Heroes of the Resistance Reborn

It turned out that after crossing Chishui, although they escaped the enemy's encirclement, several brigades of Yunnan troops were still guarding the Guizhou-Yunnan border, which was not conducive to the main force of the Red Army advancing northward. When deploying the Red Army's combat operations, Mao Zedong pointed out: As long as the Yunnan troops can be To achieve this strategic goal, the main force of the Red Army adopted the tactic of attacking from the east and attacking in the west. First, the Huangsu Division of the 8th Red Army made a feint toward Weng'an and Huangping in eastern Guizhou, pretending to be the Red Army. The main force of the army was about to leave Hunan east to join the Red 2 and 6 Army Corps, while the other main forces, including the three main army groups of Red 1, Red 3, and Red 5, were passing through Xifeng, Zhazuo, and headed straight for Guiyang. At this time, they were frightened. The frightened Chairman Chiang had to rush from Nanjing to Guiyang to take charge due to the pressing situation. At that time, there were only 4 regiments defending the enemy in Guiyang and its suburbs. Chiang Kai-shek felt that the defense was empty. He was afraid that the Red Army would take advantage of the opportunity to capture Guiyang and that the main force of the Red Army would advance eastward. Hunan and the 2nd and 6th Red Army Corps joined forces, so they urgently mobilized Long Yun's three main brigades to reinforce Guiyang, and ordered the Xue Yue Corps and the Hunan Army He Jian Department to deploy defenses and blockades at the Sichuan-Guizhou-Hunan border. The main force of the Yunnan Army had been completely transferred eastward. Under Mao Zedong's command, the 1st Red Army Corps suddenly launched a feint attack on Longli Town in the southeast of Guiyang on April 9th, bluffing to confuse the enemy. However, the main force of the 3rd Red Army Corps and the 5th Red Army Corps passed between Guiyang and Longli. The enemy's defense line rushed towards Yunnan, where the enemy's strength was empty, at a marching speed of 120 miles per day. The 1st Red Army Corps followed up immediately. On the 15th, the main force of the 1st Red Army crossed the Beipan River and successively captured Zhenfeng and Long'an. , Xingren, Xingyi and other cities, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek was greatly shocked by the rapid westward advance of the Red Army. He urgently mobilized two columns of Wu Qiwei and Zhou Hunyuan, three divisions of the Hunan Army and a section of the Yunnan Army to attack the Red Army along the Guizhou-Yunnan Highway. The main force of the First Front Army pursued the pursuit. At the same time, the 9th Red Army Corps, which had originally stayed north of the Wujiang River, had successfully completed its containment mission and had also entered the area near Shuicheng in western Guizhou. In late April, the main force of the popular First Front Army threatened When Kunming fell, the enemy armies were still more than 3 days away from the Red Army. Mao Zedong occupied Yangcun with the 5th Red Army and pretended to attack Kunming. The main force advanced to the Jinsha River bank in the northwest. The 1st Red Army passed through Wuding and Yuanmou seized it. Longjie Ferry; the 3rd Red Army Corps seized Hongmen Ferry via Malutang; the Central Military Commission column advanced to Jiaoping Ferry via Longtang, and the first cadre regiment of its advance team had successfully smuggled across the river at Jiaoping Ferry on the evening of May 3. Annihilate the enemy defenders on the other side and control the ferry.

Due to the wide area of ​​the Longjie Crossing River and harassment by enemy planes and the turbulent flow of the Hongmen Crossing River, it was not conducive for the Red Army to cross the river. The Central Military Commission decided that except for the 13th Regiment of the 3rd Red Army Corps to cross the river in Hongmen, the Red 1, From May 3rd to 9th, the 3rd and 5th Army Corps used only seven small wooden boats to cross the Jinsha River via Jiaoping Ferry. The 9th Red Army Corps on the North Road also crossed the Jinsha River on May 4th and 5th. Crossing the Jinsha River near Qiaojia in the northwest of Huize, the 8th Red Army Corps, which was originally feinting towards Weng'an and Huangping in eastern Guizhou, under the leadership of Huang Su, had already succeeded in feinting, and then received a telegram from the central government to sneak to Along the Jinsha River, we met with the 9th Red Army Corps.

At this point, the Central Red Army got rid of the pursuit and interception of hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang troops, and all the pursuing enemies were thrown south of the Jinsha River. It completely shattered Chiang Kai-shek's arrogant plan to encircle and annihilate the Central Red Army in the Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan border areas, and realized the crossing of the river to the north. strategic intention, and achieved a great and decisive victory in the strategic shift.

When receiving the telegram jointly sent by Xu Qianqian, Li Jiansheng, Luo Ronghuan and Chen Changhao, Mao Weiren was discussing with Mr. Zhu and Vice Chairman Zhou which regiment should be used to feint in the direction of Weng'an and Huangping in eastern Guizhou, and then pretend to be red. The main force of the army was about to leave Hunan to join the 2nd and 6th Red Army Corps. After receiving this telegram, he felt happy and immediately gave the telegram to several others to read. In fact, earlier, he had just received a message from the Fourth Red Army. Another telegram reported the sacrifice of Zhang Guotao, chairman of the Northwest Military and Political Commission. Although they had strong opinions on Zhang Guotao's "clean-up" within the Fourth Red Army and the killing of many outstanding cadres, in the spirit of unity, several great men read After finishing the telegram, they still discussed it seriously, and then jointly issued a telegram of condolences to commemorate Zhang Guotao, appease the various departments of the Fourth Red Army, and at the same time authorize Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao to act with the camera. To be honest, even though they knew that Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao The senior generals are all very good, but Mao Zedong did not know the details of this army that Zhang Guotao had run for many years, and he really didn't have much confidence. But now, there is news that Li Jiansheng, who he knows very well, is leading his troops to join forces with Xu Qianqian's troops. What about that? Why not? Therefore, this time the great Mao was full of meaning. While commanding the main force of the Red Front Army to deal with the enemy, he discussed with Zhu, Zhou and others about the deployment after the Red Fourth Front Army and the Seventh Red Army Corps joined forces.

Here, Xu Xiangqian and Li Jiansheng met with several other troops. After meeting for a while, they hardly said much. They joined forces and concentrated on commanding. Of course, there are still differences in the specific execution: Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao commanded the original Red Fourth Army. Front Army Headquarters, Li Jiansheng and Luo Ronghuan commanded the Red Seventh Army Headquarters, fighting everywhere. Poor, these are rare gods of war. With such a gathering, the combat power is not the same. You must know that the 80,000 Red Fourth Front Army The troops and horses are originally elite troops from Hubei, Henan, and Anhui, and their equipment is quite good. As for Li Jiansheng's troops, there is not much to say. Not only does the total strength of one legion be 20,000 higher than the total strength of the Fourth Red Army, As far as the quality of the soldiers is concerned, except for the newly recruited Sichuan army division that needs to be strengthened for training, the rest are all experienced soldiers, and they are not generally strong, because Li Jiansheng's ideological work when he led the army came from later generations. These soldiers The cohesion is still higher than that of the Fourth Red Front Army. As for the weapons and equipment, it is more than one level higher than that of the Fourth Red Front Army. In terms of artillery alone, Li Jiansheng's unit is more than four times that of Xu Xiangqian's unit. After the two armies joined forces, Xu Xiangqian Chen Changhao, Li Jiansheng, and Luo Ronghuan held an activity, which was mainly to observe each other's soldiers and weapons. When Li Jiansheng, Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Cai Zhong observed the Fourth Red Army, they admired it while watching. They admired the Fourth Red Army from the bottom of their hearts. Because the quality of the soldiers and the weapons and equipment were probably better than those of the Red Army, their admiration for Xu Xiangqian and others increased even more. However, what they did not expect was that when Xu Xiangqian took the lead, When the generals came to observe the Seventh Red Army, they were all stunned: Our Red Army actually has such powerful equipment. As for the skills displayed by these soldiers, it is really jaw-dropping, especially those special operations soldiers. and sniper warriors, which made Xu Qianqian and others admire them from the bottom of their hearts. Everyone knew that this army was actually founded by Li Jiansheng, and the main ideas of these things were also created by Li Jiansheng. This admiration for Li Jiansheng in their hearts The sentiment was even greater than before. Therefore, once the command systems of the two armies were unified, their armies blossomed everywhere. In just a few days, several counties and cities around Chongqing fell into the hands of the Red Army. Xu Xiangqian was okay. Because he has been leading his troops in this area, but Li Jiansheng is a little different. He completely uses these battlefields as a training ground, which can be regarded as a good training for the newly recruited Sichuan soldiers.

On April 4, five days after reporting the military intelligence, Li Jiansheng, Xu Xiangqian and others received a call from the central government. The signatures turned out to be Mao, Zhu, and Zhou. When they read the message, Xu Xiangqian, Chen Changhao, Luo Ronghuan and others were fine, but Li Jiansheng was I was shocked. It turned out that the call clearly ordered Li Jiansheng to command the two main forces of the Red Army, the Seventh Red Army and the Fourth Red Army. I thought I had read it wrong for a while, but after reading it three times, Li Jiansheng finally confirmed the black and white words in front of me:

1. Continue to maintain the original Northwest Military and Political Commission, with unified command of the Red Seventh Army and the Fourth Red Army. Li Jiansheng serves as the chairman of the Northwest Military and Political Commission, Luo Ronghuan serves as the party secretary, Xu Xiang serves as the commander-in-chief, Chen Changhao serves as the general political commissar, and Zeng Zhongsheng He was appointed chief of staff, and Li Te was appointed director of the General Political Department.

2. The Northwest Former Enemy Committee was established to specifically command the two main forces of the Red Army in combat. Li Jiansheng, Xu Xiangqian, Luo Ronghuan, Chen Changhao, Zeng Zhongsheng, Li Te, and Cai Zhong served as committee members. Li Jiansheng served as secretary of the Former Enemy Committee, Xu Xiang served as commander-in-chief, and Luo Ronghuan served as general political commissar. Chen Changhao serves as chief of general staff, and Li Jiansheng takes overall responsibility.

Third, the two main forces of the Red Army should move and fight in Chongqing, taking the opportunity to annihilate part of the enemy's force, provide strategic assistance to the operations of the 2nd and 6th Red Army, and provide support for the actions of the 1st Red Army.

There are other items in the telegram, but most of them provide guidance on strategy and tactics. The few people sitting here are all familiar with the art of war. They are just listening, but Li Jiansheng has always been horrified in his heart: Oh my God, I am How come Xu Shuai's ranking is in front of Xu Shuai? What happened to these great men? He has been wondering in his heart, but he doesn't know that the others have no doubt about it. First, this is an order from the central government. If it is said When Zhang Guotao was alive, there might be some objections to this, but now, including Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao, they are loyal to the party and the central government, and of course they fully support this. For both of them, Li Jiansheng's achievements are there. There has been no defeat since the battle; as for the troops, their strength is also there, it is the first-class strength. Among the three, Xu Xiangqian and others are all open-minded people, and they are sympathetic to Li Jiansheng, so of course they are committed to his work. With full support, Li Jiansheng was able to successfully command this most elite military force in the country at that time.

Of course, coming from a later generation, he knew the lives of Xu Qianqian, Luo Ronghuan, Chen Changhao, and Zeng Zhongsheng very well. He knew that these people were all handsome men, so he respected them very much and had no intention of monopolizing power. As for Han Xianchu, Li Jiansheng always thought that he He was the number one hero who insisted on liberating Hainan Island and laid a solid foundation for China not to have a second Taiwan, so he is also highly respected; Xu Shiyou is a pure legend in Li Jiansheng's mind, and of course he is also highly respected; some others Li Jiansheng respected the founding fathers of later generations from the bottom of his heart. In this way, Li Jiansheng commanded the two troops as if they were his own left and right arms, stretching freely.

In this way, the nearby Kuomintang troops would suffer.