Chapter 76 Open up the Zhaojin Revolutionary Base

On December 24, 1932, the Shaanxi-Gansu guerrillas of the Red Army went north to Jiaojiao Village in Yangjiadianzi, Yijun, held a military meeting, and elected Wang Shitai as the head of the second regiment of the 26th Army of the Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants , And held a grand ceremony for the founding of the Red Twenty-sixth Army. At the same time, a declaration and a telegram were issued, affirming the nature, purpose, tasks and discipline of the Red Twenty-sixth Army, and calling on the masses to support the Red Army.Establish a democratic government of workers and peasants. However, at the important moment when the Red Twenty-Sixth Army was formally established and opened up the Zhaojin Revolutionary Base.Du Heng, however, regarded himself as an imperial envoy, pursued a "left" opportunist line, rejected the leadership of Liu Zhidan and other comrades in the army, and forcibly transferred Comrades Xie Zichang and Yan Hongyan from the army to the Shanghai Central Committee for training, which seriously weakened the leadership of the army.Liu Zhidan persisted in his work under the difficult conditions of being excluded, showing the communists' open mind and indomitable revolutionary will.

The second regiment of the Red Twenty-sixth Army is composed as follows: Head: Wang Shitai Political Commissar of the Youth League: Du Heng (concurrently) Chief of Staff of the Regiment: Zheng Yi Chief of Staff of the Regiment: Yang Chongyuan Director of the group manager: Liu Yueshan Director of regiment management: Yang Qi Chief of Political Department of the regiment: Liu Zhidan Learn from the camp and learn from each other: Jeff Li Political Commissar: Wang Feng Secretary of the Youth League Committee: Shi Keshou Cavalry Company Commander: Cao Shengrong Cavalry Company Instructor: Zhang Xiushan

Infantry Company Commander: Li Yafu Infantry Company Instructor: Shuang Bingrong Captain of the Young Pioneers: Wang Youfu Young Pioneers Instructor: Wei Wu The reorganized Second Regiment of the 26th Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army has a total of more than 200 people and is fully equipped with guns and ammunition.After the Red Twenty-Sixth Army was formally established.That is to say, under the close coordination of the guerrillas in the Zhaojin area, and in accordance with the deployment of the Central Committee and the Provincial Party Committee, implement the plan to use revolutionary armed forces to open up the Zhaojin revolutionary base in the new Soviet area on the Shaanxi-Gansu border.

The Red Twenty-Sixth Army first focused its attack on the reactionary militia groups in and around the Zhaojin area in order to destroy their strongholds and reactionary government organs.On December 26, 1932, the 26th Red Army marched eastward with swift movements.He went straight to Jiaojiaping and wiped out all the reactionary militias in one fell swoop, winning the first battle.Then, the Red Twenty-Sixth Army marched westward, attacked Zhaojin and Xunyi militias, and rushed south to attack Chunhua, smashing the two towns of Tiewang and Tongrun, sweeping the reactionary forces in the hinterland of Zhaojin and its surroundings, and initially clarified the situation of Zhaojin. The environment of the gold revolutionary base.

In the process of opening up the Zhaojin revolutionary base area, Du Heng pursued "Left" opportunism in politics and adventurism in the military. The Miaowan Xia Yushan (Xia Laoyao) Militia, which was strong and well-defended and had a united front relationship and cooperation agreement with the Red Army, lost the battle and suffered heavy losses, which aroused serious dissatisfaction among the commanders and fighters towards Sheheng. In late March, the 26th Red Army marched eastward to Tongguan (now Tongchuan) County and captured Jinsuo according to the "Instruction Letter" issued by the Provincial Party Committee on March 15 about stepping up the creation of a new Soviet area on the Shaanxi-Gansu border with Zhaojin as the center. Guan, cut off the Chengyu Highway; after that, turned to go south.Cooperated with the Weibei guerrillas and wiped out a platoon of the enemy's regular army in the Xinzi District of Sanyuan; on April 5, the Red Twenty-six Army surprised the Jinghuiqu Diaoerzui militia and seized a batch of cabins and explosives; on the way back to the division , and destroyed the stronghold of the Nancunbao militia group in Chunhua County; on April 13, the Xunyi team of Tuqiao Town, Xunyi was annihilated, and then they won consecutive battles, annihilating the militia groups in Longma and Gaocun, Chenxian County.

The victory of the Red Twenty-Sixth Army's external battles consolidated the outer positions of the base area, and gradually formed a center with Xuejiazhai as the center, reaching Hujiaxiang and Gaoshanhuai in the east, Qijieshi and Huanghua Mountain in the west, and Duantouchuan and Wangjia in the north. Gou, south to Laoniupo, Taoquyuan, across the boundary of Yaoxian, Chunhua, and Xunyi counties, the Zhaojin revolutionary armed separatist area covers an area of ​​about 5,000 square miles.So far, the Shaanxi-Gansu Bianzhaojin Revolutionary Base has been initially formed.