is located in the southeastern part of Hubei Province today, Chibi City, . It is a red hot land with a glorious revolutionary history. The famous Southern Hubei Red Army Independent Division was founded here.
In July 1930, in order to establish the Communist Party of China's Hubei Red Army Detachment, the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China sent Long Congqi, Xu Zefu and others to Puqi County (now Chibi) to lead the work. With the support of Xu Zefu and others, the Southern Hubei Independent Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was established in Liujiashan, Puqi County, and the Southern Hubei Revolutionary Base was officially formed.
The Independent Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army is the first Red Army in Puqi County's history and is of great significance to the Southern Hubei Soviet Movement. However, at the beginning of the establishment of the division, this unit often appeared in the form of guerrillas. It was not until Long Congqi, Xu Zefu and others arrived at the base that the division truly formed its combat effectiveness.
The predecessor of the Independent Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army was the Puqi Red Guerrillas, which were led by cadres such as Li Shaoxian, Zhu Datong and Wang Zixia in the early days. In May 1929, local Communist Party members of Puqi formed the Puqi Central County Party Committee, and the Puqi Red Guerrillas were then assigned to the county party committee.
When the Puqi Center County Party Committee was established, Zhao Shidang, as the county party secretary, was responsible for the political work of the guerrillas. In June 1930, Ren Bishi, Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, sent Long Congqi to reorganize the guerrilla leaders, and the Independent Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army was officially formed.
When the Independent Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army was first formed, there were only 200 people in the entire division, among which Martyr Wang Zixia served as the commander of the Independent Division, and Rao Senjie served as the political commissar.
Li Shaoxian . Li Shaoxian, the captain of the Puqi Red Guerrillas, was from the Puqi Baishi Regiment. He was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy in 1926. He served as a political propagandist of the 8th Army of the Northern Expedition Army, director of the Hubei-South Working Group of the Communist Party of China and secretary of the temporary county party committee of Puqi County. Li Shaoxian was one of the leaders of the Autumn Harvest Uprising in Southern Hubei. When the Puqi Central County Committee was established, he was the military minister of the guerrillas. In August 1930, local bandits attacked the county party committee in Puqi. Li Shaoxian unfortunately died gloriously at the age of 25.
Zhao Shidang . Zhao Shidang was born in Tongcheng, Hubei in 1908. In 1923, he was admitted to Hubei Provincial No. 1 Normal University Affiliated Middle School. He served as the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of Tongcheng County, Secretary of the Puqi County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee. Zhao Shidang was one of the earliest founders of the Tongcheng County Party Branch. He had participated in the battle of the Northern Expedition and the fight against the warlord Xia Douyin. He was a very old-fashioned party member. During the Great Revolution, Zhao Shidang entered the Guangzhou Agricultural Lecture Institute to study. Later, the right-wing Kuomintang rebelled against the revolution. He returned to his hometown to lead the worker and peasant movement and served as secretary of the Tongcheng County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 1929, the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China planned to organize the Red Army guerrillas in Puqi County. Because Zhao Shidang was a local native of Xianning, and his familiarity with the situation, the Provincial Committee sent him as the secretary of the Puqi Central County Party Committee, responsible for the political work of the entire Red Army guerrillas in Hubei and southern Hubei.
Zhao Shidang didn't work in the guerrillas for a long time. After 1930, he was transferred to Wuhan again and served as secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee. In November 1930, Zhao Shidang was unfortunately arrested in Hankou because of a traitor betrayal. On December 16 of the same year, he was killed at the Hankou execution ground at the age of 22.
Wang Zixia . Wang Zixia, the commander of the Independent Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army, was from Fengqiao, Puqi. He participated in the revolution in 1925 and served as a member of the Puqi County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and the commander of the Independent 2nd Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army. Wang Zixia is a famous general in the Southern Hubei Red Army. In the first three anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns in Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi, he led his troops to win consecutive victories in the battles of Tongshan, Gaoqiao, Hongshan Temple, etc., and made outstanding contributions to the growth of the Independent Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army.
In June 1931, the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Provincial Committee sent Gao Fei to the Puqi County Committee to serve. Because he insisted on the "left-leaning" route, Wang Zixia was unfortunately killed in Jinzi Mountain at the age of 31. After the establishment of the Independent Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army, it mainly operated in Puqi, Jiayu and Tongcheng counties. At that time, due to the continuous expansion of the southern Hubei base area, the Independent Division of the Red Army established the Puqi County Soviet Government in August.
Among them, the chairman of the Puqi County Soviet Government was appointed by Martyr Yu Gongtai, and Xu Jingzhi was appointed as a member of the county Soviet Government and a member of the Hubei-Nans Special Committee.
or more . Yu Gongtai, a family member of Yu's family in Zhongping, Puqi County. He participated in the revolution in 1925 and served as a member of the Peasants Association of Baishi District, Puqi, secretary of the Party Branch of Liujiashan in Puqi, and director of the Puqi County Revolutionary Committee. Yu Gongtai is a famous leader of the peasant movement in Puqi County. He has been leading the peasant movement for a long time since 1925 and is one of the founders of the Independent Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army.
1932, Yu Gongtai was transferred to the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Soviet Area. The following year, the enemy launched the second "encirclement and suppression" against the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Border Area. Yu Gongtai participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign and served as the secretary of the Chongyang Taao District Committee of the Communist Party of China. In November 1934, the Taao District Committee was destroyed by the enemy, and Yu Gongtai was arrested and executed at the age of 41.
Xu Jingzhi . Xu Jingzhi was born in Puqi, Hubei in 1897. He participated in the revolution in 1926. He served as the captain of the First Column of the Peasant Army in southern Hubei and the secretary of the Puqi County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. Xu Jingzhi participated in the revolution under the influence of Communist Party member Liu Zigu. Since joining the party, he has led the peasant movement in Puqi and Tongshan areas for a long time and has been deeply trusted by the central leaders.
After the establishment of the Independent Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army, Xu Jingzhi led the guerrillas of the Southern Hubei Red Army to continue fighting. In early 1933, due to the expansion of the purge, he was mistakenly killed in the border of Xiaoyuan, Wanzai, Jiangxi, at the age of 36.
0 The establishment of the Puqi County Soviet Government greatly encouraged the morale of the independent division of the Southern Hubei Red Army. However, just as the Southern Hubei Red Army was preparing to expand outward, the enemy launched the first "encirclement and suppression" on our southern Hubei revolutionary base.
In order to smash the enemy's attack, Wang Zixia, Xu Jingzhi and others led the entire army to the Wanzai area of Jiangxi. In January 1931, with the approval of the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Independent Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army was expanded into the Independent Second Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army, and the political commissar of the division was succeeded by Xu Natural. After the expansion of the Independent Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army, it smashed the enemy's "encirclement and suppression" twice in March and May. In April 1932, the Red 16th Army entered the southern Hubei region, and the Southern Hubei Independent Division was assigned to the command of the 16th Army, and the division number was immediately cancelled.
To sum up, all five leaders of the Independent Division of the Southern Hubei Red Army devoted themselves to the revolution. Among them, Commander Wang Zixia was wrongly killed in 1931, while Li Shaoxian, Zhao Shidang and others died in 1930. They are all heroes of the people and will be remembered forever by the people.
