In October 1934, the Red Army was forced to leave the ** base area because of the failure of the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" and began the world-famous 25,000-mile Long March.
They successfully crossed the Chishui River four times, climbed over snow-capped mountains, and crossed grasslands, and finally reached northern Shaanxi and found a new place to live. **After the Red Army took root in northern Shaanxi, the Red Army in northern Shaanxi gave them great help and support, which played a vital role in the advancement of China's revolutionary cause.
It can be said that the Red Army in northern Shaanxi has left a strong mark in the history of China's revolution.
Cao Dongzhi, a participant in the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, contributed to the consolidation and development of the revolutionary base areas in northern Shaanxi. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, he experienced the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and witnessed the birth of New China.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the deputy commander of the Ningxia Military Region, but was unfortunately killed by the enemy and died young. Cao Dongzhi was born in Hengshan, Shaanxi Province in 1906 in a poor peasant family.
Although his family was poor, his family insisted that he should study, hoping that he would become an intellectual. In the process of studying, he came into contact with progressive ideas, was influenced by them, and participated in the ** and patriotic movements.
Because of his outstanding performance, he attracted the attention of the organization and joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1927.
After joining the party, Cao Dongzhi actively responded to the call of our party, actively propagated revolutionary ideas in his hometown under the cover of being a teacher, and at the same time secretly recruited party members, thus laying a solid foundation for the development of our party in the north.
In 1930, he was sent to the Kuomintang army to engage in military transportation work, and successfully rebelled against a Kuomintang company. In 1934, he led the guerrilla unit reorganized from this company to join the 22nd Detachment of the Red Army in Northern Shaanxi, which was active in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region for a long time, smashing the enemy's "encirclement and suppression" many times, and witnessing the development and growth of the Red Army in Northern Shaanxi.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Cao Dongzhi has been working hard in Inner Mongolia and other places, he has always adhered to our party's minority policy, and has done many beneficial things for the residents of Inner Mongolia, and has won the reputation of "Qingtian".
During the War of Liberation, Cao Dongzhi continued to be active in the northwest, participated in the battle to liberate Ningxia, and became the deputy commander of the Ningxia Military Region after the liberation of Ningxia.
In September 1949, after the liberation of Ningxia, the Communist Party of China established the Ningxia Military Region on the basis of the original trilateral military sub-divisions and appointed Cao Dongzhi as the deputy commander.
Soon after, he also served as the security commander of the Alxa Banner. However, after Guo Yongsheng, a bandit in the Helan Mountain area, was absorbed by the People's Liberation Army, he not only failed to fulfill the agreement, but instead robbed it, causing the lives of the people in the Alxa Banner area to fall into panic and social order to be extremely chaotic.
Cao Dongzhi, the security commander of the Alxa Banner, is full of care for the lives of the local people. After the Yinchuan Conference on July 30, 1950, he resolutely rushed to Alxa Banner in order to be able to personally direct the suppression of bandits in Alxa Banner.
However, his enthusiasm and courage were not duly rewarded, because on July 31, Guo Yongsheng and his bandits suddenly attacked his station. In a outnumbered battle, Cao Dongzhi died heroically at the age of 44.
Someone analyzed it afterwards and thought that Guo Yongsheng's eyeliner leaked the news in advance, and he took this opportunity to attack Cao Dongzhi, which led to Cao Dongzhi's misfortune. However, Guo Yongsheng was eventually eliminated, and Cao Dongzhi was able to rest under Jiuquan.
After Cao Dongzhi's sacrifice, our party held a grand memorial service for him in Ningxia, and this revolutionary hero was officially recognized as a martyr and worthy of the admiration and remembrance of future generations.