Chapter 12 Chapter 3 Traveling Through Time and Space: The Long March of Iron Horse Glacier

Together with many party, government and military leaders, Deng Xiaoping packed up his bags and office supplies, held hands, shoulder to shoulder, and embarked on the long journey. After climbing 18 mountains, crossing 24 rivers and 12 provinces, the commanders and fighters of the Long March arrived in northern Shaanxi on October 29, 1935.After going through a difficult battle, although many comrades were sacrificed, all the elites in the army survived.The Chinese revolution still has enough hope and strength. Deng Xiaoping suffered from severe malaria and a high fever, and could neither ride nor walk.In Wuqi Town, about 180 kilometers west of Yan'an, he recuperated quietly and took good care of him, and he quickly recovered.

The Red Army also had the opportunity to take a break and recover.Wuqi Town and Wayaobao were the last stops of the Long March. The main forces of the Red Army gathered in Shaanxi after a long journey. revolutionary force. This army has passed the test of hell, not only fighting against the enemy, but at the same time it is a great school for cultivating communist ideas. It teaches and trains the soldiers and makes them communists with noble dedication.Wherever they went, they spread the propaganda, and sowed the seeds of the brand-new ideas of Marxism on an ideal society to millions of Chinese people on the way.

The military, political, and organizational lessons learned during the Long March are the most important source of success for the Communists in the future.