Li Guan tunnel battle site

Henan cultural relics protection unit. It is located in Liguan village, 31 kilometers north of Minquan County, Shangqiu City. It is the Lian village tunnel dug by the people of Li Guan during the Anti Japanese War to preserve themselves and eliminate the enemy. With the front station of Liguan village as the center, it connects more than 10 villages, with a length of 25 kilometers. There are also revolutionary relics and buildings such as "ambition platform", "blood well" and "martyr's home".

Li Guan tunnel battle site

"Tunnel warfare hey tunnel warfare, ambush millions of magic soldiers." The tunnel battle in Hebei Plain is well known to women and children. However, the tunnel battle in Liguan village, Beiguan Town, Minquan County, Henan Province, at the junction of Henan Province and Shandong Province, is little known. Because the Anti Japanese armed forces used tunnels to fight, during the Anti Japanese War, it became a nightmare for the Japanese devils and the puppet army. During the war of liberation, the local armed forces of the Communist Party of China also successfully transferred Li Xiannian, Wei Fenglou and other military generals by using the Li Guan tunnel.

Historical review

On September 6, the fourth stage interview group of our "Shangqiu border trip" drove to Beiguan Town, Minquan County, the 44th stop of the event. Due to the limited road conditions, the delegation walked about 2 kilometers to the site of Liguan tunnel. The site was designated as a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level in 1986. The tunnel was originally 25 kilometers long, but now it is only 110 meters long. Zhao songwu, a veteran who has been here for 22 years (since 1990), has opened the door of the house. Outside, there are wreaths sent by students during Qingming Festival, and portraits of martyr Yang Chaoqi painted by nearby art schools according to the memory of the old people. The entrance of the tunnel is in the inner part of the tile roofed house. It should have been a pot table. Later, an entrance was built in front of the pot table to facilitate your visit.

Into the tunnel, more than one meter high does not allow people to straighten up. The tunnel is dark and humid, and the air hole, secret room, turntable, gun hole, bayonet and trap are still intact.

Development prospects

To the north of the tile roofed house is the cemetery of martyr Yang Chaoqi. He was the guerrilla leader who led the armed forces of the Communist Party of China in this area. Zhao songwu, then 14, fought with him. Because of the existence of this armed force, less than 500 puppet troops did not dare to come here. However, in a sneak attack by the enemy, Yang Chao had seven bullets in his stomach and died with honor. He was only 34 years old. Now, the bloody clothes left by martyr Yang Chaoqi and the shovels and dustpan used to dig tunnels have been transferred to Shangqiu Museum. At that time, because of the existence of this force for a long time, the enemy did not dare to attack easily. When the generals of the New Fourth Army, such as Li Xiannian and Wei Fenglou, turned from the Taihang mountain base to the Henan Anhui Soviet base, they passed the enemy's blockade through this secret channel.

In recent years, with the rise of red tourism, Zhang Jianfeng, who was transferred from the director of Minquan County Tourism Bureau to Beiguan town as mayor, has long been looking for opportunities to develop the site of Ligan tunnel, and is confident to develop wanggongzhuang, the first village of Chinese painting tiger, and Ligan tunnel into a tourist attraction.

Address: jiuliguan village, Beiguan Town, 34 km northeast of Minquan County

Longitude: 115.66757324219

Latitude: 34.393209160545

Tel: 0370-8611013

Ticket information: Free

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