A Study Of The Struggle Against Bandits In The Heilongjiang Region During The Liberation War

During the liberation war,the struggle against bandits in the Heilongjiang region was a military struggle led by CPC to safeguard the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the individual and consolidate the base areas in northeast China.In this struggle,the bandit-suppression troops of the military areas and military sub-districts in Heilongjiang were dispatched accordance with the bandit suppression decisions of the Northeast Bureau of CPC.This antibandit struggle used flexible strategy tactics,military strikes and political offensives,smashing the Kuomintang reactionaries,which seriously attacked the arrogance of the Kuomintang reactionaries and bandits,consolidat ing the people’s democratic political power at all levels,and promot ing the gradual establishment and development of the northern manchurian revolutionary base.It’s a very important part of the liberation war.During the liberation war,it’s a suitable cause for the growth of struggle against bandits in Heilongjiang.In this period,the Heilongjiang region has its excellent strategic position: rich natural resources,good urban and transportation construction,numerous military supplies industries,and high agricultural output.It is the “big rear base” for where the CPC launched the nationwide war of liberation.Therefore,two partisans used various methods to launch a fierce competition for the Heilongjiang region after the victory of the anti-Japanese war in 1945.Banditry is a problem left over from the history of Heilongjiang for many years,and the Kuomintang has expanded the problem of banditry in Heilongjiang by means of “adding committees” and “incorporating”,which poses a serious threat to the establishment and consolidation of the C PC’s revolutionary base in North Manchuria.The struggle against bandits in Heilongjiang was bound to be vigorously carried out to eliminate the problem of bandits.The struggle against bandits in Heilongjiang during liberation war can be divided into three stages according to the time dimension,namely the initial stage from August 1945 to May 1946(eliminating large groups of bandits),the climax stage from June 1946 to April 1947(eliminating small groups of bandits and digging the bandit’s roots),and the in-depth stage from May 1947 to September 1949(eliminating loose bandits).In general,the struggle against bandits of liberation war was mainly concentrated on the previous two periods.Therefore,the process of the struggle against bandits in each military region is slightly different.The struggle against bandits in Heilongjiang during liberation war had distinct regional characteristics.According to the spatial dimension,the struggle against bandits is divided into Hejiang Province,Nenjiang Province,Heilongjiang Province,Suining Province(Mudanjiang Province),Songjiang Province,and the special city of Harbin.Among them,the fight against bandits in Hejiang Province focused on overthrowing the “four benchmarks” headed by Xie Wendong,Sun Rongjiu,Zhang Yuxin,and Li Huatang,and recovering strategic points such as Jiamusi and Yilan,as well as the vast rural areas.The main purpose of the fight against bandits in Nenjiang Province is to liberate and recover Qiqihar,ensure the smooth relocation of the office of the Ximan Military Region,and then gradually clear the province of bandits from south to north.The fight against bandits in Heilongjiang Province focuses on fighting for the two gold mines of Heihe and Uraga,and then recovers important towns such as Bei’an and the vast rural hinterland.The main goal of the bandit suppression struggle in Suining Province-Mudanjiang Province is to open up the Mudanjiang-Tumen River traffic line,emerging heroic figures such as Yang Zirong,and then liberated the whole of Mudanjiang.The bandit suppression work in Harbin Special City concentrated on targeting the Kuomintang“underground army”,mainly capturing “central Hu bandits” such as Cao Xingwu and Jiang Pengfei who were conspiring to riot,and quelling the counter-revolutionary riots.The bandit suppression work in the above-mentioned five provinces and one city together outlined the scene of the bandit suppression struggle in Heilongjiang during the war of liberation.The fight against bandits in Heilongjiang was mainly carried out from three aspects: military,political and people.In terms of military,the CPC mainly conducts military operations against bandits,including formulating correct bandit suppression strategies and forming the cooperative advantage of main and local bandit suppression forces,which jointly promoted a rapid breakthrough in the results of bandit suppression work.In terms of politics,the CPC carries out political work for the soldiers of the bandit suppression troops and the bandits respectively: for the soldiers,they mainly strengthened strong political work,boosted the morale of the troops and stimulated the soldiers’ enthusiasm for fighting;for the bandit group,they chose to carry out political division and disintegrated the bandit force,to be conducive to the political division within the bandits.The two-way education for the soldiers and the bandit gro ups stimulated the soldiers’ enthusiasm for combat,which is conducive to the political differentiation within the bandits.In terms of the individuals,the CPC had done a large amount of good jobs,such as establishing harmonious militarycivilian relations and mobilizing the masses to cooperate with the situation in suppressing bandits.The good development of mass work helpfully solved the problem that the CPC eradicating banditry in Heilongjiang,won the support and encouragement of the individuals,and inspired the enthusiasm of the people to participate in the war.During the war of liberation,the fight against bandits in Heilongjiang region has the characteristics of diversity in the form of fight against bandits,high efficiency of implementing policies and people’s wide participation.This struggle against bandits in the Heilongjiang region also had important successful experiences,including the adherence to the leadership of the CPC,the development of a people-oriented mass line and some flexible anti-bandit policies.The struggle against bandits has also profound historical significance,such as fighting the arrogance of the Kuomintang reactionaries,consolidating the people’s democratic regimes at all levels,and promoting the creation and consolidation of the Northern Manchurian revolutionary base.However,the struggle against bandits also has certain limitations: the bandit suppression troops have the characteristics of low vigilance and different political literacy,which delay the process of the struggle against bandits to a certain extent.