The legendary hero who has achieved a lot of success - Wu Guanghao

Wuhan, 10 Jun (Xinhua) -- Although martyr Wu Guanghao has been martyred for nearly 90 years, his heroic name is still a household name in the martyr's hometown, Wangjiahe Street, Huangpi District, Wuhan City.

Drive to Cai Wu Bay, Wangjiahe Street, Huangpi District, Wuhan City, and on the hillside at the mouth of the village is the Wu Guanghao Martyrs Cemetery. The cemetery is solemn and clean. Under the cover of green pine and cypress, the tomb of Wu Guanghao martyr stands quietly, and the granite in the upper part is inlaid with a bust floating statue of the martyr, which can faintly see the heroic posture of the martyr in that year. The stone tablets in the lower part are engraved with the lives of the martyrs. Seeing the inscription "I was only 23 years old at the time of my sacrifice", everyone present regretted it.

"When Si Bo was studying at Qianchuan Middle School in Huangpi, he began to come into contact with Marxist-Leninist ideas and embarked on the revolutionary road from then on." Wu Guanghao's nephew, 82-year-old Wu Xian, told the story of his uncle with the old man.

He said that there are 8 brothers and sisters in the Wu family, Wu Guanghao is the fourth oldest, and his father is the fifth oldest. Although he and the fourth uncle never met, but from a young age to listen to his father's story of his deeds, "in order to make a revolution, the fourth uncle did not listen to his parents' arrangements for marriage, but sneaked away to lead the jute uprising, and never came back."

As the leader of the Jute Uprising, the founder of the Red Army and the Soviet Union on the Eyu Border Region, and a senior commander of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Wu Guanghao, born in 1906, actively participated in the patriotic student movement in his early years. In 1925, he was admitted to the 3rd class of the Whampoa Military Academy. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1926. After graduation, he participated in the Northern Expedition, served as a company commander and battalion commander in the 4th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and participated in the battles of Tingsi Bridge, Hesheng Bridge, and Wuchang.

After the defeat of the Great Revolution in 1927, Wu Guanghao was sent to Southern Hubei to engage in revolutionary activities. In November, he participated in leading the jute uprising, serving as deputy commander-in-chief, leading the commando team to first capture the county seat of Huang'an (present-day Hong'an) and forming the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army's Edong Army, serving as deputy commander-in-chief and commander of the 2nd Road.

After the uprising was suppressed by the superior Kuomintang troops, Wu Guanghao led the remaining 72 soldiers and party and government personnel of the Eastern Hubei Army through the enemy's blockade and moved to the Mulan Mountain area of Huangpi County to carry out guerrilla warfare at the end of December. Faced with a treacherous environment of struggle, he warned everyone: "We can't lose our guns." With guns, there is a way out for the workers and peasants: if you lose your guns, you cannot win and you cannot survive. ”

In January 1928, the unit was reorganized into the 7th Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, with Wu Guanghao as its commander. He led his troops to fight hard, creating guerrilla tactics of "day and night, long-range attack and near stop, sound east attack west, around the south and north", active in the vast area centered on Mulan Mountain, with a radius of more than 100 miles, and was regarded as a legendary hero by the local people. He mobilized the masses extensively, crushed the kuomintang army's offensive, and created the first red area on the Eyu side. In July 1928, he was appointed commander of the 11th Army and commander of the 31st Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and the command post was repeatedly besieged by the Kuomintang army.

In early May 1929, Wu Guanghao led more than 10 people to disguise themselves and were ordered to lead the uprising in Henan Shangcheng. When passing through Tengjiabao in Luotian County, he was ambushed by the enemy and died heroically, at the age of 23.

Wu Xianhe said that in the early days of liberation, the government issued plaques to their families with "families of martyrs", and in 1975, a special martyrs' cemetery was built to commemorate the Red Army general who died young. In 2002, the tomb of Martyr Wu Guanghao was announced as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit.

"Every Qingming Festival, a few of our brothers would come to visit the tomb of the fourth uncle. Every year, students also come to the tomb in groups to commemorate the four uncles. Wu Xianhe pointed to the bronze plaque of "Patriotic Education Base" hanging at the entrance of the cemetery.