"Long March"The term often conjures up images of Red Army soldiers struggling through snow-capped mountains and meadows, but the Long March was not limited to this unforgettable suffering. In fact, in the course of the Long March, the Red Army was interspersed with heavy encirclements by the enemy, and every step was full of life and death tests.
The Battle of Lazikou was an extremely crucial battle in the Long March, and it was also a surprisingly winning battle. It had a profound impact on the revolution, so what was the decisive factor in the First Battle of Lazikou?
How did this battle affect the Chinese revolution?
In October 1934, the ** Soviet District suffered a serious defeat in the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggle, causing the Kuomintang reactionary army to press the border and approach the hinterland of the ** Soviet District.
Under such difficult circumstances, the Red Army was forced to turn to a strategic shift and began the arduous 25,000-mile Long March. Chiang Kai-shek organized many "encirclement and suppression", but never got his wish, and this time he tried his best to finally force the Red Army to transfer, and naturally he would not let go of this golden opportunity.
He immediately gathered 25 divisions and hundreds of thousands of troops to launch a five-way blockade against the Red Army, in an attempt to encircle and annihilate the Red Army. After the Battle of Xiangjiang began, the Red Army suffered unprecedented heavy losses after the three major blocking battles of Xinwei, Jieshou and Jueshan, and its strength increased from 8 at the time of departureThe number of people from more than 60,000 has suddenly dropped to more than 30,000, which shows the tragic situation of the war.
Xiangjiang fish have not been eaten for ten years, and Xiangjiang water has not been drunk for three years. "The local people have great respect for the Red Army soldiers who died. On January 1, 1935, the Red Army soldiers forcibly crossed the Wujiang River, and after two days and nights of fierce fighting, the Red Third Army broke through the Sunjiadu Ferry, and other ferries also successfully crossed the Wujiang River.
After forcibly crossing the Wujiang River, the Red Army quickly captured Zunyi, and hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang pursuers were blocked to the east and south of the Wujiang River. This battle won a respite for the Red Army, and it was also during this period that the life-and-death Zunyi Conference was held, which established a leadership position with *** as the core.
After the Zunyi Conference, the Red Army decided after careful consideration to leave Zunyi, advance into the Yangtze River moat, and advance to the Sichuan-Shaanxi revolutionary base area, planning to join up with the Red Fourth Front Army to jointly establish a revolutionary base area in northwest Sichuan.
To this day, the four crossings of Chishui are still hailed as masterpieces in the history of warfare, and many military academies have used this case for study, but they have not been able to understand the plan of action of the Red Army. This highly flexible and mobile mobile warfare strategy, skillfully interspersed between the enemy's heavy forces, not only successfully got rid of the enemy's encirclement, but also smashed the enemy's encirclement plan, so that the Red Army changed from passive to active, which can be said to be the proud work of the first life.
The reason why Sidu Chishui is so good is that the key lies in predicting the enemy's thoughts and actions, which is the best thing to do.
On January 19, 1935, the Red Army soldiers planned to go to Chishui and Tucheng in three routes, but they were blocked by the Kuomintang army during the march. The Red Army fighters were unfit for frontal combat due to long journeys, and as soon as the battle began, the Red Army was bogged down and surrounded by the enemy.
Faced with this dilemma, ** quickly made a decision to retreat. However, the Red Army's retreat had been cut off, and the only way to cross Chishui was to cross the Chishui. As soon as the Red Army crossed Chishui, Chiang Kai-shek reacted quickly and formed a new encirclement around Tashi, forcing the Red Army to advance in the direction of the Jinsha River.
Chiang Kai-shek had already placed heavy garrisons along the way, waiting for the Red Army to enter the encirclement. In such a situation, the Red Army seemed to have no way out. But *** made a decision that Chiang Kai-shek did not expect - to go back to northern Qianbei directly.
Chiang Kai-shek, in order to stop the movement of the Red Army, transferred troops from northern Qianbei to Sichuan, Yunnan and other places, and the Red Army easily broke through his encirclement. However, Chiang Kai-shek could not just rest on his laurels, and he immediately launched a new attack and flew to Chongqing himself to take command.
Faced with this situation, ** ordered three crossings of Chishui, successfully breaking through Chiang Kai-shek's carefully designed encirclement again. This time, the Kuomintang army was played with, ** after crossing Chishui three times, they immediately thought of crossing Chishui four times, hoping to completely get rid of the enemy army.
In order to confuse Chiang Kai-shek, ** decided to radio a fake message, pretending to be with Red.
The 2nd and 6th armies converged, which allowed the enemy forces to be transferred. In fact, the Red Army troops, under the leadership of ***, had crossed the Chishui four times and returned to Guizhou, and the Kuomintang troops passed by the Red Army units in this way.
If Chiang Kai-shek had known the news at the time, it is estimated that he would have been half angry.
Using the strategy of "Ming Xiu Plank Road Darkness Chen Cang", the first far-sighted is unbeatable. After crossing Chishui four times, the main force of the Red Army seized the opportunity of the eastward transfer of the Yunnan Army to reinforce Guiyang, quickly advanced into Yunnan, and exerted pressure on Kunming.
This forced the enemy to return to the defense, reducing the defensive strength of the Jinsha River. The Red Army immediately forced its way across the Jinsha River, defeated two enemy regiments, and once again successfully escaped the encirclement and interception of the Kuomintang army.
In early May 1935, the Red Army soldiers successfully crossed the Jinsha River and continued to advance north. Chiang Kai-shek, realizing that the Red Army intended to cross the Dadu River and enter the northwest of Sichuan, immediately ordered Xue Yue to lead a large army to cross the Jinsha River north, urgently march to Xichang, and mobilize the Sichuan army to block the attack on the left bank of the Dadu River.