Guilin's Seven Struggles to Stick to Dabie Mountain

In the struggle to adhere to the Dabie Mountains, Comrade Gui showed the fearless spirit of * * * producers who dared to struggle and were not afraid of sacrifice. 1945 After the Japanese invaders surrendered in August, our party represented the national interests and put forward three slogans: peace, democracy and reunification. Chairman Mao also went to Chongqing to negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek, forcing the Kuomintang to sign the October 10th agreement. In order to conscientiously implement the October 10th Agreement, our party agreed to cede the People's Army base areas in eight provinces and regions, including Guangdong, Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, southern Anhui, central Anhui, Hunan, Hubei and Henan (excluding northern Henan). Since September 1945, the Seventh Division of the New Fourth Army has bid farewell to millions of parents, brothers and sisters and withdrawn from the Wanjiang Liberated Area in batches. In order to continue to maintain and expand the influence of our Party and persist in the people's revolutionary struggle, the Party Committee of Wanjiang District, after many studies, decided to let Comrade Gui, who has a firm stand, a high level of leadership and policy, a strong ability to work independently, is good at uniting comrades and has some experience in armed struggle, lead a lean team of 200-300 men from the Seventh Company, the Ninth Company and a pistol team to advance to Dabie Mountain and persist in guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.

Dabie Mountain is located at the junction of Hubei, Henan and Anhui provinces between Nanjing and Wuhan. It is the home of Kuomintang rule and the terrain is very important. After the withdrawal of the main force of the New Fourth Army, the reactionary Kuomintang government stationed a brigade of regular troops in western Anhui, plus the third, fourth, seventh and eighth regiments of the local security team and the county national army * * * 10000 people, and the enemy's strength was very different. The enemy carried out large-scale destruction of houses and villages in the so-called "Dabie Mountains" and even joined forces to protect the villages. They adopted reactionary policies such as burning houses and robbing houses, creating no man's land, building a large number of bunkers, setting up numerous ambush posts and interrogation posts, and implemented extremely vicious "comb-comb" tactics to suppress guerrillas behind enemy lines in an attempt to trap, starve to death and destroy them. Some local tyrants and secret agents in Dabie Mountain area also became arrogant and helped others. Individual cadres and guerrillas can't stand the test of struggle, and their thoughts are shaken. Some left, some fled, and some even defected. At the same time, because the enemy lost the motor of our radio station in a raid, the contact with the higher party was once interrupted, and the situation was extremely difficult and the struggle situation was very sinister.

"The more the storm destroys, the more beautiful it is and the bluer it is." These two poems by Comrade Gui express his firm stance and indomitable fighting spirit in a sinister situation. During the period of 1945 and 10, he led his troops into Dabie Mountain, where he joined Zhang Bu 100, who had been fighting there, and set up the West Anhui Working Committee. This unit is called the West Anhui Brigade. Comrade Gui is the secretary and political commissar, and Comrade Zhong is the battalion chief. In a difficult environment, he often told everyone repeatedly about the task of persisting in guerrilla warfare behind the enemy lines in Dabie Mountain, and about the arduousness, persistence, necessity and importance of this struggle, which made comrades clear that it is the sacred duty of soldiers in western Anhui to develop arms, establish organizations, attack the enemy, contain the main force of the enemy, and reduce the battlefield pressure in the liberated areas, and strengthened their firm belief of persisting in the final victory. In order to break the enemy's "clean-up" and make us gain a foothold in Dabie Mountain, after careful investigation and study, Comrade Gui and others boldly broke into the enemy's heart-grass land. There is a Kuomintang special zone in the grass, a "general suppression" commander and a secret service center regiment, and a regiment of enemy troops is often stationed. One day in June, 1945, 1 1, he led the troops to March for fifty nights and raided the grass. After more than two hours of fighting, the enemy's effective force was destroyed and a large number of guns, ammunition and materials were seized. This kind of war example, similar to the ancient "encircling Wei to save Zhao", shocked the enemy and quickly transferred a large number of clearing troops from Dabie Mountain, enabling us to establish a base area on the mountain calmly. As Comrade Gui said in the poem "Attacking Grass at Night": "The enemy is stationed in Guanzhuang, and I am out of the mountain, and the grass attacks Yuantan at night. The gunshots led the monkeys out, and I went back to the mountains to expand my territory. " At the same time, Comrade Gui studied with other leaders of the guerrilla brigade such as Zhang and Zhong, and decided to carry out a weeding and pest control work on the occasion of 1946 when the enemy went home for the New Year. Comrade Zhang Youdao led a squad to attack nearly a hundred miles overnight, executed three agents who were deeply in debt, and announced their crimes. This shocked the enemy, hit their arrogance, and greatly facilitated the smooth development of our guerrilla work. In the struggle situation that the enemy is strong and we are weak, Comrade Qi Lin of Guangxi applied Comrade Mao Zedong's military thought to Dabie Mountain. The troops divided the time, mobilized the masses and concentrated on dealing with the enemy. He always carried out Comrade Mao Zedong's 16-character policy of "when the enemy advances, I retreat; when the enemy bothers me; when the enemy is tired, I fight; when the enemy retreats, I chase", which made the enemy angry in seven places and smoked in eight places. We have to admit that it was "completely eliminated in three months."

After Comrade Gui arrived in Dabie Mountain, he set up the West Anhui Working Committee, which consists of four county committees: Qiantai, Shucheng, Lu 'an and Tonglu. The army changed its name to Wanxi detachment, which has four brigades and two directly affiliated companies. Soon, it merged with two subordinate units of the Second Division and the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army to form the Wanxi People's Police Guard, with Comrade as the commander and Comrade Gui as the political commissar. A new situation has rapidly emerged in the revolutionary base areas in western Anhui, winning the battles of Guantang, Yuantanpu, Shiguankou, Pictographic Land, Maodanchang, Zhang Jiawei, Huanggang, Huangnigang, Chuchong and Dongjiaci successively, which not only

1947165438+1October 3, People's Daily published an article entitled "Talking about the Current Situation in Dabie Mountain", which spoke highly of: "The people of Hubei, Henan and Anhui who have been rich in revolutionary traditions for 20 years and the comrades who have always insisted on guerrilla warfare in Dabie Mountain for two years have enabled our army to gain a firm foothold quickly and quickly integrate with the people. Since the Third Longitudinal Army of Liu Deng and a large number of its cadres joined forces with the People's Self-Defense Forces in West Anhui in August 1947, the revolutionary base areas in West Anhui have been expanding day by day. 1 1 In June, Wanxi Party Committee was established, with Comrade Peng Tao as secretary and two comrades, Gui and Yu Yichuan, as deputy secretaries. There were one, two or three prefectural committees, and later a fourth prefectural Committee was established in the area without nests. For the enemy, it's like putting a sword in his chest. They quickly dispatched a large number of troops from the northern line to the south. In western Anhui alone, there are the 7th, 4th and 46th armies of Guangxi, the 25th army of Chiang Kai-shek's direct line, the two divisions of the Youth Army and other regular troops in 2002 and 2003, together with the security guards and local vigilante groups, totaling more than 200,000 people, who often go crazy repeatedly in mountainous areas. In the struggle, Comrade Gui, like everyone else, stubbornly persisted in the plight of hunger, cold and clothing, and adopted the method of Kahe tax collection in the Fourth District Committee, which solved the biggest problem of food and clothing for the troops at that time, ensured the supply of materials for the troops, and helped the troops through extremely difficult years. In the process of persistence, more than 300 well-trained cadres, such as Wu Wanyin, Gu, Hou Zhendong, Yao Shouyong, Huang, Peng Nian, Wu Doushan and Yu Chengyu, died heroically, showing the noble quality of * * * producing party member at the expense of personal life for the people's cause. Thanks to the efforts of all comrades, the revolutionary main force in western Anhui has always been preserved, and it has always maintained a clean base area with a population of 500,000. The people's revolutionary struggle in western Anhui has always persisted until the main force of our army joined forces and liberated and unified the whole of northern Anhui, which was praised by the Central Plains Bureau. When Comrade Liu Bocheng crossed the river at the end of Lu 'an 1948, he said in front of Comrade Ma He: "Compared with other base areas, your base area in western Anhui is the best." Although this is mainly due to the correct leadership of the Central Plains Bureau and the unity and courage of all cadres and the masses, Comrade Gui has devoted a lot of effort and made no small contribution to this.

In the struggle to adhere to the Dabie Mountains, Comrade Gui showed the fine style of * * * producers keeping close contact with the masses. Comrade Gui has never forgotten the instructions given by the Party organizations at higher levels to guerrillas to protect the interests of the masses, and resolutely protected activists and families of martyrs. For those who have difficulties in life, they will be given timely relief every time they are captured in battle; Persecuted by the enemy, they tried their best to cover up and comfort, giving the enemy a tit-for-tat counterattack, which made these comrades feel that they had a strong backing behind them and strengthened their revolutionary beliefs. In response to the enemy's white terror policy, Comrade Gui not only organized secret party branches, peasant associations and party condolence groups in all parts of Dabie Mountain, but also organized a large number of gray mass organizations to fight the enemy by legal and illegal means. In the struggle, we should publicize the party's ideas to the masses, explain the national conditions, and turn the hearts of the masses towards the party and the revolution. Comrade Gui and others drafted many propaganda slogans on behalf of the masses, such as "being clean and white makes people terrible", "tearing down houses makes people cry", "the poor people have no firewood and no salt, and the Kuomintang must collect taxes" and "catching". It was first discussed and passed in the army, then handed over to the masses for discussion, then printed into leaflets, brushed into slogans, distributed and posted in various places, and won the support and welcome of the masses. Many people take risks to ask for it and then return to the local area to distribute it. Some were crammed into township offices and enemy spy organizations, which greatly increased the ambition of the masses, destroyed the prestige of the enemy and effectively promoted the struggle against Ding, Liang and the merger of villages. Comrade Gui is also very concerned about young intellectuals who demand progress, and often talks with them to guide them to the revolution. For example, a young teacher in Lu 'an sympathized with my revolutionary cause and hoped to meet the leading comrades of the guerrillas. When Comrade Gui learned of this situation, he immediately talked to him. Under his training, this comrade took advantage of the opportunity of teaching and often sent us newspapers and information, which did useful work for the revolution. Comrade Gui adheres to the party's style of close contact with the masses, which is also manifested in his ability to admit and correct mistakes from the standpoint of the party's interests. 1In the second half of 947, a sharp land reform was carried out in Dabie Mountain, which infringed on the interests of some middle peasants and businessmen. When attacking enemy agents, they tended to expand and made "Left" mistakes. Comrade Gui and other leading comrades can accept and correct the opinions of the masses once they find them. For example, in a place called the watershed at the junction of the buried hill and Yuexi, when attacking enemy agents, some people who should not be detained were locked up in the ancestral temple, and some people who should not be attacked were attacked. Comrade Gui and others came here immediately after listening to the reflection. After investigation and study, these people were not only released, but also publicly admitted their mistakes to the masses and won their understanding and praise. The masses say that mistakes must be corrected, and we can forgive good intentions. Because of this, Comrade Gui has a high prestige in Dabie Mountain area, and everyone affectionately calls him "Lao Gui" or "Mr. Zhao". It is precisely because our guerrillas have always stood in the position of protecting the interests of the masses that the masses have helped our party greatly. They often cover my wounded and sick, carry stretchers for me, actively supply our information, share clothes and food with us in extremely difficult times, and even sacrifice their relatives to cover our guerrilla commanders and soldiers, which fully embodies the relationship between the military and the people, which is also an important guarantee for our party to persist in Dabie Mountain area.

In the struggle to adhere to the Dabie Mountains, Comrade Gui actively carried out United front work, divided and disintegrated the enemy and strengthened his own strength. At that time, the overall situation in Dabie Mountain was that the enemy was strong and we were weak. We have no base areas, so we must wage guerrilla warfare. In enemy-occupied areas, it is like drilling around in a grid, and no political power has been established. Supplies have not been replenished, and medical care for the wounded is very difficult. Faced with this situation, Comrade Gui, as the main person in charge of the West Anhui Working Committee, conscientiously implemented the party's United front policy, divided and disintegrated the enemy, and used all available forces as much as possible to benefit the survival and development of our party and army. The struggle life in Dabie Mountain for more than three years is very hard. For a time, the enemy cut us off from the masses and put us in an extremely difficult position. Food, clothes and medicine are so scarce that we often can't even eat salt. I have to sleep in the Shan Ye at night, and I have to fight at any time. I can't even take off my sandals. On several occasions, when we got the food and were cooking, the enemy touched it and the food was urgently moved away before it was cooked. On one occasion, in Bancang at the junction of Buried Hill and Shucheng, our troops were hidden for seven days and seven nights. Without a bite to eat, they bought pickles from their fellow villagers, one for each person, to satisfy their hunger. Later, when I had something to eat, I cooked with the enemy's helmet, without a pot, and before I ate, the battle started. In such a tense and arduous fighting life, Comrade Gui is firm, tenacious and full of winning beliefs. He is strict with himself, sharing weal and woe with cadres and soldiers, and so is food, clothing, housing and transportation. There's never anything special. He often shares a bowl of rice with the guards, covers a quilt and gives the animals to the soldiers to ride. For a time, he was weak, hemorrhoids broke out and he bled heavily every day. In winter, his cotton trousers were wet with blood and frozen into ice. After a day and night of marching, his skin was worn out. He didn't say a word, and he didn't ask the guard to take anything else to eat. Between battles, he also took time to read books and newspapers. He is also very approachable. When people call him a political commissar, he always says, "Don't call me a political commissar, just call me an old ghost. Aren't we about the same age? " When he was camping, he was separated from the soldiers' residence by a wall. The soldiers talked and laughed, which affected his work and rest. The guard stopped him, and he criticized the guard and said, "Soldiers don't fight, they have to be entertained. How can you stop them? " Let everyone be deeply moved.