Chapter 33 The Launch of Weibei Guerrilla War

(May 1930) In May 1930, the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China launched a guerrilla war on the basis of leading the struggle of the peasants in northern Weibei. Since the autumn of 1928, the Weibei area has suffered from relatively severe drought. Coupled with the brutal exploitation by the Kuomintang reactionaries and the landlord and gentry classes, by 1930 the people lived in extreme poverty.The masses of peasants, under the leadership of the party organization, have constantly fought against the reactionary ruling class.In the areas of Sanyuan Wuzi District and Xinzi District, the party organization is very strong, the mass base is good, and some farmers are armed. Therefore, the provincial party committee decided to take advantage of the outbreak of the war between Jiang, Feng and Yan, Feng Yuxiang's main force to leave the customs, and the enemy's ruling forces Weaken the favorable opportunity to launch a guerrilla war in Weibei with Sanyuan and Fuping as the center.In late April, the Provincial Party Committee called Huang Chengzhang (Ziwen) inspector of Weibei and West Road inspector Chen Guanying to study the form of Weibei and the strategy of guerrilla warfare, and determined that the landlords and gentry should be allocated immediately after the guerrilla warfare was launched. Food and land, restore the peasant association, establish a democratic regime for workers and peasants, strengthen the armed forces; and send Huang and Chen to Weibei for specific leadership.

After Huang Chengzhang and Chen Guanying arrived in Weibei, they conveyed the resolution of the provincial party committee to the party organizations in Sanyuan and Fuping counties, and mobilized the masses to actively prepare for the plan to launch a guerrilla war in the Wuzi district of Sanyuan on May 12. Capture the armed gentry of Chang'ao.Later, due to the rain, it was not possible to proceed as scheduled. On the evening of May 15th, eleven party members and nine guns were assembled in Chang'ao, and more than 30 illegal armed forces headed by Wang Dexiu were united to act together. Laomiaogou began to attack local tyrants.A few days later, he joined more than 30 people organized by the Communist Party member Tang Yuhuai in Dazhaizi, went to Lingqian town to destroy the pseudo-district office, burned the official documents of money and food accounts, opened warehouses to distribute food and other belongings to poor farmers, and beat them to death. He killed three bad guys who oppressed the masses.Then he arrested the evil gentry Hou Shubin, held a mass meeting, publicized the root causes of famine and poverty, and mobilized the masses to fight against the reactionary ruling class.At the same time, the evil gentry Yue Haizhou was shot, and all his grain was distributed to the poor peasants.In this way, wherever the guerrillas went, they were warmly welcomed and supported by the masses. The masses called the guerrillas the "Salvation Army", and some even joined the guerrillas automatically.In late May, the guerrillas shot and killed the puppet Yijun county magistrate Pan Entong in Pozitou, Wuzi District, and seized six long and short guns.At this time, the strength of the guerrillas grew rapidly, growing to more than one hundred people and sixty guns.In order to strengthen leadership and improve combat effectiveness, the troops were reorganized. Huang Chengzhang was appointed as the party branch secretary, Chen Guanying was appointed as the captain, and they were divided into three brigades. The guerrillas were named the Disaster Rescue Army.

The rapid development and activities of the guerrillas caused great panic among the enemy.So the puppet government dispatched militia groups to "encircle and suppress", and the bandits in Ma'e Town often tried to seize the guns of the guerrillas.The guerrillas then moved to Wuziqian area to fight against "encirclement and suppression".Later, because the enemy was too powerful, the guerrillas decided to go to Fuping Meiyuan Town to fight guerrillas. When they passed Kangjiadong, they were attacked by local landlords and suffered great losses.Later, the guerrillas moved to Huahuadong, Wayaotou, and were disintegrated by the bandit Zhang Zhenyi by means of bribery and division.

Although the guerrilla warfare has failed since then, and until the arrival of the 26th Red Army in 1932, the covert guerrilla activities in the Wuzi area of ​​Sanyuan never ceased.