Where is the memorial hall at the former site of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army?

The Memorial Hall of the Former Site of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army is a classic red tourism scenic spot and a patriotic education base.

On the south bank of the beautiful Wanfo Lake, there is an open land surrounded by mountains. Amidst the scenery of the lake and mountains sits an Huizhou-style building - the Wei Family House. From May 1938 to June 1939, General Gao Jingting led four detachments of the New Fourth Army to be stationed at the Wei family mansion in Donggang for 13 months. The Wei family mansion was the residence of the Wei family at that time, with more than 20 houses in total. The Wei family was a well-known local family and an enlightened gentleman. The Wei family firmly supported the anti-Japanese war and voluntarily gave up a large part of the house to the four families. The detachment used it. After the four detachments left East and West Ports to rush, they returned the house to the owner. In 1991, the Wei family donated the house to the state.

Since 1980, with the care and attention of party committees and governments at all levels, the former site of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army (Wei Family Mansion) has been approved as "Shucheng County Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit" and "Shucheng County Patriotic House". Education Base", "Provincial Young Pioneers Education Base", "The Fifth Batch of Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units in Anhui Province", "Lu'an City'139' Red Tourism Project". In June 2007, more than 7 million yuan was invested to restore and reconstruct the old site of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army, giving the old site a completely new look and becoming a "little red" in the green tourism of Wanfo Lake. Under the management model of government leadership and market action, Integrated into the overall tourism development of Wanfo Lake, a large tourism pattern of "green with red, red with green, red and green complement each other and complement each other" has been formed.

On May 16, 2008, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army in Donggang, the opening ceremony was held grandly. On June 5, 2008, Wan Haifeng, the former political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region, and his wife Zhao Zheng went to the Wei Family House in Donggang Village, Gaofeng Township, Shucheng County to inspect the development of red tourism at the former site of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army in Shu, and fully affirmed the construction of the memorial hall at the former site of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army. and high praise. Since its opening, it has received more than 10,000 people who came to visit and receive patriotic education.

The old Wei family house is 60 kilometers away from the county seat and 5 kilometers away from the south bank of Wanfo Lake. Starting from Shucheng County, you can first visit Wanfo Lake, and then take a bus from the South Bank Pier to reach the beautiful Wei Family House, the former site of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army. You can also drive directly along Shuxiao Road to Shanqi Town, and then turn to the peak. The Wei family house in Donggang Village, Xiang. First, get off at the parking lot at the former site of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army. Opposite the Cross-Shan River Highway is an eye-catching signboard for the old site. A 500-meter-long and 4.5-meter-wide red tourist avenue is built from the parking lot to the old site of the Wei Family Mansion. Along the road leading to the old site The cement road is lined with tall cinnabar trees. Walking on the tree-lined avenue gives people a sense of solemn silence. Walking a few dozen meters forward, you will see a tall and imposing archway gate tower at the former site of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army, 12 meters high and 10 meters wide. There is a couplet on both the front and the back. The front couplet reads: "The battle flag shines on the sun and the moon, galloping three thousand miles across the Yangtze River and Huaihe River"; "The iron and blood forge the soul of the army, and the majestic town is separated from the hundreds of thousands of peaks." It tells the story of the glorious achievements created by the soldiers of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army in the Dabie Mountains. Couplet on the back: "Poetic and picturesque, the azaleas are stained with the blood of heroes"; "This is such a great thing, and this person is famous in history." This is a deep memory of General Gao Jingting.

After visiting the arch gate and crossing a small bridge in front, we came to the large relief statues of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army. It is 5 meters high and 10 meters wide, and is divided into three screens. The picture in the middle shows three senior generals when the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army was formed. In the middle is the commander of the fourth detachment, Gao Jingting, and on both sides are the chief of staff of the fourth detachment, Lin Weixian, and the director of the political department, Xiao Wangdong. The picture on the right shows General Gao Jingting leading four detachments of soldiers to fight in Hubei, Henan and Anhui, persisting in three years of arduous guerrilla warfare. The picture below shows the fierce scene of four detachments fighting the Japanese invaders at the mouth of Jiangjiahe, centered on East and West Gangchong. This battle was the first shot of the New Fourth Army's war against Japan. It was also the first battle of the New Fourth Army's eastward march to resist Japan. Climbing up 79 steps from the relief is the monument to the former revolutionary site of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army in Western Anhui, covering an area of ​​1,000 square meters. The height of the monument is 18.8 meters, and the body of the monument is simple. On the front and back are the inscriptions "Monument of the New Fourth Army Wanxi Revolution" and "The Martyrs of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army Are Immortal".

In order to commemorate the great achievements of Gao Jingting and the soldiers of the four detachments, as well as the unknown heroes who died here, this monument was erected.

Go down from the monument and walk more than 100 meters forward to the Wei family's big house. The back of the Wei family's big house is backed by a mountain, and there is an open land in front. There is also the "Crescent Pond" and the Hujia River in front of the door. Legend: The Wei family's big house is located in the "Beauty Land". The crescent-shaped pond in front of the door is the mirror of Beauty's shuttle head. The Hujia River flowing in front is the place where Beauty washes her feet. The Wei family's big house is located in the embrace of "Beauty". The Wei family house is surrounded by hills on the left and right. It also proves a rural saying: "Green dragon on the left, northern tiger on the right", and a "crescent pond" was opened in front of the door to show "water storage and wealth accumulation". It can be seen that the owner at that time paid great attention to "feng shui" when selecting the site for construction. Dozens of weeping willows are planted around the Crescent Pond. The slender and slender willow branches all hang down and are reflected in the "Crescent Pond". The willows, shadows and the pond form a harmonious unity. Walking around the Crescent Pond, what stands in front of us is the former site of the Wei family house, covering an area of ​​about 2,500 square meters. It is surrounded by walls on the front, houses on the other three sides, and a courtyard in the middle. Entering the Wei family mansion, the first thing that catches your eye is the bronze bust of General Gao Jingting standing in the center of the old site. Directly opposite the gate are 10 old-fashioned houses used for the restoration exhibition hall and General Gao Jingting’s rest and command post. On the left and right sides of the gate Each building has 6 bungalows. The 6 bungalows on the right are the war history exhibition hall, and the 6 bungalows on the left are used for reception rooms and offices. Whether it is an old house restored on an old site or a newly rebuilt bungalow, all are repaired according to the principle of "repairing the old as before" and are all decorated with antique green bricks of the same color, with white lime joints, which seem to symbolize the "innocence" of General Gao Jingting. It also seems to tell people the extraordinary history of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army.

At the end of April 1938, General Gao Jingting led four detachments to first station in Jiujing, Shucheng County. Two days later, the troops advanced to Usha and found that the terrain in Usha was better, so the headquarters and other agencies moved to Usha. About 20 days later, Commander Gao felt that the terrain in Usha was low and narrow, so he chose a new location. He opened the map and saw that Donggangchong has a relatively high terrain, surrounded by mountains on all sides, with a flat center. It reaches the vast Wanzhong Plain in the east, the majestic Dabie Mountains in the west, Anqing in the south, Hefei in the north, and the Anhe Highway across the road. An ideal base for guerrillas and anti-Japanese invaders. Therefore, the headquarters, police communication company, intelligence, reconnaissance and other sub-units were transferred to the Wei family mansion in Donggang. In July, the headquarters moved to Blunt Ax Temple in Westport, while the Political Department and agencies were still stationed in the Wei family mansion.

While the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army was stationed in the Wei family mansion, it actively mobilized and led the people to join the Anti-Japanese War, galloping across the vast areas of western Anhui, central Anhui, eastern Anhui and northern Jiangsu, and carried out 90 rounds of fighting. In many battles, the *** killed or wounded more than 2,300 enemy soldiers, surrendered more than 1,400 guns, more than 20 military horses, and destroyed 156 enemy cars and 2 steamboats. The four detachments of the New Fourth Army also grew from the original 3,100 to 11,000. Multiple people. One of the most famous battles was the ambush at the mouth of Jiangjiahe in Chao County in May 1938. This battle took the enemy by surprise and moved quickly. In only ten minutes, more than 20 enemy people were killed cleanly and neatly, and 11 guns, an enemy flag, and some bullets were surrendered. The Battle of Jiangjiahekou was the first shot of the New Fourth Army's war against Japan, and also broke the myth that Japan's "Imperial Army" was invincible.

Gao Jingting, formerly known as Gao Zhiyuan, was born in August 1907 into a poor peasant family in Guangshan County, Henan Province. In 1927, he participated in the peasant movement and devoted himself to the revolution. In 1929, he joined the Communist Party of China. He has successively served as Secretary of the Guangshan County Party Committee, Chairman of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Special Economic Zone Soviet, Secretary of the Southeastern Henan Provincial Committee, Organization Director of the Central Branch of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Central Bureau of the Communist Party of China, Party Committee of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Northwestern Anhui Provincial Committee. , political commissar of the 75th Division of the 25th Red Army, political commissar of the 28th Red Army and other important positions. On June 24, 1939, on his way eastward, he was wrongly killed in Qinglong Factory, Feidong County. He was only 32 years old.

On November 30, 1975, Mao Zedong read with a very heavy heart the letter written by Gao Fengying, the daughter of Comrade Gao Jingting, to the central government asking for clarification of the reasons for her father's murder. He is fully aware that this unjust case has not been vindicated yet and regrets it.

Moved by Comrade Gao Fengying's brave actions as a father, he wrote a letter instructing the relevant departments to quickly organize manpower to investigate the case. Comrade Mao Zedong believed that the case was handled improperly and suspected that Xiang Ying was mainly responsible. On April 17, 1977, the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army issued the "Notice on Rehabilitating Comrade Gao Jingting", making a realistic evaluation of Gao Jingting's historical merits and demerits in his life, and officially announced that Gao Jingting would be rehabilitated and his reputation restored. So far, Gao Jingting's 38th year of injustice has been overturned. The memorial hall at the former site of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army (Wei Family Mansion) is a historical witness of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army's eastward march to resist Japan, and it is also a spiritual carrier of the fine revolutionary traditions of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army. It is of great significance to educate young people to inherit the fine traditions of the "Iron Army" of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army and carry forward the revolutionary spirit of the people's army that is not afraid of powerful enemies, works hard, and serves the people wholeheartedly. The dead have passed away, but the living will never die. Let us remember history, inherit the revolutionary tradition, carry forward the spirit of the "Iron Army", and be guided by the party's "17th Five-Year Plan" spirit.

Adhere to the people-oriented scientific outlook on development, Study hard, work hard, and with a good spirit and enthusiasm for work, comprehensively promote the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and continue to advance.

The "Memorial Hall of the Former Site of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army" was officially opened on May 16, 2008. In May 1938, Commander Gao Jingting led the officers and soldiers of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army to the Wei family mansion in Donggang, Shucheng until they left in June 1939. Within one year and one month, the officers and soldiers of the four detachments, under the command of General Gao Jingting, galloped across the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, fought bravely and tenaciously against the Japanese aggressors, and wrote epic achievements in the anti-Japanese war. Especially the battle at the mouth of the Jiangjiahe River started the New Fourth Army's war against Japan. The first shot wrote a glorious chapter in the history of the Anti-Japanese War.