Chapter 14 First turn around along the foot of Jinggang Mountain

The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army set up their home in Maoping, with a rear area, and their worries about the future were relieved. Mao Zedong did not break his promise to Yuan Wencai. After he settled the wounded and sick and the rear organs in Maoping and handed them over to Yuan Wencai, he led the troops to leave Maoping.He doesn't want doves to occupy the magpie's nest, he has far-reaching plans. Although Maoping can be used as a temporary support, it is difficult to support an army of nearly a thousand in such a small area.What's more, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army is an army led by the Communist Party, and it doesn't just want to occupy the mountain as king and settle down in a corner.If that's the case, wouldn't it be like bandits and bandits.

To establish a base area, it is not enough to have only one grassland. Of course, it is better to make the site bigger.But to expand the scope, Ciping on Jinggang Mountain should be the first choice.This is because Maoping and Ciping, one at the foot of the mountain and the other at the top of the mountain, are the closest in a straight line; and Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo on the mountain are sworn brothers. Yuan Wencai has promised Mao Zedong that he will do Wang Zuo's work and let Wang Zuo accept the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army On Jinggangshan.In fact, after Mao Zedong led the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants to leave Maoping, they almost turned around along the foothills of Jinggang Mountain, and finally went to Ciping on Jinggang Mountain.

The destination that could have been reached in half a day took almost 20 days to complete a circle. Why did Mao Zedong lead the brigade to turn such a big circle? He himself never clearly explained it. The central government had already given instructions on this; some believed that Mao Zedong wanted to lead the team to southern Hunan, because he himself had drafted an outline for the southern Hunan riot on behalf of the central government; It is believed that Mao Zedong expanded his political influence through the division of troops and guerrilla warfare, raising food and funds. In any case, after Mao Zedong settled in Maoping, he neither stayed in Maoping nor went straight to Ciping.It now appears that under the circumstances at the time, this was indeed a good move.

After Mao Zedong led the team to leave Maoping, he lived in Longshi that night. Long City is a small town in Ninggang County, located at the foot of Jinggang Mountain.Because it is located on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, it has attracted many businessmen from two provinces and three counties. Therefore, in this remote place, there are all kinds of small shops, miscellaneous shops, and stalls on both sides of the cobblestone-paved streets beside the mountains and rivers. , not to mention prosperous, but also lively.After the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants came here, they put up many slogans and added a lot of color to the town.

In Long City, Mao Zedong hosted another meeting of the former committee. The meeting place was in a Yaohao house. Two camellia oil lamps were placed on a long fir table. The lights were not on, but the commanders of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army sitting around the table were a little excited. An ancient map of Jinggangshan was like a treasure. Passed from hand to hand. Luo Ronghuan bought this at a fortune-telling stall in the town.Although this map of Jinggangshan was drawn by the Luling Mansion during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, it can almost be called a cultural relic, and the drawing is extremely irregular, but for Mao Zedong and others who have always wanted to have a map of the Luoxiao Mountains, this is very important. It's so precious!

"This is really a picture with clear mountains and mountains, and I borrowed Luo glasses!" Mao Zedong couldn't restrain his excitement, and couldn't help but praised Luo Ronghuan, which made Luo Ronghuan a little embarrassed. Luo Ronghuan is a native of Hengshan County, Hunan Province. He is a student of Sun Yat-sen University in Wuchang, and he can be regarded as a highly educated intellectual among the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops.After he participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising, he basically did political work in the army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the director of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and was awarded the rank of Marshal.

Mao Zedong spread the map on the table and pondered it carefully. In the subsequent meeting, the focus was on the next action direction and action goals of the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants. "I think our first goal is here." Mao Zedong pointed to a point on the map and said: "Ling County, Ling County in Hunan. Shoot it and scare the enemy!" Hearing that there was a war going on, and it was going to fight in the county seat, all the people present at the meeting cheered up and agreed: "Yes, yes, beat him a bastard!" "Commissioner Mao ordered that wherever the front committee points, we will fight there!"

"Take Ling County first, then attack Chaling and Anren, and then join the Nanchang rioting army and attack Changsha together." Maybe it was because he had held back for too long and wanted to fight, or maybe he was more relaxed after settling down, and the proposal to attack Ling County was quickly approved. Subsequently, the regiment leader Chen Hao carried out the combat deployment. The next day, the whole regiment set off from Long City, marched for a day, entered Ling County, Hunan Province, and arrived at a place called Shidu. Since the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army left Wenjia City in Liuyang, it has been moving through Jiangxi Province, and now it has returned to Hunan.At this time, Mao Zedong felt that it was necessary to report to the Hunan Provincial Party Committee.Because, after all, the Front Committee of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army is under the leadership of the Hunan Provincial Committee.So he sent He Changgong to leave the team in disguise.The task assigned to He Changgong was: go to Changsha to report to the provincial party committee; then go to Hengyang, Hunan, contact the party organization there to learn about the local riot situation; finally find a way to find out the whereabouts of the Nanchang riot troops.

He Changgong, who received the arduous task, set off overnight. The troops entered the territory of Hunan, and Mao Zedong proposed that the troops should play the banner of "Guo Liang" to the outside world. This puzzled Wan Xixian, Luo Ronghuan and others who were in charge of the propaganda work. They originally planned to put the names "Mao Zedong and Yu Sadu" on the propaganda slogans.Didn't many newspapers at that time just call this army the "Yu Mao Communist Bandits"? Mao Zedong explained to them: "Yu Mao is just Yu Mao, how can there be Guo Liang? In southern Hunan, Yu Mao's two heads are not as valuable as Guo Liang's head."

After hearing this, Wan Xixian and Luo Ronghuan nodded and said yes. They had to admire Mao Zedong's resourcefulness. The next day, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army advanced to Miandu, Lingxian County, getting closer and closer to the county seat of Lingxian County, and everything went according to the scheduled plan. However, at this moment, Mao Zedong received an urgent letter from Yuan Wencai. The content of the letter is roughly: I have learned that Luo Ding, the general manager of the Chaling regiment, has been attacked by the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army.

The enemy's situation changed suddenly, which greatly reduced the army's confidence in taking Lingxian County.In order to preserve the revolutionary forces and avoid major casualties, Mao Zedong decisively decided to change his deployment, abandoning the attack on Lingxian County, and turned to Shuikou to advance. So, the guard changed to the avant-garde, the avant-garde changed to the guard, and the whole regiment turned around and headed south, heading straight for Shuikou Town. Shuikou is a small town at the southwestern foot of Jinggang Mountain. It is located at the junction of two provinces and three counties. It is backed by Jinggang Mountain in Jiangxi in the northeast and faces southern Hunan in the southwest. It is far from the city and not too closed.Therefore, after the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants arrived here, they were able to find some newspapers.Since the troops entered the Luoxiao Mountains, Mao Zedong paid great attention to obtaining various information through newspapers. Whenever he went to a slightly larger place, he sent people to collect various newspapers.He didn't want to be in a small place like Shuikou, and he was not disappointed. However, the news about the defeat of the Nanchang riot troops in Chaoshan from the newspapers seemed to pour a basin of cold water on him-"The fierce battle between the sand pit and Xinxu, the Guangdong army won, and the He Ye department suffered heavy losses... ..." "The battle in Jieyang ended on October 1. He Ye's army retreated to Puning and Huilai, and was intercepted by the Guangdong army again. It has ceased to be an army..." "The Kuomintang and the Communist armies fought fiercely on the Hanjiang River, dead bodies were everywhere on both sides of the river, wild dogs cannibalized human flesh..." Seeing such news, Mao Zedong's heart is undoubtedly heavy.He couldn't help thinking about the future and destiny of his team.If it is said that Mao Zedong still had a glimmer of hope in going south to join the Nanchang uprising troops, now he has no choice but to persevere in the struggle in Jinggang Mountains. Mao Zedong quickly controlled his emotions. He still shouldered the heavy responsibility of leading a team of hundreds of people. He had a lot of things to do. Therefore, taking advantage of the temporary stay of the troops in Shuikou Town, Mao Zedong did another important thing to stabilize the troops and strengthen the party's leadership over the troops: to preside over the oath of the soldiers' new party members to join the party. Developing new party members among the soldiers and building the branch in the company are important measures to strengthen the army's construction that were determined during the reorganization of Sanwan.Although a decision was made at the time, it was not immediately possible.After a period of work, the conditions gradually matured.Wan Xi, a party representative from the First Battalion, first told Mao Zedong that they decided to approve a few soldiers who performed well and insisted on joining the party.Mao Zedong was very happy after hearing this. He said that he would participate in and preside over the oath of joining the party of these soldiers' new party members. On the evening of October 15th, Mao Zedong really came to the First Battalion and personally presided over the party admission ceremony for six new party members, including Ouyang Jian and Lai Yi. This so-called "Shuikou Party Building" event is a concrete practice of the principle of "the branch is built on the company" determined by the Sanwan adaptation.It has a very important position in the history of the Communist Party of China and the history of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army lived in Shuikou for 5 days. During this period, the enemy did not sit idle.First, the door-to-door regiment from Luoding of Chaling County arrived in Ling County, and then about one regiment of regular troops also came from Chaling in two routes.On the 18th, news came from the reconnaissance platoon in charge of security in the direction of Ling County that the enemy's regular army and the door-to-door regiment had joined forces and were splitting their way to outflank Shuikou. The enemy's situation was serious and there was no room for hesitation. Mao Zedong immediately held an emergency military meeting.After research and discussion, they unanimously agreed with Mao Zedong's proposal to take advantage of the opportunity of the enemies of Chaling to attack Chaling County and touch Luoding's lair. This is quite like adopting the military method of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", but it is not exactly the same. Mao Zedong believed that our attack this time had three tasks: propagating the revolution, beating local tyrants, and raising funds.Therefore, to attack Chaling, we must adopt the strategy of attacking but not occupying, attacking the county seat severely, forcing Luo Ding to return to the army, and then withdraw quickly.In this way, mobilize the enemy, and after getting rid of the enemy, the troops remaining in Shuikou will be on the left side, and the troops attacking Chaling will be on the right side. This was the first time that Mao Zedong personally commanded guerrilla warfare. This guerrilla strategy really worked.The first battalion and two companies led by Chen Hao, the commander of the first battalion, Huang Ziji, the commander of the first battalion, and Wan Xixian, the party representative, made a detour to Anren and went straight to Chaling.The Chaling door-to-door regiment that had entered Ling County returned quickly, while the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army units that attacked Chaling had already withdrawn from the county seat, and carried out guerrilla activities in the Chaling and Anren areas as originally planned. Taking advantage of the retreat of the encircled enemy troops, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army units stationed in Shuikou quickly left Shuikou, turned back into Jiangxi, and continued to circle the foothills of Jinggang Mountain for guerrilla warfare.