In the Turbulent History

Author: Lei Li
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Publish Date: 2006-09-08
Features: Comrade Yu Qiuli was born on November 15, 1914, in Pingli Village, Jian'an County, Jiangxi Province, into a poor peasant family. From a young age, he suffered exploitation and oppression from the landlord class, which fueled his strong resentment against the reactionary ruling class. In October 1929, to resist the oppression and exploitation of local tyrants and landlords, he joined a peasant uprising and subsequently joined the Rulin Red Guard Brigade of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. In the same year in December, he joined the Communist Youth League of China, and in May 1931, he became a member of the Communist Party of China. During the land revolution period, Comrade Yu Qiuli served as a soldier, platoon leader, and company commander in the Red Guard Brigade, a member of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection Committee of the Xiangjiang Provincial Soviet Government, and a company political instructor at the Fourth Branch of the Red Army School. He participated in the struggles against the encirclement campaigns in the Xiangjiang Soviet Region and the establishment of the Xiangxi, Hubei, and Chuanxi Revolutionary Base Area. In September 1935, he joined the Long March. On March 12, 1936, in Dezhangba, Zhenxiong County, Yunnan Province, our army engaged in a fierce battle with pursuing Nationalist forces. Comrade Yu Qiuli led his troops in heroic combat, sustaining two injuries to his left arm, yet he continued to fight until he covered the withdrawal of the entire army. Due to the tense marching and fighting, his wounds were not treated. With extraordinary perseverance, he endured intense pain and insisted on marching north with the army, crossing snow-covered mountains and grasslands. In September, he arrived in Huixian County, Gansu Province, where his wounds worsened severely, leading to the amputation of his left arm. That same year in November, he enrolled at the "Chinese Anti-Japanese Red Army University" for study. This book records the extraordinary life of Yu Qiuli. The main content of this book includes: the arrival of new leadership at the State Planning Commission, the leadership in drafting the "Third-Five-Year Plan," and new styles and methods, among others.