Forced to transfer
Xu Haidong is a member of our army, an outstanding military and revolutionary in our country, and has made outstanding meritorious achievements. Because of his own physical reasons, he was recuperating for a long time in the later stages. Even so, Xu Haidong was still rated as a general.
He led 3,000 Boy Scouts of the 25th Army on the Long March and arrived in northern Shaanxi, making great contributions to the revolution.
The predecessor of the Red 25th Army was the Red Fourth Army in the revolutionary base area of Eyu-Anhui, and in 1932 the old Chiang Kai-shek carried out several large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Soviet area, and under the pressure of all sides, it could only be a strategic transfer.
The 25th Division and the 27th Army of the Red Fourth Army were unified into the 25th Army when they were transferred.
In April 1933, after the establishment of the 25th Army, Wu Huanxian served as the commander and Dai Jiying served as the political commissar, with a total strength of 12,000 troops. In the following battles, the troops suffered heavy casualties, leaving only more than three thousand people.
In April 1934, the 25th Army, which suffered heavy casualties, came to Henan Shangcheng and reorganized. The military commander was changed to Xu Haidong and Wu Huanxian as political commissars. In November, the Eyu-Anhui Provincial Party Committee held a military conference, which was conveyed at the meeting
"Instructions to the Provincial Party Committee of Eyu and Anhui", "On Organizing an Anti-Japanese Advance Team"
report. Xu Haidong's 25th Army formed the Second Advance Detachment of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army to the North to Resist Japan and carried out military transfers.
In the process of transfer, the Henan warlord Liu Zhenhua sent two divisions to attack our army, and Xu Haidong's 25th Army counterattacked it, capturing a large amount of equipment, and the enemy army could only retreat. Before leaving, Xu Haidong heard that Cheng Zihua had served as the commander of the division, so he proposed that he be made the commander of the army, and he himself was made a deputy commander, and he got the permission of the organization.
Of course, Cheng Zihua also knew that Xu Haidong's ability was strong, and the command was handed over to Xu Haidong.
On November 16, Xu Haidong led the Red 25th Army to Luoshan County, Henan Province, began to move, passing through Huangshi Bridge and other places, and arrived at the Tongbai Mountain On November 17. Xu Haidong led the pistol regiment to the front in order to deal with various emergencies. Chiang Kai-shek immediately led more than 40 regiments in pursuit, and at the critical moment, Xu Haidong suggested advancing to southern Shaanxi, FuniuShan, and other places.
Resistance to moving forward
In the process of marching, in order to resist the pursuit of the enemy, Xu Haidong sent some people to Zaoyang to confuse the enemy army, and blocked the enemy's attack several times. After the troops came to Liuzhuangpu and other places, there were many sieges along the way. Xu Haidong ordered the soldiers of the whole army not to attack the local tycoons and other suggestions, and the soldiers of the whole army were able to pass.
At that time, the situation in the army was quite severe, in order to ensure the completion of the task, whether it was day or night, Xu Haidong did not sleep, and his eyes were red. Even so, he led the army forward courageously, and in a critical situation, all the way forward.
Just as the 25th Army was advancing, the enemy army had already been ambushed in Qiligang and other places, and as soon as the 25th Army arrived here, it launched a fierce attack. Wu Huanxian led his generals in a fierce battle with the enemy army. Xu Haidong also hurried to take the 23rd regiment. In order to kill a bloody road, three successive charges have been carried out without success, and they can only wait for the opportunity to act.
The army retreated to Yang Lou, and Xu Haidong, after analyzing the situation of the enemy army, believed that it was not possible to fight directly, but to take a detour and avoid the front.
Taking advantage of the night, Xu Haidong led the army to set off. In the process of advancing, Xu Haidong found a wounded soldier and personally carried the wounded man for several kilometers.
After the troops came to Luanchuan, the enemy army besieged again. The clever Xu Haidong found a local businessman who was familiar with the environment, and then he took the opportunity to rush out of the siege and come to the southern Shaanxi area. On December 9, the army came to the yujia river area and held a meeting here. Shortly after the meeting, the enemy sent the 60th Division to carry out a fierce onslaught against our army, and the meeting was forced to be suspended.
Soldiers who experienced the battle first-hand recalled:
"At the beginning of the morning, the leaders were holding a meeting, and gunshots came from the direction of Qiliyin, and When Cheng Zihua and others heard about it, they picked up their guns and led the soldiers to rush to the mountain."
Victory will be mastered
Chen Pei, the commander of the 60th Division, was a member of chiang's concubine unit and a student of the Whampoa Military Academy, and his strength could not be underestimated. After the previous defeat, after some analysis, it was determined that our army would pass through Taonuoping, Yujiahe and other places, so they waited here and waited for the opportunity to ambush
。
Unexpectedly, our army reacted quickly, and Xu Haidong and others rushed to the front line and led the 23rd Regiment to retake the position. The enemy sent two more regiments to attack, and after more than 20 fierce battles, they finally repelled the enemy.
With the loss of more than a hundred men by our army, more than three hundred enemy troops were annihilated.
Although the enemy forces were repelled, our casualties were also heavy. Cheng Zihua was seriously injured, the bullet went through Xu Haidong's left eyelid, and then through the back of his neck, he woke up in a coma for four consecutive days and became acquainted with nurse Zhou Dongping, his later wife.
After the 25th Army entered southern Shaanxi, in order to repel the enemy's attack, it united with the masses to create a revolutionary base area in Eyu and Shaanxi. The 25th Army led the soldiers to carry out guerrilla warfare in the base areas and also smashed many encirclements and suppressions by the enemy army. In January 1935, the Shaanxi army launched a fierce attack on our army, counterattacked under the leadership of Xu Haidong and others, and won the victory.
In June, Xu Haidong decided to destroy the enemy's encirclement, and the generals broke through the enemy blockade under the guise of the 44th Division, and took a battalion of the enemy army, annihilating more than 200 enemy troops. Soon, Yang Hucheng's garrison brigade came, and the 25th Army had already ambushed at the mouth of Yuanjiagou and crushed the enemy's encirclement and suppression.
In August, the 25th Army arrived in the town of Xinglong
。 When he came to Xinglong, a place where Muslims lived, he made several demands on his soldiers: no pork to be eaten locally, no Quran tore up, and no mosques to live in. The local Muslims warmly welcomed them and united the local masses.
In August, our army fought the Battle of Sipo Village with the Kuomintang 208th Regiment, Xu Haidong led two battalions to rush forward, and Wu Huanxian was unfortunately killed in the battle. He then led his army to the Leopard River in northern Shaanxi, where he was promoted to commander.
Under his leadership, the Red 25th Army finally joined the Red Army in northern Shaanxi and completed the arduous task of the Long March.
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Jinnian, a freelance writer and history enthusiast, devotes himself to the study of history. It is expected to use history to teach and learn from the precepts, to shape the collective memory, and to learn from the past.