The towering Siming Mountain Anti-Japanese Base Area in Eastern Zhejiang

The Towering Siming Mountain Anti-Japanese Base Area in Eastern Zhejiang

In February 1941, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made the decision to open up a strategic base in eastern Zhejiang. From May to September, more than 900 armed people led and secretly controlled by the Pudong Working Committee of the Communist Party of China crossed south to Hangzhou Bay in seven batches and arrived in the Sanbei area of ??eastern Zhejiang (Xi’s name for the northern areas of Cixi, Yuyao, and Zhenhai counties). Launch the anti-Japanese armed struggle. After the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, the Central China Bureau sent a large number of cadres to eastern Zhejiang. In July 1942, the Zhejiang East District Party Committee of the Communist Party of China was established, with Tan Qilong as secretary. In August, the Three-North Guerrilla Command was established to lead the anti-Japanese armed forces in eastern Zhejiang. In December 1943, the Military Headquarters of the New Fourth Army ordered the anti-Japanese armed forces in eastern Zhejiang to be renamed the New Fourth Army Zhejiang East Guerrilla Column, openly flying the banner of the New Fourth Army. Under the leadership of the East Zhejiang District Party Committee and the strong support of the people, they opened up an area centered on Siming Mountain. The anti-Japanese base area in eastern Zhejiang.

The soldiers and civilians of the Anti-Japanese Base Area in Eastern Zhejiang experienced 643 large and small battles, regained two county towns, conquered more than 110 strongholds, large and small, and killed, wounded and captured more than 9,000 enemy and puppet officers and soldiers. By 1945, the anti-Japanese armed forces in eastern Zhejiang had grown to more than 10,000 people, the liberated area covered an area of ??more than 20,000 square kilometers, and the population reached 4 million.

On January 21, 1945, Tollett, a pilot of the U.S. 14th Air Force stationed in China, and his companions bombed Japanese targets in Shanghai. The plane he was piloting was hit by a bullet and burst into flames. He parachuted and crashed into Longhuazui, Pudong, on the Huangpu River. His face, right hand, and right foot were all burned. He was found by nearby people and was taken to his home for treatment. On the evening of January 28, Tolet was escorted by the East Zhejiang guerrillas. On February 1, he safely arrived at Liangnong, Yuyao, where the New Fourth Army's East Zhejiang Guerrilla Column headquarters is located. He was warmly welcomed and friendly received by the soldiers and civilians in the base area. The column leader personally receive. Under the careful diagnosis, treatment and care of doctors, Tollert fully recovered after recuperating in the anti-Japanese base area in eastern Zhejiang for more than two months. On April 18, he reluctantly left the base area and returned to the army after recovering from his injury.