Chapter 5 The first meeting with Chen Shuxiang
Looking at a few people around from afar, and a few of them were obviously not wearing camouflage uniforms of their own troops, Li Jiansheng almost didn't think about it, so he guessed that these were the famous Chen Shuxiang, Cheng Cuilin and a few others in history, so the two guns entered the box at once, and walked quickly. Chen Shuxiang, Cheng Cuilin and other leaders of the Red 34th Division had obviously received Li Zhi's prompt, and they also hurried over.
As expected, Chen Shuxiang is a sturdy middle-aged man who is neither tall nor short, his eyes are particularly bright, and he looks like a real soldier at first glance. But Cheng Cuilin gave him a feeling that something was wrong. In Li Jiansheng's impression, this person who is a political commissar should be a quiet and weak man with glasses, but he is also a tough middle-aged man, mighty and compelling, and his age is not comparable to Chen Shuxiang.
Li Jiansheng greeted him with a smile. You know, this is the real Central Red Army unit, although these people have sacrificed in history, but they are all well-known men. Thinking that he had changed some history and saved these cattle people, Li Jiansheng was inexplicably a little excited. Therefore, the sincere smile is all on his face, and the excitement is expressed in his rich body language. It's just that after only a few steps forward, Chen Shuxiang, Cheng Cuilin and several other leaders of the Red 34th Division wearing gray cloth uniforms came over a few steps first, and when they arrived in front of Li Jiansheng, they didn't say a word, saluted together, and said loudly: "Chen Shuxiang, commander of the 34th Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Cheng Cuilin, political commissar of the division, and Cai Zhong, director of the political department of the division, greet Li Jiansheng, commander-in-chief of the Red Third Front Army!" β
Li Jian, who was walking forward quickly, stopped stiffly. Stunned. After a while, they realized: they were saluting themselves as subordinates! Oh, no wonder, I've forgotten who I am! He is the commander-in-chief of the dignified Third Front Army, and they are the commander and political commissar of the 34th Division, and the director of the political department of the division! The commander-in-chief of his own front army is at least three levels older than them. You know, there are corps under the front army, and there are divisions under the corps! ββIt's just that I didn't think about it, so is it necessary to be so hierarchical?
Thinking of this, Li Jiansheng was a little helpless. I didn't care about this so-called etiquette, but when I saw a few blood-stained old Red Army soldiers saluting me, I had to put down all kinds of doubts and unhappiness in my heart, and I also raised my hand to salute back, and the two sides shook hands and laughed. Li Jiansheng didn't know that in fact, Mao Weiren, Mr. Zhu, Zhou Weiren, etc., had always been in harmony with these grassroots cadres, and the army did not have such a strict concept of hierarchy before. However, it was only after the central power was sidelined, especially since the launch of the large-scale anti-rebellion campaign, that the concept of hierarchy in the Red Army units gradually strengthened. However, iron-blooded men such as Chen Shuxiang and Cheng Cuilin who were killed from the rain of bullets didn't care too much about this level. But this time is different, but they sincerely thank this youngest senior general of the Red Army who saved them and saved the 34th Division at a critical juncture! Therefore, a few men saluted Li Jiansheng sincerely. Besides, Li Jiansheng's deeds, they are familiar with it, and they admire it very much in their hearts, how can they not be excited to see and be rescued by him today? However, Chen Shuxiang, Cheng Cuilin and others are all men, and they are not used to being daughters, but this tribute to Li Jiansheng as a subordinate has already explained a lot.
Li Jiansheng didn't know that the leaders of the Red 34th Division had such thoughts, but they were originally division-level leaders, and they were the leaders of the front army, so everyone treated them like this. If you know, I'm afraid that this face will be red for a long time! You must know that Chen Shuxiang and Cheng Cuilin are both people he respects very much. The person he respects very much salutes himself because he admires him, and this Li Jiansheng is too thick-skinned to be afraid that he can't accept it!
Fortunately, several people present are straightforward people, and after seeing the ceremony, they introduced each other again, which can be regarded as acquaintance. Li Jiansheng heard Chen Shuxiang introduce that the director of the Political Department of the 34th Division was also named Cai Zhong, so he deliberately took a few more looks, and later said with a smile that his Red Third Front Army also had a senior general named Cai Zhong, who was also a veteran of political work, and next time he would have to call the two Cai Zhong together to see which Cai Zhong was more powerful. This remark can make several people laugh out loud.
After exchanging with each other, Li Jiansheng carefully inquired about the situation of the 34th Red Division, and learned that although the 34th Division suffered heavy losses, fortunately, the backbone was still there, but the ammunition was seriously insufficient. Li Jiansheng nodded, indicating that he knew, but his heart flew away again: in history, after the Red 34th Division was heavily damaged by the Gui army at Guanyin Mountain, it finally broke through the siege, but it had to advance from Banqiaopu to Bailuyuan according to the erroneous order of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, intending to cross Xiangshui from the appropriate area south of the head of the boundary. But he didn't know that at that time, Banqiaopu, Jieshou and other places had all fallen into the hands of the enemy. The 34th Division took the initiative to once again plunge into the enemy's trap. This time, the 34th Division was disabled, and Cheng Cuilin, Cai Zhong and others were killed. Chen Shuxiang retreated from the rest of the army, and was attacked by the Gui army on the way and was divided into several units. Chen Shuxiang led more than 1,000 people to break through the siege, re-entered Guanyang, ran out of ammunition and food, and was repeatedly surrounded and attacked by militia groups. On December 5, the 34th Division re-ascended Guanyin Mountain and was attacked again 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, when Chen Shuxiang crossed the Guzi River in southern Hunan, he was ambushed by the local security group, Chen Shuxiang was wounded in the abdomen, and finally only two soldiers were left to carry Chen Shuxiang away, and was captured by the enemy, Chen Shuxiang stretched out his hand to cut off his intestines from the abdominal wound, and the enemy cut off Chen Shuxiang's 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.
Fortunately, he came in time, saved them, and changed the fate of these people at the most critical moment. When Li Jiansheng thought of this, his heart was inexplicably cloudy. looked at the soldiers of the Red 34th Division who were resting around him, and couldn't help but shed two lines of tears: such a good soldier was finally not finally buried under Li De's blind command, and finally did not die in the hands of the Guangxi militia that looked like bandits, which in itself is the value of coming to this era! Yes, that's what you're worth! In the rebellion, he saved more than 1,600 backbones; In the Xinwei blockade battle, he saved the Red 34th Division - all this, needless to say, is the value of coming to this era!
Thinking of this, the pride in Li Jiansheng's chest finally filled again, and then he slowly came back to his senses. When I looked up, I found that everyone was looking at me in surprise. Li Jiansheng's face was hot: I'm still too young, no, I'm out of shape right now! At the moment, it's not good to be pretentious, so I have to tell the truth and say: I'm sorry! I just remembered that the soldiers of the 34th Division fought hard, and my heart was a little excited......
It's good that he doesn't explain, this explanation makes everyone's hearts a little lively! Li Zhi, Wu Zheng, and Li Yu, who rushed over with Li Jiansheng day and night, were on the road, so how could they be so bitter? For three days, the rapid march was nearly 700 miles, with an average of more than 200 miles of mountain roads per day. You know, it was completely out of the footboard! Fortunately, the commander-in-chief told them that they knew that they were here to save their comrades, so everyone didn't say anything. At this moment, my comrades-in-arms saved and destroyed the enemy, and I was happy. Therefore, when the commander-in-chief said this, everyone felt the same way. And the leaders of several divisions of the Red 34th Division, looking at Li Jiansheng's situation, and looking at the demeanor and attire of Li Zhi, Wu Zheng and several others, knew that this brother unit had indeed suffered a lot for their own troops this time, but their commander-in-chief was still crying for himself. At that moment, several division commanders sighed in their hearts: This commander-in-chief Li is really a good talent! glanced at each other, lined up in a line, and once again solemnly saluted Li Jiansheng!