Yu Zuoyu

Yu Zuoyu, born in 1901, was from Beiliu, Guangxi. In 1918, he joined the Gui branch of the Constitutional Protection Army and took part in the war against warlords led by Sun Yat-sen.

After the “April 12 Counter-revolutionary Coup in 1927", Yu Zuoyu became dissatisfied with the unscrupulous acts of the new warlords of Kuomintang and angrily left the old army for Shanghai and Guangzhou to look for the CPC. In October 1927, he joined the CPC in Hong Kong and subsequently participated in the Guangzhou Uprising led by the CPC.

After the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising, Yu Zuoyu returned to his hometown Beiliu in Guangxi. Yu Zuobai, Chairman of Guangxi, was his brother; Li Mingrui, Commissioner to Guangxi, was his cousin. By making use of such relationships, Yu Zuoyu appointed CPC members in the army and local government, developed the Party organization, and led some armed forces.

In December 1929 and February 1930, the leaders such as Deng Xiaoping, Zhang Yunyi, Wei Baqun, Li Mingrui, and Yu Zuoyu organized the Baise Uprising and the Longzhou Uprising and established the Seventh Army and the Eighth Army of the Red Army and the Revolutionary Base Area in the Zuo Jiang and You Jiang Region. Yu Zuoyu was appointed as the commander of the Eighth Army.

In March 1930, the enemy gathered a large number of troops to besiege the Revolutionary Base Area in the Zuo Jiang and You Jiang Region. Yu Zuoyu led the Eighth Army to fight a bloody battle. However, the Eighth Army was outnumbered and ran out of ammunition and food supplies. When they tried to break out of an encirclement, they suffered the enemy's encirclement. In the end, Yu Zuoyu escaped danger with the help of local people and looked for the Party organization in Hong Kong.

On August 18, 1930, betrayed by a traitor, Yu Zuoyu was arrested by Kuomintang agents in Shenzhen and sent to Guangzhou.

On September 6, 1930, Yu Zuoyu died a heroic death in Huanghuagang, Guangzhou.

俞作豫

俞作豫，1901年生，广西北流人。1918年，他进入护法军桂系军队，并参加了孙中山领导的讨伐军阀的战争。

1927年四一二反革命政变后，俞作豫不满国民党新军阀的倒行逆施，愤然脱离旧军队，先后到上海、广州寻找共产党。同年10月，他在香港加入中国共产党，随后参加了党领导的广州起义。

1927年广州起义失败后，俞作豫按回到家乡广西北流。他利用自己和广西省主席俞作柏是兄弟，和广西编遣特派员李明瑞是表兄弟的特殊关系，在军队和地方政府中任用共产党员，发展党的组织，掌握了部分武装的领导权。

1929年12月和1930年2月，在邓小平、张云逸、韦拔群、李明瑞、俞作豫等领导下，分别举行了百色起义和龙州起义，建立了红七军、红八军和左右江革命根据地。俞作豫任红八军军长。

1930年3月，敌人纠集大批军队围攻左右江革命根据地。俞作豫率领红八军浴血奋战，终因寡不敌众，弹尽粮绝，突围中遭敌人围追堵截，俞作豫在当地群众掩护下脱险，辗转到香港寻找党组织。

1930年8月18日，因叛徒出卖，俞作豫在深圳被国民党特务逮捕，押至广州。

1930年9月6日，俞作豫在广州黄花岗英勇就义。