Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Joining forces is imminent, the Fourth Front Army is preparing to meet the Central Red Army

The Minjiang River in May is already a scene of early summer.The mountains on both sides of the strait are green, the grass is green, and Azalea shows a red smile by the rock.The river wind blows on people, like an invisible piece of silk gently caressing. In the deep mountains on the west bank of the Minjiang River, there are many soldiers of the Fourth Front Army digging stones deep in the shade.They wore gray cloth military uniforms, some also wore blue ones, and wore an octagonal hat with a large brim on their heads.They hit the stone hard with "hi yo hi yo".A young soldier named Zhao Haiyun sang a northern Sichuan folk song——

"I want a wife!" a bearded soldier named Zhou Bingqing said to Zhao Haiyun. "You don't want to?" Zhao Haiyun waved the second hammer with a smile, glanced at Zhou Bingqing, and said happily. "It's useless to think about being single." Zhou Bingqing said discouragedly. Zhao Haiyun stopped swinging the hammer and said to Zhou Bingqing: "We are going to join forces with the Central Red Army. I heard that the Central Red Army is very strong, with 300,000 troops." Zhou Bingqing glanced at Zhao Haiyun: "Who said this?" Zhao Haiyun muttered and said seriously:

"You don't know yet, it was General Political Commissar Chen Changhao who said it at the meeting. The slogan 'Welcome 300,000 Central Red Army' was loudly shouted, are you deaf? Haven't heard it before!" Zhou Bingqing thought for a while and said happily: "300,000! There are a lot of people, much more than ours. There is also the Central Committee, which is more capable, and we will win battles in the future." Zhao Haiyun wiped the hot sweat from his forehead, threw it on the rock, and said happily: "Let me ask you, do you know what we do with rocks?"

"Hey! Zhao Haiyun, you're going to test me today, picking stones and boiling salt." Zhao Haiyun smiled: "I thought you really didn't know. Because you don't even know the loud slogan of welcoming 300,000 Central Red Army." In order to raise supplies for the Central Red Army, the Fourth Front Army went from house to house and mobilized the masses to raise food, wool, sheepskin, cattle and sheep, tea and other items.However, in the ethnic minority areas in this area, salt is extremely scarce, and the troops decided to mine stones in the mountains to boil salt. Not all stones can boil salt, and only one kind of white stone contains salt.Therefore, the soldiers screened the mined stones again to remove miscellaneous stones.

Salt, for the Red Army, is too precious.The Red Army has had enough of the days of eating without taste (it should be said that eating without salt).In order to meet the first army, the first thing that the fourth army thought of was to prepare salt, and if they couldn't collect it, they mobilized soldiers to throw stones to boil it. The Red Army garrison at the foot of the mountain was even more lively. Some sat on the grass and knocked on the stones brought down from the mountain, making jingling noises non-stop.They hammered stones into fine stone powder; some filled firewood in earthen stoves built on the ground.This is the "processing factory" of the Red Army salt.The soldiers were busy walking around, moving here and there, talking and laughing.They have a belief in their hearts: "Be prepared to meet the Central Red Army." The joy of the two armies' meeting is rippling everywhere in the station, permeating the deep mountains and old forests.

Far away on the edge of the grass, a middle-aged man in his 30s sat there alone, knocking on the gravel, almost unnoticed, with a long beard growing out of his mouth, and his cheeks were thin. , with sunken, dull eyes, and crumpled military uniform.He knocked silently by himself, not talking to anyone.Everyone was tired and got up to rest, but he didn't get up, just beating alone, like a lone goose. Zhao Haiyun and Zhou Bingqing carried baskets full of white stones to the site where the salt was boiled, and saw that all their comrades were resting and not working, and only one person was still sitting on the grass with his head down, knocking stones. They were surprised. Zhao Haiyun walked over and ate Surprised:

"Isn't this Political Commissar Zeng? It's been a long time since I saw him. He's so skinny." Zhou Bingqing went up to meet him, complaining: "Commissioner Zeng, who arranged for you to do this hard work?" Zeng Zhongsheng nodded to them, expressing his gratitude for their concern.Then say calmly: "I came here by myself, and I also want to do my best to welcome the Central Red Army." Zhao Haiyun asked Zeng Zhongsheng puzzled: "I heard you made a mistake?" Zeng Zhongsheng shook his head and smiled wryly. The soldiers who were knocking stones and boiling salt on the garrison surrounded Zeng Zhongsheng when they heard Zeng Zhongsheng's name.Because when they started fighting in Hubei, Henan and Anhui, they were under the leadership of Zeng Zhongsheng.After that, I gradually didn't hear his name, as if a wisp of green smoke was suddenly blown out by a gust of wind.

The soldiers were puzzled as to why the illustrious commander of the Fourth Red Army in the past had become like this today. Some are whispering: "I heard that they followed Li Lisan's line and made a mistake." "Cover up and reuse counter-revolutionaries." "I heard they are anti-Party elements." "Not only anti-party elements, but also counter-revolutionaries." While the soldiers were chattering, Zeng Zhongsheng seemed to have heard a few words clearly.He felt a little sad, like being poured with ice water in the severe winter.But he didn't want to talk to the soldiers, because in front of these soldiers who knew nothing about the "struggle" at the upper level, any explanation would be weak, and it might cause trouble.So, he decided to grit his teeth and keep tight-lipped about his affairs.

Zeng Zhongsheng stood up and said to everyone: "Comrades, do your best. The Central Red Army is coming soon, and the Party Central Committee is coming soon. Prepare more gifts for them." When Zeng Zhongsheng mentioned the Party Central Committee, his voice was particularly loud. As an old comrade and old superior, Zeng Zhongsheng felt that he should encourage the enthusiasm of the soldiers at all times.What's more, the Central Red Army that he has been thinking about day and night is coming soon.He is eagerly looking forward to the arrival of this day!Seeing the leaders of the central government, he wanted to report his problems quickly, clarify his right and wrong, and work hard for the party again.As a result, when he was guarded by Zhang Guotao, when he heard that he was quarrying and boiling salt to welcome the Central Red Army, he persuaded the soldiers guarding him to ask for leave to come to the salt-making site and start working.

Zeng Zhongsheng pinned all his hopes on the joining forces of the two armies. How much he wanted to break out of the cage, spread his wings again, and go to the battlefield to serve the party! The soldiers scooped the boiled salt from the big iron pot into the baskets one by one with wooden ladles. It was gray and white, and condensed into irregular lumps of salt.A soldier dipped a little saliva with his index finger, then wiped a piece of salt, tasted it in his mouth, and said happily: "Yo! It's quite salty, too!" One soldier clapped his hands and shouted as he clapped: "Success! Success! Now the Central Red Army has salt to eat!"

The soldiers carried the boiled salt to the general manager's department in baskets. The general manager's department (i.e., the logistics department of the Fourth Front Army) is responsible for collecting items to condolence to the Central Red Army. Highland barley and corn were being carried to the grain store, and there were some Han and Tibetan youths caught in the middle.The corn and barley in the grain station are piled up into golden hills, quickly filling the gate of the grain station.Later, the soldiers had to dump hard on the corn pile, and the corn on the high place kept sliding down, only to hear the sound of a piece of corn "crawling, clattering", like a small golden waterfall. keeps pouring down. After taking a breath, the soldiers who delivered the salt continued to walk towards the general manager's office.Along the way, they saw their comrades busy around the station.Some are making straw sandals, some are shearing fur coats, some are tearing wool, some are twisting wool, and some are learning to knit sweaters, woolen vests, and woolen socks.They thought to themselves that these comrades might be making preparations to meet the brother troops, because they had never seen them doing these things before.This area is an area where Tibetans and Hans live together, mainly Tibetans, and there are also Hui and Qiang people. They mainly raise livestock, and they mostly have cattle, sheepskins and wool, which are extremely necessary items for winter protection.If, according to Chen Changhao's propaganda, to meet the 300,000 Central Red Army, then how many things would be needed, so the soldiers of the Fourth Front Army were too busy. In order to further do a good job in welcoming the Central Red Army, Zhang Guotao convened a meeting of the general headquarters at the headquarters of the Fourth Front Army in Mao County. At the meeting, he said to everyone: "According to the report from the headquarters radio station, the army on the one hand is trying to smuggle across the Dadu River. Maybe they will end up like Shi Dakai. I hope they succeed. Judging from their strategic direction, they are determined to develop northward and join us. We The countermeasure plan should be implemented immediately. The 30th Army crossed the Minjiang River from Wenchuan. Manager Fan and Maogong pointed directly at the Dadu River and wiped out the enemy troops in this area so that the army on the one hand can cross the river safely; The Jiangyou and Pingwu front lines are withdrawn to Beichuan and Maoxian areas to deal with the enemy in this area. The Fourth Army is heading north to Songpan to serve as a barrier to the north of our army. What do you think of this deployment?" Xu Xiangqian said: "I agree with Comrade Guotao's arrangement. Since we withdrew from the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area, the enemy has followed us like a shadow. We advance one step, and the enemy follows. If our Ninth Army and Thirty-one Army withdraw to Maoxian and Beichuan, It is bound to be a fierce battle with the superior Sichuan army in the southeast of this area. These places are rich in forests and bamboos, and the mountains are high and steep. We can take advantage of this complex terrain to launch guerrilla warfare with the enemy and intercept the enemy separately." Chen Changhao said: "If the Fourth Army goes north to Songpan, Hu Zongnan's army will arrive in time, then the Fourth Army will fight fiercely with the Hu enemy in Songpan County or nearby areas. In case Hu Zongnan occupies Songpan County, the Fourth Army can control the dangerous position south of Songpan, Stretch the enemy so that they will not go south and threaten Mao County." Zhang Guotao asked Wang Shusheng, deputy commander-in-chief of the Fourth Front Army: "Comrade Shusheng, what do you think?" Wang Shusheng said: "The Central Red Army forcibly crossed the Dadu River, taking risks and encountering difficulties, which shows that they have come to join us and have a strong will. They have traveled for six or seven months, and they will inevitably suffer losses. In addition to making good military arrangements, we should also respond to the situation in terms of materials. Do a good job of responding." Fu Zhong, deputy director of the General Political Department of the Fourth Front Army, took Wang Shusheng's words and said: "The General Political Department has made some arrangements. It has mobilized the troops to make ideological and material preparations for the two armies to join forces. All troops are required to mobilize deeply at all levels, stick to combat positions, eliminate more enemies, conscientiously implement ethnic policies, and vigorously raise and donate Solace, use these practical actions to welcome the brother troops." When Fu Zhong was reporting, Zhang Guotao kept nodding in satisfaction. Xu Xiangqian added: "The climate in the northwest plateau of Sichuan is changeable, the day is warm and the night is cold. We need to raise more wool and fur to make sweaters, wool socks, and woolen vests. In addition, according to the experience of our army's western expedition, cooking utensils are easy to lose and there are not enough cooks. However, the troops are often unable to cook, which directly affects marching and combat. It is estimated that the army on the one hand will encounter the same difficulties on the way to the battle. Based on this, I propose to transfer a group of cooks from each army to bring food, Salt, cooking utensils, and move with the vanguard troops, and immediately replenish them to the army on the one hand after joining forces, and solve the problem of food first." "Yes!" The participants said in unison. Chen Changhao said: "Qianqian is very thoughtful, even taking into account the food of the Central Red Army. This is a big deal. However, it is not so easy to solve the problem of food for the 300,000 troops." This is the second time that Xu Xiangqian heard Chen Changhao talk about the 300,000 Central Red Army at the meeting. He was a little disgusted and thought that this was simply bragging, so he reminded Chen Changhao: "I'm afraid the Central Red Army doesn't have that many, so it's better to leave some room." Chen Changhao said disapprovingly: "How many are there in the Central Red Army? It's not clear now, so say more, so as to boost the morale of our army. This is called political and ideological work." Xu Xiangqian said: "Propaganda should also be based on facts." Zhang Guotao said: "How many is the Central Red Army, we will know when we join forces. Don't argue about it now, I think it will not be less than ours. Now let's study again, which army will go to support it? I am considering whether Li Xiannian will lead the 30th Army. The 88th Division and one part each of the 25th and 27th Divisions of the Ninth Army will march westward into the Xiaojinchuan area to clear the enemy and welcome the Central Red Army to go north." Chen Changhao said: "Li Xiannian's troops have always been the main force, so we have to let him take the lead." Xu Xiangqian, Wang Shusheng, and Fu Zhong all expressed no opinion. Since the Fourth Front Army withdrew from the Soviet Area in northern Sichuan, it has traveled between the mountains and rivers, up and down, dealing with the enemy's attack on the one hand, and actively preparing to meet the Central Red Army on the other hand. After the meeting, Zhang Guotao returned to his room, feeling a little strange.Since receiving the order from the central government to cross the Jialing River westward last month, he has been thinking about the future of the Fourth Front Army.Thinking of my struggles since I came to Hubei, Henan and Anhui, it was not easy to fight east and west, conquer south and north, and finally get a team of 70,000 to 80,000 horses.How much effort was spent personally, and how many lives were sacrificed by the commanders and fighters.Unforgettable battles in the past, scenes and scenes appeared in his mind unexpectedly.The most memorable are those battle scenes where life and death are thrilling and dangerous.What impressed me the most was the personal experience Wang Shusheng described to him. The degree of hardship and twists can be said to be unimaginable, and it profoundly and vividly reflects the growth and development process of the Fourth Front Army. Not long after the Northern Expedition Army occupied Wuhan in 1926, Macheng was also recovered.Wang Shusheng was studying in Macheng Middle School. He was a member of the Communist Youth League and participated in the work of the Farmers Association.Later, due to his active work, he was promoted to the captain of the Peasant Self-Defense Force.Young and vigorous, Wang Shusheng and the others are very energetic. "Down with local tyrants and evil gentry!" "Down with imperialism and warlords!"They caught the local tyrants and evil gentry and paraded in the streets wearing high hats. They were really in a hurry and changed the world. However, due to the failure of the Great Revolution in 1927, the Wuhan government announced the separation of the Communist Party, and the evil hands of the reactionaries extended to the agricultural associations in Huanggang, Huangpi, and Macheng counties in northeast Hubei.Cadres of the Agricultural Association, members of the Communist Party League, and some leftists of the Kuomintang, unwilling to be massacred by the reactionaries, ran to the Dabie Mountains in the north of Huang'an Macheng. There is no unified command, no definite course of action, and sometimes resists and sometimes hides, all out of self-consciousness and out of righteous indignation. Soon, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China instructed all localities to carry out autumn harvest riots in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Guangdong provinces.Put forward such revolutionary slogans as "dividing the land equally", "killing the local tyrants and evil gentry", "organizing workers' and peasants' Soviets".Therefore, these members of the Communist Party League and the Agricultural Association who ran out from Northeast Hubei gathered these scattered peasant teams and attacked Huang'an Macheng County.At that time, the quality of the peasant team was extremely poor and they had no combat experience.As soon as the enemy's gunshots rang out, they threw away their helmets and armor, and fled in all directions, causing heavy losses.At that time, the central government often encouraged them to riot due to the mistake of "left leaning" putschism, which was also a fundamental reason for their failure. At the end of 1927 and the beginning of 1928, white terror shrouded the northeastern part of Hubei, and the revolution was at a low ebb.Xia Douyin's thirteenth division moved to garrison around Huang'an Macheng, and Xia himself was from Macheng.Most of the officers and assistants of this division are locals, who are quite familiar with the local conditions, and colluded with the local landlord militia, causing great harm.When they caught the members of the Agricultural Association, they killed and chopped them down without mercy.Some whole families were killed, some houses were burned, bloody and horrible.The most venomous method is that it is necessary to search the mountains and clear the villages by division and division of townships, in an attempt to capture and kill all the revolutionaries.Some veteran members of the CCP and important cadres of the Agricultural Association were killed one after another, and even more farmers were killed.Facing the butcher's knives of the reactionaries, many peasants were forced to go to Liangshan and follow the peasant team up the mountain. However, the reactionary forces are strong, and the peasants' armed forces are weak, so it is difficult to fight against a powerful enemy.Some of the peasant teams were defeated, and many people buried their guns, changed their names and surnames, and fled one after another, escaping from this terrifying area.Those who cannot escape hide deep in the mountains and forests, living in caves in rocks, hiding in east and west, so as not to be killed.The peasant armed forces that Wang Shusheng joined were considered the strongest. They hid in the mountains, sheltered by trees and cliffs, and came out at night. Sometimes they concentrated their actions, sometimes they fought scatteredly, and occasionally they could wipe out a few enemies.However, due to lack of training, lack of supplies, and poor discipline, under the attack of the enemy, the team members lost a lot and fled. They were reduced from a team of more than a hundred to more than 50 people, and finally only 18 people remained. Of these 18 people, exactly half were members of the party and league members, and half were heroes of the green forest in the Dabie Mountains.When there are many people in the team, these heroes are still in the minority, and they can generally follow the rules and follow the majority of people, so as not to behave recklessly.Now that there are fewer people, they showed their true colors on a starry night in the mountains and forests. The nine bandits sat in front of Wang Shusheng and other nine Communist Party members, declaring that they wanted to negotiate.The leader of the bandits said, you Communists are fools, your life is in danger, and you talk about "land Soviets" and "communism".What we want is to eat, drink and have fun. From now on, we will no longer be fools with your Communist Party.Give us all the guns, bullets and money of the 9 of you, so that we can break up and go our own way. The well water will not violate the river water, and the river water will not violate the well water.Otherwise, we come to the high and low.Seeing that the situation was not good, the former captain of the team said to the bandits, "please give us some time, let us think about it." Wang Shusheng and the other nine got the consent of the bandits to carry out secret business.It turned out that if the gunfire of Huobin rang out, the surrounding militia groups would take the opportunity to round up and arrest them, and they might all die together.Even if the militia doesn't come, it will definitely be bad luck if they fight with those bandits who are skilled in marksmanship and familiar with the terrain.Thinking about it, they are not suitable to compete with bandits.So a policy of concessions had to be adopted.The captain had no choice but to say something nice to the bandits, asking not to fight, and promised to hand over all the money, but keep the guns and bullets to deal with the white army.After several negotiations, the result was that all the money was handed over to the bandits, and half of the bullets of all 9 people were given to the "buddy", and a compromise was obtained.When they broke up, they made a promise not to be hostile or destroy each other in the future, so the 18 people parted ways without bloodshed. After Wang Shusheng and his party separated from the bandits, they were like a group of stray wild geese helpless in the vast mountains, each one was downcast, each had only a dozen bullets, and there was no way to replenish them. , at a loss.Wang Shusheng was only a team member at the time, and he felt unspeakable distress and pain in his heart. He could only blame the captain for his incompetence. If the captain could control these bandits well, the situation would not be like this.Just when everyone was feeling desperate, one of the team members named Fu Dingyi, an old farmer's association cadre from Guangdong, offered some new hope. He advised everyone not to be pessimistic, and believed that guerrilla warfare had a future.He pointed out that the bandits will leave sooner or later, and breaking up peacefully now is a blessing among misfortunes.Thoughts are different, the pace will never be the same, and if we force ourselves together, we may encounter greater dangers.Fu Dingyi also said that he himself had accumulated some experience in guerrilla warfare when he was running the Agricultural Association in Guangdong. After a year of experience, he was quite familiar with the situation here and could help comrades solve many guerrilla difficulties.Moreover, Fu Dingyi has a special ability, good at identifying directions at night, suitable for day and night movements, and knows some tricks in the Jianghu, and can speak some slang in the Jianghu.He volunteered to try to go to Hankou to buy guns and ammunition.After listening to Fu Dingyi's words, Wang Shusheng and the others saw a glimmer of hopeless hope, cheered up one after another, and elected Fu Dingyi as the vice captain. When Wang Shusheng talked about Fu Dingyi in front of Zhang Guotao, he admired him very much, thinking that he was an outstanding figure produced by the Guangdong peasant movement. Fu Dingyi is short, honest, loyal and brave. He was originally an employee of the Guangdong Agricultural Association. During the Wuhan period, he was transferred to the Hubei Agricultural Association as an officer. hard work.Since he became the deputy captain, everything has been properly arranged, and he also taught everyone the knowledge of guerrilla warfare.Although most of the team members came from intellectual backgrounds and had fought guerrillas for a few days, they still lacked experience.Soon, Fu Dingyi firmly suggested that everyone try to rob some money so that he could go to Hankou to buy bullets.Because he deeply felt that without weapons, it would be difficult to fight against the flailing reactionaries.In order to make money, Wang Shusheng and the others were forced to live as bandits for a short period of time. Once, the captain sent Wang Shusheng and another team member to rob.The two intellectuals thought for a long time, but felt that they had nowhere to start.After much deliberation, Wang Shusheng finally thought of his own hometown, where there was a landlord who was his distant uncle.When he was a child, Wang Shusheng often went to his house, and all the paths were familiar.Wang Shusheng and another team member hid in the woods behind his uncle's house far away. When it was dark, they slipped in through the back door with their faces covered.Unexpectedly, the old woman recognized one of the two masked guests as his grandnephew Wang Shusheng, and tremblingly called out Wang Shusheng's nickname.When the Dongchuang incident happened, Wang Shusheng was immediately ashamed, his face was flushed, and his body was like sifting chaff.Naturally, this old woman is Wang Shusheng's great-uncle. After she knew their reason for coming, she turned to discuss with his son, and thought that this grand-nephew came because he was in a hurry. , if the Qingxiang regiment finds out, it will cause a lot of trouble.Better to give them what they need, and send them away.So the old woman took out a tube of Yuan Datou fifty yuan and a bag of gold and silver jewelry hidden in her secret, and told them to leave as soon as possible.At this time, Wang Shusheng couldn't bear to take away the bag of jewellery, he only took the tube of ocean, and blurted out "Thank you for your family", then he and his companions hurriedly slipped away through the back door. Fu Dingyi took the money that the team members had robbed several times, and went to Hankou alone to purchase guns and ammunition.It is a very dangerous job for a Cantonese-speaking person like Fu Dingyi to go to Wuhan to buy weapons, which makes the team members worry about it.But Fu Dingyi was quite confident. When he left, he said with confidence that he would be able to complete the mission and return within 10 days.After Fu Dingyi left in secret, the team members looked forward to it. On the 10th day, there was no news. Most of the team members were worried about his safety, and some people suspected that Fu Dingyi was a liar. .But on the evening of the 11th day, Fu Dingyi came back with two new shell guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and the whole team was very excited. It turned out that Fu Dingyi did not take the main road at all and seldom took the small road on the way back and forth to Hankou. After checking, I didn't even meet a pedestrian.When he was hungry, he ate some melons and fruits in the fields. When he was thirsty, he drank a mouthful of mountain springs. During Fu Dingyi's stay in Hankou, he found his fellow countryman in Guangdong by using the same method as the rivers and lakes, and introduced him to contact with Japanese arms dealers, which led to the deal. Because Wang Shusheng and the others were able to buy arms, their backs seemed to be hardened, and their ideas changed accordingly.So they planned how to expand their strength and how to take action.They quickly spread the good news, asking those comrades who were hiding to take out their buried guns, gold and silver, and join the team again.And the comrades know that the bullets they lack can be supplemented with ideas, and they can expect to get new guns, so they feel more at ease than before, more motivated than before, full of hope, so everyone is willing to participate in the struggle, Their team then gradually expanded. From then on, Fu Dingyi devoted himself to the task of traveling to Hankou, running at least twice a month, sometimes with an assistant.In the wind and rain, in the cold and hot weather, I never rest.After running like this for half a year, he added more than 30 short guns and various bullets to the army; he also bought compass, binoculars, pocket watches, and emergency medicines, etc., so that a hopeless and on the verge of dissolution of the peasant team regained Great vitality, vigorously fighting in the heart of the Dabie Mountains. Fu Dingyi's purchase of weapons not only added endless strength to the team and improved the fighting courage of the team members, but also restored their relationship with the party organization in the white area and established a communication line through his comings and goings.From then on, the peasant armed force that Wang Shusheng belonged to won the leadership of the Central Committee and the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and became a regular Red Army armed force. Fu Dingyi also wanted to purchase more weapons to arm this peasant team.He has a plan in his heart, and he will use his feet and hands to complete it step by step.On his exhausted journey to and from Hankou, he never came back once. His plan was not fully completed, so he was caught and killed by the Kuomintang on the way. In the spring of 1929, the Jianggui War broke out in Wuhan, and the garrisons in Qiliping Town in Huang'an County and Zhangdian Town in the north of Macheng withdrew.Therefore, Wang Shusheng and his team began to attack the militia and continued to win.They finally occupied some villages, organized Soviets, and mobilized peasants to fight local tyrants to divide their fields. This summer, the guerrilla team that Wang Shusheng joined expanded to more than 300 people. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China appointed Xu Xiangqian to lead them and become their captain.Xu Xiangqian organized the brigade into three squadrons, and Wang Shusheng was promoted to the leader of one of them.Xu Xiangqian, a graduate of the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, taught them a lot of military knowledge and gave full play to his superior military genius to guide them in guerrilla warfare.Since then, their military operations have been successful, and the number of troops in the brigade has also increased rapidly, from a few hundred to one or two thousand. The Soviet area has also expanded accordingly, and comrades from other places have also gathered here. Zhang Guotao recalled the past events of these revolutionary creations told to him by his subordinates, and he was always excited.Now, with this 80,000 army that has been gathered from all walks of life and has been continuously expanded and developed under his leadership, he has no base to rely on, and leaves the Sichuan-Shanxi Soviet Area for another arduous battle. Meet up.In the future, how will you continue to walk?I hope that there will be no differences with the Central Red Army, and we will help each other, work together, and tide over the difficulties.The fact that the Central Red Army was forced to break out of the siege and march westward shows that there are some problems with the CCP's political line. After the two armies join forces, they will conduct a review to help the central government correct its political line so that it will not go astray and it is difficult to extricate itself.Zhang Guotao thought a lot. He was looking forward to the meeting, but he was worried that after the meeting, the opinions would not be unified and discord would arise.He has been in conflict.But he has a very strong concept, that is, no matter what, at any time, he must stick to his own ideas.