Heroic deeds during the revolutionary war

in p>1943, on the 7th anniversary of Liu Zhidan's sacrifice, Mao Zedong wrote an inscription: "mass leader, people's hero".

Liu Zhidan, born in 193, is a security guard in Shaanxi. In the winter of 1924, he joined the China Socialist Youth League. In the spring of 1925, he joined the China * * * Production Party, and in the winter of the same year, he was assigned by the Party to study in the fourth phase of Huangpu Military Academy. During the Great Revolution, he actively participated in the Northern Expedition. In April 1928, he participated in the leadership of the Weihua Uprising and served as the chairman of the Military Committee of the Northwest Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants. After that, he carried out the work of troop transport in Shaanxi and Gansu. In October, 1931, Xie Zichang, Yan Hongyan, Wu Daifeng and others formed the Northwest Anti-imperialist Allied Forces, which were later reorganized into the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Guerrilla of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants, and served as deputy commander and commander-in-chief, opening up the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Soviet Area centered on Zhaojin and Nanliang. Since then, he has successively served as deputy commander and chief of staff of the temporary headquarters of the Red Army on the Shaanxi-Gansu border, commander of the 42nd division of the Red Army, chairman of the Shaanxi-Gansu border military commission and chairman of the Northwest Revolutionary Military Commission, connecting the two Soviet areas in northern Shaanxi and Shaanxi-Gansu border, and becoming the foothold of the anti-Japanese Red Army on the north of the Central Committee and the various roads.

in September p>1935, he served as deputy head and chief of staff of the 15th Red Army Corps, and participated in commanding the Battle of Laoshan. Later, he served as commander-in-chief of the North Road Army, commander of the 28th Army, and garrison commander of Wayaobao, the seat of the Central Committee. Liu Zhidan often educates the troops to take the tail from wagging the dog, and absolutely obeys the leadership and dispatch of the Central Committee. Under his influence, the Red Army in northern Shaanxi and the Central Red Army United as one and fought against the enemy. Zhou Enlai said: "Comrade Liu Zhidan is loyal to the party, very modest and most disciplined. He is a party member who really has the quality of * * *."

in March, 1936, Liu Zhidan led the 28th Red Army to participate in the Eastern Expedition, and advanced into the northwest of Shanxi Province to overtake the enemy. On April 14, he died in the battle in Sanjiao Town, Zhongyang County, at the age of 33. In memory of him, the Central Committee and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government decided to rename Baoan County Zhidan County.