Anti-Japanese base areaWhy should we establish anti-Japanese base areas, in short, this is the need of the revolutionary struggle, but the truth is not so simple. As we all know, a space plane needs an airfield to land, a ship sailing on the sea needs a sheltered harbor, and a mountaineer climbing Mount Everest needs a base camp to provide services. In the same way, the revolutionary army also needs a relatively peaceful and stable "home" in the current situation of wars and storms, and this home is the revolutionary base area. With base areas, in addition to resting the ranks, replenishing troop supplies, and providing logistical support, the key is to mobilize and unite the masses so that they can carry out guerrilla warfare against the enemy for a long time. Canal detachmentThe south bank of the Taierzhuang Canal is a very interesting place, it is the place where "two provinces and four counties" are intertwined, Shandong and Jiangsu are bordered here, and the two counties of Jiangsu, Tongshan County and Pi County, are in the south of it. This side of Shandong mainly belongs to Yi County, there is a "enclave" belonging to Teng County in the west of it, Teng County is located in Yi County, Tongshan County North, this section of land is in the east of Liguo Yi in Tongshan County, Yi County South, belongs to Teng County and is not connected with Teng County, so it is called "enclave", Teng County enclave is close to the south of Yi County, a small part of this place is in Taierzhuang District, Zaozhuang City (now Zhangshanzi Town, Hou Meng Township part of the area), most of them are in Xuzhou City Jiawang District (now Jiawang Town's Guxian, Quandong, Quanxi, Gangzi, Huzhuang and other rural areas and new workers, Xiaqiao, Hanqiao and other lots).
It is precisely for this reason that there are many people who flee the famine here to ask for food, and there are many bandits, and many small and medium-sized landlords have established some armed forces in the name of the "Lianzhuang Association" to prevent the harassment of bandits, and after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, many armed forces were spontaneously set up here to fight against the Japanese invaders.
Among them, four teams were not incorporated by the Kuomintang: First, Sun Bolong, who graduated from the sixth phase of the Huangpu Military Academy and served as secretary general of the Kuomintang Yixian Party Department;The second is Shao Jianqiu, who gave up school to join the army in his early years;The third is Hu Daxun, who has a large number of people and is very influential in the Jiawang area;The fourth is Sun Binquan, although he became the head of the sixth district of Pseudoyi County, but this person is resolute and upright, and he is hypocritical and wrong. At the beginning of March 1939, according to the instructions of sending troops to Shandong, Chen Guang and the first division of the Eighth Route Army led the headquarters of the 115th Division and the main force of the Eighth Route Army to advance into Shandong, and in December 1939, the Eighth Route Army, the political commissar of the Fifth Division, was ordered to solve the "Sutuo case" in the Huxi area and returned to the Baoqinggu area. After thorough investigation and study of the situation of the enemy, the puppet, the stubborn, and our people in Yixian, it was decided to merge the armed forces directly controlled by our party in the Yi, Teng, Tong, and Pi areas, as well as several units led by powerful local figures who were willing to join our army, into two local detachments.
** When naming the Canal Detachment, the political commissar said: "This unit is active on both sides of the canal on the border with Sulu, and it is called the 'Canal Detachment'". At the end of December, the Fifth Division of the Eighth Route Army appointed Sun Bolong as the detachment leader, Zhu Daonan as the political commissar, Shao Jianqiu as the deputy detachment leader, Hu Daxun as the chief of staff, and Wen Lizheng as the director of the political department. The political department of the division successively sent a number of Red Army cadres and students who graduated from Kang University to work in the "Canal Detachment."
On January 1, 1940, the "Canal Detachment" was officially announced in Zhouying Town. 
Huangqiu Mountain Set Base Area.
There are many rivers in the whole area of Taierzhuang, and the terrain is dominated by plains, but in the south, there are more than a dozen small hills with an altitude of tens of meters to more than 300 meters above sea level, which are formed by the Qinling Mountains extending northeast along Yunlong Mountain in Xuzhou. The mountains here are continuous, the peaks are undulating, the mountains are mountainous, and the mountains are set of mountains, constituting the world of mountains. There are many mountains and many mountain villages in the extension of the Huangqiu mountain set, but there are eighteen villages gathered in the middle, so it is called the eighteen yellow hills. The Eighteen Yellow Hills are typical of the Zhongshan Village in the Huangqiu Mountain Loop, and the Eighteen Yellow Hills are also another good name of the Yellow Hill Loop. The Huangqiu Mountain Set mainly has the characteristics of "four zones". One is the mountainous area. There are 26 mountains of size such as Daheishen, Mukezhai, Shuangding Mountain, Dafu Mountain, Longmen Mountain, Weiwu Mountain, Scorpion Mountain, Donggu Mountain, Juqian Mountain, Kushan Mountain, etc., the mountains are continuous, forming a mountain set, commonly known as "Huangqiu Mountain Set", there are only two larger exits in the southwest and northeast, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Historically, Mu Guiying of the Song Dynasty was the king of the mountain, and Liu Ping, the king of the Northern Han Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, had camped here. The excellent conditions of mountain defense and combat allowed the Canal Detachment to select this mountainous area. The second is the border area. Huangqiu Mountain is located at the junction of southern Jiangsu and northern Lu, Yi County in the northeast, Teng County in the northwest, Tongshan County in the south, and Pi County in the southeast. The Canal Detachment settled down here and defended it, which was conducive to taking advantage of the geographical relations in the border area and the contradictions of the enemy in an attempt to survive and seek development. The third is the community. The Huangqiu Mountains are long and narrow from east to west, about 8 kilometers long from east to west, about 3 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of about 24 square kilometers. There are 20 large and small natural villages in the mountainous area, 18 administrative villages, and it is known as "Eighteen Yellow Hill Sets". These 18 administrative villages are Heishanxi, Lujiahuang, Shannantou, Zhangzhuang, Moshilou, Chayi, Huangqiu, Youwozi, Liuzhuang, Xiezhuang, Lizhuang, Zhaoweizi, Dingzhuang, Zhangtang, Jiangzhuang, Cuizhuang, Houlou and Zhengzhuang. The other 2 natural villages are Xingzhuang and Hulutao. The population of this mountainous area is small, about 6,000 during the Anti-Japanese War. Fourth, the danger area. The Huangqiu Mountains are located in the cracks of the enemy-occupied areas, there are the enemies of Xuzhou and Jiawang in the southwest, the enemies of the country in the west, the enemies of Hanzhuang and Zhangshanzi in the northwest, the enemies of Taierzhuang and Jiantouji in the northeast, and there are carved forts and strongholds built by the enemy on all sides. Therefore, it is surrounded on all sides by the enemy. The enemy often organizes forces to encircle and suppress the Huangqiu Mountains in a vain attempt to pull out the nails on the side of this couch, but our heroic canal detachment flexibly uses the 16-character formula of guerrilla warfare: "the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I pursue". No wonder the political commissar of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army praised the canal detachment as "dancing on the head of the devil". Although the anti-Japanese base area in the Huangqiu Mountains was small, from 1940 to 1945, it made indelible and forever recorded contributions to the anti-Japanese struggle of the Canal Detachment. It is mainly reflected in six aspects. The first is to educate cadres. The policies implemented in the base areas, such as rectifying the party and rectifying the work style, examining cadres, streamlining the administration of the army, and the three-three system of political power, have trained and tempered cadres, purified the organization, unified thinking, strengthened the ideals and convictions of the revolutionary contingent, and strengthened organizational discipline. For example, the rectification movement from 1942 to 1944 overcame the non-proletarian ideology of individualism, warlordism, bureaucracy, and blind mountaineering among the cadres, and enabled the Canal Detachment to develop and grow along the correct path guided by the Mainland. The second is to unite the masses. The policies of supporting the government and loving the people, reducing rents and interest rates, and implementing in the base areas have united the broad masses of the people through education, strengthened their ideological consciousness, and made them more enthusiastic in "supporting the resistance against Japan" and "promoting production." The Peasant Rescue Association, the Women's Relief Association, the Youth Rescue Association, the militia team, and the Children's League have been set up in the base area. The vigorous mass organizations and the situation of "catching up with and surpassing others through learning" have given a new look to the spiritual outlook of the rural areas in the base areas. The third is to expand the source of troops. The Canal Detachment needs to expand its ranks, and its strength mainly comes from the support of the common people in the base areas.