Xiaoshi, located in Hongmen Town, Nancheng County 1933+00 June, Chiang Kai-shek assembled 500,000 troops and launched the fifth "encirclement and suppression" campaign against the Central Soviet Area. First, on September 28th, Zhou Hunyuan (Third Division), the eighth column of the Enemy North Road Army, broke into Lichuan, the northern gateway of the central base area. Bo Gu Kailai, Li De and others, who have mastered the leadership of the Red Army, abandoned the correct strategic campaign of Mao Zedong, Zhu De and Zhou Enlai to defeat the enemy in previous counter-campaigns and adopted a set of wrong tactics such as "keeping the enemy out of the country", "fort against fort" and "positional warfare". They were shocked by the fall of Lichuan and eager to recover, so they ordered the Oriental Army to attack the town of nitrite, a major town in Cheng Nan, to cut off Zhou Hunyuan's column.
Its terrain makes saltpeter easy to defend but difficult to attack. Huang Zixian, the enemy of saltpeter (about four regiments), built two strict defense lines with bunkers and traffic trenches. In addition, liaison fortifications were built, and Nitrite Street was completely fortified, making it particularly difficult for the Red Army to attack.
On June 8, 1933, 10, all the Red Army troops attacking Nitrate entered the scheduled positions. On the morning of the 9th, the Oriental Army Command issued an attack order. On that day, the Red Army violently attacked four times, including two hand-to-hand combat. The enemy defenders fought hard with gasoline cotton wool as fireball lighting, but the Red Army failed to attack. From June 65438+1October 10 to June 1 1, the Red Army still attacked many times, all of which were defeated because of the firmness of the enemy's defense. Until June 65438 +654381October+March, Cheng Nan's enemy was reinforced by three divisions. Mao Zedong's correct strategy and tactics to defeat the enemy played a great role, forcing the Eastern Army Command to make a decision: "Give up the enemy of Yanite first and attack Cheng Nan's enemy to help destroy it." At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the troops on the Eastern Front began to withdraw from the vicinity of Nitrate. At this point, the Battle of Nitrate was over. Although the Red Army troops fought bravely in this battle, they suffered heavy losses due to the wrong command of the "Left" leaders. However, the spirit of the Red Army's heroic resistance to the enemy deserves to be commemorated by future generations. 19331October 25th,11year1October 25th, on the one hand, our army intercepted the 79th and 94th divisions, the enemies of the Cheng Nan movement, and captured them-135th.
The site of the Yanite (earthen battery and trench) campaign and the temporary headquarters of the Red Army are precious revolutionary historical heritages in our county, important places for patriotism and revolutionary tradition education, and rare red tourism resources in our county.
Hong Men Town: Hong Men Town is located in the southeast of Nancheng County. Its predecessor, Xiaoshi Town, is the seat of Nancheng County in the fifth year of the Western Han Dynasty (202 years ago), and it is a veritable thousand-year-old town. By the end of 20 18, the total area of Hongmen Town was 155. 13 square kilometers, including cultivated land 13857 mu, orchard 7200 mu, woodland 147705 mu, aquaculture water surface of 20000 mu and forest coverage rate of 700 mu. There are small (1) type reservoirs 1 seat, 4 small (2) type reservoirs, 87 mountain ponds and 79 reservoirs in the town. There are 17 party branches in the town.