Chapter 33 Chapter Thirty-Two

After Xiong Chuanzao separated from He Long, Zhou Yiqun, etc., facing the "encirclement and suppression" by the 18th Guangxi Army to Honghu, he proposed to change the overall attack on the enemy into a key attack. He appointed Wang Shangwu as the captain of the Jianli Guerrilla Brigade. Jurisdiction over 3 teams, with Wang Shangwu, Jiang Bingyan, and Liu Xiafeng as the captains of the first, second, and third teams respectively. Relying on the large and small piers in the lake, the guerrillas appeared and disappeared in the vast reeds and in the port of Hehan Lake. Attack the enemy.The tactic Xiong Chuanzao adopted was "run away when there are too many people, fight when there are few people, come and go without a trace", which made the enemy tremble with fear.

Yao Bu's regular training team did all kinds of evil, and the common people hated it. Xiong Chuanzao and Wang Shangwu led guerrillas, with the cooperation of fishermen, they attacked Yao Bu by surprise and wiped out the regular training team in one fell swoop.Then, Lijiadun, the lair of the bandit leader Li Shengquan, was wiped out. In order to strengthen the guerrillas, Xiong Chuanzao sent people to Wuhan, Changsha, Yueyang and other places many times to buy guns and ammunition. In early April 1929, Xiong Chuanzao obtained more than 50 guns in Wuhan through Hu Xingkun, chief traffic officer of the Yangtze River Bureau of the Communist Party of China, and Chen Buyun, deputy secretary of the Jianli County Party Committee, obtained more than 200 guns and thousands of bullets from Yueyang. The guerrilla combat effectiveness has been greatly improved.

Then, Xiong Chuanzao commanded Liu Xiafeng's third guerrilla unit to kill Wang Weili, the head of the Qingxiang regiment in Bianhe, and seized 16 guns.Zhong Mingyu's guerrillas, who commanded Jianxi, attacked Chengji's money and food collection at night and seized more than ten guns.Other guerrillas also confiscated some guns and ammunition from the enemy. After Zhou Yiqun arrived at Honghu Lake, Xiong Chuanzao met Zhou Yiqun in a reed forest in Xiache Bay.Although the two have been separated for several months, it feels like three autumns have passed.Afterwards, Xiong Chuanzao resolutely followed Zhou Yiqun's instructions.Wang Shangwu was assigned to join the guerrillas in the Honghu area founded by Zhou Yiqun.

After the Western Hubei Special Committee was destroyed, Zhou Yiqun set up a temporary special committee for Western Hubei. Xiong Chuanzao took part in the work of the temporary special committee under the pseudonym Liu Renjing.Afterwards, Xiong Chuanzao mobilized the masses to fight against the enemy in the area around the mouth of Jianli.He absorbed a large number of farmers and fishermen to join the party organization. At that time, the enemy posted notices everywhere, wanting Xiong Chuanzao.The notice said: Xiong Chuanzao dismissed the enemy's arrest.With wisdom and courage, and with the support of the people of Honghu, they fought one victory after another under the white terror of the enemy.Once, a Yangxing ship full of munitions sailed into Honghu Lake under the protection of dozens of white troops to replenish ammunition for the enemy.Knowing this situation, Xiong Chuanzao decided to rob the wheel.He sent a wooden boat to lead the Yangxing ship to a reed marsh near the mouth of the river, and ran the ship aground. When the enemy soldiers went into the water to push the ship, Xiong Chuanzao gave an order, and the ambushes came out everywhere, and the enemy soldiers died in the water one after another. The ship's ammunition was captured by the guerrillas.

Then, Xiong Chuanzao led a surprise attack on Maojiakou with guerrillas.Maojiakou is one of the important towns in Jianli, where two companies of the enemy are stationed.Xiong Chuanzao formulated a surprise attack strategy.He sent people disguised as people going to the market to mix into the town as an internal response, and when the sound broke out outside the town.Neiying destroyed the enemy's company headquarters, causing the enemy to lose combat effectiveness due to the loss of the command center.In this battle, hundreds of enemies were killed and more than fifty guns were surrendered.

After the capture of Maojiakou, Xiong Chuanzao gathered the guerrillas in Jianli, established a guerrilla brigade, and appointed Jiang Bingyan as the captain.After the formation of the guerrillas, they immediately attacked the enemy in places such as Kaikou Shahachikou. One day in early August 1928, Li Hui, head of the "Qingxiang" security regiment stationed in Zhuhe, joined forces with company commander Ma of Bianhe and company commander Zhang of Shangchewan, and a total of 300 people attacked the mouth of the camp with guns. Xiong Chuanzao decided to lure the enemy into the bait.Send someone to pretend to be a guide to lead the enemy to the only small road connecting Bianhe and other counties.After the enemy took the bait, it happened to be raining heavily and the river soared. The enemy had to get on more than forty small boats and head west along the river.When they were near Paitou Pier of Nanhe Temple, a gong sounded, and the guerrillas rushed out from the grass and reeds on all sides. The boatmen of the more than forty small boats, most of whom were members of the Red Guards, jumped into the water one after another. Capsize the boat.The enemy has nowhere to hide, dead or wounded.In this battle, nearly 100 enemies were killed in just half an hour, more than 100 enemies were captured, more than 200 guns were seized, and Company Commander Ma was captured alive.This battle frightened the enemy when they talked about the "lake".

On the evening of September 24, 1928, Xiong Chuanzao held a meeting of leaders of the Jianli County Party Committee upstairs in the house of Fang Yanxiao, an underground party member of Nanhe Temple. The instructions for the riot planned to hold a county-wide riot with Zhuhe as the focus during the Mid-Autumn Festival. On the 27th, the meeting was transferred to the home of an enlightened gentry surnamed Xu on Liege Street. Because the wind leaked out, the head of the shoveling Communist regiment in Shangche Bay brought two companies to arrest people.Jiang Bingyan held two guns and knocked down several enemies in a row. Others also shot. During the battle, the enemy dared not go down to the lake and had to give up. Unfortunately, Xiong Chuanzao was injured in his left shoulder.

Afterwards, Xiong Chuanzao recuperated at Xumu's three homes in Zhouhewan.Xu Musan was an underground party member. Under his careful care, Xiong Chuanzao's injury quickly healed. Later, Xiong Chuanzao led the people of Zhouhewan to beat Zhang Kefei, the tyrant of Zhouhewan Lake, and distributed all the floating wealth of Zhang Kefei's family to the poor. After recovering from his injury, Xiong Chuanzao went to Shiyangou, Zhuhe, where an emergency meeting was held with the participation of the Jianli County Party Committee and some district and township leaders. At the meeting, Xiong Chuanzao said: "At present, the white terror is serious, so we must be good at concealing ourselves." Those with red faces should leave the local area to work in other places, and those with "grey faces" should infiltrate the enemy. Don't take unnecessary risks or make unnecessary sacrifices on the spur of the moment."

At that time, the Qingxiang regiment of Zhuhe Town often harassed the surrounding villages, and Xiong Chuanzao was determined to destroy this group of enemies.One day, he received information that Company Commander Chen of the Qingxiang Regiment of Zhuhe Town would lead a company to attack Guopu. Xiong learned that these enemies were afraid of water, and that every time they robbed, the masses would carry the loot and lead the way.Therefore, Xiong asked the guerrillas to ambush on the main road from Zhuhe to Guopu. When the enemy entered the ambush circle, Xiong gave an order, and the guerrillas opened fire with long and short guns, and the enemy was scattered and fled.In this battle, more than 30 enemies were all wiped out.

In the winter of 1928, the enemy army attacked the Jianli Soviet Area from the direction of Jinghe with the strength of two regiments and regiment defense forces.The fleeing landlords and local tyrants such as Yuba and Huba also made a comeback.The bloody suppression of the revolutionary masses and Communist Party members killed more than 100 people in one place, the Nanhe Temple was looted, and the Xindiqing Township Security Group called Fujiawan a den of bandits, and Xiong Chuanzao's family was a "family traitor". Regarding Fujiawan, "it must be eradicated as soon as possible to completely eradicate the banditry. This is an important matter, so don't sit idly by."The enemy killed Xiong Chuanzao's cousin and underground party member Wang Guangrong, Xiong Chuanzao's father-in-law Wang Shichi was brutally beaten, and Xiong Chuanzao's house was burned down.The Xiong family was forced to have nowhere to go, so they could only live on a broken boat and hide in the reed marshes day and night.

This winter, on a snowy day, Xiong Chuanzao encountered a broken fishing boat in a port on the south bank of Honghu Lake.When he approached, he couldn't help being stunned. The people in the broken boat were his mother, wife Wang Sanyuan, son Guozheng, daughter Shun'e and so on.The white-haired mother was as thin as a stick, and the wife and children were sallow and emaciated in tattered clothes.Looking at the miserable state of his mother, wife and children, Xiong Chuanzao couldn't help feeling sad, and a few drops of heroic tears rolled down his face.However, the needs of the revolution forced him to bid farewell to his relatives again, who knew that this farewell was actually the last farewell! Xiong Chuanzao bid farewell to his relatives, and together with the team members, went to Zhuheliu's Erwu Village against the wind and snow.Here, Xiong Chuanzao presided over a joint meeting of the Jianli County Committee of the Communist Party of China, the county guerrillas, and district and township leaders.At the meeting, Xiong Chuanzao proposed to continue to mobilize the masses, carry out the agrarian revolution in depth, expand the armed forces, and open up and build the Bailuo Revolutionary Base. At the beginning of February 1929, the enemy "advanced and suppressed" Jianli in fractions.In order to avoid the enemy's edge, Xiong Chuanzao led the county party committee officials Liu Chonglong, Dong Dasan, Wang Huaishan, Jiang Bingyan, Hu Binchuan and others to set off from Liekou, preparing to transfer to Hanjiabu, Zou Wharf and other places. On February 8, when Xiong Chuanzao and others traveled to Jiugenliu, Shabakou, they felt very tired after walking for a day and a night. Someone proposed to rest at the home of fellow villager Du Feizhao, and Xiong Chuanzao agreed. Du Feizhao used to be the Secretary of the Shakuhachi District Committee. He can shoot with both hands, is good at riding, and can hit a hundred shots on a Pegasus.The locals call it "Dupi" and "Scud". The whereabouts of Xiong Chuanzao and his party were discovered by Yang Yonghe, a gangster from Jiugenliu. Yang was nicknamed "Gong Nose" and "Yang Abalone". .Yang Dengyun heard this, and immediately ordered the regiment defenses of the three squadrons under his command to attack Jiugenliu, and quietly surrounded Du Feizhao's home where Xiong Chuanzao was stationed. When breaking through, Xiong Chuanzao unfortunately suffered a serious injury to his right leg and was captured by the enemy. Seeing that Xiong Chuanzao was caught, Yang Dengyun was overjoyed, and ordered Xiong to be tied to an arched cart, and ordered a cart named Du Deaf to push Xiong Chuanzao to Shakuhachikou.When we arrived at Tangang Bridge, it was already time to hold the lanterns.Yang Dengyun set up a banquet here, invited Xiong Chuanzao to the banquet, and invited local local tyrants and evil gentry to persuade him to surrender.Bearing the severe pain, Xiong Chuanzao scolded Yang Dengyun for being shameless and overturned the banquet.Yang Dengyun said angrily: "I think you are toasting and not eating fine wine!" Then, Yang Dengyun agreed to parade Xiong Chuanzao through the street.They escorted Xiong Chuanzao to Shakuhachi, let him walk slowly on the street, and ordered Xiong Chuanzao to say that he was the bandit leader. Xiong Chuanzao sang "Ten Hate Yang Dengyun": Yang Dengyun heard this, and shouted angrily: "Xiong Chuanzao, sing again, I will shoot you!" Xiong Chuanzao laughed loudly and said, "I'll just wait for your words." He pointed to his chest, "Hit here if you have the guts!" Yang Dengyun snorted and said, "Want to die? It's not time yet!" The enemy interrogated Xiong Chuanzao.Although Xiong Chuanzao was severely tortured to death, the enemy got nothing, and Xiong Chuanzao was imprisoned in Shabakouyu Palace.Yang Dengyun asked Yang Tianlu, an evil gentry of Shabakou, to persuade him to surrender.Xiong Chuanzao sneered and said to Yang Tianlu: "The guerrillas didn't execute you at the beginning, they expected you to start a new life. If you want to work hand in hand with them, the guerrillas will not spare you!" Yang Tianlu stuttered in fright and said: "Brother has a good intention, brother has a good intention." He ran away after saying that. Yang Dengyun sent another person named Ji Yulin to persuade them to surrender. Ji Yulin was a classmate of Xiong Chuanzao when he was studying in Wuhan. He participated in the "February 7th" strike and the "May 30th" patriotic movement. After the failure of the Great Revolution, he left the revolution.Ji Yulin persuaded Xiong Chuanzao to be aware of current affairs, he said: "Brother Chuanzao, when the wind blows, the flag flutters with the wind. Xiong Chuanzao said in a righteous speech: "The Kuomintang betrayed Mr. Sun Yat-sen's last wish, and raised a knife to massacre the Communists who made great achievements in the Northern Expedition. Let me ask you, how can humans and animals agree?" Ji Yulin had no choice but to withdraw in embarrassment. Tian Lixun, chairman of the Qingxiang Committee of Jianli County, accompanied by Yang Dengyun, personally persuaded him to surrender. Xiong Chuanzao said: "If you want to kill, then kill, if you want to cut, then cut!" Yuwang Palace is located on the bank of the Laojiang River. This temple has become a prison for the Kuomintang Jianli Qingxiang Committee to detain communists and revolutionary masses.The four walls towered high, the courtyard was overgrown with weeds, the cell was damp and dark, and Xiong Chuanzao's wounded leg festered and smelt due to lack of treatment, but the hero's ambition remained undiminished.Because the enemy wanted to extract a confession from Xiong Chuanzao, they didn't want to execute him yet.There was a young guard surnamed Xue in Yuwanggong Prison, who had just been arrested. Under the education of Xiong Chuanzao, he understood the truth that the Communist Party is the savior of the poor, and became a messenger for Xiong Chuanzao and other detainees.After Xiong Chuanzao was arrested, the Jianli County Committee of the Communist Party of China held a special meeting to rescue Xiong Chuanzao in Bawudun. Three plans were decided at the meeting: first, to contact the enlightened gentry for bail, which was carried out by Chen Buyun and Dong Dasan in Zhouhekou; Go to visit the prison and secretly tell Xiong Chuanzao about the prison robbery plan. After the meeting, Chen Buyun and Dong Dasan went to Zhouhekou and contacted five local gentry with huge sums of money.After Chen Buyun learned of the conspiracy of the five gentry, he was furious and sent guerrillas to burn down the houses of the five evil gentry overnight, and executed 4 of the 5 people. When Xiong Chuanzao's father-in-law was visiting the prison, he secretly told Xiong Chuanzao about the prison robbery plan of the Jianli County Committee of the Communist Party of China. Xiong Chuanzao said: "The Yu Palace is heavily guarded, and the prison robbery is impossible to succeed, and many comrades will die." Finally, Xiong Chuanzao asked his father-in-law to take care of his wife and children. After his father-in-law left, Xiong Chuanzao knew that his comrades would still rob the prison. In order to prevent them from robbing the prison, he persuaded Warden Xue to report to Yang Dengyun. Guard Xue obeyed, and the enemy was really shocked. On March 6, 1929, when the West Hubei Special Committee held the first enlarged meeting of the Special Committee in Shagang, Jiangling, Xiong Chuanzao, the son of Honghu people, was killed by the enemy at the age of 28. On the second day after the martyr died, Chen Buyun and Peng Guocai paid a special visit to the martyr's parents, wife and children on behalf of the county party committee, and left 20 silver dollars to Xiong Chuanzao's wife Wang Sanyuan in grief, and comforted Wang Sanyuan and others. Unexpectedly, half a month later, Chen Buyun He was unfortunately arrested when he was protecting the revolutionary masses at the Yellow Bridge at the mouth of the mouth, and died heroically singing the Internationale at Jianli Chengguan. Xiong Chuanzao's father, Xiong Guangming, was over half a hundred years old, but he worked tirelessly as a traffic guide, as a guide, and as a writer of articles, and traveled on Bailihong Lake. After Xiong Chuanzao was killed by the enemy, Xiong Guangming lost his beloved son and was heartbroken. However, he was not negative, but turned his grief into strength, and his revolutionary will became stronger. On the 17th day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar in 1930, the Xindi Security Corps dispatched squadron leader Cao Baiying and investigation team leader Shi Mingbiao to attack Fujiawan in two ways, and imprisoned 50 people including Xiong Guangming in the Zhou Family Ancestral Hall.A few days later, the enemy killed Xiong Guangming at the age of 56, along with Xu Kaixian and Li Zhongjun. After Xiong Guangming and Xiong Chuanzao were killed, disaster stars also fell into Xiong's house one after another. In the autumn of 1931, Xiong Guangming's eldest son, Xiong Chuanxin, became ill due to exhaustion and eventually died of illness due to lack of money for medical treatment. The third son, Xiong Chuanquan, participated in the revolution in 1929. He also traveled around because of the revolution and was overworked. He died of illness in May 1932, and his son and daughter also died in poverty. The fourth son, Xiong Chuansheng, was introduced by Xiao Renhu to join the party at Chen Zhiping's home in Renli Lane on the East Bank of Xindi in the winter of 1927. After that, he served as a traffic officer and secretary of the district youth league committee. The fifth son, Xiong Chuanjin, served as the head of the children's regiment at the age of 10, and led the children's regiment members to be active in Fujiawan and Yangzui. The widows of Xiong Chuanzao and Xiong Chuanquan remarried reluctantly because they had no food and clothing and had nowhere to go. After the sacrifices of Xiong Chuanzao and Xiong Guangming, the communists killed by the enemy in Fujiawan Township successively included Xiong Shikai, Xiong Xueyou, Wang Guangze, Dong Shishou, Yang Bizhen, Yang Guanglin, Fu Dalun, Jiang Qigui, etc. Countless innocent people were killed. It can be said: the sky is full of blood and blood, and the wind, knife, frost and sword are pressing against each other. On the third day after Xiong Chuanzao was captured by the enemy, Yang Yonghe, nicknamed Yang Baoyu, who tipped off the enemy, dozens of children's regiment members in Shakhapatan Township, led by regiment leader Guo Mingkui, set fire to Yang Baoyu's house. Yang Baoyu was stabbed half to death with a spear by the children's group, and then thrown into the fire and burned to death.