Today in peaceful times, we sit in front of the TV and watch various sports games such as the Olympic Games, Asian Games, National Games and so on. Can you imagine that during the war, the Red Army held sports meetings during the anti-"encirclement and suppression" battles, and even held sports meetings during the Long March?
In June 1933, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission decided that from 1933 onwards, August 1st of each year would be the anniversary of the founding of the Red Army. To commemorate this holiday, an all-army sports conference will be held. This event was hosted by Nie Rongzhen, political commissar of the 1st Red Army Corps.
In order to hold the sports meeting, a new sports ground was temporarily built, and it was also equipped with an athletes' lounge, first aid room, etc. Even though it is simple, it has everything, and it is also very scientific.
The sports events include: track and field (high jump, long jump, pole vault, 100-meter dash), ball games (basketball, football), spear thrusting, drills, grenade throwing, obstacle course , etc. There will be a judging panel for the games.
This sports meeting is divided into the Red 1st Army Games and the Red 1st Army Games. The Red 1st Army has jurisdiction: Red 1st Army, Red 3rd Army , Red 5th Army , Red 9th Army, etc., with a large number of participants.
At the First Army Sports Meeting, everyone competed fiercely. In the end, the Red 1st Regiment, 2nd Division and 5th Regiment won the first place in the overall team score and won the "Model Regiment Red 5th Regiment" medal. In this competition, Zeng Guohua participated in the high jump and won first place, scoring 1 point for the fifth team. Liu Yalou, director of the division's political department, got to know him through this sports meeting: Great! Zeng Guohua, you can high jump, I heard you are also very fierce in fighting!
In addition to holding sports games during the anti-encirclement and suppression campaigns, the city also insisted on carrying out sports activities under extremely difficult conditions on the Long March. In 1935, the Red Army occupied Zunyi and held a basketball game.
After arriving in northern Shaanxi, the Red Army held many sports games, such as racing, high jump, long jump, rope climbing , grenade throwing and other events.
The Red Army created conditions for military sports training and physical and mental exercise, which amazed the younger generations.
