On March 16, the Red Army captured the town of Moutai, a town of only 87 square kilometers known for its high-quality liquor, and is the largest liquor town in China. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

There is no doubt that the occupation of this town was great news for the drunkards in our army, and in addition to copying a large amount of liquor from the homes of the local tyrants and inferior gentry, the comrades of the supply department sprinkled silver dollars and purchased hundreds of jars of liquor from the merchants.

And Zhang Cheng also took a large amount of money from the column's funds to purchase liquor.

Of course, Zhang Cheng did not buy it for himself, but used it as medical alcohol.

Zhang Cheng knew that there would be constant war on the land of China for the next ten years, and no matter how much medical supplies were stored, they would not be enough, so he would buy them aggressively at every opportunity.

After a day's rest in Moutai, the Red Army crossed Chishui for the third time at the ferry port in the Maotai area.

Then, the 1st Red Army sent an elite main force regiment, disguised as the main force of the Red Army, and advanced in the direction of Gulin and Xuyong with great fanfare.

When they arrived at Zhenlong Mountain, they met Liao Jiufu's regiment of the Wei Kai Department of the Sichuan Army stationed here.

The Liao enemy was unsuspected, and the Red Army launched a surprise attack, but the enemy fled without strong resistance.

This battle deepened the enemy's impression that the Red Army was about to cross the Yangtze River north.

When Chang Kaishen received this news, he immediately judged that the Zhu Mao Red Army was going to cross the Yangtze River from southern Sichuan, and immediately issued an order, ordering the Central Army, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou armies to quickly advance to the Gulin area in southern Sichuan.

On the evening of 20 March, Chang Kaishen issued a telegram to cheer up his subordinates, and the telegram revealed a feeling of pride that could not be concealed, saying: "Surround the bandit in a small area with a large number of soldiers, and this is a good opportunity to gather and annihilate the bandits."

Those who still hope to prevent blockade must be on the blockade line, and recruit civilian workers under the starry night, and rush to build fortifications, so that the strength of building blockhouses is the best, especially tight and strong, and with friendly forces to ensure that there is no gap to take advantage of. And another control of the troops in a considerable area, ready to meet the head-on attack, the success of the bandits, in this move, reluctantly. ”

The Red Army's feint work worked, and Chang Kaishen's attention was really attracted to Gulin in southern Sichuan, and his eyes were fixed on the Red Army's next move.

His armies were transferred to southern Sichuan and northwest Guizhou, and he strengthened the defense of the Yangtze River and Hengjiang defense lines, and built blockhouses to prevent the Red Army from crossing the Yangtze River north.

The commander is the best at taking the enemy by surprise and winning by surprise.

Chang Kaishen mobilized heavy troops to rush to southern Sichuan, but the commander immediately waved his army to cross the Chishui four times, and then killed in northern Qianbei.

At 15 o'clock on March 20, the day when Chang Kaishen issued the telegram order of "Succeeding in Suppressing Bandits, Do It Here", the Central Military Commission issued instructions informing the two bosses of the First Army Corps, Lin Nie: "Our army has decided to turn east to cross the Laishui River through the line of Erlangtan and Lintan. ”

The Central Military Commission ordered the First Army Corps to immediately dispatch two vanguard regiments with all the engineer companies to seize the two river crossing points of Taipingdu and Lintan on the night of the 20th and the morning of the 21st, and to build two pontoon bridges each.

He also asked the 1st Red Army to leave a regiment in Zhenlongshan to continue to camouflage the main force of the Red Army, attack Gulin guerrilla, and confuse the enemy.

At 17 o'clock on the same day, the Party Central Committee and the Political Department issued a directive entitled "It is not good for me to advance westward and decide to cross to the east," pointing out that this was a serious and critical juncture in the development of the field army's actions in the future, and that the commanders of all army corps should resolutely and quickly organize the crossing of the river. ”

At the same time, the Central Military Commission issued the "Operational Plan for the Four Crossings of the Chishui River," which pointed out: "Our field army has decided to secretly, quickly, and resolutely attack the enemy and turn eastward without preparation, and cross the east bank of Chishui from Erlangtan to Lintan on the night of 21 May to seek maneuver. ”

After successfully mobilizing the enemy, the commander-in-chief commanded the main forces of the Red Army and the central column to cross the Chishui River four times from Erlangtan, Taipingdu, and other places in a concealed and swift manner.

Then, the Red Army marched south non-stop through Linjiangchang, Nanmuba, Huamiaotian and other places.

Looking back in hindsight, the Red Army's three crossings of Chishui were made public, and they were not afraid that the enemy would know about it. And the four crossings of Chishui are secret, and they are not to be known to the enemy.

The Red Army's eastward crossing was very meticulously organized, and it truly "secretly, quickly, and resolutely dispatched the enemy without preparation." It crossed the Chishui River from the evening of the 21st to the morning of the 22nd, and unknowingly returned to northern Guizhou again, moving opposite the enemy troops rushing to southern Sichuan.

At this time, the Red Army had reached the middle area of Zunyi and Renhuai, and the enemy's baggage was still being transported north.

The Red Army soldiers ridiculed the enemy's ears and eyes and said: "Go and blockade well, we are gone!" ”

The Red Army had all crossed Chishui eastward and entered northern Qianbei, and Xue Yue also said in his military intelligence report that the Red Army "is still mostly in Zhenlongshan and the Iron Works." ”

Long Yun also continued to order the troops to "gather and annihilate the bandit in the areas south of Xuyong and Guyan, west of Chishui, and north of Bijie and Renhuai." Anti-bandits circling westward. ”

It had been three or four days since the Red Army crossed Chishui to the east, and on the 25th, Long Yun still ordered the columns to annihilate the Red Army in the "Iron Works, Zhenlongshan, Shibaozhai, and Dacunjian areas." ”

On the 26th, Xue Yue was still judging that the Red Army was "continuing to run westward from Gulin." This fully shows that the Red Army's four crossings of Chishui were very secretive, swift and wonderful.

The Red Army crossed Chishui four times, which made Chang Kaishen's "encirclement" plan bankrupt again, and he was greatly annoyed when he learned the news, and decided to fly to Guiyang to command the encirclement and annihilation of the Red Army nearby.

On March 26, Chang Kaishen was to personally command the final battle with the Zhu Mao Red Army, and he flew from Chongqing to Guiyang, accompanied by his wife Song Meiling, his Australian adviser Duan Na, and a group of senior generals such as Chen Cheng and He Chengsuo.

As soon as he arrived in Guiyang, Chang Kaishen appointed himself as a battlefield commander, leaving aside Long Yun, commander-in-chief of the "pursuit and suppression army," and Xue Yue, the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and personally gave orders, personally called and mobilized troops, and turned Xue Yue into an attendant staff officer and a senior herald officer.

Chang Kaishen judged that the Red Army's purpose of returning to northern Qianbei should still be trying to find a crossing point to cross the Yangtze River in the north and go east to Xiangxi to join the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps.

He immediately readjusted his disposition, arranged encirclement troops around the Red Army's possible crossing of the river, and closely linked up the various defense areas to prevent the Red Army from escaping, and he was sure that this time the Red Army had really been surrounded.

However, Chang Kaishen could not guess the direction and route of the Red Army's march planned by the commander-in-chief.

At a time when the main force of the Red Army was rapidly moving southward, advancing rapidly towards the Wujiang River, and was about to reach the sandy soil, Chang Kaishen still judged that the Red Army would advance in a southwesterly direction near his Zunren blockade line.

On March 28 and 29, Chang Kaishen sent a telegram to Sun Du of the Yunnan Army, ordering him to rush to Dagu Xinchang and Xi'an Zhai and Qianxi to intercept it before the 31st as soon as possible. ”

The road was facing the sky, each going to one side, Chang Kaishen transferred troops to Qianxi, but the Red Army advanced to Wujiang.

On the evening of 29 March, the 1st Division and 1st Regiment of the vanguard were dispatched to seize the Wujiang River crossing, destroying a company defending the enemy, and destroying most of the battalion supporting the enemy during the march.

On March 30 and 31, the main forces of the Red Army, except for the Red Ninth Army, crossed the Wujiang River from Datang, Jiangkou, and Tiziyan to the south, and entered the Huanggang, Niuchang, and Caijiazhai areas northwest of Xifeng.

In this way, the Red Army once again jumped out of the encirclement carefully arranged by Chang Kaishen, and at once threw the various armies encircling the Red Army north of the Wujiang River.

The Red Army won the initiative, and Chang Kaishen suddenly fell into a very passive situation. (To be continued.) )