Red 19th Army is the main Red Army unit of revolutionary base in western Fujian. It is affiliated to the Fujian Military Region of the Central Soviet Area. It was later renamed the 34th Division of the Red Fifth Army. During the Long March , it served as the rear guard of the entire army. Almost all the troops were wiped out in the battle of Xiangjiang River. Some people broke through and moved to the southern Hunan area to insist on guerrilla warfare . Immortal contributions were made in the battle to develop and create a revolutionary base in western Fujian and defend the guerrilla zone in southern Hunan. Has a glorious history.
In early 1932, the Fujian Military Region General Command decided to form the local armed forces of the five counties of Shanghang , Yongding , Longyan , Wuping , and Xinquan to form the 8th Independent Division of the Red Army (the division command center is also the command center of the five counties), the division commander Han Wei, political commissar Guo Diren , and the political department director Zhang Kaijing. It has four regiments under its jurisdiction, and at the same time, the 7th Independent Division of the Red Army was established. After the establishment of the 8th Independent Division and the 7th Independent Division, under the command of the Fujian Military Region, it actively cooperated with the 12th Red Army to consolidate and expand the revolutionary base in western Fujian.
Han Wei (1906-1992) Founding Lieutenant General
Guo Diren (1907-1936)
Zhang Kaijing (1905-1991) Founding Major General
1933, the Fujian Military Region proposed to Military Commission that it planned to form an army. On March 6, according to the decision of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army 19th Army was established. Commander Ye Jianying (also), political commissar Yang Shangkun (also), and director of the political department Yang Ying. It is under its jurisdiction, with the 56th Division, the division commander Chen Shuxiang and political commissar Zhang Pingkai. The former Independent Eighth Division was adapted into the 57th Division, with the division commander Han Wei. The 58th Division, commander Yang Hairu, and political commissar Jian Zaiwen.
Ye Jianying (1897-1986)Master of the Republic
Yang Shangkun (1907-1998)
Chen Shuxiang (1905-1934)
Zhangkai (1910-1990) Founding Major General
March 16, the General Command of the Southeast Front of the Central Military Commission of the Central Revolutionary Committee was established, and the commander-in-chief and political commissar Ye Jianying was appointed. The 19th Red Army of the Fujian Military Region and the newly established Independent Ninth Division were organized into the Fourth Column of the Southeast Front, serving as the task of restraining the enemy troops in the East. On March 31, the 19th Red Army defeated a battalion of the enemy in Nanyang .
In June 1933, according to the order of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, the entire army implemented a unified organization and abolished the establishment of the Red 19th Army. The original troops were combined with the 34th Division (Primary Division) of the Red 12th Army, and were still the 34th Division (Master). It began to be assigned to the command of the Fujian Military Region. The division commander is represented by Zhou Zikun (commander of Fujian Military Region) and Cai Zhong, the division political commissar and director of the political department. It has three regiments under its jurisdiction: the 100th regiment, the leader of the regiment Han Wei, the political commissar Cai Zhong, and (later) Fan Shiying. The 101st Regiment, Yang Meisheng, the political commissar Peng Zhufeng . The 102nd Regiment, the leader of the regiment Zhang Jing, (later) Lv Guanyin, and the political commissar Cai Zhong. In October, Peng Shaohui was appointed as the division commander, Cheng Cuilin was appointed as the political commissar of the division, and Cai Zhong was appointed as the director of the political department. On November 18, the 34th Division was assigned to the Red Seventh Army. Under the unified command of the Eastern Army leader Peng Dehuai and Yang Shangkun, he participated in the battle into Fujian.
Zhou Zikun (1901-1941)
Yangmeisheng (1905-1978) Founding Lieutenant General
Peng Shaohui (1906-1978) Founding General
In the spring of 1934, the 34th Division was established again in the Red Fifth Army . The entire division has added more than 700 new soldiers. According to statistics on March 13, there were more than 3,100 people in the division and more than 2,000 guns. Chen Shuxiang was succeeded as the division commander and Zhu Liangcai was succeeded as the division director of the political department. The entire division participated in defensive operations in Guangchang and other places. In April, the division had a total of 2,542 people and 1,239 guns. In late August, the 34th Division was ordered to monitor the enemy in Toupi and cooperate with the main force of the Front Army to carry out the battle in front of the post. The entire division had a total of more than 3,700 people. In early September, he was ordered to guard the defense line east of Dunba. In early October, the entire division was moved to the near Xingguo and stood by. At this time, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission abolished the establishment of the 14th Division and incorporated its troops into the 34th Division.
In October 1934, Central Red Army began the Long March.The 34th Division served as the rear guard of the entire army within the Red Fifth Army. The division commander Chen Shuxiang, political commissar Cheng Cuilin, chief of staff Yuan Lianghui, and director of the political department Zhu Liangcai. It is under the jurisdiction of the 100th Regiment, with the leader of the regiment Han Wei and political commissar Fan Shiying. The 101st Regiment, leader of the regiment , Su Daqing , and political commissar Peng Zhufeng. The 102nd Regiment, leader of the regiment, and political commissar Cai Zhong.
Yuan Lianghui (1907-1935)
Zhu Liangcai (1900-1989) Founding General
On October 1934, as the rear guard troops, the entire division fought and walked along the way, and continuously broke through the first, second and third blockade lines of the enemy. At the end of November, the Central Red Army forced its way across the Xiangjiang River and broke through the fourth enemy blockade line. The 34th Division was ordered to cover the Red Eighth Army to rush across the Xiangjiang River at the end. However, more than 6,000 people in the division were stopped by the enemy on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River and lost contact with the entire army. All the commanders and soldiers of the division fought repeatedly with the enemy in the Wuyuan, Jijiang and Paojiang areas of Longshan. According to the situation, we are ready to move to southern Hunan to insist on guerrilla warfare. Because he was alone, the commanders and soldiers of the 34th Division fought bloody battles with the powerful enemy for several days and nights, and were exhausted from ammunition and food, and finally suffered a heavy defeat. Most of the commanders and soldiers died heroically. After the division commander Chen Shuxiang was captured, he broke his intestines on the enemy's stretcher and died heroically. Political Commissar Cheng Cuilin died in the battle to break through. Chief of Staff Yuan Lianghui, Director of the Political Department Zhu Liangcai and others led a few people to break out of the siege and chase the main force to continue the Long March.
Martyr Chen Shuxiang sacrificed tragically
Cheng Cuilin (1907-1934) Martyr Statue
There are a few people who rushed out of the enemy's encirclement and went to southern Hunan. Later, he participated in the Southern Hunan Red Army guerrillas led by Li Lin, and persisted in the Southern Hunan guerrilla war for three years until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and was incorporated into the New Fourth Army force sequence.
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