Day 6, 2018.10.6 Yudu County - Xiaoxi Township 29km hot
In the morning, Xiao Chen left first. I originally wanted to visit the memorial hall, because I didn't go there because I was afraid of being delayed for too long. In fact, there are many places in Yudu that we didn't visit properly. It's really a pity. But I believe that I will come to Yudu again in the future. Let's go and see it then. We crossed the Du River (i.e. Gongshui River) through the Long March Bridge and followed the footsteps of the Red Army towards Xinpi and Xiaoxi Township.
On the road, we met an aunt who kept a dog and said hello to us. I have more than a dozen dogs, and they all need more than 50 yuan in food every day. He also told us about a woman who also passed by. She was in her thirties or forties. She kowtows all the way from Zhejiang to Zhuhai. She is a Buddhist and cannot have children. It is said that she kowtows very quickly, as if she has special powers and possesses special skills.
We had dinner in Xinpi Township at noon and chatted with the hotel owner and his wife for half an hour. Why should we take the Long March? Regarding children’s education. The mother said that they have three children. The eldest daughter likes to play with mobile phones and refuses to listen to her education. They also have two sons. The father said he spanked his daughter once or twice a month and his son four or five times a month. There is very little communication between parents and children, and my mother always criticizes her daughter. Like my mother, she always hits me.
The sun was too bright in the afternoon, which made people hairy and stung their eyes. We bought sunglasses and found a shady place on the road to rest and read for an hour to avoid the worst of the sun. The hot sun sets off at half past three. My feet still hurt, but they were better than yesterday.
I met an old man on the roadside and asked me if I was on the Long March. I said yes. He said that a person had walked past here before, placing a red flag and taking photos. I asked him if he had a mole on his face and he said yes. I guess it's Yang Y. Yang Y is also a person who has walked the Long March. I started planning the Long March and met him when I was looking for people who live broadcast the Long March online. He set off from Ruijin in May 2018.
My feet came out of the cocoon and gradually became less painful. Arrive at Xiaoxi Township at 7pm.
In order to get rid of the enemy's encirclement and suppression, the First, Second, Fourth Front Army and the 25th Red Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army conducted the world-famous Long March from October 1934 to October 1936. In two years, he broke through the pursuit and interception of millions of enemy soldiers, went through hundreds of battles, crossed more than a dozen provinces, crossed more than a dozen rivers, climbed dozens of mountains, overcame the harsh natural environment and the limits of human physiology, and traveled 60,000 kilometers. After five thousand miles, they finally met victoriously in Huining, Gansu, and Jiangtaibao, Ningxia.
The Central Red Army (the First Front Red Army) of more than 86,000 people set out from Changting, Fujian, Ruijin, Jiangxi and other places on October 10, 1934. It passed through 11 provinces and traveled 25,000 miles. Arriving in Wuqi triumphantly on October 19, 1935. The Fourth Red Army, with more than 80,000 troops, launched a campaign to forcibly cross the Jialing River in Cangxi, Sichuan on March 28, 1935. It traveled more than 10,000 miles and successfully arrived in Huining, Gansu on October 9, 1936. The Red Second Front Army, consisting of more than 17,000 people, set out from Liujiaping and other places in Sangzhi County, Hunan Province in November 1935. After a journey of more than 20,000 miles, it successfully arrived at Jiangtaibao in Ningxia on October 22, 1936. The 25th Red Army, consisting of more than 2,900 people, set out from Hejiachong, Luoshan County, Henan Province in November 1934. After a journey of 10,000 miles, it successfully arrived at Yongping Town, Yanchuan County, Shaanxi Province on September 15, 1935.
In January 1929, Mao Zedong, Zhu De and others led the Fourth Red Army from Jinggang Mountains and marched into southern Jiangxi and western Fujian. He successively established the Red Front Army and the Central Soviet Area, and successively achieved four great victories against "encirclement and suppression" campaigns. In September 1933, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized heavy troops to launch the fifth large-scale military "encirclement and suppression" campaign against the Central Soviet Area. Under the leadership of the party and the Soviet government, the soldiers and civilians in the Soviet area fought bloody battles with the attacking Kuomintang troops. However, due to the wrong leadership of the "Left", the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" war failed to win.
The fifth "encirclement and suppression" campaign had no hope of victory. Bogu was chased and convened a meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in late May 1934 to discuss the counter-"encirclement and suppression" situation and propose future counter-"encirclement and suppression" operational strategies. There are two options: one is that the main force of the Red Army "remains in the Central Soviet Area and switches to guerrilla warfare"; the other is to resolutely "defend the Central Soviet Area to the end while preparing to transfer our main force to another battlefield." On June 16, 1934, the Communist Party of China telegraphed the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to agree to implement the second plan. The Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China immediately decided to establish the top "three-person regiment" of the Central Committee composed of Bogu, Li De, and Zhou Enlai, responsible for secretly planning and leading all matters related to the strategic transfer of the main Red Army.
On October 7, 1934, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th, and 9th Corps of the Central Red Army received orders to hand over defense, evacuate the battlefield covertly, and assemble in the capital area. By the 16th, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th and 9th Army Corps of the Central Red Army and the 1st and 2nd Field Column of the Central Military Commission were successively transferred from Ruijin, Xingguo, Ningdu, Shicheng, Changting and other places to the Yudu area to regroup, rest and replenish troops. , weapons, ammunition, food and supplies for transfer and mobilization.
The Central Revolutionary Military Commission, the Red Army General Headquarters, the General Political Department and various directly affiliated agencies formed the first field column, with 4,693 people. Ye Jianying was the commander and political commissar, followed by Bogu, Li De, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and others. This column operates; the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Organ of the Chinese Soviet, the Logistics Force, the Federation of Trade Unions, the Youth League Central Committee, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Supply, etc. form the second field column, with 9,853 people, with Luo Mai (Li Weihan) as the commander and political commissar , Mao Zedong, Zhang Wentian, Wang Jiaxiang and others followed the column.
The First Red Army Corps has 19,880 people, with Army Commander Lin Biao, and Political Commissar Nie Rongzhen; the Third Red Army Army has 17,805 people, with Army Commander Peng Dehuai, and Political Commissar Yang Shangkun; the Fifth Red Army Army has 12,168 people, with Army Commander Dong Zhentang, and Political Commissar Li Zhuoran; and the Eighth Red Army Army has 10,922 people. , Army Commander Zhou Kun, Political Commissar Huang Su; the Ninth Red Army Corps had 11,538 people, Army Commander Luo Binghui, and Political Commissar Cai Shufan; there were 4,693 people in the First Field Column of the Military Commission, and 9,853 people in the Second Field Column of the Military Commission, for a total of 86,859 people. Since the transfer was a "big move", nearly 10,000 people participated in the Red Army's porters and stretcher teams.
Main weapons: nearly 29,153 rifles and carbines, 3,141 short guns, 271 portable machine guns, 294 light machine guns, 357 heavy machine guns, and 38 mountain cannons and mortars.
Every evening from October 17th to 20th, 1934, more than 86,000 Central Red Army troops attacked the east gate, south gate, and west gate of Dudu County, Shanfengba and Huaqiao in Zishan Town, and Luoao Town. They crossed the pontoon bridge at ten ferries including Mengkou, Shiwei and Liyu to the south and crossed the Yudu River (Gongshui) to embark on the Long March.
Various ferries
Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, Zhang Wentian, Bogu, etc., as well as the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, the Red Army Headquarters, and the agencies directly under the Central Committee left the east gate ferry of Yudu County Crossed the Dudu River and began the Long March.
The remaining troops in the Central Soviet Area
When the Central Red Army left the Central Soviet Area, a leading organization composed of Xiang Ying, Qu Qiubai, Chen Yi, Chen Tanqiu, and He Chang unified the command of the remaining 24th Division of the Red Army. He persisted in the struggle with more than 16,000 local armed *** in the Central Soviet Area. (Details will be introduced later)
Red Yudu
The people of Yudu and the Central Soviet Area made great contributions and sacrifices for the Central Red Army’s Long March and the Chinese revolution. The Central Red Army set out on the Long March. The preface of the memorial hall is described as follows:
Photos of the 365 Long March team’s visit to Yudu
September 26, 2018, 365 Cultural Industry Working Committee of the China Red Culture Research Association The flag-raising ceremony for re-walking the Long March was held in Beijing. Afterwards, under the leadership of Zi Qiu, secretary-general and captain of the headquarters’ vanguard team, the team embarked on the Long March from Changting, Fujian Province, at the “zero kilometer mark of the Red Army’s Long March.” To Ruijin, to Yudu, and advance along the route of the Long March of the Central Red Army. At the end of October, we got to know each other on the road and walked side by side. Later, Xiao Chen and I joined the team one after another until the end of the 365 Long March Again event.
There are reports on the Internet about the deeds of 365 re-taking the Long March. For those who are interested, just search online.
From right to left are Yang Zhenkai, Zi Qiu, Wu Shiguo and Huang Yiquan. Among them, two people, Wu and Yang, are marching on foot for the marching team, and two people, purple and yellow, are for headquarters liaison and media.