Chapter 35 Donglan - There is still a clear sky

In late March 1930, Deng Bin and his entourage finally crossed Duyang Mountain under the siege of many enemies and arrived at Donglan County, Wei Baqun's entrepreneurial base. Donglan is located at the northernmost end of the Youjiang Basin, adjacent to Guizhou Province.The mountains here are meandering, with thousands of peaks and valleys, gloomy and magnificent.It is said that tens of thousands of years ago, here was a blue sea.The romantic tide shakes the sun, the proud little star in the universe, caresses the coral reefs, seaweed, shellfish and fish that grow from the depths of the sea; then deposits, sticks, and extrudes into thick quartz sandstone; Then uplift, collide, and rise into a magnanimous rocky plateau; then cut it with mountain torrents, tear it apart with earthquakes, cast and cool it with roaring magma and rushing waterfalls, and sway the ground with the knife of thunder and lightning, the knife of wind, frost, snow and rain. Sculpture is the end, and nature has shaped this unprecedented Youjiang Basin and Basin with such certainty (far more wonderful skills, purpose and aesthetic consciousness than human art masters grasping marble, white marble, gold, silver, copper, iron and tin, etc.) There are many tall and straight mountains in various poses and with different expressions.

However, due to the remoteness, inconvenient transportation, and no heavy military guards in the past dynasties, it is called a wild and barbaric land. Therefore, the mountains and rivers here have relatively well preserved the original charm of the natural features.The reason why Wei Baqun was able to create a world here, in addition to his personal factors, has to be said to have something to do with the geographical conditions here. Stepping into the territory of Donglan and witnessing the beautiful mountains and rivers, Deng Bin couldn't help but realize with relief that establishing a revolutionary base here really couldn't be more ideal.

After several days of trekking, Deng Bin and his soldiers arrived at Wuzhuan District, Donglan County, where the headquarters of Wei Baqun's Third Column was stationed. According to the memories of Huang Meilun, who worked at the County Women's Federation at the time—— It was a day in early April, and it was drizzling.When I approached the lamp, a stalwart young man, wearing a bamboo hat, leaning on a walking stick, wearing straw sandals, with his trousers rolled up high, followed by a Red Army soldier, came to the door of my mother’s house in good spirits. My natal family lives next to Kuixing Building in Wuzhuan District.At that time, although I was married to Brother Bag's younger brother Wei Jing, and I was engaged in women's work in the county, I was still a little shy when I saw these two gay men I didn't know, and I didn't dare to look up!

"Who are you looking for?" I lowered my head and asked timidly. "Look for Commander Wei." The soldier answered first. "What's your name? Where do you come from?" I raised my eyelids a little and saw that their straw sandals, trousers and jackets were all wet with muddy water. I knew they must have traveled a long, long way through the mountains. "My name is Deng Bin, and I'm from Zuojiang." The capable young man replied while wiping the rain off his face.His kind and kind voice eased my shy and tense mood all of a sudden. I really can't believe it, standing in front of my house is Commissar Deng of the Red Seventh Army!I happily ran into the house and told Brother Bagh the good news.

Brother Ba is reading in my brother Huang Shu's small house.My elder brother went to work in the workers’ and peasants’ democratic government in Guode County (now Pingguo County). The empty house was relatively quiet. Brother Ba often read books (mostly books on revolutionary theory translated from the Soviet Union), read documents and collected received information.When he heard that Political Commissar Deng was coming in the rain, he was overjoyed and immediately put down his books and came out to greet him. "Political Commissar Deng, you have worked hard!" "Comrade Baqun. Hello!" The two of them shook hands tightly, very cordially.The two pairs of eyes looked at each other's body and face for a long, long time.After Political Commissar Deng shook hands with Brother Bag, he turned to shake hands with me.At that time, we Zhuang women didn't have the habit of shaking hands with gay men. I didn't dare to extend my hand, and my face turned red.Then, he asked me what my name was and what I did for a job, and gradually, I felt less restrained.

Brother Ba arranged for Political Commissar Deng to change into wet clothes, and after dinner, he sat by the brazier in our Zhuang's house, chatting endlessly.What they were talking about was business affairs, so it was difficult for me to inquire about it. I found out later that Commissar Deng had just returned from reporting to the Central Committee. Early the next morning, Brother Ba took Political Commissar Deng to Kuixing Building. Kuixing Building is a hexagonal tower building with four floors and a height of more than four feet.The vermilion walls are carved with dragons and painted phoenixes, which are reflected in the water, embellishing our Zhuang village more beautifully.In the past, this was the place where people offered sacrifices to Wen Kuixing.Now, the god-brand Bodhisattva has been moved, and it has become the office of the peasant association and the democratic government of workers and peasants.Usually, Brother Ba often lives on the second floor.This time, when Political Commissar Deng came to Wuzhuan, Brother Ba added a bamboo bed and an old Eight Immortals desk on the second floor for Political Commissar Deng to work and study.From then on, the lights on the Kuixing Tower were often lit until late at night.

After political commissar Deng arrived in Wuzhuan, he managed to get in touch with the main force of the Seventh Red Army that had already moved to the border of Guizhou and Guangxi.Commissar Deng often held military and political cadre meetings and Party member leadership meetings in the Kuixing Tower to study and formulate guidelines and policies related to the agrarian revolution.He introduced the experience of Zhu and Mao's Red Army in carrying out the Agrarian Revolution Movement in Jinggangshan to the party members and leading cadres of the third column, and led the cadres to have a heated discussion.He also often went to the countryside with Ba Ge to publicize the land revolution policy and arrange work.

In order to strengthen the party's leadership over the Agrarian Revolutionary Movement and train key forces, the Military Front Committee and Youjiang Workers' and Peasants' Democratic Government held a cadre training class in Jiuzhoutun, Wuzhuan.There are about 100 students, including more than a dozen female students, and I am one of them.Commissar Deng personally gave us lectures, mainly talking about the principles and policies of the land revolution and the construction of a democratic government of workers and peasants, and sometimes related to the issue of women's liberation.He speaks Sichuan dialect, and when we encountered something we couldn't understand, he asked Brother Ba to translate.I remember one time, Political Commissar Deng asked our female students this question: "In the past, women suffered a lot and couldn't hold their heads up when they walked or talked. Why can they study with men now?"

Good question! Since I started women's work, I have often heard some female companions lament their misfortunes, wrong births, or complain about their husbands and in-laws.I used to think the same way. After taking part in revolutionary work, I gradually realized that only by overthrowing the feudal ruling class can we women have a bright future.Thinking of this, I plucked up the courage to stand up and speak boldly. I told my previous thoughts and understandings, and I don't know if I got the right answer.My heart was pounding. Political Commissar Deng did not speak after listening to my speech, but nodded slightly.He then asked: "Tell me again, what benefits did the revolution bring to women?"

"Study well, make marriage independent; men and women are equal, share power; unite and help each other, eradicate oppression" I took out the principles I learned in the farm lecture institute run by Bagel in one breath. Political Commissar Deng smiled happily after hearing this.At this time, the atmosphere in the classroom became active, and the male and female students were all talking about my speech.Finally, Political Commissar Deng contacted us about the actual situation of women in the Wuzhuan area, from the oppression women suffered in the past by political power, theocratic power, clan power, and husband power, to the significance of women's liberation.He also praised the role of women in Wuzhuan: organizing women's red guards, cooperating with the Red Army to go up the mountain to suppress bandits, nursing the sick and wounded, making military shoes, making rice bags, etc.At the same time, it also pointed out the direction of women's work in the future.

During the study period, each of our students received two mimeograph textbooks: one was "Policies and Slogans of the Agrarian Revolution" and the other was "Organization and Tasks of the Soviets".This was written by Political Commissar Deng himself under the tung oil lamp upstairs in Kuixing Tower.After he finished writing, he also told the comrades who engraved the wax plate: "Most of our cadres have low education levels, and some can only read a few words, so when you engrave, you must write correct fonts and clear strokes so that everyone Easy to recognize and understand." After the training class, I went to Taiping District (now Sanshi Township) to inspect women's work, and it happened that my wife Wei Jing also accompanied Political Commissar Deng there.As soon as we met, I offered to shake hands with Commissar Deng.He talked about the scene when he first came to my house, and said humorously: "Don't be shy now! I have made great progress!" One day, he went to Donglitun with Ba Ge, Lei Jingtian, Chen Hongtao and others to attend the land reform celebration meeting there.I also went with them.Along the way, everyone talked and laughed.When political commissar Deng heard that Brother Ba's family took the lead in burning the land deeds, he happily praised, "Brother Ba did the right thing, and he made a good appearance for the party members and cadres!" The joyful sound of gongs and drums came from Donglitun, and we quickened our pace.When we stepped into the venue, we first put on red ties.At that time, when we held mass meetings, we had to tie red cloth strips on our collars.After the meeting started, Brother Ba gave a speech, and Commissar Deng also spoke.On behalf of the Front Committee of the Seventh Red Army, he extended warm congratulations to the people of all ethnic groups in Donglitun, and encouraged everyone to work hard to produce more grain, support the Red Army, consolidate and expand the Youjiang revolutionary base area, and let more poor people farm. Those who have their own land can live a good life with food, clothing and houses. Political Commissar Deng lived in Wuzhuan Kuixing Building for about two months, and we often saw the lights on the building brightly lit all night. When Deng Xiaoping looked back on those days when he worked and lived in Donglan, he always had a feeling of nostalgia. He once recalled that some of his methods of carrying out the land revolution in the Youjiang area were not invented by him.It is the experience he learned from the reports of the Fourth Red Army led by Mao Zedong and Zhu De and the oral reports made by comrades from the Fourth Red Army who went to Shanghai to the Central Committee when he was working in the Shanghai Party Central Committee. promote. He said that in the Youjiang area, although a relatively good mass foundation had been established during the period of the Great Revolution, and there were about a thousand party members in each county, due to the differences in the composition and level of leading cadres in various places, some of the land revolutions were left and some were right. , only the cadres in Donglan County are in good condition, and the agrarian revolution is deeper.When further mobilizing the masses to carry out the land revolution, it was proposed to correct the regime's "new gentrification" of rich peasants and the leftist practice of "equally dividing all land", and formulated "equal division", "co-cultivation", and "confiscation of gentry and landlord counter-revolutionary land". Distributing to poor peasants" in three ways to suit different regions and to be chosen by the peasant masses themselves.At the same time, in response to the corruption and gentrification of some leaders and party members within the Soviet regime in the Youjiang area, it was proposed to reform and reorganize the Soviet under the slogan of "redistributing land". He said that Comrade Wei Baqun was a well-known peasant leader in Guangxi, and the work was carried out smoothly. On May 1, 1930, the Right Jiangsu Weiye government issued the "Provisional Regulations on the Land Law", announcing the confiscation of the land of the landlord class and distribution to poor farmers for farming.This is the reason why the peasant masses supported and loved the Red Army under the white terror at that time.The world of the Communist Party is based on the support and support of the people. Stubborn, honest and quick-witted, the typical character of the Zhuang people, enabled Wei Baqun to achieve considerable success.In the long-term contest with the government's disparity in power, he showed his extraordinary courage and willpower. In addition to his infinite loyalty to his brothers and sisters of his own nation and his unswerving steadfastness to the death, he also had the experience of engaging in the peasant movement and his relationship with him. The successive victories of the enemy's duels won him the admiration and support of the Zhuang compatriots. However, Wei Baqun did not regard himself as a "peasant leader". He once sighed to Deng's political commissar at the time in a sincere and slightly self-deprecating tone: "Why does Baqun call him a 'leader'? Donglan is the leader of the barbarians." It can be said that there are no heroes in the world, so Lizi became famous"" Yes, after all, there are very few outstanding people who are unparalleled in the world.Wei Baqun didn't like to talk about the small "base" of Donglan, this clear sky, and was complacent.After the Seventh Red Army withdrew from the Youjiang River Basin, the situation took a turn for the worse. The Eighth Red Army failed, and Zuojiang fell into the enemy again; A series of horrific tragedies spread to Donglan, making Wei Baqun, the prince who is determined to "save the suffering people from fire and water", heartbroken!He can't wait to let the mountains on all sides turn into thousands of troops and go out of Donglan, take back Baise, take back Youjiang, and take back the whole of Guangxi!However, Dong Lan is sparsely populated. Although his third column has grown to nearly 2,000 troops, the Peasant Red Guards are in a sense "all people are soldiers"-women, children and elderly people all participate went in. Since the first and second columns of the Seventh Red Army were led by Li Mingrui and Zhang Yunyi to move around Guizhou and Guangxi, the defense of the entire Donglan and Fengshan was undertaken by the third column and the Red Guards. To attack, but also to fight against bandits and bullies hiding in the dark.For this reason, Wei Baqun mobilized the masses to think of many tricks to resist the enemy's intrusion: For example, set up "thunderbolts and thunderstorms" in the steep mountain passes. Once the enemy comes from the mountain road, the red guards ambushing on the mountain will beat the cowhide drums, put the arranged stones on the pine oil fire ring, and strike the head with a bang. When the head was smashed down, the enemy was burned to the ground, some were injured, some died, and they threw away their helmets and armor and fled. For example, in the "Dragon Formation of Calling Wind and Rain", once the enemy comes from the waterway, several local witches and gods will set up a hexagram platform at the pier or bow, sit on it and chanting mantras to lure and scare the enemy. The sailors and children picked up bamboo water guns and sprayed them at the enemy, and smashed the enemy ship with iron rods to sink it. For example, the "Plum Blossom Cake Formation" was specially designed to deal with the enemy cavalry and chariots attacking from Pingchuan Avenue. In this formation alone, within two months, more than 20 horses, more than ten carriages, six mountain cannons, and heavy artillery were acquired. Eight machine guns. Just at this time, Deng Bin traveled from Zuojiang to Donglan, which made Wei Baqun feel very relieved.He and Deng Bin started the upsurge of the Donglan Land Revolution together, which made him feel a kind of primitive and heroic passion to open up the majesty, which boiled his blood!All hopes and aspirations merged into a rough and majestic war song, like an undercurrent of blood and the pulse of the God of War, flowing through the depths of Donglan.The poor people in Youjiang are eagerly looking forward to the Red Seventh Army and their "Ba Ge" coming again.