In 1932, each county in the **Soviet district began to set up a separate model division of the Red Guards: one model battalion was established in each district, every three battalions were organized into a model regiment, and three to five regiments in each county formed a division. Its tasks were: to cooperate with the actions of the Red Army and to support the Red Army in its operations;Training of junior cadres of the Red Guards;Replenishment of the Red Army.
In August 1932, the Xingguo Model Division was formed in Shaojiwo, a suburb of Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province, and its commanders and fighters were outstanding elements selected from the Young Pioneers and the Red Guards. The division has five regiments and one special service battalion, with about 7,000 commanders and fighters. Its first regiment has jurisdiction over three model battalions: Gaoxing, Shangshe, and Chengcheng;The Second Regiment has jurisdiction over three model battalions in Sharon, Lejiang and JiecunThe 3rd Regiment has jurisdiction over 4 model battalions of Fangtai, Chongxian, Chenggang and Fengbian;The Fourth Regiment has jurisdiction over three model battalions in Liantang, Dinglong, and DongcunThe Fifth Regiment has jurisdiction over four model battalions in Juncun, Chayuan, Shuifeng, and Huangtang. On November 7, the Xingguo Model Division was formally formed.
After the victory of the fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggle, in order to defend the Soviet area and smash the Kuomintang army's larger-scale "encirclement and suppression", the CCP decided to launch a "red expansion" campaign. In May 1933, the Communist Party members and Communist Youth League members of the Model Division of Rejuvenation took the lead in signing up for the Red Army, and led the whole division to collectively sign up for the Red Army. On 1 June, 5,161 members of the Model Division for Rejuvenation of the Country, who had been approved to participate in the main force of the Red Army, gathered in front of the Red Army review stand in Shaukiwo Square to hold an unprecedented swearing-in meeting. **More than 35,000 people attended the farewell meeting from the provincial and Red Army corps, representatives of the leading organs of the Jiangxi Military Region and people from all walks of life in Xingguo County. The feat of rejuvenating the country as a model division has been warmly praised by the leading organs of the party, government, and military and the masses from all walks of life, and at the same time, it has aroused strong repercussions in the entire Soviet region and has effectively promoted the development of the "red expansion" movement in the Soviet region.
Soon after, the commanders and fighters of the Xingguo Model Division, who had been approved to join the Red Army, set out from Xingguo and went to Le'an for reorganization, and were incorporated into the Sixth Division of the Third Army Corps of the Red Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. So far, the Red Sixth Division has developed from the local armed forces of Xingguo to the main division of the Red Army, and the whole division is under its jurisdiction.
Ten. The sixth, seventeenth, and ** three regiments, more than 5,000 people.
After the establishment of the Red Sixth Division, it threw itself into the struggle against "encirclement and suppression" with its brother units and tempered itself in the flames of war. On August 11, 1933, the 6th edition of the 84th issue of "Red China" reported the glorious feat of the whole division of the Model Division of Rejuvenation on the front line under the headline "Sending off all the Model Divisions of the Rejuvenation of the Nation to join the Red Army and go to the front to destroy the enemy", and at the same time introduced the recent situation of the training and operations of the Model Division of the Rejuvenation of the Country.
At the beginning of the Long March, the Red Sixth Division served as the right vanguard of the whole army with the Red Third Army Corps. After half a day of fierce fighting, the Red Third Army took the lead. Before noon on October 22, 1934, the Red Fourth Division captured Baishiwei. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the 16th Regiment of the Red Sixth Division successfully captured Hanfang. In the afternoon, the Red Sixth Division.
Ten. The 7th and 18th regiments pursued the victory, captured Gupi, and advanced to Bangshi to cover the passage of the ** column through the blockade line. On the 27th, the Red Sixth Division occupied Chongyi County.
On November 4, the Red Sixth Division and its brother troops broke through the second blockade line of the Kuomintang army at Tianma Mountain, Dalaiwei and Guanlu south of Rucheng.
On November 8, the Red Sixth Division penetrated directly into Yizhang County, Hunan, preparing to break the third blockade line carefully constructed by the Kuomintang army. On the 9th, the Red Sixth Division attached two mortar companies and a mountain artillery to attack and advance to Yizhangcheng, and after capturing Zhangqiao City, it was learned that the main force of the Kuomintang army had not yet arrived at Yizhangcheng, and only hundreds of militia regiments defended.
On November 10, the Red Sixth Division, with the 16th Regiment as the vanguard, braved the rain and rushed forward, defeated the resistance of the Kuomintang local militia at Baishidu, 15 kilometers away from Yizhang, and pursued the victory to the city of Yizhang, built fortifications, and prepared for the siege. In the middle of the night, Yizhang defended the enemy knowing that he was invincible, so he abandoned the city and fled. At dawn on November 11, the people in the city warmly welcomed the Red Sixth Division into the city.
On November 25, the Red Sixth Division, together with its brother troops, blocked the enemy on the west bank of Xiaoshui, repelled the enemy's charge again and again, and turned Xiaoshui into an "insurmountable obstacle" for the enemy. After successfully delaying the pursuit of the enemy for two days, the main force of the Red Sixth Division continued to march westward, and the 18th Regiment of the Red Sixth Division remained on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River to meet the brother troops. The regiment fought a bloody battle with three enemy divisions for one day, and many comrades died heroically.
After the Battle of Xiangjiang, the Red Sixth Division participated in the battle of attacking Huangping and **. On January 5, 1935, the Red Sixth Division participated in the Battle of Breaking through the Wujiang River, captured Nanmudu, erected a pontoon bridge to cover the Corps Headquarters to cross the Wujiang River, and covered the Red First Army to seize Zunyi City, and then blocked the enemy in Shangji Town and the lazy bench area, and defended the smooth progress of the Zunyi Conference.
After the Zunyi Conference, the Red Sixth Division was reorganized into an independent regiment of the Red Third Army Corps and participated in the Battle of Tucheng. On February 10, 1935, the Red Third Army Corps was reorganized in Tashi, Sichuan, the number of the independent regiment of the Red Third Army Corps was revoked, and the commanders and fighters were incorporated into other units.
This article was originally published on the 10th edition of the People's Political Consultative Conference Daily on November 30, 2023.
Author: Jia Xiaoming.