段德昌是土地革命时期湘鄂西革命武装和革命根据地的创始人之一,他参加过北伐战争和南昌起义。1928年,党派他到湘鄂西洪湖地区领导武装斗争。1931年夏,洪湖地区遭遇一场特大洪水,百万亩良田被淹,灾民四处逃荒。正当其时,国际救灾机构筹集了一批粮食、药品和衣物等救灾物资,准备发放给中国各地灾 Duan Dechang was one of the founders of the revolutionary armed and revolutionary base areas in Hunan, Hubei and western Hunan during the Agrarian Revolution. He participated in the Northern Expedition and the Nanchang Uprising. In 1928, the party sent him to lead the armed struggle in Honghu, Hunan, Hubei and western regions. In the summer of 1931, an extremely big flood hit Honghu, with one million mu of fertile land flooded and the victims fleeing famine. At the right time, the international disaster relief agencies have raised a batch of disaster relief supplies such as food, medicine and clothing to be distributed to various places in China