On October 13, 1949, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission appointed Deng Xiaoping as First Secretary of the Southwest Bureau. On June 25, 1950, the Korean War broke out. In October, at the request of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the government, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Mao Zedong made the decision to "resist U.S. aggression, aid Korea, and defend the homeland and the country" and quickly formed the Chinese People's Volunteers to join the war in North Korea. On November 4, the Communist Party of China and the democratic parties issued a joint declaration, calling on the Chinese people to take voluntary actions to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and to defend their homeland and country. Deng Xiaoping led the southwest people in the southwest region and responded to the call by actively launching a massive campaign to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. sports.
"It must be imperialism that fails, not us."
From the outbreak of the Korean War to the entry of volunteers into North Korea to participate in the war, Deng Xiaoping carried out mobilization work in the southwest region to prepare for aid to North Korea.
On August 1, 1950, the Southwest Bureau, the Southwest Military and Political Commission, the Southwest Military Region and the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China jointly held the first "August 1st" Army Day after people from all walks of life in Chongqing society celebrated the establishment of the Southwest Military and Political Commission and the liberation of Southwest China. During the People's Demonstration Conference against the US invasion of Taiwan and North Korea, Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, He Long and other leaders of the Southwest Bureau reviewed the parade.
On September 7, the Southwest Military Region held the first meeting of representatives of combat heroes and model workers. At the meeting, Deng Xiaoping comprehensively reviewed the glorious history of the People's Revolutionary Team and criticized some comrades' negative thoughts that they should take a rest after fighting the war for so many years. Pointing out the manifestations and serious harm of this degenerate mentality in the troops, he called on everyone to learn from fighting heroes and role models. Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "We still have many enemies, as well as imperialism headed by the United States. They are attacking North Korea and occupying Taiwan. They even dare to provoke our Northeast." Deng Xiaoping asked the military to work hard to improve their capabilities. "If the enemy dares to invade us, , we have the responsibility and the ability to eliminate them."
On October 22, at the Southwest Military Region’s meeting to welcome representatives from the National Conference of Fighting Heroes and the National Conference of Model Workers, Peasants and Soldiers to the Southwest, Deng Xiaoping once again pointed out the serious situation in which U.S. imperialism is stepping up its aggression against North Korea, revealing that the United States still wants to The ambition to further invade China and then subvert New China and the new people's power calls on everyone to have the confidence to stand up and not fall down. Deng Xiaoping asserted, “It must be imperialism that fails, not us.”
Deng Xiaoping's two speeches established the tone that the Chinese and Korean people must win, and strengthened the military's fighting confidence and courage.
On November 2, Deng Xiaoping pointed out at the opening ceremony of the Southwest People's Revolutionary University about the future of the war: "The war will definitely end with the defeat of U.S. imperialism." He called on young students to study hard, learn their skills, return to their jobs and do their jobs well. , use practical actions to strengthen national defense and build strong economic strength.
Eight days after the first batch of volunteer troops entered North Korea to fight, Deng Xiaoping and He Long immediately called the Central Military Commission and proposed a plan for the Southwest Military Region to send the first batch of troops to North Korea to participate in the war. They also decided that Qin Jiwei would lead the 15th and 15th troops of the Second Field Station in Yunnan. The Twelfth Army went north to fight in North Korea. Under the arrangement of the central government, Qin Jiwei and dozens of division and regimental commanders from the 15th and 12th armies went to Nanjing Military Academy for pre-war studies to study new tactics for fighting the United States. In January 1951, the 15th and 12th armies left the southwest and gathered northward, and were incorporated into the third corps led by former second field generals Commander Chen Geng and deputy commander Wang Jinshan. They participated in the second phase of the battle and participated in the world-famous Moreover, the Battle of Shangganling, which had a great impact, saw the emergence of a number of combat heroes and martyrs such as Qiu Shaoyun, Huang Jiguang, and Chai Yunzhen. Subsequently, the Southwest Military Region successively sent additional troops northward to join the Volunteer Army to participate in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. The army directly faced the enemy on the battlefield and fought bloody battles; the broad masses of the people supported the front operations in the rear.
While the southwestern troops were deployed to fight in North Korea, the southwestern region mobilized people from all walks of life to launch a massive movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. At that time, Chongqing was the seat of the Southwest Bureau and the political, economic and cultural center of the southwest. The movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea started relatively early, with large-scale patriotic mass demonstrations held on August 1, 1950, National Day, and the anniversary of liberation. More than 140,000 people participated in a single parade in Chongqing urban area alone.
On August 22, 1950, the Southwest Bureau issued the "Instructions on the Peaceful Signature Campaign", calling on provinces, cities, and districts in southwest China to organize people to carry out peaceful signature activities. It required that through the signature campaign, the rumors spread by counterrevolutionaries should be shattered, and the rumors spread by the counterrevolutionaries should be eliminated. Doubts about the international and domestic current situation strengthen the people's belief in defeating imperialism. At the same time, activists were organized, publicity efforts were intensified, and organizations and units such as youth leagues, trade unions, farmers' associations, government agencies, and schools were relied on to unite people from all walks of life.
Under the instructions and arrangements of Deng Xiaoping, the Southwest Bureau, and the Southwest Military and Political Commission, democratic parties at all levels and people from all walks of life in the southwest also widely participated in the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. First, we organize publicity and study among the masses, and then carry out activities in densely populated urban areas to expose and criticize the crimes of US imperialism in poisoning Chinese youth and the Chinese people culturally. Subsequently, the movement spread from big cities to small and medium-sized cities. Workers, students, democratic parties, industrial and commercial circles, education circles, cultural circles, religious circles, women and children circles, and patriotic people from all walks of life and all walks of life joined the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.
In order to strengthen the propaganda offensive and create public opinion momentum, party committees and people's governments at all levels organized and carried out colorful and various forms of propaganda activities, trained and organized professional propagandists to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and exposed the crimes of aggression and sinister intentions of U.S. imperialism; organized Complaint conference, using the personal experience of the victims to deeply expose the serious harm of U.S. imperialist cultural aggression; holding an exhibition on the crimes of the "China-U.S. Cooperation Institute" and other secret service agencies that massacred revolutionary people, in order to stimulate the people's awareness of U.S. imperialist aggression Anger and hatred.
In rural areas, we should combine the campaigns to eliminate banditry, fight against hegemony, reduce rents, return bonds, and requisition grain, and combine the land reform with the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. We should launch accusations against the crimes caused by U.S. imperialism during the fight against hegemony, and accuse the Chiang Kai-shek group behind the bullies. We should further dig into the US imperialism behind the Chiang Kai-shek clique and make the people realize that unless the aggression of US imperialism is defeated, the fruits of victory of the people's democratic dictatorship will not be preserved, and the people will suffer twice and suffer twice.
In cities and towns, when carrying out the suppression of counter-revolutionary movements, we actively promoted the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, widely mobilized the masses to report and expose various enemy agents, and pointed out that agents and various counter-revolutionaries who undermine social order and the safety of people's lives and property and their criminal activities are sabotaging the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. , pointing out the counterrevolutionary essence of counterrevolutionaries cooperating with US imperialism in an attempt to subvert the people's power. Religious circles in Eastern Sichuan District, Southern Sichuan District, Northern Sichuan District and Chongqing City have launched religious reform movements to eliminate elements of cultural aggression in religious activities and proactively draw a clear line with imperialist religious forces.
After studying, publicizing and ideological mobilization in the early days of the Movement to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, by the beginning of 1951, the original pro-American, admiring and anti-American sentiments among the broad masses of the people in the southwest had been basically reversed. After recognizing the aggressive nature of U.S. imperialism, People gave up their pro-American ideological understanding and got rid of the erroneous sentiments of advocating America and fearing America that were one-sidedly propagated by the Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek clique in the southwest region. “The majority of workers, students, women, business people, all democratic parties and religious groups have participated in this movement. The sentiment of disdain and hatred of the United States has greatly increased, and the erroneous idea of fearing and worshiping the United States has been liquidated…” Especially students and young people People are even more ashamed to be afraid of the United States. As the movement deepened, the propaganda work also shifted from the initial surprise propaganda and surprise launch to the systematic propaganda and education stage, from stimulating the hatred of the masses in a short period of time to stably promoting the justice of the war and the prospect of victory, and deeply solving the problems of the people in the southwest region. All kinds of concerns, consciously resisting all kinds of negative remarks and malicious rumors, and taking practical actions to support the new stage of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea.
"To carry out the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea in depth is a big thing, not an easy one."
In order to promote the in-depth development of the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, Deng Xiaoping called for the in-depth development of the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea and to defend the homeland and country at the second plenary session of the Southwest Military and Political Commission, so that the anti-imperialist and patriotic movement could penetrate into every corner of the southwest. The movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea was mentioned in all areas of the southwest region. number one job.
In January 1951, in accordance with Deng Xiaoping's instructions, the Southwest Bureau decided on the theme of the Movement to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea when planning the March 8th Women's Day celebrations, and required all localities to prepare early and organize female propagandists to conduct extensive publicity among female compatriots from all walks of life. The spouses of members of the Southwest Military and Political Commission are required to take the lead in participating in publicity activities to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and play a leading role in calling for action. Women workers from the Southwest Women's Federation, enterprises, institutions, and housewives participated in the women's symposium and talked about the patriotic principles of the rise and fall of the country and the responsibilities of men and women. After more than two months of propaganda and mobilization, female compatriots from all walks of life have gained a correct understanding of the international situation, a deeper understanding of the aggressive nature of U.S. imperialism, realized their own responsibilities, and have requested to contribute to the war against U.S. aggression and aid Korea.
On March 8, the Southwest Bureau organized an unprecedented event to commemorate the "March 8th" Women's Day in the Southwest Region. A headquarters was set up. The Propaganda Department of the provincial, municipal and district party committees and the military region coordinated the preparation and command. The director of the Military Affairs Division of the military region served as the commander. According to Various agencies, groups, police stations, suburban and district governments organized into units, setting up brigades, squadrons and detachments. The number of women participating in the parade in Chongqing urban area alone reached more than 180,000. The parade was so huge that it started at 12 noon and had to end when it got dark in the evening. Deng Xiaoping inspected the parade and listened to the voices of the women compatriots in the southwest region who actively requested to support the country in defeating U.S. imperialism.
There were more than 110,000 people in the women's march in Chengdu, and the march lasted for three days. During the march, the district and township party committees and the people's government organized women representatives to visit Chengdu to study the demonstrations. After returning home, they spread the news about the urban women's movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and mobilized and organized rural women to actively promote the movement to develop in depth. The Women's March in Nanchong City also launched a donation activity to express condolences to Chinese and North Korean soldiers and relieve North Korean refugees. Within 15 minutes, donations of more than 7 million yuan (old currency) were received from women compatriots. The parade greatly inspired and deepened the awareness of women compatriots to participate in politics as social masters, demonstrated to the society the political and ideological consciousness, patriotism enthusiasm and social responsibility of women compatriots, greatly improved the status of women, and effectively changed the factors in society. Inadequate and incorrect understanding of women’s social status due to historical bad habits.
On March 21, the Southwest Bureau issued the "Instructions on Strengthening the Use of Radio Stations for Extensive Propaganda to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea," requiring party committees at all levels to fully strengthen the leadership of the People's Broadcasting Station and use radio stations to conduct extensive propaganda and education work to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. It is required that all regions and counties in the southwest must establish radio stations and extensively develop a team of radio correspondents and radio reporters. Leaders of party committees, people's governments and people's organizations often use wireless broadcasts to carry out propaganda to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. "In the next period, radio broadcasts in various places will The radio station should focus on propaganda and education to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea."
At the same time, Deng Xiaoping also promptly recognized the contributions and achievements of all walks of life in participating in the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and encouraged people from all walks of life to continue their efforts, work hard, and make greater contributions to the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. When delivering a report on the work in Southwest China at the 11th meeting of the Central People's Government Committee, Deng Xiaoping emphasized that since the launch of the Movement to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, industrial and commercial workers in Southwest China have been active in paying taxes and have exceeded the quota ahead of schedule. Got a nice makeover. On February 6, 1951, Deng Xiaoping once again affirmed in his message to the Central Committee that non-Party people in the Southwest Region actively spoke in support of various tasks in the Southwest Region. Especially after the Chinese People’s Volunteers continued to win victories on the Korean battlefield, non-Party people deeply The Chinese people felt proud and proud, and their motivation to support the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea suddenly surged. On March 29, Deng Xiaoping attended the First Trade Union Congress in Chongqing and in his speech at the meeting, he affirmed the contribution of the working class in various undertakings and asked everyone to realize that "it is a great event to carry out the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea in depth." It is not an easy thing.” He also made severe criticisms about the inferiority complex among some workers, saying: “There are still some people who have an inferiority complex and always feel that a flat nose is not as good as a high nose. They always feel that hard-working Chinese people Not as good as foreigners, I always feel that smart Chinese people with five thousand years of ancient culture are not as good as imperialists." On the basis of revealing the historical reasons and harm of this mentality, Deng Xiaoping proposed that as long as we work hard to produce, no one can despise China People can overcome this inferiority complex.
By April 1951, the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea in the southwest had spread to the vast rural areas. Nearly half of the total population in Southwest China has participated in the peaceful signature campaign against Americanism, with more than 33 million signatures. More than 21.9 million people participated in the May Day demonstrations in 1951, and young people also actively signed up. Participated in the Volunteer Army to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, and the plan to expand troops to 90,000 in Eastern Sichuan District was implemented very smoothly. However, some counties such as Linshui did not pay enough attention to the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. They unilaterally believed that it was a matter of the Propaganda Department, which was the reason why the party committee and cadres at all levels were not proactive in their work. After Deng Xiaoping saw the report of the East Sichuan District Party Committee to the Southwest Bureau on the matter on May 12, he immediately attached great importance to it and drafted a message from the Southwest Bureau to all parts of the southwest, severely criticizing Linshui County's mistakes and requiring all provinces, cities and districts to The party committee inspects the areas under its jurisdiction and must correct the situation immediately if it encounters the situation in Linshui County.
According to the instructions of Deng Xiaoping and the Southwest Bureau, party committees at all levels in the southwest region quickly strengthened inspection inspections and established a regular reporting system to ensure that the situation of the movements in various regions was faithfully uploaded and distributed. At the same time, the party committee's timely guidance on the movement was strengthened, and sample surveys were conducted in some counties to analyze the problems existing in the movement, improve organizational structures at all levels to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and focus on strengthening the leadership capabilities of local organizations. At the grassroots level, organizations to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea were improved. In rural areas, prestigious cadres and peasant activists were developed into propagandists, a propaganda network was established and strengthened, and programs to promote the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea were compiled using the farmers' favorite literary and artistic forms to expand the propaganda effect. In cities, trade unions also arranged various dramas. The main literary and artistic programs at that time included "Get Out of North Korea, Yankees", "Go and Kill Him", "Send the Man to Join the Army", "The Earthshaking Man", etc. These cultural and artistic programs that are loved by the people have been performed from cities to counties and towns, deeply moving and inspiring the audience. In minority areas, we should give full play to and make use of ethnic characteristics, use ethnic languages to compose and sing themed folk songs and minor tunes, set up loudspeaker broadcasts in natural villages, regularly broadcast patriotic programs, and attract "natural leaders" and "young leaders" from ethnic minorities. Influential progressive figures such as "Girlheads" and "Girls Head" joined the propaganda team to enhance the propaganda effect of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea. Ethnic minorities also adapted many operas, songs and dances of their own ethnic groups to enrich the themes of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, and translated a number of excellent Chinese operas and dramas, so that ethnic minority compatriots who do not speak Chinese can also understand the principles of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea.
"How many cadres are killed or injured on the front line, how many cadres must be replaced"
In order to do a good job in depth, Deng Xiaoping emphasized in his report at the sixth meeting of the Southwest Bureau Committee that resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea should not be regarded as temporary incidental work, but that we must continue to work hard, continue to implement and deepen. The Movement to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea cannot just float on the surface and move towards the formalism of holding meetings. It must be linked to actual work: "In the future, it is not appropriate to hold conferences again (they should be held in places that have not been held before), but should be closely linked to each specific work. Go to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea." He also pointed out that it is necessary to promote the development of the donation movement of aircraft, tanks and artillery, that is, donations. At that time, the central government allocated 130 billion yuan (old currency) as a donation to the Southwest Region. After soliciting opinions from all parts of the southwest, Deng Xiaoping determined the Southwest Region's task to be 300 billion yuan (old currency).
In implementing the instructions of Deng Xiaoping and the Southwest Bureau, various regions in the southwest immediately launched a vigorous campaign to subscribe and donate aircraft, artillery and other weapons to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. In Yunnan, on June 22, the Provincial Party Committee issued the "Instructions on Carrying out Donation Activities" to encourage voluntary use of increased production and income to subscribe and donate weapons to support the Korean War. In Guizhou, the Provincial Party Committee also issued the "Instructions on Vigorously Carrying out Three Campaigns to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, including Donating Weapons" on July 7, and launched a campaign to donate aircraft and artillery throughout the province. Eastern Sichuan, southern Sichuan, western Sichuan, northern Sichuan, Chongqing and Xikang also generally carried out activities to increase production and income and donate aircraft and artillery in June.
In order to cooperate with the donation campaign and other work to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, various regions in the southwest also organized delegations of returning volunteers, reporting groups of heroes and models, and Chinese people's condolence groups for entering Korea, to tour various places to report. Based on what they saw with their own eyes, the reporting team accused the U.S. imperialists of invading North Korea, publicized the great victory achieved by the volunteers on the Korean battlefield and the heroic and exemplary deeds that emerged in the battle, and described the friendship between the Chinese and North Korean armies and people in the battle. of deep friendship. Wherever the delegation went, people lined the streets to welcome them. There was constant applause at the report meeting, and the people who listened to the report were excited and experienced who the most lovable people were. They immediately carried out donation activities at the venue, and some even signed up to go to the front line to support the Korean people. After returning to their own work, the people also actively produced and launched the "Learn from Heroes and See Action" campaign. In particular, the people in their hometown who were heroic models gave their full support to the North Korean people. Reporting missions had a more direct impact on the military. Military commanders and soldiers feel that heroic models are closest to their status as soldiers, and they all refer to the exemplary deeds and request to go to the front battlefield to fight. Of course, due to quota restrictions, more soldiers devoted their enthusiasm to local work such as clearing bandits, fighting against hegemony, and suppressing counterrevolution.
After the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea entered the stage of strategic confrontation and ceasefire negotiations, all sectors of society are waiting to see whether to relax the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea or continue to promote the development of the movement; whether to focus on a ceasefire or to continue fighting. To this end, the Southwest Bureau Committee held its sixth plenary meeting on the second day after the end of the Fifth Battle. At the meeting, Deng Xiaoping asked everyone not to have "similar" ideological tendencies on the issue of the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and to continue to work hard to carry out the campaign to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. sports. Considering that in the early days of the liberation of Southwest China, local cadres at the county level and above mainly came from the military, and improving the quality of military cadres was of great strategic significance to promoting various tasks, Deng Xiaoping asked the Southwest Military Region at the meeting to use the stalemate period to do a good job in the work of military cadres. Subsequently, the Southwest Military Region held a cadre work meeting on August 10, 1951. Deng Xiaoping pointed out at the meeting that the tasks of cadres are heavy. "In the future, the army will have very heavy tasks. It is necessary to send cadres of various special forces to fill the gaps and supply the front lines." "How many cadres are killed or injured on the front line, we need to recruit as many cadres as possible." He also summarized the previous stage of the Korean War, requiring the troops to have a correct understanding of U.S. imperialism, to firmly believe that U.S. imperialism is a paper tiger strategically, and to fight the United States as a real tiger tactically. Deng Xiaoping also concluded that in the Korean War, the proportion of casualties among division-level cadres was relatively high and pointed out: "On the one hand, this shows that we are brave, but on the other hand, it also shows that the quality of our cadres is not high."
In response to this situation, Deng Xiaoping clearly stated that the work of military cadres must be large in quantity and high in quality. Quantity must be based on quality. The principles of "better to be weak than lacking" and "better to be lacking than excessive" must be adhered to; a large number of people who are politically reliable and possess both ability and political integrity must be promoted. cadres; at the same time, we must educate cadres well, improve their quality, and pay attention to the theoretical study of cadres under the new situation. The technical requirements of the Korean War far exceeded the level of the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation. The experience gained in previous wars can no longer fully adapt to today's situation, and military theory must be studied. Deng Xiaoping emphasized: "Empiricism is harmful, so we should advocate the study of military theory." Without military theory, it is impossible to command a war under today's conditions. "Nowadays, a division has a tank and an artillery regiment. If you don't have a theory, you can't do it." Can’t direct”. Deng Xiaoping required that party committees should promptly follow up on the welfare work of cadres and solve their difficulties. Most of the army cadres will be transferred to local work. Therefore, cultivating army cadres will have a long-term effect in better completing local tasks such as mobilizing the masses, reducing rent and returning mortgages, land reform, expanding the army, and resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea.
"Chairman Mao often said: Look at the difficulties in everything"
In the second half of 1951, the Korean War entered a stage of fighting and negotiation. The future of the war was related to the progress and intensity of the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea in the southwest. All walks of life in the southwest did not know for a while whether to continue the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, or to prepare to end the movement.
Faced with doubts in Southwest society, Deng Xiaoping pointed out at the 58th collective working meeting of the Southwest Military and Political Commission on October 31, 1951: “The war has two prospects based on the current situation: one is to continue to fight; stop". All work in the southwest must focus on the Korean War and continue to fight. "The Resistance to U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea is still going on. Today we cannot focus on stopping, but must focus on fighting. It is of course better to stop." Deng Xiaoping pointed out that the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea and other tasks have developed under difficult circumstances. The next step must be to prepare for continuing to support the Korean War. "Of course, we must be mentally prepared and be patient when we encounter real difficulties. ". He also used Mao Zedong’s words to ask everyone to start from the more difficult one of the two prospects. “Chairman Mao often said: Everything should start from the difficulty.”
Through these speeches and instructions, Deng Xiaoping unified the ideological understanding of the party, government, and military systems and cadres in the Southwest Region, clarified the direction, and laid an ideological foundation for continuing to carry out the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea and strive for the final victory of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
It was precisely with the ideological understanding of continuing the fight that after the autumn and winter of 1951, the Southwest Movement to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea focused on carrying out production based on actual conditions. In accordance with the spirit of Deng Xiaoping's instructions that "carrying out a broad mass movement to increase production and practice strict thrift is a strong guarantee for victory in the struggle to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and is the fundamental policy for accelerating national construction", various agencies and organizations and people from all walks of life in the southwest region have formulated A patriotic convention covering politics, production and learning.
In the Patriotic Pact, the business community promised to unite and contribute its own efforts to support the Korean War; to ensure production, reduce costs, and stabilize prices; to strengthen the study of current affairs and support the patriotic movement; and not to hoard, smuggle, tax evasion, or opportunistically. The national bourgeoisie and businessmen also actively subscribed for aircraft and artillery, donated combat weapons to the frontline battlefields, carried out gold donation campaigns, and donated gold jewelry and other physical objects. Some manufacturers of daily necessities are also actively expanding production and donating products to the front line and the Korean people.
The farmers' patriotic pact mainly includes supporting land reform, not making any disagreements, supporting the war against U.S. aggression and aid Korea by producing with peace of mind and increasing production; ensuring intensive farming to increase crop income and production; doing a good job in field management and regularly repairing water conservancy facilities; supervising regulated elements, guarding against rumors, and ensuring rural stability . Farmers posted the patriotic covenant on their doors and checked themselves frequently, which greatly promoted the progress of rural land reform. Farmers actively produced, increased grain production, donated patriotic public grain to the front battlefield and the Korean people, and assisted in suppressing bandits and suppressing counter-revolutionary movements. , rural women squeezed out time to sew clothes, shoes, socks and sympathy bags for the volunteers and the Korean people.
The working class stepped up production, worked overtime without pay, and used factories as battlefields. Through technological innovation, scientific management, saving raw materials, increasing output, improving quality, etc., they carried out labor competition and used actual labor to increase production to support the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
The army has been streamlined and compressed, saving expenses, using limited manpower to complete the task of suppressing bandits. At the same time, it has strengthened theoretical study, improved military quality, transferred cadres to support local work, and supplemented the consumption of commanders and fighters on the Korean battlefield.
At school, students integrated their political enthusiasm to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea into learning activities, studied hard, and used their spare time to write sincere letters of condolences, make small handmade gifts, and send them to the front line to express condolences to the frontline volunteers and the Korean people and express their respect for them. Feelings. Young students of school age actively ask to join the army and fight in the war, or report to military academies and request to go to the front line to fight in the war, and receive the supreme honor of joining the army and fighting on the front line.
By November 1951, 80% of the urban population and about 60% of the rural population in the southwest region had participated in the movement to resist U.S. aggression, aid Korea, and defend the country. More than 26.4 million people participated in demonstrations to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and the number of people who voted against the U.S. arming Japan The number reached more than 42.5 million, and more than 45.5 million people signed the peace pact. The number of voters and signatures exceeded more than half of the population in the southwest. 80% to 90% of the population in big cities and about 70% of the population in rural areas have signed the patriotic pact. All walks of life subscribed for 209 aircraft, 19 cannons, and 2 anti-aircraft guns. Eastern Sichuan, southern Sichuan, western Sichuan, northern Sichuan and Xikang donated condolences during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Some people applied to go to Korea to participate in the war. 94,216 people were approved to go to the front line, and 30,789 heroes were buried in foreign lands.
Party committees and people's governments at all levels in Southwest China have also established organizations to support the military and give preferential treatment to their dependents, which widely attract people from all walks of life to participate. They hold regular meetings to arrange and inspect the work of supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to military dependents, and give political preferential treatment to military dependents. In rural areas, families with children who have joined the army and lack labor force, or families of martyrs and disabled servicemen, have organized a contract farming system. Different methods are adopted depending on the family's lack of labor force: for families of martyrs who are completely lacking in labor force, the masses will completely farm the military fields. ; Military families with insufficient labor force will organize farming on behalf of others or assist in farming. On every holiday, party committees and people's governments at all levels organize activities to express condolences to the families of martyrs. People in many areas voluntarily donate condolences and condolence items, present honorary plaques and couplets to the families of martyrs, and carry condolences to the families of martyrs to celebrate the festival. .
The Party Committee and the People's Government also held symposiums on the festivals for the families of martyrs and returning servicemen, asking the families of martyrs and returning servicemen whether their lives were difficult, listening to their opinions and suggestions, and working hard to help families with difficulties in schooling and medical care for their children. Difficult issues such as medical treatment. For families with family members of martyrs who have life difficulties, arrange for the masses to help them solve their life difficulties in batches on a regular basis to take care of the elderly family members of martyrs. The masses also spontaneously carried water, cut firewood, washed quilts, and gave daily necessities to the families of fallen soldiers. The industrial and commercial circles would take the initiative to charge less money or give away free items to the families of fallen soldiers when they purchased items. The school regularly helps families of fallen soldiers do what they can as a patriotic education activity class. Students enthusiastically participate and are deeply educated. Driven by the work of valuing soldiers and their families, the whole society has formed a noble atmosphere of respecting and loving the families of martyrs. The families of martyrs can obviously feel honored, especially the family members of soldiers who are fighting on the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. They are warmly supported and loved by the masses. Helping the families of frontline soldiers is an important way for the surrounding people to express their enthusiasm to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.
While gaining love from the society, the family members of martyrs and soldiers have also improved their political and ideological awareness and have a strong desire to support themselves if they have the ability to work. Many family members of martyrs and soldiers have taken the lead in enduring hardships in production and life, leading the masses to overcome natural disasters. The contract farming work of supporting the army and favoring subordinates has formed a stable system. For example, in Emei County, there are 1,251 households belonging to martyrs who should enjoy contract farming. Among them, 635 households have implemented large contract farming and 616 households have implemented small contract farming. All of them have implemented contract farming. Even in remote mountainous areas of Guizhou, contract farming teams have been organized. Various other measures to prioritize troops and subordinates have also basically formed a system to ensure continuity.
During the period of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, people with special skills requested to use their expertise to contribute to the front line. People in provinces, cities, and districts in southwest China organized volunteer teams of different professions to go to Korea. The medical community formed volunteer surgical teams, medical service teams, and epidemic prevention teams. There is a surgical orthopedic team composed of disabled volunteers and Korean people who go to the front line to treat wounded volunteers and Korean wounded. Many railway workers, car drivers and transport workers enthusiastically signed up to form transport teams and stretcher teams and go to the front line to share logistics and transportation tasks.
After Deng Xiaoping left the southwest to work in the central government in July 1952, the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea continued in the southwest, and persisted until U.S. imperialism signed the armistice agreement and the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea achieved final victory. ○