(This chapter is an introduction to the historical background, as a foreshadowing of the story, as a last resort, everyone should take a look at the history books.) ）

After the Battle of Zunyi, Chiang Kai-shek judged that the Central Red Army "must go eastward" and join up with the Red Second and Red Sixth Army Corps. On 2 March, he flew to Chongqing, Sichuan, and on 3 March issued a warrant announcing to all armies: "The chairman of this committee has been stationed in Chongqing. All our armies stationed in Sichuan and Guizhou are under the unified command of the chairman of the committee, and without the order of the chairman of the committee, they are not allowed to advance or retreat without authorization, and they will work together to complete our mission. Obey the general orders. ”

At the same time, he demanded that the troops adopt the tactics of combining fortress advance and key offensive in an attempt to annihilate the Central Red Army in the area west of the Wujiang River and in the area of Baqian Avenue.

When he saw that the main force of the Central Red Army was concentrated in the area west of Zunyi, he thought that the purpose of the Central Red Army might be to abandon Zunyi and still flee westward in order to achieve its original goal; Or first fight a decisive battle with the Zhou Hunyuan column of the national army, and then press Guiyang to the south.

To this end, he ordered three brigades of the Sichuan Army to attack from Tongzi to the Zunyi area; The two divisions of Shangguan Yunxiang advanced from Chongqing to Songkan and Xinzhan areas to support the Sichuan army; The three main divisions of the second column of Zhou Hunyuan's division advanced to the Renhuai and Lubanchang areas and took a defensive position in Zunyi and the northwest region; The third column of Sun Du went to Dading and the Qianxi area, and the fourth column of Wang Jialie gathered in Jinsha, Tucheng and other places to prevent the Red Army from developing westward.

At the same time, the four divisions of Wu Qiwei of the first column (two divisions have already existed in name only) were located along the Wujiang River and were waiting to fight in response to other columns. In addition, Chiang Kai-shek also ordered the 53rd Division to advance from Zhenyuan to Shiqian, and three divisions of the Hunan Army to deploy defenses along the east bank of the Wujiang River to prevent the Red Army from advancing eastward, in an attempt to annihilate the Red Army in the Zunyi and Yaxi areas.

In order to deal with Chiang Kai-shek's new siege and strengthen operational command, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission decided on March 4 to organize the former enemy headquarters, with Zhu De as commander and Mao Zedong as political commissar. On the 5th, it was decided to use the Red Ninth Army Corps to attract the Sichuan army to the east in the area between Tongzi and Zunyi, and the main force of the first, third, and fifth corps and cadres concentrated in Yaxi and its vicinity, taking advantage of the new defeat of Wu Qiwei's column and fleeing to the south of the Wujiang River, intending to attack Zhou Hunyuan's column on the front line of Renhuai and Lubanchang, and strive to win another battle.

Accordingly, the main force of the Central Red Army marched to the west of Changganshan and Baizhikan on the 6th, preparing to assault Zhou Hunyuan's column.

However, due to Zhou Hunyuan's fear, it was unsuccessful.

Then, the Central Red Army operated in the Xi'an Zhai area, preparing to annihilate the remnants of Wang Jialie in order to mobilize Zhou Hunyuan's column to help, but in the end it did not achieve its goal.

Under this situation, on March 10, Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen sent a telegram to the former enemy headquarters suggesting that they attack the Qianjun army in Dagu Xinchang.

Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen suggested attacking the new drum field with their considerations: since the troops entered Yaxi, they hesitated to win the battle of Zunyi, and the morale of the commanders and fighters was high and they were eager to fight.

The main force of the Red Army increased twice to seek to annihilate Zhou Hunyuan's department without success, coupled with the results of reconnaissance, it was the Guizhou Army's He Zhizhong Department and the Judah National Talent Department stationed in the new drum field, and the "Double Gun King" was already a defeated general under the Red Army, coupled with the initial defeat in the Battle of Zunyi, morale was low, and if the troops were concentrated, they could easily win.

However, on the issue of whether to fight the new drum scene, Zhu De and political commissar Mao Zedong of the former enemy headquarters had different opinions, the former agreed with it, and the latter opposed it.

At this time, the column of the Military Commission came to Gouba to rendezvous with the former enemy headquarters, and Zhu De thought that the matter was very important, so he handed over the telegrams of Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen to Zhang Wentian, Zhou Enlai, Wang Jiaxiang and others.

In the end, Zhang Wentian decided to hold a meeting to discuss, and the topic of the meeting was very focused: Do you want to play drums in a new field?

The opinions of the more than 20 leaders attending the meeting were almost one-sided: they believed that the opinions of Lin Biao and the others were feasible, and they agreed to concentrate their forces to attack the new drum field.

However, Mao Zedong resolutely objected, saying: "I don't think it is beneficial for us to beat the new drum field, the new drum field is a stubborn enemy, and there are reinforcements, to fight, it is a hard gnaw, we should destroy the enemy in the movement......

However, in accordance with the principle that the minority obeys the majority, the meeting finally made a decision to play a new drum field.

After the meeting was dismissed, Mao Zedong was always relieved that if the new drum was played hard, the Red Army would definitely suffer heavy losses, and since the breakthrough of Jiangxi, the strength of the Red Army has been sharply reduced, and it can no longer bear the big losses.

Thinking that he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, Mao Zedong found Zhou Enlai with a lamp and stated to him that he was powerful, hoping that Zhou Enlai would send the order later for the time being, so that everyone could think about it.

After Mao Zedong left, Zhou Enlai thought about it for a while, and felt that what Mao Zedong said was very reasonable, and the next morning, he suggested a meeting to analyze the situation and the pros and cons, and finally persuaded everyone.

Although the turmoil in the new drum scene has passed, this incident has exposed a very big problem: On the urgent issue of military command, it is easy to hold meetings with so many people and demand that the minority obey the majority at every turn, which is not conducive to decision-making, and sooner or later problems will arise.

To command the war, all efforts must be relatively concentrated, otherwise the fighter will be delayed, Mao Zedong told Zhou Enlai and Zhang Wentian his ideas, and they both agreed with Mao Zedong's opinion.

Mao Zedong also pointed out that the reason for opposing Li De and Bogu is that they do not know how to proceed from reality to command and fight a war, but the organizational form of the "three-person regiment" is still very necessary, and the three people can not only pool their wisdom and promote democracy, but also make it easier to unify opinions and concentrate on them.

With this thought, on March 12, the new "three-person regiment" was announced, with full command of the military, and the members were Zhou Enlai, Wang Jiaxiang, Mao Zedong, and Zhou Enlai as the head of the regiment.

At this point, due to the delay of the meeting, the Red Army operated in the southwestern region of dignity for almost a week, which gave Chiang Kai-shek another delusion about it.

He believed that the Red Army's "wandering here is a manifestation of an undecided general policy." Therefore, people from all walks of life desperately looked for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Red Army, and shouted that "the remnants of bandits fleeing west is the only good opportunity for our army to encircle and suppress."

On the 11th, the three brigades of Pan Wenhua's division of the Sichuan Army occupied Zunyi, the main force of Zhou Hunyuan's column gathered in the Lubanchang area, and the first part of Wu Qiwei's column had crossed the Wujiang River north and advanced to Yaxi and Zunyi.

In light of the above-mentioned changes in the enemy situation, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided that the strategic policy of the Central Red Army "should still take northern Guizhou as its main area of activity, and should control the upper reaches of the Chishui River as a transfer hub, with the elimination of Wang Jialie's troops as the main goal." Against Sichuan, the Yunnan enemy must fight under favorable and urgently needed conditions. ”

On March 13, the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Revolution decided that the Central Red Army should move to the southwest of Zunyi, and in the course of the transfer and in the battle to eliminate Wang Jialie's troops, mobilize the columns of Zhou Hunyuan and Wu Qiwei, carry out maneuvering, and quickly control the crossing point in the upper reaches of the Chishui River, so as to facilitate the operation.

Unfortunately, after the Battle of Zunyi, Chiang Kai-shek's order was very clear, not to attack at will, and the troops became much more cautious, each retreated without fighting, and Zhou Hunyuan even retreated to the area of Lubanchang to build a pillbox, and defended without attacking.

In accordance with the deployment of the Military Commission, the 1st Red Army Corps used artillery fire to mobilize the enemy in the vicinity of Changgan Mountain three times, but to no avail.

On the 15th, the Red Army monitored Wu Qiwei's column in the southeast area of Fengdeba with a force, and concentrated its main force to attack Zhou Hunyuan's troops in the Luban field, but because the three divisions of Zhou Hunyuan's column gathered in one regiment, the Red Army attacked for a day without success.

At this time, Chiang Kai-shek's new encirclement had been formed: in the east, there was the model division of Guo Xunqi of the Sichuan Army that had entered Zunyi; In the southeast, there are Wu Qiwei's column and a Hunan army; In the west, there were Zhou Hunyuan's column and the Guizhou army; In the northwest, there is the Sun Du Department of the Dian Army, plus the national army and civilian regiments in various places, and the total strength of the enemy is more than 200,000.

The situation in the Red Army was in crisis, and it seemed that there was no escape.

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