History
In 1918, 18 young people, including Kim Un-hak, Park Chun-geun, Kim Bong-gi, and Kim Hyeong-sik organized branches in various places and dispatched personnel to purchase weapons. Leader Kim Un-hak went to Okhotsk and gathered 120 Korean workers working in gold mines to form a group. Kim Un-hak collected 4 buds of gold ±ÑƒÐ´, 1 bud is about 16 kgas alms. Kang Guk-mo brought them to Vladivostok to meet with Shin han-chon. Then they went to Jaepigou, a village in the district's Yeoho village. After hearing the news of the March 1st Movement in 1919, Kang decided to join the independence movement and held a large amount of gold from the mine. They bought weapons with the gold. In the fall, the unit was expanded by absorbing the independence unit of Choi Young-ho, who was assassinated while wandering around the Grodekovo area in Russia.Founding
In January 1920, after the March 1st Movement in Japygou, a Korean village in Chupung, Primorsky Krai, Russia. Koreans from Otsuk, Kang Guk-mo, Kim Jong-hwa and others, who brought with them the funds they had raised, moved from West Jiandao to the Primorsky Krai and organized around 80 members of the Korean Independence Association who had been in Grodekovo as a basis and established the Patriotic Blood Corps. In May 1920, Chae Young brought 15 members of the New People's Corps (Shimindan) and joined them. The Blood Loyalty Corps entrusted him with responsibility for the military sector. In alliance with the New People's Corps troops and the Red Army, they fought a battle against the Japanese army at Sibechang near Zapigou and won. In China, they fought against the Japanese in Honghouzhi, and continued to engage in small-scale battles, disrupting the rear of the Japanese army.Joining the Korean Independence Corps
In October 1920, after the Battle of Cheongsanri, they joined the armed groups gathered at Milsan and formed theReorganization
In Nov. 28, 1920, they moved to Baededun, Ohun County, Heilongjiang Province, Manchuria, and officially named the unit the Korean Patriotic Youth Blood Corps. Then they moved to Baedalchon, Baedalchon was an independence movement base located at the most northern place among the Korean villages in Manchuria and the Maritime Province, it was at the current administrative district of Wuyun, Jiayin County, Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province. Kim named this place as "Ounhyeon Baedaltun." In early 1921, they moved to Iman, Maritime Province, then crossed over to Free City to engage in independence activities. Then Chae young and Jo Maeng-seon left for Irkutsk with Kim Gyeong-cheon's troops. He invited the officers to organize a military academy and train soldiers with Kim and the Korean Communist Party's Irkutsk Faction. In June 28, 1921,Organization
The executives of the Patriotic Blood Corps are the leader Kang Guk-mo, commander Chae Young, chief of staff Han Il-je, and treasurer Wang Chae-ho. After the reorganization, the officers included Kim Guk-cho as leader, Kim Tae-il as vice leader, and Jeong Tae-ryong as secretary. It had the following departments: Secretary General Lee Seon-gu, the Ministry of Finance Jin Myeong-guk, the Ministry of Communications Jeong Bong-nam, and the Ministry of Social Affairs Cha Jong-cheol. The number of troops reached about 350 in May 1920 which grew to 700-800 in early 1921, divided into 4 infantry platoons, 1 cavalry platoon, parent regiment, Red Cross corps, and clothing corps. During the Battle of Fengwudong in June 1920, they captured of 5 heavy machine guns, 300 rifles, 30 war horses and 30 carriages.See also
* Korean Independence Movement **References
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