Chapter 6 Chapter Five: The First War Against "Encirclement and Suppression"

From February to May 1934, the KMT warlords in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces mobilized more than 10,000 troops to launch the first large-scale military "encirclement and suppression" against the Nanliang Revolutionary Base on the Shaanxi-Gansu border.In order to smash the enemy's "encirclement and suppression", Liu Zhidan led the main force of the 26th Army of the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Red Army. A series of brilliant victories were won in a series of victories in a vast area, and finally in late May the counter-revolutionary "encirclement and suppression" carefully organized by the Kuomintang reactionaries was completely smashed.The victory of this anti-"encirclement and suppression" war is a great victory achieved by the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Red 26th Army since its establishment. It not only consolidated the Nanliang base, but also expanded the Shaanxi-Gansu border revolutionary base and liberated the The vast rural areas of more than a dozen counties.The victory of this anti-"encirclement and suppression" war also made the anti-"encirclement and suppression" combat experience of the 26th Red Army more mature, and formed the basic thinking of the Red Army in the Shaanxi-Gansu border area.

1. Formulation of the Red Army's anti-"encirclement and suppression" policy on the Shaanxi-Gansu border The continuous development of the 26th Red Army on the Shaanxi-Gansu border, the growth of the second and third guerrillas, and the consolidation and expansion of the Nanliang base on the Shaanxi-Gansu border directly threatened the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang reactionaries in the Shaanxi-Gansu region.So the Kuomintang reactionaries deployed the first counter-revolutionary "encirclement and suppression" campaign starting from February 1934.The enemy army adopted the means of stationing and suppressing in divided areas and fishing out of the lake to suppress and suppress the Red Army repeatedly.During this "encirclement and suppression", the enemy's troops consisted of 8 regular regiments and local democratic regiments, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people. The troops were divided into eight routes and advanced successively to the center of the Shaanxi-Gansu border revolutionary base area, in order to gradually reduce the active area of ​​the main force of the Red Army. It is an attempt to restrict the mobile combat capability of the Red Army, oppress the main force of the Red Army in the Nanliang area, force the Red Army to fight against it in a small area, and then wipe out the Red Army on the Shaanxi-Gansu border.

The eight groups of troops used by the Kuomintang reactionaries to "encircle and suppress" the Shaanxi-Gansu border base areas are: the first group, the Shaanxi Army cadre regiment stationed in Yaoxian County; A regiment of the 2nd Gansu Garrison Brigade of the Kuomintang; a regiment of the 2nd Gansu Garrison Brigade stationed in Qingyang in the fourth route; a regiment of He Gaohou of the Shaanxi Army defending Xunyi in the fifth route; Gansu Garrison in Heshui in the sixth route A regiment of the second brigade; a regiment of Feng Qinzai's Department of the Shaanxi Army stationed in Luochuan on the Seventh Route; a regiment of Gaoshuangcheng Department of the Eighth Route stationed in Bao'an.Militia armed forces from all over the country cooperated with the offensive operations of the enemy's regular army.

The specific "encirclement and suppression" deployment is that the two regiments of the Second Gansu Garrison Brigade stationed on the front lines of Qingyang and Heshui, together with the Tan Shilin Department of the Longdong Militia Army, will divide troops into the revolutionary base areas on the Shaanxi-Gansu border for "advancement and suppression"; Chen Bing of the six regiments in Xunyi, Luochuan, Zhengning, Baoan and other places intercepted them.The enemy's intentions were very sinister, and they tried to intercept the Red Army in the Zhongyi area and could not advance eastward.Blockade the Luo River area to prevent the Red Army from retreating northward. The large army in the south prevented the Red Army from confronting each other.

Comrade Liu Zhidan had an overview of the overall situation and insight into the enemy's situation. Together with other comrades in the Red 42nd Division Party Committee and Division Command, he carefully formulated and studied the anti-"encirclement and suppression" policy and military plan.Liu Zhidan and other comrades believe that although the enemy army is numerous and powerful, it also has many weaknesses and difficulties.One is that the battle line is too long, and it is impossible to concentrate troops to fight, and can only "suppress and defend" and "pursue and suppress" piece by piece.The conditions for a decisive battle with the main force of the Red Army could not be created immediately. Second, most of the Kuomintang troops participating in the "encirclement and suppression" were miscellaneous troops, and some of them had suffered severe blows from the Red Army. , so they fight on their own and do not implement a unified command, so it is difficult to achieve coordinated operations among the various ministries.Based on this, Liu Zhidan and the Party Committee of the Red 42nd Division formulated a policy to break the enemy's large-scale "encirclement and suppression": give full play to the advantages and characteristics of guerrilla warfare, concentrate the main force of the Red Army, jump out of the outside line, lure the enemy, find fighters, and annihilate weak enemies. To achieve the purpose of completely smashing the enemy's "encirclement and suppression".In terms of military deployment, part of the guerrilla unit of the second route insisted on the inner line of the central area of ​​Nanliang to defend and attack the advancing enemy, and the guerrilla units of the third route contained and attacked the enemy on the southern line so that they could not divide their troops and advance rashly.With the Red 3rd Regiment, the Cavalry Regiment, and part of the Second Route Guerrilla, the main force of the Red 42nd Division, jump out of the outside line to attack and destroy the enemy.In terms of combat strategy, the tactics of maneuvering and flexible, attacking east and west, avoiding the enemy's main force, attacking its weakness, and defeating each one, accumulate small victories into big victories, and finally completely crush the enemy's "encirclement and suppression".

In early February, Liu Zhidan led more than 500 members of the Red Third Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment, the main force of the 42nd Division, to set off from Nanliang covertly, and went south through Ning County and Zhengning, and suddenly appeared in the area north of Zhaojin.The enemy mistakenly thought that the main force of the Red Army was going south, and hastily mobilized the south-line offensive troops to intercept along the Xunyi, Yaoxian, and 'Chunhua areas to prevent the Red Army from going south to Guanzhong.The Red Army immediately turned to the north and sent troops to fight on the Xianyu Highway in the direction of Tongguan and Yijun. In the first battle, they fought Yaoqu, wiped out a platoon of the enemy, and seized 28 guns; More than 10 guns; in the third battle against Wanglei Town, an enemy company was wiped out, and more than 40 guns were handed over.Without waiting for the enemy to find out the movement of the Red Army, the Red Army turned to the northwest again, crossed the Jushui River, fought against the storefront in the fourth battle, wiped out a platoon of the enemy militia, and seized 29 guns.Afterwards, the Red Army went through Huaishuzhuang, Zhangcunyi, Heishuisi, Taibai Town and returned to the Donghuachi area of ​​the Nanliang base for a short rest. In late March, Liu Zhidan led the main force of the Red Forty-two Division and the two guerrillas of Qingyang and Heshui to attack the outer line again.The main force of the Red Army marched from the south to the north, and it was said that it would march towards Ansai and Anding, bluffing and crossing the Luohe River.However, when the troops reached Liujiabian, Bao'an, eighty miles away from Bao'an, they suddenly moved westward, passing Xiaosuanchuan, and marched towards Sandaochuan, south of Wuqi Town, behind the enemy's Shaanxi Garrison Cavalry Brigade. Jia Bian, by surprise, annihilated a company of Zhang Tingzhi's department, seized more than 50 guns, and won the fifth victory since the anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign.Then the cavalry regiment did not stop, and the Red Third Regiment advanced rapidly, encircling and annihilating a battalion of Zhang Tingzhi's department stationed in Zhonghecha in one fell swoop, and annihilating an enemy supply company in Yayao, winning the victory of annihilating four enemy companies and one militia regiment.When the Red Army was fighting in Sandaochuan, it also seized an arsenal of the Zhang Tingzhi Department of the Shaanxi Garrison Brigade, and seized a large number of guns and ammunition and machines for repairing guns. Base.That night, the Red Army blocked the traffic arteries heading west to conceal our army's combat intentions.On the next day, the main force of the Red Army continued to march westward, raiding Yuancheng Town, Qingyang County, and captured Gao Mingshan, a gentry in Yuanchengchuan and the head of the 4th District of Qingyang County of the Kuomintang, annihilated more than 30 members of the Yuancheng militia, and seized more than 30 guns and a large number of silver dollars. He also surrounded Yuancheng Village, Tan Shilin's old nest, and then went south at a rapid speed. In Zhao Liangzi, he defeated the cavalry company led by Tan Shilin's son Tan Zhenwu, surrendered more than 50 guns and more than 50 horses.

During this phase of the anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, the main force of the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Red Army went south to Zhaojin, left Yijun in the east, went to Bao'an in the north, and marched to Qingyang in the west. The Garrison Cavalry Brigade, the Gansu Second Garrison Brigade, and one militia regiment each achieved the purpose of mobilizing and confusing the enemy, creating good opportunities for the Red Army to fight in the future. 2. Brilliant victory in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign - a great victory in Xihuachi After the Red Army won the victory in annihilating an enemy cavalry company in Zhao Liangzi, they entered Zhaojiayuan, Heshui County via Wujiao, Yuele, and Chenghaochuan, and assumed the posture of attacking Heshui, luring the enemy to take the bait.The stupid enemy couldn't figure out the Red Army's intentions, and was led around by the Red Army by the nose.

When the Red Army was in Yuancheng and Zhao Liangzi attacked Tan Shilin's department of the Longdong militia army, Tan Shilin asked for help from the Wang Ziyi regiment of the second Gansu garrison brigade stationed in Heshui. Wang Ziyi immediately ordered his deputy to lead two battalions and a machine gun company. Rush to Yuancheng for reinforcements.When the enemy army rushed to the area of ​​Yuancheng, the Red Army had already gone in the opposite direction and entered the camp under Heshui City.Seeing the main force of the Red Army approaching the city, the Heshui enemy army panicked, and quickly ordered the enemy troops who had arrived in Yuancheng to return to Heshui for help.Before the enemy could rush to Heishui County, the Red Army shot at Xuchao, Heshui County on the morning of April 2, turned to Nanyuan, and arrived at Xihuachi at noon.The enemy army flew into the air twice, very angry, regardless of fatigue, and pressed the Red Army with anger and urgency.

This chasing enemy has never confronted the Red Army, does not know the Red Army's combat effectiveness, thinks that they are the regular army of the Kuomintang, and does not pay attention to the Red Army at all.Before departure, the deputy of the enemy regiment asked each soldier to capture a Red Army. More than 30 cavalrymen of the enemy army carried a bundle of ropes on their saddles, clamoring arrogantly to use these ropes to tie up the Red Army. Liu Zhidan originally estimated that the enemy army was exhausted when they reached Heshui after a long journey, and it would be impossible to catch up with the Red Army that day, so he planned to take advantage of the empty defense of Qingyang City and attack Qingyang City at night.Because of this, when the troops arrived at Xihuachi, on the one hand, he ordered the Red Army to prepare for the night attack on Qingyang, seize the time to rest and reorganize the troops, and on the other hand, he held a cadre meeting to study and deploy the combat plan.After the troops arrived at Xihuachi, the division headquarters and the Third Red Regiment were stationed in the north city, the cavalry regiment was stationed in the Luomadian outside the east gate, and the second guerrilla headquarters led Qingyang and Heshui guerrillas to station along the ditch in the east of the city. , The cooking team buried pots to make food, the cavalry regiment went down the ditch to drink horses, and the troops were nervously preparing to attack Qingyang at night.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the Red Army cadres were in a meeting when they suddenly received a report from the scouts of the Second Route Guerrilla Team: "The enemy is found in the distance! But it is not clear whether it is a local militia or a regular army." Liu Zhidan immediately ordered to continue the reconnaissance, and soon the scouts reported that The enemy's regular army. The enemy situation has changed.Liu Zhidan estimates that the enemy army has two battalions and one artillery company directly under the regiment headquarters, a total of seven companies with about 600 people. The Red Army also has seven cavalry and infantry companies with about 500 people. Roughly equal, although the enemy's weapons and equipment are good and their combat effectiveness is strong, after several days of long-distance travel, they are exhausted and their combat effectiveness has been greatly weakened.The Red Army has won several battles, and their morale is high, so they are more confident in winning. In addition, Xihuachi is located in the north-south narrow section of the east and west sides, with a dilapidated small city sandwiched between them.Therefore, Liu Zhidan decided to annihilate this enemy force in Xihuachi based on the favorable situation.

Liu Zhidan made a decisive decision and ordered the cadres to return to the army to command the battle. He said: "This group of enemies is rushing to die non-stop, we will give them a complete and complete extermination!" Later, Liu Zhidan boarded the city wall of Xihuachi and looked over, and saw the enemy army rushing towards the Red Army in the form of two columns of marching troops one mile away.Liu Zhidan thought to himself that it was a mistake to meet the enemy in front of the formation in the form of a marching army, which violated the most basic military common sense.Afterwards, I found out that the fundamental reason why the enemy made such a common-sense mistake was that the enemy looked down on the Red Army at all. When the Red Army was discovered, the commander of the enemy's front guard battalion said to the regimental deputy: "The Red Army is in front, and the troops should be deployed quickly. But the deputy of the enemy regiment said: "Hurry up, the Red Army will have already run away by the time you deploy!" Therefore, the enemy has been marching straight to the front of the Red Army's position in this marching form. Can deploy in marching form. The proud soldier must be defeated!Liu Zhidan decided to seize the favorable opportunity to annihilate this enemy force.He immediately ordered: "Commander Wang Shitai, you organize the Red Third Regiment to attack the enemy from the front. No matter how much you pay, you must fight the enemy. Yang Sen and I organize the cavalry regiment to fight!" Wang Shitai immediately ordered the troops to assemble, and ordered the first and second companies of the Red Third Regiment to hide under a horizontal ditch outside the north gate and wait for orders. One or two companies charge. The enemy army was getting closer and closer, about 300 meters away from the Red Army, and suddenly dispersed to attack the Red Army.At this time, most of the soldiers of the Red Army Cavalry Regiment were still drinking their horses under the ditch. Before they came up, only the soldiers of the Cavalry Regiment had already come up. The platoon leader Li Shoucheng saw the enemy swarming in and was in a critical situation. He immediately led the whole platoon of soldiers. Charge into the enemy group from the front.Due to the fierce enemy firepower, the charge failed. Li Shoucheng and several soldiers died heroically on the spot, and the rest of the cavalry platoon retreated quickly. Seeing that the Red Army cavalry was being suppressed, the enemy army became more arrogant and continued to charge, roaring and screaming.Seeing their comrades lying in a pool of blood, the soldiers of the Red Third Regiment were furious. They concentrated their firepower and shot out rows of revenge bullets, repelling the enemy's charge.The stubborn enemy army then launched a second attack. Wang Shitai immediately ordered the vanguard company to use firepower to withstand the enemy, let the first and second companies attack from a concealed place, and launched a countercharge against the enemy army. At this time, the cavalry regiment had already assembled. Zhang Xiushan and Zhao Guoqing, under the order of Liu Zhidan, led their troops to quickly detour behind the enemy, cut off the enemy's retreat, and charged at the enemy's headquarters and machine gun company.The Qingyang, Heshui and other guerrilla units of the second guerrilla group were also under the command of Yang Qi, and rushed towards the enemy from the bank of Donggou, thus forming a formation of attacking the enemy from three sides, north, south and east. The deafening sound of guns and guns, the shouts of killing reverberating across the sky, the neighing and running of war horses all mingled together.The horses of the cavalry regiment neighed and soared into the air, raising dust like lightning, sweeping across the enemy's formation.The enemy army was pinched back and forth, their souls were scattered, and they were routed. Mortars and heavy machine guns suddenly became dumb. The Red Army soldiers fought hand-to-hand with the enemy. The vanguard company, which was in charge of defending the city, saw that the brother companies were fighting the enemy bravely, so they asked the regiment leader Wang Shitai to fight in unison.Before the voice of Wang Shitai's approval fell, the impatient soldiers simply jumped off the city wall and rushed towards the enemy group. Under the siege and attack of the Red Army, the enemy lost their command and was powerless to resist. Most of them surrendered obediently, and some were crushed to the banks and bottom of the ditch, and some fled by jumping slopes.The cavalry regiment bypassed the side of the ditch and blocked the mouth of the ditch. The infantry of the third red regiment chased and beat them fiercely, jumped down the deep ditch, and chased after them.The enemies who fled to the bottom of the ditch saw cavalry intercepting them in front and infantry chasing them in the rear. They had no way to go to the sky and no way to go to the ground, so they were all captured. After more than an hour of fierce fighting, except for a dozen people who were led by the deputy leader of the enemy regiment and escaped by chance, the rest of the officers and soldiers were all dealt with by the Red Army.In this battle, nearly 100 enemy troops were killed and injured, more than 500 enemies were captured, more than 600 guns were handed over, two pursuit guns, two heavy machine guns, dozens of shells, and more than 50 mules and horses. The Red Army only sacrificed four or five people.After the war, the soldiers of the Red Third Regiment jumped up and down carrying the mortar, and couldn't put it down.When they marched the next day, they insisted not to let the mule carry the cannon, and they took turns carrying it for a day, in order to enjoy the joy of victory. The Battle of Xihuachi was a glorious example in which the Red Army on the Shaanxi-Gansu border defeated the many with the few and the strong with the weak. The reason why the Xihuachi battle was able to achieve such a brilliant victory is that Liu Zhidan and others had correct combat command and deployment, mobilized the enemy troops, created and seized the opportunity to wipe out the enemy troops in motion; secondly, the Red Army firmly grasped the battlefield The initiative, the cooperation of infantry and cavalry, and coordinated operations did not give the enemy a chance to breathe; third, the Red Army soldiers had high morale, won consecutive battles, and dared to fight and fight in battles, creating an overwhelming momentum and making the enemy unable to fight back. Fourth, the enemy army was arrogant and conceited, and the command was wrong. In addition, the enemy army was exhausted by the Red Army, and its combat effectiveness was greatly weakened. The victory in Xihuachi was another major victory for the Red Army in the Longdong area after the surprise attack on Heshui County and the defeat of the enemy Zhao Wenzhi regiment.This battle played a decisive role in smashing the enemy's large-scale "encirclement and suppression". After the great victory in Xihuachi, Liu Zhidan led the main force of the Red Army back to the Nanliang Revolutionary Base in mighty strength, and stationed the troops in the Donghuachi area for rest and replenishment. Donghua Pool is located at the confluence of Hulu River, Leopard River, Dafeng River and three rivers, surrounded by emerald mountains and green water.The three cities in the east, west, and north are surrounded by mountains and tigers, forming horns, and are ancient military fortresses.According to legend, there is a spring on the mountainside in the north of the city, and the water flows into a pool, which is so clear that a hundred flowers are reflected in it, so it is called "Hua Pond".Since the Western Wei Dynasty, counties and prefectures have been set up in the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties, and the inspection department was set up during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. It is an ancient city with history.The main force of the Red 42nd Division who returned triumphantly held a victory ceremony here. Liu Zhidan said at the victory meeting: "This time the main force of the Red Army attacked the outside line. It was a majestic and mighty 'armed parade'. It achieved brilliant results, expanded the political influence of the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Red Army led by the Communist Party of China, and demonstrated the invincible and brave military might of the Red Army." After the meeting, a majestic horse race was held.Commissar Yang Sen gave an order, and the cavalry athletes of the Red Army jumped on their horses and swung their knives, urging their horses to gallop.All of a sudden, in Donghua Chichuan Road, people were noisy and horses were neighing, smoke and dust were flying, cheers were thunderous, and laughter burst out.Outside the thousand-year-old city, the heroic Red Army showed a magnificent picture of "one horse takes the lead, ten thousand horses are galloping". After a short rest, Liu Zhidan and Yang Sen led the main force of the Red Army and went south to Guanzhong again to support the guerrilla activities in the third guerrilla zone. At the beginning of May, in Sanliyuan, Chunhua County, Yang Sen led the cavalry regiment of the 42nd Division of the Red Army, and surrounded the two companies of the enemy's Shaanxi Security Regiment tightly.Yang Sen took the lead, took off his shirt, brandished a sword in his hand, and led the cavalry regiment into the enemy's line. After fierce fighting, he wiped out more than 180 enemy troops and won the battle of Sanliyuan.Subsequently, the Red 42nd Division assisted the General Headquarters of the Third Route Guerrillas in a heroic struggle to restore the Zhaojin Su area. 3. The enemy adjusted the deployment of "encirclement and suppression" and the main force of the Red Army broke through the enemy's combined attack circle From the enemy's confidential documents seized in the Sanliyuan battle, Liu Zhidan learned that because the Xihuachi victory greatly shocked the Shaanxi-Gansu warlords, the Kuomintang reactionaries became furious, adjusted the "encirclement and suppression" deployment, and continued to march toward the Shaanxi-Gansu border and Nanliang revolution. The base area launched a new offensive. The deployment of troops and the "encirclement and suppression" plan are as follows: the main offensive force is the Qiu Liangmin Department of the Second Gansu Garrison Brigade and Tan Shilin's Longdong Militia Army, from Qingyang and Heshui to the central area of ​​the Nanliang base area. Drive straight in; Feng Qinzai's battalion with hundreds of local militia armed forces marched towards Taibai from the area of ​​Heishui Temple in Fu County to block it; the enemy Jingyuexiu's regiment stationed in Yan'an and Baoan made strategic cooperation from the east and north lines to attack Nanliang , in a vain attempt to destroy the red regime in the central area of ​​Nanliang in one fell swoop.At the same time, in order to deal with the main force of the Red Army operating in the Zhaojin area, the Ma Hongzhang Cavalry Regiment was added to pursue and suppress the Red Army from south to north. The local militia armed forces were in charge of blockade at Chunhua and Tuqiao, the criminal regiment attacked at Malan Town and Jiaojiao Town, and the two battalions of Feng Qinzai's troops intercepted at Yangjiadian and Jiaojiao Town. The enemy attempted to cut off the third guerrilla zone The connection with the central area of ​​Nanliang blocked the passage of the Red Army returning to the division, encircled and wiped out the main force of the Red Army in the Zhaojin area. The enemy's new "encirclement and suppression" deployment is roughly the same in mobilization and mobilization of troops as in the previous "encirclement and suppression" deployment. However, it is obvious that this new "encirclement and suppression" deployment has learned lessons from previous combat failures. Therefore, its policy is different from the deployment of the previous period of "encirclement and suppression".From the previous "encirclement and suppression" deployment, it can be seen that the enemy is vainly trying to use eight routes: soldiers and horses divide into joint attacks, advance one by one, narrow the scope, and gather and annihilate the main force of the Red Army on the Shaanxi-Gansu border in the Nanliang base area.However, because the main force of the Red Army on the Shaanxi-Gansu border jumped out of the outer line, galloping across the vast area of ​​the Shaanxi-Gansu border from east to west, from south to north, not only failed the enemy's eight-way joint attack, but was defeated by the Red Army one by one, and even a whole regiment All were wiped out by the Red Army.Under such circumstances, the enemy revised and adjusted the "encirclement and suppression" deployment, strengthened the cooperation among the various enemy forces, mobilized a large number of cavalry into the "encirclement and suppression" battlefield, tracked and pursued the Red Army, and strengthened the mobile combat capability. Attack the central area of ​​Nanliang, destroy the red regime, block the passage of the main force of the Red Army to return to Nanliang; in the Guanzhong area, gradually compress and block the main force of the Red Army in the narrow area around Zhaojin, and finally gather and annihilate the Red Army in the narrow area outside the vicious policy.The enemy attempted to achieve the strategic goal of killing two birds with one stone by implementing such policies and plans—destroying the Nanliang revolutionary bases on the Shaanxi-Gansu border and destroying the Red Army on the Shaanxi-Gansu border, and completely extinguishing the revolutionary flames in the Shaanxi-Gansu border areas. The enemy situation is serious and the situation is urgent.After the Battle of Sanliyuan, the Party Committee of the Forty-Second Division of the Red Army held a meeting in Zhaojin to study the deployment of anti-encirclement and suppression.In view of the dangerous situation of the main force of the Red Army in the guerrilla zone on the third road, the division party committee and Liu Zhidan decided that the main force of the Red Army would quickly go north, jump out of the joint attack circle, and return to the Nanliang base to fight for the initiative on the battlefield.Immediately after the meeting, intense mobilization and deployment took place. In mid-May, the main force of the 42nd Division of the Red Army left the guerrilla zone on the third road and returned to Nanliang.The Red Army set out from the Zhaojin area of ​​Yaoxian County, passed through Xiangshan River, Youfanggou, and Heiniutang, and prepared to jump out of the enemy's encirclement from the Malan area.However, during the march, the troops learned through reconnaissance that there were heavy enemy troops blocking the line from Malan to Liujiadian.Liu Zhidan immediately convened a meeting of cadres, re-examined the marching route, and decided that the troops would take a break, eat, and move to the northwest. The main force of the Red Army immediately took the Red Third Regiment as the vanguard and the Cavalry Regiment as the rear guard. After a day and night of rapid marching, they arrived at Xianzi under Wuqingyuan the next morning.Due to the extreme fatigue of the troops, the troops prepared to rest.Unexpectedly, the cavalry regiment of the enemy Ma Hongzhang suddenly followed up and started a scuffle with the cavalry regiment of the Red Army rear guard.The Red Third Regiment of the avant-garde troops assembled immediately, and Wang Shitai led a company to block it on the mountain passage on the west side of Wuqingyuan, while the rest of the troops continued to break through.Due to the melee of the enemy and our cavalry, the firepower of the blocking troops of the third red regiment could not be launched, and the enemy cavalry troops attacked fiercely.The vanguard company of the Red Third Regiment stopped the enemy at Gaofengpo on the west side of Wuqingyuan and covered the main force to break through.The Pioneer Company fought very bravely and tenaciously under the situation of disparity in numbers, and finally stopped the enemy's offensive and ensured the safe transfer of the main force.When the main force of the Red Army moved to Diaoling Pass, it was intercepted by a battalion of the enemy Feng Qinzai and more than 200 militia regiments. The troops charged bravely and jumped out of the enemy's combined attack circle. This battle is known as the Gaofengpo Battle (also known as the Wuqingyuan Battle) in history.In this battle, the Red Army fought hard to break out of the enemy's encirclement, got rid of the extremely unfavorable situation, jumped out of the fortress area, and won the battlefield initiative in the second stage of the anti-"encirclement and suppression" war, thus allowing the enemy to fight in the third stage. The dream of annihilating the main force of the Red Army in the Zhaojin area of ​​the Lu guerrilla zone was shattered, so this battle is of great significance. However, in this battle, the Red Army fought very passively. The reason is that the enemy's situation was unknown and they were attacked by the enemy Ma Hongzhang's cavalry regiment; The third is that in the case of a sudden attack, the command at all levels of the army is not well connected, and it is impossible to effectively suppress the enemy's offensive.Therefore, the Red Army paid a heavy price. More than 30 troops died, and more than 20 Red Army soldiers were injured and captured.Because these captured Red Army soldiers would rather die than submit, they were dragged to Laoye Temple in Shanhe Town, Zhengning County by the ferocious enemy and buried alive.After the war, the local people buried the sacrificed Red Army soldiers on Gaofengpo in Wuqingyuan with grief.The party organization and the local people also went to the shoot forest in the Wuqingyuan area to look for the Red Army soldiers who had been wounded and scattered and hidden. After the wounds were healed, they were sent back to the army. In June 1934, the General Headquarters of the Third Route Guerrilla established the fifth detachment, with more than 10 Zhengning Sanjia Red Army fighters who were lost in the battle of Gaofengpo as the backbone, and established the fifth detachment, which was customarily called "the five Zhengning detachments". . In 1935, the Ministry was incorporated into the Second Independent Battalion of Xinzheng. Due to the heavy losses of the Red Army in the battle of Gaofengpo, Liu Zhidan and Yang Sen immediately changed their plan to return to Nanliang, and decided to divide the Red Third Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment into two groups and transfer the outside line to fight.At the same time, the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Special Committee and the Second Route Guerrilla Headquarters led the guerrillas and Red Guards in the Nanliang base area to immediately mobilize the masses, fortify the walls and clear the fields, and enter the mountains to harass the enemy with hidden cameras. 4. The criminal activities of the Kuomintang bandits fleeing and invading the Nanliang base area, and the Red Army smashed the enemy's first "encirclement and suppression" As the main force of the Red Army shifted to outside operations, only a few guerrillas and local cadres remained in the Nanliang base area to fight.Therefore, more than 1,000 members of Qiu Liangmin's Department of the Second Gansu Garrison Brigade and Tan Shilin's Longdong Militia Army rushed into the central area of ​​Nanliang on May 9 almost without being hit hard.Wherever Qiu Liangmin and Tan Shilin went, they burned houses, destroyed caves, smashed pots, bowls and water tanks, drove away the cattle and sheep of the masses, set fire to food, and looted property. Hundreds of holes were burned, and more than 10 stones of food stored by the masses were burned in Xiaohegou and Laozhuang River alone.The Kuomintang reactionary army was still carrying guillotines on horseback, hunting and killing party, government, military cadres and revolutionary masses in the Nanliang base area everywhere. White terror shrouded the entire land of Nanliang. In the face of the burning, killing and looting of the Kuomintang bandit army, the people of Nanliang bravely and fearlessly launched a tragic struggle against the enemy in order to defend the party cadres and the supplies of the Red Army, showing a heroic spirit. , is one example. Yanwazi Village is located at the intersection of the three forks leading to Baimamiaochuan, Yuhuangmiaochuan, and Liyuanbaochuan, and is the central area of ​​the Nanliang Base.When the Red Army troops transferred to the outside line to fight, they used 60 guns of various types, two pockets of bullets (about five or six thousand rounds), 40 sets of saddles and stirrups, and 2,000 eggs donated by the local people to the troops, and thousands of copper dollars. , more than 10 stones of grain are kept here.When the masses received the notice that the enemy was going to "encircle and suppress" the Nanliang base area, all the fathers and villagers in the village, under the leadership of the cadre Wu Shengrong, quickly fortified the wall and cleared the field.They dug a long pit on the edge of a large field in their village, and buried all the things left by the Red Army.Wu Haichao, the chairman of the village Soviet, drove 30 cattle that the Red Army had obtained from local tyrants into deep mountains and dense forests to hide them.The folks in the whole village have only one wish: the things left by the Red Army must not be snatched by the enemy. At noon on May 10, the Kuomintang army rushed to Yanwazi Village to search.On the large field where military supplies were buried, new soil was discovered, which aroused the suspicion of the enemy.An enemy battalion commander immediately ordered a dozen soldiers to dig up.Hearing this news, the whole village rushed to the big field one after another, ignoring the random search and looting of the house by the enemy soldiers. At this time, several sacks of grain buried in the upper layer had been dug out, and then two thousand eggs contained in a large iron pot were dug out.But the enemy is still digging, and a catastrophe is about to come! At this critical juncture, Wu Wanyou, an old farmhand, stepped forward.He yelled: "You can't dig the things of the common people!" Led by Wu Wanyou, the villagers gathered around to reprimand the enemy, and sat on the pit, allowing the enemy to beat and kick, gun butts, and whips. Ken get out of this place.In this way, the noise was so great that the enemy had no way to dig any further, so they had to grab Wu Wanyou who was the leader of the "troubleshooting" and left the field. The military supplies of the Red Army were protected, but Wu Wanyou was tortured by the enemy, tortured until he passed out, and then thrown into the wilderness.The villagers took it home after they found out, but they were left with lifelong disabilities. At the same time, the enemy divided up and "cleared" other villages in the Nanliang base area, and suffered appalling looting, burning and killing. Li Qingshan from Jiuyanquan Village, known as "Li Paosmith", is a worker of the Red Army's Weapon Repair Institute.One day, on the side of his courtyard, he saw several cavalrymen coming to search from Zhuanzuizichuantai. He mistook it for the Red Army returning, and ran out of the yard happily to meet them. When he approached, he found that these cavalrymen were dressed in Disorganized, with a fierce look on his face, he knew it wasn't the Red Army, so he turned around and left.The enemy soldier shouted: "Stop!" Then he rushed towards him, surrounded him and searched him.The creed of Li Qingshan's contact with the Red Army was found out, and the enemy soldiers immediately tied up Li Qingshan and dragged him to Yanwazi Village in Nanliang. In order to take out the secrets of the Red Army and the fortified supplies, guns and ammunition from Li Qingshan's mouth, the Tan Shilin bandit army used torture on Li Qingshan, such as pressing the bar, pouring pepper water, and using a red-hot soldering iron. Li Qingshan was tortured by the enemy several times and passed out. , but he would rather die than submit, and never utter a word! Tan Shilin's bandit army, who became angry from embarrassment, did not get any information from Li Qingshan's mouth, so they became aggressive. On the evening of the 13th, the enemy tied up 26 Red Army guerrillas including Li Qingshan, Zhang Houfu, Cao Sicong, Soviet government cadres, and revolutionary masses, and dragged them to Yanwazi Terrace, where a burial pit had already been dug.The enemy pressed them again in front of the deep pit and pushed them down one by one.The heroic revolutionary martyrs fought the final battle against the evil enemy before being buried alive.They were cut down 42 pits by the enemy with shovels, climbed up again, and fell down again.Climb up again.With their hands bound, they gritted, kicked, and headbutted their enemies.After Li Qingshan was pushed down into the pit by the enemy, the enemy asked him where the Red Army's guns were?He was still swearing endlessly, and rushed forward to fight the enemy several times in a row.At this time, a guy with the appearance of an officer sneered: "This is an out-and-out Red Army, let him be tortured!" In order to finally get information from Li Qingshan's mouth, the enemy pulled him back again, using both soft and hard methods, and tossed and tossed for half a night, but still got nothing.Faced with this steel man, Tan Shilin's bandit army had no choice but to kill Li Qingshan on the Banpo of Yanwazi Village in the early morning of the next day.Li Qingshan was only 34 years old when he died. At the cost of his precious life, he kept the secrets of the Red Army guerrillas and the main force of the Red Army's fortified supplies, guns and ammunition, showing the heroic and unyielding sentiments of a proletarian revolutionary fighter.Today, his famous name is engraved on the towering Nanliang Revolutionary Martyrs Monument. Before and after this, the vicious Qiu Liangmin and Tan Shilin bandit army also killed six rural cadres, including Bai Yangzhen, a member of the Communist Party and the chairman of the Jinchagou Farmers' Federation, the first farmers' federation in Nanliang area, with hoes. "No one in life has died since ancient times, and the loyal heart will be preserved to reflect the history." The heroic and unyielding outstanding sons and daughters of Nanliang and the people's heroes used their lives to preserve the military supplies of the Red Army and protect the people from poisonous hands, making an immortal contribution to the revolution. merit. Facing the heroism of the people of Nanliang, Qiu Liangmin and Tan Shilin were helpless. They had to withdraw from Yanwazi Village in embarrassment on May 14 and rushed into Louzigou, Baoan County, Liu Zhidan's hometown, to concentrate the flames of revenge on Liu Zhidan and his family members.Fortunately, the villagers reported that Liu Zhidan's family members escaped early.Tan Shilin's bandit army failed to catch Liu Zhidan's family members, so they dragged a younger brother and brother-in-law of his family to kill, burned down his house, robbed and destroyed everything, and used despicable methods rarely seen since ancient times to dig Liu Zhidan's family. The family's ancestral grave, burned bones and ashes, committed a crime that has been reviled through the ages.Liu Zhidan's parents, beloved daughter and the whole family dispersed and hid in deep mountains and old forests. Later, Xi Zhongxun learned the news and sent people to take them to Nanliang.Liu Zhidan is a bloody man with rich emotions. He has deep love for his parents and relatives, but for the sake of the revolution, he has long put his wealth and life aside.When he saw his relatives and learned of the ransacking of his home and grave, he suppressed his grief and indignation and said to his relatives: "If we want to make a revolution, we will inevitably be persecuted, and family members will be implicated. Although it is painful, it is also expected." During this period, the two main forces of the Red Army, which were transferred to the outside line, adopted flexible tactics, galloped vertically and horizontally, and won consecutive battles. Under the leadership of Liu Zhidan and Wang Shitai, the Third Red Regiment fought fiercely all day long with a battalion of the cavalry regiment of the enemy Feng Qinzai and more than 200 people from the local militia regiment of Fu County in Heshangyuan, Heshui County, on the way from Wuqingyuan in Zhengning to Taibai Town in Heshui, led by Liu Zhidan and Wang Shitai. The enemy was defeated.Then, the Red Third Regiment quickly moved northward to fight Luohechuan.After careful research and deployment by Ma Zichuan, Liu Zhidan, and Wang Shitai in Baoan County, they dealt a heavy blow to the incoming enemy Jingyuexiu's elite troops, the Gao Yuting Battalion and the Jindingshan Militia, with more than 700 people.At that time, the Red Third Regiment led by Liu Zhidan had only three companies with more than 200 people, while Gao Yuting's battalion was Jing Yuexiu's elite troops, plus the strength of the militia reached more than 700 people. As soon as the battle began, Gao Yuting ordered his "death squad" to seize the commanding heights , in an attempt to cut off the Red Army's retreat.The Red Army pre-emptively occupied the hills and seized the commanding heights, and repelled the enemy's group charge five times in a row. Then the Second Company and the Pioneer Company, led by the head of the regiment Wang Shitai, used machine guns as a cover, shouting loudly. , Charging the enemy, the Red Army rushed down the mountain in one go with a heroic and tenacious style, annihilating most of the "death squads", and the other enemies were invincible and returned to security.In this battle, the Red Army wiped out more than 400 enemies and seized a large number of guns and ammunition. 接着，刘志丹、王世泰率红三团挥师南下，挺进大风川，连夜与甘肃警备第二旅窜犯南梁根据地的一个营展开白刃搏斗，歼敌大半，残敌惨败而逃。 此时，红军骑兵团在杨森、高锦纯、赵国卿的率领下，在进入中部小石崖重新整编之后，配合第三路游击队各部东出咸（阳）榆（林）大道，截获敌军汽车一辆，缴获大批军用物资。此后，骑兵团又转战延长、临镇一带，在交道塬取得歼敌一个连的胜利。 在主力红军的支援下各路地方红军游击队也主动出击，接连获得重大胜利。庆阳游击队袭入保安柳树洼，直捣张廷芝匪军的后方，夺取了大批财物和20余匹骡马，震惊了敌人。保安游击队连续袭击吴旗镇、宋家砭、金鼎山、王家桥等敌军据点，重创和消灭大批敌人。合水游击队继两次袭入合水县城之后，又在宁县盘克塬、合水固城川连续伏击敌军骑兵，重创敌军，歼敌100余人，缴获枪支70余支，战马40余匹。 至此，陕甘边红军和游击队、赤卫队经过大小30多次战斗，计歼敌3000余人，胜利地粉碎了敌人的第一次反革命“围剿”。敌军被迫仓皇逃出了南梁革命根据地。在中心区域，以南梁为中心，东起蔡家沟，西至五蛟堡，南到固城川，北抵吴旗镇，方圆200多平方公里内的敌据点都先后被拔除，陕甘边革命根据地已发展到包括淳化、耀县、中部、宜君、旬邑、正宁、宁县、合水、庆阳、保安、安塞、靖边、鄜县、甘泉等18个县的部分地区，面积达2.3万平方公里的广大地区。 1934年5月下旬，刘志丹、杨森率领红军主力部队满载着第一次反“围剿”的辉煌战果，凯旋回到南梁根据地。 五、粉碎敌人的“六路进攻”，陕甘边红军的主动出击行动 国民党反动派对陕甘边根据地的第一次大规模“围剿”被粉碎后，陕甘边革命根据地得到迅猛的发展。陕、甘、宁三省军阀对此极为恐惧和仇视，于是又调兵遣将，于1934年10月中旬，对南梁根据地发动了所谓的“六路进攻”。第一路是陕西警备骑兵旅第二团张廷芝部，经吴旗、金佛坪沿河西岸直至保安金汤镇、芦方坪一带向根据地进攻；第二路是陕西警备骑兵旅第三团张廷祥部200余人，由铁角城的头道川、二道川、三道川一带向根据地进攻；第三路是陕西警备骑兵旅第三团另一部，经宁塞城镇到金鼎山一带，向洛河两岸推进；第四路是敌八十六师井岳秀部五一二团二营高玉亭部和旦八寨民团，向麻地台川、义正川一带进攻；第五路是敌八十六师二五八旅一部向夏寺湾、丈八寺、黑水寺一带进攻；第六路是陇东警备第二旅第六团和甘肃骑兵旅向庆阳、合水一带的革命根据地进攻。敌“六路进攻”的特点是，分路向根据地的边沿蚕食，逐渐向中心区域推进。 从敌情分析，敌人的这个所谓“六路进攻”，其实并不是国民党当局统一指挥和精心部署的一次大规模“围剿”行动，只不过是陕、甘、宁三省地方军阀为了争夺地盘，扩展实力而对陕甘边南梁根据地进行的蚕食行动。原因在于，国民党蒋介石此时正精心策划组织对陕甘边和陕北苏区的第二次“围剿”部署。由于西北地区缺少铁路、公路等交通设施，加之汽车等交通工具又少，敌人的整个军事部署直至1935年春季才完成。在“围剿”部署未完成之前，国民党反动派无力发动大规模的军事“围剿”。这是一般的军事常识。因此，这次所谓的“六路进攻”；只不过是“气壮如牛，胆小如鼠”而已，根本不能构成对陕甘边南梁根据地的严重威胁。 面对陕甘宁三省军阀所谓的“六路进攻”，陕甘边特委军委和红四十二师党委决定；留少数地方红军游击队配合赤卫军与敌周旋，主力红军猛烈向敌后大胆穿插迂回，消灭其一路，破坏敌人联合进剿的计划。 在敌人的六路兵马中，陕西警备骑兵旅第二团张廷芝可以说是红军的老冤家。从南梁游击队到陕甘红军游击队，直至红二十六军，红军不知和这股敌军打了多少次仗。但因该敌在惯匪张廷芝的多年苦心经营下，马匹肥壮，武器精良，其匪兵又多是凶悍亡命之徒，战斗力较强，故而红军一直未能将其全歼。南梁根据地创建以来，这股匪军经常对我边沿地区袭扰，闹得鸡犬不宁，人心惶惶，对发动群众影响尤为严重。在这次“六路进攻”中，该敌也想乘机捞点稻草，占点便宜，竟然窜进南梁根据地吴堡川一带，烧杀掠劫，为非作歹。为了消除南梁根据地和红军的心头大患，刘志丹决心给张廷芝部以致命性打击。10月30日，按照预定的作战方案，赤安游击队前往吴堡川诱敌追击，骑兵团则选择有利地形中途设伏。在赤安游击队的引诱下，骄傲的张廷芝果然上了钩，他率领匪徒向赤安游击队紧紧追击而来，钻进了红军骑兵团的伏击圈。霎时，枪声骤起，杀声动地，高锦纯、赵国卿率领骑兵团拦腰冲出，跃马挥刀，迅猛冲杀，将张廷芝匪军打了个措手不及，溃不成军。张廷芝见势不妙，带领匪徒拼命逃窜，骑兵团穷追不舍，一口气追击敌军60里，杀得敌军人仰马翻，落荒而逃。这次伏击战，骑兵团砍杀张廷芝部悍匪70余人，还缴获了敌人大批枪支弹药和战马，给张廷芝以沉重的打击。张廷芝“偷鸡不成，反倒蚀把米”，仓皇逃出了南梁根据地。 此时，红二团出击洛河川，歼灭旦八寨民团50余人，击退了高玉亭的进攻。刘志丹率领红二团和骑兵团还袭击了楼房坪的张廷芝匪军。红三团也挺进头道川，消灭了新寨、白家电等地的民团。红一团也连续打击了湫头、麻子掌、梁掌堡、直罗镇、王郎坡等反动据点的敌军和民团。由于红军在敌后发动攻击，各路敌军首尾难顾，加之见张廷芝落了个惨败而归的下场，更是不敢贸然进兵。于是，这次所谓“六路进攻”就这样草草收场了。 在陕、甘、宁三省军阀对陕甘边南梁根据地的“六路进攻”被挫败后，陕甘边红军抓住有利时机，立即向敌人发起了新的攻势，克敌制胜，捷报频传。 红军主力打击的第一个目标是敌环县政府所在地曲子新城。 曲子新城是国民党环县政府所在地。1932年修筑，1933年国民党环县政府由环城南关进驻曲子新城。城内驻有环县民团100余人，另有环县保安队20余人。民团团总李恒泰，保安队长崇敬义立场反动，处处与红军为敌。他们加紧训练，积极配合国民党对红军和陕甘边根据地进行“围剿”。11月14日，陕甘边军委获悉敌环县县政府正在集中五个区的反动民团整训，决心拔掉这个钉子。为此，命令骑兵团在团长赵国卿、政委高锦纯率领下，于15日从南梁出发，到达悦乐附近和庆阳游击队汇合。当时，骑兵团三个连有200余人，庆阳游击队60余人，两部汇合，红军共有骑兵和步兵300余人。当晚骑兵团干部和游击队干部一起在悦乐镇召开了军事会议，制定了具体作战方案，然后部队连夜行军。途中消灭了庆阳孙家湾民团，缴枪五、六支。按照预定方案，骑兵团一连一排在排长柴正祥的率领下，作为先头部队，提前到达曲子新城，他们将马匹隐藏后化装进城。16日拂晓，红军骑兵团和庆阳游击队到达曲子，立即向敌发起猛攻。提前化装进城的红军战士也突然拔出手枪投入战斗。敌民团和保安队有的还在蒙头大睡，有的见城内外一起响枪，不知所措。遭到突然袭击后，顿时乱作一团，稍作抵抗就四散逃命。环县民团团总李恒泰被红军堵在群众家中活捉，保安队长崇敬义率保安队20余人逃到曲子北台，也被红军包围在打瓜洼的山头上活捉。整个战斗仅用了半个小时就胜利结束。此次战斗，红军击毙国民党区长朱文成，俘敌近百人。缴获战马十几匹，长短枪60余支，子弹及其物资一批，红军无一伤亡。在战斗中，国民党县长见势不妙，化装后仓皇逃遁。敌人的一个顽固反动据点就这样被红军拔除。 战斗胜利结束后，红军在曲子新城召开了群众大会，公审并处决了李恒泰、崇敬义等反动分子3人。并将缴获的粮食和衣物一部分分给了当地的贫苦农民和群众。群众见平日里作威作福的民团头子和保安队被红军除掉，搬掉了压在他们头上的一块石块，无不拍手称快。从四面八方赶来的群众，会后又把红军在曲子的革命活动传向四方，一传十，十传百，越传越远，贫苦人民听了欢欣鼓舞，反动分子听了魂飞魄散，心惊肉跳。 红军骑兵团和庆阳游击队在完成预定任务后，于当天晚上撤离曲子新城，回到了南梁根据地。 接着红军将第二个打击目标瞄准了谭世麟的反动据点——五蛟堡和刘坪堡。 五蛟堡和刘坪堡是陇东民团军谭世麟部在庆北苏区边沿上的最后两个反动据点。这两个据点的敌军经常对庆北苏区进行骚扰，敌军对群众敲诈勒索，派粮派款，枉杀无辜，奸淫妇女，穷凶极恶，干尽了珠事，庆北苏区人民深受其害，无不切齿痛恨。 为此，红军主力决定拔除这两个插在庆北苏区边沿上的反动据点。1934年11月29日，陕甘边革命军事委员会主席刘志丹命令红二团、红三团、西北抗日义勇军和庆阳游击队，同时包围了五蛟堡和刘坪堡这两个谭世麟匪军的反动据点。 在红军的强大攻势下，两个据点的敌军早已成了惊弓之鸟，不敢抵抗，赶紧弃寨而逃。红军乘胜追击，一举将敌军消灭。这样，敌军在庆北境内的反动据点被扫荡无遗。 不久，红军主力又把在西兰公路上敌人的重要城镇长武县城作为自己打击的第三个目标。 1935年1月，为了筹集红军经费和军需物资，切断或威逼西（安）兰（州）公路，红四十二师师长杨森又率领骑兵团从南梁根据地出发，越子午岭，经正宁、宁县，强行通过敌军的三道封锁线，直插泾河川，挺进和越过西兰公路。在获悉敌长武县城兵力空虚的情报后，决定化妆奇袭，打敌人一个措手不及。骑兵团利用在洛河川交道塬战斗中缴获的敌军服装，化妆起来，然后浩浩荡荡向长武进发。沿途民团见“正规军”来到，恭敬相待，不敢怠慢。红军骑兵团在没有受到任何抵抗的情况下抵达敌后方重镇长武。杨森师长一声令下，数百名红军骑兵战士跃马挥刀，向长武县城发起了猛烈进攻。霎时间，长武城外，烟尘飞扬，战马嘶鸣，杀声动地。敌军还没明白是怎么回事，红军骑兵战士已冲进了长武城内，敌军溃不成军，狼狈逃窜，乱作一团，鬼哭狼嚎。红军以摧枯拉朽之势冲向敌群，只见子弹呼啸，马刀闪光，红军战士猛杀猛砍，杀得敌军人仰马翻，落花流水。战斗进行了不到一个小时就胜利结束，歼敌守城自卫团100余人，缴获武器百余支，还在长武城内打了土豪，筹集到经费万余元及一些食盐、布匹、鞋袜、香烟等物资。泾川县城守敌吓得闻风丧胆，弃城而逃。杨森即率领骑兵团趁胜消灭了瑶店等据点的反动民团，然后途经西峰董志塬又抓获了3名劣绅，胜利地返回了南梁根据地。 红军闪击长武的战斗和奔袭曲子新城的战斗影响极大，尤其是闪击长武的战斗，切断了敌交通要道西兰公路，对陕甘两省都产生了强大的震动。各地的报纸都对此作了报道《大公报说刘志丹和红军“攻曲子，陷长武，陇东震动。”《晋阳日报》报道说：“共匪刘志丹红军5万余人进攻长武。”这说明攻陷曲子和长武对敌人的震动有多大！由于敌人的报纸对红军的行动作了大量的报道，这就使长征途中的中共中央和中央红军及时了解到了陕甘边红军及根据地活跃的详细消息，因此，这几次战斗起了沟通中央红军与陕甘边红军联系的作用。这是当时发起作战行动时，陕甘边红军领导人包括刘志丹等都没有想到和预料到的。 在西线作战取得一系列胜利后，陕甘边红军主力又转锋向东，对陕北延安、安塞一带的敌军发起了猛烈的攻势。 1935年2月上旬，在杨森的率领下，红四十二师骑兵团又挺进延安西北的高桥川等地开展游击活动。2月12日，在延安游击队的配合下，诱出延安城守敌井岳秀部一个营和民团三百余人。在高桥川口，红四十二师骑兵团向敌人发动突然袭击，歼敌100余人，缴获枪支近百支，残敌仓皇逃回延安。高桥川战斗后，延安守敌成了惊弓之鸟，被安塞游击队和赤卫军团团包围起来，龟缩城内，不敢轻举妄动。红四十二师骑兵团横扫延安周围地区的反动民团，首先歼灭了延安三十里铺民团，接着相继歼灭了临镇、金盆湾、云岩、北池镇等地的反动民团，还迫使后湫天、狗头山两地的民团主动放下武装，接受红军的改编。红四十二师骑兵团还截获敌军的运输队，缴获货物300余驮，敌军新军装200余套。骑兵团兵锋所向，势如破竹。 在四十二师骑兵团驰骋疆场的同时，红二十四师第二团和陕甘边根据地的各路游击队，也进军陕北，向敌军展开强大的攻势。1935年1月上旬，在刘志丹亲自率领下，红四十二师第二团和庆阳游击队、陕甘游击队五、六支队向陕北挺进，沿途消灭了安塞隆安、平桥等地的反动民团，冲破了敌人的封锁线，护送刘志丹到安定县水晶沟看望了伤势日趋恶化的谢子长。此后，红二团和庆阳游击队、陕甘游击队五、六支队在南下返回南梁途中，于延安蟠龙镇、榆树峁等地又歼敌数百人。 胜利的捷报，频频传到南梁根据地，这些捷报向人们宣告，陕甘边红二十六军在第一次反“围剿”战争中已经成熟起来，发展成为一支西北红军的铁军。