1940年秋,淮安建立了抗日民主根据地,成立了淮安县民主政府。根据地各项革命工作迫研需要人才,尤其需要既有文化又会打仗的干部。淮安县第一所抗日中学就这样诞生了。学校共设三个班级,150多个学生,来自淮安、涟水两县,学习内容有政治、文化、军事等几个方面。1942年秋,虚龄17岁的我,经顺河区委书记周邦美同志(1948年 The autumn of 1940, Huaian established a base for anti-Japanese democracy, the establishment of a democratic government in Huaian County. The revolutionary work in our base area requires people to work hard. In particular, they need cadres who have both culture and war. Huai’an County, the first anti-Japanese secondary school was born. The school consists of three classes, more than 150 students, from Huaian, Lianshui counties, learning content is political, cultural, military and several other aspects. In the autumn of 1942, I was 17 years old and was comrade Zhou Bangmei of Shunhe Party Committee (1948)