From the founding of our party in July 1921 to the founding of New China on October 1, 1949, during these 28 years, countless outstanding Chinese sons and daughters sacrificed their precious lives for the founding of New China . For example, Zhang Tailei, the leader of the Guangzhou Uprising, Huang Gonglue, the commander of the Third Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Zuo Quan, deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army... There are many more revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed their lives and we don't even know their names.
Huang Gonglue
The man I introduce to you today also gave his precious life for the founding of New China. He was the introducer of Marshal He Long to join the party, and together with He Long, he led the Sangzhi Uprising. He was also one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Army in the early days of , and one of the founders of the three major revolutionary bases of the Communist Party of China, the Western Hunan and Hubei Revolutionary Base and the Western Hunan and Hubei Red Army. His name is Zhou Yiqun, maybe everyone is not very familiar with him.
Zhou Yiqun
Zhou Yiqun was born in Chengguan Town, Tongren County, Guizhou Province (now Tongren City) in 1896. Because his family was wealthy, he received a good education since he was a child. He showed great patriotic enthusiasm when he was in middle school. I care about current affairs and often discuss national affairs with my classmates. When he learned that Huangpu Military Academy was recruiting students in 1924, he insisted on coming to Guangzhou to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy alone despite his family's objections. In October of the same year, he was successfully admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy and became a second-term student of Huangpu Military Academy.
Before entering Huangpu, Zhou Yiqun had read many Marxist works and books and periodicals introducing the Soviet October Revolution. He yearned for the path of the Soviet socialist revolution. During his school days, he had many contacts with our Party and deeply felt that the Communist Party was the only It is a political party of the people. I am determined to follow the Communist Party all my life. I joined the Communist Party of China in school in November. After graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, he was actively engaged in the promotion and organization of the youth military movement. He served as the director of the "Young Soldiers Federation" and founded publications. He showed outstanding organizational and publicity skills and was known as "the star of Huangpu Island". Rising Star".
He Long joined the Northern Expedition in 1926 and served as the director of the political department of the army. In 1927, He Long was appointed as the commander of the Third Division. In August 1927, he led his troops to participate in the Nanchang Uprising, and also participated in the Nanchang Uprising in 1927. Ruijin , Hui Chang and other battles. In September 1927, Zhou Yiqun and Tan Pingshan introduced He Long to join the Communist Party of China. He became the introducer of Marshal He Long to join the party.
On February 29, 1928, he and He Long led the famous Sangzhi Uprising. After the uprising was frustrated, he transferred to Shishou , reestablished the Western Hubei Special Committee of the Communist Party of China, and served as secretary. He unified the party leadership and military command in the western Hubei region. In February 1930, he led the formation of the 6th Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and served as its political commissar. In July, he led the 6th Army and the 4th Army to join forces in Tianjin, Gong'an County, to form the 2nd Army. He served as the political commissar of the Army and Secretary of the Front Committee of the Communist Party of China. Together with He Long, he led the creation of the Western Hunan-Hubei Soviet Area centered on Honghu District. Successfully used guerrilla tactics such as "when you come, I fly, when you go, I return, when there are many people, run away, and when there are few people, engage" and "disperse to mobilize the masses, concentrate to deal with the enemy" and other guerrilla tactics, and achieved the first and second counter-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns The victory of the struggle protected the Honghu Soviet Area and strengthened the Red Army and local armed forces. In May 1931, he was ambushed by the Kuomintang troops near Jiajia Pavilion in Yueyang, Hunan Province and died heroically at the age of 35.
If Zhou Yiqun had not died and survived until the founding of the People's Republic of China, what military rank would he have been awarded? Let’s first take a look at his qualifications: he joined the party in 1924 and participated in the Nanchang Uprising and the Sangzhi Uprising. His qualifications are comparable to those of a marshal and general; his achievements: he founded the Western Hunan and Hubei Revolutionary Base and the Western Hunan and Hubei Red Army; let’s take a look at the same period In July 1930, the Fourth Red Army and the Sixth Red Army met in Gong'an County, Hubei. According to the requirements of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, the two armies were jointly organized into the Second Red Army. He Long, the commander-in-chief of the Second Red Army Corps, and Zhou Yiqun served as political commissars. Xu Guangda, the political commissar of the Red 17th Division under the Second Red Army Corps at that time, was awarded the title of founding general after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Based on the above analysis, if Zhou Yiqun had sacrificed his life, he would have been at least the founding general when he was awarded the title in 1955.
This person has passed away, so I only use this article to express my memory!
