Liu Yimin and they were also in danger all the way, because the artillery position was bombed, lost fire cover, the Gui army temporarily stopped attacking, the Red Army was also busy resting, both sides were treating the wounded, preparing for the next wave of attack and defense, and there was a brief silence on the position. In addition, Liu Yimin and they were all wearing Guijun clothes, so there was basically no one to check along the way, and when they met the lone Gui Army stragglers, they were killed directly, and when they met groups of Gui Jun, they said hello and went their own way, and they also sheltered some Red Army wounded along the way.

Seeing that he had already touched the rear of the Red Army's position, Liu Yimin said to Wang Dahu: "We have arrived, let the soldiers take off the Guijun uniforms, and you go to contact the troops." ”

Wang Dahu crawled to the edge of the position, "coo, coo" learned a few bird calls, stopped for a while, and a soldier crawled out of the Red Army position also "coo, coo" a few times, and then asked: "Which one?" Wang Dahu replied that it was Wang Dahu of the 101st Regiment, and several heads were immediately exposed on the position, and he shouted in surprise: "Platoon Commander Wang is back, come here." ”

It turned out that Wang Dahu and they happened to touch the position of the 101st Regiment. More than a dozen Red Army soldiers supported more than a dozen wounded Red Army soldiers who had been sheltered along the way, and they poured into the position at once. A Red Army soldier, shouting that he had finally found his troops, leaned against the trench and fell asleep after a while.

Seeing the return of the comrades-in-arms who thought they had died, the Red Army trenches were immediately filled with the joy of reunion, and the soldiers gathered together to ask questions about the long and the short.

Wang Dahu was busy going to the regiment commander to report, and Liu Yimin knew that he had nothing to do for the time being, so he sat there and sorted out his memories: according to records, the Red Fifth Division occupied the Xinwei position at 4 p.m. on November 27, half an hour earlier than the Gui army. At 8 o'clock in the morning of the 28th, the Gui Army dispatched six planes to bomb the Red Army position, and the Xinwei Resistance Battle began. After two days of fierce fighting, the Red Fifth Division suffered heavy casualties, one of the three regiment commanders was killed and two were wounded, and in the early morning of the 30th, they received an order to rush to the Guanghuapu position of the Red Fourth Division, and the Xinwei position was handed over to the 18th Regiment of the Red Sixth Division for defense. Since the 18th Regiment was blocking the enemy on a watermill, it did not arrive at Xinwei until 3 p.m. on the 30th, and the Red Fifth Division handed over the defense at 4 p.m. and rushed to Guanghuapu.

When the Red 18th Regiment took over, the 1,500 commanders and fighters had not slept for four days and four nights, and the soldiers lay down when they arrived at the position, and there was no time to strengthen the fortifications. After repelling 8 attacks by the Gui army, the Red 18th Regiment suffered more than half of the casualties, and waited for the reinforcements of the Red 34th Division to arrive for a long time, and retreated to the direction of the ferry on the morning of December 1. When the Red 34th Division arrived at the main position on Guanyin Mountain, the Red 18th Regiment had already retreated, the Xinwei position was broken through, and the 34th Division fell into the heavy encirclement of the Gui Army. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission ordered the 34th Division to "advance from Banqiaopu to Bailuyuan, or from Yangliujing to Bailuyuan through Dayuan, and then from Bailuyuan to Datangwei through Quanzhou, and then cross Xiangshui from an appropriate area south of the head of the boundary." The 34th Division crossed Baojie Mountain, went out of Guanyang, and entered Quanzhou, where it was blocked by the 44th Division of the Gui Army near Wentang, and Cheng Cuilin, political commissar, and Cai Zhong, director of the Political Department of the division, were killed. Seeing that it was impossible to cross the Xiangjiang River, Division Commander Chen Shuxiang led the rest of his troops along the original road to prepare to return east to southern Hunan to fight guerrillas. Attacked by the Gui army, it was divided into several units. Chen Shuxiang led more than 1,000 people to re-enter Guanyang, ran out of ammunition and food, and was repeatedly surrounded and attacked by militia groups. On December 5, the 34th Division returned to Guanyin Mountain and was attacked by militia groups. Chen Shuxiang urgently convened the cadres of the division and regiment and announced two decisions: First, find a place where the enemy's strength is weak to break through and go to southern Hunan to develop guerrilla warfare. Second, in case of failure to break through, we will swear to shed the last drop of blood for Soviet New China. Chen Shuxiang and Wang Guangdao, chief of staff of the division, led the division and the rest of the 101st and 102nd regiments, totaling about four to five hundred people, to break through to the east, and the 100th regiment was responsible for covering under the command of regiment commander Han Wei. After fierce fighting, only more than 100 people remained in the 30th regiment. Han Wei decided: disperse and break through. On December 9, Chen Shuxiang was ambushed by the local security regiment when he rushed to cross the Guzi River in southern Hunan, Chen Shuxiang was wounded in the abdomen, and finally only two soldiers were left to carry Chen Shuxiang away, and were captured by the enemy, Chen Shuxiang stretched out his hand to stoke his intestines from the abdominal wound, and the enemy cut off Chen Shuxiang's noble head and hung it on the head of Xiaowumen in his hometown of Changsha County. At this point, the heroic steel guard of the Red Army was basically wiped out. The remaining dozens of people went to the mountains to fight guerrillas, which later grew to more than 200 people, and were finally exterminated by the Kuomintang. In the whole division, except for a few soldiers who were spared from hiding among the people, only Han Wei found the Central Red Army and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 55.

Looking at the Red Army soldiers in the trenches, Liu Yimin couldn't help but burst into tears, such a good soldier would finally be buried under Li De's blind command and sacrificed in the hands of the Guangxi militia that looked like bandits, and this kind of tragedy must not happen. But what can I do, I just joined the Red Army, will the leaders of the 34th Division listen to me? How can I meet Division Commander Chen Shuxiang and Political Commissar Cheng Cuilin? In any case, meet them right away and convince them.

Just when Liu Yimin decided to go to Commander Chen Shuxiang, Wang Dahu came to call him and said that the commander of the 101st Regiment Su Daqing wanted to see him.

Liu Yimin followed Wang Dahu to the temporary regimental command post of the 101st Regiment. After Wang Dahu's report, Commander Su Daqing looked at Liu Yimin, who was still dressed in Guijun uniform, and asked, "You are Comrade Liu Yimin?" Liu Yimin snapped and stood upright: "Report to the regiment commander, Red Army soldier Liu Yimin reports to you, please instruct." ”

Commander Su Daqing circled around Liu Yimin twice, and then asked, "Where did you learn this military salute?" ”

Liu Yimin replied: "Report to the head of the regiment, I thought about it myself with reference to the military salute of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and I don't know if it's right yet." ”

Commander Su Daqing asked again: "How do you know the military salute of the Northern Expeditionary Army?" ”

Liu Yimin repeated what he said when he first saw Wang Dahu.

Commander Su Daqing said happily: "You are very brave to bomb the artillery position of the Gui Army, and you have made a great contribution to the revolution as soon as you joined the Red Army. The teacher said that he wanted to take credit for you? ”

Liu Yimin lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said: "Report to the regiment commander, when we came back, we found that there were Gui Army troops pursuing and advancing along the main road in the direction of Jieshou, and after interrogating the prisoners, they were the tail attack Red 18th Regiment, rushing to the Jieshou Ferry to intercept the main force of the Red Army, and it is estimated that the large force of our army is about to cross the Xiang River." If we don't act quickly, we may be besieged here. ”

Commander Su Daqing thought for a while and said, "This situation is very important, you go with me to see the division commander." ”

The headquarters of the Red 34th Division was set up in a makeshift bunker at the back of Guanyin Mountain. Liu Yimin and Wang Dahu followed Su Daqing for a while and then arrived. The sentry saw that it was the commander of the 101st regiment and saluted and let him in. Division Commander Chen Shuxiang was comparing on the map, when he heard the report, raised his head, and asked the commander of the 101st Regiment: "What's the situation?" ”

Regiment Commander Su Daqing replied: "Report to the division commander, the comrades who served as the rear guard of our regiment have returned, and there are only a dozen people left in the whole company, and they were the ones who did the explosion of the artillery position of the Gui army just now. They brought back a new situation, and I thought it was necessary to report it to you immediately, so I brought them here. Then he retold the situation reported by Liu Yimin.

Division Commander Chen Shuxiang turned to Wang Dahu and said loudly: "Okay, great, after completing the covering task, more than a dozen people blew up the enemy's artillery position, really the hero of our Red Army, Wang Dahu, I want to ask for credit for you!" ”

Wang Dahu hurriedly saluted and said: "Report to the division commander, the cover task was completed by our company, and the company commander, instructor and most of the comrades sacrificed. It was this new member of our Red Army who bombed the enemy's artillery, Comrade Liu Yimin. Then he reported the battle situation when the covering troops were transferred, and then described how he met the Gui army when he broke through, how he was almost captured, how he met Liu Yimin, and how Liu Yimin bombed the enemy's artillery position.

Division Commander Chen Shuxiang immediately took Liu Yimin's hand and said: "Good job, welcome to join the Red Army, I want to ask for credit for you, do a good job!" ”

When Liu Yimin saw Chen Shuxiang, he remembered the description of him in the memoirs of those generals, loyal to the party, shrewd and capable, rich in military experience, and in the prime of life. Thinking of this, he remembered the purpose of his meeting, and hurriedly saluted and reported: "Report to the division commander, from the analysis of the situation we have observed and the situation of interrogating the prisoners, the pursuing force of the enemy's Central Army may have broken through the resistance of our Red 8th Army Corps and is advancing rapidly towards the Jieshou Ferry; A part of the Gui Army pursued our Red 18th Regiment and also pursued and advanced towards the head of the boundary; The Hunan army attacked the positions of our troops on the west bank of the Jieshou ferry with all their might. Judging from the current situation, the enemy forces are trying to concentrate and annihilate the main forces of our army on both sides of the border. According to my judgment, at present, all units of our army on the east bank of the Xiang River are crossing the river with all their might, and the main force will soon disengage from the enemy. If our army's blocking forces on the east bank of the Xiang River can quickly reach the ferry and can keep up with the main force transfer, it is estimated that they will be surrounded by the enemy on the east bank of the Xiang River if there is a slight delay. Now that our division has been cut off from the main force and is in an encirclement of the enemy, it is estimated that the Xiangjiang River will soon be blocked by the enemy, and if we still stay in this place, the enemy at the first crossing of the boundary will not be able to catch up with the main force of our army, and we will be the object of their retaliation, and when the time comes, hundreds of thousands of enemy troops will flock to it, and our army will be in great danger. Please make a quick decision to the division commander. ”

Chen Shuxiang looked at Liu Yimin and said, "What did you do before joining the army?" ”

Liu Yimin briefly retold his resume. Chen Shuxiang asked again: "What do you think our army should do at present?" ”

"There are three ways to choose: 1. Throw off all baggage, immediately advance to the Jieshou Ferry, rescue the Red 18th Regiment and other blocking troops, and then quickly cross the river. If the main force of our army has not yet completed the crossing of the river, we can gather the blocking troops on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River, increase the blocking force, and cross the river in batches while blocking near the ferry. If the ferry pontoon bridge is blown up, quickly advance downstream to cross the river at Fenghuangzui; 2. Throw off all the baggage, find a guide, and go directly along the road to the Phoenix Mouth, 12 kilometers downstream of the head of the boundary; 3. Throw off all baggage, quickly get rid of the enemy, return to southern Hunan in concealment, and then return to the Soviet area. Whichever way you go, be fast. ”

Chen Shuxiang said: "I know, you go down and rest!" ”

Liu Yimin was about to salute and retire, when the operator reported that the Central Revolutionary Military Commission was in an emergency. After reading the telegram, Chen Shuxiang immediately called the correspondent to inform the regiment leaders to hold a meeting at the division headquarters. Liu Yimin thought to himself that this was the telegram from Li Detu's straight line: "Advance from Banqiaopu to Bailuyuan, or from Yangliujing to Bailuyuan through Dayuan, and then from Bailuyuan to Datangwei through Quanzhou, and then cross Xiangshui from the appropriate area south of the head of the boundary." Therefore, you can't follow the map in a straight line, and the straight lines on the map are all over the mountains. ”

Chen Shuxiang snorted.

Wang Dahu pulled Liu Yimin and said, "Go!" After the two people saluted, they left the division headquarters.

In fact, Liu Yimin was very reluctant to leave, he really wanted to stay and participate in the discussions of the division leaders and give them advice, but he was not qualified, as a new soldier in the army, he had already said a lot, and it was easy for others to doubt his identity. He knew that the Red Army was a very loyal and disciplined force, and it was impossible for him, a new soldier who had just joined the army, to persuade Chen Shuxiang to change the route of the march. However, Liu Yimin did not give up, he couldn't watch this heroic army go to destruction. He believed that with Chen Shuxiang's military qualities and the Red Army's ability to fight guerrillas, he understood the dangers he was facing and would certainly be able to make the right choice. If it doesn't work, it's fate.

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