Chapter 13 13. The sound of the bugle defeated the "Two Gunners"

The advance troops of the Central Red Army successfully crossed the Wujiang River at Huilongchang and Jiangjiekou on January 2 and January 3, 1935, respectively. The Wujiang defense line boasted by the enemy as "overlapping and solid, and safe" was instantly disintegrated. On January 4, the Red Sixth Regiment of the Red Second Division of the First Red Army accepted the task of capturing Zunyi.At this time, the enemy army guarding Zunyi was a part of the Guizhou warlord Wang Jialie.Because Guizhou is located in a remote area and the local area is very poor, when Wang Jialie ruled Guizhou, in order to raise enough military pay, he not only did not crack down on the smuggling and trading of local tobacco and soil, but also protected it in order to obtain huge profits from it.For this reason, most of Guizhou's troops smoked opium, so the Guizhou warlord Wang Jialie's troops were called "double gun soldiers", that is, rifles and opium guns.At that time, there was a saying among the enemy's troops: the Yunnan Army and the Guizhou Army had two sheep, and the Hunan Army was a wolf.Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Qian army defending Zunyi was very poor.

Zhu Shuiqiu, head of the Sixth Red Regiment, and Wang Jiji, acting political commissar, seriously considered how to capture Zunyi on the way to Zunyi. They believed that although Zunyi defended the enemy with weak combat effectiveness, the enemy was waiting for work and the terrain was familiar, so the Red Army had to take it seriously.They have made careful consideration of the deployment of troops for the siege, political work, and material security.During the march during the day, the head of the regiment Zhu Shuiqiu and the political commissar Wang Chengcheng spread the one-fifty-thousandth map on the neck of the horse, and the two began to "work on the saddle".As a result of the research, it was determined that the first and second battalions of the Red Army were assault battalions, which rushed into the city from the east and south sides of Zunyi City; the third battalion was a reserve battalion.That night, they camped in Tuanxi, 45 kilometers away from Zunyi.In the early morning of the next day, Liu Bocheng, chief of staff of the Red Army headquarters and commander of the column of the Military Commission, rushed from the headquarters.As soon as he saw Wang Jicheng's political commissar, he asked eagerly: "Are you sure about attacking Zunyi?" Instruction: "Our life is relatively difficult. It is required to fight well, with few casualties, and to save bullets. This requires more wisdom!"

On the morning of January 6, the Red Sixth Regiment marched quickly from Tuanxi to Zunyi via Longping.In the afternoon, when the Red Army troops advanced to the deep stream, the scouts reported that at a distance of 15 kilometers from Zunyi, they found the enemy's outlying stronghold with a battalion of troops stationed there.At that time, Liu Bocheng pointed out: To completely annihilate the enemies here, not one slips through the net; otherwise, leaking the news will affect the Red Army's attack on Zunyi.After research, the leaders of the Red Sixth Regiment immediately divided the troops into two groups, like a pair of pliers, quickly surrounded the Zhuangzi, and took advantage of the heavy rain to fight in. The enemy battalion commander was killed, and none of the rest slipped through the net.

In order to further understand the enemy's situation and terrain in Zunyi City, they selected a company commander and a platoon leader from among the captives to talk with a dozen soldiers from poorer backgrounds, explaining our party's policies and explaining that the Red Army is fighting against warlords and landlords. , a team for the benefit of the poor.After patiently persuading and educating the captives to eliminate their concerns, they were clearly told that the Red Army is going to attack Zunyi today, and whoever knows the situation in Zunyi should report us in detail, and rewards will be given to those who are right.When the company commander among the prisoners heard this, he stood up quickly and said: "Sir, the Red Army has treated us so well, and the villain is willing to help!" I talked about them one by one, and drew a map of the city defense.

After finding out the details of Zunyi City, Commander Zhu and Political Commissar Wang agreed to disguise themselves and go to the city to fight a cheap battle.They reported this plan to Commander Liu, and Liu Bocheng was very satisfied.In the end, it was decided that the first battalion commander Zeng Baotang would perform the play.He led the third company and the reconnaissance platoon, and selected more than 20 buglemen from the whole regiment, all dressed up as enemy soldiers, led by a dozen prisoners who had been educated and willing to serve the Red Army, and other troops followed behind. , be prepared with both hands, if you fail to cheat the city, you will attack it by force.

At around 9 o'clock in the evening, the Red Sixth Regiment set off in the heavy rain and marched for several hours. Because the road was too slippery, everyone fell a few times and turned into clay figurines. In the early morning of January 7, the heavy rain stopped when we approached Zunyi City. From the night, we saw a lamp hanging in midair.At this time, Zeng Baotang commanded the Red Army soldiers to pretend to be the Guizhou Army retreating from the front line to Zunyi City, and a good show of outwitting Zunyi City began.Wang Jiji, the political commissar of the Red Sixth Regiment at the time, wrote in his memoirs: When the defenders on the tower found Zeng Baotang and the others, the atmosphere suddenly became tense. "What are you doing?" A fierce question came from the tower, and the bolt of the gun also rattled and rattled. "My own people!" The captives captured by the Red Army replied calmly in Guizhou dialect. "Which part?" the tower asked again.The prisoner's company commander told him what the Red Army had arranged for him first.The city was still not at ease, left to question, and then questioned, and shot a few flashlights to check carefully.It was not until the defending enemy confirmed that the people under the city were "our own people" that they opened the city gate.The enemy who opened the city gate asked the comrades of the Red Army's reconnaissance platoon in panic: "Why has the Red Army already crossed the Wujiang River? They came so fast!" The soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon replied: "Yes! We have now arrived in Zunyi City." Pointing the gun at the enemy's head, he said sternly: "I tell you, we are the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army!"The curtain opened and the show began.Twenty or thirty trumpeters blew the charge horn together, and the troops of the Sixth Regiment flooded into the city. Suddenly, the city of Zunyi became lively.The passionate sound of the bugle was mixed with the thrilling gunshots, the heroic shouts of killing the enemy, and the screams of the enemy. Most of the enemies were captured before they had time to put on their clothes. Ran away.

In the early morning of January 7, Zunyi City, an important town in northern Guizhou, was captured. Before the Red Army entered the cities in northern Guizhou, in order to ensure the implementation of various policies of the workers' and peasants' democratic government, better win over and organize the masses, and expand the influence of the Red Army, the "Regulations on the Implementation of Policies Entering Cities" was formulated, requiring the Red Army troops to strictly abide by , shall not be violated. When the vanguard of the Red Army captured Zunyi, it was in the middle of the night. Instead of knocking on the doors of the masses, the Red Army soldiers rested under the eaves with weapons in their arms against the cold wind.The next day the masses got up, and when they went out, they were deeply moved when they saw the Red Army soldiers sitting under the eaves.

The Red Second Division Red Fourth Regiment led by Geng Biao and Yang Chengwu also arrived in Zunyi that morning.Yang Chengwu said: "Zunyi City, which has been baptized by battles, is bathed in the morning glow. We can see wide streets, many shops, some of which are already open for business, bright red oranges, soft cakes--there are so many beautiful things in eyes, presenting a unique scene. This made the Red Army soldiers who had been fighting in the mountains all day feel fresh, and what was even more fresh was that curious students surrounded the soldiers to see the "water horse".It turned out that in order to cover up their own incompetence, Wang Jialie's Gui army fabricated that the Red Army had "water horses" that would not sink to the bottom when crossing the river, that they did not need ladders to go up the city, and that bullets could not penetrate them.No wonder the common people flocked to watch.

On the afternoon of January 9, when the news came that the leaders of the Red Army and large troops were about to enter the city, the masses organized one after another and rushed outside the city to welcome the Red Army into the city. The Red Army is the army that protects the common people" and other slogans.Amidst the sound of firecrackers, slogans and cheers from the masses, the large troops marched into Zunyi City mightily.