Chapter 21 The Prototype of Chapter Nine "From Slave to General"——Luo Binghui

The protagonist of the movie "From Slave to General" is based on Luo Binghui, who served as the commander of the Ninth Red Army during the Long March of the Red Army.The Ninth Red Army led by Luo Binghui is known for being small, capable and maneuverable. It is known as the "strategic cavalry" and often undertakes independent combat missions during the Long March. On March 26, 1935, Luo Binghui's regiment commander and He Changgong's political commissar received a telegram from Commander-in-Chief Zhu De, ordering them to stay on the north bank of the Wujiang River to contain the enemy's "pursuing and suppressing army", and actively feigned an attack in the area of ​​Fengxiangba, pretending to be aggressive, Cover the main force of the Red Army to break through the natural danger of Wujiang River.As a result, the Ninth Red Army began to act alone, preparing food and stretchers with great fanfare, and dispatched small groups of rangers to harass the enemy one after another, posing as a "main force" and deliberately showing various "signs" that it was going to Northwest Hunan to join the Second Red Army ", make the enemy go up to Jun.

A few days later, the main force of the Red Army took advantage of the fact that the enemy had not yet figured out the main direction of pursuit and suppression, and skillfully crossed the Wujiang River south, jumping out of the encirclement circle carefully planned by Chiang Kai-shek.At this time, the Military Commission urgently ordered the Ninth Red Army to move southward day and night, and must rush to the sandy soil at 8 o'clock the next day, and follow the main force across the river. At that time, the liaison officers sent by the central government will respond. Luo Binghui led the troops to march towards the sand overnight without stopping.

Guizhou's climate and terrain are known as "the sky is never sunny for three days, and the land is never three feet flat."Rugged roads are difficult to walk on, and it is even more difficult to walk in the dark at night.It happened that it rained again during the march, and when we finally arrived at the sandy soil, it was already 6 hours behind the appointed time.There was no trace of the liaison officer, and the pontoon bridge erected by the main Red Army to cross the river had been dismantled, and the enemy army, which was five times the size of the Ninth Red Army, seized the crossing point in the front and approached aggressively from behind. The situation was very critical!

Even though Luo Binghui, a burly man, is clearly feeling the pressure of the heavy burden on his shoulders at this moment. But when I thought that the Ninth Red Army had restrained so many enemies and relieved the pressure on the Central Red Army, I felt relieved. "Just stay on the north bank of the Wujiang River and fight independently, continue to contain the enemy forces, and look for opportunities to eliminate some of them." His idea coincided with He Changgong's political commissar, and was approved by other leaders of the legion. A military map lay flat on the ground.Luo Binghui held an emergency meeting on the spot to deploy the next step.

"The Central Army of the Kuomintang is blocking the enemy head-on, and the Guizhou Army is chasing behind. We circled east and then turned west, making the Central Army uncertain and hesitant, and then concentrated our forces to ambush the Guizhou Army here." Luo Binghui motioned everyone to look at the map , his finger rested on the spot marked "Old Wooden Hole" to the west of the sandy soil. Laomukong is a small town in Jinsha County, surrounded by rolling hills and bushes.After a day and night of rapid march, the Ninth Red Army arrived here without anyone noticing and set up an ambush.A few hours passed, and there was no movement of the enemy army. Some soldiers lost their composure and whispered: "What if the enemy doesn't pass here?" Yes." An old soldier who followed Luo Binghui's Ji'an Uprising said confidently.Just as he was talking, a sharp-eyed soldier yelled towards the north: "Cao Cao Cao Cao is coming, this is not coming." The soldiers all opened their eyes wide, watching the Guizhou army who was lazily coming.This is a team of "Double Spearmen" with rifles on their shoulders and heavy smoking guns on their waists. There is a long queue, and the number of them is more than that of the Ninth Red Army in ambushes. "Don't worry, fight again when you get close." Luo Binghui reminded his subordinates.

It was noon, and the "Double Gunners" began to enter the ambush circle.They were listless and seemed to be addicted to cigarettes.Hearing Luo Binghui's order, the soldiers shot out flames from their guns, and rushed towards the enemy like a tiger descending a mountain.The enemy suddenly became a mess, dropped their pipes and picked up their rifles one after another, relying on the small hills on the side of the road to resist. The two sides fought fiercely for more than 3 hours and were in a stalemate.The Red Ninth Army, which is at a numerical disadvantage, does not have enough reserves to launch a new and more violent attack.Luo Binghui frowned, and suddenly came to his mind: "Shoot a snake and hit seven inches." He gathered the regiment's guard battalion and the newly established recruit battalion, turned around to the enemy's back, and unexpectedly slammed into the enemy's command organization. rush.The Guizhou army was caught off guard, and the chief of staff was seriously injured and had to lead his troops to flee in a hurry.Amidst the howling charge horns, the Red Army soldiers took advantage of the victory and pursued them for more than 5 miles in one go.At dusk, the battle ended victoriously.With the strength of 3 regiments, the Ninth Red Army defeated 5 regiments of the Guizhou Army, captured more than 1,800 enemies, handed over more than a thousand guns, and fought a beautiful battle to turn the crisis into peace.

When the news reached the headquarters of the Military Commission, Vice Chairman Zhou Enlai was delighted and said, "The 'Strategic Cavalry' deserves its reputation!" Luo Binghui's hometown is in Yiliang County, Yunnan Province, which is an area where Han, Yi and other ethnic groups live together between southern Sichuan and western Guizhou.Known as the "General of Yunnan", Luo Binghui and his Ninth Red Army marched towards Piaoerjing in western Guizhou after defeating the enemy in Laomukong. Piaoerjing is a salt-producing area, and there is a salt police brigade of more than 500 people stationed there.At dawn that day, the sentry of the Salt Police Team suddenly noticed a troop walking swaggeringly, wearing the uniform of the Kuomintang army, and the leader seemed to be a general.Before he had time to ask questions, the "general" yelled unhappily: "Didn't you see me coming? Haven't assembled a team to meet you!" The sentinel had never seen such a big officer before, and he was so frightened. Said: "Yes! Yes!" Leading the team into the camp of the Salt Police Brigade, he shouted: "Get up, the general is coming, and greet you!" It was very neat, and he was the first to run out of the house to report to the "general". "Assemble the team quickly." The general said unhurriedly.

A salt police brigade of more than 500 people lined up, and many people were still in shock.The captain of the salt police seemed to notice something was wrong, and reached out to pull out the shell gun on his waist.Hearing a "bang", flowers bloomed on his hands, and the rest of the salt police were stunned, and only woke up like a dream after being stunned for a while. It turned out that this team wearing Kuomintang military uniforms was a reconnaissance squad sent by Luo Binghui, and the leading "general" was the company commander of the Legion's reconnaissance company.In this way, the Red Army only fired one shot and seized more than 500 guns.

The Ninth Red Army took a rest in Piao'er, and at the same time mobilized the masses to fight against local tyrants and evil gentry, and distributed grain and salt to the poor people.The local Miao and Yi compatriots have deep prejudices against the Han people because they have been bullied by the KMT government for a long time.The Red Army had just arrived, and these ethnic minority armed forces were very wary, and some were instigated by bad guys and even fought coldly.Luo Binghui and other legion leaders personally came forward to do the work of the ethnic minority leaders, gave them dozens of guns and some ammunition, and gained their trust.Some ethnic minority youths heard that General Luo Binghui was also a child of the Yi nationality, and they all asked to follow General Luo to start a revolution, and they enthusiastically joined the army.

Led by Luo Binghui, the Ninth Red Army, which had been rested and replenished, was on the way to pursue the main Red Army.At this time, a telegram was received from the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, requiring the Ninth Red Army to coordinate with the Central Red Army's combat operations in Yunnan and continue to act alone in order to attract the "pursuing and suppressing army" to the north; then enter Yunnan and join forces at the Jinsha River ferry.Luo Binghui, who knew the terrain and the enemy's situation well in this area, led his troops to circle the enemy in western Guizhou.With the help of the local people, they crossed the Beipan River calmly through the natural bridge - Tiger Leaping Stone, and entered Yunnan territory without firing a single shot or a single boat.

Setting foot on the land of his hometown, Luo Binghui was full of emotions.When he was 17 years old, with the determination to avenge the landlord bully who cruelly oppressed the people, he walked for 17 days to the provincial capital Kunming to find a way to become a soldier.Unaccompanied, he hit a wall all the way, but thanks to the help of a kind-hearted man, he was able to work as a cook in an artillery battalion. In order to become a formal soldier, he became a groom, because the horse is not easy to get close to the officer.During a field exercise, a fierce horse carrying cannonballs was frightened and ran wildly. Luo Binghui rushed forward desperately, holding on to the rein tightly, and was dragged by the fierce horse for tens of meters without letting go, and finally subdued the fierce horse.An officer who learned of this admired his bravery and promised to add his name when recruiting recruits.With his hard work, hard work, and meritorious service in combat, he grew up step by step from a low-ranking candidate in the Yunnan Army to a major and battalion commander.During this period, he moved to Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi and other places, was injured many times, and was even held a memorial service, and miraculously returned to the army.However, all this has not changed the fate of the poor still suffering from poverty, the old father being imprisoned for wrongful death, and the wife being forced to remarry to pay off debts. In the summer of 1929, Luo Binghui, then captain of Ji'an Jingwei (Security) Battalion in southern Jiangxi, secretly joined the Communist Party. In the winter of the same year, he led an uprising. "'Yunnan General' is back!" When the Ninth Red Army Corps entered the Xuanwei and Banqiao areas near Yiliang County, the villagers rushed to tell each other.It is very convenient for Red Army soldiers to raise food and funds locally, recruit recruits, and scout the enemy's situation.They also affectionately called Luo Binghui "Yunnan General", and called the trip to Yunnan "coming to our 'Yunnan General''s hometown". At this time, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission ordered the Ninth Red Army to occupy the Dongchuan line in the northeast of Kunming to cover the main Red Army across the Jinsha River.Luo Binghui led this "strategic cavalry" to advance towards Dongchuan immediately.According to a regiment of the enemy army guarding Dongchuan, they heard that "General Yunnan" led the Red Army back, and immediately sent representatives to negotiate, and they voluntarily put down their weapons and surrendered. On May 9, 1935, the main Red Army successfully crossed the Jinsha River.After completing the cover mission, the Ninth Red Army also successfully crossed the river in the area west of Dongchuan.This is a major victory of decisive significance in the Red Army's Long March. The Red Ninth Army Corps crossing the Jinsha River has provoked the heavy burden of the main Red Army defender.The resourceful and decisive Luo Binghui directed the shipwreck and bridge demolition, and expanded his troops along the way, making this "Old Ninth", which ranks last among the Red Army regiments, impressive. Not long after crossing the river, Luo Binghui sent a reinforcement company to Qiaojia County on the east bank of the river the day before the Kuomintang army, collected all the boats, and brought them to the west bank; Sink into the river and pay the owner compensation on the spot.When the enemy's "pursuing and suppressing army" rushed to the banks of the Jinsha River, they had to look at the river and sigh.The Central Red Army was able to rest and continue to march north. "The water in Jinsha beats the clouds and the cliffs are warm, and the iron cables across the Dadu Bridge are cold." In order to cover the Central Red Army's rush to cross the Dadu River, Luo Binghui led the Ninth Red Army to fight a guerrilla on the west bank of the Jinsha River, and seized the opportunity to eat two of the Sichuan warlord Liu Wenhui. camp.Then cross the Liangshan Yi-inhabited area, follow the northward route of the Central Red Army, and advance to Xichang.There, several big "leaders" of the Yi nationality were rescued from the Kuomintang prison. Luo Binghui, known as the general of the Yi nationality, played his unique advantages and persuaded them to support the Red Army to go north to fight against Japan.The "headmen" in cow-hair ponchos sent word to their villages. As a result, the Yi people not only did not stop the Red Army, but also sent roosters, goats and hada to see the Red Army off enthusiastically, and some simply joined the Red Army with the team. When the Central Red Army rushed to cross the Dadu River at Anshunchang, and then flew to seize the Huding Bridge, the Ninth Red Army received an order to replace the First Army and stick to the strategic Huding Bridge. The Huding Railway Cable Bridge, built in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, is the only bridge passage on the Dadu River, and it is also the lifeline for the Red Army to move forward and retreat across the Dadu River.The enemy knew that in order to catch up with the Red Army, they had to take back the Huding Bridge, so they kept increasing their troops.The Red Ninth Army, which had been holding on for a week, received information that a Kuomintang central army had entered Anshunchang, where they would cross the river and attack our bridge guard troops.Luo Binghui and other legion leaders began to consider demolishing the bridge just in case.The Military Commission had instructed them to report 4 hours in advance if they wanted to destroy the bridge. However, the military situation was urgent and it was not too late. "I will not accept the order of my king." Under the auspices of Luo Binghui's army commander and He Changgong's political commissar, the enlarged meeting of the party committee of the Ninth Red Army Corps made a decision to immediately implement a limited bridge-breaking operation and report to the Military Commission at the same time. Why limit the broken bridge?Because demolition of bridges is easy and difficult to build, the Huding Bridge is the throat from the hinterland of Sichuan to the Kangzang Plateau. If it is completely destroyed, it will bring a lot of inconvenience to the people and cause dissatisfaction. Nine thick iron cables traverse the river.The waves rolled under the iron chain, which was extremely thrilling.Political commissar He Changgong personally led the bridge guarding troops to saw off one of the nine iron cables every two, and kept six.In this way, the enemy can only walk through at most one battalion of troops every day, which is not enough to pose a threat to the Red Army.Luo Binghui led the main force of the legion to evacuate Shanghai Dingqiao first, and went straight to the upper reaches of the Tianquan River to pursue the main Red Army. Afterwards, the Ninth Red Army's measure of breaking the bridge was praised by Commander-in-Chief Zhu and other leaders of the Military Commission. Chief of Staff Liu Bocheng explained that the reason why it was originally stipulated that the bridge must be broken 4 hours in advance is because there is still a way to retreat in case the northward movement is blocked.Now the actions of the Red Ninth Army have helped the Military Commission make up its mind. This is a correct and decisive choice.When some old comrades of the central government saw Luo Binghui and He Changgong later, they all extended their thumbs up and praised: "You 'little old nine' are really good!" When Luo Binghui led the Ninth Red Army from Huding Bridge to the vicinity of Zishiguan in the northeast, the main Red Army encountered enemy interception in Tianquan City.In order to clear the obstacles to the north, the Red First Army will attack from the south.The Military Commission ordered the Ninth Red Army Corps to detour back to the north of Tianquan City overnight without paying any price, and conquer Tianquan City with a north-south attack. Luo Binghui received this urgent telegram on a stretcher.He was suffering from a bad cold, with a high fever that persisted for several days, and his muscles and bones seemed to be falling apart. "Call the leading cadres above the company immediately!" He jumped up from the stretcher and said to Chief of Staff Guo Tianmin.Luo Binghui, who was dizzy and weak in limbs just now, seemed to be much more energetic now. When the cadres came one after another, Luo Binghui issued one order after another: the reconnaissance staff immediately took a small team to find out the marching route; the democracy movement officer took a few people to find a guide who was familiar with Tianquan City... "Comrades, we can't go back to Huding Bridge. The Ninth Red Army Corps, no, the only way for the entire Red Army is to go north. Only by breaking through Tianquan City can there be a way out!" Luo Binghui made a brief but powerful mobilization, and participated in the The cadres at the meeting deeply felt the key significance of this battle, and until they set off for the rapid march, the decisive concluding words of the army commander still echoed in their ears: "Only win, not lose, the time has come to test us!" High in the south and low in the south, there is a steep barrier called Tianxianguan in the north of the city.The enemy defending the city did not know that a Red Army team was approaching Tianxianguan, so the main defense was deployed to the south.The two main battalions of the Ninth Army Corps, wearing the stars and wearing the moon, crossed the mountains and ridges, bypassed the pass defended by the enemy, waded across the shallow part of the upper reaches of the Tianquan River, and went straight to the Tianxian Pass. At this time, the Red First Army had already launched an attack in the south of Tianquan City.Luo Binghui issued an attack order in time.The enemy army at Tianxianguan was looking south to watch the excitement, but the Red Army "falling from the sky" behind them panicked and kept asking for support.Tianquan defends the enemy, loses sight of the other, and is defeated.The Red Ninth Army and the Red First Army successfully joined forces in Tianquan City! Regardless of saying a few words of greeting, the two Red Army troops took advantage of the victory and pursued until the beautiful morning glow rose in the east. There was a roar in the sky.Unwilling to fail, the Kuomintang army sent 6 planes to straf and bomb Tianquan City.However, all of this was of no avail, so he had to return singing an elegy. The sound of gunfire, artillery and the roar of aircraft gradually subsided, and the cheers of victory resounded throughout the city.Luo Binghui, who was standing on the gate of heaven, had a gratified smile on his face, suddenly felt his eyes darkened, his strength was exhausted, and he fainted on the ground.Chief of Staff Guo Tianmin shouted urgently: "Hygienist! Hygienist!" After first aid, Luo Binghui, who was lying on the stretcher again, slowly came to life. "We have finally completed the task assigned by the Military Commission." He muttered to himself. "Yes, the Military Commission wants to reward us!" Chief of Staff Guo Tianmin then told the army commander: "The vanguard troops have already contacted the central government, and some troops led by Political Commissar He have already arrived there after completing the task of breaking the bridge." Legion Commander, your phone number." Just as he was speaking, a staff officer came to report.The phone call was made by He Changgong's Political Commissar, who excitedly reported good news to Luo Binghui: "Vice Chairman Zhou came to our army in person to express his condolences, and he asked me to convey his greetings to you!" The phone also said that Vice Chairman Zhou Enlai once again On behalf of the Military Commission, he affirmed and praised the Ninth Red Army Corps for their excellent performance in performing separate tasks during the Long March.In order to reward our "strategic cavalry", he specially made chicken noodles, which are delicious! The commanders and fighters of the Ninth Red Army who were still cleaning up the battlefield at Tianxianguan were encouraged by the news, and Luo Binghui's illness also improved a lot. "What should we express to the central government?" He knew that the Red Army's supplies, money and food are very scarce at present, but he still suggested to the Legion Party Committee: "Should we take 30,000 yuan from the cash raised by the Legion along the way, plus a few Send ten mules and horses and a batch of goods to the central government?" This proposal was approved by everyone. "It's really sending charcoal in the snow!" The comrades of the central government were full of praise when they received the money, mules and goods.The spirit of the Ninth Red Army Corps consciously taking care of the overall situation has become a good story for a while. Early summer.Jiajin Mountain, the main peak of the Qionglai Mountains at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, is still covered with pure white snowflakes.Another flow of people appeared on the snow-covered peaks all year round. The bright red flags and red cap badges stood out against the white snow, like burning flames and flames.The Ninth Red Army led by Luo Binghui, as the rear guard of the Red Front Army, is following the main Red Army over the mountain.Although his body has not fully recovered, he still walks in the middle of the team in high spirits, giving encouragement to the troops. Shortly after the First Red Army and the Fourth Front Army successfully joined forces in the Maogong (now Xiaojin) area, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission decided to divide the Red Army into two armies, left and right: the right army targeted Ban You and was led by Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Wang Jiaxiang; The left army took Aba as the marching target, led by Zhu De and Zhang Guotao, and then joined up in Brazil on the Sichuan-Gansu border.The Red Ninth Army was assigned to the Left Army, and its designation was changed to the Red Thirty-Second Army, because most of the Left Army was composed of the original Red Fourth Front Army, and the Red Fourth Front Army did not have a legion organization. Luo Binghui and other leaders of the Ninth Red Army Corps resolutely obeyed the decision of the Military Commission. However, what puzzled them was that the only radio station was transferred away, and the password and personnel of the radio station were also changed. contact directly.What made them even more anxious was that after the troops arrived in Aba, they stayed still and did not go to Brazil to join forces with the right army.It was later learned that Zhang Guotao, relying on the large number of soldiers on the four fronts of the Red Army, launched separatist activities and established a separate "Central Committee". At this time, the Red Thirty-two Army, which was on standby for training on the front lines of Zhuo Keji, Malkang and Songgang, received Zhang Guotao's order to abandon the original plan to go north and go south to Tianquan, Lushan and Mingshan.Luo Binghui, He Changgong and other leaders thought over and over again, thinking that a small split could not be followed by a big split. Out of helplessness, they led their troops south according to the order. Soon, He Changgong, the political commissar of the military, and Huang Huoqing, director of the Political Department, were all transferred away, and Luo Binghui felt alone in the Red Thirty-two Army.Hearing that the Second Red Army and the Sixth Red Army led by He Long and Ren Bishi were coming to Chuankang from western Hunan, and would join the Fourth Red Army, Luo Binghui eagerly looked forward to the early arrival of this day.He led the 32nd Red Army from Ganzi in the northwest corner of Xikang to Lihua (Litang) south to meet the vanguard of the 2nd and 6th Red Army. At the beginning of July 1936, the Second Red Army and the Sixth Red Army joined forces with the Fourth Red Front Army in Ganzi, and soon established the Second Red Front Army in accordance with the central decision.After the Red Thirty-Second Army led by Luo Binghui was assigned to the Red Fourth Front Army, Zhang Guotao wanted to disband it.He Long had heard about Zhang Guotao's behavior of splitting the small circle for a long time, so he suggested that the Red Thirty-two Army belong to the Red Second Front Army, which was approved.When Luo Binghui heard the news, he let out a long sigh of relief. After arriving in northern Shaanxi, Luo Binghui reunited with Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and other central leaders after a long absence, and was very excited. He made self-criticism for the Red Thirty-two Army's helplessness to follow Zhang Guozhu to the south, but Mao Zedong praised: "You have made military exploits! Zhang Guotao's split has nothing to do with you; you are right not to engage in small splits after the big split. Yes. Now someone is gossiping about you, we know that, you just don’t listen to it!" Mao Zedong was very concerned about this "Yi general". Ten years later, when he learned that Luo Binghui, who served as the deputy commander of the New Fourth Army on the front line in East China, was unwell, he wrote in person: "You are sick, and you should rest and recuperate. It is very important to keep the green hills." Unfortunately, On June 21, 1947, Luo Binghui, who was sick from overwork, died at his job at the age of 49. In the message of condolence, the Party Central Committee spoke highly of his glorious life: "Comrade Binghui joined the Yunnan Army in his early years and participated in the revolutionary war of the Northern Expedition. In the civil war after the failure of the Great Revolution, he led the Jiangxi Ji'an Uprising in the winter of 1929 and worked tirelessly for the cause of people's liberation. In the War of Resistance Against Japan, he led the Second Division of the New Fourth Army After the war against the enemy in eastern Anhui, he created the liberated area in eastern Anhui, especially for his meritorious service. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China mourns his death with grief."