On April 28, 1928, ** and ** led a part of the Red Army of the Nanchang Uprising to Jinggangshan and joined forces with *** victory, making Jinggangshan's strength even stronger. However, while celebrating the victory, Mr. ** and Mr. Zhu were worried about the lack of ** and ammunition. As they say: "Without guns, there is no regime." "If only broadswords, pikes and spears were relied upon, the armed struggle of the Red Army would be impossible, and the revolutionary base areas would probably be swallowed up by the Kuomintang army. **'s "Report on the History and Status of the Zhu Mao Red Army" records that Mr. Zhu's troops at that time had more than 2,000 people and more than 1,000 guns, and the equipment was the most complete.
The troops of ***, the Hunan Peasant Army, the troops of Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo, and the Red 12th Division of ** were mainly broadswords, pikes and spears, and guns and ammunition were very scarce. In addition to taking advantage of local natural hazards, the Red Army also widely used primitive fortifications such as bamboo nails, bamboo fences, rolling logs, and trenches to deal with the attack of the Kuomintang army. This indicates that the ** of the Red Army at that time was quite scarce. In order to change this situation, after discussing with Mr. Zhu, it was decided to provide the Red Army units in the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area with ammunition in three ways. The first way is to buy.
In order to purchase ** and ammunition, the Red Army repeatedly sent people to disguise themselves as merchants and squires, passed through the enemy's blockade line, went to Shanghai, Hubei and other places to purchase ** and ammunition, and then secretly transported them back to Jinggangshan by water and land. However, with the increasing tightness of the Kuomintang blockade, this approach was soon cut off. At this time, the Red Army could only resort to the underground party scattered in the regions. The underground party found several avenues for the purchase of ** and ammunition through various connections, but ** expensive. For example, a Type 79 rifle produced by the Hanyang Arsenal costs 25 silver dollars, and a shell gun costs 120 silver dollars.
This was a considerable expense for the poor Red Army, so after some time, this method had to be abandoned. A little later, the Red Army found another way to buy ** and ammunition from the Kuomintang soldiers. This may sound a little incredible, after all, the Kuomintang soldiers are their enemies, how could they sell ** to them?During the Kuomintang-Communist Civil War, the Red Army lacked ** equipment, but they obtained it through three ways. First of all, the Red Army took the initiative to negotiate with the Kuomintang soldiers to buy the guns they captured as soldiers at a low price. These soldiers did not want to fight the Red Army, and therefore preferred to sell their guns to the Red Army.
However, the Kuomintang got hold of this "secret" and began to tighten control over guns. Secondly, the Red Army captured a large number of **, which became an important way for them to grow. In each battle, the Red Army fighters were tasked with capturing **, and they were rewarded for their achievements. In the end, the Red Army, through its own efforts, achieved self-sufficiency. They established a repair institute and an ordnance department, and repaired and manufactured all kinds of ** equipment, such as mortars, which played an important role in the battle in the Yellow Ocean Realm, which were repaired and used by the ordnance department. In short, through these three ways, the Red Army managed to obtain enough ** equipment, which laid a solid foundation for the final victory.
At that time, the Red Army had only three shells, but unfortunately, the first two were unsuccessfully fired due to malfunctions, which made everyone nervous. However, the last shell was fortunately successfully fired and directly hit the enemy command post, which was decisive for the victory in the battle at the Yellow Ocean Boundary!After the war, ** also specially composed a poem "Xijiangyue Jinggang Mountain": the flag is displayed under the mountain, and the drums and horns on the mountain are sounding in unison. The enemy army was besieged by thousands of people, and our army did not move. Fortifications have long been erected, and the city is even more united. On the Yellow Ocean Boundary, the sound of artillery was loud, and the enemy's retreat was reported.
This is the process of the Jinggangshan Red Army from scratch and from small to large, and finally made the Red Army a victorious division that terrified the Kuomintang army. (References: "Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base", "Jinggangshan Legend", "People's Political Consultative Conference").