Changsha lost Longgang won a great victory
In August 1930, I followed the troops to Hunan, my hometown, which had been separated for more than two years, and participated in the historical operation called "The Second Battle of Changsha. Changsha is a big city, and the defense of the enemy is very strong. We attacked for about a month. Even the "Fire Bull Formation" of the Three Kingdoms era - that is, using a cloth to cover the buffalo's eyes, lit firecrackers tied to the ox's tail, and drove it to fight against the enemy with soil. Finally, I retreated and left Changsha. I soon arrived in the county of my birthplace Liling (now Zhuzhou ). Hunan is a province with dense river networks. The Liling area is large. There is Xiangjiang River, the tributaries have green water, and there are many small rivers that cannot be named. Some villages here were visited by me as a child by my father and uncle. Some roads were taken by me as a miner in Pingxiang Anyuan, and as a road construction worker in Hengyang . Some unknown small rivers were where I swim in my youth.
Walking on the upper floor of my hometown, I felt the air was full of sweet local flavor, which was very friendly. I also wanted to see it, but I couldn't move my legs anymore and miss home. But this is an enemy-occupied area. It is impossible to take leave to go home, right? It's been more than two years. Not to mention going home, I haven't even passed a letter. .How are the old and sick father and uncle now? Are you good with brothers and sisters who are short of food and clothing? I don’t know which of them has lost their lives by hunger. I really want to see them! Even if I look at them from a distance! I can’t see them, it’s better to see a familiar fellow with a message! But I didn’t even see a familiar figure along the way. I met the cold guns that the rich gang militia kept firing at us. The gunshot reminded me of my brother who was killed by the enemy in the "August Failure", as if my hometown had become a little strange.
Unexpectedly, our team moved from Hunan to me and joined the army. The place where I am a miner - Anyuan . There is almost no change in Anyuan. The low shanty towns, gray-yellow smoke, coal-pushing workers with red backs and only a black shawl... But all this is very friendly to me. That day, my comrades and I were doing "Red Expansion" propaganda on the street. A sister-in-law looked at me for a while and asked quietly: "Are you, the Red Army , a brother from Yang Haitang, Liling?' Hearing her call out my brother's name and nodded. She saw that I didn't recognize her, she said affectionately: "Forget it? My child's father and you brothers dug coal here together!" Oh, remember. I asked her, "How is your elder brother?" My sister-in-law sighed and said, "I'm dead, the gas exploded last year and was buried in the well." Her words were tough and there was no sadness. But I feel very sad. "Where is your brother?"
she asked me. When she heard that my brother was no longer there, she sighed again and said, "Oh! How many good people have died!" My sister-in-law must ask me to go to her house to see it. I took leave and went with her on the road. Whenever I met someone, she would happily introduce with a proud look: "Do you recognize it? He dug coal here with my child's father. He has long been a Red Army. How great it is!" She regarded me as her brother, and I also regarded her as my relative. This sister-in-law is a teenager older than me. If she were still alive, she would be an old man in her 90s. I miss her as much as I miss my colleagues who were digging coal in Anyuan back then.
found them to stay in Anyuan for only a few days, but due to their good mass base, they achieved great results in expanding their popularity. The first engineer company of the Red Army was composed of workers here.
In autumn, when the troops captured Jian , I was the platoon leader of the communication guard platoon of the 11th Division of the Red Fourth Army and the chairman of the Soldiers Committee. Comrade Luo Ruiqing is the political commissar of the division and he is the same food unit as us.
At that time, the company commander and instructor didn't care much about the economic expenditure of the company, and the company commander and instructor were mainly controlled by the Soldiers Committee, and accounts were announced to everyone from time to time.After winning the battle and when there were too many seizures, a soldier meeting was held, and I used the remaining money (called food to buy some food) to buy some food. Everyone was eating and talking, discussing the situation, singing mountain songs , and telling stories. It was very lively. Many enemies were seized in Ji'an. Many weapons and equipment and supplies were seized in Ji'an. Seeing the peasants from several counties near Ji'an came to the city to catch the local tyrants and evil gentry who escaped from them. Everyone was very happy, so they wanted to hold a soldier meeting. I reported this idea to Political Commissar Luo Ruiqing and invited him to attend our conference. He asked in great interest: 'How are you going to run the law?" I said: "Buy some food, please give everyone a report on the situation." Political Commissar Luo laughed when he heard it. He said, "I will attend the conference, and I agree to buy some food for everyone. But I can't do the situation report. I want you to do it. You are the chairman of the Soldiers Committee!"
On the day of the meeting, I first found a larger house, and wiped the tables of different sizes and heights with everyone, put peanuts, candy cubes, melon seeds, and cigarettes, and made two buckets of boiling water. At that time, each person had only one jar or bowl for eating. Thinking of Political Commissar Luo coming, I said to his servant in advance, "Oh, bring the jar of the Political Commissar with you. Don't be a guy without water." "When the meeting was held, Comrade Luo Ruiqing really came with his enamel jar. Seeing the soldiers' cheerful look, he sat in the middle of everyone with satisfaction and said, "How is it? Let's have a meeting? Please give us a report on the situation of the Soldiers Committee!" It is common for the Chairman of the Soldiers Committee to speak at the Soldiers Conference.
Speaking of the situation report, it is to report to everyone the leaders' dynamics of the enemy and us, the local social situation, the completion of tasks, the implementation of discipline, and the economic expenditure of the company. At that time, he rarely saw the support and newspapers, and there was no reference material. The content to be said depends entirely on the mind. You said above, and the comrades who listened to below can interrupt and add questions, which are very active. After I talked about some general situations that day, I also specifically talked about two points: First, it was a great victory to capture Ji'an, but we cannot relax our vigilance and should be ready to smash the new attacks of the enemy at any time. Second, we hope that comrades from Hunan should not miss home. Because we have many soldiers from Hunan, we have retreated from Changsha last time, some comrades passed by their houses like me but did not go back. Political Commissar Luo held a discussion with the soldiers, talking and laughing, and was very happy to see that the two buckets of boiling water were almost over. I said, "Okay, the meeting is over!" Political Commissar Luo joked, "Oh, is it over?" Political Commissar Luo joked, "Oh, is it over? It seems that the talk has not been finished yet!"
Later, a grand meeting was held in the river beach outside Ji'an City. Commander-in-Chief Zhu and Political Commissar Mao both spoke. Comrade He Zizhen also spoke. Comrade He Zizhen was in his twenties at that time, wearing a gray cloth men's military uniform, with his hair covered in his military cap , with a belt around her waist and a short gun, she spoke quickly and her voice was crisp, and she had a very male commander spirit. At this conference, many people enthusiastically signed up to participate in the Red Army.
The development of the Red Army and the revolutionary base area caused panic and fear of the reactionary government of the Kuomintang. They launched frequent "encirclement and suppression" to the Red Army.
In October 1930, Chiang (Jieshi), Feng (Yuxiang), and Yan (Xishan) had just ended the Central Plains melee, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately increased his troops in Jiangxi and organized the first counter-revolutionary "encirclement and suppression" of the central revolutionary base area of . The chairman of the puppet Jiangxi Provincial Government and commander-in-chief of the Ninth Route Army, Lu Diping was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the "encirclement and suppression" army, and the tenth The commander of the 8th Division, Zhang Huizan, was the commander-in-chief of the front line, mobilized eleven divisions, two brigades about 100,000 people, while the Central Red Army was only about 50,000 at that time.
The enemy attempted to fight us in a decisive battle outside the revolutionary base area or in the marginal areas, because this facilitated them to concentrate and mobilize troops. We followed the combat policy of "tempting the enemy deep into the enemy" proposed by Comrade Mao Zedong, and strived to introduce the enemy into the base area, consume his troops, attack his arrogance, concentrate troops in the movement, and wait for the opportunity to counterattack to win the victory. Therefore, since we crossed the Ganjiang River from the Ji'an line east, we have gradually moved to the central area of the base area in active defense. The enemy has been lost many times and cannot fight, but our main force has been relatively concentrated and rested, and has been prepared for counterattack.At the end of November (or early December), we arrived at the Huangpi area of Ningdu County .
Shortly after arriving in Huangpi, the headquarters of the Red Army held a sworn-out meeting in Xiaobu, the Soviet area military and civilians' annihilation of the enemy. The venue is located on a river beach called Zishi F outside Xiaobu Village. Generally, the rostrum of the conference is on a high place, but the rostrum of the conference is next to a small river at the low place. The troops and the masses attending the conference are sitting on the high slopes, and everything in the venue is clearly seen. Although it was the middle of winter, the atmosphere was very warm. Two long slogans hung on both sides of the rostrum, saying:
The enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy stops and disturbs me, the enemy is tired, the enemy fights, the enemy retreats and we chases me, the enemy is 3 Guerrilla War will have a chance of winning!
advanced and retreated greatly, lured the enemy into depth, concentrated troops, defeated each one, and annihilated the enemy in mobile warfare!
Later I learned that these two slogans were drafted by Comrade Mao Zedong himself. It highly summarizes Comrade Mao Zedong's strategic thoughts during the early establishment of the Red Army. It is a military creation based on the universal truth of Marxism-Leninism and the specific situation of the Chinese revolution, especially the enemy was strong and we were weak at that time. It was not only the guiding ideology of our army's struggle at that time, but also a basis for our army's subsequent combat principles.
That day, Comrade Mao Zedong delivered an incisive speech at the conference, pointing out the political situation facing China after the warlords' melee, exposing the counter-revolutionary purpose of Chiang Kai-shek's "encirclement of V base areas, and elaborating in detail the benefits of using the "temptation to fight deeply" policy. Comrade Mao Zedong's speech is easy to understand, vivid, and simple to understand the truth. The entire venue, with his speech, laughing and applauding, and it is very active. Finally, he led everyone to shout slogans. This was really an exciting conference. After the oath-taking meeting, he received information that the 50th Division (Teacher Commander Tan Daoyuan ) of the enemy's Ninth Route Army was ready to advance to Xiaobu.
In the middle of the night, we received an order to enter the mountainous areas around Xiaobu, and then we immediately Action. According to the requirements of the superiors, we are absolutely quiet, not allowed to speak loudly, not allowed to have a little fire, we all carried out meticulously and rushed to the destination quickly.
The night in the mountains is very cold, but everyone is very fighting and waiting for the arrival of the enemy. But the enemy was not moving until dawn. The soldiers were anxious and said comfortably, "It's so easy to lure the enemy deep, how can it be so easy? You need to be patient."
ambushed in the mountains for a day and a night, but the enemy still no signs were seen, and some comrades couldn't calm down. Some soldiers asked me, "Platform leader, the enemy is so stupid, will you come to our pockets by yourself?"
I said, 'What? General Political Commissar Mao said at the oath-taking meeting, did you forget? You haven't been there for only two days. It's okay to be patient!"
warrior asked again, "When will the enemy come?'
I can't answer this, so I have to say, "Don't be anxious, the superiors have their own arrangements."
The enemy has not arrived at Xiaobu. Later I learned that someone had reported the secret to Tan Daoyuan, and Tan Daoyuan transferred the troops that had set out.
Little Bu set up an ambush for a few days, and the New Year of 1931 is coming. One night, we suddenly received the order to set off. The march was stricter, and even the shiny things were required to be disguised. Shortly after the troops set off, it started to rain lightly. The weather was cold and dark, and the road in front of them could not be seen clearly. They often fell into the ditch next to the road without knowing it. The rain was pouring, and the comrades' clothes were all wet. Let's go Let's go all the way to the mountain village near Junbu. It was only at noon. At this time, Zhang Huizan, the commander-in-chief of the enemy's "encirclement and suppression" front line, had led his main force of the 18th Division to Longgang Town, not far from Junbu. The superior decided to use his superior forces to annihilate Zhang Huizan's division in Longgang.
The battle of Longgang started in the afternoon. Before the Dayang set, the news came that "Zhang Huizan was captured alive by us" came. This was the first time in the history of the Red Army that completely wiped out an enemy division headquarters and two brigades (both boys and grooms did not run away) and the whole army entered Longgang happily and saw some big jars in some houses. Some soldiers said, "This Kuomintang, I can't forget to drink when fighting, smash it. I." I smelled the jar without any smell of alcohol, but I couldn't recognize what was inside.Later I learned that the jar contained sulfuric acid for radio equipment, but unfortunately some of them were damaged by some comrades.
Take advantage of Longgang to win, and we were ordered to fight Tan Daoyuan again. As soon as the news spread, everyone was very happy that the soldiers said, "I was frozen for two nights and didn't wait for Tan Daoyuan. Don't let him run away this time." Due to Zhang Huizan's annihilation, Tan Daoyuan's troops had become frightened birds. We only wiped out part of him in pursuit, and the rest of the enemies fled in a hurry. However, our troops got a lot of brand new KMT money from Tan Daoyuan's military supplies. According to the prisoners, this was the three-month military sound of the entire division detained by Tan Daoyuan. Unfortunately, some comrades thought it was a pile of waste paper and set fire to a lot of it.
The first anti-"encirclement and suppression" was defeated. After the victory, the troops further mobilized the masses at the garrison to consolidate and expand the base, and while resting and rectifying, carrying out military training activities. Our company has a position in the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of Discipline, so I asked, "Hamu, where did you get the money to buy things? He thought I asked strangely and said, "When I destroyed Tan Daoyuan, I had to burn so many money. I picked up some of them to save them. These money is as valuable as Gangyang," I smiled and said, "I have been making trouble for a long time, you are the ones who eat Tan Daoyuan!" He also smiled and said, "How come it is Tan Daoyuan? This is the victory product of the anti-"encirclement and suppression" I"
