Chapter 65 Three battles and three victories back to Ningkang

On September 8, 1928, the main force of the Fourth Red Army, led by Mao Zedong and Zhu De, returned to Huangao, Suichuan, the Jinggangshan base.At this time, just after the base area had just won the victory in the defense of Huangyangjie, the soldiers and civilians in the base area were beaming with joy. However, when the main force of the Fourth Red Army went through Chongyi, Shangyou, Suichuan, guerrilla all the way, and returned to Jinggangshan, Liu Shiyi of the Seventh Independent Division of the Jiangxi enemy actually regarded the Red Army as a journey of defeat, and pursued it relentlessly. The enemy troops of the battalion pursued them all the way to Suichuan.

Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Chen Yi, etc. decided to cut off this section of "tail". On the one hand, they presented a "return gift" to the folks in the base area; "Cutting the tail" must first grab the "tail", and the Red Army has come to "just plan".This group of pursuers was very scheming. They entered Suichuan County, but retreated, stationed in the outskirts of the city, and sent a small group of troops to entangle the Red Army in an attempt to lure the Red Army into their trap. That being the case, the Red Army made a "fooled" look.

In the early morning of the 13th, Zhu De led the 28th Red Regiment, the first detachment of the Suichuan Red Guard Brigade, and some logistics and cooking staff, and swaggered towards Suichuan County.Walking to the grass forest, the avant-garde troops met the enemy squad as a bait. Our avant-garde troops followed the plan in advance, pretending to be arrogant soldiers, and advancing step by step; the brigade of the Red Army also drove straight in. Seeing that the Red Army was unprepared, and even the cooking staff had come, the enemy commander believed that the Red Army had been "baited", so he hurriedly ordered all the ambush soldiers hiding near the county town to surround the county town, preparing to collect the nets to catch "fish".

Unexpectedly, the Red Army that Zhu De led into the city came out of the city again, and with a burst of fierce attack, they tore a gap in the enemy's net that had not yet been closed, and broke through. Seeing that the "fish" that was about to be caught slipped through the net again, the enemy commander regretted it and hurriedly ordered the troops to pursue it. Ever since, the "fish" that slipped through the net became the "bait" to lure the fish. Zhu De led the Red Twenty-Eight Regiment to fight and retreat, dragging the chasing enemy army for 20 miles.

Suddenly, gunshots rang out from behind the enemy.As soon as Zhu De heard it, he knew that Mao Zedong led the third battalion of the Red Thirty-one Regiment and the second unit of the Suichuan Red Guard Brigade had launched an attack from behind the enemy.He immediately ordered the troops to rely on favorable terrain to counterattack the enemy. At this time, the enemy commander knew that he had hit the trick, but it was too late.Under the pincer attack of the Red Army, the enemy soldiers were terrified, routed, killed and wounded, and those who jumped into the Quanjiang in panic, countless.

In this battle, the Red Army defeated Liu Shiyi's troops in Jiangxi, captured more than 200 enemies, surrendered 250 guns, and forced the enemy to retreat to Ganzhou.The Red Army not only took advantage of the victory to capture Suichuan County, but also killed the traitor Yuan Chongquan in the fierce battle, avenging Wang Erzhuo. After the battle, a song spread among the people of Suichuan: The Fourth Red Army cut off the "tail" that came after them, and began to remove the "fangs" wedged in the hinterland of the base. On September 26, the main force of the Fourth Red Army returned to Ciping, Jinggangshan, and joined the First Battalion of the 31st Red Regiment and the Second Battalion of the 32nd Red Regiment, greatly increasing its strength.

After resting for several days, the troops were about to go down the mountain and return to Ninggang, when they encountered another opportunity. Yuan Wencai sent Xie Guishan, Chairman of the Soviet Government of Maoping Township, to Ciping to report that they had captured two female spies, sent by Zhou Zongchang, commander of the 27th Battalion of the Zhou Hunyuan Brigade of the enemy army stationed in Xincheng.According to the female spies, their mission was to go to Maoping to see if there was any horse manure, and whether the door panels had been removed, so as to determine whether the main force of the Red Army had returned to Ninggang.Because Zhou Zongchang wanted to take advantage of the time when the main force of the Red Army had not returned, and carried out a "clearance and suppression" of Maoping.

Mao Zedong and Zhu De were considering the return of the main force of the Fourth Red Army to Ninggang. The information brought by Xie Guishan gave them a plan. Mao Zedong told Xie Guishan: let go of the two female spies. Xie Guishan returned to Maoping and reported to Yuan Wencai, and Yuan Wencai followed his plan. The two female spies who were released hurried to Xincheng and reported to Zhou Zongchang what they had discovered: no horse manure was seen, no door panel was removed, and the Red Army brigade had not returned yet. Zhou Zongchang believed it to be true, so on October 1, he assembled the Ninggang Household Regiment to head out to Maoping.

Zhou Zongchang's battalion is the "top battalion" of Zhou Hunyuan's brigade, which is quite capable of combat, so it is very arrogant.In his view, several Red Army guerrillas could not stop his advance and suppression. Before setting off, he ordered his subordinates to bring 10 knives of toilet paper and 1 bottle of kerosene, which meant clearly that he wanted to burn down the grassland. As everyone knows, Mao Zedong and Zhu De have already calculated it.Just when Zhou Zongchang's battalion rushed straight to Maoping in a fierce manner, the main force of the Red Army had quietly returned, and a "pocket" had been laid in Aotoulong, waiting for Zhou Zongchang to drill in!Moreover, Mao Zedong and Zhu De were very determined to pull out Zhou Zongchang's "venomous fangs". They concentrated the strength of 6 battalions, the main force of the Red Army, in order to fight a beautiful battle with absolute superiority.

Although Zhou Zongchang relied on his courage, he was also quite cautious.Taking the Ninggang House-to-House Regiment as the vanguard, he set fire to the oil distillery at Longtou as soon as he entered Aotoulong, and Jier set fire to several private houses. For a moment, pillars of fire shot up into the sky and thick smoke billowed. The Red Army soldiers in ambush were furious, but they endured, because Commander Zhu De had not yet issued an order to attack. Seeing that there was no response, Zhou Zongchang was secretly delighted: Sure enough, there is no main force of the Red Army!So he drove the troops to hasten forward.After a while, all of them entered the "pockets" laid by the Red Army.

Commander Zhu De's gun went off!Immediately, the sounds of trumpets, gunshots, and killings rang out. The Red Twenty-eight Regiment occupying Gaoling Mountain intercepted them from the front; The 32nd regiment blocked the enemy's back route and drove the enemy forward from Chikeng.Attacking from three sides, the enemy soldiers screamed and ran away. In just half an hour, the enemy army was defeated.Not only did Zhou Zongchang and other more than 100 enemy troops be captured alive, but also 110 guns were seized, and the remnants of the enemy could not gain a foothold in Ninggang and had to retreat to Yongxin. A "fang" wedged in the heart of the base was completely pulled out. The main force of the Red Army who returned to Jinggangshan won two consecutive victories in Suichuan and Ninggang, and their reputation was greatly improved. Soon, the main force of the Red Army fought the biggest battle since returning to the border. This is an important battle to restore the "August failure" situation and restore the border separatist situation. For this battle, Mao Zedong and Zhu De were very determined. The main force of the Red Army returned to Jinggangshan. Although the base area centered on Ninggang was restored, it was still under pressure from the surrounding enemy-occupied areas, especially the enemy troops entrenched in Yongxin, which made Mao Zedong, Zhu De and other leaders deeply worried. . In early November, Yuan Wencai, who stayed at Ninggang, sent an urgent letter to Mao Zedong and Zhu De, who were leading the main force of the Fourth Red Army's guerrilla campaign in Suichuan: The 27th Regiment of the enemy Zhou Hunyuan fled from Yongxin to Ninggang again. And occupied the new city. Ninggang is the center of the Jinggangshan base area. Mao Zedong and Zhu De were very annoyed by Zhou Hunyuan's repeated invasions.Zhou Hunyuan must be taught a lesson!Moreover, if you don't hit it, it's enough, if you want to hit it, it hurts!Mao Zedong and Zhu De made up their minds. Therefore, the main force of the Red Army in Suichuan was ordered to gather quickly and return to Ninggang. In the early morning of November 9, the main force of the Red Army quietly arrived at Ninggang New City, and quickly took control of several high grounds outside the city. The enemy never dreamed that the Red Army had already arrived at their side.At dawn, they lined up for exercises as usual. At Zhu De's order, the Red Army soldiers attacked bravely, and the enemy rushed to fight.The Red Twenty-Eight Regiment attacked from the front, and the Red Thirty-One Regiment circled behind the enemy, knocking the enemy dizzy all at once.The enemy retreated to Xinqixi Ridge to resist resolutely, and the Red Army charged several times but failed.Zhu De ordered the 1st Battalion of the 28th Regiment to take a detour and climb up to Xinqixi Ridge, and launched an attack from behind the enemy, causing the enemy troops to lose their positions and had to flee in the direction of Yongxin. The Red Army took advantage of the victory to regain Xincheng. On the 10th, the Red Army marched in the direction of Yongxin.Go to Yongxin Fourth Teaching Academy and meet the enemy.This is a group of enemy soldiers routed from Xincheng. Although they were supported by reinforcements, they could not withstand the fierce attack of the vigorous Red Army and quickly retreated. The Red Army approached Yongxin City.At this time, the remnants of the 28th Regiment and the 27th Regiment of the 14th Brigade of the enemy relied on the mountain fortifications of Dongguanling and Nanping Mountain outside the city and stood by for assistance.The Red Army's attack was frustrated, and the enemy and us formed a stalemate.Just at this time, the Bi Zhanyun spy battalion who surrendered to the uprising surrounded from the side and broke the enemy's defense.The Red Army took advantage of the situation and occupied Yongxin City. This is the fourth time that the Red Army has occupied Yongxin City.However, when they learned that the enemy's 35th Brigade was coming from Tianhe for reinforcements, Mao Zedong and Zhu De made a decisive decision and ordered the troops entering the city to withdraw quickly, and the entire army returned to Ningkang soon. Regarding this battle, General Xiao Ke commented in his article "Four Attacks on Yongxin": "This battle is composed of three battle stages. The first battle is to attack the new city and hit the enemy's battalion; the second battle We fought against the Four Teaching Academy and another battalion of the enemy. The third battle was against Yongxincheng, but we withdrew from the battle without victory. However, our Red Army was victorious in the entire battle. We regained Xincheng and the area around Longyuankou, and beat the enemy. The consolidation of Ningkang is of great significance to the restoration of the border." Mao Zedong summarized the battle in the "Report of the Jinggangshan Front Committee to the Central Committee": "On November 9, the 27th Regiment of the Zhou Brigade was defeated in Ninggang County and Longyuankou, handed over 160 guns, and killed the enemy. One battalion commander, dozens of soldiers, two captured deputy battalion commanders, one company commander, and more than a hundred soldiers. In the early morning of the next day, they attacked Yongxin and the remnants of the 28th and 27th regiments of the Zhou Brigade. The enemy repelled, and the vanguard occupied Yongxin City. Unexpectedly, the enemy's 35th Brigade arrived from Tianhe (the junction of Ji'an and Yongxin). Our army feared that the battle would be disadvantaged, so we retreated to Ninggang. With more than 100 casualties, this is the biggest battle since returning to the border." The main force of the Red Army returned to Jinggangshan in September and fought three consecutive battles within three months, winning all three battles.The arrogance of the enemy was severely suppressed, and they had to withdraw from the central area of ​​the base area. The cloud that had shrouded the soldiers and civilians in the base area due to the "failure in August" was also swept away, and the Jinggangshan base area was restored again.In the "Report of the Jinggangshan Front Committee to the Central Committee", Mao Zedong happily wrote: By November, the base area was "from the southern foot of Jinggangshan in Suichuan to the border of Lianhua in the north, including the whole county of Ninggang, Suichuan and Ling counties. In addition, there are "West District on Lianhua, Tianlong Mountain Area and Wannian Mountain Area in Yongxin" that are "not very related to the whole area". The Jinggangshan base area has another school of vitality.