Chapter 10 Chapter Three

According to the spirit of the Luofang Conference and the opinions of the General Front Committee and Comrade Mao Zedong, the main force of the First and Third Army Corps of the Red Army on the one hand must cross the Ganjiang River eastward to the Yongfeng and Ningdu areas, and create a large area east of the Ganjiang River and west of the sea. The base area is ready to smash the enemy's large-scale "encirclement and suppression".This plan focuses on the overall strategy, and is more comprehensive and correct than the plan of mobile operations between the Xiangjiang and Ganjiang Rivers decided at the Zhuzhou meeting of the General Front Committee on September 13. Peng Dehuai fully supports the decision of the Luofang meeting.However, at that time, most of the Fifth Red Army and the Sixteenth Red Army of the Third Red Army were from Pingjiang and Liuyang, Hunan, and most of the Eighth Red Army were from Yangxin and Daye, Hubei. It is advocated that the first and third armies should be separated and fight across the river: the first army will go to the east of the Ganjiang River, and the third army army will stay west of the Ganjiang River. It is believed that this can not only concentrate and destroy the enemy's large forces, but also disperse the regiments on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi. Guerrilla warfare in the border areas of Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, and southeastern Hubei will be beneficial to the seizure of political power in the three provinces of Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi in the future;Peng Dehuai believes that these relatively popular opinions are not completely unreasonable, but the crux of the problem is that after the separation of the first and third army regiments, they cannot form a fist, and each of the enemy's divisions must be wiped out one division at a time in battle (the divisions of the six regiments ) is very reluctant. If the two legions are combined, it will be easier to destroy one division of the enemy.Therefore, in order to destroy the enemy and smash the enemy's large-scale "encirclement and suppression", he insisted that the red army must be unified politically under the banner of Zhu Mao, and the first and third armies should not be separated; he firmly opposed localism and local concepts.

Around November 4th, Zhou Yili was appointed by the front of the General Assembly to convey instructions to the Three Army Corps in the name of the representative of the Central Committee.When Zhou Yili arrived at Renhe Market in Xiajiang, where the Legion Headquarters was stationed, Peng Dehuai reported to him the misunderstanding of the cadres and soldiers, and asked him to pay attention to everyone's emotions and do more persuasion when conveying the instructions of the General Front Committee.On the morning of November 5th, Peng Dehuai had to make preparations for crossing the river as soon as possible because of the urging of the General Front Committee. He personally took a company to the Ganjiang River to see the transition point and collect ships. Teng Daiyuan and Yuan Guoping presided over a group meeting Cadres meeting, mobilization across the river.

At the meeting, Zhou Yili carried out political mobilization on behalf of the Central Committee and the General Front Committee.Because he was more active in implementing the "Lisan Line" in the past, and at this time the influence of the "Left" has not been eliminated. In the mobilization report, he unknowingly talked about going off topic. If Sheng attacked Wuhan, he would definitely be able to defeat it all at once, and so on.Some cadres were annoyed when they heard that the mobilization was mobilized to cross the Ganjiang River, but they were even more annoyed when they heard him repeat the old tunes of "Li San Line", such as "attacking big cities" and "victory in one province and several provinces first". Some division and regiment cadres started firing cannons.Du Zhongmei, the head of the regiment, said: "Why can't the two armies cross the river, must both armies cross the east bank? We have an opinion!" Guo Bingsheng, the commander of the Sixth Division, went on to say: "The troops crossed the east of the river, and the west of the Ganjiang River A large base area was lost; when we arrived in Jiangdong, the terrain and people were unfamiliar, and the army had to collapse. Your method is to 'wash the dick in cold water, the more you wash, the smaller it is'!" Guo Bingsheng's foul words made everyone laugh.

The meeting lasted from morning to afternoon, and the debate was very intense. Most of the speakers were military cadres, and their opinions were quite extreme; while most political cadres considered from the perspective of organizational principles and believed that the General Front Committee had made a decision. It should obey the decision of the superior, so there are not many people who oppose it.In the evening, when Peng Dehuai came back from the riverside to attend the meeting, he was a little angry when he saw the chaos in the meeting place, so he immediately asked everyone to calm down, and patiently persuaded everyone.He first explained that if the first and third armies fought across the river, their forces would be dispersed, which would be detrimental to the current large-scale attack that was going to crush Chiang Kai-shek.Then, in response to everyone's concerns that after the troops cross the river, the home base area will be lost: "After our fifth and eighth armies cross the river, the 16th army will remain in the border areas of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi. We can draw forces from the local armed forces to expand ten The Sixth Army defends the Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi border areas; and there are already five small regiments in southeast Hubei, and they are preparing to form the Ninth Red Army based on them; there is already an independent division on the Hunan and Jiangxi borders, and it can be expanded." Everyone listened to the general front. The committee had a good idea of ​​the deployment of the troops after crossing the river, and their worries were reduced.Finally, Peng Dehuai said categorically: "Comrades, the main thing now is to concentrate our forces and wipe out the current Chiang Kai-shek's attacking enemies in large numbers. The decision of the General Front Committee is correct. I firmly support it. We must cross the river. Do you have any opinions? Go to Jiangdong to discuss it, but it must not hinder the action, let alone talk about the separation of the first and third armies. Our Red Army must fight all over China, and we must not be localized!"

It was already dark, Peng Dehuai raised his voice and asked everyone: "Do you have any comments?" Everyone replied in unison: "No comments!" Begin to cross the river. The meeting is adjourned!" The next day, the troops crossed the Ganjiang River by boat in a strict and orderly manner.On the ferry, I recalled the situation of the Xiajiang meeting yesterday, carefully recollected what Boss Peng said, and deeply felt that Boss Peng did a good job in political mobilization: first, his attitude was clear and firm; The concerns of the bases in Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi unified our thinking and set an example for our cadres doing political and ideological work, which enabled me to learn some experience in doing ideological and ideological work.