At noon on February 10, 1935, a mobilization meeting was held in the courtyard dam of the Huguang Guild Hall in Tashi Town. However, the hundreds of cadres present were all worried, preoccupied, and did not know what to say, and the atmosphere was very low.
Because not long ago, the CPC and the Central Military Commission of the Revolution held a meeting and decided to transfer some personnel from various units to set up the South Sichuan Special Committee of the CPC and set up a team.
After the order was issued, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission transferred more than 90 cadres at and above the platoon and company level, plus a basic cadre company, a guard communications platoon, a transport platoon, a sanitation squad, and some gun repair workers, totaling more than 400 people.
As a soldier, it is a duty to obey orders, so the Red Army of the southern Sichuan guerrilla column knows what it means to stay......
After strengthening its defenses along the Yangtze River, the Kuomintang marched all the way to the Red Army with superior forces. In the face of a strong enemy, the CCP had to suspend the plan to cross the Yangtze River to the north and focus on the development of the Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou regions first.
However, Chiang Kai-shek also adjusted his deployment and sent the Xue Yue Corps and the troops of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to prepare to join forces with the Sichuan army to encircle and annihilate the ** Red Army. In order to avoid the attack of the Sichuan army and the Yunnan army, ** made a difficult decision.
Only by letting a few teams under the banner of "main force" disperse their actions and create illusions to confuse the enemy, can they preserve their strength. The southern Sichuan guerrilla column is one of the "strange soldiers," and their task is particularly arduous, and the fighting environment will be even worse, and they may need to pay greater sacrifices.
In the face of the uneasiness of the members of the guerrilla column, the CCP took this into account and sent *** to explain the current situation and the good intentions of ***.
Seeing the reluctant tears silently shed by the soldiers, **'s eyes couldn't help but moisten, and he used a sonorous voice to encourage everyone to obey the decision of ** and persist in fighting here until the victory of the revolution.
Finally, the vice chairman gave a military salute to every cadre and soldier, which represented his exhortation and entrustment to them, and also represented his expectation for reunion.
The fighters were moved by the firmness and determination of the vice chairman and responded in unison.
**Led the Red Army to embark on the journey of crossing Chishui for the second time, and the southern Sichuan guerrilla column also entered the Xuyong area and merged with the local guerrillas to form a combat team of 600 people.
In order to better command the operation, the cadres decided that Wang Yitao would be the commander and Xu Ce would be the political commissar and director of the political department. Although Wang Yitao had been exposed to progressive ideas in his early years and participated in the Nanchang Uprising and the Jinggangshan Struggle, due to character problems, he was cleared out of the Red Army and returned to his hometown to become a teacher.
During this period, he married An Shuofu, an underground party member, and together carried out underground work, forming the first local guerrilla army. Later, after the southern Sichuan guerrilla column merged with Wang Yitao's team, considering Wang Yitao's status as a local, familiar with the terrain, rich experience, and outstanding military talent, everyone elected him as the commander of the column.
However, at the time, they did not anticipate ...... in any way
1.In the face of the attacks of the Sichuan army and militia groups, although the southern Sichuan guerrilla column had limited weight at hand, their perseverance and tenacity allowed them to successfully defeat many militia groups.
In the battle of besieging Weixin Paddy Field Village in Yunnan, they drove out the enemy's independent battalion and contributed to the successful crossing of the Jinsha River by the Red Army and the final victory of the four crossings of Chishui.
However, as their targets grew, they were frequently encircled and suppressed, and several important leaders were unfortunately killed. An Shuofu stayed in the city because she was pregnant, but was unfortunately captured by the Sichuan army.
In order to rescue his daughter, An's father asked for help everywhere, and even found the provincial chairman Liu Xiang. However, Liu Xiang's advice was to make Wang Yitao surrender, promising to release him and give him an official position.
2.Despite the attacks of the Sichuan army and militia groups, the southern Sichuan guerrilla columns, with their courage and determination, successfully defeated several militia groups. In the battle of besieging Weixin Paddy Field Village in Yunnan, they drove out the enemy's independent battalion and contributed to the successful crossing of the Jinsha River by the Red Army and the final victory of the four crossings of Chishui.
However, as their targets grew, they were frequently encircled and suppressed, and several important leaders were unfortunately killed. An Shuofu stayed in the city because she was pregnant, but was unfortunately captured by the Sichuan army.
In order to rescue his daughter, An's father asked for help everywhere, and even found the provincial chairman Liu Xiang. However, Liu Xiang's advice was to make Wang Yitao surrender, promising to release him and give him an official position.
After hearing Liu Xiang's news, she was shaken in her heart and chose to defect. In order to achieve her goal, she secretly wrote to Wang Yitao, hoping that he would consider it well.
After Wang Yitao received the letter, he also began to hesitate. Thinking of the current heavy losses of the guerrilla column, he began to fear for his life, so he stole Xu Ce's war horse and returned to his hometown overnight.
When the guerrilla column learned of Wang Yitao's betrayal, it immediately revoked his party membership and commandership, and Xu Ce took over, with Yu Zehong as deputy secretary of the special committee. This experience strengthened their revolutionary resolve, and they believed that only by persevering to the end could they achieve ultimate victory.
Sure enough, Wang Yitao's defection made all the dozens of Red Army soldiers hidden in Xuyong County **, and finally died heroically. At the same time, the combat methods, marching routes, and footholds of the southern Sichuan guerrilla columns were also discovered by the enemy.
On 13 July, the guerrilla column marched into the woods on the mountainside of Guanyintang when it was suddenly attacked by enemy troops and trapped them in the middle of the road. After the fierce battle between the two sides, the guerrilla column was extremely heavy, and Xu Ce, as the commander, resolutely led the remaining soldiers to rush to the enemy position.
However, he was unfortunately shot several times and his life was in critical condition. The medical staff immediately carried him away, but on the way he was attacked by the Dian army and militia groups. Xu Ce was bleeding too much and couldn't support it.
In order not to drag the column down, he gave the order with the last of his strength. In the end, everyone said goodbye to Xu Ce with tears, and he died heroically under the chaotic knife of the Dian army.
Because of Wang Yitao's rebellion, the commanders and important leaders of the southern Sichuan guerrilla column died one after another, and other comrades also left, and in the end, there were less than 100 people left, and it seemed that they were about to face the fate of disintegration.
Yu Zehong took over the burden without hesitation and led the team to move forward. He gathered the crowd, summed up the combat experience, and established a plan of action for the next step. With Yu Zehong's leadership, the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted, and the battle became more heroic.
In August, they successfully captured two county towns in Guizhou and Sichuan, and rescued hundreds of civilians. In September, the southern Sichuan guerrilla column occupied Meiqiao and Xupengxi, and also attacked the Sichuan army's Zhao Zhiguo regiment.
However, in the face of strong pressure from various warlords, they faced many difficulties. At this time, the Kuomintang resorted to the worst means, on the one hand, sending Wang Yitao to persuade Yu Zehong with his former personal connections, and on the other hand, sending people to ** his family.
In the face of these, Yu Zehong was unwavering, and his revolutionary will became even firmer.
Under the leadership of Yu Zehong, the guerrilla column fought hard battles with the enemy and militia groups. However, due to their weak strength, their situation gradually deteriorated. In the end, due to the traitor's whistleblowing, their troops were surrounded in the muddy tide of Jiang'an.
After a fierce battle, a few days later, Yu Zehong died bravely, and there were only more than 20 people left in the column. The southern Sichuan guerrilla column fell into an unprecedented predicament and was almost completely annihilated.
However, Yu Zehong did not give up, he reconvened the scattered remnants and led them into the Liantian Mountains in southern Sichuan for rest, expansion and training. By March 1936, the number of columns had reached 100 people.
During this period, the column learned about the red.
2. The Red Sixth Army was about to arrive in Guizhou, but they did not choose to go to converge, but decided to stay in the rear to contain the enemy and cooperate with their actions.
In October of the same year, the column also absorbed a Sichuan uprising team, and the number was once expanded to 1,000 people.
Over the past year or so, the southern Sichuan guerrilla column has shown endless courage and determination in guerrilla warfare in more than 20 cities, including Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou.
They dealt a heavy blow to the reactionary forces by striking at the gentry, distributing wealth, destroying the reactionary areas and villages, and disarming the landlords. However, due to the lack of a stable base area to rely on, it is always difficult for them to get rid of the encirclement and suppression of the enemy army, and they are in a passive position, and they must fight against an enemy whose strength is far superior to their own.
By January 1937, the Long March had ended, and they had lost contact with the higher party organizations and had not received orders to retreat. Despite this, they still insisted on fighting the enemy, always keeping in mind the entrustment of the enemy, and maintaining a firm belief in the revolution.
It was precisely because of their consistent persistence and belief that the southern Sichuan guerrilla column was able to regain its strength again and again in the face of danger and finally complete its task. The party and the people will never forget their exploits, and history will always remember them.