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On December 31, the last day of 1934, the Central Red Army captured the county seat of Weng'an. The Central Red Army arrived at Monkey Field at 3 p.m. that day.

Since the founding of the Central Red Army in Jinggangshan, there has been an unwritten rule: Military-civilian gatherings should be held every New Year's and festivals, so that officers and soldiers can enjoy themselves and the army and the people will have fun together. At present, although it is a period of strategic shift, it is impossible to make it as lively as in the Central Soviet District, but the General Political Department still demands that all units carry out all kinds of celebrations and turn this activity into a combat mobilization meeting for the forced crossing of the Wujiang River.

In addition, because the Red Army was making a surprise attack on Weng'an, the landlords and old fortunes had not yet had time to use the "New Year's goods" they had bought, and as soon as they heard that the Red Army was coming, they immediately abandoned them and fled, and these "New Year's goods" became trophies in the hands of the Red Army.

In addition to most of these trophies were given to the "dry people" in Weng'an City, a small part also became a delicacy at the Red Army Gala, with an average of two large pigs killed by each unit, as well as mutton and chicken, and the Red Army soldiers were undoubtedly happy and beautiful on this day.

Therefore, the officers and men of the Red Army swept away the fatigue of marching and fighting for days and happily spent the New Year. Naturally, while everyone was eating meat and drinking wine in large bowls, the mobilization meeting for forcibly crossing the Wujiang River was also very successful, and the soldiers rushed to sign up and write a letter of determination, asking to be the pioneer of the forced crossing of the Wujiang River.

However, most of the members of the Politburo were not in such a good mood, and even on the first day of January, they still sat in the monkey field and held what historians called the "monkey field meeting".

After a thrilling battle between the open and the covert, in the end, the commander-in-chief, with the strong support of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhou, reaffirmed the correct stand expounded by the commander-in-chief at the Liping Conference, affirmed the correct military policy put forward by the commander-in-chief, seriously refuted the erroneous propositions of the Soviet leaders, and established the principle of the Politburo deciding major issues.

After that, Wang Jiaxiang, Zhang Luofu, and most of the participants agreed with the commander-in-chief's viewpoint: The Red Army should first establish a new base area in the Sichuan-Guizhou border area, centered on the Zunyi area. It once again rejected the erroneous proposition put forward by the leaders of the Soviet faction that "it is entirely possible to establish a temporary base area on the south bank of the Wujiang River, and then march to Xiangxi and join the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps," and decided that the Red Army should immediately cross the Wujiang River and capture Zunyi.

In the end, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhou gathered the opinions of the majority of the Politburo members and formed and adopted the famous "Decision of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on the Course of Action after Crossing the Wujiang River."

There is no doubt that the Monkey Field Conference corrected the military mistakes of the Soviet leaders, especially emphasized that the military command must be placed under collective leadership, abandoned the arbitrary power of the Soviet leaders, and laid a firm foundation for the commander-in-chief to return to the central power. Later, Deputy Commander Zhou called this meeting "the eve of the great turning point"!

At the same time, Zhang Cheng led nearly 40,000 young communist divisions to step on the warm winter sun, starting from Liping and entering the endless mountains and mountains of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

The mountains are high and the roads are far away, and the mountain roads that cannot be seen at a glance are extremely narrow, steep, and rugged, and the trees are dense and the forests are deep, and the rivers are turbulent; although it is convenient for the troops to march in concealment, and it is difficult for the Kuomintang reconnaissance planes to find out, it also causes a lot of trouble to the marching troops and affects the speed of the march.

However, Zhang Cheng was mentally prepared for the hardships and dangers ahead before he set off, and ordered the reconnaissance regiment to set off ahead of the troops, select a suitable marching route along the way, and then ordered the engineer regiment to be the vanguard unit, walk in front of the mountains to open the way, and build bridges in the water.

As a result, with the strong assistance of the reconnaissance regiment and the engineer regiment, the Young Communist Division rushed forward at a speed of 100 miles a day, struggling to catch up with the main forces of the Red Army.

At noon on December 30, when the Young Communist Division arrived near Zhenyuan, Zhang Cheng ordered the troops to rest in concealment and recover their physical strength as soon as possible. Tomorrow is the New Year's Day of 1935, and the villages that the Red Army passes through can feel the lively atmosphere of the approaching festival.

Entering the county seat of Zhenyuan, the atmosphere of the festival was even stronger, and the soldiers watched the people prepare for the festival lively, and they missed their relatives in their hometown even more. In view of this, after holding a brief meeting with several division leaders, Zhang Cheng decided to have a day off tomorrow so that all cadres and soldiers could have a lively New Year's Day, and that all units should buy pigs and sheep on a large scale, improve everyone's food, and give each officer and soldier two pieces of ocean.

Last night, the north wind was tight, but I didn't expect to open the door early the next morning, and the snowflakes drifted in. The ground was covered with velvet snow, snowflakes were flying in the sky, and the mountains in the distance were covered in snow.

Zhang Cheng couldn't help but hum a few words: "The north wind blows the snowflakes and the one floats......"

"Commander, I'm so interested! But why did you sing the repertoire of "The White-Haired Girl", it's not a scene! The commissar came over in a yellow tweed army coat.

"Political commissar, it snowed heavily on the first day of the new year, and next year should be a good year, a good year for Ruixue." Zhang Cheng hurriedly diverted the topic, he couldn't answer that he was so idle that he somehow sang this song.

"Yes! Ruixue is a mega year, and I hope that next year will be the year when our Red Army will bottom out and rebound. The political commissar touched the scene and said,

Zhang Cheng also said with some emotion: "Political commissar, don't worry!" After the various meetings of the Central Committee in the past month, I have judged that the commander-in-chief is about to return to the leading post, and he will certainly lead our Red Army from victory to victory! ”

The political commissar is also aware of the recent wind direction of the central government, but he is not as sure as Zhang Cheng, and when he saw that Zhang Cheng said that the commander would definitely come out of the mountain, he was immediately overjoyed: "You mean that the commander is going to go out of the mountain again."

Zhang Cheng laughed mysteriously like a magic stick, and whispered: "At present, the main force of the Red Army is about to attack Zunyi, and when this big city is captured, a major central meeting will be held, and there should be good news at that time, and the preparations for our division to be upgraded to the army can also be put on the agenda, haha." ”

After 8 o'clock in the morning, the entire Young Communist Division began to take action, and all units sent procurement personnel to the city or countryside to purchase pigs, ducks, fish, sheep, and other kinds of meat for the holidays.

All the officers and men put on brand-new military coats and made great efforts to clean and hygienize the surrounding environment, and all of them looked particularly energetic and refreshed, with happy smiles on their young faces.

In addition to the soldiers who had a mission, the soldiers took the newly launched ocean and went to the county town or small market in groups to buy the items they needed.

The county town and the small market are crowded with people, very lively, and the enthusiasm of the soldiers to celebrate the festival dispels the cold of the falling snow. In front of the shops and small stalls in the market, the soldiers who visited the market were crowded.

All the officers and men of the Red Army spoke in a kind and polite manner, bought and sold fairly, and never bargained with the shopkeepers, and used very strong modern oceans, and the happy merchants were smiling and rushing to do business with the Red Army soldiers.

Those prisoners who had just joined the Red Army felt unusually warm when they saw this scene, and they were even more determined to follow the Red Army.