Chapter 9 Chapter 08 Advance to the Advance Corps of Guangzhou

After the Chinese People's Liberation Army launched the Battle of Crossing the River and marched into the south of the Yangtze River, the South China Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China accurately estimated the development of the current situation and made the correct decision to encircle Guangzhou strategically, liberate Guangzhou, and then liberate the whole of South China.Its main contents are: 1. Consolidate and expand the Liberated Areas outside Guangzhou such as Jiangbei, Jiulian, Wengjiang, and Wuling on the borders of Guangdong, Jiangxi and Hunan, and establish bases for strategic encirclement of Guangzhou from the east and north.

2. To prepare for the army going south, the branch office moved inward from Hong Kong and the army developed northward, occupying key areas along the southern Hunan and the Guangdong-Han Railway, the Guangdong-Jiangxi border, and the Fujian-Guangdong border, and opened up the way for the southward army; actively carried out investigations and research, collected The enemy and the enemy may compete for areas and various situations in which our army expects to attack targets, and complete some pre-war research and post-war takeover preparations for the capture of Guangzhou and other places. 3. Mobilize the cadres and masses in the liberated areas, carry out the work of supporting the front and welcoming the army, raise materials from various sources, repair roads and bridges, and do a good job in logistics support for the liberation of Guangzhou.

According to the deployment of the South China Branch, our Guangdong-Jiangxi-Hunan border column and the Fujian-Guangdong-Jiangxi border column used the three magic weapons of armed struggle, united front, and party building to consolidate and connect the two liberated areas of East and Hanjiang; The area was liberated, and several towns that were of great significance to the liberation of Guangzhou were captured by our army, and the liberated area around Guangzhou continued to expand.The counties in the Jiangbei Liberated Area located in the east and north of Guangzhou, and the Pearl River Delta Liberated Area in the west and south, under the leadership of the party, all work was carried out with great vigor, and the ruling foundation of the Kuomintang gradually declined.

In December 1948, the Jiangbei Prefectural Committee decided to set up an advance corps, appointing Zhu Ji, the former deputy head of the second regiment, as the commander, and Cui Jiaquan, the former deputy political commissar of the second regiment, as the political commissar.The team is directly under the leadership of the prefectural committee. Between March and April 1949, Zhu and Cui led more than 30 cadres and soldiers, and arrived in Yubei successively to start work. The areas where the advance corps was active were Zengcheng, Conghua, Panyu, Huaxian and other peripheral areas of Guangzhou, where the mass base was weak and regular Kuomintang troops were often stationed there.There are also local teams, landlords, and bandit armed forces.The corps took Maofeng Mountain in Yubei, Yauma Mountain in Zengxi, Congnan Tianshan, and Shuishan as their bases, and gradually advanced to the periphery of Guangzhou.

Under the situation that the People's Liberation Army is about to go south, the work of the advance corps is carried out very quickly.In the Zengcheng area, based on the old areas such as Yau Ma Shan, He Lang, and Shi Jing, farmers' associations and militia organizations were gradually established and improved.The militia has grown to 600 people and 300 guns, and most of the peasant associations in the old areas have also been restored. Relying on the old districts, we actively promoted the new districts in Yonghe, Xintang and Xiancun, and successively established three contact points in Songjiazhuang, Xintang Town and Baimianxu.Taking these points as a foothold, you can go to Yajiaochilong, Chunling, Jiancun, Changlang, Lychee Garden, Shangang, Shuitou, Qingmeiyuan, Wuya, Zouwu, Baishui, Shangshao, Huangwu, Lu Wu, Huangshatou, Gualing, Wushi, Xinjie, Tianxin, Dadun and other villages carried out publicity activities. Each village had a contact person, and many villages established militia self-defense teams and peasant associations.Later, a reserve squadron was organized in Datun, with more than 40 people, a light machine and some long and short guns.The village has also established a peasant association with more than 100 members.These new areas later played a very good role in the work of welcoming the army.

In Yubei area, based on Zhushanlong, Wangcun, Laolong, etc., they actively opened up new districts in Shanbei, Tianxin, Fengjingxia, Hetangxia, etc., publicized and mobilized the masses, organized farmers' associations and militias, and promoted southern bonds. Chen Gangzhao and other comrades were active in the new districts of Congnan and Huadong, organized local armed forces, and established the second brigade of the advance corps, with Chen as the captain.A militia squadron was successively established in Zhoucun, Longgui City, Huangbangling, Banghu, and Zhangcun, Shijing.It also recruited more than a dozen local scattered armed forces such as Lu Jiu, and then transferred more than ten people from the local area to form the first squadron of the second brigade. On July 1, 1949, the founding meeting was held in Huagong Mountain, and the "Declaration of Founding" was issued.

In response to the fact that the people in the new area have been deceived for a long time and do not know enough about our party and our army, the corps issued the "Letter to the People of Fanhua", clarifying the tasks of our team, calling on the public to support them, joining the advance corps, liberating themselves, liberating Guangzhou, and serving the people meritorious service. Thanks to the support of the Party branch, Party group and revolutionary people in Zhushanlong, Wangcun, Laolong, Yau Mashan, Helang, Shijing, Yeling and other old district surrounding villages, the work of the corps can be carried out smoothly.Especially when the "Yubei incident" occurred and the two leaders died, the people in the old district helped us bury the corpses of comrades, cover the wounded, borrow food to raise funds, and help us solve the problem of supplies, so that we can tide over the difficulties smoothly.The people of Yubei Old District earnestly hope that we will not "scatter", which is our greatest spur and encouragement!

Taking advantage of the excellent situation at that time, the Corps strengthened its political offensive and actively carried out united front and instigation work.Through various relationships, I talked about the situation and policies with some important members of the Kuomintang and some local leaders, and advised them to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and make atonement for their sins.In June 1949, the Corps successively issued "Policies Promoted by Our Team", "Attention Local People Holding Self-Defense Weapons", "KMT Dashan Officials, Cherish Your Future!" " and other proclamations and leaflets were distributed and posted in the new district and along the railway line, warning the enemy's township officials, landlords and bullies not to continue to be enemies of the people and act recklessly.The Yubei KMT Training Committee ordered Yubei to set up 17 self-defense brigades, and each brigade selected a squadron for centralized use.In this regard, the Corps immediately published the book "Warning to the Yubei Reserve Self-Defense Force", exposing the enemy's criminal conspiracy to continue to be an enemy of the people under the pretext of maintaining local law and order, and everyone should not be fooled. "If you are forced to form a formation, you must resist its transfer, and immediately report to our headquarters for the record, accept orders, coordinate and cooperate, stand by and make contributions to the people."

These proclamations and leaflets have exerted great power, causing the enemy to fall apart, and they "connected" with me one after another, or took a neutral attitude.Comrade Zhu Ji, the advance commander, served as the captain and staff officer of the 4th Advance Team of the Kuomintang Seventh War Zone during the Anti-Japanese War. Under the instigation of Mr. Li Jichen, he led a squadron of 70 to 80 people in the brigade in July 1947 to carry out an armed uprising against Chiang. It was active in the border areas of Yubei, Zengcheng, Huaxian, and Qingyuan, and successively attacked the Kuomintang granaries in Jiufo, Furongzhang, Chini, Baini and other places and the area around Huaxian County in Yubei. In January 1948, he accepted the leadership of our party and published the "Anti-Chiang Uprising Declaration", which had a certain influence in Yubei and Huaxian areas.Zhu Ji's historical background made it more favorable for the corps to carry out united front work.

At that time, the team also did the following work: 1. Try to educate Huang Qingao, the mayor of Lai'an Township, and go to Liantang Village through him to try to educate Liu Guojin, Liu Chaoxing, Liu Huxing and other upper-level figures in the village.They sold us more than 100 dans of public debt, lent a dozen long and short guns, and took the initiative to report various enemy situations to us.The change of the leading figures in Liantang Village had a great influence.The Yonghe township government also sent people to contact me. Local gentlemen such as Wu Ya Zou Mazhi also offered to subscribe for southern bonds and lend guns to me.

2. Wu Hanyou in Yau Ma Shan was originally the battalion commander of the Kuomintang. After publicity and education, he brought 35 guns and volunteered to join our team.Wu Hanyou's actions had a great impact on the surrounding areas. 3. The two leaders Zhu and Cui led part of the troops and the backbone of the militia to borrow guns from He Jingbo, the mayor of Fenghuang Township.After preaching policies and striving for education, I borrowed two light aircraft and a batch of other guns and ammunition.Then the third militia squadron was established in Tangxia Village of the township. 4. Liu Qishi, a big bureaucratic landlord, served as the brigade commander of the KMT's Ninth Independent Brigade, and served as the head of Zengcheng County after Japan's surrender.He has buildings, farms and hundreds of guns in Lai'an Township.Lu Zhangrong, deputy secretary of the Zengxi Working Committee, came to Anxiang Mansion to meet with him through his relationship, and mobilized him to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, so that he would no longer be an enemy of me in the future. 5. Try to educate Huang Junru, the head of Baishiwei in Xintang District, and establish a contact point in his home. We also used the united front relationship to cover the wounded. In the "Yubei Incident", Zhu Ji's servant Kuang Wei was wounded in his leg. After being washed and bandaged in the tiger's hole, he used the relationship with Chen Qiaorong, the united front target in Lizhikeng, to move to the village to hide for more than 10 days. While we are carrying out united front work and instigating rebellion, we will punish a small number of diehards.Xu Jiuying, the leader of the Jinkeng Revolution, has always hated the Communist Party and the revolutionary masses. He is cruel and cruel, and the people are very angry.The leader decided to send Fan Ding to lead some team members to capture him and shoot him on the spot. Because the corps is far away from the headquarters and is active in the new area outside Guangzhou, it is difficult to provide supplies.However, because leaders at all levels were able to implement the party's united front policy, they sold southern bonds to some progressives, middle-level elements, and united front targets in society, borrowed a considerable amount of millet, and raised a sum of money, so that the difficulties were gradually resolved. On July 18, 1949, the Corps held a meeting of leading cadres from various districts in Fengjingxia Village, Yubei. Eight comrades attended the meeting, including Zhu Ji, Cui Jiaquan, Xu Ming, Tan Mian, Wang Zhi, Chen Gangzhao, Zhong Pei, and Li Zhigang.Unexpectedly, at 4 o'clock in the morning on July 21, the enemy Guangzhou Garrison Corps rushed towards me in several ways and surrounded Feng Jingxia.During the breakout, Cui Jiaquan, Zhu Ji, Chen Gangzhao, Huang Chaohua (female), Li Xinfa, Qiu Kun and another new soldier died heroically.Zhong Pei, Hu Zhenchao and a soldier were arrested and killed by the enemy at Liuhuaqiao on the eve of liberation.Comrades Kuang Wei and Zhou Mei were wounded in the battle. The comrades who broke out were not frightened. After discussion, they decided to send Li Zhigang to the headquarters to report and ask for instructions, reflecting the comrades' determination to stay in Yubei and persist in the struggle. Li Zhigang reported in detail the whole story of the Yubei incident to Political Commissar Huang Zhuangzi and Deputy Commander Wang Dahong.Political commissar Huang pointed out that the main cause of this loss was "peaceful paralysis and loss of vigilance." He expressed great concern about our situation at that time and asked me to withdraw all of them to the headquarters.On behalf of the comrades of the corps, Li Zhigang once again expressed his determination to stay and persist in the struggle. The two leaders were very happy and praised the advance corps as "tumblers" in person, which was a great encouragement and encouragement to the comrades in the team. After detachment research, it was decided to cancel the designation of the advance corps and set up Yubei Office, with Xu Ming as director, Li Zhigang and Kong Denan as deputy directors, still directly under the leadership of the headquarters, and the Zengxi area was transferred back to the local party leadership.At that time, due to the loss of all funds during the breakout, it was difficult to provide for the team.In addition to relying on the support of Yau Ma Shan, Helang, Shijing and other old areas, comrades have extensively mobilized relatives, friends, and progressives to borrow or donate.Li Zhigang also raised hundreds of Hong Kong dollars through the Hong Kong Zhi Gong Party headquarters.Through everyone's efforts, the supply difficulties have been gradually resolved. In about two months from the establishment of Yubei Office to the liberation of Guangzhou, based on Maofeng Mountain and Zhushan Hole, etc., it successively opened Shaluotan Xuwu, Maofeng Mountain Foot Laiwu, Gaowu, Toupi Stone House, and extended Some villages along the way to Taihewei, and some newly developed villages in the plain area south of Taihe, such as Longgui, Nancun, Beicun, Jiangwu, Liwu, established contact points or traffic stations there. In mid-September, the southward army had reached northern Guangdong, and the enemy had completely collapsed.In order to cooperate with the army going south to attack the remnants of the enemy and liberate Guangzhou, the detachment headquarters ordered the office to immediately mobilize the original forces and rapidly expand the team, and to do the following tasks step by step and in a planned way: 1. Actively instigate rebellion against local teams, and strive for them to fight back or remain neutral, and at the same time, expand the strength of the militia; 2. Find out the strength and deployment of the enemy's strongholds on each communication line, and understand the deployment of the enemy's troops; 3. Find out as much as possible about the reality of the enemy's main institutions, barracks and warehouses in Guangzhou; Fourth, organize the masses and make preparations for the battle to liberate Guangzhou. After the office received an emergency order from the headquarters, it held a meeting of all cadres in Toupi Stone House. The number of participants included more than 30 cadres working in mountainous and plain areas.After the meeting, the comrades quickly returned to work, and Kong Denan and Li Zhigang went to the plain area again.Kong Denan and Wu Guanqi came to Taihe, Longgui, Yahu, Banghu, Jiangcun, Gaotang, Renhe, Shijing, Yagang and other townships, and openly negotiated with those township and team leaders, asking them to turn against each other anyway, or remain neutral.In the first ten days of October, most of them expressed their obedience, and immediately incorporated 8 brigades and 16 squadrons into the reserve militia, which shook the 17 township regimes in Yubei and was awarded by the headquarters. On October 11, Zhang Jinxing, the leader of the reactionary team, entrusted someone to "set up the line", dragged more than 10 guns and 1 machine gun to surrender, and formed a squadron.At that time, the armed force under the office developed into a battalion, with Xu Ming as the battalion commander and instructor.Four companies and a guard platoon were formed below. On the 13th, Li Zhigang took a soldier down the mountain to take over the Kuomintang regime in the plain area, and arrived at Taihexu on the morning of the 14th.Xu Ming and other comrades also arrived in Taihe at this time, and the vanguard of the southward army also arrived on the same day.We are happy to join forces, and Yubei is liberated! Then all the comrades continued to move forward, successively took over the Kuomintang regimes of Longgui, Jiahe, Jiangcun, and Gaotang, and set up offices in Jiangcun Police Station.The office obtained a total of 1.15 million catties of rice in Yubei, and supplied food for about 30,000 to 40,000 people of the People's Liberation Army who marched from Jiangxi to Guangzhou via Fogang, Conghua, and Longgui, and was commended by the headquarters.At the same time, we also assisted the army in confiscating 21,400 civilian guns in Yubei.And mobilize the masses to rush to repair Renhe Bridge, so that the army can march smoothly.When the People's Liberation Army marched into Guangzhou, the office sent team leader Li Rong to lead a team of soldiers to cooperate and confiscated guns from the KMT police station along the way. In mid-October, Yubei was placed under the leadership of the Zhujiang Prefectural Committee, a few comrades were transferred back to Zengcheng, and most of the rest stayed in Yubei to work. Longxian Town, the seat of Wengyuan County, was the first county to be liberated by the army from the south.According to the commanders of the troops participating in the war, it took so long and paid such a high price to liberate a county like the battle of Longxian, which is rarely encountered after crossing the river. At that time, the county magistrate of Wengyuan was Guan Jiaji, a major general of the Kuomintang (the people in Wengyuan called it the official cow and described him as fierce).He is an executioner whose hands are stained with the blood of the people, and he kills without blinking an eye. In the winter of 1947, when he came to Wengyuan as the county magistrate, he brought a group of minions as his accomplices.Therefore, shortly after taking office, he searched and suppressed our guerrillas everywhere, and he seemed to be crushing Weng Yuan, and his arrogance was very arrogant.Even on the eve of liberation, when the army was approaching the city, he still uttered wild words: the communist army has his belly, and I have my machine gun.It can be seen how rampant this guy is. On April 21, 1949, a million troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army forcibly crossed the Yangtze River, approaching Jiangnan with overwhelming momentum.The 15th Corps of the Four Fields, the Fourth Corps of the Second Field, and the Liangguang Column arrived in southern Jiangxi between August and September.In Gannan Prefecture, Ye Jianying, chief of staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, presided over a series of meetings on the liberation of Guangdong, focusing on the study and deployment of various tasks for the liberation of Guangdong.At that time, the 429th Regiment of the 143rd Division of the 48th Army had already advanced to Quannan County, which is connected to Wengbei, in pursuit of the enemy. Immediately afterwards, He Juncai led the fifth regiment of the main force in the north to Daji Mountain to meet with the army, and reported to the leaders of the People's Liberation Army going south about Weng Yuan's situation with the enemy and us and the work of supporting the army, and asked everyone to help liberate Weng Yuan.Later, after research and approval by the army, the 429th Regiment of the 143rd Division was sent to liberate Wengyuan. On September 13, the 429th Regiment advanced from the night march of Daji Mountain in Jiangxi to the Zhongdong, Xiaoshishi, and Liling areas of Wengyuanyanzhuang, waiting for orders to attack.At the same time, more than 100 people from the Third Regiment of the Northern First Division and the Second Independent Brigade, led by the regiment leader and political commissar Xu Xipeng, went to Lema Mountain from Sanhua to Liuli to block the enemy's retreat to the west; The main battalion blocked the enemy's escape route to the south. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon on the 14th, the army was divided into three groups, starting from Yanzhuang: the first route was led by Tong Shaoming and others to march into Bazai and Jiangwei, and after eliminating the enemies here, they immediately attacked Longxian; the second route was led by Li Qun and other comrades. Operating the Guilian and Guizhu Wengkou Arch Bridges, avoiding the Nanpu Self-Defense Forces and going straight to Datangtou, and then arrived at Caozitang (now the county nitrogen fertilizer factory), and then divided into two groups, all the way through Gaowu (now the battery factory), Luokengshui, In the Yangwu area, the other route passes through Jiangxia Bridge, Tianxin, Jingtou and Baquan to encircle Longxian; the third route leads the 429th Regiment Headquarters and the First Battalion led by Comrades Lin Yilong, Chen Zhichao, and Li Beihai, and passes through Zhongdong for half River, Rao Village, Mei Village, Lianyi Bailuantan, avoiding the Jiangwei Self-Defense Forces and going straight to the Hekou Bridge from the left, forming a pincer-shaped encirclement of Longxian with the Second Battalion under Shegang in the northwest of the county government. Under the social post. At 3 o'clock in the morning on the 15th, the army launched a general attack on the outer blockhouses on the east, west and north sides of the Kuomintang county government.The battle was fierce, especially at the Shegangxia and Hakka Wai. The enemy used its strong bunkers and strong firepower to resist stubbornly.Our army fought very bravely, not afraid of sacrifice, and fought one after another. After more than an hour of fierce fighting, all six blockhouses on the periphery of the enemy were removed.The enemy was forced to retreat to the bunker in the back of Niugang (now the water tower of the county capital) and a bunker at the east gate of the county capital, not daring to come out.At this time, the enemy soldiers reported back to Guan Jiaji, saying: "The People's Liberation Army has come to the county." The officer still didn't believe it, "Could it be that the People's Liberation Army fell from the sky?!" Although the enemy retreated inward, the battle continued intermittently until 7:00 in the morning, when the command post of the army fired three green flares to launch a second attack on the enemy.After a round of fierce attacks, the two inner forts of the enemy were quickly breached, and the Lai Jianfu criminal police team and the Lai Yazheng special service team who were entrenched in the Jixiang Hotel at the South Gate were eliminated, and the enemy's outer fortifications were destroyed, forcing the remnants of the enemy to retreat to the last stronghold. In , the People's Liberation Army occupied the main streets in the city.The county government was left alone in the siege of the army. In order to reduce the loss of life and property of the citizens and avoid the destruction of buildings, the army decided to launch a political offensive against the enemy after tightly surrounding the enemy's last stronghold and preparing for a strong attack, so as to win the surrender of the officials and liberate Longxian Town.Chen Xinjing, the captain of Longxian martial arts, went to Baquan to report the situation in the city to the army, saying that the residents and businesses in the city did not dare to come out due to lack of understanding of the army and many concerns.In response to this situation, Dajun and local cadres Huang Shezhen, Chen Hua, Gao Jisheng, Li Zhenguang, etc. came to the urban area, ran through the streets and alleys, and did patient and meticulous propaganda and explanation work to the citizens, explaining that the Dajun is the people's soldiers and is serving the people. Don't be afraid of the people who stand up and fight for liberation.Through publicity, the worries of citizens and businessmen were relieved, and they opened their homes and opened shops one after another, providing a lot of convenience and help for the army. At about 11 o'clock, Comrade Lin Yilong of the northern branch and the leaders of the army approached Ma Yunzhang, deputy director of the Wengyuan County Anti-insurgency and National Construction Committee, county senator, and chairman of the county chamber of commerce, and discussed with him about liberating the county government, and asked him to send the letter of persuasion to the To Guan Jiaji.Out of helplessness, Ma Yunzhang sent the letter twice to the official Jiaji who was firmly guarded in the building, but there was no reply after a long time.By 4:00 p.m., the army could no longer bear the enemy's delay, and the cannons of the Shanpao Battalion aimed at the main building of the county mansion and fired two shots in a row, hitting a corner on the fourth floor. Then I found Ma Yunzhang again, and said to him bluntly: "Please inform the citizens to leave the vicinity of the building, we are going to fire bombs." After hearing this, the merchants present knelt down and begged for mercy, saying: "Don't do it, don't do it! We He will find a way to persuade officials to surrender." As the chairman of the chamber of commerce, Ma Yunzhang felt that the matter was of great importance and he was duty-bound to protect the interests of the merchants. He risked his life and entered the enemy's fortress to meet the officials and persuade him to put down his weapons and join the people. That's the only way out.Seeing that the situation was over and unable to resist, the officials had no choice but to express their willingness to surrender, and sent Chen Gongyu, deputy captain of the Self-Defense Corps, and Ma Yunzhang to the "Jishengtang Pharmacy" to sign a surrender agreement with the PLA. At around 5 o'clock, Comrade Lin Yilong, on behalf of our army, received three people including Guan Jiaji and Lai Jianfu, the leader of the spy team, and explained the policies of our party and our army, and ordered them to lay down their weapons and accept surrender.Soon, a white flag was erected on the highest point of the building, and Guan Jiaji and his government officials lined up out of the building and gathered on the lawn in front of the county building to surrender to me.At this point, Longxian Town, the capital of Wengyuan County, was declared liberated.They captured Guan Jiaji, Lai Jianfu, Lai Yazheng, more than 360 military and police personnel under one battalion of the security team, and more than 150 party and government personnel.2 mortars, 1 heavy machine gun, 18 light machine guns, 12 submachine guns, 546 rifles, and a large amount of ammunition were seized.Our side sacrificed 24 people. After the army liberated Longxian, on the morning of the 16th, Commander Xu Xipeng immediately led his troops from Lema Mountain to Shaoguang Village, about five or six miles away from Zhoupi, and surrounded the government-in-exile of Xinfeng County.Xinfeng county magistrate Xu Ziping saw that the situation was over, so he sent security battalion commander He Guanqun (connected with our party), Xu Yujun, and Xu Huiqian to Shaoguang Village to negotiate with Xu Xipeng and Wengnan brigade captain Xu Zhantang.During the negotiation, He Guanqun agreed to lay down his arms, but he had to wait until tomorrow, which was Xu Ziping's attitude. After our analysis, we believe that Xu Ziping's proposal to wait for tomorrow is an attempt to break out and escape tonight, and we must solve Xu Ziping before dusk.Xu Xipeng will do whatever he can, and make two-handed preparations.On the one hand, he ordered the company of the third regiment and the main battalion of the first regiment stationed under Shi Shixia to rush to Shaoguang village before dusk, ambush the troops near Zhoupi, and tightly surround the Xinfeng government-in-exile to prevent the enemy from escaping.On the other hand, negotiations were held in the form of banquets, and He Guanqun and other enemy representatives were held back until our side was ready for combat deployment. Then, in the form of "escort", more than 10 armed personnel were sent to follow He Guanqun into the "Xinfeng County Government-in-Exile" , to meet Xu Ziping directly.Seeing the People's Liberation Army standing in front of his eyes, Xu Ziping knew that he was powerless to resist, so he surrendered.Three machine guns, more than 200 long and short guns, and a batch of supplies and ammunition were handed over. After the liberation of Weng Yuan, the county party committee and county government were established in time.Xu Xipeng is the secretary of the county party committee and the county magistrate, and Su Bingjian and Zhang Guopu are the deputy county magistrates.Under the unified leadership of the county party committee, the county people's government and the pre-support headquarters of the first Beijiang detachment, the people of the whole county mobilized the masses to immediately devote themselves to the pre-support work to support the army going south to liberate Guangzhou.In Yanzhuang, Bazai, Jiangwei, Nanpu, Longxian, Lanli, Sanhua, Liuli, Lilong, Guandu, Wengcheng, Xintang, Jiangzhen and other places where the army transited, 13 supply stations were set up. Responsible for the supply of firewood, rice, oil, salt, vegetables, fodder and other materials needed for the army to cross the border. Only Yingcun Township (now Nanpu Town) of Longxian Town raised 96,000 catties of rice, 7 big pigs, 40 fat chickens, more than 390 eggs, more than 130 catties of soybeans, and more than 400 catties of peanuts for the army. More than 700 people were sent to deliver military supplies for the army. In order to repair the roads and bridges from Xiaoli to Luxi as soon as possible, the Yanzhuang Township Branch Committee organized hundreds of migrant workers to repair bridges and roads.Bazai Bridge is an important bridge from Wengbei to Longxian, and the only bridge for the army to cross the border.It was severely damaged by the Kuomintang, and they mobilized more than 300 migrant workers to cut down trees. After three days and three nights of hard work, the bridge was repaired.At the same time, Chayuan, Zhanqi and other townships also raised more than 300,000 catties of grain, more than 200 big fat pigs, more than 30,000 catties of soybeans and firewood, etc., to supply the army in time and ensure the needs of the army's successor troops.According to incomplete statistics, the county dispatched more than 10,000 migrant workers, including nearly a thousand young and middle-aged men, who carried stretchers for the army and transported military supplies to Guangzhou, making positive contributions to the army's liberation of Guangdong.