Chapter 25 1. Chronicle of Events in Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area (August 1927-October 1930)

August On the 1st, according to the decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, under the leadership of the Front Enemy Committee of the Communist Party of China with Zhou Enlai as secretary and He Long, Ye Ting, Zhu De, Liu Bocheng, etc., the National Revolutionary Army controlled and influenced by the party with more than 20,000 armed people held an armed uprising in Nanchang. The first shot was fired against the Kuomintang reactionaries. From August 3, the uprising troops successively went south to Guangdong according to the original plan of the central government.

On the 3rd, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Outline on the Farmers' Autumn Harvest Riots in the Four Provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong and Jiangxi". On the 7th, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held an emergency meeting in Hankou (i.e., the August 7th meeting). It summed up the experience and lessons of the failure of the Great Revolution, ended Chen Duxiu’s right opportunism in the Party Central Committee’s rule, established the temporary Central Political Bureau, and determined the land revolution and The general policy of armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries.Mao Zedong attended the meeting and put forward the important thesis that "power grows out of the barrel of a gun".The meeting also decided to mobilize workers and peasants to hold autumn harvest uprisings in the four provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong and Jiangxi.After the meeting, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China appointed Mao Zedong and Peng Gongda to reorganize the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and lead the Autumn Harvest Uprising.

On the 16th, Peng Gongda convened a meeting in Changsha to convey the spirit of the August 7th Conference and a new Hunan Provincial Party Committee was formed. On the 18th, the Nanchang Uprising troops arrived in Guangchang, and then divided into two groups and marched towards Ruijin. On the same day, Hunan's new provincial party committee held a meeting in Shen's Mansion on the outskirts of Changsha to discuss how to implement the new strategy determined at the August 7th Conference and formulate a plan for the Autumn Harvest Uprising. From the 26th to the 31st, after the Nanchang Uprising troops occupied Ruijin, the staff group decided to wipe out the defending enemy in Huichang. On the 30th, they wiped out the four regiments of Qian Dajun's department.Afterwards, the plan to enter Dongjiang from Changting and Shanghang was implemented.

On the 30th, the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee to discuss the final plan for the Hunan Autumn Harvest Riot.It was decided to set up a riot leading organ, with Mao Zedong as the secretary of the Party's Front Enemy Committee and Yi Lirong as the secretary of the Action Committee to lead the Autumn Harvest Riot in Hunan and Jiangxi. September At the beginning of the month, Mao Zedong held a military meeting in Zhangjiawan, Anyuan, and formed the armed forces for the autumn harvest riots-the First Division of the First Army of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army, with Yu Sadu as the division commander, Yu Benmin as the deputy division commander, and Zhong Wenzhang as the chief of staff. The policy of attacking Changsha by dividing the troops into three groups was initially formulated.

On the 8th, the Hunan Provincial Party Committee issued the "Order on Seizing Changsha", ordering all localities to mobilize quickly, and limited to meeting Changsha on the 16th of this month to seize the provincial capital. On the 9th, the Autumn Harvest Uprising on the border between Hunan and Jiangxi broke out.The troops participating in the uprising were called the First Division of the First Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, with a total of more than 5,000 people. Mao Zedong was the former secretary of the party committee and Lu Deming was the commander-in-chief.

From the 9th to the 11th, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Regiments of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army went directly to Changsha from Xiushui, Anyuan, and Tonggu in Jiangxi via Pingjiang and Liuyang as planned.The rebel army had won many battles, but suffered serious setbacks due to the enemy's strength and their lack of experience.Subsequently, Mao Zedong led the third regiment to Shangping, Liuyang. On the 14th, Mao Zedong held an emergency meeting of cadres above the third regiment company in Shangping, and made an important decision to gather troops from all walks of life in Wenjia City, Liuyang.

On the 19th, the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops met in Wenjia City.That night, Mao Zedong presided over a meeting of the former committee, negating the proposition of division commander Yu Sadu to "take Liuyang and attack Changsha directly", and decided to "retreat to Pingxiang". From the 19th to the 22nd, the Nanchang Uprising troops carried out the first division of troops at Sanheba in Dapu County.Zhu De led the Ninth Army and the Twenty-fifth Division to stay at Sanheba to cover the main force of the rebel army marching towards Chaozhou and Shantou. On the 21st, Mao Zedong led more than 1,500 people from the Autumn Harvest Uprising to leave Wenjia City and began to move to the countryside in the middle of the Luoxiao Mountains.

On the 24th, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army arrived in Luxi and was suddenly attacked by the enemy.In the fierce battle, the commander-in-chief Lu Deming died unfortunately. On the same day, the main force of the Nanchang Uprising Army carried out the second division in Shantou. On the 25th, the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants captured Lianhua County.The next day, Mao Zedong presided over a meeting of the heads of the former Lianhua County Party Organization to arrange the work of Lianhua.During this period, after receiving a letter from the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee delivered by Song Renqiong, Mao Zedong learned that there was an armed party in Ninggang County, and made a decision to march to Ninggang and draw troops to Jinggang.

On the 29th, the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants entered Sanwan Village, Yongxin County.In Sanwan, the former committee reorganized the troops.The main content of the adaptation is: shrink the three regiments into one regiment, called the First Regiment of the First Division of the First Army of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army, which governs the first and third battalions and the special service company, health team, officer team, and supply team. There are more than 700 people; a democratic system is implemented in the army, and soldier committees are established at all levels above the company; the party branch is established above the company, and party representatives are set up above the company, thus establishing the party's absolute leadership over the army.The adaptation of Sanwan laid the foundation for the establishment of a new type of people's army.

In Sanwan, Mao Zedong met with the representatives of Ninggang County who came to meet him. October On the 2nd, Zhu De commanded the uprising troops staying at Sanheba, fought fiercely with the enemy Qian Dajun's troops for two days and nights, and then moved to Chaoshan. On the 3rd, the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants arrived at the ancient city of Ninggang County.Mao Zedong presided over the enlarged meeting of the former committee, summed up the experience and lessons of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, discussed and established issues such as establishing a base area in the middle of the Luoxiao Mountains, launching guerrilla struggles, and striving to transform the two local armed forces of Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo.

On the 6th, Mao Zedong met Yuan Wencai in Dacang Village, Ninggang, and presented Yuan Wencai with 100 guns. Yuan Wencai also donated 1,000 yuan to Yinyang for the Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army. On the 7th, the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants entered Maoping, Ninggang.With the help of the local party organization and Yuan Wencai, the left-behind office and rear hospital were established, and the "home" of the revolution was established. On the same day, Zhu De led the rebel troops withdrawn from Sanheba to join Maozhi, Raoping, with about 700 rebel troops who had retreated from the failure of Chaozhou and Shantou.Subsequently, Zhu De led the transfer to the mountainous areas of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi. In the first ten days, Mao Zedong led the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army to guerrilla along the border of Hunan and Jiangxi. He Changgong was sent to Changsha in Shidu of Lingxian County to report to the Hunan Provincial Committee and the Hunan Special Committee, and to inquire about the whereabouts of the Nanchang uprising troops. In the middle of the year, the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants arrived at Shuikou, Ling County.In Shuikou, Mao Zedong met Zhou Li, the former head of the party organization in Ling County, and recruited a group of workers and peasants to join the party, and sent You Xuecheng, Xu Yangang, Chen Bojun and others to work in Yuan Wencai's department.Subsequently, the troops were divided into two groups: one was led by Wan Xi, a party representative of the first battalion, to Anren and Chaling guerrillas, and the other was led by Mao Zedong to turn to Suichuan, Jiangxi.While in Shuikou, the former division commander Yu Sadu and others left the army. On the 21st, Wanxi led his troops to capture Chaling County, then retreated to Ninggang, diverted to Dajing, and joined Mao Zedong in the east. On the 23rd, when the main force of the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants arrived in Dafen, Suichuan, they were suddenly attacked by the Xiaojiabi Jingwei Regiment, a reactionary local armed force in Suichuan, and the troops were dispersed.The third battalion turned to the eastern part of Guangxi under the leadership of Zhang Ziqing; the regiment headquarters, the first battalion, the first company, and the spy company were led by Mao Zedong to Jingzhu Mountain. On the 24th, Wang Zuo sent people to welcome the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army to Jinggangshan.Mao Zedong conducted discipline education to the troops in Jingzhu Mountain and announced the "three disciplines".Then the troops arrived at Dajing and joined Wang Zuo's troops. On the 27th, the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants arrived in Ciping. November At the beginning of the month, Mao Zedong led his troops back to Maoping, Ninggang.Subsequently, a meeting of the heads of the original party organizations in Ninggang, Yongxin, and Lianhua counties was held in Maoping Xiangshan Nunnery, and it was decided that each county should quickly rebuild the party organization, mobilize the masses extensively, and carry out guerrilla struggle. In the middle of the year, the First Battalion of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army captured Chaling County for the second time, and established the "Chaling County People's Committee", with Tan Zisheng as the county magistrate. The third guerrilla battalion led by Zhang Ziqing and Wu Zhonghao went to the Shangbao area of ​​Chongyi to join the troops retained from the Nanchang Uprising led by Zhu De and Chen Yi.Later, Zhu De sent Mao Zetan to Jinggangshan to get in touch with Mao Zedong in Maoping. Mao Zedong went deep into the countryside in Maoping, Ninggang to conduct investigations, and wrote "Ninggang Survey". On the 28th, Mao Zedong directed the abolition of the old government-style Chaling People's Committee, and the establishment of the first county-level red government on the border between Hunan and Jiangxi—the Chaling County Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Government, with Tan Zhenlin as the chairman. December In the first ten days, Zhu De and Chen Yi led their troops to Renhua and Shaoguan in northern Guangdong. The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army Officers' Teaching Team was founded in Ninggang Longjiang Academy, with Lu Chi as the captain. The former appointed Mao Zetan and other military cadres to Ninggang Qiaolin to help establish the first rural party branch in the base area, and started a pilot land struggle. On the 25th, a regiment of the Hunan enemy Wu Shang's Eighth Army attacked Chaling County. The first battalion of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army fought fiercely with the enemy. Zhang Ziqing and Wu Zhonghao led the third battalion back from eastern Guangxi to participate in the battle. On the 26th, Mao Zedong rushed to Chaling after receiving an urgent letter from Wan Xi.The next day, the regiment commander Chen Hao and others were ordered to be arrested in Hukou, and the troops were brought back to Ninggang. On the 28th, Tan Jiashu led more than 200 Chaling guerrillas to join the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army and formed the Second Battalion of the First Regiment. In the last ten days of the month, the central government wrote to Zhu De's department twice, instructing them to contact Mao Zedong and jointly implement armed separatism. At the end of the month, Mao Zedong held a military-civilian meeting in Long City, Ninggang, summed up the experience and lessons of the Chaling work, and announced the "three major tasks" of the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants.At the meeting, Zhang Ziqing was appointed as the head of the regiment, and Chen Hao and other traitors were executed. This month, He Changgong arrived in Liputou, Shaoguan, Guangdong, and got in touch with Zhu De and Chen Yi. Yu Benmin was in charge of establishing the Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army Clothes Factory in Taoliao, Ninggang, with Lin Shanbin as the factory director. On behalf of the former committee, Mao Zedong wrote to the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and the Central Committee, suggesting the organization of a Hunan-Jiangxi Border Special Committee. January On the 5th, the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants conquered Suichuan County.Then, the soldiers went to Yutian, Caolin, Dakeng and other places in three ways to mobilize the masses and carry out guerrilla activities to raise funds by beating local tyrants. On the 8th, Mao Zedong presided over a meeting in the Catholic Church in Suichuan County to establish the Suichuan County Committee of the Communist Party of China, with Chen Zhengren as the secretary. In the middle of the year, the former committee held a joint meeting of the Suichuan and Wan'an county committees in Wuhua Academy, Suichuan County, and arranged for the two counties to rebuild the party organization and carry out mass struggles.At the meeting, Mao Zedong proposed the "twelve-character secret" of guerrilla tactics that "the enemy comes and we go, the enemy camps and we harass, and the enemy retreats and we chase". On the 12th, Zhu De and Chen Yi led some troops of the Nanchang Uprising. After entering Yizhang from Lechang, Guangdong, with the cooperation of the local party organization, they outwitted Yizhang City, which opened the prelude to the Nianguan riot in southern Hunan.Subsequently, in less than two months, Yizhang, Chenxian, Leiyang, Yongxing, Zixing, Anren and other counties staged riots one after another, established a Soviet regime, formed local armed forces and various mass organizations.After the victory of the southern Hunan uprising, some troops of the Nanchang Uprising were formally organized into the First Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, with Zhu De as the division commander, Chen Yi as the party representative, and Wang Erzhuo as the chief of staff. In the middle of the year, Mao Zedong announced the policy of "protecting small and medium businessmen" in Caolin, Suichuan. On the 24th, the Suichuan County Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Government was established with Wang Cichun as its chairman. On the 25th, Mao Zedong announced the "Six Points of Attention" to the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army in Lijiaping, Suichuan. In the last ten days, He Changgong returned to Suichuan from northern Guangdong.Mao Zedong sent him to reform Wang Zuo's troops. This month, the Lingxian Special District Committee of the Communist Party of China was established, with Liu Yinsheng as its secretary. February At the beginning of the month, the former committee decided that the former Chaling guerrillas would still return to Chaling for activities. In the first ten days of the year, the former committee promoted Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo's troops to the Second Regiment of the First Division of the First Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army in Dalong, Ninggang. In the middle of the year, the Lotus Special Branch of the Communist Party of China was established, with Zhu Yiyue as its secretary. The Eastern Hunan Special Committee was established in Liling, with Teng Daiyuan as its secretary.Soon, moved to Anyuan.After hard work, a red traffic line was opened up, and many groups of Anyuan workers were organized to go to Jinggangshan. On the 18th, the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants captured Ninggang New City, annihilated the first regular battalion of the Jiangxi 79th Regiment and the Ninggang Jingwei Regiment, captured the reactionary county magistrate Zhang Kaiyang alive, and defeated the Jiangxi enemy's first "suppression".The next day, Mao Zedong announced our army's captive policy in Maoping. On the 21st, a mass meeting was held in Long City, Ninggang, where Zhang Kaiyang was executed, and the Ninggang County Committee of the Communist Party of China (with Long Chaoqing as secretary) and Ninggang County Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Government (Wen Genzong as chairman) were announced.At the same time, the county red guard brigade was established, with Shi Jingting as the captain. In the second half of the year, the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Government of the Xinsui Frontier Special Zone was established, with Li Ziqing as its chairman. This month, the Yongxin County Committee of the Communist Party of China was established, with Liu Zhen as its secretary. As of this month, the Jinggangshan revolutionary base has taken shape, and the border armed separatist regime has taken shape. March At the beginning of the month, Mao Zedong went to Yongxin Qiuxi Township and other places, developed a group of party members, and established the Qiuxi Township Party Branch. In the first ten days of the year, under the organization of Liu Yinsheng and Zhou Li, Ling County launched the "March Riot". The Hunan Special Committee sent Zhou Lu to Ninggang Long City to accuse the border of "too right actions" and "too little burning and killing", and canceled the former committee with Mao Zedong as the secretary and reorganized it as a division committee with He Tingying as the secretary and Mao Zedong as the division commander.At the same time, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was forced to march to southern Hunan, causing the "March failure" on the border. In the middle of the year, the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants marched towards southern Shonan in three routes to cope with the riots in southern Shonen.After conquering the county seat of Lingxian, the troops arrived at Zhongcun, Lingxian. On the 18th, the Lingxian Special District Committee of the Communist Party of China was changed to a county party committee, with Liu Yinsheng as secretary.At the same time, the Lingxian Red Guard Brigade was established, with He Guocheng as its captain. Starting from the 19th, Mao Zedong gave political lessons to the troops for a week in Zhongcun. At the end of the month, Mao Zedong led a group into Shatian, eastern Guangxi, mobilizing the masses while taking cameras to learn about the riots in southern Hunan. The Shonan uprising failed.Facing the attack of seven enemy divisions in Hunan and Guangdong, in order to preserve their strength, Zhu De and Chen Yi led the southern Hunan riot team to move to the border. April On the 3rd, Mao Zedong officially promulgated the "Three Great Disciplines and Six Points of Attention" to the troops in Shatian, East Guidong. At the beginning of the month, Zhu De led the riot troops in southern Hunan and the Shuikoushan workers' armed forces to Anren and Chaling. On the 6th, Mao Zedong led the first regiment to Rucheng.The reactionary armed He Qilang's tribe was defeated in Hanlingjie, and then the bandit Hu Fengzhang's tribe was defeated near Rucheng on the 8th, occupying Rucheng County. On the 8th, Tang Tianji led the peasant army from Anren County to Miandu, Ling County, and joined the army led by Zhu De. In the first ten days of the year, the second regiment led by He Changgong, Yuan Wencai, and Wang Zuo met with the main force of the Seventh Division of the Hunan Agricultural Army in Zixing, and then went south to Chukou to block the Guangdong army attacking Chenzhou.After returning to Zixing, he joined the Hunan Agricultural Army led by Chen Yi and the personnel of the local party and government organs. On the 11th, Huang Kecheng led a part of the Yongxing Guard Regiment to retreat to Zixing. On the 12th, Chen Yi led a part of the Hunan Agricultural Army to retreat to Zixing, joined Huang Kecheng's troops and retreated to Penggong Temple. In the middle of the month, Mao Zedong led the first regiment to Zixing Longxi Cave, joined up with the Yizhang Agricultural Army Independent Battalion led by Xiao Ke, and then rushed to Ling County. Around the 19th, the Second Regiment led by Yuan Wencai and He Changgong and the Hunan Agricultural Army led by Chen Yi joined forces led by Zhu De at Miandu, Ling County, and then retreated to Ninggang Long City together. On the 20th, Mao Zedong led the first regiment to defeat a part of the Eighth Army of the Hunan enemy who was chasing the riots in southern Hunan in the west of Ling County, and then returned to Ninggang. On the 24th, Mao Zedong led his troops back to Long City, Ninggang, and successfully joined forces with the Nanchang Uprising troops led by Zhu De and Chen Yi and the Hunan Agricultural Army.On the same day, Mao Zedong met with Zhu De, Chen Yi and other military leaders at Longjiang Academy to discuss major issues such as the joint establishment of the Fourth Army of the Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army. On the 25th, the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China sent a letter to the Central Committee: "According to the report from Ji'an, Mao Zedong and Zhu De's troops have indeed merged, and they have taken advantage of the situation to occupy Ninggang repeatedly and develop in the direction of Yongxin." On the 25th, after joining forces, Zhu and Mao’s two ministries held the first congress of the Fourth Army of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army at the Longjiang Academy in Ninggang. Army Commander Zhu De, Party Representative Mao Zedong, Chief of Staff Wang Erzhuo, Teaching Team Leader and Director of the Soldiers Committee Chen Yi (later Director of the Political Department).It has three divisions under its jurisdiction: the Tenth Division (teacher Zhu Dejian, party representative Wan Xixian); the eleventh division (teacher Zhang Ziqing, replaced by Mao Zedong due to injury, party representative He Tingying); the twelfth division (teacher Chen Yijian).The Military Commission of the Fourth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was elected, with Mao Zedong as its secretary.The meeting decided to take advantage of the "May 4th" anniversary to hold a celebration meeting to celebrate the victory of the two armies. In the last ten days of the month, the Second Congress of the Fourth Army Party of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was held in Ninggang. The Lotus Red Team was reorganized into the Lotus Red Independent Team, with Chen Jingjin as its leader. The 79th and 81st regiments of the 27th Division of the Jiangxi enemy launched the second "suppression" from Yongxin and Suichuan to the Jinggangshan base area respectively.After Mao Zedong deployed the plan to meet the enemy, he led the 31st regiment to Qixiling to block the attack of the enemy's 79th regiment. Zhu De and Chen Yi led the 28th and 29th regiments to wipe out a battalion of the enemy in Huangao. Defeat the enemy's 81st Regiment and take advantage of the victory to capture Yongxin City. May On the 2nd, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the provincial governments of Hunan, Guangdong and Jiangxi to "suppress Zhu Mao's Red Army within a few days". On the same day, in Yongxin City, in the name of Secretary of the Military Commission, Mao Zedong reported to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on issues such as the joining forces of the two armies, breaking the second "suppression" of the Jiangxi enemy, and establishing a regime in the middle of the Luoxiao Mountains with Ninggang as its base camp. On the 4th, a military-civilian meeting was held in Long City, Ninggang to celebrate the victory of the two armies.At the meeting, the establishment of the Fourth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army (later renamed the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army) was officially announced.Mao Zedong, Zhu De and others spoke at the conference.On behalf of the Military Commission, Mao Zedong announced the "Three Major Tasks" and "Three Disciplines and Six Attentions" of the Fourth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. In the first ten days, the 29th and 31st regiments of the Red Army split up and mobilized the masses in Yongxin County.Mao Zedong led a part of the 31st Regiment to the Tangbian area of ​​Xixiang, Yongxin to carry out the pilot work of the land revolution, and wrote "Yongxin Investigation". With the help of the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants, the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Government of Yongxin County was established with Peng Wenxiang as its chairman. In the first ten days, Yang Ruxuan, the Jiangxi enemy, regrouped nearly five regiments and launched the third "suppression" to the Jinggangshan base area.The Fourth Red Army took the initiative to retreat to Ninggang, the base camp, to wipe out the enemy with cameras.The Fourth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army held the third party congress to discuss and determine the plan to meet the enemy and related major issues. On the 16th, Mao Zedong and Zhu De adopted the tactics of attacking the east and attacking the west, commanding the Red 28th Regiment and the 31st Regiment and the First Battalion to attack Gaolong and confuse the enemy.Defeat a regiment of the Hunan enemy in Gaolong, and then head east to Yongxin.The next day, they wiped out the enemy's 79th regiment in Caoshi'ao, Yongxin, and killed the enemy regiment leader Liu Anhua, then took advantage of the victory and marched eastward, occupying Yongxin City for the second time.The Jiangxi enemy's third "invasion and suppression" was broken. From the 20th to the 22nd, according to the instructions of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, Mao Zedong presided over the first congress of the Communist Party of China on the border between Hunan and Jiangxi in Maoping, Ninggang.The conference discussed the situation and the work of the party, formulated seven policies for the development of base areas, and elected the highest leading body of the local party on the Hunan-Jiangxi border—the Hunan-Jiangxi Border Special Committee, with Mao Zedong as secretary.At the meeting, Mao Zedong answered the question "How long has the red flag been fought?"The conference also re-elected the Military Commission of the Fourth Red Army, with Chen Yi as its secretary. At the end of the middle ten days, the Fourth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army held the Fourth Party Congress to discuss the establishment of the Hunan-Jiangxi Border Special Committee and related matters. On the 20th, the Lingxian County Party Committee was destroyed due to betrayal by traitors, and the secretary Liu Yinsheng died.Later, the county party committee was rebuilt in Maoping, and Li Quefei was appointed secretary. In the last ten days, the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Government on the border between Hunan and Jiangxi was established in Cangbian Village, Maoping, Ninggang, with Yuan Wencai as its chairman. Liu Xing led dozens of guerrillas from Liling to Yongxintian and incorporated them into the 31st Regiment of the Fourth Red Army. The Mint of the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Government on the border between Hunan and Jiangxi was established in Shangjing Village. On the 30th, Du Xiujing, a representative of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, came to Maoping, Ninggang.The next day, the Fourth Red Army held an enlarged meeting of the Military Commission to listen to Du Xiujing's instructions from the Hunan Provincial Party Committee. At the end of the month, the Fourth Army of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army held its Fifth Congress, and it was determined that in order to solve the supply problem, the Fourth Red Army was reduced to four regiments, and the former Hunan Agricultural Army, except for a few backbone troops, returned to southern Hunan and other matters. The massive agrarian revolution movement was widely carried out in border counties. Based on the experience of guerrilla warfare, Mao Zedong and Zhu De summed up and put forward the "Sixteen-Character Formula" of guerrilla warfare that "when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we fight; June In the first ten days, the Jiangxi enemy took Yang Chisheng, the commander of the Ninth Division, as the commander-in-chief, and Yang Ruxuan, the commander of the 27th Division, as the commander-in-chief of the front line. They gathered 5 regiments to launch the fourth "suppression" against the Jinggangshan base area.In order to defeat the enemy and contain the enemy in Hunan, Mao Zedong and Zhu De led the main force of the Fourth Red Army, divided their troops into two groups and pretended to capture Ling County, defeated a regiment of Wu Shang's Eighth Army, wiped out the 1st Battalion of the enemy at Miandu Tiger Claw, and then returned quickly Ninggang met the enemy. Ling County Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Government was established in the compound, with Xu Dingyan as chairman. On the 16th, Mao Zedong wrote a letter to the Central Committee and the Hunan and Jiangxi provincial committees in Maoping on behalf of the Hunan-Jiangxi Border Special Committee, reporting on the defeat of the enemy's third "invasion and suppression" and explaining the reasons for insisting on Ninggang as the base camp. On the 19th, the Hunan Provincial Party Committee passed the "Resolution on the Work of the Hunan-Jiangxi Frontier Special Committee and the Fourth Army Military Commission", agreeing to "the plan to use the middle section of the Luoxiao Mountains as a base." On the 22nd, the Military Commission of the Fourth Red Army held a meeting of cadres above the battalion in Ninggang New City to deploy the plan to wipe out the enemy. On the 23rd, Zhu De, Chen Yi, Wang Erzhuo and others commanded the main force of the Fourth Red Army. With the cooperation of local armed forces, they defeated the two regiments of the Jiangxi enemy at the Qixi Ridge at the junction of Yongxin and Ninggang. Longyuankou wiped out one regiment of the enemy, and then took advantage of the victory to pursue it, occupying Yongxin City for the third time, breaking the fourth "suppression" of the Jiangxi enemy, and winning the largest military battle since the establishment of the base area-the victory of Longyuankou. On the 25th, Mao Zedong presided over a meeting of cadres above the company level in Yongxin County, and deployed troops to mobilize the masses. On the 26th, the Fourth Red Army divided troops into Anfu, Lianhua, Ji'an and other places to do mass work. On the same day, the Hunan Provincial Party Committee wrote letters to the Hunan-Jiangxi Border Special Committee and the Military Commission of the Fourth Red Army, requesting that "the main force of the Red Army develop to the south of Hunan" and that "Mao Zedong set out with the army", and Yang Kaiming acted as the Secretary of the Border Special Committee. After the great victory at Longyuankou, the armed separatist area in the Jinggangshan base area developed rapidly, including three counties of Ninggang, Yongxin, and Lianhua, a small part each of Ji'an and Anfu, the northern part of Suichuan, and the southeastern part of Ling County. The border separatist situation entered its heyday. period. On the 30th, the Military Commission of the Fourth Red Army, the Border Special Committee, and the Yongxin County Party Committee held a joint meeting in Yongxin County to discuss the letter from the Hunan Provincial Party Committee.At the end of the meeting, it was decided not to implement the Hunan Provincial Party Committee's opinion of "developing towards southern Hunan", and the Fourth Red Army continued to stay at the border to develop and consolidate its base areas. This month, the Lianhua County Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Government was established with Liu Renkan as its chairman. July On the 4th, Mao Zedong wrote a letter to the Hunan Provincial Party Committee on behalf of the Military Commission and the Special Committee, stating the specific reasons why the Fourth Red Army should not attack southern Hunan. In the first ten days of the year, the enemy forces in Hunan and Jiangxi launched the first "meeting suppression".The Eighth Army of Wu Shang, the enemy of Hunan, took advantage of the opportunity of the Red Army's main force in Yongxin to invade Ninggang. Yuan Wencai led his troops to harass the enemy day and night. On the 9th, the various units of the Fourth Red Army quickly returned to Yongxin. On the 10th, the Fourth Red Army marched towards Ninggang to attack the enemy in Hunan, but unexpectedly passed the enemy in the wrong way at Xinyuanzui. On the 11th, Zhu De led the 28th and 29th regiments to attack Lingxian and Chaling, forcing the Hunan enemy to return to rescue; Mao Zedong led the 31st regiment to stop the enemy in Yongxin, breaking the attempt of the Hunan and Jiangxi enemies to join forces. On the 12th, the 28th and 29th regiments of the Fourth Red Army captured Lingxian County.Unexpectedly, the Soldiers Committee of the 29th Regiment held a private meeting that night and decided to go to Shonan. On the 13th, the Red Army Brigade received Yongxin's urgent letter and held an enlarged meeting of the Military Commission to decide to reinforce Yongxin to prevent the erroneous actions of the 29th Regiment, but the persuasion was ineffective. On the 15th, the Military Commission held an enlarged meeting again in Miandu to decide on the whereabouts of the Red Army, but there was still no result.The Military Commission wrote to Mao Zedong to report the situation of the Red Army Brigade. On the same day, in order to smash the enemy's economic blockade, the Ninggang Dalong Red Fair was officially opened. On the 17th, the Red Army Brigade arrived at Shuikou, Ling County.The 29th Regiment still insisted on going to southern Hunan, but the Military Commission's dissuasion was ineffective. In addition, Du Xiujing and Yang Kaiming did not pay attention to the current situation, which aroused the homesickness of the officers and soldiers of the 29th Regiment, so the Red Army Brigade drove to southern Hunan. After the Red Army Brigade went to southern Hunan, Mao Zedong commanded the 31st Regiment. With the support and cooperation of the masses, they used guerrilla tactics on all sides to besiege 11 Jiangxi enemy regiments within 30 miles of Yongxin County for 25 days. On the 22nd, Peng Dehuai, Teng Daiyuan and other leaders launched the Pingjiang Uprising.After the victory of the uprising, the Fifth Army of the Red Army was established, with Peng Dehuai as the commander and Teng Daiyuan as the party representative. On the 24th, the Red Army Brigade arrived in Chenzhou and fought fiercely with the subordinates of the 16th Army of Fan Shisheng of the Kuomintang. After winning first, they were defeated and withdrew from the battle.Immediately, the 29th Regiment disobeyed the command, moved freely, and ran back to their hometown. One was wiped out by Hu Fengzhang on the way, and the other was scattered all over the place without knowing where they ended up.Only the regiment headed by Hu Shaohai and a company led by Xiao Ke left a total of more than a hundred people, organized into the 28th regiment.In this battle, nearly one regiment was lost.Subsequently, Zhu De and Chen Yi led their troops to retreat to Zixing. This month, the Hunan-Jiangxi Border Special Committee of the Communist Youth League was established, with Shi Xunchuan as its secretary. Anyuan City appointed more than a hundred Anyuan workers to join the Red Army on Jinggangshan. The Ordnance Department of the Fourth Red Army was established in Ciping, and Song Qiaosheng was in charge. August In the first ten days, the Jiangxi enemy learned that the main force of the Red Army had gone to southern Hunan and launched a fierce attack. The 31st Red Regiment and local armed forces retreated into the mountainous areas. Yongxin, Lianhua, and Ninggang fell to the enemy. The organization and the red regime were severely damaged, people were killed, and countless houses were burned. This is the "August failure". Zhu De and Chen Yi led their troops to retreat to Zixing, and insisted on guerrilla warfare in Longxi cave in Zixing and Shatian in eastern Guizhou. In the middle of the year, Hunan Provincial Commissioner Yuan Desheng came to the border with an instruction letter and ordered the Fourth Red Army to "develop to the east of Hunan."Mao Zedong held an emergency meeting in Jiupi Village, Yongxin, and decided not to implement this proposition.During the meeting, upon hearing the news of the defeat of the Red Army Brigade in Chenzhou, it was immediately decided to leave the 1st Battalion of the 31st Regiment to stick to the base area. Mao Zedong personally led the 3rd Battalion of the 31st Regiment to return the Red Army Brigade to southern Hunan. On the 13th, the guerrilla brigade of the Red Army went to Shatian in eastern Guizhou, and Tang Tianji was appointed as the captain of the guerrilla brigade in southern Hunan. On the 18th, the Red 28th Regiment captured Guidong County. On the 20th, the Fifth Red Army received an instruction letter from the Hunan Provincial Party Committee requesting them to "contact Zhu Mao", that is, leaving Huang Gonglue to lead a unit to carry out guerrilla warfare in Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi, and the main force led by Peng Dehuai and Teng Daiyuan began to move closer to the border of Hunan and Jiangxi . On the 23rd, Mao Zedong joined the Red Army Brigade in Guidong County.Immediately, a meeting of cadres above the battalion was convened in the Tang family mansion, and they decided to return to Jinggangshan, and stayed with Du Xiujing and Gong Chu to rebuild the Hunan Special Committee in southern Hunan. On the 26th, while the Red Army Brigade was on its way back, Yuan Chongquan, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 28th Regiment, led part of his armed forces in an attempt to mutiny and defect to the enemy. . In the second ten days of the month, the four regiments of the enemy army from Hunan and Jiangxi launched the second "conference suppression" against the Jinggangshan base area when our Red Army was about to return.Under the leadership of He Tingying, Zhu Yunqing and others, our mountain guarding troops immediately faced the battle. On the 30th, the Wu Shang Department of the Hunan enemy launched a massive attack on the outpost in Huangyangjie.With less than a battalion of troops, our mountain guarding troops relied on local armed forces and the masses to resist against danger, defeat the enemy's attack, and win the battle to defend Huangyangjie.After Mao Zedong heard the news on his way back, he wrote "Xijiangyue·Jinggangshan". At the end of the month, the main force of the Fifth Red Army moved closer to Jinggangshan to the Wanzai Bridge, was severely damaged by the enemy, and was forced to retreat to the Xiu (Water) Tong (Drum) border. September On the 8th, Mao Zedong and Zhu De led the Red Army brigade back to Huang'ao, Suichuan.After hearing the news, Liu Shiyi's Department of the Seventh Division of the Jiangxi enemy pursued to Suichuan. On the 13th, the 28th Regiment of the Fourth Red Army and the 3rd Battalion of the 31st Regiment defeated the five battalions of Liu Shiyi who were chasing after them outside Suichuan City, killed the traitor Yuan Chongquan, and occupied Suichuan City. Starting on the 14th, the troops divided into four groups to attack the townships of Suichuan, mobilize the masses, and rebuild the political power.When Chen Yi led the East Road Red Army guerrillas to Wan'an, he got in touch with the Wan'an County Party Committee, and 80 Wan'an farmers went up the mountain with the army, and later formed the Wan'an guerrillas. On the 24th, the 21st Brigade of the Seventh Division of the Jiangxi Army and the first part of the 15th Brigade of the Fifth Division will attack Suichuan.The Fourth Red Army voluntarily withdrew from Suichuan County. On the 26th, the main force of the Red Army returned to Jinggangshan. This month, the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Special Committee decided that Peng Dehuai and Teng Daiyuan would lead the three columns to go up the mountain again to contact the Fourth Red Army. After September, border party organizations practiced "cleansing the party".The party organizations in Ninggang and Yongxin counties were all disbanded and re-registered, and the party organizations changed from open to secret. October On the 1st, a battalion of the Jiangxi enemy Zhou Hunyuan Brigade attacked Maoping.Mao Zedong and Zhu De deployed the Fourth Red Army to wipe out the enemy at Aotoulong, Maoping, and then recovered the whole county of Ninggang. From the 4th to the 6th, the Second Congress of the Communist Party of China on the border between Hunan and Jiangxi was held in Buyun Mountain, Maoping.Mao Zedong made a political report at the meeting.The meeting passed the "Resolution of the Second Congress of the Communist Party of China on the Border of Hunan and Jiangxi", the first part of the "Resolution", which was later titled "Why can China's red regime exist?" "One article.At the meeting, the second border special committee was elected, with Tan Zhenlin as secretary and Chen Zhengren as deputy secretary. After the "Second National Congress" on the border, the army and civilians in the base area set off a climax to strengthen the construction of military base areas such as building fortifications, stockpiling food, and building Red Army hospitals, and established a defense committee, with Wang Zuo as the director. In the middle of the year, the main force of the Red Army attacked Suichuan, and the defending enemy retreated without a fight. The Fourth Red Army occupied Suichuan County again.A guerrilla fundraising campaign followed. Bi Zhanyun of the Yan Zhongru Department of the Hunan Army led more than 100 people to join the Red Army in an uprising in East Guangxi, and they were organized into the Fourth Red Army Special Service Battalion, with Bi Zhanyun as the battalion commander. In the last ten days, the first phase of the party and youth training class on the border between Hunan and Jiangxi was held in Xiangshan Nunnery, Maoping, Ninggang. At the end of the month, Zhang Wei, the enemy of Jiangxi, led a company of many officers and soldiers to revolt in Yuanzhou (now Yichun). In early November, it was incorporated into the Lotus Red Independent Group. Zhu De commanded the 28th Regiment and the Ninggang Red Guard Brigade to defeat a Hunan enemy regiment in Mucun, Ninggang and Miandu, Lingxian County. November On the 2nd, the Hunan-Jiangxi border party received a letter from the Central Committee on June 4th. The Jiangxi enemy will attack Suichuan.Zhu De and Chen Yi led their troops to withdraw voluntarily. On the 6th, the Border Special Committee held an enlarged meeting in Ciping to discuss the letter from the Central Committee on June 4th.Immediately, the highest leading body of the border party, the Front Enemy Committee, was rebuilt.It is composed of Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Tan Zhenlin, Song Qiaosheng and Mao Kewen, with Mao Zedong as the secretary.The former committee governs the military committee and the special committee. On the 9th, the Fourth Red Army defeated the Jiangxi enemy Zhou Hunyuan regiment in Ninggang New City and Yongxin Longyuankou, occupied Yongxin the next day, and then withdrew voluntarily. At this time, the separatist regime on the border was restored again, with the entire county of Ningkang, one part each of Suichuan, Ling County, and Yongxin, forming a long and narrow block from north to south. From the 14th to the 15th, the Sixth Congress of the Fourth Red Army was held in Ninggang New Town.The meeting passed the "Resolution of the Sixth Party Congress of the Fourth Army of the Red Army", and elected a new Military Commission with Zhu De as secretary. In the middle of the year, the Fourth Red Army concentrated in Ninggang New City and other places for large-scale winter training.After the training, the Lianhua County Red Independent Regiment was changed to the Red Guard Brigade, with Xia Yan as the commander, and Zhang Wei's department organized into the Red Fourth Army Independent Battalion, with Zhang Wei as the battalion commander. On the 25th, Mao Zedong wrote the "Report of the Jinggangshan Front Committee to the Central Committee" (that is, "The Struggle in Jinggangshan") on behalf of the former committee in Maoping, Ninggang. On the 27th, Peng Dehuai and Teng Daiyuan led more than 800 troops into the border of Hunan and Jiangxi. He Changgong, who was appointed before, led the independent battalion and the secret service battalion to meet them. This month, the Fourth Red Army set up an officer training team in Ciping, with Liang Jun as the team leader and Cai Huiwen as the party representative.At the same time, the Red Army Hospital was established in Xiaojing, with Cao Rong as the director and Zeng Zhi as the party branch secretary. December On the 10th, more than 800 members of the Fifth Red Army arrived at Ninggang New City to join forces with the Fourth Red Army.On the same day, a joint meeting of the former committee, the special committee, the regiment special committee, the Fourth Army, and the Fifth Army Military Commission was held to discuss the next step. On the 14th, a celebration meeting of the fourth and fifth red armies was held in Ninggang New City. This month, the Hunan-Jiangxi Border Special Committee was reorganized.With Deng Qianyuan, Teng Daiyuan, Chen Zhengren, Wan Xixian and Zhu Changkai as members of the Standing Committee and Deng Qianyuan as secretary.Tan Zhenlin, the former Secretary of the Special Committee, was transferred to the Workers' Movement Committee of the former Committee as the director. In order to face the enemy's third "meeting suppression", the Red Guards of Chaling, Yongxin, Lianhua, and Ninggang counties, commanded by Liu Zuoshu and Yan Hui, were ordered to go to the Jiulongshan military base. At the end of the month, the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Government on the border between Hunan and Jiangxi promulgated the "Jinggangshan Land Law". January On the 1st, the headquarters of the Kuomintang "Hui Suppression" was established in Pingxiang.He Jian was acting commander-in-chief, and Jin Handing was deputy commander-in-chief. He gathered about 30,000 troops from 6 brigades in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, and planned to divide five routes into the Jinggangshan base area for the third "conference and suppression". From the 4th to the 7th, Mao Zedong presided over a joint meeting of the former committee, the special committee, the county committees, the regiment special committee, the fourth and fifth military committees on Ninggangbai Road to convey the spirit of the party's "six majors" and study the crushing of the enemy's "meetings". According to the policy of "suppressing and suppressing", he decided to adopt the strategy of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao". The Fourth Red Army's main force attacked southern Jiangxi to contain the enemy; In the first ten days, Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Peng Dehuai and others successively held meetings in Ciping and Xiazhuang to deploy related work on guarding the mountain.It was decided to retain Zhang Ziqing, He Changgong, Chen Yi'an, Xu Yangang and other cadres of the Fourth Red Army to strengthen the defense of the mountain, and appointed He Changgong as the secretary of the Ninggang County Party Committee. Starting on the 10th, the assault force composed of the main force of the Fourth Red Army began to gather in Ciping and Xiaoxingzhou. On the 14th, more than 3,600 members of the Fourth Red Army left Jinggangshan to attack southern Jiangxi.On the way, documents such as the Announcement of the Fourth Army Headquarters of the Red Army were issued. In the middle of the year, the Border Special Committee and the Military Commission of the Fifth Red Army held a meeting to determine the emergency policy in times of crisis. The enemy troops in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces were divided into five groups and approached Jinggangshan. On the 20th, the Fourth Red Army was defeated in the battle against the enemy Li Wenchen's troops in Dayu. Starting on the 26th, the enemy launched a fierce attack on the five outposts in the Jinggangshan military base.Peng Dehuai, Teng Daiyuan and the border party led the soldiers and civilians who guarded the mountain to fight back, bloody for three days and nights. On the 29th, the Hunan enemy took advantage of the night to attack the Huangyangjie outpost.After the sentry post fell, the sentry post guarding team moved into the deep mountains and continued to fight with He Changgong's department. In Xiaojing Red Army Hospital, more than a hundred seriously wounded Red Army soldiers were unable to transfer in time, and all of them died. On the 30th, the outposts of Bamian Mountain and Tongmuling fell one after another.According to the original emergency policy, the Fifth Red Army concentrated its troops to rush out of the encirclement and contact the Fourth Army in southern Jiangxi. The 32nd Regiment moved into the mountains.The Lingxian and Suichuan Red Guards descended with the five armies and were dispersed later.After the Red Army withdrew, Jinggangshan fell. February At the beginning of the month, two brigades of He Jian, the enemy army who "will suppress" attacked the Jiulongshan military base.The local armed forces in the four counties of Yongxin, Ninggang, Chaling, and Lianhua resisted against danger. Three days later, Jiulong Mountain was captured by the enemy.So far, the third campaign against the "Council Suppression" has failed, the Jinggangshan base area has become an enemy, and the border armed forces have been forced to move into the mountains. On the 10th, the Fourth Red Army defeated the enemy Liu Shiyi's troops in Dabai. 中旬，宛希先在九陇山召集永新、宁冈、茶陵三县县委联席会，组建了以朱昌偕为书记的临时特委，从事收容整理工作。 17日，毛泽东、朱德率红四军转战至吉安东固地区，与江西独立红二、四团会合。此时，得知井冈山已失守，遂决定红四军到闽粤边界游击。 22日，红四军与江西红军独立二、四团在东固螺坑召开会师大会。 25日，杨克敏（杨开明）在上海向中央作《关于湘赣边苏区情况的综合报告》，汇报井冈山斗争中各方面的情况。 同日，红四军撤离东固，经吉水、永丰等向广昌前进。 March 月初，蒋桂战争爆发，湘赣敌军先后卷入混战撤离边界。何长工等领导根据地军民收复了井冈山。 7日，红五军攻占于都城。随后夺取安远县城。 11日，陈正人从遂川来到永新，会合了朱昌偕、宛希先等召开原特委常委会议。 14日，原特委扩大会议在永新召开，产生新的临时特委，朱昌偕为书记。会议研究了边界当前的工作，并决定召开边界党的第三次代表大会，产生正式边界特委。 17日，边界临时特委向湖南、江西省委写信汇报了第三次反“会剿”及井冈山失守等各方面情况。 本月，边界游击战争有了新的发展。 April 1日，红五军与红四军在瑞金会合。 3日，红四军前委收到中央的“二月来信”。 4日，彭德怀在瑞金写信给中央汇报红四、五军会合及留守井冈山等情况。 上旬，红四军前委在于都召开会议，决定红五军重返井冈山，收复失地，重建政权。 13日，红四军前委致信湘赣边界特委，介绍东固根据地斗争经验。 月底，彭德怀、滕代远率红五军回到井冈山。 3、4月间，临时特委从各县抽调武装力量，组建了边界红军独立第一团，相继收复了宁冈、莲花等地，重建了红色政权。 May 2日，红五军到达茅坪。 上旬，边界临时特委将红军独立第一团编为红五军第六纵队，王佐为司令，何长工任党代表。 10日，边界特委在宁冈古城召开第四次执委扩大会议，讨论前委来信。会议制定了游击大纲，划分了游击区域。同时增补了常委，邓乾元仍为书记。 中旬，赣敌两个团呈“剪刀式”向宁冈推进，因敌情不明，红五军（含王佐部）退至酃县，又获悉遂川、茶陵各有敌军堵截，遂转战湘粤赣边境。 20日，边界特委就边界当时的情势向江西省委作了报告，提出“特委机关要建设到永新哪一个农村去”的主张。 本月，在边界党的努力下，恢复了永新、莲花县委，酃县、遂川临时县委，茶陵特别区委，宁冈分为东南、西北两个特区，直接归特委指挥。边界武装亦有一定发展。 June 下旬，红五军由大余返回边界，接连收复遂川与宁冈县城。为此，特委和五军军委召开联席会议，决定进攻安福。 July 中旬，红五军进攻安福县城，重创敌军，然五军亦损失较大，军参谋长刘之至和纵队司令贺国中英勇牺牲。安福战斗后，五、六纵队合并，王佐任司令。 August 8日，应湘鄂赣特委要求，红五军返回湘鄂赣边界。红五军走后，敌金汉鼎部先后占领宁冈、莲花等地。 September 6日，江西省委给湘赣边界来信，同意“新的边特应建立在群众斗争的中心永新。” 25日，中央给湘赣边界特委发来指示信，将边界特委划归江西省委领导。同时，派出彭清泉巡视边界。 October 30日，刘作述、王佐、陈竞进等领导永新、宁冈、莲花三县地方武装攻克永新县城。 November 11日，袁文才率宁冈赤卫大队，在睦村打垮宁冈靖卫团，击毙敌县长陈宗经。 December 本月，红五军第四纵队来到湘赣边界的永新、安福、莲花、茶陵一带开展游击战争。 赣西特委组织8万群众配合红军攻打吉安，未克。 January 18日至21日，湘赣边界特委、红五军军委、赣西特委在遂川于田召开联席会议。中央巡视员彭清泉参加了会议。会议研究了攻打吉安、将湘赣边特委与赣西特委合并，成立红六军等问题。同时，会议又错误地决定以武力解决袁、王问题。 February 6日至9日，毛泽东在吉安陂头主持召开四军前委，红四、五、六军军委，赣西、赣南特委联席会议。会议确定了党在当前的主要任务，并依中央指示将四军前委扩大为红四、五、六军及赣西、赣南、湘赣边等地区的指导机关，毛泽东为书记。同时，决定赣西、赣南、湘赣边特委合并为赣西南特委。原湘赣边特委管辖的区域归属赣西南特委西路行委领导。 会议以后，赣西南红色区域的土地革命、政权建设、武装斗争得到深入发展。 24日，袁文才、王佐在永新被错杀。 24日至26日，红四军、红六军第一纵队及赣西地方武装二打吉安，扫除了外围之敌。 月底，红五军再次攻克安福县城。至此，湘赣根据地已拥有永新、莲花、宁冈、泰和、遂川、安福6县。 March 22日至29日，赣西南特委在吉安县召开第一次代表大会，正式成立赣西南特委，刘士奇为书记。 本月，赣西苏维埃政府改为赣西南苏维埃政府，曾山任主席。 April 中旬，赣西南特委组织赤卫军及武装群众一两万人配合红军三打吉安，未克。 May 4日至12日，赣西南10余万地方武装和群众第四次攻打吉安，未克。 中旬，红六军改为红三军，黄公略任军长。 下旬，赣西南地方武装和群众第五次攻打吉安城，未克。 June 20日，赣西南地方武装和群众10余万人第六次攻打吉安城，未克。 July 1日，红六军在赣西南地方武装的配合下，第七次攻打吉安城，未克。 本月，红二十军在吉安县成立，曾炳春任军长，刘士奇任政委，谢汉昌任政治部主任。 August 中旬，红二十军攻克安福县城。 27日，红二十军、赣西南地方武装和数万工农群众第八次攻打吉安城，未克。 September 13日，红一方面军在株洲发布进攻吉安命令。 29日，红一方面军在袁州（今宜春）召开总前委会议，讨论攻打吉安问题。 October 4日，红一方面军会同赣西南地方武装攻克吉安城。至此，赣西南地区由零星的红色区域发展成为有统一领导的连成一片的大块革命根据地。 7日，江西省工农兵苏维埃政府宣告成立，曾山任主席。 至此，随着以永新为中心的湘赣革命根据地的形成，井冈山根据地的斗争历史结束，进入了新的历史时期。