He is an iron-boned northwestern man who gallops in the Great Northwest. After liberation, he successively ruled three provinces and quietly dedicated his life.
Zhang Zhongliang
He is Zhang Zhongliang, the first secretary of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee. Born in 1907 in Yao County, Shaanxi Province, Zhang Zhongliang was diligent and studious from an early age and worked as a primary school teacher. Influenced by progressive ideas, he joined the Party in 1931 and engaged in the party's secret work under the cover of being a primary school teacher, leading the peasant movement.
In the spring of 1932, Zhang Zhongliang was arrested for leading the peasants to resist donations, but did not give in to prison, and was later rescued from prison by the organization and sent to work in Yang Hucheng's troops.
Liu Zhidan
At this moment, an opportunity appeared, Liu Zhidan and Xie Zichang led a guerrilla group to Zhaojin, which was very close to Yao County and belonged to the jurisdiction of Yao County. Liu Zhidan decided to create a revolutionary base here.
Why did you choose to create a revolutionary base area according to gold?
Zhaojin has several characteristics: first, it is located at the junction of Yao County, Xunyi, and Chunhua Counties; second, in the field, it is located at the southern end of the Meridian Ridge, and the hills are rolling and rolling, which is suitable for small-scale guerrilla warfare; third, there are many outsiders here, which is conducive to carrying out the struggle against donations, rents, and debts.
Shine gold
Sure enough, under the leadership of Liu Zhidan, Zhaojin soon became a large red armed area and became the first mountainous revolutionary base area in the northwest. This ignited the flame of the northwest revolution, and in the history of the Chinese revolution, there is a saying that "there is Ruijin in the south and Zhaojin in the north".
In 1933, Wang Taiji, a communist, led the Shaanxi Army cavalry regiment to revolt in Yaoxian County, and after the failure of the uprising, the troops entered the ZhaojinSu District, and the troops were reorganized into the Northwest People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army Brigade.
Wang Taiji
Wang Taiji, a native of Lintong, Shaanxi, graduated from the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy and was betrayed and sacrificed by traitors in 1934 at the age of 28.
It was in this context that Zhang Zhongliang returned to YaoXian from Yang Hucheng's troops, launched a peasant rebellion, fought against local tycoons, and formed a guerrilla group in Yaoxian County, and later led his troops into the Zhaojin Revolutionary Base Area and joined the Red Twenty-sixth Army founded by Liu Zhidan.
In 1934, Zhang Zhongliang was appointed as the political commissar of the 3rd Guerrilla Brigade of the Red Army, and led his troops to fight in Shaanxi and Gansu. Later, this unit continued to grow and was incorporated into the 1st Regiment of the Red Twenty-sixth Army, with Zhang Zhongliang as the regimental political commissar.
In 1935, Zhang Zhongliang led the creation of the revolutionary base areas in Yijun and Fuxian and served as the chairman of the Yifu Revolutionary Committee.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhang Zhongliang successively served as the commander of the Guanzhong Military Subdistrict, the deputy commander of the Guanzhong Garrison Command, and the political commissar of the First Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.D.
In 1947, the Northwest Field Army was established, and Zhang Zhongliang served as the political commissar of the 4th Column. In 1949, the 4th Column was transformed into the Fourth Army, and Zhang Zhongliang served as the political commissar and participated in the Battle of Lanzhou. More than 10,000 enemy members were annihilated in this battle.
Liberation of Lanzhou
After the liberation of Lanzhou, the People's Liberation Army sent troops to Qinghai, and on September 5, 1949, Xining was liberated.
Soon, the Central Committee ordered the Northwest Bureau to quickly establish the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Military Political Commissar, and Qinghai was composed of Zhang Zhongliang, Liao Hansheng, He Bingyan, and others, and Zhang Zhongliang was appointed secretary of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee.
However, the situation in front of Zhang Zhongliang was still very grim, although Xining was liberated, it did not represent the liberation of the whole territory of Qinghai, and the remnants of the Ma family army at that time were still very strong.
Liberation of Xining
Zhang Zhongliang decided to focus on the takeover of Xining, quickly restoring social order and eliminating the bandits, and a few months later, most of Ma Bufang's troops surrendered, and the whole of Qinghai was liberated.
In 1954, Zhang Zhongliang ended his post in Qinghai and was transferred to Gansu as the first secretary of the provincial party committee.
In 1965, Zhang Zhongliang was transferred to Jiangsu and became the secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee in 1979.
In 1983, Zhang Zhongliang died of illness in Nanjing at the age of 76.