Monument to Revolutionary Martyrs of the Dasui Battle

　　   The Monument to Revolutionary Martyrs of the Dasui Battle is a patriotic education base in Haikou City, situated on the hillside behind Dasui Village, Sanmenpo Town, Qiongshan District, Haikou City. The managing authority is the Civil Affairs Bureau of Qiongshan District, Haikou City.

　　   The Monument to Revolutionary Martyrs of the Dasui Battle was first built in 1957. It is surrounded by walls, covering a total area of 5 mu (approximately 0.33 hectares). The entire structure was funded by a special allocation from the local government. The monument faces south and stands 10 meters tall and 2 meters wide, shaped like a trapezoidal block. The structure is divided into three sections: the first section is a square platform with a base length of 6.4 meters, approached by three steps, and a top surface measuring 5 meters per side; the second section is a mound-like structure; the third section is a rectangular pillar, with the front inscribed with “Eternal Glory to Revolutionary Martyrs” and the back engraved with an inscription titled “Introduction to the Dasui Battle.” In 1983, two symmetrical memorial pavilions were built on either side of the monument. These hexagonal, two-tiered pavilions, about 7 meters high with upturned eaves, are made of cement. To the left and right of the back of the monument are the tombs of martyr Ou Dexiu, former Secretary of Qiongshan County Committee, and martyr Huang Dayou, former Deputy Commander of the First Detachment of the Qiongya Column.

　　   The Dasui Battle was a major decisive engagement between the Qiongya Anti-Japanese Independent Column and the stubborn Nationalist troops in Qiongshan. On the night of January 23, 1942, the Second Battalion of the Seventh Regiment of the Nationalist Qiongshan Security Forces, along with guerrilla units from Wenchang and Qiongshan counties, were returning from unloading supplies at Jinshan Beach in Wenchang to Tanwen. They attempted to covertly pass through Dasui Village in Xianlai Township, the base area of the Independent Column. The First and Second Detachments of the Independent Column set an ambush and intercepted them, killing Major General Li Chunnong, Deputy Commander and Commander of the Seventh Regiment. The stubborn Nationalist forces were encircled and blocked by the First and Second Detachments of the Qiongya Independent Column and retreated into Dasui Village to hold their ground. Due to the enemy’s fortified position and reinforcements, after five days and four nights of fighting, the Independent Column, having inflicted nearly 1,000 casualties including the death of Li Chunnong, voluntarily withdrew from the position.

　　

　　   Source: Party History Research Office of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee