Chapter 37 37. Gas stations in the Long March

Hadapu, located in the hills and river dams at the eastern foot of Minshan Mountain, with an altitude of 2280 meters, is an important town in the northwest of Longnan area.Hadapu was called Hadachuan before the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, commerce and trade flourished and many shops were set up, hence the name.It has been rich in angelica since ancient times, and it is the main producing area of ​​"Mingui", which is well-known both at home and abroad.Today, Hadapu has become a famous town of Chinese revolutionary history and culture. Hadapu has the site with the most revolutionary cultural relics displayed and the most complete preservation of the original appearance during the Red Army’s Long March in Gansu Province.The Long March Memorial Hall of the Red Army is located here, the Yihechang Pharmacy where Mao Zedong and Zhang Wentian lived; The headquarters, the Zhang family compound where He Long and Ren Bishi lived, and the five former Long March sites of the former Hadapu postal agency are important tourist attractions.A street with a length of more than 1,200 meters consisting of 382 shops - the first street of the Long March of the Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants - tells people everything that happened here.

At around 10:30 am on September 21, 1935, Mao Zedong led the Central Red Army into Hadapu.This is destined to become a place that many Red Army soldiers will never forget, because the Red Army began to live a more normal life here. The Red Army commanders and fighters who walked out of the vast grasslands and snow-capped mountains, as soon as they entered the Gannan area, suddenly heard dogs barking and rooster crowing, and saw groups of cattle and sheep on crops, cottages and fields, all of them burst into tears and felt very cordial.Hadapu is an area where the Hui and Han people live together. For more than three months, the Red Army could not understand the language of the residents in the Tibetan area. They could not even see people in the snow-capped mountains and grasslands. Now they are seen in Hadapu. Their appearance, characteristics and language are the same. It is really as kind as returning home.The Red Army knows that although there are many mountains to cross, many rivers to cross, and many battles to be fought, they will never suffer from hunger and hunger, and they will never have to retreat.

In order to quickly restore the physical strength of the Red Army, the whole army sent 1 yuan to Ocean to go shopping.Hadapu is located on the edge of Gansu Province, and the transportation is inconvenient. The products cannot be transported to the mainland, and the things are very cheap.Someone bought a lot of cloth of various colors and asked him what he did. He said cheerfully that he was happy to buy something. A lot of red silk was tied to the bugle, and a bunch of red silk almost dragged to the ground floated from the bugle.The smokers were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths. Cigarettes of single knife, double knife, white plane, Hardman and other varieties filled their pockets, and they passed each other to taste.Mao Zedong said in a speech: "Everyone should eat well." They did eat well. They only needed 5 yuan to buy a pig weighing 70 or 80 catties, 2 yuan to buy a fat sheep, and 1 yuan to buy a pig. Buy 5 chickens, 20 eggs for 10 cents, and 70 to 80 catties of vegetables for 5 yuan.Salt and flour were also replenished.The Red Army confiscated 1 ton of salt, 6 tons of flour, and a lot of rice and wheat locally.Especially the cadres and soldiers from Fujian, Jiangxi, and Hunan in the Red Army have not smelled the fragrance of rice for a long time. When they see rice and white noodles, they immediately whet their appetites.Every company slaughtered pigs and sheep, and the soldiers had three meat and two vegetables every meal. They hadn't eaten such a good meal for a long time.

This area is an area where Hui and Han people live together, and Hui people account for more than half of them.The Red Army soldiers respect the customs and religious beliefs of the Hui people, do not enter the Hui people's villages and mosques without authorization, do not borrow Hui people's utensils and drinking utensils at will, do not kill pigs in Hui people's residences, eat pork and lard, speak kindly, buy and sell fairly, and pay according to the price. There is no difference between money and money, and I have to contact the imam in advance and invite the resident people to participate in the dinner. ... The strict discipline and friendly attitude of the Red Army won the love of the local people, and the masses invited the Red Army to their homes one after another, holding the hands of the soldiers, asking questions about this and that.They served tea, rented houses, raised food, and delivered vegetables to the Red Army. They were very enthusiastic.It has been a long time since the soldiers of the Red Army have had the opportunity to speak to the masses after trekking in the snow-capped mountains and grasslands. Now, they are so happy to meet these enthusiastic masses.As soon as they talked with the folks, they chatted endlessly, as if they had endless things to say.In front of the village, in front of the field and behind the house, you can hear the laughter of five groups of Red Army soldiers and villagers everywhere.

Women in Hadapu were very surprised by the female soldiers in the Red Army. Some bold women took the initiative to talk to those female Red Army soldiers with short hair, military uniforms and pistols on their belts. Touching their breasts, and following them to the latrine... After dispelling their doubts and convinced that they were really female soldiers, they happily let the female soldiers tell stories. In Hadapu, the Red Army took a rest.The Red Army was pleasantly surprised to learn that there was actually a postal agency in Hadapu!It turns out that this area is rich in medicinal materials such as angelica, and there are many merchants.In order to communicate information, businessmen ordered many newspapers.The Red Army found a Kuomintang newspaper there, which contained the news that the "National Army" had attacked the Liu Zhidan Division of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, and shouted the slogan "suppress bandits" throughout the article.Mao Zedong read the newspaper and said excitedly: "It's done! It's done! We're almost at the base area in northern Shaanxi!" The legend they heard when they met Zhang Guotao in Lianghekou earlier turned out to be true: there was not only a branch in northern Shaanxi The ranks of the Communist Party and a Soviet base area, and Liu Zhidan, the famous revolutionary leader and down-to-earth commander of the 26th Army, is still alive and commanding his troops.The heroic 25th Army and Xu Haidong were also there.

In Hadapu, thousands of miles away from the starting point in Jiangxi, the goal of the Long March was finally clear. The next day, a meeting of cadres above the regiment was held in the Guandi Temple west of Hadapu Town.The red sun was rising in the east, and the trees in front of the ancient temple were full of war horses, and bursts of laughter came from the courtyard from time to time.Thanks to a good night's sleep, improved life, a shower and a haircut, everyone looked more refreshed.Amid the warm applause, Mao Zedong delivered an impassioned speech, which was interrupted by applause from time to time.

He first snapped his fingers and said: "Comrades, today is September 22, and in a few days it will be October in the Gregorian calendar. It has been almost a year since we left Ruijin and crossed the Yudu River last year. In the past year, we have walked They traveled more than 20,000 miles and broke through the enemy's pursuit, blockade, encirclement, and suppression countless times. Although there were still planes in the sky, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to destroy us even in his dreams, but we came here. We passed Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and Sichuan have crossed the Jinsha River, Dadu River, snow-capped mountains, grasslands, and Lazikou, and now they are sitting in the Guandi Temple in Hadapu, meeting comfortably. This in itself is a great victory!

"Comrades! Let me tell you a piece of good news. We are about to go to the base area in northern Shaanxi! Thanks to the newspapers of the Kuomintang for providing us with more detailed information about the Red Army in northern Shaanxi. There are not only Liu Zhidan's Red Army, but also Xu Haidong's. The Red Army still has base areas. If we want to resist the Japanese, we must first go to northern Shaanxi.” The audience cheered thunderously, and the applause lasted for a long time. "Support the correct line of the central government going north to resist Japan!" "Go to the Shaanxi-Gansu base!"

At the meeting, Mao Zedong officially announced an important decision.He said that in order to adapt to the new situation, the central government decided to reorganize the troops and form the Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Comrade Peng Dehuai was the commander, and I was also the political commissar. It was reorganized into the second column, and the Military Commission column was reorganized into the third column. "We had 86,000 people when we set off, and now there are only 8,000 people left. There are a little fewer people, but small has small advantages. The target is smaller and the combat flexibility is greater. There are fewer people, let alone pessimism. There are more people now than when the Fourth Red Army went down to Jinggangshan in early 1929! Victory will definitely belong to us!" Finally, Mao Zedong called on everyone with confidence: "After a long march of more than 20,000 miles, the Red Army commanders and fighters who have been fighting for a long time and are not afraid of hardships Ladies and gentlemen, you will surely be able to overcome all difficulties and reach the northern Shaanxi base with your heroic, tenacious, flexible strategies and tactics and previous combat experience!"

In Hadapu, the main force of the Red Army quickly reorganized in accordance with the instructions of the Party Central Committee and Mao Zedong.Hadapu is the turning point for the successful completion of the Long March and has become the "gas station" of the Long March.