Facing the grim situation at that time, in order to overcome the increasingly serious material difficulties in the base areas, the central government decided to launch a large-scale production campaign in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region and various anti-Japanese base areas, and set up a glorious banner of "do it yourself and have plenty of food and clothing" in the campaign.
In the face of difficulties, the military and civilians strive to be experts in land reclamation. One day, four acres of land were reclaimed, and Hao Shucai, a model and soldier in the border area, was named "mad cow": one cow plowed less land than he did.
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Soldiers used hoes and guns to turn Niwan into a fertile field in southern Shaanxi. From Brigadier General Wang Zhen to every ordinary soldier, they created a miracle to change the world in Nanniwan, and also sowed the seeds of Yan 'an spirit of self-reliance and hard struggle.
Nanniwan is just a regional title, and the 359th Brigade is just a military name, but history has made a regional title into a song that can arouse people's memory and last forever.
In recent years, relying on the unique red resources and ecological environment, Nanniwan is vigorously developing tourism, and the rice once used to fill the stomach has become a landscape.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-nanniwan