Chapter 45 Chapter Eight Meeting

Jiangyou is the wealthiest county in northern Sichuan, with a large population, developed commerce and trade, rich products, rich in rice and other economic crops, known as "the granary in northern Sichuan".Jiangyou has convenient water and land transportation, and is only more than 100 kilometers away from Chengdu. It has always been a battleground for military strategists. There is a saying that "whoever wins Jiangyou wins Chengdu".Not far from Jiangyou County is the famous Zhongba Town in Sichuan.Zhongba Town is also called Shuangliuchang, because the Fujiang River and Changming River flow through the town on the east and west sides, hence the name Shuangliu.Because it is located at the water and land wharf and is close to Chengdu, Zhongba has become a material distribution center in Chengdu. Merchants from Sichuan and even the whole country trade here. Zhongba has become a port where business and industry gather. It is also one of the "Four Famous Towns" in Sichuan, and its reputation surpasses that of Jiangyou County.Zhongba's soy sauce and bacon are as famous as Jiange's tofu, Beichuan's yams, and Maoxian's mutton.

Laying down the middle dam can not only destroy the enemy, but also capture a large amount of logistics materials. This is no less than destroying the enemy in large numbers for the Red Army, which lacks supplies.After the Red Army drove off Deng Xihou's reinforcements, they did not storm Jiangyou City, but immediately pointed their attack at Zhongba Town not far from Jiangyou County. After Deng Xihou was beaten away, the Zhongba defenders were terrified. Under the political offensive of the Red Army, the battalion commander Wang Yuanfeng surrendered to the Red Army and explained the situation in Zhongba City.After learning about the enemy's situation, a battalion of the Red Army disguised itself as the Kuomintang army, led by the surrendered enemy battalion commander Wang Yuanfeng, commanded by Wang Shusheng himself, went straight to the east gate of Zhongba City, and the large Red Army troops advanced secretly behind.When they came to the city gate, they shouted that the reinforcements had arrived. Wang Yuanfeng also said that he had secretly received the reinforcements outside the city under the order of Brigadier Yang.Seeing that their battalion commander was in front, the enemy soldiers guarding the city no longer had doubts, and immediately opened the city gate to welcome the reinforcements, and Zhongba fell into the hands of the Red Army.

To Xu Xiangqian's surprise, Zhongba was simply a distribution base for strategic materials. There were seven enemy grain, oil, meat, cloth, grocery warehouses and several ammunition depots in the city, cloth, soybeans, bacon, rice, flour and Jiannanchun wine. As well as brand-new guns and ammunition, there are everything that one expects to find, and there is more than one year's supply of supplies for the 80,000 Red Fourth Front Army, 60,000 party and government officials, and logistics personnel. At the banquet celebrating the victory of the Jiangyou Battle, everyone was full of praise for Zhongba bacon: the crispy yellow bacon, cooked in a pot, can smell the fragrance three miles away, making people drool.The crystal clear bacon is tender and fragrant in the mouth, refreshing and not greasy.The topic naturally turned to how to deal with such a huge amount of materials.Everyone talked a lot, and some said that they could take away as much as they could, and destroy what could not be taken away on the spot, and did not leave it to the enemy.Some thought that the combat troops could not carry so many things, so they called the common people from all over the country to come and distribute them.Some people think that the Red Army has been plagued by material shortages for a long time. It is a pity that there are so many materials to be dealt with in this way, and they should think of a surefire strategy.

Xu Xiangqian pointed out that what the Red Army lacked the most when fighting thousands of miles away was supplies, and this batch of precious supplies must not be thrown away easily.Besides, we are about to join forces with the Central Red Army. They have traveled thousands of miles and endured untold hardships. There is even a shortage of supplies such as food and clothing. This batch of supplies is even more important to them and will be given to a part of the Central Red Army.He suggested that Zheng Yizhai, who is in charge of the logistics of the whole army, and the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area Government assist in solving the problem.

Xu Xiangqian always said: "Yi Zhai, I am fighting in the front, and the army's logistics depends entirely on you, the big steward!" Zheng Yizhai is the famous "chief steward" of the Fourth Red Army. Bustling back and forth in the military and political construction, the food and clothing of the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Fourth Red Army, the government of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area opened banks, built factories, opened schools, and developed hospitals.Zheng Yizhai's opinion is simple and clear. Without logistics supplies, how can the combat effectiveness of the troops come?Not only must this batch of food, ammunition, salt and other materials be transported away, but the army has to collect food on a large scale here and then transport it all away.In order to reduce the burden of transportation, the captured cloth was made into military uniforms on the spot by comrades working overtime day and night in each military station, and the old uniforms of the soldiers of the Fourth Red Army were replaced. At the same time, a batch of military uniforms and quilts were prepared for the Central Red Army.Other materials, with the cooperation of the local Soviets, organize forces to transport them all away, and they are neither allowed to be damaged nor left to the enemy.

From Zhongba in the west of Sichuan to Maoxian and Maogong in the north of Sichuan, the journey of hundreds of kilometers involves crossing mountains and ridges along the way, and there are still enemy troops on the ground. , there are 60,000 people engaged in logistics transportation, and at least tens of thousands of people are needed to transport these materials, and the solution depends on the local government.Yu Hongyuan, vice-chairman of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area Government, also advocated transporting these materials away.Yu Hongyuan was Zheng Yizhai's assistant, and he was so busy that he almost kicked his back in the back to raise money along the way.Before departure, Chen Changhao specifically explained to him that this time, he would raise food on the scale of 400,000 people, and when calculating supplies, the Central Red Army must be counted.

Yu Hongyuan said: "The Red Fourth Front Army now has more than 80,000 regular troops, and the governments at all levels in the Soviet area plus local troops have a total of nearly 200,000 people. In addition to preparing food and materials for the Central Red Army, the food we collected and the captured The materials are becoming more and more important. In my opinion, except for a small amount of these materials distributed to the local poor people, all the rest will be transported away. It is definitely not enough to transport so many materials with the existing 60,000 people. Our local government will expand immediately on the spot. Red, the conscripted Red Army set up a transport team to move all the supplies."

Yu Hongyuan's suggestion was unanimously approved by everyone, and the headquarters decided that Zheng Yizhai and Yu Hongyuan would be responsible for handling the seized materials, and Yu Hongyuan would be responsible for organizing the delivery of the materials to the Central Red Army who came from afar.The principle is to try to transport all the food away, and not leave a grain of food to the enemy.In addition to the special transport team, the soldiers of the combat unit each carried two rice bags and brought their own marching food. In order to transport these materials away, the Red Army recruited 30,000 young and middle-aged people to join the Red Army. In addition to the original more than 60,000 logistics and transport personnel, the army has a total of more than 90,000 logistics personnel, more than 90,000 people carry on their shoulders and carry mules. The horse-drawn cart insisted on removing all the piles of materials.The 80,000 Red Army combat troops opened the way in front and the rear, and the 90,000 transport army marched forward to Maoxian and Maogong in western Sichuan.

This is a journey full of hardships and sufferings, and it is also a journey covered with the blood of martyrs.In order to prevent the Fourth Red Army from marching westward and joining the Central Red Army, more than 40 regiments of the Sichuan Army and Hu Zongnan's Central Army that were originally stationed in northern Sichuan and southern Shaanxi to defend the Central Red Army from crossing the river north heavily blocked the Fourth Red Army. Carrying millions of catties of supplies while fighting and walking, overcoming many difficulties along the way, breaking through barriers and going through hardships and dangers.In the river valley at the foot of Qianfo Mountain, the transport team encountered air raids and suffered heavy losses in personnel and materials; on the front line of Tumen, the Red Army and Deng Xihou's troops fought bloody battles for several days, and finally broke through the blockage, but almost half of the materials transported for the reunion was lost.

Mao County and Maogong area are areas inhabited by Qiang and Tibetan minorities. Due to the reactionary propaganda of the Kuomintang and the ethnic conflicts between Han and Tibetans, the Red Army convoy was often robbed by Tibetan reactionary armed forces on the way. These Tibetan reactionary armed forces were mostly cavalry , They came ferociously and with cruel methods, rushed into the Red Army transport team, hacked and wounded the Red Army soldiers, grabbed things and ran away. In order to implement the national policy, the Red Army soldiers could only shoot at the sky to warn, and the transport materials were further damaged .

From Mao County to Wenchuan, Lifan, Zhuokeji, Lianghekou, and Maogong, there were basically no roads along the way. The Red Army transport team carried heavy supplies along the Minjiang River, Zagunao River, Heishui River and other river valleys day and night, sometimes Climbing mountains, sometimes wading in rivers.Due to the difficult terrain, many transport team members fell into the deep valley with their supplies and were washed away by the rapids.Along the way, due to enemy attacks and harsh roads and natural environments, the transport team sacrificed more than a thousand people, and thousands of people were injured and sick. At the time of hand, the remaining supplies were less than one-fifth of what they were at the time of departure.Zhang Zhengxiu, a veteran of the Women’s Corps of the Fourth Red Army, recalled: One day in August 1935, I continued to prepare food and clothing for the Central Red Army in the Zhuokeji area near Malkang with the personnel of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet government.Zhang Guotao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu passed by the station. Zhang Guotao introduced to Commander-in-Chief Zhu: "Since the Long March, they, including the female Red Army of the Women's Independence Corps, have been engaged in food production in the front, and have gone through hardships to raise and deliver food for the army on the one hand. Now they are Raised two million catties of grain for the army on the one hand, boiled two to three thousand catties of salt, and found thousands of cattle and sheep, mules and horses, and a lot of vegetables and bacon, and asked the army on the one hand to send people to pick up the goods." Commander-in-Chief Zhu was very moved and surprised and said: "It's amazing that so many things have been done, and there are so many female comrades participating?" Commander-in-Chief Zhu also told us, "The central leadership comrades and the soldiers of the Red Front Army I ate the Zhongba bacon you brought from Jiangyou, it was delicious!" "Your women's independent regiment and all the soldiers of the Fourth Front Army have made great contributions. You have done so much for the First Army. You should be affirmed and praised. On behalf of the Party Central Committee, Chairman Mao and all the soldiers of the First Army, I thank you!" After speaking, Commander-in-Chief Zhu shook hands with us one by one to thank you. The victory in the Battle of Jialing River tore a big hole in the enemy's strategic defense line.In order to establish a new line of defense, prevent the Red Fourth Front Army from converging with the Central Red Army, and carry out individual defeats, Chiang Kai-shek and Liu Xiang dispatched troops, with Jiangyou and Zhongba as the center, to block the large forces of the Red Fourth Front Army from east to west and attack from north to south.Chiang Kai-shek and Liu Xiang mobilized a large number of troops to intercept the Fourth Red Army, which greatly reduced the pressure on the Central Red Army, which was moving along the Sichuan-Guizhou border. On April 29, 1935, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting in Lukouqiao Village, Xundian County, Yunnan Province, and decided to advance to the northwest of Sichuan again and join forces with the Fourth Red Army. From May 3rd to 9th, 1935, the Central Red Army successfully forcibly crossed the Jinsha River from the north of Yuanmou and entered southwest Sichuan.Chiang Kai-shek's camp staff team stated in the report: The bandits attacked Jiangyou for a long time on April 10... and Zhu Mao's remnant bandits, when I fought fiercely with Xu bandits on the two rivers of Jiafu, they passed from the north of Yuanmou on May 6 Cross the Jinsha River and besiege Huili. The Central Red Army and the Fourth Red Army are finally about to join forces. Knowing that the Central Red Army had entered the southwest of Sichuan, the Northwest Military Commission held a meeting of senior cadres at the military division level in Zhongba, and Zhang Guotao made arrangements for the next step of the whole army.Xu Xiangqian recalled: The Jiangyou and Zhongba areas in the Fujiang River Basin are surrounded by mountains and rivers, and are close to the Western Sichuan Plain. They are rich in products, which is conducive to our army's recuperation.However, "Although Liang Yuan is good, it is not the hometown of long-term love".To break Chiang Kai-shek's encirclement deployment and to support the Central Red Army's northward march, our army cannot stay here for long.At this time, Zhang Guotao and Chen Changhao had already come up, and immediately held a meeting of senior cadres near Jiangyou, with the participation of responsible comrades from all armies.At the meeting, Zhang Guotao said that the reason for withdrawing from the Sichuan-Shanxi base was to welcome the Central Red Army to go north.After the rendezvous of the two armies, they will establish base areas in Northwest Sichuan, Chihuachuan, Kang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qing and other provinces.In order to break Chiang Kai-shek's encirclement deployment, the front army should first occupy the Beichuan, Maoxian, Lixian, and Songpan areas in the next step, with Xikang as its foothold.He also proposed that the area is a mixed-inhabited area of ​​ethnic minorities, and a Soviet Northwest Federal Government should be established to facilitate work, and so on.Chen Changhao also spoke.Everyone has no objection and unanimously agrees to act according to Zhang Guotao's opinion. To realize the plan of joining forces between the two armies, Songpan, Maoxian, Lixian, and Wenchuan in the Minjiang River Basin in western Sichuan must be occupied.This area is Deng Xihou's defense area, with continuous high mountains and staggered river valleys, the terrain is extremely dangerous, and it is an area where Han, Tibetan, Qiang, Hui and other ethnic groups live together.From the Jiangyou Zhongba area to the northwest to Song, Wen, Li, and Mao, the Tianxian Tumen Pass and the Beichuan River Valley are must-pass places.This area is full of deep mountains and dangerous valleys, densely covered with primeval forests and sparsely populated. From May 12th, Xu Xiangqian personally led the main force of the Red Ninth Army and the Thirty Army to march westward from Beichuan, crossing mountains and ridges all the way, and directly grabbed Tumen. On May 14, part of the Ninth Army, the Thirty Army and the Thirty-first Army launched an attack on Tumen from three directions.The difficulty of fighting in Tumen lies in the fact that the combat troops have to attack the enemy forces that are blocked by danger, and they also need to form a barrier to cover the transport team that transfers materials from Jiangyou Zhongba and the rear offices, arsenals, clothing factories, and shipbuilding teams that are withdrawn from the Sichuan-Shaanxi base area. , hospitals, local cadres and other non-combat troops of more than 100,000 people.Deng Xihou, who had been reprimanded by Chiang Kai-shek many times, really worked hard this time. Based on the overlapping topographical characteristics of Tumen Dangerous Pass and Pass, Chen Bing, with more than 30,000 soldiers, set up three lines of defense and defended desperately. This battle is different from the past. Joining forces with the Central Red Army is the most important strategic task. No matter how difficult or dangerous the sacrifice is, it must be completed.The Ninth Red Army, the Thirtyth Army, and the Thirty-first Army are the most powerful main forces of the Fourth Red Front Army. In the past, they were used separately. This time, Xu Xiangqian personally deployed and punched a set of combined punches with his iron fists to forcefully attack the enemy. Every battle must be won in every battle.Commanders and fighters at all levels also understand the significance of this battle, in order to destroy the enemy and welcome the Central Red Army.Amidst the thundering shouts of killing, the impassioned charge inspired countless Red Army soldiers to rush to the enemy's formation.The 30,000 Sichuan Army guarded against danger, and every time they attacked a pass, it was a brutal bloody battle. In the rain of bullets, thousands of Red Army officers and soldiers spilled blood on the Tumen.After paying a huge sacrifice, the Sichuan army finally retreated without support. On the 14th, the Red Army occupied Territory Gate and Gangou, and the troops took advantage of the victory to pursue and occupied Mao County on the 15th.After the mighty large army passed, the headquarters of the Red Fourth Front Army entered Mao County.One part of the vanguard went down the Minjiang River and controlled key points such as Wenzhen Pass, Yanmen Pass, and Weizhou; the other part went straight to Wenchuan and occupied Lifan.The Fourth Red Army and the first part of the Thirty-first Army marched northward to Songpan, Zhenjiangguan and Piankou in the south of Pingwu, and occupied the vast areas of the Minjiang River, such as Dajinchuan, Xiaojinchuan, Lifan, Maoxian, and Wenchuan, except Songpan. area, covering an area of ​​more than 90,000 square kilometers, and initially realized the strategic intention of establishing a base in northwestern Sichuan.Because Chiang Kai-shek had ordered Hu Zongnan to seize Songpan, a fortress in northwestern Sichuan, and directly threatened the Red Army's northwest passage, the Fourth Red Army confronted Hu Zongnan at Zhenjiang Pass, Piankou, Beichuan, Guanyin Liangzi, Qianfo Mountain and Wenchuan south of Songpan. After arriving in Mao County, the headquarters of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army immediately mobilized the whole army to prepare for the reunion. The General Political Department informed all ministries to prepare condolences for the Central Red Army, including making clothing, raising grain and buying meat, boiling salt, and making dough cakes. etc.The headquarters ordered Yu Tianyun, commander of the 30th Red Army, and Li Xiannian, political commissar, to lead the 25th Division, 27th Division, and 88th Division as the vanguard troops to meet the Central Red Army, and march westward from the Minjiang River to Maogong.Before leaving, Xu Xiangqian specially emphasized to Li Xiannian: "The Red-Front Army fought a long distance, and it was very hard and tiring. When we came out from Hubei, Henan and Anhui, we lost a lot of marching pots on the way because of the fighting, which left the troops without food. The front army is now about the same as when we were marching west, you need to transfer some cooks from various units, bring more cooking utensils, food, bacon, and salt to support them, and solve the problem of food first." On June 8, the Ninth Red Army captured Maogong and Dawei.At this time, the Central Red Army had already crossed the Dadu River, and rushed towards Baoxing via Tianquan and Lushan, and the forwards of the two armies were close.Li Xiannian recalled: In mid-May, on the eve of the meeting of the two armies, the headquarters of the Fourth Front Army held a meeting of leading comrades of each army in Mao County to study and arrange various preparations for meeting the Party Central Committee and the First Army.The headquarters decided that we would lead the 88th Division of the 30th Army and one part each of the 25th and 27th Divisions of the Ninth Army to the Xiaojinchuan area to meet the Party Central Committee.One part of the Fourth Army and the Thirty-first Army defended against the south of Hu Zong in the north at Zhenjiangguan and Songpinggou in the south of Songpan;At the meeting, Comrades Xu Xiangqian, Chen Changhao, and Wang Shusheng all spoke, explaining the significance of this meeting, requiring leading cadres at all levels to go deep into the grassroots, mobilize extensively, fight the enemy bravely, conscientiously implement ethnic policies, and vigorously raise supplies and produce Consolation items, warmly welcome the Party Central Committee and the First Army with practical actions... ... ... On June 12, we and the 88th Division were stationed in Maogong, and we received two phone calls from Han Dongshan, saying that the vanguard of the 25th Division of the Ninth Army and the vanguard of the 2nd Division of the First Army Corps were in Dawei To the south, Muchenggou at the northern foot of Jiajin Mountain joined forces in victory. The 74th Regiment of the 25th Division of the Ninth Red Army and the 4th Regiment of the Second Division of the Central Red Army were the first troops to join forces. Han Dongshan, a native of Dawu, Hubei. He joined the party in 1928 and joined the Red Army in 1929.He has successively served as battalion commander of the 36th regiment of the 12th division of the 4th Army of the Red Army, commander of the 75th regiment of the 25th division of the Ninth Army, and commander of the 25th division.After the founding of New China, he served as chief of staff and deputy commander of the Hubei Military Region, chief of staff of the Wuhan Military Region, commander of the Hubei Provincial Military Region, and deputy commander of the Wuhan Military Region. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955.Han Dongshan, then commander of the 25th Division of the Ninth Red Army, recalled: Dawei is located in the nest to the north of Jiajin Mountain.It is cold here in all seasons and there are few houses.I had no choice but to order the troops to sleep in the wild... At dawn the next day, I ordered the commander of the Seventh Fourth Regiment, Yang Duihua, to lead the third battalion to Jiajin Mountain. ... At noon on June 10, a staff officer recklessly ran into the division headquarters, and the voice came before he arrived: "Master, division commander, call!" I jumped up: "What call? Where is the call?" Danced and danced, and stammered the report: "Come! Come! The Seventh Regiment...phone...and the Central Red Army—joined forces!" Yang Chengwu, head of the vanguard regiment of the First Front Army, also had detailed memories of the meeting of the First and Fourth Front Armies: ...About the foot of the mountain, a deep ditch cut off the way, and we had to detour down along the side of the ditch, when suddenly there was a burst of gunfire at the foot of the mountain... The head of the regiment and I ran to the vanguard squad to observe the situation ahead. Through the binoculars, we saw a rather large village not far down the mountain. In the woods around the village, there were many people walking back and forth indistinctly, with guns on their backs. Wearing a military cap on his head, it is obviously an army.What army?Said to be the enemy?They didn't shoot at us; one of our own?We are an avant-garde regiment, and we no longer have our own troops in front.This situation really puzzles us.After the research, the regiment leader and I immediately sent three scouts to find out the situation, and tried to ask the horn operator to contact them with the sound of the horn.They answered, but they couldn't tell from the sound of the trumpets whether it was the enemy or me.We also asked people to shout to them, but they couldn't hear them because they were too far away, so we had to move forward in a fighting posture.Suddenly, the mountain wind sent a very faint call. We listened carefully with bated breath, but we still couldn't understand the words, so we moved forward at a faster speed.Gradually, the voice became louder and louder, as if it was "We are the Red Army!".Red Army?Really the Red Army?I was half-believing when a scout rushed back, shouting as he ran: "It's a comrade of the Red Fourth Front Army." "Comrades from the Red Fourth Front Army are here!" At the same time, a clear cry of "We are the Red Fourth Front Army" came from the foot of the mountain.Suddenly, there was a burst of cheers, shaking the valley.Unexpectedly, at the foot of Jiajin Mountain, we met our relatives whom we had been looking forward to day and night—comrades from the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army. We swarmed down, shook hands with the comrades of the Fourth Front Army, burst into tears, and indulged in joy for a long time.Over 200 days and over 10,000 miles of battle, we encountered layers of enemy attacks and unimaginable difficulties.At this moment, we suddenly joined another main force of the Red Army and our closest comrades. How could we not be excited!How can you not be ecstatic! The long-awaited meeting has come true, and Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao are very excited.Since the beginning of the year, they have paid close attention to the news of the Central Committee. In order to support the Central Red Army, they even gave up on the Sichuan-Shanxi Base Area, which has been built for several years and has a rough scale. Tens of thousands of horses crossed the Jialing River for today.They once again asked all the troops of the Red Fourth Front Army to use practical actions to raise supplies, and each of them took out something to meet the big brother of the First Front Army. Zhang Yuming, a veteran of the 30th Army of the Fourth Red Front Army, recalled: In order to join forces with the Central Red Army, the Political Department of the Army specially held a political work meeting with the director of the Political Department of the regiment and the section chief above. A regiment went to Jiajin Mountain to boil water and cook for Dawei, and some comrades went up the mountain to meet the Central Red Army.Second, the supply department should prepare enough food, and Comrade Wang Nairong, the local minister, should be in charge, and concentrate the prepared food and comfort items in Maogong.Third, the hospitals and clinics should do a good job of receiving the wounded and sick, and immediately receive the wounded and sick of the Central Red Army after joining forces for treatment.Finally, Comrade Li Tianhuan called on all commanders and fighters to actively donate and make condolence items, asking each person to take one and take what they have. ... Some tore wool and twisted wool to make sweaters, woolen vests and wool socks; Towels were also donated as comfort items; some cooks and chief pursers took out some rice and bacon they got from beating local tyrants to comfort the Central Red Army.In addition, there are clothes and other things. Yu Hongyuan, vice chairman of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Provincial Soviet, was ordered to organize a special food-raising team. He led the cadres of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee to try their best to raise a large amount of supplies, and personally escorted them to the Lianghekou Central Station.Yu Hongyuan recalled: After accepting the task from Mr. Xu, we used the fastest speed to form the Sichuan-Shanxi Provincial Soviet Government, a part of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, and the Women's Independence Group to meet the Central Red Army's grain-raising task force... I asked Comrade Pang Jiyuan, the Director of General Affairs of the Government A few big mules were specially found to carry the salt, fermented soybeans, sea pepper noodles, pickles and Ziyang watercress brought out from Zhongba... The working team was led by an engineer battalion, covered by a combat regiment and a government guard battalion. Go forward quickly. ... ... Seeing the team of the First Army approaching, the comrades went forward to greet them, warmly hugging, cheering and jumping, and tears of happiness welled up in their eyes.Bags of rice from Zhongba, Jiangyou, bags of white salt from salt wells in the south, pots of watercress from Ziyang and Pixian, tea leaves from the mountainous regions of northern Sichuan, sea pepper noodles from the plains of western Sichuan, and buttered tsampa from the Aba grassland Leggings, rice bags, straw sandals, knitted sweaters, vests, wool socks, gloves sewed by us... These items, which condense the deep affection of the people of Sichuan and the commanders and fighters of the Fourth Front Army, were delivered to the comrades of the First Front Army... … One day, Yu Hongyuan received a call from Liu Qi, the secretary-general of the central government. Liu Qi said on the phone that he was grateful for the food sent by the Fourth Front Army, but there are still a few things that need to be done urgently: one is to send more butter to the central government, Mules, horses and donkeys, because Xu Teli, Xie Juezai, Dong Biwu and other old people like to ride donkeys; second, they specifically proposed to choose a gentle horse and an educated male nurse for Mao Zedong.On the day he received the call, Yu Hongyuan was busy raising supplies. He bought seven sturdy donkeys from the local chieftain's house, and put red and colorful donkeys on their bodies, and jingling bells around their necks.The next day, the ghee and mules and horses raised were sent to the central station.Because it was difficult to find a good horse for a while, Yu Hongyuan gave his mount to Mao Zedong and sent a doctor Sun Yuhua who met his conditions. Mao Zedong was very satisfied with this.During that time, as long as the First Army needed something, the generals of the Fourth Army gave all they had and gave generously.Chen Haisong, the political commissar of the Ninth Red Army, saw that Zhu De's mount was emaciated, so he immediately gave his big green horse to Zhu De.Under his leadership, many generals of the Fourth Front Army also sent new mounts to the generals of the First Front Army.Li Xiannian heard that Nie Rongzhen's Daqing mule was gone, so he immediately found a fat and strong Daqing mule from the army and sent it to Nie Rongzhen, which made Nie Rongzhen very grateful.Fu Zhong and Deng Xiaoping were old acquaintances, and the gift he gave to Deng Xiaoping made Deng Xiaoping never forget it.Many years later, Deng Xiaoping talked about the Long March and said: "After passing the snow-capped mountains, Fu Zhong gave me three treasures, a horse, a fox fur coat, and a pack of beef jerky. These three things are really a big deal. !" In order to help the Party Central Committee grasp the enemy's situation in detail and correctly formulate strategic guidelines, on the night of June 12, Zhang Guotao, Chen Changhao, and Xu Xiangqian jointly sent a telegram to the Central Committee to introduce the enemy's situation in person, and sent it to Several maps of each side. At 3 pm on June 13, Zhang Guotao and Chen Changhao called Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Mao Zedong again. Flying to the Western Expeditionary Army Zhou, Zhu, and Mao: Deng Xihou, Yang Sen each have one part, and Liu Xiang has eight brigades and about ten regiments, and they are trying to attack our westward expedition... I have already started five regiments.The main force of the brothers can come to Mao, and the tired troops can rest in Maogong, Suijing, and Chonghua. Is it urgently needed?It is hoped that most of them are in front of Tianquan, and they will tell the Central Military Commission and other agencies whether they will come to Maogong immediately.There is a food shortage in Maogong area, and it is impossible to support large soldiers. We must use all our strength to solve the economic problem. On June 15, Zhang Guotao, Chen Changhao, and Xu Xiangqian sent a warm congratulatory message to the Central Committee and the Central Red Army on behalf of more than 80,000 soldiers of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army: Chairman Mao, Commander-in-Chief Zhu, Political Commissar Zhou, all commanders and fighters of the Central Red Army! The telegram of Maogong's rendezvous came, and the whole army rejoiced.You fought victoriously for more than a thousand miles, swept across the southwest, endured arduous and long-term struggles for the anti-imperialist Soviet movement and the sacred national revolutionary war, brought about the gathering of the main forces of the Red Army today, and established the most favorable basic conditions for the redification of the northwest.From now on, under the unified command of the Communist Party of China, we and you will jointly strive for the victory of the Northwest Revolution until the victory of Soviet New China. Zhu De, Mao Zedong, and Zhou Enlai also replied on June 16 to Zhang Guotao, Xu Xiangqian, Chen Changhao, and all commanders and fighters of the Red Fourth Front Army: ...The meeting of the two main forces of the Chinese Soviet movement created a new record in the history of the Chinese revolution and opened a new stage of the Chinese revolution... From now on, we will join hands with you to win great battles and eliminate Chiang Kai-shek, Liu Xiang, Hu Zongnan, and Deng Xihou Waiting for the warlords, Chihua Northwest Sichuan.Our eight-month long march was a struggle for the Soviets.We pledge to fight with you to the end for the Soviets. The Red Star, the official newspaper of the General Political Department of the Central Red Army, published an editorial entitled "The Great Rendezvous", which stated: The Red Fourth Front Army is the largest of the three main forces of the Chinese Soviet movement at present. Its long and glorious fighting history is no less than that of the Central Red Army... During several years of struggle, the Sichuan-Shanxi Soviet Area was created, and more than ten thousand The ranks of people have expanded by about 100,000 people...The victory of the Central Red Army and the Fourth Red Army...enabling the two main forces to concentrate their forces under a unified command, redify the whole of Sichuan, and lay a solid foundation for the great cause of reddening the whole of China Foundation. The iron stream is rolling, rushing for thousands of miles, Bashanshushui, red flags fluttering.The meeting of the two major red armies, the Central Red Army and the Fourth Front Army, opened a new page in the history of Chinese revolutionary struggle.