Heroes of the Resistance Reborn

The meeting between the two was not as intense as many people imagined.

Under the guidance of the guards, Li Jiansheng hurried to the outskirts. He had not gone very far when a group of people came from far ahead. The leader was a tall and thin man with a relatively tall figure. Later generations saw that Li Jiansheng, who had seen Xu Shuai's photo, almost didn't even think about it. That person was Xu Xiangqian, the military god of the generation. Almost without thinking, Li Jiansheng immediately jumped off his horse and marched forward with a very respectful attitude. His guard chief Xu Jinsong saw the regiment commander for the second time. With such an expression, I was shocked. You must know that this was the first time the regiment commander had behaved like this, but he still showed it when he greeted the head of the central government outside Zunyi City. He knew in his heart that these people who came in front must be highly respected by the regiment commander. Without saying a word, he immediately jumped off his horse. The other guards who followed him, including Shen Ying, Shen Zhi, Lao Jue and others, also dismounted and consciously formed a four-way column, moving slowly and unhurriedly. Following the legion commander, Luo Ronghuan and Zeng Zhongsheng looked at each other again, dismounted together, and followed Li Jiansheng. Luo Ronghuan was a little better, because he had only heard of Xu Xiangqian's name before, but did not know Xu Xiangqian's person; Zeng Zhongsheng was different. I know that he was one of Xu Xiangqian's important deputies in the past. I think back then, when he was in the Fourth Red Army, he received a lot of support and help from Xu Xiangqian. At this moment, when he saw the sentry in front of him, he immediately dismounted and went to Seeing the old leader in front of him, he was a little surprised that his regiment commander Li Jiansheng could be as excited as himself. Of course, although he was full of questions at the moment, he didn't have time to think too much and just followed.

The sentry troops coming in front were none other than Xu Xiangqian, the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army, and some of his generals. These people's current positions were only about the same as those of Zeng Zhongsheng and others, but Li Jiansheng could understand and knew what those people meant: What's the difference between that and Around Xu Xiangqian, there were at least 3 generals, 5 lieutenant generals, and no less than 10 major generals from later generations.

Seeing that the man at the other end had dismounted very early, Xu Xiangqian at the other end felt a movement in his heart. Knowing that this was a sign of courtesy to him, he quickly dismounted and came up to meet him. For him, he was sure that the man in front of him was going to meet him. The person who came must be the legendary hero Li Jiansheng in the Red Army. He was a young hero. He was more than 4 years younger than Comrade Chang Hao, the general political commissar of the Fourth Red Army. While admiring him, he felt a little puzzled: Li Jiansheng over there. , why do you treat yourself with such respectful etiquette? You must know that whether in terms of merit or position, he is not inferior to himself in any aspect. There is no need for him to be like this. Come to think of it, there is only one possibility for this, and that is This person is low-key and values ​​affection and righteousness.

Thinking of this, Xu Xiangqian, who had been troubled by Zhang Guotao's death in action, calmed down, quickly quickened his pace, and followed. Han Xianchu, Xu Shiyou, Wang Shusheng and other soldiers who were following behind him looked at each other, and they all fell silent and followed closely.

Two pairs of big hands clasped together.

The time is fixed on the morning of March 30, 1935. Just after Mao Zedong commanded the main force of the Red Army to complete the third and fourth crossing of Chishui, the main forces of the Seventh Red Army and the Fourth Red Army met in Jiangjin. , Li Jiansheng and Xu Xiangqian held hands for a long time, and stared at each other for a while, each feeling sympathetic to each other. After a while, Li Jiansheng introduced Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng and others to Xu Xiangqian; Xu Xiangqian introduced Han Xianchu, Xu Shiyou, Wang Shusheng and others to Li Jiansheng. People, both sides shook hands, saluted, hugged and greeted each other again, it was very lively.

Not to mention the joining forces of Xu and Li's two divisions, they successfully brought together the two most elite main forces of the Red Army. However, this "Jiangjin joining forces" has really caused historians of later generations to argue endlessly. For no other reason, this is the reason for this joining forces. Class historians believe that this meeting should be between the First Red Army and the Fourth Red Army, because it is the meeting between the Red Seventh Army and the Fourth Red Army, and the Red Seventh Army has the largest number of troops and is also the most powerful. An elite force, when the Red Army joined forces, the total strength of the Seventh Red Army accounted for more than half of the First Red Army. Therefore, to a certain extent, it can be regarded as the First Red Army. However, another group of historians believed that this was not feasible. Because in any case, the Seventh Red Army does not fully represent the First Red Army. The core of the First Red Army should be the great men Mao, Zhu and Zhou. If the three of them arrive, it can be said that, but now these three He commanded the troops to cross the river in Chishui and did not participate in the Jiangjin junction. Therefore, strictly speaking, this junction should be "the junction between the Red Seventh Army of the Red Front Army and the Red Fourth Front Army." However, another group of historians proposed Different opinions, because they believed that the Seventh Red Army at that time was actually the original Third Red Front Army. Therefore, this meeting was more accurate than the "joint between the Third Red Front Army and the Fourth Red Front Army." I have to say , these three views are very popular, and each cannot convince the other. However, this historical debate among a hundred schools of thought cannot damage the most critical factor in it, which is the famous name of the Red Seventh Army. Instead, it adds to the Red Seventh Army, especially its commander Li Jiansheng. There are many legends and mysteries.

Here the Seventh Red Army and the Fourth Red Front Army successfully joined forces, and over there the troops commanded by Mao Zedong won a complete victory in crossing Chishui four times.

It turned out that long after Mao Zedong commanded the Red Army to achieve the second great victory in Zunyi, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek could no longer stand still. He flew to Chongqing on March 2 and personally directed the siege of the Red Army, attempting to combine fortresses with key offensives. The tactics are to defend from the south and attack from the north, encircle and annihilate the Red Front Army in the narrow area of ​​Zunyi and Yaxi. Mao Zedong anticipates the enemy's opportunity, Li Jiansheng is familiar with history, and Xu Xiangqian is familiar with the art of war. One is in the west, two in the east, and they launch at the same time. As a result of the attack, the Fourth Red Army in the East attacked from north to south, and the Seventh Red Army attacked from south to north, attracting the main force of the Kuomintang troops and actively responded. Mao Zedong took the opportunity to use his plan and wandered around the Zunyi area in the guise of the First Red Army Corps, looking for To lure the enemy forward, they then transferred their troops to the northwest to seek new maneuvers. They also used the 3rd Red Army Corps to feint to Jinsha in the southwest, mobilizing the enemy Zhou Hunyuan's troops to the south and the rest of Wu Qiwei's troops to the west, and then switched to The troops attacked Lubanchang to defend the enemy. This action of the main force of the Red Army mobilized the enemy. When the enemy Wu Qiwei's remaining troops crossed the Wujiang River north and the Yunnan Army Sun Du's troops approached the Red Army, on the 11th, the main force of the Red Army suddenly turned its troops northward. On the 15th, On the 16th, we entered Renhuai and crossed the Chishui River from Maotai for the third time, then entered southern Sichuan.

Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, who had just flown to Chongqing after completing his command, was oppressed by Li Jiansheng's Seventh Red Army and Xu Xiangqian's Fourth Front Army. He was deeply afraid that the two armies would suddenly attack Chongqing and did not dare to stay in Chongqing for a long time, so he returned to Nanjing and got this. News, I was shocked at the moment. After looking at the map, I judged that the Japanese Red Army must cross the Yangtze River north again. They hurriedly adjusted their deployment and pressed the main force of the Red Army to the south of Sichuan in an attempt to encircle the Japanese Red Army again and annihilate the Japanese. The Red Army is on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

In order to further cause the enemy's misunderstanding and surprise, Mao Zedong sent out another surprise force. On March 21, he used one regiment to disguise the main force and continued to advance towards Gulin and Xuyong in southern Sichuan to lure the enemy westward, while the main force quickly On the 22nd, the Red Army crossed the Chishui River for the fourth time and returned to Guizhou. On the 28th, the Red Army passed through the enemy blockhouse blockade between Yaxi and Liquidambar Dam and reached the north bank of the Wujiang River. On the night of the 29th, , a platoon of our army's vanguard regiment took advantage of the thunderstorm cover, took a bamboo raft to reach the other side, and successfully captured the ferry. By the 31st, in addition to the 9th Red Army Corps that continued to contain the enemy on the north bank of Wujiang River, the main force of the Red Front Army, including the 1st Red Army Corps , the Red 3rd Army, the 5th Red Army, and the 8th Red Army all crossed the Wujiang River to the south and skillfully escaped the enemy's encirclement.

Not to mention that Mao Zedong commanded the main force of the Red Army, crossed the Chishui River four times and crossed the main force of the Red Army south to the Wu River, opening up the prospect of marching into Yunnan and crossing from the north of the Jinsha River to Sichuan. However, the first thing that happened after Li Jiansheng's troops and Xu Xiang's troops joined forces was I went to mourn Zhang Guotao in front of the mourning hall. Although I hated Zhang Guotao very much, I knew that after arriving at this historical period, Zhang Guotao only had time to kill many Red Army soldiers and had not yet had time to surrender to the enemy and rebel. The circumstances were slightly minor; Or, no matter how much he put on a show, he was still injured and died on the battlefield. For a soldier, this was a just death. In addition, many generals of the Red Fourth Front Army were promoted by him, and his own attitude It is actually very important to unite this army. Therefore, after making up his mind, Li Jiansheng came directly under the guidance of Xu Xiangqian and others to pay homage to Zhang Guotao. He met Chen Changhao and others first, and then came to pay homage. While paying homage, Li Jiansheng felt in his heart But he secretly thought: Zhang Guotao's death was well deserved. At least, Xu Xiangqian was afraid that he would not be implicated because of his affairs. Chen Changhao estimated that the situation would change in the second half of his life. However, he did not know that General Xu Shiyou and Mao Weiren Will those stories between us happen again?

Li Jiansheng respectfully paid homage to Zhang Guotao. Some generals of the Fourth Red Army who were extremely loyal to Zhang Guotao and were led by Zhang Guotao were very fond of the young former commander of the Third Red Army. They had only heard of Li Jiansheng's heroic deeds. Later, they When I met this person again, I found that he was not an ordinary young person, and I had a somewhat strange feeling in my heart. But now that I saw him, I felt that this person was extremely considerate and had a desire to make friends. At least, the person who had treated Mao in his previous life was The great man asked, and Li Te, who later died in the battle in Xinjiang, strode forward, held Li Jiansheng's hand tightly, and said hello.

After Li Jiansheng paid homage to Zhang Guotao, Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng and other generals from the Red Front Army and the former Red Army from the Third Front also paid homage to Zhang Guotao one by one, and then gave up. Zeng Zhongsheng was a little reluctant at first, but seeing everyone like this, he couldn't force it. In addition, he was open-minded and did not want to worry too much about the dead, so he paid homage seriously.

After the two armies of 180,000 horses joined forces, they quickly dispatched troops to bring several areas around Jiangjin into their jurisdiction. On the other hand, they telegraphed to the central government. At this time, the central government, headed by Mao Zedong, was commanding the main force of the Red Army to mobilize the Yunnan Army.