Site of the Former Third Sub-district of the Jiangxi Military District

　　The Site of the Former Third Sub-district of the Jiangxi Military District: In July 1932, the Guangdong Army stationed in the Xing (Ning)–Mei (County) region of Guangdong and Shanghang, Wuping, and other counties in Fujian — along with landlord-led militia units from along the Fujian–Guangdong–Jiangxi border — repeatedly harassed the southern part of the Central Soviet Area. To adapt to the military situation on the southern front, the Central Committee and the Jiangxi Military District decided to establish the Third Sub-district of the Jiangxi Military District. The Third Sub-district oversaw the military departments of four counties — Huichang, Xunwu, Anyuan, and Wuping — as well as a guerrilla brigade, and successively established a Red Army school, an arms factory, and a hospital. The Secretary of the Huixun’an Central County Committee also served as the Political Commissar of the Third Sub-district. The Commanders were successively Zhong Yaqing, Lü Chishui, and Yang Yuebin, while the Director of the Political Department was Zhang Yunyi. The command headquarters were successively located in Dongliu and Guikeng in Wuping, Luotang in Xunwu, Changling and Furongzhai in Junmenling in Huichang.

　　After its establishment, the Third Sub-district led the military and civilians of the Fujian–Guangdong–Jiangxi border region. Based on the realities of the southern front, it actively carried out guerrilla and mobile warfare, effectively blocking and containing the Guangdong Army’s attacks on the Central Soviet Area, destroying the fortified strongholds of landlord-led militias, and achieving victory on the southeastern front during the Fourth Counter-Encirclement Campaign. In April 1933, by order of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, the Third and Fifth Sub-districts of the Jiangxi Military District were merged, and the Yuegan Military District was established at Furongzhai in Junmenling (the former Third Sub-district Headquarters), unifying the military command of the southern front of the Central Soviet Area.

　　The Sites of the Former Third Sub-district of the Jiangxi Military District and its former Arms Factory are located respectively at Furongzhai in Junmenling and Shiba in Zhoutian, and are largely well preserved. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, during the land reform period, they were allocated to local farmers for residential use.