General Li Yi
Establishment and Development of Bo County in Xueshang (excerpt)
Chen Jianjiang Xie Shengli Gao Yonglan
In August 1944, Peng Xuefeng was ordered to lead the main force of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army to cross the Jinpu Road, advance into the enemy's borders of Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu, and carry out the fight against the Japanese and puppets. On November 20, the 32nd Regiment of the 11th Brigade opened up and established Shangyongbo County (now under the jurisdiction of Yongcheng, Xiayi, Yucheng, Shangqiu, and Bozhou City). In February 1945, in order to commemorate Peng Xuefeng's heroic death in the country, Yongcheng County was renamed Xuefeng County , and Shangyongbo County was also renamed xushangbo County. The location of Xue Shangbo County is very important. It is not only the link between , Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu Border Region, and the Shuidong region, but also an important channel for the two major strategic areas of North China and Central China. Therefore, since its establishment, it has been in a fierce struggle. It first fought a desperate battle with the pseudo-domestic and stubborn people, and then launched a bloody battle with the Kuomintang reactionaries for three years, and it has grown and grown in the struggle. By the autumn of 1948, the county had developed into 12 districts, more than 3,000 natural villages, more than 450,000 people, and 1.2 million mu of land, with a total area of more than 1,000 square kilometers. After the Huaihai Battle , eastern Henan and northern Anhui were completely liberated. According to the new situation, administrative divisions were restored according to the original system, and Xueshangbo County was abolished in February 1949.
Xue Shangbo County is a border county established by the Communist Party of China under specific historical conditions. Although it has only been more than four years, it has played a significant role in the struggle of the Henan-Anhui-Suzhou border areas to defeat the Japanese invaders and overthrow the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, and successfully completed its historical mission.
1. Establish Xueshangbo County to strive for the final victory of the War of Resistance
(I) The development of the situation of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army advancing westward with Xueshangbo
Entering 1944, the situation of the international and domestic anti-fascist war took major changes. In order to save the unfavorable situation of being isolated in the South China Sea, the Japanese army launched the Henan, Hunan and Guangxi battle investor aimed at opening up the transportation line in mainland China in April. On the Henan battlefield, the Japanese army invested only about 100,000 troops, while the Kuomintang's 400,000 regular troops were lost at once, losing more than 200,000 in 37 days, and losing 38 cities and counties such as Zhengzhou and Luoyang. In order to restrain the Japanese army's attack on the frontal battlefield, save compatriots in the occupied Henan area, open up the anti-Japanese base area behind the enemy, and realize the strategic deployment of controlling the Central Plains, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued instructions on Henan's work policy to the Central China Bureau and the Northern Bureau of on May 11; on July 25, according to the development of the situation, it issued another order to march to the enemy behind Henan. On August 15, Peng Xuefeng led the main force of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army to advance westward, cross the Jinpu Road, conquered many Japanese, puppet and stubborn strongholds, annihilated a large number of enemies, and successively restored Xiaoxian , Suxi, Yongcheng, Xiayi and other counties, and established the Luxi Prefectural Committee and Military Sub-district (renamed as Huaibei Second Prefectural Committee and Military Sub-district at the end of the year). During this period, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region also sent troops to the south to the Shuidong area to actively fight against the Japanese and puppets. To support the Fourth Division to advance westward.
In late October, the main force of the Fourth Division completely crushed the Kuomintang's military siege on Baoanshan , and the situation in Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu borders underwent major changes. On November 1, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China informed Zhang Yunyi and Rao Shushi that after the Huaibei Road Western troops defeated Wang Yuwen to attack, the stubborn army would not attack us again for the time being. I should take advantage of the current opportunity to quickly consolidate the position north of Wohe and quickly open up the connection with Shuidong. After a short-term rest, the main force should be deployed quickly and carry out mass work on the north bank of the Wohe River and carry out the task of opening up the water east. At that time, there was an enemy-occupied area of more than 100 kilometers wide between the second division of Huaibei and the east. In the northern part of the Shangqiu area, there were heavy enemy and puppet troops entrenched. In the southern part of the Wohe River, it was guarded by the Kuomintang stubborn army. Only when the junction of Yong, Shang and Bo counties was a weak area with an east-west direction, opened up this area, and established a channel from the first division of Huaibei to the east and west, and the strategic deployment of central control of the Central Plains could be realized. Based on this, on the 8th of that month, Wei Guoqing, Zhang Zhen and Wu Zhipu made the following arrangements: the 11th Brigade entered the Yongshang Border with the 32nd Regiment's Cavalry Brigade to enter the Yongshang Border to carry out the mission of opening up the water east. The thirty-first regiment of his voyage was still in the north of Yongnan, and the camera opened Yongshang Bo.On the 19th, according to the changes in the enemy situation, the 11th Brigade cooperated with the division's direct cavalry regiment to advance from Longshan Ji in Wubei, and advanced to Yongshang Border on the 20th. He conquered the Matou Temple and the northwest Liu Guanglou and Liu Huliang and other strongholds entrenched by the stubborn Jiang Xinliang (the captain of the Second Column of the Sulu, Henan and Anhui Advance Army of the Kuomintang and the Secretary-General of the Party Department of Shangqiu County), and eliminated more than 500 people from Zhang Degong's unit of the third detachment. Then he wiped out one battalion of the third detachment Zheng Shou's third unit on Shangbobian, captured more than 500 people from his battalion commander, seized two light machine guns, 400 rifles, and more than 620 boxes of grenades. This battle opened up the situation in Shang Yongbo and laid the foundation for the establishment of the county.
(2) The establishment and initial development of Shangyongbo County
After the battle of Matou Temple, the Communist Party of China Shangyongbo County Committee, Shangyongbo County Anti-Japanese Democratic Government and Shangyongbo County Corps announced the establishment of Matou Temple on November 25. Li Yi, the political commissar of the 32nd Regiment, also serves as the county party secretary, Ding Xiling serves as the deputy secretary, also serves as the county magistrate, county troupe leader and political commissar, and Yin Xiaoshun serves as the county party committee member, responsible for organizational work and the anti-Japanese and national salvation work. In February, Zhang Jinghua served as a member of the county party committee and deputy director of the political department of the county brigade, responsible for publicity work. At that time, there were very shortage of cadres, the enemy situation was very serious, and there were many difficulties. However, the county party, government and military leaders relied on armed forces and carried out county-building activities with fearless spirit. On the one hand, mass meetings and symposiums of enlightened gentry were widely held in the controlled areas to explain the Party’s anti-Japanese propositions, announce the establishment of an anti-Japanese democratic regime and various policies, and use force to conquer the Japanese and puppet strongholds, destroy their lower-level regimes, so as to crack down on the enemy’s reactionary arrogance and inspire the anti-Japanese enthusiasm and fighting spirit of the masses of all classes; on the other hand, the cadres brought were immediately assigned to various districts and townships, and a part of local cadres was appointed to speed up the establishment of our district and township regimes. By mid-December, the county had four districts, Yongsi, Shangsan, Shangsan, and Bo2, including 15 townships and 120 insurance areas. Although most of these regime institutions are not sound enough, among which eight townships and 50 are still in two-sided regimes, the foundation of Shangyongbo County was finally laid.
In February 1945, according to the Central China Bureau and the Political Department of the New Fourth Army, "Decision on Commemorating Comrade Peng Xuefeng", Shangyongbo County was renamed Xueshangbo County. In the same month, Li Yi was transferred and Ding Xiling was appointed as the county party secretary. Before and after this, Feng Dengzi and 6 were sent successively as deputy county magistrates, Tan Xun was appointed as chief of staff of the county corps (soon after, deputy chief of the county corps), Xu Aimin was appointed as director of the political department of the county corps (all three were members of the county party committee), Xu Zhaowu and Liu Tingliang were appointed as chief of the county corps' Urban Work Department and deputy director (called to the outside world the chief and deputy director of the New Fourth Army's Fourth Station in Xueshangbo Office), so that county-level leadership can be enriched and strengthened. At the same time, the county government has also established working institutions such as the Secretariat, Civil Education and Education, Finance and Grain Department, Goods Management Department (later changed to the Goods Management Bureau), Vault, Public Security Bureau, Transportation Bureau and other working institutions. The district and township governments have also been enriched and developed, and the grassroots governments that have been taken over have also been initially rectified and transformed, turning many two-sided regimes into one-sided regimes that only support the Communist Party. In July, another Matou District was established in the area of Matou Temple in the central area. Xueshangbo County has become an important part of Huaibei Second Division.
(III) Carry out work from multiple parties to strive for the final victory of the Anti-Japanese War
1. Mobilize the masses, vigorously develop armed forces, and cooperate with the main forces to carry out the armed struggle against Japan.
Xue Shangbo County was first opened, there were 28 pseudo-strongholds in the county (15 in Shangqiu County, 9 in Bo County, and 4 in Yongcheng County), mainly occupied by three puppet 14, 16 and 18 divisions, and some puppet police defense teams, self-defense regiments, etc.; although the troops of the stubborn Liu Ziren, Jiang Xinliang, Tanakata and other departments were severely hit and most of them fled south or were attached to the puppet strongholds, they still attacked the areas we controlled from time to time. In addition, the Japanese and puppet troops in nearby Shangqiu and Bo counties were stationed in high numbers, so they could "mopping up" the areas we controlled at any time, so the military struggle situation in the county was quite strict.
Based on the above situation, Lei Shangbo County was established with the support of the 32nd Regiment, and vigorously developed district and township armed forces.By December 14, the county brigade had grown to 42 people, 85 people in the district and 0 people in the township team, a total of 217 people, and had two machine guns and 110 rifles. Later, with the establishment and development of the democratic regime at all levels of anti-Japanese war, as well as the struggle for anti-rift and anti-dominance and reduction of rent and interest, activities were widely carried out in the controlled areas of the county, where people paid people, money paid, guns shot, guns shot, military anti-Japanese war, and soldiers defended bandits. For a time, slogans such as "If you can't think of puppet military rations, everyone must carry guns" and "Soup green seeds and yellow wheat ears to prevent the Japanese from robbing grain. Everyone should treat militia as soon as possible" spread everywhere. As a result, not only did the county brigade, district brigade, and township brigades quickly grow and grow, but also established grassroots militia organizations more generally, among which the Bo2nd District is the best. The militia in the district is not only large in number, but also strong in combat effectiveness, but also can create landmines and other weapons. The development of militia work has given the armed construction a strong mass base, forming a line of expansion of armed forces with full participation in the township team, the township team is promoted to the district team, the district team is promoted to the county team, and the county team is promoted to the main force. By June 1945, four militia brigades, 14 militia squadrons and 35 militia squadrons had been established in the county, with a total of 1,475 militias; each district has built district brigades, each township squadron has built township squadrons, with a total of more than a thousand members, and the county brigade has also grown to more than a thousand.
Xueshangbo County local armed forces have adhered to a flexible, mobile, heroic and tenacious fighting style since their establishment. It closely contacted the basic militia, actively cooperated with the main force, fought many clever battles, and achieved brilliant results. On the second day after the establishment of the Boyi District Team, District Party Secretary Jiang Yanbin and District Mayor Lu Bohua led a district team of only one and a half shots to attack Xiaonaiji Puppet Township Office at night, capturing more than 20 people below the Joint Security Director, and seizing more than ten pistols and pistols. At the end of the same year, the Fourth Puppet Front Army sent a division to set up strongholds in Zhangji, Sanliwan, Donglou and other villages, in an attempt to erode the Xueshangbo area. In order to eliminate this threat, the local armed forces in the county cooperated with the 32nd Regiment of the 11th Brigade to surround these three strongholds, adopted the tactic of "surrounding three against one" to conquer the Donglou stronghold, annihilated an enemy battalion, captured more than 300 people, and the remaining two strongholds were forced to scatter. In early 1945, news of Peng Xuefeng's heroic death in the country came out, and the commanders and soldiers of the second division were all very sad and angry, determined to mourn the commander Peng Xuefeng with the victory of the battle. Starting from mid-January, the division and county troops continued to attack the pseudo-strongholds in Suxi and Bobei, and fought bravely to kill the enemy. In less than a week, the Bo armed forces of the district forces cooperated with the district troops and many pseudo-strongholds in Bobeilian Bayanji, Yuanzhuang, , Zhongdazhuang, Yangziji, Huanglou and other pseudo-strongholds. More than 100 puppet soldiers were killed and captured in Yanji and Yuanzhuang, and more than 100 rifles, more than 500 bullets, thousands of grenades, and two telephones were seized. On January 28, a unit of our army ran to a company of the Fourth Puppet Front Army stationed in Diaolou, northwest of Jiyang, killing and wounding ten people, capturing 36 people, and seized 30 rifles, 439 bullets, 40 grenades and other military items. In April, the 11th Brigade of the Fourth Division entered the area of Shang-Bo border. The Bo-2nd District team cooperated smartly to conquer the pseudo stronghold of Lumiao. During this period, the Urban Works Department of Xueshangbo County Party Committee also formed a skilled armed work team, which often went deep into the enemy's hinterland, carried out guerrilla activities, captured and killed the evil Chinese elements, carried out anti-Japanese propaganda, established a secret contact point, gradually developed westward, and opened up ties with the Shuidong region.
The successful development of the armed struggle in Xueshangbo County has effectively cracked down on the stubborn Japanese and puppet stubbornness of the base area, protected the smooth development of rent and interest reduction and the safety of people's lives and property, and ensured the consolidation and development of the anti-Japanese democratic regime in Xueshangbo County.
2. Mobilize the masses, establish mass organizations, carry out rent, interest and capital increase campaigns to improve people's lives.
Before the establishment of Xue Shangbo County, the people here were exploited and ravaged by Japanese and puppet bandits, and their productivity was greatly damaged. In the summer of 944, Dongdazhuang, Xuesi District 4, there were 200 animals, and only 13 were left when the county was established; there were originally seventy or eighty animals in the pig farm, and less than ten were profitable when the county was established. Matou Temple was originally a larger market town, and market trade has always been relatively prosperous, but in the past few years, there have been many taxes and taxes. For example, in the first ten months of 1944, the average payment of nearly 10,000 yuan per mu and more than 100 kilograms of grain was given. The people's lives were extremely difficult, and the market was in decline. When the county was established, one-third of the households had gone out to famine.More than half of the nearby Yingkuo and Huang family areas have closed their doors to escape famine, and even many ordinary landlords have gone out to escape famine. In each township in Bobei, there are directors from five aspects: Lao Jiang (Jiang Xinliang), Xin Jiang (Jiang Xinchun), pseudo-14th Division, 16th Division and 18th Division. They urged for food like a lantern, and asked for money. This one had to pass and that one. In addition, Baojia Chief took the opportunity to eat openly and secretly, which increased the burden on the masses, and people who went out to flee in famine were also in groups.
After the establishment of Xue Shangbo County, the county party committee and county government quickly took a variety of measures to stabilize people's livelihood. First, register the land and implement fair burden; second, raise grain funds and provide financial support to the most difficult villages and households; third, make great efforts to mobilize the masses to carry out rent reduction and interest rate and capital increase campaigns, and relevant policies shall be implemented in accordance with the unified provisions of the Second Prefectural Committee. In terms of rent reduction, chartering, two-five-in-one rent is implemented, and according to the good or bad year, the "full payment is paid, half-collect half-paid, no payment is paid" is implemented; sub-leasing, the past half-paid is changed to three-five and six-five points, and the past four-six points is changed to three-seven points; in the guerrilla area or two-sided and three-sided areas, the rent reduction is implemented. In terms of interest reduction, it is stipulated that if the old debt has a profit of overpriced capital, the principal will be suspended and the principal will be suspended if the profit exceeds twice the principal. The interest rate of new debts is calculated based on grain. In terms of capital increase, the minimum annual wages of Daling, Second Leader and Third Leader shall not be less than 300, 200, and 100 kilograms of grain, respectively, and half of each variety of wheat and Qiu. In order to explore the experience of "double reduction" so that it can be carried out quickly throughout the county, in mid-February 1945, the county party committee organized a "double reduction" work team, and under the leadership of Ding Xiling and Yin Xiaoshun, entered Matou Temple for a pilot project. After a month of going deep into the masses, promoting policies, visiting the poor and asking about the suffering, taking root, the general public has improved their awareness, enhanced their confidence, established a peasant association organization, and relied on their own strength to fight for the landlord class. After the successful pilot, it expanded to surrounding villages such as Dongdazhuang, Xiaodongzhuang, and Dongsikoulou, and then promoted them throughout the county. During the movement, most landlords adopted a more cooperative attitude after education and pressure from the masses, but there were also a few landlords, especially those who had power or had other reliances on the past, or had public confrontation or undermine destruction, such as threatening tenants, hiring workers, withdrawing land, firing workers, etc. Under their influence, some landlords who are willing to do things according to government regulations have also taken a wait-and-see attitude. to this end. Any village that encounters similar situations first launched a fight against traitors and anti-hegemony in order to defeat the arrogance of reactionary bullies and landlords, establish the advantages of the masses, and clear the way for the "Double Reduction" movement. For example, Han Shengqing, the bully landlord of Bo District 2, and the two old Mao had great sins in the past, and this time he opposed the "double reduction". After full mobilization, the district committee held a meeting of anti-hegemony struggle in Yangzhuang with the support of the county party committee. The victims appealed at the meeting. After the masses were in person, they formed a withdrawal committee and returned part of their property to the victims at a discount. This move greatly strengthened the ambition of the peasants and destroyed the majesty of the landlords. The "double reduction" movement in the area then started quickly.
This time the "double reduction" was mainly carried out in my control area. The scope is not very wide, but its results and impact are still considerable. After "double reduction", some of the poorest farmers have obtained the fruits obtained through struggle and have initially improved their lives. According to incomplete statistics from four districts in mid-1945, 982 tenants recycled more than 90,000 kilograms of grain from 388 landlords, entitled more than 2,500 kilograms of grain, and spent more than 240,000 yuan, and increased the capital and hired 146 workers. One increase of grain by nearly 250,000 kilograms of grain, and made 27,000 yuan. They said happily: " New Fourth Army brought rain and lucky stars." "The dark days of several years finally opened the window today." Their political awareness has also been greatly improved, and many people have become activists, including 176 relegation activists, 80 township activists, and seven county activists. Most of them have become the backbone of grassroots regimes, and some have also held district and township leadership positions. For example, Dong Xunming and He Changyuan from Xue Fourth District, and Du Keming from Shang Third District, were all selected as the directors of the district farmers' association or deputy residence positions.During the "Double Reduction" movement, various mass organizations with the farmers' rescue and relocation association as the main body were established one after another, including 3 district farmers' associations, 13 township farmers' associations, 77 farmers' associations, and more than 24,000 members; one district trade union, two township trade union, eight township trade union, and 157 members. The aforementioned militia team also developed during this period. At the same time, rural party members have grown from nothing to more than 200, bringing the total number of party members in the county to 319, and 11 branches and 46 groups have been established. The real mobilization of the masses and the establishment and development of mass organizations and party organizations have given the Xue Shangbo base an invincible mass base and organizational foundation.
3. Establish a broad line of anti-Japanese national unity. While carrying out the mass movement in depth, Shangbo County also correctly implemented the party's policy of uniting and progressive forces, winning the middle force, isolating and cracking down on stubborn elements, making great achievements in the united front work.
Jin Xueshangbo County Committee was just established, and it carefully analyzed the surrounding situation and formulated different policies for different objects. For example, the troops of the Kuomintang diehards Liu Ziren, Tanakata and Feng Kaixun had firmly opposed us in the past. After I advanced westward, I still stubbornly adhered to the anti-communist stance, regarded me as the number one enemy, and actively attacked me, and I took the policy of resolutely attacking and eliminating them. After I advanced westward, I strengthened contact with me for the backward forces that temporarily took the defensive, so that they would not attack me, and continued to maintain a neutral attitude. For enlightened gentry, intellectuals and patriotic youth, we will explain our party’s anti-Japanese united front policy through various forms of publicity and publicity, and unite them to cooperate with our party to fight against Japan. For the enlightened gentry, the county focused on the united front work of Dong Shengzhuo, Dong Shenghuan and Yang Liting around Matou Temple; the united front work of Peng Wenhuan and Yang Songling in the Pengmiao area in northeastern Bo. They are both big landlords in this area and the leaders of the Sanfan. They have certain strength and appeal in the local area. They also have certain connections with the stubborn pseudo-Tanaka, Jiang Xinliang, Jiang Xinchun and others. At the beginning of the opening of the Snow Merchant Bo, with the presence of many ecclesiastical forces, strong feudal forces and a safe environment, it was very important to whether we can gain a foothold soon. Through in-depth publicity and education, some of them expressed their willingness to support our government's work and took the lead in implementing the policy of reducing rents and interest rates: some even actively participated in anti-Japanese activities, used social relations, went to the enemy-occupied areas to buy guns, ammunition and medical equipment for me, or helped me collect enemy intelligence and rescue our captured personnel. Even the enlightened gentry living in the enemy-occupied area was invited to the central area to attend the relevant meetings held by me; some enlightened people also participated in the democratic regime work, such as Chen Ziming from Bo2 District, who used to serve in the old army. After the establishment of Bo County in Xueshang, he was moved by the party's unity and anti-Japanese policy, and became the township head of the anti-Japanese democratic government, and personally sent his son to the district team to be a soldier. Ren Huating, an enlightened person from Nanma Mu, was elected as a county senator. I also adopted the policy of striving for the stubborn family members to educate the masses not to discriminate against them, and also held their symposiums to tell them that their relatives who are striving to be enemies with the people's government. Even if I treat Jiang Xinliang's family with courtesy, I will express my desire for unity.
has had a significant impact not only in the middle camps, but also in the hostile camps. Several fleeing pseudo-directors returned voluntarily, and some district heads and township directors of Jiang Xinliang also ran back to contact me. Most of the stubborn and pseudo-directors who have not run away automatically, and some even hand over the reduced weapons to the government. As a result, our strength continues to grow, while hostile forces become increasingly weakened and isolated.
4. Strengthen the work of the puppet army and divide and disintegrate and become a human being.
Snowshangbo County was established, and the county party committee immediately established the city work department, which was called the office of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army in Xueshangbo. It is not only the leader of the Xueshangbo County Party Committee, but also the enemy station of the Fourth Division. Its main task is to carry out the efforts and division of the pseudo-Zhanglanfeng Department in Yongshangbo area, and to open up the connection between the Second Division and the Shuidong area.
In terms of the work of the puppet army, the department regards the puppet army strongholds in the county as the main working objects, establishes contact with them through various relationships so that they do not attack us, and sends people to invade them to fight for them and divide them.For the families of puppet soldiers living in the area we control, we also use symposiums and other forms to carry out work on them, publicize the party’s policies to them, and mobilize them to persuade their children and relatives to go home to farm, and not continue to work for the Japanese and puppets and become enemies with the people. In particular, I released Wang Desheng, the head of the pseudo Huiting Township, and their brigade leader, in accordance with the leniency policy, which had a great impact on the division and disintegration of the puppet army. Many people not only no longer become enemies with me, but should instead preach that the Communist Party’s policies are good, and the New Fourth Army is benevolent in its governance, and it is touching with morality. As far as the influence is concerned, many puppet soldiers will go home to farm, or carry guns anyway.
In terms of striving for the upper-level officers of the puppet army, Xueshangbo County cooperated with the Fourth Division and also did a lot of work. The pseudo-18th Division is located in the territory of Xueshangbo County. After the Fourth Division took over the division's efforts in winter in 1944, most of the daily liaison work was carried out through the Urban Work Department of Xueshangbo County Party Committee. In the spring of 1945, the special service regiment of the puppet Zhang Lanfeng was stationed in Leilou area in Bo County, Xueshang. The regiment commander Wang Jixian established a relationship with the Fourth Division through Liu Tingliang, deputy director of the county party committee's urban work department, and others. Soon after being introduced by Liu Tingliang and others, he developed him as a special member of the Communist Party of China, and further laid the foundation for Wang to lead his troops to revolt when he was deputy commander of the puppet 55th Division in the future.
Due to the successful development of the puppet army's work, it divided and dissolved the enemy and reduced the pressure on the Xue Shangbo base; it also had a relatively reliable source of information on the enemy's puppet army. It allows me to take the initiative in the fight against the enemy, which can not only avoid unnecessary losses, but also attack the enemy with the same plane.
(IV) Launched the final attack on the Japanese and puppet troops, and the entire territory of Bo County in Xueshang was liberated
On August 13, 1945, the Japanese army was about to surrender. In accordance with the unified deployment of the Huaibei Military Region, all the party, government, military and civilians in Xueshangbo County urgently took action and launched a final attack on the puppet troops in the territory, removing their remaining strongholds, and liberating all the five districts, 22 townships and more than 10 security (villages) under their jurisdiction.
htmlOn August 15, Japan Yibu surrendered. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese people finally achieved a complete victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan after eight years of war of resistance. The people in various districts and townships of Xueshangbo County were smiling and gathering to warmly celebrate this historic feat. Bo District held a celebration meeting in Chenlou, and more than 4,000 people attended the meeting.On September 21, more than 4,000 officers and soldiers of the puppet 18th Division, led by Du Xinmin, the commander of the division and Communist Party member, announced an uprising in Qingcheng. The areas of Qingcheng, Longgang, Baimiao and Hunheji were liberated, and the jurisdiction of Xueshang Bo County was also expanded, with Bo San District and Guan Pavilion added. So far, there are seven districts, 32 townships, and 234,000 people in the county; the party branches have grown to 32, with 486 party members (the township and population do not include Guanzhan District, and the party branches and party members do not include Guanzhan District and County Corps). (selected from "Selected Party History Materials of the Communist Party of China Shangqiu Party·New Democratic Revolution Period (Volume 2)")
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