Memorial Hall of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army

Memorial Hall of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army

The memorial hall of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army of Woyang county is located in Xinxing town of Woyang County, 20 kilometers away from the county seat and bordering Yongcheng city of Henan Province in the north. It is a key cultural relic protection unit of Anhui Province, a national defense education base of Anhui Province, a patriotic education base for teenagers of Anhui Province, a patriotic education base of Bozhou City, and a national AA tourist attraction.

In December 2016, the memorial hall of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army was selected into the national list of red tourist attractions.

brief introduction

The memorial hall of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army is located at the junction of Henan and Anhui, 20km north of the city. It is the patriotism education base of Anhui Province, the national defense education base of Anhui Province (2005), the youth patriotism education base of Anhui Province (2005), and the National AA tourist attraction (2006). It is one of the 19 Anti Japanese Democratic bases in China. The headquarters of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army is located in Liu Shaoqi and Peng Xue Feng, Zhang Aiping, Zhang Zhen and other places where party and state leaders fought and lived were approved by the national and provincial development and Reform Commission in 2013. In May 2013, Anhui Provincial Development and Reform Commission issued the notice of 2013 Investment Plan for infrastructure construction of classic red tourism scenic spots in Anhui Province (No. 442 [2013] of Anhui Provincial Development and Reform Commission), which determined the memorial hall of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army as a red tourism project in Anhui Province.

The memorial hall of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army was originally the site of the headquarters of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army. On May 2, 1994, Zhang Zhen, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and former chief of staff of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army, paid homage to Xinxing's hometown and personally named and inscribed the name of the memorial hall of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army. The memorial hall covers an area of 20 mu (including 8 mu of "June 1" battle martyrs cemetery), 38 buildings and 3 full-time staff.

In September 1938, according to the instructions of the Party Central Committee, the 373 guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army led by Peng Xuefeng, Zhang Aiping and Zhang Zhen started from Zhugou, Henan Province. They fought against Japanese aggressors and stubborn bandits all the way and made frequent achievements. At the end of August the next year, they returned from Huaibei to Wobei. On September 1, the first party congress of the guerrilla detachment was held in CaoShi. On September 6, the leading organ moved to xinxingji, Guoyang County, creating xinxingji The Anti Japanese Democratic base area centered on the West. On November 6, Comrade Liu Shaoqi, disguised as Hu Fu, accompanied by Xu Haidong, Liu Ruilong and Cao DiQiu, the Deputy commanders of Jiangbei headquarters of the New Fourth Army, went to xinxingji. During more than 20 days of xinxingji, he conveyed the important instructions of the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao, reviewed the troops, listened to the reports, inspected various work, and put forward future tasks. On February 1, 1940, it received the order of the New Fourth Army and changed its name to the sixth detachment of the New Fourth Army. In June 1940, it was combined with Huang Kecheng's Department of the second column of the Eighth Route Army to form the fourth column of the New Fourth Army. On January 2, 1941, when the New Fourth Army rebuilt its headquarters, it was reorganized into the fourth division of the New Fourth Army. In early May 1941, Peng Xuefeng led his troops to the east of Jinpu road. On September 11, 1944, in the battle of Balizhuang in Xiayi County, general Peng Xuefeng died bravely. He was only 37 years old.

The guerrilla detachment led by general Peng Xuefeng fought more than 10 times in xinxingji in more than a year, killing and injuring more than 1800 Japanese puppet soldiers and capturing more than 200 enemy soldiers. The army is well disciplined, putting the people's interests first in everything, and sharing the same feelings with the people in the border areas. General Peng has demonstrated by example. Many touching deeds are widely spread, such as "Peng Xuefeng selling good horses in disaster relief", "sending doctors to rescue civilians", "children's first teacher", "a pair of straw sandals, a bowl of noodles" and "looking for Mr. Peng". New people have set up "Peng xuefengde" in the streets "Political monument" extols Peng Xuefeng's kindness in leading the army and the people to dig "new four ditches" to eradicate the Millennium flood, which is still sung among the people in the old areas.

In order to remember the brilliant achievements of general Peng Xuefeng and remember the immortal merits of the New Fourth Army, in 1975, at the request of the people in the old liberated areas, a "monument to revolutionary martyrs" was built on the east side of the memorial hall to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army who died in the "June 1st" battle. In order to strengthen the construction of the memorial hall, in 1992, under the urgent demand of the local people and the attention of the leaders at all levels of the province, city and county, the hall was rebuilt. The Provincial Bureau of cultural relics, Fuyang municipal Party committee, Woyang county Party committee, veterans of the New Fourth Army, major enterprise groups and the local government raised a total of 155000 yuan to build the headquarters of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army, the combat room, Peng Xuefeng's old residence and the airport There are 16 rooms with an area of 320 square meters, adding cultural relics. In 1994, in order to welcome the 55th anniversary of the eastward advance of the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army, general Zhang Zhen, then vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and former chief of staff of the fourth division, Wang Guangyu, chief military and political leaders of Jinan Military Region and Nanjing Military Region, director of the provincial people's Congress, and some veteran soldiers of the New Fourth Army went to the field to pay homage. In 1996, a total of 280000 yuan was allocated by the province, city and county to build 18 rooms, covering an area of 350 square meters, including Liu Shaoqi's former residence, Zhang Zhen's former residence, the former site of Dawn newspaper, the staff office and the confidential room. A new courtyard wall and gate building were built to separate the East and West courtyards and add cultural relics to the two exhibition rooms.

In 1998, in order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Liu Shaoqi's birth and the 60th anniversary of the New Fourth Army's eastward March, Fuyang municipal Party committee and government funded the construction of a 22 km asphalt road from Guoyang to Xinxing. The municipal, county and local governments raised more than 800000 yuan to rebuild a 3.5-meter-high and 4-meter-long bronze statue of general Peng Xuefeng on horseback. Fences were added around the statue, and concrete roads were paved inside the courtyard At the same time, historical pictures and exhibition of revolutionary cultural relics have been rearranged to give it a new look.

In 2004, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of general Peng Xuefeng's Anti Japanese martyrdom, Guoyang County Party committee and government called on Party members, cadres and people with knowledge from all walks of life to donate more than 200000 yuan to repair the memorial hall and martyrs' cemetery, and organized relevant personnel to visit Xibaipo. When they came back, they carried out high-standard exhibitions in each exhibition room, enriched cultural relics, installed closed windows, background plates, sound, light and images Complete, basically reached the first-class Memorial facilities. At the same time, the walls were added, all 34 libraries were renovated, the cement floor was strengthened, and the greening in the hospital was improved. After the completion of the new maintenance and layout, Jiang Yanbin, a comrade in arms of general Peng Xuefeng, and other leaders who came to the meeting were full of praise, and there was an endless stream of visitors.

In 2007, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of general Peng Xuefeng, the county and town governments raised more than 300000 yuan to pave a 2km long cement road, paint all the doors and windows, replace the steel windows and fences, repair some of the buildings, paint all the inside and outside of the buildings, add cultural relics, and further improve and replace the indoor pictures and materials to make it look brand new. Peng Xiaofeng, the son of Peng Xuefeng, came to the commemorative meeting and spoke highly of the construction of the memorial hall.

In strengthening the management of the memorial hall, all full-time and part-time staff can be diligent and honest. Over the years, no matter the higher authorities or the competent units, they have never allocated a cent for office expenses or collected tickets. The general expenses are all out of the staff's own pocket. In 2004, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of general Peng Xuefeng's Anti Japanese martyrdom, it was rated as an advanced unit by Bozhou City; in 2005, it was rated as "top ten tourist attractions" and "excellent tourist towns" by Bozhou Tourism Bureau; in 2007, it was rated as an advanced unit in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of general Peng Xuefeng's birth Anhui New Fourth Army history research association was rated as an advanced unit.

With the attention of Party committees and governments at all levels, the memorial hall of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army and the memorial to the martyrs of the "June 1st" revolutionary war have been built for many years. Now, the memorial hall is even more fashionable and magnificent. The scenes of the army and the people fighting against the enemy, fighting together, and fighting hard to control the water in each exhibition room represent the roaring guns, the raging flames of war, and the determination of the soldiers and soldiers of the fourth division The heroic scenes of fighting, defending the country, killing the enemy in blood, and bloodstaining the central plains; the monument of "June 1" revolutionary martyrs, against the backdrop of green pines and cypresses, is even more solemn and solemn.

Education on Party members' advancement and patriotism education should be carried out in the county Party committee, county government and town Party committee and government. The major Anti Japanese veterans will be invited to tell us about the revolutionary struggle history, carry out revolutionary education, reading, speaking, singing competitions, and so on, especially in the education activities of maintaining the party members' advanced nature. Cadres went to the museum to carry out theme practice activities, re read the oath of joining the party, sang the same song, and took the oath of joining the party and the league, which further stimulated the revolutionary fighting spirit and entrepreneurial spirit of the majority of Party members and cadres, established the determination and confidence of "Two Musts" and "Three Represents", and further sublimated the patriotic enthusiasm.

In the red tourism activities, 30000 people come to the exhibition every year. Through visiting the old site, listening to stories, understanding history, remembering the martyrs, carrying forward the revolutionary tradition, and consciously accepting the revolutionary tradition education, people's enthusiasm has increased unprecedentedly. By reviewing our party's arduous struggle history and magnificent revolutionary history, they have strengthened their support, love and trust for the party, and become more confident It's hard to understand today's happy life.

The old and brand-new Memorial Hall of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army will forever show future generations that the brilliant achievements of general Peng Xuefeng and the fine tradition of the New Fourth Army will forever shine through the ages!

Development history

At the beginning of September, 1939, Peng Xuefeng led the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army to xinxingji and created a new era

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