Xue Yue has been in a good mood these days. The troops of the 90th Division and other units that suffered losses in the battle at Yangping Town have been replenished smoothly, at least in terms of numbers. At the same time, Wang Jialie has been driven away, and the training of the Guizhou Army has also progressed smoothly.
.After the Bai Huizhang Division was reorganized into the 102nd Division with two brigades and four regiments, and the Hezhichong Division was reorganized into the 103rd Division with three regiments, the Youguo National Materials Department also accepted the reorganization and was organized into the 121st Division with three regiments.
Jiang Zaizhen's 3rd Division of the Qian Army has also agreed to be reorganized. Xue Yue is going to Zunyi to see Jiang Zaizhen and then issue an order to reorganize it into the new 8th Division of the three-regiment system. In this way, in addition to Hou Zhidan's instructor being completely wiped out,
The remaining four divisions of the Guizhou Army were organized into four new independent divisions and accepted the unified command of the central government. Since then, the Guizhou Army, as one of the local warlord forces, has become a historical term.
On the morning of the 30th, Xue Yue ordered the 102nd Division, 103rd Division, and 121st Division to be under the command of Wu Qiwei's column, and the Sundu Division of the Yunnan Army to be under the command of Zhou Hunyuan's column, to advance along the north bank of the Wujiang River toward Zunyi, and enter Guizhou with the 100,000 Central Army troops on the south bank of the Wujiang River.
The Sichuan army in the north cooperated and prepared to take Zunyi in one go and encircle and annihilate the main force of the Red Bandits.
Xue Yue himself led the 90th Division to follow the two columns as a general reserve. At this time, Xue Yue had the feeling that his command was going as he wished, and that all wind and rain would prevail in all directions.
Although there is a road from Guiyang to Zunyi, the road condition is really bad. After walking for two days, the troops arrived at the border of Zunyi County. Considering the lessons learned from Yangping Town and Qingxi Town last time, Xue Yue ordered the troops to camp and open
Radio, and contacted Tang Enbo and other troops of the Central Army who were reinforcing on the south bank of Wujiang River, as well as the Sichuan Army.
Xue Yue felt there was something wrong with this connection. The Sichuan Army reported that on the 30th, the Red Bandits captured Zheng'an and Tongzi, then abandoned them and then sent troops to attack Xishui, occupied Tucheng, and bombarded the Sichuan Army's 5th Division in Tucheng.
A brigade marched from southern Sichuan to Tucheng, and then retreated after a brief blockade in Tucheng. When three brigades of the Sichuan Army sent their troops to pursue, they were ambushed by red bandits, causing Pan Zuo's brigade to lose its combat effectiveness. The red bandits immediately attacked Xi
However, when the six brigades of the Sichuan Army, together with the 3rd Division of the Guizhou Army and the Wanshijiong Regiment of the 103rd Division, attacked Xishui, no trace of the Red Bandits was found.
Unlike Liu Xiang and Pan Wenhua of the Sichuan Army who had never fought against the Central Red Army, Xue Yue could tell at a glance that the one who ambushed the Sichuan Army was by no means the main force of the Red Bandits, nor was it the Central Guard Division of the Red Bandits that ambushed him in Yangping Town and Qingxi Town last time.
.If it were a guard division led by bandit Liu Yimin, the three brigades of the Sichuan Army would probably not be enough for him to fill his teeth!
The question is what is the purpose of this partial force sent by the Red Bandits to wander around this circle.
According to common sense, the Red Bandits are gathering in Zunyi at this time. If they plan to segregate northern Guizhou, it is normal to send partial divisions to sweep the surrounding areas, or even send troops to occupy Zheng'an, Tongzi, Xishui, and Chishui, so as to facilitate the establishment of defense lines and eliminate the potential power of the enemy.
If the Red Bandits do not plan to segregate themselves in northern Guizhou, but are afraid of being annihilated and continue to flee, the role of this partial division is likely to be as the committee judged: to explore the road. After all, there are 100,000 Central Army reinforcements coming from the south bank of the Wujiang River.
There are no healthy troops on the Hunan-Guizhou border, and their main force is also advancing rapidly from west to east. The only escape direction available to the red bandits is north to south Sichuan.
Could it be that the Red Bandits have noticed that various armies are about to attack Zunyi and are preparing to escape?
It is impossible to escape. The 11 main brigades of the Guizhou Army have already pressed towards Zunyi, and the north road is blocked.
After pondering on the map for a long time, Xue Yue discovered that there was a gap in the Sichuan army's defense line, which was Gulin. Since there were large armies blocking the way north to Qijiang and Chishui, would the Red Bandits enter southern Sichuan via Renhuai via Gulin?
Judging from the Sichuan Army's report, a brigade stationed in Xuyong has turned to capture Tucheng and joined the Zunyi attack group. Doesn't it mean that the defense line from Gulin to Xuyong is in vain? If the Red Bandits enter Sichuan from this, they will simply enter a no-man's land.
What!
The passage from Zunyi to Renhuai must be blocked!
Xue Yue immediately called Zhou Hunyuan and ordered him to command his troops early tomorrow morning to capture Renhuai, attack Zunyi from Renhuai, and draw a circle around Zunyi.
It should be said that Xue Yue's strategic vision is indeed extraordinary. He saw the hidden dangers in Gulin at a glance. Unfortunately, he saw it too late.
After making the phone call, Xue Yue sat down to write a marching diary, but for some reason, his heart couldn't calm down and he always felt like something was wrong.
Wait, is this partial force of the Red Bandits a smokescreen to cover the actions of the main force of the Red Bandits?
If the Red Bandits have any major strategic actions, they will usually send a partial division to divert the attention of the national army. This was vividly demonstrated in the Red Bandits' breakout from Jiangxi.
Now it seems that the escape route of the Red Bandits has been basically blocked. Doesn’t it mean that the Red Bandits have no third way besides sticking to Zunyi and escaping?
Looking to the west, suddenly to the east? This sentence suddenly jumped into Xue Yue's mind. Thinking about the encounters of the three divisions of the Hunan Army and his disastrous defeats in Yangping Town and Qingxi Town, Xue Yue's spine popped up.
With a burst of air-conditioning, the Red Bandits will not repeat their trick and use a partial division to entangle the Sichuan Army. The main force is hidden somewhere, waiting for themselves and the main force of the Central Army to come up with reinforcements to take a hard bite!
If this idea had been put forward before the battles in Qingxi Town and Yangping Town, Xue Yue would not have believed that the red bandits would have such a big appetite. But it was different now. Xue Yue knew how many guns, ammunition and well-trained soldiers he had lost.
Knowing that the strength of the Red Army is not what it used to be, it is entirely possible that we will suffer another disastrous defeat like Qingxi Town and Yangping Town.
Xue Yue finally understood the reason for his uncertainty, and immediately ordered the divisions of Zhou Hunyuan's column and Wu Qiwei's column to advance hand in hand. No one of them should stand out alone. They should roll forward like a rolling iron barrel and not give way to the red bandits.
Leave no opportunity for ambush or attack.
After arranging his troops, Xue Yue thought for a while and sent a telegram to the reinforcing Central Army and Sichuan Army, hoping that they would concentrate their forces and advance towards Zunyi in the form of a large corps in a dense cluster to prevent the Red Bandits from taking advantage of him.
After the telegram was sent, Xue Yue had no worries and went to bed peacefully. That night, Xue Yue slept soundly. In his dream, he returned to his hometown in Jiufeng Mountain. It seemed that the loquats in the yard were ripe again, and his father was holding his little hand and giving it to him.
Pick loquats and eat them, they are so fragrant and sweet.
Unlike Xue Yue's sweet sleep, on the night of the 31st, as 1935 was approaching, all units of the Red Army were marching under the cover of night. The Central Guard Division left Xuyong and marched towards Yibin, with the first army and one division, and the ninth army marching from two directions.
Advancing towards Xuyong, the first army, second division, third division, third army and fifth army crossed the Chishui River and advanced towards Gulin.
Renhuai Xiaohekou Ferry. The pontoon bridge left by the First Army Division and the First Division was still intact, and the engineers built three pontoon bridges nearby. The First Army, Second Division, and Third Division took the lead in crossing the bridge and went straight to Gulin. The Third Red Army Corps
, the Fifth Red Army Corps also crossed the bridge one after another. When it was the turn of the central column to cross the bridge, the speed suddenly slowed down. The reason was that there were too many heavy things, and some soldiers were even carrying full book boxes.
The X-ray machine in the Red Army Hospital was too heavy, and the pontoon could not accommodate too many people. Five or six soldiers could not lift it, so they had to move step by step on the pontoon, moving very slowly.
Seeing that the main force had already crossed the river and the central column was still slowly crossing the river, Mao Zedong was heartbroken and ordered all the heavy objects to be thrown into the Chishui River, and the troops moved forward lightly.
The soldiers of the cadre regiment immediately went up to push the X-ray machine. Fu Lianxi, the director of the Red Army Hospital, became anxious when he saw it. He personally came to beg Mao Zedong, saying that without an X-ray machine, difficult operations could not be performed, and he must bring it with him no matter what.
Mao Zedong was a little annoyed and yelled at Fu Lianxian: "Have you forgotten the tragedy on the Xiangjiang River? You perform an operation to save one person. If the marching speed cannot be increased and the enemy catches up at dawn, not one or two people will die, but ten people will die."
Eight, but tens of thousands. Follow the order, throw away all the heavy luggage, and travel lightly. When you get to Sichuan, you will have everything you want, so what are you afraid of?"
Fu Lianxun left sadly and watched helplessly as the X-ray machine was pushed into the Chishui River.
Since Chairman Mao ordered the heavy objects to be thrown away, why did the Red Army cadres and soldiers have any hesitation? Men carried the minting equipment, gun repair equipment, heavy book boxes, etc. all the way and threw them into the rolling Chishui River.
The troops immediately became lighter and quickly passed the pontoon bridge.
After crossing the river, the cadre regiment destroyed the pontoon bridge, and the central column rushed forward along the road taken by the main force.
On the morning of January 1, 1935, the entire Central Red Army entered the camp in southern Sichuan.
Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Zhang Wentian, Chen Yun, Wang Jiaxiang, and Liu Bocheng stationed in Gulin County Yamen.
After marching all night, the men and horses were exhausted, and the Red Army soldiers soon fell into a dream.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the staff officer on duty woke up Chief of General Staff Liu Bocheng and reported that Pan Wenhua, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan Bandit Suppression South Road, had called and asked for instructions from the county magistrate and security chief on what to do.
Liu Bocheng knew that the staff members did not speak Sichuan dialect and were afraid of revealing their secrets. So he got up quickly and ran to the county magistrate's office to answer the phone.
Picking up the phone, Liu Bocheng yelled into the receiver: "Which son of a bitch is this?"
A majestic Sichuan accent came from the phone: "I'm Pan Wenhua."
Liu Bocheng hurriedly pretended to be frightened, confessed repeatedly, and asked Commander Pan what happened.
Pan Wenhua asked if he had found any enemy information. Liu Bocheng replied: "Report to Commander-in-Chief Pan: I didn't find any enemy information. Yesterday, I sent a battalion of the security team to guard the Chishui River Ferry. It was quiet there, and there was not a trace of a ghost."
Pan Wenhua told Liu Bocheng to be more vigilant and keep a tight defense, and finally told Liu Bocheng that Zhou Hucheng's security team had been sent south from Chishui last night and was expected to arrive in Gulin at noon to strengthen Gulin's defense and prevent red bandits from disturbing Gulin. All security groups in Gulin,
The militia groups uniformly obey the command of the guard brigade.
Liu Bocheng hurriedly said that Commander Pan was wise and promised to obey the command of Captain Zhou of the Guard Brigade to ensure the safety of Gulin.
Putting down the phone, Liu Bocheng's drowsiness was all gone, and he immediately ordered all the troops to leave the area around the road from Chishui to Gulin, so as not to disturb the approaching Sichuan Army guard brigade, and prepared to put the guard brigade into Gulin City to catch turtles in a jar.
It turned out that after receiving Xue Yue's telegram, Pan Wenhua thought over the map and found that Xuyong and Gulin were really empty. If the red bandits slipped through the net and fled here, Gulin alone would not be able to withstand it. I thought.
Thinking that Xue Yue was still smart, he immediately saw the loopholes in his defense line, and hurriedly ordered the Zhou Hucheng guard brigade under his command to go south at night to strengthen the defense of Gulin. This guard brigade is Liu Xiang's personal guard brigade, which is actually the
A reinforced regiment is the elite of the Sichuan Army. With them guarding Gulin, it is estimated that it will be impossible for the red bandits to escape from Gulin.
Fortunately, the Sichuan Army Guard Brigade received orders at night and came all the way from Chishui. If it had been earlier, they would probably have discovered the Ninth Army Corps advancing from Tucheng to Xuyong. Of course, if the two armies met, the unlucky one would definitely be the Sichuan Army with fewer troops.
Guard Brigade, but in that case, the intention of the Red Ninth Army would be exposed in advance.
At one o'clock at noon, the Sichuan Army Guard Brigade finally arrived at Gulin County. Just as the security regiment soldiers at the city gate were about to question, a company commander from the leading guard battalion stepped forward and kicked him: "Son, open your eyes and see clearly. Ladies
This is Chairman Liu's personal security team. Let's check it out. If you keep talking too much, I might kill you. Take me to rest quickly. I'm exhausted after running all night and all morning."
The soldiers of the security regiment at the city gate separated some people and led the guard brigade in battalion and company units to camp at various security regiment locations.
When the soldiers of the security brigade, who could barely keep their eyes open, entered the security group camp, they found that there were already people waiting for them with guns in hand.
The captain of the guard brigade, Zhou Hucheng, and the deputy captain were led to the county government office by the soldiers of the security regiment. Zhou Hucheng was about to ask why he didn't see the county magistrate and the head of the security regiment. He saw Liu Bocheng walking out of the house wearing a Red Army uniform. Zhou Hucheng thought he was
Dazzled, he rubbed his eyes and took a closer look. He saw that this was not the Red Army. He hurriedly took out his gun. The soldier from the security regiment next to him poked the gun and pointed the muzzle directly at his forehead: "Don't
If you move, I'll beat you to death!"
Zhou Hucheng was honest, but the deputy captain had been practicing martial arts since he was a child. He was extremely fierce. He lowered his head, dodged the gun, stamped his feet, and jumped towards Liu Bocheng. He actually wanted to stage a trick to capture the thief and the king.
.
A man came out from behind Liu Bocheng and fired two shots, knocking the brains out of the deputy captain of the Sichuan Army's guard brigade who was charging forward. When Liu Bocheng saw it, he saw it was Zhu De's guard squad leader, a famous double-gun hero at the Red Army headquarters, and he laughed.
He said: "Isn't this guy quite brave?"
Liu Bocheng was about to tell the soldiers to interrogate Zhou Hucheng, but before he could speak, Zhou Hucheng said: "Let me sleep for a while first, I am too sleepy."
In this way, Pan Wenhua gave Liu Xiang's most elite guard brigade to his Sichuan fellow Liu Bocheng.
The sound of gunshots woke up Mao Zedong and others who were resting. When they got up and asked, they found out that while they were resting, Liu Bocheng used his clever skills to clean up a reinforced regiment of Liu Xiang's elite guard brigade. Mao Zedong was overjoyed and praised Liu Bocheng for his wisdom.
Ruhai. Boss Zhu said: "Bo Cheng's skill is so good that Pan Wenhua is completely relieved. It is estimated that he will not ask about Xu Yong and Gu Lin's affairs again. We can move forward to Yibin with confidence and boldness."
Zhou Enlai thought for a while and said: "Should we leave a regiment, pretend to be Zhou Hucheng's guard brigade, and stay in Gulin for two days, maybe there will be unexpected gains."
Mao Zedong and Zhu De both agreed, and Liu Bocheng suggested leaving a regiment of the Fifth Army to stay in Gulin for three days, responsible for answering calls, converting prisoners, and then chasing the main force.
Mao Zedong hesitated for a long time and said: "With too few regiments, it is easy to fall into danger when encountering the enemy. Order Chen Shuxiang to lead the 34th Division to stay. When the Sichuan Army pursues, he can escape even if he confronts the enemy with a brigade. Tell Chen Shuxiang that we must
Learn from Liu Yimin's method: if you can, pretend, if you can, sneak attack if you can, and don't defend to the death."
Seeing Liu Bocheng raising his feet to leave, Mr. Zhu explained: "The prisoners in the guard brigade should be treated according to Liu Yimin's prisoner treatment method. They are particularly reactionary and will be suppressed with blood debt. The others will be assigned to various units."
Liu Bocheng said with a smile: "Commander-in-Chief, I'm afraid you gave this order a little late. The Guard Division left about 1,000 prisoners of the Gulin Security Group, which have been absorbed by the First Army and the First Division. This Guard Group has more than 1,800 people.
, I made it very clear when I arranged the battle that the guard brigade is the elite of the Sichuan Army, and whoever captures it will belong to them. Therefore, although the battle just now was small in scale, I used one, three, and five legions. There was no way.
, when I heard that it was Liu Xiang's personal guard brigade, the three regiment commanders had to complete the task alone. It was impossible not to let anyone participate, so the task had to be divided equally, and whoever captured the prisoner would be returned. It is estimated that these prisoners have their names and owners now.
Already."
Zhang Wentian, who did not participate in military command and listened silently, said: "It's all Liu Yimin's fault."
This time, it made several people laugh.
After Mao Zedong had rested and felt better, he proposed to go to Gulin Street to see this famous county in southern Sichuan.
Several people led the security personnel out of the county government office and walked to Gulin Street. At a glance, they knew that this was indeed a small mountain town.
The county town is built on the mountain. Most of the houses on both sides of the street are built with stone walls. The roofs are basically covered with tiles, and there are also wooden roofs. They all look old and shabby, and there are few in Hunan and Jiangxi.
A relatively sophisticated building like the county seat.
The county town was also very small, and the transfer was completed in a short time. Zhang Wentian was a little discouraged, so he asked Mao Zedong: "Old Mao, you are well-read, do you know the origin of the name Gulin?"
Mao Zedong said: "The word "蔺" in ancient Lin is the name of a kind of grass, which is rush, and its common name is rush. In the past, local people used rushes to make straw mats. As time went by, the reputation of rush spread, and rush became
The name of this place. During the Tang and Yuanhe years, Jilin Prefecture was established here, which means a place to control ethnic minorities. Later generations changed its name to Yongning, which means another meaning of the word Lin, hoping for eternal peace. In fact, under the reactionary rule
, where can there be peace? When the county seat was established here a few years ago, they took the meaning of the land of Gulinzhou and called it Gulin."
Zhou Enlai said: "There are many Miao compatriots here. The ancestor of the Miao people is Chi You, who fought against the Yellow Emperor. Legend has it that Chi You was killed by the Yellow Emperor after his defeat. The general Kua Fo led the Miao people to move south. On the way to the battle, Kua Fo died from an arrow.
Chi You and Kua Fu were buried together. At the funeral, people blew horns and beat war drums, with the purpose of driving away jackals, tigers and leopards, so that the souls of the deceased could rest in peace. They did not want to disturb Kua Fu's war horse, thinking that he was going to fight again, and broke off.
The reins ran over and when they saw Kuafu's body, the war horse neighed a few times before lying down on the ground and died without eating or drinking. Later, the Miao people felt the loyalty of the war horses and killed cattle instead of horses for burial after death.
The cow leads the owner's soul to reunite with his ancestors."
Mao Zedong sighed: "Many ethnic minorities have a long-standing culture. The main reason is that most feudal dynasties discriminated against and oppressed ethnic minorities, preventing them from developing. By the way, have you heard of the Miao people's custom of secretly marrying each other?"
Several people shook their heads.
Since the Red Army moved to Guizhou, they had won consecutive battles, and everyone was in a happy mood, especially Mao Zedong. He looked at everyone, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and said with a smile as he walked: "Young men and women of the Miao ethnic group are having fun.
Seating means that the man goes to the woman's house to have a romantic relationship with the girl. After they are in love, if the woman's parents object, the two young people will make an appointment to have a secret kiss. The girl hides the things she needs to bring outside the village in advance.
On the roadside, that night, the young man went to the girl's house to have sex as usual. When saying goodbye, the young woman pretended to see off the guests, walked outside the village with the young man, took out the hidden things, and went to the groom's house together. The next day,
When the girl's parents didn't see their daughter come back, they knew that the kiss had been stolen. On the third day, the boy found a prestigious elder and brought three gifts of chickens, ducks, and eggs to the girl's house to apologize. If the girl's parents gave them gifts, they would
Once the marriage is agreed, the wedding can be officially held. If you don't agree, there is no need to hold the wedding."
Zhang Wentian said: "Isn't this similar to the free love we advocate?"
Zhou Enlai joked: "Yes, I think our Comrade Luo Fu also needs a secret kiss."
Mao Zedong smiled and said: "No, no, I don't think Comrade Luo Fu needs to steal, the target will come to you on his own initiative."
Zhou Enlai said: "Isn't the person you mentioned voluntarily coming to your doorstep the same as having a secret kiss? However, we are revolutionaries, and the organization will agree. Comrade Luo Fu, just go ahead and secretly kiss us. Don't forget to treat us to a drink then.
A meal.”
A few people chatted and laughed and returned to the county government office.
Seeing that several leaders had returned, Liu Bocheng reported that the 34th Division's stay-at-home mission had been arranged. He had just intercepted the enemy's radio station. Today, the two columns of Xue Yue's troops were advancing together, and Zhou Hunyuan's column entered Huairen, preparing to attack Zunyi from Huairen.
Wu Qiwei's column is less than 50 miles away from Zunyi. Tang Enbo and other troops of the Central Army have also crossed the Wujiang River and are rushing towards Zunyi. A heavy group of 11 brigades of the Sichuan Army has occupied Loushanguan and is advancing towards Zunyi. However, the enemy is acting cautiously.
, all heavily armed groups are advancing together, and the speed is not very fast. It is estimated that they will gather together to attack Zunyi tomorrow.
Zhou Enlai said: "Xue Yue has learned a lot and no longer divides his troops to rush in. It seems that he is still afraid of being attacked."
Mao Zedong said: "The road is facing the sky, and everyone goes half way. He goes to attack his Zunyi, and we go to occupy our Yibin. Enlai, the boss, and Bocheng ordered the troops to prepare. As soon as it gets dark, they stride forward towards Xuyong.
The First Division and the Ninth Army Corps must be fast and try to keep up with the pace of the Guard Division. Their mission is to take over Yibin."