Thwart people's heroes "encirclement and suppression" consolidate Honghu Soviet - Duan Johnson

Duan Johnson is a senior Red Army commanders, military strategist. Born in Hunan, in 1904 eight South Island (now County) 9 9 house plants are mountains. 1922 Jacob into the secondary school, Changsha, participating organizations Marxist study group to conduct patriotic student movement. What long-term employment in 1924 and founded together in Huarong Xinhua secondary schools, spread progressive ideas. 1925, "Wu Sa" tragedy occurred, he and progressive youth organizations, launched a "Green Shanghai revenge tragedy County Council", often to the county along the river port and transportation arteries, and to combat foreign goods and severely punish profiteers. In June joined the Chinese Communist Youth League in September into the Chinese Communist Party. After the visit to Guangzhou, has the fourth into the Whampoa Military Academy and the Central Political workshops to learn. After graduating in June 1926, to the National Revolutionary Army 8th Army 1st Division Department, and participated in the Northern Expedition.

The Great Revolution in 1927, after the failure of the CPC Central Committee, "87," The meeting decided that the implementation of the agrarian revolution and the principles under the guidance of an armed uprising, he followed the instructions of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee, into the rural area of western Hubei Province to engage in the peasant movement. 。 Have introduced the Kuomintang army in Hunan 5th Division No. 1 independent regiment Peng joined the Communist Party.

From June 1928 onwards, he served as member of the CPC Exi recorders, western Hubei guerrilla corps chief of staff, an independent division commander, led his troops in Jianli, Mianyang border to create a guerrilla base. In February 1930, the Red Army 6th Army Jia, Jianli County, the bridge was established, Duan Johnson as deputy commander and chief commander of the 1st column. Since then, he and Ji Xun Kuang commander, political commissar Zhou Yiqun rate gallop Jingjiang Red Army 6 on both sides as the center created to Honghu Hunan-Hubei Cixous areas, so that Gangneung, stone head, Jianli, Mianyang, Qianjiang counties Even as a Soviet basic. In the same year in July, Red Army established two, paragraph six of Johnson he was appointed chief political commissar of the Army, and soon he was named commander. Has led the troops to the east and south to participate in combat, and even g Huarong, County, public security and other places, expanding the Soviet. Early in December, the red city of two Army combat in the Yang Lin lost part of his Shoulong separated from the Red Army soldiers and wounded return to Lake, and soon with the secretary of Hunan, Hubei, Zhou Yiqun Seater committee to contact the Lake has returned to nearly a thousand Soviet Red Army soldiers were brought together to form a new six Army (later changed to an independent group), he served as commander and political commissar Zhou Yiqun. In the Kuomintang army massive "encirclement and suppression" of the grim situation, adopt the "avoid the main force fighting the weak," the tactics of flexibility in the movement to wipe out the enemy, have defeated the Kuomintang army first and the second "encirclement and suppression" and restore the and consolidation of the Lake soviet, strengthen the Red Army and the local armed forces. In April 1931, red 2 adapted for the Red Army was ordered to three Army, Duan Hong-9 Division of Johnson either. In the same year in November, the Chinese Soviet Republic was selected as the interim Central Executive Committee.

The first half of 1932, Duan Johnson led the Red nine divisions, taken by guerrilla warfare and the method of combining a row made longwangji, Wen Zhujiadun, new victory in the battle trench mouth, etc., to defend and expand the Soviet. Autumn of that year, due to the "Left" adventurism misguided, failed to defeat the Kuomintang army of the Fourth "encirclement and suppression", the first three Soviet army was forced to leave Lake. He led the Red nine divisions responsible for blocking, bring up the rear with the arduous tasks, through the southwestern Henan, southern Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hubei and side, fought in more than 3,500 kilometers, Hunan, Hubei, arrived in late December at the edges. During this period, he was firmly opposed to "Left" adventurism of the leadership in 1933 in the "Purges" and has been falsely accused, was killed May 1 in Badong County, Hubei Province Jiang Jin Guo Ping Village, only 29 years old. After the founding of The People's Republic of China, Chairman Mao Zedong issued by the Central People's Government for their relatives first "revolution in military families to sacrifice a glorious Memorial Certificate." (The photo Xinhua Photo)

(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 28) --

(Editor: Zhang Haiyan)