On the afternoon of December 20, 1934, the 34th Division of the Fifth Red Army Corps arrived near Yuqing County.
The investigators reported that there were no troops stationed in Yuqing City, only militia groups.
Division Commander Chen Shuxiang ordered the 101st Regiment to immediately occupy the county seat. The 100th Regiment bypassed the county seat and directly attacked the Wujiang Ferry. The division commander and the 102nd Regiment followed up.
Hou Zhidan is from Tongzi and graduated from Guizhou Martial Arts Hall. Like Wang Jialie, he is one of the backbone figures of the Tongzi clique. Hou Zhidan has been confronting Wang Jialie since Wang Jialie drove Mao Guangxiang from the chairmanship of Guizhou Province.
.Call back and forth
After that, Hou Zhidan formed a separatist regime in northern Guizhou. Now Hou Zhidan is the deputy commander of the 25th Army, the commander of the teaching division, and the commander of the southern Sichuan border defense. In addition to the regular Qian army to which the teaching division belongs, he also has
Militia groups and other local armed forces in several counties.
Before the Red Army entered Liping, Chiang Kai-shek telegraphed Wang Jialie's main force of Guizhou troops to Jinping. When the Liping front line was deployed, Wang Jialie had actually ordered Hou Zhidan's troops to prepare to intercept the Communist army. However, Wang Jialie's order was not effective for Hou Zhidan.
, not only had no effect, but also caused Hou Zhi to worry, fearing that Wang Jialie would take advantage of his reputation.
To destroy him with the hands of the army. In fact, Wang Jialie did think so. Therefore, on the evening of the 17th, because the Red Army occupied Jianhe, Wang Jialie strictly ordered Hou Zhidan to send troops to Huangping in accordance with the deployment of the military meeting. Shi Bing intercepted the Red Army on the front line and took strict precautions.
After the telegram order for the Wujiang Defense Line was issued, Hou Zhidan did not implement it seriously.
It wasn't until the Red Army occupied Huangping on the 19th that Shi Bing and Hou Zhidan began to worry that the Red Army might want to occupy his hometown in northern Guizhou. They hurriedly deployed troops to defend Wujiang and prepared to cross the three crossings of Chashan Pass, Jiangjie River and Huilongchang.
Focus on defense.
To say that Hou Zhidan has been entrenched in northern Guizhou for a long time and has a favorable geographical position, the troops should quickly move towards the Wujiang River, but in fact that is not the case. Hou Zhidan's troops have never fought with the Red Army, nor with the Central Army or the Sichuan Army.
The Hunan Army and the Gui Army fought against each other, and the only army they fought against was Wang Jiali's troops. They didn't even know that they were actually a unit.
Local security forces. In addition, many soldiers have been addicted to opium for a long time, so their combat effectiveness is extremely low. As soon as they heard that they were going to defend Wujiang River, the officers and soldiers were hesitant. Most of them were satisfied first and then opened the way. Hou Zhidan 11 am
Lin Xiusheng's troops of the Third Brigade were ordered to defend Wujiang. As a result, only one regiment left Zunyi by noon.
In the evening, Hou Zhidan learned that the Lin Brigade had all left Zunyi in the afternoon and rushed to Wujiang. Just as he was about to pick up the phone and scold Lin Xiusheng, he received a notification that the main force of the First and Third Army Corps of the Red Army had occupied Fuquan and Kaiyang, and then there were arrangements
The secret line in Guiyang reported that Wang Jialie had withdrawn to Guiyang.
, and ordered security groups from several places to gather in Guiyang. I heard that an emergency telegram for help had been sent to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, and Hunan. Hou Zhidan's heart suddenly returned to his stomach, and he thought
I said the Red Bandits will not come to northern Guizhou, but will things be easy in Wujiang?
Soon his subordinates reported that 15 regiments of Wang Jialie's main force were marching from Tongren to Guiyang and had passed through Renhuai.
Hou Zhidan became more and more convinced that the main force of the Red Army would besiege Guiyang. Otherwise, why would Wang Jialie let his troops rush to Guiyang day and night?
Therefore, it was not until the morning of the 20th that Hou Zhidan pressed Lin Xiusheng to ask where his troops had arrived. When Lin Xiusheng reported that all parties were moving quickly and that they were about 70 miles away from the Wujiang River, Hou Zhidan no longer asked where they had arrived.
Regardless of whether Lin Xiusheng's words were credible or not, he just told him to speed up and put the phone down.
At noon, Hou Zhidan gathered a few old brothers for a drink, and while they were drinking, they talked about the situation in Guizhou. Holding the wine glass, Hou Zhidan told the old brothers categorically that Wujiang is known to be a dangerous place, let alone
The Red Bandit after the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Xiangjiang was none other than Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. If we didn’t discuss it with him,
It is impossible for the well-equipped Central Army to even think about the Wujiang River! In the final analysis, this northern Guizhou is the foundation of the Tongzi Clan, and it is the territory of the Hou Zhidan. No matter who wants to run wild here, he must first
Let’s see if Wujiang Tianxian agrees, and let’s see if the instructor brothers agree!
These words were spoken with as much arrogance as an ox, and several old brothers drank heartily as they listened.
An old brother joined in the fun while drinking and said: "If the red bandits really go to besiege Guiyang, Chairman Wang will look good!"
Another person immediately said: "Chairman Wang, that's a traitor from our Tongzi faction. It's better to let the red bandits arrest Wang Jialie. We support Deputy Military Chair Hou, no, it should be Military Commander Hou, Chairman Hou comes to power."
At that time, the instructors will march directly to Guiyang, and we will divide our troops to guard my brother's area and protect Chairman Hou to be a happy and comfortable King of Guizhou."
Hou Zhidan's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he kept saying: "I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it, the old brothers are looking up to me."
As a result, the atmosphere at the wine table became more and more lively, with guessing games and wild chatter. It was hard to know what day it was.
Historically, when the Red Army forcibly crossed the Wujiang River, it was carried out in three ways. Among them, the right column, the 1st Army, the 1st Division and the 9th Army set up bamboo rafts to cross the Wujiang River from Huilongchang Ferry near Qingkou, Yuqing County, and almost nothing happened.
A decent fight
Fighting, the defending Wanshijiongbu of the 8th Regiment of the Guizhou Army collapsed at the first touch; the Third Red Army Corps of the left column crossed the Wujiang River from Chashanguan Ferry, but no fighting took place. When the enemy saw the arrival of the Red Army, they thought that magic soldiers were coming from the sky, and abandoned their positions and fled.
Song Guojiang; only the Second Division of the First Army of the Central Route fought a fierce battle with the enemy at the Jiangjiehe Ferry. The reason for the fierce battle was that Li De and Bo Gu once again mentioned the march to Xiangxi, arguing that it could not be defeated by the Wu River, so the central government had to hold a monkey farm meeting to resolve the march.
The route problem delayed time and gave Hou Zhidan's troops the opportunity to build fortifications. Even so, the two regiments of Hou Zhidan's garrison, suppressed by the firepower of the Fourth Red Regiment, saw the Red Army crossing the river on bamboo rafts and landing on the shore to attack.
He quickly fled.
Now, the 34th Division of the Fifth Red Army is rushing back to Longchang Ferry, 11 days earlier than the Red Army's forcible crossing of the Wujiang River in history. Not to mention Hou Zhidan, Wang Jialie, and Chiang Kai-shek could not have imagined that they all had their eyes on Guiyang. Therefore, Wujiang River
There were no defenders on the front line, and Lin Xiusheng's brigade was still a long way from Huilong Ferry. In this way, when Han Wei, commander of the 100th Regiment of the 34th Division, led his troops to the ferry in the evening, the boatman was still ferrying normally.
Han Wei ordered the troops to control the ferry and ferries. Looking at the situation, Han Wei was very happy that there were actually 5 ferries at the ferry. After asking the boatman, he found out that this is the only way for Yu Qing to go to Meitan, and there are many pedestrians.
So there are more ships.
Han Wei then asked the boatman if he would like to cross the river with the Red Army. The boatman said, are you going to fight Hou Zhidan? If you are going to fight Hou Zhidan, we will ferry you over for free.
Only then did Han Wei know the name Hou Zhidan. After carefully asking about the situation of Hou Zhidan's troops, he arranged for the leading company to cross the river immediately. After crossing the river, he quickly controlled the Jingkou key point, covered the large troops crossing the river, and immediately sent correspondents to the division.
The Ministry reported the situation at the ferry and learned about the situation of Hou Zhidan's Ministry.
After receiving the report, Chen Shuxiang ordered the main force to quickly advance to the ferry and report to the army.
After receiving the telegram that the Fifth Army Corps had successfully crossed the Wujiang River, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De laughed heartily and called God to help the Red Army. They immediately ordered the Red Army to leave one part to control the ferry and use the ferry to build a pontoon across the river. The main force was divided into two groups.
The 13th Division quickly moved westward along the north bank of the Wujiang River, seizing the Jiangjie River and Chashanguan Ferry, covering
Protect the main force across the river; the 34th Division searches for Zunyi and annihilates the Jiang defense troops of the Guizhou Army coming from Zunyi at any time. The Ninth Army Corps is ordered to quickly advance to Huilong Ferry and cross the river quickly. After crossing the river, it immediately goes north to seize Meitan. After success,
Attack and advance towards Suiyang. The troops controlled by the Fifth Army Corps at the ferry have the task of monitoring the enemy's situation on the south bank of Wujiang River.
Then, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission ordered Chief of General Staff Liu Bocheng to lead the second division and the cadre regiment to speed up the pace of action and quickly attack the Jiangjie River ferry, trying to cross the Wujiang River and go straight to Zunyi before the arrival of the enemy's river defense troops. The order had already entered Kaiyang's
The 1st and 15th Divisions of the 1st Red Army Corps went north to Chashanguan Ferry, crossed the Wujiang River and marched towards Zunyi. The 3rd Red Army Corps, which was in Fuquan, was ordered to give up occupying Fuquan and quickly move north along the march route of the 1st Army Corps, 1st Division and 15th Division.
Cross the river.
By the time the Ninth Red Army Corps arrived at Huilongchang at 5 a.m. on the 21st, the Fifth Red Army Army Corps had all crossed the Wujiang River.
Luo Binghui took a look and saw that a pontoon bridge had been built on the Wujiang River. With the help of a torch, Luo Binghui saw that the pontoon bridge used bamboo to connect five boats. The entire pontoon bridge deck was paved with bamboo. Two ropes were pulled up on the river to fix the pontoon bridge, and the river was flowing.
The rushing water of Wujiang River was rolling under the pontoon, roaring towards the northeast.
Even though Luo Binghui was well-informed, he had to admire the engineers of the Fifth Corps for their thoughtfulness. It was just a matter of setting up a pontoon bridge. It would be much safer to pull the ropes on both sides.
Seeing that the leading troops had contacted a battalion of the 101st Regiment of the 34th Division of the Fifth Army Corps guarding the ferry, Luo Binghui waved his hand and took the lead on the pontoon bridge. Behind him, the troops of the Ninth Army Corps entered the bridge and crossed the river in order.
After crossing the river, when Luo Binghui saw the battalion commander of the 101st Regiment staying at the ferry, he still asked: "Whose idea was it to build this floating bridge?"
The battalion commander of the 101st Regiment reported that it was their commander Su Daqing's idea. He said that when they were crossing the Xiangjiang River, Comrade Liu Yimin once told Commander Su how to build a pontoon bridge. Unfortunately, there are no wooden boards here, but there are plenty of bamboos.
You can use local materials.
Luo Binghui sighed to himself: This Liu Yimin is really a talent. Not only is he a good fighter, but he is also very knowledgeable in earthworks. If you have the opportunity, you must meet this Red Army hero. It is best to get him drunk and let him talk to you.
He said where he learned so many ideas!
Looking back at the dark cliffs on both sides of the Wujiang River, and then listening to the surging water of the Wujiang River, Luo Binghui sighed in his heart, the so-called natural danger of the Wujiang River was trampled under his feet like this! Unexpectedly, really unexpectedly!
After crossing the river, the Ninth Red Army Corps rested on the spot, and when the sun just rose, they started heading north to complete the mission of capturing Meitan.