Qidong uprising details

On June 3rd 1930, jiangsu provincial party committee issued a notice calling for an uprising centered on Xuzhou and Nantong to promote the outbreak of a new revolutionary climax. In the middle and late July, in order to meet the needs of the uprising, the Qidong County Committee changed the county Committee to the Action Committee (hereinafter referred to as the county Committee), with Jiang Miantian as the secretary and members including Gu and Yang Sigong. After the establishment of the county party Committee, preparations for the autumn harvest uprising began. On the afternoon of August 7th, I learned that the Kuomintang county government was going to kill Zhao Keming, member of the organization committee of the county party committee and president of the county peasant association, and he was detained the next day. The county party committee immediately decided to rebel in advance, attack the county government and rescue Zhao Keming.

At 1 1, more than 80 Red Army soldiers and 160 peasant association members from Yongxing area and its surrounding areas gathered in Gu Jia. Jiang Miantian and others fought and mobilized. On the morning of 8th 1, three groups arrived at the scheduled attack point under the command of Jiang Miantian, Gu and Yang Sigong respectively. Shi Youli, captain of Qidong Squadron of Red 14 Army, lit a torch in front of the main entrance of the county government and sent out an attack signal. Three teams attack at the same time.

Yang Sigong's team attacked the county government from the main entrance. Xia Gaoqing, the county magistrate, was so scared that he quickly cut off his beard, disguised himself among some public servants and fled from the back door. The rebels burned several houses and some administrative documents of the county government. The other way attacked the public security bureau from the west. A policeman tried to raise a gun and was hacked to death by the rebels with a kitchen knife. Red Army soldier Zhu rushed into the house and shot and wounded Zhu Changmao, director of the police station. The rest of the police fled hastily and the public security bureau was occupied. The team responsible for prison robbery destroyed the prison and rescued Zhao Keming and 40 or 50 other "prisoners". At the same time, Beixin, Miaoqiao and Huangcang party member burned two bridges, Xingang and Kowloon North, and cut wires to prevent the enemy from reinforcing. Later, posters and slogans were posted in the county town to call on the people to rise up against the reactionaries. In this battle, five enemies were killed, six were captured and seven surrendered. Hand over 1 portable machine guns and 2 1 long and short guns. Until dawn, the Kuomintang Qidong county government colluded with the bully landlord and the whole city was under martial law. At the same time, the provincial public security corps 1 squadron was invited to launch a crackdown.

Nine party member, including Zhao, Song Tingzai, were killed, and many houses of insurgents were copied and burned. In view of the serious white terror, Jiang Miantian and others were forced to turn into concealment.

The uprising struck a blow to the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, showing the heroic spirit of the * * * production party organization in Qidong County and the revolutionary masses under its leadership who dared to fight to the death with the enemy.