On the barren grassland, Red Army soldiers have only a little barley flour for dry food. Vice President Zhou Enlai, like the soldiers, never eats more barley noodles. He also taught the soldiers that in order to get out of the grassland and go north to resist Japan, they must pay special attention to diet. The soldiers listened to his words and put the only highland barley noodles in grain bags and tied them around their waists.
There are fewer and fewer highland barley noodles, so the soldiers can only mix a little highland barley noodles with wild vegetables to cook soup. Soldier Wu Kaisheng has eaten his highland barley noodles and has been hungry for two days. When Vice President Zhou knew about it, he asked the guards to give him two bowls of highland barley noodles he had saved. He looked at Wu Kaisheng's sallow face and said earnestly, "This is a revolution!"
Wu Kaisheng said with tears: "As long as I have a breath, I will walk out of the grass with you and walk to the end of the revolution!" It was stormy again that night, and the tent made of sheets couldn't stop it. The soldiers were soaked to the skin. Vice President Zhou ordered the soldiers to rest in his tent. Everyone refused to go for fear of affecting his work.
He came in person in spite of the heavy rain and said, "I won't be at ease if you don't go." Vice President Zhou's words warmed the hearts of the soldiers like fire. After walking like this for several days, the grassland is still endless. The highland barley noodles have been eaten, the wild vegetables have been eaten, and the army horses have been killed and eaten. Soldiers have to burn belts to eat, and even swallow the paper they carry with them to satisfy their hunger. The Red Army is in great trouble.
Vice President Zhou ordered all the remaining half bowls of highland barley noodles to be soaked in water: "What do you eat?" The guards are in a hurry. Vice President Zhou's two big eyes glowed with gloomy light, and the muscles on his thin face trembled. "If there are comrades alive, there will be me. As long as one more soldier is alive, he will add strength to the revolutionary cause and take it out! "
This was distributed to the soldiers with highland barley flour mixed with a little hot water. The soldiers shed tears. This half bowl of highland barley noodles is the heart and lifeblood of Vice President Zhou! The soldiers are on their way again, on the vast grass. The indestructible Red Army is advancing.
Second, crossing the Dadu River.
1At the beginning of May, 935, after crossing the Jinsha River from Jiaoping, Yunnan, the Central Red Army continued northward along Huili-Xichang Avenue, preparing to cross the Dadu River and enter the northwest of Sichuan.
Chiang Kai-shek urgently ordered Xue Yue, commander-in-chief of the front line of the Second Route Army, to lead the main force to cross Jinsha River to Xichang, Sichuan; The main force of the 24 th Army of Sichuan Army built a containment along the left bank of Dadu River from Luding to Fuling (now Hanyuan); With the main force of the 20th Army and the first part of the 2nd1Army advancing to Ya 'an and Fulin areas, the defense forces north of the Dadu River will be strengthened.
Trying to rely on the natural barrier of the Dadu River, attacking the south and blocking the north, and encircling the area south of the Dadu River. Dadu River is the main tributary of Minjiang River, with a width of 300 meters, rapid water depth and steep mountains on both sides, making it extremely difficult for large troops to pass through. On the evening of May 24th, the vanguard troops 1 division 1 regiment of the Central Red Army rushed to Anshun Field on the right bank of the Dadu River after more than 80 kilometers of urgent marching.
This place is stationed by two companies of Sichuan Army, and the ferry is defended by the 7th Regiment 1 Battalion, 5th Brigade, 24th Army of Sichuan Army. That night, the Red 1 Tuan2 Battalion led by Li Lin, the political commissar of the regiment, went to the lower reaches of the ferry to feint. Red 1 the head of the regiment 1 the battalion approached Anshun field in the rain and suddenly attacked. After more than 20 minutes of fighting, two companies of Sichuan Army were defeated, and Anshun Field was occupied. The wooden boat 1 was found near the ferry.
On the morning of 25th, Liu Bocheng and Nie came to the front line to command. Sun Jixian, battalion commander of Red 1 Regiment 1 Battalion, selected 17 soldiers from Erlian to form a river crossing commando, with company commander Xiong Shanglin as the captain and four local boatmen as the ferry crossing. At 7 o'clock, the forced crossing began, and light and heavy weapons on the shore fired at the same time to cover the commandos crossing the river. Two mortar shells fired by gunner Zhao Zhangcheng hit the bunker on the other side.
The commandos braved the intensive bullets and artillery fire of the Sichuan army and advanced in the rapids. Close to the other side, the Sichuan army counterattacked the ferry, and Yang Dezhi ordered two more shots, which hit the key of the Sichuan army. Commandos quickly went ashore, fought bravely with the fire support from the right bank, repelled the counterattack of the Sichuan Army, took control of the ferry, and the follow-up troops crossed the river in time to reinforce, defeating the Sichuan Army 1 battalion in one fell swoop and consolidating the crossing point.
Subsequently, the Red 1 Legion's 1 division and cadre regiment passed the Dadu River, which was regarded as insurmountable by the national government forces.
See my mother three or three times.
1934, Liu Xiang besieged the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet area. When the Red Army retreated, a family of nine Red Army soldiers, Li Zhongquan, took part in the Long March. Among them, Li Zhongquan's father Li, mother Wang Lishi, eldest brother Li Zhongpan, second brother Li Zhongchi, and sister Li died on the way to the Long March. 1937, brother and sister reunited in northern Shaanxi, leaving only four people. Although she participated in the Long March with her mother, Li Zhongquan and her mother only met three times.
The first time was in the spring of 1934. At that time, both mother and son knew about Li Zhongquan's father's death, but they kept it a secret from each other. Finally, my mother told Li Zhongquan. Li Zhongquan left her mother in a hurry because of a task.
The second meeting was in March, 1936. Li Zhongquan met his mother unexpectedly in Baoxing County and was preparing to cross the grass for the second time. Mother took his hand and answered his question with great pleasure. I didn't tell my mother about the deaths of my second brother Li Zhongchi and my fifth sister Li. The second day early in the morning, the team was about to leave, and Li Zhongquan once again said goodbye to his mother in a hurry.
The third meeting was in June 1936, in Donger, Danba County, Xikang Province. At that time, Li Zhongquan was the political commissar of the Second Independent Division of Dajinchuan, the Red Fourth Army. On the March, I met my mother, a younger brother and a younger sister. Li Zhongquan left his war horse and some dry food, and left in tears, unable to look back.
Li Zhongquan later recalled the situation and said, "My mother's face was extremely haggard and melancholy. She just looked at me blankly as if she were too tired to speak. " Although Li Zhongquan's mother, brother and sister climbed over the snow-capped mountains with the help of war horses with amazing perseverance, on July 7, 1936, Li Zhongquan's mother could no longer walk in Luhuo County of Xikang Grassland.
Young brothers and sisters Li Zhongheng and Li Zhongqiu buried the old man and walked all the way to northern Shaanxi with the crutches left by the old man.
Fourth, the golden hook
1In the autumn of 945, the Red Army entered the grassland. Because three small comrades have gastrointestinal problems, the instructor asked the cooking squad leader to take care of them. Three patients only walked twenty miles a day. At the campsite, the squad leader dug up grass roots everywhere and cooked for them with highland barley noodles. In less than half a month, all the highland barley noodles were eaten. Hunger threatens them.
Although the squad leader looks for weeds and digs roots everywhere, how can he eat enough just by eating these? The monitor watched them slim down and stayed up all night. One day, the monitor was washing clothes by the river when he suddenly saw a fish jump out of the water. He quickly found a sewing needle and bent it into a hook shape, so that three comrades could eat fresh fish and drink fish soup.
But a little comrade noticed that when they were eating fish, the monitor never ate it. Later, the little comrade found that the monitor was eating leftovers and couldn't help crying. Seeing that he was about to walk out of the grass, the monitor fainted from hunger. Three little comrades hurried to fish and make soup, but the monitor died for them.
Five, half band
Zhou Guangcai was a soldier of the Red Fourth Front Army, and he took part in the Long March at the age of thirteen or fourteen. When crossing the grass, dry food, wild vegetables and gun belts were all eaten up by comrades-in-arms, and they began to take turns to eat Zhou Guangcai's belt. Guess he was going to walk out of the grass, he cried and begged his comrades: "Don't eat it, comrades, keep it as a souvenir, and we will take it to see Chairman Mao."
In this way, the belt that was eaten by a small piece survived. In memory of one comrade-in-arms who died after another, Zhou Guangcai has always treasured this belt and engraved the words "Long March" on it.
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