Zhou Yiqun

Zhou Yiqun

Zhou Yiqun (1896-1931, May 20) was born in Tongren City, Guizhou Province. He was born in Puqi County, Hubei Province. He is an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, an outstanding proletarian revolutionist, militarist, propagandist and activist, an introduction to Comrade He Long's joining the party, one of the early founders of the Communist Party of China's army, and one of the founders of the revolutionary base in Western Hunan and Hubei and the Red Army in Western Hunan and Hubei, one of the three revolutionary bases of the Communist Party of China. In May 1931, he was ambushed by Kuomintang troops near Jia's pavilion in Yueyang, Hunan Province. He died bravely at the age of 35.

On September 14, 2009, Zhou Yiqun was rated as one of the 100 heroes who made outstanding contributions to the founding of new China.

Life of the characters

In 1896, he was born in Chengguan Town, Tongren County, Guizhou Province (now Tongren City), and his ancestral home is Yiyang bridge, Xindian Town, Puqi, Hubei Province (now Chibi City). Rich family, parents died early. Under the care of his uncle Zhou Zibing, he studied hard since childhood and was admitted to Guiyang Nanming middle school in 1914. He loved to read Chinese and foreign history books and had his own opinions. He wrote Zhuge Liang's contribution to the Han Dynasty in Shu and Ming Taizu's contribution to the army in cloth, which were published in Nanming magazine and won praise from teachers and classmates. With great patriotic enthusiasm, Zhou Yiqun also devoted himself to the struggle against Yuan Shikai's restoration of the monarchy and supported the independence of Guizhou, known as the "ambitious youth".

After graduating from middle school, he returned to his hometown and worked as an accountant in Tongren Education Association. In the spring of 1919, Zhou Yiqun went to Japan to study political economics at Keio University in Tokyo. During this period, I read a lot of Marxist works and books and periodicals introducing the October Revolution of the Soviet Union, and yearned for the road of the socialist revolution of the Soviet Union.

In 1923, he returned to China and participated in the publication of Guizhou youth in Shanghai to publicize the anti imperialist and anti feudal thoughts. In October 1924, he entered the second phase of Huangpu Military Academy. He joined the Communist Party of China in November of the same year. He actively engaged in the propaganda and organization of the young soldiers' movement, served as the director of the "young soldiers' union", fought resolutely against the right-wing organization "sun wenism society", and successively founded "young soldiers", "Chinese soldiers" and other publications, showing excellent organizational and propaganda ability, known as "a new star on Huangpu island".

In 1926, he took part in the Northern Expedition and served as director of the division and Political Department of the Helong Department of the national revolutionary army.

In August 1927, he took part in the Nanchang Uprising. After the uprising army went south, he served as the commander of the 3rd Division of the 20th army and led his troops to fight in Ruijin and Huichang. He long was introduced to the Communist Party of China. After losing in Chaoshan area of Guangzhou, the uprising army moved to Shanghai.

In January 1928, Zhou Yiqun was appointed as the Secretary of the CPC Special Committee for Northwest Hunan. He and he long went to Northwest Hunan to carry out armed struggle. On the way, Zhou Yiqun took part in leading the nianguan uprising and Sangzhi uprising in central and Western Hubei.

In the first ten days of March 1928, he arrived at hongjiaguan, Sangzhi County, Western Hunan Province, and organized the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army with he long to hold Sangzhi uprising. After the setback of the uprising, he turned to Shishou and served as the Secretary of the special committee of the CPC in Western Hubei. He unified the party's leadership and military command in Western Hubei, mobilized the masses in rural areas, organized guerrillas and red guards, and opened up a number of guerrilla bases in the areas of Honghu, Bailu lake and Huarong Dongshan.

In the spring of 1929, he reorganized the guerrilla forces in Jiangling, Jianli and other counties into the western Hubei guerrilla brigade, and later expanded them into the western Hubei guerrilla Corps. He also served as the chief of the corps and led the army and people in Western Hubei. He put forward such guerrilla tactics as "you come and fly, you go and I return, more people run, less people engage" and "disperse to mobilize the masses, and concentrate to deal with the enemy". He used these tactics to defeat the Kuomintang army and the landlords The armed forces carried out many "clean-up and suppression" campaigns.

In December 1929, he presided over the second congress of the Communist Party of China in Western Hubei, formulated and passed resolutions on the current political tasks and guidelines of the party in Western Hubei and on military issues, which promoted the continuous development of the revolutionary struggle in Western Hubei.

In February 1930, Zhou Yiqun led the formation of the Sixth Army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army. He also served as a political commissar. Together with the commander Kuang Jixun, he led the army to conquer Qianjiang, haoxue, tiaoxiankou and other towns.

In April 1930, he presided over the first Congress of workers, peasants and soldiers in Western Hubei and established the Soviet Union County Government in Western Hubei.

In June 1930, he Hongjun, the former Secretary of the public security committee of the Xianghu Red Army, and the former Secretary of the public security committee of the Xianghu Red Army led the formation.

In September 1930, he was transferred to be the Acting Secretary of the special committee of the Communist Party of China for Western Hunan and Hubei and the chairman of the Soviet Union County Government of Western Hunan and Hubei.

Characters and deeds

Zhou Yiqun is the founder of the Red Army and the Soviet Area in Western Hunan and Hubei. He has worked for the party all his life and is committed to it. "As long as I live, I will not stop the work of the party for a day," he said "We Communists should be as hard as iron and as strong as steel."

Zhou Yiqun was born in Tongren County, Guizhou Province in 1896. He went to Japan to study in 1919. He participated in patriotic activities against imperialism and Northern Warlords. In 1923, he returned to China and participated in the publication of Guizhou youth in Shanghai to publicize the anti imperialist and anti feudal thoughts. In October 1924, he studied in the second phase of Huangpu Military Academy, actively engaged in the propaganda and organization of the young soldier movement, and joined the Communist Party of China in November of the same year. In 1926, he took part in the Northern Expedition and served as director of the division and Political Department of the Helong Department of the national revolutionary army. In August 1927, he took part in the Nanchang Uprising. Later, he served as the commander of the 3rd Division of the 20th army of the uprising army and led his troops to fight in Ruijin and Huichang. He long was introduced to the Communist Party of China.

In 1928, he and he long went to Northwest Hunan to carry out armed struggle and participated in leading the nianguan uprising and Sangzhi uprising in central and Western Hubei. He successively served as secretary of the CPC Northwest Hunan special committee and Secretary of the CPC West Hubei special committee. In the spring of 1929, he served as the commander of the guerrilla Corps in Western Hubei. In February 1930, he led the formation of the Sixth Army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army and served as a political commissar. In July, he led the Sixth Army and the Fourth Army to join forces in Gongan County to form the Second Corps. He served as political commissar of the corps and Secretary of the front Committee of the Communist Party of China. Under the leadership of he long, he established the Western Hunan Hubei Soviet Area with Honghu as the center. In September, he was transferred to the post of deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Hubei special committee and chairman of the Hunan Hubei Soviet Union County Government. Under the extremely difficult circumstances of the main force of the Second Corps in the southern expedition and the heavy "encirclement and suppression" of the Kuomintang army, he led the formation of two headquarters and independent regiments of the Jiangzuo and Jiangyou armies, implemented the principle of "all people are soldiers", successively won the first and second anti "encirclement and suppression" struggles, defended the Honghu Soviet Area, and strengthened the Red Army and local armed forces. In May 1931, he was ambushed by Kuomintang troops near Jia's pavilion in Yueyang, Hunan Province. He died bravely at the age of 35.

People's Memorial

Zhou Yiqun's tomb

Zhou Yiqun's tomb is located at the foot of Tianjing mountain, Xushi Town, Junshan District, Yueyang City, beside the highway at the junction of Junshan district and Huarong County. It has become an important patriotic education base in Junshan district.

Former residence of Zhou Yiqun

Master data: former residence of Zhou Yiqun

Zhou Yiqun's former residence is located at No. 18, Tongren Road, covering a total area of 1160 square meters. It was first built in the late Qing Dynasty. The houses are all of wood structure, showing a quadrangle courtyard. In 1876, Zhou guiqu, Zhou Yiqun's grandfather, began to build two back buildings, three on the left, three on the lower, and three on the upper, which were Zhou Yiqun's wedding houses; three on the right, which were study rooms, two warehouses on the lower, and the other, which were passenger rooms, with an area of 46 square meters. Zhou Ziben, Zhou Yiqun's father, built three main houses, covering an area of 109 square meters. In front of the main house, there are stone planks in front of the courtyard, and flower beds on both sides. Later, Zhou Yiqun's relatives built three shops on the street, covering an area of 246 square meters. Zhou Yiqun was born here. The whole courtyard is well arranged, clean and fresh, simple and elegant.

Zhou Yiqun exhibition hall

Zhou Yiqun martyr exhibition hall is located in zhongnanmen ancient city, Zhongshan Road, Tongren City, more than 200 meters away from Zhou Yiqun martyr's former residence and more than 100 meters away from Yiqun primary school. In order to let more people know Zhou Yiqun, the proletarian revolutionist in China, carry forward and learn his revolutionary spirit, it was jointly funded by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, the General Logistics Department of the Central Military Commission and the Guizhou provincial Party committee and government in 2009. The exhibition hall has one preface hall, eight exhibition halls, and one audio-visual and video exhibition room. The modern sound, light and electric exhibition facilities are used to display the life and deeds of martyr Zhou Yiqun comprehensively and vividly. On May 4, 2015, the museum was closed for renovation.

Character works

Zhou Yiqun's anthology contains 113 articles and 17 poems. According to the time order of creation or publication. All the articles in the anthology have been proofread, and some of them have been revised and abridged without changing their original meaning.

Character evaluation

Zhou Yiqun is the founder of the Red Army and the Soviet Area in Western Hunan and Hubei, and a senior general of the Red Army of Chinese workers and peasants. He has worked for the party all his life. "As long as I live, I will not stop the work of the party for a day," he said "We Communists should be as hard as iron and as strong as steel."

He studied hard since childhood, with a clear distinction between love and hate. After middle school, he constantly explored the truth of saving the country and the people. Together with Mao Zedong and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation, they solved the historical issue of "how to make a revolution" in different regions, enriched and developed Marxism Leninism, and made important contributions to the formation of Mao Zedong thought, the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the Communist Party of China. Marshal he long, a comrade in arms of martyr Zhou Yiqun and former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China and vice premier of the State Council, thinks that Zhou Yiqun is the "representative of the correct line" in Western Hunan and Hubei, and General Xiao Ke, former vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, calls Zhou Yiqun "a revolutionary hero and a model of the party".

Memory of later generations

Memory of Zhou Yiqun martyr

(Beijing author Xu Shiping)

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