This is a game between the top commanders of the two armies, and the erratic "red chess" is fully active and dominates the chess game.
Pretend to attack Guiyang and intimidate Kunming
During the theoretical seminar held in Zunyi in March 2003, I also made some investigations on the situation after the Red Army crossed the Wujiang River in the south.
After the Central Red Army crossed the Wujiang River to the south, in order to achieve the strategic goal of "as long as the Yunnan army can be transferred out, it is victory", Mao Zedong made great efforts and skillfully arranged the dragon gate array. He divided the Red Army into three roads: all the way to Guiyang, bluffing and winning the provincial capital; All the way to the east at the fastest speed, resulting in the development trend of taking Weng' an and leading it straight to Hunan; All the way in Tongzi area to contain the enemy south, posing as a decisive battle with the enemy. Chiang Kai-shek knew neither the true intention nor the actual strength of the Red Army. From time to time, he heard that the Red Army reported to the suburbs of Guiyang, which really made him uneasy.
A comrade familiar with this period of history in the Party History Research Office of Guizhou Provincial Party Committee said: Guiyang is located in the middle of the province, long from north to south, short from east to west, oval, surrounded by mountains outside the city, and the whole city is only a few square kilometers. The airport is close to the city. Although "the ground is not three miles flat", it is not difficult to deal with traffic in an emergency. There is also a saying in Guizhou that there are no sunny days. The so-called "Guiyang, Guiyang, it is difficult to see the sun." At that time, it was spring, the sun was shining, the willows were green and the flowers were blooming, and the climate was pleasant, which was the best season in Guiyang. Chiang Kai-shek came here with his wife, advisers and several cronies to visit and enjoy the spring. More importantly, Chiang Kai-shek came to this poor and dilapidated provincial capital and wanted to kill two birds with one stone. On the one hand, he hopes to annihilate the Red Army here and get rid of his own big trouble; On the other hand, he also took the opportunity to crowd out the local forces in Guizhou directly controlled by the central government. But he didn't expect that not only was the Red Army not defeated, but the Vietnam War became stronger and stronger, and the heart of leisure and sightseeing had already vanished. At this time, he urgently dispatched people from all walks of life to reinforce Guiyang, defended the airport, and ordered the preparation of sedan chairs, horses and guides in case of emergency.
The comrades in Guizhou said that Yan Daogang, then the director of Chiang Kai-shek's retinue room, wrote a material that vividly described Chiang Kai-shek's appearance. Yan's memory wrote something like this:
From the day he learned that the Red Army was going to cross the Wujiang River, Jiang set aside Xue Yue's Sui Department and the former enemy headquarters and personally called to mobilize troops. Xue Yue became an aide and a senior herald. Jiang sometimes blushes and scolds. Every command to mobilize the commanding troops, Xue Yue dare not decide without asking. Around April 5, the situation was constantly discovered in dozens of miles southeast of Guiyang. Guiyang is in a panic, and Jiang is uneasy. He went out to investigate the fortifications in the city and reprimanded his subordinates for their poor supervision and dereliction of duty. That night, someone reported that there were guerrilla activities of the Red Army outside Guiyang. Jiang also asked about the important fortifications and garrison troops of the Yugoslav capital, paying special attention to the situation of Qingzhen airport, and was uneasy all night. { 1}
Comrades in Guizhou also said: Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered his various armies to run to the north, east, west and south of Guiyang to intercept the Red Army. The vanguard troops of the Yunnan army arrived from Kunming in three or four days at a speed of a hundred miles a day and held fast to the airport. The "rescue" of the Yunnan Army was rewarded by Chiang Kai-shek, which also achieved the goal of Mao Zedong. After Chiang Kai-shek transferred the Yunnan Army, the Central Military Commission ordered the Red Army to break through the enemy's defense lines from southeast Guiyang, cross the Hunan-Guizhou Highway, March at a speed of 1.20 Li per day, pass through southern Guizhou and southwestern Guizhou, and make rapid progress towards eastern Yunnan. This made Chiang Kai-shek's plan to encircle the Red Army in eastern Guizhou bankrupt. Although Chiang Kai-shek failed to destroy the Red Army this time, he was glad that you came. You cut off the dissidents who had not been broken for many years. In less than 10 days, you cut off the military and political position of Wang Jialie, the "king of Guizhou", and made him a "lieutenant general" to appease him. This also ended the history of Guizhou warlords ruling Guizhou.
Looking at this period of party history, I am deeply touched: the development of the Red Army and the development of the Party, like ourselves, all have a fortune problem. It's not a question of luck at all. Some questions are hard to make sense. Too much talk and idealism. There is an accidental and inevitable relationship here, so we should grasp it scientifically. People are unlucky and lucky. Nothing goes well, nothing goes well; If it goes well, it will go well. So is the Red Army. Since Sidu Chishui, it has been generally smooth. This time, after the column of the Military Commission entered Yunnan from Guizhou to the west, it seized a military vehicle of the Yunnan army from Kunming on its way to eastern Yunnan. This is a gift car given to Xueyue by Long Yun, which contains Xuanwei ham, Yunnan Baiyao and Pu 'er Tuocha. For the Red Army, the most important thing is to obtain a very accurate1:100000 military map of Yunnan given by Long Yun to Xue Yue. The CMC is worried that there is no military map of Yunnan. As we all know, without a map, it is difficult for the army to move and fight, and people are being sent to look around. But I didn't expect all this to be a breeze. It can be said that the Red Army "acts for heaven" and God helps our Red Army.