The house by the Dadu River is Feng Shui.
At this time, just under Chairman Mao's command, the Red Army's seven boats crossed the Jinsha River skillfully and opened a two-day journey with the enemy pursuers. But from the beginning of the Long March to the present, the Red Army soldiers have been running around for seven months, exhausted, but they can't stop moving forward.
The failure of Jinsha River closure reminded Chiang Kai-shek. He ordered people to destroy all the ships along the Dadu River in advance. Now that the Red Army has come to the Dadu River, it can only find four boats looking around.
Even so, in order to avoid being caught up by the national army, Chairman Mao gritted his teeth and decided to cross the river forcibly from Anshunchang. At this time, an old scholar appeared and pointed out the maze for Chairman Mao in a few words.
Chairman Mao quickly revised the plan, and finally led the Red Army to cross the Dadu River safely, thus defeating Chiang Kai-shek's plot of "Shi Dakai II" between Chairman Mao and the Red Army.
So, how did this old scholar guide Chairman Mao?
1935, the red army has too many similarities with the Taiping army pursued by the Qing army more than 70 years ago. As for the time when Lian Hongjun came to the Dadu River, it was also very similar to the Shi Dakai Army, except that the Red Army had to stay for half a month in the evening. At this time, the Dadu River has entered the flood season, the water surface has risen, the river surface has widened, and the river has become more and more turbulent. There is no way to build a temporary pontoon bridge on the river. In this way, the situation of the Red Army is more severe than that of Shi Dakai.
The Red Army's advance troops are Red 1 Division 1 Regiment, and its commander is Liu Bocheng. They came to Anshun field first, but because the national army sent people to destroy it in advance, it was difficult to find a boat crossing the river at Anshun field ferry. Liu Bocheng managed to find only four boats, which were smaller than the seven boats that had crossed the Jinsha River before.
You know, the red army came all the way, and although it exchanged fire with the besieged national army along the way, it suffered heavy casualties, but there were still more than 30 thousand people. It will take these four boats at least a month to cross the river. However, seeing that the national army troops are coming, how can the Red Army have so much time to snail across the river?
And even if enough boats can be found, it is not easy to cross the river from Anshunchang Ferry during the flood season. There are hard bluestones on both sides of the Dadu River. When the river is fast, the boat will hit a boulder if it is a little unstable. Without the boat, people will be very dangerous.
If you want to cross the river here, you must first take the boat two miles upstream and have more than a dozen experienced boatmen at the helm, so that the boat can rush to the other side of the river along a diagonal. But no matter what kind of conditions, it can't be completed in a short time.
Chiang Kai-shek was clearly aware of the difficulties faced by the Red Army at this time. He was so happy that he immediately sent a telegram to Sichuan warlord Yang Sen and the commander of the Fifth Army Xue Yue, ordering them to speed up their March and intercept the Red Army troops at Dadu River. If Chiang Kai-shek's deployment is successful, the total strength of the national army in the Dadu River Campaign will reach 200,000, and the Red Army with only 30,000 people can only do nothing.
After Chiang Kai-shek received the letters from Xue Yue and Yang Sen, he had answers, as if he had seen the day when the Red Army was completely annihilated. He also openly declared that Chairman Mao and the Red Army would become "the second in Shi Dakai", and made people drop leaflets that read "Dadu River is the land occupied by the Red Army" in an attempt to mentally disintegrate the Red Army's fighting capacity as the first.
Chairman Mao and other senior leaders of the Red Army are worried about this matter, so it is difficult to sleep. Chairman Mao stood by the Changhe River in Anshun and looked at the 300-meter-wide Dadu River. He didn't know what to do at the moment. Just then, Chairman Mao noticed that Li Fuchun was coming from a distance with a smile on his face.
Li Fuchun, Acting Director of the General Political Department of the Red Army, is well aware of the difficulties the Red Army is facing. Under such circumstances, Li Fuchun can still laugh. I think he must have found a way.
As Chairman Mao expected, Li Fuchun just stood in front of him and said excitedly that he had just visited the masses in the town and found an old scholar named Song Dashun with the help of local villagers. When Shi Dakai's troops were completely annihilated more than 70 years ago, the old scholar was only in his early twenties and witnessed the whole process of Shi Dakai's troops being defeated and killed.
Li Fuchun said, "The local people say that this old scholar knows the situation here best. If we ask him for help, we will certainly find a way to cross the river. "
Hearing this, Chairman Mao felt very reasonable and hurriedly asked Li Fuchun about the old scholar. Li Fuchun knew that Chairman Mao had been unable to sleep recently because he had something on his mind. Li Fuchun hoped that Chairman Mao would have a rest, so he said that he knew where the old scholar lived and could invite him.
But Chairman Mao shook his head and said firmly, "The old man is 90 years old, not to mention that we are asking others for help. I should go myself."
Li Fuchun couldn't beat Chairman Mao, so he had to help Chairman Mao and lead the way. Chairman Mao has been marching with the army all night, and his feet have long been soaked with blood, but he still fought back and walked step by step to the old scholar's house without saying a word.
Chairman Mao didn't say much after meeting the old scholar. After greeting the old man, he came straight to the point and asked, "Do you know the reason why Shi Dakai lost here?"
The old scholar nodded and said he knew. At that time, Shi Dakai led 654.38+ Wan Taiping Army to cross Jinsha River, and soon came to Zidadi Ferry. Zida is now an Shunchang, and Shi Dakai ordered the whole army to settle down here and rest for a period of time. The Qing government sent the governor of Sichuan province to take troops to intercept it, blocking all the roads where the Shi Dakai army could cross the river.
While stationed here, one of Shi Dakai's concubines gave birth to a son. Shi Dakai was overjoyed, completely ignoring the danger of being surrounded by the Qing army. He gave the whole army a three-day holiday to celebrate the birth of this son, so he missed the best opportunity to leave here and was surrounded by the Qing army.
After a period of time, the Taiping Army was running out of food and grass. When Shi Dakai saw it, he knew that there was only one dead end at this time, so he went out and fought a bloody battle with the Qing army. However, when the two armies were at war, nearby Yi Jun was bought by the Qing government. Shi Dakai took advantage of the Taiping rebels' inattention to launch a surprise attack from behind the Taiping rebels, and took all the rest of the Taiping rebels' hay. By the time Shi Dakai found out, it was too late.
Shi Dakai is also a generation of heroes. When the whole army was in trouble, he took the initiative to stand up and was willing to exchange one's life for the safety of the whole army. The governor of Sichuan made a false promise, but after Shi Dakai was taken into custody, he immediately ordered people to slaughter the Taiping rebels who no longer resisted. After being sent to Sichuan, Shi Dakai was quickly executed that year.
After the old scholar finished this story, he said with emotion that there were transferable paths in the west, south and north at that time, and the probability of Shi Dakai's safe evacuation was very high. Unfortunately, knowing that the Qing army was chasing troops, it still took it lightly and gave the whole army a holiday to celebrate the birth of the child, which led to a missed opportunity. The paths that could have been transferred were blocked by the Qing army, and the annihilation of the whole army became inevitable.
Upon hearing this, Chairman Mao immediately realized that the old scholar's remarks were reminding him that he must not take things lightly like Shi Dakai and miss the opportunity. Chairman Mao nodded, agreeing with the old scholar's point of view, but the current situation facing the Red Army is not exactly the same as that of Shi Dakai and Taiping Army. Shi Dakai had the opportunity to move but missed the opportunity, while the Red Army wanted to move as soon as possible, but there was no way.
The old scholar saw Chairman Mao's predicament. He is old and knowledgeable. He has seen many troops and observed the Red Army troops stationed near here in recent days. He found that this unit was different from the previous Qing army, Taiping army and national army. It is very disciplined. Although lack of food and clothing, but still did not disturb the local people. The old scholar is very willing to help them.
When Chairman Mao saw that the old scholar was still smiling, he quickly asked the other party, "Old man, what can you do?"
The old scholar nodded and stroked his long beard and said, "Anshun Field is not suitable for you to cross the river, but you can't cross the river here, but other places can."
As he spoke, the old scholar pointed to the direction of the upper reaches of the Dadu River and continued: "There is a bridge over there called Luding Bridge, which was specially built by Emperor Kangxi. Wing Wang also wanted to cross the river from there, but it was too late, and it was already occupied. But you still have time. "
Li Fuchun, who came with him, couldn't help interrupting and asked, "Are you talking about the iron chain bridge? There are still more than 300 miles from here! "
The old scholar nodded with a smile, looked at Chairman Mao and said, "Don't be afraid of hard work."
Chairman Mao also smiled. What the Red Army fears most is hard work. Chairman Mao held the hand of the old scholar and solemnly thanked him for his advice for the Red Army. The old scholar also held Chairman Mao's hand and repeatedly told him to act as soon as possible.
Chairman Mao no longer hesitated. After bidding farewell to the old scholar, he immediately rushed back to the station and called an emergency meeting of the top leaders of the Red Army. Present at the meeting were Nie, Liu Bocheng and Luo Ronghuan. After discussion, it was finally decided that the vanguard troops led by Wang Kaixiang and Yang Chengwu would arrive and rob Luding Bridge within three days.
Whoever has mastered the Luding Bridge will have a chance of winning. After receiving the order, the Red 4 Regiment packed lightly and marched 240 miles at night, and arrived at Luding Bridge as scheduled, but the enemy was faster. When the Red Army arrived, most of the boards on the iron cable bridge had been removed by them. The enemy also occupied the bridgehead near the cable bridge early, set up machine guns and stared at the Red Army preparing to cross the river.
Yang Chengwu made a decisive decision and selected 22 commandos to climb the chain with their bare hands. Against the enemy's gunfire, they resolutely rushed to the other side. In the process of advancing, two commandos were unfortunately shot and fell into the river and died. The rest of the commandos crawled inch by inch on the chain bridge, and the Red Army soldiers followed them to lay boards urgently.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the enemy quickly set fire to the bridge, and the bridge was immediately surrounded by flames. However, the commandos still did not retreat, shouting "Go", crossing the line of fire one by one, standing on the bridge and fighting the enemy, and soon succeeded. By 7 pm on May 29th, the Luding Bridge had been successfully won by the Red Army, and the commandos sacrificed three people.
By June 2nd, the following Red Army crossed the Dadu River safely, and Chiang Kai-shek's attempt to turn Chairman Mao and the Red Army into "Shi Dakai II" was dashed.
Forcing the Dadu River and flying the Luding Bridge are both important parts in the history of the Red Army's Long March. The situation was steep, but it was still successfully conquered by the Red Army. Success is hard to come by. Although that battle has become a distant history, the heroism and dedication of those Red Army soldiers who are not afraid of sacrifice are still worth remembering by each of us.