The Guangdong Anti-Japanese Hong Kong Ninth Brigade was established in early February 1942 as a member of workers, peasants and enthusiastic intellectual youth in the Hong Kong-Kowloon region, with 6 squadrons. There are long gun brigades, short gun brigades, maritime armed brigades, urban underground armed brigades and intelligence systems, which are under the leadership of the Guangdong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps. Today, let's talk about who are the main leaders of this anti-Japanese armed force, which was established during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression? What happened after that?
The captain of the brigade is called Cai Guoliang.
Cai Guoliang is a native of Xiamen, Fujian Province, born in 1912, joined the workers' movement in his early years, went to Hong Kong in 1927, joined the party in 1938 and joined the anti-Japanese guerrillas, successively served as the platoon leader of Ye Ting's guard platoon, the political trainer of the Fifth Brigade of the Guangdong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Brigade, etc. After the establishment of the Hong Kong Ninth Brigade, he served as the captain of the brigade. In the later period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the commander of the second detachment of the Dongjiang Column, the leader and political commissar of the fourth detachment, and the leader of the northwest detachment. Later, he served as chief of staff of the Second Division of the Liangguang Column, commander of the Dongjiang Military Subdistrict, member of the Dongjiang Prefectural Committee and director of the Financial and Economic Committee, and deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Island Management Bureau, and died in 1952 at the age of 40.
The political commissar's name was Chen Daming.
Chen Daming, a native of Zhuhai, Guangzhou, was born in 1919, graduated from the Department of Economics of Guangzhou University (Hong Kong), joined the Party in 1938, and served as the secretary of the Hong Kong Student Relief Association Party Group and a member of the Hong Kong Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. After the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in December 1941, he served as the political commissar of the Ninth Brigade of Hong Kong, the political commissar of the first detachment of the Dongjiang Column, the deputy political commissar of the Teaching Regiment of East China Military and Political University, and the deputy director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the Eighth Corps of the Third Field Army. Later, he participated in the Battle of Huaihai and the Battle of Crossing the River. He was awarded the rank of colonel in 1955 and later promoted to colonel. He died on July 13, 2017, at the age of 98.
The deputy captain is called Lu Feng, in fact, Lu Feng is also a pseudonym, his original name is Liu Xiayao and Liu Lipei, he is a native of the four villages of Tangxia, Dongguan.
Born in 1922, lu feng joined the Dongguan anti-Japanese model Zhuangding team led by the Communist Party of China, in a battle he led the team to kill and wound dozens of Japanese troops, and then carried out guerrilla warfare on the outskirts of Guangzhou. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as a staff officer and section chief of the Headquarters of the Third Field Army, and participated in the Battle of Huaihai and the Battle of Crossing the River. He was awarded the rank of colonel in 1955 and died on 22 September 1984 at the age of 62.
The director of the Political Training Office is Huang Gaoyang. He was born in Taishan, Guangdong Province, born in 1918, after graduating from high school in 1937, he went to Yan'an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University to study and merge with the party, returned to Guangzhou, and later served as an officer of the Armed Forces Department of Dongguan County, secretary of the Qingxi District Committee of Dongguan County, secretary of the General Branch of the Dongbao People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Brigade and a squadron instructor, director of the Political Training Office of the Hong Kong Ninth Brigade, director of the Political Department of the Hong Kong Ninth Brigade of the Dongjiang Column, and political commissar of the Hong Kong Ninth Brigade. He died of illness on February 11, 1946, at the age of 28.
After the establishment of the Hong Kong Ninth Brigade, in just two months, they rescued a number of British officers and soldiers, including Hong Kong Superintendent Thomson. Later, at the suggestion of the rescued Colonel Wright, the British army set up a special British army service regiment to rescue prisoners of war, and thus began cooperation with the Guangdong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps to rescue the Allies and exchange military information.