Former Site of the Guangdong-Guangxi Military District

　　The Former Site of the Guangdong-Guangxi Military District. In February and March 1933, while the main forces of the Red Army were marching north to crush the Fourth “Encirclement Campaign,” the Guangdong troops continuously invaded the Central Soviet Area, posing a serious threat to its southern security. In April, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission decided to establish the Guangdong-Guangxi Military District in Yunmenling to unify military command along the southern front and crush the Guangdong troops’ offensive. In August, after the establishment of the Guangdong-Guangxi Provincial Soviet, the military district headquarters moved from Furongzhai in Yunmenling to Wenwuba. The military district had three combat sectors and one main force unit—the 22nd Red Army Division. Its commanders were successively Yang Yuebin, Bi Shidi, Zhang Yunyi, Zuo Quan, Gong Chu, and He Changgong, while its political commissars were successively Liu Xiao and He Changgong. After its establishment, following the directives of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, the Guangdong-Guangxi Military District commanded the Red Army and local armed forces to actively launch victorious offensives along the southern front. They cleared out dozens of local militia strongholds, repelled the Guangdong troops attacking the Soviet Area, and effectively struck and pinned down the Guangdong troops stationed along the Fujian-Guangdong-Guangxi border, consolidating and expanding the southern region of the Soviet Area.　

　　To address the severe shortage of ammunition for the Red Army and local armed forces and to treat the wounded and sick, the Guangdong-Guangxi Military District also established an arms factory and a hospital. In October 1934, as the main forces of the Central Red Army embarked on the Long March, the military district’s cadres and the 22nd Red Army Division were incorporated into the 9th Red Army Corps to serve as the left-wing rearguard, while the local armed forces remained in the Central Soviet Area and participated in the arduous guerrilla warfare.