Chapter 19 The 19th Base Camp Correspondence, Communications, and the First Army Regiment defended their positions

The Central Military Commission chose the ferry between Jieshou and Fenghuangzui. This is the place where the 6th Army crossed the Xiangjiang River and joined the 2nd Army. The 1st Legion failed to seize Quanzhou, so they could only choose the first blocking line in the area of ​​Luban Bridge and Jiaoshanpu, which is more than ten kilometers away from Quanzhou on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River. Jiaoshanpu is a small village with only a few dozens of households. The Guihuang Highway passes through here. On both sides of the highway, there are rolling hills, forming several high and low natural positions. It is higher than Baozi Ridge in the west. There are not many trees on the mountain, and there are mixed rocks. Looking at the current terrain, this place is the only one that is considered an ideal blocking position.

As soon as the 1st Army Corps crossed the river, Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen chose the blocking position here. Bai Chongxi withdrew the Guangxi army, leaving only some militia groups. Liu Jianxu soon realized that Bai Chongxi was afraid of getting burned and just wanted to keep Guangxi.In this way, the Red Army could only enter Hunan, which Liu Jianxu did not want.Liu Jianxu reported to He Jian, and at the same time dispatched from the whole prefecture, with 4 divisions, rushed towards the Xiangjiang River.He Jian reported this situation to Chiang Kai-shek, and at the same time sent more troops to the Xiangjiang River.From the exchange of letters and telegrams in the Nanchang camp, we can see that the situation of the Red Army is extremely critical.

November 12, 1934.Chiang Kai-shek appointed He Jian as the commander-in-chief of "pursuit and suppression". Appoint He Jian as the commander-in-chief for the pursuit and suppression, and Xue Yue's department and Zhou Hunyuan's department, the commander-in-chief of the 6th North Road into Hunan, are under the command. The area east of Hunan and Lishui River.Except for the letter of appointment and customs clearance issued separately, the special telegram follows. November 13, 1934. He Jian's "pursuit and suppression" plan to eliminate the Central Red Army in Hunan and the area east of the Lishui River.

First, as of the evening of November 12th 1. Since November 9th, the bandits fleeing westward entered Yizhang one after another. Some of them attacked Yizhang County, and some of them fled northward to Wanhui Bridge through fertile fields.The main force of the bandits, the puppet 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th, and 9th legions, gathered in the Baishi, Pinghe, and Civilized Divisions in the east of Yizhang.As of the evening of yesterday (12th), the Puppet Eighth Army Corps (21st and 22nd Divisions) near the Civilization Division, after being defeated by our 62nd Division, fled in the direction of Chishi Division and Jiufeng.The bandits near Wanhui Bridge (pseudo 3rd Army Corps) are still fighting fiercely with our 15th Division.Only Yizhang County has fallen because our troops are few and weak, and we can't rescue them quickly.And some bandits fled to the vicinity of Huangmao in the north of Yizhang.

2. On our side in Guangxi, the military offices deployed in the Hunan and Guangxi borders, from the salt water through the Huangsha River to Yong'an Pass, only have more than a thousand militiamen.Its official army has begun to concentrate in the whole county, Guanyang, and Xing'an.On our Guangdong side, there are about 5 regiments of troops on the line from Pingshi to Jiufeng. 3. The situation of the corps of the Pursuing and Suppressing Army is as follows: 1.Commander-in-chief Xue arrived at Anfu County in Jiangxi yesterday (12th) and continued westward this (13th). 2.Commander Zhou Hunyuan's headquarters (4 divisions as the backbone) first arrived in Guidong County yesterday (12th), and will arrive in Zixing this (13th).

3.The actions of the various corps of the former West Route Army are as follows: The 16th Division and the Supplementary Corps (most of which have arrived at Dajiangkou) and the 3rd Hunan Security Regiment (with the 12th company of machine guns) guarded the area along the left bank of the Xiangshui River from the east to Hengzhou.Its main force is located between Dong'an and Lingling. The 15th Division was fighting fiercely with the bandits near Wanhui Bridge in the south of Chen County. The 62nd Division defeated the bandits of the 21st and 22nd Divisions of the Puppet 11th Army Corps near Goudaoao in the north of the Civilization Division yesterday (12th), and followed them to the Civilization Division.Spent the night near the site last night.The remaining 23 divisions of the corps moving westward from Ganxi can reach Gaosi in the north of Chenxian on the first day (13); the 5th division can reach Zixing today; the 63rd division can reach Leiyang today.Except for General Xue's Yue Suo Division and the troops guarding the Xiangshui River, the rest of the corps are expected to arrive between Guiyang and Chenxian on the 14th and 15th.

... Mid-November 1934. Nanchang Camp's plan to "pursue and suppress" the Central Red Army. First, the judgment of the enemy 1. After the two bandit armies, Xiao Ke and He Long, joined forces in Cili and Dayong in western Hunan, it seems that they will continue to operate in Longshan, Xianfeng and eastern Sichuan in an attempt to cut off communications between Sichuan, Hubei and Sichuan and Hunan, and to plunder supplies. 2. The 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th, and 9th armies of the Zhu and Maogu Red Bandits have about 100,000 troops. After arriving in southern Hunan, they will pass through northern Guangxi and eastern Guizhou and flee southward. Together with Xu Xiangqiangu in northern Sichuan and Xiao and Hegu bandits in western Hunan, they formed horns, and then cooperated with each other to control our central Sichuan.

3. Xu Xiangqian, the 4th Army Corps, fled from southern Shaanxi to the Tongjiang, Nanjiang, and Bazhong areas in northern Sichuan. It seems that it will continue to invade the Langzhong and southern areas of the Jialing River in an attempt to contain our central Sichuan army and support Zhu and Mao. , Xiao, and He each bandit army's actions. 4. All the gangsters in this group will avoid the real situation, run around along the way, destroy traffic, plunder supplies, and publicize redness, in order to achieve the purpose of screaming again. ... Fourth: Army Division He Jian, Commander-in-Chief of the Pursuit Army

Commander Liu Jianxu of the 1st Road Pursuit 16th Division 62nd Division 63rd Division Part 1 of the 19th Division Supplementary group (4 groups) Security regiment (3 regiments) Commander Xue Yue of the 2nd Pursuit Wu Qiwei of the 7th Column 59th Division 90th Division 92nd Division 93rd Division 1st team 4th Brigade 75th Brigade Zhou Hunyuan, Commander of the 3rd Route Army 5th Division 13th Division 96th Division 99th Division Li Yunjie, Commander of the 4th Pursuit and Suppression 23rd Division 15th Division Commander Li Yunheng of the 5th Route Pursuit 53rd Division

Bai Chongxi, Commander-in-Chief of the Guangxi Bandit Suppression Army 7th Army 15th Army Wang Jialie, Commander-in-Chief of Guizhou Bandit Suppression 25th Army 102nd Division 103rd Division New Division 8 Independent 1st Brigade Independent 2nd Brigade Independent 3rd Brigade Independent 1st Division Independent 2nd Division Xu Yuanquan, Commander-in-Chief of the Sichuan-Hunan-Hubei Border Region 34th Division 58th Division Provisional 19th Brigade Liu Xiang, Commander-in-Chief of Sichuan Bandit Suppression 1st Route Army (Deng Xihou) The 2nd Route Army (Tian Songyao) The 3rd Route Army (Li Jiayu)

4th Route Army (Yang Sen) 5th Route Army (Fan Shaozeng) 6th Route Army (Liu Wenhui) ... Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram about the elimination of the Central Red Army in the area east of the Xiangshui River. Now the bandits have crossed the first and second lines, and if they can cross the third line in the future, it will be even more difficult to eradicate them, and the damage to the country will be unimaginable.Xi Zhiqiao (He Jian) ​​saw the ministries of the two Li (Li Yunjie, Li Yunheng) and the army and the militia, and together with the Guangdong and Guangxi armies, made proper deployments and pursued them closely to wipe out the bandits in the east of the lake; We must pay attention not to make detours to Guangdong and Guangxi, which will make it more difficult to suppress.It is also necessary for the Guangdong and Guangxi armies to strictly prevent and block the southward movement, but it is most beneficial to oppress the area north of Chenshui to gather and annihilate them, and it is urgent to design actions to delay the bandits. ... November 27, 1934. Liu Jianxu relied on the three-line positions in Quanzhou and Qiaotou to attack the Central Red Army's telegram. 1.According to reports, more than 20,000 bandits arrived in Wenzhou today.The first plainclothes loose bandits, about 2,000 to 3,000 bandits, passed through the Maobu, Pingshandu, and Fenghuangzui lines on separate routes to spy on me.The first part of our Guangxi Army is fighting fiercely with the bandits in the Sanfeng Mountain and Odao Bay in the west of Guanyang.In addition, the 11th regiment of the Gui Army has assembled on the lines of Xinxu and Tangjiayuan, and together with the enemy, they have attacked the bandits. 2.With the purpose of cooperating with the Gui army to pinch and wipe out the bandit, our army decided to rely on the whole county to occupy the position along the third line from Feiwan Bridge to the bridge head, and gather the main force in Dashitang, Shijiao Village, the whole county, and Wuxingpai to attack. 3.The Zhang (Zhang Liangji) division immediately occupied the Feiwan Bridge and the line positions at the bridgehead. The main force controlled the rear of the bridgehead. 4.Immediately, He Ping's Ministry set up strict security along the lines of Xiuyidu, Wangjia, and Maobu along the river, and mainly controlled the northern end of the county. 5.Master Tao Guang gathered near the five-star card and waited for orders. 6.With Chen Guangzhong's division closely guarding the line from Huangsha River to Xiuyidu along the river, the main force gathered at Taipingpu to stand by.However, the sand street still needs to be guarded by soldiers. 7.As soon as Commander Li became aware of it, he led the Iron Man Department, and immediately assembled the northwest end of the city to stand by. 8.It is said that the Artillery Battalion selected a position near Dashitang, and measured the shooting distance of all parties.After that, it was temporarily under the command of Master Zhang. 9.I am in the whole county. Note: (1) The city defense system of the whole county is controlled by Guijun Chen (Chen Enyuan) (2) All units should send reconnaissance and guerrilla units straight ahead. There are 9 items of right order, 2 items of attention, and follow them immediately. November 28, 1934. Chiang Kai-shek sent He Jian and Bai Chongxi a telegram about the vanguard of the Red Army crossing the river calmly. According to Huixian (Liu Jianxu) Ganxu Shenji Electric, the bandit leader has been crossing the river at Goupai Mountain and the mountain top and Shangmitou area for two days in Yuyou and Gangan.Diedian guarded the river to prevent the bandits from crossing. Why is there no guards in the whole state along the line to the salt water, and it is a mistake to let the bandits cross the river calmly.After the crossing, I didn't hear what to do with the teams I was chasing and blocking. It was still said to gather troops and wait for the interception. The bandits have already crossed the river, and they don't know what to do before they make a decisive decision and attack them painfully. It can be sighed.For the current plan, the only way is to face the bandits who are crossing the river quickly, according to the flanking method discussed by Huixian and Jiansheng (Bai Chongxi), and annihilate them painfully; The plan planned by Qiao (He Jian) ​​will be suppressed with a large army.The bandits are unpredictable, and by delaying their actions, our chasing army can pursue and suppress them.In a word, it is a mistake that all the bandits have slipped through the net, and we are still looking forward to the efforts of all armies. The main force of annihilating the bandits is in the area east of Lishui and west of Siguan.In the previous plan to suppress bandits in the area west of the Xiangshui River, a part of the bandits have fled westward, and it is hoped that they will be implemented in accordance with the planned order, and it is important not to let the long drive west or north. Zhongzheng.A seal of frugality and battle. November 29, 1934. He Jian sent a telegram to Liu Jianxu about the attack on the Red Army crossing the Xiangjiang River. Commander Liu Jianxu: According to the report of the Air Force today: (1) A large number of bandit troops were found in the villages along Lianhuatang, Dafuqiao, Shitangwei, Tieotou, and Dalingbei. (2) Wenshi was very quiet, and part of the bandits seemed to have fled to the vicinity of Jiangcun in the northwest of Xianshui.The vanguard of our army's pursuit and suppression team was behind the bandits. (3) Yongzhou Telephone: Today, Zhou Hunyuan's department repelled the bandit guards at Shoufowei, and the bandits fled to Jiangjialing; Zhou Hunyuan and Wang Dong both went to Shoufowei.Etc.It is very obvious to judge that the bandits have followed the old path of Xiao bandits and fled westward.The 55th Brigade of Yangzhi stood firm at the mouth of Meixi, stopped the bandits from fleeing north, intercepted the bandits fleeing west, and supervised and led the main force to work in the whole state and salt water, and took half-cross along the river to kill the bandits. Commander-in-Chief He Jian. Yan Xuheng is the general staff member. On November 29th, Liu Jianxu devoted all he had, dispatched 4 divisions, and rushed out from Quanzhou to attack the Red 1st Army's position at Jiaoshanpu.Liu Jianxu was very dissatisfied with Bai Chongxi's trick—in order to preserve his own strength and prevent the Red Army from entering Guangxi, he adopted a method of shrinking defenses.Such a contraction of Bai Chongxi is equivalent to opening a door to Liu Jianxu's territory.Of course Liu Jianxu understood that the only way the Hunan Army could stop the Red Army from advancing towards Hunan was by fighting to the death. The 2nd Division, the vanguard of the 1st Red Army, guarded the Jiaoshanpu position, and Liu Jianxu's 4 divisions took turns to attack the Jiaoshanpu position. Liu Jianxu used planes to assist in the battle, and the 2nd Division held the position tenaciously. The 1st Division has been running forward. This team has not had a good night's sleep or eaten a full meal for a week in a row. They fought all the way without stopping.Some soldiers fell down while running, and fell asleep as soon as their heads hit the ground.In front of them was the sound of rumbling guns and shouts of killing, surrounded by the sound of people shouting and horses running forward, and many soldiers were trampled to death by the people behind. The 2nd division finally ran to seize the beauty combing Ridge before dawn on November 30. Before the troops could gain a firm foothold, the enemy launched an attack. The enemy's mortars and the new German-made Bufu-style mountain artillery bombarded the Red Army's position frantically. The small blocking position was suddenly billowed with smoke, devastated, and bruised. Thick black clouds of smoke enveloped the position, and half of the sky was also dyed into chaos. The planes strafed at low altitude, and the planes were buried in the gunpowder smoke, as if flying in the clouds.The sound of shells and cannons could no longer be heard clearly. It seemed to be blowing wind or thunder, and the whole earth was trembling. The soldiers who stood firm were choked by the thick smoke and couldn't open their eyes, and their ears were deafened by the sound of artillery.They have only one purpose in mind, and that is: everything is for the new Soviet China, and for the safety of the central column across the river. The howling shells rained down on the position, and the soldiers who had no time to dodge were blown up by the shells, blood-stained straw sandals, and broken guns were flying on the position.After the sound of the cannon, the enemy was rushing up in black, and the Red Army soldiers were also red-eyed. They shot, but the enemy was still pressing on, and there was no time to shoot. The soldiers drew out the big knives behind them, shouting and charging at the enemy. ... December 1st. In the early morning, the misty fog rolled and engulfed the Xiangjiang River. After a night of silence, it was dead quiet here.But the Red Army soldiers who stood firm on the ground knew that this calm was temporary, and the enemy could not tell when they would charge again.The soldiers seized every second of their time to prepare for the battle.Some randomly stuffed a few fried soybeans into their mouths, some were pressing a grain bullet into the barrel of a gun, and some were lying on the rocks to take this opportunity to sleep for a while... Because of the heavy fog, the enemy delayed the attack time. They first sporadically fired cold artillery into the position, and the position was trembling.The air waves of the artillery fire stirred up the dense fog, like torn pieces of cloth, occasionally revealing a line of hilltops that had been plowed by the artillery shells. At this time, the Red Army troops were silent in the thick fog. They were using this little time to rest and prepare to fight the enemy to the end. The commander of the 1st Army, Lin Biao, was standing in a temporary command post not far from Jiaoshanpu. On the raised ammunition box was a map.The map was laid out routinely by the combat staff, and Lin Biao didn't even glance at it, because he had a panoramic view of everything in front of him.After this battle, where the troops will go is a matter for the "highest trio". Right now, the most difficult task of the 1st Army Corps is to block the enemy and cover the central column across the river. Lin Biao was pale and said nothing. From time to time, he raised his binoculars to look at the positions of the enemy and us.This young regiment commander was only 24 years old when he assumed his current position in 1931, that is to say, he was only 27 years old in 1934 at the beginning of the Long March.The inherent nature made Lin Biao calm and serious no matter what time he was, and the soldiers all respected their young army commander. Snow once described Lin Biao in this way: As early as the Guangzhou period, from 1924 to 1925, Lin Biao cooperated with Zhou Enlai. From 1927 to 1928, he was with Zhu De during the Nanchang Uprising, and then climbed to Jinggang Mountain to join Mao Zedong in the severe winter. From 1948 to 1949, Lin Biao became the ever-victorious general in Northeast China and a trusted commander in the Communist Party.It appears that Lin Biao is second only to Peng Dehuai among the top leaders of the army, although other leaders such as He Long, Xiao Ke, Luo Binghui, Nie Rongzhen, and Ye Jianying have more seniority than Lin Biao. At this time, Lin Biao was observing the position calmly, and Nie Rongzhen stood aside worriedly, raising the telescope in his hand to observe from time to time. It seems that today is another bad battle.Nie Rongzhen finished speaking and licked his chapped lips. How did the central column do it? It's a bull.Lin Biao grumbled. The central column was held back by those cumbersome belongings.Nie Rongzhen said with some anxiety. I don't understand, this is not a child's play house, what do you want those rags for? Lin Biao looked in the direction of the Xiangjiang River, where the fog was thicker and he couldn't see anything clearly, but he could feel that it was very quiet and no one was crossing the river. A broken home is worth a million bucks.Nie Rongzhen sat on the ammunition box and beat his sore legs with both fists. Lin Biao hummed, and then stopped talking. The fog had lightened a little, and the sun had dimly revealed its light.The enemy first fired a burst of intensive artillery shells, two of which fell in front of the command post of the 1st Army, and the command post made of wooden boards shook a few times.Lin Biao had already walked out of the command post at this time, standing under a tree, observing the position with a telescope.He firmly believes that the 1st Army is good at sports warfare, but it still plays very well in blocking warfare.Thinking of this, Lin Biao grinned. With the support of cannons and planes, the Hunan Army finally rushed forward.Their commander also went into battle shirtless, with his gun raised to supervise the battle from behind.Shouting, the Hunan Army looked extremely heroic, and rushed to the Red Army's position. At this time, there was no tremor of shells, only charge and counter charge remained.In hand-to-hand combat, both sides shouted and became a group in front of the position.For a while the position was occupied by the Hunan Army, and for a while the Red Army rushed up again. The position was lost for a while and regained, and for a while it was lost again. The Hunan Army is the direct line of the Kuomintang. As early as after the Northern Expedition, when the Communist Party was cleaned up, He Jian and Liu Jianxu carried out Chiang Kai-shek's orders most resolutely and thoroughly.They killed countless Communists, but also killed more innocent people. The Hunan Army was fighting at the door of their house at this time, and they were extremely brave and tenacious. Under the instigation of the officials, they said that the Communist Party's troops were here to seize their territory this time.The Communist Party, the Communist Party and the wife, killed everyone they saw... The Hunan Army did not really understand the Red Army. Under the instigation of the officials, they all had a tragic sense of defending their own territory, their wives, children, brothers and sisters.Under the supervision of the officers, they rushed forward and rushed towards the position screaming "Aw", hoping to drive the Red Army back to the east bank of the Xiangjiang River in one breath. All of a sudden, on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, war lawsuits raged, shouts of killing shook the sky, the enemy and us could no longer be distinguished on the battlefield, the two regiments twisted into a ball, a thin Red Army soldier was hit by a bullet, and he shook After a while, he didn't fall down immediately, but hugged a Hunan soldier beside him. The Hunan soldier didn't have time to turn around, so he fell down with the little soldier, and then the two rolled into a ball on the ground. The little soldier, Biting one of the enemy's ears, the Hunan soldier let out an "Aww" and bled profusely.He struggled to break away from the little soldier's embrace, picked up a stone and threw it at the little soldier... When the two teams were fighting inextricably, a man suddenly appeared in the diagonal stab.The leader was a short but strong man. He was wearing a red military cap and was shirtless. The group of people behind him looked like farmers. They had everything in their hands, some were holding guns, some were holding hands Holding hoeing tools, and some holding kitchen knives, these people went straight to the waist of the Hunan Army. The Hunan Army suddenly lost its position and withdrew from the battle in a panic. The man in the lead waved a big knife dripping with blood, turned around and shouted at the Red Army's position: Who is the leader, who is the leader? A battalion commander of the Red Army appeared in front of him and said: I am the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment. The man stuck the knife in the ground, wiped the sweat off his brow, and stood at attention to report: Zhang Donglai of the 6th Legion is here to report to you. 3 The battalion commander didn't seem to hear what the person said, and asked again: What did you say? The man repeated it again: Zhang Donglai of the 6th Legion will report to you. The commander of the 3rd Battalion said in disbelief: You belong to the 6th Army, has the 6th Army come to meet us? No, I am Zhang Donglai, a prisoner who fell behind from the 6th Army.The man said that when he said this, his expression looked very painful. The commander of the 3rd Battalion seemed puzzled, and he quickly took Zhang Donglai and his group to meet with the regiment commander. The regimental commander didn't know what to do, so he sent a messenger to bring Zhang Donglai to the command post of the 1st Army Corps. Lin Biao had already met this man through the binoculars. This man led a group of people who were neither civilians nor soldiers. He seemed to have come up from the ground. He looked at the man and swung a ghost-headed sword, rushing from left to right to kill , No one is invincible, and almost shouted "Okay". Lin Biao looked at Zhang Donglai in front of him. His naked chest was glistening with sweat. There were scars everywhere on his chest, some were knife wounds, some were gunshot wounds.Lin Biao knew from experience that this was an unusual person, and those standing behind him were neither humble nor overbearing.The thing they held in their hands aroused Lin Biao's interest. Lin Biao didn't want to get to the bottom of it, but he felt that there was something strange about these people, so he waved Zhang Donglai to follow him into the command post.Lin Biao pointed to the row of ammunition boxes and asked Zhang Donglai to sit down. Zhang Donglai did not sit down, but stood at attention and gave Lin Biao a standard military salute.Zhang Donglai: Commander Lin Jun, I know you. Lin Biao raised his eyebrows calmly. Zhang Donglai said again: Zhang Donglai, a prisoner from the 6th Corps, is reporting to you. Lin Biao looked suspiciously at Zhang Donglai in front of him. Everyone knew that the 6th Army had joined the 2nd Army several months ago.Zhang Donglai claimed to be a prisoner of the Army Corps, which puzzled him a bit, but from the way Zhang Donglai spoke to him, he quickly affirmed that the man in front of him was undoubtedly a soldier of the Red Army, not a veteran, and had no formal training. In training, pretending is impossible.What this man said aroused Lin Biao's curiosity. The enemy retreated temporarily, the position seemed quiet, and the soldiers were hurrying up to repair the fortifications.The fog has cleared, the sun is shining well on the position, and the smell of gunpowder smoke is everywhere. Lin Biao's mood also relaxed. He felt that it was necessary to listen to the man in front of him talk about the army and the prisoners. Lin Biao asked someone to bring Zhang Donglai a glass of water, and once again motioned Zhang Donglai to sit down. Zhang Donglai was not polite this time. He sat on the ammunition box, facing Lin Biao, feeling the need to reveal his identity, but he didn't know what to say for a while. rise.He thought of the day the 6th Army set off, the platoon leader Li who escorted him, and the long journey... The story is a bit legendary, but it all happened after all. In order to cover the platoon leader Li Ziliang and the others, Zhang Donglai rushed towards the enemy with a few prisoners. The enemy had about one company, and they were confused. Gun, while approaching the Red Army.They didn't even expect Zhang Dong to come to a few people to counterattack.At that time, they couldn't figure out how many of them rushed over. Zhang Donglai and the others fired guns while running towards the enemy, and the enemy was thrown into chaos.When they understood, Li Ziliang and some people had crossed the river smoothly.Zhang Donglai and the others ran in another direction. The enemy chased them for a while, but they also retreated in fear of being ambushed. Zhang Donglai kept running forward, and they didn't stop until there were no enemies behind them. Only then did they see clearly that they ran to a mountain, which was not high and had dense trees.Not to mention hiding a few of them temporarily, even hiding a battalion of troops is more than enough. Zhang Donglai knew that the pursuers would not withdraw from the river for the time being, they could not cross the river now, and they could only think of a way after dawn.After traveling for so many days, they have never had a good rest. The culling just now exhausted their energy.When the immediate danger was over, they lay down on the grass and soon fell asleep. After Zhang Donglai and the others were awakened by a strange sound, several gleaming ghost-headed swords were already on their chests.At this time, it was twilight, and he saw several figures standing in front of them. Zhang Donglai thought: It's over, it's the enemy.Now it was too late to resist, he closed his eyes, waiting for the knife hanging above his head to fall. After a long while, and then a long while, there was no movement from those people.Zhang Donglai opened his eyes again in puzzlement, and one of the short and thin men came over and asked him: Who are you?Zhang Donglai's heart sank in half, and at this moment he saw clearly that the people in front of him were not Kuomintang troops, but people dressed as peasants.At this moment, he calmed down and asked a question: Who are you? The thin man smiled, waved the knife in his hand and said: We are all green forest heroes. Zhang Donglai heaved a sigh of relief, sat up from the ground, patted the grass clippings on his body and said: Friends, we are all poor people, and we don't have what you need. The thin man smiled, bent down, picked up their guns from the ground and said: You have robbed our territory. Zhang Donglai understood that the thin man regarded them as bandits.Thinking of this, he stood up from the ground, and several other people also stood up from the ground. Those around them did not relax their vigilance, and still pointed their knives at them.Zhang Donglai felt that it was necessary to reveal his identity to these people, so he said: To tell you the truth, we are the Red Army. Red Army? !The people around them looked at them with disbelief. We really are the Red Army.Zhang Donglai said again. Were you the ones who shot last night?The thin man asked again. Zhang Donglai nodded. The thin man threw the knife in his hand and the gun he picked up to the ground with a clang, then took the lead and knelt down with a "plop", and said to the men who were still in a daze: The God-man is here, don't kneel down yet. Those men seemed to have just realized something, and hurriedly dropped the guys in their hands and knelt down in front of Zhang Donglai and the others.Zhang Donglai and the others were confused and looked at each other, as if they had fallen into a dense fog. It was only later that Zhang Donglai found out that these people were all farmers from the nearby mountains, and they all rented and planted the land of Zhao Tuhao's family.Zhao Tuhao's name is Zhao Yongliang. He is in his 50s. He is extremely cruel to the poor and commits all kinds of evil. If he can't pay the rent, he hires someone to replace him. .All the pretty women in this area have been possessed by him.No matter men or women, dare not say half a word.Zhao Yongliang's family kept dozens of thugs and a few guns. The reason why Zhao Yongliang was like this was because his son was the company commander in Liu Jianxu's team.His son often comes back with teams and stays at home for two days.Zhao Yongliang became more confident.No one dared to have the slightest bit of dissatisfaction and resistance against him. The thin man's name is Wang Laosan, and Wang Laosan also rents the land of Zhao Yongliang's family. That is two acres of mountain land.Wang Laosan was originally an honest man. Two acres of mountain land supported him, his mother and a 15-year-old younger sister.Two acres of mountain land can't make a living, let alone beg for a wife.Seeing that every year looks like a year, the mother is anxious, and the younger sister is also anxious.Later, my mother came up with the idea of ​​exchanging marriages. There was also a poor family in Zhulingou in Houshan, and the man was too poor to marry a wife. He happened to have a younger sister who was also thinking of exchanging marriages.After the two sides agreed, the marriage exchange was settled.After the autumn harvest is agreed, the marriage between the two parties will be done.Unexpectedly, there was a severe drought that year. There was no rain throughout the summer, and the two acres of mountain land had no harvest. Naturally, the rent could not be paid by the end of the year.Zhao Yongliang sent someone to urge him, but Wang Laosan couldn't pay the rent.Zhao Yongliang came here in person, and he saw that Wang Laosan did not have a single valuable property to hand over, but he saw Wang Laosan's younger sister, who was not so beautiful, but still quite delicate.Zhao Yongliang said: "It's okay if you can't pay the rent, let your sister work as a clerk at my house for a month, and we will settle the debt this year." Of course Wang Laosan understood what Zhao Yongliang was planning, so he shook his head and vetoed it.Zhao Yongliang then said: If your sister doesn't go, you can go too. Wang Laosan thought, since he couldn't pay the rent anyway, he just went.He left with Zhao Yongliang.In the first two days, everything was normal. Zhao Yongliang's family was building a house, and many people who couldn't pay the rent came to work for Zhao Yongliang.On the third day, Zhao Yongliang's house caught fire. The fire was not too big or small, and burned the wood that Zhao Yongliang's house was going to use to build a house.Zhao Yongliang suspected that someone set the fire on purpose, so he tied up all the people who came to work in his house with ropes at night, and prepared to light the sky lanterns at dawn. Wang Laosan was also bound hands and feet. In the middle of the night, he took advantage of the unsuspecting guards, broke the rope, and fled to the mountain with several people overnight. They escaped, but the family members and relatives who did not escape were arrested by Zhao Yongliang.Wang Laosan's mother was beaten to death on the spot, and his younger sister was raped by Zhao Yongliang, and was rewarded to his subordinates for gang rape. After leaving Zhao Yongliang's house, his younger sister threw herself into a river. These people who escaped, their relatives at home died or were injured.They hated Zhao Yongliang to the core, but they couldn't do anything about Zhao Yongliang. Zhao Yongliang not only had a gun, but also had the company commander's son to back him up. Later they learned about the Red Army, and they heard that the Red Army were gods and men who traveled a thousand a day and eight hundred a night, fighting against the rich and wicked.They also heard that these people fought exclusively against the Kuomintang, and that the Kuomintang mobilized hundreds of thousands of people and could not do anything to the Red Army. The Reds are getting louder and louder in their rumours.They all want to defect to the Red Army, but they don't know whether the Red Army will take them in or not. After listening to Wang Laosan and others, Zhang Donglai realized that these were some poor people who had been forced into the mountains to become bandits.Zhang Donglai once thought of chasing the troops, but at the same time, he also thought that the pursuers would not give up so easily, there must be a lot of troops ambushing on the road, and if they went like this, it would be like throwing themselves into a trap.So Zhang Donglai temporarily gave up the idea of ​​looking for the Red Army.But hiding in the mountains is not a long-term solution. He learned from Wang Laosan that the Red Army has a solid foundation in this area.He then decided to mobilize the masses here to fight the local tyrants and divide the land. Zhang Donglai, Wang Laosan and the others conspired a few times, and they took Zhao Yongliang first.They didn't take too much effort to capture Zhao Yongliang. Some of their men were killed and some escaped.Zhang Donglai, who was born as a battalion commander, was no stranger to beating local tyrants to divide the land. He immediately called the villagers to hold a meeting to fight against Zhao Yongliang. After the meeting, Zhao Yongliang was suppressed.Unable to understand his hatred, Wang Laosan cut off Zhao Yongliang's head and hung it on a big tree for public display.Everyone divided the floating wealth of Zhao Yongliang's family. The news quickly reached the ears of Zhao Yongliang's son, who led his troops to kill him.Zhang Donglai led Wang Laosan and others into the mountains, waiting for an opportunity to find the Red Army. Zhang Donglai never expected that a large force of the Red Army would come to kill him.Zhang Donglai was very excited, so he said to Wang Laosan and others: Don't you want to join the Red Army, the Red Army is here now, let's go out and find the Red Army. When the position of the 1st Army was most dangerous, Zhang Donglai led his men to kill them and relieved the encirclement of the 1st Army. After listening to Zhang Donglai's narration, Lin Biao took another look at Zhang Donglai.He believed that everything Zhang Donglai said was true, and he admired Zhang Donglai's indomitable spirit.Lin Biao turned around and stared at Zhang Dong and said: I will give you a battalion now, and hold the ground for me. This was something Zhang Donglai never expected. Zhang Donglai came out to find the Red Army, and he wanted to subdue the law.The Red Army may continue to treat him as a prisoner, or they may not believe his words and say he is a traitor and execute him on the spot.He looked at Lin Biao and didn't know what to say for a moment. Lin Biao didn't say another word, and confessed to the combat staff next to him: "Give him the reserve battalion." The combat staff officer led Zhang Donglai out. Wang Laosan yelled at the people waiting outside the door: We found the Red Army today, and we will listen to Battalion Commander Zhang from now on, and fight Liu Jianxu with the bastard——