Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Four

Turn around.Wan Tao arrived at the Fourth Red Army, and after meeting with He Long, he conveyed the instruction of the West Hubei Special Committee requesting the Fourth Red Army to go east to Honghu to join the Sixth Red Army. To prepare for the eastward reunion, the Hefeng Central County Committee was organized, with Jiang Yifu as the secretary, responsible for leading various tasks in the Hunan-Hubei border Soviet area.And some backbones were drawn from the Fourth Red Army to form an independent regiment, plus 2,000 local guerrillas, as the Hunan-Hubei border armed force. The independent regiment head He Bingnan, deputy head Wen Nanfu, and Sanghe guerrilla detachment leader He Peiqin , the Fifth Route Commander Chen Lianzhen and other departments, these troops stayed on the border of Hunan and Hubei, and were unified under the command of the Joint Defense Commander He Ying.

The Fourth Red Army was also reorganized into two divisions, Wang Bingnan, commander of the fourth division, and Lu Dongsheng, commander of the seventh division, with a total of 4,000 soldiers. He Ying led the guerrillas to stay on the mountain. When the Fourth Red Army set off eastward, in the name of the Hefeng Soviet government, it borrowed 20,000 hangers (approximately 10,000 silver dollars) from the residents of Hefeng Chengguan as the starting fee. In early March 1930, He Long led the Fourth Red Army to leave Hefeng and head east to Honghu Lake to join the Sixth Red Army.After starting from Hefeng City, the troops left Wuyang to Ziqiu. They originally planned to go down from Yuyang Guandong, and then via Changyang, Yidu, and Songzi to join the Public Security Army and the Sixth Red Army.Unexpectedly, when the troops approached Yuyangguan, they were blocked by three regiments of Guo Rudong's Department of the 26th Division of the Kuomintang Sichuan Army.It turned out that Guo Jun got He Long's intention to send his troops east to Honghu Lake, so he drove his troops to stop him.After hearing the news, He Long avoided the main force of the enemy and decided to return to the army to capture Wufeng.After destroying part of the enemy army, Wufeng County was occupied.Guo Rudong's troops were still chasing after him, and went straight to Wufeng.He Long saw that Guo's army was powerful, and if he fought recklessly, he would suffer losses. He decided to "avoid his edge and take advantage of his unpreparedness", so he returned to Hefeng at the end of March, planning to divert his route eastward.

In April, the Hunan-Hubei Front Committee learned that the warlords Chiang Kai-shek, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, and Li Zongren were about to start a melee, and that Guo Rudong, the Kuomintang Sichuan Army stationed in Shimen, Songzi, and Wufeng, had withdrawn from western Hubei. It was decided to solve Sun Junfeng's regiment defense in Wufengwantan before going east, on the one hand to open up the eastward passage, and on the other hand to relieve future troubles. On April 18, 1930, the Fourth Red Army marched eastward for the second time from Hefeng.And Sun's "Zhongying" sent more than 20 spies to inquire about the information of the Red Army. On April 20, the Fourth Red Army arrived at Wuliping. After Sun Junfeng heard the news, he immediately filled the checkpoints with regiments, and dispatched the security regiment to guard the front line of Makeng to guard against it day and night.

The Fourth Red Army stationed in Wuliping for 5 days. In the middle of the night on April 24, the Fourth Red Army dispatched from Wuliping and attacked the Makeng outside Sun Tuan's "Zhongying" in three groups.In the early morning, the main force of the Fourth Red Army crossed Bafangpo and approached Makeng. The enemy stubbornly resisted by virtue of the terrain. When the two sides were fighting fiercely, the fourth regiment of the Fourth Red Army detoured to Dingjiaya and attacked the enemy of Dingjiaya from the flank. The enemy of Dingjiaya could not resist and retreated to Makeng. The peasants defending Ya threw down their swords and spears and scattered. Sun Bandit's "Zhongying" immediately lost support and retreated to Makeng. There was chaos.Sun Junfeng's chief instructor, Wang Dehua, saw that the situation was not good, so he led his troops to surround Sun Junfeng and fled to Maliwan via Fotian Temple. The main force of the Red Army followed closely along the two slopes of Maliwan.

At around 2:00 p.m. that day, the remnant of Sun Junfeng was surrounded by the Red Army in Xiaoxichong. His son, Sun Zirui, was shot dead on the spot, and Sun Junfeng fled. At that time, although the weather was at the end of April, the valley was already sweltering with heat. The battalion commander of the Red Army who was chasing Sun Junfeng was a fat man.In the end, Sun Junfeng was shot dead.The scene of the battalion commander leading the Red Army chasing Sun Junfeng was seen by a woodcutter who cut firewood, and the woodcutter immediately spread the word, saying that He Long's dragon and tiger soldiers waved their precious fans in battle. Ma, if you go down with two fans, you will turn over and fall down, if you go down with three fans, your soul will fly away.In this way, one spread to ten, ten to a hundred, and the more spread, the more magical it was, which only scared the security forces, large and small, to flee when they heard the word "Red Army".

Sun Junfeng's regiment defense consisted of only a few dozen members of his vanguard, led by chief instructor Wang Dehua, who escaped to Shimen County via Wantan by chance.Sun Junfeng's guns and ammunition were all seized by the Red Army.Sun's father and son and their regiment were wiped out, and the people all celebrated with each other. At that time, He Long ordered people to post notices in Hefeng and Wufengbian counties. The notice read: According to the old thief Sun Junfeng, who lives in San, Da, and Li, monopolizes the villages, exploits workers and peasants, harms dissidents, and fights at will.Especially hateful, his son Yonglin was vicious, brutal and murderous, blocked traffic, and made our four guarantees for workers, peasants and poor people sink into dire straits.The commander of this army devoted himself to the revolution, and had the original duty to save workers and peasants. After witnessing the tragedy, how could he sit idly by?Therefore, he became a revolutionary teacher, wiped out the father and son of the Sun family, and eliminated harm for the people.

People in Hefeng and Wufeng counties applauded. Afterwards, the Fourth Red Army captured Wufeng County in one fell swoop and established the Wufeng County Soviet Government. Yi Fachen, chairman of the Tiaohefeng County Soviet, was the first Soviet chairman of Wufeng County, and Zhu Xiyuan, a special commissioner of Yanzi District in Tiaohefeng County, was appointed as the Wufeng County Government. Captain of the Guerrilla Brigade. On May 1, the Soviet government of Wufeng County, the County Farmers Association, and the County Guerrilla announced the establishment of the Wufeng County Academy at Chengguan Academy, and He Long attended the founding meeting.

On the afternoon of that day, the main force of the Fourth Red Army drove towards Hongyanping. On the 2nd, it was stationed in Changleping, and then entered Shimen County via Hosta Flower and Qingshui Bay. After that, the Fourth Red Army entered Songzi for the second time. In Liujiachang, they were surrounded by the enemy Peng Qibiao's troops, Liu Mingwu and Shimen Luo Xiaozhi in Lixian County. He Long presided over the convening of the former committee, at which it was decided to concentrate forces to attack Luo Xiaozhi's regiment defense.Therefore, the main force of the Fourth Red Army rushed to the defense of Luo Xiaozhi's regiment, and at Tutuya, the two sides met fire.The vanguard of the Fourth Red Army was Gu Zhilong's second brigade. Because the Red Army suddenly appeared, Luo Xiaozhi panicked.

Gu Zhilong, also known as Gu Haiyun, is from Sangzhi.Originally the leader of Sangzhi's indigenous armed forces, he fought bravely, but had serious old habits. In the spring of 1929, his department was incorporated by He Long and became the Second Independent Brigade of the Fourth Red Army. Gu served as the brigade commander. Although he joined the Red Army, he still had bad habits.He Long educated him patiently while using his strengths.In the battle of Chixi River annihilating Xiang Ziyun and Wantan annihilating Sun Junfeng, Gu Jun made military exploits.After killing Sun, Gu Yizeng was arrogant. He was openly dissatisfied with the Fourth Red Army going east to Honghu, so he attempted to break away from the Fourth Red Army and drag the team to stand on his own.Therefore, when Luo Xiaozhi's generals "Da Hualian" and "Er Hualian" led the remnants to break through with their lives, Gu let Luo Xiaozhi and others escape in order to preserve his strength.As a result, the Fourth Red Army lost the opportunity to wipe out Luo Xiaozhi's regiment defense.After He Long learned of this, he became furious and wanted to shoot Gu Zhilong. Thanks to Wan Tao's persuasion, He Long calmed down his anger and scolded Gu Zhilong.

Gu Zhilong's department was adapted from the bandits. Among the company and battalion commanders were Gu Qingxuan and Liu Jieping, who were Gu Zhilong's sworn brothers and were nicknamed "Eight King Kong".The Eight Great King Kongs had long been dissatisfied with the hard life of the Red Army. Seeing that Gu Zhilong was being scolded by He Long, they all came to see Gu Zhilong and encouraged Gu Zhilong to turn against him. X, I have a gun and some have brothers, so I don’t accept his birdishness, I lead a team to join the Sichuan army, where the brothers eat delicious food and drink spicy food!”

At that moment, Gu Zhilong sent his confidant Battalion Commander Zhao Mazi to Peng Qibiao, colluded with Peng Qibiao, and attacked the Fourth Red Army in a surprise attack. King Kong was caught by He Long before he escaped, and immediately shot nine of them, disbanded the regiment, and incorporated Gu Zhilong's old troops into other regiments, and then prepared to go east to Honghu Lake for the third time. At this moment, Jiang , Gui, Feng, Yan Zhongyuan war broke out. The war between Jiang, Gui, Feng, and Yan in the Central Plains was the biggest melee between warlords since the Republic of China, and all warlords, large and small, were involved in this melee.The warlords were naturally powerless to deal with the Red Army, so He Long took advantage of this opportunity and went east for the third time. After He Long made up his mind, on June 14, 1930, he led the Fourth Red Army to set off from Wufeng Changleping, and marched towards Songzi Liujiachang the next day.When passing through Renheping, the house of Hu Weiqing, the leader of the local reactionary group defense, was burned. The Fourth Red Army stationed at Liujiachang in Songzi for three days, defeated Peng Qibiao's brigade here and seized a lot of ammunition.After that, he went to Xizhai and marched towards Gong'an County. When he was close to the police, Luo Xiaozhi burst the embankment and released water to stop the Fourth Red Army. He Long had to lead his troops back to Songzi. Marching westward to meet the Fourth Red Army, but attacking Hanyang eastward, He Long had no choice but to leave his troops in the Songzi area and continue to send people to inquire about news. Why didn't the Sixth Army of the Red Army meet the Fourth Army of the Red Army? There is a secret in it.When the new warlords Jiang, Gui, Feng, and Yan launched the Great War in the Central Plains, Li Lisan, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, head of propaganda, and Secretary-General of the CPC Central Committee, who presided over the work, successively published "Analysis of the Current Political Situation and Our Central Tasks", " Problems Ahead of the New Revolutionary Upsurge" and other articles. On June 11, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China passed the resolution "A New Revolutionary Upsurge and the First Victory of a Province or Several Provinces".This resolution unduly exaggerated the favorable aspects of the Chinese revolutionary situation led by the Chinese Communist Party, arguing that a revolutionary situation had already taken shape throughout the country.Li Lisan insisted on the "city center theory" and opposed "armed separatism of workers and peasants".He compares the relationship between the city and the countryside to the relationship between a person's mind, heart, and limbs.Mechanically think that the revolutionary war of the Red Army in the countryside only cut off the enemy's limbs, did not cut off the enemy's mind, did not blow up the enemy's heart, but to blow up the enemy's heart must rely on the fierce struggle of the working class, this is an armed insurrection Therefore, without armed riots in the central cities, the victory of the regime in one province or several provinces is absolutely impossible.Surrounding cities with countryside is a wrong idea.Li Lisan identified "urban riots" as the correct policy for the revolution.After the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China adopted the resolution "A New Revolutionary Upsurge and the First Victory of a Province or Several Provinces," it ordered the suspension of the daily work of leading organizations at all levels of the Communist Party of China, the Youth League, and trade unions, and merged these organizations into the armed forces. Within the action committees at all levels of the riot.He also decided to hold political strikes and armed uprisings in central cities such as Wuhan, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Tianjin, ordering the Hunan-Jiangxi Red Army to attack Nanchang and Jiujiang, and then attack Wuhan to realize the plan of "joining forces in Wuhan and drinking horses in the Yangtze River". At this time, Hubei Province also held party congresses and various meetings one after another, passed documents such as the "Resolution on Political Tasks of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee", and proposed to complete local riots, concentrate the Red Army to attack central cities such as Wuhan, Yichang, and Shashi, and seize Hubei Province wins first. At this time, the Sixth Red Army was supposed to advance towards the Public Security and Jingsha to meet the Fourth Red Army, but at this time the Hubei Provincial Party Committee ordered the Sixth Red Army to advance towards Hanyang and cooperate with the Red Army from Hubei, Henan and Anhui to attack Wuhan. Although Zhou Yiqun, Duan Dechang, Kuang Jixun and others believed that the time for the Red Army to attack Wuhan was not ripe, but the order had to be carried out, Kuang Jili led the Sixth Red Army to march eastward, successively conquering Xiantao in Mianyang, Yuekou in Tianmen, and the Department of Hanchuan. Makou and Caidian in Hanyang are only tens of miles away from Hanyang, which shocked Wuhan.At this time, because Wuhan was heavily guarded by the Kuomintang, the Red Army who besieged Wuhan knew that it could not be conquered, so they retreated separately. At this time, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ordered the Sixth Red Army to meet the Fourth Red Army, which was heading east, so that the two armies could concentrate their forces and attack Wuhan.Kuang Jixun led the Sixth Red Army to move westward from Caidian, Hanyang.When they arrived in Mianyang, the Sixth Red Army was reorganized, changing the first and second columns into the sixteenth and seventeenth divisions, with Wang Yiming and Xu Guangda serving as division commanders, and Wang He and Li Jianru serving as political commissars.Immediately afterwards, he sent his troops to the south again, crossed the Yangtze River through the Shabachikou of Jianli, and captured Huarong in three ways, wiped out hundreds of people defending the city, and then occupied Shishou and some market towns in Nanxian County, and then turned to Huarong. To the west, Gong'an County was conquered on July 1. On this day, He Long was training troops in Hejiezi, Songzi County. The scouts reported that two businessmen from Gong'an City had brought the news that the Red Army had occupied Gong'an County. After hearing this, He Long hurriedly sent a message: "Invite them here, and I will ask them myself." The scouts brought in two businessmen.These were two tung oil businessmen. He Long asked them to sit down, and asked kindly, "Where are you from?" The two businessmen had heard that although He Long was the commander of the Red Army, he didn't beat or swear, so he spoke casually. One of them, wearing a top hat, said, "Commander, we're from the Public Security Bureau." He Long asked again: "Has the Public Security City been occupied by the Red Army?" The man said: "Report to the army commander, it's not bad at all. Those who occupy Gong'an City, the common people call him 'Fire Dragon General', Duan Dechang, and Zhou Yiqun. Their names are written on the Red Army's notices, and there is Kuang Jixun. Yes, a commander." After hearing this, He Long didn't ask any more questions.After the two businessmen left, He Long ordered the scouts to rush to the public security to inquire about the news of the Red Army there.As soon as the scout left, the orderly came to report that a fisherman outside the door wanted to see the army commander, saying that he was from the police.He Long raised his hand and said, "Please come in that fisherman." After a while, the orderly brought the fisherman in.The fisherman looked at He Long, just smiled and didn't answer.He Long looked at it again, hurriedly got up and took the man by the hand and said, "Dechang, you miss me so much!" The person who came was Duan Dechang, the "General of Fire Dragon". He was ordered by Zhou Yiqun to meet He Long and asked He Long and Wan Tao to go to Gong'an quickly so that the fourth and sixth armies could join forces. At the moment, the "Two Dragons of Water and Fire" sat down hand in hand. He Long excitedly talked about the battle in western Hunan and Hubei, and Duan Dechang also excitedly talked about the struggle on the Honghu Lake.At this time, Wan Tao, Lu Dongsheng, Wang Bingnan and others all walked in. It was a joy to meet each other. On the second day, He Long and Wan Tao led the Fourth Red Army eastward to the Public Security Bureau. Zhou Yiqun and others had already received the news that the Fourth Red Army had come to meet up, and they all greeted them at the west gate of the county seat.At this time, although it was the end of June and the sun was scorching hot, the soldiers of the Sixth Red Army forgot about the scorching heat. They waited from morning until 2 o'clock in the afternoon before seeing the dust flying on the road. When He Long, Wan Tao, Lu Dongsheng and other generals of the Fourth Red Army came to the city of Gongan on horseback and saw Zhou Yiqun and others greet them, they hurriedly got off their horses.When He and Tuesday met, they couldn't help hugging each other tightly. Although they broke up only two years ago, it was like a thousand years apart.Lu Dongsheng and Wang Bingnan also held Zhou Yiqun's hand, so excited that they didn't know what to say for a moment.At this time, Zhou Yiqun introduced Kuang Jixun to He Long again, and He Long held Kuang Jixun's hand tightly and said, "Ji Ji, I've heard of your name a long time ago, and I only hate seeing each other so late." Kuang Jixun said: "Wen Chang, those Sichuan soldiers still shudder when they hear your name." After all, the two burst out laughing. That night, the bright moon was in the sky.In the main hall of the Confucian Temple in Gong'an City, Duan Dechang ordered wine to be served to celebrate the meeting of the Fourth and Sixth Armies. A total of 18 Eight Immortals tables, 8 barrels of water wine, delicious fish, shrimp, crab and mussels were set up.Although it was a big bowl of wine and meat, everyone ate very happily and drank with each other, and the atmosphere was warm. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, He Long raised his glass and left his seat, holding Zhou Yiqun in his arms, looked up to the sky and smiled: "I think back then, when Yiqun and I left Han, we only had three pistols. After several hardships and narrow escapes, the team pulled up and broke up. Yiqun rode a black donkey back to Honghu Lake alone. After just over two years, Yiqun and the comrades in Dechang fought a bloody battle against Honghu Lake. A soviet was also created on the border of Hunan and Hubei. Now, our fourth and sixth armies meet, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers and thousands of generals, why worry about the failure of the revolution?" He Long glanced at the generals with piercing eyes when he said this. He also said, "Our fourth and sixth armies can have today's victory, and there is blood of martyrs everywhere. This first glass of wine, let us offer sacrifices to the heroic spirits." After He Long finished speaking, he poured the wine in the cup onto the ground. Everyone also poured the wine in the cup on the ground. Then, He Long raised his wine glass again and said, "This is the second glass, to congratulate the fourth and sixth armies on their victorious reunion."Everyone drank it too.He Long raised the third glass of wine again, looked at the generals and said, "This third glass of wine is reserved for the time when our revolution is victorious. How about I drink it with all comrades?" Everyone said in unison: "I can work together with the army commander!" Zhou Yiqun was very excited, and immediately wrote a poem and composed a song: "How generous is a strong man. He wants to be powerful. He drives a long distance to serve, and he forgets himself when he is ordered. A good bow carries a black horn, and his armor is bright. When he is in trouble, he does not care about life and dies." The soul is flying, always the whole body, serving the battlefield, loyal to the glory of the world, honoring the name of righteousness, thanking the posterity, and the integrity is always there!" This evening, everyone had a good time. After the Fourth and Sixth Armies and the Public Security Bureau joined forces, a grand celebration was held in the square outside the city. The local Soviet government sent many condolences, and many red and green slogans were pasted on the venue.The soldiers beat gongs and drums, sang and danced, and the atmosphere was very lively.After the celebration meeting, a joint meeting of the Fourth and Sixth Armies was held. According to the instructions of the central government, the Fourth Red Army was renamed the Second Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and the Second Army and the Sixth Army were jointly organized into the Second Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and the former committee of the Legion was formed.He Long was the commander-in-chief of the army, Zhou Yiqun was the political commissar, Liu Zhixun was the director of the political department, and Sun Deqing was the chief of staff.The Second Red Army has jurisdiction over the Second and Sixth Armies.He Long served concurrently as the commander of the Second Red Army, and Zhu Mianzhi, the political commissar; Kuang Jixun, the commander of the Sixth Red Army, and Liu Zhixun, the political commissar, and Zhou Yiqun, the former secretary.The Second Red Army has the fourth division and a guard regiment under its jurisdiction. The commander of the fourth division is Wang Bingnan and the political commissar Chen Xieping.The Red Sixth Army has two divisions, the 16th and 17th, with Wang Yiming, the commander of the 16th division, and Wang He, the political commissar; Duan Dechang, the commander of the 17th division, and Xu Guangda, the political commissar.So far, the Second Red Army has more than 10,000 people and more than 5,000 guns. At this time, the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army led by the Communist Party of China has reached 100,000 people all over the country, and the revolutionary base areas are more than ten large and small, and they can echo each other.At this time, the battle between Jiang, Feng, and Yan was in full swing, and the New Fifth Division of the Kuomintang stationed in Mianyang and Qianjiang was transferred to the east.The "Red Suppression Army" stationed in Jianli and Shashi also went to Xuzhou.In western Hubei, except for a few regular Kuomintang troops such as Peng Qibiao's brigade and Li Yunlong's brigade stationed in Yichang, most of them are security teams and regular training teams. Faced with this situation, He Long and Zhou Yiqun presided over a joint meeting of the Special Committee of Western Hubei and the Front Committee of the Second Red Army. At the meeting, He Long and Zhou Yiqun proposed to take advantage of the retreat of the enemy's main force and spend three months to eradicate the "white spots" inside the base area.The Second Red Army eradicated Baidianer in Jingmen, Zhongxiang, Qianjiang, Jingshan, and Tianmen counties, and the Sixth Red Army eradicated Baidianer in Jiangling, Shishou, Jianli, and Mianyang counties, and then joined forces in Qianjiang to establish a solid Honghu In the revolutionary base area, Nanzhang, Gucheng and the Ninth Red Army of Xiangbei will join forces to unite the Hunan-Hubei border Soviet area.After that, attack Hanyang again and open up with Hubei, Henan and Anhui. When talking about this plan, He Long was very excited. He said: "I met with Yiqun, and our plan can be realized in just one year. The Honghu base area has a large population, a lot of food, and lakes, rivers, firewood, forests and reeds." Swing as a support, you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat.” Everyone applauded Zhou Yiqun and He Long's opinions. Unexpectedly, at this time, the Hubei Provincial Party Committee came to order that the Second Red Army should attack important towns such as Yichang and Shashi to complete the local riots.Then attack Wuhan. As soon as Zhou Yiqun conveyed the instructions of the Provincial Party Committee at the meeting, everyone in the meeting fell silent. Duan Dechang said: "You can't attack Yisha. The 2nd and 6th armies have just joined forces, and they don't know each other tactically. I'm afraid they won't be able to attack such an important town as Yisha. In addition, although the enemy is not strong enough to suppress the communists, they are all huddled within cities large and small. If we go to attack, we will get twice the result with half the effort. The most urgent task at present is to quickly remove the white spots in the Soviet area, and sweep these white spots. For the Red Army, it is like hitting eggs with a stone. After Duan Dechang finished speaking, He Long said: "Dechang's words are reasonable. Now that the Second and Sixth Armies are united, they are stronger. The first task is to consolidate and expand the Soviet area. The instructions of the provincial party committee are not in line with reality and should not be implemented. Our Opinions should be reported to the Provincial Party Committee.” Everyone agreed with He Long and Duan Dechang's opinions. At the end of the meeting, He Long led the Second Red Army to sweep away the white spots such as Longwan and Xiongkou in one fell swoop, then crossed the East Jing River, liberated Qianjiang County, forced the remnants of the enemy to retreat to the north of the Xiang River, and then commanded the troops to cross the Xiang River north. , Captured Yuekou, the important town of Tianmen.Duan Dechang led the Sixth Red Army to Mianyang, successively captured Xingouzui, Fuchang, Yanglinwei and other places, and the remnants of the enemy fled to the north of Dongjing River. Since then, Jiangling, Jianli, Qianjiang, Mianyang and other counties in the Honghu Soviet Area have been united into one piece, and the Honghu Soviet Area has been formed. The people happily sang: