Chapter 66: Over the Mountains
After Chen Cheng recommended him, Xiong Shihui formally proposed to Chang Kaishen the four major goals of management, education, upbringing, and health in dealing with the aftermath of the Soviet region, and focused on the implementation of the so-called "three guarantees" system in Jiangxi Province. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The first is the "armor protection system". The people of the province will be included in the protection system, set up the chief of security, the chief of A, and set up the "office of security" and "office of A". The main task of armor protection is to organize strong men, local self-defense, etc. At the same time, it is necessary to resolutely implement the "joint sitting law", one person is a "bandit", and the whole family is guilty of the same crime; A gang "communal", all of them are guilty of the same crime; A first-class "bandit", full protection for the same crime.
The second is the "security corps system". The design of the people's armed organizations with the county as the main body, not included in the regular army establishment, and the free organization of the counties, with the approval of the local government, whose main task is to assist the regular army in dealing with the Red Army scattered in the mountains and jungles.
The third is the "fortress system". This was also the method used by Chang Kaishen to encircle and suppress the Central Red Army in the fifth round, ordering the whole province to build pillboxes at all intersections and borders in all border counties close to the Soviet areas, with a small number of troops, to carry out an economic blockade of the Soviet areas, to turn the central Soviet areas into guerrilla zones of the Red Army, to narrow the encirclement, to reduce the scope of the Red Army's activities, and to divide and rule the Red Army scattered in the mountains. This move Xiong Shihui naturally copied the original Yang, in order to shoot Chang Kaishen's sycophants and prove Chang Kaishen's wisdom and martial arts.
After Chang Kaishen listened to Xiong Shihui's suggestion, he was really satisfied, and said happily: "Just do what you say!" ”
Historically, it was precisely because of Xiong Shihui's three proposals that the Soviet base areas caused great disasters to the Red Army left behind, and a large number of outstanding cadres of the Workers' and Peasants' Party, such as Qiu Bai, Shuheng, Ze Tan, and other revolutionary comrades, died tragically under the butcher's knife of the Kuomintang reactionaries.
What is even more outrageous is that the Kuomintang reactionaries have also infinitely expanded the scope of their attacks, especially the joint sitting system, which has caused nearly one million innocent people to be killed and the death rate of the people in the Soviet area to nearly one-third. ”
On the side of the Workers' and Peasants' Party, after the Central Red Army rushed to cross the Xiangjiang River, it roughly counted the number of people, and only 38,000 people remained (excluding the Young Communist Division, which had not yet joined the Central Red Army, and there were still 4,000 recruits who were donated by Zhang Cheng to the Red Eighth Army and the 34th Division, plus the 34th Division and the Red Eighteenth Regiment saved by the Young Communist Division, there were only 38,000 people, and it turned out that there were only 31,000 left in the Red Army in history)!
The surviving comrades were already exhausted, but the situation was urgent, and on December 2, they hurriedly evacuated the Xiangjiang River, which was dyed red with the blood of martyrs, and headed for Yuechengling.
Yuecheng Ridge and Du Pang Ridge, Mengzhu Ridge, Qitian Ridge and Da Yu Ridge are collectively known as the Five Ridges of South China. Yuecheng Ridge extends from northeast Guangxi to southwest Hunan in the west, with a length of about 200 kilometers and a width of more than 50 kilometers, and the main peak of Mao'er Mountain is 2141.5 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in South China. In this hundreds of miles of Xiyan Mountainous Area, the terrain is dangerous, the climate is changeable, the ethnic groups are mixed, and the soldiers and bandits are in chaos, which is called "the land of barbarism" by the Gui army.
The Central Red Army, which had just experienced the bloody battle of the Xiangjiang River, advanced bravely and still conquered Yuechengling with the heroic spirit of overwhelming all enemies. On December 3, the column of the Central Military Commission crossed the 3,000 boundaries of Yuecheng Ridge and entered the Huwei Ridge; The Red 1st Army on the right flank entered the area of Yaojiatang and Qingshui River east of the Qingping boundary of Yuechengling; The 3rd Army Corps of the Red Army on the left flank was in the area of Lutang, Luojiang and Huajiang south of Yuechengling; The Red 9th Army Corps advanced to the Oil Press Ping under the cover of the Red 1st Army; The Red 8th Army Corps advanced to the Huling area to guard the direction of Quanzhou; Behind the palace of the Red 5th Army Corps, the enemy was blocked from Baitang and Jiaochuan to Hushan. At that time, the troops were extremely tired and the sequence was not in order, so the Central Military Commission decided to rest for two days in the western extension area, organize the troops, and continue to advance westward.
On December 4, the central government made a decision in the mountains: "Continue westward to the south of the passage and the area of Chang'anbao of the broadcasting office." All in all, the central authorities did not consider the actual situation of the enemy and us, nor did they expect that Chang Kaishen was still dispatching troops and arranging a pocket formation of "please enter the urn" at the junction leading to Xiangxi, and still decided to "snipe and pursue the enemy with a force, contain the Hunan and Guizhou armies that are trying to intercept the flank of the Red Army, and the main force will advance to the pass, Zhuyang, and Chang'an Fort on the left and right, and go north out of Xiangxi to join the Red Second and Red Sixth Army Corps."
At this time, the Young Communist Division did not follow up the road of the Central Red Army, and after crossing the Xiang River, most of the Central Red Army's radio stations disappeared, and the Young Communist Division temporarily lost contact with the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, so the actions of the whole division could only be decided by the Party Committee of the Young Communist Division. At 10 o'clock in the evening, the whole division crossed the Xiangjiang River, and before it had time to reorganize and rest, it immediately moved to the mountainous area of Resource County in the northeastern part of Guizhou Province.
Zhang Cheng ordered Chief of Staff Zhang Fengming to lead the Sixth Brigade, the reconnaissance regiment, and the engineer battalion as the vanguard troops, open roads in the mountains, build bridges in the water, and reconnoiter the enemy all the way; Political Commissar Xiao Hua led the division's directly subordinate units, the 3rd Brigade, and the 4th Brigade as the left flank; Li Yunlong led the 1st Brigade and the 5th Brigade as the right wing, and the two wings flew together to form the second echelon, followed by the first echelon. Zhang Cheng led the second brigade to cover behind the palace and was the third echelon.
That night, the night was cloudy, the mountains were high and the forests were dense, and the road could not be seen clearly. In order to speed up the march, the team deliberately lit torches or lit horse lanterns, and from the sky, it looked like a huge fire dragon, winding and moving in the endless mountains and forests, which was quite spectacular.
After marching all night until dawn, Zhang Cheng estimated that the troops were about forty or fifty miles away from the Xiangjiang River, and when he saw that the troops had been marching and fighting for several days in a row, and they were extremely tired, he ordered the troops to rest on the spot.
The troops rested for only five hours, got up and had a full meal, and after regaining their strength, they immediately continued their advance. Zhang Cheng saw that neither the Gui Army nor the Central Army were following the pursuing Shao Gong Division, so in order to better lead the troops forward, he swapped positions with Zhang Fengming and set off with the first echelon.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the troops rushed to Yandong Township, which is a minority township, and the local population is mainly Miao nationality, and the people are not very many, only a few hundred households.
Zhang Cheng also had some understanding of the Red Army's ethnic policy, and he specially sent people to find several highly respected elders in the town, and through a friendly exchange, Zhang Cheng patiently and in detail preached to them the policy of the Red Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Party, that the compatriots of all nationalities are one family of China, that the poor people of the world are one family, and that those who oppress the poor are the landlords, the old wealth, the bullies, and the reactionary government.
Through Zhang Cheng's serious and patient explanation, the two sides communicated and understood each other, and the old people quickly identified with the Red Army. I also saw that the Red Army would rather sleep under the eaves, under the big trees, and on the side of the road, rather than go into the houses to disturb the local residents, and did not do any harm to the people.
Moreover, both the officers and the soldiers of the Red Army spoke extremely kindly and politely, respected the local folk customs, and the two sides bought and sold fairly and fairly, so they quickly dispelled the masses' vigilance against our army, and the local Miao people began to go out to receive the Red Army, and they were extremely enthusiastic about the Red Army.