1May 2, 945 is the anniversary of the restoration of Nangong. This is an extraordinary day. On the same day of the same year, the Soviet Red Army conquered Berlin and sounded the death knell of fascism. 1On May 8, 945, the Nangong County Party Committee and the county government held a celebration meeting for the liberation of Nangong. On the same day of the same year, Germany signed an unconditional surrender, completing the last shovel of soil to bury fascism.
At the beginning of 1945, with the Japanese army losing ground on the Pacific battlefield, the dawn of China people's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory has already dawned. Our Hebei-Shandong-Henan Central Bureau and the Military Region launched a spring offensive against the enemy in accordance with Mao Zedong's requirements of "expanding the liberated areas and narrowing the occupied areas" and "turning all enemy-occupied areas that are weak in defense and can be conquered under existing conditions into liberated areas". In order to cooperate with this offensive, Nangong County Committee put forward the slogan of "besieging strongholds, clearing turrets and expanding liberated areas". At this time, the anti-Japanese armed forces in Nangong County, tempered by long-term hard struggle, have made great progress. The county brigade has expanded to more than 300 people, and the squadrons in various districts have also increased to 30 to 40 people. Militia organizations have been established in all villages, and the mood of fighting against the enemy is very high. They actively cooperated with the main forces of the Second and Fourth Divisions, launched a powerful political and military offensive against turrets and strongholds on five roads around Nangong, and began the final blow to the Japanese puppet troops who occupied Nangong for six years. In less than two months, Su Zhai, Deyan Palace and other strongholds were conquered, and the watchtower in Dazhao and the south was demolished, and the seven-level and Gaozhai outposts were demolished. Under the double attack of political and military offensives, enemies from other strongholds also abandoned their nests and fled into the county town, thus further opening up Nanhuang (Nangong-Chuiyang), Nanji (Nangong-Jixian) and Nanxin (Nangong-Jixian).
In late April, the heads of the Second Division of jinan military area command and Jinan analyzed the situation and thought it was time to liberate Nangong, so they studied and formulated a preliminary work plan for attacking Nangong County: First, find out the internal situation of the enemy; Second, do a good job in pre-war training to prepare for the liberation of Nangong. Three, with two regular regiments of Jinan Army, 25th Regiment of Jinan Second Division and Guard Battalion as the main force, and with the cooperation of all districts and counties' brigades, public security teams and squadrons, concentrate superior forces to encircle and encircle the enemy of Nangong.
On April 30, when the battle to liberate the new river came to an end, Du Yide, the commander of the Second Division, gave instructions to Kong Yingjie, the public security director of Nangong County, and Cao Zhongyuan, the chief engineer of the enemy: First, quickly find out the details of the enemy's dynamics, strength, equipment and residence; The second is to launch a political offensive, disintegrate the enemy, build good relations with the enemy workers as soon as possible, and strive to seize Nangong City from within; The third is to monitor the enemy's movements at any time and report any abnormality in time.
The Japanese puppet army, whose lips are dead and teeth are cold, saw that the surrounding area of Nangong City was completely lost, and the new river city was about to be broken. They had a premonition that the end was coming and tried their best to escape. /kloc-On the evening of May, 2000, we received information that the enemy was preparing to escape. The county public security bureau immediately reported to the battalion chief, but at this time, the 25 th regiment was attacking Xinhe County, and it was too busy to go south. The district asked them to continue to monitor the trend and act according to circumstances. In the middle of the night, news came that the enemy had got on the bus and was ready to escape. However, because there were no soldiers in their hands, Kong Yingjie and Cao Zhongyuan could do nothing about it, and finally they were taken advantage of by the enemy, thus losing the opportunity to fight the enemy.
At about 4 o'clock in the morning on May 2, the intelligence personnel came to report again that small swallow's cavalry, police and pseudo-administrative leaders had abandoned the south of the city and fled, and the general pseudo-personnel were still there. Before it was too late, Kong Yingjie and Cao Zhongyuan decided to enter the city immediately, and ordered the agents to return to the city immediately to organize all enemy workers to maintain order in the city and prepare our personnel to enter the city.
At 8 o'clock in the morning of May 2, Kong and Cao led the public security team to start from Ansongzhuang in the north of the city, enter the urban area from Beiguan, and then enter the office of Huaxinggong Tobacco Company in North Street. Then they occupied the government organs, houses and all warehouses of the puppet government, blocked four gates, and Nangong City implemented a state of emergency. It is stipulated that non-anti-Japanese workers are not allowed to enter or leave the city. Later, businessmen and gentry were called to Dongjie Confucian Temple to hold an Anmin meeting. The main points of the meeting are as follows: 1. The anti-Japanese county government has entered the city, and the Nangong has since been liberated; Second, the policy of the * * * production party is to protect industry and commerce, protect the interests of the people, and businessmen can continue to do business; Third, the pseudo-police should clearly understand the situation, make meritorious deeds, make amends, turn over a new leaf, and take the initiative to register and surrender to the public security bureau from now on. Those who do not do bad things after completing the formalities will not be caught, or they will be caught in hell. After the meeting, many counterfeiters registered with the public security bureau, and the mood of merchants and gentry and the order in the city began to stabilize. In the afternoon, leaders of squadrons and county governments from all districts entered the city one after another.
At 6: 438 a.m. on May 3rd, teachers and prefectural party committee secretary Du Yide, chief of staff He Jilin and deputy secretary of prefectural party committee entered the city from the north gate with cheers, slogans and applause, and held a grand ceremony to enter the city.
On May 8th, Nangong County Party Committee and government held an open space in the northeast corner of the county to celebrate the liberation of Nangong. The Party Committee and Administrative Office in southern Hebei sent a congratulatory letter. Chen Zaidao, commander of the military region, was busy with his work and sent his wife Zhang Shuangqun to congratulate him. After the celebration, a grand mass parade was held.
Nangong is one of the 13 counties recovered from the national liberated areas, thus ending the six-year fascist rule of the Japanese aggressor troops against Nangong and having a great impact on the strategic counterattack in southern Hebei. Yan 'an Liberation Daily 1 1 reported the news in a prominent position on the front page.
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