Heroes of the Resistance Reborn

Li Jiansheng handed the telegram to Yuntian and a few others to read. He immediately organized the army and retreated. On the way, Li Jiansheng's idea came to life. He knew that the Central Red Army would have a difficult future after leaving like this. It was necessary for his troops to follow and help. Both. If his troops do not leave the base area, it is estimated that Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, the highest authority, will make great efforts to encircle and annihilate his troops. By then, he will only be killed alive. Well, thirty-six strategies, Walking is the best strategy. Fortunately, my troops are well prepared. I shouldn't be afraid.

Therefore, the idea was decided. On the way, I exchanged opinions with various ministries for a while, and then asked the Red Seventeenth Army led by Zeng Zhongsheng to continue to hold back the enemies of Guangxi in northeastern Guangxi and southwestern Hunan, so as to facilitate the remote control of my Eighteenth Red Army. Attack. Directly attack from southeastern Jiangxi to northeastern Guangxi. Emergency march to rescue the Central Red Army; other units immediately withdraw from the battle and assemble in Yizhang. Then prepare for strategic transfer. After thinking about it, Li Jiansheng asked Huang Su to command the 16th Red Army. In addition, the Guards Division and the Second Artillery Brigade, after taking a short rest in Yizhang, prepared a large amount of dry food to ensure that all the troops in the Red Seventeenth and Red Eighteenth Army Corps had dry food for ten days. Of course, because the Red Eighteenth Army Corps had other tasks. Huang Su's tribe can first join up with Zeng Zhongsheng's tribe who is holding back the Gui enemies. They can also send a large amount of grain and grass to Zeng Zhongsheng's tribe in advance. Then the two troops can march together to Guanyang, Xinwei, Jieshou, Jiaoshanpu and other places. He He personally led the Eighteenth Red Army and used the Seventeenth Red Army to hold back the main force of the encirclement and suppression of the Gui Army. He went to these places first. Why this place? Huang Su was a little puzzled, but he did not ask. Li Jiansheng still sent a telegram. Zhong gave a brief explanation. Because he "reasoned" that the enemy might take advantage of the natural advantages of the Xiangjiang River in this area to deploy heavy troops to block the Central Red Army's Western Expedition. That's why he led his troops there. Huang Su thought silently in his mind. It is estimated that the commander-in-chief That was good. So I agreed.

After explaining to Huang Su, Li Jiansheng specifically instructed the troops staying in Yizhang to launch a mobilization order immediately and make all preparations, including supplies, ammunition, especially food. Once the political commissar leads the main force, he will immediately Rendezvous. Then set off as a whole. Among them, the 17th Red Army Corps is the leading force; the Guards Division is the central army. They guard the field hospital, clothing factory, weapons research institute, and military and political school operations. Li Jiansheng specially instructed Liu Limin to ensure that these doctors, weapons Researchers, the safety of female soldiers; the Sixteenth Red Army was cut off.

After each ministry received the order and made preparations separately, Li Jiansheng immediately led his troops via southern Hunan and headed straight for Guanyang, Guangxi.

On the way, Li Jiansheng asked cadres at all levels to go down to the front line to do the work of the prisoners. Fortunately, Li Jiansheng's troops were all veterans and were familiar with this kind of work. By the third day, there were only 6,000 remaining prisoners among the more than 10,000 prisoners. All of them were also incorporated into Li Jiansheng's command. So far, Li Jiansheng's command had less than 40,000 people going out to fight. After more than 6,000 casualties, there were more than 4,000 more. As for the more than 6,000 casualties, excluding the 2,000 who had already died. More than 1,000 people were injured and seriously injured. The remaining 2,000 people were all rescued in time. At this time, the effect of Li Jiansheng’s usual teachings and training came out. Everyone was able to carry out self-rescue in time, which also gave the doctors the depth to follow. The treatment helped a lot.

More than 2,000 fallen commanders and soldiers were buried on the spot. After properly distributing more than 1,000 wounded to the local government and some people for resettlement, Li Jiansheng led the large army to continue moving forward. All lightly wounded soldiers also followed the army. On the evening of November 21st, Li Jiansheng After receiving a telegram from Huang Su, we learned that the 16th Red Army Corps and the troops directly under the Front Army had assembled and completed all preparations. It is expected that after each unit has rested for a day, the expedition to Guanyang will be launched at noon on November 23. Before that, it is better to stay behind. Zhang's troops have already transported part of the grain, grass and ammunition to the Seventeenth Red Army in advance. It is expected that they will be delivered to the Seventeenth Red Army within three days. Li Jiansheng called back to express his knowledge. He also sent a message to Zeng Zhongsheng, asking his troops to withdraw from the battle immediately and rest on the spot. We are collecting food from the ground. We are collecting quilts and clothing to ensure that the soldiers have dry food and winter equipment for at least ten days. Later, after meeting with Huang Su's tribe, we will head towards Guanyang together.

Although Zeng Zhongsheng over there was a little confused and didn't know how the commander-in-chief could make such a rigid request, he still resolutely obeyed the order. That night, all the units of the 17th Red Army withdrew from the battle. Taking advantage of the familiarity of the location, they chose a place for rest, logistics and The baggage troops immediately purchased a large amount of grain, quilts, etc. on the spot. Fortunately, the Seventeenth Red Army had money, and Li Jiansheng's command has always had a good reputation in this base area. In addition, the weather has been good in the past few years, and the people have some surplus food. Therefore, In just over two days, the troops collected a large amount of food, quilts, cotton clothes, etc. Zeng Zhongsheng distributed them all to the soldiers as required.

On November 23, when Li Jiansheng's troops were breaking through the enemy's newly established second blockade, he received a telegram from Huang Su saying that all troops had been dispatched and the expedition began. On November 24, Zeng Zhongsheng called and said that he had He reunited with Wang Hanying's troops who had stayed in Yizhang and were now transporting grain and grass. They had already joined forces. After receiving the telegram, Li Jiansheng thought about it for a while. He called Zeng Zhongsheng back: The Seventeenth Red Army Corps could choose an opportunity to annihilate the enemy Gui Army. The Ministry. Create conditions for the subsequent large-scale expedition; the campaign requires a quick decision and not to get entangled with the enemy; in order to avoid marching alone, it is recommended to unite with Huang Su's Ministry before unified action. Zeng Zhongsheng called soon and agreed with the commander-in-chief's opinion. He also stated that After the battle with the Gui army, it happened to be the time to meet with the headquarters of political commissar Huang Su.

On November 27, Zeng Zhongsheng's troops set up an ambush near Jianghua County. With one legion, they wiped out two entire regiments of the Gui army that invaded the base area. The battle was a great victory. The next morning, Zeng Zhongsheng, Wang Hanying's troops, and Huang Su's troops The two troops met up. In the afternoon, the two troops took a short rest. In the early morning of November 29, the entire army began the expedition.

When he received a telegram from Huang Su, Zeng Zhongsheng and others announcing their whereabouts, Li Jiansheng's Eighteenth Red Army Corps had already entered Guangxi and was rushing towards Guanyang with all its strength. However, he encountered enemies continuously on the road and was often blocked. Although with the strength of his troops, . They wiped out all these enemies along the way, but it did waste time. Seeing that the time was getting closer, Li Jiansheng became really anxious.

After receiving the telegram from Huang Su and others, Li Jiansheng felt a little better. He discussed with Yuntian that night and asked Yuntian to lead the main force of the Eighteenth Red Army to march in sequence. He would lead the secret service brigade and the guard regiment first. Yuntian disagreed at first, but then he couldn't win over the commander-in-chief. I had no choice but to agree. That night, after taking a short rest with the rest of the army, Li Jiansheng led the most elite special agent brigade of the Red Third Front Army, and the guard regiment went ahead overnight. They soon disappeared into the night.

Li Jiansheng didn't know that he was eager to save people and launched the expedition in batches, which caused some troubles for historians. Later historians were studying the Red Army's Long March. It was called the Western Expedition at first, and was later called the Western Expedition. When determining the launch time of the Long March, it was believed that the Third Red Front Army was the hardest to determine, because a corps under the command of Li Jiansheng, the commander-in-chief of this front army, immediately changed direction and launched the expedition after receiving a telegram from the Central Red Army on November 17. ; The main force of the front army, led by political commissar Huang Su, launched the expedition on November 23; as for the expedition after the large forces were reunited, it was on November 29. Therefore, which time should prevail? Everyone has their own reasons. There is no fixed number. Fortunately, no matter what, what is recognized by the majority of the people is that in November 1934, the Third Red Front Army began the great Long March.

(End of Volume 1)