Lu Deming

Lu Deming

Lu Deming (June 9, 1905 - September 23, 1927), also known as Jixiong, was born in Zigong, Sichuan Province and a member of the Communist Party of China. In 1925, he served as the commander of the fourth company of the second battalion of the independent regiment of the Fourth Army of the national revolutionary army. During the northern expedition in 1926, Lu Deming was promoted to the commander of the second battalion and concurrently served as the chief of staff of the 73rd regiment of the 25th division of the Fourth Army. In 1927, Lu Deming served as the commander in chief of the Autumn Harvest Uprising and died to cover the army's breakout. In memory of Lu Deming, a Revolutionary Cemetery for Lu Deming was built in Luxi County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province. In 2009, Lu Deming was rated as one of the 100 heroes who made outstanding contributions to the founding of new China.

Life of the characters

Youth Mingzhi

Lu Deming was born on June 9, 1905 in shiziwan, Shuangshi Township, Yibin County, Sichuan Province. His father, Lu anbing, was a general calligrapher, so he received a good private school education in his childhood and studied in Baihua Primary School of higher learning in 1919.

He was admitted to Chengdu public school in 1921. During the semester, under the influence of the May 4th movement, he read new youth, flood, biography of Marx and ABC of communism. He began to accept communist ideas and care about current affairs. He was strongly dissatisfied with the imperialist powers' partition of China and the years of scuffle between the warlords. He thought: "to overthrow the powers and eradicate the warlords, we must rely on the strength of the gun."

Admitted to Huangpu

At the beginning of 1924, Lu Deming went to Guangzhou to apply for the Huangpu Military Academy. Because of the long journey, he missed the examination period. Recommended by Li Xiaoting, a member of the old alliance, he met Sun Yat Sen. When Sun Yat Sen saw the recommendation letter written by Li Xiaoting, he directly wrote the examination question "the primary task of today's national revolution". Lu Deming took the exam on the spot, and his article was full of passion, reason and courage. After reading, Sun Yat Sen was extremely satisfied. He immediately recommended admission and pointed out that his words and deeds must be consistent. Finally, Lu Deming was approved to join the second phase infantry team of Huangpu Military Academy.

Make contributions in the first battle

In February 1925, Lu Deming was appointed as the inspector general of the student army of the eastern expedition. He led 60 students to take part in the battle against Chen Jiongming and sneaked into Chen Jiongming's army several times in disguise. He provided a lot of information about the deployment of troops, generals and firepower, which provided a favorable guarantee for the main force to make correct battle command.

Meritorious achievements in the Northern Expedition

In November 1925, Ye Ting's independent regiment was founded in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province. Lu Deming served as the commander of the fourth company of the second battalion of the regiment. With the army, he fought back against the landlord forces in Xijiang, Gaoyao and Guangning, Guangdong Province, helped the local farmers' Association to be established and carried out the peasant movement.

In May 1926, Ye Ting's independent regiment served as the vanguard of the northern expedition, and Lu Deming accompanied the regiment. At the beginning of June, he led the troops to hold fast to Lutian Town, defeated the attacking troops, and took the initiative to launch a counterattack, and finally completely annihilated the enemy. Lu Deming was promoted to the first battalion commander in the battles of Pingjiang, tingsiqiao and heshengqiao. After conquering Wuchang, the independent regiment was reorganized into the 73rd regiment of the 25th division, with Lu Deming as chief of staff.

Nanchang Uprising

In June 1927, the general headquarters of the second front army of the national revolutionary army set up a guard regiment in Wuchang. Lu Deming was appointed as the head of the regiment by the Communist Party of China. After the "Ma RI incident", a large number of Communist Party members and revolutionary masses in Hunan were killed. The party organizations at higher levels decided to transfer a group of leading cadres working in Hunan to Wuhan. Taking advantage of his position, Lu Deming appointed Wan Xixian, he Tingying and he Changgong as cadres at all levels in the guard regiment, which not only preserved the revolutionary forces, but also strengthened the leadership of the Communist Party of China over the army.

On August 1, 1927, Zhou Enlai, he long, Ye Ting, Zhu De and Liu Bocheng launched the Nanchang Uprising. Lu Deming, together with Han Jun, the chief of staff of the regiment, and Xin Huanwen, the instructor of the regiment, decided to respond to the Nanchang Uprising and take the troops away with Zhang Fakui's order. On August 2, he led 2000 officers and men of the guard regiment eastward to Nanchang, Jiangxi Province to participate in the uprising. However, when the troops arrived in Fengxin County, they learned that the uprising troops had gone south and failed to catch up with the Nanchang Uprising. Moreover, due to the interception of Zhang Fakui's troops, the contact between the guard regiment and the Nanchang Uprising troops was interrupted. So he changed his plan and took the troops to Xiushui, which is at the border of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces, and got in touch with Xia Xi, the person in charge of Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. Xia Xi orders Lu Deming to continue to participate in the Nanchang Uprising. When passing through Wuhan, the local party leader asked Jingyu for instructions from the Central Committee, denied Xia Xi's order and ordered him to return to the original army. Lu Deming, escorted by the cadres of the Agricultural Association, returned to Xiushui to take part in the autumn harvest uprising led by Mao Zedong.

Autumn Harvest Uprising

On September 9, 1927, Lu Deming led the guard regiment to participate in the Autumn Harvest Uprising on the Hunan Jiangxi border led by Mao Zedong. The army was reorganized into the first division and first regiment of the first army of the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army. He served as division commander of the first division of the first army of the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army, member of the former enemy Committee of the Hunan provincial Party committee of the Communist Party of China, and commander in chief of the uprising army. On the same day, a regiment of uprising troops set out from the west gate of Xiushui and camped in the area of Zajin.

On the 10th, he captured Zhuxi factory, crossed the border between Xiushui and Pingjiang, and laid down Longmen factory in Pingjiang.

On the 11th, when passing by Jinping to attack Changshou street, he was in critical condition. In order to preserve the revolutionary strength, he opposed to fighting hard, immediately organized a counterattack, then retreated safely and led a regiment to Liuyang. The uprising forces originally planned to capture Changsha, but later they suffered setbacks due to the great disparity of strength between the two sides. At this time, there was a division of opinions in the party. On the one hand, teacher Yu Sadu insisted on "taking Liuyang to attack Changsha directly". On the other hand, Mao Zedong proposed to change the attack on Changsha and turn to armed separatism in the mountains. Lu Deming firmly supported Mao Zedong's battle plan and proposition, and supported the uprising troops to go to Jinggangshan. After a heated debate, Mao Zedong's proposal was finally adopted at the meeting.

On the 20th, under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the Chinese workers' and peasants' Revolutionary Army started from Wenjia City in Liuyang and marched to Jinggangshan. After passing Tongmu and Xiaojian, it arrived at Luxi camp in Pingxiang on the 22nd.

At dawn on the 23rd, the troops set out from the camp of gengtian village in Luxi. Jiang Baoding security secret service camp of Jiangxi warlord Zhu Peide's troops and the fourth security regiment of Jiangxi came from Pingxiang to follow them. As the troops were marching away from Shankouyan, 15 li away from Luxi, the 3rd guard regiment was attacked by the enemy and suffered serious losses.

Heroic sacrifice

In order to cover the advance of the troops, Lu Deming stepped forward, turned back from the former team, led a company to seize the highlands to block the secret service battalion and the security corps, and at the same time directed the officers and soldiers of the third regiment to move closer to the avant-garde forces. In the process, he was hit in the right chest by a bullet and died in a heroic manner. Mao Zedong lamented and sighed: "return me Lu Deming! Give me three teachers and don't change them. "

Achievements and contributions

In 1925, Lu Deming investigated many times in Chen Jiongming's Crusade and provided a lot of military information, which provided a favorable basis for battle deployment.

In 1926, Lu Deming led his troops to stick to Lutian town in the first northern expedition, which created favorable conditions for the main forces to capture you County; he conquered Pingjiang, Tingsi bridge and Hesheng bridge, which successfully opened the door of Wuchang and laid the foundation for the success of the first northern expedition.

In 1926, Lu Deming took advantage of his position to arrange Wan Xixian, he Tingying and he Changgong in the Guard Corps, which not only strengthened the Communist Party's control over the Guard Corps, but also reserved excellent talents for the revolution.

In 1927, Lu Deming served as the commander in chief of the Autumn Harvest Uprising. He covered the retreat of the main forces in the pursuit and saved a living force for the revolution.

Character evaluation

When he visited Huangpu Military Academy, he Yingqin praised: "this Lu Deming, who is both civil and military, will be a general in the future."

At the ceremony of Huangpu Military Academy, Sun Yat Sen praised: "revolution needs a large number of promising young people. We should take Lu Deming as an example."

After the success of the first northern expedition, Ye Ting praised: "Deming was a pioneer, courageous and resourceful, and a pillar of our army."

After his death, Mao Zedong praised: "Comrade Deming has reserved the fire for the revolution. He is an excellent military commander. His life is a life of revolution and a life of fighting."

On September 14, 2009, Lu Deming was rated as one of the 100 heroic models who made outstanding contributions to the founding of new China.

Anecdotes of characters

Serving the country

At the beginning of 1924, Lu Deming saw the news about the enrollment of Huangpu Military Academy in the newspaper. He was overjoyed and rushed back to his hometown. He proposed to his father Lu anbing that he would go to Guangzhou to apply for Huangpu Military Academy. Lu anbing, who has always wanted his son to study hard and become a talent, has heard that he is going to join the army. He immediately rebuffed his son's request, saying: "you'd better study hard and run for the future. Even if you go home to be a teacher, you are not allowed to touch guns. How many good outcomes have you got since ancient times? Don't go Lu Deming patiently did his father's work and told his father why he wanted to join the army. Finally, he eliminated his father's worries.

Famous military academy

In 1924, Lu Deming was assigned to study in the second phase of the logistics team of Huangpu Military Academy. He cherished this opportunity and studied hard. He was in the forefront of all military subjects. He also actively participated in the political life of the military academy and especially liked to speak on the stage. When the KMT rightists killed Liao Zhongkai, Lu Deming delivered an impassioned speech on behalf of the students at the memorial meeting held by the military academy. Speaking of excitement, he beat his chest and burst into tears, which deeply affected the audience.

When Sun Yat Sen visited the University, Chiang Kai Shek specially introduced Lu Deming's outstanding performance. Sun Yat Sen praised with satisfaction: "all students should take Lu Deming as an example." Sun Yat Sen's praise of Lu Deming spread all over the school.

Commemoration of later generations

In 1982, Luxi County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, built Lu Deming martyr's Revolutionary Cemetery at the sacrifice of Lu Deming.

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