Li Gancheng (1909-1993), male, from Longxing Village, Hongyao Township, Lianshui County, Jiangsu Province[1]. He is a member of the Communist Party of China and a graduate of Shanghai Construction University.
During the period of the New Democratic Revolution, he served as the secretary of the Suqian County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China twice, and led the underground party struggle under the white terror in Suqian, the armed struggle against the enemy and the construction of the base area on the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, leaving a glorious footprint in the history of Suqian.
Partial counterattack in the liberated areas
In the early summer of 1944, Comrade Li Gancheng, who was moving east and west due to the needs of the revolution, was transferred from the head of the organization department of the Huaihai Party Committee to the secretary of the Suqian County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Repeated victories
At the beginning of July, the Suqian Guard Regiment won three battles and three victories, first smashed a squadron of Japanese puppet army to sweep the area around Shiwei, killing and wounding more than 10 enemy soldiers, and the next day, repelled the attack of Caiji's puppet army on the front line of Xuwa and Hezhuang, and at the same time, also smashed the attack of Suining Gaozuo's puppet army. On July 12, more than 200 Japanese puppet soldiers in Shuyang, armed with 4 light machine guns and 2 mortars, attacked Jiangwei Township, Yuelai District, Jiangwei Township, together with the militia of Lianhua and Xuelang Township, repelled the enemy and killed and wounded 3 Japanese puppet soldiers. On July 24th, more than 270 people of the puppet army in Suqian City carried 5 light machine guns and 5 small cannons to reinforce the Japanese puppet army surrounded by me in Zuozhuang, and were repelled by our joint defense team when they arrived in Caiji, and the next day, the enemy army was reinforced again, and the puppet army increased to 500 people, and was intercepted by our joint defense team, fled to the west gate of Zuozhuang, and was again blocked by my Shaoxi brigade and Liu Ji brigade, and the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in the Suqian base area killed 58 puppet soldiers, captured 4 people, and seized a large number of military supplies. On the same day, 150 members of the Wangwei puppet army went to our base area to loot, but were blocked by our Shaodian district team and militia, killing 11 enemies.
On August 25, 150 puppet soldiers from Wangwei Township and Renhe Township looted in the Lingnan and Renhe Township areas of Shaodian District, and the Shaodian District Team and the militia launched a blockade against the enemy, killing and wounding 11 people including the leader of the puppet squadron, and the puppet army was forced to flee back to the stronghold. On October 10, more than 20 Japanese troops and 200 puppet troops in Sucheng raided and surrounded our Yongzhuang Township Office, which was routed by us and killed and wounded 18 enemy soldiers.
Expand the results
In the spring of 1945, the local situation was turbulent, and the Suqian base area launched an offensive to pull out the stronghold, and the battle was successful. On January 21, Li Gancheng personally commanded the Suqian Guard Regiment to attack the Huai stronghold at night, capturing one enemy soldier and one engineer; On February 26, the Suwei District team intercepted and captured Zhong Zhiming, the police chief of Pseudo Yanghe Town, and more than 40 officers and soldiers on the road from Suqian to Yanghe; On the night of March 15, the Suqian Guard Regiment uprooted the stronghold of Yuluan on the outskirts of the city, killed 9 Japanese soldiers and 6 puppet soldiers, and captured Japanese Sergeant Sato Saburo and more than 50 Japanese puppet soldiers.
By the beginning of 1945, in less than a year, more than 1,000 soldiers and civilians in the Suqian anti-Japanese base area had annihilated the enemy and seized a large number of guns, ammunition and other military supplies. The area of the "public security area" in the puppet Huaihai Province has been reduced from 80 percent to 20 percent, and the Japanese and puppet strongholds on the water and land communication lines in Suqian County have basically been conquered by us, and the enemy of Sucheng is surrounded on all sides, and the Japanese puppets are in panic all day long.
Make great contributions to the national congress
With the development and growth of the anti-Japanese base area, the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the military and civilians in the Suqian base area has increased, and the vast number of young people have signed up to join the army to participate in the war and support the front line. At that time, there were many moving scenes of wives sending their husbands and fathers sending their sons. The first batch of 105 young people in Suqian joined the New Fourth Army, of which 1 3 were party members. At the farewell party, Comrade Li Gancheng, secretary of the county party committee, earnestly encouraged everyone: "We must not only be a model for joining the army, but also be a model for learning and fighting in the army, and party members must maintain their titles, live up to the trust of Suqian's fathers and elders and the high hopes of relatives, friends and families, kill more devils, and drive the Japanese devils out of China as soon as possible!" "During this period, the local armed forces in the base areas also grew unprecedentedly, with 1,331 militia members in Panshan District alone.
At the beginning of 1945, in order to welcome the arrival of the National Anti-Japanese Resistance, under the leadership of Comrade Li Gancheng, the Suqian base area carried out the rectification of the county and district armed forces and militia, and at the same time, carried out various preparations for the final victory of the revolution. In March, Comrade Li Gancheng left Suqian and embarked on a new revolutionary journey.