In February 1936, the Sichuan Army, which had won a decisive victory at Baizhang Pass, joined forces with Xue Yue's Central Army and began to attack the Red Fourth Front Army in western Sichuan when they returned to the land in spring. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Due to the lack of food and clothing, the Red Army suffered serious attrition and a sharp drop in combat effectiveness during this particularly cold winter in the past, resulting in the defensive line constantly being broken through by the Kuomintang coalition forces, and the situation became increasingly grim.

At this time, the officers and men of the Red Fourth Front saw that the Central Red Army had won successive battles after going north, and had successfully joined forces with the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, and had established a foothold in northern Shaanxi.

Chen Changhao also began to gradually change his attitude, and in the face of ironclad facts, he felt more and more that the central government's strategy of going north was correct, and the road to the south was, as the commander said, a dead end.

Seeing that even his close comrades-in-arms no longer supported him, Zhang had no choice but to decide to go north, cross the Daxue Mountain again, and go north along the route of the Central Red Army. However, this back and forth can make the soldiers of the Fourth Front Army miserable, and the Central Red Army made sufficient preparations when it went north, but now it is forced to make a hasty decision out of desperation, tens of thousands of Red Army troops braved the wind and snow, crossed the tall and cold snow-capped mountains, and left countless corpses and bones along the way......

After talking about the Four Front Armies, the Long March of the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps left in Xiangxi also officially kicked off in November 1935.

When the Central Red Army left the Soviet region of Jiangxi Province to carry out a strategic shift, the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps, which had been fighting alone for a long time, soon became the target of the Southern Kuomintang Army, and Chang Kaishen, who regarded the southern Democratic Party base camp, was determined to eliminate this great trouble, so he specially appointed Chen Cheng, a close general, as the commander-in-chief of the "encirclement and suppression" army, mobilized 130 regiments and nearly 300,000 troops, and besieged the Xiangxi Red Army with only more than 20,000 troops.

Chen Cheng thoroughly learned the lessons of Chang Kaishen's previous failures in encirclement and suppression, directly copied Chang Kaishen's successful experience in the fifth encirclement and suppression, implemented the method of barrier warfare, built a large number of pillboxes on the border of western Hunan Province, and marched step by step, intending to completely strangle the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps.

The enemy is stronger than ever, what to do?

In view of the seriousness of the enemy situation, the unfavorable terrain, the fact that the base areas were tightly sealed by the Kuomintang army, economic difficulties, shortage of materials, and other unfavorable factors, coupled with the fact that the Central Red Army had completed its strategic transfer and the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps had also come to an end, He Shuai judged the hour and sized up the situation, decided to follow the example of the Central Red Army to carry out the strategic transfer, highlighted the heavy encirclement of the 300,000-strong army, and resolved to create a new base area in Hunan and Guizhou, where the Kuomintang Army was relatively weak.

Of course, in view of the heavy encirclement of Chen Cheng's army, the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps did not directly break through to the west, but made a false shot, but changed to the weak zone of the enemy in the southeast, broke through the double blockade line of Lishui and Yuanjiang, and penetrated directly into the land of central Hunan.

The move of the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps was a stroke of genius, which made Chen Cheng, who stayed in the Yichang camp to command the operation, stunned, and completely unexpected him. Central Hunan is the core area of Hunan Province, with a dense population and a developed economy, so the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps decided to rest and recuperate here, and fully mobilized the masses to raise food and funds to expand their strength.

When the Kuomintang army reacted and gathered troops to encircle it again, the Second and Sixth Army Corps did not care about the prosperity of central Hunan and continued to move southward, and once again rushed across the Yuan River and entered the Lengshuipu area west of the Zhijiang River.

The continuous transfer of the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps completely confused Chang Kaishen and Chen Cheng, and they were afraid that the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps would move into the southern Jiangxi Soviet region, which had a deep mass base, so Chang Kaishen ordered all units to step up the pursuit.

Unexpectedly, after the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps once again made a false shot and led the enemy into the mountainous area, the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps avoided the enemy's heavy troops, suddenly turned around and rushed to the southwest region, crossed the Wujiang River, and connected several cities in Qianxi, Dading, and Bijie, and established the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou-Soviet base area.

The re-establishment of the Soviet base areas by the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps was something Chang Kaishen absolutely did not want to see, and the local warlords regarded them even more as beasts of prey, and the Kuomintang Army once again gathered 130 regiments of troops to encircle and suppress the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps.

In view of the economic weakness and the difficulty of supplying the base areas, He Shuai resolutely abandoned the base areas and decided to continue the transfer; at this time, the central authorities sent a directive telegram suggesting that the Jinsha River should be crossed, waiting for an opportunity to join the Fourth Front Army, and informing the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps that the Central Red Army had successfully established itself in the Soviet area of northern Shaanxi.

The instructions and telegrams of the Central Committee greatly encouraged all the officers and men of the Second and Sixth Army Corps of the Red Army, and strengthened their determination to march north to join forces with the Central Army. Subsequently, the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps quickly passed through the enemy's blockade line and approached Kunming, which suddenly made Kunming panic, and the chairman of Yunnan Province, Long Yun, had no master.

Shocked by the shock, the Kuomintang army dispatched troops to reinforce Kunming, and the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps had already played the old trick of "dangling a shot" to the fullest.

Just when the Kuomintang army thought that they were going to storm Kunming, the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps took advantage of the fact that all the troops in central Yunnan were being transferred to Kunming, and they were like bamboos all the way, playing boards, singing songs, beating local tyrants, dividing the land, eradicating bullies, seizing enemy funds, carrying excellent loads, and being extremely happy.

In late April, the 2nd and 6th Army Corps of the Red Army successfully crossed the Jinsha River, followed the route provided by the Central Red Army, made full preparations, and climbed several snow-capped mountains in succession.

After crossing the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps quickly marched all the way north, advancing towards the Ganzi area, intending to join the Fourth Front Army.

Due to the sincere unity of the Second and Sixth Army Corps of the Red Army, the decision-making was rapid, resolute, and correct, and the experience of the Central Red Army was used as a reference. Therefore, it is really surprising that the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps, which had the smallest troops, became the most complete units and suffered the fewest losses among the three Red Army units that participated in the Long March.

At the same time, the good news that the Red Second and Red Sixth Army Corps had successfully crossed the Jinsha River, crossed the Daxue Mountain, and were about to advance into Ganzi to join the Fourth Front Army swept through the entire Ganzi region like a warm spring earth.

History remembers this day: on June 30, 1936, the Red Sixth Army arrived in the Jiawa area south of Lihua and joined forces with the Red 32nd Army that came to meet it.

On July 1, as if he was more than ten years younger, Mr. Zhu rode his horse and galloped more than ten miles away to personally greet He Shuai, Ren Bishi, Xiao Ke, Wang Zhen and other leaders of the Second and Sixth Army Corps.

As soon as the two sides met, they hugged each other, and their eyes flashed with layers of tears, and for a while, everyone was so excited that they couldn't speak.