Wei Baqun: Self-sacrifice for People's Interests

Wei Baqun was born in 1894 in Donglan County, Guangxi Province.

Under the influence of the May Fourth Movement, Wei Baqun joined the "League for Reforming Guangxi" in Guangzhou in 1920 and actively participated in the revolutionary activities of crusading against Lu Rongting, leader of a warlord clique — the Old Guangxi Clique.

In September 1921, Wei Baqun returned to his hometown Donglan County and gradually integrated the peasant movement with armed struggle.

In the summer of 1923, Wei Baqun led the Peasants' Army to launch three attacks on Donglan County, starting peasants' armed struggle along the Youjiang River.

At the beginning of 1925, Wei Baqun entered the Peasant Movement Training Institute at Guangzhou for study. After completing the courses, he went back to Donglan County to continue to engage in the peasant movement.

In December 1929, Wei Baqun led the Baise Uprising and established the Youjiang River Soviet Area. He served as a committee member of the Soviet Government of the Youjiang River and the commander of the 3rd Column of the 7th Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

On the early morning of October 19, 1932, 38-year-old Wei Baqun was killed by traitors at the Shangcha Cave in Donglan, Guangxi. He once said, "The revolutionaries should not be afraid of hardship and death, and should make resolute self-sacrifice for the interests of the people."

韦拔群：为人民的利益牺牲自己的一切

韦拔群，1894年生，广西东兰人。

在五四运动的影响下，1920年，韦拔群在广州参加“改造广西同志会”，积极投入讨伐旧桂系军阀陆荣廷的革命活动。

1921年9月，韦拔群返回家乡东兰县，把农民运动和武装斗争逐渐结合起来。

1923年夏，韦拔群指挥农民军三打东兰县城，揭开了右江农民武装斗争的序幕。

1925年初，韦拔群进入广州农民运动讲习所学习。结业后回东兰继续从事农民运动。

1929年12月，韦拔群参与领导百色起义，建立右江苏区，任右江苏维埃政府委员、中国工农红军第7军第3纵队司令员。

1932年10月19日凌晨，韦拔群被叛徒杀害于广西东兰赏茶洞，时年38岁。他曾这样说：“革命者要不怕难，不怕死，坚决为人民的利益牺牲自己的一切。”