The Dongjiang Column, known as the “mainstagram of China’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression” by Zhu BabaylanGod’s Dongjiang Column, developed from a few hundred people to an anti-Japanese brigade with more than 10,000 people, fought bravely behind enemy lines in South China
Text/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Chen Qiang
Photo/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Liang Yu
On October 12, 1938, the Japanese army landed in Daya Bay, and the Kuomintang defenders were about to collapse. In times of crisis, under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, the people of Dongjiang area took up weapons, formed armed teams, rose up to fight against the invading Japanese invaders, and gradually developed an anti-Japanese brigade with a force of more than 11,000, the Dongjiang Column. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, Yangcheng Evening News opened a column “Returning to the Anti-Japanese War Road in the East” to search for the Anti-Japanese War of the East, relive the glorious years, remember history and move forward bravely.
“We are the guerrillas of the Guangdong people, we are brothers of the Eighth Route Army New Fourth Army. Our team gallops on the battlefield of Dongjiang, working hard, and killing the enemy bravely, and achieving brilliant victory…”
Whether it is the Guangdong Dongjiang Column Memorial Hall in Daling Mountain, Dongguan, the Dongjiang Column Memorial Hall in Boluo, Huizhou, or the former site of the Dongjiang Column Command in Dapeng New District, Shenzhen, or the former site of the Dongbao Administrative Supervision Office in Bao’an District, Shenzhen, you can see the lyrics of the passionate “Song of the Dongjiang Column” in the Guangdong Column”.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Dongjiang Column was alone behind the enemy and fought bloody battles, successively establishing bases such as Daling Mountain in Dongguan, Yangtai Mountain in Bao’an, Luofu Mountain in Boluo and Wuling in northern Guangdong, and opening up the battlefield behind enemy lines in South China. While insisting on mountain guerrilla warfare, it created new tactics of maritime guerrilla warfare and urban guerrilla warfare, which shocked the enemy.
1: More than 1,500 overseas Chinese and Hong Kong and Macao compatriots participated
In August KomiksOn the 25th, the reporter came to Dalingshan Town, Dongguan with the first stop of the interview team of “Retracing the Anti-Japanese War Road of the East Column”, where the Guangdong Dongjiang Column Memorial Hall and the former site of the Dalingshan Anti-Japanese Base Area were located. Wang Hongxing, director of the Guangdong Dongjiang Column Memorial Hall, told reporters that on October 12, 1938, the Japanese army launched a battle to invade South China. In December 2019, the Communist Party of China organized the Cinema.com/”>KomiksTwo anti-Japanese armed forces, with more than 200 Cinema people. In late January 1942, the two troops were reorganized into the “Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps”; in December 1943, they were renamed “Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps”. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>BabaylanDongjiang Column of the East People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrillas” (hereinafter referred to as “East Column”), has jurisdiction over 7 brigades.
Wang Hongxing said that under the difficult situation of staying away from the Party Central Committee, away from the main forces of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, the East Column gradually developed from nothing to something, from small to large, and gradually developed into a supportive team. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>CinemaThe anti-Japanese brigade with more than 10,000 troops.
The former site of the Dalingshan Anti-Japanese Base Area located in Dawangling Village is the location of the Third Battalion of the East Column. It is understood that the base area is one of the earliest anti-Japanese base areas established by the Communist Party of China in the enemy rear areas in Guangdong. Dawangling Village now exists in the Third Battalion of the Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps. Department, conference room, newspapers, transportation stations, playgrounds and other former sites. Li Jianguo, president of the Guangdong-Jiangxi-Hunan Border Column Research Association of Shenzhen Dongjiang Column, told reporters that the personnel structure of the East Column has distinct characteristics, with many overseas Chinese and Hong Kong and Macao returning home, many compatriots, intellectuals, women, and many rich children. “No matter what kind of background, everyone is really for the sake of faith and ideals, and they are scrambling to step forward, throwing their youthful blood, and resisting the guns of the invaders with their flesh and blood. According to incomplete statistics, there were more than 15 patriotic young people from China and Hong Kong and Macao who came back to participate in the Eastern League, which played a great role in the establishment and development of the troops. Many Chinese children died in the battle. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>KomiksPreviously, for example, the political commissar of the Independent Squadron of the Third Battalion of the Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps and the Thai overseas Chinese Zhong Ruochao (Li Zhong), was only 3 days old when he died.
It is precisely because of the unique personnel structure of the Dongjiang Column that the political work, civil movement and cultural work of the Dongzong have been carried out in a vivid and exciting manner. The “Everyone Unity Newspaper” and “New People” were successively established. The Babaylan newspaper and the official newspaper “Full Newspaper”, and also organized theater troupes, political work teams, art and publicity teams, etc. The reporter saw an octave printing machine at the Dongjiang Column Memorial Hall in Boluo, Huizhou, which the Qianjin Daily had used.
2: Use terrain to create a variety of guerrilla tactics
Only a few kilometers away from Dawangling Village, there is a place called Baihua Cave, which is the famous Baihua Cave battle.
“This battle was considered by the Japanese army to be the most embarrassing battle since entering South China.” Liu Weiling, the Dongguan Party History Research Office, introduced that on June 10, 1941, the Japanese army dispatched more than 400 people to attack Baihua Cave, in an attempt to eliminate the main force of the guerrillas. The guerrillas occupied favorable terrain and blocked the Japanese and puppet troops who were attacking the sneak attacks. After two days of fighting, a total of 50 and 60 Japanese and puppet troops were killed and injured, including one Japanese brigade leader, and a variety of military supplies were seized. Wang Hongxing said that according to incomplete statistics, during the Anti-Japanese War, the Eastern Column fought more than 1,400 times against the Japanese puppets, killed and injured more than 6,000 Japanese puppet soldiers, captured about 3,500 people, seized more than 6,500 guns and 25 artillery pieces. More than 2,500 people in the East Zong died bloodily during the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Wei Fapu, a fourth-level researcher at the Party History Research Office of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, told reporters that during the Anti-Japanese War, the Eastern Zong creatively used various guerrilla tactics based on the geographical environment, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese and puppet troops. In addition to carrying out guerrilla warfare with the mountains based on river networks, the Eastern Column also carried out guerrilla warfare along the Guangjiu Railway and urban guerrilla warfare in the Hong Kong and Kowloon areas, creating a unique maritime guerrilla tactic.
In 1941, the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War broke out. In the same year, the Japanese army invaded and occupied Hong Kong. Therefore, the Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps sent people to advance in multiple ways and established the Hong Kong and Kowloon Brigade in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong and Kowloon region is small, mostly urban areas with Japanese and puppet military and police, and there is little room for maneuver. The Hong Kong and Kowloon Brigade has leveraged the advantages of the short gun team’s high flexibility, seized the opportunity to carry out raid wars, surprise attacks, capture wars, etc., and effectively attacked the enemy. Liu Jinjin, who served as the deputy captain and captain of the Short Gun Team, became a legendary hero who became famous in Hong Kong and Kowloon.
In 1945, in his military report “On the Battlefield of the Liberated Area”, Zhu De called the Dongjiang Column, the Qiongya Column, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army “China’s War of Resistance Against Japanese AggressionBabaylan‘s mainstay”.
The former site of the Dongjiang Column Command located in Tuyang Village, Shenzhen
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Tuyang is now a community in the Kuichong Office in Dapeng New District, Shenzhen. In December 1943, after the establishment of the Dongjiang Column of the Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrillas, Tuyang became the location of the Dong Column Command and the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. Last year, the former site of the Dongjiang Column Command was selected as the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Li Yongzhong, deputy secretary of Tuyang Community, introduced that in recent years, the local government has attached great importance to the utilization of these red resources. In recent years, it has successively built and repaired a series of red scenic spots such as the former site of the Dongjiang Column Command and the Dongjiang North Retreat Monument, to dig deep into the red resources to form a cluster effect. At the same time, it has also designed a high-quality route of “Party Building + Tourism + Red Education”.
Li Yongzhong also told reporters that based on the historical manuscripts of the old soldiers of the Dongzong, Tuyang has edited and published precious books with detailed content and vivid stories, such as “The Red Chronicle of the Quarry Floods in the Tuyang Sand” and “Red Tuyang”. “The main purpose is to use this to help our descendants understand the history of Dongzong and let their descendants not forget the tragic history of the Chinese nation.”
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The old soldier of Dongzong Li Qiang recalled his three abilities: “iron feet”, “night eyes” and “god belly” of his comrades: “Walk still if you don’t eat, fight still if you don’t eat”
On August 27, the interview team of the “Return to the Anti-Japanese War Road of the East Zong” came to the former site of the Dongjiang Column headquarters located in Tuyang Village, Kuichun Street, Dapeng New District, Shenzhen. The reporter interviewed the 90-year-old who lives in Tuyang Village./”>Cinema Li Qiang, an old soldier in the East Zong. He recalled the war years and said that the soldiers had three abilities, called “iron feet”, “night eyes”, and “god belly”, “wallowing without eating, and fighting without eating.”
Although he was in his 90s, Li Qiang’s body still looked very tough, without helping people to walk, and without crutches, his voice was loud and his thinking was clear. According to his recollection, he participated in the work of an underground transportation station at the age of 14. “At that time, in order to destroy the enemy’s traffic communication, we cut off the telephone line near the mountain. In order to extend the time of the enemy’s communication interruption and avoid being discovered by the enemy, we make the wire size and connect the corresponding telephone line, making it difficult for the enemy to find it. “Although time has passed, Li Qiang’s memory is still profound, just like yesterday.
Recalling his experience in the war years, he said that he could use the three words “iron feet”, “night eyes” and “fairy belly”. “KomiksIron feet are walking dozens of kilometers a day, and their feet are not afraid of sand or thorns; night eyes are walking at night, and they are mountain roads and small roads without lights, and they are all seen by their eyes; fairy belly is abnormal, sometimes eating once a day, eating sweet potatoes, grains, and wild vegetables, and sometimes they are not allowed to eat for a day.”
Li Qiang has been actively participating in the education of the inheritance of the Red Revolution after his retirement and becoming a red cultural charity. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Komiks service propagandist. “The spirit of our Dongjiang Column must be carried forward from generation to generation. “In Li Qiang’s view, the Dongzong spirit is a revolutionary spirit that is not afraid of difficulties, hardship, and bloodshed and sacrificed.