Before reading this article, please click "Follow". It not only facilitates you to discuss and share, but also brings you a different sense of participation. Thank you for your support. On October 24, 1934, the main force of the Red Sixth Army disappeared in Guizhou and the Red Three Army and successfully met in the Wood and Huang Sanjia, firing the first shot of the Central Red Army Long March.
is something to be happy about, but the leader of Red Sixth Legion has always been worried and frowning.
On October 25, 1934, when the head of the Red Sixth Army called the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, he clearly reported: "The 52nd Regiment, which has only more than 800 remaining in the Legion, has not yet arrived at , and the rest of the personnel have now been organized into the third regiment."
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Anti-Japanese War has not yet been won. Although the Red Sixth Army, which has been incorporated into , the Red Second Army, immediately entered the battle and rushed to battles of all sizes, they were still concerned and looking for the whereabouts of the Fifty-Second Regiment. What happened to the more than 800 comrades in the 52nd Regiment of
? Why can't I return to the team for a long time? How did they end up doing?
The siege and break through the layers of siege
The Kuomintang has never stopped persecuting the Communist Party for its own selfish interests. Since 1930, the Kuomintang has launched "encirclement and suppression" operations five times. However, it was the Communist Party who fought back again and again that ultimately shattered their delusions.
934, due to the wrong guidance of the "left" adventurist leader, the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" of the central government ended in failure.
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934 On August 7, 1934, Chairman Mao made a difficult decision to transfer the revolutionary base area and preserve the strength of the Red Army. According to the orders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, the Red Sixth Army, as an advance force, explored the way for the Red Army's Long March. After receiving the order, Ren Bishi, Xiao Ke and Wang Zhen immediately formed the Military and Political Committee in the Red Sixth Army, and led more than 9,700 Red Army troops to advance westward. The Kuomintang army, which was busy with encirclement and suppression, noticed that the Red Sixth Corps broke through the encirclement, and immediately dispatched some troops to encircle and block it.
Facing the enemy's layers of blocking, the Red Sixth Army held the gun bar in its hand tightly, rushed towards the blockade line, and fought fiercely with the enemy. With few breathing moments, the Red Sixth Army accelerated and advanced rapidly towards Wujiang .
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On October 7, 1934, the Red Sixth Army arrived at Ganxi Town, Shiqian County, Guizhou. The troops had not been able to repair it yet. Forty thousand enemy troops rushed back in a tide like a tide.
The reason why the Kuomintang "shot" was because the 19th Division stationed in Ganxi quickly reported the matter to its superiors after discovering the traces of the Red Sixth Army. Chiang Kai-shek immediately sent 24 regiments of troops to Ganxi to encircle and block, which shows how much he attached to this matter.
Along the way, the Red Sixth Army, which was constantly avoiding enemy artillery fire, was already exhausted. Unexpectedly, a large number of enemy troops would suddenly appear for a moment, and a fierce battle began.
ammunition cannot be replenished, and the troops are tired overall. In addition, the enemy is large and powerful, resulting in only one-third of the troops left in the Red Sixth Army. If they continue to consume, the entire regiment will be buried here.
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In times of crisis, the head of the Red Sixth Army decisively decided to adopt guerrilla tactics and lead the team to rush towards the enemy to find the entrance to break the siege and not delay the meeting plan with the Red Third Army. To the west of
Shiqian is a mountainous area with few people. Due to the steep terrain on the mountain and complex conditions, it can not only use the terrain to greatly exert guerrilla warfare , but also avoid the places where the people live, so as not to get involved in innocent people.
The 52nd Regiment of the Red 18th Division received an order: to change from a defender to a vanguard, take the lead in advancing to the deepest part of the mountainous area, and open the road for the subsequent troops.
On October 15, 1934, when the Red Sixth Army continued to rush to Yinjiang to meet with the Red Three Army, another sudden change occurred. When the Red 52nd Regiment, which was leading the team at the forefront, arrived near Banqiao, it was surrounded by Hunan Army and the gunfight started again.
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If you want to meet with the Red Army, the most urgent task is to get rid of the enemy's pursuit.
On October 16, 1934, the Legion issued another instruction, ordering the Red 18th Division to change from avant-garde to a rear guard to cover the transfer of the main force to the Ganxi area. The commander of the Red 18th Division, Long Yun, who received the instructions from , and Tian Haiqing, did not dare to delay at all. They immediately led more than 800 troops of the 52nd Regiment to change the position of the team and cut off the rear for the main force.
can serve as avant-garde and defender in the army, which shows that the combat effectiveness of the 52nd Regiment of the Red 18th Division is obviously good, but this also means that the responsibilities they shoulder are even more serious.
The Red 52nd Regiment, with only more than 800 people, was commanded by the division commander Long Yun and regiment commander Tian Haiqing, and successfully completed the task of cutting off the rear in Zhujiaba area, which gave a lot of time for the transfer of the main force.
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Under the cover of strong backing, the main force of the Red Sixth Army successfully acted according to the original plan.
At this time, after contacting the Red 6th Army, led by He Long and Guan Xiangying, rushed southward, traveling through mountains and rivers, and finally met successfully at 11 a.m. on the 24th.
What is heartbreaking is that after waiting for a long time, the Red Sixth Legion never saw the Red 52nd Regiment return. Why didn’t the Red 52nd Regiment join forces?
The difficult struggle behind the arduous task
Although the Red 52nd Regiment successfully completed the task of cutting off the rear, the Red 52nd Regiment, which should have been relieved, did not relax at all. Looking at the enemy who was chasing behind, the division commander Long Yun and the regiment commander Tian Haiqing resolutely gave up meeting the main force, but chose to continue to lure the enemy.
Only when the main force is safe and sound is our success. With this idea in mind, the Red 52nd Regiment led the enemy to Qianniu Mountain step by step. This means that while blocking the enemy's besiege of the main force, they also cut off their own backs.
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In front of it is the enemy's encirclement, and behind it is the bottomless cliff. At this time, the Red 52nd Regiment standing on the cliff had dropped from more than 800 troops to more than 400, which shows the cruelty and intensity of the battle.
As long as you are alive and have a breath, you will never give up easily. After discussing, the division commander Long Yun and the regiment commander Tian Haiqing decided to act separately to create more vitality. The commander of the division, Long Yun, led more than 200 people to climb the steep wall and break through the river, while the regiment commander Tian Haiqing led more than 100 Red Army Red Army soldiers to attack the enemy in the Dingguan Fort on the Qianniu Mountain, relying on favorable terrain.
Long Yun led more than 200 Red Army soldiers to climb down the cliffs with difficulty along the rattans on the cliffs. Every step may fall into the depths of the cliffs due to lapse into the air or the insufficient support of the rattans.
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Under such difficult conditions, the Red Army did not complain at all, and still faced it calmly and did not let go of any hope of life.
Finally, under the leadership of the division commander Long Yun, more than 200 people broke through the siege. Afterwards, they traveled around and met the enemy army head-on when they marched to the junction of Shiqian and Cengong counties. After a fierce battle, the division commander Long Yun was unfortunately injured, and the troops could only urgently move to the jungle to treat the division commander and take a break.
How could the enemy give the Red Army a chance to breathe? After the Kuomintang unexpectedly discovered that some of the Red Army successfully broke through, it urgently ordered the manpower from each county to search for the whereabouts of the Red Army.
On October 26, 1934, the reactionary militia in each county was unable to find clues from door to door, and locked their targets on the mountain.
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Because Long Yun and his comrades were tired and fighting for many days without eating, they were in a state of fatigue. After the enemy found their traces, Long Yun could only order the whole thing to be broken into pieces, hoping that even if the enemy could not take into account both, a few people could break through the siege.
When Long Yun struggled to escape from the enemy's encirclement, he endured the severe pain and hid everywhere, but was caught by the enemy in Guanzhuang, Cengong County.
Long Yun, who was detained in the Longjieao District Office, faced the continuous interrogation of the enemy, always firmly denied the identity of the Red Army and wanted to confuse the enemy's attention. Unexpectedly, the emergence of a rebel took the situation sharply.
After the rebels recognized Long Yun's identity, the enemy was very excited and immediately sent him to the "responsible institute", hoping that he could explain everything and help the Kuomintang.
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How could Long Yun, who only had the Communist Party in his heart, be as the Kuomintang wished? He knew the Kuomintang clearly and could never rebel and surrender.
He Jian, who was the commander-in-chief of the "suppression of the Communist Party" coalition forces of the five provinces of the Kuomintang at that time, sent someone to "enter" him with great pleasure after taking over Long Yun, but Long Yun did not appreciate it at all.
Facing Long Yun who " toast but not to eat the penalty for ", He Jian finally showed a hateful face in anger and sent someone to torture him, trying to draw the information of the Communist Party from his tight mouth.
How can the loyal and wise men be as good as the evil ones wish? After rounds of torture, Long Yun still gritted his teeth and persisted with a firm gritted his teeth.
936 On February 2, 33, Long Yun, who was only 33 years old, closed his eyes forever due to his serious injury. So what about the other 100 Red Army soldiers led by regiment commander Tian Haiqing on Qianniu Mountain?
The difficult choice after the dead end
In 2001, Yang Youzhu , who was then the deputy director of the Party History Research Office of Shiqian County, Guizhou, discovered a strange place while reading local party history materials. There is a description in the information: more than 100 Red Army soldiers jumped off the cliff together.
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Which unit is this Red Army affiliated to? Where is the specific address of their sacrifice? Unfortunately, there are only a few words on the information, and no others are mentioned.
With doubts, Yang Youzhu began to visit the people of various villages, wanting to determine the true identities of these unknown heroes.
When asked some older local villagers, Yang Youzhu got the answer: The more than 100 Red Army soldiers who jumped off the cliff were some of the soldiers in the Red 52nd Regiment at that time. Then, Yang Youzhu restored the tragic scene of the year from these people.
When Long Yun led more than 200 Red Army troops to climb off the cliff, the regiment commander Tian Haiqing and the remaining more than 100 Red Army troops were still struggling to withstand the enemy's repeated attacks. Although they were few people and were almost exhausted, they picked up their weapons and attacked the enemy without frowning at all.
In the melee, Tian Haiqing unfortunately died, while the rest of the Red Army pulled out their guns and fought fiercely when there were bullets, and fought with stones and bayonets without bullets.
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On October 16, 1934, the enemy leader was so angry that he could only try to deal with it with the enemy's leader.
Early, the Kuomintang spread bad words about the Communist Party everywhere and vilified the Communist Party. Therefore, the uninformed people would hide everywhere when they saw the Communist Party and even report the Communist Party's actions to the Kuomintang, which led to the Communist Party being repeatedly surrounded and intercepted by the enemy.
The Kuomintang also expected that the Communist Party would not harm the people, and arrested the people around them, stood in front of the people with a gun and blocked the gun for them.
The Red Army had no idea that the enemy would use such despicable means. They could only seize the opportunity to aim at the enemy behind them. They were very careful when fighting and did not want to hurt a finger of the people at all, but this greatly limited the attack power of the Red Army.
Later, the Red Army also found that some people were mixed with militia . They changed their clothes to the ordinary people and mixed them, making it even harder to distinguish which innocent people were.
The enemy troops who got what they wanted were forced to approach the Red Army step by step, and the helpless Red Army could only retreat again and again and retreat to the edge of the cliff.
soldiers can be killed but not humiliated. In order to avoid becoming prisoners or hurting the people, more than 100 Red Army soldiers seemed to resonate with each other, smashing guns and jumping down to the trapped Niushan.
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The enemy saw that the Red Army had jumped off the cliff and did not catch a living, so they put the people in their hands and left in disappointment.
. After seeing the Red Army jumping off the cliff, these arrested people instantly realized that they were deceived by the militia and the Kuomintang. The Red Army was not as unbearable as they said, but the Kuomintang was the most hateful people.
After the Kuomintang army left, the people with red eyes spontaneously came to the foot of the mountain to clean up the bodies of the Red Army. Seeing the bodies of the Red Army full of terrible sight, the people were very sad. Fortunately, several Red Army soldiers rescued several Red Army soldiers who were still breathing and took them home for treatment due to the obstruction of the shrubs on the edge of the cliff.
A commoner who saved the Red Army was afraid that the news would leak, and when he introduced it to other people in the village, he said that his distant relative came here to surrender to him. After returning home, he even asked the Red Army to change his name and hide his identity, which saved the Red Army's life.
Surviving No. 1 Bing Chen Shirong, Li Guobing and others still had tears in their eyes and could not forget them when they recalled the tragic situation of jumping off the cliff at that time.
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11936 When local people saw the Red 2 and Red 6th Army passing by Shiqian County again, they no longer had their previous evasive attitude, but were full of enthusiasm and joy on their faces. Many people even actively signed up to join the army, hoping to contribute their own strength to better build the motherland.
In just 13 days, there were more than 1,000 people joining the Red Army, far exceeding the Communist Party's expectations, and 12 guerrilla brigades and two guerrilla armed forces were established on the spot.
The elderly man who had experienced it personally was excited and his voice trembled many times while describing to Yang Youzhu. Although has been around for 67 years, I remember the scenes of that year, which are particularly clear.
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Today, the villagers of Ganxicao Village will come to the foot of Qianniu Mountain to commemorate the heroes on the Double Ninth Festival every year.
Conclusion
The founding of New China and the peace and contentment of the people are the best witness to those Red Army who once sacrificed heroically for China's tomorrow.
Behind the soundness of mountains and rivers is a tenacious resistance of flesh and blood. The years are now peaceful and peaceful, but it is just the result of the burdens that predecessors carry forward. We must strengthen our study of the history of the red party, deeply remember history, and understand that today's better life is hard-won.
