Where is Banling, the former site of the Central *** Mindong Special Committee?

Banling (now Banling Village, Julin Township) is located at the junction of Gutian in Min and Qing Dynasties, with Minjiang River on the left and Gutian Creek on the right. It has high mountains and dense forests, sparsely populated areas, and is located in a remote area with inconvenient transportation. It is an underground village built A great place for a revolutionary base.

In late January 1944, under the orders of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, Huang Yu, the special commissioner of the Provincial Committee, Liu Jiesheng, Chen Dingkun, Wu Shengduan and other four people secretly came to Gutian. On the 30th of that month, Huang Yu summoned more than 10 people including Jiang Zuoyu and Zhou Daochun for a meeting in Zhou Daochun's old house at the end of Pinghu. The meeting conveyed the instructions of the Provincial Party Committee and studied and determined three tasks: ① establish armed forces, open up revolutionary strongholds, and carry out armed anti-recalcitrant self-defense struggles; ② open up the underground transportation lines from northern Fujian to Gutian to Minqing to Yongtai to southern Fujian; ③ Coordinate the main force of the Provincial Party Committee to move south. Later, Liu Jiesheng, Jiang Zuoyu, Yang Renping and others led cadres to activities in Dadong, Qianyang, Wuhua Mountain in Gutian and Banling in Minqing.

In February, Jiang Zuoyu and Yang Renping went to Banling, Minqing to open a revolutionary base to prepare for the opening of the Gutian-Minqing-Yongtai underground transportation line. In the name of "Feng Shui", they were led by a guide and first came to Zhan's house in Sanqiu Tian, ??Banling, Minqing. They became sworn brothers with Zhan Kaiqi and Zhan Kaida, calling Zhan Kaiqi the eldest brother and Zhan Kaida the second brother. Under the cover of the Zhan brothers, Jiang and Yang inspected the terrain around Sanqiutian in detail and carried out a series of preparations for establishing armed strongholds. In April, the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China sent Wang Yiping, Shen Zongwen and others to Banling Sanqiutian to form the Gutian Working Committee of the Communist Party of China, with Wang Yiping as secretary. The Gutian Working Committee of the Communist Party of China is responsible for leading the revolutionary struggle in Gutian and the Fujian-Qing Border Region, and takes mobilizing the masses, raising funds, dividing and disintegrating the enemy, expanding the armed ranks, carrying out armed struggle, and establishing liaison strongholds as its main tasks.

In May, Zuo Fengmei and Wang Yiping led the two main guerrilla teams in northern Fujian, the "brave" and "tenacious" guerrillas, to Banling and joined the Gutian guerrillas led by Huang Yu, Liu Jiesheng, Jiang Zuoyu and others. . Then, they moved together in the Gutian, Fujian and Qing border areas. The guerrillas built barracks in the mountains more than two miles behind Sanqiutian in Banling, where they reorganized their troops and studied and rested while doing mass work; later, they built barracks at Qicai Qiu in Banling.

In July, the Provincial Party Committee expanded the Gutian Working Committee of the Communist Party of China into the East Fujian Special Committee of the Communist Party of China. Zhang Yi was appointed as the secretary, Liu Jiesheng was appointed as the organization director, and Yang Renping was appointed as the propaganda director, unified leadership of Gutian. , Minqing, Jianou, Pingnan, Luoyuan, Ningde and other counties. The special committee is located in Banling Village, Minqing.

Under the leadership of the Fujian East Special Committee of the Communist Party of China, revolutionary youths Zhan Kaiqi, Zhan Kaida, Zhan Haihai, Zhan Qiulai, Zhan Taisi, Zhan Damei, Zhan Taiyi, Zhan Kaichu, Zhang Deyu, etc. actively participated in the revolutionary struggle. . They not only mobilized the masses in their hometown of Banling to support and cover the guerrilla activities, but also carried out mass work in Qiantou, Caoyang and other places in Gutian. Zhan Haihai joined the Communist Party of China in early 1944, and soon became a member of the Gutian Working Committee of the Communist Party of China and secretary of the Gutian South District Committee. He also served as the leader of the Southern District guerrilla detachment of the Nanguou Guerrilla Brigade, actively carrying out party activities. and guerrilla struggle. Zhan Qiulai joined the Communist Party of China in July 1944. He served as the party's underground traffic officer and leader of the guerrilla detachment in central Fujian.

During this period, the Fujian Special Committee of the Communist Party of China and the guerrillas led by it also actively carried out upper-level work and successfully won over Zhang Wanchan, an enlightened gentry in Banling, and Chen Chongbi, the head of Ziping Township. . The Zhang family is a landowner. Zhang Wanchan has studied in school and is well-known in the countryside. After working with the underground party and guerrillas, Zhang's thoughts quickly turned to the Communist Party and the guerrillas, and he helped do ideological work for the surrounding people. At the same time, he also provided material support to the Communist guerrillas. support. Chen Chongbi, the head of Zhiping Township, became the head of the "white skin and red heart" township after doing his work. Guerrilla groups coming and going from eastern and central Fujian often stayed at his home for food, accommodation and rest. Every time the guerrillas went to Gutian Shuikou, they had to pass through the Ziping Township Office. Because of Chen Chongbi's secret protection, everything went smoothly every time. Once, Ding Ke, a traffic officer of the Provincial Party Committee, was arrested when he went to Chengping. After Wang Yiping, Jiang Zuoyu and others learned about it, they immediately went to find Chen Chongbi, and Chen released Dink without saying a word. Later, when this matter was discovered, the Kuomintang die-hard authorities in Minqing County dismissed Chen Chongbi from his post as township head.

In early October 1944, the Fujian Special Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting in Banling in accordance with the spirit of the provincial party committee’s instructions on fundraising to specifically study fundraising matters. The meeting was chaired by Huang Yu. It was decided to forcibly "borrow" money from Gutian County Bank as the main target. On November 3, 12 people, including Huang Yu, Zhang Yi, Jiang Zuoyu and Banling Zhan Kaida, disguised themselves as farmers going to the market and government officials respectively. In the name of going to the bank to exchange money and remittance, they secretly deposited 8 - and 4 pills. With his own hands, he sneaked into the bank and took lightning-fast action. Without firing a shot, he successfully seized 1.05 million yuan in legal tender and all the ammunition in Gutian Bank. Then he left Gutian County and left Gutian County at 11 that night. At that time, he successfully returned to the Banling Special Committee of Minqing. Due to the success of the special committee's forced "borrowing", the Kuomintang Gutian County Government immediately reported to the Provincial Security Command. That night, Chen Zuocheng, captain of the security team of Gutian County, and Cao Guangduan, captain of the security team of Minqing County, were sent to lead the security teams of the two counties to conduct several rounds of siege and search for revolutionary comrades in Banling Village. Therefore, the revolutionary masses in Banling paid a heavy price: Banling guerrillas Zhan Haihai, Zhan Taisi, and Zhan Qulai, as well as revolutionary masses Zhan Damei, Zhan Taiyi, Zhan Kaichu, Zhang Deyu, Zhang Leizhou, and Zhan Kaiqi were arrested and imprisoned. Among them, Zhan Haihai was brutally killed by the enemy on Wangmo Street in Wudu, Gutian; Zhang Leizhou was killed and sacrificed by the provincial security team; Zhan Kaichu, Zhang Deyu and others were imprisoned in Gutian County Prison and were tortured to death in less than half a year; Zhan Kaiqi was arrested and imprisoned not long after. The diehards ordered the bandits to burn down his house. Zhan Kaiqi was tortured in prison and was seriously injured. He was released on medical parole. Seeing his house burned down, he became depressed and his condition worsened, so he died in a foreign country.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, five people including Banling Zhan Kaiqi, Zhan Qiulai, Zhan Taisi, Zhan Haihaii, and Zhang Leizhou were all recognized as revolutionary martyrs by the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs. When the Provincial Party Committee implemented the issues left by the underground party in 1985, the Minqing County Party Committee and County Government rated Banling Village as the glorious title of "Revolutionary Base Village".