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History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)

author:Shanyang Lao Xu

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History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)

Battle of Daoqing

From January 21 to April 2, in accordance with the instructions of the CPC Central Committee on "expanding the liberated areas and reducing the occupied areas," the Taihang Military Region launched the Daoqing Campaign along and on both sides of the Daoqing Railway west of Xinxiang, with the troops of the Seventh and Eighth Military Sub-districts and the Guards Regiment of the Party School of the Pingyuan Sub-bureau as the main forces, and with the cooperation of local armed forces. From January 21, the first phase of the campaign was mainly to clear the pseudo-Japanese stronghold of Daoqing Road South Japan. On the 21st, the main force of the Seventh and Eighth Military Divisions marched south from Jiuli Mountain (now Jiaozuo City) and crossed the Daoqing Road to attack Ningguo's enemy at a distance. The next morning, the town of Kninguo annihilated most of the enemy. Subsequently, along the Qin River, Zhang Jingzhong's troops were sought out, and 16 strongholds such as Wugezhai, Xiaodong, Xiaogao, and Cheng Feng were even raised. Hundreds of enemy casualties were killed, more than 1,000 enemy prisoners were taken prisoner, and a large new area south of Daoqing Road was opened. On the 31st, You Jiaoguang, the commander of the Japanese 390th Brigade stationed in Jiaozuo, led a squadron and gathered qinyang and Qinghua puppet troops to attack Xiaogao in retaliation. Huang Xinyou, commander of the Eighth Army Sub-district, led his troops to ambush Fanzhuang in Wuzhi, killing and wounding more than 120 enemy soldiers, capturing 11 Japanese troops and 47 puppet troops. From 19 February, the second phase of the campaign focused on annihilating the units of the 14th Brigade of the Northern Pseudo-14th Brigade of Daoqing Road. On the 19th, Huang Xinyou, commander of the Eighth Army Sub-district, led his troops to the strongholds of Kezhou Village, Jiaozhuang, and Mafang, and destroyed the first regiment of the Fourteenth Brigade and annihilated its second regiment. On the 21st, it surrounded the pseudo-fourteenth brigade headquarters at Wuliyuan, destroyed three regiments, and annihilated one of them. On March 7, the east and west Banqiao were re-ke. At the same time, Zhang Tingfa, commander of the Seventh Military Sub-district, led his troops into the Hui (County) and Jia (Jia) areas to fight. By the 23rd, they had successively held strongholds such as Keyuhe, Zhao Gu, and Baiquan, and defeated the attack of more than 1,500 Japanese puppet troops on Bobi. Liberate all the areas except the county seat of Huixian County, and the liberated areas of the north and south of Daoqing Road are united. From March 9 onwards, the third phase of the campaign was mainly to take advantage of the victory to expand the results. On the 9th, the troops of the Eighth Military Sub-district crossed the Qin River in the west of Wuzhi City and advanced into the areas of Wuzhiqin (He) South and Wen (County) Meng (County). On the same day, it swept through the remnants of Zhang Jingzhong of Shijing, Yuezhuang, and Xiaohongqiao. On the 11th, sima da, an important stronghold of the enemy, followed by Zhang Ji, Zhang Wucun, and Wang Shun in Kexi, and more than ten miles of enemy pillboxes. By the 14th, Lianke Xubao, Huangzhuang, Houyanglei, Shangxiang and other strongholds had annihilated more than 300 enemy troops. On the 19th, the Seventh Regiment of the Eighth Army Sub-district launched an offensive in the southwest of Bo'ai County, Keyang Temple, East and West Jiegou and Xuliang, Daxinzhuang and other strongholds, annihilating more than 100 enemy people. On the 22nd, the main force of the Seventh Army Crossed the Pinghan Line and invaded the Yuanwu and Yangwu areas, Liankewang Village, Yandian zhuang, Gezhuang and other strongholds. On the 27th and 31st, they attacked the county town of Yuanwu twice, annihilated the enemy and forced more than 300 puppet troops to surrender. On April 2, the Battle of Daoqing ended. The campaign lasted more than 2 months, annihilated more than 2,500 Japanese puppet troops, recovered nearly 2,000 square kilometers of land, liberated a population of 750,000, and basically completed the task of opening up base areas on both sides of the Road and Clear Road. The Battle of Daoqing was an attempt by the Eighth Route Army in Taihang District to switch from guerrilla warfare to mobile warfare, and was a successful campaign warfare. On April 11, the Central Military Commission affirmed the experience of the Battle of Daoqing. During the campaign, the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Border Region Government allocated 100,000 yuan (Ji coins) to reward the soldiers who participated in the battle. On March 1, Xinhua Daily (Taihang Edition) published an editorial entitled "Celebrating the Brilliant Victory of the Daoqing Line," calling the battle "a victory worth celebrating in the history of the development of the Taihang Anti-Japanese Base Area."

History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)

Cui Qingwen (1913-1945)

In January, the Urban Work Department of the Taihang District Committee of the Communist Party of China established the Jiaozuo City Working Committee of the Communist Party of China in Boai Beiye Village. Zhang Gaofeng served as secretary, and Zhang Fanglai, Zhao Ming, and Cui Qingwen served as committee members. The main task is to lead the work of the city, organize the workers to defend the mines, protect the machinery and equipment, stop the Japanese and pseudo-sabotage, and carry out the underground struggle. On August 11, Choi Washimun was arrested and killed by the Japanese gendarmerie at the age of 32.

In February, the jinji-Hebei Luyu Border Region Government analyzed xiuwu, yuejia, and wuzhi counties, one each of which was set up to repair (wu) and won (jia) wu (zhi) united counties. In the same month, the CPC Xiuyue Wu County Committee was established, and Liang Xinming was appointed secretary. It is subordinate to the Seventh Prefectural Committee of Taihang District of the Communist Party of China. At the same time, the Anti-Japanese Democratic Government of Xiuhewu County and the Armed Forces Committee of Xiuwu County were established, with Liang Xinming as the county magistrate and Shao Qingyun as the director of the Wuxian Armed Forces Committee.

In the same month, the Eighth Special Bureau of Taihang District analyzed the area north of the Qin River in Wuzhi County and the second and third districts west of xiuwu county xiu (wu) (wu) zhi highway. In the same month, the CPC Xiuzhi County Committee was established, and Zhang Juqing was appointed secretary. It is subordinate to the Eighth Prefectural Committee of Taihang District of the Communist Party of China. At the same time, the Xiuzhi County Anti-Japanese Democratic Government and the Xiuzhi County Independent Battalion were established, serving as the county magistrate and commander of the independent battalion at the time, and Zhang Juqing was also the political commissar of the independent battalion.

In mid-March, the Eighth Prefectural Committee of taihang District of the COMMUNIST Party of China established the Wenxian County Committee of the Communist Party of China, with Hou Songlin as secretary. At the same time, the WenXian Anti-Japanese Democratic Government and the Wenxian Independent Battalion were established, with Yang Guoping as the county magistrate and commander of the independent battalion, and Hou Songlin as the political commissar of the independent battalion.

From late March to late April, the Taiyue Military Region launched the Second Northern Henan Campaign with the 20th Regiment and the 772nd Regiment of the Second Military Subdistrict, the 17th Regiment of the Fourth Military Subdistrict, and the 2nd Regiment of The Basic Cadres as the main forces, and with the cooperation of the Jiyuan Independent Battalion and other local armed forces. On the night of 1 April, the main forces of the Second and Fourth Armed Forces, under the command of commanders Liu Zhong and Chen Kang, attacked Mengxian County from a distance, captured Yangzhuang and Maozhuang, the old lairs of Zhang Bohua, the pro-Japanese and anti-communist Kuomintang county magistrate of Mengxian County, killing and wounding more than 500 enemy soldiers, and Zhang Canghuang fled south. At the same time, the Seventeenth Regiment and others conquered Jiyuan Chengliu and completely annihilated the enemy; the three battalions of the 772nd Regiment conquered Jiyuan Cao Ou and Zhao Zhuang, and annihilated more than 200 people in the Kuomintang Jiyuan County Governor Li Huipu's troops. On the 6th, the troops of the Fourth Military Sub-district marched north to fight, directly approaching the county seat of Jiyuan County. The troops of the Second Army Sub-district crossed the Qin River in the north, and Lian Kexixiang and Yizhuang and other strongholds, swept away the enemy on the outskirts of Shangzhuang, and isolated the Shangzhuang puppet army Li Zhengde's troops. After persuasion was ineffective, an attack was launched on the night of the 13th, annihilating more than 1,000 Li troops, capturing Li Zhengde, and recapturing Shangzhuang. On the 18th, the troops of the Fourth Military Sub-district went south to the river to defend the important town of Potou and cleared the outer strongholds of Zuoshan and Jijian. On the 19th, it broke through the Potou position, annihilated the enemy's first unit, and forced more than 700 people of the puppet army's Wei Ansheng Department to surrender and retake Potou. Subsequently, he returned to Nanling and incorporated 5 brigades of Li Huipu's army. On the 27th, the troops of the Second and Fourth Military Sub-districts joined forces to fight east of the Ji (Yuan) Meng (County) Highway. Twenty regiments attacked from a distance, lianke nanzhuang and chemical strongholds, forcing the enemy to retreat from Gu Dan. On the 30th, the Seventeenth Regiment and the 20th Regiment surrounded and annihilated the enemy who had invaded Xiyu, repelled the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army at Jinshan Temple, and annihilated more than 150 enemy troops. Liberate the vast area between Jiyuan, Mengxian and Wenxian counties. In this campaign, more than 40 pseudo-strongholds were conquered, more than 2,800 enemy were killed, wounded, and captured, 104 light and heavy machine guns, more than 1,800 long and short guns were surrendered, more than 1,800 square kilometers of land were recovered, and 800,000 people were liberated. The enemies of Jiyuan and Mengxian were pressed into isolated strongholds such as the county seat and Yeshu, expanding and consolidating the liberated areas of northern Henan and opening up links with the liberated areas of western Henan.

On April 7, the Fourth Special Office of Taiyue District established the Mengxian Anti-Japanese Democratic Government, and served as the county magistrate. At the same time, the Mengxian County Brigade was established, and he served as Kaixian and the head of the county brigade, and Jiao Zuhan, secretary of the county party committee, and the political commissar of the county brigade.

From April 28 to 30, more than 700 Japanese troops stationed in Jiaozuo, Xiuwu, Fraternity, and Wuzhi, as well as more than 2,200 people from the puppet North China Xingya Patrol Army, "swept up" the area south of Daoqing Road. On the 28th, the enemy attacked the troops of the Eighth Route Army in the xiaogao area northwest of Wuzhi in two ways. The troops of the Eighth Military Sub-district of Taihang struck hard at the enemy near Xiaogao, and then turned to the outside line of combat, fighting the enemy 17 times in 3 days, killing and wounding more than 120 people below the japanese squad leader and more than 100 puppet troops, crushing the enemy's "sweep.".

In April, the Second Prefectural Committee of Taiyue District of the COMMUNIST Party of China abolished the Jin (Cheng) Qin (Yang) County Committee of the Communist Party of China and established the Qinyang County Committee of the Communist Party of China. Zhang Qingshan served as secretary. It has jurisdiction over xiwan, yizhuang and shangzhuang. At the same time, the Qinyang County Anti-Japanese Democratic Government and the Qinyang County Brigade were established. Guo Zi trusted the county magistrate, He Mingxian served as the county brigade leader, and Zhang Qingshan concurrently served as the political commissar of the county brigade. In August, Qinyang County was changed to the Fourth Special Office of Taiyue District.

In May, the Eighth Special Office of Taihang District analyzed Bo'ai County, Daoqing Road South District, bo'ai (lu nan) county. At the same time, the BOAI (Lunan) County CPC Committee, the Bo'ai (Lunan) County Anti-Japanese Democratic Government, and the Bo'ai (Lunan) County Independent Battalion were established, with Li Guang (Yao Ce) as the secretary of the county party committee, Guo Gongcheng as the county chief, Liao Shaode as the commander of the independent battalion, and Xing Guoliang as the deputy political commissar of the independent battalion.

In the same month, the Eighth Special Bureau of Taihang District used the Wen (County) Qin (Yang) Highway as the boundary to set up two guerrilla counties, Wen (County) (Wu) Zhi and Wen (County) Meng (County). In the same month, the Wenzhi County CPC Committee, the Wenzhi County Anti-Japanese Democratic Government, and the Wenzhi County Independent Battalion were established. Zhang Junqing served as secretary, Yang Guoping served as county magistrate and concurrently served as the commander of the independent battalion, and Zhang Junqing, secretary of the county party committee, concurrently served as the political commissar of the independent battalion. The Wenmeng County CPC Committee, the Wenmeng County Anti-Japanese Democratic Government, and the Wenmeng County Brigade were established. Hou Songlin served as secretary, Ding Naiguang served as county chief and county captain, and Hou Songlin, secretary of the county party committee, concurrently served as political commissar of the county brigade.

In the same month, the Eighth Military Subdistrict of the Taihang Military Region expanded the "Qinhe Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment" into the "Qinhe Independent Regiment." Zhang Daying served as the head of the regiment, Gao Zongzhi as the political commissar, and Wei Jinglian as the director of the political department. It has jurisdiction over 4 companies. At the beginning of August, the Qinhe Independent Regiment was reorganized into the 45th Regiment of the Eighth Military Sub-district of the Taihang Military Region.

In June, the party organizations in Mengxian County, Xiuwu, Wuzhi, Wenxian and other places, in accordance with the instructions of their superiors, mobilized the masses in the liberated areas to carry out rent and interest reduction and anti-rape and anti-hegemony campaigns, mobilizing the enthusiasm of the masses of the people to resist Japan and save the country. In many places, there has been a wave of sending children and husbands to join the army and participate in the war. According to incomplete statistics, from September 1943 to August 1945, nearly 10,000 people in the Jiaozuo area successively joined the army, supplementing and expanding the main forces and local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army.

In the same month, the anti-Japanese democratic government of Bo'ai (Lunan) County actively carried out united front work, successively winning over the puppet army of Emperor Fu Liguang, Chen Lichao, Li Taichun, Huang Fuzixing, and other squadrons to revolt anyway, joined the Bo'ai County Independent Battalion, and expanded the anti-Japanese armed forces. At the same time, he publicized the party's policies against local pseudo-upper-class figures such as Wang Hongxun, Sun Benyue, and Wu Daichen, and knew the great national righteousness to maintain certain ties with the anti-Japanese democratic government. Sun often provided japanese and false information to the government, and Wang gave the Eighth Route Army a batch of rifles and ammunition, and did not allow the wounded and sick of the Eighth Route Army to go to the village hospital for treatment.

On July 21, more than 300 Japanese troops and more than 1,000 people of the puppet army Tian Jiugong's troops attacked Xiaogao and Yanggao Villages in Xiuzhi County, where the Qinhe Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was stationed. The Qinhe Independent Regiment took the initiative to abandon Xiaogao and lured the enemy into battle at Yanggao Village, annihilating more than 210 enemy troops at a time.

On August 9, Mao Zedong issued a statement entitled "The Last Battle Against the Japanese Kou". On the 10th, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De issued a counter-offensive order to all the troops in the Liberated Areas, demanding that an ultimatum be issued to the enemy immediately, that they surrender their weapons within a time limit, and that if they resisted, they should be resolutely eliminated. Subsequently, the troops of Taiyue and Taihang District marched to the northern Henan region and launched a major counteroffensive against the Japanese puppet army in an all-round way. On the 15th, the Japanese government announced its unconditional surrender. The Japanese troops stationed in the Jiaozuo area gradually assembled and transferred to Xinxiang. In order to seize the fruits of the victory of the War of Resistance, the Kuomintang government ordered that the Japanese puppet armies in various localities should not surrender to the Eighth Route Army, and quickly reorganized the puppet armies in various places into the Central Army. The Jiaozuo area quickly joined forces and took the opportunity to seize the county seats.

History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)

Major General Tao Guoqing, 1911-1992

At 10:00 p.m. on August 14, the Second Regiment of the Eighth Military Subdistrict of the Taihang Military Region, the First Unit of the Forty-fifth Regiment, and the Independent Battalion of Qinbo County, under the leadership of Tao Guoqing, commander of the Second Regiment, launched an attack on the Japanese puppet army stationed in Bo'ai County. Five minutes later, the second regiment and one regiment burst into the city one after another. On the morning of the 15th, the division of the city was completed. On the same day, the 83rd Regiment of the 1st Pseudo-Security Division was annihilated. On the 17th, the 390th Brigade of the Japanese Army was stationed in The Thanh Hoa Squadron. On the 18th, the stronghold of Chenkebaishan Station was occupied by 1 detachment of the Japanese army and 1 squadron of the puppet army. Liberation of the county seat of Fraternity. Bo'ai County was the first county town recovered from the Japanese and puppets after the Taihang District launched a major counteroffensive. In this battle, 83 Japanese squadron leaders and 35 prisoners were killed, more than 200 puppet troops, 683 people under Major General Zhang Guoyuan were captured, and 23 light and heavy machine guns, 1146 rifles, 56 pistols, two radio stations, and other military supplies were surrendered. The units participating in the war were praised by the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, and commended by the General Order of the Taihang Military Region. Xinhua News Agency broadcast the news of the liberation of Bo'ai County.

On August 15, the Seventh Regiment and the 45th Regiment of the Eighth Military Subdistrict of the Taihang Military Region, led by Zhang Daying, deputy commissioner of the Eighth Special Bureau, Zhao Gao, deputy chief of staff of the Fourth Military Sub-district, and the independent battalion of Wenzhi County and the Wenmeng County Brigade, launched an attack on the Japanese puppet army stationed in the county seat of Wenxian County. After fierce fighting throughout the night, more than 20 forts were built, more than 100 people were killed under the commander of the 82nd regiment of the 1st Pseudo Security Division, and more than 60 people, including Xiong Ziyi, the puppet acting county magistrate, were captured. The puppet army fled east to Qinyang. The Japanese army garrison in Wen County, Guishuwen Temple, stubbornly resisted, and due to the strong fortifications, several attacks were not conquered. On the 31st, the Seventh Regiment and other mortars assisted in the battle, and after the enemy's persuasion was ineffective, they launched a strong attack, and the Japanese army was annihilated. The county seat of Wenxian was liberated.

History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)

Major General Zhang Tingfa, 1918-2010

On August 28, the 1st Regiment and the 44th Regiment of the 7th Military Subdistrict of the Taihang Military Region, led by Zhang Tingfa, commander of the military subdistrict, besieged the county seat of Wuzhi County (Muluandian) with LianKehui County and the victorious divisions of Jia. After fierce fighting, at about 11 o'clock on the night of the 29th, they broke into the county seat and annihilated most of the enemy. Fan Hongbin, the commander of the pseudo-security brigade, led the remnants to flee in a hurry. The county seat of Wuzhi was liberated.

History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)

Song Jun (1910-1985)

In August, the Eighth Special Bureau of Taihang District abolished Qinbo County and Bo'ai (Lunan) County and restored Bo'ai County. It administers 7 districts. On the 18th, the BOAI County Committee of the Communist Party of China was established, and Wu Wenren served as the secretary. It is subordinate to the Eighth Prefectural Committee of Taihang District of the Communist Party of China. At the same time, the Anti-Japanese Democratic Government of Bo'ai County and the Independent Battalion of Bo'ai County were established. Song Yun served as the county magistrate, Li Dajiu served as the commander of the independent battalion, and Wu Wenren was also the political commissar of the independent battalion.

On September 1, the Eighth Special Bureau of Taihang District abolished Wenzhi and Wenmeng Counties and restored WenXian County. It administers 6 districts. On the same day, the Wenxian County Committee of the Communist Party of China was established, and Zhang Junqing served as secretary. It is subordinate to the Eighth Prefectural Committee of Taihang District of the Communist Party of China. At the same time, the WenXian Anti-Japanese Democratic Government and the Wenxian Independent Battalion were established. Ding Naiguang served as county magistrate and commander of the independent battalion, and Zhang Junqing concurrently served as the political commissar of the independent battalion.

History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)

At 9:00 a.m. on September 2, 1945, the Japanese surrender ceremony was held aboard the USS Missouri on the American battleship In Tokyo Bay.

September 2 The Japanese government formally signs the Instrument of Surrender. Chinese people won the final victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which lasted for 8 years. The people of jiaozuo made great national sacrifices for the victory of the War of Resistance. According to incomplete statistics, from February 1938 to August 1945, the Japanese army killed people in the Jiaozuo area13. 04 million people, burned down 23. 30,000 rooms, the loss of other materials caused is even more difficult to count. In order to restore the territory of the occupied areas and save the suffering people, the Eighth Route Army and the local armed forces fought bravely against the enemy, killing, wounding, and capturing more than 4,000 Japanese troops, and puppet troops 1. 330,000 people. In the course of fighting against the enemy, more than 1,000 commanders and fighters of the Eighth Military Subdistrict of the Taihang Military Region alone gave their precious lives from September 1943 to February 1945.

History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)

Lieutenant General Chen Kang, 1910-2002

At 2:00 a.m. on September 3, the 17th Regiment of the Fourth Military Subdistrict of the Taiyue Military Region, the 2nd Independent Regiment, the 717th Regiment, the 719th Regiment of the 359th Brigade, the Cadre Regiment, and the Mengxian Independent Battalion launched an attack on the enemy in Mengxian Under the command of Chen Kang, commander of the Fourth Military Subdistrict. At dawn, the seventeenth regiment broke into the county seat, fought with the enemy in the alley, and repelled its 37 counterattacks. At about 8 p.m., the follow-up troops broke in, and the enemy collapsed. Zhang Bohua, the head of the Kuomintang county, led more than 20 people to the south. On the morning of the 4th, the county seat of Mengxian was liberated. In this battle, more than 400 enemy personnel were killed, and more than 500 people under the pseudo-county governor Liu Fangsheng, the pseudo-81st regiment commander Li Yingxuan, and the leader of the security brigade, Liu Shao, were captured, and 4 mortars, 20 light and heavy machine guns, more than 1,000 rifles, and more than 1,000 stones of grain were captured. The whole territory of Mengxian county was liberated.

On the same day, the Wenxian County CPC Committee and the Wenxian Democratic Government held a zhujie meeting attended by more than 2,000 soldiers and civilians in the county seat to celebrate the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the liberation of Wenxian County, to mourn the martyrs who died in the battle in Wenxian County, and to execute xiong Ziyi, the pseudo-acting county magistrate Xiong Ziyi, the pseudo-eighty-second regimental adjutant Sun Fengming, the pseudo-82nd regimental adjutant Xu Jingsen, and other criminals.

History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)
History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)
History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)

On September 8, 1945, after Jiaozuo's restoration, the officers and men of the Taihang Eighth Sub-district Headquarters took a group photo

History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)

On September 8, 1945, the people of Jiaozuo celebrated the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression

On September 8, the Government of The Jinji-Hebei Luyu Border Region took over the Jiaozuo Coal Mine and named it Xinhua Coal Mine Company, with Guan Yun as the manager. It has jurisdiction over the first factory (Wang Feng Mine), the second factory (Li Feng Mine), and the third plant (power plant, machine factory). On October 13, Xinhua Coal Mining Company held a grand inauguration ceremony.

History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)

Lin Bomin (September 1915 – October 4, 2014) was a former name of Li Wuying and Lin Peng

On September 10, the Eighth Special Bureau of Taihang District analyzed Xiuwu and Bo'ai County, and each part of Jiaozuo City was placed under the jurisdiction of 3 districts. On the same day, the Jiaozuo Municipal CPC Committee was established, with Sun Baoshu as secretary and Zhang Gaofeng and Zhang Fanglai as members. It is subordinate to the Eighth Prefectural Committee of Taihang District of the Communist Party of China. At the same time, a democratic government of Jiaozuo City was established, with Lin Peng as mayor. On the 12th, the Cpc Jiaozuo Municipal Party Committee and the Jiaozuo Municipal Democratic Government held a jiaozuo liberation celebration meeting. More than 10,000 leaders of the municipal party committee, the municipal government and the masses from all walks of life attended the conference. Speaking at the meeting, Mayor Lin Peng demanded that we continue to destroy Japanese and pseudo-organizations and establish a democratic political power; that in line with the principle of lenient education, we should deal with pseudo-stubborn people and suppress those who are stubborn; we should welcome public and private investment, provide relief to unemployed workers, and develop the mining industry; restore commerce and prosper the market; restore education and eliminate Japanese pseudo-cultural education; and at the same time call on technical personnel and people from all walks of life to actively participate in various construction work.

  On September 13, the 2nd Regiment, 7th Regiment, 45th Regiment and 47th Regiment of the Eighth Military Subdistrict of the Taihang Military Region launched an attack on the enemy defending the city of Xiuwu County under the leadership of Huang Xinyou, commander of the military subdistrict. More than 1,000 people, including the pseudo-security wing, stubbornly resisted. After fierce fighting until about 9 p.m. on the 14th, the enemy was finally out of support, abandoned the city and fled, and more than 400 people were captured. The county seat of Xiuwu was liberated.

History of the Jiaozuo Revolution - The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (IX)

The highest bunker in the northwest corner of the Qinyang City Wall

At 1 o'clock on November 8, the first battalion of the Seventh Regiment and the third battalion of the Seventeenth Regiment cooperated to carry out a forced siege of the city. In the afternoon, the siege forces occupied the headquarters of the enemy on Xue Street, the pseudo-county government of the county back street, and the security brigade, and completely annihilated the enemy at about 4 p.m. Li Duanzhang, commander of the First Brigade of the First Brigade of the Pseudo-Security Division, was killed when he counterattacked on the city wall in the northeast corner, and Li Deji, the governor of the Kuomintang County, fled in confusion, capturing 1,287 people below the chief of staff of the enemy division, killing more than 700 enemy personnel, capturing enemy artillery, armored vehicles, light and heavy machine guns, automobiles, and many other trophies, and Qinyang was liberated for the first time.

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