On October 7, 1935, the main force of the Central Red Army passed the last difficulty Liupanshan , marking that the long and difficult Long March is about to be completed. Chairman Mao Looking back at the long road he has walked, his spirit arises naturally, so he wrote the magnificent quatrain "The peak on the Liupanshan Mountain, the red flag is swept through the west wind, today the long tassels are in hand, when will the blue dragon be bound?"
Looking at the smooth road ahead, together with Chairman Mao, the vast majority of Red Army commanders and soldiers and central leaders were all confident about the future revolutionary situation. However, just the next morning after crossing Liupan Mountain and resting at the foot of the mountain, a report from the Security Department was sent to Chairman Mao
After reading the report, Chairman Mao was furious!
It turned out that there was a line of small words written on the report, " More than 300 soldiers of our army in Gengwan Town all died overnight ". According to the report of the Security Department, all the soldiers died in Gengwan Town, and the cause of death was unknown.
In response to this, Chairman Mao was very frightened and angry. He was angry that the sudden death of more than 300 revolutionary fires was a big blow to the Red Army team, which had already suffered heavy losses during the Long March at that time. But what was shocking was that what kind of means could make more than 300 Red Army soldiers die silently and unexplained?
So, Chairman Mao immediately ordered the Security Department to conduct a thorough investigation and must bring the murderer who killed the Red Army to justice!
But it was not until 54 years later that this "murderer" was truly revealed to the world. So, who is the murderer? How did the murderer kill the Red Army soldiers?
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was forced to transfer to the Long March
In 1934, Cheng Kai-shek established the "Military Committee Chairman Nanchang " in Nanchang , which is the so-called fifth "encirclement and suppression" headquarters. Chiang Kai-shek took charge and personally served as the "Commander-in-Chief of Suppression" for the fifth "encirclement and suppression".
This time, Chiang Kai-shek learned from the experience and lessons of the failure of the first four "encirclement and suppression" of the Red Army. He changed his habit of sending troops from multiple directions and attacking from all directions, and changed to concentrating troops and "encircling and suppressing" three directions, trying to completely wipe out our army without giving us vitality.
Cheng Kai-shek dispatched nearly one million troops to besiege our army, and at this time, there was a serious imbalance in command power within our party. The command power of the Chinese revolution and the command power of the Red Army were held by two people. One of them was Li De and the other was Bogu.
Li De , whose original name is Otto Braun, a German who graduated from Fulongzhi Military Academy and named Chinese, is a military consultant of Communist International . But in fact, his professional field is military intelligence rather than combat command. He knows nothing about China's revolutionary situation and future direction and commands randomly.
Bogu , original name Qin Bangxian, a Chinese man with a foreign name, the general head of the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, because he did not understand politics, he put Chairman Mao's Chinese revolutionary strategy of " rural areas surrounded cities " under the hat of "right" opportunism, thus kicking Chairman Mao out of the leadership decision-making level.
As a result, this "not understanding military" and the other "not understanding politics" controlled the decision-making level of the Provisional Central Committee at that time, and relying on the military command of a completely outsider, almost cut off the flames of the Chinese revolution.
Seeing the millions of enemy troops coming in full force, Chairman Mao, Zhu De and others suggested avoiding their edge and looking for an opportunity to fight again, but Bo Gu and Li De were stubborn and insisted on confronting the Kuomintang army. The enemy used a fortress to encircle and suppress us, so that we could also use a fortress to fight back.
As a result, the Kuomintang army's "fortress" tactics have caused our army to suffer a lot.
In the Guangchang defense battle, the "fortress vs. fortress" tactic caused the Red Army to lose more than 5,000 Red Army soldiers. After this battle, there was no longer any danger around the base area. After that, Chiang Kai-shek launched a general attack, and the Red Army failed in the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" battle and was forced to move.
In October 1934, the Red Army in the Central Soviet Area was forced to set out from Ruijin, Jiangxi to carry out a strategic transfer, known in history as the "Long March".
Guangchang Defense Battle Schematic
Unsolved Case at the foot of Liupan Mountain
In the early days of the Long March, the military command of the Red Army was still in the hands of Li Debogu and others, but after Zunyi Conference , the Red Army established a three-person group headed by Chairman Mao, Vice Chairman Zhou and Wang Jiaxiang to actually lead the Red Army and lead the Chinese revolution.
Afterward, under the command of a three-person team, our army completed many strategic maneuvers such as crossing the Chishui River, crossing the Jinsha River with four clever crossings of the Jinsha River with , and crossing the Dadu River with , completely breaking out of the enemy's encirclement.
On September 27, 1935, our party held the famous Bangluo Town Conference in Bangluo Town . After the Bangluo Town Conference, the Central Red Army began to advance towards northern Shaanxi and arrived in the Liupanshan area in early October. Subsequently, under the leadership and command of Chairman Mao, our army broke through Liupanshan.
When the Red Army all crossed Liupan Mountain and stationed at the foot of the mountain, they were able to breathe temporarily. When the three armies were full of beauty, Chairman Mao was full of energy, so he wrote a magnificent military quatrain " Qingpingle·Liupan Mountain ".
"The sky is high and the clouds are light. I look at the flying geese in the south.
Not Great Wall is not a hero, and I travel 20,000 with my fingers.
The peak on Liupan Mountain is high, and the red flag is swept with the west wind.
Today, when will the blue dragon be bound?"
Chairman Mao was in a good mood. Considering that the Red Army soldiers were fighting in many places in Jiangxi for more than a month, they were mentally exhausted and physically exhausted, he ordered to rest in batches and find supplies.
But on the night of October 7, a bad news happened.
"Qingpingle·Liupanshan" manuscript
In the early morning of October 8, Chairman Mao had just woken up when he heard that the security department officer had urgent matters to report.
A report was delivered to Chairman Mao, and Chairman Mao was furious. More than 300 Red Army soldiers were stationed in Gengwan Town, several miles away, but all died overnight!
And I still die inexplicably!
It turned out that after the Red Army crossed Liupan Mountain, Chairman Mao ordered the entire army to repair it on the spot. In order not to cause chaos, the Red Army troops were scattered in companies and repaired it separately. In this way, no matter whether it was looking for water or food, there would be no disputes that would arise.
One of the company had more than 300 Red Army soldiers, and then went to Gengwan Town a few miles away.
There is a larger village next to Gengwan Town. The village is relatively large and there should be more villagers.
However, due to fear of soldiers and bandits, the people in the village did not dare to open the door to the Red Army.
Fortunately, the Red Army soldiers abide by the "Hidden Three Disciplines and Eight Objects of Paying attention to ", very restrained and did not disturb the villagers, but just took water from a nearby spring...
However, when the battalion commander inspected the next day, they found that more than 300 soldiers had passed away silently!
After a huge blow and shock, the battalion commander sent someone to protect the scene as soon as possible, and immediately reported to the security department.
The head of the security department knew that the matter was serious, so he immediately came to the Kongquan water in Gengwan Town. He saw more than 300 Red Army soldiers lying neatly on the ground, and felt extremely sad.
The Red Army soldiers have deep robes and empathize with each other day and night. Although the units are different, they lose more than 300 relatives at once. Who can accept it?
But the most urgent task is to find that "murderer"!
But strangely, the security chief looked through every soldier's body, but found no pinholes, no fatal injuries, and not even a drop of blood.
The security section chief felt that these more than 300 Red Army soldiers died in an instant, but what kind of powerful killer could have killed more than 300 people without struggle?
This is not 300 lambs to be slaughtered, but more than 300 Red Army soldiers who have been tempered with iron. The bullets in their hands are not decorations, so how could there be no trace of resistance?
After the investigation was completed, the security section chief was at a loss and had to summarize all the situations and report them to Chairman Mao.
In anger, Chairman Mao ordered the security section chief to search for clues from multiple sources, and to make sure that the truth of the death of more than 300 Red Army soldiers was revealed and the murderer was brought to justice.
But no matter how the security section chief checks, he has no clue.
Soon, the Kuomintang pursued troops arrived, and Chairman Mao had to order a grand funeral for the 300 Red Army. The truth of the matter could only be left to verify in the future
belated truth
Later, the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, the founding of New China, followed by Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea , a self-defense counterattack against India, and a series of major battles. Chairman Mao was in command and was calm.
However, despite the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chairman Mao was still worried about the past of more than 300 Red Army soldiers who died at the foot of Liupan Mountain decades ago. This incident was also the biggest unsolved case of our army before the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The truth of the matter was not revealed until the 54th year after the incident.
In 1989, the former Lanzhou Military Region was stationed in a certain agency in Ningxia to assist the provincial government in order to study the development path of the old revolutionary base in Liupanshan, and went to the Liupanshan area to conduct a preliminary survey of the local natural environment and resource distribution.
Coincidentally, the first survey site the army went to was Gengwan Town, which had been bizarrely sacrificed by 300 Red Army soldiers, and has now been renamed Gengwan Township .
Liupanshan Revolutionary Old District
The soldiers of the exploration team made detailed measurements and records of all natural resources near Gengwan Township and took samples.
This naturally includes the spring water that no one noticed back then.
All sampling results are sent to a laboratory in the province for testing, and one is left to a laboratory in the military region for sampling.
The test results of most storage resources are normal, but the test results of that hole of spring water surprised the scholars in the laboratory.
It turns out that the inconspicuous spring water sample contains a large amount of potassium ions .
Potassium ions are a decomposition of potassium salt solution. Potassium salt is melted in the laboratory or contacted with H2O, and potassium ions will be decomposed. In nature, ores rich in potassium salt can also decompose a large amount of potassium ions if they come into contact with water.
Preparation method of potassium ions
Potassium ions are a relatively important substance, especially for agriculture, which can be used to make potassium fertilizer , which is of high value for agricultural production.
But at the same time, potassium ions are also harmful, that is, if a person consumes potassium ions for a long time, the potassium ions stored in the blood cells will have an inhibitory effect on the myocardial group. In short, it means that the normal heartbeat activity of the human body will be affected. In severe cases, may even lead to impaired heart function.
You know, then Kongquanshui is located very close to the crowded area. If someone accidentally drinks it...
Potassium ion symbol
People in the laboratory even thought of something even more terrible.
Although the 300th Red Army massacre in 1935 was a long time ago, some of the military personnel had heard of it more or less. The former Lanzhou Military Region was so close to Liupan Mountain, so naturally I heard of it.
Will it...
According to this speculation, a laboratory in the former Lanzhou Military Region sent soldiers to Gengwan Township again to learn about the situation.
Finally, after inquiring from many sources, the soldiers learned about a general situation through the oral narration of an old man in his seventies.
The old man said that when the Red Army transited, he was still a child and had witnessed the scene of Red Army soldiers lying on the edge of the spring to drink water.
"But the next morning, I found that they were all lying on the ground and never woke up again," said the old man. "Later, a group of soldiers came and buried all the dead soldiers."
The old man said, still a little sighing.
I didn’t know how good the Red Army was back then, so none of the villages at the foot of the mountain opened the door to deliver food to the Red Army.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, I realized the goodness of the Communist Party and the Party's army, and I realized why the people did not open the door actively, but the Red Army did not actively disturb them.
Red Army does not disturb the people
Because the Red Army soldiers have their own discipline, even if they are thirsty and hungry, they do not disturb the people, but just drink water on the spot.
The soldiers from the military region were silent after hearing this. The revolutionary predecessors were like this, simple and restrained, but only such people's soldiers could have their victories later.
At this time, the soldiers found that there was a faint smell of almonds around the spring.
Almond flavor is a flavor that is often exposed to in laboratories, but it does not represent the food of almonds, but represents a chemical substance, a highly toxic compound, cyanide compound .
In nature, the places where cyanide substances are most commonly produced are oil fields or natural gas fields in the formation.
And the soldiers finally knew that the cause of the death of those Red Army soldiers was that they died of cyanide compound poisoning.
Potassium cyanide
After cyanide substance reacts with potassium ions, potassium cyanide crystals will be produced, and potassium cyanide is a highly toxic compound that often appears in murder cases. One of the hallmark characteristics of such highly toxic substances is the faint smell of almonds.
The toxicity of cyanide often affects the human nerve center . This kind of damage is fatal to the human body.
The truth was revealed at this point. It turned out that more than 300 Red Army soldiers drank the water from the spring. In addition, they had been fighting for many days, and both nutrition and physical fitness were all reduced to the minimum, which led to the poisoning of cyanide when the soldiers were at their weakest.
Potassium cyanide crystallization
However, because the villagers were unaware of it and did not give any reminders, a tragedy occurred.
Originally, if a normal person consumes potassium ions, even if he consumes excessive amounts, he will not die soon.
Thinking of this, the soldiers asked the villagers why the people here are never poisoned?
It turns out that the residents here have suffered this loss from their ancestors, but they have also summarized their experience. It turns out that the poisonous gas in the spring water only appears once every ten years, and most of the time, it does not affect drinking.
The soldiers speculated that this should be related to the fact that it is located at the end of the mountain range and its geological structure is relatively stable.
The Red Army soldiers unfortunately caught up with the poison gas that broke out once every ten years.
Conclusion:
The belated truth finally solved the unsolved case 54 years ago, but the people who care about this case are no longer there.
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