[Liuzhou Party History] Opening up a new situation in Liuzhou's urban work (7)

Section 2 The Development and Growth of Revolutionary Forces

The main activities of mass organizations

The mass organizations led by the Liuzhou Party Organization, due to their strict organization and high quality of members, strictly abide by the Party’s "Secret Work Regulations") , So he didn't suffer losses in the fight against the enemy, and quickly grew his strength. These organizations have played a very important role in carrying out patriotic and democratic movements, investigating the situation of the enemy, propagating and educating the masses, protecting factories, protecting schools, welcoming the army and liberating, and taking over cities. They have become powerful assistants and new forces of the Chinese Communist Party’s urban work. .

In May, July, and October of 1949, mass organizations participated in three political offensives against the Kuomintang reactionaries under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. At 8 pm on May 14, under the unified arrangement of the Guangxi Provincial and Urban Work Committee of the Communist Party of China, Communist Party members and members of mass organizations in Liuzhou, Guilin, and Nanning acted simultaneously in major streets, theaters, cinemas and important institutions. , Factories and schools distribute and post leaflets such as the "Chinese People's Liberation Army Announcement" (also known as "Eight Chapters of the Covenant"), "Open Letter from Huang Shao Station to Li Zongren" and "Warning Secret Service Letter". On the evening of July 28, the Liuzhou City Working Committee of the Communist Party of China once again organized forces to distribute the "Notice to the People of the City", "To the School Teachers and Students" and the "Warning Letter" to the KMT, government, and military special agencies, successfully dismantling the enemy. The "Anti-Communist Conference" held on January 1. In late October, under the unified arrangement of Liuzhou City Work Committee, various mass organizations in Liuzhou distributed leaflets such as "Notice to Workers" and "To Persons in Charge of Various Organs", calling on the whole city's employees and leaders of various organs to understand the situation and move closer. The people organize to protect factories, railways, post offices, transportation facilities, material warehouses, public property, and government archives to prevent looting and destruction when the reactionaries escape, and wait for them to be taken over. By secretly distributing leaflets, launching a powerful political propaganda offensive against the reactionary authorities, unexpectedly hitting the enemy, inspiring the people's fighting spirit, demonstrating the strength of the party and the people, and playing a great role in dividing and disintegrating the enemy.

The members of the mass organizations took advantage of their favorable conditions at all levels to make a great contribution to the investigation of the enemy's situation in preparation for the emancipation of the party organization to take over. For example: Guan Yitong, a member of the Aiqing Association, took advantage of the opportunity of internship at Liuzhou Power Plant,The power plant equipment, wiring, equipment, fixed assets, and personnel were investigated, and an investigation report was written and submitted to the party organization. Luo Hongliang and Jiang Haiqing, members of the Aiqing Association who worked in the Kuomintang airport, took advantage of their positions to hand over the airport map and top-secret information to the party organization. Liu Yuesheng, a member of the Youth Association of China, accepted the task of investigating the equipment and equipment of the telephone exchange, and found ways to use social relations to enter the telephone exchange under the pretext of learning telephone communication to understand the overall equipment and equipment situation. The members of the Xiang-Gui-Qian Railway Workers' Liberation Federation and the party members worked hard to obtain a batch of important materials. These materials include the KMT Railway Bureau's special party organization relations and the list of backbones, the distribution and activity status of the agents of the Central and Military Unification, the list of personnel above the chief of the railway department and their political performance, the name, quantity, specification and storage location of the main railway materials, the railway The bureau’s accounting books, technical equipment data and document storage locations, etc., have also copied the railway bureau’s confidential document-the Eshan area traffic liaison map, and drawn the railway bureau’s agency floor plan.

After receiving the task of investigating and grasping the internal dynamics and situation of the Liuzhou Police Department, Hu Enlang, a member of the Democrats Liberation Federation who worked at the Liuzhou Police Department, obtained the overall inventory of weapons at the convenience of his position; he also spent 20 days. Time has compiled the materials of more than 60 key members of the police station. After liberation, these investigation materials provided by underground workers played an important role in the municipal military control committee's handling of the training of the backbone of enemy agents, registration of reactionary party groups, and the takeover and restoration of production and transportation. The person in charge of the Municipal Military Control Commission spoke highly of the research work conducted by the Liuzhou Party Organization and the mass organizations under its leadership.

The members of mass organizations are an important force to prevent the enemy from destroying and smashing the enemy's conspiracy. On the eve of liberation, the Communist Party of China called on party members and members of mass organizations to take action and organize forces to protect factories, schools, roads and cities. Members of mass organizations actively participated in this struggle. The Communist Party member Yang Yugong developed Deng Jingqiu and Chen Guosheng in Liuzhou Water Plant in accordance with the instructions of the party organization to participate in the Youth League. Soon, an old worker surnamed Chen was developed in the pump room of the key department of the water plant to join the Workers and Peasants Liberation Federation, and also organized a factory protection team.

In the early morning of November 25th, a reactionary armed force was preparing to drive into the water plant to destroy it. At this time, the gunfire in the People’s City of the People’s Liberation Army had begun. , To defend the factory, and insist on reaching the People's Liberation Army Factory, so that the water factory can be safely returned to the people's hands.Yang Yongshan and Mai Chao, the Communist Party members responsible for contacting and defending Liuzhou Power Plant, respectively recruited employees Liang Zhaogui and young worker Li Jingze to participate in the Youth League. Liang Zhaogui, through Li Guoqing, a member of the Democratic Liberation Federation, united a group of senior staff from the power plant to stand on the revolutionary side. When liberation was approaching, they organized an armed factory guard team of more than 10 people at the power plant to guard the machine and around the factory day and night. In the middle of the night of November 24, a group of Kuomintang engineers were ordered to blow up the power plant. On the one hand, the plant protection team launched a political offensive against the enemy and used righteousness to dissuade the bombing of the plant; , Gave them some gold bars and tempted them to leave. These enemies who were greedy for money and afraid of death picked up gold bars, detonated explosives in the open, and fled in embarrassment. The power plant returned to the people intact.

The members of the Communist Party of China and the Workers' Liberation Federation of the Xiang-Gui-Qian Railway Bureau showed strong organizational discipline and tenacious fighting spirit in the struggle for road protection. They captured large quantities of guns and ammunition discarded by the enemy to arm themselves, and launched a propaganda offensive against the enemy, forcing one of the enemy’s armored vehicles to leave Goose Mountain and stop sabotage; they also intercepted two of the enemy’s iron box wagons carrying military supplies. , Forcing a platoon of enemies to surrender. The pickets took the initiative to maintain public order in the Eshan area to prevent robbery and destruction by the skirmish bandits, and handed over a complete railway to the people.

Zeng Ding, a member of the Democratic Liberation Federation, and other underground workers set up a security committee at the Agricultural Machinery Company and the Thirty Arsenal, and dispatched workers on duty to guard important passages. As the security work was done well, the Jila area was not damaged by the fleeing enemy soldiers. More than 20 people from the Kuomintang guard who fled to the 30th arsenal in Nichong Village also tried to surrender to the city in Zengding.

The Aiqing members, youth league members, and students' federation members in the school worked closely together to fight together and carried out a series of revolutionary activities. On the eve of the liberation of Liuzhou, they organized security patrols to protect school books, equipment and school facilities from damage by the enemy. After Zhu Huanzhang, a member of the Democratic Liberation Federation and the Kuomintang Liuzhou Garrison Command, received the task of protecting the bridge and the city, he persuaded the Kuomintang Liuzhou Garrison Commander Qin Zhen from destroying the city. Zhu Huanzhang also sent armed forces to guard the enemy's logistics warehouse on Peixin Road to prevent the Kuomintang's looting by stragglers.

At 10 o'clock on November 26, the second day of the liberation of Liuzhou, the Liuzhou party organization issued a signal of action to carry out activities to welcome the army and celebrate the liberation.CCP members and members of mass organizations led 54 propaganda teams and 8 tea stations that had been prepared to flood the streets one after another, posting various propaganda materials and slogans, preaching " Three Discipline and Eight Points of Attention " to express condolences to the People's Liberation Army. After the liberation of Liuzhou, a group of Communist Party members and members of mass organizations participated in the work of the Municipal People’s Temporary Public Security Committee and the Municipal Military Control Committee, assisting the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government’s Military Management Committee in taking over the city and maintaining social order. On December 17, 364 members of mass organizations and members of the Communist Party of China who remained in Liuzhou at the time of liberation held a victory meeting in the auditorium of Liuqing Normal School. Liang Shan, secretary of the Liuzhou City Work Committee of the Communist Party of China, gave a speech at the meeting, fully affirming the contribution of the mass organizations to the liberation of the people of Liuzhou, and solemnly declared that the mass organizations led by the Chinese Communist Party have successfully completed the important historical tasks assigned by the party.

Source: Liuzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China Party History Research Office

Editor: Liuzhou Women’s Federation New Media Studio