Places of interest in Sanhe Town

The extremely precious humanistic resources that were left to the wind and rain in the past have been fully explored and effectively protected. The Zhongshan Park and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, which were built with an investment of more than 5 million yuan, have been fully restored. Together with the Zhongshan Bridge, Zhongshan School, and the Martyrs Monument and the Zhu De Memorial Hall, which were expanded with an investment of more than 2 million yuan, they are like a string of bright pearls. The articles by two great men, Sun Yat-sen and Zhu De, added to the splendor.

In August and September 1927, when the insurgent army marched south from Changting and Shanghang in Fujian to Chaoshan, the 25th Division led by Comrades Zhu De, Zhou Shidi and other comrades stayed behind at Sanheba in Dabu County. .

One month before the rebels came to Sanheba, they first sent underground workers to Huidong and other places in Sanheba to secretly organize trade unions and farmers' associations.

At noon on August 24th of the lunar calendar in 1927, more than ten leading troops of the Red Army crossed from Huidongdong Cultural Department in Sanhe to Huicheng, and then the army gradually walked from both sides of the Tingjiang River to Sanhe dam. The large army took more than 100 civilian boats and continued down the Han River. After a day and night of rapid march, more than 2,000 people stayed in Sanheba. At that time, merchants opened their doors and set off firecrackers to welcome them, and they did business all night long, and the market was prosperous. At that time, the rebels wore red-rimmed hats, red scarves around their necks, blue clothes, tied feet, and straw sandals. There was no distinction between officers and soldiers. After arriving at Sanheba, the rebels lived in temples, ancestral halls and people's homes. The next day, notices for peace of mind were posted everywhere, and the notices were named after Comrade Zhou Shidi. The military discipline is very good, shopping is fair, speech is gentle, and relations with the masses are very good.

The rebels stayed for a few days and held a mass meeting at Dashaba outside the south gate of Huicheng. More than 2,000 people attended. It is said that the speaker standing on the stool was Comrade Zhu De. After the meeting, a demonstration was held. Participants held paper flags, chanted slogans, and posted slogans. The marchers raised their arms and shouted: "Down with Christianity," "Eradicate churches," "Down with corrupt officials." "Defiled officials, local tyrants and evil gentry", "Practice land to the tiller", and other revolutionary slogans, the procession entered the east gate, exited the south gate, then entered the west gate and exited the north gate before ending the meeting.

The rebels stayed in Huicheng for about ten days and learned that the enemy Qian Dajun was preparing to attack the rebels from Songkou Town, Meixian District, Meizhou City. In order to choose favorable terrain, the rebels sailed the Yamato ship at starry night to transport the rebels to Huidong Dongwenbu, and sailed all the ships in the nearby Hexi to the east bank, leaving only a small boat as a ferry. Our army left three high mountain lookout posts in Guanyin Pavilion. After the rebel army arrived at the Dongwen Department, the command post was located in Tian's ancestral hall (to this day there are still four words "swear to kill the enemy" on the wall of the house, which is said to be written by Comrade Zhu De), and the munitions department was located in Sanxingtang (Longhukengye). The family ancestral hall still has the words "Seven consecutive rows of three rows in the year of Dingmao"), and the 80-meter small hill far away from Huicheng - the top of Bizhiwei Mountain and the Shizitan area was chosen to dig trenches and build fortifications. This is a good position to prevent the enemy from strangulating the Meijiang, Tingjiang, and Hanjiang Rivers. The main force of our army is concentrated here. There are three water dragon machine guns on the forward position. The Dongwen Department and trenches along the river have been dug under the bamboo heads. At that time, the battle front was very long, from Mariantang, Meizi Lake, to Chayin Zhikeng. Our brave soldiers were ambushed on the hills for more than 30 miles, ready to attack the invading enemy head-on.

Three days later, more than 10,000 troops from the Kuomintang puppet Qian Dajun arrived, and the leading soldiers climbed to the "top of the altar" first. After my high mountain lookout post discovered the enemy, I immediately withdrew to the "Three Barge Bridge", fired a warning shot, and then took a boat east to return to the team. After the puppet army occupied Huicheng, the headquarters was located in Yuxing Hotel. After the bandits arrived, they immediately divided their troops to garrison cannabis and dug trenches in the Jiuzhaigou and Nanmenping areas. They used broken walls as bunkers. There were also dozens of machine guns stationed in Jiuzhaigou, Yuxing Hotel, Guanyin Pavilion and other places. The pavilion also set up a cannon, forming a confrontation with our army. The situation was very tense.

The battle started that afternoon (the eighth day of the ninth lunar month). Suddenly, the sound of gunfire was deafening, and the bandit firepower unilaterally fired at our army's position. Because our army was well prepared, hidden in the dense pine trees, and defended like an iron wall, sometimes without firing a single shot, sometimes finding the target and hitting it with one or two shots. The enemy did not know the truth and did not dare to charge, so they held on until night. In order to bluff and consume the enemy's ammunition, our army used old oil barrels, put artillery pieces into the barrels, ignited them, and exploded. The sound was like a machine gun. The enemy took the imaginary as truth, panicked, and fired guns randomly without any target, keeping the enemy awake at night. , very restless.

The next morning, the enemy captured more than ten civilian boats from the direction of Songkou Town, Meixian District, Meizhou City, and forced them to cross with troops. The bandits disembarked at Huangyuanba, and under cover of firepower, they launched several consecutive charges.

The first time there were seven boats. The boats were about to sail to the center of the river. The three water dragon machine guns I stationed on the top of the mountain were condescending and focused their firepower on the enemy ships. In an instant, water splashed everywhere, and the enemy ship became a living target for our army. The ship sank and broke, and the unsupported ship let the water flow. Seeing the disastrous defeat, Qian Dajun became angry and cursed. He mobilized ten more boats and launched a second charge, crawling towards our army's position like a turtle. Our army responded with fierce firepower. The sound of artillery, gunfire, and shouts of killing were intertwined, and the bandits fell into the river one by one. At that time, there was a small leader holding a flag and crawling on the side of the boat, shouting, "Come on!" Our army fired a shot and killed him in the belly of the fish. The damaged civilian boats carried dead bodies adrift in the water. Two boats carrying the remaining defeated generals docked at "Zou Gonggong" (today's Longhukeng Pier), and were so suppressed by our army's firepower that they could not lift their heads. When the gunfire stopped for a moment, they dared to launch a charge. Our army's volley of guns wiped out most of the enemy's troops. The remaining enemies became a mess and turned around and ran away. The enemies on both sides of the Taiwan Strait opened fire to cover, causing themselves to fight against themselves. The enemy suffered serious casualties, and the few remaining defeated soldiers were all dealt with by our army.

As our soldiers fought to liberate the whole of China, they received strong support from the broad masses of the people and showed bravery in killing the enemy. The battle lasted for three days and nights.

On the night of the third day, the enemy sent reinforcements in two groups, one going up from Gaopei and the other from Songkou. At dawn on the fourth day, thick fog enveloped the land. The enemy smuggled in from Ma Liang Khou and other places in an attempt to cut off our army's path and encircle our army. When we were outnumbered, our army adopted a comprehensive retreat strategy and withdrew the main force while still maintaining an effective strength of 2,000 people. Part of the team moved to Guangdong, Haifeng, and Lufeng to join the local insurgent peasant armed forces. The other part was led by Comrade Zhu De and moved to northern Guangdong via Jiangxi, then to southern Hunan, and finally moved to Jinggangshan to fight with the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army led by Comrade Mao Zedong. The First Division of the First Army joined forces and later developed into the main force of the Red Army.

Although the rebel army stayed in the Sanheba area for a short time, the revolutionary actions have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and expanded the party's influence in the countryside. Although the rebels left, they sowed red seeds in the Sanhe area. Revolutionary martyrs Liao Jiazhen and Yang Nansheng (from Huidong) were underground party members who developed under the influence of this battle.