Xiaohuan Ridge

　　　　Located in Xiaohuanling Village, Xinxishi Town, Jingshan County. In October 1940, Japanese troops launched an unprecedented large-scale mopping-up operation in the Bazi Gate area, prompting the relocation of the border region’s central leadership to Xiaohuan Ridge in Jingshan. The ridge then became the new command base of the border region. The Border Region Party Committee was stationed in Wujiawan on Xiaohuan Ridge, while the Border Region Military-Civilian Joint Office, and later the Border Region Administrative Office, a hospital, were successively located in Xiangjiawan and Luojiawozi in the Xiaohuan Ridge area. The Border Region Security Command was stationed at various sites including Zhangjiapo on Xiaohuan Ridge, Yingzigou in Xiangjiaochong, and Baiguoshu Wan. Hongshan Middle School was based in Daliushuwan, the printing house and repair workshop of Qi Qi Bao newspaper were located in Tangjiachong, Wangjiawan, the garment factory was in Xiaoquanchong, and the Border Region Construction Bank, Guard Regiment, and October Theater were all stationed in various villages around Xiaohuan Ridge. During Japanese mopping-up operations, hidden military caves such as the Army Cave, Rock Cave, Spider Cave, and Dog Eye Cave in both Greater and Lesser Xiaohuan Ridges sheltered wounded New Fourth Army soldiers and concealed secret printing operations for border currency and newspapers. From October 1940 to June 1942, the border region’s party and government leadership resided in Xiaohuan Ridge for nearly two years. The honored Xiaohuan Ridge was referred to by comrades as the “Little Yan’an” of the border region.