He Long's character.

1926 10 June10, the northern expeditionary army captured Wuchang, the last castle in three towns of Wuhan. At the end of the same year, Guangzhou National Government moved its capital to Wuhan.

In the following year 1 month, He Long, commander of the First Division of the National Revolutionary Army, was ordered to lead his troops from Yichang to Wuhan as a peripheral defense task in Wuhan. The division headquarters is located in Hankou, and the first regiment is stationed in Hubei. In February, except for the fifth regiment, which was still stationed in Yangluo, the division headquarters and other regiments moved to Hubei, and the division headquarters was located in Dabeimen Street.

In March, the regiments of the whole division arrived in Hubei and were ordered to reorganize. The First Division of the Ninth Army of the National Revolutionary Army was reorganized into the 15th Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army. On the 23rd of the same month, He Long electrified the whole country and took office in Sun Yicheng. He wrote in the telegram: "Qiao Long was a brave warrior all his life, which drove Wan Li to fight for the party and the country. However, if he is obedient, he will smash the river to serve the inspector's new life. He uprooted the non-species and swore to seal the long snake, which made him feel heavy in the sea. When this difficult moment comes, there is no danger of falling.

Electricity shows his hatred for warlords and bureaucrats and his clear revolutionary stand.

He Long's appearance in Sun Yicheng coincided with the climax of the Great Revolution. At that time, the workers' and peasants' revolutionary movement, under the leadership of the Kuomintang county party headquarters presided over by Shi, Wan Songtao and other * * party member, had risen, and revolutionary mass organizations such as trade unions, peasant associations, women's associations and boy scouts had been established successively. The arrival of General He Long brought spring breeze and injected vitality into the revolutionary movement of workers and peasants in Hubei. The streets and alleys of Chengguan are covered with slogans of temporary revolution, and the revolutionary air in Hubei is boiling.

With the support of General He Long, the revolutionary movement of workers and peasants in Sun Yicheng flourished and was in full swing. On March 29th, trade unions, peasant associations, women's federations and other mass organizations held a "party rescue" meeting in Jinniu, and passed Liao's proposal of "overthrowing the new warlord Chiang Kai-shek". A demonstration was held after the meeting. On April 4th, Chengguan held a memorial service for martyrs in Yangxin, Ganzhou and Shanghai-Nanjing. More than 30 thousand people attended the meeting, and the masses shouted "Down with Chiang Kai-shek" with knives! Shovel down corrupt officials! "Down with local tyrants and evil gentry"! Wait for the slogan.

In this excellent situation, trade unions have developed the fastest. In Chengguan District, 65,438+08 trade unions have been established with 500 to 600 members. Gedian, Huarong, Fankou and Jinniu have successively established regional trade unions. Organized by the trade union, the workers fought against the capitalists. They put forward: abolish unreasonable rules and regulations; Implement the "eight-hour" working system; Not only has the "eight-hour" working system been implemented, but the monthly salary has been raised to 13, 16, 20 yuan, etc ... Capitalists are no longer afraid to put on airs, and working people can finally hold their heads high.

With the support of General He Long, the peasant movement in the vast rural areas of Hubei is also in full swing. Farmers fought against landlords, local tyrants, corrupt officials, reduced rents and interest rates, and refunded mortgages, which frightened all local tyrants. At the same time, in order to ensure the smooth development of the peasant movement, General He Long specially allocated 60 long guns from the army to the peasant associations, which helped to establish the peasant self-defense forces and greatly inspired the peasants' fighting spirit.

General He Long is also very concerned about women's work in Sun Yicheng. In order to mobilize women to join the revolution and give full play to women's role in the revolutionary struggle, he personally met Qiu Lanfen, chairman of the Women's Federation in Xishan, Hubei Province, and kindly said to her, "There is nothing else for you to come, but to do a good job in women's work in Hubei. When women work, they should first be told to relax, cut their hair, read books and take part in revolutionary activities. " Since then, great changes have taken place in women's work in Sun Yicheng. Under the propaganda of female cadres Qiu Lanfen, Wan Jingyuan and Yuan Jingyi, more than 65.438 million women joined the Women's Federation in Chengguan alone.

General He Long has always been strict in running the army. He not only educated soldiers to get rid of the old soldiers' habits, paid attention to improving military-civilian relations, and established a clear purpose of fighting for the revolution, but also set an example for his subordinates everywhere.

1at the beginning of 927, when the troops arrived in Hubei, it was freezing in the middle of the night. In order not to disturb the people, General He Long ordered the troops to rest under the eaves of the house. It was not until the next day that the logistics staff of the division headquarters and the local government arranged the station, and the troops were stationed separately. In order to prevent soldiers from disturbing the people and infringing on the interests of citizens, General He Long sent scouts to patrol the streets with the word "Order" signed by him personally, and sometimes he personally patrolled the streets.

On one occasion, the wages of the troops did not arrive, the materials were in short supply, and the life could not be supported for a while, and the troops were short of food for several days. However, his troops have never harassed the people or violated their interests. In this regard, Hankou Daily of the Republic of China once published an article entitled "The Military Discipline of the 15th Division of Independence can be Wind" for He Long's military discipline, praising He Long's strict military discipline, strict discipline and innocence in autumn, which is actually a model for officers.

1927 In late April, General He Long was ordered to send troops to the north to participate in the famous "Second Northern Expedition", leaving only the officers' training regiment stationed in Hubei.

General He Long was in Henan, with a command post, and fought the natural danger of Wushengguan, crossed the Shahe Huaihe River and reached Kaifeng. In the battle of Xiaoyao Town, the enemy was completely on the defensive, but the enemy commander Zhao Sizhen was captured alive, which dealt a heavy blow to Fengxi warlord Zhang. General He Long became a famous leftist general of the National Revolutionary Army because of his well-managed army and heroic contributions, which had great influence at home and abroad. In addition, the political power of China's * * * production party in the Ministry is growing, which makes Wang Jingwei, Tang Shengzhi and others very scared and tries to keep He Long in Henan and then annex it.

He Long and Zhou Yiqun immediately withdrew to Wuhan after discovering the plot of Wang and Tang. In June of the same year, he was ordered to be expanded into the 20th Army of the National Revolutionary War Army, with He Long as the commander, Tan Pingshan as the party representative and Zhou Yiqun as the director of the political department. The Ministry was unified into two divisions, with He Jinzhai, the former head of the first regiment, as the first division commander and He Long as the second division commander. Subsequently, the military department moved from Wuhan to Hubei.

In order to further strengthen the political power of the * * * production party in the army, in order to adapt to the changing situation, Zhou Yiqun, with the approval of the Party organization for instructions and with the consent of He Long, recruited the backbone of Huangpu Military Academy and Wuhan Peasant Movement Workshop, as well as the workers and peasants' armed forces in Hubei, Huanggang and Daye to form the third division, with six regiments and officers' training corps under its jurisdiction, with Zhou Yiqun as the teacher and Xu Teli as the party representative.

In the process of protecting the 20th Army, several die-hards, headed by Chen Tunan, chief of staff of the Army, took refuge in Chiang Kai-shek, plotted to plant grass and murdered He Long, and threatened to bring down Zhou Yiqun, the backstage supporter of the 20th Army's * * production party. He Long and Zhou Yiqun, after mastering conclusive evidence, decisively suppressed counter-revolutionaries such as Chen Tunan.

/kloc-in July of 0/5, after Wang Ching-wei rebelled against the revolution, He Long was ordered to lead his troops from Sun Yicheng to Jiangxi in the name of crusade against Chiang Kai-shek, and then participated in and directed the world-famous "Nanchang Uprising".

More than half a century has passed, and the historical record of General He Long's support for the people's struggle in Sun Yicheng is still widely praised by the masses and has become a good teaching material for the people of Ezhou to carry out revolutionary traditional education.