On April 29th, 1935, the 1st 1 division of the First Front Army of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants entered Kuanglong County from Tangzi, Xundian County, and approached Songming City along villages such as Dapu and Yiban. Under the cover of machine gun fire, the Red Army quickly broke through the east gate defense line, climbed stairs to the city wall, opened the east gate to welcome large troops into the city, and quickly occupied the commanding heights of Huanglong Mountain, destroying the first district office. Gu Zhen, the county magistrate of Songming County, used ropes to fall into the city to escape. In less than an hour, the Red Army occupied the whole Songming county.
After the Red Army entered the city, its discipline was strict and its love and hate were clear. It destroyed the prison and released more than 30 innocent victims. Hold a mass meeting in front of the county yamen to publicize the political opinions of the Party and the Red Army against Japan and Chiang Kai-shek, detain the captured local tyrants and evil gentry to the venue for public display, and distribute the confiscated property to the poor people. Through publicity, Yang Wenju and other young people signed up for the Red Army. While the First Army Corps of the Red Army conquered Songming County, the Sixth Regiment of the Second Division and the reconnaissance company of the Division rushed into Yanglin, and without firing a shot, they outwitted Bailong Bridge, destroyed the sixth district office of Songming County, captured the warden Ji Tianzuo alive, and continued to March on Yanglin. Yanglin is the residence of the fifth district office of Songming County, the Kuomintang government, and also an important stronghold in northeastern Kunming, where there is a military station. When the Red Army arrived, the officers and men of Yanglinbing Station and District Office rushed for their lives, and Luo and others who had no time to escape became prisoners of the Red Army. After the Red Army occupied Songming County and Yanglin, except for one that started from the county and crossed Wang Liang to the north overnight and advanced to Fumin Village through the big whistle, the rest camped in the county and Yanglin and its vicinity, and at the same time publicized and mobilized the masses to make preparations for the Jinsha River. Army troops are stationed in this county. In order to confuse the enemy and ensure that the whole army won the victory of crossing the Jinsha River ferry, the Red Army pretended to attack Kunming with great fanfare. In the streets and alleys of Jin Yao, slogans such as "Down with Yunnan warlord Long Yun" and "Go to Kunming to capture Long Yun alive" were written and posted in many places, and the mileage, route and facilities along the way were investigated from the masses, and the vanguard troops were sent from Yanglin to Dabanqiao, which is only a dozen kilometers away from Kunming, directly threatening Kunming. When Long Yun heard the news, he transferred troops to Kunming, and the Red Army took advantage of the situation to move westward and calmly crossed the Jinsha River. The Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants crossed Songming during the Long March, which lasted for three days and two nights, passing through all towns and villages under the jurisdiction of Songming County, with a journey of 160 Li. The heroic deeds of the Red Army wrote a glorious page in the history of revolutionary struggle in Song and Ming Dynasties.
1978, the Revolutionary Committee of Song Dynasty built a monument in the former site of the east gate of the county (now on the side of the gate of Songming County Public Security Bureau) to commemorate it. The monument is bluestone, with a height of 172 cm and a width of 68 cm. In the middle, the eight official words "Red Army Siege War Site" are engraved. Because the stone tablet was built on the wall of the original county leather defense station, it is not convenient to protect it. In May, 200 1 year, the county government rebuilt a monument in the former besieged city site, which was covered with white marble and shaped like a sword. On the front of the monument, the words "the site of the Red Army's siege war" are engraved, and the above paragraph is engraved with "1April 29, 935, the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants conquered Songming County in one fell swoop". The next paragraph is titled "Songming County Committee and Songming County People's Government were re-established in 2006 1 month/day".
Source: Party History Research Office of Kunming Municipal Committee.