At 11 o'clock in the evening of 1 December, Deputy Commander Zhou, who had not slept for several days and nights, received a report: The two columns of our Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, as well as the troops covering the crossing of the river, had all crossed the Xiang River. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Seeing this report, Deputy Commander Zhou let out a long breath. He may have been overworked and nervous, and suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell on the bridge of the Xiangjiang River. Immediately, he subconsciously closed his eyes and tried to calm himself. Immediately, accompanied by the guards, he strode across the pontoon bridge and quickly returned to the temporary headquarters of the Party Central Committee.

Deputy Commander Zhou just wanted to collapse on the bed and squint for a while, but found that there were still a few copies of the telegram in his pocket, because he had been busy directing the Central Military Commission column to cross the river at the bridgehead, and he had not had time to take a closer look. Only then did he have time to lie down on the bunk and read carefully.

The first was a telegram sent by the 34th Division of the Red Fifth Army Corps at 6 p.m. on December 1: "At 5 o'clock on November 29, our 34th Division crossed the Guanyang-Xinwei road from east to west, broke through to the west, but fell into the lofty mountains. At noon on December 1, on the way to the Fenghuangzui ferry port on the Xiangjiang River, our division met with the 43rd and 44th divisions of the Xia Wei Division of the Gui Army in Wentang Village, Anhe Township, Quanzhou County. Until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when our unit was about to break through to the death at the critical moment of life and death, fortunately, Zhang Cheng, commander of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, led his troops to the rescue, and the assault arrived safely in less than an hour, Zhang Cheng generously donated a number of guns and ammunition and replenished 2,000 recruits, and under the cover of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, our division crossed the Xiangjiang River at 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the 1st. Commander of the 34th Red Division: Chen Shuxiang. ”

The second was a telegram sent back by the Red Eighth Army Corps at half past seven in the evening of December 1: "After receiving the order of the Military Commission, the Eighth and Ninth Army Corps are the fourth road columns, and they will advance through Yongming Sanfeng Mountain to Guanyang and Xing'an County Road. Sanfeng Mountain, on the border of Hunan and Guangxi, was blocked by the Gui army and militia groups, and could not advance according to the original route. On the night of November 27, another strong attack was organized, but it was still unable to break through the Gui army's position. In the early morning of the 28th, it was diverted to the north from Leikou Pass to Gui. At about 15 o'clock in the afternoon of the 30th, the first section of the Gui Army bypassed the blocking position of the Red Fifth Division from the Guanyang side, penetrated in, and advanced to the area next to the mountain next to Luyang Village, Lianghe Township, Quanzhou, cutting off the way of our Eighth Army Corps. On the evening of December 1, near the Phoenix Ferry on the Xiangjiang River, he encountered the reception team of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, gathered troops, only more than 1,000 people, and the Red 22nd Division was basically wiped out, and the commander of the division Zhang Cheng generously presented 2,000 recruits and some guns and ammunition, and crossed the river with the Red Ninth Army at 7 o'clock in the evening of the 1st under the cover of the International Division of the Young Communist Party. Director of the Political Department of the Red Eighth Army: Luo Rongheng. ”

The third was a telegram sent by the Young Communist Division at 10 o'clock in the evening of December 1: "After the battle of Xinwei, there was no strong enemy in the vicinity of our division. At dusk of the same day, seeing that the Red Eighth Army was dispersed, a containment team was sent to lead it across the river. At 7 o'clock on December 1, our division officially completed the task of the Red Army's palace, and the whole division passed safely at 10 o'clock in the evening. Commander of the International Division of the Young Communist Party: Zhang Cheng, Political Commissar: Xiao Hua. ”

Seeing these three telegrams, Deputy Commander Zhou's heart that had been hanging was finally put down, and this relaxation made him fall asleep at some point. These days, he is so tired that the Party Central Committee says that there is a top three-man regiment of the Central Committee, but the foreign advisers will only lose their temper and complain that the combat troops are not fighting well, causing so much loss to the Red Army; However, Comrade Bo Gu was crushed by a series of blows, completely lost his spirit, and could not come up with any ideas at all.

As a result, the burden of the entire Red Army was placed on Deputy Commander Zhou, and he was responsible for all the commands and transfers of the various combat units and the arrangements for the crossing of the river by the Central Military Commission and the two major columns of the Central Committee.

Sometimes, Deputy Commander Zhou is very envious of the commander-in-chief, no matter how difficult the situation, the commander can command the commander, everything is arranged in an orderly manner, no matter how big the difficulty will seem small in front of him, maybe this is his natural leadership temperament.

In his sleep, Deputy Commander Zhou dreamed that the commander had come out of the mountain again, and under his leadership, the Red Army seemed to have found the backbone again, and continued to move from victory to victory......

Chang Kaishen may be the most prepared person during the Republic of China. As soon as the Red Army broke through the third blockade line, he began to deploy the fourth blockade line between Xiaoshui and Xiangjiang; On 17 November, a week before the Red Army issued the order to rush across the Xiang River, he had already issued the "Outline of the Plan for 'Suppressing' the Central Red Army in the Area West of Xiangshui," and set very specific demands on its operational principles, strategic program, guiding principles, and the warlords of the Gui Army, the Hunan Army, and the Guizhou Army.

At this time, Chang Kaishen thought about the fate and destination of the Red Army after crossing the Xiangjiang River: first, the whole army was divided into parts, fought guerrillas in the southern Hunan area, and established a base area; Second, after being frustrated, he suddenly turned back to Jiangxi Province and joined forces with the Red Army remaining in the base areas of the Soviet area.

Chang Kaishen naturally couldn't let these things happen, so he found Chen Cheng again and discussed with him the plan of "suppressing bandits".

After the main force of the Red Army broke through and left the Soviet area, Chen Cheng led his troops to be responsible for "clearing out" the Red Army remaining in the Soviet base area.

To his surprise, after the main force of the Red Army moved westward, his troops still encountered strong resistance from the Red Army in the Soviet area, and after successively capturing Ruijin and Huichang, the Third Division under his command was ambushed by the Red Army at Wankuang Gang in Huichang County, and suffered as many as half a brigade of casualties.

However, Chen Cheng soon discovered that this was a battle launched by the Red Army who remained in the base area of the Soviet area, and took the initiative to contain the Kuomintang troops in order to cope with the main force of the Red Army to break through the encirclement.

For this reason, Chen Cheng concentrated his superior forces and sought an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Red Army left behind, and it happened that Xiang Ying, the leader of the Red Army who stayed behind, was still obsessed with the so-called regular warfare and positional warfare, and put forward the slogan of "excite the masses in the central revolutionary base areas and enhance their confidence" and fight several beautiful battles.

Subsequently, Xiang Ying and others had to accept the lesson of defeat and agree to Comrade Chen Yi's suggestion to disperse and conceal the remaining Red Army to carry out guerrilla warfare.

At this time, Chen Cheng came to Chang Kaishen's office, and when Chang Kaishen asked him about the plan to "suppress bandits" in the Soviet area, he took the opportunity to suggest to Chang Kaishen: "I think that the main force of the red bandits that broke through to the west is extremely unlikely to turn back to the Soviet area. Therefore, he held that the focus of the future use of troops in Jiangxi Province would be to adopt the means of combining military affairs with one hand and politics with the other, and while thoroughly eradicating the red bandits, it was also necessary to devote great efforts to eliminating the influence of the red bandits in Fujian and Jiangxi. ”

Chang Kaishen strongly agreed with this suggestion, and he also believed that Chen Cheng's short words were of strategic significance. He nodded slightly, wanting Chen Cheng to preside over the affairs of Jiangxi Province.

Who knew that Chen Cheng refused to accept it, and only recommended one person to Chang Kaishen, who was Xiong Shihui, chairman of Jiangxi Province.