Excerpt from "History of the Youth Movement in the Central Soviet Area"
[Total Issue 32]
Zhou Cheng
Secretary of the Youth League Committee of Quannan County
Li Limin (1908-1931) was born in Shanghang, Fujian. Participated in the revolution in 1926. Joined the Communist Party of China in 1927. He once served as a member of the Shanghang County Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 1928, he led the peasant riot in Guantian, Shanghang, and then led the guerrillas to carry out armed struggle. After 1929, he successively served as Chairman of the Shanghang County Revolutionary Committee, Secretary of the Shanghang County Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the County Soviet, Member of the Standing Committee of the Executive Committee of the Western Fujian Soviet, Political Commissar of the 3rd Column of the 12th Red Army, Political Commissar of the 2nd Regiment of the New 12th Army of the Red Army, and On the one hand, the political commissar of the Nan (Feng) Guang (Chang) Jian (Ning) Independent Regiment. He participated in the two anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns in the Western Fujian Soviet Area and the first to third anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns in the Central Soviet Area. He died of illness in the Red Army Hospital in Ruijin, Jiangxi Province in the autumn of 1931. In February 1953, he was posthumously recognized as a revolutionary martyr.
Li Limin actively participated in the peasant movement in his early years. He led the Guantian Peasants Association to vigorously promote "Down with corrupt officials", "Down with local tyrants and evil gentry", "Support the three major policies of allying with Russia, allying with the Communist Party, and supporting agriculture and industry", and "implementing the rights of the tillers". Its fields” and other slogans. He raised a small sum of money and founded a peasant night school in Guantian, mobilizing farmers to attend night schools to learn culture and receive revolutionary education. At the same time, he led the farmers' association to formulate rural regulations that strictly prohibited the felling of Chinese fir trees and the herding of cattle, pigs, chickens and ducks into the fields and damage to crops, which was praised and supported by the masses. As a result, the prestige of the Farmers Association increased day by day, and its membership soon grew to more than 130 people.
In May 1929, the Fourth Red Army led by Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Chen Yi entered Fujian for the second time. After capturing Longyan City, they successfully captured Shanghang Baishawei, which greatly encouraged the people in the districts of Shanghang East Road. Seeing that the time was ripe for a riot, Li Limin immediately organized hundreds of farmers in Nantian District to attack Lufengwei, quickly confiscated the guns of the reactionary regiment defense bureau, and won the riot. After that, Li Limin led the peasant mass organization to organize the Red Guards, expand the peasant association organization, carry out the campaign against local tyrants, divide the fields, and establish political power.
With the in-depth development of the revolutionary struggle, rural red regimes have been established one after another in various regions. In August 1930, the Shanghang County Revolutionary Committee was established in Henggang, Lufeng, with Li Limin as chairman. In order to combat the enemy's arrogance and strengthen the red local armed forces, on August 19, Li Limin led the Red Guards of the East Road District and the Red Guards of the North Road District, a total of more than 1,000 people, to lay siege to Shanghang City for the first time. Although the siege failed to win, the masses' fighting mood was very high. On the 27th, he led 10,000 Red Guards in the county to attack the city again. After a night and a half of fierce fighting, the county seat was still not broken. However, the Red Guards were trained in actual combat and their quality was greatly improved. In order to preserve his strength, Li Limin took the initiative to withdraw the siege troops. On September 20, Zhu De led two columns of the Fourth Red Army to attack central Fujian, and then returned to western Fujian. Accepting the request of the workers and peasants in Shanghang, he led four columns of the Fourth Red Army to attack Shanghang City. Li Limin then once again led the peasant armed forces in various counties and effectively cooperated with the Fourth Red Army in fighting. He finally captured "Tieshanghang" and eliminated more than 2,000 people from the 8th brigade of the indigenous warlord Lu Xinming. Since then, the revolutionary situation in Shanghang County has flourished. Except for Zhongdu and other districts west of Tingjiang River, 90% of the districts and townships in the county have quickly established Soviet power. On October 2, the first congress of workers, peasants and soldiers in Shanghang County was held at Chengguan Catholic Church. It passed 24 proposals on land issues, cultural construction issues, etc., and formally established the Shanghang County Soviet Government, with Li Limin elected as chairman.
According to the needs of the development of the revolutionary war, Li Limin joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in the winter of 1929. In May 1930, the Twelfth Army of the Western Fujian Local Red Army was formally established, and Li Limin served as the party representative of the third column. Later, he led the Red Army troops under his command to participate in the battle to attack Gaopei, Dapu, Guangdong, and the battles to attack Nanchang, Ji'an, Jiangxi and other places. Afterwards, when the troops returned to Jianning, , he was assigned by the organization to lead a special agent company of more than 70 people, responsible for the task of forming local armed forces. Soon, the Nanfeng Guangchang Jianning Independent Regiment with seven to eight hundred people was established, with Li Limin serving as political commissar. Soon, he led the independent regiment to be active in the Nanguangjian area, effectively attacking the enemy.At the same time, the Soviet regime was established and revolutionary base areas were created. Later, he was ordered to lead some armed forces to open up new Soviet areas on the border of Fujian and Jiangxi.
Due to overwork and serious illness while in Anyuan, Ninghua, Li Limin was sent to Ruijin Red Army Hospital in Jiangxi Province for treatment in the second half of 1932. In the end, Li Limin died due to ineffective treatment at the age of 24.
Source: Gannan Daily
Editor: Xie Zhongying Proofreader: Peng Fang
Supervisor on duty: Ming Xinwu
Editor and reviewer: Li Zhongsheng Chen Yuxin
