Chapter 19 Chapter 19 The brave and skilled deputy commander-in-chief Wang Shusheng

On the shooting range, the sun was scorching like fire.A burly and heroic commander, riding on a galloping white horse, looks even more mighty and majestic.He only heard him yelling: "Look at me!" The red silk fluttered the red silk of the buck gun held high in his right hand, like a mountain eagle chewing food, "Bah! Bah! Bah!" middle.It won warm applause and applause from the commanders and fighters present.He, Comrade Wang Shusheng, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Red Fourth Front Army and Commander of the 31st Army, is doing a shooting demonstration for the cadres and soldiers participating in the mass training.

In late June 1933, after the headquarters of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army achieved a major victory in smashing the siege of Sichuan warlord Tian Songyao, they held a military meeting in Mumenchang (now Wangcang County) in Nanjiang County.A total of more than 100 representatives of cadres above the entire army and some battalion and company cadres attended the meeting.The meeting fully promoted democracy, discussed the overall work situation of Renchuan in the past six months, and carefully summarized the experience of anti-three-way siege operations.According to the needs of the Sichuan-Shanxi Revolutionary Base, the great development of the Red Army and local armed forces, the meeting decided to expand the original 4 divisions of the Red Fourth Front Army into 4 armies.At the same time, decisions were made to strengthen the ideological and political work of the Red Army, vigorously develop military training, restore Peng (Pai) and Yang (Yin) cadre schools, and stop the "suppression of counter-revolutionaries" in the Red Army.Wang Shusheng, the former commander of the 73rd Division, was promoted to the deputy commander-in-chief of the front army and concurrently served as the commander of the 31st Red Army.Wang Shusheng, who is only 28 years old, is joyful and excited.He is determined to learn warfare in the war, and is always ready to fight a big battle and win a battle!

The summer in the Daba mountain area is extremely hot, which is the golden season for hard training elite soldiers.The deputy commander-in-chief Wang Shusheng led the commanders and fighters of the 31st Red Army to conscientiously implement the decision of the Mumen Conference on vigorously carrying out military training and ideological and political education, which set off an upsurge of mass military training.The commanders and fighters of the Red Army, from army commanders and political commissars to cooks and breeders, all participated in the training and worked hard to practice the ability to kill the enemy.Deputy Commander Wang Shusheng waved his horse and whip, went deep into the company and the training ground, focusing on ideological and political education with one hand and military training with the other.Highlight technical training, focusing on shooting, bombing, stabbing and soil work.Shooting training is improved from three-point aiming practice to practice on looming and moving targets.Rifle shooting requires 3 seconds to hit a moving target, a distance of 200 meters, and 3 rounds of bullets, which must reach 20 rings.For bomb-throwing training, it is necessary to throw under the conditions of holding a gun, carrying a gun and charging, and a long-range and accurate throw of 30 meters is a pass.In terms of tactics, it is mainly based on the terrain characteristics of the Daba Mountain area in northern Sichuan to strengthen the training of mountain warfare, narrow road warfare, river warfare and night warfare.From the company to the office, from the playground to the classroom, the cafeteria, and the club, there are posted everywhere the military training motto of the Red Fourth Front Army, which reads "Wisdom and courage, resolve difficulties, innovate, unite and struggle, and be invincible!" Warlords, redden the whole Sichuan" and other slogans.There are targets for shooting and bombing practice. Use the drip time before meals, after meals, before class, and after class to consciously practice shooting, aiming and throwing grenades.Cadres at all levels also used meeting time to organize shooting and bombing competitions.In terms of ideological and political education, the main content includes the political views of the Communist Party of China, the nature, mission, discipline and glorious tradition of the Red Army, as well as the disintegration of the enemy army and strict observance of the captive policy.In terms of cadre training, in addition to leading soldiers to complete the common subjects of technical and tactical training, it also advocates training for combat and learning for combat through "military research meetings", "post-war summary meetings", and "democratic review meetings". Cultivate and improve the leadership level and command art of cadres at all levels.

It was late at night, but the kerosene lamp in front of Wang Shusheng's window was still on.In the summer night starry sky, even the stars blinked their tired eyes.After a day of training, Wang Shusheng returned to his residence, washed his face with cold water, and sat under the lamp to read military books at night.The books he often reads include: "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Must Read for Cadres", "Key Points of Fighting with the Sichuan Army", "Key Points of Guerrilla Warfare", "Key Points of Fighting with the "Suppressing Red" Army" published and distributed by the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army , "Military Knowledge Research", "Basic Actions of Infantry", "Key Points of Pursuit" and other books and teaching materials.During his study, Wang Shusheng paid attention to linking theory with practice. When encountering difficulties, he would ask Commander Xu Xiangqian, his comrades who had learned and mastered the art of war, and even his subordinate cadres for advice.He said: "My biggest regret is that I didn't go to a military academy. In the past, when the troops were small and fought guerrilla warfare, the leaders took the lead to win the battle. If they couldn't win, they could go to the ravines and forests. Now they have to command thousands of troops to fight. If you don't study hard in the mobile warfare of the large corps, it will be a disaster!"

Hard work pays off.Wang Shusheng led the commanders and fighters of the 31st Red Army. After more than two months of mass training, the military and political quality has been comprehensively improved.In the Yi (Long) southern (South) campaign and the anti-Six Routes siege campaign, the Vietnamese fought more and more bravely, shocking the enemy's courage. The Battle of Yinan was the first offensive battle after smashing the three-way siege of the Sichuan warlords. It was also the first time Wang Shusheng commanded an army to fight. Work hard on forethought.After Wang Shusheng received the task of leading the 31st Red Army to attack Guangyuan, he made careful deployment according to the enemy's situation and terrain.

On August 12, Wang Shusheng commanded the main force of the 31st Red Army to attack Hongtuguan, Dashiban and Nanshan in three directions. On August 15, he led his troops to continue to attack Qianfoyan, Lianhuahe and Yinjiagou in Guangyuan. After a fierce battle with the enemy Liu Hanxiong and Wang Zhiyuan, he captured Qianfoyan, Liangyazi, Hongtuguan, Yuanbazi, etc. On the ground, more than 120 officers and soldiers under the enemy regiment commanders Li Qinghan and Liu Hongxiu were killed and wounded, and the enemy was forced to retreat to the front line of Yanjiagou and Jiuhuayan. On August 18, they fought fiercely with the enemy again, captured Liulinzi, a dangerous position in the southeast of Guangyuan City, wiped out two battalions of the enemy, and formed a three-sided siege of Guangyuan County.And use a force to develop towards Ningqiang (now Ningqiang) in southern Shaanxi to contain and block enemy reinforcements.At the same time, a part of the Red 31st Army attacked in the direction of Cangxi, and it also developed smoothly. It entered the suburbs of Cangxi, threatened the enemy not to send aid, and effectively cooperated with the Red 9th Army in combat.

The Battle of Yinan lasted half a month and wiped out more than 3,000 enemies. It liberated a large area of ​​salt well production in Nanfang County, ensured the supply of salt to the army and civilians in the base area, and smashed the enemy's economic blockade of the Red Army. In October, the autumn wind brings coolness and the fragrance of new valleys.The Sichuan-Shanxi Revolutionary Base Area ushered in the first bumper harvest year.Just when the soldiers and civilians in the base area were celebrating the harvest and cheering for victory, Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang launched a six-way siege on the Sichuan-Shanxi Revolutionary Base Area.Chiang Kai-shek's anti-communist, anti-people, and anti-revolutionary face was even more exposed.In Jiangxi, 500,000 troops were mobilized to carry out the fifth "encirclement and suppression" campaign against the Central Revolutionary Base.In Sichuan, 2 million yuan in military expenses, more than 10,000 guns and 5 million rounds of ammunition were allocated to support Liu Xiang's six-way siege. On October 4, Liu Xiang took office as the commander-in-chief of Sichuan's "bandit suppression" in Chengdu. On October 6, Liu Xiang issued a six-way siege mobilization meeting. With his 21st Army as the main force, he gathered a total of 110 regiments and more than 200,000 people from various warlords in Sichuan. Attacks were launched one after another on the arc line of thousands of miles at the mouth.

There are always people who better than you.In the face of Liu Xiang's massive siege deployment, the Red Fourth Front Army Command decided that the Sichuan-Shanxi Revolutionary Base will mobilize the party, the government, the army and the people, and devote all their efforts to the anti-siege operations against the Six Routes.According to the enemy's situation and terrain, the Red Army made corresponding deployments: the eastern front was the main direction, and the commander-in-chief Xu Xiangqian personally commanded the 10th, 11th, and 12th Divisions of the Red 4th Army, the 25th and 26th Divisions of the Red 9th Army, and the Red 30th Army. The 88th Division of the Army, the 92nd Division of the Red 31st Army, and the 33rd Red Army, a total of 22 regiments, were deployed in the Xuanhan and Daxian areas east of Wanyuan, mainly dealing with the fifth and sixth routes of the enemy's main force; , commanded by the deputy commander-in-chief Wang Shusheng, with the 27th Division of the 9th Red Army, the 89th and 90th Divisions of the 30th Red Army, and the 91st and 93rd Divisions of the 31st Red Army, a total of 15 regiments were deployed in the northwest from Guangyuan to the south along the From the left bank of the Jialing River to Yingshan and Quxian areas, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th routes of the enemy were restrained respectively; the 278th Regiment of the 93rd Division of the 31st Red Army and the 276th Regiment of the 92nd Division, a total of 2 regiments, deployed In the Sandaohe north of Wangcang and the Beiba area north of Tongjiang, monitor and alert the enemy's movements in southern Shaanxi.Wang Shusheng commanded the troops, setting up battlefields on the western front thousands of miles away. Under the battle cry of "Improve your skills and eliminate Liu Xiang!", it set off an upsurge of front-line troop training.

On November 6, Liu Xiang commanded six enemy forces to launch a general offensive.Tian Songyao, commander of the enemy's 2nd Route Army, led his 29th Army, starting from Cangxi and Langzhong, and advancing towards the base area.Yang Sen, commander of the enemy's Fourth Route Army, led his 3rd, 5th, and 6th mixed brigades to advance northward from Peng'an. After occupying Yingshan County, they continued to march northward. On November 26, Wang Shusheng commanded the 27th Division of the 9th Red Army, concentrated the main force to counterattack, and attacked Fenghuangzhai, which occupied more than 10 miles north of Yingshan City, in one fell swoop. group. In early December, Deng Xihou, commander of the enemy's First Route Army, led his 28th Army to attack the Red Army positions in Yuanbazi, Wangjiaba, Kuaihuoling, and Sanchuan Temple in Cangxi County.Wang Shusheng responded to the battle calmly and commanded decisively. He used the main force of the 31st Red Army to block and wipe out the enemy many times. Only in the battle of Kuaihuoling, more than 1,000 enemies were wiped out.Commanded the 90th Division of the Red 30th Army in Jishanliang, Langzhong County, and repelled 3 brigades of the enemy's 2nd Route Army.Commanded the 27th Division of the 9th Red Army, and restrained the enemy's 3rd and 4th Route Army's attacks on the line from Yilong County to Folou Temple. On January 1, 1934, Wang Shusheng commanded the 271st Regiment of the 91st Division of the Red 31st Army and the 27th Division of the Red 9th Army to attack Wulidun in the south of Yilong City at night and counterattack the four regiments attacked by the enemy's 3rd Route Army. , fought fiercely all day and night, and defeated the enemy.Taking advantage of the victory, the Red Army chased for 10 kilometers, killed and wounded more than 400 officers and soldiers below the regimental commander, captured more than 100 enemies, and surrendered more than 200 guns. On January 11, Wang Shusheng led his troops to withdraw from Yilong County.The first phase of "tightening the position" started from Wangcangba in the north, and along the Donghe River to Qianfoyan, Yinjiapu, and Dingshanchang in the south, which consumed the enemy's vital strength and delayed the enemy's siege.

In February, just after the Spring Festival, Liu Xiang convened a meeting with the commanders of the Sixth Route Army in Chengdu, and planned a battle plan for the second phase of the Sixth Route Army siege. On March 4, the enemy on the western front launched the first attack.The enemy's 1st Route Army attacked Wangcangba, the 2nd Route Army attacked Enyang River, the 3rd Route Army attacked Yushan Field, and the Fourth Route Army attacked Dingshan Field.With foresight and foresight, Wang Shusheng commanded the Red Army on the western front to fight steadily, making the enemy pay a heavy price for every step forward.In particular, he commanded the 27th Division of the 9th Red Army and the 270th and 271st Regiments of the 31st Red Army, concentrated their forces and weapons, and carried out key counterattacks against the enemy's 3rd Route Army, defeating 8 enemy regiments.He also commanded the 91st Division of the Red 31st Army in the Mumen area to counterattack bravely and defeated 3 enemy regiments.In these two battles alone, more than 2,000 enemies were wiped out.After giving the enemy a lot of consumption, the Red Army voluntarily withdrew from Yushan Field, Dingshan Field, Wangcang Dam, Enyang River, Bazhong County and Mumen Field.In the process of "tightening the position", the Red Army especially strengthened the political work on the front line.Leading cadres at all levels and army and division propaganda teams went deep into companies and front positions, and through speeches, heart-to-heart talks, and performances, they spread the news of victory in a timely manner, raised battle slogans, and carried out ideological education and agitation.At the same time, it also paid attention to disintegrating the enemy's work. Every time a position was withdrawn, a large number of propaganda materials were placed, and battlefield propaganda was also carried out, which achieved obvious results.

On April 3, the enemy launched the third phase of the six-way siege.Wang Shusheng commanded the Red Army on the western front, and the second phase "tightened the position" to Guimin Pass, Sightseeing Mountain, and Desheng Mountain.Flexible and mobile, ready to wipe out the enemy.In Shaniuping, Liang Paotai, Zengziya and other places, the Red Army blocked and counterattacked the attacking enemy in a timely manner based on the favorable terrain, causing heavy damage to the enemy. Liu Xiang's six-way siege, after three general attacks, lost more than 35,000 troops, and internal conflicts deepened day by day.In order to ease the contradictions of the various armies and deploy a new general offensive, Liu Xiang held another military meeting in Chengdu with the participation of the commanders of the various armies.At the meeting, it was decided to launch the fourth phase of the general offensive.Liu Xiang also invited Liu Congyun, his senior adviser, charlatan, and nicknamed "immortal" to be the commander-in-chief of "suppressing bandits" and the chairman of the front military committee to command on his behalf.Liu Xiang also added the second temporary division, the second brigade of the instructor, and a brigade of the model division to form the general reserve army, with Pan Wenhua, the instructor and teacher, as the commander-in-chief.So far, the total strength of the enemy's troops participating in the six-way siege has reached 140 regiments, with a total of more than 100,000 people.In order to further confuse the enemy and create fighter opportunities, Wang Shusheng commanded the Red Army on the western front, and after mid-June, they withdrew from Desheng Mountain and Tongjiang County. On June 26, the enemy's 1st Route Army began the fourth general offensive.Those who are kind do not come, those who come are not good.The enemy stormed the Red Army position in the watershed.Wang Shusheng judged the situation and immediately commanded the 31st Red Army to deal a head-on blow to the invading enemy, and quickly turned to counterattack. At dawn on June 27, the Red 31st Army rushed into the enemy's position in three ways.The right side encircled and wiped out 2 enemy regiments in Guantianba, and wiped out more than 500 enemies; the middle and left sides fought fiercely all day and night, breaking through more than 10 enemy positions in a row, approaching the enemy's main position, Maluzhai, and wiped out more than 1,000 enemies.Later, due to torrential rain, the Xiaotong River swelled, affecting the supply of grain and ammunition. Wang Shusheng decided to stop the counterattack, and took the initiative to withdraw the Red Army to the left bank of the Xiaotong River, and confronted the enemy across the river. Use my strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses.Wang Shusheng seized the favorable opportunity to confront the enemy and organized the Red Army to engage in night combat training.The troops are required to generally learn the techniques of building human ladders and climbing cliffs with iron hooks and ropes.During the training, the cadres and soldiers closely combined their actual combat experience and created many night contact methods and simple equipment.For example, when marching at night, use bamboo tubes to hold incense, with the mouth of the tube facing backwards, so that the follow-up troops will follow the incense; use bamboo to make "liaison posts", and the high-pitched sound can be heard far away, even if the artillery fires all over the sky.He also commanded the troops on the western front to extensively carry out night operations, night raids, and night battles. Every dark night, small Red Army units and guerrillas set off in groups of 3 and 5.They are like a sharp sword, flying towards the enemy's position at a high speed; like a pair of sharp knives, they are quietly inserted into the enemy's rear.The sudden attack and quick evacuation made the enemy terrified and restless day and night.One day, when the moon was dark and the stars were dark, Wang Shusheng sent Wang Youjun, commander of the 271st Regiment of the 91st Division of the 31st Red Army, to lead more than 30 pistol teams to cross the Xiaotong River from Pingxiba until they reached the Niujiaochi where the enemy regiment headquarters was stationed. The enemy regiment leader who was "breathing the clouds" (smoking opium) was hacked to death, captured the prisoners and surrendered their guns.The Red Army did not fire a single shot, injured no one, and returned to the station safely.Wang Youjun became a well-known "Yemo General" in the entire army. In early August, after the decisive victory in the defense of Wanyuan, the headquarters of the Fourth Red Front Army announced: "The time has come to take advantage of the victory and counterattack!" Commander Xu Xiangqian took the lead in commanding the 274th Regiment of the 92nd Division of the Red 31st Army, using Qinglong Temple as a breakthrough point, to launch a counterattack on the eastern front.The commanders and fighters of the Red Army charged bravely, and the enemy's Fifth and Sixth Route Army retreated steadily.At the same time, Wang Shusheng commanded the troops on the western front and also began to counterattack.The 91st and 93rd Divisions of the 31st Red Army counterattacked the enemy's 1st Route Army in the north of Tongjiang County. They dealt heavy blows to the enemy in Fenshuiling, Guantianba and other places.Immediately afterwards, at Sanjiangba, Wangcangba and other places in the west of Nanjiang City, they wiped out the 4th and 5th Brigades of the 2nd Division and the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division.The 27th Division of the 9th Red Army pursued the enemy's 3rd Route Army and recovered Yilong County on September 16.After that, they recovered the vast area on the left bank of the Jialing River in Langzhong County, wiped out more than 2,000 enemies, and surrendered more than 1,000 guns.The enemy's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Route Army fled to the right bank of the Jialing River.The enemy's 4th Route Army fled to Yingshan and Quxian areas.After winning the counterattack on the eastern front, Commander Xu Xiangqian swung his troops to the west and withstood Zhang Guotao's blind command in Bazhong. The main force of the Red 30th Army fought a large-scale annihilation battle in Huangmaoya, wiping out 8 enemy regiments and more than 10,000 people.Then they took advantage of the victory to pursue and conquered Cangxi County on September 22.So far, the 10-month anti-siege campaign of the Six Routes has achieved a big victory and a total victory. More than 60,000 officers and soldiers under the enemy's deputy commander Hao Yaoting have been killed or injured, more than 20,000 enemies have been captured, more than 30,000 guns and 100 cannons have been handed over. Yumen, shot down 1 enemy plane. The victory of the Anti-Six Route Siege Campaign has written a glorious chapter in the history of the Red Army: the longest time, the longest front, the largest number of troops dispatched by both sides, the largest number of enemies wiped out, and the largest number of guns and ammunition seized. The victory of the anti-siege of the Six Routes greatly strengthened the belief of the soldiers and civilians in the base area to "eliminate Liu Xiang, and redden the whole of Sichuan!", and made the Sichuan-Shanxi Revolutionary Base Area and the Fourth Red Front Army more consolidated and developed. The anti-siege campaign against the Six Routes was victorious, but Wang Shusheng was still running around day and night.He went deep into the company, classrooms, and playgrounds, organized cadres and soldiers to comment on command, discuss tactics, talk about experience, find gaps, and learn from the advanced, and earnestly do: eat a fall, gain wisdom; fight a battle, make progress. After the anti-siege campaign against the Six Routes, Deputy Commander Wang Shusheng no longer concurrently served as the commander of the 31st Red Army, and he devoted himself to assisting Commander Xu Xiangqian to lead the training and combat of the Red Fourth Front Army. At dusk, the afterglow of the setting sun dyed the sky red with clouds.The Jialing River pierced through the clouds and fog, circled the mountains and crossed the gorge, and flowed to the foot of Tazi Mountain in Cangxi County. After a detour, the river gradually opened up and became gentle.Looking around, the shadows of distant mountains and hills are shining brightly, what a picture of Bashu landscape! In the twilight, in the bushes on the left bank of the Jialing River, pairs of magical eyes opened.Deputy Commander Wang Shusheng is leading the commander to survey the terrain on the bank of the river. He holds a high-power telescope with both hands, look, look!While watching, marking on the map while explaining to the commander... On a spring night, the wind is cold.Wang Shusheng sat under the kerosene lamp again, looked up hydrological data, and studied the strategies and tactics of river battles... On January 22, 1935, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Military Commission sent a telegram to the Red Fourth Front Army: "It is advisable to quickly gather troops to complete offensive preparations, and to launch an offensive to the west of the Jialing River in the nearest time. As for the deployment of troops and the target of the attack, it is advisable to send a part of the army to the camp. The line is the auxiliary direction, and the line of Cangxi, Langzhong, and the south is the main direction.” The Northwest Revolutionary Military Committee and the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Red Front Army, after receiving the electricity in late February, went to Wangcangba (now Wangcang, Guangyuan County) County) held an emergency meeting to carefully study and implement the spirit of the central telegram instructions, and agreed that meeting the Party Central Committee and the Central Red Army was a top priority, and decided to concentrate the main force to launch the battle of forcibly crossing the Jialing River. The Jialing River is one of the four major tributaries of the Yangtze River in the Sichuan Basin (the rest being the Minjiang River, the Tuojiang River and the Wujiang River).There are many high mountains and canyons in the upper reaches, the water is deep and the current is fast, and the enemy's defenses along the river are natural dangers and barriers to prevent the Red Army from forcibly crossing.The leadership of the General Headquarters of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army divided the labor, and Wang Shusheng was fully responsible for the work of commanding the troops on the front line across the river.He commanded the Red 31st Army and the Front Military Engineer Battalion, quickly collected materials, and concealed shipbuilding; he led the crossing commando team, under the guidance of the old boatman, to learn the skills of rowing and swimming, and practice the techniques and tactics of water combat and seizing the beachhead; He organized commanders at all levels to conduct careful reconnaissance and reconnaissance to understand and be familiar with the enemy's situation, terrain and climate conditions; he visited the local people in depth to master the hydrogeological data of the Jialing River.In order to ensure the success of crossing the river, Wang Shusheng and Commander Xu Xiangqian trekked for more than 100 kilometers along the left bank of the Jialing River, and selected three crossing points, Shijiaba at the foot of Tazi Mountain in Cangxi County as the main crossing point. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle.After multiple reconnaissance, the situation of the enemy was found out, and the main force of 53 regiments was gathered for the Sichuan warlords Tian Songyao and Deng Xihou, and they were deployed on the right bank of the Jialing River from Guangyuan in the north to the southern county in the south, and built strong river fortifications.The enemy army defended with heavy troops according to the danger, strictly preventing the Red Army from crossing the river to the west.However, due to the enemy's superstitious belief in the natural dangers and fortifications of the river defense, they put almost all of their heavy troops on the front line of the river defense, leaving the rear very empty.Even the front line of Jiangfang, because the battle line is too long and stretches for hundreds of miles, there are still many weak links.Moreover, both Tian Songyao and Deng Xihou were defeated by the Red Army in the anti-six-way siege campaign. According to the enemy's situation, the terrain and the preparations of the Red Army, the General Command of the Front Army decided to adopt the strategy and tactics of "fighting the weak with the strong and forcing the strong" to launch the battle of crossing the Jialing River.The specific combat deployment is: Concentrate the main force of the 30th Red Army from Shijiaba under Tazi Mountain in Cangxi County, implement key breakthroughs, wipe out Jiang to defend the enemy's rear, attack in the direction of Jiange and Jianmenguan, and cooperate with the 31st Red Army to wipe out the enemy at Jianmenguan , and quickly developed an attack in the direction of Guangyuan and Zhaohua; the 31st Red Army crossed the river at the mouth of Yuanxi in the north of Cangxi, and then wiped out the enemy at Jianmen Pass, and developed in the direction of Guangyuan and Zhaohua to block the Kuomintang army Hu in the Gannan area. Zongnan went south to ensure the safety of the right wing of the Red Army; the 9th Red Army crossed the river at the mouth of Jianxi in the north of Langzhong, and then used one part to cooperate with the 30th Red Army to develop northward, and the other to wipe out the enemies in Langzhong and the south to ensure the safety of the left wing of the Red Army ; The Red 4th Army is the second echelon of the Front Army. After the Red 30th Army crossed the river successfully, it crossed the river in Cangxi, and developed southward with one part, and cooperated with the Red 9th Army to annihilate the enemy in the south. The main force developed in the direction of Zitong; the Artillery Battalion of the Front Army It was deployed on Tazi Mountain in Cangxi to cover the Red 30th Army and carry out key crossings; the general headquarters of the Front Army crossed the river with the Red 30th Army, and moved to Jiange depending on the development of the battle. During those days of intense preparations, people saw that the deputy commander-in-chief Wang Shusheng was running non-stop, day and night, from the shipyard to the training ground, from the agency to the company, and from the rear to the front. Soldiers have a firm belief in fighting big battles, fighting water battles, and winning battles. At 9 o'clock in the evening on March 28, the frontline headquarters of crossing the river issued an order, and the battle of forcibly crossing the Jialing River began.The warriors of the 263rd Regiment of the 88th Division of the Red 30th Army and the teaching battalion of the General Headquarters hiding in Shijiaba at the foot of Tazi Mountain in Cangxi County, the main crossing point, drove a red slogan with the words "Fight the enemy bravely and strive for the early success of the revolution" The more than 70 wooden warships in front of them rowed quickly and bravely to the right bank of Jialing River like a thousand arrows.Each warship carried a squad. The warriors held rifles, grenades on their waists, and swords on their backs. They were as mighty and majestic as iron towers.A machine gun mounted on the bow.At the same time, the Red 9th Army is on the left, and the Red 31st Army is on the right. On the Jialing River, thousands of boats are racing... The night is heavy and the river is surging.The Red Army assault fleet sailed until tens of meters away from the enemy's heavily defended right bank before being noticed by the enemy sentry. Ten meters away from the river, the shooting began.At this time, more than a hundred cannons and heavy machine guns deployed on Tazi Mountain on the left bank all fired towards the right bank to support the commando to seize the beachhead.The warriors rushed forward bravely, wiped out 3 enemy companies, captured the enemy's Jiang defense position, repelled the enemy's counterattack on the north and south flanks, and consolidated the beachheads of Duliba, Laojuntang, and Hujiachang. At dawn on March 29, the 265th and 268th regiments of the 88th Division of the 30th Red Army crossed the river and went into battle one after another. A brigade that came for reinforcements.The troops of the 31st Red Army successfully crossed from Yuanxikou, captured Huoshaosi, a dangerous position, and defeated a brigade of the enemy Liu Hanxiong.The 9th Red Army crossed the river north of Langzhong, one part cooperated with the 30th Red Army to capture Jiange, and the other part developed to the south.The 2nd echelon of the Red 4th Army followed the Red 30th Army across the river, entered the battle, and developed towards Zitong. On April 2, Wang Shusheng led his troops to Jianmen Pass.At this time, the Red 30th Army, which had captured Jiange County, sent the 88th Division to come for reinforcements. Wang Shusheng strengthened his confidence in conquering Jianmen Pass. Jianmen Pass is located on Jianmen Mountain between Jiange and Zhaohua, on the Sichuan and Shaanxi North and South Avenues.Jianmen Mountain is high in the north and low in the south, with 72 peaks, steep and precipitous, like 72 giants lying facing north. "Jianmen Tianxia Xiong".The towering cliffs, like knives and axes, are a natural barrier that is difficult to cross.There is only one narrow pass in the pass, which hangs among the high mountain cliffs, and there is indeed a trend of "one man guards the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it".Since ancient times, it has been a battleground for military strategists of all dynasties.During the Three Kingdoms period, Shu general Jiang Wei retreated from Hanzhong to defend Jianmen Pass, so that Wei general Zhonghui led 100,000 elite soldiers, failed to attack repeatedly, and sighed at the pass.Today, the Sichuan warlord Deng Xihou sent his capable general, Diao Wenjun, commander of the 28th Army Gendarmerie, to lead 4 regiments to guard against danger.Diao Wenjun once praised Haikou: "Even if the Red Army can cross the Jialing River, it is difficult to fly across Jianmen Pass with wings." A good man in the Red Army, who specializes in "hard bones".Wang Shusheng commanded the 91st and 93rd Divisions of the 31st Red Army and the 88th Division of the 30th Red Army to surround Jianmen Pass from the east, west and south.The troops raced against time to quickly clear the enemy's outer strongholds, forcing the enemy to the main peak position step by step.In order not to give the enemy a chance to breathe, Wang Shusheng commanded the commando team and the warriors of the 2nd Battalion of the 274th Regiment of the 92nd Division of the "Night Attack Ever-Victorious Army" to attack the enemy's main peak position at Jianmenguan. storm.Wang Shusheng's command position was right behind the commando team, forward, forward, and forward. The Red Army changed its previous tactics, which were good at night battles and sneak attacks, to attacking cliffs under the scorching sun, which was unexpected by the enemy.Even so, the favorable weather and geographical conditions at that time were conducive to the enemy's defense, but not conducive to the Red Army's climbing and tackling key problems.Therefore, after the Red Army launched a strong attack, the enemy army organized intensive firepower to suppress the advance of the Red Army by relying on the natural danger of Jianmenguan and the strong fortifications. The situation was very urgent.Wang Shusheng is not alarmed when he is in danger, he is confident.He immediately found the artillery company commander by his side, and while observing, he gave an order: "Look ahead, the enemy group's fortifications have the strongest firepower and the greatest threat. I order your artillery company: for every 3 shells fired, one must hit the hidden fire point of the group's fortifications!" "See clearly?" "See clearly." "Do you understand?" "I understand." The artillery company commander did not mention the difficulty of the lack of shells, and firmly stated: "Just now the artillery was not accurate enough, and I am responsible. This time I will personally go to fire the artillery to ensure that the task is completed!" The artillery company commander hurried back to the artillery position.Just listen to "Boom! Boom! Boom!" A burst of artillery fire hit the enemy group's fortifications, and the enemy's hidden firepower turned into a sea of ​​flames.Wang Shusheng ordered the commander of the 274th regiment to sound the charge horn, and the bannermen of the 2nd Battalion unfurled brightly colored flags. "Come on!" "It's time to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds!" The warriors rushed up to the main peak of the enemy's formation.Gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the sound of killing shook the sky.After half a day of fierce fighting, the red flag was planted at Jianmen Pass, and all three regiments defending the enemy were wiped out. On April 3, Wang Shusheng commanded a Red 31st Army and a Red 30th Army to pursue the victory, conquer Zhaohua, and wiped out another regiment. After the war, Commander Xu Xiangqian visited Jianmen Pass to congratulate Wang Shusheng.Up and down the mountain, pines and cypresses are evergreen.It is said that Zhang Fei ordered the Shu army to plant the thick "Han cypresses".Wang Shusheng reported to Commander Xu: "There are too many trees on the mountain here. Most of our horsetail grenades were thrown on the branches. Thanks to the mortar bombs, the grenades hanging on the trees fell. There were explosions everywhere on the battlefield, the enemy was caught off guard, and suffered heavy casualties, so they were forced to hand in their guns." Commander Xu said humorously: "Good fight, good fight, your tactics are called 'Heavenly Girls Scattering Flowers'!" After conquering Jianmen Pass, the Red Army took control of the west bank of the Jialing River about 400 miles from Guangyuan in the north to Nanbu County in the south, and the first phase of the battle of forcibly crossing the Jialing River came to an end. At this time, the Jiangfang troops of Tian Songyao's 29th Army, which was defeated by the Red Army, fled to Shehong, Yanting, and Santai to gather.In order to alleviate the responsibility for his defeat, Tian Songyao called Chiang Kai-shek to "remove his position and punish him".Chiang Kai-shek personally replied to Tian Songyao: "I will be dismissed and investigated immediately", "The deputy commander, Sun Zhen, was not able to provide assistance, and he recorded a major demerit. He ordered Sun Zhen to lead the 29th Army and make meritorious deeds." The main force of Deng Xihou's 28th Army retreated to Guangyuan and To the north of it, there are three other brigades and part of the mobile forces led by the military headquarters, deployed in Zitong, Weicheng, Jiangyou, Zhongba, and Mianyang; the southern part of the Kuomintang army Hu Zong is still on the line from Bikou to Songpan. The enemy retreats and we advance.In order to achieve a complete victory in the battle, the headquarters of the Red Fourth Front Army decided to concentrate its main force to annihilate the enemy Deng Xihou's troops in the Zitong and Jiangyou areas, and wait for an opportunity to launch an offensive towards the Sichuan-Gansu border.Wang Shusheng assisted Commander Xu Xiangqian to continue commanding the second phase of the Battle of Forcing the Jialing River.The main force of the 31st Army of the Red Army advanced to the Yangmoba and Sanleiba areas, and besieged Guangyuan County; the 89th Division of the 30th Army of the Red Army went north to Motianling, out of Qingchuan and Pingwu, divided the enemy forces in Guangyuan and Jiangyou, and blocked the southern part of Huzong The reinforcements went south; the Red 9th Army, the Red 30th Army and the Red 4th Army were ordered to attack the Jiangyou and Zitong areas respectively.The Red Army pursued bravely, becoming more courageous with each battle. On April 10, the 9th Red Army crossed the Fujiang River and surrounded Jiangyou's defending enemy Yang Sunxuan's brigade. The 88th Division of the 30th Army captured the main position of the enemy's Tazi Mountain; the 25th Division of the 9th Red Army outflanked and defeated the enemy. On April 18, the 9th Red Army captured Zhongba; Sun Ke Beichuan.So far, the battle of crossing the Jialing River lasted 24 days, wiped out 12 regiments and more than 10,000 people, successively conquered 8 counties including Langzhong, Nanbu, Jiange, Zhaohua, Zitong, Pingwu, Zhangming, and Beichuan, and controlled Dongqi. The Jialing River stretches from the Jialing River to Beichuan in the west, Zitong in the south, and the border between Sichuan and Gansu in the north. The vast area spanning two to three hundred miles has become a model battle example of the Red Army's large-scale forcible crossing of rivers.Wang Shusheng mobilized the masses to earnestly sum up the experience of winning a big and complete victory in this battle.The first is that the guiding ideology of the campaign is correct; second, careful and sufficient preparations have been made in terms of ideological mobilization, enemy situation reconnaissance, terrain survey, organizational planning, technical and tactical training, and river crossing equipment; third, the river crossing section and the main assault direction , choose the right point, and concentrate the troops; fourth, adopt the combat policy of combining smuggling and forced crossing, and combining key breakthroughs with broad and frontal multiple breakthroughs; Do not give the enemy a chance to breathe. This battle received close cooperation from the local party organizations and the Soviet government, and the full support of the broad masses of the people, which is another important experience in winning the battle.In the preparation stage for crossing the river, the biggest difficulty is shipbuilding.Many old boatmen, carpenters, and blacksmiths rushed to the shipyard from all directions with dry food and tools on their backs; the young and strong, carrying their backs, brought timber; the old, children, and women picked up broken copper and scrap iron and sent them , for hammering nails....Before the Red Army crossed the river, the Southern (Ministry) Lang (Middle) Central County Committee of the Communist Party of China led the peasant guerrilla groups in the Shengzhong Temple and Baocheng Temple areas, actively attacked the district and township regimes in the enemy-occupied areas, disrupted transportation connections, and cooperated with the Red Army in combat .After crossing the river, the front army also mobilized cadres to form a work team, and with the cooperation of local party and government leaders, led the masses to fight against local tyrants and divide their land.In areas such as Shengzhong Temple and Baocheng Temple in Nannan County, and Jieshiba in Jiangyou County, district and township grassroots revolutionary regimes were successively established, and a Soviet government in Langnan County was established.At the same time, the independent division of Shengzhong Temple was formed, with more than 1,500 people in seven brigades under its jurisdiction.After the Red Army captured Zitong, Zhangming, and Zhongba, local youths responded to the call and actively joined the Red Army, so that the Red Army was replenished and expanded in time. The victory in the battle of forcibly crossing the Jialing River completely shattered the plan of Chiang Kai-shek and the Sichuan warlords to block the westward advance of the Red Fourth Army, and created new experience for the Red Army Corps to forcibly cross the river. In March of Yangchun, the weather is sunny and sunny.Wang Shusheng was full of joy and passion of winning the battle, and was even more proud.He is majestic and majestic, jumping on his horse and raising his whip, and rushed to the long journey of the Red Fourth Front Army's Long March. The Long March of the Red Fourth Front Army began with the forcible crossing of the Jialing River. The main force of the Red Army broke through the natural danger of the Jialing River, which was heavily defended by the enemy, and after reaching Jiange and Zitong, they turned to Jiangyou and Zhongba areas one after another. At this time, under the leadership of the Party Central Committee, the Red Front Army marched to the south bank of the Jinsha River in northern Yunnan Province with amazing perseverance and swift action, preparing to cross the river to the north and join forces with the Red Fourth Front Army in western Sichuan. In order to prevent the Red Army from establishing a base area between the Jialing River and Fujiang River and joining the First and Fourth Front Army of the Red Army, Chiang Kai-shek redistributed troops and actively organized a new siege centered on Jiangyou and Zhongba in an attempt to carry out an east-west attack on the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army. Intercept, attack from north to south, defeat each. In late April 1935, the enemy troops began to dispatch: with the 13 brigades of Liu Xiang's main force, Wang Yanxu, as the right column, they left Mianyang and Weicheng from the Luojiang area, and attacked Zhangming, Lianghekou, and Chonghuayan along the left bank of the Fujiang River; With Deng Xihou's 28th Army and Sun Zhen's 29th Army as the left column, dispatched from Santai and Mianyang, along the right bank of the Fujiang River, via Xiangshuichang and Shuanghechang, to attack Zhongba and Jiangyou; Bikou and Wenxian went south to Qingchuan and Pingwu, and cooperated with the flanking attack of the left and right columns; Liu Xiang's main force controlled the vast area east of the Jialing River, advancing westward step by step; Advance to Jiange; use Deng Xihou's other department to block Tumen and Beichuan River Valley, and block the Red Army's westward advance; use Tang style Zun Department to defend the line from Zhaohua to Langzhong, and prevent the Red Army from returning east; use Li Jiayu's department to defend Langzhong and Zuobiya and Dian to the west On the Ziya line, prevent the Red Army from going south. The Jiangyou and Zhongba areas in the Fujiang River Basin are surrounded by mountains and rivers, and are adjacent to the western Sichuan Plain. They are rich in products, which is conducive to the Red Army's recuperation.However, the Red Army had heavy responsibilities to break Chiang Kai-shek's siege and support the Central Red Army's northward march, so it could not stay here for long.The General Headquarters of the Red Fourth Front held a meeting of senior cadres in Renjiaba near Jiangyou to study the course of action.The meeting decided: go west to the Minjiang River area to welcome the Party Central Committee and the Red Front Army! 要西进，必需首先突破邓锡侯在土门、北川河谷设置的防线，迅速占领岷江流域的松潘、茂县、理县、汶川等地。岷江右岸的松、茂、理、汶地区，是邓锡侯守备的地盘。境内山高林密，水深路狭，地形十分险要。邓锡侯为阻止红军西进，已在西进岷江地区的咽喉要地土门险关，设置了三道防线，陈兵3万余人，凭险筑碉，封锁土门，全力守备北川河谷。 北川河谷，是红四方面军长征西进的唯一通道。南面耸立着伏泉山、千佛山、观音梁子等高山，山峰陡峭，东西绵延百余里，是南扼川西平原、北控北川河谷的天然屏障。土门，地处北川河谷中段，是东达北川、西进茂县的要隘。为打破敌军固守北川河谷的计划，红四方面军总指挥部决定发起土门战役。王树声副总指挥受徐向前总指挥的委托，自始至终指挥了这次战役。为红四方面军长征第一仗立下了汗马功劳。 土门战役分三步实施：第一步，由北川向南打，夺取伏泉山、千佛山、观音梁子等制高点，控制北川河谷，造成红军攻打成都和川西平原的态势，以吸引和调动川敌主力；第二步，突破土门要隘，主力乘胜西进岷江地区；第三步，坚守防御岷江左岸地区，牵制川敌西犯，掩护红四方面军与党中央和红一方面军会师，共同北上。 4月底，红军开始出击。红30军第88师于漩坪突破，歼敌一部。5月1日，红30军第89师击溃敌陶凯部，占领墩上。5月2日，红9军、红30军主力，从蔡家咀、乱石窖抢渡前江，击溃敌第28军杨宗礼第15旅，攻占大垭口。5月4日，红30军第88师主力第265团和第268团包围了敌军层层设防、重兵把守的伏泉山。伏泉山，山连山，峰连峰，易守难攻。第268团与第265团采取夜摸、迂回包抄，从最险要而敌守备最薄弱的峡谷，夜摸偷袭上山，一举攻占伏泉山主峰，又从主峰往山下夹击，终于全歼守敌，占领了伏泉山阵地。 敌邓锡侯、孙震等，看到其精心设防的漩坪、伏泉山阵地被红军占领，十分惊恐，急调纵队司令王铭章率8个团，从安县出发，日夜兼程，赶到伏泉山南侧的擂鼓坪集结。同时，派特科司令游广居率7个团，赶到草鞋街一线策应，妄图夺回伏泉山。5月5日，王铭章所部在飞机和强大炮火的掩护下，向红军发起反击。红军指战员严阵据守，浴血苦战，打退了敌军一次又一次的反扑。5月6日至7日，红军集中兵力乘胜追歼逃敌，先后攻占了东大垭口、白家林等阵地。5月10日，红30军第88师和红9军第25师各一部，从千佛山两侧夹击敌军。千佛山主峰海拔2900米，是北川河谷最南侧的制高点，山势险要，战略地位极为重要。红军攻占千佛山主峰佛祖庙后，追歼逃敌至西大垭口。5月13日，红31军一部攻占桃坪。 5月14日拂晓，红9军、红30军和红31军一部，分左、中、右三路向土门发起总攻，经激烈战斗，土门防线被突破。5月15日，红军占领茂县。5月18日，红军又在大垭口重创敌王缵绪部第3旅，击毙其第9团团长王三友，敌攻击受挫。 这时，徐向前总指挥率红四方面军主力，通过北川河谷，西进岷江流域。王树声指挥红4军、红31军各一部和红33军，继续坚守伏泉山、千佛山、土门一线，完成掩护主力、牵制和阻击岷江左岸之敌的任务，于7月中旬才由东往西逐次撤离战地。 土门战役，是红四方面军长征第一仗，历时两个半月，共歼敌1万余人。在战役中，王树声为保障红四方面军与党中央和红一方面军在懋功胜利会师，共同北上，作出了重要贡献。 1935年10月，川西高原迎来了凉风阵阵、寒气袭人的初冬季节。经过忍饥受冻、长途跋涉，第二次穿越草地的红四方面军指战员，分别在马塘、松冈、党坝地区集结，准备继续南下。四川军阀刘文辉、杨森、邓锡侯等调集6个旅零2个团兵力，沿大、小金川布防，阻止红军南下。 位于大、小金川流域的绥靖、崇化、丹巴、懋功等战略要地，地形十分复杂，到处是高山密林，峡谷激流，周围是海拔5000米以上的大雪山，易守难攻。 红军不怕远征难。绥崇丹懋战役，是红四方面军南下后英勇转战的第一仗。王树声副总指挥决心协助朱德总司令、刘伯承总参谋长和徐向前总指挥，打好这关乎全局的一仗，以打胜仗、多歼敌的实际行动，来反对和抵制张国焘分裂党、分裂红军、另立“中央”的严重错误。 10月8日，绥崇丹懋战役按预定计划拉开战幕。王树声指挥由红9军第25师、红31军第93师及红9军组成的右纵队，沿大金川右岸前进，强占绥靖、丹巴；徐向前、陈昌浩率领由红4军、红30军、红32军及红9军第27师组成的左纵队，于大金川以东地区，攻取崇化、懋功；以红33军及红9军第27师的1个团，驻守马塘、梦笔山，屏障红军总司令部驻地卓木碉；以红31军第91师师部及第277团、红军大学留驻阿坝，组成阿坝警备区，警戒掩护后方。 红军指战员以坚韧不拔的毅力和迅速果敢的行动投入战斗，充分运用夜摸、奇袭和小部队大胆迂回穿插的战术，出敌不意地通过峡谷，强渡激流，攻夺要隘，抢占桥梁，创造了7天5战、追杀500里的突出战例。经10余日连续战斗，首战告捷，取得击溃敌军6个旅，毙、伤、俘敌3000余人的胜利。先后攻占了绥靖、崇化、抚边、懋功、达维、日隆关等战略重镇，狠狠打击了敌军堵击红军的嚣张气焰。 敌军不甘心失败，再次调整部署：以刘文辉部防守金汤及泸定至汉源、雅安一线；以杨森部防守宝兴至大硗碛一线；以邓锡侯部防守宝兴以东大川场至水磨沟一线；以刘湘主力模范师之9个团，集中防守天全；另从绵竹等地抽调18个团向西增援。 面对强敌设防，红军奋起迎战。10月24日，在天（全）芦（山）名（山）雅（安）邛（崃）大（邑）战役中，王树声指挥由红30军、红31军第93师及红9军第25师组成的中纵队，以迅雷不及掩耳之势，穿越海拔4000多米的大雪山、夹金山，率先向宝兴、天全和芦山发起进攻。11月1日，王树声率领中纵队，一举攻占宝兴县城，击溃敌杨森部3个旅，乘胜进占灵关镇。紧接着，又连续击败敌刘湘部教导师1个旅零1个团，中纵队直逼芦山城下。敌军节节败退，红军一路追杀，沿途俘敌1000余人。11月7日，由红33军组成的左纵队，攻占大川场，歼敌邓锡侯部第7旅一部，前锋进抵邛崃县境。由红4军、红32军组成的右纵队，先克西康金汤镇，后攻天全城西之紫石关、大岗山，击溃刘湘主力模范师1个旅。11月10日，攻克天全县城。随后，右纵队协同中纵队包围芦山县城。刘湘为解芦山之围，急令其独立旅由名山地区出发增援。王树声指挥红30军、红9军各一部，兵分两路对敌钳击，将敌全歼。此后，克复名山西北之五家口镇，又全歼守敌1个团。11月12日，芦山县城守敌，在红军猛烈攻击下，畏战弃城而逃，红军占领芦山。经18个昼夜的连续战斗，红军占领了邛崃山以西、大渡河以东、青衣江以北、懋功以南的广大地区，共毙伤俘敌1万余人，击落敌机1架。这时，红四方面军接到党中央来电，明确指示行动方针。电报指出：“关于方针你们目前应坚决向天全、芦山、邛崃、大邑、雅安发展，消灭刘（湘）、邓（锡侯）、杨（森）部队，求得四方面军的壮大，牵制川敌主力残部，（以利）川、陕、甘、晋、绥、宁西北五省局面的大发展。”于是，红四方面军决定，继续向名山、邛崃方向进击，乘胜东下川西平原。 川敌刘湘为阻止红军东进，屏障成都平原，急调其主力王缵绪、唐式遵、李家钰等部，集结于名山及其东北之夹门关、太和场、石碑岗一线，筑碉设防，连同原驻当地敌军共80余个团。11月13日，王树声指挥中纵队红30军、红31军第93师、红9军第25师及右纵队的红4军，共15个团的兵力，从五家口镇向朱家场、太和场守敌发起猛烈攻击。经昼夜激战，于11月14日攻占敌军阵地，击溃敌暂编第2师2个团。红军越战越勇。11月16日，乘胜攻占名山东北战略重镇百丈。 百丈位于名山至邛崃之间的交通要道上，是进入川西平原和成都的门户，为历代兵家必争之地。徐向前总指挥亲临百丈指挥战斗。红军在连续击退敌军6个旅的多次反扑后，即沿百丈大道向邛崃方向攻击前进。先后攻占了黑竹关、治安场、王店子等村庄。红军的猛烈攻势，不断遭到敌军的拼死顽抗，攻势曾一度受挫。红军即退守百丈。 常言道：善者不来，来者不善。11月19日拂晓，天刚蒙蒙亮，敌军集中10余个旅，在飞机、大炮强大火力掩护下，由北、东、南三面向红军突出于百丈10余里长的阵地，轮番攻击。王树声带领广大指战员，忍受着疲劳与寒冷，与敌军展开了浴血苦战。战斗打得激烈、悲壮。有的战士子弹打光了，就与敌人进行白刃搏斗；有的战士手臂打断了，就用牙齿咬着导火索拉响手榴弹；有的同志冲到敌人跟前，抱住敌人同归于尽……经过连续7个昼夜的激烈血战，共毙伤俘敌1.5万余人，红军亦受到重大消耗，付出了沉重的代价。至此，天芦名雅邛大战役遂告结束。这次战役，打出了军威，威震敌胆。 1936年7月，骄阳似火。王树声副总指挥率部走在茫茫草地上，他举目四望，依然是那熟悉的山影，熟悉的沼泽，不禁心潮澎湃，思绪万千。是啊，这已经是他第三次通过同一个草地了，许多战友在战场上与敌人搏斗没有战死，却在这没有人烟、没有飞鸟的草地上，被饥饿、疲劳和伤病夺去了宝贵的生命。他深深地怀念在草地牺牲的战友们。他永远不会忘记： 1935年8月，第一次过松潘草地。那是红四方面军与党中央和中央红军在懋功会师后，共同北上。环境虽然艰苦，但心情舒畅，斗志昂扬。 同年9月，第二次过松潘草地。天气恶劣，环境更加艰苦。当时是张国焘分裂党、分裂红军，擅自率军南下。王树声和广大指战员的心情一样，十分沉重。 这一次，是第三次过松潘草地。尽管路途遥远，风云变幻，给养奇缺，指战员们却分外喜悦。这是在甘孜地区迎接红二方面军后，第二次北上，大家一心向往北上抗日，个个精神振奋。 王树声身为副总指挥兼红31军军长，他时刻把战士的冷暖记心上。在草地行军中，能够充饥的东西都吃光了，生病掉队的人日益增多。遇到这种情况，他总是将自己的马让给伤病员骑，坚持跋涉在沼泽地上，一边行军，一边做思想鼓动工作：“同志们呀，坚持走啊，穿过草地就是包座！”就这样，干部战士互相帮助，互相鼓励，克服了许许多多令人难以想象的困难，终于走出草地。 10月，金秋送爽，迎来了丰收的季节、喜庆的日子。红一方面军在党中央和中央革命军事委员会指挥下，于10月2日攻占甘肃会宁县城。王树声怀着早日与党中央和红一方面军会师的喜悦心情，参与指挥红4方面军，分为5个纵队，先后从甘南的岷州、漳县地区，向通渭、庄浪、会宁、静宁等地开进。10月8日，红四方面军先头部队红4军第10师在会宁县的青江驿、界石铺，与红一方面军第1军团第1师胜利会师。10月9日，红四方面军总指挥部到达会宁县城，受到红一方面军兄弟部队的热烈欢迎。 10月10日，会宁城内红旗招展，鼓乐喧天，万众欢腾，举行了盛大的庆祝会师军民联欢大会。红一方面军和当地人民群众，将大批慰问品，毛衣、毛袜、毛手套、鞋子、鞋垫、鸡蛋、肉、菜、果品等纷纷送来。 这时，红二方面军经天水地区渡过渭河，经秦安、通渭，进入会宁地区。中国工农红军三大主力——第一、二、四方面军的大会师，胜利实现了。 同日，中共中央、中华苏维埃中央政府、中央革命军事委员会联合署名，发出了庆祝会宁大会师的贺电，向红军一、二、四方面军的领导人及全体指战员，致以亲切的慰问和热烈祝贺。 会宁大会师，胜利地结束了红四方面军转战19个月，历尽艰难险阻、曲折复杂的长征。红四方面军的广大指战员，终于回到了党中央和中革军委的直接领导与指挥下。王树声未及休整喘一口气，又踏上了充满血与火的西征之路。