearts are toward the Communist Party'. Cui Wei said.
Xiang'e West Soviet District Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery. Photo by Ren Siyu of China News Network
At the Memorial Hall of the Revolutionary Martyrs of the Xiang'e West Soviet District, Liu Sheng, the grandson of Liu Shaonan, the head of the "Five Sons of Honghu", told reporters the story of his grandfather, Liu Shaonan's family was rich, but he sympathized with the people's suffering since childhood, and when he was a teenager, he bravely fought against the local lake bully, and then went to Wuhan to study and join the Communist Party, and returned to his hometown Daijiachang to carry out the peasant movement.
After returning to his hometown, he felt that the peasants at that time were living in poverty, and it was more difficult to mobilize the peasants. In order to make the peasants accept communism, Grandpa decided to start with himself and distribute the family's land to the peasants. Liu Sheng said. In 1927, Liu Shaonan organized the Daijiachang Rebellion, which successfully fired the first shot of armed struggle in central Hubei.
Years of revolutionary struggle have left a deep red mark on Honghu Lake. There is a bluestone old street in Qujiawan Town called "Red Army Street", and when you walk into the street, you can still see many banners with slogans: "Since He Long lived in the lake, the Red Guards have come out of Honghu Lake", "Long live the Xiang'e West Soviet Provincial Government", "Long live the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army".
At that time, this was the political, economic, military, and cultural center of the revolutionary base area in western Hunan and Hubei, and he Long, Zhou Yiqun, Duan Dechang, and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation once commanded the revolutionary battle in the western Soviet region of Xiang'e in the houses and ancestral halls here.
The former site of the Xiang'e West Branch of the CPC Central Committee, the former site of the Xiang'e West Provincial Party Committee, the old site of the Xiang'e West Revolutionary Military Commission, the former site of the Propaganda Department of the Xiang'e West Provincial Party Committee, the old site of the Soviet Government of the West Xiang'e Province, the old site of the Workers' and Peasants' Daily... This old street, which is more than 500 meters long, still has 21 revolutionary sites and 18 ruins.
The winged cornices, the historic carved wooden pillars, the mottled wooden doors and plaques are all testimonies to the years of the Red Revolution.
Today, this revolutionary old street has become a well-known red tourist attraction and a national patriotic education demonstration base, and as of now, the old street has received more than 10 million visits and students. Strolling through the old streets, visitors can taste and buy local specialties and admire the handicrafts while visiting historical sites and reliving the bloody red memories. (End)
Source: China News Network