Zhenyuan is located at the intersection of Huaihua, Tongren and southeastern Guizhou provinces and five counties. It was called "Zhuyan Datian Xidong" in ancient times and belongs to "Ghost Fang". The county was established in the 30th year of King Zhao of Qin Dynasty, and was renamed in the first year of Shaoding in Song Dynasty.
Zhenyuanzhou.
Zhenyuan is the political, economic and cultural center of eastern Guizhou. There is the Miaoling Ancient Great Wall on the mountain outside the city to protect the city. Within the city, there are eight major conference halls such as "Two Lakes", "Jiangxi", "Sichuan" and "Qinjin" built in the heyday of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
There are twelve theaters including "Wanshou Palace West Tower", "Dongyue Temple Theater", "Huoshen Temple Theater" and "North Pole Palace Theater". Wu Jingzi, a great novelist in the Ming Dynasty, called Zhenyuan a "singing and dancing place".
On the Tai Chi diagram of the unity of nature and man drawn by the "S"-shaped Wuyang River, "nine mountains embrace one water, one water contains two cities", and "crooked paths" connect the courtyards and courtyards of the Jiangnan water town built with stone slabs and bricks.
The wooden stilted buildings standing in the air make the ancient city more peaceful and simple.
Zhenyuan's commerce is very developed, and it can be regarded as the material distribution center of Hunan and Guizhou provinces. There are many wealthy businessmen and wealthy merchants, and there are densely packed mansions and courtyards. People spread the saying that "Zhenyuan Street is crowded with people, and those carrying kiln jars are broken, and those carrying tung oil are
"I can't squeeze out of the city", which is a footnote to Zhenyuan's prosperity.
Zhenyuan is also the birthplace of China's modern heavy industry. The "Westernization Movement" emerged in the late Qing Dynasty. Zhang Zhidong and Li Hongzhang built China's first steel plant, Qingxi Iron Works, in Zhenyuan. The "Tianzi No. 1" steel ingots produced were stored in Zhenyuan.
Zhenyuan is also a transportation hub and military strategic location in Yunnan from Hunan to Guizhou. It connects directly to Guizhou and Yunnan by land and directly to Dongting by water from Yuan River under Wuyang River. It is known as "the key to Yunnan and Chu", "the throat of Hunan and Guizhou" and "an important town in eastern Guizhou".
"". Many ancient people said that "if you want to pass through Yunnan and Guizhou, you must first defend Zhenyuan" and "if you want to occupy Dianchu, you must occupy Zhenyuan". In the late Southern Song Dynasty, the Yuan army and the Song army fought here for many years, and Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang also conquered Yunnan.
This is the main point. To this day, the Four Official Palaces in the county still enshrine the four famous generals Bai Qi, Wang Jian, Lian Po and Li Mu, which proves the history of Zhenyuan's business and city prosperity due to the military.
Historically, Zhenyuan was the place where Jingchu Emperor Yelang abandoned his ship and landed. It was also the shortcut and only place for exchanges between the capital and the southwestern frontier as well as Annan, Myanmar, Siam, India and other countries. It was an important part of the "Southern Silk Road"
When he was a boy, Indian Prime Minister Nehru went to Qinglong Cave in Zhenyuan with his teacher to give lectures and study, which left a very good impression on him.
At noon on the 22nd, Liu Yimin led the Central Guard Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army to station in Zhenyuan.
It was freezing cold at this time, and the ancient town was covered in silver. It looked like a world in a fairy tale, especially enchanting.
As soon as he entered the temporary division headquarters organized by Liu Jianli, Liu Jianli reported that the radio station had been set up and contacted the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. According to the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, the Third Red Army Corps had crossed the Wujiang River and controlled the front line of the Wujiang River; the Second Red Division
The Sixth Regiment successfully attacked Zunyi. The main force of Hou Zhidan's troops was completely wiped out by the Second Red Division and the Fifth Red Regiment. Hou Zhidan himself fled to Tongzi. The Second Red Division had taken control of Loushan Pass. The First Red Division and the Fifteenth Division captured Renhuai.
, the Ninth Red Army Corps captured Meitan and was heading towards Suiyang.
Liu Yimin recalled that in history, when the Red Army captured Zunyi, each prisoner of the Guizhou Army was given three pieces of ocean to let the prisoners cooperate with the Red Army to open the city gate. It is estimated that this time it will be similar. Liu Bocheng, known as the "Sun Wu of the World", is good at using strange soldiers and clever tactics.
With him as the former enemy commander, it was no problem to capture Zunyi. Thinking of Marshal Liu Bocheng's all-powerful demeanor in history, Liu Yimin unconsciously smiled.
When Cai Zhong saw that Liu Yimin was smiling but not speaking, he knew that this guy was not in a fuzzy state again. He asked Liu Jianli: "Do you have any information about Xue Yue's department?"
Liu Jianli said: "The Central Revolutionary Military Commission has deciphered the code of Xue Yuebu's radio station and informed He Xinghua. Currently, the 93rd Division and 54th Division of Xue Yuebu's vanguard troops are staying in Yuping County due to heavy snow, and the main force is still in Xinhuang."
At this time, Liu Yimin heard it, raised his head and said to Liu Jianli: "Order the troops to seize the time to rest, arrange personnel to purchase or organize people to sew cotton boots, it is best to see if there are leather boots. Contact Hu Laohu and let him pay attention.
The march is safe. Order the reconnaissance company to focus on reconnaissance of the Qingxi terrain. The troops will set off at night."
Liu Jianli said: "Looking at the current weather and road conditions, Xue Yue's troops should wait until the road conditions improve before taking action! Is it possible to consider letting the troops spend the night here?"
Cai Zhong, Li Qing, Wu Zheng and the regiment leaders and political commissars also looked at Liu Yimin eagerly.
Liu Yimin stared at Liu Jianli: "Don't regard Xue Yue as Wang Jialie, and don't regard the Central Army as the Guizhou Army. Not all national army generals and troops are soft persimmons and cowards. If so, the Red Army will not need to follow
Jiangxi has come to Guizhou."
Seeing Liu Jianli blushing and having a thick neck, he could not get off the stage. Liu Yimin added: "The chief of staff thought well, and everyone may have the same idea. After all, the troops have traveled hundreds of miles and are really tired. However, everyone
Think about it, the main force of our Red Army has occupied Zunyi, which is the second largest city in Guizhou. If you go north, you can go to Chongqing, and if you go west, you can go to southern Sichuan. You can even use the natural dangers of Wujiang River and the mountain dangers of Dalou Mountain in northern Guizhou to separatist rule in northern Guizhou. Wang Jialie is
They were fooled, and so was Chiang Kai-shek. The various princes in Sichuan were looking forward to the Red Army's movement into Yunnan and Guizhou. Everyone said, can Chiang Kai-shek sit still? Can Xue Yue sit still? Can Liu Xiang sit still? Can Wang Jialie sit still?
What?"
The cadres were silent.
After a pause, Liu Yimin said: "Some comrades may think that since the Battle of Xiangjiang River, we severely damaged the Hunan Army at Xiaoshui and Xikou, the Gui Army also retreated, and the Guizhou Army was vulnerable. In a few days,
Our Red Army swept across southeastern Guizhou, and our current strategic situation has obviously changed. This statement is reasonable. In the short term, our situation has indeed improved a lot. However, the passive situation of the Red Army being in a state of containment has not completely changed.
While we are still in danger, Chiang Kai-shek is mobilizing a large army to press against Guizhou. If we relax even a little bit, not to mention others, even the Hunan Army and the Gui Army who have been taught a lesson by us will pounce on us from behind. Of course, they will not be able to do it again.
We fought as hard as we did in the Xiangjiang Battle, but if we want to turn around and return eastward, will they let us pass?"
Liu Yimin became more and more anxious as he spoke: "After our Red Army left the Soviet area, it had no base area. Food and ammunition supplies came from seizures. The recruitment of soldiers mainly relied on prisoners and recruits who expanded into the Red Army. But what about the enemy? There are sufficient supplies of materials, as well as local political power and reactionary militia.
With our cooperation, soldiers are constantly being replenished. Maybe you don’t know that the three divisions of the Hunan Army that we destroyed have now been rebuilt, and it won’t take long to be put on the battlefield. In Sichuan, which is adjacent to Zunyi, Liu Xiang and several warlords
Although the regular army only has 200,000 to 300,000 troops, they can form more troops based on the backbone troops in a very short period of time. Because they have militia groups, strong men, officer training teams, food, and weapons. And we have
, there are only tens of thousands of the main force of the Red Army, one less sacrifice, we cannot afford to sacrifice, we cannot afford to lose!"
Seeing the cadres thinking deeply and savoring his words, Liu Yimin felt that it was already effective. He changed the topic and said: "Only by annihilating one part of Xue Yue or severely damaging most of them can we knock down the Central Army's arrogance and arrogance."
To frighten the Sichuan Army, Yunnan Army and other local warlords who want to pounce on us when we are unlucky, and make them fear the Red Army.
The fear mentality opened the way for us to go north to fight against Japan. Therefore, our army must send out surprise troops and attack quickly. When Xue Yue cannot react, the battle will end, so that his troops have no time to deploy and the aircraft cannot find the bombing target.
Artillery cannot find targets to attack. Only in this way can we defeat the many with the few, the weak with the strong, destroy the enemy and strengthen the Red Army."
Seeing that Liu Yimin was about to finish speaking, Cai Zhong interjected: "Everyone should carefully understand what the division commander said. I think that the division commander basically explained clearly the current situation of our Red Army, the enemy's strategic deployment and the principles of our battle.
The regiment must inform the cadres above the platoon. Director Li, please tell me
We should sort out the commander's speech, and also sort out the division commander's speech in the passage area and print it out for cadres and soldiers to study. Today's speech is based on the conversation between Comrade Liu Yimin, commander of the Central Guard Division, and cadres above the regiment. It was copied to the Central Revolutionary Military Commission and Mao, Zhou, and Zhang
, Bo, Zhu, Wang and other leaders, please review it."
After listening to Cai Zhong's words, the cadres all nodded. No one questioned Cai Zhong's wrong arrangement of central leadership positions, because the contents of the conversation between Liu Yimin and Stone had already spread like wildfire in the Red Army ranks.
For spreading. Central Police
At the founding meeting of the Guard Division, Liu Yimin made it very clear about the mission of the Central Guard Division, which is to defend the Party Central Committee, defend Chairman Mao, and defeat all enemies. Therefore, from Cai Zhong on down, the cadres and soldiers of the Guard Division have long regarded Chairman Mao as the Red Army
The commander-in-chief came to see it.
Liu Yimin calmed down and said with a smile: "Political Commissar, you are being too serious. Doesn't this make me unable to speak in the future?"
Cai Zhong said seriously: "No, I have compiled several of your speeches, including those on coaching tactical movements and mobilizing prisoners. The more I think about it, the more I feel that you are right. There is a brand-new military thought in it.
This kind of thinking is not taught in the Whampoa Military Academy and is rarely taught in the Red Army University. It is particularly applicable to the current Red Army operations. We should sort it out and let the cadres and soldiers learn it to drive everyone to improve."
Liu Yimin smiled again, this time very brightly, which made the cadres feel that the teacher's mood had really improved.
After finishing laughing, Liu Yimin said: "After everyone returns, immediately arrange for the troops to rest, prepare more cold-proof items, white cloth and other camouflage items. The engineer battalion should raise more explosives in Zhenyuan. The industrial base here is good and more mines and explosive bags can be made.
.The battlefield ambulance is rushing to collect medicines and first-aid supplies. Do you understand?"
The cadres responded in unison: "I understand!"
Liu Yimin waved his hand: "The leaders of the engineering battalion and artillery battalion will stay, and the others will carry out the tasks separately."
After the regiment leader and political commissars had left, Liu Yimin called Zeng Zhao again. Zeng Zhao and Lei Ming talked about how to make a "heartless cannon", how to calculate the amount of powder used to launch a "heartless cannon", and how to calculate a "heartless cannon".
"Conscience Cannon" firing distance, direction finding, aiming and methods to prevent the cannon from exploding. After hearing this, the two of them were very surprised. Especially Zeng Zhao, who kept asking Liu Yimin
How did he come up with this method? Liu Yimin said that he was inspired by the experience of setting off firecrackers at home when he was a child. He has been thinking about how to make up for the lack of firepower of the Red Army these days, and wanted to try this. In Tongtong County and Jingwu Prefecture, there are no conditions.
, after arriving in Zhenyuan, I saw that transportation was busy and there was a certain industrial foundation, so I wanted to try it. Whether it would work or not would depend on Zeng Zhao’s ability.
Without saying a word, Zeng Zhao took Li Chang and ran away.
After the two left, Liu Yimin asked He Mingliang whether he could make landmines. He Mingliang replied that he could, but there are no factories and workshops now, so it couldn't be built. Liu Yimin said that it could be built without a factory. He Mingliang didn't understand that without a factory,
How can you make something without tools or raw materials? Liu Yimin said, there must be a lot of explosives here. Just collect the folk jars and porcelain jars, put explosives in them, put some iron nails in them, and install a trigger device.
Done?
He Mingliang scratched his head and said regretfully: "Why am I so stupid? If I had thought of this method earlier, when Bai Gouzi was besieging the Soviet area, how many enemies could have been bombed by burying himself on the road?"
After he raised his legs and was about to leave, Liu Yimin called out to him again and asked him if he could detonate explosive packets from a distance. He Mingliang said that he could, but there was no explosive packet. Liu Yimin told him that there were many mines in Zhenyuan, so there must be
There are a lot of explosive packs and wires, so hurry up and collect them.
The more you do, the better. If you don’t understand anything, ask Zeng Zhao and he will definitely know it. However, tell Zeng Zhao that the engineers and technical workers you find, no matter what they do, will try to mobilize to join the Red Army. You can agree to give them
Some financial compensation, such as resettlement allowance, etc.
He Mingliang left. Liu Yimin turned around and saw that Cai Zhong and several division-level cadres were waiting for him in the room. He asked why he didn't go to bed and had to set off at night.
Li Qing said: "I'm wondering how many divisions Xue Yue can lose this time."
Liu Yimin said with a smile: "It depends on whether Xue Yue cooperates or not. It may be one regiment, one division, or two divisions. If there are more, I guess Xue Yue will be reluctant to part with it. But this time he has to give up.
I can’t bear to part with it even once, in my opinion
, if he does not stop the pursuit, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the eight divisions he brought to go back. As long as the main force of the Red Army can rest in Zunyi for a period of time and regain their strength, Chairman Mao is much more courageous than me, then
But it’s a real big deal!”
Several people were laughed at by him. Liu Yimin suddenly remembered that he had not asked about the seizure in Zhenyuan, so he asked Liu Jianli how the seizure was. Liu Jianli said that there was no time to capture anything. The Red Ninth Army did not stop in Zhenyuan County, but was the vanguard of the attack.
Come in
, and then left after receiving the order. Therefore, the county magistrate, militia commander, police chief, and tax director of Zhenyuan did not escape far. After seeing the Red Army leave, they all came back. Everyone was captured, and the radio stations and telephones were controlled
Yes, but there was no time to interrogate.
Liu Yimin immediately said: "This and that can be done, and they must be interrogated immediately. This place is much richer than the passage, and the oil and water must be bigger. In this way, Lao Wu stayed, and the Third Company with the heavy supply camp dug for floating wealth here and mobilized the masses to expand the fortune.
.”
Wu Zheng immediately said: "Report to the division commander, the last time we fought in Xikou, I obeyed the order to escort the prisoners and the baggage company. As a result, the cadres and soldiers of the baggage camp were very dissatisfied. This time I will go to the front line no matter what. I will not stay, the baggage company will
We must also go to the front line.”
Liu Yimin said: "Political Commissar, please make arrangements."
Cai Zhong turned his eyes to the faces of Liu Jianli and Li Qing. Before he could speak, Liu Jianli said: "I am the chief of staff. He must go to the front line. You don't need to look at me."
Li Qing said: "It's easier to fight against other troops. I must go against Xue Yue's Central Army, and I have to lead the troops to charge directly."
Cai Zhong had no choice but to say to Liu Yimin: "We have already expressed our opinions, you decide."
Liu Yimin said: "Since we are all going, we have to lock up those guys and their families first and leave a force to guard them. The chief of staff informed Qi Fengnian of the 7th Battalion of the 3rd Regiment to lead a company to stay behind. The task is to interrogate the prisoners and dig out the prisoners.
Make money, mobilize the masses, and look for talents."
Cai Zhong said: "Let's keep the new barracks. The Qifengnian Company is the main force, and good steel should be used on the blade."
Liu Yimin said: "Qi Fengnian did a good job last time staying at the passage. But the political commissar is right. In this way, one company of the guard battalion will be left behind to strengthen the firepower. The recruit battalion must go to the front line, and several months of training are not worth it.
It’s a practical test. Chief of Staff, let’s make arrangements. Let’s take some time to rest and disperse.”
Several people then went to sleep separately.
Wang Jialie only learned about the fall of Wujiang and Zunyi after receiving Wan Shijiong's report.
On the morning of the 21st, after a battalion of Wan Shijiong was annihilated by the 34th Division of the Fifth Red Army, the battalion commander escaped. The guy was smart and did not dare to take the main road. He returned to Meitan over the mountains and had just reported the troops to Wan Shijiong.
After being completely wiped out, the leading troops of the Ninth Red Army arrived at the south gate of Meitan County.
Wan Shijiong knew that the Red Army had broken through the Wujiang River and came to attack. He had no time to hold the unlucky battalion commander accountable or report to Wang Jialie, so he hurriedly withdrew with his team. They originally evacuated to Zunyi, but wanted to make peace with Hou Zhi.
Dan Yiyi insisted on defending Zunyi, but when he was approaching Zunyi, he discovered that the Red Army was advancing towards Zunyi in several directions. Wan Shijiong knew that Hou Zhidan, the coward, could not defend Zunyi. If he entered Zunyi, he would be a sheep in the tiger's mouth.
, quickly turned to Suiyang and retreated. On the way, they learned that Zunyi had fallen and Hou Zhidan's main force had been wiped out.
Finally, on the morning of the 22nd, he reached Suiyang County and found that the main force of the Ninth Red Army had come up again. He had no choice but to turn back to Tongzi. It was not until 10 o'clock in the evening that Wan Shijiong felt that he was temporarily freed from the Red Army's pursuit, so he hurried to Yuanzai.
Guiyang's uncle Wang Jialie reported the fall of Wujiang, the fall of Zunyi, and the fall of Loushanguan.
Wang Jialie's first feeling after receiving the report was that it was impossible. The main forces of the First and Third Red Army Corps were clearly in Fuquan and Kaiyang two days ago. How could they arrive in Zunyi all of a sudden? It was simply nonsense. His second feeling
He was fooled. The cunning Red Army put on a pretense of marching westward to Guiyang, and then mobilized the militia to mobilize the main force to return to the defense. They were very busy. In the end, he wiped the table and did not serve food.
While he was busy here, he actually turned around and went north to capture Zunyi. Needless to say, all of northern Guizhou was finished. It was so embarrassing, so embarrassing to his mother. Now the whole of China knew that I, Lao Wang, had been tricked by Mao Zedong.
, Chairman Jiang probably won’t look at me seriously when he sees me again. The third feeling is that Hou Zhidan is completely finished this time, and he has achieved his purpose of using the Red Army to eliminate dissidents. When the Red Army leaves,
, just take back Qianbei. Thinking of this, Wang Jialie felt that his busy work was worth it, and he finally got some rewards.
Next, Wang Jialie was worried again. Should he report to Nanjing immediately? If he reported it now, he would probably not be able to sleep immediately. In his rage, no one could say what would happen. If he reported it late,
After a while, I am afraid that in the future, the chairman will be given an excuse to not report the information and delay the war. After thinking about it, I feel that it is better to discuss it with my wife.
Madam Wan was very decisive and directly asked Wang Jialie to report immediately. As for whether the Central Army's entry into Guizhou would affect Wang Jialie's rule, Madam Wan said she couldn't care about it now. Southeast Guizhou was swept away by the Red Army, and the Guizhou Army had already
You have been driven out, and northern Guizhou will be completely lost again. No one can stop the Central Army from entering Guizhou. Let’s drive away the red bandits first. When the Central Army comes, the worst possible outcome is that you will not be allowed to become army commander or provincial chairman.
, just change to a casual position. If the red bandits take over Guizhou, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as not being allowed to do it.
The lady's words reminded Wang Jialie that after all, Chairman Chiang still had some friendship with him, and he was usually quite obedient. The red bandits were different, and they would cost his own life. So Wang Jialie ordered that a report be sent to Nanjing immediately to report to Zunyi.
The situation of the fall. Of course, we must report that our army fought hard in Wujiang and Zunyi and severely damaged the main force of the Red Bandits, killing more than 6,000 Red Bandits and surrendering more than 2,000 guns.
When he received Wang Jialie's report, Chiang Kai-shek was reading Wang Yangming's "Traditional Records". This was a required course for him. He would read a section before going to bed and then keep a diary. This was basically what he did in his spare time.
Madam had already gone to bed to rest, had finished reading her book, and was about to write in her diary when Yan Daogang, the director of the attendant's office, reported an urgent military situation.
Chiang Kai-shek received the telegram and read it. He was furious and cursed: "Niang Xipi, Wang Jialie and this bunch of losers are bent on fighting for territory and eliminating dissidents. They regard the central government's orders as child's play. The central government repeatedly ordered them to strictly guard the Wujiang River, but the result was not good. Wang Jialie took the troops
Withdrew to Guiyang, Hou Zhidan has been slow to move, let Mao Zedong succeed. Niang Xipi, all of them should be shot! Zunyi has been lost, and they still have the nerve to report that 6,000 Red Bandits were killed! Niang Xipi, there are only 6,000 Red Bandits in total!
How many people can he kill 6,000? Niang Xipi!"
Seeing that Chairman Chiang was angry, Yan Dao asked cautiously: "What are the instructions from the committee?"
Chiang Kai-shek sat on the chair, leaned his head on the back of the chair, calmed down for a while, and then said: "Order Xue Yue to dispatch immediately, go straight to Guiyang, urge Wang Jialie to lead his army north to attack Zunyi. Order Liu Xiang to urge his troops to leave Guizhou quickly.
North, attack Zunyi. Order the Yunnan, Guangxi, and Hunan sides to speed up according to the last telegram. Order the troops starting from Jiangxi to move south quickly to support Xue Yue."
As soon as Yan Dao went out to send the report, Chiang Kai-shek cursed "Mother Xipi, you are a loser" before going upstairs to rest.
At this time, on the road from Zhenyuan to Qingxi Town, soldiers from the Central Guard Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army were rushing towards Qingxi Town with torches and walking through the snow.