In October 1936, the two Red Second and Red Fourth Front Army successfully arrived in Huining, Gansu. The Red First Front Army, who had been waiting here for a long time, officially declared the victory over the Long March.

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In October 1936, the two Red Second and Red Fourth Front Army successfully arrived in Huining, Gansu, and the Red First Front Army, who had been waiting here for a long time, met, and the Long March officially declared the victory end.

After the end of the Long March, Xiao Ke, Wang Zhen and other generals of the Red Sixth Army immediately reported something to the Party Central Committee, claiming that the Red 52nd Regiment under the Red 18th Division had lost its trace during the march.

After receiving reports from generals such as Xiao Ke, the central government immediately issued instructions to find out the marching route of the Red 52nd Regiment as soon as possible and be sure to find this dispatched army.

But in a blink of an eye, more than 60 years have passed, and there are still no clues to the whereabouts of the Red 52nd Regiment, which also makes the leaders of the Party Central Committee worry all the time.

Until 2001, an accident happened suddenly, and it was precisely because of this accident that the reason why the Red 52 regiment disappeared for 60 years was revealed!

So what exactly did the Red Army advance army encounter back then? Why did he lose his news for sixty years? As for what happened in 2001? Have you found the Red 52 Group?

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Let us explore the reasons why the Red 52 Group lost its message and learn about a touching heroic deed.

1 On April 12, 2027, the Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek group suddenly raised the butcher knife in his hand and waved it to The Communist Party of China , which shocked China and the foreign countries.

Under the order of Chiang Kai-shek , the Kuomintang began to kill Communist Party members and social democratic figures, creating "white terror" across the country, and undermining the Chinese revolution.

The first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was broken. Our party suffered heavy losses because it did not prevent it in time. Faced with the massacre of the Kuomintang, our party was forced to decide to fight with force.

So three months after the coup broke out, the Nanchang Uprising broke out, and our party officially fired the first shot of armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries, and the Chinese revolution has since entered a new chapter.

Then in the vast rural areas, the communist thought continued to deepen, and uprisings came one after another. Under Comrade Mao Zedong's correct theory, our party avoided the central city with strong reactionary forces, and instead launched a tenacious struggle in the vast rural areas.

Revolutionary bases are also constantly growing and growing. Our party also formally established the Soviet regime in Ruijin , and carried out peasant movements in depth in Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan and other places to promote the development of the revolution.

. When Chiang Kai-shek Group saw the growing Soviet area , it became more and more angry. It always wanted to completely kill our party and "sweep" the Soviet area.

So under Chiang Kai-shek's strict order, the Kuomintang reactionaries joined forces with local warlords to launch four encirclements and suppression in the Soviet area in an attempt to eliminate our party.

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However, under the flexible command of Comrade Mao Zedong, all four encirclements and suppression were declared failure. The Soviet area also took this opportunity to develop rapidly and the revolutionary power was greatly improved.

However, Chiang Kai-shek's group wanted to destroy our party and eliminate the thieves in the Soviet area, so they decided to lead their troops to launch the fifth encirclement and suppression battle.

Chiang Kai-shek assembled more than 600,000 Kuomintang troops to invade the Soviet area. At the same time, he also required local warlords to fight together. For a time, the Soviet area was in panic.

At this time, the Soviet area was under the wrong leadership of Wang Ming and Bogu . They gave up their previous experience in anti-encirclement and suppression and forced the Red Army to fight a positional battle with the main force of the Kuomintang on the front line!

After more than a year of bloody war, the Red Army suffered serious losses, and a large number of revolutionary bases were also captured by the Kuomintang army. The Chinese revolution also reached its most dangerous juncture.

In order to preserve the revolutionary power and save the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the Party Central Committee decided to temporarily abandon the Soviet area and break northward, and the Long March officially began.

1 In October 1934, the First Red Army officially broke through from the Soviet area, which also marked the beginning of the Long March. But in fact, as early as July, the Party Central Committee had already sent an advance army to explore the way for the main force. This unit was the 52nd Regiment of the 18th Division of the Red 6th Army!

The commander of the Red 52 Regiment Tian Haiqing devoted himself to the Chinese revolution in his early years. Later, he made military achievements in previous anti-encirclement and suppression battles, so he was promoted to the position of commander of the Red 52 Regiment.

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Moreover, the Red 52nd Regiment is also the main force of Red 6 Legion . It has extremely strong combat power and often serves as the vanguard of the entire legion and attacks. It is deeply trusted by the leaders of the Legion Xiao Ke, Wang Zhen and others.

So on July 23, 1934, after the Party Central Committee issued the task of exploring the way, Xiao Ke handed over this extremely difficult task to the Red 52nd Regiment.

The Party Central Committee clearly instructed that the advance army needs to make all preparations before August 10 to explore the way for the transfer of the Central Red Army in advance, and at the same time, it is necessary to gain enough transfer time for the main force.

After receiving the task assigned by the army, Tian Haiqing did not dare to delay and immediately rushed back to the army to train. Also coming to the army with him was Long Yun, the commander of the Red 18th Division.

This time, Long Yun will be the direct leader of the Red 52nd Regiment, responsible for communicating with the main force, guiding the advancement direction of the advance army, and ensuring the smooth completion of the advance army's tasks.

After half a month of training, the Red 6th Army had more than 9,600 officers and soldiers gathered in the base area, and at this time the Red 52 Regiment had more than 800 people.

Originally, the Red 52nd Regiment was the main regiment, with a force of more than 1,000, but after a long battle, although it was supplemented, there were still more than 200 casualties.

However, the regiment commander Tian Haiqing and the division commander Long Yun were still not afraid. They led the Red 52nd Regiment and immediately set out for the Western Expedition after a little rest in the base area.

Red 52 Regiment is also worthy of the praise of the main regiment. Faced with the obstruction of the Kuomintang army and local warlords, the soldiers of the Red 52 Regiment won consecutive battles along the way, breaking through several blockades of the enemy.

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However, the victory of the Red 52nd Regiment was natural and attracted the attention of the main force of the Kuomintang army. They believed that the Red Army troops that were launching the offensive must be a main force of our army, so they decided to encircle and suppress this force and dealt a heavy blow to our army.

So after reporting this to Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek believed the judgment and personally ordered the Li Chengzhang army and the Hunan army to reinforce, with a force of up to 24 regiments, and launched an attack on the Red 52nd Regiment and the Red 6th Regiment.

At this time, the Red 52 Regiment had completed the scheduled task and returned to the Red 6th Regiment's garrison to rest. The legion leaders were also very satisfied with the Red 52 Regiment's operation this time.

But from the Red 52nd Regiment to the Red 6th Legion, I don’t know that a huge net that has spread all over the world has opened to the Red 6th Legion’s base.

1934 On October 15, 1934, the Red 6th Army rested and recuperated in Zhujiaba area of ​​Shiqian County, Guizhou Province. The entire army was stationed in a "vertical" shape. The Red 52nd Regiment was the vanguard and the legion command post was in the middle.

At this time, the Central Red Army had already begun the Long March. They marched according to the route provided by the Red 52nd Regiment, and also issued instructions to require all Red Army units to break through in an orderly manner.

. The Red 6th Army was very tired because of the previous battles, so they decided to take a break here for a while and then start the Long March according to the order.

That night, the cooks of the army began to make dinner for the soldiers, and the smoke of cooking was also floating above the station. The soldiers relaxed and chatted.

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At this time, the forces of the 24 enemy regiments had already scattered and surrounded the Red 6th Army, but they were not in a hurry to launch an attack, but were waiting quietly.

Until late that night, most of the Red Army soldiers fell asleep. At this time, the Kuomintang army launched a raid. The Red 6th Corps was unable to organize effective resistance for a while, so they were divided and surrounded by the Kuomintang army.Xiao Ke, Wang Zhen and other legion leaders who were awakened by the battle immediately realized that the troops must break through immediately, otherwise there would be a danger of annihilation of the entire army!

So after a short period of discussion, Xiao Ke decided to use the strongest Red 52nd Regiment as the escort to cover the main force of the army to break through and attract the attention of the enemy.

After receiving this emergency order, Commander Long Yun and Commander Tian Haiqing immediately assembled the Red 52nd Regiment without saying a word, and then launched a counterattack on the invading Kuomintang army.

Under the desperate battle of the Red 52nd Regiment, the remaining friendly troops who were attacked were given time to complete the army. Then, under the instructions of Xiao Ke and other legions, the Red Army began to alternately cover the evacuation.

. At this stage, the Red 52nd Regiment has been fighting at the forefront, and the Kuomintang army is obviously confused by the fierce counter-offensive offensive of the Red 52nd Regiment, and the pace of the offensive was temporarily blocked.

But soon the enemy commander realized that the Red Army, which launched the counterattack, was the troops that broke through everywhere in the previous stage, so he was overjoyed and thought that he had not found the wrong target.

Under his command, the enemy began to deliberately gather in the direction of the Red 52nd Regiment, and the Red 6th Regiment Command also took this opportunity to successfully break through the encirclement.

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After the command headquarters successfully broke through, Xiao Ke and others sent someone to notify Tian Haiqing that they could evacuate the battlefield and move closer to the main force of the army.

6, after a fierce battle for a day and a night, Tian Haiqing and Long Yun successfully led the Red 52nd Regiment to break out of the encirclement of the Kuomintang army and began to prepare to go south to catch up with the large army.

But before Tian Haiqing could catch up with the main force of the army, the Kuomintang army that followed again caught up with the Red 52nd Regiment, and Tian Haiqing had to fight fiercely with the Kuomintang army again.

Fortunately, the Kuomintang army that caught up with was weak. After several hours of fierce fighting, the Red 52nd Regiment successfully defeated the pursuer and embarked on the journey of chasing the main force again.

However, it was because of these few hours of error that a checkpoint that was evacuated south was occupied by the Kuomintang army in advance, and this was the only place for the Red 52nd Regiment.

Looking at the Kuomintang army that had been prepared for a long time, Tian Haiqing and Long Yun were extremely anxious. On the one hand, they might not be able to catch up with the large army on time, and on the other hand, they were worried about the main force of the Kuomintang army pursuing behind them.

What they fear most now is that the main force of the Kuomintang army chasing behind them will follow their evacuation routes and find the main force of the legion.

If this is the case, it would be a catastrophe for the Red 6th Army, so after some discussion, Long Yun and Tian Haiqing decided.

Change the evacuation route, attract the attention of the enemy's main force, attract the enemy to himself, and gain enough time for the main force of the army to evacuate.

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This decision was a life-and-death decision for the Red 52nd Regiment, but when the regiment commander Tian Haiqing and the division commander Long Yun explained to the only 400 remaining soldiers in the regiment, no one opposed it.

So under the leadership of Tian Haiqing and Long Yun, the troops advanced towards Qianniushan. With our army intentionally exposed their whereabouts, the main force of the enemy soon discovered the marching route of the Red 52nd Regiment.

This also made the enemy who were pursuing all the way very happy, so they gathered heavy troops again and began to pursue the Red 52nd Regiment, trying to eliminate the main Red Army force!

Under the strong cover of the Red 52nd Regiment, the Red 6th Legion finally turned danger into safety. Although the main force suffered losses, it was not serious. The Red 6th Legion also began the Long March in accordance with the instructions of the Party Central Committee.

But what made Xiao Ke, Wang Zhen and other legion leaders feel very confused is that the Red 52nd Regiment has not returned to the building for a long time, which makes them very worried.

Generally speaking, with the combat effectiveness of the Red 52nd Regiment and the command ability of Tian Haiqing and Long Yun, it is very easy to break through the enemy's blockade.

However, since the evacuation order was issued to the 52nd Regiment, the legion has not received a reply from the 52nd Regiment, which made Xiao Ke, Wang Zhen and others feel very uneasy.

So while preparing for the Long March, they ordered the reconnaissance troops to start looking for traces of the 52nd Regiment, but until the Red 6th Regiment started the Long March, there was no accurate information from the 52nd Regiment.

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In fact, when the legion was actively looking for the 52nd Regiment, most of the 52nd Regiment had been killed in the battle, and even the regiment commander Tian Haiqing died in battle. After being captured, the division commander Long Yun was brave and unyielding and was cruelly killed in prison by the enemy!

So what kind of desperate situation did the 52 group encounter? Let's continue to talk about it below.

On October 17, after the 52nd Regiment took the initiative to expose his whereabouts to attract the attention of the main force of the enemy, the 52nd Regiment retreated while fighting and arrived at Qianniu Mountain.

trapped Niushan, as the name suggests, even if a cow walks in, it will be trapped. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and on the other side is a cliff, which can be said to be a "dead place".

, and the soldiers of the 52nd Regiment were not familiar with the local terrain, so they hurriedly evacuated to Qianniu Mountain during the battle. After discovering that this place was a "dead land", they were surrounded by enemy troops.

So Tian Haiqing immediately ordered the construction of a defensive position on the spot and launched a blocking attack. The soldiers of the 52nd Regiment used the terrain to build a basic defensive front.

After surrounding the 52nd Regiment, the Kuomintang army was extremely happy and immediately launched an attack on the 52nd Regiment. However, because the terrain here is high, it is a stance to attack. The soldiers of the

2 regiment were condescending and constantly launched counterattacks on the invading Kuomintang army, repelling round after round of attacks by the enemy.

Under the command of Tian Haiqing and Long Yun, the position was temporarily held, but the two knew in their hearts that long-term defense would lead to a loss and that there was no foreign aid.

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So the two decided to find an opportunity to break out, but just as the troops were preparing, an accident happened again, which also caused the 52nd Regiment to be completely in a desperate situation.

The soldiers of the unit accidentally ate tung oil bibimbap the day before, which caused many soldiers to have diarrhea and their physical strength was severely consumed.

And the troops now don’t even have any medicine, so they had to watch the soldiers stumble on the ground and shivered without even providing hot water.

This sudden accident made Tian Haiqing and Long Yun feel desperate, but in the face of this dilemma, the two still did not give up, so after discussion, the two decided to continue to implement the breakthrough plan.

At the request of Tian Haiqing, he led more than 170 soldiers to leave a blocking force, while Long Yun led the remaining more than 200 people to evacuate from the cliff behind.

Let’s first talk about the experience of Tian Haiqing and his blocking troops. After making the decision, Tian Haiqing led the blocking troops to the front line again.

Under Tian Haiqing's command, the blocking force successfully defended the position for a day and a night, which completely made the encircled enemy completely lose patience.

So the enemy forcefully mobilized several heavy artillery to bombard our positions. After the bombardment was over, the enemy launched another offensive.

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, and Tian Haiqing came to the front line to command again after the enemy launched an offensive. At this time, an stray bullet hit Tian Haiqing, and Tian Haiqing was killed on the spot. The sacrifice of the regiment commander

aroused the anger in the hearts of the soldiers, so he launched a counterattack on the enemy. After a bloody battle, the enemy was defeated again.

Seeing that his troops could not be captured for a long time, the command of the Kuomintang army was also extremely anxious. At this moment, someone suddenly made a suggestion.

He proposed to force the residents of more than a dozen households around him to stand in front, and then sent members of the militia to mingle and launch a raid on the Red Army positions.

This suggestion was approved by the Kuomintang army, and then they forced to recruit more than a dozen households nearby, with a total of sixty or seventy people standing in front.

Our soldiers looked at the people who were being pushed in the front and had to stop the attack. However, the militia , which was mixed in, took this opportunity to shoot at our army.

Our army had to retreat due to a surprise attack, so the Kuomintang army became more and more aggressive and continued to approach our position. In order to prevent accidental injury of the people, the soldiers of the 52nd Regiment had to evacuate step by step.

soon lost its position, and the remaining soldiers were forced into desperate situations. Behind them was a cliff, and in front of them were ordinary people who couldn't help crying.

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Faced with this crisis, the soldiers of the 52nd Regiment finally decided to smash the guns in their hands, then turn around and jump off the cliff to save the lives of the people.

More than 100 soldiers of the 52nd Regiment jumped off the cliff. This scene shocked the hostages. This was the first time they had come into contact with the Red Army.

Before, the local people were deceived by the local people and thought the Red Army was a "bandit", so at the beginning, the people refused the Red Army's request.

But when more than 100 Red Army soldiers would rather jump off the cliff themselves than save their lives, the local people were immediately moved to tears.

Most of the more than 100 soldiers who jumped off the cliff were sacrificed, with only a dozen people. They were later rescued by local people and then taken home to take care of them.

also started from this day. The residents nearby would take their old and help their children on Qingming Festival to go up the mountain to pay homage to the soldiers of the 52nd Regiment. This is also the key clue that the 52nd Regiment was discovered after more than 60 years.

Let’s talk about Long Yun’s breakthrough troops. Under the leadership of Long Yun, more than 200 breakthrough troops climbed down from the edge of the cliff step by step. After more than ten casualties, they successfully arrived at the bottom of the cliff.

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Then Long Yun led his troops to retreat all the way and broke through the enemy's blockade. He thought he could find the main force of the army smoothly, but when crossing the blockade line, Long Yun's troops were discovered by the enemy again.

Then the enemy gathered troops to surround Long Yun's troops, and Long Yun's troops were extremely tired, lacking food and clothing, and seriously insufficient ammunition due to the battles over the past few days.

After several hours of fierce fighting, all the troops of Long Yun were wiped out, and Long Yun was also captured by the enemy, and was then sent to the interrogation room for interrogation.

When facing the interrogation, Long Yun insisted that he was just a company commander, but a traitor appeared among the captured personnel, revealing the identity of Commander Long Yun to the Kuomintang army.

. After learning that a Red Army commander was arrested, the interrogators were overjoyed, so they tortured Long Yun strictly and also gave various benefits, as long as Long Yun was willing to rebel.

However, Long Yun was unmoved, which made the Kuomintang extremely angry, so he tortured Long Yun, and eventually Long Yun died in prison because of his serious injury.

Since then, more than 800 soldiers of the Red 52 Regiment sprinkled blood on the battlefield, and the entire army was wiped out. This is why Xiao Ke and others have never found the 52nd Regiment.

Learning and visiting

Even after the victory of the Long March, the Party Central Committee had conducted searches many times, but the effect was still not obvious. It was not until 2001 that the director of the Party History Research Department of Shiqian County unexpectedly discovered the traces of the 52nd Regiment through a custom.

This custom is mentioned earlier. Local residents will pay tribute to the Red Army soldiers who jumped off the cliff, which attracted the attention of the director.

After visiting local residents and reviewing local county annals, we can finally confirm that the Red 52nd Regiment jumped off the cliff here back then!

After 67 years, the Red 52 Regiment was finally known to the world, and the deeds of the Red 52 Regiment also touched countless people.