Chapter 40 Good News Reaches the Central Committee
"What a brilliant victory! Commissar, are the casualties of our army large? Zhang Cheng asked, he is still very concerned about the casualties, the Long March is imminent, and the work of transforming prisoners will become more and more difficult in the future, because prisoners will not join an army regime that has lost even its base areas, and the Red Army will fight less and less for a long time in the future. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Division commander, the whole division lost a total of 365 people killed in this battle, 72 were seriously wounded, and more than 300 were lightly wounded, and the light wounded did not affect the battle, and the relatively large number of casualties was mainly caused by the 2nd Brigade to block the enemy's 38th Division with the strength of one brigade, and due to the lack of heavy artillery, it was not the first to suppress the enemy's counterattack." Xiao Hua
"This casualty is still acceptable, the martyrs who died in the battle have recorded the list, and when we return here, we will erect a monument for them. As for the seriously injured, they should be given priority treatment, and if there is any good medicine, do not hide it, and try to use it for them. ”
"Yes, Commander. It's just that there is a new situation now, the Long March is imminent, even if we carry out a heart-to-heart talk and grievance campaign with the prisoners, only about 3,000 of the 14,000 prisoners are willing to join our army, and most of the prisoners know that after the loss of our army's base area, they will face heavy interception by the Kuomintang army, and they are not very optimistic about the future of our army, so they are unwilling to join our army, saying that they want to go home to cultivate the land. Xiao Hua said gloomily.
"Go home to plow the land? Fart! It's the Hui People's Party that continues to fight with us. This group of captives cannot be released, let me continue to detain, and we can shoot some of those who have a blood debt to the common people; The technical arms must remain in our division, and no one should be missing; The rest of the captives were to be forced to labor reform, didn't we seize a lot of baggage materials, so let them act as people's husbands for us and help us transport the baggage materials. In addition, I want to write to Chen Cheng, asking them to exchange the soldiers of our army and the Workers and Peasants who have been captured since the Agrarian Revolutionary War with us for prisoners, and the exchange ratio is one to one. ”
"Division commander, this doesn't seem to be in line with our army's prisoner policy, right?" Xiao Hua is embarrassed.
"Special circumstances and special treatment, now that our army is at an absolute disadvantage, I have to act cheaply. Okay, there is no need to talk about this matter anymore, and after I meet with the central government, I will ask the central government for punishment. "Zhang Cheng has already calculated, the Long March is imminent, the fifth war against encirclement and suppression has been declared a failure, the prestige of the Soviet leaders in the Red Army has been ten and a half, Zhang Cheng has this great victory, even if the Soviet leaders have any opinions on Zhang Cheng, Chairman Mao, Vice Chairman Zhou and other central leaders will come forward to protect him.
"Okay, but the division commander can't carry this matter alone, and when the time comes, we will ask the Central Committee for punishment in the name of the division party committee." Xiao Hua said decisively, Zhang Fengming, Feng Wenbin, Feng Shaojie and others all agreed.
"By the way, how is the situation of the Central Committee, has our good news been sent to the Central Committee, we have single-handedly blocked the eight divisions of the Kuomintang Army with the strength of one division, presumably the Central Committee is very worried about us, we will report the victory to the Central Committee, so that the Central Committee can rest assured."
"Oh, there was too much work after the war, and I forgot about reporting to the central government, and I went to send the report after the meeting." The commissar patted his head and said.
Zhang Cheng said a little embarrassedly: "It's all my fault, I'll be the shopkeeper after the war, and I'll make the comrades work hard." ”
Xiao Hua said: "Division commander, you are the military commander, and it is naturally your responsibility to command the war, but the post-war work is the responsibility of our political commissars, directors, and division chiefs."
After summing up some problems in the battle, Zhang Cheng said: "Okay, that's all for today's meeting, as for the future behavior of our division, I think the central government will have instructions for the next step in two days, and the meeting will be dismissed." ”
The cadres rushed out, Zhang Cheng looked at the quiet conference room, thinking quietly, he knew from later generations that the Central Red Army was now ready for the Long March, and he didn't know if history would change badly because of his own crossing.
As Zhang Cheng expected, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China had decided to leave Ruijin at this time, and history basically did not change.
At half past ten o'clock in the evening of October 5, Ruijin was stationed at the Yeping Central Leadership Station, and several central leaders, including Chairman Mao, Vice Chairman Zhou, Mr. Zhu, Bo Gu, Zhang Luofu, and Wang Jiaxiang, had already rested after finishing their preparations before the Long March.
Suddenly, a confidential correspondent shouted, "Young Communist Division, great victory!" Young Gongshi is a big victory! "I ran all the way and woke up a lot of people, most of whom fell asleep, and were woken up by the voice of the communicator, and I didn't know what was happening, and many of the soldiers who were guarding thought that the enemy had mixed in, and they all chased after them with guns.
While the confidential messenger and the sentry soldiers were arguing, the leaders of the central government were all alarmed, and they all put on their military coats and walked out to see what was going on.
Zhang Yunyi, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Red Army and director of the Operations Bureau, saw that the correspondent was holding a telegram in his hand, and immediately understood, and he reprimanded: "You little comrade, if you have a telegram, you will circulate it to your superiors in accordance with the regulations. ”
When the correspondent heard the reprimand, he felt that he was too carried away, and hurriedly reported: "Report to Minister Zhang, the Young Communist Division has sent a good report, and all three divisions of Jiang Dingwen have been annihilated. ”
"What?" Zhang Yunyi couldn't care about being reserved, he snatched the telegram, read it a little, and laughed.
The chairman asked strangely, "Yun Yi, what happened to make you so happy?" ”
Zhang Yunyi hurriedly said: "Report to the chairman, the Young Communist Division won a great victory and eliminated Jiang Dingwen's three divisions at noon yesterday. ”
The chairman took the telegram impatiently, looked at it roughly, and laughed: "Haha, Enlai, boss, you all come over to take a look, the children's division led by Zhang Cheng killed Jiang Dingwen's three divisions and captured Jiang Dingwen." This is a great victory, an unprecedented victory for our army! ”
In the conference room of the Red Army Headquarters, Bo Gu, Vice Chairman Zhou, Zhang Luofu, Wang Jiaxiang, Chairman Mao, President Zhu, and the heads of various departments who rushed to hear the news gathered together, only to hear Director Zhang Yunyi reading the telegram sent by the Young Communist Division:
"Respected leaders of the Central Committee: The 1st Brigade of our unit made a long-distance attack and captured Ningdu at 16:30 p.m. on October 2, destroying more than 800 enemy troops, capturing more than 500 people, capturing hundreds of tons of grain and grass, as well as a large number of cloth and military uniforms, as well as more than 1 million oceans of financial funds from the Ningdu County Government."
"After the 1st Brigade captured Ningdu, Jiang Dingwen's Ministry stationed in the north of Shicheng was indifferent, and the first step of our army's plan to lead the snake out was not successful, so our 1st Brigade continued to go north, surrounded Guangchang City, and besieged Guangchang without attacking, so as to attract Jiang Dingwen to come to the rescue. After that, our department judged that Jiang Dingwen was likely not to save Guangchang, but quickly attacked Shicheng and then swept towards our red capital Ruijin. Therefore, our general planned and ordered the three brigades remaining in Shicheng County to feint defeat and attract the enemy to Dayou Township in the north of Shicheng. ”
"The main force of our division marched to the direction of Ningdu on October 3, which made Jiang Dingwen's department think that the main force of our division had gone to reinforce Guangchang, and misled Jiang Dingwen to think that the defense of our Shicheng headquarters was empty, and it was just right to go down in a battle and sweep our Soviet base areas along the way. The main force of our division will be transferred to Dayou Township after Jiang Dingwen's change. ”
"Our unit took advantage of Jiang Dingwen's great achievements, ambushed the department in Dayou Township, fought fiercely for three hours, and won an unprecedented victory, destroying more than 6,700 enemies, seriously wounding more than 2,000 people, capturing and lightly wounding more than 14,000 people, capturing the Kuomintang general Jiang Dingwen alive, and the 42nd Division commander Lin Qingyun led the 42nd Division to surrender to our department. In addition, our unit captured 8 enemy heavy artillery pieces, 24 mountain artillery pieces, 86 mortars, 80,000 rounds of artillery shells, 45 heavy machine guns, more than 430 light machine guns, more than 20,000 rifles, submachine guns, and 1 million rounds of ammunition. Our unit suffered only more than 700 casualties. ”
"On the part of Chen Cheng of the Kuomintang Party, our department sent a liaison force to contact the local guerrillas to carry out an attack and harassment war against Chen Cheng's 50,000-strong army on the road from Lichuan to Guangchang, delaying the march and making it impossible to rescue Jiang Ding's cultural department in time, and the attack and harassment battle was a great success, Chen Cheng's department only arrived in Guangchang at noon today, and Jiang Ding's cultural department has been wiped out by our army for a long time."
"As for the matter of the Kuomintang being captured by Jiang Dingwen and other officers, the party committee of our Young Communist Division suggested to the Central Committee that we could negotiate with the Kuomintang to exchange logistical baggage, and our army's Long March is imminent, and it is impossible to reserve all the necessary materials too much, and the situation of the Kuomintang internal accusations and cover-ups is very serious, and we will definitely agree to our army's conditions."
"After the Dayou Township Blockade War, the five divisions of the Chen Cheng Division of the Kuomintang were stationed in Guangchang, and they were deterred by the achievements of our department, and did not dare to make a slight move. Zhang Cheng, commander of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, and Xiao Hua, political commissar. ”
Director Zhang Yunyi finished reading the telegram, and the conference room was immediately cheered.